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And I thought the Gamecube had died somewhat.
In the wake of an endless stream of DS news the Gamecube just seemed to have stopped dead. I spent 99% of my time on IGNDS.com rather than the Gamecube section. Cube-Europe featured DS article after DS article.
No new news on Zelda, no new games, no response from Nintendo over the Resident Evil 4 game...
When there is no news to report NGC/CUBE and NOM would have to report almost exclusivly on the DS. A great way to draw attention to the new system but also a great way to draw attention away from the old one.
Starfox Assault, Mario Party 6, Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat, Geist, Odama, Mario Tennis, Four Swords, Zelda, Advance Wars, Fire Emblem etc... does seem like a nice line up but the fact is we've know about these games since E3... there hasn't been any new Nintendo announcements for the Gamecube since then.
Don't wanna take it away from tphi's thread who flags up the new screenshots of Zelda (which is fantastic, releasing a few screens once in a while is a great way of building hype) but the news of a new Kirby Game, ANOTHER Mario sports title (Baseball, which if it turns out to be good is bound to appear on every console to come... bound to sell shed loads in the states) and the third in the popular Donkey Konga series.
A nice brief announcement from Nintendo which bumps up the release schedule somewhat.
In fact the Gamecube has a busy year next year, I just hope that combined with the DS I'm not stretched for cash again.
In the wake of an endless stream of DS news the Gamecube just seemed to have stopped dead. I spent 99% of my time on IGNDS.com rather than the Gamecube section. Cube-Europe featured DS article after DS article.
No new news on Zelda, no new games, no response from Nintendo over the Resident Evil 4 game...
When there is no news to report NGC/CUBE and NOM would have to report almost exclusivly on the DS. A great way to draw attention to the new system but also a great way to draw attention away from the old one.
Starfox Assault, Mario Party 6, Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat, Geist, Odama, Mario Tennis, Four Swords, Zelda, Advance Wars, Fire Emblem etc... does seem like a nice line up but the fact is we've know about these games since E3... there hasn't been any new Nintendo announcements for the Gamecube since then.
Don't wanna take it away from tphi's thread who flags up the new screenshots of Zelda (which is fantastic, releasing a few screens once in a while is a great way of building hype) but the news of a new Kirby Game, ANOTHER Mario sports title (Baseball, which if it turns out to be good is bound to appear on every console to come... bound to sell shed loads in the states) and the third in the popular Donkey Konga series.
A nice brief announcement from Nintendo which bumps up the release schedule somewhat.
In fact the Gamecube has a busy year next year, I just hope that combined with the DS I'm not stretched for cash again.
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Someone's got a superiority complex..
If by superiority complex you mean 'an accurate realisation of the truth' then I'd agree :)
I do love it when others prove my point for me.
Mav wrote:
> How do you know about all that anyway?
Because I've been here before is how.
> How do you know about all that anyway?
Because I've been here before is how.
When did this topic blow up?
Dringo wrote:
> When did this topic blow up?
Going by the time stamp on the posts, i'd say last night.
> When did this topic blow up?
Going by the time stamp on the posts, i'd say last night.
cookie monster wrote:
> Dringo wrote:
> When did this topic blow up?
>
> Going by the time stamp on the posts, i'd say last night.
It was a hypothetical question used to get myself back into my own sodding post.
> Dringo wrote:
> When did this topic blow up?
>
> Going by the time stamp on the posts, i'd say last night.
It was a hypothetical question used to get myself back into my own sodding post.
I was being wide.
So anyway
Mario Baseball will clearly fail to light up US and EU audience's - baseball games are the domain of the Japanese, with everyone else seeing how, really they are horribly, horribly repetetive.
ALSO I would say that Nintendo would do well to promote the DS with all it's might, because, frankly, getting people to buy a DS then gives Nintendo a foothold in their mind and they can go from there - e.g those leaflets that you always get with one half new GBA games and one half new GC games - it works better than TV marketing and so on, which is much less effective. Also, the GC line up this Christmas is decent but only Resi 4 and Zelda have the real potential to break it into the public consciousness.
Still though, I'm thinking of importing a DS for christmas. Worth it?
Mario Baseball will clearly fail to light up US and EU audience's - baseball games are the domain of the Japanese, with everyone else seeing how, really they are horribly, horribly repetetive.
ALSO I would say that Nintendo would do well to promote the DS with all it's might, because, frankly, getting people to buy a DS then gives Nintendo a foothold in their mind and they can go from there - e.g those leaflets that you always get with one half new GBA games and one half new GC games - it works better than TV marketing and so on, which is much less effective. Also, the GC line up this Christmas is decent but only Resi 4 and Zelda have the real potential to break it into the public consciousness.
Still though, I'm thinking of importing a DS for christmas. Worth it?
Whitestripes DX wrote:
> Ha
>
> I pwn you all, admit it.
Pffft, I pwn you.
> Ha
>
> I pwn you all, admit it.
Pffft, I pwn you.
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