The "General Games Chat" forum, which includes Retro Game Reviews, has been archived and is now read-only. You cannot post here or create a new thread or review on this forum.
The famous Frank Sinatra song begins to come to mind when you think of Nintendo. Reggie has already confirmed that when it comes to regrets, Nintendo have had a few. Whilst Yamauchi has said that Nintendo do indeed face the final curtain. But whether, like Sinatra in his fabled final tour, Nintendo will reinvent themselves and blow everyone away or if, like the Dreamcast, Nintendo will merely crumble and fall. That is a matter of wait and see.
Nintendo are the grandfather of the industry. A company that dictates respect from everyone including their closest rivals, yet like most Grandfather’s that gather respect, they are out of touch with the new generation. Whether Miyamoto and his team can be classed as fallen experts or genius that will never die is just a matter of opinion, the superb Pikmin 2 may declare the latter but the public, the general consensus of a generation, they would have to concede to the former.
Nintendo admitting that they are not what they once were, congratulating Sony’s eye toy and declaring their connectivity concept a complete failure. Frantically trying to regain lost third party support. After stupidly selling their loyal second party support. Is the sign of a company on the way out. A company about to give their final bow.
And yet, the strength is still there. Their connectivity maybe a failure, yet Sony are doing the exact same thing with their PSP and the upcoming PS3… innovating the industry even when faced with almost certain extinction. Reggie stood as a company representative, stood when Nintendo seemed weak, and told Sony and Microsoft where to go. The PSP is Sony trying to rape their own mother. And yet this Mother can still wield a mighty cane against her pop-culture sons.
Nintendo are not with it anymore. When first persons shooters are the rage they sold RARE. When all the hardcore want to play is online games Nintendo refused to jump on the bandwagon. When gamers wanted DVD/Game hybrids Nintendo did not give it. When more adult gamers were needed Nintendo gave the world Pikmin and made Zelda a cartoon. Nintendo will never and have never caved to public pressure.
For every SNES, there was a NES. For every Gamecube there was an N64. Maybe the Revolution will match the strength and originality of the N64 and NES; the DS shows us that it may just do it. But the Gamecube… that shows us where things can go wrong. That shows us how “not with it” Nintendo are.
And so, as the end is near. The company that has made some of the best games in the world may indeed be facing their final curtain. The company that has made billions laugh, millions cry and inspired thousands maybe on their way out. Yet at least they can say, they did it their way.
Dringo.
Nintendo are the grandfather of the industry. A company that dictates respect from everyone including their closest rivals, yet like most Grandfather’s that gather respect, they are out of touch with the new generation. Whether Miyamoto and his team can be classed as fallen experts or genius that will never die is just a matter of opinion, the superb Pikmin 2 may declare the latter but the public, the general consensus of a generation, they would have to concede to the former.
Nintendo admitting that they are not what they once were, congratulating Sony’s eye toy and declaring their connectivity concept a complete failure. Frantically trying to regain lost third party support. After stupidly selling their loyal second party support. Is the sign of a company on the way out. A company about to give their final bow.
And yet, the strength is still there. Their connectivity maybe a failure, yet Sony are doing the exact same thing with their PSP and the upcoming PS3… innovating the industry even when faced with almost certain extinction. Reggie stood as a company representative, stood when Nintendo seemed weak, and told Sony and Microsoft where to go. The PSP is Sony trying to rape their own mother. And yet this Mother can still wield a mighty cane against her pop-culture sons.
Nintendo are not with it anymore. When first persons shooters are the rage they sold RARE. When all the hardcore want to play is online games Nintendo refused to jump on the bandwagon. When gamers wanted DVD/Game hybrids Nintendo did not give it. When more adult gamers were needed Nintendo gave the world Pikmin and made Zelda a cartoon. Nintendo will never and have never caved to public pressure.
For every SNES, there was a NES. For every Gamecube there was an N64. Maybe the Revolution will match the strength and originality of the N64 and NES; the DS shows us that it may just do it. But the Gamecube… that shows us where things can go wrong. That shows us how “not with it” Nintendo are.
And so, as the end is near. The company that has made some of the best games in the world may indeed be facing their final curtain. The company that has made billions laugh, millions cry and inspired thousands maybe on their way out. Yet at least they can say, they did it their way.
Dringo.
Page:
Yeah, it's a shame. Once Prime is released I'll be played through 4 brilliant Nintendo games, yet it still fails to appeal to anyone beyond the hardcore fanbase.
Ah well...
Ah well...
There you go.
I don't think I've completely agreed with one of your rants before.
If we're starting to agree on things then it all must be over! :-O
It's ironic really.
With the N64, I guess we didn't trully appreciate what we had, so we demanded more, and everything we demanded (bar online play) became the Gamecube, but on the way so much of what we loved from the N64 was lost.
C'est la vie!
Having said that, it seems that they're not going to lose the handheld market so easily. The DS seems to show Nintendo doing what they do best, and although I've managed to find one slight flaw, let's appreciate what it DOES have.
I still think they should ditch the revolution for a while and stick to mastering a budget empire rather than getting caught up in the rat race.
Unless they genuinely have come up with something trully amazing...
I don't think I've completely agreed with one of your rants before.
If we're starting to agree on things then it all must be over! :-O
It's ironic really.
With the N64, I guess we didn't trully appreciate what we had, so we demanded more, and everything we demanded (bar online play) became the Gamecube, but on the way so much of what we loved from the N64 was lost.
C'est la vie!
Having said that, it seems that they're not going to lose the handheld market so easily. The DS seems to show Nintendo doing what they do best, and although I've managed to find one slight flaw, let's appreciate what it DOES have.
I still think they should ditch the revolution for a while and stick to mastering a budget empire rather than getting caught up in the rat race.
Unless they genuinely have come up with something trully amazing...
Dringo wrote:
> The famous Frank Sinatra song begins to come to mind when you think of
> Nintendo.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but ahahah.
> The famous Frank Sinatra song begins to come to mind when you think of
> Nintendo.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but ahahah.
>insert abuse here<
The famous Frank Sinatra song begins to come to mind when you think of Nintendo. Reggie has already confirmed that when it comes to regrets, Nintendo have had a few. Whilst Yamauchi has said that Nintendo do indeed face the final curtain. But whether, like Sinatra in his fabled final tour, Nintendo will reinvent themselves and blow everyone away or if, like the Dreamcast, Nintendo will merely crumble and fall. That is a matter of wait and see.
Nintendo are the grandfather of the industry. A company that dictates respect from everyone including their closest rivals, yet like most Grandfather’s that gather respect, they are out of touch with the new generation. Whether Miyamoto and his team can be classed as fallen experts or genius that will never die is just a matter of opinion, the superb Pikmin 2 may declare the latter but the public, the general consensus of a generation, they would have to concede to the former.
Nintendo admitting that they are not what they once were, congratulating Sony’s eye toy and declaring their connectivity concept a complete failure. Frantically trying to regain lost third party support. After stupidly selling their loyal second party support. Is the sign of a company on the way out. A company about to give their final bow.
And yet, the strength is still there. Their connectivity maybe a failure, yet Sony are doing the exact same thing with their PSP and the upcoming PS3… innovating the industry even when faced with almost certain extinction. Reggie stood as a company representative, stood when Nintendo seemed weak, and told Sony and Microsoft where to go. The PSP is Sony trying to rape their own mother. And yet this Mother can still wield a mighty cane against her pop-culture sons.
Nintendo are not with it anymore. When first persons shooters are the rage they sold RARE. When all the hardcore want to play is online games Nintendo refused to jump on the bandwagon. When gamers wanted DVD/Game hybrids Nintendo did not give it. When more adult gamers were needed Nintendo gave the world Pikmin and made Zelda a cartoon. Nintendo will never and have never caved to public pressure.
For every SNES, there was a NES. For every Gamecube there was an N64. Maybe the Revolution will match the strength and originality of the N64 and NES; the DS shows us that it may just do it. But the Gamecube… that shows us where things can go wrong. That shows us how “not with it” Nintendo are.
And so, as the end is near. The company that has made some of the best games in the world may indeed be facing their final curtain. The company that has made billions laugh, millions cry and inspired thousands maybe on their way out. Yet at least they can say, they did it their way.
Dringo.
Nintendo are the grandfather of the industry. A company that dictates respect from everyone including their closest rivals, yet like most Grandfather’s that gather respect, they are out of touch with the new generation. Whether Miyamoto and his team can be classed as fallen experts or genius that will never die is just a matter of opinion, the superb Pikmin 2 may declare the latter but the public, the general consensus of a generation, they would have to concede to the former.
Nintendo admitting that they are not what they once were, congratulating Sony’s eye toy and declaring their connectivity concept a complete failure. Frantically trying to regain lost third party support. After stupidly selling their loyal second party support. Is the sign of a company on the way out. A company about to give their final bow.
And yet, the strength is still there. Their connectivity maybe a failure, yet Sony are doing the exact same thing with their PSP and the upcoming PS3… innovating the industry even when faced with almost certain extinction. Reggie stood as a company representative, stood when Nintendo seemed weak, and told Sony and Microsoft where to go. The PSP is Sony trying to rape their own mother. And yet this Mother can still wield a mighty cane against her pop-culture sons.
Nintendo are not with it anymore. When first persons shooters are the rage they sold RARE. When all the hardcore want to play is online games Nintendo refused to jump on the bandwagon. When gamers wanted DVD/Game hybrids Nintendo did not give it. When more adult gamers were needed Nintendo gave the world Pikmin and made Zelda a cartoon. Nintendo will never and have never caved to public pressure.
For every SNES, there was a NES. For every Gamecube there was an N64. Maybe the Revolution will match the strength and originality of the N64 and NES; the DS shows us that it may just do it. But the Gamecube… that shows us where things can go wrong. That shows us how “not with it” Nintendo are.
And so, as the end is near. The company that has made some of the best games in the world may indeed be facing their final curtain. The company that has made billions laugh, millions cry and inspired thousands maybe on their way out. Yet at least they can say, they did it their way.
Dringo.
Page: