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Dear Nintendo
I am no marketing genius, or advertising company. But I do have a fear, as a large Nintendo fan, for the Gamecube this Christmas. The line up for the Gameboy Advance is almost surreal, 3 Mario titles, 2 Pokemon games and even a special Zelda game. This will ensure a fantastic result for what could be the GBA’s last big Christmas.
Yet I can’t help but wonder what will happen to the Gamecube especially with the competition this year. It’s not about Nintendo losing in the sales, that is a giver, it is about the Gamecube being swept aside and destroyed. GTA on the Playstation 2 and Halo 2 for the X-box are by far the biggest home console games released at Christmas and Nintendo’s efforts to counter-act this is Paper Mario 2 and Metroid Prime 2. Now I prefer the Gamecube line up to the X-box and the PS2, but I’m sure I could find millions who don’t have my preference.
Paper Mario 2 appeals to Children gamers and, as GTA and Halo do not, I can see it doing very well, undercutting the GTA and Halo threat. Yet Metroid Prime 2, in my eyes a far superior title, could be ignored by the consumer. With sales of the original reaching 1.2 million (which is a miracle for an adult Nintendo game) I’d just love to see Metroid Prime 2 reaching even larger sales. In fact I’d love to read news articles around the Internet that informs the gaming community that after just a week at number 1, Halo 2 is knocked from its perch by Metroid. What a score by Nintendo.
I don’t expect Metroid Prime 2 to even nearly reach the sales of Halo 2, Halo 2 after all is one of the main reasons anyone would want an X-box, Metroid Prime is just one in a collection of must own Nintendo titles. Yet if only Nintendo could advertise MP2 as a rival to Halo 2 then it’ll get so much more attention. At the moment Metroid Prime 2 seems to have no connection to Halo 2, yet I saw a clever website the other day that had a picture of Samus with the slogan “never send a man to do a woman’s job!” That’s what I like to see! A bit of competitive spirit.
Imagine watching the TV then seeing a Halo 2 advert with a Metroid Prime 2 advert directly after. Suddenly Metroid will get hype as a competitor to Halo 2, one of the most hyped games this year. I am not expecting a miracle with Metroid beating Halo 2’s sales. Yet it would mean the Gamecube would be fighting well into next year. In time for Resident Evil 4.
Christopher Dring.
(Dringo)
I am no marketing genius, or advertising company. But I do have a fear, as a large Nintendo fan, for the Gamecube this Christmas. The line up for the Gameboy Advance is almost surreal, 3 Mario titles, 2 Pokemon games and even a special Zelda game. This will ensure a fantastic result for what could be the GBA’s last big Christmas.
Yet I can’t help but wonder what will happen to the Gamecube especially with the competition this year. It’s not about Nintendo losing in the sales, that is a giver, it is about the Gamecube being swept aside and destroyed. GTA on the Playstation 2 and Halo 2 for the X-box are by far the biggest home console games released at Christmas and Nintendo’s efforts to counter-act this is Paper Mario 2 and Metroid Prime 2. Now I prefer the Gamecube line up to the X-box and the PS2, but I’m sure I could find millions who don’t have my preference.
Paper Mario 2 appeals to Children gamers and, as GTA and Halo do not, I can see it doing very well, undercutting the GTA and Halo threat. Yet Metroid Prime 2, in my eyes a far superior title, could be ignored by the consumer. With sales of the original reaching 1.2 million (which is a miracle for an adult Nintendo game) I’d just love to see Metroid Prime 2 reaching even larger sales. In fact I’d love to read news articles around the Internet that informs the gaming community that after just a week at number 1, Halo 2 is knocked from its perch by Metroid. What a score by Nintendo.
I don’t expect Metroid Prime 2 to even nearly reach the sales of Halo 2, Halo 2 after all is one of the main reasons anyone would want an X-box, Metroid Prime is just one in a collection of must own Nintendo titles. Yet if only Nintendo could advertise MP2 as a rival to Halo 2 then it’ll get so much more attention. At the moment Metroid Prime 2 seems to have no connection to Halo 2, yet I saw a clever website the other day that had a picture of Samus with the slogan “never send a man to do a woman’s job!” That’s what I like to see! A bit of competitive spirit.
Imagine watching the TV then seeing a Halo 2 advert with a Metroid Prime 2 advert directly after. Suddenly Metroid will get hype as a competitor to Halo 2, one of the most hyped games this year. I am not expecting a miracle with Metroid beating Halo 2’s sales. Yet it would mean the Gamecube would be fighting well into next year. In time for Resident Evil 4.
Christopher Dring.
(Dringo)
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Dear Nintendo
I am no marketing genius, or advertising company. But I do have a fear, as a large Nintendo fan, for the Gamecube this Christmas. The line up for the Gameboy Advance is almost surreal, 3 Mario titles, 2 Pokemon games and even a special Zelda game. This will ensure a fantastic result for what could be the GBA’s last big Christmas.
Yet I can’t help but wonder what will happen to the Gamecube especially with the competition this year. It’s not about Nintendo losing in the sales, that is a giver, it is about the Gamecube being swept aside and destroyed. GTA on the Playstation 2 and Halo 2 for the X-box are by far the biggest home console games released at Christmas and Nintendo’s efforts to counter-act this is Paper Mario 2 and Metroid Prime 2. Now I prefer the Gamecube line up to the X-box and the PS2, but I’m sure I could find millions who don’t have my preference.
Paper Mario 2 appeals to Children gamers and, as GTA and Halo do not, I can see it doing very well, undercutting the GTA and Halo threat. Yet Metroid Prime 2, in my eyes a far superior title, could be ignored by the consumer. With sales of the original reaching 1.2 million (which is a miracle for an adult Nintendo game) I’d just love to see Metroid Prime 2 reaching even larger sales. In fact I’d love to read news articles around the Internet that informs the gaming community that after just a week at number 1, Halo 2 is knocked from its perch by Metroid. What a score by Nintendo.
I don’t expect Metroid Prime 2 to even nearly reach the sales of Halo 2, Halo 2 after all is one of the main reasons anyone would want an X-box, Metroid Prime is just one in a collection of must own Nintendo titles. Yet if only Nintendo could advertise MP2 as a rival to Halo 2 then it’ll get so much more attention. At the moment Metroid Prime 2 seems to have no connection to Halo 2, yet I saw a clever website the other day that had a picture of Samus with the slogan “never send a man to do a woman’s job!” That’s what I like to see! A bit of competitive spirit.
Imagine watching the TV then seeing a Halo 2 advert with a Metroid Prime 2 advert directly after. Suddenly Metroid will get hype as a competitor to Halo 2, one of the most hyped games this year. I am not expecting a miracle with Metroid beating Halo 2’s sales. Yet it would mean the Gamecube would be fighting well into next year. In time for Resident Evil 4.
Christopher Dring.
(Dringo)
I am no marketing genius, or advertising company. But I do have a fear, as a large Nintendo fan, for the Gamecube this Christmas. The line up for the Gameboy Advance is almost surreal, 3 Mario titles, 2 Pokemon games and even a special Zelda game. This will ensure a fantastic result for what could be the GBA’s last big Christmas.
Yet I can’t help but wonder what will happen to the Gamecube especially with the competition this year. It’s not about Nintendo losing in the sales, that is a giver, it is about the Gamecube being swept aside and destroyed. GTA on the Playstation 2 and Halo 2 for the X-box are by far the biggest home console games released at Christmas and Nintendo’s efforts to counter-act this is Paper Mario 2 and Metroid Prime 2. Now I prefer the Gamecube line up to the X-box and the PS2, but I’m sure I could find millions who don’t have my preference.
Paper Mario 2 appeals to Children gamers and, as GTA and Halo do not, I can see it doing very well, undercutting the GTA and Halo threat. Yet Metroid Prime 2, in my eyes a far superior title, could be ignored by the consumer. With sales of the original reaching 1.2 million (which is a miracle for an adult Nintendo game) I’d just love to see Metroid Prime 2 reaching even larger sales. In fact I’d love to read news articles around the Internet that informs the gaming community that after just a week at number 1, Halo 2 is knocked from its perch by Metroid. What a score by Nintendo.
I don’t expect Metroid Prime 2 to even nearly reach the sales of Halo 2, Halo 2 after all is one of the main reasons anyone would want an X-box, Metroid Prime is just one in a collection of must own Nintendo titles. Yet if only Nintendo could advertise MP2 as a rival to Halo 2 then it’ll get so much more attention. At the moment Metroid Prime 2 seems to have no connection to Halo 2, yet I saw a clever website the other day that had a picture of Samus with the slogan “never send a man to do a woman’s job!” That’s what I like to see! A bit of competitive spirit.
Imagine watching the TV then seeing a Halo 2 advert with a Metroid Prime 2 advert directly after. Suddenly Metroid will get hype as a competitor to Halo 2, one of the most hyped games this year. I am not expecting a miracle with Metroid beating Halo 2’s sales. Yet it would mean the Gamecube would be fighting well into next year. In time for Resident Evil 4.
Christopher Dring.
(Dringo)
Dringo wrote:
> Paper Mario 2 appeals to Children gamers and, as GTA and Halo do not,
Hahaha no.
When I originally sold my PS1 I was asked if it had GTA with it, and they'd earlier told me it wa going to their 6 year old son.
The idea of being able to kill people appeals to childrne more than turning into a paper aeroplane.
Dunno about Halo though, probably appeals to children too.
> Paper Mario 2 appeals to Children gamers and, as GTA and Halo do not,
Hahaha no.
When I originally sold my PS1 I was asked if it had GTA with it, and they'd earlier told me it wa going to their 6 year old son.
The idea of being able to kill people appeals to childrne more than turning into a paper aeroplane.
Dunno about Halo though, probably appeals to children too.
Not according to Little Paxton Primary school year 5 group.
1 want the game, 12 say their parents won't let them play it and the rest only seem to are about their tamagotchi.
1 want the game, 12 say their parents won't let them play it and the rest only seem to are about their tamagotchi.
MP2 will rule, but it's hardly going to overshadow the mega-hype of those other games.
Metroid Prime sold well because no-one had played that type of game before. Now that they're all accustomed to how dull Metroid Prime is, the chance of it standing up to GTA and Halo 2 is smaller than an ants schlong.
*runs*
*runs*
Tiltawhirl is a TOOL.
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Tiltawhirl wrote:
> Metroid Prime sold well because no-one had played that type of game
> before. Now that they're all accustomed to how dull Metroid Prime is,
> the chance of it standing up to GTA and Halo 2 is smaller than an
> ants schlong.
>
> *runs*
what about the 2 versions of metroid that were released before metroid prime, do they not exist now or what? i think theres no way that any nintendo game will beat XBOX and PS2 games. thats just how it is no, but it would be good to see MP2 getting over 1m sales.
> Metroid Prime sold well because no-one had played that type of game
> before. Now that they're all accustomed to how dull Metroid Prime is,
> the chance of it standing up to GTA and Halo 2 is smaller than an
> ants schlong.
>
> *runs*
what about the 2 versions of metroid that were released before metroid prime, do they not exist now or what? i think theres no way that any nintendo game will beat XBOX and PS2 games. thats just how it is no, but it would be good to see MP2 getting over 1m sales.
Dringo wrote:
> I am no marketing genius, or advertising company.
You sure? ;-)
Metroid Prime was completely different to any other Metroid games. Some found it a little dull (see: foolish ;-P), others thought it was amazing.
Meh.
> I am no marketing genius, or advertising company.
You sure? ;-)
Metroid Prime was completely different to any other Metroid games. Some found it a little dull (see: foolish ;-P), others thought it was amazing.
Meh.
Marcini wrote:
> Tiltawhirl wrote:
> Metroid Prime sold well because no-one had played that type of game
> before. Now that they're all accustomed to how dull Metroid Prime
> is,
> the chance of it standing up to GTA and Halo 2 is smaller than an
> ants schlong.
>
> *runs*
>
> what about the 2 versions of metroid that were released before
> metroid prime, do they not exist now or what? i think theres no way
> that any nintendo game will beat XBOX and PS2 games. thats just how
> it is no, but it would be good to see MP2 getting over 1m sales.
There were 4 Metroid games before Prime was released, and none of them were like Prime in any way at all.
> Tiltawhirl wrote:
> Metroid Prime sold well because no-one had played that type of game
> before. Now that they're all accustomed to how dull Metroid Prime
> is,
> the chance of it standing up to GTA and Halo 2 is smaller than an
> ants schlong.
>
> *runs*
>
> what about the 2 versions of metroid that were released before
> metroid prime, do they not exist now or what? i think theres no way
> that any nintendo game will beat XBOX and PS2 games. thats just how
> it is no, but it would be good to see MP2 getting over 1m sales.
There were 4 Metroid games before Prime was released, and none of them were like Prime in any way at all.
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