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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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halo 2 has already beaten MP1 total sales. the new zelda wont be a scratch on the sales figures of GTA or halo, or any game unfortunately. thats just the way it is. i personally like to pick and choose between GC and PS2. i will be getting GTA when its out but i will also be getting metroid.
I was working under the impression that that gerrid had made a highly funny and ironic mistake. Oh, the shame.
JFH wrote:
> Hoho. Looks like somebody else is dyslexic, eh gerrid?
That was the joke...
> Hoho. Looks like somebody else is dyslexic, eh gerrid?
That was the joke...
Hoho. Looks like somebody else is dyslexic, eh gerrid?
gerrid wrote:
> why can't people spell the word tongue?
>
> It's like 'rogue' and 'definitely' - people just suddenly become
> dislexic whenever they have to spell them.
Genius.
> why can't people spell the word tongue?
>
> It's like 'rogue' and 'definitely' - people just suddenly become
> dislexic whenever they have to spell them.
Genius.
JFH wrote:
> Only in the eyes of GC owners. Those with just PS2s and/or Xboxs have
> begun slating it already.
Don't be daft. If Zelda does get a Christmas 2005 worldwide release... then it'll make up for the worrying 2004 Christmas outlook.
> Only in the eyes of GC owners. Those with just PS2s and/or Xboxs have
> begun slating it already.
Don't be daft. If Zelda does get a Christmas 2005 worldwide release... then it'll make up for the worrying 2004 Christmas outlook.
Whitestripes X wrote:
> Tiltawhirl wrote:
>
> Oh and put your tounge back....wherever a tounge goes?
>
>
> In your mouth.
No, thats where a tongue goes.
> Tiltawhirl wrote:
>
> Oh and put your tounge back....wherever a tounge goes?
>
>
> In your mouth.
No, thats where a tongue goes.
why can't people spell the word tongue?
It's like 'rogue' and 'definitely' - people just suddenly become dislexic whenever they have to spell them.
It's like 'rogue' and 'definitely' - people just suddenly become dislexic whenever they have to spell them.
Tiltawhirl wrote:
> Oh and put your tounge back....wherever a tounge goes?
In your mouth.
> Oh and put your tounge back....wherever a tounge goes?
In your mouth.
Only in the eyes of GC owners. Those with just PS2s and/or Xboxs have begun slating it already.
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