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"N64 Vs. Gamecube"

I and many others loved the 64, you all go on about how CD’s were better and it was Nintendo’s mistake and there is not grown up games etc… and what did we do? We smiled we didn’t care what they thought we were playing Zelda, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, No Mercy and Conker whilst you played with Metal gear solid, Final Fantasy and Smackdown and after we compare the games we were laughing.

But what can I say despite out beliefs the N64 sold badly. The expensive games, the lack of FMV style graphics, the childish image (even though Nintendo are not), no CD quality sounds, the lack of advertisement and the lack of 3rd party support made this wonder machine falter. It is now time for change and Nintendo are delivering.

Nintendo have kept what made them so huge in the first place their stunning first and second party games (Well those at E3 claim they are stunning) and with new second party developers in the form of Silicon knights and Retro studios are on board to bring more classic Nintendo material. Nintendo are also keeping with their multiplayer image as well which has served them well in the past.

Expensive ha, Nintendo have most defiantly sorted that out with a £150 console, which beats all it’s rivals and games that retail much lower than carts did early on at about £35-40.

FMV and the CD quality sounds are now capable with the move to a disc format and with games like Too human, Eternal Darkness, Perfect Dark 2, Turok Evolution, Conker’s other bad day (probably), the new grown up style Mario and Resident Evil 0 and 4 proves to me that Nintendo’s childish looking era I starting to change.

Advertisement is getting well underway in the form of the Gameboy Advance! It sold tones and those of you who looked will see a Gamecube on the back. If Nintendo can successfully model the Gamecube as an essential to go with the Gameboy Advance then Nintendo’s popularity will rise rapidly.

Now I have been over 3rd party support before and you can see more in the future additions to my developer series of posts but with 12 Acclaim games promised, 3 Namco (including a beat em up), Capcom making a few Nintendo only games, Squaresoft willing to work with Nintendo again, THQ promising tones of games including a wrestling one, Konami hinting at MGS2 on the Gamecube and Silent hill 2 all of which sounds promising and many more I just couldn’t be bothered to list.

Sony fans maybe attacking the yet to be released Gamecube but this time I believe they are worried. The Gamecube is doing what the N64 did well and what the Playstation did well as well. This could be a very promising fight ahead of us.

Here’s to the future

Dringo

later nutter

Hmmm. I'm off to play Monkey 4, I'll be back tomorrow with another topic. Night all.

who cares, as long as it passes the time and ting

Nintendo rule!

Yes, we're back to my very first post on this subject.

and thats all we have accompleshed from all these endless discussions?

You see? You just don't like some of the games we do, and likewise.

havin a laugh, we're all just avin a laugh.

What about SSX, Red Faction, Quake 3, UT, Escape from Monkey Island, MTV Music Generator, Fur Fighters, ZOE, Omnimusha and Le Mans 24 Hours

SSX is escellent cannot wait till GC version

REd faction played in shop and was good there

MTV music generator your having a laugh huge pile of...

Fur Fighters see above

Ominishu haven't palyed but with Nitnendo's friendship with Capcom might do on GC.

Monkey island is always good but still nothing special

Le mans haha ha your having a laugh

What about SSX, Red Faction, Quake 3, UT, Escape from Monkey Island, MTV Music Generator, Fur Fighters, ZOE, Omnimusha and Le Mans 24 Hours?

You see Dringo, you know nothing about the PS2's crop of games so don't act like you do.