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Boo bloody hoo JApanese gamers aren't buying our console in droves. 3 Letters Iwati, if that is really your name.
RPG.
Got it? Right snap up Lost Kingdoms, get tonnes of Final Fantasy, grab the tales series by the horns and release any other RPG you fancy... how about developing a Pokemon one you fool! Look the Japanese market really isn't that hard to fathom... action adventure games succeed irregulary... RPG's rule. Simple. RPG's and Pokemon... not that much of a challenge?
What about the west? Another simple little job for ya, march right up to Eidos... and go "Oi Eidos NO, we don't want your crappy Tomb Raider series or your now defunked Championship Manager games. But gives us Hitman 3. The only reason Hitman 2 failed was because you are a bunch of bloody idiots and released the game 8 months after the other systems. Yeah that's it blame it on our lack of success and not your own dumb ass marketing ploys, sort yourself out man we'll help the costs just port it to the Cube... ON TIME".
A few handshakes later and march over to EA and go "Oi EA NO! You've done us a lot of favours and we appreciate it but give your 2nd party studio Criteon a slap for us. Burnout 3 is needed you understand b!tch... it's a top game... I want it... the fans want it and dammit we need a decent driving game... get it sorted!"
A few handshakes later then woddle over to Rockstar and go "Oi Rockstarr NO! You've enjoyed so much success with the GTA series isn't it about time you developed a version for the cube? How about geering it to our hardcore fan base... a few Nintendo related goodies like an arcade or even a pathetic Mario statue will do... a few gubbins onto a pre-existing engine won't take too much and we'll cover the damn costs. Get it on the Cube!"
Finished? Right now visit Atari, Acclaim, Codemasters and get some stuff sorted there. Go over to Free Radical and thank the guys for releasing Timesplitters 3 and Second Sight for the Gamecube, shake hands with Ubi-soft for their dedicated support and give a wink to Activision. Western ties are feeling good you see, watch the sales increase a bit... watch the supply of games look better.
In the East Nintendo you are doing some very clever stuff, you're doing deals with mega Eastern developers, NAMCO and Capcom are trying to impress you the most, Konami are doing deals with you, SEGA release a set of exclusive titles... dammit even Hudson, Koi etc... are loving you up. It may not be going too well over there, but a few high profile RPG's, the DS and perhaps a nice new prephiral will do the trick.
This will not work as well in the West, maybe it'll do a bit but not as much as getting the western developers on board. There is more than just EA over here, you've openly mentioned how important GTA could be... can you not do a few deals over here? I mean an exclusive game from EA will cause some serious sales damage, Free Radical are excellent and encouraging them to develop an exclusive FPS might help... Activision, THQ all like ya and so do fantastic company Ubi-soft. This is a company willing to fiddle with Online gaming for you and even release titles such as Rayman 3 early. Play with this friendship... strengthen old ties... Your deals with Square, Capcom, Namco, SEGA and Konami in the east are great... work with those but lets come over here now Nintendo talk to our developers.
Your home market may not be impressed with their offerings but if you want to succeed abroad you'll need to chat up the developers. It's about time you did a Sony and got some good contacts.
You sold Rare, a company that single handidly kept you afloat in Europe and America... Retro and Silicon knights are fantastic western developers... both are developing Eastern games.
When will you learn?
RPG.
Got it? Right snap up Lost Kingdoms, get tonnes of Final Fantasy, grab the tales series by the horns and release any other RPG you fancy... how about developing a Pokemon one you fool! Look the Japanese market really isn't that hard to fathom... action adventure games succeed irregulary... RPG's rule. Simple. RPG's and Pokemon... not that much of a challenge?
What about the west? Another simple little job for ya, march right up to Eidos... and go "Oi Eidos NO, we don't want your crappy Tomb Raider series or your now defunked Championship Manager games. But gives us Hitman 3. The only reason Hitman 2 failed was because you are a bunch of bloody idiots and released the game 8 months after the other systems. Yeah that's it blame it on our lack of success and not your own dumb ass marketing ploys, sort yourself out man we'll help the costs just port it to the Cube... ON TIME".
A few handshakes later and march over to EA and go "Oi EA NO! You've done us a lot of favours and we appreciate it but give your 2nd party studio Criteon a slap for us. Burnout 3 is needed you understand b!tch... it's a top game... I want it... the fans want it and dammit we need a decent driving game... get it sorted!"
A few handshakes later then woddle over to Rockstar and go "Oi Rockstarr NO! You've enjoyed so much success with the GTA series isn't it about time you developed a version for the cube? How about geering it to our hardcore fan base... a few Nintendo related goodies like an arcade or even a pathetic Mario statue will do... a few gubbins onto a pre-existing engine won't take too much and we'll cover the damn costs. Get it on the Cube!"
Finished? Right now visit Atari, Acclaim, Codemasters and get some stuff sorted there. Go over to Free Radical and thank the guys for releasing Timesplitters 3 and Second Sight for the Gamecube, shake hands with Ubi-soft for their dedicated support and give a wink to Activision. Western ties are feeling good you see, watch the sales increase a bit... watch the supply of games look better.
In the East Nintendo you are doing some very clever stuff, you're doing deals with mega Eastern developers, NAMCO and Capcom are trying to impress you the most, Konami are doing deals with you, SEGA release a set of exclusive titles... dammit even Hudson, Koi etc... are loving you up. It may not be going too well over there, but a few high profile RPG's, the DS and perhaps a nice new prephiral will do the trick.
This will not work as well in the West, maybe it'll do a bit but not as much as getting the western developers on board. There is more than just EA over here, you've openly mentioned how important GTA could be... can you not do a few deals over here? I mean an exclusive game from EA will cause some serious sales damage, Free Radical are excellent and encouraging them to develop an exclusive FPS might help... Activision, THQ all like ya and so do fantastic company Ubi-soft. This is a company willing to fiddle with Online gaming for you and even release titles such as Rayman 3 early. Play with this friendship... strengthen old ties... Your deals with Square, Capcom, Namco, SEGA and Konami in the east are great... work with those but lets come over here now Nintendo talk to our developers.
Your home market may not be impressed with their offerings but if you want to succeed abroad you'll need to chat up the developers. It's about time you did a Sony and got some good contacts.
You sold Rare, a company that single handidly kept you afloat in Europe and America... Retro and Silicon knights are fantastic western developers... both are developing Eastern games.
When will you learn?
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No way, Prince of Persia is the best platformer. No doubt about it. :D
They're western developers, yes, but that doesn't mean they appeal to western markets. Everyone knew about Diddy Kong Racing, Goldeneye, Conker and the like, how many people know what Eternal Darkness is?
Strafio wrote:
> They were Nintendo's only real link to the West
Silicon Knights? Retro?
> They were Nintendo's only real link to the West
Silicon Knights? Retro?
Sunshine is the best platformer of this generation...
Blinx and JAk and Daxter or Rachet and Clank can't touch it no matter how hard they try.
It just is the pure essence of fun.
And according to the new Games TM Burnout 3 is coming to all 3 consoles.
Blinx and JAk and Daxter or Rachet and Clank can't touch it no matter how hard they try.
It just is the pure essence of fun.
And according to the new Games TM Burnout 3 is coming to all 3 consoles.
Rickoss wrote:
> God, if I said anything bad about Sunshine when it was released you'd
> have all slaughtered me, but you seem to have changed your tune
> promptly ;-)
To be honest, I've never thought Sunshine was a great game. Very good, yes, but the real shock was how close Jak & Daxter came to bettering it. In my opinion, I thought Jak & Daxter showed Sunshine a fair few things in level design, structure and variation that it was lacking. Strange, as previously, Mario games had always been far ahead of the game. Even Shigsy has admitted this to some extent.
And it's because of the quality and evolution found in games like Jak & Daxter that Nintendo need them - maybe not as exclusives, but to keep the designers on their toes.
> God, if I said anything bad about Sunshine when it was released you'd
> have all slaughtered me, but you seem to have changed your tune
> promptly ;-)
To be honest, I've never thought Sunshine was a great game. Very good, yes, but the real shock was how close Jak & Daxter came to bettering it. In my opinion, I thought Jak & Daxter showed Sunshine a fair few things in level design, structure and variation that it was lacking. Strange, as previously, Mario games had always been far ahead of the game. Even Shigsy has admitted this to some extent.
And it's because of the quality and evolution found in games like Jak & Daxter that Nintendo need them - maybe not as exclusives, but to keep the designers on their toes.
tphi wrote:
> Hate to burst your bubble, but it's already been confirmed - as
> cancelled for the Cube. So claims Cubed-3.co.uk anyway.
GamesPress don't seem to think so.
> Hate to burst your bubble, but it's already been confirmed - as
> cancelled for the Cube. So claims Cubed-3.co.uk anyway.
GamesPress don't seem to think so.
Nintendo shouldn't have gotten rid of Rare.
They were Nintendo's only real link to the West, and despite Dinosaur Planet being messed up (which I think was partly down to Rare having to follow Nintendo guidelines rather than do their own thing) without having to start again for Xbox, they could've released a whole load of triple A titles by now.
Kameo is looking great.
As to Windwaker, as beautiful as the control system and visuals were, the adventure they were lumped with was dire in comparison. And I'm not just talking a missing dungeon or two. Same with Sunshine. Still, they both had their classic moments and now the game engine is in place, I expect that the sequels will have a great adventure to go with the sweet gameplay mechanics.
Pikmin 2 already looks promising in showing this direction.
With the basic game design lifted from the last one, all Nintendo have had to do is polish it a little, and expand it a little, and put a decent game world to play in.
Now I've not seen evidence of great level design, but a random level generator shows that they are definately thinking longevity this time.
Let's hope they don't reley on it to make up for a lack of properly designed levels...
:-)
They were Nintendo's only real link to the West, and despite Dinosaur Planet being messed up (which I think was partly down to Rare having to follow Nintendo guidelines rather than do their own thing) without having to start again for Xbox, they could've released a whole load of triple A titles by now.
Kameo is looking great.
As to Windwaker, as beautiful as the control system and visuals were, the adventure they were lumped with was dire in comparison. And I'm not just talking a missing dungeon or two. Same with Sunshine. Still, they both had their classic moments and now the game engine is in place, I expect that the sequels will have a great adventure to go with the sweet gameplay mechanics.
Pikmin 2 already looks promising in showing this direction.
With the basic game design lifted from the last one, all Nintendo have had to do is polish it a little, and expand it a little, and put a decent game world to play in.
Now I've not seen evidence of great level design, but a random level generator shows that they are definately thinking longevity this time.
Let's hope they don't reley on it to make up for a lack of properly designed levels...
:-)
FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Burnout 3's practically been confirmed.
> Practically.
Hate to burst your bubble, but it's already been confirmed - as cancelled for the Cube. So claims Cubed-3.co.uk anyway.
> Burnout 3's practically been confirmed.
> Practically.
Hate to burst your bubble, but it's already been confirmed - as cancelled for the Cube. So claims Cubed-3.co.uk anyway.
Van The Man wrote:
> It's funny how people criticise games they've probably never played
> just to sound "cool" and "trendy", as that what
> being a "critic" is all about. You make me wanna WRETCH!
You would be referring to whom?
> It's funny how people criticise games they've probably never played
> just to sound "cool" and "trendy", as that what
> being a "critic" is all about. You make me wanna WRETCH!
You would be referring to whom?
Burnout 3's practically been confirmed.
Practically.
And Baten Kaitos is coming.
Which will be the best game ever.
No - not just ever, evA.
Practically.
And Baten Kaitos is coming.
Which will be the best game ever.
No - not just ever, evA.
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