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One thing I often here is “Nintendo are aimed!” well they are wrong. If I heard Sony have much more and better Adult only titles I wouldn’t argue. When it comes to adults only Nintendo suffer and it has become evident to me that Nintendo are trying to win over the adult audience.
It is understandable that throughout the last quarter of the 20th century people would view Nintendo as a childish company. Pokémon was released and even Goldeneye was toned down in the blood sense. Nintendo soon started to change their image, something they need to do in order to survive. Rare had no holds barred in the heavily realistic and extremely violent Perfect Dark and with titles such as Resident Evil 2 and Eternal Darkness on and coming to the N64 it was starting to look as if Nintendo would have more than Turok to satisfy the adult gamers.
It seemed to me as if Nintendo tried to make their cute games appeal to adults, Jet Force Gemini a violent game that did look as if it was aimed at a young generation, adults who bought this may see that cute graphics doesn’t make a game childish and then of course there is Conker the most adult oriented console game out. But when it comes to Nintendo’s next generation campaign things started to go wrong.
Acclaim were now making the highly popular Turok series something which helped Nintendo pull in the adults on the Playstation as well and with yet no confirmation of Shadowman 2econd coming Acclaim have caused Nintendo a problem, they need to do something themselves. Buying a share in the horror company Silicon knights who had moved Eternal Darkness and Too Human over to the Gamecube was a wise idea and with a sequel of Perfect Dark, Conker and Metroid on the horizon (what happened to Riqa?) Nintendo are doing all they can. They looked at the worlds famous Horror experts Capcom for help.
Resident Evil 2 sold well on the N64 and so Capcom weren’t afraid in announcing Resident Evil on the Gameboy Colour and Resident Evil 0 on to the N64. Yet Capcom were a bit ambitious with the GBC project and so that was canned and Resident Evil 0 was now heading for the Gamecube. Yet the relationship between Capcom and Nintendo has improved as of late, Nintendo helped them design 2 Zelda games on the GBC yet to be released over here and then Nintendo handed over the Mickey Mouse license to them so they can design the games for the Gamecube.
The rumors of remakes of the Resident Evil series on the Gamecube and many other consoles started circling and at last it looked as if Nintendo have vastly improved their adult status. Hype surrounded Spaceworld and all of a sudden Nintendo looked all kiddie again. Zelda’s new look popular with many has now made the game seem more orientated towards the younger generation and people had to face Nintendo weren’t about to change. Pokémon Mini was later announced in Europe yet another childish idea, Sony’s fans were getting proved right by the day Nintendo are still the childish looking company they have always been.
Until this week, headlines all around the word was filled with the American disaster where thousands were innocently killed yet Capcom and Nintendo had another shock in store for the world. Biohazard, Biohazard 2 and Biohazard 3: Nemesis was all being redone in all 128-bit glory ONLY on the Gamecube. That’s not all Code Veronica X is also making an appearance and Biohazard 0 and 4 are also Gamecube EXCLUSIVE! The single biggest step in shaking off Nintendo’s childish image with 6 adult only titles and what a huge blow to Sony I already know of 3 who are deserting the Playstation to the Gamecube in light of recent events.
Sony do still have Devil May Cry and Onimusha by Capcom but who is to say these won’t be showing up on the Gamecube either? With Capcom making both Mickey Mouse and Resident Evil only on a Nintendo console their might be a fear (or a hope in my case) that this major 3rd party developer may soon become a 2nd party developer. Nintendo’s future has just got off to a flying start and all of a sudden Zelda’s childish look doesn’t seem as important.
Here’s to the future
Dringo
It is understandable that throughout the last quarter of the 20th century people would view Nintendo as a childish company. Pokémon was released and even Goldeneye was toned down in the blood sense. Nintendo soon started to change their image, something they need to do in order to survive. Rare had no holds barred in the heavily realistic and extremely violent Perfect Dark and with titles such as Resident Evil 2 and Eternal Darkness on and coming to the N64 it was starting to look as if Nintendo would have more than Turok to satisfy the adult gamers.
It seemed to me as if Nintendo tried to make their cute games appeal to adults, Jet Force Gemini a violent game that did look as if it was aimed at a young generation, adults who bought this may see that cute graphics doesn’t make a game childish and then of course there is Conker the most adult oriented console game out. But when it comes to Nintendo’s next generation campaign things started to go wrong.
Acclaim were now making the highly popular Turok series something which helped Nintendo pull in the adults on the Playstation as well and with yet no confirmation of Shadowman 2econd coming Acclaim have caused Nintendo a problem, they need to do something themselves. Buying a share in the horror company Silicon knights who had moved Eternal Darkness and Too Human over to the Gamecube was a wise idea and with a sequel of Perfect Dark, Conker and Metroid on the horizon (what happened to Riqa?) Nintendo are doing all they can. They looked at the worlds famous Horror experts Capcom for help.
Resident Evil 2 sold well on the N64 and so Capcom weren’t afraid in announcing Resident Evil on the Gameboy Colour and Resident Evil 0 on to the N64. Yet Capcom were a bit ambitious with the GBC project and so that was canned and Resident Evil 0 was now heading for the Gamecube. Yet the relationship between Capcom and Nintendo has improved as of late, Nintendo helped them design 2 Zelda games on the GBC yet to be released over here and then Nintendo handed over the Mickey Mouse license to them so they can design the games for the Gamecube.
The rumors of remakes of the Resident Evil series on the Gamecube and many other consoles started circling and at last it looked as if Nintendo have vastly improved their adult status. Hype surrounded Spaceworld and all of a sudden Nintendo looked all kiddie again. Zelda’s new look popular with many has now made the game seem more orientated towards the younger generation and people had to face Nintendo weren’t about to change. Pokémon Mini was later announced in Europe yet another childish idea, Sony’s fans were getting proved right by the day Nintendo are still the childish looking company they have always been.
Until this week, headlines all around the word was filled with the American disaster where thousands were innocently killed yet Capcom and Nintendo had another shock in store for the world. Biohazard, Biohazard 2 and Biohazard 3: Nemesis was all being redone in all 128-bit glory ONLY on the Gamecube. That’s not all Code Veronica X is also making an appearance and Biohazard 0 and 4 are also Gamecube EXCLUSIVE! The single biggest step in shaking off Nintendo’s childish image with 6 adult only titles and what a huge blow to Sony I already know of 3 who are deserting the Playstation to the Gamecube in light of recent events.
Sony do still have Devil May Cry and Onimusha by Capcom but who is to say these won’t be showing up on the Gamecube either? With Capcom making both Mickey Mouse and Resident Evil only on a Nintendo console their might be a fear (or a hope in my case) that this major 3rd party developer may soon become a 2nd party developer. Nintendo’s future has just got off to a flying start and all of a sudden Zelda’s childish look doesn’t seem as important.
Here’s to the future
Dringo
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Dringo wrote:
> Pop!
That's really really good
I mean good
Good
As in good
Yeah
Well Done
> Pop!
That's really really good
I mean good
Good
As in good
Yeah
Well Done
Nice post Dringo.
Yes GC does look good but im saving my cash for other things, like MAYBE x-box. I will wait for GC to be about 100 quid then I wil buy it and about 10 decent games.
I am also saving for a holiday and a motorbike :o)
Yes GC does look good but im saving my cash for other things, like MAYBE x-box. I will wait for GC to be about 100 quid then I wil buy it and about 10 decent games.
I am also saving for a holiday and a motorbike :o)
Pop!
oh right only 6 games, ONLY!
And i was worng the few mistakes don't matter Ali spotted a deacent post and ignored it deciding to go for me instead :)
Cheers guys!
And i was worng the few mistakes don't matter Ali spotted a deacent post and ignored it deciding to go for me instead :)
Cheers guys!
For the PS2 owners concerned...
It's not the end of Resi - it's only for 6 games, and Onimusha and Devil May Cry will remain on PS2.
Check out:
http://ps2.ign.com/news/38282.html
It's not the end of Resi - it's only for 6 games, and Onimusha and Devil May Cry will remain on PS2.
Check out:
http://ps2.ign.com/news/38282.html
Who doesn't like Gamecube best?!
FM - Doesn't count
Bonus - Scottish
Turbonutter - Friend of Bonus :D
Other Playstation and X-Box people - Dont count. :D
FM - Doesn't count
Bonus - Scottish
Turbonutter - Friend of Bonus :D
Other Playstation and X-Box people - Dont count. :D
I don't think that Capcom will ever become a 2nd party company, although it's clear they like the Gamecube best for this generation.
tsk tsk far too many mistakes Dringo you will never get a GAD for this
:)
:)
oh and how can thousands get "innocently killed" i thought i checked through this several times!
I read back through my post and what do i read? Nintedo are aimed? Am i stupid to think i could post a big GAD attempt and make a stupid mistake like that? Aw it was supposed to be aimed at kids but ahh well.
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