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Now, before I start I'd just like to say that I am a PS2 owner so I am extremely biased in every possible way. This doesn't matter though.
I just the latest CVG (issue 239, October) and the cover feature is about the GameCube. How exciting. 10 whole pages dedicated to it. And I knew very little about Nintendo's new console so I read it and I am shocked by the overall shoddiness.
ATTENTION: ONLY CHILDREN UNDER 5 SHOULD BUY GAMECUBE!
Out of the twenty or so launch games, over half feature cutesy little animal characters and/or garish cartoony graphics. Pikmin? Super Monkey Ball? What the hell are they? They even made Zelda in to a cartoon! For a super powerful console, 2D graphics are not acceptable even if they ARE 3D but just look 2D.
And to make it even worse, hardly any of the games are original. There's the usual Mario/Luigi nonsense, Zelda, Star Fox, Bomberman (which I admit is cool), Fifa (obviously), Super Smash Bros and loads of other games which feature numbers at the end of their names. I'm not going to complain much because a lot of the best games on PS2 are sequels too.
And...oh god I can't even bear to say it...there's bound to be Pokemon. NO! Or, rather there will be Gamecube versions of Pokemon Red, Blue, Yellow, Purple, Green, Silver, Gold, Crystal, Platinum, Titanium, Aluminium, Cardboard and MDF.
But that's the end of my little rant. If you really like cartoony characters running around doing puzzles and stuff then I hope you enjoy your new GameCube. I'll just be driving on GT3, shooting stuff in Red Faction, slaughtering zombies on Code Veronica and couting the days until Metal Gear Solid 2.
That's it...
I just the latest CVG (issue 239, October) and the cover feature is about the GameCube. How exciting. 10 whole pages dedicated to it. And I knew very little about Nintendo's new console so I read it and I am shocked by the overall shoddiness.
ATTENTION: ONLY CHILDREN UNDER 5 SHOULD BUY GAMECUBE!
Out of the twenty or so launch games, over half feature cutesy little animal characters and/or garish cartoony graphics. Pikmin? Super Monkey Ball? What the hell are they? They even made Zelda in to a cartoon! For a super powerful console, 2D graphics are not acceptable even if they ARE 3D but just look 2D.
And to make it even worse, hardly any of the games are original. There's the usual Mario/Luigi nonsense, Zelda, Star Fox, Bomberman (which I admit is cool), Fifa (obviously), Super Smash Bros and loads of other games which feature numbers at the end of their names. I'm not going to complain much because a lot of the best games on PS2 are sequels too.
And...oh god I can't even bear to say it...there's bound to be Pokemon. NO! Or, rather there will be Gamecube versions of Pokemon Red, Blue, Yellow, Purple, Green, Silver, Gold, Crystal, Platinum, Titanium, Aluminium, Cardboard and MDF.
But that's the end of my little rant. If you really like cartoony characters running around doing puzzles and stuff then I hope you enjoy your new GameCube. I'll just be driving on GT3, shooting stuff in Red Faction, slaughtering zombies on Code Veronica and couting the days until Metal Gear Solid 2.
That's it...
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There are actually only 2 Pokemon RPG's and three versions of each.
Blue, Red and Yellow being the first set and Gold, Silver and Crystal being the second.
You buy one from each set.
Each version in a set has different Pokemon to catch compared to the other versions, hence you have to trade with you friend who'll have another version.
So you buy Red, your friend buys Blue, and then you can trade an Ekans you caught for that Bell Sprout he has.
Yes, some people bought all 6 of them, but thats their fault, not Nintendos.
Blue, Red and Yellow being the first set and Gold, Silver and Crystal being the second.
You buy one from each set.
Each version in a set has different Pokemon to catch compared to the other versions, hence you have to trade with you friend who'll have another version.
So you buy Red, your friend buys Blue, and then you can trade an Ekans you caught for that Bell Sprout he has.
Yes, some people bought all 6 of them, but thats their fault, not Nintendos.
Strafex wrote:
These crazes and phases come and go.
> If you don't like it then ignor it. Don't let it build stupid prejudices within
> you though.
I would, but it is completely impossible to ignore.
I just think Pokemon has gone too far. You may think the games are good, and that's fine. But why are there so many? Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver and in a few months there'll be Crystal. All very very similar apart from a few insignificant things. Mobile phone card readers? Simply a gimmick, although an admittedly cool sounding one...
And then there's that Game Boy trading card game, Pokemon Pinball, Pokemon Puzzle Challenge...and they're all just for Game Boy/Game Boy Colour! Add them to the N64 games as well and you've got over 10 games. What is the point?
(And it sounds like Johntrax is mobilising his Nintendo army...i'll make sure my door's locked tonight!)
These crazes and phases come and go.
> If you don't like it then ignor it. Don't let it build stupid prejudices within
> you though.
I would, but it is completely impossible to ignore.
I just think Pokemon has gone too far. You may think the games are good, and that's fine. But why are there so many? Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver and in a few months there'll be Crystal. All very very similar apart from a few insignificant things. Mobile phone card readers? Simply a gimmick, although an admittedly cool sounding one...
And then there's that Game Boy trading card game, Pokemon Pinball, Pokemon Puzzle Challenge...and they're all just for Game Boy/Game Boy Colour! Add them to the N64 games as well and you've got over 10 games. What is the point?
(And it sounds like Johntrax is mobilising his Nintendo army...i'll make sure my door's locked tonight!)
Within 2 days and you've already grown up a bit.
I'm a big fan of the Pokemon Gameboy games (EVERY single one is first class garaunteed)
The trading cards were a bit of a rip off and Nintendo did get a large cut of their profits (licensing) but no games company is any better (Sony desperately tried to do the same with Digimon - only they failed.)
These crazes and phases come and go. If you don't like it then ignor it. Don't let it build stupid prejudices within you though.
I'm a big fan of the Pokemon Gameboy games (EVERY single one is first class garaunteed)
The trading cards were a bit of a rip off and Nintendo did get a large cut of their profits (licensing) but no games company is any better (Sony desperately tried to do the same with Digimon - only they failed.)
These crazes and phases come and go. If you don't like it then ignor it. Don't let it build stupid prejudices within you though.
I have sense? WOW!
Dringo wrote:
> davebeech wrote:
> Dringo wrote:
> Shall i do the Pokemon example
> again?
Which Pokemon
> example? Was it the one about how to make millions
> by exploiting young,
> impressionable children? Getting them to spend all
> their money on trading cards
> to try and collect 150 and then just to rub
> it in, release another god knows how
> many new Pokemon to make them spend
> even more money!
£2.50 those Neo
> cards are? £2.50!? And for
> what? No, I don't like Pokemon and no, i don't
> invite all you Pokemon fans
> to have another go at me. Just another opinion...
I blame wizards of the
> coast for that rather than Nintendo.
The Pokemon example.
Ignore the
> Graphics and you have animals, hitting, stabbing, kicking, freezing, burning,
> bloeing up and shooting eachother.
Sounds like an adult blood sport game that
> should be banned add cute graphics and wow it isn't only legal game but for
> children aswell!!!
Do you judge on graphics? Conker is cute like MArio is
> that a kids game?
Thank god for the good sense of dringo.
> davebeech wrote:
> Dringo wrote:
> Shall i do the Pokemon example
> again?
Which Pokemon
> example? Was it the one about how to make millions
> by exploiting young,
> impressionable children? Getting them to spend all
> their money on trading cards
> to try and collect 150 and then just to rub
> it in, release another god knows how
> many new Pokemon to make them spend
> even more money!
£2.50 those Neo
> cards are? £2.50!? And for
> what? No, I don't like Pokemon and no, i don't
> invite all you Pokemon fans
> to have another go at me. Just another opinion...
I blame wizards of the
> coast for that rather than Nintendo.
The Pokemon example.
Ignore the
> Graphics and you have animals, hitting, stabbing, kicking, freezing, burning,
> bloeing up and shooting eachother.
Sounds like an adult blood sport game that
> should be banned add cute graphics and wow it isn't only legal game but for
> children aswell!!!
Do you judge on graphics? Conker is cute like MArio is
> that a kids game?
Thank god for the good sense of dringo.
Or, better still, I'll create my own range of FOG trading cards with all you lot on them. And then sell them to stupid children for huge profits. Muhahahahaaaaaa!
If any of you guys want to feature in my set of trading cards, just tell me your special powers (i.e. Dringo's Notable Hunting power) and you're in! Oh, there will be a small fee for this privilege though. We'll call it an even £5,000.
If any of you guys want to feature in my set of trading cards, just tell me your special powers (i.e. Dringo's Notable Hunting power) and you're in! Oh, there will be a small fee for this privilege though. We'll call it an even £5,000.
Hmmm Card killer, car hunter, something like that.
I'll not bother. I'm not bothered about Gamecube anymore anyway. I'm starting a campaign against Pokemon cards and all other cards too...Harry Potter ones especially. (And don't get me started on Digimon)
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