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"Nintendo "like retirement home""

BBC report on E3 Nintendo performance

"Nintendo's conference was like a retirement home for classic game developers as Toru Iwatani, the brains behind Pac-Man, played on-stage against Mario wunderkind, Shigeru Miyamoto, who is currently working on an all-new Pac-Man title.

Refreshingly self-critical, the assembled masses were told of the mistakes the big N made with marketing the GameCube, and the difficulty the traditionally family-orientated company was having in appealing to modern, gore-obsessed players.

But their president, Satoru Iwata, in a nod to the Grand Theft Auto series, assured Nintendo-philes: "You won't see Mario shoot a hooker".

And while we were assured the GameCube had a rosy future, its successor is already officially in development."

*chuckles*

Heh, the breaking PS2 issue was raised on Gamecentral.

It does look a little suspicious.

Edgy wrote:
> It also tells the truth about PS2. My brother's tries to play games -
> just does't succeed very well. Not because of the specs, or the discs,
> but because the console was so cheap in manufacture that it has worn
> itself out a few months after the warranty is up...which I find
> coincidental.

My mates at college have just had the exact problem. Sony on the phone said 'We can't help you, even though you paid over £250 quid for it 18months ago.. we just can't help. We did it on purpose you see.'

Dringo wrote:
> er-no wrote:
> You got issues Goatboy.
>
> For gaming, the Gamecube is the best console.
>
> If you want a PC under your tv, get an XBox.
>
> If you want a two year old heap of crap, that tries to play PC
> games.
> Buy a PS2.
>
> Brilliant.

So true, for it doesn't make fun of the Xbox, just says the truth, and I for one like having a PC under my TV next to my GameCube (I've got a special stand with my GameCube, Xbox and Dreamcast set up, my NES and MegaDrive are on seperate shelves attatched to the side).

It also tells the truth about PS2. My brother's tries to play games - just does't succeed very well. Not because of the specs, or the discs, but because the console was so cheap in manufacture that it has worn itself out a few months after the warranty is up...which I find coincidental.

er-no wrote:
> You got issues Goatboy.
>
> For gaming, the Gamecube is the best console.
>
> If you want a PC under your tv, get an XBox.
>
> If you want a two year old heap of crap, that tries to play PC games.
> Buy a PS2.

Brilliant.

Mr Snuggly wrote:
> No, it's "Arguing on the internet is like running in the special
> Olympics. Even if you win, you're still retarded."

Best thing I've read in a while :^)

Mr Snuggly wrote:
> er-no wrote:
> Arguing on the internet is like running in the
> para-lympics. Even if you win its not funny.
>
>
> No, it's "Arguing on the internet is like running in the special
> Olympics. Even if you win, you're still retarded." I didn't
> make that up, for the record. And I don't think Goaty was arguing, he
> was fishing.

I know you didn't make it up. Its from that internet image.

Anyways, mine is my own. Meh.

Is that the only response you have?

Yadda yadda yadda

What are you doing?

I am so sorry gerrid.

Deeply.

gerrid wrote:
> gamezfreak wrote:
> is'nt
> does'nt
> does'nt
>
> Now those are poor quality apostrophes.

Good one