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Next year Nintendo will release probably their most eagerly awaited console. The GameCube. And next year, I will be buying a GameCube. Do you know why?
Not because I think it’s the best of the next gen consoles, not simply out of loyalty to Nintendo not even because the console is smooth so I can’t cut myself on it, although that factor did kind of put me off a PS2… :-D
No, not because of any of those reasons, simply because the console and the games appeal to ME. I don’t care if no one else here shares the same opinion; I don’t care if the PS2 is out now, and I don’t care that the X-Box will be more powerful. The GameCube appeals to me so I am gong to buy one.
Why does it appeal to me? Because the games look awesome... To me. So what, they look cute, cuddly and childish, I’m 13, I’m allowed to want cute cuddly and childish things because, at this moment in time, I’m still a child.
Pikmin, to me, looks like a fantastic game. Getting to guide weird little plant things round a garden, ordering them to attack nasty beasts and making them find bits of my spaceship sounds great fun… To me. Who cares if it’s cuter than a baby rabbit? It still looks like a superb game that will give me hours and hours of fun. Even if this game’s main character were Bill Gates I’d still buy it because it appeals to me, not because it appeals to other people, because it appeals to me.
Another prime example is Super Smash Brothers Mêlée. Taking control of one of Nintendo’s characters and guiding them through levels kicking the living daylight’s out of anyone who gets in their way. So what if it’s set in lush environments that give you toothache because they’re so sweet. The game looks fantastic and it’s supposed to play even better than it looks! If this game was set in Wonderland with fluffy chicks (that’s the animal kind…) as the characters... I’d still buy it. You know why? Because it appeals to me.
Look at Crash Bandicoot on the PlayStation, was that cuter than Miss. Spears in a bikini? Yes. Was that a brilliant game that nearly everyone loved? Yes. Did they care that the main character looked like something out of Playdays? No.
Does it really matter that some people have the opinion that the PS2 is better than everything else on the market? No. It’s their opinion that they’re entitled to. It’s a free country, so they’re allowed to disillusion... I mean carry that opinion with them.
Do their opinions that the PS2 is better than the soon-to-be-released GameCube make me want to change my mind and spend my cash on the PS2? No. Why? Because the PS2 doesn’t appeal to me. The GameCube does.
People always fight about the console wars, about who’s going to win. Do you want me to tell you who’s going t win?
Then I shall tell you, not the PS2, not the GameCube and not the Xbox. The gamers are going to win because they will have chosen a console that appeals to them. And if they would rather play that console then any of the others on offer who loses? No one does. The company have their money. The rival companies have THEIR gamers, and the gamer has their console. The console that they’re happy with and that appeals to them.
RBS
PS. PS2 sucks :-D
Not because I think it’s the best of the next gen consoles, not simply out of loyalty to Nintendo not even because the console is smooth so I can’t cut myself on it, although that factor did kind of put me off a PS2… :-D
No, not because of any of those reasons, simply because the console and the games appeal to ME. I don’t care if no one else here shares the same opinion; I don’t care if the PS2 is out now, and I don’t care that the X-Box will be more powerful. The GameCube appeals to me so I am gong to buy one.
Why does it appeal to me? Because the games look awesome... To me. So what, they look cute, cuddly and childish, I’m 13, I’m allowed to want cute cuddly and childish things because, at this moment in time, I’m still a child.
Pikmin, to me, looks like a fantastic game. Getting to guide weird little plant things round a garden, ordering them to attack nasty beasts and making them find bits of my spaceship sounds great fun… To me. Who cares if it’s cuter than a baby rabbit? It still looks like a superb game that will give me hours and hours of fun. Even if this game’s main character were Bill Gates I’d still buy it because it appeals to me, not because it appeals to other people, because it appeals to me.
Another prime example is Super Smash Brothers Mêlée. Taking control of one of Nintendo’s characters and guiding them through levels kicking the living daylight’s out of anyone who gets in their way. So what if it’s set in lush environments that give you toothache because they’re so sweet. The game looks fantastic and it’s supposed to play even better than it looks! If this game was set in Wonderland with fluffy chicks (that’s the animal kind…) as the characters... I’d still buy it. You know why? Because it appeals to me.
Look at Crash Bandicoot on the PlayStation, was that cuter than Miss. Spears in a bikini? Yes. Was that a brilliant game that nearly everyone loved? Yes. Did they care that the main character looked like something out of Playdays? No.
Does it really matter that some people have the opinion that the PS2 is better than everything else on the market? No. It’s their opinion that they’re entitled to. It’s a free country, so they’re allowed to disillusion... I mean carry that opinion with them.
Do their opinions that the PS2 is better than the soon-to-be-released GameCube make me want to change my mind and spend my cash on the PS2? No. Why? Because the PS2 doesn’t appeal to me. The GameCube does.
People always fight about the console wars, about who’s going to win. Do you want me to tell you who’s going t win?
Then I shall tell you, not the PS2, not the GameCube and not the Xbox. The gamers are going to win because they will have chosen a console that appeals to them. And if they would rather play that console then any of the others on offer who loses? No one does. The company have their money. The rival companies have THEIR gamers, and the gamer has their console. The console that they’re happy with and that appeals to them.
RBS
PS. PS2 sucks :-D
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Well, my programming skills are C**P, I can think of good drawings in my head but I can't draw 'em on paper 'cos i'm a bad drawer, so someone who just's put's there ideas into the game. Or maybe narrative. I don't wanna be project leader though.
uksgamer2002 wrote:
> Yeah. I don't think it has evolved enough. There are so many ideas and concepts
> to make a game a classic. I'm not gonna tell you my ideas 'cos there good, and I
> want to use threm to get my foot in the door of the industry. By the way, has
> anybody got any tips advice, information etc, on how to get the industry?
What do you want to do?
> Yeah. I don't think it has evolved enough. There are so many ideas and concepts
> to make a game a classic. I'm not gonna tell you my ideas 'cos there good, and I
> want to use threm to get my foot in the door of the industry. By the way, has
> anybody got any tips advice, information etc, on how to get the industry?
What do you want to do?
how to get IN the industry i mean, typo.
Yeah. I don't think it has evolved enough. There are so many ideas and concepts to make a game a classic. I'm not gonna tell you my ideas 'cos there good, and I want to use threm to get my foot in the door of the industry. By the way, has anybody got any tips advice, information etc, on how to get the industry?
uksgamer2002 wrote:
> So, what games are you looking forward too? Rogue Squadron has a lot of
> potential, and Monkey Ball looks a lot of fun.
Rogue Squadron has been a bit of a let down for me...
If I'm supposed to be flying an aircraft/spaceship of some sort, I dont want pressing left or right to move the ship left or right... I'd rather it rolled the ship in the direction, so you could pull back on the joystick/joypad to turn in the direction...
Also, It seems to be excatly the same concept as the gmes it was making for the N64... and even Pentium1 PC's ... Id rather hoped they were bringing out an next step in the development rather than sticking flashy graphics on a game they released in 1993?
> So, what games are you looking forward too? Rogue Squadron has a lot of
> potential, and Monkey Ball looks a lot of fun.
Rogue Squadron has been a bit of a let down for me...
If I'm supposed to be flying an aircraft/spaceship of some sort, I dont want pressing left or right to move the ship left or right... I'd rather it rolled the ship in the direction, so you could pull back on the joystick/joypad to turn in the direction...
Also, It seems to be excatly the same concept as the gmes it was making for the N64... and even Pentium1 PC's ... Id rather hoped they were bringing out an next step in the development rather than sticking flashy graphics on a game they released in 1993?
So, what games are you looking forward too? Rogue Squadron has a lot of potential, and Monkey Ball looks a lot of fun.
RastaBillySkank wrote:
> Next year Nintendo will release probably their most eagerly awaited console. The
> GameCube. And next year, I will be buying a GameCube. Do you know why?
No... But thats alright, I'm sure you have your reasons...
Not
> because I think it’s the best of the next gen consoles, not simply out of
> loyalty to Nintendo not even because the console is smooth so I can’t cut myself
> on it, although that factor did kind of put me off a PS2… :-D
You didnt buy a PS2 because you couldnt cut yourself on it?
No, not because
> of any of those reasons, simply because the console and the games appeal to ME.
> I don’t care if no one else here shares the same opinion;
Its okay... we all share the opinion that the GC appeals to you
I don’t care if the
> PS2 is out now, and I don’t care that the X-Box will be more powerful. The
> GameCube appeals to me so I am gong to buy one.
Fair enough.
Why does it appeal to me?
> Because the games look awesome... To me. So what, they look cute, cuddly and
> childish, I’m 13, I’m allowed to want cute cuddly and childish things because,
> at this moment in time, I’m still a child.
People have been saying its a kids console... so whats your complaint?
Pikmin, to me, looks like a
> fantastic game. Getting to guide weird little plant things round a garden,
> ordering them to attack nasty beasts and making them find bits of my spaceship
> sounds great fun… To me. Who cares if it’s cuter than a baby rabbit? It still
> looks like a superb game that will give me hours and hours of fun. Even if this
> game’s main character were Bill Gates I’d still buy it because it appeals to me,
> not because it appeals to other people, because it appeals to me.
Thanks for the info.
Another
> prime example is Super Smash Brothers Mêlée. Taking control of one
> of Nintendo’s characters and guiding them through levels kicking the living
> daylight’s out of anyone who gets in their way. So what if it’s set in lush
> environments that give you toothache because they’re so sweet. The game looks
> fantastic and it’s supposed to play even better than it looks! If this game was
> set in Wonderland with fluffy chicks (that’s the animal kind…) as the
> characters... I’d still buy it. You know why? Because it appeals to me.
So you say...
Look
> at Crash Bandicoot on the PlayStation, was that cuter than Miss. Spears in a
> bikini? Yes. Was that a brilliant game that nearly everyone loved? Yes. Did they
> care that the main character looked like something out of Playdays? No.
I seem to remeber Ninties wernt to favourable about it?
Does
> it really matter that some people have the opinion that the PS2 is better than
> everything else on the market? No. It’s their opinion that they’re entitled to.
> It’s a free country, so they’re allowed to disillusion... I mean carry that
> opinion with them.
Not that your bitter at all?
Do their opinions that the PS2 is better than the
> soon-to-be-released GameCube make me want to change my mind and spend my cash on
> the PS2? No. Why? Because the PS2 doesn’t appeal to me. The GameCube
> does.
Fair enogugh?
People always fight about the console wars, about who’s going to win.
> Do you want me to tell you who’s going t win?
Yes, okay, since you asked...
Then I shall tell you, not the
> PS2, not the GameCube and not the Xbox. The gamers are going to win because they
> will have chosen a console that appeals to them. And if they would rather play
> that console then any of the others on offer who loses? No one does. The company
> have their money. The rival companies have THEIR gamers, and the gamer has their
> console. The console that they’re happy with and that appeals to
> them.
Tell that to SEGA
> Next year Nintendo will release probably their most eagerly awaited console. The
> GameCube. And next year, I will be buying a GameCube. Do you know why?
No... But thats alright, I'm sure you have your reasons...
Not
> because I think it’s the best of the next gen consoles, not simply out of
> loyalty to Nintendo not even because the console is smooth so I can’t cut myself
> on it, although that factor did kind of put me off a PS2… :-D
You didnt buy a PS2 because you couldnt cut yourself on it?
No, not because
> of any of those reasons, simply because the console and the games appeal to ME.
> I don’t care if no one else here shares the same opinion;
Its okay... we all share the opinion that the GC appeals to you
I don’t care if the
> PS2 is out now, and I don’t care that the X-Box will be more powerful. The
> GameCube appeals to me so I am gong to buy one.
Fair enough.
Why does it appeal to me?
> Because the games look awesome... To me. So what, they look cute, cuddly and
> childish, I’m 13, I’m allowed to want cute cuddly and childish things because,
> at this moment in time, I’m still a child.
People have been saying its a kids console... so whats your complaint?
Pikmin, to me, looks like a
> fantastic game. Getting to guide weird little plant things round a garden,
> ordering them to attack nasty beasts and making them find bits of my spaceship
> sounds great fun… To me. Who cares if it’s cuter than a baby rabbit? It still
> looks like a superb game that will give me hours and hours of fun. Even if this
> game’s main character were Bill Gates I’d still buy it because it appeals to me,
> not because it appeals to other people, because it appeals to me.
Thanks for the info.
Another
> prime example is Super Smash Brothers Mêlée. Taking control of one
> of Nintendo’s characters and guiding them through levels kicking the living
> daylight’s out of anyone who gets in their way. So what if it’s set in lush
> environments that give you toothache because they’re so sweet. The game looks
> fantastic and it’s supposed to play even better than it looks! If this game was
> set in Wonderland with fluffy chicks (that’s the animal kind…) as the
> characters... I’d still buy it. You know why? Because it appeals to me.
So you say...
Look
> at Crash Bandicoot on the PlayStation, was that cuter than Miss. Spears in a
> bikini? Yes. Was that a brilliant game that nearly everyone loved? Yes. Did they
> care that the main character looked like something out of Playdays? No.
I seem to remeber Ninties wernt to favourable about it?
Does
> it really matter that some people have the opinion that the PS2 is better than
> everything else on the market? No. It’s their opinion that they’re entitled to.
> It’s a free country, so they’re allowed to disillusion... I mean carry that
> opinion with them.
Not that your bitter at all?
Do their opinions that the PS2 is better than the
> soon-to-be-released GameCube make me want to change my mind and spend my cash on
> the PS2? No. Why? Because the PS2 doesn’t appeal to me. The GameCube
> does.
Fair enogugh?
People always fight about the console wars, about who’s going to win.
> Do you want me to tell you who’s going t win?
Yes, okay, since you asked...
Then I shall tell you, not the
> PS2, not the GameCube and not the Xbox. The gamers are going to win because they
> will have chosen a console that appeals to them. And if they would rather play
> that console then any of the others on offer who loses? No one does. The company
> have their money. The rival companies have THEIR gamers, and the gamer has their
> console. The console that they’re happy with and that appeals to
> them.
Tell that to SEGA
ResÆvilfan wrote:
> I wish people would warn us when their topic isn't going anywhere, i keep
> reading things expecting them to have a point but no just another one like the
> last.
LOL i was thinking that
> I wish people would warn us when their topic isn't going anywhere, i keep
> reading things expecting them to have a point but no just another one like the
> last.
LOL i was thinking that
Goatboy wrote:
> You ripped of my "X hits my G" post, but you used different words and
> stuff.
Villain
Eh?
I didn't read it.
> You ripped of my "X hits my G" post, but you used different words and
> stuff.
Villain
Eh?
I didn't read it.
You ripped of my "X hits my G" post, but you used different words and stuff.
Villain
Villain
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