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Will someone please give Nintendo a slap on the back for years of good work?
Once Sega had decided to leave the idea of making consoles to the pros and revert to just making games, it left Nintendo as the only original games company existing. Nintendo now only have ‘new boys’ to compete against, and if you ask me, they’re doing a damn good job of it.
It started off well for Nintendo. The NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) was a great hit. It was the first home console Nintendo had ever made, and a good one at that.
The NES was an 8bit console that used cartridges to play its games. This console was the console that got most people into gaming. Endless nights would be spent playing games on it, and the unrealistic graphics never seemed to bother people.
Some of the games were: Super Mario Bros. 3, The Legend of Zelda, Tetris, Mike Tyson's Punch Out, Bubble Bobble, Duck Tales, Mega Man 2
Super Mario Bros, Duck Hunt, World Class Track Meet, Excitebike and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Arcade Game.
Next on the stage from Nintendo came the SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System), an upgraded version of the NES. This time, Nintendo’s baby was a 16bit console. Again, the SNES didn’t exactly have top-notch graphics, but it was good enough for people at the time, and was a huge success. Nintendo didn’t really put much thought into the design of the console (a grey box basically) but that didn’t really bother people, unlike now.
This time, Nintendo had some competition. Sega and NEC had just released 16bit consoles far superior to the NES. The SNES had to fight these consoles off in order to emerge triumphant. The SNES was also a great console.
Next came – in Nintendo’s eyes – ‘the bad boys’. Sony (who Nintendo had previously rejected for making a CD add-on for their console) had decided to enter the business. They were going to release a games console that used CD’s to store the games. Nintendo started work on another console. The ‘Nintendo 64’ supposedly twice as powerful as Sony’s attempt.
Nintendo decided not to use CD’s, and to stick with cartridges. A brave move by Nintendo, but it didn’t work out so well. Cartridges had been fine until now. They were durable, and small. They call most likely survive being trodden on, but they weren’t good enough for this generation of consoles. There just wasn’t enough space on the cartridges, and they were much more expensive to produce than CD’s. Although games nearer today seem to have perfected the use of the cartridge (the first I can think of is Conkers Bad Fur Day) it was – in many people’s thoughts – a bad move by Nintendo.
Unfortunately, the Nintendo 64 didn’t do as well as its predecessors. But unlike Sega (with the Dreamcast) Nintendo decided to have another attempt. It was code named, ‘The Dolphin’, but was later confirmed to be called ‘The Gamecube’.
Nintendo have decided to make another risk with the media that the games are stored on with this system. The disks will be like mini-DVD’s, which won’t store as much as the DVD’s used in the PS2 and Xbox, but they will prevent pirating, and have made the console much smaller. Also this will be the first time when the two ‘enemies’ Nintendo and Sega will not be competing with each other. In fact they will be working together. Sega will be making games for the GC, and quite frankly, I say to Nintendo GOOD LOOK!
Nintendo, I salute you.
-Tom
Once Sega had decided to leave the idea of making consoles to the pros and revert to just making games, it left Nintendo as the only original games company existing. Nintendo now only have ‘new boys’ to compete against, and if you ask me, they’re doing a damn good job of it.
It started off well for Nintendo. The NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) was a great hit. It was the first home console Nintendo had ever made, and a good one at that.
The NES was an 8bit console that used cartridges to play its games. This console was the console that got most people into gaming. Endless nights would be spent playing games on it, and the unrealistic graphics never seemed to bother people.
Some of the games were: Super Mario Bros. 3, The Legend of Zelda, Tetris, Mike Tyson's Punch Out, Bubble Bobble, Duck Tales, Mega Man 2
Super Mario Bros, Duck Hunt, World Class Track Meet, Excitebike and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Arcade Game.
Next on the stage from Nintendo came the SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System), an upgraded version of the NES. This time, Nintendo’s baby was a 16bit console. Again, the SNES didn’t exactly have top-notch graphics, but it was good enough for people at the time, and was a huge success. Nintendo didn’t really put much thought into the design of the console (a grey box basically) but that didn’t really bother people, unlike now.
This time, Nintendo had some competition. Sega and NEC had just released 16bit consoles far superior to the NES. The SNES had to fight these consoles off in order to emerge triumphant. The SNES was also a great console.
Next came – in Nintendo’s eyes – ‘the bad boys’. Sony (who Nintendo had previously rejected for making a CD add-on for their console) had decided to enter the business. They were going to release a games console that used CD’s to store the games. Nintendo started work on another console. The ‘Nintendo 64’ supposedly twice as powerful as Sony’s attempt.
Nintendo decided not to use CD’s, and to stick with cartridges. A brave move by Nintendo, but it didn’t work out so well. Cartridges had been fine until now. They were durable, and small. They call most likely survive being trodden on, but they weren’t good enough for this generation of consoles. There just wasn’t enough space on the cartridges, and they were much more expensive to produce than CD’s. Although games nearer today seem to have perfected the use of the cartridge (the first I can think of is Conkers Bad Fur Day) it was – in many people’s thoughts – a bad move by Nintendo.
Unfortunately, the Nintendo 64 didn’t do as well as its predecessors. But unlike Sega (with the Dreamcast) Nintendo decided to have another attempt. It was code named, ‘The Dolphin’, but was later confirmed to be called ‘The Gamecube’.
Nintendo have decided to make another risk with the media that the games are stored on with this system. The disks will be like mini-DVD’s, which won’t store as much as the DVD’s used in the PS2 and Xbox, but they will prevent pirating, and have made the console much smaller. Also this will be the first time when the two ‘enemies’ Nintendo and Sega will not be competing with each other. In fact they will be working together. Sega will be making games for the GC, and quite frankly, I say to Nintendo GOOD LOOK!
Nintendo, I salute you.
-Tom
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GamingGuy wrote:
Its like a comedian
> staying on stage, even if no one is laughing at his/her jokes.
Yeah you have to be super strong to be able to do that. Here ya go Nintendo, have.. one of my magical Nintendo gold stickers..
*Runs*
I love you Nintendo.
Its like a comedian
> staying on stage, even if no one is laughing at his/her jokes.
Yeah you have to be super strong to be able to do that. Here ya go Nintendo, have.. one of my magical Nintendo gold stickers..
*Runs*
I love you Nintendo.
I'm not a ninty. In fact, I've never owned a Nintendo console, well thats not true, I did own an N64 for about 2 weeks. I just think that, seeing as Nintendo are the only original games console makers still making consoles, they deserve some credit.
Like GamingGuy said 'Its like a comidean staying on stage when the audience isn't laughing at their jokes' and it takes a brave person/comapny to do that.
Like GamingGuy said 'Its like a comidean staying on stage when the audience isn't laughing at their jokes' and it takes a brave person/comapny to do that.
damn straight
uh-oh, I thought this was fog.
*looks for nearest exit*
*looks for nearest exit*
not another "lets kiss nintendo's bottom" topic, stop it!!!!
it might be cheaper but at what cost? (nods)
In pleased with the launch date - Its not that long when you think about it!! And as for the price - Its a bargain!!
Yeah, but its worth the wait to get the console for 50 quid cheaper. Nintendo have also timed it nicely with other events aswell, as has been mentioned before, so other people will do their advertising for them.
I love ninty but for the new Gc launch date i'll give them a PUNCH in the back
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