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Here a question.
How long do people think the N64 has left to live?
With games like Perfect Dark, Zelda: The Continuing Sage, Turok 3, A Resident Evil game, Top Gear Rally 2, and a bunch of other wicked games this year. How long will the N64 live for? Specially with the PS2 and Dolphin on the horizon how much longer can the N64 last?
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How long do people think the N64 has left to live?
With games like Perfect Dark, Zelda: The Continuing Sage, Turok 3, A Resident Evil game, Top Gear Rally 2, and a bunch of other wicked games this year. How long will the N64 live for? Specially with the PS2 and Dolphin on the horizon how much longer can the N64 last?
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I think he may mean save the N64, but for owners, the games are enough coming out. Making people buy the console is a completly different tactic. The pokemon N64 will sell loads I reckon, there must be some spoilt kid out their without a N64, but with all other Pokemon merchendise.
I want to know what people mean by "save" nintendo.
I mean Nintendo are still a successful company and are doing better than Playstation with the Gameboy!
Why do people think that a company's gonna go bust just cos of a slight hitch? Sega have made loads of these slight hitches and are still in the market!
I mean Nintendo are still a successful company and are doing better than Playstation with the Gameboy!
Why do people think that a company's gonna go bust just cos of a slight hitch? Sega have made loads of these slight hitches and are still in the market!
So the big question is...
Will the fact that Nintendo has re-released the N64 with a Pikachu and Pokaball on the front and in a big pokamon box help sell the console?
Although the big N are releasing the Gamecube in a year or so, they need the money at the moment to continue. All companies need revenue and Nintendo is no exception. The strengh of their games sale rely on how many consoles there are (more consoles = more owners = more games sold) With everything Pokamon still selling strong, is this enough to help the console along. Obviously, if Nintendo had of advertised more like they used to (advert for F1 GP for example) they may have already sold a lot more consoles, but now they need a winning strategy to help them sell.
What do you think?
Will the fact that Nintendo has re-released the N64 with a Pikachu and Pokaball on the front and in a big pokamon box help sell the console?
Although the big N are releasing the Gamecube in a year or so, they need the money at the moment to continue. All companies need revenue and Nintendo is no exception. The strengh of their games sale rely on how many consoles there are (more consoles = more owners = more games sold) With everything Pokamon still selling strong, is this enough to help the console along. Obviously, if Nintendo had of advertised more like they used to (advert for F1 GP for example) they may have already sold a lot more consoles, but now they need a winning strategy to help them sell.
What do you think?
After several previous instalments on other machines, the N64 version really is just about as nice as you could possibly have hoped for, and for £15 it's well worth getting hold of.
For those of you unfamiliar with the concept of 'rashing', you have to take your motorbike through a course along a public road, avoiding the traffic and fighting the other rashers in a scramble to the finishing line.
So, what you have is essentially a motorbike racing game, where you're able to fight your oponents, using a large range of weapons, while avoiding traffic and the police, possibly knocking down a few pedestrians as you go.
Fighting- using your fists or one of the large range of weaponary (clubs, baseball bats, bike chains, lead piping, a pool cue, mace, even an inflatable banana) you have to hit other bikers with the aim of dismounting them, while they do the same to you.
You can also use a couple of neat tricks to help you make your rivals eat gravel,
The spoke jam- positioning yourself alongside the target, you can jam a weapon into the spokes of another biker's wheel, which will result in their imediate reaquaintance with the road's surface, but as you'd expect, after raming something into the wheels of a bike traveling at 130kph, you're not going to see your precious weapon again.
If all else fails- without a weapon, low health, no change of leaving a skirmish on 2 wheels? Ride up behind the sucker ahead, nestle your front wheel in beside their back wheel, and pull hard through, forcing their wheel out to the side and sending them into a vicious spin.
But generally, a few blows from your trusty club spanky will do the job nicely.
Traffic- it's a public road out there, and there are pleanty of cars and lorries actually expecting to treat it as such! There are 2 ways of dealing with these fools (3 if you include getting knocked from your bike and being dragged along the road for 200 metres under the front of an oncoming car), you can avoid, or (provided we're not dealing with a big truck), you can get some serious air! Pulling a wheelie then driving straight into a car (going in either direction) will effectively give you a ramp to shoot you high into the sky. It's very impressive to see.
Also, if you can come up behind a car following a lorry travelling in the same direction as you, take the vertical route up the back of the car and land on the roof of the lorry for some big time hitch hiking.
Cops- yes, out to protect the civilians and spoil everyone's fun, the police will have a go at bringing speeding, brawling bikers to justice. The cars are fairly easy going, though sometimes drive in amongst the bikes and have a go at shunting any poor innocent fellans (a good way to get them to pay a little attention is to ride up and over their car). Also, if you pass a police bike at the side of the road, you're sure to hear sirens and find another biker to send to the ground. Be careful though, while there's extra prize money for taking out a cop, if the nice officer gives you justice tarmac style, you'll be taken in and fined.
Pedestrians- inept people with the crazy idea that it's safe to walk in the streets. If you see one ahead, driving straight through him will give him a valuble re-education, and cash bonuses for you.
Air- Yes, there's nothing better than bringing a motorbike into flight - it looks great and can be the only way to save you from eating bumper in traffic. As well as pulling a wheelie and driving up a car, this will also work on many other things, ie, bikes, roadside barriers, bikers who have made the lifestyle choice to fall off their bike and see road surfacing up close and personal (though for all the fun of running someone over there's a relatively small hang time and a lower chance of landing wheels first if you get it wrong. Also, try the roadside cattle sometime. Cows and sheep are always good for a lift.
As well as the main game and individual race modes, there are a range of multiplayer options (multi including 1). These include regular races for up to 4 humans to join in with, death matches (counting knock-downs), tag (show whoever's 'it' concrete justice), points games (points for completing laps and downing rivals) and 'ped tag' - a supurb game where whoever has run down enough pedestrians at the end of the race wins.
The graphics don't really live up to the high N64 standards, the memory saved to ensure the frame rate never drops, even in the most hectic, crowded battle, but even without the expansion pack, the only real area for criticism are the buildings in the background when you get up close and the fact that while the bikes are supurbly animated, the riders generally look a few polygons short of a er... dodecohedron?
Still (hoping I don't cause some inter-console thing to kick off), generally the graphics look as good as one of the better PS titles, and in hi-res look very acceptable, thankyou very much.
The gameplay is excellent. When you get knocked off, you'll usually start racing again with the other bikers in site, and you won't be allowed to get too far ahead of the pack when things are going well, which together ensure it's all action and never a dull moment. Add to that the very nice features of the jumps (and the range of things you can use to propell yourself vertically), including the congratulations if you manage to pull off a barrel role or 360 (usually by fluke!) when you're up in the air, plus the weapons. The freedom of the levels (why not give up on the race and go exploring on your bike - it's a big world out there, and you can always re-attemot the race) is another great feature, and there are usually special weapons tucked away in the scenery. The gameplay is excellent, great fun, and the multiplayer games will keep you and your mates busy for a long time.
All in all, an old series that has gone from strength to strength. No worthy rivals in terms of game play style, and available at a great price, plus you get such a buzz from sending a cop's butt to the floor, it's a real great with masses of the sometimes all too elusive fun factor and the game has far too much depth to leave you bored for a long time.
Go. Buy it now.
I'm just surprised it hasn't gone into speccy's top 10 already.
Change that. You know you should.
For those of you unfamiliar with the concept of 'rashing', you have to take your motorbike through a course along a public road, avoiding the traffic and fighting the other rashers in a scramble to the finishing line.
So, what you have is essentially a motorbike racing game, where you're able to fight your oponents, using a large range of weapons, while avoiding traffic and the police, possibly knocking down a few pedestrians as you go.
Fighting- using your fists or one of the large range of weaponary (clubs, baseball bats, bike chains, lead piping, a pool cue, mace, even an inflatable banana) you have to hit other bikers with the aim of dismounting them, while they do the same to you.
You can also use a couple of neat tricks to help you make your rivals eat gravel,
The spoke jam- positioning yourself alongside the target, you can jam a weapon into the spokes of another biker's wheel, which will result in their imediate reaquaintance with the road's surface, but as you'd expect, after raming something into the wheels of a bike traveling at 130kph, you're not going to see your precious weapon again.
If all else fails- without a weapon, low health, no change of leaving a skirmish on 2 wheels? Ride up behind the sucker ahead, nestle your front wheel in beside their back wheel, and pull hard through, forcing their wheel out to the side and sending them into a vicious spin.
But generally, a few blows from your trusty club spanky will do the job nicely.
Traffic- it's a public road out there, and there are pleanty of cars and lorries actually expecting to treat it as such! There are 2 ways of dealing with these fools (3 if you include getting knocked from your bike and being dragged along the road for 200 metres under the front of an oncoming car), you can avoid, or (provided we're not dealing with a big truck), you can get some serious air! Pulling a wheelie then driving straight into a car (going in either direction) will effectively give you a ramp to shoot you high into the sky. It's very impressive to see.
Also, if you can come up behind a car following a lorry travelling in the same direction as you, take the vertical route up the back of the car and land on the roof of the lorry for some big time hitch hiking.
Cops- yes, out to protect the civilians and spoil everyone's fun, the police will have a go at bringing speeding, brawling bikers to justice. The cars are fairly easy going, though sometimes drive in amongst the bikes and have a go at shunting any poor innocent fellans (a good way to get them to pay a little attention is to ride up and over their car). Also, if you pass a police bike at the side of the road, you're sure to hear sirens and find another biker to send to the ground. Be careful though, while there's extra prize money for taking out a cop, if the nice officer gives you justice tarmac style, you'll be taken in and fined.
Pedestrians- inept people with the crazy idea that it's safe to walk in the streets. If you see one ahead, driving straight through him will give him a valuble re-education, and cash bonuses for you.
Air- Yes, there's nothing better than bringing a motorbike into flight - it looks great and can be the only way to save you from eating bumper in traffic. As well as pulling a wheelie and driving up a car, this will also work on many other things, ie, bikes, roadside barriers, bikers who have made the lifestyle choice to fall off their bike and see road surfacing up close and personal (though for all the fun of running someone over there's a relatively small hang time and a lower chance of landing wheels first if you get it wrong. Also, try the roadside cattle sometime. Cows and sheep are always good for a lift.
As well as the main game and individual race modes, there are a range of multiplayer options (multi including 1). These include regular races for up to 4 humans to join in with, death matches (counting knock-downs), tag (show whoever's 'it' concrete justice), points games (points for completing laps and downing rivals) and 'ped tag' - a supurb game where whoever has run down enough pedestrians at the end of the race wins.
The graphics don't really live up to the high N64 standards, the memory saved to ensure the frame rate never drops, even in the most hectic, crowded battle, but even without the expansion pack, the only real area for criticism are the buildings in the background when you get up close and the fact that while the bikes are supurbly animated, the riders generally look a few polygons short of a er... dodecohedron?
Still (hoping I don't cause some inter-console thing to kick off), generally the graphics look as good as one of the better PS titles, and in hi-res look very acceptable, thankyou very much.
The gameplay is excellent. When you get knocked off, you'll usually start racing again with the other bikers in site, and you won't be allowed to get too far ahead of the pack when things are going well, which together ensure it's all action and never a dull moment. Add to that the very nice features of the jumps (and the range of things you can use to propell yourself vertically), including the congratulations if you manage to pull off a barrel role or 360 (usually by fluke!) when you're up in the air, plus the weapons. The freedom of the levels (why not give up on the race and go exploring on your bike - it's a big world out there, and you can always re-attemot the race) is another great feature, and there are usually special weapons tucked away in the scenery. The gameplay is excellent, great fun, and the multiplayer games will keep you and your mates busy for a long time.
All in all, an old series that has gone from strength to strength. No worthy rivals in terms of game play style, and available at a great price, plus you get such a buzz from sending a cop's butt to the floor, it's a real great with masses of the sometimes all too elusive fun factor and the game has far too much depth to leave you bored for a long time.
Go. Buy it now.
I'm just surprised it hasn't gone into speccy's top 10 already.
Change that. You know you should.
Nice! Great name by the way, you sound like a failed console!
I think the unveiling of the Gamecube have knocked the PSF's (Playstation fanatics) for six. The graphics of the demos are far superior to anything I've seen on the PS2, even better than MGS2.
So stop whining and start pining for the Gamecube!
I think the unveiling of the Gamecube have knocked the PSF's (Playstation fanatics) for six. The graphics of the demos are far superior to anything I've seen on the PS2, even better than MGS2.
So stop whining and start pining for the Gamecube!
If you bought DK64 and already have an expansion pak read this!!!!
A few months ago Nintendo Official Magazine said that they would give you a game for your second expansion pak.
All you have to do is keep the reciept and send a copy of it to NOM with the expansion pak and say which of the 3 games they said they'd hive you you want.
If you want to do this it would be best to email NOM first to make sure they'll still do it!
NOM's email address: [email protected]
A few months ago Nintendo Official Magazine said that they would give you a game for your second expansion pak.
All you have to do is keep the reciept and send a copy of it to NOM with the expansion pak and say which of the 3 games they said they'd hive you you want.
If you want to do this it would be best to email NOM first to make sure they'll still do it!
NOM's email address: [email protected]
That would be a problem because the expansion pak would be official and worth £25+ and if they stripped it of the expansion pak the game would be priced over £30 anyway! Dumb huh! I say take advantage of it now and anyway, you could always sell the expansion pak. I know lots of people who would buy an expansion pak, me for one. So there for you would be saving even more money! Im thinking Cha Ching!£££££££
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