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The inevitable return of Zelda, the beginning of the next-gen Pokemon rampage and a whole loads of famous franchises and original games to make 2003 far bigger than 2002 (I’ve always wanted to do an opener like that).
Well when Nintendo fans worry then I love to do nothing more than put their fears to rest. Now before the whole Rare panic the majority of things I heard involved the following year for Nintendo. With the majority of AAA titles hitting stores this year including Timesplitters 2, Mario, Luigi, Pikmin and many more. You all feared that because Nintendo haven’t announced many games for 2003 you believe that they have put all the eggs into one basket and hope that they will carry them through next year. A possible game drought was feared and the fact that we are seeing so many major games released this year, more than Nintendo have ever released before, it all looked very dim. The Rare announcement took it even further now at least 4 announced major releases have been cancelled. But I have kept my ear to the ground, and not only will we see a massive announcement fest at E3 but we also have loads of already confirmed games.
This year (2002) has been called the year of Mario yet next year there are just as many Mario games than this year. Mario Kart will appear towards the end of the year with almost confirmed online capabilities, Camelot’s Gamecube games Mario Tennis and Golf will see a late release as well. And we shouldn’t exclude the promise of Shigeru Miyamoto’s 100 Mario’s. That proves that Nintendo’s number one mascot plans to continue his gaming assault. Yet despite awesome Mario spin off games that have enjoyed success in the past, two other Nintendo AAA stars plan to resurface. Enter Link, the game character that always surpasses Mario despite not enjoying the same sales success. The Legend of Zelda: Winds of Takuto will probably appear over here in the summer and would be enough for the entire year alone. The second major Nintendo title that is as big as Mario and Zelda that will make their impact next year belongs to 351 monsters. Pokemon plans to appear on the Gameboy Advance next year and it is almost guaranteed that by Christmas 2003 the Gamecube will have its very own title as well. Could it be the heavily rumoured Pokemonline?
Which aids me onto what Nintendo plan to unveil at E3. E3 is now Nintendo’s premier gaming event as they now rely on western support after strange sale figures in Japan. It appears that Nintendo will undoubtedly confirm another major title (probably Pokemon) as Metroid Prime, Zelda and Mario will have all been released world wide. Rumours of Mario Sunshine 2 began when Shigeru Miyamoto expressed a desire to release major titles quicker. So what games will we see at E3? Well other than numerous mystery titles I’d expect Namco’s Starfox space shooter to appear in full force along with Shigsy’s much discussed ‘100 Mario’s’ game. I wouldn’t be surprised if the next generation Donkey Kong platformer from Nintendo will finally appear after Nintendo of America basically confirmed it. The next quirky game from Nintendo in the form of Giftipa will finally be playable along with Roll a Rama and the possibility of an Animal Crossing sequel. Animal Crossing meanwhile is an ongoing game a sequel wouldn’t only be an upgraded version of the original unless it went online. And this is when I predict Nintendo will shut up all the analysts with there online strategy confirmed, I’d expect at least four Nintendo made online titles including Mario Kart, Pokemon and maybe Animal Crossing. That’s excluding of course the third party titles, I would expect E3 2003 to be as big announcement wise as E3 2001 (when all Gamecube titles were revealed).
Yet what of before May (when E3 is shown), what of January, February, March and April? Well that is a little easier as I already know what to expect. In January the delayed Wario’s World will get its release by Treasure, this game promises excellent 2D/3D platforming pleasure. In February Resident Evil 0, the brand new Resi title with fresh ideas will get released. In the same month the imaginative and world famous Animal Crossing will finally see the light of day in Europe. March time is when I wouldn’t be surprised to see the second of the big three games release in the UK in the form of Retro Studio’s Metroid Prime and late April is when the third will probably see the light of day with The Legend of Zelda. So the run up to E3 is as large as the times after it, and now I move onto the massive Christmas us Europeans will experience, far larger than this year and that is for sure.
Phantasy Star online edition 1 and 2 will probably appear in summer as the summer game along with Resident Evil 2 and 3. Yet in the September – December months (a year from now) we will be drowning in games. F Zero, Starfox, Final Fantasy (that will sell thousands of cubes and millions of copies), Asylum, Mario Kart, Mario Tennis, Mario Golf, 100 Mario’s and a whole load of currently unannounced titles from Capcom, Namco, SEGA and even bigger titles from Nintendo. And that’s excluding the usual James Bond, FIFA, Tony Hawks, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter and of course some Resident Evil title probably Resident Evil: Code Veronica X.
So tell me? Still worried now?
Dringo.
Well when Nintendo fans worry then I love to do nothing more than put their fears to rest. Now before the whole Rare panic the majority of things I heard involved the following year for Nintendo. With the majority of AAA titles hitting stores this year including Timesplitters 2, Mario, Luigi, Pikmin and many more. You all feared that because Nintendo haven’t announced many games for 2003 you believe that they have put all the eggs into one basket and hope that they will carry them through next year. A possible game drought was feared and the fact that we are seeing so many major games released this year, more than Nintendo have ever released before, it all looked very dim. The Rare announcement took it even further now at least 4 announced major releases have been cancelled. But I have kept my ear to the ground, and not only will we see a massive announcement fest at E3 but we also have loads of already confirmed games.
This year (2002) has been called the year of Mario yet next year there are just as many Mario games than this year. Mario Kart will appear towards the end of the year with almost confirmed online capabilities, Camelot’s Gamecube games Mario Tennis and Golf will see a late release as well. And we shouldn’t exclude the promise of Shigeru Miyamoto’s 100 Mario’s. That proves that Nintendo’s number one mascot plans to continue his gaming assault. Yet despite awesome Mario spin off games that have enjoyed success in the past, two other Nintendo AAA stars plan to resurface. Enter Link, the game character that always surpasses Mario despite not enjoying the same sales success. The Legend of Zelda: Winds of Takuto will probably appear over here in the summer and would be enough for the entire year alone. The second major Nintendo title that is as big as Mario and Zelda that will make their impact next year belongs to 351 monsters. Pokemon plans to appear on the Gameboy Advance next year and it is almost guaranteed that by Christmas 2003 the Gamecube will have its very own title as well. Could it be the heavily rumoured Pokemonline?
Which aids me onto what Nintendo plan to unveil at E3. E3 is now Nintendo’s premier gaming event as they now rely on western support after strange sale figures in Japan. It appears that Nintendo will undoubtedly confirm another major title (probably Pokemon) as Metroid Prime, Zelda and Mario will have all been released world wide. Rumours of Mario Sunshine 2 began when Shigeru Miyamoto expressed a desire to release major titles quicker. So what games will we see at E3? Well other than numerous mystery titles I’d expect Namco’s Starfox space shooter to appear in full force along with Shigsy’s much discussed ‘100 Mario’s’ game. I wouldn’t be surprised if the next generation Donkey Kong platformer from Nintendo will finally appear after Nintendo of America basically confirmed it. The next quirky game from Nintendo in the form of Giftipa will finally be playable along with Roll a Rama and the possibility of an Animal Crossing sequel. Animal Crossing meanwhile is an ongoing game a sequel wouldn’t only be an upgraded version of the original unless it went online. And this is when I predict Nintendo will shut up all the analysts with there online strategy confirmed, I’d expect at least four Nintendo made online titles including Mario Kart, Pokemon and maybe Animal Crossing. That’s excluding of course the third party titles, I would expect E3 2003 to be as big announcement wise as E3 2001 (when all Gamecube titles were revealed).
Yet what of before May (when E3 is shown), what of January, February, March and April? Well that is a little easier as I already know what to expect. In January the delayed Wario’s World will get its release by Treasure, this game promises excellent 2D/3D platforming pleasure. In February Resident Evil 0, the brand new Resi title with fresh ideas will get released. In the same month the imaginative and world famous Animal Crossing will finally see the light of day in Europe. March time is when I wouldn’t be surprised to see the second of the big three games release in the UK in the form of Retro Studio’s Metroid Prime and late April is when the third will probably see the light of day with The Legend of Zelda. So the run up to E3 is as large as the times after it, and now I move onto the massive Christmas us Europeans will experience, far larger than this year and that is for sure.
Phantasy Star online edition 1 and 2 will probably appear in summer as the summer game along with Resident Evil 2 and 3. Yet in the September – December months (a year from now) we will be drowning in games. F Zero, Starfox, Final Fantasy (that will sell thousands of cubes and millions of copies), Asylum, Mario Kart, Mario Tennis, Mario Golf, 100 Mario’s and a whole load of currently unannounced titles from Capcom, Namco, SEGA and even bigger titles from Nintendo. And that’s excluding the usual James Bond, FIFA, Tony Hawks, Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter and of course some Resident Evil title probably Resident Evil: Code Veronica X.
So tell me? Still worried now?
Dringo.
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Dringo wrote:
> all will be released in
> japan at least in about a year and that will blow X-box Live away...
Very bold statement - good luck. $2 billion wasn't spent on the name X-Box Live - its what the service brings. Around 60 developers are currently working on titles for the online service.
If Nintendo are going to compete, they're going to need a lot more titles than the ones you mentioned earlier.
Nintendo are going to be supporting dial up as well and theres no way dial up can support the things that X-Box Live will be bringing. And I doubt Nintendo can afford or are interested enough to put in as much cash into making a quality broadband service seperate and different enough from their dial up service to compete with Microsoft.
Of course its not just how the service works, its also the games, but if you're playing say a new Pokemon Stadium game online and you can barely communicate with the other player, then whats the point ? It'll be like playing against the CPU. And overall, a keyboard, although an option to use, is very limited and just gets in the way when you're trying to play a game.
If you're playing an RPG with a bunch of players and you see something nasty sneak up on one of them, you want to be able to quickly call out so you can actually help them, not quickly drop the controller and type "look out !" on a poxy keyboard. I played Phantasy Star Online on the Dreamcast and although fun, this kind of thing got very annoying. And then of course theres FPS games - no way in hell have you got time to stop and sod around with a keyboard with everyone always on the move trying to blow eachother away.
And before anyone tries it, X-Box Live won't just consist of FPS games. There are already a bunch of online RPG's in the pipeline along with party style games, racers, beat em ups, sports games, etc.
Besides Phantasy Star Online, X-Box Live users will also be able to enjoy the likes of Star Wars: Galaxies and True Fantasy Live Online.
I don't think you realise what Nintendo are up against when it comes to online play Dringo. Theres no way Nintendo are gonna simply trot in and "blow X-Box Live away".
> all will be released in
> japan at least in about a year and that will blow X-box Live away...
Very bold statement - good luck. $2 billion wasn't spent on the name X-Box Live - its what the service brings. Around 60 developers are currently working on titles for the online service.
If Nintendo are going to compete, they're going to need a lot more titles than the ones you mentioned earlier.
Nintendo are going to be supporting dial up as well and theres no way dial up can support the things that X-Box Live will be bringing. And I doubt Nintendo can afford or are interested enough to put in as much cash into making a quality broadband service seperate and different enough from their dial up service to compete with Microsoft.
Of course its not just how the service works, its also the games, but if you're playing say a new Pokemon Stadium game online and you can barely communicate with the other player, then whats the point ? It'll be like playing against the CPU. And overall, a keyboard, although an option to use, is very limited and just gets in the way when you're trying to play a game.
If you're playing an RPG with a bunch of players and you see something nasty sneak up on one of them, you want to be able to quickly call out so you can actually help them, not quickly drop the controller and type "look out !" on a poxy keyboard. I played Phantasy Star Online on the Dreamcast and although fun, this kind of thing got very annoying. And then of course theres FPS games - no way in hell have you got time to stop and sod around with a keyboard with everyone always on the move trying to blow eachother away.
And before anyone tries it, X-Box Live won't just consist of FPS games. There are already a bunch of online RPG's in the pipeline along with party style games, racers, beat em ups, sports games, etc.
Besides Phantasy Star Online, X-Box Live users will also be able to enjoy the likes of Star Wars: Galaxies and True Fantasy Live Online.
I don't think you realise what Nintendo are up against when it comes to online play Dringo. Theres no way Nintendo are gonna simply trot in and "blow X-Box Live away".
Dringo wrote:
> They already have one but the games wont be avalible for a while,
> apparently it is Mario Kart online, Animal Forest online, Pokemon
> online and Gamecube Wars (e.g. Advance Wars) all will be released in
> japan at least in about a year and that will blow X-box Live away...
> yet as it will take so long don't expect to hear anything until E3.
Sweet. Advance Wars online would rock.
I doubt the acutal network/community thing will be as refined as Microsofts, and there ins't likely to be a headset or anything (not that I'd use one if they did), but by the looks of things the games will be much better!
I'm not big on online gaming, but you wouldn't get much better than Mario Kart online, or Mario Party, just think, if you can have 8 or 10 players at once they can design a whole load of bigger mini games and stuff.
> They already have one but the games wont be avalible for a while,
> apparently it is Mario Kart online, Animal Forest online, Pokemon
> online and Gamecube Wars (e.g. Advance Wars) all will be released in
> japan at least in about a year and that will blow X-box Live away...
> yet as it will take so long don't expect to hear anything until E3.
Sweet. Advance Wars online would rock.
I doubt the acutal network/community thing will be as refined as Microsofts, and there ins't likely to be a headset or anything (not that I'd use one if they did), but by the looks of things the games will be much better!
I'm not big on online gaming, but you wouldn't get much better than Mario Kart online, or Mario Party, just think, if you can have 8 or 10 players at once they can design a whole load of bigger mini games and stuff.
Strafex wrote:
>
> I know I probably shouldn't say this in this forum, but I think Xbox
> live is the most exciting thing on the gaming horizon right now...
Do you think that really? The launch games to X-box Live look a little naff really. In the long run Halo 2 etc... look alright yet to start it I erm well don't get too excited about it, it put me off the X-box in fact.
> I wonder when Nintendo will get their online plans together?
They already have one but the games wont be avalible for a while, apparently it is Mario Kart online, Animal Forest online, Pokemon online and Gamecube Wars (e.g. Advance Wars) all will be released in japan at least in about a year and that will blow X-box Live away... yet as it will take so long don't expect to hear anything until E3.
>
> I know I probably shouldn't say this in this forum, but I think Xbox
> live is the most exciting thing on the gaming horizon right now...
Do you think that really? The launch games to X-box Live look a little naff really. In the long run Halo 2 etc... look alright yet to start it I erm well don't get too excited about it, it put me off the X-box in fact.
> I wonder when Nintendo will get their online plans together?
They already have one but the games wont be avalible for a while, apparently it is Mario Kart online, Animal Forest online, Pokemon online and Gamecube Wars (e.g. Advance Wars) all will be released in japan at least in about a year and that will blow X-box Live away... yet as it will take so long don't expect to hear anything until E3.
Fair enough.
Personally, fast, reliable online gaming is what I've wanted for a long while. Nothing will ever replace Smash Brothers or Mario Kart, but hey, it's not like I have to give them up! :-)
Blowing away your mates is a laugh, but team work can be even more fun.
Perfect Dark gave us a taster when we pitted ourselves against simulants, but simulants will never cut it compared to real players.
Also, I can't have my friends round EVERY time I feel like multiplayer, while you'll always be able to find a geezer of some sorts online.
Personally, fast, reliable online gaming is what I've wanted for a long while. Nothing will ever replace Smash Brothers or Mario Kart, but hey, it's not like I have to give them up! :-)
Blowing away your mates is a laugh, but team work can be even more fun.
Perfect Dark gave us a taster when we pitted ourselves against simulants, but simulants will never cut it compared to real players.
Also, I can't have my friends round EVERY time I feel like multiplayer, while you'll always be able to find a geezer of some sorts online.
Personally I couldn't give a tosh about online gaming, I can see how it could be appealing but not for me. Rather get some mates round, get some alcohol in and play multiplayer with my mates.
Instead of paying over the odds on a broadband connection to play faceless geeks over the otherside of the world, at games they spend far too much time on.
Instead of paying over the odds on a broadband connection to play faceless geeks over the otherside of the world, at games they spend far too much time on.
I think the most exciting thing on the gaming horizon is playing the new Zelda!
Games interest me far, far more than any hardware or umm..whats the word for it...flashy technical stuff..
yeah..thats good
Games interest me far, far more than any hardware or umm..whats the word for it...flashy technical stuff..
yeah..thats good
Strafex wrote:
> I know I probably shouldn't say this in this forum, but I think Xbox
> live is the most exciting thing on the gaming horizon right now...
Don't worry we have no problems with you saying stuff like that in here
*kicks Strafex in the groin and gives him a double axe handle on the back*
No problems at all..
:D
> I know I probably shouldn't say this in this forum, but I think Xbox
> live is the most exciting thing on the gaming horizon right now...
Don't worry we have no problems with you saying stuff like that in here
*kicks Strafex in the groin and gives him a double axe handle on the back*
No problems at all..
:D
2003 will be alright, but I don't care to look ahead.
I'll just get the games as they come.
I know I probably shouldn't say this in this forum, but I think Xbox live is the most exciting thing on the gaming horizon right now...
I wonder when Nintendo will get their online plans together?
I'll just get the games as they come.
I know I probably shouldn't say this in this forum, but I think Xbox live is the most exciting thing on the gaming horizon right now...
I wonder when Nintendo will get their online plans together?
Tiltawhirl wrote:
> Jedi Knight
> Bounty Hunter
> Soul Calibur 2
> Virtua Fighter RPG
> FInal Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
> Return to Castle Wolfenstein
> Spinter Cell
> Medal of Honour
> THPS4
> Monkey Ball 2
> Summoner 2
> Baldurs Gate Dark Alliance
> Driver 3
> Burnout 2
> Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions
> NBA 2K3
>
*Faints*
(:)
> Jedi Knight
> Bounty Hunter
> Soul Calibur 2
> Virtua Fighter RPG
> FInal Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
> Return to Castle Wolfenstein
> Spinter Cell
> Medal of Honour
> THPS4
> Monkey Ball 2
> Summoner 2
> Baldurs Gate Dark Alliance
> Driver 3
> Burnout 2
> Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions
> NBA 2K3
>
*Faints*
(:)
Cyclone wrote:
> Is Splinter Cell coming to Cube? I didna know that.
Yeah it's coming to PS2 and GC eventually but it'll be an Xbox exclusive for a while first.
> Is Splinter Cell coming to Cube? I didna know that.
Yeah it's coming to PS2 and GC eventually but it'll be an Xbox exclusive for a while first.
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