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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.

Good good. As you say there are loads more. Excellent.

Is Splinter Cell coming to Cube? I didna know that.

Cyclone wrote:
> It still needs a killer line up of 3rd party games still. Of course,
> more of these (apart from the confirmed) should become apparent late
> this/early next year.

3rd party games are gonna start arriving in the bucketload, to look forward to we have

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

I could go on, considering this is just a very, very small selection of what's to come, I really think that we have no worries whe it comes to 3rd party titles. Maybe we could do with a few more car racing games, but as soon as Mario Kart turns up no-ones gonna be wanting realistic races anyway.

Tiltawhirl wrote:
> Hopefully Nintendo will see sense and not use the Rare created Kongs in > forthcoming DK games.
>
> Maybe we have finally seen the back of Diddy.

*

But the real question is.... have we seen the last of the - hilarious yet abysmal - DK Rap?

It still needs a killer line up of 3rd party games still. Of course, more of these (apart from the confirmed) should become apparent late this/early next year.

I didn't mind Diddy, I tolerated Dixie.

I damn well drew the line at flamin Kiddy Kong. Damn muppets.

Pringle28 wrote:
> Ive heard alot about the release of the new donkey kong platformer. i
> read about it somewhere in NOM. But isnt DK a rare character and game.
> shouldnt this be copyrighted and taken with rare on to the crummy X
> box?

Donkey Kong's a Nintendo character, always has been, always will be. Nothing Rare could do to get their grubby mits on him, hopefully Nintendo will see sense and not use the Rare created Kongs in forth coming DK games.

Myabe we have finally seen the back of Diddy.

Ive heard alot about the release of the new donkey kong platformer. i read about it somewhere in NOM. But isnt DK a rare character and game. shouldnt this be copyrighted and taken with rare on to the crummy X box?
if not then im not complaining but if so it will be another great loss to the nintendo hall of fame.
tell me and we can either rejoice or take a minute silence.

That isn't confirmed.

I was never worried.

Ninty (and friends) always come up with the goods.

Don't forget theres a sequel to Mario Sunshine, which is supposidly a different game to 100 Marios.

I doubt Metroid Prime will be delayed that much, it's being released at Christmas in America..

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.