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After the poor image that Nintendo seem to have during the life of the N64, it's good to see that they are back on form with the Gamecube.
I've been well impressed with Nintendo's efforts with the Gamecube. They seem to have got the balance just right by encouraging more third-party developers whilst at the same time keeping the 'Nintendo feel' to most of the games coming out. As well as having multi-format games (i.e. Tony Hawks, Soul Calibur, Timesplitters) that will attract a lot of people, they also have the top notch Nintendo exclusives like Mario, Zelda, Resident Evil, Eternal Darkness and Metroid. I think that this balance will help to popularise the Gamecube without losing the brilliance and individuality of Nintendo games.
I also think that they have done well by stating that they have no intention of going down the same road as Sony and Microsoft by continually trying to create more and more powerful machines. With Nintendo concentrating on the Gamecube for many years to come there are going to be more and more brilliant games coming out for the console, whilst Sony and Microsoft fall for the trap of creating more and more updates of games that are already out. I think that a lot of gamers are fed up with the 'console war' that is supposed to be happening, and just want to play good games. The Gamecube will, I think, provide this.
Nintendo are, I feel, going to do very well for themselves.
Cheers,
Paul Harries
Aberystwyth
I've been well impressed with Nintendo's efforts with the Gamecube. They seem to have got the balance just right by encouraging more third-party developers whilst at the same time keeping the 'Nintendo feel' to most of the games coming out. As well as having multi-format games (i.e. Tony Hawks, Soul Calibur, Timesplitters) that will attract a lot of people, they also have the top notch Nintendo exclusives like Mario, Zelda, Resident Evil, Eternal Darkness and Metroid. I think that this balance will help to popularise the Gamecube without losing the brilliance and individuality of Nintendo games.
I also think that they have done well by stating that they have no intention of going down the same road as Sony and Microsoft by continually trying to create more and more powerful machines. With Nintendo concentrating on the Gamecube for many years to come there are going to be more and more brilliant games coming out for the console, whilst Sony and Microsoft fall for the trap of creating more and more updates of games that are already out. I think that a lot of gamers are fed up with the 'console war' that is supposed to be happening, and just want to play good games. The Gamecube will, I think, provide this.
Nintendo are, I feel, going to do very well for themselves.
Cheers,
Paul Harries
Aberystwyth
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After the poor image that Nintendo seem to have during the life of the N64, it's good to see that they are back on form with the Gamecube.
I've been well impressed with Nintendo's efforts with the Gamecube. They seem to have got the balance just right by encouraging more third-party developers whilst at the same time keeping the 'Nintendo feel' to most of the games coming out. As well as having multi-format games (i.e. Tony Hawks, Soul Calibur, Timesplitters) that will attract a lot of people, they also have the top notch Nintendo exclusives like Mario, Zelda, Resident Evil, Eternal Darkness and Metroid. I think that this balance will help to popularise the Gamecube without losing the brilliance and individuality of Nintendo games.
I also think that they have done well by stating that they have no intention of going down the same road as Sony and Microsoft by continually trying to create more and more powerful machines. With Nintendo concentrating on the Gamecube for many years to come there are going to be more and more brilliant games coming out for the console, whilst Sony and Microsoft fall for the trap of creating more and more updates of games that are already out. I think that a lot of gamers are fed up with the 'console war' that is supposed to be happening, and just want to play good games. The Gamecube will, I think, provide this.
Nintendo are, I feel, going to do very well for themselves.
Cheers,
Paul Harries
Aberystwyth
I've been well impressed with Nintendo's efforts with the Gamecube. They seem to have got the balance just right by encouraging more third-party developers whilst at the same time keeping the 'Nintendo feel' to most of the games coming out. As well as having multi-format games (i.e. Tony Hawks, Soul Calibur, Timesplitters) that will attract a lot of people, they also have the top notch Nintendo exclusives like Mario, Zelda, Resident Evil, Eternal Darkness and Metroid. I think that this balance will help to popularise the Gamecube without losing the brilliance and individuality of Nintendo games.
I also think that they have done well by stating that they have no intention of going down the same road as Sony and Microsoft by continually trying to create more and more powerful machines. With Nintendo concentrating on the Gamecube for many years to come there are going to be more and more brilliant games coming out for the console, whilst Sony and Microsoft fall for the trap of creating more and more updates of games that are already out. I think that a lot of gamers are fed up with the 'console war' that is supposed to be happening, and just want to play good games. The Gamecube will, I think, provide this.
Nintendo are, I feel, going to do very well for themselves.
Cheers,
Paul Harries
Aberystwyth
Yes, we are all getting fed up with the console wars.
I've read 4 'Console Warz' topics today.
I've read 4 'Console Warz' topics today.
I think all the consoles are doing well, which is why I'm getting fed up with console war topics. Nintendo are doing good for the reason you described. Sony are doing well because of the amount of games that are available and Microsoft are doing good too. Although, all the consoles have their faults too. Nintendo was the last to be released so it doesn't have as many games. Microsoft have a problem with the X-box scratching discs. Sony's problems lie within games. They don't create their own games so it's hard for Sony to have their own flag character. For example, Nintendo have Mario and Sega have Sonic. At first, Sony had Crash Bandicoot but he's now jumped onto the X-box. Microsoft, too, don't have their own flag character. All the consoles have their strengths and weaknesses. It's just up to the customer's own preferences which decide what they will buy.
ShadowDragon, do you have MSN?
ShadowDragon wrote:
> AfroJoe wrote:
> ShadowDragon, do you have MSN?
>
> Yeah, and I've already tried adding you to it... twice! One of the
> other users have me your address. I'll send you a message.
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Ah, they've probably given you my old address.
> AfroJoe wrote:
> ShadowDragon, do you have MSN?
>
> Yeah, and I've already tried adding you to it... twice! One of the
> other users have me your address. I'll send you a message.
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Ah, they've probably given you my old address.
ShadowDragon wrote:
> By the power of magic (Major Chip Hazard), I now have your new
> address. Heh...
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Did he give you mine?
He gave me yours as well.
:D
> By the power of magic (Major Chip Hazard), I now have your new
> address. Heh...
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Did he give you mine?
He gave me yours as well.
:D
The Nintendo GameCube does have limitations (no DVD, so no movie playback, and lower capacity discs). As time goes by, and games get larger, this will become more of a problem. But even so, GameCube is better than N64. GC has a wider selection of games - and can just about appeal to a wider age group.
Dave RJR wrote:
> The Nintendo GameCube does have limitations (no DVD, so no movie
> playback, and lower capacity discs). As time goes by, and games get
> larger, this will become more of a problem. But even so, GameCube is
> better than N64. GC has a wider selection of games - and can just
> about appeal to a wider age group.
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GC's discs can hold more data than you'd expect. They have a lot of memory, and enough space to put a Final Fantasy game on 1 disc, and not 3. So NGC said a while back anyway.
> The Nintendo GameCube does have limitations (no DVD, so no movie
> playback, and lower capacity discs). As time goes by, and games get
> larger, this will become more of a problem. But even so, GameCube is
> better than N64. GC has a wider selection of games - and can just
> about appeal to a wider age group.
---
GC's discs can hold more data than you'd expect. They have a lot of memory, and enough space to put a Final Fantasy game on 1 disc, and not 3. So NGC said a while back anyway.
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