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"GC is a kid’s toy after all"

The GameCube version of Skies of arcadia is to be tuned down by Sega to make it more suitable for the GameCubes younger audience. For a moment I was almost convinced that the GC would have a wider appeal, but this move from Sega labels the machine as a kids toy, and does not help convince the wider public that the GC is there for "all" users like the PS2 or XBox.

Sorry, figured it out, i misread your answer...

My Bad.

gamezfreak wrote:

> You dissing Sega here Tiltawhirl?
>

Read what I said again and work it out for yourself.

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Still can't work it out?

No I'm not dissing Sega.

Edgy wrote:
> After all, the game looks as though it was designed for a younger
> audience anyway

chortle... that'll please Grix ;)

> Anyway, the X-box and Playstation 2 are both just as much toys that
> you play with as the GameCube is.

Though I think hes referring to the target audience...

Rather like a TV is used in excatly the same way both by kids and adults, Childrens BBC programs tend not to include as much swearing, smoking, explicit sex as their post watershed counterparts?

Tiltawhirl wrote:
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>American...brains

Uh?

In the Dreamcast version, no one smoked, there was no blood. People drank some thing called 'Loqua, which is described to you as a drink made from various Loqua berries. Alcohol it seems, does not exist. The GC version is the same as the DC version, which being the original, is the only version..

If Dave RJR knew anything about Skies of Arcadia, he's know that the original for the Dreamcast was toned down in the same way.

After all, the game looks as though it was designed for a younger audience anyway, it's not like you see blood dripping out of fresh wounds when you attack an enemy or get attacked!

Anyway, the X-box and Playstation 2 are both just as much toys that you play with as the GameCube is.

Tiltawhirl wrote:
> Anyway this isn't Nintendo's choice to take out the chracters smoking
> and drinking this is Sega's you annoying little scroat. I wouldn't say

You dissing Sega here Tiltawhirl?

They make some excellent games in my opinion.....

Tiltawhirl wrote:
> Anyway this isn't Nintendo's choice to take out the chracters smoking
> and drinking this is Sega's you annoying little scroat. I wouldn't say

You dissing Sega here Tiltawhirl?

They make some excellent games in my opinion.....

They don't need to convince the public, the majority of Gamecube owners have turned out to be aged in their early 20's.

Anyway this isn't Nintendo's choice to take out the chracters smoking and drinking this is Sega's you annoying little scroat. I wouldn't say it's adult content anyway, I don't think it's right to show chracters smoking and drinking, it's almost as bad as advertising tabacco at sporting events and this coming from someone who smokes (I must be stupid).

As for the American adverts for Mario SUnshine, it's obviously what appeals to the Americans, if you watch the Japanease adverts thery're perfectly normal.

Maybe American games players brains have gone AWOL or something?

Have you seen the US advert for Super Mario Sunshine? If they want a more mature audience thats not the way to do it.