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"Are Nintendo Becoming Lazy?"

It seems to me that Nintendo are becoming a bit lazy in terms of the GameBoy games.
For the GBColor, you had games like Zelda DX, Tetris DX, Mario Bros DX, etc... Admittedly they are great games, but at the end of it all, they are just color updates.

Now with the GBAdvance, we are getting games like Mario Advance (based on a fifteen year old game that was even a Mario game), Mario Kart Advance, and F-Zero advance.

I have to stress that I do not think for one moment that they are bad games, it's just that I want Nintendo to come up with new ideas and games.

When are we ever going to see the true Super Mario Land 3?

Nintendo are known and respected worldwide for their innovation, so a little more effort with GBAdvance games wouldn't go amiss.

SNIPER wrote:
> How will they have a tough time when their build up to the console
> is more organised.

More organised?? The development problem was WAAAAAY over inflated, the launch games were actually pretty good, and the GameCube won't be out for around a year, so how do you know whether they're organised or not??

Also, the PS2 is doing great at the moment.

SNIPER, I see you being biased on the PS2 forum. Disappointed, I am.

I believe Nintendo Have one major advantage over Sony.

That is They will have an AMAZING game at launch and not 1 year after!

How will they have a tough time when their build up to the console is more organised.

SonicRav wrote:
> Nintendo are actually trying harder than ever to stop Sony
> dominating the market again. The effect of this is that Nintendo
> will have to take workers from GBA development, and stick them on GC
> development. The fact the GBA has no competitor that stands a chance
> means they can do this.

SonicRav

They'll have a tough time stopping Sony.

Be ready for a war!! Hopefully, all this will bring out the best in all companies.

I second that!!

Well put!!

I argee!

Nintendo are working hard on the GameCube and GameboyAdvance at present, both of which are going to be hot machines.
The 32 bit Advance will be a particularly sought after machine, especially since it has no real competition and judging on the quality of SNES and N64 games the games will be great too. The Advance will probably retail at around £99 when released here, although you should be able to get one cheaper on import. Plus as there will be no region restriction on the Advance games then youll also be able to play Japanese and American Advance games too aswell as exsisting GB and GB color games. You should also be able to use it as a limited controller on the Gamecube, and the LCD screen means youll be able to see things on your Advance your opponent cant..and Nintendo are sure to put in more little features to please us.
As for the Gamecube well its going to be the most powerful console in the world, and will probably retail at about £199 when its released. Plus as Nintendo always release their consoles with groundbreaking games (eg Mario64 on the N64) it will be a super launch day. Im particularly looking forward to Perfect Dark 2: After Dark, which will surely be one of the games to own. Plus as the Gamecube will have 4 ports as standard (unlike the PS2) then there should be alot of great multiplayer games on this machine as with the N64. Plus with the release of Microsofts X-box looking like slipping till 2002, then Im sure 2001 will be Nintendos year.

They aint last, they had the BEST ever profit intake for any compant in the industry last year!!

That aint being last!

We hope indeed! Sega did, so nintendo should... mind you, they've made one mistake being last!

SonicRav

The er-no was not to u SonicRav it was to SNIPER.
Ur point is very good, I think Nintendo have realized there mistakes and are trying to take control again.

I Hope

er-no