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Ever since I've heard that the GBA games might cost £30 - £40 I've had my doubts about the machine.
Now we find that Mario 2 is going to be the Mario game on it. So if this is true, Nintendo are giving us a machine the power of the Snes but are releasing a Nes game on it???
And they'll expect us to pay £30+ for it too?
If so, I think that Nintendo might be getting a little bit greedy here. They could just as easily release "Mario All Stars" (A SNES compilation of nes Mario's) which would have "Mario 2" included in it. Having heard that "Mario 3's" battle game is in Mario advance it might mean that Mario Advance is "Mario All Stars" after all, but if not...
If you look at many of the games, lots of them are simply Snes conversions which is fine but I wouldn't want to fork out £30+ for a game when you could go to a second hand shop and pick it up for £10.
Both Nintendo and Sony have monopolised their own area of the games market (Consoles for Sony and Handhelds for Nintendo) and it seems they've both released backwards - compatible follow ups that eare in high demand (GBA and PS2) and neither company seem to be doing their best to compete with other machines.
They've become COMPLACENT.
Why can't we have the Snes Mario, Super Mario Land??
Are they planning to release each Mario one by one to get profits from every cartrige?
Do they expect us to pay £30 - £40 for 2D games (some we've already played before) when we can get Gamecube titles for maybe less??
Nintendo are definately working hard with the Gamecube but they seem to be simply milking the Gameboy's name (like Sony are milking the Playstation name) whn it comes to the GBA.
I might be wrong.
Mario Advance might be "Mario All Stars" after all.
The games might only cast £20 - £25.
And if so then I will definately buy one.
BUT, if Nintendo do become complacent, and start trying to rip us all off because they think we'll buy anything they release, I'll be looking at competing handhelds.
Now we find that Mario 2 is going to be the Mario game on it. So if this is true, Nintendo are giving us a machine the power of the Snes but are releasing a Nes game on it???
And they'll expect us to pay £30+ for it too?
If so, I think that Nintendo might be getting a little bit greedy here. They could just as easily release "Mario All Stars" (A SNES compilation of nes Mario's) which would have "Mario 2" included in it. Having heard that "Mario 3's" battle game is in Mario advance it might mean that Mario Advance is "Mario All Stars" after all, but if not...
If you look at many of the games, lots of them are simply Snes conversions which is fine but I wouldn't want to fork out £30+ for a game when you could go to a second hand shop and pick it up for £10.
Both Nintendo and Sony have monopolised their own area of the games market (Consoles for Sony and Handhelds for Nintendo) and it seems they've both released backwards - compatible follow ups that eare in high demand (GBA and PS2) and neither company seem to be doing their best to compete with other machines.
They've become COMPLACENT.
Why can't we have the Snes Mario, Super Mario Land??
Are they planning to release each Mario one by one to get profits from every cartrige?
Do they expect us to pay £30 - £40 for 2D games (some we've already played before) when we can get Gamecube titles for maybe less??
Nintendo are definately working hard with the Gamecube but they seem to be simply milking the Gameboy's name (like Sony are milking the Playstation name) whn it comes to the GBA.
I might be wrong.
Mario Advance might be "Mario All Stars" after all.
The games might only cast £20 - £25.
And if so then I will definately buy one.
BUT, if Nintendo do become complacent, and start trying to rip us all off because they think we'll buy anything they release, I'll be looking at competing handhelds.
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Meanwhile, back at Nintendo HQ....
Nintendo Spy 1: You see that post?
Nintendo Spy 2: Yeah, you think he rumbled us?
Nintendo Spy 1: Yeah
Nintendo Spy 2: What we gonna do?
Nintendo Spy 1: Er, go ahead as planned?
Nintendo Spy 2: Yeah, sod it, he's only one gamer.
Meanwhile, at Sega HQ....
Sega Spy 1: You see that post?
Sega Spy 2: We still got any GameGears in stock?
Sega Spy 1: You kidding? Billions!!
Sega Spy 2: Break 'em out then!!!
Meanwhile, at Sony HQ....
Sony Spy 1: You see that post?
Sony Spy 2: Yeah, what about it?
Sony Spy 1: What's a 'handheld'?
Sony Spy 2: Dunno. Pass the Saki.
Nintendo Spy 1: You see that post?
Nintendo Spy 2: Yeah, you think he rumbled us?
Nintendo Spy 1: Yeah
Nintendo Spy 2: What we gonna do?
Nintendo Spy 1: Er, go ahead as planned?
Nintendo Spy 2: Yeah, sod it, he's only one gamer.
Meanwhile, at Sega HQ....
Sega Spy 1: You see that post?
Sega Spy 2: We still got any GameGears in stock?
Sega Spy 1: You kidding? Billions!!
Sega Spy 2: Break 'em out then!!!
Meanwhile, at Sony HQ....
Sony Spy 1: You see that post?
Sony Spy 2: Yeah, what about it?
Sony Spy 1: What's a 'handheld'?
Sony Spy 2: Dunno. Pass the Saki.
Ever since I've heard that the GBA games might cost £30 - £40 I've had my doubts about the machine.
Now we find that Mario 2 is going to be the Mario game on it. So if this is true, Nintendo are giving us a machine the power of the Snes but are releasing a Nes game on it???
And they'll expect us to pay £30+ for it too?
If so, I think that Nintendo might be getting a little bit greedy here. They could just as easily release "Mario All Stars" (A SNES compilation of nes Mario's) which would have "Mario 2" included in it. Having heard that "Mario 3's" battle game is in Mario advance it might mean that Mario Advance is "Mario All Stars" after all, but if not...
If you look at many of the games, lots of them are simply Snes conversions which is fine but I wouldn't want to fork out £30+ for a game when you could go to a second hand shop and pick it up for £10.
Both Nintendo and Sony have monopolised their own area of the games market (Consoles for Sony and Handhelds for Nintendo) and it seems they've both released backwards - compatible follow ups that eare in high demand (GBA and PS2) and neither company seem to be doing their best to compete with other machines.
They've become COMPLACENT.
Why can't we have the Snes Mario, Super Mario Land??
Are they planning to release each Mario one by one to get profits from every cartrige?
Do they expect us to pay £30 - £40 for 2D games (some we've already played before) when we can get Gamecube titles for maybe less??
Nintendo are definately working hard with the Gamecube but they seem to be simply milking the Gameboy's name (like Sony are milking the Playstation name) whn it comes to the GBA.
I might be wrong.
Mario Advance might be "Mario All Stars" after all.
The games might only cast £20 - £25.
And if so then I will definately buy one.
BUT, if Nintendo do become complacent, and start trying to rip us all off because they think we'll buy anything they release, I'll be looking at competing handhelds.
Now we find that Mario 2 is going to be the Mario game on it. So if this is true, Nintendo are giving us a machine the power of the Snes but are releasing a Nes game on it???
And they'll expect us to pay £30+ for it too?
If so, I think that Nintendo might be getting a little bit greedy here. They could just as easily release "Mario All Stars" (A SNES compilation of nes Mario's) which would have "Mario 2" included in it. Having heard that "Mario 3's" battle game is in Mario advance it might mean that Mario Advance is "Mario All Stars" after all, but if not...
If you look at many of the games, lots of them are simply Snes conversions which is fine but I wouldn't want to fork out £30+ for a game when you could go to a second hand shop and pick it up for £10.
Both Nintendo and Sony have monopolised their own area of the games market (Consoles for Sony and Handhelds for Nintendo) and it seems they've both released backwards - compatible follow ups that eare in high demand (GBA and PS2) and neither company seem to be doing their best to compete with other machines.
They've become COMPLACENT.
Why can't we have the Snes Mario, Super Mario Land??
Are they planning to release each Mario one by one to get profits from every cartrige?
Do they expect us to pay £30 - £40 for 2D games (some we've already played before) when we can get Gamecube titles for maybe less??
Nintendo are definately working hard with the Gamecube but they seem to be simply milking the Gameboy's name (like Sony are milking the Playstation name) whn it comes to the GBA.
I might be wrong.
Mario Advance might be "Mario All Stars" after all.
The games might only cast £20 - £25.
And if so then I will definately buy one.
BUT, if Nintendo do become complacent, and start trying to rip us all off because they think we'll buy anything they release, I'll be looking at competing handhelds.
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