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Are Nintendo making a mistake by discontinuing support for the N64 with almost a year remaining before the lauch of the GameCube on these shores? I think so.
Surely by September of this year all games that are coming to the N64 will have been released or shelved. Yes there are a few decent games still to be released such as Indiana Jones, Conker and Banjo Tooie, but they'll all be released within weeks, so that leaves Paper Mario, and Exitebike. Whether we will ever see Paper Mario is something which I am rather sceptical about. The original never appeared on the SNES over here, so why release it's follow-up so late in the day?
So what will Nintendo owners do come September? The GBA may keep some of them occupied for a while, but it's not the same as a proper console, no matter how good a handheld it is.
So where will N64 owners look for gaming pleasure? Some of us will stand by the console, and pick up some older titles that we missed out on, but others will want to play the latest games, and not have to wait another 6 months for them. At the moment a certain high-street games retailer is offering quite significant discounts on PS2's for traded in N64's DC's and PSX's. Surely many will see this as a good deal come September, and trade in their old N64 for a PS2. Especially as GT3 will be on the shelves by then, and MGS2 won't be far behind it.
So the N64. 3rd party supprt is long gone. Nintendo seem to have moved two of the most eagerly awaited games to the GameCube in Eternal Darkness and Dinosaur Planet. The PS2 is waiting to pick up the pieces and gain Sony a greater market share.
So have Nintendo failed us worse than the train service? Left us standing on our platform waiting, whilst millions of happy games ride on? Some gamers can be patient, but 6 months is a long time to sit around with a console that has no new games coming out for it.
Surely by September of this year all games that are coming to the N64 will have been released or shelved. Yes there are a few decent games still to be released such as Indiana Jones, Conker and Banjo Tooie, but they'll all be released within weeks, so that leaves Paper Mario, and Exitebike. Whether we will ever see Paper Mario is something which I am rather sceptical about. The original never appeared on the SNES over here, so why release it's follow-up so late in the day?
So what will Nintendo owners do come September? The GBA may keep some of them occupied for a while, but it's not the same as a proper console, no matter how good a handheld it is.
So where will N64 owners look for gaming pleasure? Some of us will stand by the console, and pick up some older titles that we missed out on, but others will want to play the latest games, and not have to wait another 6 months for them. At the moment a certain high-street games retailer is offering quite significant discounts on PS2's for traded in N64's DC's and PSX's. Surely many will see this as a good deal come September, and trade in their old N64 for a PS2. Especially as GT3 will be on the shelves by then, and MGS2 won't be far behind it.
So the N64. 3rd party supprt is long gone. Nintendo seem to have moved two of the most eagerly awaited games to the GameCube in Eternal Darkness and Dinosaur Planet. The PS2 is waiting to pick up the pieces and gain Sony a greater market share.
So have Nintendo failed us worse than the train service? Left us standing on our platform waiting, whilst millions of happy games ride on? Some gamers can be patient, but 6 months is a long time to sit around with a console that has no new games coming out for it.
Can you pick me 30 of your best bets for the Grand National, Grix?
Then I can bet on the other ones....
FM: A Good Bet, in any crisis.
(Except for emergencies, I don't do them.)
Then I can bet on the other ones....
FM: A Good Bet, in any crisis.
(Except for emergencies, I don't do them.)
It could easily take until Christmas for the price to go down...
I'm predicting August now though... even though I predicted that Sega would stop making consoles in March next year, a day before they announced they would be stopping last March...
I'm predicting August now though... even though I predicted that Sega would stop making consoles in March next year, a day before they announced they would be stopping last March...
FantasyMeister wrote:
> Sony and Sega have both made glaring errors in the past, why not
> Nintendo too?
My advice would be skip the PS2 and get a DC while
> you wait for the GC or X-Box to come out.
Ah, but mine wouldn't.
My advice would be to get a PS2 when the price comes down, with games such as ZOE, StarFighter, Shadow Of Memories, GT3, MGS2, Devil May Cry etc
> Sony and Sega have both made glaring errors in the past, why not
> Nintendo too?
My advice would be skip the PS2 and get a DC while
> you wait for the GC or X-Box to come out.
Ah, but mine wouldn't.
My advice would be to get a PS2 when the price comes down, with games such as ZOE, StarFighter, Shadow Of Memories, GT3, MGS2, Devil May Cry etc
Sony and Sega have both made glaring errors in the past, why not Nintendo too?
My advice would be skip the PS2 and get a DC while you wait for the GC or X-Box to come out.
My advice would be skip the PS2 and get a DC while you wait for the GC or X-Box to come out.
Huh-huh....you said evacuation...cool....huh-huh....
Are Nintendo making a mistake by discontinuing support for the N64 with almost a year remaining before the lauch of the GameCube on these shores? I think so.
Surely by September of this year all games that are coming to the N64 will have been released or shelved. Yes there are a few decent games still to be released such as Indiana Jones, Conker and Banjo Tooie, but they'll all be released within weeks, so that leaves Paper Mario, and Exitebike. Whether we will ever see Paper Mario is something which I am rather sceptical about. The original never appeared on the SNES over here, so why release it's follow-up so late in the day?
So what will Nintendo owners do come September? The GBA may keep some of them occupied for a while, but it's not the same as a proper console, no matter how good a handheld it is.
So where will N64 owners look for gaming pleasure? Some of us will stand by the console, and pick up some older titles that we missed out on, but others will want to play the latest games, and not have to wait another 6 months for them. At the moment a certain high-street games retailer is offering quite significant discounts on PS2's for traded in N64's DC's and PSX's. Surely many will see this as a good deal come September, and trade in their old N64 for a PS2. Especially as GT3 will be on the shelves by then, and MGS2 won't be far behind it.
So the N64. 3rd party supprt is long gone. Nintendo seem to have moved two of the most eagerly awaited games to the GameCube in Eternal Darkness and Dinosaur Planet. The PS2 is waiting to pick up the pieces and gain Sony a greater market share.
So have Nintendo failed us worse than the train service? Left us standing on our platform waiting, whilst millions of happy games ride on? Some gamers can be patient, but 6 months is a long time to sit around with a console that has no new games coming out for it.
Surely by September of this year all games that are coming to the N64 will have been released or shelved. Yes there are a few decent games still to be released such as Indiana Jones, Conker and Banjo Tooie, but they'll all be released within weeks, so that leaves Paper Mario, and Exitebike. Whether we will ever see Paper Mario is something which I am rather sceptical about. The original never appeared on the SNES over here, so why release it's follow-up so late in the day?
So what will Nintendo owners do come September? The GBA may keep some of them occupied for a while, but it's not the same as a proper console, no matter how good a handheld it is.
So where will N64 owners look for gaming pleasure? Some of us will stand by the console, and pick up some older titles that we missed out on, but others will want to play the latest games, and not have to wait another 6 months for them. At the moment a certain high-street games retailer is offering quite significant discounts on PS2's for traded in N64's DC's and PSX's. Surely many will see this as a good deal come September, and trade in their old N64 for a PS2. Especially as GT3 will be on the shelves by then, and MGS2 won't be far behind it.
So the N64. 3rd party supprt is long gone. Nintendo seem to have moved two of the most eagerly awaited games to the GameCube in Eternal Darkness and Dinosaur Planet. The PS2 is waiting to pick up the pieces and gain Sony a greater market share.
So have Nintendo failed us worse than the train service? Left us standing on our platform waiting, whilst millions of happy games ride on? Some gamers can be patient, but 6 months is a long time to sit around with a console that has no new games coming out for it.