I recently, and by recently I mean a few days ago, started reading comic books again. I don't think I was ever a really big fan of comic books, but anyway I found a particularly good comic book mini-series. It's called "Formerly Known As The Justice League" and it's basically a parody of the Justice League comics and it's even made by Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis who did some of the original Justice League comics. It's really funny, everyone should buy it.
YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!! According to ign ps2's latest rumors article, Square-Enix is planning on releasing one more PS1 game and it very well might be compilation disc with Final Fantasy 3 and SD 3!!
Quote:Final Fantasy III and Seiken Densetsu 3 on PS one?
Early this summer at Square-Enix's second financial results announcement, the mammoth RPG company made public its intent to create one last PlayStation game.
IGN has consistently hammered away at Square with questions about this game, and though no information has come from Square-Enix itself, we have gathered enough information from sources close to the company about what it very well could be.
Additionally, we believe that the final game is a compilation disc of these two games, which will include Final Fantasy III and Seiken Densetsu 3 because of these two reasons: These are the only two games of both series not released in the US and they are the only two games not to be remade since their original publication.
Wow, what awesome timing. I just got Legend of Mana in the mail today and I'm having such a great time with it that I started thinking about how great it would be if Square released SD 3 in the U.S. I've also wanted FF III for a long time, so I really hope ign is right!
IGNMatt says in N-Query: "Well, Nintendo is trying, even if we don't always see it. Things are happening behind the scenes for the future. And it's not as if GameCube is being entirely neglected. At the end of September, the company will drop the price of the console to $99 smackers, which is I think a pretty significant reduction. Meanwhile, there are games like F-Zero GX, Soul Calibur II and Viewtiful Joe, not to mention Rogue Squadron, Mario Kart, Pikmin II and Metal Gear Solid, all just around the corner. I would call that a very strong lineup."
$99 seems to be a great price point to reach a mainstream audience during the holiday season. I know I'll have my hands full with Gamecube goodness.
Instead Nintendo is going to start using regular DVD cases! From Cube-Europe:
Quote:Nintendo is to change the packaging of Game Boy Advance games to DVD packages.
DVD packages are used for all three home consoles and PC games and are now to be used for Game Boy Advance games.
The packaging will hit Europe and America by Christmas while a study is going on in Japan to see if they should be used there.
The packaging is not set to change the prices of games.
According to Spong, the new packaging will hit shelves in Europe and the US in time for this Christmas, with a feasibility study currently underway in Japan.
We will have more on this when or if it is announced officialy.
Source: Spong
Wow, that is really weird. On one hand I'm happy because I'll be able to keep my GBA games in nice cases, but on the other hand it's going to look weird next to all of my GBA boxes and GBA games really don't need to be put into DVD cases.
Well actually, the more I think about it the more I like it, especially since I like having game boxes for my games, and it's very difficult to find used Gameboy games with their boxes.
Quote:The Asahi Japanese newspaper reports that Nintendo is drawing up a game plan to gain ground on archrival Sony. Part of the plan includes selling game consoles in China to make up for disappointing sales globally. They expect to push into China by the end of the year. Right now they are still formulating which products they intend to sell there. Satoru Iwata says Nintendo will take a new approach in China instead of marketing its current lineup as is. They say this is necessary due to the difference in income standards between Japan and China, as well as the rampant piracy.
Some new details on the Club Nintendo are purchasers must first register on the Internet. They will use the information supplied to analyze its customer base and consumer preferences. (Wow, marketing techniques.) "We want to make use of the data as a new marketing tool," Iwata said. Consumers can amass a certain amount of points that entitle them to Nintendo goods such as new game demos.
"Investors became so overly pessimistic about our future growth potential that Nintendo's share price plummeted,'' Iwata said. In the past, Nintendo was able to maintain its decisive lead in the video game industry just by promoting new game titles via TV commercials targeted at the general public. But traditional marketing methods, which had been effective since the introduction of the company's blockbuster Family Computer models in 1983, no longer work, say company officials.
Iwata said the video game market is becoming saturated and Nintendo can no longer rest easy. That sense of crisis is a main factor behind the decision to launch the new point system, company officials said. Sony, meanwhile, is attempting to transform its game consoles into digital appliances by fusing them with the company's highly rated audio-visual equipment. Nintendo has refused to follow suit, maintaining instead that its priority is to offer entertaining game titles that anybody can readily enjoy.
As the critical year-end shopping season approaches, Nintendo plans to roll out new titles to help it regain its competitive edge and market share. He added that the company plans to announce a successor to its current generation of consoles next spring.
Posted by Ethan Pearson, Founder, Director
Source: Asahi Shimbun
Hmm, it's good to see Nintendo talk openly about their current situation. It shows that they know they're in a bad situation and want to change that.
And the N5 will be unveiled next spring (at E3, I assume)? Wow, that's really soon. If they unveil the N5 as well as the next Gameboy they're sure to make up for this year's crappy E3 showing. I can't wait!
Microsoft has acquired the rights to the High Heat Baseball at the public auction for 3DO's properties.
MS already produces the Inside Pitch series for the Xbox, but it is unknown as of this time what will become of the series... name change, a merge with High Heat, or possibly being dropped in favor of High Heat, which is a critically acclaimed series.
We'll have more on this as it unfolds.
Source: Yahoo
Posted by pizzicato on 8.15.2003
That's probably good news for ABF since MS will probably publish the game for the PC as well as the X-Box, but it's a shame that Nintendo didn't buy the rights to this game. They need a decent sports lineup.
