25th January 2013, 6:33 AM
Almost as weird a crossover as Pokemon and Romance of the 3 Kingdoms...
This game looks interesting. I'll need to keep an eye on it.
Anyway, yeah the launch is slow, but I have a hard time recalling a system launch that's been fast. The XBox 360 and PS3 both had very slow buildups before either system saw more than a couple titles I was actually interested. Heck the same goes for the PS2 and original XBox.... The Gamecube also took some time getting itself out the door, but Melee was out the door rather quick so that occupied a lot of my time. The N64 had Super Mario 64, then we were kept waiting for a bit for Star Fox and Goldeneye, then kept waiting for a LONG time for a lot of other stuff. The N64 days were filled with countdown lists.
Oh yeah, the NES and SNES, those had amazingly strong launch titles right out of the gate and kept up that incredibleness throughout their lifetime. I think we all yearn for those days. The Genesis, not as much. It took some time before we got Sonic the Hedgehog and that system really started getting a steady stream of amazing games.
I mentioned this before, but even with all the delays in upcoming titles, the initial launch offerings were a lot stronger than I recall in recent memory. There were fully 5 games that stood out as must haves for me, and they are all really good. That's unlike the Wii launch, where I indeed bought a lot of the launch offerings based on the premise that I "had to try this incredible innovation in gaming", but found a lot of them ranged from "bleh" to "eck". Yay... Elebits... As for you Sonic and the Secret Rings, go away now.
This game looks interesting. I'll need to keep an eye on it.
Anyway, yeah the launch is slow, but I have a hard time recalling a system launch that's been fast. The XBox 360 and PS3 both had very slow buildups before either system saw more than a couple titles I was actually interested. Heck the same goes for the PS2 and original XBox.... The Gamecube also took some time getting itself out the door, but Melee was out the door rather quick so that occupied a lot of my time. The N64 had Super Mario 64, then we were kept waiting for a bit for Star Fox and Goldeneye, then kept waiting for a LONG time for a lot of other stuff. The N64 days were filled with countdown lists.
Oh yeah, the NES and SNES, those had amazingly strong launch titles right out of the gate and kept up that incredibleness throughout their lifetime. I think we all yearn for those days. The Genesis, not as much. It took some time before we got Sonic the Hedgehog and that system really started getting a steady stream of amazing games.
I mentioned this before, but even with all the delays in upcoming titles, the initial launch offerings were a lot stronger than I recall in recent memory. There were fully 5 games that stood out as must haves for me, and they are all really good. That's unlike the Wii launch, where I indeed bought a lot of the launch offerings based on the premise that I "had to try this incredible innovation in gaming", but found a lot of them ranged from "bleh" to "eck". Yay... Elebits... As for you Sonic and the Secret Rings, go away now.
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