5th September 2016, 7:19 AM
Yeah I'm thinking of the "duel mode" games. I consider them basically no different than "Super Gameboy" mode games a few years before that, in that they're playing it safe. Very few Gameboy duel mode games really made full use of that duel mode either. Even Pokemon Yellow ended up using the coloring scheme of Red/Blue (that is, Super Gameboy coloring). Basically what I mean is that a lot of developers didn't go all-in on GBC support, opting instead to hedge their bets to make sure everyone with the older model wasn't left out. All things considered it wasn't a bad way to go. Most gamers saw the GBC as just a remodeled Gameboy anyway, and not worth shelling out full price when their Gameboy worked just fine. The Gameboy Advance was a different story, clearly being a major update over the previous model.
Come to think of it, when the 3DS came along it ALMOST got treated the same way as the Gameboy Color by the public. Many thought it was just a DS with a 3D screen, not worth shelling out money for. It took a while before it became clear that the 3DS was a substantial power upgrade over the DS. Nintendo mistakenly didn't make that clear in the initial advertising for the product. Fortunately that course was corrected in time, but to this day many people still think the Wii U is just a Wii with a tablet. Nintendo needs to make it clear when a new generation comes along that it is more powerful than the last. It may seem obvious, but many won't even realize it's a new generation until they are told it is. Hopefully they'll make that clear when the advertising for the NX comes along. If they ONLY advertise it as a "portable you can hook up to your TV", history could very well repeat.
Come to think of it, when the 3DS came along it ALMOST got treated the same way as the Gameboy Color by the public. Many thought it was just a DS with a 3D screen, not worth shelling out money for. It took a while before it became clear that the 3DS was a substantial power upgrade over the DS. Nintendo mistakenly didn't make that clear in the initial advertising for the product. Fortunately that course was corrected in time, but to this day many people still think the Wii U is just a Wii with a tablet. Nintendo needs to make it clear when a new generation comes along that it is more powerful than the last. It may seem obvious, but many won't even realize it's a new generation until they are told it is. Hopefully they'll make that clear when the advertising for the NX comes along. If they ONLY advertise it as a "portable you can hook up to your TV", history could very well repeat.
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