21st May 2003, 4:12 PM
Haha, he's exactly right! Nintendo is finallly opening up a bit and we see what happens. Instead of a sudden rush of "amazing announcements" ala last year, they all get out one by one, so when E3 comes around, nothing's left to wow us with except the stuff they still want to keep secret at that time. They aren't going down hill, it's just that with them being as open as other companies we finally just see that in fact Nintendo always has been the company to release hits here and there the whole year, with only the sudden info rush to really give the illusion that those games are coming at us all at once. I prefer them being open, as opposed to that guy, but they should be open about more important things like their online plans too. It's not just them slowly being more open with their stuff, they need to really sell it the second they let the info out. Don't just inform us "oh, by the way, Mario Kart is online, you see we got this online thing going that will be built into lots of games, just so you know". SELL it to us. Tell us everything we have been telling each other in our enthusiasm. Microsoft SOLD their Live kit, Nintendo just informed of their online plan. They should have some huge ads for it all, maybe built into games in the demo menu (which they would do well to add to their games again), so people can't wait to get online. They might also consider pulling a Sony and packing the broadband adapter with Mario Kart.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)