14th February 2003, 10:37 PM
Call me crazy but I thnk that after Zelda: WW, Nintendo will take a small rest and then unleash hell in the form of small waves of in house, and second party produced titles. Again, Nintendo has taken the higher road and abondoned the idea of 3rd parties. This next 'wave block' from Nintendo suggests two things (if i'm right): The first one is that we'll see alot of games with new and returning franchises, mostly produced by second parties under the Nintendo brand name (we can already see some of this happening now). Second, we should be hit by a few key titles from Nintendo's in house devs. Those key titles will fill up entire seasons of dry spells from developers such as Capcom, who will release their Fantastic 5 over a period of two years and then....? Namco gives us Starfox Armada while Sega hands us F-Zero GC... and then?
(Nintendo has been doing very little work to turn nice profits.)
I'm willing to bet that Mario Sunshine was in fact 'Super Mario 64 2' just as Animal Crossing, Resident Evil Zero and Eternal Darkness were slated for the N64 and ressurected for the GC. When Silicon Knights turned their cart in to a mini DVD Nintendo execs said kaching and went to work on a plan.
(I think a part of that plan included the idea of making multiple versions of the same games to address different age groups)
So if we look at history and see that the graphical prowess of the GC is rarely used, and take note to Nintendo's current library for the GBA (absolutely no original titles from Nintendo's in house, except for Metroid Fusion) with it's incredible hardware sales. And then take in to account the sales of Eternal Darkness, Animal Crossing, Resident Evil Zero and the hype and presale data for Zelda: WW (a game that took Nintendo 2 years to make) ALONG with titles from Nintendo's in house devs that were short and quick and not expensive to produce *breaths* you are left with one possible answer.
Nintendo is holding everything back. The reason i'm seeing this is because i've seen it before with the N64 - I think Nintendo is readying a big change; An entirely new system with a complete overhaul of their image. I think that 2005 projected date is spot on IF the GC continues to stay #3. BUT Nintendo will try to pick themselves back up with this next wave and hopefully keep the current hardware as long as possible IF sales are there. Dont forget that Nintendo makes it's money from software sales, not hardware.
This "remarkable" game can be anything. It probably is something brand new, and i'm willing to bet that it will be a view in to Nintendo's plans of their new image.
(Nintendo has been doing very little work to turn nice profits.)
I'm willing to bet that Mario Sunshine was in fact 'Super Mario 64 2' just as Animal Crossing, Resident Evil Zero and Eternal Darkness were slated for the N64 and ressurected for the GC. When Silicon Knights turned their cart in to a mini DVD Nintendo execs said kaching and went to work on a plan.
(I think a part of that plan included the idea of making multiple versions of the same games to address different age groups)
So if we look at history and see that the graphical prowess of the GC is rarely used, and take note to Nintendo's current library for the GBA (absolutely no original titles from Nintendo's in house, except for Metroid Fusion) with it's incredible hardware sales. And then take in to account the sales of Eternal Darkness, Animal Crossing, Resident Evil Zero and the hype and presale data for Zelda: WW (a game that took Nintendo 2 years to make) ALONG with titles from Nintendo's in house devs that were short and quick and not expensive to produce *breaths* you are left with one possible answer.
Nintendo is holding everything back. The reason i'm seeing this is because i've seen it before with the N64 - I think Nintendo is readying a big change; An entirely new system with a complete overhaul of their image. I think that 2005 projected date is spot on IF the GC continues to stay #3. BUT Nintendo will try to pick themselves back up with this next wave and hopefully keep the current hardware as long as possible IF sales are there. Dont forget that Nintendo makes it's money from software sales, not hardware.
This "remarkable" game can be anything. It probably is something brand new, and i'm willing to bet that it will be a view in to Nintendo's plans of their new image.