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The Taiko drum game is being made by the same company? Am I mistaken or was Donkey Konga made by Nintendo?

Donkey Konga was made by Namco.

And I know it came out the same time in Japan, but usually those "weird" games never see the light of day over here.

Namco has been releasing a bunch of odd (but extremely awesome) games that you'd never expect to get released here, like Katamari Damashii. Taiko Drum Master is nowhere near as weird as that game.

Why do you consider the Mini-DVD's and the GBA connectivity as odd or failed?

The mini-dvds were not a failure, they're just not what I'd consider a positive point for the GC. Yes they're cute and small... but they also hold just a fraction of what PS2 and XB discs can hold.

Connectivity was a massive failure, come on. There's a reason why Nintendo has completely dropped the idea--only a few games used it well. It was a lame gimmick, like the E-Card reader. It was neat in Four Swords but still not really needed (not to mention the fact that it made the game sell poorly). It was a hindrance, having to use $100 controllers for games.

And the Mini DVD's were a great way to combat the loading time issues.

The GC discs do not make things load faster. They're pretty much just shortened dvds. They're 5 gig dvds cut down to 1.5 gigs. The load times were faster than most games because Nintendo has excellent programmers, and because of the GC's superior RAM (to the PS2).