14th July 2005, 10:19 PM
i dunno. i don't think that nintendo has ever whole heartedly believed in this "do something different" attitude. i think that they're smart enough to realize that they can't get by without 3rd parties an are not willing to completely shun them. i also don't think that they completely ignore the public and it's wishes. and i thin kthat the new zelda is a testament to that. i don't think that the new controller will disallow for ports and such but will rather allow opportunities for innovation and simpler conrols.
i think that nintendo are idealists and don't particularly want to concede to the mainstream. but all the while they realize that they need to subscribe to mainstream ideals to exist. i don't think the revolution is going to be so radical that "traditional" games won't be able to be played on it. but i do think that it will have all the necessary equipment in place to allow for innovation in control and game design.
i am a FFVII generation gamer. i enjoy dark "angsty" games. but i also enjoy quirky games. and i prefer a game that makes me look at videogames differently than what the masses throw at me. examples of such games include FFVII (which was crazy different for its time but has since become the mainstream), beyond good and evil, Majoras Mask, and i think above all else DK jungle beat. which is easly one of the most fun games i've ever played.
i'm kind of drunk and as a result i'm rambling, but i think nintendo's on the right track with this whole "do something different" mentality. DK jungle beat is such an oddball game that is played in sucj a peculiar way but at the same time it's amazingly fun and really better than any game i've played by microsoft or sony this generation. and it's really a lot better than most games that have been released by nintendo this generation.
i don't even know what i'm talking about anymore. but DK jungle beat rocks.
i think that nintendo are idealists and don't particularly want to concede to the mainstream. but all the while they realize that they need to subscribe to mainstream ideals to exist. i don't think the revolution is going to be so radical that "traditional" games won't be able to be played on it. but i do think that it will have all the necessary equipment in place to allow for innovation in control and game design.
i am a FFVII generation gamer. i enjoy dark "angsty" games. but i also enjoy quirky games. and i prefer a game that makes me look at videogames differently than what the masses throw at me. examples of such games include FFVII (which was crazy different for its time but has since become the mainstream), beyond good and evil, Majoras Mask, and i think above all else DK jungle beat. which is easly one of the most fun games i've ever played.
i'm kind of drunk and as a result i'm rambling, but i think nintendo's on the right track with this whole "do something different" mentality. DK jungle beat is such an oddball game that is played in sucj a peculiar way but at the same time it's amazingly fun and really better than any game i've played by microsoft or sony this generation. and it's really a lot better than most games that have been released by nintendo this generation.
i don't even know what i'm talking about anymore. but DK jungle beat rocks.
All the kids black and white, together we are dynamite.