Silent Hill 5 coming to Revolution! (Not true, false rumor!)

[A Black Falcon]

People like me? People that...own a gamecube and really like to play games such as the mario series and animal crossing? HOW DO YOU KNOW ME SO WELL?!?!

Going by this, which sounds like a sentiment I've heard many times before...

I hope they eventually release it for the PS3 and XBOX360, because I sure as hell won't be getting a nintendo revolution unless something drastic happens. The gamecube was a huge waste of money, in my opinion.

Yes, it did. I'm not saying it doesn't have M rated horror games, but that the game system is primarily marketed towards a certain demograph (kids) and the only thing that RE games being on the system proves is that they're also trying to cater to the occasional adult. The playstation and xbox have always aimed more for the 20-35 year old demograph, hence their major lineup of heavy hiitting M rated games (splinter cell, halo, metal gear, grand theft auto).

You're right, Gamecube is not aimed at ages 20-35. Their goal is more like 6-90... though the DS comes a lot closer to that goal than GC, which is mainly younger gamers (Animal Crossing possibly excepted...). Yes, Nintendo has always made a strong effort to appeal to children, but the point is that the goal is not to appeal JUST to children... maybe it was their main goal once (NES?), but it isn't now and hasn't been for a long time. They make games appealing to children, but try to make sure that those SAME games are also appealing to adults... they aren't just simple children's games, they are games with depth. As I said, it's just easier for the Japanese market to accept this fact than it is in Western ones, so Nintendo does much better there (makes sense, with a whole strategy designed around appealing to the Japanese consumer...). Revolution is aiming at both keeping the Nintendo fans and expanding Nintendo's casual gamer marketshare dramatically (DS is doing this, I mean on the home consoles too)... my main concern really (if you could tell from my above post, it might not be clear) is game quantity -- Nintendo has a hard time making enough games to satisfy people as it is. As they increase the number of games aimed at less casual gamers, does that mean fewer for the hardcore? I hope not... we'll see.

I regret buying a gamecube, but I never regretted buying the nintendo 64, just a little factoid I feel like adding. I don't have a problem playing games that are deemed for "kids" if they're good, but as I think I've said quite a few times...and which bears repeating...I personally think that I could of used the $150 I paid for the gamecube in a better way. Like throwing the money in a woodchipper.

You're sounding more like Stealth all the time... :)

2. Gamecube - Despite how much I like Nintendo, and it's quite a bit, the Gamecube had a lot of dry spells and some of the iterations of the classic series just couldn't match their N64 counterparts, but it did have it's share of hits and they were good, so it comes it at a close second. Notables: Super Smash Brother Melee, Pikmin 2, Metroid Prime 1 and 2, Eternal Darkness, Super Mario Sunshine, Wind Waker, Paper Mario 2, Super Monkey Ball, Resident Evil 4, Viewtiful Joe, Star Wars Rogue Squadron 2, Luigi's Mansion, Animal Crossing, Mario Kart Double Dash, Ikaruga, F-Zero GX, Tales of Symphonia, and Baten Kaitos.

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance is better than most of the games in that list. :) ... I know, I'm a big fan... isn't that expected? I'm a strategy game fan... I'd questioned that a bit, as I haven't been absorbed by a new PC strategy game in some time (though having a computer too old to play half of the recent ones sure doesn't help!), but Fire Emblem reaffirmed that for sure. I own all three released here, and they're spectacular. I find FE:PoR a much more interesting game than, say, Baten Kaitos... got that one, it's kind of dull really... standard console-RPG stuff that I've often found to be of limited interest... decent game, but no competition for (in order of quality) Skies of Arcadia: Legends, Tales of Symphonia, or Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. Or Lost Kingdoms, for that matter... though that's getting into action-adventure-RPGs, which draws in (in order again, but all are good) Gauntlet: Dark Legacy, Zelda: Four Swords Adventure, Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, and so I'm not sure how much it counts...

Anyway, GC is weak in some areas, of course. In most genres there are a few great titles, but not a lot after that... I know, PS2 has lots more great games. But the GC has far more than enough great exclusives to make it well worth owning. I spent $225 for mine (not counting memory card or games), and don't regret one cent of that...

Xbox

Xbox has one thing I wish the GC had many more of, arcade ports or arcade-style games... PS2 has a lot too, but Xbox has just as many I think, and some PS2 doesn't have. Guilty Gear X (also PS2), SNK vs Capcom, online Capcom vs SNK 2, Samurai Shodown 5, KOF 2002/2003 (also PS2), Metal Slug 3, Metal Slug 4&5 (also PS2), Panzer Dragoon Orta, OutRun 2, Dead or Alive 3/Ultimate, etc... some of the other big titles I can get for PC (KotOR 1/2 for instance; Fable, Psychonauts, Halo, BG&E, etc. also are on PC (though no one should get the BG&E PC version...)), but not stuff like that...

Still though, GC here has SOME stuff... CvS2 offline, Soul Calibur 2, Ikaruga, Chaos Field, Viewtiful Joe, P.N.03, Alien Hominid... as usual, enough to keep you busy. Just not enough to keep you fully satisfied without one of the other consoles.