30th May 2005, 9:29 AM
Well lazy, I'd have to say that there's a lot there that's asking too much. Adding a multiplayer element to a 20 year old single player game is definitely too much. As far as bugs and such go, I agree with ABF that you'll see some minor bug fixes at best, maybe some showstoppers removed(if any) as well.
Now, an Editor for old games is asking too much. By the way, that Zelda editor is a homebrew tool not a Nintendo one. But, do expect to see editors for Revolution games. A push is starting to happen in the industry to make console games moddable. Both Pariah and Unreal Championship 2 will come with map editors and will allow you to upload your maps so that they can be downloaded by other people over Live.
Like I said last night, the main incentive here will be laziness. Now you can download your favorite classic games and only have one system hooked up to the tv. C'mon, it took ten minutes to the NES hooked up the other night when we wanted to play Simon's Quest. I would expect that the OoT you'll see for download will be the same one that was rereleased on the Cube, same for MM. I would expect that they will probably make the Master's Quest available for download as well.
Now, an Editor for old games is asking too much. By the way, that Zelda editor is a homebrew tool not a Nintendo one. But, do expect to see editors for Revolution games. A push is starting to happen in the industry to make console games moddable. Both Pariah and Unreal Championship 2 will come with map editors and will allow you to upload your maps so that they can be downloaded by other people over Live.
Like I said last night, the main incentive here will be laziness. Now you can download your favorite classic games and only have one system hooked up to the tv. C'mon, it took ten minutes to the NES hooked up the other night when we wanted to play Simon's Quest. I would expect that the OoT you'll see for download will be the same one that was rereleased on the Cube, same for MM. I would expect that they will probably make the Master's Quest available for download as well.