8th April 2003, 5:49 PM
First, DJ, understanding a post that long is WAY easier if you use QUOTES to make it clear what is replying to what...
With a GB Player its a perfect cube...
Is there GC pirating? Well, there may be a little bit somewhere, but its not like PS2 or X-Box where anyone with a internet connection (or a handy rental store), a modchip, and a DVD burner can play any game they want... i've seen lots of PS2, Dreamcast, and X-Box games out there available for burning if you have a modchip, but nothing for the Cube...
Same here... I've never seen a HDTV outside of stores...
Probably Hexen or Heretic? Or their sequels?
Yeah, that's really a must, especially when both competitors probably will have it...
Yeah, that'd be great. Blocks and pages are stupid... big memory cards would be great too. Though harddrives help a lot here...
Yes. clickable analog sticks, analog face buttons, the Z button in a usable place, and BRING BACK THE OTHER TWO FACE BUTTONS!
Select would be great too... :)
Oh, and they won't do this, but it would be great if they would make it like the N64 where the controllers don't pull out of the system unless you REALLY pull on them...
It'd be cool but it would require special cable things (for the video feed...) and they want money from those GB Players...
Restore them to the gamepads, no question.
It'd be cool to be able to put CDs on a harddrive, and play DVDs... but I just don't see the need for either one. They aren't very important to gaming, really, and make piracy way easier...
That would be cool... though I VERY much doub that they'll go with SD Cards.
Quote:The only problem is it's SUPPOSED to be a cube, but you don't even need a ruler to see that it's "deeper" than it is high or wide, thus meaning it's not a cube at all.
With a GB Player its a perfect cube...
Quote:uge thing hurting Nintendo though, although certain ports would be multidisk if they had to occur. What I want to see is some numbers regarding how much pirating the GCN has had compaired to the XBox and PS2 (compairing to XBox would be better as they are very close to GCN sales so it's easier to see the ratio) so we can see exactly how much good this copy protection scheme has done.
Is there GC pirating? Well, there may be a little bit somewhere, but its not like PS2 or X-Box where anyone with a internet connection (or a handy rental store), a modchip, and a DVD burner can play any game they want... i've seen lots of PS2, Dreamcast, and X-Box games out there available for burning if you have a modchip, but nothing for the Cube...
Quote: I don't know anyone who's ever used the surround sound or hdtv abilities of their PS2, XBox, or GCN.
Same here... I've never seen a HDTV outside of stores...
Quote:May I suggest a medieval theme with crossbows and magic bolts? I haven't played that kind of FPS since some really old game for PC (wasn't that good, but it was a nice change of pace from Wolfenstein and Doom).
Probably Hexen or Heretic? Or their sequels?
Quote:"We need an 8th." Yes you do! Backwards compatibility! This REALLY helped sell the PS2 even when it had barely any games! People wanted to play many PS1 games, but realized the new system was out, why not buy that to play them? Same with the GBC and the GBA!
Yeah, that's really a must, especially when both competitors probably will have it...
Quote:They should adjust the memory system so that the maximum number of files is equal to the maximum number of blocks on the memory unit. In fact, just use kilobytes and a varient of the FAT system. No royalties involved, and it's already established! It works FINE for Sony (who did both) and MS (who just used a FAT system varient).
Yeah, that'd be great. Blocks and pages are stupid... big memory cards would be great too. Though harddrives help a lot here...
Quote:When making the few controller, they might have some innovative ideas in mind (might not, not much more that can be done unless something brilliant comes along), but mainly just move that Z button (they have to keep all those buttons due to backwards compatibility). Fill in the two buttons you removed from the 6 button setup to make that falsly innovative tetris shape design (come on, they just cut out the upper left and upper right buttons from a 6 button setup to make that). Add the select button back to it. Give a click feature to the sticks. Make the A button (maybe the B button) pressure sensitive (only one or two need to be made pressure sensitive, and I say that only because sometimes it's convenient to have the pressure sensitivity on the face instead of on the shoulder buttons). Finally, and this one actually matters a little bit, make the plug in for this controller to the system the same as the next GB's link adapter plug in. That way, all you need is the link adapter and you don't have to go out and buy the console to portable adapter cord. Important if you want people USING that system feature.
Yes. clickable analog sticks, analog face buttons, the Z button in a usable place, and BRING BACK THE OTHER TWO FACE BUTTONS!
Select would be great too... :)
Oh, and they won't do this, but it would be great if they would make it like the N64 where the controllers don't pull out of the system unless you REALLY pull on them...
Quote:As far as the system, here's another idea. Make the next GB and the next console share this ability I'm about to talk about. The ability to link the system and portable to each other even without games that support the feature! Why do this? When you select "show GB image" on the console and the portable has booted seeing this connection, the portable will send the data straight to the screen via the console! Instant super game boy, without an adapter, and perfect emulation (since it's not emulating, you ARE playing it on your GB).
It'd be cool but it would require special cable things (for the video feed...) and they want money from those GB Players...
Quote:Should they put the memory card slot in the controller or on the system? Well, some have complained about only two slots, so controller would solve that. Eh, what the heck. If the controller connector has decent speed (meaning of course that the next GB connection would also have decent speed) then this isn't a problem.
Restore them to the gamepads, no question.
Quote:Lastly, the much vaunted DVD/CD playback ability.
It'd be cool to be able to put CDs on a harddrive, and play DVDs... but I just don't see the need for either one. They aren't very important to gaming, really, and make piracy way easier...
Quote: So for these, the second is an obvious addition if they go the MS way. The first, CDs, is something they just need to pick on their own. If they actually decide to use SD cards as memory cards from the START (that is, the slots on the controllers or system, whichever they pick, are for SD cards, no adapter required), then they could just have the user download MP3s from their computer and use them that way.
That would be cool... though I VERY much doub that they'll go with SD Cards.