the revolution is totally not some lame ass "fourth pillar" man shoot. and i read that it might even be more powerful than the XBOX2. which is sexilicious.
All the kids black and white, together we are dynamite.
Nintendo says that it's not going to be a true successor to the GC just like the DS isn't a true successor to the GBA, and they also said that they will continue making new GC games along side it, just like they are with the GBA.
Of course we all know that that's bullshit, but their company stance on it might change the way they handle marketing and everything. Since the DS is not the new Gameboy according to Nintendo, their marketing is going to target the 15+ crowd, like the PS2 and XB do.
It's not the new GB even though Nintendo is now devoting most of its portable resources to the DS? Uhh... well, as long as they actually support the GBA with something, they can keep saying it...
Yeah I know what your point was, I was just restating Nintendo's crazy stance. What they are actually saying is "if the DS fails, it's a third pillar. If it succeeds it's the new Gameboy".
Wait...you were talking about the "third pillar" thing? Oh, I thought you were talking about the commercial. I was kind of stumped how a commercial could be cowardly...
I had a dream two nights ago where I played a DS at blockbuster (which is funny since I consider them to be the most evil store in the world), but the screens were really narrow and I could barely control Yoshi in Mario 64 DS.
Damn dreams... new hardware is always fucked up in my dreams.
All my local Blockbusters are stupid, they always say stuff like "We can't order that" or "We're not getting any DS's in", which is why I have to make a special 120 mile round trip to McKinney where they have a Blockbuster/Gamerush to get the DS and a game. Stupid Blockbuster...
Quote:What we heard: As is often the case with game PR, publishers will send out press releases re-announcing games to remind the world of their existence. Case in point: Last night, Ubisoft issued a risqué e-mail titled "Ubisoft brings menage-a-trois to Nintendo DS launch party" to jog memories that Rayman DS, Sprung, and Asphalt Urban GT will be among the first games released for Nintendo's handheld. However, one line in the announcement stood out: "Asphalt Urban GT is one of only five launch-day titles." Casual readers of the e-mail not fond of "Nintendrones" quickly got on forums, and began to spread word that the DS would launch with only five games--half the 10 to 12 titles Nintendo announced just last month at its official DS conference in Seattle. While it is true only six titles will arrive on store shelves simultaneously with the DS--Asphalt GT, Spider-Man 2, Madden NFL 2005, Feel The Magic: XY/XX, Urbz: Sims in the City DS, and Super Mario 64 DS--they won't be lonely for long. Had those forum-posters read the entire Ubisoft e-mail, they would've seen that Rayman DS and Sprung will also arrive in the official DS "launch-window"--i.e. by the end of 2004. And, according to the DS product page on EB games, they'll be joined by four others--Ping Pals, Ridge Racer, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 DS, and Zoo Keeper DS--before Christmas.
Ie, six launch games, six more within the month or so, and four more before Christmas (hopefully). I know it was a different thread, but I found this one, so this explains the Rayman DS thing. :)
This thread probably says this somewhere, but is there going to be a game packed in with the DS, or or we going to have to shell out more to play it? I would imagine not, Nintendo hasn't been doing that with new systems since the SNES...
I'll probably be going to my usual GameStop to preorder the DS. I'll pay half from the paycheck I just got, and finish it off since I'll get paid again mere days before it launches. What convienient timing, eh?
Nintendo hasn't done it since the SNES, but actually in Japan Nintendo NEVER packed in a game with ANY of the systems. That was a US marketting thing that turned out to cost too much or something...
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
Nothing... only certain game types will really benifit from the touchscreen really I guess. But for the rest of the games the DS just becomes a slightly different console without an analog stick. Unavoidable, but too bad in a way...
The DS is very different in a lot of ways, but over time the lack of an analog stick will probably stand out as the biggest flaw in the system... as these early games prove not every game can benifit hugely from touchscreens.
Still, the DS looks like a great system that definitely has some unique games...
As for Mario 64 DS, that was probably done just to have a launch Mario game. The more innovative DS stuff from Nintendo is mostly coming later.
Intelligent Systems is already doing innovative stuff with Wario Ware, but the rest of Nintendo is not. At least with their early games. Mario Kart seems to just use the second screen as a lame map.
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