This is great stuff. I agree with what OB1 has said for the most part. Here is what I think needs to be done with some added stuff... in no oder....
1) Get rid of the people that do their advertisements. It would be cool if they could hire the person or company that came up with the best console launch advertisement ever with the Dreamcast Apocalypse launch ad.
2) Include a DVD drive. Sure, Nintendo is all about games and whatever, but you have to appeal to the common game fan.
3) I really like the design of the GC, but enough with the choice in colors and limited colors to each region. If Japan got the spice colored GC, as gay as it was it should have been brought here. What is important though is the color choice for the ads. Enough with the fruity Purple color (I bought jet black). Go with grey for the next system or black and include some blue LCD lights like the GC Q to make it look hightech.
http://gcelite.vgamin.com/DVD/NewDvD5.jpg
4) Don't make anymore odd controller designs. I love the GC controller, but fighting fans always bitch about it. Miyamoto you don't always have to be an innovator. Chill out with the unorthodox designs.
5) Like OB1 said, you have to launch with the big hits. I agree with each title he suggested. Add to that though a HUGE exclusive RPG or action title (I know Nintendo wont get MGS exclusive, but if it could get MGS3 (sorry Sam Fisher or whatever has not kiled MGS) as an exlusive launch title they would just... forget it... Just no lame ass titles. Oh and yeah, include a Pokemon RPG.
6) Look its a given that Nintendo will always focus on creating great original content or nice updates to their franchises so that should not be a distraction from them creating the most powerful system. IMO they have to develop the most high tech console and make sure developers actually use the power. How retarded is it that the GC is "easy to develop for" and is the 2nd powerful system yet most of the games other than the top titles look lackluster compared to 2nd tier PS2 and Xbox titles?
7) Include an online plan worthy of caring for (with support for 56k). Yeah they are not huge fans of online games. I was only able to enjoy PSO v1 on the DC because it was free. Im not cheap, but I don't feel like paying for games any more after paying $50 for them. Why the hell isn't F-Zero for the GC online?
8) If you're going to to add a new game to your franchises don't take liberties just to make them any more different. Adding a water cannon to Mario was just rediculous. Sure Miyamoto was just trying to add more to the game, but it wasn't any fun. The next game should include both Mario and Luigi and should take place in the Mario Kingdom with old Mario tunes and not any Jamaican themed Mario tunes. Go back the the Mario 64 camera please... I love how Zelda:WW looks, but it seems that Miyamoto (or whoemever led the project) has tried to change the series too much with the last titles. I never got to play Majora's Mask (came at a time when I didn't care baout the n64, never dropped from the $50+ price range, and sounded too wierd) so I can't say whether it sucked or not, but to me it didn't sound like a regular Zelda game. I am always accepting to change, but chill with the big titles. Both the Mario and Starfox GC games released so far have sucked because of this.
1) Get rid of the people that do their advertisements. It would be cool if they could hire the person or company that came up with the best console launch advertisement ever with the Dreamcast Apocalypse launch ad.
2) Include a DVD drive. Sure, Nintendo is all about games and whatever, but you have to appeal to the common game fan.
3) I really like the design of the GC, but enough with the choice in colors and limited colors to each region. If Japan got the spice colored GC, as gay as it was it should have been brought here. What is important though is the color choice for the ads. Enough with the fruity Purple color (I bought jet black). Go with grey for the next system or black and include some blue LCD lights like the GC Q to make it look hightech.
http://gcelite.vgamin.com/DVD/NewDvD5.jpg
4) Don't make anymore odd controller designs. I love the GC controller, but fighting fans always bitch about it. Miyamoto you don't always have to be an innovator. Chill out with the unorthodox designs.
5) Like OB1 said, you have to launch with the big hits. I agree with each title he suggested. Add to that though a HUGE exclusive RPG or action title (I know Nintendo wont get MGS exclusive, but if it could get MGS3 (sorry Sam Fisher or whatever has not kiled MGS) as an exlusive launch title they would just... forget it... Just no lame ass titles. Oh and yeah, include a Pokemon RPG.
6) Look its a given that Nintendo will always focus on creating great original content or nice updates to their franchises so that should not be a distraction from them creating the most powerful system. IMO they have to develop the most high tech console and make sure developers actually use the power. How retarded is it that the GC is "easy to develop for" and is the 2nd powerful system yet most of the games other than the top titles look lackluster compared to 2nd tier PS2 and Xbox titles?
7) Include an online plan worthy of caring for (with support for 56k). Yeah they are not huge fans of online games. I was only able to enjoy PSO v1 on the DC because it was free. Im not cheap, but I don't feel like paying for games any more after paying $50 for them. Why the hell isn't F-Zero for the GC online?
8) If you're going to to add a new game to your franchises don't take liberties just to make them any more different. Adding a water cannon to Mario was just rediculous. Sure Miyamoto was just trying to add more to the game, but it wasn't any fun. The next game should include both Mario and Luigi and should take place in the Mario Kingdom with old Mario tunes and not any Jamaican themed Mario tunes. Go back the the Mario 64 camera please... I love how Zelda:WW looks, but it seems that Miyamoto (or whoemever led the project) has tried to change the series too much with the last titles. I never got to play Majora's Mask (came at a time when I didn't care baout the n64, never dropped from the $50+ price range, and sounded too wierd) so I can't say whether it sucked or not, but to me it didn't sound like a regular Zelda game. I am always accepting to change, but chill with the big titles. Both the Mario and Starfox GC games released so far have sucked because of this.