16th February 2010, 2:13 PM
Okay so first of all, if you haven't heard, GDC's coming and everyone and their brother is saying that Nintendo has a new platform. They say 'Platform' not accessory, of course, Nintendo calls the Balance Board a platform... because it's actually a platform that you stand on, but this seems different. It could be vitality sensor oriented but I think that was a farce or a look in to a feature, ie: built in to a controller.
Other than that huge chunk o'news we have the new Metroid: Other M and Zelda: Something of Something to be shown finally, as well as Galaxy 2 and 'other surprises' which kinda falls in to the rumor mill of the hardware again. There is a lot of talk about the DS successor, a new hardware that is DS/DSi compatible but is built with new tech on-board. This is where the Tegra chip news comes in. Remember that partnership with Nintendo and the chip that allowed for HD 3-D graphics on par with 360 in a handheld device? And how Nintendo was getting the more powerful version of that? Who knows what they'll show, but if Nintendo feels the need, they'll let loose a flurry of info. It all depends on what the other company's are going to show and how Nintendo views its own stance on the market right now.
So GDC promises a lot of surprises, playable versions of the games we saw a year ago and even new hardware. But I just found this tidbit of info - Nintendo repurchased their trademark of "Eternal Darkness". This is odd because it just expired recently. Now as you probably know, companies will purchase trademarks JUST to make sure no one else can use it. But there's a whole generation of people out there who would enjoy a remake of Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem with 1:1 Moplus and freak us out with Wiimote speakers, batteries are dying, the Wii disk light, internet connection and more. The story, camera use, art direction, monsters, characters, etc are so well done all you'd have to do really is add some new areas, new scares, maybe some scenarios for the Mantorok alignment? I mean, the game doesn't need to be updated really, beyond making it Wii-friendly with motion controls and pointing, dont you think?
Make it like RE4 Nintendo! Over the shoulder while aiming/fighting and pin-point targeting (which is already there) would make a great addition to the gameplay that was called 'sometimes very clunky' - it would make everything more fluid. If you wanted to go all out, why not add use of the Wii Speak so we can actually talk out the runes for spells? Use the balance board for puzzles? There's a million things you can do to Eternal Darkness with today's technology and peripherals!
*imagines running around the converted church during world war 1 in RE4 style*
Other than that huge chunk o'news we have the new Metroid: Other M and Zelda: Something of Something to be shown finally, as well as Galaxy 2 and 'other surprises' which kinda falls in to the rumor mill of the hardware again. There is a lot of talk about the DS successor, a new hardware that is DS/DSi compatible but is built with new tech on-board. This is where the Tegra chip news comes in. Remember that partnership with Nintendo and the chip that allowed for HD 3-D graphics on par with 360 in a handheld device? And how Nintendo was getting the more powerful version of that? Who knows what they'll show, but if Nintendo feels the need, they'll let loose a flurry of info. It all depends on what the other company's are going to show and how Nintendo views its own stance on the market right now.
So GDC promises a lot of surprises, playable versions of the games we saw a year ago and even new hardware. But I just found this tidbit of info - Nintendo repurchased their trademark of "Eternal Darkness". This is odd because it just expired recently. Now as you probably know, companies will purchase trademarks JUST to make sure no one else can use it. But there's a whole generation of people out there who would enjoy a remake of Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem with 1:1 Moplus and freak us out with Wiimote speakers, batteries are dying, the Wii disk light, internet connection and more. The story, camera use, art direction, monsters, characters, etc are so well done all you'd have to do really is add some new areas, new scares, maybe some scenarios for the Mantorok alignment? I mean, the game doesn't need to be updated really, beyond making it Wii-friendly with motion controls and pointing, dont you think?
Make it like RE4 Nintendo! Over the shoulder while aiming/fighting and pin-point targeting (which is already there) would make a great addition to the gameplay that was called 'sometimes very clunky' - it would make everything more fluid. If you wanted to go all out, why not add use of the Wii Speak so we can actually talk out the runes for spells? Use the balance board for puzzles? There's a million things you can do to Eternal Darkness with today's technology and peripherals!
*imagines running around the converted church during world war 1 in RE4 style*