Nintendo - Money, Announcements, Comeback?

Thanks to GameSpy for their new 'Sole Food column, which discusses Nintendo's recent announcements and their prospects for the future. They point out that "Despite the large number of 'Nintendo-is-doomed' articles written over the last few years, the company still has a ton of cash (around six-billion USD by most reports)", and speculate on the 'big announcement' Nintendo are promising early next year ("Initially, the buzz was that it will be announcing a new console to be released in 2005. Lately, the buzz has shifted to a new handheld announcement.") Finally, the opinion piece ends on an upbeat note: "If any company is capable of making a comeback, it's Nintendo. It has the money and the talent. It just needs to strategize better to ensure that its future consoles appeal to a broad audience."

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Re:Nintendo? Fail? Like junk mail, maybe.

[The Munger]

They sure do know how to make a decent game. I recently borrowed a GameCube of a friend (mine's a PS1). Two of the games I got with it were Super Monkey Ball and Mario Party. I'm a gamer through-and-through, but my girlfriend is not.

Enter SMB:
Girlfriend: Can we play some more SMB?
Me: Sure, but do you want to try MP?
Girlfriend: No, let's just play some more SMB.
After convincing her to play a round of MP:
Girlfriend: Hey, that was pretty fun. Let's play that again.
Me: Sweeeeeet

So after thinking about updating the PS1 for a while, after 2 days of a GameCube, GF says 'Let's get a GameCube.' Suddenly that PS2 and Xbox have just slipped out of my mind.

Sure the PS2 may have the sheer number of games, and the Xbox may be able to show off my shiny Home Theatre gear, but the GameCube has games that me and my friends want to play the most.

Now, if I could only convince her of just how good a game Metroid is...