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Nintendo - Kirby, LAN, Paper Mario, Pikmin 2

Posted by simoniker on from the tightly-packed-nintendo-nuggets dept.

Thanks to several sources for illuminating Nintendo's first-party software plans for the next few months. There's a preview of Kirby's Air Ride over at GameSpy, discussing the "very odd" GameCube racer which only uses "...the analog control stick for steering, and the A-button... for everything else." Nintendo has also confirmed Paper Mario for a GameCube release, say IGN Cube, following on from the excellent N64 version. Also, Nintendojo has news that 1080 Avalanche and StarFox 2 will also feature multiplayer LAN gameplay, as well as the already-confirmed Kirby and Mario Kart - the site suggests elsewhere that "GameSpy promised to enable Internet play for any Nintendo LAN games to be released via GameSpy Arcade", so... fingers crossed? Finally, IGN has a hands-on preview of Pikmin 2 - go, go Captain Olimar!

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  1. Paper Mario !!! by JensR · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I really liked Paper Mario. It's really a pity that it arrived so late in the N64's lifespan, it really deserves a bigger audience.
    It would be nice if more games would be re-released on Gamecube. What about Sin & Punishment?

    1. Re:Paper Mario !!! by Radix37 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      To me it seems dumb that they would simply port the game to gamecube. I just bought the thing off ebay three weeks ago and got thorougly addicted to it. After eight days I finished it and my play time was 37 hours and 37 minutes... a nice coincedence for me. I'm replaying it now to try to find the rest of the items and do other challenges. But why release a game only three years old for a new system? A sequel would be a lot better.

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  2. huzzah! duh! and fallout by MORTAR_COMBAT! · · Score: 3, Interesting

    huzzah: It's about time I found a use for my broadband adapter. With 5 games now (PSO, Kirby, Mario Kart, 1080, Star Fox) it looks like I'll be interested in at least a couple of them.

    duh: from the article: you will need another copy of these respective games for each extra GameCube

    fallout: expect even more work to be poured into the efforts for creating "backup" copies of GameCube games now. For one, people want to do it anyway, and now, they'll feel morally OK with it because hey, they've already shelled out $200 for the Cube and LAN setup to Nintendo, why shouldn't they copy the game?

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  3. Just wanted to add a game to the list by PaleZer0 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I remember hearing the Monkey Ball 3 would also have lan capabilities sometime next marchish when it is launched. Can't find a link for it though.

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