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Zelda - Four Swords Gets Tetra's Trackers Bonus
Thanks to 1UP for the news that the forthcoming Legend Of Zelda: Four Swords for GameCube will include Tetra's Trackers as a bonus game. Four Swords makes use of GameBoy Advance connectivity as players compete to collect jewels - entering caves or buildings switches the action to your GBA, "...allowing you to scavenge for jewels that your opponents can't see", whereas Tetra's Trackers, also shown at E3, is another multiplayer connectivity-based title, this time with most of the action on your GBA. The disc also includes a "story-driven single-player campaign" using elements styled from Zelda: A Link To The Past, and the package is due next February in Japan. Elsewhere, 1UP has a Zelda merchandising retrospective that includes various pictures of "obscure items related to the series", including beach blankets and plastic plates.
Looks like Nintendo's starting to realize the potential of the Zelda franchise for helping the Gamecube. At this rate they'll run out of Zelda games in no time, though. Here's hoping the Wind Waker sequel comes along soon.
I'll start.
Metroid Prime? F-Zero GX? Starfox Adventures?
My other account has a 3-digit UID.
Starfox Adventures is NOT a must have for that system.
But to interject my list:
Metroid, a GBAPlayer, Ikaruga, WindWaker (iffy), Viewtiful Joe, Mario Golf and Mario Kart are pretty much it (unless you're a resident evil fan).
Eternal Darkness! Oh and Super Smash Bros. Melee.
Well... uhm... I'm not sure if I should. I laughed when I read your comment. It's obviously a joke. But for those who don't get it:
- The controller is very nice. Better than the huge Xbox controller and certainly a lot better than the unergonomic PS2-controller. I've never used the smaller Xbox controller, so I can't comment on that.
- The cube has the highest percentage of exclusive titles and among them the highest percentage of high quality games (compared to other tv consoles, of course).
Nintendo's marketting is really pissing me off. I own a GBSPA and I don't regret it, but their shameless attempts to make you buy extra crap for it is infuriating, because they cheat and make things that have no technical reason to require a Gamecube, or a Gameboy, have them.
I might have bought the Mario games, rehashes that they are, but I'm ticked off that to truly use everything on the cart, I have to shell out for a e-Reader. Why? No technical reason, just that Nintendo wants to sell you an e-Reader.
It backfired; now I'm considering getting a flash ROM for the GB and putting the Nintendo emulator on it instead. To hell with that crap.
So here's another game that sounds like it should be playable with just two Gameboys but requires a Gamecube (probably). I am not impressed here at all.
Not going to stop buying games for my GB but I find myself avoiding Nintendo's first-party games like the plague. I don't have a GameCube, I'm not going to get a GameCube, I don't want a GameCube. (I have a PS2 and if I get a second console it'll be an XBox... or considering the likely timing of that purchase, an XBox 2 if it's reverse-compatible at all.)
I'm a customer, not a mooing cash cow to be milked. The way it works is that I give you money for functionality... you don't withhold functionality in stuff I've already bought until I fork over extra money, I consider that a hostile act of war.
Yes, Nintendo's a bit of a niche market, but because of that they can generate cool stuff like this. Plus, they market it right. Other companies would probably try to sell each of these as its own disc, and fail. Nintendo will take a number of experiments and bundle them together, or add an experiment to something else (Pac-Man Vs.).
It's an environment where the developers are allowed to fool around and they may not come up with a viable product, but generate innovation in the process.
I have a gamecube, my best friend has a ps2, and another friend of mine has an xbox. Personally, for me, I'm glad I bought the gamecube. It's the console to own if you're going to own only one console, in my opinion.
There's not a game company out there that comes close to the quality of nintendo with it's first party games, or even its exclusive third party games. You want a list of must owns in my opinion, for the gamecube?
Metroid Prime: *the* best console game this generation, period. So far above and beyond anything else that's out, it's not even funny.
F-Zero: best futuristic racer, bar none. Nothing else comes anywhere close to it.
Ikaruga: one of the best shooters ever made.
Zelda Wind Waker: not as good as Ocarina in my opinion, but still one of the absolute best 3rd person adventure games out.
Pikmin: a fantastic re-imagining of the RTS genre, in a way that is absolutely perfect for console play. Turning what would be a cursor in a "normal" RTS into a game character was simply brilliant.
Mario Golf: one of the best casual, 4 player party games out for any console.
Eternal Darkness: brilliant blend of the survival horror and rpg genres. In close competition with metroid prime for best console game this generation.
Resident Evil remake: this is the way resident evil always should have been. It's RE freed from the constraints of the less powerful consoles it was originally out for.
Skies of Arcadia Legends: an improved version of one of the best console RPGs of all time.
Mario Kart: DD - The best co-op play you're going to find this generation of consoles. Two people per cart = insane fun.
Mario Sunsine: screw the naysayers. This is a brilliant platforming game. It's huge. It's hard. The camera control has a learning curve and a couple of rough spots in the game, but that's more than made up for the fact that Mario controls better than any character in any other platform game. Putting him through his moves is beyond satisfying.
Animal Crossing: yes, I'm a 32 year old man, and I love Animal Crossing. I think it's pure genius. Bite me.
In a market saturated with clones, even Nintendo's titles that aren't much more than updates of N64 titles shine out with a rare originality.
To top it off, as far as 3rd party games that are available on all 3 consoles, in any review you read, the gamecube version is usually in a close 2nd to the Xbox as far as which version's port faired better. The gamecube's hardware is better than the PS2. PS2 fanboys, get over it. The XBox is better hardware than the gamecube, but in my opinion, most of the Xbox's exclusive titles suck.
There troll. Happy now?
Pikmin
Anyone who couldn't tell they'd bundle them should not be allowed near games anymore.
As for those merchandising things?
Except for the board game, I have all the other things mentioned. Of course, to compensate, I have the Super Mario Bros and a Donkey Kong board game, along with a Tetris one, too.
You forgot Viewtiful Joe.
... but Four Swords was *the* most fun game I played at E3 this year. Kept going back so I could try all of the levels in that demo. It was a blast even playing with complete strangers. While it might be a little of a hassle to get 4 gbas and 4 people crowded around a gamecube, the people who are able to get the set up are going to have a ton of fun next year.
Yes, he did. Off with his head.
I guess 1UP and Slashdot are still working through their backlog of news from E3.