Nintendo, Miyamoto Preview 2004 Releases

Thanks to Cube Europe for its article discussing forthcoming Nintendo products for 2004, including insight from Shigeru Miyamoto on his in-progress games. The information, sourced from Official Nintendo Magazine in the UK, "states that Metroid Prime 2, Geist, Pokemon Fire Red and Leaf Green will all be released in Europe before the end of the year", meaning a U.S. release for these games are also likely during 2004. Miyamoto is fairly guarded about his current projects, which also include Pikmin 2, and comments on the continued mystery behind the next Mario title: "With Mario 128 I have been challenging many unprecedented things, not found in existing video games... [and] prone to lose their freshness or to be imitated once they go public." Which Nintendo products are you most looking forward to this year?

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Re:Sounds cranky

[shadowcabbit]

As for pikmin.. it deserves a sequel.. and zelda... name a BAD zelda... it's not possible.

I'll name three: Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, and Wind Waker. I desperately wanted to like the 3D Zelda games, but they didn't have the charm or hooks that drew me in to the original series (or even the Gameboy ones, which I personally thought were the best). I know a lot of people think that the previous three have been the be-all, end-all of video gaming, but I just don't see what the thrill is.

Ocarina of Time was WAY too slow-paced and the battle system was so blasted awkward. When I heard that MM and WW featured the same system, as well as were "more of the same", I passed. I did get a chance to play each of them, of course, and they lived down to my expectations.

Oh, and this isn't a troll. I'll give you that the Mario games have been consistently great; I'm really looking forward to whatever Miyamoto chooses to do with Mario "128", because it's sure to be offbeat enough to capture everybody's attention. I just feel that they need to try someting different with the Zelda games, because I know I'm not the only one who despised the three 3D iterations.