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Zelda - The Four Swords Adventures Rated

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the up-and-coming-addictions dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The GameCube has had a drought of games since the start of spring. Many gamers are eagerly awaiting 'the next big game,' The Legend of Zelda: The Four Swords Adventures. The game, which is set to be released this June, has already been released in Japan and a full review from the SiliconEra website. According to the piece, the game is 'easy to learn, innovative and can appeal to people of all ages', but the reviewer also states that the US release of the Four Swords will be minus some Japanese features, as it will be missing the Navi Trackers mini game."

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  1. Four GBAs to play? by b0r0din · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I like connectivity to a GBA. But what's with these games like Zelda and PacMan that require like 4 GBAs to unlock all the features of gameplay? Last I checked, the new SPs were 100 bucks. So in order to play this game in multiplayer mode, say, with one other, you'd need to buy the game (40 bucks) two GBAs (200 bucks) PLUS of course the GameCube. Why not make the game for the GameCube w/controllers, so you can use your damn GameCube controller. Why all this crap with GBAs. I think GBA connectivity could be useful, but not like this. This is a retarded marketing ploy to get people to buy 4 GBAs for one game.

    1. Re:Four GBAs to play? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Jesus fucking christ. Okay now that we all know the guys from PA are your heros and all, why not really thinking about the god damned situation instead of just regurgitating what your idols say. You fucking sheep. What is it with you people and thinking Gabe and Tycho are authors of the gamers bible.

      Anyways, obviously you don't hang with people who are not quite as hardcore gamers as yourself. Pacman aside, because of Nintendos lame 4-player GBA requirement people like me, who socialize with more than just the hardcore crowd, can't play games with everyone I want to. My room mate and I play games all the time, but she doesn't own a GBA so that limits us from a couple of the really good GC multiplayer titles.

      If nintendo persists with this requirement because it actually enhances gameplay, then their next console really needs to come with GBA controls right off the bat.

    2. Re:Four GBAs to play? by realdpk · · Score: 3, Insightful

      You could just play other games. There's no *requirement* that you go out and buy the "latest/greatest" games that require lots of money to get involved with.

      You may as well complain that some games require a PS2 to play, and that's unfair because you don't have a PS2.

  2. idiots by BigBir3d · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Nice to know that Japanese companies still don't understand one of the biggest markets they have. This interweb thingy is just exacerbating the situation.

  3. PacMan and Marketing by Ian_Bailey · · Score: 2, Insightful

    PacMan only requires 1 GBA, and so is not as expensive as many of the other connectivity games.

    The connectivity ploy is an attempt by Nintendo to give their console something unique that will drive people to GameCubes. There are easily 4 times more GBAs out there than GameCubes, so in theory, their idea could work.

    Honestly, if you think about the targets for this game (Who has 3 friends with GameBoys? Kids and hardcore nintendo fanboys.), it seems like this is not the sort of game that will be accessible to most people. The rest of us will have to suffer.