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Nintendo Gamer's Summit 2004

Posted by Zonk on from the moonlighting-with-the-big-n dept.

Thanks to Gamemethod, who writes "We took a few days last week to go to the Nintendo Enthusiast Summit , to check out the hot newness. In the lineup were some DS final impressions along with a host of game previews and galleries."

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  1. Re:Looks like Nintendo still has the lead.. by Metroid72 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I think you should understand by now that we're talking about two different systems here:

    In my opinion:

    PSP -> portable system aimed towards gamers that want the most powerful system around with the ability to rival TV console counterparts with movie and other media playing capabilities

    GBA -> portable system aimed towards gamers seeking a different experience. That's why nintendo stresses that it's no GBA successor, I think it's an experiment on their end.

    After playing for so long, I find myself buying PS2, Xbox and GC games that I just play for a couple of days, and then put back into a dusty shelf. It started for me probably around when FFVII came out, I realized that my favorite games are just iterations of the same game. Zelda = same, Metroid = Same, FF = Same, RE = Same, Madden = Same game w/ updated stats, MGS = same. Look at the newer games: the new GTA and Halo2 (although great games... are just a formula that works and it's being exploited to the max)

    I think that TRUE gamers really have something to look forward here. I'm tired of playing the same game over and over.

    Don't get me wrong here, GOOD developers will always find ways to brign freshness to favorite franchises and some other developers will take risks and try a new concept, but this whole videogame thing going mainstream has prompted this "wall stret-next-quarter-profits-view" to making games, that only hurts the end user experience. (yeah, yeah, I know, now we have REAL music in games, famous actors doing voiceovers and more cultural references... but WE get that in movies)

    Hopefully the new possibilities that the DS brings to the table will force developers to think out of the box (not just put-the-inventory window-or-different-view on the second screen) mindset, but all the cool things that can potentially be done.

    Oh, BTW, I'll just wait and see to get my DS AND PSP until next summer.

    Let the games begin....