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Gamecube MMORPG Back From the Dead

Posted by Zonk on from the you-don't-have-the-adapter-and-it-won't-be-released-here dept.

Drakken writes "GamesAreFun.com is reporting that Chunsoft has updated their Homeland website with three new movies, two of them showing off online play. For awhile, Homeland (a GameCube MMORPG) was thought to be cancelled, but it seems it's alive again. This is significant because Homeland will be only the second-ever online GameCube game, making use of the GC's broadband adapter." Probably a JP only release.

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  1. Re:what was the first? by chris462 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What, exactly, would you do with an online Zelda?

    The LoZ series is all about becoming the Hero of Time. The only thing I could see appealing with online Zelda would be an online implementation of Four Swords, but even that isn't terribly interesting.

    The problem I have with online gaming (esp. MMORPG) is this mentality where I have to shell out $50 for the game itself then, on top of that, a fee just to play it. If I can somehow acquire the game for free, I have no problem paying the $10/mo, since I'll get five or six months out of the game and still "break even."

    I also despise the swarms of 13 year-old kids on these networks that do nothing but talk trash and single-handedly ruin the experience for most of the gamers I know. I have a hard time paying money to be that frustrated.

    Online play is appealing, but not nearly as appealing as innovative hardware and software. Nintendo has come, time and again, with new and unique games and hardware. Starting with the Legend of Zelda on the NES to Super Mario 64 and, most recently, Pikmin and the Nintendo DS. What have Microsoft and Sony done?