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Guide for the Nintendo Fan at E3
IGN.Cube has details on what its expected Nintendo will be showing off at E3 this year. Whether or not the Revolution gets much airtime is up in the air, but it's anticipated that new DS titles and the system itself are going to recieve the lion's share of attention. From the article: "...we predict that Nintendo will put a noticeable emphasis on its DS lineup and -- save for the new Legend of Zelda -- downplay some GameCube titles. This move seems to make sense as many of the GameCube titles sure to be on display in playable form will either have been previously shown at another event, or will be on the verge of releasing in America. In contrast, we expect several major surprises for the publisher's portable system."
It'd be nice to see some new DS games that aren't rehashes of old N64 titles or geared toward kiddies. I thought the point of the DS was to cater toward older gamers while leaving the GBA for the younger ones.
Mario 64 DS(still a great game with a load of addition , hell the mini games i still play long after getting my 150 stars)
,Nintendo has a strong young fanbase and their is nothing wrong with that ,so they have not yet perhaps played these games and they are great games that they would have missed out on .Also it apeals to us with nostaliga , much like many of the GBA ports of old mario games(Heres hopping for mario All stars DS , with a bucket load more mario games , i mean all of them :D up to mario 64 ).
Ridge racer DS(a port of Ridge racer 64 pure and simple , alot of fun though)
Raymon 2 DS(another n64 port, the weakest of the bunch though)
So quite a few , im not complaining though i love having some mobile n64 games with some nice additions
Its great that it has some inovative titles and some old classics to both here and on the way
The only things certain in war are Propaganda and Death. You can never be sure which is which though
I realize this is a troll, but I wanted to comment on one thing:
Look at what the next XBOX does, it's as much media oriented (or more so) than it is about gaming.
Is anyone else annoyed by this trend? I don't want a game console/DVD player/Tivo/music station/carpet cleaner. How about individual components that each do their chosen function well intead of one that does them all poorly? Not only that, but with individual components, if one breaks, it has no effect on the others. With a merged setup, if it breaks, not only do you lose the ability to play games, you also can't watch movies or TV, you can't listen to music, and your carpet is a mess. Want to try getting it repaired? Good luck. No one except the manufacturer knows how that thing works, and they'll be charging you the price of a new one to repair it.
Let's keep our media components separate. It makes almost everything much simpler.
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Promoting critical thinking since 1994.
- I want to see something to get me interested in the new Zelda.
- Odama confirmed for release by the end of the year.
- Confirmation of a Golden Retriever in the US release of Nintendogs.
- Pilotwings. Please God give me Pilotwings.
- Alpha Centauri DS online.
- Mario Kart DS online.
- Animal Crossing DS in August.
- Serious Revolution eye candy to shut the haters up. (like it would work)
- The New Tetris DS (you remember, the one from the 64. With the gold and the silver blocks. Best Tetris ever.)
Last E3 was huge for Nintendo fans. Nintendo had promised new ideas and new thinking for years, and they finally brought it to the conference. I can only hope this year will be as exciting.
I can't stop thinking about what would happen if apple bought nintendo...
I am not an apple fanboy (more like a nintendo one) but when I look at the two companies I keep seeing the same features and defects. They center their software only on *their* hardware, they focus on simplicity and ease of use, and be it cheap (Gamecube, Mac Mini) or expensive (Nintendo 64 [long time ago], Power Mac) they make high quality products.
Wouldn't it be cool playing iTunes on your stilish Revolution while you wirelessly download the game saves onto it?