Zelda On The DS, Sega on the Revolution

At the Nintendo Keynote today, Company President Iwata reiterated the same 'think differently' ideas that he espoused at last year's GDC. This time he had concrete data to back up his industry disruption message, detailing the millions in sales their 'Brain Training' line of games have racked up. Along with his message, he announced a new Zelda title on the DS, and the fact that Sega Genesis games will be on the Revolution, a part of the online library of games they're offering.

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The price is right

[FadedTimes]

I suspect Nintendo is going to do well in Sales and profits after releasing the Revolution and online services.
As long as the downloadable games are cheap and the console does release as the lowest priced console this year.
Such good news.

Re:Never thought I'd see the day

[Mercano]

Genesis and SNES games on the same machine? Legally? /me prepares for the apocalypse. (Yeah, yeah, I know Sega and Nintendo have been on good terms for a few years now, what with Sonic Advance and Monkey Balls, but still, this is 16-bit stuff we are talking about. They were after each other with a vengence back then.)

On the plus side, I wouldn't mind them porting Knights or whatever that game was called.

Re:Benefits of 'Virtual Console'

[porcupine8]

What this shows is there is a certain level of comercial viability in 2D games (in particular formerly popular 2D games) which isn't really being capatalized upon by anyone.

Yes, thank goodness those of us who hate 3D are going to get what we want! I was so excited to hear that a new 2D mario game is in the works. I find 3D games confusing to navigate, annoying to use weapons in, and in some cases downright nauseating to watch. I realize the companies want to show off what they can do with 3D, but it is entirely possible to make a 2D game with beautiful graphics.