Some of these have merits, but others are just plain idiotic.
I'm paraphrasing here, but:
"Metal Gear Solid was released at the same time as Ocarina of Time, which is why I have yet to play Zelda. Who cares about a deku tree when there are terrorists with nukes to stop?" -Guy who made Burnout series, which, suprise suprise, is no longer being made for the Cube. With biased dickweeds like this working in the industry, no wonder Nintendo can't get third parties to support their consoles.
"Crash Team Racing took the Mario Kart formula and perfected it." - Some guy from 1up. I mean seriously. CTR is what Mario Kart could be if it was perfect? Gimme a freakin break! Guess what came out the same gen? Mario Kart 64! Is that not perfect already? I know MK for the DS improved on it, but for consoles without a second screen to display an overhead map, and taking the online component out... You don't get better in kart racing than Mario Kart 64, unless you REALLY like Double Dash for some reason. Crash Team F'n Racing...
I think there is good strategy in this. Zelda fans get a complete, bug-reduced game, and the marketing budget for the holidays can be put towards more DS pushing. Nintendo knows it needs the DS to kick the PSP's ass this Christmas, or else it might not recover the marketshare, but they know that releasing Zelda at Christmas just doubles what they need to advertise, and won't really stop anyone from buying an X-Box360.
This way, Nintendo's name is in the spotlight for the DS Wi-Fi games during the holidays, and again a few months later for Zelda, and then a couple months later for E3's new Revolution news, and then maybe a couple months after that for the Revolution launch.
This is better than a half-assed marketing push for both the DS WiFi AND Zelda during the holidays (where there are a lot of competing ads for toys and the Xbox360), followed by Nintendo getting absolutely no press for an entire half a year, and then the Rev coming out and noone knows if they can trust Nintendo anymore (like what happened when the N64 died and Nintendo disappeared for a while in the news, and then waited to E3 the following year to announce the Cube).
PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, RTFA!
The XYAB buttons are designed to replace the D-pad for lefties. You just use your left hand with the stylus, and the R buttonand Lbutton switch places, and the D-Pad and XYBA buttons switch places. It's that simple.
And for the people worried about battery life, again, RTFA. Or go read IGN's interview with Reggie Fils-Aime. Battery life is about what the SP's is. They've come out and said "somewhere from 8 - 10 hours, depending on use, volume, WiFi, etc."
And I can't believe people are still using the word "virtual boy" when talking about this thing. This has a better launch/near launch lineup than any system Nintendo has released since the SNES. And it has hundreds of games being worked on right now for it. Virtual Boy had what, 20 in total or something? Everyone knows this will be a big hit. I mean, seriously, wireless multiplayer Sims and Mario Kart and Metroid... Absolutely pure money trees. And rumors of a new Pokemon RPG, plus the movie-downloading stuff, the "go to EB and download demos of new games" stuff, the "whatever warp-pipe is doing" stuff, the "Final Fantasy 3 finally being officially translated" stuff, the "Built in wireless chat" stuff... and it just keeps going on and on... This thing will dominate for sure, and the PSP really isn't any comeptition. Totally different target markets other than age and the fact that they play games. And it's got it's own set of problems... still no word on price or launch specifics, games, BATTERY LIFE, etc. It has the potential to kick ass, but I think it would have better luck if it released for sub-$200 in a few years rather than trying to take over the DS's market.
Nintendo is keeping the gameboy brand for the sub-18 year olds, and the DS's demographic is 18-24. PSP is for 21-30. It's a bit of overlap, but the price difference and game styles will seperate them enough that those with good jobs in the overlap will just get both.
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Some of these have merits, but others are just plain idiotic.
I'm paraphrasing here, but:
"Metal Gear Solid was released at the same time as Ocarina of Time, which is why I have yet to play Zelda. Who cares about a deku tree when there are terrorists with nukes to stop?" -Guy who made Burnout series, which, suprise suprise, is no longer being made for the Cube. With biased dickweeds like this working in the industry, no wonder Nintendo can't get third parties to support their consoles.
"Crash Team Racing took the Mario Kart formula and perfected it." - Some guy from 1up. I mean seriously. CTR is what Mario Kart could be if it was perfect? Gimme a freakin break! Guess what came out the same gen? Mario Kart 64! Is that not perfect already? I know MK for the DS improved on it, but for consoles without a second screen to display an overhead map, and taking the online component out... You don't get better in kart racing than Mario Kart 64, unless you REALLY like Double Dash for some reason. Crash Team F'n Racing...
I think there is good strategy in this. Zelda fans get a complete, bug-reduced game, and the marketing budget for the holidays can be put towards more DS pushing. Nintendo knows it needs the DS to kick the PSP's ass this Christmas, or else it might not recover the marketshare, but they know that releasing Zelda at Christmas just doubles what they need to advertise, and won't really stop anyone from buying an X-Box360.
This way, Nintendo's name is in the spotlight for the DS Wi-Fi games during the holidays, and again a few months later for Zelda, and then a couple months later for E3's new Revolution news, and then maybe a couple months after that for the Revolution launch.
This is better than a half-assed marketing push for both the DS WiFi AND Zelda during the holidays (where there are a lot of competing ads for toys and the Xbox360), followed by Nintendo getting absolutely no press for an entire half a year, and then the Rev coming out and noone knows if they can trust Nintendo anymore (like what happened when the N64 died and Nintendo disappeared for a while in the news, and then waited to E3 the following year to announce the Cube).
PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, RTFA! The XYAB buttons are designed to replace the D-pad for lefties. You just use your left hand with the stylus, and the R buttonand Lbutton switch places, and the D-Pad and XYBA buttons switch places. It's that simple. And for the people worried about battery life, again, RTFA. Or go read IGN's interview with Reggie Fils-Aime. Battery life is about what the SP's is. They've come out and said "somewhere from 8 - 10 hours, depending on use, volume, WiFi, etc." And I can't believe people are still using the word "virtual boy" when talking about this thing. This has a better launch/near launch lineup than any system Nintendo has released since the SNES. And it has hundreds of games being worked on right now for it. Virtual Boy had what, 20 in total or something? Everyone knows this will be a big hit. I mean, seriously, wireless multiplayer Sims and Mario Kart and Metroid... Absolutely pure money trees. And rumors of a new Pokemon RPG, plus the movie-downloading stuff, the "go to EB and download demos of new games" stuff, the "whatever warp-pipe is doing" stuff, the "Final Fantasy 3 finally being officially translated" stuff, the "Built in wireless chat" stuff... and it just keeps going on and on... This thing will dominate for sure, and the PSP really isn't any comeptition. Totally different target markets other than age and the fact that they play games. And it's got it's own set of problems... still no word on price or launch specifics, games, BATTERY LIFE, etc. It has the potential to kick ass, but I think it would have better luck if it released for sub-$200 in a few years rather than trying to take over the DS's market. Nintendo is keeping the gameboy brand for the sub-18 year olds, and the DS's demographic is 18-24. PSP is for 21-30. It's a bit of overlap, but the price difference and game styles will seperate them enough that those with good jobs in the overlap will just get both.