Boody Bandit wrote:
> "massivegrooves" <massivegrooves@massivegrooves.net> wrote in message
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>>Boody Bandit wrote:
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>>>"massivegrooves" <massivegrooves@massivegrooves.net> wrote in message
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>>>>RnR Lesnar wrote:
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>>>>>I'm pretty impressed by the new Zelda game.
>>>>>
>>>>>RnR Lesnar
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>The new Zelda game had been shown, or shown to some degree already. It
>>>>is a decent looking game, MUCH better looking than Wind Breaker ;)
>>>>It looks as though Nintendo had nothing...pretty poor showing for them
>>>>at the biggest event of the year.
>>>
>>>
>>>I can't believe there is zero voice acting in the game.
>>>I also can't believe that I can't believe there is no voice acting in
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> the
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>>>game.
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>>You would think that at this stage they could get that in there ;)
> 
> 
> I just don't understand why Nintendo appear to always be stuck in a time
> warp.

I don't either, they go from being the top dog to acting as if they 
don't have a clue...


> 
>>>This is why I am so hard on Nintendo, they simply don't get it.
>>>Did you hear Miyamoto's comments on the 360 and PS3?
>>>They are headed in a different direction (technology) while we are going
>>>after a different audience.
>>
>>I laughed several times at his comments. He or they (Nintendo) don't
>>seem to get where things are headed, whether he likes it or not...agrees
>>or disagrees. Things are headed toward an all-in-one-unit for home
>>entertainment and eventually everything along those lines including PC
>>functions (some of this already but not completely yet.) Him or Reggie
>>forget now, but it was the G4 interviews (which have been quite good,
>>Sessler with Allard from Xbox was equally good as these Nintendo ones)
>>and they talked about what you mentioned, going after a target audience
>>of something like 11-20 yr olds etc.. Am I mistaken or have there not
>>been numbers out there that put the average age of gamers quite a ways
>>outside his target bracket? They say they are not "kiddie" based yet in
>>the one interview (the Reggie one) this is brought up by the interviewer
>>and he says something like "we have mature games, like (he hesitates a
>>little) RE4...(hesitates a lot more) and well we have most of the big
>>games from the other developers/publishers." They just don't get it,
>>don't have a freakin' clue. If they want to stay glued to the younger
>>gamers fine, do it...admit it but don't try to fake it.
>>
>>While we still know little about Nintendos "Revolution" so far there is
>>nothing revolutionary about it. Unless it is the being able to download
>>all the old games, which to me is just beyond weak. Most of that stuff
>>has been re-released already on handhelds or available by other means.
>>If you want to release this stuff again then do a disc like the Arcade
>>Treasures or Namco Museum (think those are the right titles.) And really
>>what thrill is there in playing these old titles on new improved
>>hardware...none that I can see.
>>
>>You can only milk those same charcters/franchises so much, and I think
>>this might be the point that many of the die-hard Nintendo fans finally
>>wake up and realize WTF is going on. Sitting around waiting for those
>>couple of great games a year, if that, is lame...especially when the
>>other two are putting out so many more. Nintendo is not IMO the end all
>>of game developers as they may have once been or once considered. Plenty
>>of other companies out there that are putting out as good if not better
>>games and with much more frequency. Maybe the "Revolution" will turn out
>>to really be something great, but at this point and with what Nintendo
>>has done with the last two consoles I seriously doubt it. They look like
>>they will remain where they are right now, last place. They have the
>>handhelds, which that new Gameboy Micro is lame...how many more versions
>>of this same damn thing are they going to release. Is this the answer to
>>the PSP, is that what it is supposed to be?
>>
>>The biggest event of the year and they really showed up with nothing at
>>all. Almost looks like they brought out that version of the Revolution
>>just to not be totally embarrased after seeing that the others had what
>>they did to show off. They shouldn't have even bothered if they had
>>nothing more to offer or show IMO. All it did was make them look bad,
>>and they definitely didn't need that. So they showed Zelda and
>>Nintendogs, which is so lame and something that has already been done
>>before. Another version of the Gameboy...zzzzzzzzzz.
> 
> 
> Damn dude, you absolutely nailed it!
> Nintendo is not evolving with the times.
> I think it's a damn shame.
> 

It is really, they have sat back and just put out one 
Mario/Pokemon/Zelda/etc.. game after another with no new 
characters/franchises being developed. Mario DDR...PUH-LEEZE, Mario 
golf/racing/tennis/baseball/etc..  I think they have done it all by now. 
They should have been working on some new franchises over the years. 
Fine to use those franshises and all but with the frequency they release 
new games they don't have near enough franshises to keep a steady stream 
flowing to the gamers. At some point there comes a time to move on, 
similar to how the Crash and Spyro guys did realizing they had done 
about all that was within reason with the franchises. The Jak and 
Ratchet ones are headed there fast...which I feared. Once you get a 
racing/cart type game using the characters it is headed into the miling 
area IMO.