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Ozzie, congrats on blowing. You are the worst f***ing manager in this league, without a doubt.

Did anyone find that odd that the first response was a double post? I mean, I found that downright scary.

I don't think he was actually being serious guys...

JOO GONNA DIE!

You can have your opinion, but most consider the N64 pad the greatest achievment in video games. None. But guess what. Nintendo 1uped everyone. On the Revolution, every single Nintendo game ever will be available for download(That nears about 300). If that isn't the greatest thing on any console ever, I don't know what is.

LOCK. BAN. DELETE.

QUOTE(YTOWN @ Sep 18, 2005 -> 09:23 PM) GO TRIBE!!! BEAT THE SOX!!! Arguably the 3rd best pitcher on this staff, LOL AND HE HAS THE AL'S LOWEST ERA; is on the mound for us. SO SHUT THEM DOWN AND TRIBE PPPPLEASE GET HIM RUN SUPPORT! Nor is he necessarily better than Count, Garcia, Buehrle, or Garland. You guys may out hit us, but our pitching staff is always going to be better.

Awhile ago...

Nintendo also owns the rights to the Battallion Wars(Advance Wars), Fire Emblem, F-Zero, Kirby, Pokemon, Kid Icarus, EarthBound, Eternal Darkness, Super Smash Brothers Melee, and Geist franchises. All of these will likely be seeing a Sequel on the Revolution.

QUOTE(DonkeyKongerko @ Sep 18, 2005 -> 06:56 PM) I don't really have more to say on the issue except that I will definitely watch the sales of this generation of consoles closely. It will be very interesting to see if Nintendo can succeed with such a radical approach and their late release date. I just don't see it happening, especially in terms of US market share. I just can't disagree with this more. For the first time since God knows when, Nintendo is finally catching on with the mainstream media again. People are begining to take notice, too. This and the many things the Rev already has over its competition makes me think the Revolution could be a huge success for Nintendo.

QUOTE(DonkeyKongerko @ Sep 18, 2005 -> 06:11 PM) You do realize someone is going to have to develop the games before people can do all those cool things. Sure it's innovative and cool. But the whole gist of what I'm saying is that Nintendo's recent console trend is towards continually repositioning themselves in a smaller segment of the market to develop these new frenetic games. Which is EXACTLY the reason for the Revolution. I know you won't like it, but I'll just bring up the DS vs. PSP one more time. I think we all know and agree that the PSP is the better system here. However, there is very little 3rd party support for it. And yet the DS has had virtually every major name in the industry create a game for it. Why? Because the possibilities for the DS are endless and you can say the same for the Rev. Ninetendo is banking on this success for the Rev. Again, if it's any indication, it will be one hell of a system.

I can't help but get excited after watching the video of it in action. http://media.cube.ign.com/articles/651/651334/vids_1.html

QUOTE(DonkeyKongerko @ Sep 18, 2005 -> 05:44 PM) Pledged support? You do realize that doesn't mean anything I hope. All those developers have said is they want to support gamers on all platforms, and that's just the standard industry smoke screen. Until titles are announced, that don't mean diddly. I have no argument on the DS being successful. Since when has handheld support meant success for Nintendo's console in the past? Gameboy Advance and Advance SP were also huge successes. I don't see how the success of the DS is an indication of anything regarding the Revolution. Well, Square, Majesco, Ubisoft, Buena Vista, and a couple of others have all atleast announced 1 game for the Revolution. That's as much as Nintendo could even say right now. So again, I'd say 3rd party support is looking fine right now. Not to mention, reading some of the developers comments, you can't help but get excited for the Rev. And the DS is an indication because the Rev will bring even more innovative games into homes. The DS has succeeded off a new audience. An audience that doesn't need a long, 40 hour game to have fun. Look at Nintendogs for example. A recent poll in Japan stated around 46% of Nintendog owners were female. Do you think there has ever a major game with statistics even close to this. Just like Nintendogs, Meteos, and Brain Training for the DS, quirky new IP's are going to define the Revolution. And if the DS is an indication, it's going to be great.

QUOTE(DonkeyKongerko @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 09:55 PM) http://cube.ign.com/articles/593/593733p1.html Well the Nintendo president sure seems to think 3rd party support might be an issue. For the most part, developers of modern console games can port titles to the three big platforms with a reasonable amount of work. What Iwata is saying here is that the Revolution platform will be so 'revolutionary' that publishers would be forced to make a committed effort to develop titles especially for the Revolution. Big companies like EA are not very likely to throw all their eggs in the Nintendo basket especially when they can make more money porting titles to multiple systems like the 360 and PS3. This combined with the fact that Microsoft and Sony will once again have a huge head start with the relase of their next-gen consoles only serves to further the disadvantage to Nintendo. Does anyone remember the Dreamcast? It too was a revolutionary concept for its time and was actually released well before the PS2. Third party developers were hesitant and the platform ultimately failed financially although it was a technological success in that it inspired much of the technology we saw in future consoles. In the end, what will determine the success of the Revolution? If your measuring stick is sales, then that depends on how many kids can convince their parents to buy one or how many Japanese people buy one just to play Mario Revolution, Zelda Revolution and Metroid Revolution. You quoted an article on March 4th..... But of course, since than, Nintendo has had THQ, EA, Square-Enix, Sega, Activision, UbiSoft, Majesco, and a couple more already pledge support. Considering right there you have the biggest games in deveoping, I don't think 3rd party support is going to be much of a problem. Also, The DS has absolutly blown out the PSP in terms of sales. By now it has atleast doubled up and probaly will triple up on it soon. Sony already had to cut back by 33% on what they planned to sell. If this is any indication, The Rev will find the new audience the Big N is looking for and be a huge success, just like the DS currently is.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 09:14 PM) Don't worry...yet. That won't be what it looks like since it's just what that website thinks it might be. I think the pic looks cool as hell. I would just still rather not have it.

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 04:21 PM) I'm liking UConn on that list if things play out well for them. Wayyy to many off-court problems for me to like them right now.

The Big Ten is going to be way overhyped this year.

QUOTE(SleepyWhiteSox @ Sep 17, 2005 -> 06:42 AM) Apparently, they're also going to have a shell to hook the remote into to form a conventional-style controller... I rather not have that.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 09:36 PM) There are much better ytmnd's out there.

QUOTE(Cerbaho-WG @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 04:38 PM) No. Consoles will always be light years behind PCs when it comes to control in FPS and any game. The mouse and keyboard just allows you to do more. Disagree. The Revolutions controller is essentially a light-gun, except with the abaility to move your character as well. There are no better FPS controls than light guns, simply put.

QUOTE(Iwritecode @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 06:28 PM) Nintendo screwed up when the made the N64. They've just been getting worse ever since... How so? They changed the way games were played forever with the N64 and I don't think I have ever met someone who though the PS1 was better than that.

Ozzie doing something smart? LOL.

QUOTE(SnB @ Sep 16, 2005 -> 04:12 AM) sometimes, innovation is bad. I don't know. Imagine playing a Halo-esque game on that thing. Controls rival that of a PC now. The possibilities are endless.

Story: http://cube.ign.com/articles/651/651275p1.html One bold, bold move.

QUOTE(Steff @ Sep 15, 2005 -> 09:13 PM) Insightful. I was actually asking a question, in which I don't hold the answer to. This is why there is no insight. You see, you ask questions to gain more knowledge. Nice try though.