Nintendo Questions Answered
Japanese office makes commitments to the DS and more inside.
In the latest issue of Nintendo Dream Magazine, Nintendo Japan makes some interesting comments relating to all aspects of its operation and continued marketing.
According to the regular Question Box page, Nintendo has underlined the fact that the DS will be playable at E3 to all-comers on this year’s stand. The machine will sit alongside the Game Boy Advance and GameCube offerings and will be furnished with a range of playable software.
The TV advert for Pikmin 2 will be something of an advertising milestone for the firm, with "large expectations" for it at Nintendo. Make of that what you will.
This year's E3 will see roughly the same amount of software for both GameCube and Game Boy Advance as was shown at last year's event, scuppering reports that the stand would be bare. Nintendo will also announce a new strategic shift aimed at pleasing a broader range of gamers.
All incarnations of Zelda: The Four Swords for GameCube can be played by one player alone. Nintendo felt this would broaden the appeal of the game. Well, duh...
The final item of interest was the news that according to various point of sale surveys, the delicious Famicom Game Boy Advance SP has been selling particularly well amongst older gamers. Many punters said that the machine, along with various bits of software, was their first gaming purchase in some time.
According to the regular Question Box page, Nintendo has underlined the fact that the DS will be playable at E3 to all-comers on this year’s stand. The machine will sit alongside the Game Boy Advance and GameCube offerings and will be furnished with a range of playable software.
The TV advert for Pikmin 2 will be something of an advertising milestone for the firm, with "large expectations" for it at Nintendo. Make of that what you will.
This year's E3 will see roughly the same amount of software for both GameCube and Game Boy Advance as was shown at last year's event, scuppering reports that the stand would be bare. Nintendo will also announce a new strategic shift aimed at pleasing a broader range of gamers.
All incarnations of Zelda: The Four Swords for GameCube can be played by one player alone. Nintendo felt this would broaden the appeal of the game. Well, duh...
The final item of interest was the news that according to various point of sale surveys, the delicious Famicom Game Boy Advance SP has been selling particularly well amongst older gamers. Many punters said that the machine, along with various bits of software, was their first gaming purchase in some time.
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Pierre_Pressure 19 Mar 2004 15:04
1/5
I understand this is Nintendo to make game of Commitments. This is good, Commitments is a very good film i have seen many times. my question is how Nintendo are to make video game of music film.
TigerUppercut 19 Mar 2004 15:17
2/5
Pierre Pressure wrote:
>I understand this is Nintendo to make game of
>Commitments. This is good, Commitments is a very
>good film i have seen many times. my question is
>how Nintendo are to make video game of music
>film.
This kind of post is not the future. Pack it in.
Surf in, read it, go. The point, though I might be totally wrong, is to trigger some kind of discussion...
>I understand this is Nintendo to make game of
>Commitments. This is good, Commitments is a very
>good film i have seen many times. my question is
>how Nintendo are to make video game of music
>film.
This kind of post is not the future. Pack it in.
Surf in, read it, go. The point, though I might be totally wrong, is to trigger some kind of discussion...
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Arse McAdams 19 Mar 2004 16:17
3/5
I reckon it could be a rhythm-action game with elements of RPG. You take control of the main irish dude and wonder around Dublin or wherever the hell it was set interacting with all the locals and knocking out some funky beats, bemani style.
It would be ace
It would be ace
Pandaman 20 Mar 2004 00:51
4/5
Nintendo always has an interesting show at E3. I heavily doubt that this would be any exception.
DoctorDee 20 Mar 2004 12:08
5/5
Alan Poole wrote:
>Nintendo always has an interesting show at E3. I
>heavily doubt that this would be any exception.
Absolutely. It great news that Nintendo DS will be available for all to see at E3, for a couple of reasons.
Firstly, it's nice in the world of computer gaming for their to be a gap of less than several years between annoucement and getting to see the finished item. So many computer games anbnouncements are just rhetoric and posturing, times strategically to devalue any other company's news. It's really pretty pathetic.
Secondly, DS has spawnwed a lot of speculation, and not all of it favourable. People seem to have forgotten Nintendo's long history if innovation in favour of concentrating on recent marketing problems with GameCube... WHen we see NDS, we'll know whther they have hit the target once agin, or whether they have lost their marbles completely. Either way, it'll stop the speculation.
>Nintendo always has an interesting show at E3. I
>heavily doubt that this would be any exception.
Absolutely. It great news that Nintendo DS will be available for all to see at E3, for a couple of reasons.
Firstly, it's nice in the world of computer gaming for their to be a gap of less than several years between annoucement and getting to see the finished item. So many computer games anbnouncements are just rhetoric and posturing, times strategically to devalue any other company's news. It's really pretty pathetic.
Secondly, DS has spawnwed a lot of speculation, and not all of it favourable. People seem to have forgotten Nintendo's long history if innovation in favour of concentrating on recent marketing problems with GameCube... WHen we see NDS, we'll know whther they have hit the target once agin, or whether they have lost their marbles completely. Either way, it'll stop the speculation.