In recent weeks Nintendo Life has been looking at console launches, as preparation for the pre-launch hype for Wii U that's set to begin at E3 2012. In some cases the absence of a major Mario title has been a source of controversy and debate, as various Nintendo systems have launched with the famous mascot. Mike Mason and Thomas Whitehead of Nintendo Life assess the launches of GameCube and 3DS and consider whether either suffered without the famous plumber, or whether he would have made little difference to the ultimate fate of GameCube, or the difficult early months of 3DS.
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
Hanzla from eXputer inquires: "If Xbox can care about preserving its games and legacy, what exactly is wrong with Nintendo, trying to kill game preservation single-handedly?"
Ahh yes the good old game preservation of saving all your games to a removable hhd on the Xbox 360, taking it round your mates house, setting up multiple tvs to
Be met with “save data corrupted, please re download”
Or how about removing 360 games
From the store
, download them now or else, and, better hope to god that save data doesn’t corrupt, or it’s lost for ever
Nice one ☝️
This is just a scammy PR move to distract from the fact they are going digital only and trying to push streaming and subscriptions only.
No gaming company has pushed harder to remove ownership than Microsoft.
Without discs there is no preservation, preservation can't be done by the rights holders it can only be done by the consumers, anything else is a lie.
Nobody wants this. Sales or the lack of it in the case of XBOX is very telling. I wonder how the adorably all digital series X will fare. Adorably dismal perhaps?
Only time will tell, but for from someone like me suspecting that Xbox is trying to gracefully exit the console market, that "forward compatibility" team is trying to get Xbox games playing on Windows PCs. I mean, it's nice that they're not planning on exiting with a "enjoy your games while the hardware still works" message, so that's nice. They still have a brand to protect via Microsoft so probably feel obligated to have a better exit strategy.
Danish from eXputer: "Nintendo has historically gone against player-made content and emulation of its games. This has done much to harm the company's image."
They need to stop announcing these mods and fan remakes until they're finished. Finish it, upload it, and then if Nintendo dmca's it tough shit. Once it's online, people can share it around, even if the original download gets taken down.
This is all coming from the mouth of short-sighted fandom and grifting madness.
No.... it wont. There is a clear defined reason why they don't. This is nothing new. Make your own shi7 from your own original ideas especially if you are trying to capitalize of it it. Duh.
Yeah, hire people that have zero respect or understanding for an established process. Wow. Yep. Totally makes sense.
Launching a console without Mario for Nintendo is suicide. Nintendo is going straight up Kamikaze next gen.
Mario hasn't ushered a console in for a while. In the meantime we have had his brother and Link stand at the beginning of things. I don't mind that at all.
No Nintendo is complete without launching Mario or Zelda.
well fact nintendo would not be here today without mario.
If nintendo really wants to make fans happy they will include a mario pack in game with the wii u at launch. One of my best gaming memories is getting snes in 1992 and playing super mario world the first time. If nintendo can recreate that same type of thing with wiiu it would be great.
3DS and Gamecube had a reasonable amount of sales at launch.
But when Mario or Zelda were released, it was like the consoles were given a new lease life... and now look at the 3DS, its on fire in Japan and the West since the launch of Mario Kart/3D Land.
Of couse the price drop along with OoT helped out the 3DS, but it would've been a differnt start if the Mario games and the OoT remake came out at the launch of the 3DS or just after.