SheAttack: "Many critics of the Wii U say that it’s setting itself up to be the GameCube 2.0. My rebuttal to that would be “Yes!”, using my best Captain Falcon impression. If the Wii U were to make their current audience familiar again with games such as, Geist, Eternal Darkness, Baiten Kaitos, Timesplitters, Viewtiful Joe, the Metroid Prime series, Wave Race, Battalion Wars, etc., that could lead to Nintendo go back in that direction and give the core gamers what they truly want – core titles."
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.
I would like to see some new features if they went to the trouble of porting gamecube games and likely charging 15 bucks at the least. I can only imagine the kind of hype melee with online play could generate.
it'd work better for them to have a team on a 6 month cycle thats sole purpose is to remake gamecube games in hd in the same fashion as wind waker. sunshine, fzero, warioworld, waverace, and even star fox adventures. 2 good releases per year added to their new releases instantly.
Hopefully I would gladly buy MGS the twin snakes to play in my wii u
I'd love for Nintendo to focus more on the core gamer, but I don't know if it's what best for them.
I believe the Wii U was the first home console Nintendo sold at a loss. This is relevant because the GameCube was actually a pretty powerful console relative to its competitor's, and subsequently had some very good looking games. I don't think Nintendo, with their current management, will opt to make a competitively powerful next console and I'm not sure that the general gaming enthusiast would buy into another underpowered Nintendo console just because of Metroid and F-Zero. Remember, the GameCube is Nintendo's worst selling home console ever.
I know a lot of people think the solution to Nintendo's problems are easy; but they are far from easy. If you think just games and marketing is all they need that's been proven to be wrong. If you think focusing more on the core is what's needed, that hasn't worked for Nintendo in the past with more momentum and goodwill than they have now. If you think they need to double down on casuals that's a shrinking market that is very fickle.
You get my point.
The truth is, there is no one simple solution. Nintendo needs to make a console that is sold at a profit, yet is both close enough in architecture and powerful enough to at the very least get ports of third party games. Nintendo absolutely has to at the very least get the biggest third party games on their system. Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed, GTA, all of them. They need an online infrastructure and overall account system that is modern - along with the apps and amenities gamers expect. They need to invest in new IP's and reviving old IP's to appeal to the core gamer. They need to continue to make wonderful, eccentric and family friendly games. They need to do all this and more. If they don't, Mario/Zelda/Donkey Kong/Smash/Kart, etc. WILL NOT BE ENOUGH.
I know as gamers it's easy to say all a company has to do is make good games. But truthfully, for a console to succeed it needs a lot of things. The Wii U has some great games, and will likely get some great games this year. But Nintendo got most of the above wrong, and we see where the Wii U is at financially.
You know if it was possible to put Jet Force Gemini on the wii u. I would buy it in a heart beat. Loved that game