With Nintendo's Wii U video game console coming out in just a matter of days, the Game Guys look back at the company's five best and worst hardware offerings.
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 for one liked the Gamecube. I did not mind the controller at all. The games were KICK BUTT, and It had almost 2x's the power of PS2. I loved the wavebird, which was the first wireless controller. and still have mine to this day, it is plugged into my Wii. Some of the Cube titles are better than Wii games!
I never played a Virtual Boy, I've heard Nintendo World Store has one to play? I want to try it. But everything else I have played and enjoyed since my first console..the NES. Nintendo knows how to make games for their consoles. This makes me even more excited for WiiU.
Virtual Boy is the worst easily, I've pretty much enjoyed every other Nintendo console including handhelds since the NES.
The standouts of Nintendo's home Consoles have to be the OG NES, The Legendary SNES and the Revolutionary Wii. The N64 had some incredible gems such as GoldenEye, OoT, Birthed Smash Bros, Starfox, and Mario Kart. But it didn't live up to the other consoles' Variety imo. Gamecube was well, pretty lame with few exceptions, it did have some of the greatest games of its gen but there weren't enough. But props has to be given for Metroid Prime & the REmake and RE4. Virtual Boy wasn't..necessary.
As for the handheld market I don't think they've floundered at all, save for the 3DS launch and a shameful 2D Mario launch. I don't own one but I can see its value. Gameboy and the DS were huge success and two of the greatest handheld systems ever.
Just my two cents.
I thought the Gamecube controller was pretty damn comfortable.
I think the gamecube was pretty important for Nintendo as well.
1. Brought back Metroid in the best way possible
2. Animal Crossing.
3. Pikmin.
4. Allowed Melee to establish Smash Bros as a viable franchise
5. Showed that 3D pokemon adventure games have potential.
6. Resident Evil 4. The creator said that if RE$ was ported, then he would cut off his head. Me thinks that the game might not had existed without the Gamecube.
7.More Starfox, Kirby, Mario, Donkey Kong, and Zelda.
It was more powerful than the ps2, so no, it did not have less quality as stated and it never sold for a loss.
Launched at 200 bucks to add. I think it was a great console.