Points of Interest – 2/2/07
- More death than you’re likely to see on a normal Friday.
- Stuff like this is what’s helped Nintendo appeal more to their audience as opposed to say, Sony, who might try to say something like… oh, I don’t know… this, maybe:
“Because we’re in that leadership position, there are a lot of expectations thrust upon us and some of them are a little unrealistic. If we were a distant third in the platform race, people would have a warm spot in their hearts for the good old days of PlayStation and they’d actually root for us to get back on top. But I don’t know if we want to pay the price to get that kind of [love].” — Jack Tretton, CEO and President, Sony Computer Entertainment America President in Issue 213 of Electronic Gaming Monthly
There are undoubtedly better examples (like the “work more hours” bit, or calling the Wii an “impulse buy that’s not in the same category as PS3,”) but that’s the most recent thing to send sparks a-flyin’.
- “It was the best of times, it was blurst of times?!”
Such as it was 20 years ago, when Captain N: The Game Master and the malformed members of his N-Team took to the airwaves. IGN has taken it upon themselves to remind us what was so good… or not… about the show in their review of the Captain N DVD set.
Note that on the road of nostalgia, your mileage may vary.
- Next-Gen goes in deep with DVD Empire to get the full skinny on why the gaming industry is full of greed.
Hard to argue some points, like the street dates vs. availability.
- Wii: the equivalent of a man tupperware party?
- Over at Go Nintendo, RMC looks back at what is oft considered to be the very best Virtual Boy game, and an excellent game in its own right, Virtual Boy Wario Land.
- This video of Fire Emblem on Wii looks quite nice. And dig the dragon.
- Hey, I play Dead Or Alive for the fighting…
…of course, that’s not the only reason by a long shot… no, there’s also credit cards!
- Lo’ and behold, Mr. Parish of 1up.com has brought forth a new installment of his Retro Roundup, wherein he judges the worth of the week’s latest in downloadable retro gaming goodness.
I think it ought to be noted that if you’re like me, and don’t give a damn about ghosts and individual rankings being saved, and just want some good racing fun that involves obliterating cartoon characters, Mario Kart 64 is definitely worth the download.
–LBD “Nytetrayn”
February 2nd, 2007 at 9:53 am
2. Iwata is wise, and I say that not because of the more mature image he projects by answering questions like that, but because his response shows he’s got a clean, objective view of the situation. Let’s face it; the DS was hardly worth getting in its first year. But once that year was up, it was really cranking and hard to stop! It’s probably true for a lot of systems, if not every system that eventually finds success. The Xbox 360 left me unimpressed during its first year but is really starting to dazzle me now. And the same is certainly possible for the PS3.
But as for likeliness, I’d place my money on the Wii. After its nice start, Metroid and Mario may be the games that really anchor the system. I’d include Brawl, but technically it’s a game that doesn’t really need to be on the Wii (though it will undoubtedly boost the success of the system).