"Hulk" and "Spongebob Squarepants" PS2 controllers at any retailer now.
Jim's idea is interesting. Hell, MS allowed Capcom to create a special
controller for Steel Batallion, so distributing a special controller
certainly has precedent, and I doubt "rebranding" is an issue, since MS
and Sony would commit human sacrifice to get Nintendo to sign on if they
got out of the hardware business. Distributing a "special" controller
in exchange for millions up on millions of royalties and ancillary
marketing dollars would hardly be an issue.
- Jim
Angel Stewart wrote:
>Well Jim,
>
>that's an interesting concept. However, if you were Sony or Microsoft
>would you allow Nintendo to create a 'special' controller for your
>console?
>The very idea of anyone 'rebranding' the hardware would be anathema for
>these companies.
>
>Nintendo has managed so far to succeed as both a hardware and software
>from the 8bit days till now. You're suggesting they go the way of Sega,
>and leave the market dominated by PS2, Xbox, and perhaps leave niche
>corners open for Phantom and DISCover etc. If they wish to innovate as
>much as they say they do, then to a certain extent they are going to
>have to be in control of their hardware development. What I'd like to
>see next is a VR helmet for consoles. (followed by a decent Combat
>Flight Simulator lol). Sure you may be able to create such a peripheral
>for the Xbox...but you would have a much better chance at creating
>something revolutionary if you built your console from the ground up to
>allow for it. Another example is the 2 Screen idea that Nintendo has
>introduced with the Nintendo DS. For the company, the hardware is almost
>as important as the software from their perspective of 'innovating' and
>meeting 'what gamers want'.
>
>I don't think Nintendo will pack up shop where hardware is concerned,
>but I also don't think they are as far along in their plans for their
>'next gen' hardware as Sony and Microsoft are. Nintendo seems to have
>its head up in the clouds, approaching the gaming business from an
>idealistic very philosophical view. That's good if a few developers in
>your company are approaching their next game designs from that angle,
>but I don't think it's good if the entire company is being run from that
>perspective. You need to have strong hardware to match the visuals of
>your competition even if you don't surpass them, but instead then beat
>them with gameplay.
>
>Perhaps Nintendo will be forced out of the hardware market, but I
>certainly don't think they will do so on their own.
>I also don't think that any other console maker will allow voluntary
>'rebranding' of their console either.
>
>With regards Final Fantasy. I've never gotten deep into these games,only
>now getting my hands on a PS2, but my impression of them is that the
>stories are needlessly tragic, and the character dialogue more than a
>little childish. I could be wrong and I'll find out first hand as I
>start playing. It's definitely the case so far for every Gameboy Advance
>RPG that I have played, and for me that's a turnoff.
>
>-Gel
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>I do think that Nintendo, at the very least, tends to generalize. They
>love
>to say "players this" and "gamers that" while completely ignoring the
>wider
>marker. Yes, many players want simpler, shorted games. But many (I
>think
>more) want more depth and longer gameplay - there's a reason that GTA
>and
>Final Fantasy sell so damn well.
>
>Personally I applaud FF:Crystal Chronicle. Never played it myself, but
>from
>everything I've heard when you do get those four friends together the
>experience is transcendent. Yes it's heavy and needy but (from what
>I've
>heard) well worth it.
>
>Still I think its huge mistake for Nintendo to release another console.
>The
>simple fact is that companies are, definitely, producing faster, more
>feature rich hardware. Hardware capable of doing anything Nintendo
>wants in
>fact.
>
>I think that Nintendo should focus completely on the user interface and
>games. OKay - the PS3 or XBox 2 hits the shelves. They're lunch meat in
>a
>can and everybody buys them up.
>
>Now Nintendo comes along and releases, for say $80 US, a gamecube-style
>controller (preferably wireless) and the next "Mario" game packaged
>together
>for those systems. I would also include a "sticker pack" - soft gels
>that
>could be stuck on your PS3 or XBox 2 that give the machine a more
>"Nintendo"
>feel to it. Future Nintendo games would require that controller and,
>perhaps, come with new gels for your rebranding amusement.
>
>In other words Nintendo wouldn't take the time and effort (and fiscal
>gamble) of producing a game machine - they've stated outright that the
>hardware has passed the point of making the game better. They would,
>instead, re-brand competitors machines franchise: focusing only on the
>interface (the controller and display). Yes you're sitting in front of
>a
>PS3, but you're using a Nintendo game pad and playing Nintendo games and
>(if
>you're the sort the play with stickers) your machine even looks like a
>Nintendo console.
>
>If executed correctly (in other words "better than Sega") I think this
>could
>pay off big. Controller and game kits could be made for either machine
>(perhaps even using all that extra, unneeded hardware to fully emulate a
>Nintendo processor design) or any machine on the horizon.
>
>This follows Nintendo's public philosophy: the key is what you feel and
>see,
>not what box you put your disc into.
>
>Jim Davis
>
>
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