RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-17 Thread Raymond Camden
I'll be starting Final Fantasy: X2 soon, but to be honest I've been putting it off.I live for the next Final Fantasy game but simply don't have the gaming time I used to.But I know I'll get sucked in and my kids will be orphans and my wife will be thinking divorce and my boss will

RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-17 Thread Raymond Camden
I can recall working on the SNES version of shadow run, it was supposed to have around 100 hours of game play. But it took longer than that to complete this game. Although when QA'ing this game I had it down to around 5 hours from start to finish to show Nintendo that the game could be

RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-17 Thread Jim Davis
the slack. but that should have been a standard feature of the SP, I think. Jim Davis _ From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 9:32 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch? I'll be starting Final Fantasy: X2 soon

RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-17 Thread Raymond Camden
you know what games I love? (not that anyone cares :P) keeping in mind I'm highly artistic and love pretty things and great graphics ... Tetris - original Astroids Pong Donkey Kong - Original Galaga - Original Mrs. PacMan - Original that's just to name a few. All very highly

Re: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-17 Thread Jim Campbell
Raymond - if you have a Gamecube, take a look at Viewtiful Joe and Ikaruga - both of them are modern versions of older game styles - sidescrolling fighters (Joe) and top-down shoot-em-up anarchy (Ikaruga).Joe is really very fun, very colorful, and plays with the side-scrolling genre in lots of

RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-17 Thread Raymond Camden
, 2004 9:19 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch? Raymond - if you have a Gamecube, take a look at Viewtiful Joe and Ikaruga - both of them are modern versions of older game styles - sidescrolling fighters (Joe) and top-down shoot-em-up anarchy (Ikaruga

RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-16 Thread Philip Arnold
Interesting gameplay has NEVER been about the graphics and processor power, it's about the GAMEPLAY! Remember Tetris? One of the most addictive games EVER, and it was incredibly simple Developers need to concentrate on the gameplay itself to make the games FUN, not pretty and flashy, that's a

RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-16 Thread Angel Stewart
You know...on some level I agree with you, but realistically I don't think so in today's market. For me, personally, I tend to shy away from games that don't meet the basic visual standard that I've gotten used to over the past two years. And that's regardless of any gameplay enhancements they

RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-16 Thread Philip Arnold
I spoke to someone about a year back about gaming, and they said that they wouldn't touch any game that didn't have a certain look - he didn't care about the gameplay, only the look of the game I showed him Bouncer - a game with less than an hour of gameplay but about 4 hours of FMV - he LOVED

RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-16 Thread Angel Stewart
Yes Phillip you have learnt my secret. I'm actually a low down, skanky slut bitch graphics whore!!! YEAH BABY YEAH!!! I'll Do it all for 32 bit 1600 * 1200 60 Fps 16 million color palettes baby! YEAH! -Gel *runs* ^_^ -Original Message- From: Philip Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-16 Thread Erika L Walker-Arnold
| -Original Message- | From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | I'm actually a low down, skanky slut bitch graphics whore!!! | YEAH BABY YEAH!!! I believe this!! :P you know what games I love? (not that anyone cares :P) keeping in mind I'm highly artistic and love pretty

RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-16 Thread Harkins, Patrick
Given that I share your assessment of four of those and haven't tried the others I guess I will have to go find them! ...tried Sex Tetris? :-) cheers, Patrick -Original Message- From: Erika L Walker-Arnold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] you know what games I love? (not that anyone cares :P)

RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-16 Thread Erika L Walker-Arnold
| From: Harkins, Patrick | | Given that I share your assessment of four of those and | haven't tried the others I guess I will have to go find them! | ...tried Sex Tetris? :-) You should do that!! Sex Tetris? Never heard of it ... But I can imagine. LOL OMG. I just remembered that there were

RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-16 Thread Harkins, Patrick
-Original Message- From: Erika L Walker-Arnold You should do that!! [Harkins,Patrick] -- I will! Sex Tetris? Never heard of it ... But I can imagine. LOL [Harkins,Patrick] hehe - look for it on P2P, if you're interested - it's funny! OMG. I just remembered that there were several X-Rated

RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-16 Thread Andre Turrettini
PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 6:22 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch? You know...on some level I agree with you, but realistically I don't think so in today's market. For me, personally, I tend to shy away from games that don't meet the basic visual

Re: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-16 Thread Jim Campbell
He's half-right.My favorite game right now is Viewtiful Joe - which would be well-nigh impossible on the N-64, but uses the resource of the GC to the hilt, and all geared towards ridiculously engaging gameplay. Crystal Chronicles might be a dud, but at least it's trying something new.

RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-16 Thread Philip Arnold
Sony abjectly refuses to offer more than two control ports on their consoles (barring an extra multitap) Saying that, with 2 multitaps you can have 8 players, none of the other consoles offer this So, in one way it's a bad thing, but in another, it's an incredible thing g [Todays Threads]

RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-16 Thread Angel Stewart
Well, a girl friend of mine is supposed to give me a PS2 today. I'll run over to the local videogame store and pick up a PS2 controller, memory card, and a game or two. Probably run me up over a grand TT but what ya gonna do ? ^_^ I was thinking of Dynasty Tactics so my gf won't get too

RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-16 Thread Erika L Walker-Arnold
check this out: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3420983.stm :D [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]

RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-16 Thread Jim Davis
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

Re: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-16 Thread Jim Campbell
Yes it's heavy and needy but (from what I've heard) well worth it. - David Gest, 2002 Jim Davis wrote: 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,

RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-16 Thread Angel Stewart
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

Re: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-16 Thread Jim Campbell
But Interactand MadCatz make controllers for all these systems.There's 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

RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-16 Thread Erika L Walker-Arnold
there's already third party controllers for the xbox ... is this what you are talking about? MicroSoft already allows it. Cheers, Erika -- -Original Message- From: Angel Stewart that's an interesting concept. However, if you were Sony or

RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-16 Thread Angel Stewart
No well...what peeples were talking about was fully rebranding the console to make it 'feel' like a Nintendo. MadCatz doesn't do this, and neither does Capcom with their Steel battalion controller. If Nintendo makes a move like this they will never be able to create the illusion that the player

RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-16 Thread Andrew Scott
As a very seasoned gamer, who has also worked in the industry can safely say that it does depend on the individual. Me I can play Lord of the Rings - Return of the King and be blown away with the game, I have enjoyed this game over and over. Although I have completed it including all the

RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-16 Thread Jim Davis
, February 17, 2004 12:17 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch? As a very seasoned gamer, who has also worked in the industry can safely say that it does depend on the individual. Me I can play Lord of the Rings - Return of the King and be blown away with the game

RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch?

2004-02-16 Thread Heald, Tim
is unclassified based on the definitions in E.O. 12958. -Original Message- From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 1:23 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Nintendo Interview. Are they out of touch? I don't know - I used to have very similar opinions to you.A