Gamespy's #1 prediction for 2005: Nintendo will become cool again!
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.:RaZieL:.
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Well i hope Square comes back to Nintendo and make games exclusively for REV.
I'd love to see a new Nintendo era where they are more popular then SONY.
Just look at the PS2, don't get me wrong i own one and love it, but since it's the most
popular console it has been loaded with crap, I just hate it when i see a kid who really likes
games but doesn't know the quality games from the crap ones spend all his saving on
utter crap.
Usually i tell them to put it back and buy i good game instead.
Back ontopic: Nintendo has been the underdog the last year (well except for the handheld department.) and it would be great to bring back the glory days.
Other suggestions:
-Rockstar exclusive on Nintendo/Microsoft
-Square-Enix back to Nintendo
-Mikami joins nintendo
-Kojima leaving Konami for Nintendo/Microsoft (please NO)
-Rare making games again :lol
I'd love to see a new Nintendo era where they are more popular then SONY.
Just look at the PS2, don't get me wrong i own one and love it, but since it's the most
popular console it has been loaded with crap, I just hate it when i see a kid who really likes
games but doesn't know the quality games from the crap ones spend all his saving on
utter crap.
Usually i tell them to put it back and buy i good game instead.
Back ontopic: Nintendo has been the underdog the last year (well except for the handheld department.) and it would be great to bring back the glory days.
Other suggestions:
-Rockstar exclusive on Nintendo/Microsoft
-Square-Enix back to Nintendo
-Mikami joins nintendo
-Kojima leaving Konami for Nintendo/Microsoft (please NO)
-Rare making games again :lol
Of All Trades
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Retro? The arm cannon is pretty recognizable.
Although my first guess was crowbar/Newell or chainsaw/Carmack.
Although my first guess was crowbar/Newell or chainsaw/Carmack.
Ok, for something to be super-huge the defection can come from only a few developers, those that own multi-million selling franchises, the total cream of the crop.
We have:
EA - these can be excluded since they're multiplatform and thus no defection is possible
Rockstar - GTA while releasing on PS2 first also gets released on the PC and Xbox so I don't know how much of a defection this would be.
Nintendo - not gonna happen
Bungie - not gonna happen
That just leaves
Square-Enix - Other than Nintendo, no other Japanese company pulls in the numbers that SE does. Add this to the fact that they're completely 3rd party with no obligation towards Sony. Plus, this would address Xbox's biggest weakness: Japan. So if it's really going to be something industry shaking, then the only choice would be SE to MS. Nintendo already does pretty well in Japan so SE going to Nintendo wouldn't have the same impact as if they went to MS.
Oh, and if you want to get really nitpicky about Weapons, that's exactly what every final fantasy has as their uber-boss.
Even Namco, Capcom and Konami all going exclusive to Nintendo, or MS wouldn't have the same impact that SE would.
We have:
EA - these can be excluded since they're multiplatform and thus no defection is possible
Rockstar - GTA while releasing on PS2 first also gets released on the PC and Xbox so I don't know how much of a defection this would be.
Nintendo - not gonna happen
Bungie - not gonna happen
That just leaves
Square-Enix - Other than Nintendo, no other Japanese company pulls in the numbers that SE does. Add this to the fact that they're completely 3rd party with no obligation towards Sony. Plus, this would address Xbox's biggest weakness: Japan. So if it's really going to be something industry shaking, then the only choice would be SE to MS. Nintendo already does pretty well in Japan so SE going to Nintendo wouldn't have the same impact as if they went to MS.
Oh, and if you want to get really nitpicky about Weapons, that's exactly what every final fantasy has as their uber-boss.
Even Namco, Capcom and Konami all going exclusive to Nintendo, or MS wouldn't have the same impact that SE would.
norinrad21
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f_elz said:
They probably wouldn't, they are Nintendo devrs always come back to them in the long run once they realize the error of their ways
AniHawk said:
What do the Japanese sales figures suggest? I mean nothing can compare to Dragon Quest. Even if the combined unit sales of all titles by Konami exceed that of SE, the pure pull that SE have in the Japanese market far outweighs that of Konami simply by its massive blockbuster franchises. People will buy whatever console that DQ is on, but will they for Konami games? I doubt it.
JoshuaJSlone
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Not that I know jack squat about this rumor/prediction, but I think you dismiss the possibility too offhand. Simply the fact that GCN zoomed past Xbox to outsell it for 2003 in the US, followed by Xbox exploding in 2004 shows how quickly things can change. Who can tell what the status quo may be in 1, 6, 12, or 20 months?AniHawk said:
norinrad21
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Izzy said:
SquareEnix to break up. Enix to team up with Nintendo, Konami, Namco and Taito for the REV
If there's anything to the rumor, might it be important that the two examples given involve a company defecting to either Nintendo or Microsoft? If you were really trying to misdirect the reader just enough to keep them from easily guessing, you wouldn't mention the company that was being defected to, would you?
Are there any known MS or Nintendo 3rd parties that could be moving to Sony?
Are there any known MS or Nintendo 3rd parties that could be moving to Sony?
SolidSnakex
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eastside49er said:
I didn't mention Sony anywhere in my original post. Itagaki has been talking nice about Nintendo recently, and TN is supporting the DS. It's a possiblity I think. Recently he was asked by Famitsu if he'd be supporting the Revolution and he responded by saying that he can't talk about that right now but he will be able to soon.
DavidDayton said:
Tecmo is the only significant exclusive 3rd party either of them have. And I don't think Sony cares too much for them, and they don't seem to care too much for Sony. Back in November, Tecmo's president came out and bashed Sony for not giving them info on the PS3, a few days later a story broke about how Sony had been sending out CELL workstations to several of their key developers. It's pretty obvious that Tecmo isn't considered to be one of those.
Do The Mario
Unconfirmed Member
If Nintendo embraces its old school roots then yes I think they will become cool again, nothing is cooler then retro!
So at this stage its revolution and Xbox2 next gen for me!!
I cant stand Sony electronics, I would swear a chimp put my PS2 together!
So at this stage its revolution and Xbox2 next gen for me!!
I cant stand Sony electronics, I would swear a chimp put my PS2 together!
GamerDiva said:AP
"Today Microsoft head honcho Bill Gates welcomed aboard Nintendo gaming legend Shigeru Miyamoto (pictured on the left) in Seattle before the Seattle Mariners home opener with Ichiro catching the first pitch thrown by Miyamoto".
One could dream.
Miyamoto is the kind of dead weight that is needed to sink Microsoft.ThongyDonk
Banned
Pretty identifiable weapon Master Sword.
Probably the best known weapon in Gaming,
Anyway remember last year Mr Iwata said "I hope to announce something big with a Large WESTERN developer by the end of the year"
, but never did?
Maybe it is Nintendo AND A WESTERN DEVELOPER!
Probably the best known weapon in Gaming,
Anyway remember last year Mr Iwata said "I hope to announce something big with a Large WESTERN developer by the end of the year"
, but never did?
Maybe it is Nintendo AND A WESTERN DEVELOPER!
Do The Mario
Unconfirmed Member
Lindsay said:Polyphony (or the main people behind GT) defect from Sony? o.o; Yeah it's out there but so are a lot of these! Ya know~neither the N64 or GC had a realistic racing sim~aren't they due one?
Mario has to be the driver!
JoshuaJSlone
Member
I think people are reading too much into the specific examples. I think they're just good examples because one actually happened, and the other is just one of the grandest in scale of the Xbox 2 rumors floating about.DavidDayton said:
If it's a hint and not just a cock tease, its Ninja Gaiden, Itagaki as jumped ship twice in this generation, history dictates he will do so again.
Plus he's always going on about "most powerful hardware", "best suited for what we are trying to do" so i get the impression his affiliation with MS is actually one of choice and not $$$'s (Though obviously there are some $$$ involved). It wouldnt be a major thing for him to turn tail and run back to sony.
Plus he's always going on about "most powerful hardware", "best suited for what we are trying to do" so i get the impression his affiliation with MS is actually one of choice and not $$$'s (Though obviously there are some $$$ involved). It wouldnt be a major thing for him to turn tail and run back to sony.
Mike Works
Member
That'd be awesome if Rare was sold to Sony and didn't make any games for another generation. It'd be like fucking a hooker without ovaries with your friends.
Baron Aloha
A Shining Example
I predict that none of these predictions will come true. But I do think that EA will abandon Nintendo next gen.
Late Stage Marxist
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They make games for PlayStation 1 and N-Gage.JC10001 said:
ThongyDonk
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Everyone is Teh D00m3d!!
Doom_Bringer
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Jonnyram said:
what rough treatment?
Could be Square Enix, there support for PSP has been very poor and we haven't seen Final Fantasy XII since E3.
Final Fantasy XII PS2 canned moved to Xenon or Rev??
radioheadrule83
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JC10001 said:
:lol nope...
:lol I love this thread. I haven't seen so much speculation for weeks and this holy quest for "the easily identifiable weapon" is hilarious. Anyway I'm not any better so I think it's someone leaving for Nintendo since the Master Sword is an easily identifiable weapon. The other way around would be very very unlikely. Or it could be Silicon Knights developing exclusively for MS or Sony.
Everyone. Big games like Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Kingdom Hearts or any MMORPGs will probably be hitting multiple platforms next generation I'm guessing. No real point in console exclusivity anymore, the Japanese are slowly learning that multiplatform R&D is generally safer, cost effective and usually more beneficial in terms of sales.AniHawk said:
norinrad21
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jarrod said:
Namco showed them its the only way for them to survive next gen, go multi or die. Besides i think next-gen is all about the first party games since 3rd parties will be porting all over the place.
norinrad21 said:
? But Namco needed to go multi - SE doesn't and still sells a bazillion. Its not so much multi but having titles worth playing and that attracts the market. Namco has been pretty okay this gen. Not great, not bad. okay. Capcom on the other hand has shown that going MULTI has ruined them in parts (late ports not withstanding)
see: EA. Yes they're multi but their titles sells so well that even if they'd chosen to stay with a single console manufactuer, they would clean up