How many times does Nintendo want to sell me the same game?
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bobbyconover
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As many times as we'll keep buying them. Best selling DS launch game, ya know!
I told some female friends who haven't played a new console since the SNES about the DS, and the one of the first questions they all asked me is whether you can get the old Mario games on it. In other words, there's still a lot of demand for the classics.
I told some female friends who haven't played a new console since the SNES about the DS, and the one of the first questions they all asked me is whether you can get the old Mario games on it. In other words, there's still a lot of demand for the classics.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Meh, nothing to see here.
*goes back to playing Metal Gear Solid 3*
*goes back to playing Metal Gear Solid 3*
Late Stage Marxist
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I would buy Mother 1 +2, Actraiser, Final Fantasy VI, and Earthbound if they came to GBA. I have to admit there's something appealing about having your favourite games from the 90's right in your pocket.
My ex-boss (who used to work at Nintendo Japan) told me this:
It's a question of a resetting marketshare. You're selling to kids. And kids grow up. By the time a 10-year-old becomes a surly teenager and no longer cares about Mario or Pokemon, you can essentially repackage the same title and sell it again to a brand new audience of kids.
It's a question of a resetting marketshare. You're selling to kids. And kids grow up. By the time a 10-year-old becomes a surly teenager and no longer cares about Mario or Pokemon, you can essentially repackage the same title and sell it again to a brand new audience of kids.
Late Stage Marxist
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Useless as I can't read Japanese. Forget the cost of importing. There's already official translations for North America, so Nintendo is either being stubborn or stupid in not bringing it over here.MetatronM said:Mother 1+2 did come to the GBA...
krypt0nian
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moondance said:
Is this what we can expect from you here?
mumu said:
BOOM. You nailed it. Nintendo is a toymaker and always have their market. It's not like people say "Oh, how many fucking times will Mattel re-release Barbie? I want something new! Doomed!"
To survive, I think Nintendo needs to position itself MORE as a toymaker. They can easily do this with stuff like DS, but the console market is extremely cutthroat and the same rules do not apply when your hardware is very similar to the competition (i.e. a standard gamepad with buttons and no gimmicks). (Now, if the Revolution had twisty sticks on the side of it and a giant rubber boob thing in the middle of the controller...)
Nintendo making adult-themed games like ED is akin to Hasbro making those huge foot-tall GI Joes for the collector's market--it's all about courtesy and expanding to smaller marketshares. And the adults who complain about Nintendo not paying attention to them are akin to the collector's market wailing that there aren't enough foot-tall GI Joes.
bobbyconover
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Kiriku said:Why didn't they ask about NEW Mario games??
Cause the old ones don't use 20 buttons. And the new ones don't feature Kuribo's Shoe, AKA "The Boot." They feel alienated!
moondance said:
People vote with their dollars, that's the bottom line. No one is forced to pay 20 dollars for Nes Mini classics for the GBA, but a large number of people did so anyway. As long as Nintendo can sell their catalogue, they will keep repackaging it.
Furthermore, there's no need to pick on Nintendo in the end because if other companies could repackage their games as succesfully as Nintendo, they would be milking their catalogue with as much if not more energy.
Sho Nuff said:BOOM. You nailed it. Nintendo is a toymaker and always have their market. It's not like people say "Oh, how many fucking times will Mattel re-release Barbie? I want something new! Doomed!"
To survive, I think Nintendo needs to position itself MORE as a toymaker. They can easily do this with stuff like DS, but the console market is extremely cutthroat and the same rules do not apply when your hardware is very similar to the competition (i.e. a standard gamepad with buttons and no gimmicks). (Now, if the Revolution had twisty sticks on the side of it and a giant rubber boob thing in the middle of the controller...)
Nintendo making adult-themed games like ED is akin to Hasbro making those huge foot-tall GI Joes for the collector's market--it's all about courtesy and expanding to smaller marketshares. And the adults who complain about Nintendo not paying attention to them are akin to the collector's market wailing that there aren't enough foot-tall GI Joes.
IAWTP. I've been saying this for awhile. This reason is why I think it would be good move for them to move into animation and focus their hardware and software efforts on portables. It's interesting that we have another thread going on about what Nintendo has done wrong this gen--people tend to forget that the GBA blows the GC away in hardware sales and that Nintendo can still sell 10 year games for a hefty price. Nintendo's problems with home consoles stems more from the industry moving in a direction contrary to Nintendo's philosophy and not so much from their mistakes (and there is no doubt that they have made plenty of mistakes.)
Ford Prefect
GAAAAAAAAY
You know what? I'm sure enjoying playing Super Mario 64 again, in handheld form no less. So, frankly dear, I don't give a damn.
captmcblack
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Nobody else re-releases games?
Or is this one of those Gaming-Age things I don't understand yet?
...sell your Nintendo, it's all over? :-\
Or is this one of those Gaming-Age things I don't understand yet?
...sell your Nintendo, it's all over? :-\
ImNotLikeThem
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until people stop buying something, most companies don't stop making it.
My sister never played SM64 before, and she's having a blast with SM64 DS. I asked her about the controls and she said she had no problems with them at all. She said she thought it was really surprising to play as Yoshi instead of Mario, and that they changed "the story" of the game (so that there are 4 characters). I think it's the third ported/upgraded game I've bought (SMB DX and SMB 3).
MrPing1000
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u don't have to buy it
And as long as lots of people do it will continue
And as long as lots of people do it will continue
moondance said:
Agreed bro..this is something that has been going on for the longest time. I use to tell myself when are nintendroids gonna have enough lol :lol ...enough already with the rehashes..lets get some new shit going NINTENDO!!!!!
Dont get me wrong..i enjoy alot of Nintendo games..but they need more variations and selections with what they dish out.
SonicMegaDrive
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Do The Mario
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SonicMegaDrive said:
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krypt0nian
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OK I'll play along....I say 27?
AM I RITE?
AM I RITE?
It's gamer's fault. We buy all the remakes, why stop releasing them?
Begin by boycoting the classic series and Nintendo remakes and AFTER THAT come here and complain.
Nintendo will sell you their remakes and their almost yearly portable game consoles for as long as you give them your money.
Begin by boycoting the classic series and Nintendo remakes and AFTER THAT come here and complain.
Nintendo will sell you their remakes and their almost yearly portable game consoles for as long as you give them your money.
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