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5/09 Donkey Konga 2: Hit Song Parade

this game should be a system seller the first game sold very well but many people waited for this second game to buy a GC because it has more songs and more types of music

5/23 Madagascar

this will come out with the movie, and since the movie will be as popular, if not more than movies like Shrek and Pixar movies it will sell very much many kids will buy a GC for it to play it because its cheaper and you get a free players choice game

5/31 Digimon World 4

also like the above game it will sell a lot to kids because digimon is so popular and many will want to play it on their gc system with pokemon and have a collection of pokemon and digimon games

also with e3 this month nintendo will show off the best games of any system so lots of people will buy it over the xbox and ps2 becuz of that and its 50 cheaper with a game and great system selling releases this month

 

[cvxfreak]

I thought this meant Killer7 got moved up to May.

 

[WrathOfOtaibah]

lol? Help me out here people

 

[Alcibiades]

I don't know if it has more songs, but pretty much they have the same amount...

either way, nobody was waiting for this one in particular, but it doesn't hurt that all these bonga releases are getting out to give more exposure to Donkey Konga, which is actually really appealing to casual gamers...

some people might buy GCN's just for the game too, but unfortunately I doubt Nintendo will give it too much exposure marketing-wise as to actually make a big difference... word of mouth will have to carry this just like Donkey Konga and Jungle Beat...

 

[Amir0x]

Donkey Konga 2 is mine...

*sigh*

I don't know if it has more songs, but pretty much they have the same amount...

either way, nobody was waiting for this one in particular, but it doesn't hurt that all these bonga releases are getting out to give more exposure to Donkey Konga, which is actually really appealing to casual gamers...

some people might buy GCN's just for the game too, but unfortunately I doubt Nintendo will give it too much exposure marketing-wise as to actually make a big difference... word of mouth will have to carry this just like Donkey Konga and Jungle Beat...

Dang, son. The funny thing is you're not even being sarcastic.

 

[Alex]

Fire Emblem, Zelda, save me!

 

[Ranger X]

Why didn't he talked about the killer games?

Fire Emblem and Zelda save me too!!

 

[Quadrophenic]

When does Fire Emblem 2 (I know its not really #2) for the GBA come out?

 

[Alex]

Oh, that's right. This month is basicly the last hurrah for GBA, right? Fire Emblem and Wario Ware Twisted?

 

[Amir0x]

Oh, that's right. This month is basicly the last hurrah for GBA, right? Fire Emblem and Wario Ware Twisted?

No. We get Twisted, Fire Emblem 2, RebelStar, Sigma Star, Riviera and a few others left.

 

[Shard]

But other then that, the GBA is pretty much dust.

 

[Alex]

Oh, Riviera is coming, I forgot. Atlus nabbed it right? If so, I'm sure it's of really nice quality.

The other two I'm a little weary on, but I'll check 'em out. Which one is the Guardian Legend clone? Guardian Legend rocksssss.

 

[Jive Turkey]

Fire Emblem, Zelda, save me!

What he said!

 

[Amir0x]

Oh, Riviera is coming, I forgot. Atlus nabbed it right? If so, I'm sure it's of really nice quality.

The other two I'm a little weary on, but I'll check 'em out. Which one is the Guardian Legend clone? Guardian Legend rocksssss.

Ah yes, we also get Gunstar Heroes Advance. So...

Twisted, Fire Emblem 2, RebelStar, Sigma Star, Riviera, Gunstar Heroes Advance and a few others. A decent little list for a last hurrah, imho.

 

[Shard]

Does Pokemon Emerald count as well?

 

[Son of Godzilla]

This threads like a bizarro bizarro world.

 

[Shard]

How so?

 

[Amir0x]

Does Pokemon Emerald count as well?

For pretty much everyone except me, yes.

 

[Alex]

Doesn't count for me either, neither does Gunstar as I honestly couldn't get into the co-op game with a friend. Beat it once and shelved it. Pretty recently too, well, compared to it's original release. Did it like two years ago I think...?

I have a GBA backlog I can get to though. I traded in a ton of my old carts (Megaman Battle Networks, Castlevanias, ect stuff I'd never touch again), but I still wanna try out Astro Boy and AGH.

 

[Jive Turkey]

...but I still wanna try out like Astro Boy and AGH.

DO IT!

 

[Project Midway]

One full year of momentum! What a ride, thanks Reggie.

 

[Ramirez]

Holy shit,those are killer titles?! :lol

 

[Odysseus]

Holy ****, those are killer titles?! :lol

It helps when you compare May to April.

 

[GhaleonEB]

It helps when you compare May to April.

Zing! lol

 

[AtomicShroom]

It's when I see things like these I'm glad I left my Nintendo fanboy ways behind. :lol

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

Gamecube >>> Xbox for the month. Who wants to place bets

 

[Yossarian]

It helps when you compare May to April.

I applaud this post.

 

[Alex]

In terms of decent releases or sales? I'm throwing my bet on Xbox either way.

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

In terms of decent releases or sales? I'm throwing my bet on Xbox either way.

BOTH! The Gamecube has never let me down :lol :lol :lol

 

[Son of Godzilla]

How so?

Starts out as an obvious (BUTRUE!@!) troll of gamecube and turns into gameboy discussion.

 

[etiolate]

I thought this meant Killer7 got moved up to May.

me too

I will prolly end up having a Donkey Konga party though.

 

[Robert-GCA]

either way, nobody was waiting for this one in particular, but it doesn't hurt that all these bonga releases are getting out to give more exposure to Donkey Konga, which is actually really appealing to casual gamers...

I couldn't wait for a sequel when the first one came out. If I wasn't saving for E3, it would be already payed in full.

some people might buy GCN's just for the game too, but unfortunately I doubt Nintendo will give it too much exposure marketing-wise as to actually make a big difference... word of mouth will have to carry this just like Donkey Konga and Jungle Beat...

You must hace missed the commercials for the first Konga and flood of them for Jungle Beat then.

 

[Amir0x]

You must have missed the commercials for Jungle Beat then.

I missed them, and apparently only 50,000 cube owners saw them as well!

Seriously, I saw not a single commercial for Jungle Beat. I saw two, I think, for Konga.

 

[WordAssassin]

It's when I see things like these I'm glad I left my Nintendo fanboy ways behind. :lol

Says the man with a Kirby avatar! Haw haw haw!

The DKJB commercial was lame, and I only saw it twice, on Adult Swim, at like 1am in the morning. It's a guy in a mall playing bongos...the hits the right bongo, people move right. He hits the left bongo, people move left. He hits them at the same time and people jump up intothe air...he hits them both again and they drop. Cut to some gameplay and roll the logo. The end. Never once does it make any mention that it's a platformer that you control with the bongos, or show anyone actually playing the game with the bongs.

Really, really crappy. Way to go Nintendo, way to go Reggie.

 

[Cragstar]

over here in UK. We just got StarFox


Seen around NILCH in adverts ANYWHERE!


We also have Yoshi Touch and Go this week.

So far. No one knows its coming.....!

 

[jarrod]

Oh, that's right. This month is basicly the last hurrah for GBA, right? Fire Emblem and Wario Ware Twisted?

Nope, GBA's still got a lot left... notably...

-Yoshi Topsy-Turvy (Nintendo/Artoon)
-Donkey Kong Country 3 (Nintendo/Rare)
-Mario Advance Tennis (Nintendo/Camelot)
-Riviera: The Promised Land (Atlus/Sting)
-Rebelstar: Tactical Command (Namco/CODO)
-Sigma Star Saga (Namco/Wayforward)
-Shin Boktai (Konami)
-MegaMan Battle Network 5: Team Colonel/Protoman (Capcom)
-MegaMan Zero 4 (Capcom)
-MegaMan Anniversary Collection (Capcom/Hanaho Asia)
-Disney's Magical Quest 3 Starring Mickey and Donald (Capcom)
-Gunstar Super Heroes (Sega/Treasure)
-Metal Slug 1 (SNK Playmore)
-Dragon Ball: The Red Ribbon Army Saga (Atari/Banpresto)
-Pirate Battle (Orbital Media)
-Scurge: Hive (Orbital Media)
-Juka and the Monophonic Menace (Orbital Media)
-Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town (Natsume/Marucome)
-CT Special Forces 3: Navy Ops (HIP/LSP)
-Dynasty Warriors Advance (Koei)
-One Piece (Bandai/Banpresto)

 

[Oracle Dragon]

Oh, that's right. This month is basicly the last hurrah for GBA, right? Fire Emblem and Wario Ware Twisted?

No more GBA games are going to be made? I only have three games as it is! Oh well... hopefully this will mean a price drop on the existing GBA games and I can pad out my library.

 

[Dr_Cogent]

Those are not killer releases IMO

The Gamecube titles that is.

 

[shpankey]

No offense, but I could not want any of those titles any less. The fact that those are somehow "killer" for Gamecube fans is kind of scary tho.

 

[Catchpenny]

Jesus guys, I think he's joking. At least, I hope he's joking.

Anyhow, May pretty much sucks all around, so save your jeers. Xbox gets Forza, Gamecube gets Konga 2, and PS2 gets Atelier Iris. That's it for games worth talking about. The portables have better releases than the consoles this month.

 

[aoi tsuki]

Lack of Killer 7 on that list makes me sad.

 

[Cubsfan23]

Killer Gamecube releases for May

:lol :lol

 

[jarrod]

Here's the May lineups for all machines...

PlayStation 2
03 Enthusia Professional Racing (Konami)
04 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (LucasArts)
10 Cold Winter (Ubisoft)
10 Finny the Fish & the Seven Waters (Natsume)
10 Haunting Ground (Capcom)
10 In the Groove (RedOctane)
15 Classified: The Sentinel Crisis (2K Games)
15 Metal Slug 4/Metal Slug 5 (SNK Playmore)
17 Outlaw Volleyball Remixed (2K Games)
23 Madagascar (Activision)
24 Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana (NIS America)
29 Digimon World 4 (Bandai Games)

Xbox
03 Forza Motorsport (Microsoft Game Studios)
03 Pariah (Groove Games)
04 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (LucasArts)
15 Virtual Pool: Tournament Edition (2K Games)
17 Delta Force: Black Hawk Down (Novalogic)
23 Madagascar (Activision)
24 Classified: The Sentinel Crisis (2K Games)
24 Still Life (The Adventure Company)
31 Advent Rising (Majesco Games)
31 Digimon World 4 (Bandai Games)
31 The King of Fighters: Maximum Impact Maniax (SNK Playmore)

GameCube
09 Donkey Konga 2 (Nintendo)
23 Madagascar (Activision)
31 Digimon World 4 (Bandai Games)

Game Boy Advance
02 Killer 3D Pool (DSI Games)
02 Pac-Man Pinball Advance (Namco)
02 Scrabble Blast! (DSI Games)
04 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Ubisoft)
23 Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (Nintendo)
23 Madagascar (Activision)
23 WarioWare: Twisted! (Nintendo)

Nintendo DS
03 Puyo Pop Fever (Atlus)
04 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Ubisoft)
10 Need for Speed Underground 2 (Electronic Arts)
23 Madagascar (Activision)

PSP
03 Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee (SCEA)
10 Smart Bomb (Eidos)
17 MVP Baseball 2005 (Electronic Arts)

N-Gage
17 Worms World Party (THQ)
24 WWE Aftershock (THQ)

 

[Catchpenny]

I forgot about Enthusia. Though a quick look at gamerankings suggests it may not matter.

No Star Wars Ep III game for Gamecube or PSP? That's dumb.

 

[Musashi Wins!]

wow, GC support is horrid. Worse now than I imagined.

Doesn't PS2 have that strange graffiti/paint game?

 

[SolidSnakex]

Doesn't PS2 have that strange graffiti/paint game?

Graffiti Kingdom? It's due this month but I don't see it on the release list at EB for some reason. The PS2 also has Enthusia, Metal Slug 4&5 and Haunting Ground.

 

[jarrod]

wow, GC support is horrid. Worse now than I imagined.

Yeah... it's on par with PSP evidently.

Seriosuly though, GC is definietly slowing. Xbox gets the benefit of effortless PC ports and MS is always pushing hard for enhanced PS2 ports. I'm a little surprised Nintendo didn't lobby for the EpIII game too considering their ties to LucasArts, you'd think that'd be an easy 100k on GameCube.

 

[Catchpenny]

Don't know about Metal Slug 5, but 4 is just bad. As for Haunting Ground, uh, my excuse is that stupidly changing the name from Demento caused me to miss it. Should be good, even if it is just Clock Tower 4 with boobies. I enjoyed Clock Tower 3, anyway.

 

[Speevy]

Wow. I stand corrected.

 

[jarrod]

June's actually looking a bit better for some machines...

PlayStation 2
01 Psychonauts (Majesco Games)
01 SLAI: Phantom Crash (Konami)
01 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown (Ubisoft)
06 Medal of Honor: European Assault (Electronic Arts)
07 Arc the Lad: End of Darkness (Namco)
07 Combat Elite: WWII Paratroopers (Bam! Enteratinment)
07 Samurai Western (Atlus)
13 Batman Begins (Electronic Arts)
14 Delta Force: Black Hawk Down (Novalogic)
14 Killer 7 (Capcom)
15 Juiced (THQ)
21 Commandos Strike Force (Eidos)
21 Destroy All Humans! (THQ)
27 Fantastic Four (Activision)

Xbox
06 Animaniacs: The Great Edgar Hunt (Ignition Entertainment)
06 Medal of Honor: European Assault (Electronic Arts)
07 Combat Elite: WWII Paratroopers (Bam! Entertainment)
07 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games)
13 Batman Begins (Electronic Arts)
14 Capcom Fighting Evolution (Capcom)
15 Juiced (THQ)
21 Conker: Live and Reloaded (Microsoft Game Studios)
21 Destroy All Humans! (THQ)
27 Fantastic Four (Activision)
28 Cold War (DreamCatcher Interactive)
28 Halo 2 Multiplayer Map Pack (Microsoft Game Studios)

GameCube
06 Animaniacs: The Great Edgar Hunt (Ignition Entertainment)
06 Medal of Honor: European Assault (Electronic Arts)
13 Batman Begins (Electronic Arts)
13 Nintendo Pennant Chase Baseball (Nintendo)
14 Killer 7 (Capcom)
27 Fantastic Four (Activision)
27 Geist (Nintendo)

Game Boy Advance
13 Batman Begins (Electronic Arts)
13 Yoshi Topsy Turvy (Nintendo)
14 Disney's Magical Quest 3 Starring Mickey and Donald (Capcom)
14 Dragon Ball GT: Transformation (Atari)
21 Herbie: Fully Loaded (Disney Interactive)
21 Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team Colonel (Capcom)
21 Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team Protoman (Capcom)
27 Fantastic Four (Activision)
28 Riviera: The Promised Land (Atlus)

Nintendo DS
13 Goldeneye: Rogue Agent (Electronic Arts)
13 Kirby: Canvas Curse (Nintendo)
27 Meteos (Nintendo)

PSP
07 Dead to Rights: Reckoning (Namco)
14 Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition (Rockstar Games)
21 AC Formula Front (Agetec)
28 Coded Arms (Konami)

N-Gage
06 Roots: Gates of Chaos (Nokia Games)
14 Xanadu Next (Nokia Games)