The Game Developers Conference 2006 Thread (Part II)
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JonathanEx
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Yeah - 'Heart of a Gamer', while not having much news, was much more interesting than this is so far.jett said:
11:12: Iwata takes back the mic and talks about the simple but addictive appeal of Brain Age. Calls the title one of the biggest successes. The development came from the idea that people wanted something new. The only real way to demonstrate the appeal of these games is to let people try them -- found that consumers without interest in games were soon hooked.
meltpotato
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Monorojo said:
IT BEGINS!
Smiles and Cries
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jett said:
don't make me cut you!
Bring in the BOMB!
PhoenixDark
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*shakes head*Beowolf said:
Leave the parodies up to me.
Man, devoting 40 minutes to brain age must mean they're really worried about america "getting it"
They should be more worried about their future platform than a game that cost $100,000 to develop. Little bit more at stake with the former. Especially when developers are sitting in waiting to be sold on the vision.
Whether they show it all or not, this distraction is minus huge points for N.
They should be more worried about their future platform than a game that cost $100,000 to develop. Little bit more at stake with the former. Especially when developers are sitting in waiting to be sold on the vision.
Whether they show it all or not, this distraction is minus huge points for N.
sorryaboutdresden
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Finally they are done with fucking brain training. It's Wi-Fi time baby.
worldrunover
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After reading that interview, I lost all hope for this event. I was really pumped, too... 
Two more months is too long!
Two more months is too long!
11:11 A.M. PST - The three try out Brain Age and compete in an arithmetic challenge. Bill beat everyone, of course. Bill had a brain age of 20, Wright scored 41, Moledina scored 37, and Keighley scored 66.
11:12 A.M. PST - In another math competition, Moledina scored 31, Wright scored 32, and Trinen scored 29.
11:14 A.M. PST - Brain Training has sold more than 5 million copies for Japan. Originally, retailers had orders for 70,000 games, but a month later placed orders for about 800,000.
19:14: Nintendo forced retailers in Japan to play the game in this way to convince them to order it in (with Will Wright?!), says Iwata. 70,000 were ordered - higher than expected, but not satisfactory for Iwata. When they came back with the second game, 850,000 were ordered. Now 5 million have been sold across the range in Japan. There are two simple rules to making great games - first, listen to your boartd of directors; second listen to the CFO. More laughter.
11:16 A.M. PST - As a gift, all people in attendance of the keynote received a copy of Brain Age to try for themselves. Nintendo gave copies to employees to take home and how family and friends that don't normally play games.
11:16: Nintendo is taking a different approach to technology, but also find a way to make it attractive to everyone. Says network gaming has been around since 1998, but Nintendo Wi-Fi evolves it in a unique way that opens it up to a new audience.
11:12 A.M. PST - In another math competition, Moledina scored 31, Wright scored 32, and Trinen scored 29.
11:14 A.M. PST - Brain Training has sold more than 5 million copies for Japan. Originally, retailers had orders for 70,000 games, but a month later placed orders for about 800,000.
19:14: Nintendo forced retailers in Japan to play the game in this way to convince them to order it in (with Will Wright?!), says Iwata. 70,000 were ordered - higher than expected, but not satisfactory for Iwata. When they came back with the second game, 850,000 were ordered. Now 5 million have been sold across the range in Japan. There are two simple rules to making great games - first, listen to your boartd of directors; second listen to the CFO. More laughter.
11:16 A.M. PST - As a gift, all people in attendance of the keynote received a copy of Brain Age to try for themselves. Nintendo gave copies to employees to take home and how family and friends that don't normally play games.
11:16: Nintendo is taking a different approach to technology, but also find a way to make it attractive to everyone. Says network gaming has been around since 1998, but Nintendo Wi-Fi evolves it in a unique way that opens it up to a new audience.
Illuminati
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Your being disruptive, just like Brain Training.Monorojo said:
Gaia Theory
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Nintendo has to talk up their current disruptive success to convince developers of their future (ie: Revolution) disruptive success. That said, this is boring as hell. Tell us something we DON'T KNOW IWATA!
anachronous_one
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IGN.com said:
*shakes head*
SuperPac
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Juice said:
This is a Game Developers conference. The title of his talk ("Disrupting Development") should have clued you in that there was going to be a lot of talk about Brain Training and Nintendo's return to simple games. If this was E3 and they spent 40 minutes on Brain Training, then you might have something. But this is not a consumer event. STFU.
truffleshuffle83
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this coming from a fan of a company who has yet to show anything playable.......dude the gamefaqs avatar and your tag really suit you. cmon IWATA drop itMonorojo said:
When do they announce that Mega Drive news that was posted by Nintendo Sweden?
Mega Drive-spel till Revolution
Ladda hem Segas 16-bitsspel till Nintendo Revolution.
SEGA Europe Ltd. och SEGA of America, Inc. gick dag ut med att de kommer att ge ut klassiska Mega Drive-spel till Nintendos nya spelkonsol Nintendo Revolution via den nedladdningstjänst som kommer att finnas till Revolution.
?SEGAs stöd för Revolution och dess nedladdningstjänst Virtual Console kommer att få fler spelare att pröva klassiska Mega Drive-titlar och göra så att gamla varumärken förstärks.?, säger Naoya Tsurumi, VD, SEGA of America, Inc. och SEGA Europe, Ltd.
Tack vare Nintendos nya nedladdningstjänst kommer alla som spelar Revolution att kunna ladda ner klassiska spel som tidigare funnits till NES, SNES, N64 och Sega Mega Drive. Med ett spelbibliotek på över 1 000 Mega Drive-titlar har Sega mycket bra möjligheter att erbjuda klassiska toppspel till spelare världen över.
Mega Drive-spel till Revolution
Ladda hem Segas 16-bitsspel till Nintendo Revolution.
SEGA Europe Ltd. och SEGA of America, Inc. gick dag ut med att de kommer att ge ut klassiska Mega Drive-spel till Nintendos nya spelkonsol Nintendo Revolution via den nedladdningstjänst som kommer att finnas till Revolution.
?SEGAs stöd för Revolution och dess nedladdningstjänst Virtual Console kommer att få fler spelare att pröva klassiska Mega Drive-titlar och göra så att gamla varumärken förstärks.?, säger Naoya Tsurumi, VD, SEGA of America, Inc. och SEGA Europe, Ltd.
Tack vare Nintendos nya nedladdningstjänst kommer alla som spelar Revolution att kunna ladda ner klassiska spel som tidigare funnits till NES, SNES, N64 och Sega Mega Drive. Med ett spelbibliotek på över 1 000 Mega Drive-titlar har Sega mycket bra möjligheter att erbjuda klassiska toppspel till spelare världen över.
sorryaboutdresden
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I love how Iwata has already dissed Sony and Microsoft. This shit is funny as hell, but nothing new as come out so far.
There were no trolls yesterday because Sony used their conference to actually discuss their upcoming console and show demos for it.
Instead Nintendo decides to show a demo for a game that's been out for nearly a year for nearly an hour, and then go back to discussing WFC, which they had multiple press outings to describe 6 months ago. This is pathetic.
Instead Nintendo decides to show a demo for a game that's been out for nearly a year for nearly an hour, and then go back to discussing WFC, which they had multiple press outings to describe 6 months ago. This is pathetic.
FreakyFink
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Iwata = Oprah
# 11:20 - Nintendo did not wish to intimidate the competition with their Wi-Fi service. Expanding the audience was their principal goal.
# 11:21 - Wi-Fi Connection began as a gameplay version of the popular website Myspace.
# 11:21 - Nintendo wanted Wi-Fi to be seamless to connect with people, just as if they were sitting in the same room.
# 11: 22 - Nintendo wanted players to have a choice with Wi-Fi.
# 11:22 - Iwata takes a stab at Microsoft, already taking one at Sony.
# 11:23 - It took Xbox Live 20 months to hit the one million mark, while the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection took only three months
# 11:21 - Wi-Fi Connection began as a gameplay version of the popular website Myspace.
# 11:21 - Nintendo wanted Wi-Fi to be seamless to connect with people, just as if they were sitting in the same room.
# 11: 22 - Nintendo wanted players to have a choice with Wi-Fi.
# 11:22 - Iwata takes a stab at Microsoft, already taking one at Sony.
# 11:23 - It took Xbox Live 20 months to hit the one million mark, while the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection took only three months
robertsan21
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Gaia Theory said:
well nintendo cant reveal everything now, they have E3 to think about, the bomb will be droppen there
Ground ZERO will E3 2007 be called
jetpacks was yes
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11:22 AM PDT- Trennon is coming back to demo Metroid. Speaks briefly about the game. Three development team members are coming on-stage to test multiplayer. Iwata expects to get "destroyed" in the game. They play the game, with the four DS screens blown up on the big screen to show the action.
11"25 AM PDT- Explanation of the graphics and weapons, while Trennon is "destroyed". Shows the difference between characters. One of the development team is wearing a shirt that says "The Hurt Is On". Audience laughs.
11"25 AM PDT- Explanation of the graphics and weapons, while Trennon is "destroyed". Shows the difference between characters. One of the development team is wearing a shirt that says "The Hurt Is On". Audience laughs.
It's so hilarious watching you guys do this every "megaton". Random bits of questionable information arrise, gaffers try to join dots that don't even exist, pretty soon it all snowballs and there's a massive hype train rolling around, then the event happens, and guess what, nothing happens. I just thought I'd stop by and rub salt in the wound 
Seriously, how many megatons does it take?
Seriously, how many megatons does it take?
Smiles and Cries
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This is some ole BULL SHIT!
Where is the news?
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Where is the news?
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DefectiveReject
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Juice said:
iwata said before his speech he wouldn't talk Revolution, mindless fan hype wins again!!
Netrunner2k2
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IGN had:
"11:22: We've added a new title to use the service: Metroid Prime Hunters. Invites Bill back on stage to demo the game. Another competition: Bill against the creators of the game. Introduces the different ways to battle, including the morph ball.
WHERE'S THE INFO, DAMMIT!"
:lol :lol :lol :lol
"11:22: We've added a new title to use the service: Metroid Prime Hunters. Invites Bill back on stage to demo the game. Another competition: Bill against the creators of the game. Introduces the different ways to battle, including the morph ball.
WHERE'S THE INFO, DAMMIT!"
:lol :lol :lol :lol
IAmtheFMan
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Methinks that Rev news is not forthcoming.
PhoenixDark
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God darnit. Looks like it's time to put away the lotion and tissues.
SuperPac said:
Of course it's a developers conference, which means there's even less reason to be hosting a talk about such overly simple concepts with people who are well aware of brain training and it's success, as it's been out for a year.
If you're going to talk to developers as a platform-launching company, talk to them about what they should be bracing in regards to your platform, not in regards to your corporate non-game philosophy that's so straightforward it doesn't actually affect anyone.
Developers want things like: technical specifications, devkit details, API announcements, partnership announcements, pricing and launch information, media updates, et al.
They do not want to see a few industry icons playing each other in Metroid Prime Hunters. That shit is redundant and frivolous.