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The Mario tennis intro is great
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Escape Goat
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It felt like a mini mario show. They need voice actors.
Myoclonic Jerk
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VERY NICEEEEEEEEE
DJ Demon J
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So if a consumer that didn't play videogames much saw this intro running at Best Buy in the GameCube section, do you think they would make the assumption that the Gamecube is a game system primarily for children?
DJ Demon J
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What? It was a serious question. I'm curious. Given an average consumers' knowledge of video games, I wonder what image Mario Tennis and Paper Mario 2 and Pikmin creates.
Nintendo has shown obvious strengths in creating and developing the Mario brand (I was curious to see them finally go full force with voice acting in SMS). And with this intro, I can see a bright future for leveraging more content with Mario & Co. aimed at a younger audience.
Nintendo has shown obvious strengths in creating and developing the Mario brand (I was curious to see them finally go full force with voice acting in SMS). And with this intro, I can see a bright future for leveraging more content with Mario & Co. aimed at a younger audience.
Rocket Punch
Member
Whoa, that was just great! I was smiling like a 5 year old all the way. As for your question... well, I think people already know what to expect from a Nintendo game. Great likable characters, fun addictive gameplay and superb quality. To me the "cute" aspects of a game make it all the more attractive and I realize that's not the general perception. But I think most people have learned to expect good things from Mario games.
Forgotten Ancient
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Damn. That was the best intro I've seen in ages.
Schmo Florez
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WTF
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I love how Wario and Waluigi are constantly mumbling about whatever. :lol
Why bring this up in regards to this intro? If anything, this is "family-friendly" done right. This doesn't seem overly-cutesy to me. It's cartoony, but not kiddie, IMO.
Spike said:
Why bring this up in regards to this intro? If anything, this is "family-friendly" done right. This doesn't seem overly-cutesy to me. It's cartoony, but not kiddie, IMO.
DJ Demon J
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Spike said:
I wouldn't say wanna be thugs, but I would agree that they may think it's for young males 18-25.
DJ Demon J said:
Nah, the problem with this is that the people who are going through the aisles that aren't sure about the games are people who don't play games at all. They'd look at it more like "that's sick" or some shit like that. They don't think age groups first, they think concept.
MrCheez, I just used it to illustrate a point. As I said above, people would think concept first, not age group.
Consumers buying a video game console based on it's image ARE a problem. I've always been frustrated by it. But it's always going to be like that, and a console's image is usually not something that is going to change with any one game.
When I worked at EB and people would ask me which system was the best (which ocurred 20 times a day, easily) my immediate answer (before a more in-depth explanation) was ALWAYS "The one that has the games you want to play on it."
When I worked at EB and people would ask me which system was the best (which ocurred 20 times a day, easily) my immediate answer (before a more in-depth explanation) was ALWAYS "The one that has the games you want to play on it."
Mike Works
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I wouldn't say derogative term, but I would agree that they may think it's for popularly applicable demographic.DJ Demon J said:
I'm refusing to watch this; I already ordered the game, and have seen parts of it already, but want to see the entire thing when I, you know, actually play it for the first time.
I watched MG:TT's ahead of time, so I kind of lost out on the really cool moment of turning on the Cube and seeing it.
I watched MG:TT's ahead of time, so I kind of lost out on the really cool moment of turning on the Cube and seeing it.
AndriaSang
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The game is great too. I can't stop playing. There are people yelling at each other outside my apartment!
DJ Demon J said:
:lol
Well Nintendo games are definitely kid friendly, but they can be enjoyed by adults as well. Personally, from what limited experience I have , the really kids want a gameboy, not a cube. Then once they hit about 8-9 they suddenly want to have a Xbox(or PS2 for GTA) all of a sudden. It is strage that Xbox is so far behind PS2 in sales, the people I am around seem to be all about it. I think Gamecube's main market is teens to the older crowd who remember when Nintendo was still a dominant force in consoles and want to play Nintendo games.
And DJ did Nintendo kill your parents or something? :lol Your hate is amusing.
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So is this premiering on Nick Jr. next week or something?
DJ Demon J
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bionic77 said:
No, I just think the industry would be better off with Nintendo flexing their real muscles--branding and IP development--in a software-only capacity. I'm of the mindset that their software quality has suffered due to their struggles trying to maintain hardware relevance. If they didn't have to worry about hardware and could focus solely on software, I think the industry would benefit immensely.
DJ Demon J said:
Don't you think they would just turn into SEGA if they went software only? I used to think the same thing and that I wouldn't care if Nintendo went software only because you could still play their games, but seeing how shitty SEGA has become since the DC died I think I would rather have Nintendo making hardware and staying niche.
PkunkFury
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Wow, that was awesome, and definitely funny. Some of you people need to lighten up, it was surprisingly not childish compared to SMS, reminded me of alot of the old Mario Super Show cartoon. Do you people really expect a mature and gripping cutscene in a game featuring Mario, which is soley about Tennis???? Some of you will troll anything.
The cinematics were excellent, particularly when Wario and his friend were training. The graphics looked especially good, while retaining a cartoony look.
The only problem I have is King Koopa's voice, it's TERRIBLE. they need to make him sound like the guy who did the Koopa voice in the cartoon show. That voice sounded vile and sinister, yet still powerful enough to fit Bowser. This new voice just makes Bowser into the traditional "I'm big and stupid" bad guy. Leave the stupid grunts to Donkey Kong
The cinematics were excellent, particularly when Wario and his friend were training. The graphics looked especially good, while retaining a cartoony look.
The only problem I have is King Koopa's voice, it's TERRIBLE. they need to make him sound like the guy who did the Koopa voice in the cartoon show. That voice sounded vile and sinister, yet still powerful enough to fit Bowser. This new voice just makes Bowser into the traditional "I'm big and stupid" bad guy. Leave the stupid grunts to Donkey Kong
DJ Demon J
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bionic77 said:
Sega tried to do too much too fast...splitting up all their dev groups and trying to brand them too quickly. Nintendo doesn't bother branding their dev groups for the most part, and instead focuses on quality.
soundwave05
Member
It's just sad thinking about Sega now. They're basically reduced to being a sidekick for a slots/pinball company.
They should have used Mr. Belvedere for Bowser and Alyssa Milano for the Princess' voice
They should have used Mr. Belvedere for Bowser and Alyssa Milano for the Princess' voice
Hehe, that was funny, mostly (or probably only) because of Waluigi and Wario. But the funny kind of died off after they had trained with Bowser...why, after all that training, did they decide to shoot bombs instead of using their mad tennis skills? The intro felt like it just dragged on from there on. A 5 minute intro for a tennis game?!
soundwave05
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So this is already out in Japan?
Are there any hands-on?
The production value and course designs look great, I think I might end up picking this one up.
Are there any hands-on?
The production value and course designs look great, I think I might end up picking this one up.