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join:2002-08-05
Dunfermline, IL | GOOD MOVE. I'm getting more excited about the Revolution by the day. Hopefully they will price these retro games competitively to make them attractive as impulse purchases, as opposed to the stuff MS has been shoveling out over Xbox Live Arcade. | |
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Di relung hatiku bernyanyi bidadari
join:2005-05-17 | Re: GOOD MOVE. So they're going to have Turbo games, eh?
Five words for Nintendo: Dracula X Rondo of Blood.
If you want my money, get the rights to that game. | |
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@208.17.x.x | Wow Wow,
thats pretty sweet.
I more a PS guy than Xbox...but that is pretty cool. I wonder how its gonna work. Like pay for the game then its yours..or pay to rent the game for a week, or pay a monthly fee to play all games. | |
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| DMWCincy
join:2004-04-27
Fairfield, OH | Re: Wow Last I heard there where going to be a few different plans. I think one of them is a monthly unlimited fee. Either way, if Nintendo pulls this service off its going to be awsome. | |
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join:2000-09-16
West Boylston, MA
| Re: Wow I agree. At home we have a nintendo 64 and don't play many games and it doesn't look great on my HDTV. I might think of upgrading to this someday... Forget the high prices of the XBOX etc. Too expensive for family use unless you are obsessed with gaming  | |
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TechieZero
Tools Are Using Me
Premium
join:2002-01-25
Wesley Chapel, FL
|  WOW
If they make this a free service with a small fee to grab the content --- they got a winner in my book.
Once again with all of this competetion --- we the consumer will rejoice.
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join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX
| Re: WOW Tell me about it. The Nintendo Revolution is sounding better and better all the time. Put a very attractive price on that service (or even better no fee) and I am pretty much sold to getting one. I wonder if they will include Sega CD and 32X expanded games. | |
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join:2004-01-12
Council Bluffs, IA
| Re: WOW At first it may be slow for companies to allow Ninty to host the games on the network but I suspect once CEO's and whatnot of other companies see how well it will do, within a year of Rev being out, it will have a much much larger library of games from various companies | |
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join:2003-02-21
Houston, TX
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| Nintendo Revolution here I come... Forget the Xbox 360, Nintendo Revolution, here I come
If they make the revolution console itself affordable (Say between $200-$250), I will look at purchasing one.
But all these classic games from Nintendo and now Sega which they will be putting up for download is what really makes me want one.
And this is coming from a person who said that "I would never buy another console" after the fall of the dreamcast. | |
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Auburn, AL | Re: Nintendo Revolution here I come... Crusin USA Here i come! | |
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SRFireside
join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX | Re: Nintendo Revolution here I come... That would be another great feather in Nintendo's cap if they did bring up the actual arcade versions on games like Cruisin' USA and not just console ports back in the SNES and Genesis days. Any word on that? | |
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join:2005-12-05
Austin, TX | Re: Nintendo Revolution here I come... acutally, the last thing i read said they were looking to seel the revolution for more like $150 with $30 games. | |
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Is Kind Of A Big Deal In Yemen
join:2003-08-12
Troy, NY
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| Re: Nintendo Revolution here I come... I can believe this. Unlike Microsoft and Sony, which are looking to "own the media experience" with machines that can do everything but tell you who'll get "offed" on The Sopranos next week, Nintendo has been adamant about being a pure gaming company. This focus allows them to release a pared-down, less-expensive console designed to do just that- play games.
I'm more or less out of the console market... but believe me, I would never have bothered using the PS2 or XBox to play anything other than games.
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We don't miss you Bush
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North Babylon, NY | Cool! Can I play classic Sonic as well as Kid Chameleon and Toejam & Earl? | |
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join:2004-04-20
Dallas, TX | Bonk! I might buy a Revolution just to play the TG16 game Bonk! | |
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odreian615
join:2006-01-18
Chicago, IL | this is what I'm doing I will buy the rev at launch play it on my reg tv till ps3 and xbox360 go down to a price under 250 and while waiting I will save up for a HDTV | |
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join:2005-08-16
Silver Spring, MD
| hell yea! Now I can pay 300 bucks to play games introduced in the early 90's! Altered Beast's gonna need a helluve rig to be played on! Hell yea, way to go technology!
Nintendo's official "gettin teh hell out of the console wars!" move was vey smart but changed alot of customers views about the company, obviously. They most definatly dont got the, sorry to say, BALLS to keep up with the needs of gamers today. Ya'll remember teh gray blood in Mortal Kombat? From that day on, my impression of anything Nintendo was soft, kiddy riddled pastel hell to the end.
Yea, you can say Nintendo turned into a family company, but the Sega thing shows their age, and their commitment to putting out a subpar product, rakin' in the cash to offset the system manufacturing, then sitting lazy, putting out one "classic" every OTHER year.
The entire Sega and Nintedo library is already available, just get yourself a tiny emulator, and game on. This is another pet peeve of mine regarding Nintendo; its seems like they do everything in their power to avoid bringing out new technology that would enhance their system AND sales.
Yall stick to your Nintega, I'll stick to my 3-d hi rez stuff...noobz-izz-orzzzz | |
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| bradleym
join:2002-08-05
Dunfermline, IL
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| Re: hell yea! 'Get yourself a tiny emulator and game on' - isn't that illegal? Further, I can sit a child down in front of these classics and not be concerned with the content of the games. Most of these classic titles are just good clean fun. My ten year old sister could not be expected to learn how to work with emulators and roms (much less go hunting warez sites to download them), but I guarantee that she will be able to grasp stepping through Nintendo's menus. | |
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join:2004-04-27
Fairfield, OH
| So you are telling me that they avoid new technology??? Just because they understand more memory and more cpu power doesn't make the game does not mean they are avoiding new technology. This download service is nothing but a service for their customers. Its not the sole reason for buying this system. They are still developing new games using the power of their new system. Nintendo is also trying out a new style of controller that will recognize the controllers movement when interacting with the game.
At least Nintendo is trying something different and trying to bring new life to gaming with fresh ideas and not trying to pump out more graphics and rehashed shells of games and stating they are the best. And to top it off, they are giving us a way to play some of the great games of old for cheap as a nice cherry on top. I know where my money is going. | |
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join:2006-01-18
Chicago, IL
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1 edit | Re: hell yea!(all in ones suck) Nintendo rev is just not for retro games the joystick for instance is a whole leap of new technology have you even bother to even check it out(dmvcincy) plus rev is strictly a video game not a mulitimedia player like 360 and ps3(which you need a hdtv to get full potential) it's for gamers not people that want to check their email or download tunes to their 500$ media hub and 2500$ hdtv why do you think the DS is killing psp in sales cause gamers want a dedicated video game not a mulitimedia player cause they tend to lose creativity in making games (umds for psp outsells games for that system so they just port most of the games over from ps2) | |
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Too Many Cannibals
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Erie, PA | Re: hell yea!(all in ones suck) I wouldn't worry about trying to change his mind; he's obviously of the camp that thinks "more polys" = "better games".
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| TBH most of the older games were much better made then many newer ones.
hmm hopefully they have Goldeneye for download, id say 007 surpasses halo for a good party game.
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join:2003-12-04
Valencia, CA | no thanks I'll play all the retro games on my PC using emulators and save my money for original titles. | |
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join:2005-06-24 | Re: no thanks Bah...forget the revolution...I still have my Genesis, Nintendo, SNES, and N64....along with xbox, playstation...All the consoles that made a name for themselves...I play all my games on the original consoles...so why would I need this? | |
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join:2002-06-01
Collegedale, TN
| Re: no thanks said by NewMariner  :Bah...forget the revolution...I still have my Genesis, Nintendo, SNES, and N64....along with xbox, playstation...All the consoles that made a name for themselves...I play all my games on the original consoles...so why would I need this? Because not very many people actually still have all the consoles. Mine were sold at garage sales many moons ago  | |
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join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX | I wouldn't mind putting away my old game systems if the Revolution does their emulation really well. My Sega Genesis w/ Sega CD alone takes up quite a bit of shelf space. | |
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join:2006-01-18
Chicago, IL | you wont have to keep digging them out the closet | |
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join:2006-01-31
Syracuse, NY
| said by NewMariner :Bah...forget the revolution...I still have my Genesis, Nintendo, SNES, and N64....along with xbox, playstation...All the consoles that made a name for themselves...I play all my games on the original consoles...so why would I need this? I still have all mine too... but not enough ports on my tv! I don't feel like re-wiring every time I want to use a different system... | |
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Tools Are Using Me
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join:2002-01-25
Wesley Chapel, FL
| said by NewMariner :Bah...forget the revolution...I still have my Genesis, Nintendo, SNES, and N64....along with xbox, playstation...All the consoles that made a name for themselves...I play all my games on the original consoles...so why would I need this? Good for you.
We will want it because we will most likely have access to a bigger well organized and convenient library than you, playing on a slick new condensed system that will most likely improve the visuals and sound of all of the older stuff.
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majortom1981
join:2004-08-26
Lindenhurst, NY
| Lol I find it funny how all these people qare admitting to doing illegal things online.
Any emulators are illegal. All it takes is to report a site to nintendo. Also by downlaoding the roms you are risking virus's gallor since the roms are illegal .
This will be awesome.
If downlaodable classics are so bad then why is mircosoft doing it now with games like streetfighter and paperboy? | |
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Capitalism breeds greed
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join:2003-04-03
Long Beach, CA
1 edit | Re: Lol said by majortom1981 :I find it funny how all these people qare admitting to doing illegal things online. Any emulators are illegal. All it takes is to report a site to nintendo. Also by downlaoding the roms you are risking virus's gallor since the roms are illegal . This will be awesome. If downlaodable classics are so bad then why is mircosoft doing it now with games like streetfighter and paperboy? Come on now, don't you really think the users here at this site already know that emulators/roms are illeagal? This is common knowledge (at least to the users here). There's no need to continue to beat that dead horse. Leave it alone. | |
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join:2001-04-29
Winter Park, FL
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| said by majortom1981 :I find it funny how all these people qare admitting to doing illegal things online. Any emulators are illegal. All it takes is to report a site to nintendo. Also by downlaoding the roms you are risking virus's gallor since the roms are illegal . NOT TRUE! If you own the original, then it's not illegal to posses the contents of the cartridge on your computer. It goes along with the "fair use" act. Ironically enough, the same law applies to the MP3 scene, so thats why the RIAA are jumping on all the people "DISTRIBUTING" the said "illegal" software. If you "DISTRIBUTE" copyrighted material, you are in for a lawsuit.
said by majortom1981 :This will be awesome. If downlaodable classics are so bad then why is mircosoft doing it now with games like streetfighter and paperboy? Because it's like a flashback to the good ol' days, when it was "neat" to have 8 bit graphics, with 16 on screen colors, and crappy sound. I love my emulated games, and I am so glad someone took the time to port them to PC for FREE. | |
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as Mr. Pink as they come
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join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
| said by majortom1981 :I find it funny how all these people qare admitting to doing illegal things online. Any emulators are illegal. All it takes is to report a site to nintendo. Also by downlaoding the roms you are risking virus's gallor since the roms are illegal . This will be awesome. If downlaodable classics are so bad then why is mircosoft doing it now with games like streetfighter and paperboy? roms aren't illegal if you own the original game and system it plays on.
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join:2004-08-05
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| Re: Lol said by dvd536 :roms aren't illegal if you own the original game and system it plays on. If you downloaded that ROM from a person that was providing them for download illegally, then yes, it is illegal for you to have that ROM.
No, it is not legal for you to have the ROM if you extracted it yourself from your copy of the game.
Yes, there is no way to tell the difference between the 2 copies. But the downloaded copy is illegal if it was provided illegally.
You don't really think someone providing this for download would be let off if his defense was, "I was only letting people download it that owned the game," do you? | |
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Smurf in My Loop
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join:2003-09-16
Fort Worth, TX
| Awesome! Guess I'll be buying one when they come out. I definitely want to play those older games on a new system rather than having to buy the original ones off Ebay for inflated prices.
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join:2005-02-28
Lisle, IL
| Not that great Whats great about the old titles is the memories that they made. Believe me, going back to classic games gets boring after about 10 minutes. When those games were released, they were state of the art. Now, most users will let out a groan as to how bad the graphics were and how dull the gameplay was. | |
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join:2002-06-01
Collegedale, TN
| Re: Not that great said by Mr Dip :Believe me, going back to classic games gets boring after about 10 minutes. Not necessarily. I recently played the original Mario for NES and it kept me occupied for hours | |
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join:2001-08-17
Wheeling, IL | Believe me, going back to classic games gets boring after about 10 minutes. Ahem. Megaman Anniversary Collection and Megaman X Collections beg to differ.
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Combat Chuck
Too Many Cannibals
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join:2001-11-29
Erie, PA
| said by Mr Dip :Whats great about the old titles is the memories that they made. Believe me, going back to classic games gets boring after about 10 minutes. When those games were released, they were state of the art. Now, most users will let out a groan as to how bad the graphics were and how dull the gameplay was. It totally depends on the game.
For instance go play the original doom. Even today it stands up as one of the best games ever.
I will give you that there are a lot of games out there that everyone remembers fondly but weren't really that good. I'd say that Goldeneye is one of these, it was good simply because it was something many had never seen before, FPS + Multiplayer; but it badly needed refinement.
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FiL
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join:2005-08-16
Silver Spring, MD
| not so... like you were already told, through THEIR own laws, emulators are legal...As for your retarded threat majorTom, go ahead and do what you want...Who teh hell said anything about a site? NOOB!
This whole argument of how -Tendo is trying "new things" is getting old. id love to see you play Mario World with that retarded joystick contraption...and to those that
ll brush taht off by saying theyll get a controller that fits their gaming needs, haaaa! Thats another, what, 50-80 bucks down the drain.
I take taht "nintendo doesnt know what its doing" comment back. Their gonna make a killing with all these retro games! They know its damn near impossible to play Blades of Steel with the controller that comes with the system. So, you got the paid-for download of the retro game, you cant play or its uncomfortable playing with the new controller, so you go out an buy another peripheral. All I see Nintendo doing is herding you guys into buying more crap. Looks like big-business tactics to me! | |
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join:2006-02-16
Nashville, TN
| Re: not so... 1. the console will likely come with a number of "shell" units for the controller that allow play of games with different control schemes.
2. As for not being able to play blades of steel, turn the controller 90 degrees counter-clockwise and voila, instant NES controller. | |
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join:2006-01-31
Syracuse, NY
| Not so indeed. It seems that there are a good number of misconceptions people seem to have. First of all, check IGN and Gamespot for pricing on Rev. Ppl here are saying $200, $250, $300... but Ninty execs are shooting for a $99 console price tag. Nintendo's goal is to make things affordable, much more than I can say for M$ or the new $800 Play$tation. I'm a mother of 3 young kids. I work full time. No gaming system is worth that to me, I really could care less how much the graphics "pwn". I could get a Rev + controllers for all my kids + peripherals for less than a single 360 with a single controller and a single game (that I probably wouldn't want my kids to play anyway)
And if you hadn't noticed, if you turn the Rev controller sideways, it IS an NES controller.  No peripherals needed. Plus, the nunchaku extension will be included with the startup package.
You want a controller that fits YOUR gaming needs? I'll bet you have an overpriced WIRELESS controller for your overpriced Xbox. Guess whose idea that was? Let's think for a minute...If you don't like Nintendo's innovation then you can get off your couch and sit on the floor within 6 feet of your system (if you're lucky, maybe you have a beanbag)
I don't like to be nasty, but Fil, your attitude really sucks.  Not liking Nintendo's games or ideas is one thing, but you have this really negative attitude. If you don't have a positive opinion of the products, you don't have to launch around insults at the people around here that do. Everyone's entitled to their opinion. Even you. But the more respectful you are, the more respect you're likely to get. | |
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join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX
| Take a looksie at the the controller FiL. It's designed so that it can be turned sideways, and guess what? You get a classic NES controller... perfect for playing Blades of Steel and other NES and SNES games. | |
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| Re: not so... im sry guys but what none of you really know is that the revolution will still have gamecube controllers that are able to be used
(not all of the games made by the revolution will support that controller because not many games have the use for that except for zelda twilight princess and sword fighting)
ok from what ive been seeing u have a lot of more mature people saying the nintendo is dumb, and a lot of parents saying the 360 and ps3 are too expensive.... let me just break this down to u guys
Nintendo = Family console (they have even stated many times they are not competing with ms and sony... bcuz they would never win that war no matter how many orig games of mario could be pumped out.... so that makes them look at a lower price tag and they are the only company able to really use the old day games since they are the only ones from the old days left making consoles (then again sega is saying they are rejoining the console market)
MS and Sony = More mature and more of a pc gamer needs (all they need left is ability to use keyboard and mouse for fps)which has good graphics and.... stream stuff i guess (ive had my 360 and all ive done so far is play games and or change the background on my dashboard) ... pretty much u cant play oblivion on pc unless u have a 400$ video card and low and behold.. the 360 costs 400$ >>
all i can say is technically microsoft hasnt added anything different than what they had in the xbox into the 360... woot u can stream ur mp3's on the console and they playing other songs than listening to the games music.. its called turning up your stereo while playing... oh no u can stream videos too (if u pay for the 150$ software also)
the ps3 will prolly have no other extra features compared to the 360 (useful features.. dont talk to me about the useless 3 gigabit ports on the back of it.. im sry but i dont buy a game system to be transformed into a gigabit hub and all it does it makes it cost more) but there is an advantage to having nintendo and a ps3 or 360... the systems will have different games
basically to all the people who are dissing nintendo bcuz they arent adding new functions.. im sry but they are with the new controller and the final product isnt out yet so how do u know that they dont give u a free controller with it.. and if anyone has a gamecube... they dont even need to buy another controller because the gamecube controllers can be put into the revolution | |
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TechieZero
Tools Are Using Me
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Wesley Chapel, FL |  OOOOOH Why not the Dreamcast?
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join:2004-04-27
Fairfield, OH
| Re: OOOOOH Why not the Dreamcast? I was thinking about that and wonder if its the size of the games. I haven't looked it up for DC but I know the other systems have very small roms which makes it pretty easy to download through their service. I wonder if DC games are bigger and for the time being to keep the QoS high, Nintendo decided to not work with SEGA DC games.
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Kennesaw, GA | IS it powerful enough to play PC Games? otherwise its utterly useless!!!! | |
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join:2002-10-12
Bergenfield, NJ | . time to start warming up my fingers for sonic the hedgehog | |
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Same Old Jets
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join:2005-01-17
Pompton Plains, NJ | Wow Awesome, all the classics in one place. | |
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DownTheShore
Maddie Knows Poopie
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join:2003-12-02
Beautiful NJ
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bignate
join:2005-12-05
Austin, TX
| Innovation everything in gaming is the way it is because of nintendo. nintendo has always been the great innovator.
for those that remember the old nes, they tried to make games fun. do you remember the power pad? the power glove? the gun? even a mouse for some games?
did you see the new controller? that is innovation, the only way $ony or M$ know how to make a game "better" is to improve the graphics. and while that is pretty cool and can be fun, it is mostly just the same old crap revamped with better graphics over and over again. hell, i dont know how many FPS have been made since games like "turok" and "golden eye" but the new ones arent any better games, they just have better graphics.
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join:2003-01-19
Linden, VA
1 edit | Let homebrewers take care of EMU Leave the 8,16,32 bit emulation to the homebrewers, official Nintendo developers should really focus their attention on today's games. | |
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Bayonne, NJ | when is the revoulution expected to come out? | |
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