Nothing came out in December, so I doubt we'll get too much from him.
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Media Create Sales: Week 2, 2014 (Jan 06 - Jan 12)
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Nothing came out in December, so I doubt we'll get too much from him.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
I watched it too! I loved it! Hopefully we will see a stateside release
plz Nintendo!
Hero of Legend
Member
Pretty sure we got some goods from him last month, I recall seeing him post stuff in the thread.
Aquamarine
Member
We got some goods from multiple insiders last month. I contributed some hardware numbers / software ranges!
Hero of Legend
Member
We got some goods from multiple insiders last month. I contributed some hardware numbers / software ranges!
You have insider info? That's it, I'll have to ring out the aqua info from your marine towel! XD
Ahh just foolin', don't be a wet blanket.
Aquamarine
Member
You have insider info? That's it, I'll have to ring out the aqua info from your marine towel! XD
Ahh just foolin', don't be a wet blanket.
That was a weird analogy, haha.
ambientmystic
Member
You have insider info? That's it, I'll have to ring out the aqua info from your marine towel! XD
Ahh just foolin', don't be a wet blanket.
That's just creepy mate lol.
You do know her name is derived from a semiprecious gemstone right.
Anyway, all the players are now in position. I'm just giddy with anticipation, it's gonna be a long wait for the cheers, jeers and tears.
Aquamarine
Member
theprodigy
Member
*wiki search*
brb gonna start calling Aquamarine Emerald instead, for the actual precious gemstone of beryl
Hero of Legend
Member
Unintended. XD
Just a way of "sqeezing out info", and as a pun of her name (ringing out water from a towel).
Sorry, my apologies! But yeah, it is a gem, thought it as a color mainly.
Yeah, but a lot of stuff happened in November.
I've checked Bic Camera and Yamda Denki in Ikebukuro and it seems the stock problems finally ended. Everything has stock, and a good amount (Kirby, FFX, Zelda, Disney).
There's only one game that is still facing stock problems... and this game is Attack on Titan. Chunsoft can't meet the demand.
There's only one game that is still facing stock problems... and this game is Attack on Titan. Chunsoft can't meet the demand.
Makes me wonder what would've happened if a bigger company got the license and gave it a bigger initial run.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
We'll get hardware numbers which is what everyone wants to know, possibly LTD's of next gen games and Mario 3D world and GT6 sales.
hm. you know, with the console market in japan dying and dedicated handhelds struggling, i wonder if nintendo would try their hand a two handhelds.
one would have wii u level graphics, be a larger system, have more traditional games like monster hunter and mario and zelda and whatnot. it could also hook up to the tv and play stuff. market it at $200 (for the american crowd mostly).
also have a handheld line. something like the game boy micro. inexpensive, with inexpensive software. doubles as some sort of lifestyle thing (put the wii fit u stuff into it- that's timetokill's idea).
instead of console/handheld it would be hybrid/handheld.
I still think they'd be fine if they just made:
- a handheld that's aimed at Japanese audiences (they are doing it right now. extremely successful in Japan, and decently successful overseas)
-a console that's aimed at the Western audience (they are currently aiming their console to the Japanese audience, which has less and less interest in a console by the day. making it small/consume little power/more expensive for that reason is dumb as fuck, and seems like a really Japanese-centric idea. Japanese audience, because it has no games and is a fucking console, couldn't care less about the Wii U. Western audience, since they are not being catered to, couldn't care less about the Wii U. LOSE LOSE SITUATION)
- a handheld that's aimed at Japanese audiences (they are doing it right now. extremely successful in Japan, and decently successful overseas)
-a console that's aimed at the Western audience (they are currently aiming their console to the Japanese audience, which has less and less interest in a console by the day. making it small/consume little power/more expensive for that reason is dumb as fuck, and seems like a really Japanese-centric idea. Japanese audience, because it has no games and is a fucking console, couldn't care less about the Wii U. Western audience, since they are not being catered to, couldn't care less about the Wii U. LOSE LOSE SITUATION)
I've heard that it is possible that the next Nintendo console will be a hybrid. But if they release two handhelds at a time, even if both of them have clear power difference, wouldn't that confuse the market? They can market the former as a portable "console" in order to avoid such confusion nonetheless.
depends on branding. they could call the hybrid something else. maybe go straight for the nostalgia and call one the famicom/nes [something] and the other a game boy [something].
And_Gignac
Member
Hybrid is a terrible idea, profits wise. Nintendo needs to release a smartphone as a "third pillar" kind of thing.
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
In your model, would the "gamer handheld" play the "casual handheld"'s games, too? Because otherwise I'd then need to carry around three handhelds, two Nintendo ones, and the PSP 3. Quite annoying
.In your model, would the "gamer handheld" play the "casual handheld"'s games, too? Because otherwise I'd then need to carry around three handhelds, two Nintendo ones, and the PSP 3. Quite annoying
the bigger one would operate as one of their traditional consoles and the smaller one would be more like the game boy (instead of the things that have launched at $250 since 2005). it keeps their console teams from growing even larger next gen and maybe even allocates some more to them if the handheld requires less manpower to develop games.
i'm thinking of something like an ipad/iphone sort of thing. two similar devices supported by the same company that have different purposes.
michaelius
Banned
With Nintendo knowledge of modern OSes, online , connectivity, etc. it would more resemble Nokia 3210 hybrid with gameboy.
And the final result would make Xperia Play look like tremendous success.
IMHO best format for next gen machine would be Wii U gamepad form factor that works stand alone and accesory in form of receiver that connects to your tv.
So a reversed Wii U concept where the main part is in portable part.
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
I got that much, but if I wanted to play both device's games, would it be sufficient to get the bigger one ^^?
Freezie KO
Banned
Hybrid doesn't cut into profits when their console isn't making them money anyway. It consolidates all their resources behind a single stronger platform, and they get to make more software sales instead of watching game after game bomb.
As for a phone, they really don't have any expertise in the space.
Good luck in PAL land were the NES was called/known as Nintendo...
Freezie KO
Banned
I thought they called it the Master System.
In Spain it was " la Nintendo".
i was thinking another benefit would be to push differences between the two. despite being a far better game, 3d land and 3d world resemble each other quite a lot. i would expect smaller games for the smaller handheld- something made for price all-around. hell they could try pulling a mega man 9 and make 'super mario bros. 4' (i know, japan), with nes/snes level sprites.
in the west, i think the analog stick is really confusing for a lot of nongamers. one of the better parts about the ds was the d-pad is easy to understand and use, and it made it difficult to pull off 3d gameplay (so it forced more accessible design choices).
shouldn't it have been 'el nintendo'?
No because videogame console is a femenine name in spanish (videoconsola). Then it uses a femenine article.
La videoconsola, la Nintendo, la Play, la 360, la Vita, etc.
Glass Rebel
Member
A Nintendo phone is the answer to a question nobody asked.
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
Nobody would buy a Nintendo smartphone. The people who'd do it are the same already buying their hardware.
Games aren't really a deciding factor in which phone the vast majority of people choose.
Games aren't really a deciding factor in which phone the vast majority of people choose.
Same for French speaking countries.
Graphics Horse
Member
What about the 32X?
Yep. It seems Spain is considers game consoles femenine and South America masculine. I had the discussion in the Vita thread a few months ago.
A twitter campaign with the wrestler "Danshoku Dino (google translated as "Sodomy Dino", lol), an overly exaggerated homosexual character, giving Dreamcast and Wii U systems as gifts - or something like that - for the release of the F2P RPG Angel Master (IOS/Android).
http://i.angelmaster.jp/
Wii U saved.
http://i.angelmaster.jp/
Wii U saved.
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Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
In Italian it's even more hilarious because even tho console is feminine, each model/brand also had a conventional gender when referred to it directly, which was usually decided by the general public (sometimes after forum/playground's debates, lol).
It usually goes like this:
il Nintendo (NES), il Super Nintendo, il Megadrive, il Master System, la Play 1/2/3/4, la Wii, il Neo-Geo, la 360, il 3/DS/i, la PSP, la PS Vita, il Gamecube, il PC-Engine, il Nintendo 64, il Game Boy etc...
Neverending debate: il/la Dreamcast. I find myself calling it both ways.
Same. La 32x.
Each proper name uses the article of its product.
La Bravia (la televisión), el Iphone (el movil),....
i think they still have the biggest stake in the company or one of the biggest stakes in the company. namco bandai is divided among a lot of groups/people.
I have absolutely no idea what to make of this.
I wouldn't be surprised if nintendo's PR team was in on this.
Thanks for that, Aqua.
I know Wii U, but Dreamcast? Why?
save it for the right moment
I know a lot of Nintendo fans who get angry when you say "la Wii", lol. I say it too myself, it flows much better than "il Wii" imo.
Silly thing to get riled up about.
Saving "lol" assets.