The next Xbox

[Benstamania]

Was it? Huh...

 

[Havok83]

Was it? Huh...

followed by a collection which contained all 3 games

 

[X Knight]

well, what I meant was that I won't really get interested in the Wii U until I see a next-gen Zelda or Metroid game on it. those are 2 Nintendo franchises that I am interested in, especially Zelda.

I haven't really been that into Nintendo since the N64 days. I briefly owned a Gamecube ( near the end of its cycle ), missed out on the handhelds since Gameboy Advance, and skipped out on the Wii.

I also think my lack of enthusiasm for the next-gen of consoles is tied to a declining enthusiasm for games in general.

I've really noticed this in the last couple of years. I'd get all hyped up for a game, but when it actually comes out and I play it, it just doesn't hold my interest that long. Couple that with all of this DLC/Preorder Bonus nonsense........I've just been starting to lose interest in games...........let alone pay $60 for one.

 

[terry78]

We basically need revolutionary Mario game. Every system except Gamecube had that one Mario game that we stepped back and was like, "da ****?" Super Mario World, Mario 64, Super Mario Galaxy, etc.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

I was like that too until for several years Skyrim was released and reignited why I loved spending hours playing games.

 

[Havok83]

We basically need revolutionary Mario game. Every system except Gamecube had that one Mario game that we stepped back and was like, "da ****?" Super Mario World, Mario 64, Super Mario Galaxy, etc.

Super Mario World wasn't revolutionary. It built upon the concepts introduced in Mario 3 and followed the same formula

 

[DrDoom]

I desperately want Nintendo to go the way of Sega so I can have their awesome franchises on a good system.

Would LOVE to play Pikmin on my X-Box

 

[terry78]

Nintendo would never do that. They'd rather go out on their own terms than become just a publisher.

 

[Matt Mortem]

Nintendo is more of a quality vs quantity developer. There were hundreds of Wii games simply shat into existence and only a handful were great, but when they were great they were really, really great. Whereas with the 360 there were so many games that were pretty good that I stopped getting really engrossed in a game. Last game that sucked me in for the 360 was probably Red Dead Redemption.

I've also found I'm turning my back on online multiplayer. It's just become a pain in the ass and I want no part in it. I don't have the time necessary to devote to becoming good enough at a game to play online. I simply cannot complete with 8 year kids with nothing better to do than sit around playing COD or Halo, let alone get called obscene names for not being the best in the game. I just don't care about that anymore. It hit a point with Halo 4 where I had one drug addicted buddy that did nothing but play Halo, and we got online to play and he spent the whole time ridiculing and insulting me because I didn't have an amazing K/D. I realized I'm not having fun anymore. I don't care about online nonsense. Multiplayer is fine, but I'd much prefer a bunch of friends playing a game in the same room over playing with some anonymous kids.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Nintendo is more of a quality vs quantity developer. There were hundreds of Wii games simply shat into existence and only a handful were great, but when they were great they were really, really great. Whereas with the 360 there were so many games that were pretty good that I stopped getting really engrossed in a game. Last game that sucked me in for the 360 was probably Red Dead Redemption.

I've also found I'm turning my back on online multiplayer. It's just become a pain in the ass and I want no part in it. I don't have the time necessary to devote to becoming good enough at a game to play online. I simply cannot complete with 8 year kids with nothing better to do than sit around playing COD or Halo, let alone get called obscene names for not being the best in the game. I just don't care about that anymore. It hit a point with Halo 4 where I had one drug addicted buddy that did nothing but play Halo, and we got online to play and he spent the whole time ridiculing and insulting me because I didn't have an amazing K/D. I realized I'm not having fun anymore. I don't care about online nonsense. Multiplayer is fine, but I'd much prefer a bunch of friends playing a game in the same room over playing with some anonymous kids.

I say the games that suck me in the most are the open world games, like Skyrim, Borderlands, and GTA. I'm not as into non sandbox games.

And I agree about Online Multiplayer. When I first got online multiplayer around 2008, I was hooked. When I bought Modern Warfare 2, me and my friend in high school, who didn't take it seriously and we joked a lot of the time about stuff that happens in the game, played all throughout high school.

But when we all went to different colleges we didn't have time for online and none of us really play online games anymore. We all have gold, but we use it more for Netflix and entertainment. I still play one of my fraternity's brothers MW3 or BO games online every once in a while, but the excitement of online multiplayer for me isn't what it used to be.

 

[TheAQU4M4N]

Has it been confirmed or denied they will be implementing blu ray?

 

[Benstamania]

I desperately want Nintendo to go the way of Sega so I can have their awesome franchises on a good system.

Would LOVE to play Pikmin on my X-Box

Never gonna happen. I'd put my money on Nintendo becoming a hand held developer ONLY before that happened. The DS line is still super strong.

Emmm... 3DSHD.

 

[WolfCypher]

LMAO, that's all Nintendo does, reuse its franchises that its been pushing out games for every generation for the last couple of decades. They are nothing if not consistent

They critically dropped the ball on a Star Fox last gen, tho

 

[Havok83]

I desperately want Nintendo to go the way of Sega so I can have their awesome franchises on a good system.

Would LOVE to play Pikmin on my X-Box

Sega's franchises became terrible when they went multiplatform

Nintendo would never do that. They'd rather go out on their own terms than become just a publisher.

Nintendo as a company ONLY does games. If for some reason they flopped in the hardware division, they'd have no choice but to become a publisher and release their IPS on other platforms or cease to exist as a business. Theres too much money to be made to just throw that all away. Its not like MS and Sony, both of whom produce products for different fields

Has it been confirmed or denied they will be implementing blu ray?

NOTHING has been confirmed about the system

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

It did, sadly. Sega as developer just hasn't been strong.

 

[Iceman]

Nintendo would never do that. They'd rather go out on their own terms than become just a publisher.

They're a publicly traded company. Not sure what going out on their own terms means? Founders taking it private?

hundreds of Wii games simply shat into existence

Great term! t:

 

[grout]

Sorry but Nintendo has always been the front running innovator when it comes to gaming. Other companies always pawn them off as some "gimmick" or "non hardcore gamer" whatever the hell that means.

We got Mario with Nintendo / Duck hunt "motion gun"

We got Donkey Kong Country with Super Nintendo, that game graphic wise was insane and looked better then the newer 32 bit consoles arriving on the scene.

N64 / Mario 64 revolutionary! + hardware joystick motion control

Wii was a different beast in hardware and the way you play games..

I could go on,,,,,, Moral of the story is much of what other consoles have now is due to Nintendo,, even after other consoles try to degrade it... "kinect"

Im not a fanboy of Nintendo but I have been around long enough to see plenty in the console wars. Whether Nintendo wins all the time in innovation or not,, they are always at the front of the pac. I certainly give them that respect and to say they cannot make hardware is just wrong, they innovate hardware that other consoles rip off.

 

[TX85]

Fully Agreed!

 

[Matt Mortem]

Sorry but Nintendo has always been the front running innovator when it comes to gaming. Other companies always pawn them off as some "gimmick" or "non hardcore gamer" whatever the hell that means.

We got Mario with Nintendo / Duck hunt "motion gun"

We got Donkey Kong Country with Super Nintendo, that game graphic wise was insane and looked better then the newer 32 bit consoles arriving on the scene.

N64 / Mario 64 revolutionary! + hardware joystick motion control

Wii was a different beast in hardware and the way you play games..

I could go on,,,,,, Moral of the story is much of what other consoles have now is due to Nintendo,, even after other consoles try to degrade it... "kinect"

Im not a fanboy of Nintendo but I have been around long enough to see plenty in the console wars. Whether Nintendo wins all the time in innovation or not,, they are always at the front of the pac. I certainly give them that respect and to say they cannot make hardware is just wrong, they innovate hardware that other consoles rip off.

 

[Iceman]

Sorry but Nintendo has always been the front running innovator when it comes to gaming. Other companies always pawn them off as some "gimmick" or "non hardcore gamer" whatever the hell that means.

We got Mario with Nintendo / Duck hunt "motion gun"

We got Donkey Kong Country with Super Nintendo, that game graphic wise was insane and looked better then the newer 32 bit consoles arriving on the scene.

N64 / Mario 64 revolutionary! + hardware joystick motion control

Wii was a different beast in hardware and the way you play games..

I could go on,,,,,, Moral of the story is much of what other consoles have now is due to Nintendo,, even after other consoles try to degrade it... "kinect"

Im not a fanboy of Nintendo but I have been around long enough to see plenty in the console wars. Whether Nintendo wins all the time in innovation or not,, they are always at the front of the pac. I certainly give them that respect and to say they cannot make hardware is just wrong, they innovate hardware that other consoles rip off.

It's true that they are the main innovators and they get consistently copied (ripped off) by the others. But now they've taken the option of dropping out of the cutting edge of gaming. They're fighting for a smaller pie and that might have implications for their future. The hardware market is more competitive than it used to be and about to get a hell of a lot more competitive, the casual side particularly.

 

[Benstamania]

I seriously wouldn't mind if Nintendo went hand held only. Give me a nice HD hand held that has an HDMI port that I can hook up to my TV if I so choose.

 

[Matt Mortem]

I seriously wouldn't mind if Nintendo went hand held only. Give me a nice HD hand held that has an HDMI port that I can hook up to my TV if I so choose.

I'd be bitter if they did. It's true the 3DS, right now anyway, is the best system on market, but I still really love the Nintendo consoles. Playing Nintendo on the big screen is too rad for me to do without.

 

[Benstamania]

Hence the HDMI hook up. They could truly make it the console you could take ANYWHERE.

 

[Matt Mortem]

Hence the HDMI hook up. They could truly make it the console you could take ANYWHERE.

If they could do that it'd be a huge leap in the gaming industry. Honestly, it's almost the natural progression of the Wii U gamepad. You can play full console titles on the gamepads screen, going portable with it wouldn't be too far-fetched.

 

[Benstamania]

Yeah...Have it be an HDDS with an HDMI port on it.. When you bring it home you close it, attach the HDMI cable and sync the wireless controller (Wavebird II ) to it and... Boom.