Heh, does no one else see a certain level of irony in this? When Nintendo rushes the product out, ultimately hurting it... to make their waiting fanbase happy (ala LOZ: Wind Waker), we berate them. And when they delay their product to make it better for their fanbase... we berate them.
I see it just fine, however there's one main difference between them and Sony and MS.
They've been at it for over 22 years (not counting Arcade stuff and Famicom) in the US market alone. That's why I expect more from them. Is it fair? No. But neither is life. I expect certain things out of certain people and some more than others. Again it's not fair, but it's the bar of expectation set before me and what I've come to expect. Simple enough.
Nintendo never gets a break because the fanbase wont allow it. It's like that with every video-game company though...but people do have a higher standard for Nintendo and its games, whether they like them or not.
Exactly.
QUOTEI think what people have lost sight of, and what Ace hinted at, is that Nintendo is out to make money. They dont run a charity-Nintendo is going to try its hardest to wring every dollar out of the Wii and Zelda at launch, duh. I would too if I was in charge of the company, I mean, thats two HUGE cash cows right there. If you are mad about Zelda being delayed for the GCN, dont stand there and lie to me for a second that you wont buy it for the Wii.
I really could care less if it was delayed, I've only bought one of their "franchise" titles on launch and that was Metroid 3 (Super Metroid) Frankly I'm gonna keep my money safely tucked away because I'm that shallow of a person that I want a black Rev/Wii.
Does that make sense? To a resonable person...yes. (If I wanted a certain color car, I wouldn't buy a different color one just to have said car) To a gamer...Heck No (They can't fathom the inscrutiatingly long wait that comes with it)
I've owned every Nintendo
console (note not handheld) ever made, but I've never bought a single one of them at launch.
Why?
NES -It was new and I didn't know much about it, I was only 8 when it came out.
SNES -Nothing I wanted to play that bad, I had my Genesis and my NES all was right in the world until I saw Metroid 3, then I had to get one.
N64 -Not until they released the first "colored" console (Jungle Green DK64 bundle) did I drop some money for it.
GC- It wasn't until the limited edition Zelda Collection and a nice price of $100 that made me interested enough in the 'Cube to put my money where my mouth was. Wind Waker, Smash Bros., even Mario weren't enough to make me fork over my money for one. And I wasn't the only one of my age bracket (The Nintendo Generation if you will) to do so.
And that's why I won't put out money for a Rev/Wii just yet and why I'll wait until all the dust has settled on the Zelda launches before making my mind up which version is the one I want the most.
How can I do such an insane thing, well I have patience. (Plus I'm a cheapskate, but that's an entirely different discussion)
And that's why I can wait, sit back and comment on things like Nintendo's floibles, because I've seen every launch up till now, and how they've handled them.
This is the most important one for them ever and they know it. Just a shame they have to let some promises made by them go by the way side in exchange for them to be able to take advantage of that and be sucessful.
Lastly they know they lost the
"Heat" they had from E3 and they have to bo the 1000lb. bull in the china shop coming out of the gate and not the whimpering 100lb. dog who got scoulded by it's master if they want to regain some of their former glory.
Take that as you will, but that's how I see it.