You can call me a troll if you like, but its enraging that we are getting lower and lower quality entertainment, for higher prices, because this will sadly never stop. Look at Nintendo's track record, its not very convincing. If a company wants me to fork out more money for a newer version of a handheld or a new generation altogether, give me the consumer some reasons to do so. In the last ten years, Nintendo, with the exception of the DS, has made pretty sub par gaming devices. They give me, and classic Nintendo fans no reason to be excited. It won't be geared towards us. Yet we will buy it, and they'll keep doing what they have been doing.
N64- A handful of really solid gems, the rest of the library, shit. Golden Eye still rules though.
GameCube- wow, let down? Another console with a handful of great games and the rest take or leave (Including one of my fav Mar Kar's ever)
Wii- Me and countless others now own a Mario kart machine. (Theres 2-3 other solid games) otherwise shit.
Now while these aren't new consoles, look at the DSI, and XL.- No reason for either of them to exist. And gimmicky to the max. These just like the wii aren't aimed towards us. Its for the petz crowd. Which is just another reason for me to think that the 3ds will be no different. Look at the wii, and why it has done so well, not because of its deep library, its because every kid and their mom want to use "motion controls". The DS has been popular for the same reason, not because of the people who play dungeon crawlers, its because of the petz series fans and their parents.
Their handhelds have faired better, GB/GBC classics. The advance was pretty solid. The DS/Lite are great, my favourite handheld probably, the most played atleast.
The stuff you guys are all excited about are honestly pipe dreams. Gamecube graphics? Why smaller machines are more appealing to families, are cheaper to make, and the "Casual Gamers" don't put as big of an emphasis on graphics. Look at the Wii and DS. 3D FPS!! I hear, when the ones they are releasing on the DS have been no better than average. Smash brothers on the DS, haha dream on, still waiting on Golden Sun myself. The entire system is based on a form of gaming that none of us have yet to try portable 3D gaming.
Nintendo has given me a hundred reasons to be skeptical, and very few to be excited about.
And for the guy who made the GTFO this is GBAtemp.
You don't say, look at my join date. I enjoy my DS, and bought one after hearing about it here. Rook.
I am not trying to state my opinion as fact. I am offering my opinion on this and other Nintendo devices.
You want a fact? Nintendo has forgotten who got them there, gamers don't matter to them now. Kids can get their mom's to spend alot more money.