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Nintendo has partnered with Kuju to develope a new 1rst party title. Not a whole lot of specifics yet but it may be shown at E3. Kuju described the title as a "major new GameCube game" and "innovative". They've developed Reign of Fire, Fire Warriors and Lotus Challenge. I've only played Reign of Fire and it blew, but I'm gonna keep an open mind.
Whatever happened to that new mascot character Nintendo was working on to possibly replace Mario?
Perhaps this is the game?
I'm on a roll today. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by kbuchanan
I know not what you speak of.
Brilliance, Zero. Anyways, first-party Nintendo stuff tends to rule, so I'm excited about this.
"In addition, the company is expected to officially unveil a deal with top-secret software house Zoonami, which is believed to have two projects underway exclusively for GameCube." - Nice
I didn't do anything. I think you meant to sayQuote:
Originally Posted by Jeremy
"Brilliance, CV."
No, I think he meant to say "+1."Quote:
Originally Posted by Zerodash
Anyway,
Wow, that's an impressive track record. Can't wait.Quote:
Originally Posted by kbuchanan
D=Quote:
Originally Posted by Zerodash
WTF? Impossible. They'll never succeed.
Hehe, oops. Don't know how I made that mistake. Ah well. Andy, THIS is a +1.
Brilliance indeed.
The hell? Did they have a contest over at Nintendo to come up with the most random developer for them to partner up with?
'Cause if they did, somebody definitely won their department a pizza party with this one.
They already have--his name is Wario.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mzo
By the way its "1st"
untill i see screenshots or video or some kind of info on it i have no emotion either way
:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by neat-o
Can this really be considered "1st party" if the game is being made by a crappy 3rd party dev team that was recently dragged under Nintendo's wing?
Scary, but I think you're right. >_< Poor Mario...Quote:
Originally Posted by soundwave
considering their development history, I'd call them a half party.
IGN posted a rumor saying that the developer has signed a deal with Konami to bring a Castlevania game to the Cube as well.
They'll fuck it up somehow. Connectivity application being the first way they'll do it. But then again maybe not, thus negating the point of this post.
Yea I'm all for a Gamecube Castlevania but I hardly see it happening.
For one the last Konami big name title that came to the system, Metal Gear Solid, apparently underperformed. Why would Konami try again with a smaller franchise and a very shaky developer like Kuju?
Seems unlikely.
MGS came out last month... how has it had time to underpreform? I'm betting a Castlevania takes less money to make than a Metal Gear anyway. Also, I don't think Twin Snakes cost Konami very much, if anything.
Nintendo probably took the hit. Silicon developed it, so it's on Nintendo's coin. Nintendo paid Konami for the licence and I think Nintendo also distributed it... and distribution is not that expensive compared to other costs of a game. You just have to have the network and suppliers lined up.
No Konami published it
which IMHO is why it underperformed (if it did) because Konami didnt push it there were some magazine ads but thats it
no tv ads
no pre-order push
i think Nintendo would have done a better job of pushing and selling the game
Nintendo needs to cut you guys out and just start making Nintendo Excuse Machines.
Like printing money.