Anyone else LIKE GC & GBA connectivity idea?

[Spike]

Originally posted by dog$
Wrong, it'll be just as pointless. People should not buy handheld devices, period, and shit like this is proof. If no GBAs or SPs were bought we wouldn't be in this situation now of Nintendo trying to insist those $90 pieces of shit you people bought actually should serve as controllers in the games they're making now (or, in some of Nintendo's cases, games they made a decade ago).

Which company are you talking about, again?

1. Nintendo is not insisting that they are to be used as controllers. They can be used, but it is not a requirement.

2. Sony, of course.

3. Okay, I'll give you that. But, when the PS2 launched, people bought more DVD movies than they did games, for the greater part of the first year of its life.

[Johnny Undaunted]

The only game I had ever used the GC/GBA connection was with Animal Crossing and I gave up on that game after having to deal with illiterate anthropomorphic animals and still couldn't get Punch-Out.

I want to try out that level editor in Donkey Kong Plus though.

[Blaine]

Originally posted by Johnny Undaunted
I gave up on that game after having to deal with illiterate anthropomorphic animals...

Reminds me of when I worked as an apprentice watchsmith.

Just wish I could have shoved some of those customers into a pit too.

[Glass Joe]

Originally posted by dog$
Wrong, it'll be just as pointless. People should not buy handheld devices, period, and shit like this is proof. If no GBAs or SPs were bought we wouldn't be in this situation now of Nintendo trying to insist those $90 pieces of shit you people bought actually should serve as controllers in the games they're making now (or, in some of Nintendo's cases, games they made a decade ago).

You are a fucking idiot! If you don't want a handheld that's fine. Don't tell us that we shouldn't have them dumb ass.

[Damian79]

I have't seen it used well yet, but the additional screen comes in handy for multiplayer options like in Zelda.

I really don't see why people are making a big fuss over this though. Nintendo is only trying to make something different, if you wanted the same gameplay, I don't understand why you even bought a GC. And it is not like they are making you buy all this stuffa t gun point. Go play something else if you don't like this.

If no GBAs or SPs were bought we wouldn't be in this situation now of Nintendo trying to insist those $90 pieces of shit you people bought actually should serve as controllers in the games they're making now (or, in some of Nintendo's cases, games they made a decade ago).

Actually I play GBA games 5 times more than consoles games as I find them much more interesting. I have Celda, Metroid Prime and DW:XL but I haven't even spent even 3 hours in any of those games because I find them boring.

[dog$]

Originally posted by Nigel-The-Landstalker
You are a fucking idiot! If you don't want a handheld that's fine. Don't tell us that we shouldn't have them dumb ass.

If you want to waste your money on handheld shit, that's fine too. Don't get all pissy on me just because I'm giving you the facts, though.

[Melf]

Originally posted by Nigel-The-Landstalker
I couldn't have said it any better. If you have the 2 you get a bonus. If you don't, that's great too. Bitching about it is for cry babies. If you don't like it, don't buy it and please stop telling the people who do like it that it's useless.

I have no problem with games having the link feature. What I do have a problem with is Nintendo's shit idea to go with connectivity OVER online play. Animal Crossing 2 is a game screaming to be online and they speak of GBA connectivity over online play. That just sucks. The most they seem to be willing to do is some half-ass LAN connection for Mario Kart and a few other games.

It's a decision of Sega-like proportions.

[Blaine]

Originally posted by Melf
I have no problem with games having the link feature. What I do have a problem with is Nintendo's shit idea to go with connectivity OVER online play. Animal Crossing 2 is a game screaming to be online and they speak of GBA connectivity over online play. That just sucks. The most they seem to be willing to do is some half-ass LAN connection for Mario Kart and a few other games.

It's a decision of Sega-like proportions.

Preach on brother.

I'm ashamed about how excited I am about the LAN feature.
There should be just straight, regular online.

In this regard, I definately think I've learned to expect Nintendo not to make the jump to online easy and I'm just happy to see any progress at all. Networking is networking in my book, LAN or WAN...shit...better than nothing.

But that's still not cool at all.

[Glass Joe]

Originally posted by dog$
If you want to waste your money on handheld shit, that's fine too. Don't get all pissy on me just because I'm giving you the facts, though.

And where exactly are these facts coming from? Your opinion? What an assclown! It's only a waste of my money if it's not worth it to me. Thanks for telling me, and the millions of GBA owners how we feel about our purchases. Your stupidity knows no bounds.

[gamevet]

Originally posted by Blaine
So I continued to ask. People have hinted towards the price, which I think is a good point. But some people also seem to think the Dreamcast VMU was a $10 purchase. It's only $10 now. It cost just as much as a game when it came out. I think I paid $40 for mine. GBA is $60 (regular one works as well as an SP). In my mind, a GBA offers a lot more value for purchase than a VMU ever did. Significantly more.

If you paid $40 for a VMU, someone ripped you off big time. I think the most they sold for, was $24. That price dropped to $20 six months later. The one thing that I really liked about the VMU, was that you could check out the game save files available on the memory card, without putting it in your DC. Sure the batteries only lasted about 6 weeks, but it was a nice option for someone who owned 3 or 4 VMU's.


You have to admit though, that all the uses of the GBA link to Gamecube, have been more gimmick than really being useful. Did you really need to own both Metroid Prime and Fusion, to play the original metroid? They could have just as easily offered the game to both the GBA and GC owners, who completed the games. Instead, Nintendo used that as incentive to get you to purchase both titles. There's a sucker born every minute.


A great use for the GBA/GC connectivity, would be better suited as an option to make a game a better experience, without having to buy 2 titles. Make an air combat game, where the GC user is the pilot and the co-player is his co-pilot. The co-pilot is responsible for changing weapons and dropping chaff, and giving radar readings to the pilot. The pilot takes the information given to him from his partner (Bandit at 12 o'clock) the pilot makes the necessary moves to avoid the confrontation and position himself. Just like a real pilot is dependent on his Co-pilot. Make this connectivity an interactive experience and something beyond just minor upgrades and special bonuses, that are really in the game anyways.