News Roundup
Nintendo finally says that the Revolution controller will be compatible with the new Zelda
All I have to say to that is yawn. Swinging my arms around like a loon to control a sword swing always seemed like the least appealing (and, if done incorrectly, most frustrating) of the gimmicky ways that the new Revolution controller will be used. I just hope that it doesn't take a way from the essentially finished Zelda game that should have came out this Christmas.
This isn't to say that I don't think the Revolution controller will be a good idea. I have been won over in that regard. It is tiresomely ponderous to get most people to try most games, and I'm more than tired of the way that many of the games coming out require the time commitment of a full time job just to be fun (I'm looking at you online first person shooters). I just think that controlling your sword in Zelda will probably make the process of fighting more tedious without simplifying it in any appreciable way.
UPDATE: Nindendo says that the above is just speculation
And it relates only to how existing franchises and not games will work on the Revolution.
Casual Games are a rip-off
As someone who played his fair share of Snood (which is a rip off of Bust-A-Move), I can attest to this. I really can't see anyone getting sued over it though.
Microsoft says that it won't meet its 90-day Xbox 360 projections
And no one is surprised.
The next generation of DVD could be determined by Gamers
Only it should read. The next generation of DVD has already been chosen by gamers, Blu-Ray with the PS3. But that is only my humble opinion.
All I have to say to that is yawn. Swinging my arms around like a loon to control a sword swing always seemed like the least appealing (and, if done incorrectly, most frustrating) of the gimmicky ways that the new Revolution controller will be used. I just hope that it doesn't take a way from the essentially finished Zelda game that should have came out this Christmas.
This isn't to say that I don't think the Revolution controller will be a good idea. I have been won over in that regard. It is tiresomely ponderous to get most people to try most games, and I'm more than tired of the way that many of the games coming out require the time commitment of a full time job just to be fun (I'm looking at you online first person shooters). I just think that controlling your sword in Zelda will probably make the process of fighting more tedious without simplifying it in any appreciable way.
UPDATE: Nindendo says that the above is just speculation
And it relates only to how existing franchises and not games will work on the Revolution.
Casual Games are a rip-off
As someone who played his fair share of Snood (which is a rip off of Bust-A-Move), I can attest to this. I really can't see anyone getting sued over it though.
Microsoft says that it won't meet its 90-day Xbox 360 projections
And no one is surprised.
The next generation of DVD could be determined by Gamers
Only it should read. The next generation of DVD has already been chosen by gamers, Blu-Ray with the PS3. But that is only my humble opinion.
I'm not betting on Blu-ray. Too many ambiguities about DRM, not enough layperson interest in high-definition to drive either HD disc format, Blu-ray partners shifting to dual-format support - I just don't see it happening, at least not within 2006. The PS3 will sell big, but let's not kid ourselves into thinking that it's going to make Blu-ray the champ. The PS2 didn't drive DVD sales. DVDs drove PS2 sales.
I'm amazed the "Revolution functionality for Twilight Princess" story broke as widely as it did. I called bogus on it the moment I saw scans from the source - some unofficial UK fan magazine making wild guesses. The timetable doesn't match up.
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Nicholas |
January 09, 2006 8:35 p.m.