Neutron Night
Banned
I don't understand. What's good about it again? I seem to missed the reason to spend money on portable gaming. What core experience does the GBA offer than you couldn't get on the old black-and-white Utah-sized unit? Actual colors, more sprites onscreen and paralax, yahoo! So you paid $100 for an experience that is 2 generations behind instead of 3 generations behind! Isn't it fun spending $30 on a cartridge that's roughly 1/150th the size of a DVD?
Nintendo is fucking ripping you off. Isn't it GREAT that the Big N has been NICE enough to give you the opportunity to own 20-year-old classics like Donkey Kong for only $20! That's one dollor for every year the game has gotten increasingly obsolete. Thank you, Nintendo, for ALLOWING me to own Mario 3 for full price! After all, it's not like FOUR different Mario games were released 11 years ago in a single package called Super Mario All-Stars, that had a full-size screen and better sound. Thanks, Nintendo, for providing an outlet for games like Castelvania and FF Tactics to be released, in SNES-era "greatness" instead of on an actual system! I mean, no one actually played the SNES when it was released 13 FUCKING YEARS AGO. Who would want to pay $20 for GT3, FFX or Halo when we can pay $30 for "classic" games from our "youth"! Gosh gee whilikers, the gamers thank you for bestowing upon them this great rereleases! And what about the gamers who don't remember these games? Even better! More fodder for Nintendo's Rip-Off Machine, All Rights Reserved.
Sorry, but I played these games when I was 10. They were great. Now, I want to buy games from this century. I want technology from this century. I want an experience from this century. "But," you say, "much more powerful portable systems are coming out!" Um, no. More powerful than the GBA, yes. But portable systems, by defination, will always be at least a generation weaker than the home systems. In exchange for portablity, you get yesterday's games. Portable systems were not intended for serious gamers, then were intended to provide pretty flashing lights and funky sounds for little Jimmy to prevent him for complaining on the long minivan ride to Wally's Fun World. I know, because that's exactly how I used it as a kid. I loved Metroid II and Zelda: LA. Now that I'm older, I don't need portable games anymore. And if I was on a long plane ride and I wanted some portable distraction, the old GB would do the trick every bit as well as the GBA. As I said above, the GBA is 2 generations behind instead of 3 (or 3.5) like the original GB. Either way, it's outdated. So why are you blowing $100 and Godforsaken amounts on the games for something that isn't any more fun?
The truly sad thing is that there are good games on the GBA - games that could have been GREAT if they were released on an actual system that was concerned with giving you the best possible experience instead of the longest battery life. Imagine the Castlevania games on the PS2 or even the PS for that matter. Imagine how much more could be accomplished with awesome atmospheric graphics and intense sound. Instead me get...the best that can be done on the GBA. Imagine if FFT2 were released on the PS2 like people actually wanted, with a generation of advancement in technology and actual improved gameplay, instead of a retread with all the graphics and sound gone with the wind. And we wouldn't get a cutsefied Nintendo filtration like the designers clearly went with in order to appease the GBA's younger crowd.
Now we have the new systems. The DS. YAY. Hey kids, now it comes with TWICE the screens! That must mean the fun is twice as existant! While a real gamer wants BETTER technology, Nintendo is content to give us DIFFERENT technology. Better graphics? Nah. Nintendo will do something creative like Smell-O-Vision instead.
Imagine if all technology were like Nintendo. Instead of following up on the original Wright Brothers design and evolving into the airliners and fighter jets we see today, they would be creative and come up some flying bird-like device where you flap your arms very, very hard repeatedly, because no one else is doing it. Instead of turning the black-and-white television into a color television and then an HDTV, they would instead "change the paradigm" and create a FELLevision, where you FEEL the image instead of seeing it. So what if no one asked for it?
Nintendo apparently feels they can't compete on the same playing field as everyone else, so they're compensating by changing the sport. It's like a failing football player switching to lacrosse, which he then dominates, because no one gives a rat's ass about lacrosse. "But they are innovative!" people plead. Yes, but innovation is only worth anything when it's good. Most things that are worth doing have already been done. No one else has made a system with 2 screens, because it's a COMPLETE AND UTTER WASTE OF TIME.
I remember the Nintendo that was at the forefront of the industry, producing games that defined the mainline videogame experience, producing hardware that allowed for third-parties to create the games they wanted to create without bowing to Nintendo's whims. I remember when seeing Mario and Zelda on a game box meant something, a superlative product. Now we have Mario appearing in forgettable third-rate platformers where he carries around some shitty water hose the whole time, we see Zelda being reduced to some kiddy multiplayer game that has the exact same kind of graphics as LTTP, and get this, it gives you the OPTION (requirement) of connecting your 50 GBAs! Nintendo once again proves how deeply and sincerely care about your money. Where's the link cable that should be included in the GBA box, Mr. Nintendo sir? Sorry Little Tommy, we forgot to include it. Must have slipped our mind. Give us more of your money and we might allow you to bask in it's presence. Gosh gee THANKS, Mr. Nintendo Man. All that damn money was starting to overflow my house. Thanks for giving me something to do with it. I'm sure you'll put it to good use, maybe starting with R&D on your new system, the "Revolution", which will have several games that "helpfully suggest" you link up with the N64.
I'll pass...
Nintendo is fucking ripping you off. Isn't it GREAT that the Big N has been NICE enough to give you the opportunity to own 20-year-old classics like Donkey Kong for only $20! That's one dollor for every year the game has gotten increasingly obsolete. Thank you, Nintendo, for ALLOWING me to own Mario 3 for full price! After all, it's not like FOUR different Mario games were released 11 years ago in a single package called Super Mario All-Stars, that had a full-size screen and better sound. Thanks, Nintendo, for providing an outlet for games like Castelvania and FF Tactics to be released, in SNES-era "greatness" instead of on an actual system! I mean, no one actually played the SNES when it was released 13 FUCKING YEARS AGO. Who would want to pay $20 for GT3, FFX or Halo when we can pay $30 for "classic" games from our "youth"! Gosh gee whilikers, the gamers thank you for bestowing upon them this great rereleases! And what about the gamers who don't remember these games? Even better! More fodder for Nintendo's Rip-Off Machine, All Rights Reserved.
Sorry, but I played these games when I was 10. They were great. Now, I want to buy games from this century. I want technology from this century. I want an experience from this century. "But," you say, "much more powerful portable systems are coming out!" Um, no. More powerful than the GBA, yes. But portable systems, by defination, will always be at least a generation weaker than the home systems. In exchange for portablity, you get yesterday's games. Portable systems were not intended for serious gamers, then were intended to provide pretty flashing lights and funky sounds for little Jimmy to prevent him for complaining on the long minivan ride to Wally's Fun World. I know, because that's exactly how I used it as a kid. I loved Metroid II and Zelda: LA. Now that I'm older, I don't need portable games anymore. And if I was on a long plane ride and I wanted some portable distraction, the old GB would do the trick every bit as well as the GBA. As I said above, the GBA is 2 generations behind instead of 3 (or 3.5) like the original GB. Either way, it's outdated. So why are you blowing $100 and Godforsaken amounts on the games for something that isn't any more fun?
The truly sad thing is that there are good games on the GBA - games that could have been GREAT if they were released on an actual system that was concerned with giving you the best possible experience instead of the longest battery life. Imagine the Castlevania games on the PS2 or even the PS for that matter. Imagine how much more could be accomplished with awesome atmospheric graphics and intense sound. Instead me get...the best that can be done on the GBA. Imagine if FFT2 were released on the PS2 like people actually wanted, with a generation of advancement in technology and actual improved gameplay, instead of a retread with all the graphics and sound gone with the wind. And we wouldn't get a cutsefied Nintendo filtration like the designers clearly went with in order to appease the GBA's younger crowd.
Now we have the new systems. The DS. YAY. Hey kids, now it comes with TWICE the screens! That must mean the fun is twice as existant! While a real gamer wants BETTER technology, Nintendo is content to give us DIFFERENT technology. Better graphics? Nah. Nintendo will do something creative like Smell-O-Vision instead.
Imagine if all technology were like Nintendo. Instead of following up on the original Wright Brothers design and evolving into the airliners and fighter jets we see today, they would be creative and come up some flying bird-like device where you flap your arms very, very hard repeatedly, because no one else is doing it. Instead of turning the black-and-white television into a color television and then an HDTV, they would instead "change the paradigm" and create a FELLevision, where you FEEL the image instead of seeing it. So what if no one asked for it?
Nintendo apparently feels they can't compete on the same playing field as everyone else, so they're compensating by changing the sport. It's like a failing football player switching to lacrosse, which he then dominates, because no one gives a rat's ass about lacrosse. "But they are innovative!" people plead. Yes, but innovation is only worth anything when it's good. Most things that are worth doing have already been done. No one else has made a system with 2 screens, because it's a COMPLETE AND UTTER WASTE OF TIME.
I remember the Nintendo that was at the forefront of the industry, producing games that defined the mainline videogame experience, producing hardware that allowed for third-parties to create the games they wanted to create without bowing to Nintendo's whims. I remember when seeing Mario and Zelda on a game box meant something, a superlative product. Now we have Mario appearing in forgettable third-rate platformers where he carries around some shitty water hose the whole time, we see Zelda being reduced to some kiddy multiplayer game that has the exact same kind of graphics as LTTP, and get this, it gives you the OPTION (requirement) of connecting your 50 GBAs! Nintendo once again proves how deeply and sincerely care about your money. Where's the link cable that should be included in the GBA box, Mr. Nintendo sir? Sorry Little Tommy, we forgot to include it. Must have slipped our mind. Give us more of your money and we might allow you to bask in it's presence. Gosh gee THANKS, Mr. Nintendo Man. All that damn money was starting to overflow my house. Thanks for giving me something to do with it. I'm sure you'll put it to good use, maybe starting with R&D on your new system, the "Revolution", which will have several games that "helpfully suggest" you link up with the N64.
I'll pass...
