GDC stuff

[Raban]

I'm excited for a Zelda game, my favorite franchise.  How can you fault me?

Easily. Zelda has been shit for the past two games, and Nintendo has spent this gen proving to everyone with a functioning brain how little they give a shit about their "core" demographic. Combine this knowledge with what we've seen of the game so far and the result is quite simple.

[Philip Cardgage]

At this point, its like getting excited for the new Dynasty Warriors game.

[TakingBackSunday]

oh jesus.

[Raban]

At this point, its like getting excited for the new Dynasty Warriors game.

so true!

[maxy]

Not sure what you're trying to say with that image comparison, Patel.

"The Nintendo 3DS is a last-generation piece of crap with absolutely no reason to exist in 2011, and I look forward to watching Nintendo squander their momentum as they dive head-up-their-own-ass-first into PlayStation 3-level irrelevancy with all the velocity and planning of an alcoholic barrel-jumper hurling themselves over Niagara Falls."

That won't happen unfourtanetly 
nintendo cultists>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>sony cultists

But i do see this smartphone thing hurting them(financially),they sure talk a lot about them lately...

Nintendo are truly a reptilian company nowadays

 

[Oblivion]

I'm excited for a Zelda game, my favorite franchise.  How can you fault me?

Easily. Zelda has been shit for the past two games, and Nintendo has spent this gen proving to everyone with a functioning brain how little they give a shit about their "core" demographic. Combine this knowledge with what we've seen of the game so far and the result is quite simple.

You mean the past 2 handheld games or console ones?

[demi]

For the record

I too, enjoy video games.

Just making that clear. In case there was any doubt. At all.

[Raban]

Yes, I think we should all agree anybody who doesn't like video games should stop posting on this board immediately.

[Philip Cardgage]

Yes, that should be a mandate.

[demi]

Speaking of "cheap crappy unfulfilling iphone games"

New Free Update for Infinity Blade

•Gain access to the all-new “Dungeon” game play environment.
•Players can battle and explore through six new game arenas, which nearly doubles the size of the game.
•Featuring The Deathless Kings, players will encounter ten new enemies, including the Wood Jester, the Iron Guard, the Plated Sorok, the Warden, and more.
•Fans will have the ability to continue building their character with NewGame+, which allows gamers to re-master any item, unlock new items in the store, and removes the level cap.
•Collect and master more than 30 all-new magic rings, swords, shields, helmets, and armor.
•Gain new achievements and compete on the leaderboards.
•Enjoy new gameplay enhancements and optimizations, including multiple character slots, dodge button size slider, and audio volume controls.

[Raban]

Looks like Epic was reading this thread.

[SantaC]

The visuals in Skyward sword is  

Nintendo needs to get up to speed with their hardware, because playing Zelda in 2003 graphics is not exciting. That said, I am sure the gameplay will be improved upon Twilight Princess.

[Philip Cardgage]

Speaking of "cheap crappy unfulfilling iphone games"

New Free Update for Infinity Blade

•Gain access to the all-new “Dungeon” game play environment.
•Players can battle and explore through six new game arenas, which nearly doubles the size of the game.
•Featuring The Deathless Kings, players will encounter ten new enemies, including the Wood Jester, the Iron Guard, the Plated Sorok, the Warden, and more.
•Fans will have the ability to continue building their character with NewGame+, which allows gamers to re-master any item, unlock new items in the store, and removes the level cap.
•Collect and master more than 30 all-new magic rings, swords, shields, helmets, and armor.
•Gain new achievements and compete on the leaderboards.
•Enjoy new gameplay enhancements and optimizations, including multiple character slots, dodge button size slider, and audio volume controls.

fuck yes

[Raban]

Now BrandNew, do you see why there's no reason to be excited for a Zelda game? This is how gaming works now. Instant feedback and content patches that increase game value. That's the way to succeed in the casual market. Nintendo's way of doing what Epic just did is releasing full, $50 retail discs.

[Philip Cardgage]

Dling this FREE update now

[SantaC]

over and under for Skyward sword actual coming out this year? Iwata didn't mention a release date and the year is already a couple of months old.

[demi]

E3 will have more info

[tiesto]

Now BrandNew, do you see why there's no reason to be excited for a Zelda game? This is how gaming works now. Instant feedback and content patches that increase game value. That's the way to succeed in the casual market. Nintendo's way of doing what Epic just did is releasing full, $50 retail discs.

Wait, what? This post makes no sense. A new Zelda game will still have tons more content than Infinity Blade regardless of how many free patches Epic puts out (even though I think it's really cool they put out something for free like that).

One reason I have never gotten into the whole smartphone gaming thing is because I like buttons, and game experiences with at least a bit of content. Not glorified Flash gaming that takes all of 2 minutes to play. (I don't have ADD where I need to be constantly fiddling around with my phone/gaming, and only really use my DS/PSP for longer train rides or flights)

[Shaka Khan]

Iwata is trollin apps while I play Tiny Wings. U mad

Tiny Wings

YES! FINALLY!

Tiny Wings

people with taste

[Howard Alan Treesong]

Speaking of "cheap crappy unfulfilling iphone games"

New Free Update for Infinity Blade

•Gain access to the all-new “Dungeon” game play environment.
•Players can battle and explore through six new game arenas, which nearly doubles the size of the game.
•Featuring The Deathless Kings, players will encounter ten new enemies, including the Wood Jester, the Iron Guard, the Plated Sorok, the Warden, and more.
•Fans will have the ability to continue building their character with NewGame+, which allows gamers to re-master any item, unlock new items in the store, and removes the level cap.
•Collect and master more than 30 all-new magic rings, swords, shields, helmets, and armor.
•Gain new achievements and compete on the leaderboards.
•Enjoy new gameplay enhancements and optimizations, including multiple character slots, dodge button size slider, and audio volume controls.

I would say "Nintendo got served," but I'm sure an increasingly irrelevant card-manufacturer is the last thing on ChAIR's mind as they embrace modern game design principles, state-of-the-art hardware, and non-archaic sales and distribution channels.

ChAIR

[magus]

i don't know if it's fake but i read on a news site that 3DS is going to have game gear games.... was there ever a single good game gear game?

[tiesto]

i don't know if it's fake but i read on a news site that 3DS is going to have game gear games.... was there ever a single good game gear game?

Defenders of Oasis

[Cindi Mayweather]

3ds Mario makes me cum.

OoT 3ds looks hot.

Skyward Sword trailer makes it look about as boring and derivative as a new Tetris game.

[Sho Nuff]

I like how Reggie talked about taking the Netflix experience from the 3DS screen to a FLAT SCREEN TV -- not an HDTV, lol. They have trained him well

[Shaka Khan]

Honestly the entire keynote was a snooze-fest. I'm so glad I tuned in to Apple's conference.

Curing autism > fostering autism

[Van Cruncheon]

robert smith gets his first shot at videogame villainy

[iconoclast]

3ds Mario makes me cum.

OoT 3ds looks hot.

Skyward Sword trailer makes it look about as boring and derivative as a new Tetris game.

Shit, I wish Arika would make a new Tetris: The Grandmaster. Even Mihara is butthurt about not being to make it

[Eel O'Brian]

(Image removed from quote.)

robert smith gets his first shot at videogame villainy

So I try to laugh about it
Cover it all up with lies
I try to
laugh about it
Hiding the tears in my eyes
'cause boys don't cry

[Brehvolution]

At first I thought maybe the purple under his eyes were the product of a quarter century gin addiction. But no, it's just gay makeup.

[Raban]

Now BrandNew, do you see why there's no reason to be excited for a Zelda game? This is how gaming works now. Instant feedback and content patches that increase game value. That's the way to succeed in the casual market. Nintendo's way of doing what Epic just did is releasing full, $50 retail discs.

Wait, what? This post makes no sense. A new Zelda game will still have tons more content than Infinity Blade regardless of how many free patches Epic puts out (even though I think it's really cool they put out something for free like that).

Wasn't really comparing the games 1:1, more of the way they're being marketed to the "casuals".

[naff]

Now BrandNew, do you see why there's no reason to be excited for a Zelda game? This is how gaming works now. Instant feedback and content patches that increase game value. That's the way to succeed in the casual market

These two things confuse me, why would anyone be less excited for Zelda because of Infinity Blade? And since when did DLC bring in the casuals?

I think many devs could learn things from small agile developments like Infinity Blade, not just Nintendo, and at the end of the day it (Infinity Blade) seems like little more than a tech demo wrapped around a casual game.

[cool breeze]

now there is some PSP2 stuff happening or something

only notable new info so far is that game cards are 2gb and 4gb (reference: UMD maxed out at 1.8gb)

well, I don't know if the 4 arm9 32-bit cores was known before or not.

[Raban]

I think many devs could learn things from small agile developments like Infinity Blade, not just Nintendo, and at the end of the day it (Infinity Blade) seems like little more than a tech demo wrapped around a casual game.

Sounds like Skyward Sword.

[Shaka Khan]

No it doesn't.

Silliness sans humor is a major turn off.

[Eel O'Brian]

now there is some PSP2 stuff happening or something

only notable new info so far is that game cards are 2gb and 4gb (reference: UMD maxed out at 1.8gb)

booooooo

[Shaka Khan]

Co-signed.

Hope there's room for bigger capacities down the line. It wouldn't be impossible for flash card techs now, would it?

[Eel O'Brian]

that's just about the right size for a bunch of fucking minigames and half-sized ports

Uncharted Climbers

Resistance Arena

Designated Killzone

inFamous:  Protect This Street

LittleBigAsteroid

Ratchet:  Where in the World is Clank

Gran Turismo 5

[Shaka Khan]

[Howard Alan Treesong]

that's just about the right size for a bunch of fucking minigames and half-sized ports

Uncharted Climbers

Resistance Arena

Designated Killzone

inFamous:  Protect This Street

LittleBigAsteroid

Ratchet:  Where in the World is Clank

Gran Turismo 5

Light Rain: Partly Cloudy this Afternoon

[Eel O'Brian]

Sport Champion

God of Skirmish

[Damian79]

You guys are hating on skyward sword because you dont have the skills to play an adventure game that requires timing, atleast i can admit that it is too  much for me.

[Eel O'Brian]

MAG (mini action game)

[demi]

You guys are hating on skyward sword because you dont have the skills to play an adventure game that requires timing, atleast i can admit that it is too  much for me.

Ok I'll bite.

This is a distinguished mentally-challenged ass comment.

[Eel O'Brian]

Warhawkwings Island

Motorsprinkle

[Eel O'Brian]

who cares about Zelda, Sony fucked up on the cart size

[demi]

who cares about sony, free update for game from greatest devs ever since advent rising which is also great

[Eel O'Brian]

Sly Cooper's Touch 'n' Tickle

[Damian79]

You guys are hating on skyward sword because you dont have the skills to play an adventure game that requires timing, atleast i can admit that it is too  much for me.

Ok I'll bite.

This is a distinguished mentally-challenged ass comment.

From that trailer i can see EVERYTHING requires timing.  Not fun for me.

[Damian79]

Well it is just a combat trailer. 

[Eel O'Brian]

Call of Duty:  Falklands

[pilonv1]

3D movies on small blurry screen? awesome

[TakingBackSunday]

From that trailer I can see nothing NOTHING new. Link even makes the same sounds he did on the n64. The whole concept is so stale and tired its embarassing really.

Now you may say games like COD are stale too, but they only last 5 hours.

le sigh.  it's a combat trailer, its purpose being to show off wii motion + integration.  Link's voice actor has remained the same since the N64, so OF COURSE he sounds the same.  Like what the fuck, really man?  For real?  THAT'S what you're complaining about?

[Philip Cardgage]

The Zelda HUD reminds me of Windows Accesibility.

Like Zelda for geriatrics.

[cool breeze]

more psp2 stuff: http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/03/sony-ngp-power/

seems like the back (or the front too?) touch panel is pressure sensitive.  I guess the back one is basically like a laptop touch pad.

[Philip Cardgage]

I thought that was known.

[magus]

saying that zelda is stale is like saying the sky is blue

do you people get angry when they tell you that the sky is blue?

[maxy]

David Coombes, a platform research manager for Sony Computer Entertainment America, explained that although the NGP is equipped with a high-performance quad-core CPU theoretically capable of 2GHz, the clock speeds will have to be dialled down in order to preserve the PSP successor's battery life and prevent it from running too hot.

"Some people in the press have said wow, this thing... could be as powerful as PS3. Well, it's not going to run at 2GHz because the battery would last five minutes," he said. "And it would probably set fire to your pants."

[iconoclast]

You guys are hating on skyward sword because you dont have the skills to play an adventure game that requires timing, atleast i can admit that it is too  much for me.

what the shit

I really, really wish that the new Zelda would be SO HARD TO PLAY that it would turn people away. then maybe i'd be looking forward to it.

but it's a nintendo game, so obviously it's going to be easy and boring.

[Damian79]

http://gdc2011.nintendo.com/

Its near the end.


Yeah i know there is a gdc thread but this is an interesting topic.

So far I phones games i have seen are either ports of really old games(SMB2), something that can be done on the DS(Zenonia) or plain crap games(Infinity blade).  I am wondering if he has a point though about craftmanship.  The games dont really compare with console or even hand held games.  There is a rare few like ossian studios "the shadow sun" but i am wondering if they will turn a profit on it, i hope they dont die because of thie iphone investment as i loved the mysteries of westgate game for NWN2.  I personally think downloadable games are the way to go like on XBL and PSN but not like the model they have for iphones.

[magus]

Zelda happens to be one of the most creative franchises in gaming

nah it's always the same boring mess that takes you trough a forest/fire/water (in that order) place so you can get a boomerang/hookshot/bombs

if nintendo had a little more balls they would stop rehashing stuff and make a new adventure puzzley game,i mean looking at that trailer they are already ripping off puzzles out of zack & wiki so....