"past-gen, Nintendo-created Titles.. Free"
DrSuredeath
Join Date: 2002-11-11 Member: 8217Members
Join Date: 2002-11-11 Member: 8217Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">With Revolution</div> A little bit old, but didn't see any thread about this one.
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Nintendo vice president speaks
[27/05/05 16:16]
NOA vice president George Harrison talks 'bout a Revolution
Amid the loud roars and beating chests of Sony and Microsoft last week, you'd be forgiven for forgetting about Nintendo completely.
Nintendo - the once dominating force of videogames - sat quietly in the corner, all alone and looking at its watch every five minutes, while its rivals danced and cheered the night away, full of satisfaction and optimism.
But Nintendo hasn't given up. The lack of any next-gen gameplay footage and the omission of the 'revolutionary' controller at the pre-E3 Nintendo conference may have been a disappointment, but Nintendo does have a plan up its sleeve.
In a recent interview with US website GameSpot, Nintendo of America vice president George Harrison answered some burning questions, finally giving some kind of clue as to how Nintendo plans to play this generation.
Beginning by referring to Nintendo's next-gen chances, Harrison confidently claimed, "Revolution will have no real problem standing up to [PS3 and Xbox 360]," keenly pointing out that, while Sony and Microsoft have laid their cards on the table, Nintendo is yet to actually reveal its final specs, regardless of what has been said by the press.
Harrison then explained that getting developers on board is key to the Revolution strategy, and Nintendo is working hard to ensure Revolution is both easy and cheap to develop for.
As far as what makes the console revolutionary, Harrison was coy regarding the controller, instead focusing on Nintendo's online plans and downloadable games service.
<b>"People sort of picked on us for not prematurely jumping into online or internet gaming," he mused, going on to point out that now the company has more to offer besides online gaming. Harrison then confirmed that past-gen, Nintendo-created titles will indeed be downloadable for free.</b>
This is a clever move by Nintendo: regardless of the final power of Revolution and the frequency of new titles, Nintendo knows that its loyal fans will cry tears of joy over a free service that lets them download previous Nintendo classics straight out of the box.
Third-party developers could charge for the privilege to download though. Or, alternatively, they could offer downloadable classics as an incentive to buy their next-gen full price releases. Either way, classic Nintendo titles such as Castlevania and MegaMan may not be immediately accessible.
A similar model applies to online gaming. Playing Nintendo titles across the internet will be free, whereas third-party publishers will be able to charge whatever subscription rates they wish.
Still, with a massive back-catalogue of titles and some key franchises that gamers have been wanting to play online for some time - Mario Kart, to name but one - it's unlikely the occasional fee for a third-party offering will spoil Nintendo's idea too much.
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I'm already sold if it's true
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Nintendo vice president speaks
[27/05/05 16:16]
NOA vice president George Harrison talks 'bout a Revolution
Amid the loud roars and beating chests of Sony and Microsoft last week, you'd be forgiven for forgetting about Nintendo completely.
Nintendo - the once dominating force of videogames - sat quietly in the corner, all alone and looking at its watch every five minutes, while its rivals danced and cheered the night away, full of satisfaction and optimism.
But Nintendo hasn't given up. The lack of any next-gen gameplay footage and the omission of the 'revolutionary' controller at the pre-E3 Nintendo conference may have been a disappointment, but Nintendo does have a plan up its sleeve.
In a recent interview with US website GameSpot, Nintendo of America vice president George Harrison answered some burning questions, finally giving some kind of clue as to how Nintendo plans to play this generation.
Beginning by referring to Nintendo's next-gen chances, Harrison confidently claimed, "Revolution will have no real problem standing up to [PS3 and Xbox 360]," keenly pointing out that, while Sony and Microsoft have laid their cards on the table, Nintendo is yet to actually reveal its final specs, regardless of what has been said by the press.
Harrison then explained that getting developers on board is key to the Revolution strategy, and Nintendo is working hard to ensure Revolution is both easy and cheap to develop for.
As far as what makes the console revolutionary, Harrison was coy regarding the controller, instead focusing on Nintendo's online plans and downloadable games service.
<b>"People sort of picked on us for not prematurely jumping into online or internet gaming," he mused, going on to point out that now the company has more to offer besides online gaming. Harrison then confirmed that past-gen, Nintendo-created titles will indeed be downloadable for free.</b>
This is a clever move by Nintendo: regardless of the final power of Revolution and the frequency of new titles, Nintendo knows that its loyal fans will cry tears of joy over a free service that lets them download previous Nintendo classics straight out of the box.
Third-party developers could charge for the privilege to download though. Or, alternatively, they could offer downloadable classics as an incentive to buy their next-gen full price releases. Either way, classic Nintendo titles such as Castlevania and MegaMan may not be immediately accessible.
A similar model applies to online gaming. Playing Nintendo titles across the internet will be free, whereas third-party publishers will be able to charge whatever subscription rates they wish.
Still, with a massive back-catalogue of titles and some key franchises that gamers have been wanting to play online for some time - Mario Kart, to name but one - it's unlikely the occasional fee for a third-party offering will spoil Nintendo's idea too much.
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That and I'm glad Nintendo isn't showing their controller design. I don't want it to get mimicked or stolen again.
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They are also trying to get other companies to put their games on Nintendo's online service so that they have a more complete library.
(At the moment they can't put anything not created by Nintendo... I believe this does not include games published by Nintendo like Goldeneye for N64.)
Nintendo > j00
I'm seriously considering it, but I haven't bought any consoles in my whole life. I've gotten a GB as a birthday present, my brother bought a NES, and I've borrowed the SNES at my moms job, but never actually bought a console.
But, I was already going to get a Revolution anyways, so this is just icing on the cake.
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Nintendo vice president speaks
[27/05/05 16:16]
NOA vice president George Harrison talks 'bout a Revolution
Amid the loud roars and beating chests of Sony and Microsoft last week, you'd be forgiven for forgetting about Nintendo completely.
Nintendo - the once dominating force of videogames - sat quietly in the corner, all alone and looking at its watch every five minutes, while its rivals danced and cheered the night away, full of satisfaction and optimism.
But Nintendo hasn't given up. The lack of any next-gen gameplay footage and the omission of the 'revolutionary' controller at the pre-E3 Nintendo conference may have been a disappointment, but Nintendo does have a plan up its sleeve.
In a recent interview with US website GameSpot, Nintendo of America vice president George Harrison answered some burning questions, finally giving some kind of clue as to how Nintendo plans to play this generation.
Beginning by referring to Nintendo's next-gen chances, Harrison confidently claimed, "Revolution will have no real problem standing up to [PS3 and Xbox 360]," keenly pointing out that, while Sony and Microsoft have laid their cards on the table, Nintendo is yet to actually reveal its final specs, regardless of what has been said by the press.
Harrison then explained that getting developers on board is key to the Revolution strategy, and Nintendo is working hard to ensure Revolution is both easy and cheap to develop for.
As far as what makes the console revolutionary, Harrison was coy regarding the controller, instead focusing on Nintendo's online plans and downloadable games service.
<b>"People sort of picked on us for not prematurely jumping into online or internet gaming," he mused, going on to point out that now the company has more to offer besides online gaming. Harrison then confirmed that past-gen, Nintendo-created titles will indeed be downloadable for free.</b>
This is a clever move by Nintendo: regardless of the final power of Revolution and the frequency of new titles, Nintendo knows that its loyal fans will cry tears of joy over a free service that lets them download previous Nintendo classics straight out of the box.
Third-party developers could charge for the privilege to download though. Or, alternatively, they could offer downloadable classics as an incentive to buy their next-gen full price releases. Either way, classic Nintendo titles such as Castlevania and MegaMan may not be immediately accessible.
A similar model applies to online gaming. Playing Nintendo titles across the internet will be free, whereas third-party publishers will be able to charge whatever subscription rates they wish.
Still, with a massive back-catalogue of titles and some key franchises that gamers have been wanting to play online for some time - Mario Kart, to name but one - it's unlikely the occasional fee for a third-party offering will spoil Nintendo's idea too much.
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Same here
Paper Mario 1
All the old marios/zeldas/metroids
oh dear god....
then again, I already knew I was gona get a Revoloution, so it dosn't matter <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Oh, and there so needs to be a shorter version of Revoloution (N:R, Rev?)
Just as free as Doom 3 or the new Star Wars movie.
If they're not selling it anymore, and I can't find a copy in any car-boot sale or 2nd-hand game shop, my concience is clear.
In one case the company which made said game had been out of business for seven years, so my concience was VERY clear.
Nintendo, Capcom, and basically all the game companies worth mentioning, are still around and still own the copyright to their games.
It doesn't matter how old any given work is, since copyright now basically lasts indefinatly (thank your congressmen for looking out for big business and giving you the finger, as always).
And just FYI: ROMs are legal to posess in the following circumstances:
1. You ripped the ROM for yourself from a copy of the game that you own. This is a fair-use protected back-up copy.
2. The ROM is public domain.
3. The ROM is sold or rented to you via a legal distribution channel.
I'm also interested in knowing how their sales model will be affected--if they offer a few hundred free titles, it'll be much harder to make up the traditional loss that the console manufacturers take on hardware to push up units sold and allow additional software sales.
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So, VERY VERY free?
Has it been confirmed from a Nintendo representative?
I was sure they would make us pay for it... Hell, I want to pay a little for it, just to show support.
"past-gen, <b>Nintendo-created</b> titles.. Free"
Notice how consoles are looking and becoming more and more like PCs?
Sooner or later, everyone will figure out that you just need to USE A FREAKING COMPUTER FOR GAMES.
I mean, they add online play to a console and its revolutionary, whereas computers have had that since... well, since there WAS an internet.
It's cause I'm drooling in awe.
Fanboy = true;
It's cause I'm drooling in awe.
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So you're setting boolean variable fanboy equal to true just now? Shouldn't it be == so that we know that it's been that way since the beginning?
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oh and for whoever said you cant buy snes anymore, i saw one a few days ago, but didnt buy it, then i realised that the other 3 snes i had at home were broke <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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This one simply MUST be executed.