Comments on: NEW RELEASES: April 27-May 3

By: Jonah Falcon

Jonah Falcon — Thu, 01 May 2008 15:48:54 +0000

Um, “What is Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Asteroids, etc.” And games like Marathon shaped gaming more than you can imagine.

Shaped gaming? Are you saying Donkey Kong shaped all of gaming, or created its own little niche.

Yeah, when I see Fallout 3, I see its origins in Donkey Kong. Ditto Fable 2.

Ever play, say, Ultima? I’m sorry, but the NES was for little kiddies. I played on the Commodore 64 where games like M.U.L.E., Adventure and Pinball Construction Set, Ultima IV, etc shaped gaming - followed by Wolfenstein and DOOM.

And you still haven’t proven that all Nintendo does is : Mario, Zelda, and Metroid. Actually, the only thing Nintendo does is Mario and Zelda. Metroid is when they want to do the occasional change of pace. Most Wii releases at this point are met with huge yawns by gamers. Honestly, Wii Fit?

http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/07/18/sarcastic-gamer-savages-the-wiifit/

Oh, and by the way, Nintendo did a lot of arcade ports back then. So it was Taito and Konami and Universal that “shaped” gaming. (smirk)

By: Ryan B

Ryan B — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:24:49 +0000

“Geometry Wars is a minigame created by Bizarre Creations as part of Project Gotham Racing 2 for the Xbox”

real original.

It’s funny because it’s not.

At least Nintendo is bringing out the good games for download that shaped gaming.

By: Jonah Falcon

Jonah Falcon — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:29:19 +0000

Funny how none of them are original titles. XBLA at least has original content (ie. Geometry Wars, Assault Heroes, etc.)

By: Ryan B

Ryan B — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:31:46 +0000

XBLA? Oh ok, so in that case, Nintendo hasn’t released a lot of mario/zelda/metroid games, no, they released a bunch of adventure/rpg/action/shooter/beat em up/ platforming games. Hmm, funny how that works out.

By: Jonathon Howard

Jonathon Howard — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:29:35 +0000

grr…

By: Jonah Falcon

Jonah Falcon — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:24:14 +0000

Bull. You bought SNK Arcade Classics for the NEO-GEO Fatal Fury and Metal Slug. ADMIT IT!

By: Jonathon Howard

Jonathon Howard — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:10:11 +0000

I was talking about GTA…

By: Jonah Falcon

Jonah Falcon — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:26:32 +0000

I knew you’d pick up SNK Arcade Classics. Let us know how it is.

By: Jonathon Howard

Jonathon Howard — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:02:50 +0000

According to Amazon my copy is already in the mail to me!

By: Jonah Falcon

Jonah Falcon — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:54:54 +0000

Let’s see, there’s party games (Scene It?), casual games, board games, racing games, a ton of RPGs (Mass Effect, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, etc), real-time-strategy games, regular strategy (Civ Rev), games like Overlord, and a ton of serious sports games. Oh, and don’t forget Xbox Live Arcade…

By: Ryan B

Ryan B — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:58:31 +0000

Nintendo released one Metroid game. Two Zelda games, and a couple Mario games, is it really reason enough to question them? The way I see it, the games sell, why stop it.

It’s like me asking when Microsoft is going to create a non-FPS game.

Or when Sony is actually going to make a good game.