Why has nintendo not...

[Alexius Wronka]

The DS is the perfect system to release their arcade classics out now. Double screens simulate the vertical and we can all finally have an arcade perfect donkey kong.

[+FujiSkunk]

That big gap between the screens would be incredibly annoying in a set-up like that.

[Avid Fan]

The DS has so much potential that has yet to be tapped into. I agree, Nintendo needs to release those old classics, NOW

But seriously with that touch screen, why arent companies waiting in line to release old Point 'n Click adventures? Loom, Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle, The Dig. Sam and Max, Full throttle, Indiana Jones, Kings Quest, Police Quest the list goes on and on

 

Shit too bad this system wasnt around 13 years ago, we could have had kickass ports of T2: The acrade game and other various gun games

And wheres a pinball games to take advantage of those screens

[Dones]

Not too long ago, someone made an AGI emulator for the GBA. It had a retooled interface for easy construction of verbs and ran many Sierra games like the early King Quests, Space, Police and Larry quests using the original game binaries. He pitched his idea to Vivendi Universal but they showed no interest. His website has his side of the story. In there he says Universal said the games would not interest younger audiences, had low res graphics and there was no money to be made out of those old games.

[NE146]

The DS is the perfect system to release their arcade classics out now. Double screens simulate the vertical and we can all finally have an arcade perfect donkey kong.

 

Actually no. But we can have the PERFECT Game and Watch version of Donkey Kong Maybe in a new G&W Gallery

[Ferris]

*sniff* *sniff*

 

......why does it smell like VirtualBoy in here??

[Avid Fan]

Smells like thread crappers to me

[NE146]

*sniff*  *sniff*  

 

......why does it smell like VirtualBoy in here??    

 

Smells like VirtualBoy? You saying it smells pretty good to you then?

[jeepnut24]

*sniff*  *sniff*  

 

......why does it smell like VirtualBoy in here??    

 

I would have to agree, with word of a new gameboy within the next year or so....

[davepesc]

I would have to agree that there is a very small market for point and click adventures on the DS.

For one, I'm not sure those types of games are good for the quick-burst gaming many usually use handhelds for.

Second, they're just not hip anymore. I don't know many 12-year-olds, but I doubt many would drop the new Metroid for a port of Leisure Suit Larry.

[Dones]

I think money could be made out of a Sierra compilation, like say a King's Quest DS collection. The DS touchpad would lend well to those games.

[dinovelvet]

The DS is the perfect system to release their arcade classics out now. Double screens simulate the vertical and we can all finally have an arcade perfect donkey kong.

 

Actually no. But we can have the PERFECT Game and Watch version of Donkey Kong Maybe in a new G&W Gallery

 

Yeah that'd be great. They could do a G&W gallery with ALL the classic double screen games, Donkey Kong, Donkey kong 2, Mickey & Donald, Gold Cliff, Zelda, Bomb sweeper. And then you could turn the DS sideways to play Lifeboat, Mario Bros, etc. I'd buy a DS just so I could have all those G&Ws in one package. YOU LISTENING, NINTENDO?

[Albert]

The DS is the perfect system to release their arcade classics out now. Double screens simulate the vertical and we can all finally have an arcade perfect donkey kong.

 

Did the original Donkey Kong have a big gap between the top half of the screen and the bottom half? I don't think this would work very well at all, and would be a desperate attempt to try and make the two screens work for something it would be very poor at.

 

..Al

[Ralph3]

How about the original arcade versions of Punch Out, Super Punch Out, Arm Wrestling. The emulation of the Nintendo Playchoice 10 (how about 30) and have the top screen do the same as the top screen did on the arcae-Instructions (and maybe secret hints for DS).

[Dones]

Yeah that'd be great. They could do a G&W gallery with ALL the classic double screen games, Donkey Kong, Donkey kong 2, Mickey & Donald, Gold Cliff, Zelda, Bomb sweeper. And then you could turn the DS sideways to play Lifeboat, Mario Bros, etc. I'd buy a DS just so I could have all those G&Ws in one package. YOU LISTENING, NINTENDO?  

Yeah but you know how alergic Nintendo is to bundling their own games when they can milk your wallet by selling them to you individually at $30 a pop.

 

Rumors say the guy who authorized Mario All-Stars was fired on the spot...... (just kidding)

[Albert]

How about the original arcade versions of Punch Out, Super Punch Out, Arm Wrestling. The emulation of the Nintendo Playchoice 10 (how about 30) and have the top screen do the same as the top screen did on the arcae-Instructions (and maybe secret hints for DS).

 

Those would all be very cool uses for the dual screens. I can't imagine they haven't already thought about this.

 

..Al

[PaulEMoz]

Quantum.

 

They need to release a version of Quantum.

 

Whether it's on a compilation or whatever, the DS needs a version of Quantum.

 

Quantum is the PERFECT game for the DS.

 

By the way, I rather like Quantum.

[Albert]

Whether it's on a compilation or whatever, the DS needs a version of Quantum.

 

Quantum is the PERFECT game for the DS.

 

By the way, I rather like Quantum.  

 

I think I've only seen a Quantum twice in my life--once when it was out in arcades, and I believe once at a game show I've attended in the last few years. It's definitely a unique game, and you're right, the touch screen on the DS would be perfect for it. However, I think it's far too obscure to port as a standalone title, so it'd probably be included as a game in a compilation instead. Here's hoping that if it does find its way to the DS, the programmers add in the touch screen support.

 

..Al

[NE146]

Yeah that'd be great. They could do a G&W gallery with ALL the classic double screen games, Donkey Kong, Donkey kong 2, Mickey & Donald, Gold Cliff, Zelda, Bomb sweeper. And then you could turn the DS sideways to play Lifeboat, Mario Bros, etc. I'd buy a DS just so I could have all those G&Ws in one package. YOU LISTENING, NINTENDO?  

Yeah but you know how alergic Nintendo is to bundling their own games when they can milk your wallet by selling them to you individually at $30 a pop.

 

Except you forget about a) Game and Watch Gallery, b) Game and Watch Gallery 2, and c) Game and Watch Gallery 3, etc. And of course that's all we're wanting here.. Game and Watch Gallery DS!

 

And now my oft posted favorite picture Side by side for comparison:

 

[Dones]

Nah I didn't forget about the gba releases, but was just making a joke about Nintendo disliking compilations.

[shep]

*sniff*  *sniff*  

 

......why does it smell like VirtualBoy in here??    

 

I would have to agree, with word of a new gameboy within the next year or so....

 

The DS is the "third pillar" remember.

 

 

And I liked the Virtual Boy

[Ferris]

Smells like thread crappers to me

 

Lol I think my point went over your head...

 

 

 

Smells like VirtualBoy? You saying it smells pretty good to you then?

 

YES! Maybe I came off a tad bit "anti-VirtualBoy" if so I did not mean to. I own 2 VBs, one new in the box and it is one of my most cherished items in my collection. I think the VB was one of the most creative entries into the console world but Nintendo missed the ball in terms of marketing and feeling out what home consumers were ready for in the "virtual" market. My company is under development with a lightweight HMD product... to me the VirtualBoy is the "Model-T" of HMD-ish dual screen displays. I really have a lot of respect for the system. However, Nintendo made some TERRIBLE marketing errors with the VB and these should not be overlooked a decade later as they launch their next "dual screen" system.

 

 

I would have to agree, with word of a new GameBoy within the next year or so....

 

My point exactly! Nintendo is undercutting themselves! I've always been happy with Nintendo products. Good fun, good quality, good price, etc. However they are shooting themselves in the foot with this system by targeting it to a more mature crowd than what you will find on the playground trying to instant message each other from one swing set to the other. Nintendo could have designed the DS to go up against the PSP in terms of quality, capability, PC/MAC connectivity, media, movies, music, and so much more. Instead of creating a "PSP Killer" they have created an "SP" killer, as if they are competing against themselves and the only threshold they have to cross is that which they had previously set with the GBA:SP. Nintendo has been too comfy with the GameBoy for nearly sixteen years now. And now they have underestimated the market. This is exactly what Atari did with the 5200.

 

My suggestion to Nintendo would be to get out of your booth this May at E3 and go walk around and see what everyone else is working on instead of focusing on what you have in house. When companies sit idly inside their castles (in this case the house that the NES built) they tend to "intellectually inbreed" with each other rather than allowing for cross pollination of other outside ideas. They don’t look out their window to see what’s going on outside and end up competing against themselves.

 

Just my opinion of course...

 

 

Your Thread-Crapper,

Justin

[Dones]

Nintendo has always followed the path of its own drum. They seem to be content to be where they are and be looked as a videogame toymaker of sorts.

[NE146]

Isn't that what videogames are though? They're toys! You PLAY them Everything from San Andreas down. Toy

[Dones]

Maybe. Maybe not.