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Post by Smashchu on Aug 4, 2005 20:03:12 GMT -5
I heard it was a big flop but know nothing about it. Can anyone give me some info.
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Post by Fryguy64 on Aug 5, 2005 2:07:07 GMT -5
Well, it all started when... wait a second... www.planetnintendo.com/nindb/nes/nes_jp-d.shtmlThat's what the website is there for, Smashchu ;D Oh, and it really wasn't a flop. Nintendo just started moving back to carts because they found they could fit all their games on carts. No point having two systems when one will suffice.
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Post by almort27 on Aug 5, 2005 8:56:13 GMT -5
I dont think it was a flop. The N64 disk drive was though.
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Post by Smashchu on Aug 5, 2005 21:34:46 GMT -5
I think it was the N64DD, any info on that(and thanks for the link)
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Post by almort27 on Aug 5, 2005 21:59:47 GMT -5
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Post by nocturnal YL on Aug 6, 2005 1:11:03 GMT -5
People say Virtual Boy was Nintendo's only flop... But they don't even KNOW about 64DD!
VB is, at least, better known.
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Post by Fryguy64 on Aug 6, 2005 6:01:49 GMT -5
A lot of people seem to think the Satellaview-X was a flop as well.
I wonder if these people hear about something Japan had that America didn't and say to themselves "Oh, if America didn't get it then it MUST have done badly"...
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Post by nocturnal YL on Aug 6, 2005 9:37:11 GMT -5
A lot of people seem to think the Satellaview-X was a flop as well. I wonder if these people hear about something Japan had that America didn't and say to themselves "Oh, if America didn't get it then it MUST have done badly"... Oh, so did they think that "Sutte Hakkun is a great flop" or "Nintendo Puzzle Collection doesn't sell"? And oh, Is Disk System a flop? Nintendo Power? DS Download Service? Nonsence.
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Post by almort27 on Aug 9, 2005 11:03:57 GMT -5
If those kind of things do well in Japan then why dont they come out in America?
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Post by Fryguy64 on Aug 9, 2005 11:26:58 GMT -5
Because they're altogether different markets made up of different cultures. A game that does well in Japan won't necessarily do well in the US. And vice versa, for that matter. Metroid, for instance, is a huge hit in the US, but only a meager seller in Japan.
As for systems, they are often deemed unnecessary. The Disk System didn't need to be released in America because Nintendo (or, more specifically, Intelligent Systems) found ways to transfer Disk System games to cart.
Other cases, like the Famicom modem and Satellaview-X, require large network/cable systems to be in place to begin with. Japan is a small country and so it's easy to do such things, while America is a large country where such systems are not in place.
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Post by Flip on Aug 9, 2005 13:03:52 GMT -5
It's always disappointing when they add all these great features to devices like the DS, and western gamers will never be able to use them fully, like Wi-Fi hubs and downloading content while you're watching a movie. Video games are just not as ingrained into the culture and technology as they are over in Japan, and I doubt they will be; it seems like, at least in the States, video games have become a secondary Hollywood, and all that ever sells is meaningless, convoluted crap (i.e. anything by Electronic Arts).
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Post by Fryguy64 on Aug 9, 2005 13:53:01 GMT -5
Au contraire. Nintendo is planning on setting up their wifi hot spots throughout the UK by the end of this year... presumably in time for Mario Kart DS and Nintendogs.
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Post by Blueberry_pie on Aug 9, 2005 15:36:00 GMT -5
Au contraire. Nintendo is planning on setting up their wifi hot spots throughout the UK by the end of this year... presumably in time for Mario Kart DS and Nintendogs. Neato. Hope they'll set up some WiFi hot spots in the rest of Europe as well (preferably in the Netherlands ).
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Post by Fryguy64 on Aug 9, 2005 16:53:36 GMT -5
I only know UK because my old boss at Game (UK's Electronics Boutique) let me know. Exciting nonetheless. But I imagine if we're getting them then the rest of Europe will too.
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