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A First Look At E3 2006 51

Posted by Zonk from the there-will-be-games-there dept.
GameDaily has a look at what we can expect from the big names at E3 this year. From the article: "It's do or die time for Nintendo as far as the company's future consoles are concerned. The Revolution will be a key portion of Nintendo's pre-E3 press event. We expect to see at least three titles up and running on the show floor, as well as a handful of titles in video form from Nintendo and a few third party developers. Nintendo will also be hyping up its retro downloads service for the Revolution, and will likely have several classics playable using the Revolution controller."
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  • Nintendo will also be hyping up its retro downloads service for the Revolution, and will likely have several classics playable using the Revolution controller.

    do download nesticle,download smb3.nes,play rom
    Do: done!

    • Re:*sigh* (Score:5, Insightful)

      by Eightyford ( 893696 ) on Thursday January 26, 2006 @04:04PM (#14571691) Homepage
      Some people don't mind supporting companies that provide a worthwhile service. I'd rather play Mario on my TV than on my computer.
      • I already own Super Mario 3. Twice (the original cart and the game boy advance version). Therefore, I should be provided with free upgrades for life. If Nintendo feels different -- well, that's what the internets are for.
        • I already own Super Mario 3. Twice (the original cart and the game boy advance version). Therefore, I should be provided with free upgrades for life. If Nintendo feels different -- well, that's what the internets are for.

          Just because there is a new verion out doesn't mean that your old carts will stop working. In my opinion, as long as the ROM image is the same, fair use applies; but I disagree in cases like Mario 64 for the DS.

        • Re:*sigh* (Score:3, Informative)

          by jchenx ( 267053 )

          I already own Super Mario 3. Twice (the original cart and the game boy advance version). Therefore, I should be provided with free upgrades for life. If Nintendo feels different -- well, that's what the internets are for.

          Okay, I know this probably a troll post, but I can't help but bite.

          What you own is the physical medium the game came on, and whatever warranty that comes with them. If the cart stopped working yesterday, do you expect Nintendo to just give you a new one free of charge? It's the same way wi

          • I don't think you can pirate a copy of a Nintendo game you own. I can see your point about a new version of the game for a new console but if I own SMB3 but my Nintendo breaks I would say that downloading a copy to run on an emulator is completely legal and moral.
            • IANAL, so I don't know if that's "completely legal". I imagine it might qualify as fair-use perhaps? Then again, what happens if Nintendo starts selling copies of their retro titles on their own brand of emulator? That would change things significantly.

              It wouldn't surprise me if Nintendo started going after ROM and emulator sites even more than they are now, if their retro-library on the Revolution really started taking off. It'd be a bit saddening really though, since you know most of those users are reall
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              • look, im not saying that what parents parents parent said is ok, personally I think its a grey area, although if the game is EXACTLY the same as one you've already bought (sp?)(especially one you've bought twice), no upgrades/extra bits, then morally I dont have a problem, however, YOU CAN NOT COMPARE IT TO STEALING SOMEONES CAR, unless its a MAGICAL CAR THAT DUPLICATES ITSELF ONCE STOLEN SO THE OWNER DOESN'T EVEN REALISE IT's STOLEN!!!!! (ok enough angry caps, I know I know, dont use caps etc sorry I jus
              • That is just dumb. It is more like this. You own a car and the car company stops making it. The car breaks so you take the engine out and build a new car around it.
                You bought the right to use the game. How you use that game really is up to you as along as you don't sell it or give it to someone that you know doesn't have the rights to it.
                Good grief. Next you will say that taking a program that you bought for windows and running it under wine is stealing.
                Running a game you own on an emulator is so not steali
      • Some people don't mind supporting companies that provide a worthwhile service. I'd rather play Mario on my TV than on my computer.

        TV-out?

    • Re:*sigh* (Score:5, Insightful)

      by jchenx ( 267053 ) on Thursday January 26, 2006 @04:14PM (#14571834) Journal
      Your comment reminds me of a friend of mine. He was a HUGE Sega/Dreamcast fan, and boasted of having hundreds of games. When I went over to his place, I saw that they were all burned copies. He always complained how it was a shame that the Dreamcast never did well. Gee, I wonder why ...

      Sometimes spending money IS the better thing to do, especially if you like the products and services being offered.
      • Then what is your excuse for why M$ actually is doing well?
        • If I remember correctly, you could load pirated games on the DC w/o needing a mod chip. All it took was a disc loader. With the PS2 and Xbox, though, you do need to mod the box. That's not all that difficult, mind you, but that's a large enough hurdle for most folks. (I know this is only anecdotal evidence, but out of the handful of DC owners I knew, ALL of them had at least a few pirated games that they would have purchased otherwise)

          There are other reasons why I think the Xbox has fared a lot better than
      • "He always complained how it was a shame that the Dreamcast never did well. Gee, I wonder why ..."

        Sega didn't have enough money to build the millions of machines they'd have needed to sell, then the PS2 came along. A suddend stop of piracy would not have made the slighest difference in the fate of that system.

        • Re:*sigh* (Score:4, Interesting)

          by jchenx ( 267053 ) on Thursday January 26, 2006 @06:13PM (#14573367) Journal
          I didn't mean to indicate that piracy was the ONLY reason the Dreamcast bombed. There were a ton of problems that hit Sega. I happen to think one major reason was all the Sony FUD. All the claims of the "Emotion Engine" and Toy Story-like rendering came out around that time. Many gamers, like myself, opted to just wait an extra year for the PS2. By the time the buzz came out that the DC actually had a lot of decent games, I was already hooked to the PS2 and it was too late to get another console, especially one that you could SEE was spiraling downwards.

          That said, I'm sure the piracy couldn't have helped the DC survive. (I think that claims of being able to try games before you buy them generates sales, are highly exaggerated ... most of the folks I knew that pirated games liked, never ended up buying them)
  • Hype for an event which is hyping some stuff that may or may not be released before the next E3...

    This is just wacky fun!
  • ...are booth babes, as I seem to have been reminded of 4 times in the past week.

    In fact, if we can have more /. stories about the lack of booth babes than pictures of booth babes themselves this year... that would be wonderfully depressing. Thanks.

  • more like a first guess and some more speculation about what E3 2006 might be like...

  • Sony (Score:2, Funny)

    by Eightyford ( 893696 )
    I don't see how sony could ever top the "emotion engine" in the playstation 2. We all know that ps2 games are the graphical equivalent to a realtime Toy Story...
    • Okay, I admit that my above joke wasn't exactly a knee-slapper, but it should be noted that the correct way to mod a bad joke is to click on -1 overrated.
  • That certainly seems to be an area where they can compete. The hardware is profitable and doesn't take next generation technology to develop. The software is cheaper to design for. And the prices are virtually the same.

    This leads me to conclude that Nintendo is cleaning up on its entire handheld business. You can't really tell me that a game like Nintendogz or Animal Crossing DS cost the same to produce as a "full" console game. Yet they sell close to full price.

    I never really could figure out why handhel

    • So do they really need to succeed with the revolution considering how well the DS is doing. Especially since it was claimed the DS was NOT the true succesor to the GBA. That honor is for an as yet unknown handheld.

      I wonder if they just claimed that to hedge their bets, in case the DS didn't do well. Then they could claim to their shareholders and fans, "Umm, yeah, so that didn't work out too well ... fortunately we can go back to making REAL Gameboys!". Much the same way they treated the Virtual Boy and sw
      • The DS plays GBA games.
        • Umm, yes, that's exactly why I said that the DS is a superset of the GBA product line. Your point is?
          • Well since you made this comment:
            And I'd hate to have to buy both portables and their respective games, from now on.
            Seemed like you were implying that you couldn't just get a DS andplay games from both DS and GBA. I guess I misunderstood.
            • Ahh, I guess that could have been confusing. When I made that comment, I was referring to a future GB platform. I assume that the successor to the GB will use a different format for their games, and that would not be compatible with the DS. Then again, Nintendo seems to be doing a good job with backwards compatibility with their handhelds, so maybe they'll make games for the future GB (if there is one) compatible with the DS.

      • It would seem rather silly to have TWO branches of portables, one of which seems very much a superset of the other one.

        I'd love to see a true GBA successor from Nintendo (with better graphics, analog sticks, and so on). I think the portable market can sustain at least two different architectures (see DS and PSP, which seems to be doing acceptably, despite the fact that there are pretty much no good games available for it). If you can own both of these markets, why not do it?

        If Nintendo came out with a G

      • It would seem rather silly to have TWO branches of portables, one of which seems very much a superset of the other one. And I'd hate to have to buy both portables and their respective games, from now on.

        [WARNING: SARCASM DETECTED]

        Very true. It's also silly to have so many branches of cars. SUVs, trucks, and small cars... it's all so confusing! They should just make one type of car so we wouldn't have to decide. After all, everybody has the same needs and budgets, right?

        P.S. What's up with computer manufactu
        • Very true. It's also silly to have so many branches of cars. SUVs, trucks, and small cars... it's all so confusing! They should just make one type of car so we wouldn't have to decide. After all, everybody has the same needs and budgets, right?

          So handhelds = vehicles now? :)

          Your analogy doesn't apply for many reasons. In the portable space, there's (at the moment) only two real manufacturers: Nintendo and Sony. And the consumer typically only uses one product at a time. I know this is anecdotal, but I know
    • Yet they sell close to full price.

      Thats not quite true. Most "A" list DS games sell for $30-35 with most other console games games going for $50-60. 30-50% cheaper is not what I call "close to full price".
      • And I do so DS games wich cost the same as full price PC games. 39.95 euro for both in holland. Sure some PC games go to 49.95 but some of the DS games are more expensive at launch as well.

        Sorry but I don't do big consoles. I remember that all the games I want to play cost a lot more on the consoles then the PC version.

        So your right, I should have made it clear I meant PC prices. My bad.

    • To answer your first question: Yes they could.

      The thing is, Nintendo has a lot of people working for them who enjoy making video games. As long as they have a home console that makes them money, they'll continue to stay in the home console business to make the larger, higher budget games, cause it's what they like doing.

      To answer your second question, Nintendo might change their mind and make the DS the next gameboy, but I don't think they will. For one thing, gameboy has always been backwards compatible,

  • I can't wait for this year's E3. Even without a press pass, many gaming websites now update by-the-minute for the Big Three's opening demonstrations, meaning I can get details as they trickle in, instead of waiting for news later that morning or night.

    Revolution, as was the focus of the article summary, will be the "To see" item, as has been with most of Nintendo's hardware offerings. Yes, the PS3 is coming out this year as well, but that's just more of the same thing, offering better graphics and a few oth
  • Well not actually, but the head of 3d realms did say he expect:

    3D Realms CEO Scott Miller has revealed that he has yet to get his hands on an Xbox 360 - despite the fact that his studio is supposed to be developing a game for the console.

    In a post on his blog, Miller wrote: "I've yet to touch the controller of any [next-gen console]. I can't find a X360 to buy in stores, and we have yet to get a development machine sent from Microsoft even though Prey is being developed for their system."

    Miller went

  • Since I'm pretty much sold on my next-gen console choice, I could care less about the hype.

    I primarily play PC games and I was pretty sure they make showings at E3. Where is their mention? 2005 was a lackluster year in PC gaming (generally) and hopefully 2006 will be better. But considering the market diversity, I could understand not mentioning it however, one would think they would touch on hot titles for the year.

    Dragonage won best in show in 2004 and I've seen little since. Bioware has pretty much b

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