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post #1 of 8
7/21/05 at 6:16pm
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This game has become a phenomenon over in Japan. It's selling amazingly well, has moved DS systems at an incredible rate, and Japan's top videogame mag Famitsu gave the game a perfect score, something only a handful of games have managed, with them being notoriously tough when it comes to rating games.

I have a DS, but have been mostly intrigued by its potential than anything else. I only own 1 game for the system thus far, and it's a GBA game (Zelda: The Minish Cap, which I have barely played to boot...just haven't had the time nor the interest at the moment).

This is the first DS game that I'm truly eager to play. Raising and training an interactive dog sounds pretty kiddie and silly on paper, but the response and word-of-mouth about this game has been at a fever pitch.

It's released on August 22nd in the U.S.

A few screenshots and a description:

http://www.planetgamecube.com/games....rofile&id=2290
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post #2 of 8
7/21/05 at 9:17pm
I really don't get these Nintendo games. They're the type I find fun for about an hour and than discover there's just not anything more to it than repeating the same action ad nauseam. That's probably why Nintendo is more and more becoming a niche market company.
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post #3 of 8
7/22/05 at 1:35am
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I wouldn't call the biggest-selling and most profitable videogame software company in the world a niche company.

And fwiw, the Nintendo DS is outselling the PS2 and PSP nearly combined in Japan. When it comes to the portable market, the big N still has a lot of clout.
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post #4 of 8
7/22/05 at 2:30am
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Originally Posted by The Alexor
I really don't get these Nintendo games. They're the type I find fun for about an hour and than discover there's just not anything more to it than repeating the same action ad nauseam. That's probably why Nintendo is more and more becoming a niche market company.
It's not like Nintendo has a stranglehold on the "repeating the same action market". For every game that Nintendo makes that's simple like this or Kirby Air Ride or the addictive as crack(for a while) Animal Crossing, they've got a Metroid Prime or a Zelda or a Pikmin. Repeating the same action ad nauseam is pretty much what most videogames are in the end anyways.
I think Nintendogs is just this years "vitual pet"(well literally too). Except this fad's a little more pricey. It may catch on big here too, I try to never underestimate the power of dog and cat enthusiasts. I am curious to play it though, even though it's not really my type of game. I was hooked on Animal Crossing for about a year(for one hour a day, every day), and I wrote that off as cutesy garbage the first few times I saw it being played.
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post #5 of 8
7/22/05 at 6:53am
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Nintendo is willing to take risks. Sometimes their willingness pays off, sometimes it doesn't, but at least they're trying.
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post #6 of 8
7/22/05 at 9:12am
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I wouldn't call the biggest-selling and most profitable videogame software company in the world a niche company.

And fwiw, the Nintendo DS is outselling the PS2 and PSP nearly combined in Japan. When it comes to the portable market, the big N still has a lot of clout.
Stop living in the 80s man. The DS may be selling well right now, but it's mostly because of it's low price.

Nintendo is in third place in the console market. EA is much bigger concerning software.
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post #7 of 8
7/22/05 at 9:34am
I always get the impression that Miyamoto, at some point in his dark past, went and killed a lot of people's parents, and that's where this animosity towards Nintendo comes from.
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post #8 of 8
7/22/05 at 6:49pm
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Originally Posted by The Alexor
Stop living in the 80s man. The DS may be selling well right now, but it's mostly because of it's low price.

Nintendo is in third place in the console market. EA is much bigger concerning software.
You've got one thing right: I've been a Nintendo supporter since the '80s, but I'm no disillusioned fanboy. The facts and sales speak for themselves. A consumer-friendly price point can only take you so far, as previous systems have proved in the past (e.g. Sega's Dreamcast). For a system to keep a stern hold on the videogame market, it needs games to back it up, and Nintendo's still cranking out a good chunk of games from its own internal facilities that have enough appeal and that Nintendo shine.

Nintendo may not be the King of the console wars any longer, but their own GameCube games are million-sellers. The portable market is predominantly Nintendo-driven, even with the PSP out, and I doubt that's going to change any time soon. Why? The games.
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