Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

D.J.Fudge · Post by **D.J.Fudge** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 9:49 pm 0

Just spotted these DS release dates on the UK web site

42 All-Time Classics (Nintendo) 29 Sep 2006
Nintendo DS Browser (Nintendo) 6 Oct 2006
Sudoku Master (Nintendo) (tentative name) 27 Oct 2006
Actionloop (Nintendo) 27 Oct 2006
PokÃ©mon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team (Nintendo) 10 Nov 2006
Mario Slam Basketball (Nintendo) 10 Nov 2006
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (Nintendo) (tentative name) 24 Nov 2006
Yoshiâ€™s Island 2 (Nintendo) (tentative name) 1 Dec 2006
Harvest Moon DS (Rising Star Games/Nintendo) Q4 2006

RageMatrix · Post by **RageMatrix** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:10 pm 0

Wow, I want at least six of those

DS lineup is looking extremely strong.

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:40 pm 0

D.J.Fudge wrote:42 All-Time Classics (Nintendo) 29 Sep 2006

Do we know which classics are included in this one?

Count Drunkula · Post by **Count Drunkula** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 12:12 am 0

Anders wrote:
D.J.Fudge wrote:42 All-Time Classics (Nintendo) 29 Sep 2006
Do we know which classics are included in this one?

Isn't this the one that was Clubhouse Games or something? If so I think that was backgammon, chess, card games etc.

Post by **Muttley** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:45 am 0

Was chatting with some of the wife's cousin's kids at the weekend (15 and 13 respectively) about the Wii. Funnily enough they were not that bothered about the strange name (actually they pronounced it W-eye) but seemed dead set on getting a PS3 anyway.

They didn't seem to grasp the possibilities of the controller really. I hope Nintendo get the launch games and advertising right.

As I said, they definitely wanted a PS3, thought the Wii might be fun but weren't planning on getting one, and they were not even contemplating a 360 (a Microsoft console seemed inherently uncool to them).

I confused them a bit when I told them I would definitely get a Wii, possibly a 360 and almost certainly not a PS3.

Muttley

Jamesac · Post by **Jamesac** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 10:03 am 0

Sounds like kids all right. They're confusing what people are telling them is cool with what they actually want the console for.

James

moobaa · Post by **moobaa** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:09 am 0

My 11-year-old nephews told me that everyone in their school wanted a PS3 (despite its AU$1K pricetag here) and that no-one gave a rat's arse about the Wii.

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:11 am 0

moobaa wrote:My 11-year-old nephews told me that everyone in their school wanted a PS3 (despite its AU$1K pricetag here) and that no-one gave a rat's arse about the Wii.

Would they have said the same about the PSP/DS Lite launch ?

phattslagg · Post by **phattslagg** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:17 am 0

Deckard wrote:
moobaa wrote:My 11-year-old nephews told me that everyone in their school wanted a PS3 (despite its AU$1K pricetag here) and that no-one gave a rat's arse about the Wii.
Would they have said the same about the PSP/DS Lite launch ?

Probably - very few of the kids I teach are interested in the DS, even now the Lite is out. I think boys in particular are drawn towards the machine with the most horsepower.

Perkunas · Post by **Perkunas** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:18 am 0

Animal Crossing animated movie:
http://www.doubutsunomori-movie.jp/index.html
(there's a trailer there too)

Some kind of DS card reader, and stickers to molest your DS with.

And apparantly we'll see some new Wii titles being unveiled during the Leipzig Games Convention at the end of August.

moobaa · Post by **moobaa** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:25 am 0

Deckard wrote:
moobaa wrote:My 11-year-old nephews told me that everyone in their school wanted a PS3 (despite its AU$1K pricetag here) and that no-one gave a rat's arse about the Wii.
Would they have said the same about the PSP/DS Lite launch ?

I've seen precisely one PSP in the wild here. The schoolies (11 year olds, remember) are - were? - all GameBoy freaks anyway.

Besides - the PSP doesn't retail for 4 figures.

zip accident · Post by **zip accident** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:30 am 0

moobaa wrote:

My 11-year-old nephews told me that everyone in their school wanted a PS3 (despite its AU$1K pricetag here)

Theres a case for that being the old "they love me enough to spend $huge on me" thing though, isn't there?

marf · Post by **marf** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 12:04 pm 0

moobaa wrote:My 11-year-old nephews told me that everyone in their school wanted a PS3 (despite its AU$1K pricetag here) and that no-one gave a rat's arse about the Wii.

Ahh, but little boys are fickle. If the 360 or the Wii does something major in the cool dept. they'll all jump ship. I don't think they are that loyal, for now it's residual coolness leftover from the PS2.

We'll see what happens.

moobaa · Post by **moobaa** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 1:09 pm 0

marf wrote:
moobaa wrote:My 11-year-old nephews told me that everyone in their school wanted a PS3 (despite its AU$1K pricetag here) and that no-one gave a rat's arse about the Wii.
Ahh, but little boys are fickle. If the 360 or the Wii does something major in the cool dept. they'll all jump ship. I don't think they are that loyal, for now it's residual coolness leftover from the PS2.

Oh, to be sure. And you can be I'll be Wii-ing (a rude form of wooing) them with my Wii when it comes out. I've already got peeps in their school interested in the Jaguar & the Dreamcast by proxy

Funny thing is, the nephews only have GBA SPs and an Xbox. Dunno where the PS2 thing came from at all.

Flojomojo · Post by **Flojomojo** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 2:14 pm 0

Anders wrote:
D.J.Fudge wrote:42 All-Time Classics (Nintendo) 29 Sep 2006
Do we know which classics are included in this one?

Time Pilot, Attack of the Timelord!, Killing Time, Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Timesplitters, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, Time Crisis, etc. etc. etc.

I'm so fucking hilarious.

Wouldn't it be nice to finally see an authorized Nintendo compilation? Unfortunately, they pretty much missed their chance at this, since emulation and Famiclone pirates got there first with better collections at miniscule prices. As much as I want to like the Wii's virtual console, I cna't shake the feeling that I already have that, thanksverymuch.

Drunkula's probably right -- card and board games are far more likely than a proper Nintendo retro collection on DS.