From: owner-n64-digest@lists.xmission.com (n64-digest) To: n64-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: n64-digest V1 #914 Reply-To: n64-digest Sender: owner-n64-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-n64-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk n64-digest Wednesday, October 6 1999 Volume 01 : Number 914 Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? Re: [N64] F-zero X Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? Re: [N64] F-zero X Re: [N64] Whats Your Choice? Re: [N64] Whats Your Choice? Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? Re: [N64] Miyamoto interview in Nov. NG ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 17:39:47 -0400 From: "Eddy Wu" Subject: Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? You are assuming she was using mb as an acronym for megabits, which I doubt. RAM is almost never measured in megabits. In fact, the only time I have ever seen megabits used is in measuring cart size. So it doesn't make her any less wrong. - -----Original Message----- From: Geoff Finger To: n64@lists.xmission.com Date: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 5:33 PM Subject: Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? >On Wed, 6 Oct 1999 JRB62307@aol.com wrote: > >> <> >> What are you on man. 128 mb of RAM. More like 26 (16MB main RAM, 8MB >> VRAM, and 2MB sound RAM). And also, cartridges. The Dolphin is DVD. Where >> ever you get your info is so far off (except maybe for the fact that Nintendo >> is using so much compression technology that the load times may be similar to >> cartridges). Also, the Dreamcast doesn't use CD's, but instead proprietary >> GD-ROM's. Before you say something, make sure it is right next time. > >Hmmm, i would guess that they saw someplace stating that the Dreamcast has >128 Mb of memory, which if it has 16 MB main RAM would be true. > >As for the DVD/cartridge thing, yes, they are defiantly way off on that >one =) > >-------------------------------------------------------------- >Pounding in your temples >A surge of adrenaline >Every muscle tense >To fence the enemy within >--Rush > > >[ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] >[ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] > [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 08:05:37 +1000 From: Alex Subject: Re: [N64] F-zero X At 13:41 06-10-99 -0700, you wrote: > >Well, switching to white cat helped alot, thanks. Second try after >switching i beat Jack cup on expert. (thats what i get i guess for >violating two of my fundamental rules at once, female characters are >always better than male characters, and kitty characters are always better >than anyone else =) > >Now if i queen king and cup would jsut stop being so difficult =) Perhaps >i should try moving the speed/acceleration bar down a few notches like >suggested, but i seem to have the best results two notches form the top, >although maybe i just need to practice more at the lower setting. > >Anyone have any suggestion for killing other cars? So far i've managed to >get second and third pverall despite consistently scoring sixth to tenth >on the races by destroying my competition. > >At the momment i'm experimenting with doing a spin attack right at the >begining. Usuaully it takes out one or two of the people behind me if i'm >lucky, ie people who scored better than me in the last race. Unfortunatly >it usaully doesn't take out my rival. And i usually don't have too much >luck hunting them down and taking them out after that. > >So any more advice of eitehr the destructive or nondestructive type? > >thanks > If you want to kill you are better off using the side-attack, it doesn't slow you down at great deal and it's a much more precise, especially when combined with the top-down view. A good time to attack is when going around corners since the other cars usually slow down and take them wide. Races are usually easier if you have the accelleration around 75%. Two notches from top is really only for tracks like the second in Jack Cup where there are lots of boosts. You should put it lower especially if you are going to try to take out the other cars. alexh@ivanhoe.starway.net.au [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 08:08:27 +1000 From: Alex Subject: Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? At 17:39 06-10-99 -0400, you wrote: >You are assuming she was using mb as an acronym for megabits, which I doubt. >RAM is almost never measured in megabits. In fact, the only time I have ever >seen megabits used is in measuring cart size. So it doesn't make her any >less wrong. > The N64's RAM was measured in megabits, which was particularly misleading since it uses 9 bits to a byte. alexh@ivanhoe.starway.net.au [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 15:30:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Geoff Finger Subject: Re: [N64] F-zero X On Thu, 7 Oct 1999, Alex wrote: > If you want to kill you are better off using the side-attack, it doesn't > slow you down at great deal and it's a much more precise, especially when > combined with the top-down view. A good time to attack is when going around > corners since the other cars usually slow down and take them wide. Races are > usually easier if you have the accelleration around 75%. Two notches from > top is really only for tracks like the second in Jack Cup where there are > lots of boosts. You should put it lower especially if you are going to try > to take out the other cars. geez!!! when you've been spending the whole time playing with normal view, top view is really strange and dificult!! =) I'm having a little more luck destorying others, hopefull will get better with practice. I have found that spin attack is still good at or near the begining of the race. When everyone is clumped together behind you, you can usaully take out a whole lot with a good spin. So has anyone on here actually gotten good enough to beat the expert and higher levels without taking out other cars to spread the points out some? If so, which would you suggest as the better route? Practicing the tracks till gets good enough to beat them with straight points, or practice killing other people and take out my rivals? =) - -------------------------------------------------------------- We sometimes catch a window -- a glimpse of what's beyond Was it just imagination -- stringing us along? More things than are dreamed about -- unseen and unexplained We suspend our disbelief And we are entertained - --Rush [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 18:46:41 EDT From: Pikachu2411@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Whats Your Choice? Yes! That's the truth! [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 19:02:31 -0400 From: Wez Subject: Re: [N64] Whats Your Choice? What are you talking about? Please, how we have stated MANY times, quote what you are replying too. Like below. I have no idea what you are referring to. Other AOL members do it, but there's a few of you who don't. This is how AOLers get bad reps. Listen for once. Pikachu2411@aol.com wrote: > Yes! That's the truth! > > [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] > [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 17:46:40 -0600 From: D Fentie Subject: Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? I think it will be a good system, but there is absolutely no way of telling how well it will do. I just pray it doesn't get released too late so that the PS2 has too much of a foothold in the market. Alucard088@aol.com wrote: > > Will the dolphin destroy the competetion i think it will becuase it will be > the fastest and the best it deosnt need cd,dvd,or backwards playbility to be > the best or a good system its a videogame console not a home entertainment > system.I think dolphin will reign supreme. > > [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] > [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 17:52:04 -0600 From: D Fentie Subject: Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? HAHAHA! You're saying that the Dreamcast will be better than Nintendo's Dolphin? hoooooooooooooooo boy. Sega has failed every time with their systems on a level playing field... just think if Nintendo's next system has DVD's with mulitiple amounts of extra storage space, more powerful system, and the 'loyal' Nintendo followers who always wait for those games like Zelda, Metroid, Earthbound, Mario (and all the franchises of Mario), RARE, Pokemon etc. What does the Dreamcast have that would appeal to someone that doesn't know anything about the system (little kids) uh... that out-dated Sonic? rose-e-twd@mybc.com wrote: > > On Wed, 06 October 1999, Alucard088@aol.com wrote: > > > > > Will the dolphin destroy the competetion i think it will becuase it will be > > the fastest and the best it deosnt need cd,dvd,or backwards playbility to be > > the best or a good system its a videogame console not a home entertainment > > system.I think dolphin will reign supreme. > > ----------------------------------------------------- > I highly doubt the the dolphin will be better than the the new Dreamcast. For one thing, cd's are cheaper and more reliable than cartridges. The dreamcast has a 56k modem built in. And it has 128mb of ram. > > [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] > > [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] > > ------- > Free Web-based e-mail courtesy of MyBC.com, British Columbia's premier > on-line guide. > Visit http://www.mybc.com/ > > [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] > [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 17:53:36 -0600 From: D Fentie Subject: Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? The Dolphin will not be using cartridges. Also... even though you are all screwed up, cartridges are more reliable than CD's which makes your points completely screwed up. Davidxvx@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 10/6/99 3:17:39 PM Central Daylight Time, > rose-e-twd@mybc.com writes: > > << I highly doubt the the dolphin will be better than the the new Dreamcast. > For one thing, cd's are cheaper and more reliable than cartridges. The > dreamcast has a 56k modem built in. And it has 128mb of ram. >> > > I thought Dolpin was going to use DVD? And didn't the Dreamcast have > some major bug in it's modem software? > > --Digital Phoenix > > [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] > [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 17:56:00 -0600 From: D Fentie Subject: Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? It also goes to prove the intelligence of a loyal Sega fan. Eddy Wu wrote: > > You thought right. This would be one of those idiot posts who have no > support whatsoever for what they are saying. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Davidxvx@aol.com > To: n64@lists.xmission.com > Date: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 4:21 PM > Subject: Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? > > >In a message dated 10/6/99 3:17:39 PM Central Daylight Time, > >rose-e-twd@mybc.com writes: > > > ><< I highly doubt the the dolphin will be better than the the new > Dreamcast. > >For one thing, cd's are cheaper and more reliable than cartridges. The > >dreamcast has a 56k modem built in. And it has 128mb of ram. >> > > > > > > I thought Dolpin was going to use DVD? And didn't the Dreamcast have > >some major bug in it's modem software? > > > >--Digital Phoenix > > > >[ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] > >[ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] > > > > [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] > [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 20:05:34 -0400 (EDT) From: "Lloyd Millard Mccoy Jr." Subject: Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? FROM NINTENDO?! HAH Yeah right...I think Nintendo will make better choices with Dolphin but all of that is asking too much by a long shot!! Nintendo doesn't have that kind of insight. Perhaps when the old leaders step down and younger leaders come in then we'll see some coolness from Nintendo. On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Justin Smith-Williams wrote: > Dolphin can should and will reign supreme.It justs has to launch with these > 5 games.Mario(of course), Zelda, Metroid, Pokemon RPG(all new), and Perfect > Dark 2.Now that's just the beginning folks after you've completed those it > needs these to continue to kick butt:Super Smash Brothers2, Mario > Kart(perhaps with online capability), Wave Race2, a new WWf game from THQ, > Turok4 and Turok Rage Wars2(also online), then a new Fire Emblem, Mario rpg, > Earthbound, and sequels to Perfect Dark2 and the new Zelda.Man I'm drooling > just from writing this and if this won't kick Sony and Sega's A$$'S then > nothing in the world can. > > > >From: Alucard088@aol.com > >Reply-To: n64@lists.xmission.com > >To: n64@lists.xmission.com > >Subject: Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? > >Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 06:13:56 EDT > > > >Will the dolphin destroy the competetion i think it will becuase it will be > >the fastest and the best it deosnt need cd,dvd,or backwards playbility to > >be > >the best or a good system its a videogame console not a home entertainment > >system.I think dolphin will reign supreme. > > > >[ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] > >[ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] > > > J.Smith The Great One > The Don Juan Himself > If You Smell What ColdJUCE is Cookin > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] > [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] > sx [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 20:09:31 -0400 (EDT) From: "Lloyd Millard Mccoy Jr." Subject: Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? I don't think Dolphin's superiority will help. I mean many will be happy with games slightly better looking than DC games. I think Nintendo will do well especially if the graphics are much more superior to PS2 and achieve true 'Toy Story' graphics which PS2 won't achieve until at least 2 yrs after launch. On 6 Oct 1999 rose-e-twd@mybc.com wrote: > On Wed, 06 October 1999, Alucard088@aol.com wrote: > > > > > Will the dolphin destroy the competetion i think it will becuase it will be > > the fastest and the best it deosnt need cd,dvd,or backwards playbility to be > > the best or a good system its a videogame console not a home entertainment > > system.I think dolphin will reign supreme. > > ----------------------------------------------------- > I highly doubt the the dolphin will be better than the the new Dreamcast. For one thing, cd's are cheaper and more reliable than cartridges. The dreamcast has a 56k modem built in. And it has 128mb of ram. > > [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] > > [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] > > > ------- > Free Web-based e-mail courtesy of MyBC.com, British Columbia's premier > on-line guide. > Visit http://www.mybc.com/ > > [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] > [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] > sx [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 22:04:15 EDT From: Alucard088@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? Nintendo obvioulsy has the best game developers in the world they have proven it with their games.I read at N2000.com that thw whole FF series has only made 25 million.Zelda:Ocarina of Time has made 21 million and thats just Zelda: Ocarina of Time.What does that say aobut the competetion?I think dolphin will rule no matter what because Nintendo has so much creativity and finesse much more then PSX and Sega.I think that Sega will be destroyed when PSX2 and the new Nintendo system come out.I also know that Sega is 15 billion dolllars in debt and that they arent a whole company like in the SNES Sega Genesis days.I read that they only get 30% of profit and that another company that now ownd them gets the other 70%. In Japan Sega has done nothing.I think that when the Psx2 and the (dolphin) come out Sega should just give up and stop making games,they have faield to much. [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 22:15:44 EDT From: ChiefQuimby@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? In a message dated 10/6/99 7:51:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, d.fentie@home.com writes: << HAHAHA! You're saying that the Dreamcast will be better than Nintendo's Dolphin? hoooooooooooooooo boy. Sega has failed every time with their systems on a level playing field... just think if Nintendo's next system has DVD's with mulitiple amounts of extra storage space, more powerful system, and the 'loyal' Nintendo followers who always wait for those games like Zelda, Metroid, Earthbound, Mario (and all the franchises of Mario), RARE, Pokemon etc. What does the Dreamcast have that would appeal to someone that doesn't know anything about the system (little kids) uh... that out-dated Sonic? >> People like this should not be called gamers, because they aren't. A gamer will respect all systems and their games, hence 'gamer.' It shouldn't be about brand loyalty or hatred for a brand, it should be for what it really is: games. If you do not believe that then you should remove yourself from the list. [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 22:24:33 -0400 From: "Eddy Wu" Subject: Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? What are you talking about? With the exception of a few games, all the games he listed as being on his Dolphin wishlist are sequels to N64 games, RELEASED BY NINTENDO. What better choices are you referring to? The old leaders, huh? The same ones who started the console revolution with the NES? The ones who ushered in the golden age of videogames by releasing the SNES to compete with the Genesis? Those old leaders? So I guess Nintendo will definitely be better off without the people who made it a success in the first place... silly me, why didn't I think of that. - -----Original Message----- From: Lloyd Millard Mccoy Jr. To: n64@lists.xmission.com Date: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 8:06 PM Subject: Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? > >FROM NINTENDO?! HAH Yeah right...I think Nintendo will make better choices >with Dolphin but all of that is asking too much by a long shot!! Nintendo >doesn't have that kind of insight. Perhaps when the old leaders step down >and younger leaders come in then we'll see some coolness from Nintendo. > >On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Justin Smith-Williams wrote: > >> Dolphin can should and will reign supreme.It justs has to launch with these >> 5 games.Mario(of course), Zelda, Metroid, Pokemon RPG(all new), and Perfect >> Dark 2.Now that's just the beginning folks after you've completed those it >> needs these to continue to kick butt:Super Smash Brothers2, Mario >> Kart(perhaps with online capability), Wave Race2, a new WWf game from THQ, >> Turok4 and Turok Rage Wars2(also online), then a new Fire Emblem, Mario rpg, >> Earthbound, and sequels to Perfect Dark2 and the new Zelda.Man I'm drooling >> just from writing this and if this won't kick Sony and Sega's A$$'S then >> nothing in the world can. [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 22:32:45 -0400 From: "Eddy Wu" Subject: Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? You're missing the point. Dolphin will not have "games slightly better looking than DC games". From the info Nintendo has released, Dolphin has the capability to make games that look ALOT better than DC. Even assuming that there is an upper limit to how good games can look and still make a difference, the tremendous processing power can be used for other things, like improved detail, better AI, more channels of sound, and most importantly, MULTIPLAYER. Don't forget that consoles are not built on hardware alone.. they need software too. Besides the initial launch titles, DC has yet to show a consistently good lineup. With Nintendo, you are guaranteed at least a couple of great games every year, more if you want to count in Rare. - -----Original Message----- From: Lloyd Millard Mccoy Jr. To: n64@lists.xmission.com Date: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 8:09 PM Subject: Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? >I don't think Dolphin's superiority will help. I mean many will be happy >with games slightly better looking than DC games. I think Nintendo will do >well especially if the graphics are much more superior to PS2 and achieve >true 'Toy Story' graphics which PS2 won't achieve until at least 2 yrs >after launch. > [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 22:37:45 -0400 From: "Eddy Wu" Subject: Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? um.. the definition of a gamer would be "someone who plays games". Here's what you are basically saying in your post. Let's take an example. I live in New York. I like basketball. Does that mean I should be happy that the Spurs won the championship? According to you, yes. Not only that, but since I wanted the Knicks to win and not the Spurs, I should not be allowed to watch basketball games anymore. Makes sense to me. - -----Original Message----- From: ChiefQuimby@aol.com To: n64@lists.xmission.com Date: Wednesday, October 06, 1999 10:17 PM Subject: Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? >In a message dated 10/6/99 7:51:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >d.fentie@home.com writes: > ><< HAHAHA! You're saying that the Dreamcast will be better than Nintendo's > Dolphin? hoooooooooooooooo boy. Sega has failed every time with their > systems on a level playing field... just think if Nintendo's next system > has DVD's with mulitiple amounts of extra storage space, more powerful > system, and the 'loyal' Nintendo followers who always wait for those > games like Zelda, Metroid, Earthbound, Mario (and all the franchises of > Mario), RARE, Pokemon etc. What does the Dreamcast have that would > appeal to someone that doesn't know anything about the system (little > kids) uh... that out-dated Sonic? > >> > >People like this should not be called gamers, because they aren't. A gamer >will respect all systems and their games, hence 'gamer.' It shouldn't be >about brand loyalty or hatred for a brand, it should be for what it really >is: games. If you do not believe that then you should remove yourself from >the list. [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 22:55:06 EDT From: Bastion007@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Will the Dolphin Reign Supreme? No, he's not saying that at all. He's just commenting on how stupid so many of the newbies on the list sound with their blind loyalty to Nintendo, and their complete disregard of other system and other system's games. Which I agree with. Having a preference is one thing. Mine is Nintendo (I just happen to like their games). But thinking the Dolphin "will crush PS2 and Dreamcast" without any facts other then "Nintendo rules" is a crap statement, a statement we are seeing quite often on the list. As a note to the newbies, especially the AOL users: think before you post. You make yourself look like an idiot with a post that contains poor grammar, bad spelling, is one run-on sentence, and has no facts. THINK before you post! ~Matt <> [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 23:11:04 -0400 From: "Eddy Wu" Subject: Re: [N64] Miyamoto interview in Nov. NG It sounds very encouraging to me.. seems like Nintendo is open to trying to appeal to a broader market than to just the kids who have been their traditional focus. - -----Original Message----- From: Elliot Jefferson To: n64@lists.xmission.com Date: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 11:41 PM Subject: [N64] Miyamoto interview in Nov. NG >Here are some other points from the article. > >The interview was with Shigeru Miyamoto (S.M.) and Hiroshi Imanishi (H.M.), >who's refered to as 'Nintendo's number-two executive." > >SM:"Right now, the hardware development team is asking if we, the software >creators, have any extra desires to add into the hardware design...So rather >than thinking about what we want the new machine to do, I'm concerned more >on thinking about what we should do with the new hardware." > >After being asked to elaborate... > >SM:"Like whether we should devote our energies into using the full capacity >of the machine or whether we should say, "we've got a new machine with so >much power , so rather than making every possible effrt to take advantage of >everything that's there, maybe we should concentrate on using just part of >the power, but using it very effectively." This would let us spend less >money & time & effort & still come up with better solutions and effects in >comparison to what we are doing with N64." > >As far as $ 99 goes, forget it. S.M. said maybe, but if you leave the DVD >drive out. > >A basic design for the chipset has been made, but won't be finished until >next year. > >H.I. - 2000 deadline depends on if games materialize by then. > >S.M. has began work on a variety of projects, "making foundations and >environmentsfor the development of several different projects." > >S.M. thinks the 'next step' in games isn't networked players (SEGA), or >emotion (Sony) but the idea itself. "...something which nobody is thinking >about." > >S.M. on N64 failure - missed two christmas seasons aganist competitors, no >'good' rpg at release, no 3d fighting game at release, & nintendo being >"aganist that kind of boom and tried to make it's own boom." > >H.I. "If we are just concerned about recapturing the share [of the old >market], we are destined to repeat the failure of Sega. Mr. Yamauchi >sometimes says "Where does Sega look?" Sega is always looking at Nintendo, >and Sega was just trying to capture the market share Nintendo already had. >Mr. Yamauchi is always saying that if we are going to make a product, that >product must have a meaning to it's existence and that we are not making >products to compete with some existing other things." > >Will Square come back? >H.I. "It's up to them, but..." (Gotta save some for those who have't got >their issues yet. :) ) >S.M. "It's not which company is there..." > >That's the gist of the article, but there's some details left out. Pretty >good for a two page interview. > >Elliot [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ End of n64-digest V1 #914 ************************* [ To quit the n64-digest mailing list (big mistake), send the message ] [ "unsubscribe n64-digest" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ]