No, I'm not talking about the weather. Shopping at my local used game store, I picked up a copy of Super Mario Sunshine for the GameCube, along with The Legend of Zelda: Collectors Edition. I also managed to E-Bay a copy of Banjo-Tooie for the Nintendo64.
Why did I wait till now to get the sequel? Simple, it was a choice between Banjo-Tooie or Conker's Bad Fur Day.
Before you all start moaning about old, kids games, let me say this; I don't care what you think, they're still fun games. Games on the PlayStation2 tend to be more serious games and just not quite as fun as a game made for the Nintendo.
The games might be nearly 4 years old (older in the case of the Original Legend of Zelda), but they are still excellent games. Okay, so they might not be the latest eye-watering visuals or have the ability to play online. To me, so what? Online play is not my priority and the visuals are still impressive.
Cuteness might the order of the day for Nintendo games, but that's not important. They're fun to play and yes a little frustrating at times. The quest to get all of the Jiggys and Musical Notes in Banjo-Kazooie has to be one of the most annoying with the possible exception of getting all the masks in Zelda: Majora's Mask.
So far, no one has yet managed to create a platform First-Person-Shooter that beats either GoldenEye or Perfect Dark. With the immanent arrival of the new Nintendo Wii (Revolution sounded better) and the PS3 in March, we'll see exactly how important next-gen graphics are. Nintendo have already stated they're not going to try and compete on that front. I have seen the screenshots of the new Zelda: Twilight Princess and they look superb. Hopefully they'll do the same with Super Mario Galaxy and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
till next time,
Alex.
Why did I wait till now to get the sequel? Simple, it was a choice between Banjo-Tooie or Conker's Bad Fur Day.
Before you all start moaning about old, kids games, let me say this; I don't care what you think, they're still fun games. Games on the PlayStation2 tend to be more serious games and just not quite as fun as a game made for the Nintendo.
The games might be nearly 4 years old (older in the case of the Original Legend of Zelda), but they are still excellent games. Okay, so they might not be the latest eye-watering visuals or have the ability to play online. To me, so what? Online play is not my priority and the visuals are still impressive.
Cuteness might the order of the day for Nintendo games, but that's not important. They're fun to play and yes a little frustrating at times. The quest to get all of the Jiggys and Musical Notes in Banjo-Kazooie has to be one of the most annoying with the possible exception of getting all the masks in Zelda: Majora's Mask.
So far, no one has yet managed to create a platform First-Person-Shooter that beats either GoldenEye or Perfect Dark. With the immanent arrival of the new Nintendo Wii (Revolution sounded better) and the PS3 in March, we'll see exactly how important next-gen graphics are. Nintendo have already stated they're not going to try and compete on that front. I have seen the screenshots of the new Zelda: Twilight Princess and they look superb. Hopefully they'll do the same with Super Mario Galaxy and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
till next time,
Alex.
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