Some Nintendo News

[Scroby 0]

Mario done gleaming the 'Cube

 

Miyamoto says 128 version of plumber's pending platform plight will be on Nintendo's next-gen console, calls Rev controller 'big gun.'

Good news for potential Revolution buyers, bad news for GameCube owners. Speaking with tech Web site Wired News, Nintendo creative spark plug Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed that the next platform game featuring the company's iconic plumber will not be coming to the GameCube.

 

 

When asked by the online tech journal about the fate of the fabled "Mario 128" (working title), Miyamoto said, "We think we want [Mario 128] on Revolution... The Mario team can't create too many games at the same time, so they're concentrating on the Revolution."

 

The buzz on a proper sequel to the Nintendo 64's Mario 64 began back at 2000's Spaceworld, when Miyamoto showed a tech demo (link below) for Mario 128. The demo was meant to show off the capabilities of the GameCube, then code-named "Dolphin," and featured 128 Marios prancing about the screen simultaneously.

 

Mario 128's existence appears to have gone the way of Bigfoot and Nessie--it's out there in some form, but it's more in faith than concrete proof. According to the interview, Miyamoto and Nintendo are still waiting for the "fundamental idea that's going to drive the next 3-D Mario game."

 

One of those "fundamental ideas" could very well be determined by the Revolution's supersecret controllers, which have been rumored to involve everything from stress-ball-like squeezing sensitivity to gyroscopes.

 

In regards to the controllers, Miyamoto told Wired News, "Because the user interface is going to drive the Revolution software design, that's what's going to make our software stand out. Nobody else is going to be able to do what we do with next-generation game software. So, I can't reveal anything. It's under wraps because it's the big gun."

 

By Tim Surette -- GameSpot

 

Link- http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/06/16/news_6127632.html

 

Did anyone actually think Mario 128 would actually come out on the Gamecube by now? I thought everyone pretty much figured the game would come out on the revolution and damnit I'm tired of the new controllers...fucking show them already!

[AndrewTS 0]

If the current release window holds true, we're going to get Twilight Princess on GC, then the GC is as good as dead for a year. I guess it gives them time to focus on DS for a bit, but the 360's going to be out then, and the PS3 has games on tap for several months during 2006.

[Prophet of Mike Zagurski 0]

I heard a rumore that they had several ideas or controllers and didn't know which one to pick yet.

 

Look, I appreciate what Miyamoto did in the past with LOZ and Mario but I think he lost his mind somewhere during the Gamecube development stage because I really don't like the Gamecube controller. What the hell is wrong with having a controller with proportional buttons?

[Renegade 0]

Mario team can't create too many games at the same time, so they're concentrating on the Revolution."

[AlaskanHero 0]

Look, I appreciate what Miyamoto did in the past with LOZ and Mario but I think he lost his mind somewhere during the Gamecube development stage because I really don't like the Gamecube controller. What the hell is wrong with having a controller with proportional buttons?

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I have big, clumsy hands and I think the Gamecube controller was one of the most comfortable things I ever held. If I had a third arm, I'd masturbate while holding one.

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

The only thing thats pissed me off is that Nintendo won't be supporting HD with the Revolution as it stands now. They could still do it, but just the fact that they are saying no to HD right now makes me mad.