Hey all,
There was a thread I started a couple months ago about the DS, but it was mainly about speculation on the system. Now that the grand unveiling is less than a week away, I thought the system deserved a new thread.
IGN is reporting that the system has over 100 different developers with kits, all who are planning on supporting the system. This is quite a bit more support than the Virtual Boy (i feel i'm jinxing it with the VB's mere mention) ever got.
i'm a shameless Nintendo afficionado... but i'm also excited about this system for other reasons than blind devotion.
I feel the videogame industry has really become stale lately. I mean, how many variations on the Tekken/Final Fantasy/MarioKart/GTA/Half-Life/MGS themes will the market support? while there is a good chance it will fizzle and die pretty quickly, i hope this bold move by Nintendo will prove to inject some fresh blood into game development.
and also, it'd be nice to see Nintendo have a genuine stroke of genius and innovation that used to charactize their business. Nintendo makes some bone head moves, but they're also one of the few companies that seems to care about real innovation. It'd be nice to see one of these wild-goose chases they seem to enjoy so much pay off as much as the Gameboy has.
::crosses fingers::