20 Titles At Revolution Launch

Next Generation reports that NOA's George Harrison expects there to be 20 titles for the system at the Revolution launch. From the article: "The other thing we recognized is that you really make your reputation in the first year ... You've got to deliver software, not just at launch, but you've got to deliver software in the first six to nine months after launch. It has to be solid software. In GameCube, we didn't have that, we had kind of a drought for six months after it launched. By that time your reputation starts to solidify and it's hard to reverse that after awhile."

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[MikeBabcock]

Well said.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, nobody's forcing anyone to buy those crappy games that come out alongside or in between the good ones.

For example, I'd dare say the PS2 has more "excellent" games than the XBox. Not just more games (that's indisputable) but more "excellent" rated games (according to actual players). Besides, I love that I can find the niche games I enjoy for the PS2 and my friends can play their sports games on their PS2s and we're both happy.

If you like the games available on another platform, enjoy them. However, a huge library with a lot of variety is an excellent goal -- especially since console makers make most of their money from the licensing, not the console itself.

I think there's at least 20 games still on my "definately want to play" list for the PS2 that I haven't got to yet.

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[Headcase88]

1. Only "one third" (seven) will by made by Nintendo. RTFA.
2. You listed Mario RPG twice, though you're actually accurate since there are two such franchises: Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi. Both franchises have a spotless record.
3. It's "Wario World", and there's only been one. And while it was good (for a rental), it certainly sucked compared to most Treasure developed games.
4. Almost every (real) franchise you listed has been critically acclaimed at one point or another, and some of them (Zelda, Mario, Mario Golf/Tennis, Metriod (sic) Prime) are totally outstanding. Well apparently some people didn't like Sunshine, but I'm still listing Mario platformers as having an outstanding record.
5. To imply that the Revo is going to be the only console that will have sequels is pretty [gamespot.com] questionable [gamespot.com].

My bets for the 7 launch "window" titles are: Smash, Mario 128, Pennant Chase Baseball, WarioWare (fingers crossed), Metroid Prime 3, hmmmm. Can't guess the other two. But they'll be delayed anyways ;). And I'm hoping for Mario Party 8 as one of the 20. It wouldn't be one of the 7 because Nintendo doesn't make it.

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[Chemical]

Actually, with the Revo's motion sensitive controller I feel it would be perfect for sports games. A baseball game where you swing the bat rather than press a button would be tremendously fun. A football game where you pass by making an overhand throwing motion towards the intended reciever would be much more interesting than pressing a button. A basketball game where you shoot by... well, you get the idea.

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[justchris]

Mario 128 is the working title of the game, and has nothing to do with a bit count. It was a demo that was originally displayed for the gamecube with 128 Marios running & bouncing around on gamecube hardware. Nintendo has, off and on, claimed that Mario 128 was a working title for a game, but have never officially confirmed it's existence. As a result, most of the people who follow such things just refer to the next Mario Platformer as being Mario 128. That will probably not be it's final name, but that doesn't mean it has anything to do with the system being a 128 bit system.

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[scot4875]

Actually, Hudson develops Mario Party, but I don't think that they're a subsidiary of Nintendo, so they're sort of a 2.5th party title. I think Camalot is in this same category. HAL and Intelligent Systems are both names of internal teams within Nintendo, so they're both first party. Retro Studios is a wholly-owned subsidiary, so they're a 2nd party.

But yes, that's where 2nd party games come into play. Technically, you'd call any game developed for Nintendo by someone else, and published by Nintendo as a 2nd party game.

Not that any of it matters as long as the games are good -- and the overwhelming majority are.

--Jeremy

Re:Mario Golf?

[realityfighter]

Supposedly, Albatross 18 [albatross18.com] is going to be a launch title for the Revolution. I don't know how well this game compares with Mario Golf, but I can say that it's taken its fair share of gaming hours from my roommate. Honestly, I came in once and saw him playing Albatross on one box and Oblivion on another. It's an addiction.