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Nostalgic Nightmare · May 19, 2013

So I happened to thumb through an old EGM from April 2006 and saw this article about Nintendo and 3rd party relations. While nothing new, I think it shows that some things haven't changed.
Sorry for the crappy pic but I don't have a scanner.

From the Article

No doubt about it - the development community has a major hard-on for the system's motion-sensative, TV-remote-like controller. "Everyone who sees and, more importantly, plays with the Revolution controller is excited about it" says Backbone Entertainment (Death Jr.) Senior Producer Chris Charla. "And developers are absolutely no exception" But while gamemakers are eager to start a Revolution, several outside Japan are still waiting on Mario's bunch for the proper tools. "Few- if any_ Western developers have Revolution Development Hardware, so it's not an easy step to start taking risks in that direction" says President Randy Pitchford of Gearbox Software, makers of the first person shooter franchise Brothers in Arms. "As I learn more about Revolution, we may discover that there is an audience that can support an idea that I'm interested in. If that's the case, I won't be afraid to invest in it. I think that most developers and publishers that aren't directly part of Nintendo are sort of in the same situation" What's taking so long, Nintendo?

So this is a microcosm of the pre-Wii launch, and it seems Nintendo has gone a similar route with the Wii-U. This just kind of struck me as a wow moment seeing I was reading a magazine from about 7 years ago.

Oblivion · May 19, 2013

You sure that's from 2006? They still refer to it as "Revolution".

Meelow · May 19, 2013

Oblivion said:
You sure that's from 2006? They still refer to it as "Revolution".

The name "Wii" was announced in April 2006.

Anyway, GameCube had pathetic third party support in late 2005 and 2006, before that it was pretty good.

SteveWinwood · May 19, 2013

That's a beautiful picture.

Lkr · May 19, 2013

Meelow said:
The name "Wii" was announced in April 2006.

Anyway, GameCube had pathetic third party support in late 2005 and 2006, before that it was pretty good.

they got most multiplat releases including EA sports titles

Frillen · May 19, 2013

Oblivion said:
You sure that's from 2006? They still refer to it as "Revolution".

Nintendo officialy announced the Wii name on the 27th of April, 2006.

EightBitNate · May 19, 2013

Hard-on

Meelow · May 19, 2013

Lkr said:
they got most multiplat releases including EA sports titles

If the GameCube only had better sells it might of fixed the third party situation with Nintendo.

Oblivion · May 19, 2013

Meelow said:
The name "Wii" was announced in April 2006.

Anyway, GameCube had pathetic third party support in late 2005 and 2006, before that it was pretty good.

Frillen said:
Nintendo officialy announced the Wii name on the 27th of April, 2006.

Damn, how did I forget that?

Corto · May 19, 2013

Nostalgic Nightmare indeed.

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