Nintendo Wii Fanboy

Miyamoto had the idea to do them forever, but never felt the technology was up to snuff to create them. So Rare is being a turd here. Ever since the Stampers left Rare has been useless.

fs, that comment was supposed to be a reply to josh, seriously i did lol.

I don't like MS either, but you're completely off your rocker:

MS had a tilt sensing controller long before Sony or Nintendo. Look up the "SideWinder Freestyle".

The Zune was certainly an attempt to compete with the iPod, but unlike the iPod, the device's UI doesn't suck ass (although, unfortunately, it's still every bit as locked-down as the iPod, which is why I don't use either).

About the BluRay player, first, that's still just rumors, second, well yea, of course they're going to. HDDVD died, why in the would *wouldn't* they switch to BluRay? That's not copying, that's just basic common sense.

And although you didn't mention it, one of the biggest "copycat" accusations against MS is always Windows stealing from Mac. But, of course Apple themselves just stole it all from Xerox, so who the hell cares? (And now these days the ultra-popular-among-MS-haters Linux is "stealing" a lot from both Windows and Mac, so again, who cares?).

Don't get me wrong, I don't like MS either (Already own a Wii, and I'll get a PS3 long before I get a 360), but if you're going to bash a company, at least have the decency to use reasons that actually make sense.

tbh i just felt like going on a rant, and i did lol

but lets get one thing right here, nintendo WAS the first company to create the idea of incorporating Mii like avatars into gaming, but it was'nt feasible 20 years ago.

microsoft seems like the kind of company that refuses to create an original idea, or take a creative risk (i will let them off for HD DVD, i mean it did die horribly, but the blu ray thing is only logical, moaning about them getting it after sony was part of my rant :P), either because they dont have any, or because they are too scared to until they see that its making a shedload of money (i would like to say the first, but i think its the second really) and now they have their fingers in all the pies, to everyone's irritation.

its not really the 'who did it first' thing im annoyed about, i mean look at PSN, XBLA, and WiiWare. none of those services were the first to do such a thing, because Sega were, and no one cares. its just that microsoft will have this whole 'Look at us! we got these things too!' aura about them, which irritates me. look at their press conference at E3 and tell me im lying (whew, hope i made sense there, because that crap's far too long to proofread!)

btw, i checked the sidewinder you were talking about, but couldn't find proper information for it. am i correct in thinking that its more similar to the SIXAXIS?

"tbh i just felt like going on a rant, and i did lol"

Fair enough :)

"sidewinder [freestyle]...am i correct in thinking that its more similar to the SIXAXIS?"

As I remember it, yes (but for PC instead of a console, of course) Although I honestly can't recall if it used an accelerometer or gyroscope, so I'm not sure if it was also sensitive to shaking. Personally, I always felt it was somewhat ahead of it's time. I was really rooting for it. But it died a rather quick and silent death, victim of the classic chicken-egg problem.

Rare started dying soon BEFORE leaving Nintendo. Remember Star Fox Adventures? And Kameo started as a GC game. I'd love to see Rare return to making games that don't suck, but even a return to Nintendo won't fix that.

Though I have to admit they have done ONE good thing since then: "It's Mr. Pants" for the GBA ('Course, that was started before they left Nintendo, but then, it wouldn't have been nearly as funny and charming if it ended up being the generic Donkey Kong themed game it was originally going to be.)

OH OH I KNOW THIS ONE! you know why rare will never make classic games again? because anyone who was involved in the amazing games they made for nintendo arent with them anymore, including dr do they are free radical now. so unless there is a merger (which i highly doubt) then there may never be a game of goldeneye or perfect dark quality from rare again. especially with microsoft at the helm, it seems like they have less creative control, i mean when was the last time they brought out a game? and the next game they bring out will be one to showcase the 360s motion control

@ChromeAlchemist: Everyone says that, but it bugs the hell out of me. It's just not true. The talent didn't leave and form Free Radical. The talent just simply evaporated from *all* of them when Free Radical split off. Free Radical has been doing absolutely nothing but Goldeneye/PerfectDark rehashes (usually under the new name "Timesplitters"). They've spent the last ten years just simply rehashing that same damn Goldeneye game (sans the Bond license) over and over and over again. They're no better than Rare itself.