Golden Axe & Why I Won’t Play Duck Hunt
May 12th, 2006
On boards.ie they are discussing a remake of Golden Axe for the PS3 and Xbox 360. Cue flashback to the snooker hall in Schull and all the money I wasted on that game. That is until I discovered “the headbutt” and then everything became so easy.
Theres also a mention of the return of Duck Hunt for the Nintendo Wii. Although I haven’t played it since 1989, I can still hear the music and the quacking of the ducks… in fact, thats all I can remember of it (I didn’t play it much, probably because the gun got lost or something). But never again shall the death cries of electronic ducks triumphantly echo off these walls. I won’t be playing the resurrected Duck Hunt, not because of any opposition to the concept of murdering innocent wild fowl, but because I could never have faith in such a badly named product as the Wii.
When the Game Cube originally came out - I was suckered by the marketing. At the time, Nintendo were the Apple of the console world. The Xbox had a 733mhz CPU and doubled up as a DVD player. The Playstation II had more (and better) games. But from the moment I saw the neat little black cube in Smyths, I had no other option. Nintendo: what has gone wrong with your marketing division?
Why can’t you give the console a different name outside of Asia? I thought all these big companies did market research? Your average Japanese person might be happy with the name Wii, but Nintendo: reconsider before its too late. Go down to Patrick Street or Grafton Street, or Eyre Square, or Picadilly Square and randomly asked 100 non-Asian people what they think. Nintendo Thundertooth, Nintendo Cyclops, Nintendo Pantherclaw, Nintendo Skullcrusher, Nintendo Doombringer, Nintendo Acorn, Nintendo Parasite… even Nintendo Revolution. Anything would beat Nintendo Wii. I am extremely confident on this one.
Meanwhile, Victor Barry points out that the PlayStation 3 will be retailing for €499. Thats roughly equivalent to a new Dell PC, three and a half iPod nanos, a decent pool table, or 49900 penny sweets. Not cheap by any means, but at least it looks and sounds cool.
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May 12th, 2006 at 10:02 am
Your loss dude.
http://blogs.linux.ie/stuff/2006/05/12/wii-ninty-have-a-hit/
May 13th, 2006 at 7:24 am
PS3 also means a new Grand Theft Auto installment. I never went in for Nintendo. I think because my childhood went something like Atari-Atari-Atari-long stretch where I was obsesed with boys-arcade games (especially Operation Wolf)-computer games (Wolfenstein). That middle bit, when Nintendo was reaching its ascendency, I was too busy gabbing on the phone and making my hair really big.
For me, the tough decision is X-Box 360 vs PS3. Basically, it’s Halo vs. GTA. How can you chose? It would be like asking a mother which child she loves best.
May 14th, 2006 at 1:18 am
GTA is a much stronger lure for me, but at $500, I would sooner get the PC version. Assuming the Xbox 360 can be modded like the original Xbox, then that is a major bonus.
Incidentally, the list of 27 playable Wii games at E3 is here.