Friday, July 29, 2005

Nintendo and Sony to spoil Xbox360 launch
Source: http://home.btconnect.com/hgi/ps3/nextgen.html

"I was looking through IGN and started jotting down release dates for big DS and GameCube titles. A + is added before third party titles.

August:
Geist
+Sonic Gems
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Metroid Prime: Hunters
Nintendogs

September:
+Ultimate Spider-Man
GameBoy Micro
Mario Tennis Advance
Doctor Mario & Puzzle de Pon
NES Classics

October:
+Viewtiful Joe DS
+Tony Hawk DS
Fire Emblem
Dance Dance Revolution Mario
Pokemon XD

November:
Mario Kart DS
Animal Crossing DS
Mario Party 7
Kirby Adventure
+MegaMan X Collection
Odama
Super Mario Strikers
Zelda: Twilight Princess

Sometime in the Fall:
Age of Empires DS
MegaMan Battle Network 5 DS
Need for Speed Most Wanted
Sonic Rush

Four big titles in August. Four in September (including a new handheld system!). Three in October, BUT the first DS online games come out (Tony Hawk apparently), which is pretty big. Plus two highly anticipated games, Fire Emblem and Pokemon XD, two of Nintendo's biggest RPG's (even though I hate Pokemon).

Then November. The month the XBox 360 is released. Nintendo's big online games. Animal Crossing DS (I know people getting DS's just for this), Mario Kart DS, Mario Party 7, two Mario games, and a new Kirby game. And most importantly, ZELDA, the most anticipated title of 2005.

I get the distinct impression Nintendo is keeping a steady stream of good games for the three months leading up to November then hitting with all the anticipated games RIGHT before the XBox 360 launch.

And now there's a new Spong article (remember now, Spong is the most unreliable news site on the planet).http://news.spong.com/detail/news.asp?prid=8968According to this, Sony will drop the PS2 to $100, and that Nintendo will make their own price cut plus offer RE4 and Mario Kart GameCube bundles, around the time of the XBox 360 launch (and Christmas).

Looks like they're throwing everything at Microsoft at once."

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