@Deaf Mute: Jynx and Mr. Mime never really fit in with the whole animal thing. Felt as if GameFreak hit the wall somewhere around the halfway mark and starting doing freaks and birds galore to pad things out to 150.
Dangeresque (Kojima-san doesn't have to make Metal Gear any more) was starred
Dangeresque (Kojima-san doesn't have to make Metal Gear any more) was unstarred
In fact, when Pokemon was first hitting shelves and Tamagotchis and virtual pets were all the craze (man I miss my Digimon), there were these Muscle Men virtual pets that you could 'raise' and then get to battle each other. Got no name or references on me, just memories.
I guess its pretty safe to say that one of these ideas was good, and one was pretty fail.
There was digimon in their little green virtual pet casings, that you could link and battle with other people.
But then there was these honest to goodness muscle men that you bulked up and could do the same with. I think they could even 'sense' if they were near each other (two kids passing by in a store with game in pockets) or something.
@Komrade Kayce: NaNo Fighter. There were three varieties: Supreme Sumo, Alley Rumble, and Rough Rider. The gimmick of them was that you could link up two of them and have the little pet muscle men fight eachother.
Sadly, I never knew anyone who had a fighter for my Alley Rumbler. :(
NaNo Fighter??!?!? Seriously, the same people who taught us how to take care of a pocket sized baby?
Wow. Thanks guys. Sorry to bring up painful memories. I found my Tamagotchi V.2 the other day and put new batteries in him before silently smothering him under a box of closet stuff a few days later. I forgot how annoying those things were.
Yamauchi was awesome. He told you his mind and didn't give a shit whether you liked it or not. Iwata is good, and he's new blood with new ideas and able to make Nintendo Relevant in today's gaming market. But he's as polite and corporate as every other current major game exec. Yamauchi was doing what Tomonobu Itagaki is doing only 20 years earlier, editors would interview him and ask him his thoughts on something and he'd say something like "thats the stupidest thing I ever heard." He's quite the character.
And yeah the word is he tried to use an NES controller and couldn't figure it out. He didn't really play games he just relied on Business sense. Iwata was actually a developer for Hal Labs (Kirby, Smash Bros, Lolo etc etc) before moving on up.
@Komrade Kayce: Notice how right around 2002, Nintendo started sucking. Badly. The GC was mediocre, but it had some great games. The wii. Ugh. The screw the consumer mentality there made me sell mine. (Force people to buy a $50 controller, then a $20 nunchuck. Then a $20 box to improve motion sensing). Seriously, $90 controllers?
@Komrade Kayce: To answer your question, is fairly traditional in Japan for an employee to stick with a company as long as possible (at least 30 years, usually). Japan tends to be a culture of loyalty, be it the consumer to certain brands, an employee to an employer, or a child to a parent. But this is in the traditional sense; in modern times, it may be changing slightly.
In a slight addition, the Western business idea of job hopping every few years is very frowned upon.
Granted, this is only stuff heard and studied, no real experience/first-hand knowledge. I'm sure Bash or Witz or someone else Japan-based could answer this better.
@PatMan33: Didn't Bill Gates loose like 20 Billion? I heard at this highest, he was valued at 62 billion. The richest guy (some Indian steel tycoon) last I heard was at 46 and bill was in 4th place with 42.
@okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): No, Warren Buffett (US) is number one with $62 billion net worth, followed by Carlos Slim Helu & family (Mexico)with $60 bil. and Bill Gates third with $58 billion.
@neoraul20: If that's true then these guys fluctuate drastically on a yearly basis. I was told the stuff I posted about a year ago. (Now that I think about it, it was an Indian guy who told me... wait a minute!!)
@ShirleyTemple: Alot of his net worth would be equity perhaps, and with the stock markets hitting the can his theoretical net worth would have floated away
(DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD was starred
(DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD was unstarred
05/18/09
I just blew your mind, didn't I?
05/18/09
05/18/09
How would that even look? Or let alone make sense for all 150.
I mean, I can envision Machamp and a few others. But the majority of them from the first game?
I want pictures Nintendo!
05/18/09
05/18/09
05/18/09
What about -mons like Feraligatr, Garchomp, Rhyperior, Groudon or Tyranitar? Didn't Pokemon jump off the cute boat a few years ago?
05/18/09
I think it's been on the same boat it always has been on, a pokemon begins cute than gets tougher looking as it grows.
There are some exceptions of course.
05/18/09
05/19/09
OBVIOUS TROLL IS OBVIOUS EVEN TO SELF.
05/18/09
In fact, when Pokemon was first hitting shelves and Tamagotchis and virtual pets were all the craze (man I miss my Digimon), there were these Muscle Men virtual pets that you could 'raise' and then get to battle each other. Got no name or references on me, just memories.
I guess its pretty safe to say that one of these ideas was good, and one was pretty fail.
05/18/09
05/18/09
No no. If that was a joke, it went over my head.
There was digimon in their little green virtual pet casings, that you could link and battle with other people.
But then there was these honest to goodness muscle men that you bulked up and could do the same with. I think they could even 'sense' if they were near each other (two kids passing by in a store with game in pockets) or something.
05/18/09
Sadly, I never knew anyone who had a fighter for my Alley Rumbler. :(
05/18/09
NaNo Fighter??!?!? Seriously, the same people who taught us how to take care of a pocket sized baby?
Wow. Thanks guys. Sorry to bring up painful memories. I found my Tamagotchi V.2 the other day and put new batteries in him before silently smothering him under a box of closet stuff a few days later. I forgot how annoying those things were.
@reality.exe -console:
Don't feel bad. I never found anyone to fight my digimon either.
05/18/09
05/18/09
05/19/09
Something like this?
02/20/09
And yeah the word is he tried to use an NES controller and couldn't figure it out. He didn't really play games he just relied on Business sense. Iwata was actually a developer for Hal Labs (Kirby, Smash Bros, Lolo etc etc) before moving on up.
02/19/09
02/19/09
02/19/09
02/19/09
02/19/09
02/19/09
02/19/09
Heres a bag of dicks. Start snacking.
02/19/09
Do with that what you will. :p
02/19/09
Internet points are wasted on me. They always just end up getting spent on candy and penthouse.
02/20/09
02/19/09
02/19/09
02/19/09
02/19/09
Sweet Jesus that man loved his work. Or is it standard in Japan to stick to your company until you're an old, old old man?
02/19/09
02/19/09
02/20/09
02/20/09
In a slight addition, the Western business idea of job hopping every few years is very frowned upon.
Granted, this is only stuff heard and studied, no real experience/first-hand knowledge. I'm sure Bash or Witz or someone else Japan-based could answer this better.
02/19/09
02/19/09
02/20/09
02/20/09
02/19/09
02/19/09
02/19/09
*note must donate at least 10,000.
02/19/09