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Another developer(dev of SEGA) Says GAMECUBE is for KIDS
« on: June 20, 2001, 09:41:02 PM »
First off this thread is not ment as a attack, nor do I wish it to turn into a flame war. So those of you that find this upseting please do not read further.


 Amusement Vision president Toshihiro one of sega\'s teams(Daytona etc..) said this in an interview with FamitsuDC.


FamitsuDC: Do you feel it will be geared toward younger audiences?

"Nagoshi-san: I believe Nintendo\'s platforms appeal to all ages, however, their focus is younger players. Still, I think the GameCube will yield surprising results regardless of your target audience. The reality is Nintendo is youth-oriented, but their software and the GameCube platform have enormous growth potential.

So there you have another develeoper confirms it. Don\'t forget he does say that Nintendo games have appeal to many ages, and that there is "potenial" for growth

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« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2001, 11:24:31 PM »
"there you have another develeoper confirms it" ~ OGodly

confirms?  hardly, if its his personal opinion then it is hardly \'confirmation\'.  The only \'confirmation\' possible is if Nintendo themselves came out and stated that they are targeting the younger audience.  The audience targetted depends on the gamnes being made.  If this guy doesnt want to make kiddy games, then its not aimed at kids (or at least his particular games).  Anyhoo, whats the point...it really doesnt matter even if it was aimed at \'kids\', there will still be plenty of games aimed at 18+ and everywhere in between, all consoles will have their games aimed at \'kids\', and if they dont, then they are missing out on a big bit of the pie.

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« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2001, 11:34:39 PM »
Since when did "kiddy" mean "not fun"? Just asking.
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« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2001, 12:24:17 AM »
Call me crazy, but don\'t kids play videogames?  I don\'t understand how people can think shutting them out and purely focusing on 18+ gamers is a good strategy.
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« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2001, 12:26:18 AM »
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Since when did "kiddy" mean "not fun"? Just asking


Never, nobody ever said that kiddy didn\'t mean fun.

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« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2001, 12:50:30 AM »
My girlfriend always tells me i\'m a big kid so it still appeals to me even though I\'m 20
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« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2001, 12:52:30 AM »
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nobody ever said that kiddy didn\'t mean fun.

Then why bring it up and label it as a confirmation?
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« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2001, 12:57:14 AM »
I\'m sorry, I was under the impression that all of us on this board was just overgrown kids. I mean, how many of us collect toys / watch anime/  so on?

And what does it matter if it is kiddie? As long as the game is fun, I don\'t give a damn what audience it is targeted towards.
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« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2001, 02:19:53 AM »
And what does it matter if it is kiddie? As long as the game is fun[/b]

In Godly\'s defense, he said nothing about kiddie games not[/b] being fun.  

I don\'t give a damn what audience it is targeted towards.

You should.  It is a bigger issue than you think.   Instead of explaining the whole ordeal to you, I will cite one example:

ex:  Konami has  detracted MGS2 and Silent Hill 2 from the GC lineup because "they don\'t feel the game is appropiate for the audience the system is targetting."

Hopefully you can figure it out yourself why it is such a big deal.  (note: Konami isn\'t the only one)

The only \'confirmation\' possible is if Nintendo themselves came out and stated that they are targeting the younger audience. [/b]

Nintendo\'s main focus are the "kids" and[/b] they are widening their demographic target. Nintendo, of course, will use most of their advertising funds to maintain the Pokemon fans and younger kids by marketing on saturday morning cartoons, cereal boxes and such. How much they are using on the older market remains to be seen, but from the looks of things, in order for them to even get a fair portion of this desirable mature market they will have to shell out an acceptable, ample of funds to even begin to compete with the likes of Microsoft and Sony. Both whom have publicly announce they will spend upwards of 1.5 billion something dollars. Can Nintendo do it?

And what does it matter if it is kiddie?[/b]

My thoughts exactly!

Again, in Ogodly\'s defense, he brought up a really good point for a means of discussion, but nowhere did he say the games "will suck" just because they are "kiddie".

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« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2001, 04:16:47 AM »
this is a bit like the N64 was there ever any gory resident evil style games on that i don\'t think there was it was stuff like mario kart and super mario liand kind of really kiddy stuff but still fun 2 play
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« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2001, 04:39:42 AM »
when has nintendo NOT been for kids?
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« Reply #11 on: June 21, 2001, 06:17:28 AM »
Nintendo has always been a kiddy company and always will be.
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« Reply #12 on: June 21, 2001, 06:30:31 AM »
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Nintendo has always been a kiddy company and always will be.


Right and they can do that because they are good with the younger audience. Not to mention no one really competes against them with that audience.

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« Reply #13 on: June 21, 2001, 06:48:59 AM »
It don\'t matter if they are for kiddies or not, if the games are entertaining then that is all that matters :D

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« Reply #14 on: June 21, 2001, 08:18:37 AM »
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And what does it matter if it is kiddie? As long as the game is fun

In Godly\'s defense, he said nothing about kiddie games not being fun.

I don\'t give a damn what audience it is targeted towards.

You should. It is a bigger issue than you think. Instead of explaining the whole ordeal to you, I will cite one example:

ex: Konami has detracted MGS2 and Silent Hill 2 from the GC lineup because "they don\'t feel the game is appropiate for the audience the system is targetting."

Hopefully you can figure it out yourself why it is such a big deal. (note: Konami isn\'t the only one)

The only \'confirmation\' possible is if Nintendo themselves came out and stated that they are targeting the younger audience.

Nintendo\'s main focus are the "kids" and they are widening their demographic target. Nintendo, of course, will use most of their advertising funds to maintain the Pokemon fans and younger kids by marketing on saturday morning cartoons, cereal boxes and such. How much they are using on the older market remains to be seen, but from the looks of things, in order for them to even get a fair portion of this desirable mature market they will have to shell out an acceptable, ample of funds to even begin to compete with the likes of Microsoft and Sony. Both whom have publicly announce they will spend upwards of 1.5 billion something dollars. Can Nintendo do it?

And what does it matter if it is kiddie?

My thoughts exactly!

Again, in Ogodly\'s defense, he brought up a really good point for a means of discussion, but nowhere did he say the games "will suck" just because they are "kiddie".

 



BRAVO!!!! Why is it that T-Shirts is the only person who is able to see this issue clear.  I  posted this cause I remember alot people saying Nintendo is not mainly target towards kids, they will change this generation etc….. Many people and dev’s have said Nintendo\'s demographics is targeted towards kids. Here is another developer confirming this, Yes confirming in his view, who do you think know more us or the developers?????. Nintendo is not just going to officially announce gamecude for children, which wouldn’t be entirely true anyways, but in a general sense it would. Sure they will have a few mature games, and that\'s not to say that their games which are targeted towards the youth wont be fun for adults to play. ( I loved Mario 64, but no longer can I play that crap)

Hello look at the console, it looks kiddy, there mascots and franchises is all kiddy. Mario, Pokemon, picachu etc....Zelda had youth written all over it. (nintendio has said that the next Zelda will be more mature)

Again this doesn’t mean GC is bad system, or that it won\'t rock the house, I\'m sure GC will have kick ass games. Speaking for myself I have no desire to purchase a console for a couple of kiddy games(not making fun of it) I want really mature, intensive games(please do not think of porn)

But I mean I see so many people denying that Nintendo\'s main focus is not kids.

If you like the system and there games, ALL THE POWER TO YOU. This is only my opinion, so if you disagree, that\'s fine, I’m willing to listen to your side, but please if you are opposing my view, then do it in a mature manner, don\'t get angry at me or call me names, just let me hear your side of the story. I\'m listening.

 

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