Not many people around here know that my history with videogames. Growing up with them ive played them all my life. Commodore 64 was one of my first favorites. And over the years i became fans of many companies. During the 16bit era i was a fan of both Sega MegaDrive (Genesis) and the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. I loved both of these consoles to death and to this day both have some of my favorite all time games. And along with the announcement of the Ultra64 i was incredibly hyped up for the console. The news of Sony entering the Console industry was disturbing for my Sega/Nintendo ears and when i first played the Playstation i was vastly disappointed and my anticipation for the Ultra64/Nintendo64 grew even more.
Posters of the console were stickered all over my wall as the Nintendo64\'s release grew closer. Finally the console was released, and although i couldnt afford it, i had friends who did. And i was finally allowed to play it. Enter Mario64. A game that i... could not stand. And to this day i still dont like many 3D platformers. My interest was fading. And on the PSX Resident Evil was released. I played it, i **** my pants, i cleaned my pants, and i loved it. With few more games being released on the N64 i was slowly losing interest and i was very disappointed. Eventually i forgot all about it.
Final Fantasy 7 was released on the PSX. A game which was then, and still is, and always will be (im pretty sure
) my favorite game. Resident Evil 2 was released, and i loved it again. (these are just landmark titles i played others as well on the system) Around about the time of Resident Evil 2\'s release, i started to befriend someone who was a HUGE Nintendo fan. And eventually he talked me into playing the new Zelda, Goldeneye and many others (and later released titles).
Perhaps it was the Sony fanboy in me (and i was a big one) but i could not bring myself to enhoy any of these. Goldeneye provided great fun with 3 friends (although i sucked at it) but i always failed to see the fun. Many other games came and went, Donkey Kong (Country and Land were two of my all time fav. titles) another 3DF platformer that i didnt like. Bomberman 64 was great fun with 3 friends. Jet Force Gemini. The next Zelda. All of these games i couldnt enjoy.
Needless to say in my fanboy mind, the N64 became one of my biggest disappointments in the console industry, and probably my least favorite mainstream console. What is the point of this story? Well tommorrow (Monday 27th of May, 2002) i will be purchasing a brand spanking new Nintendo GameCube. $318AUD, plus a controller and memory card, plus Pikmin (i dont care what you say, ive been looking forward to this game for a while). Super Smash Brothers: Melee is being released on the 31st and shall be my second purchase for the console. Even if i dont like these games, Resident Evil, Resident Evil Zero, and Resident Evil 4 are essential purchases for me. And Metroid is a sure thing as well.
Im picking an odd time to buy one as well, with Final Fantasy X keeping me enthralled at the moment (although i cant be too far away from finishing it) Virtua Fighter 4 still barely touched (because of FFX) and Medal Of Honor: Frontline\'s imminant release.
anyhoo, just thought i\'d let everyone know
BTW, as great as Zelda looks, im still not interested in it. Or Mario for that matter
