Nintendo top of the list for publisher of the year award

[swillw]

Nintendo are currently the front runners to take home one of the coveted Golden Joystick Awards.

Check out the full shortlist (http://gaming.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6389) across 16 different cateogories including the innovation award and Game of the year

Source : HEXUS.gaming (http://gaming.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6389) for more info.

[lost]

What the fuck is 50 Cent: Bulletproof doing in Game of the Year category for all its versions?

Shit, strike that, why is even mentioned on that web-page!?

[Varsity]

It's in association with The Sun, Nuts, T3, and various other porn publications. It's aimed at the tards who lap 50 Cent games right up.

[Lunar Blue]

I'm not even going to bash 50c Bulletproof, just ain't worth my fucking time.

[benig]

Bulletproof was a good game. Just not, ya know, game of the year caliber.

[Noiz]

It probably has something to do with this: http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/2006/06/vote-for-50-cent-bulletproof.html

Good ol' UK Resistance!

Edit: The site seems to be borked right now, so Click here for the Google cache version (http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:MxOLUhUeIVEJ:www.ukresistance.co.uk/2006/06/vote-for-50-cent-bulletproof.html+%2250+cent%22+ukresistance&hl=en&gl=uk&ct=clnk&cd=2&client=firefox-a).

[swillw]

What the fuck is 50 Cent: Bulletproof doing in Game of the Year category for all its versions?

Shit, strike that, why is even mentioned on that web-page!?

didn't notice that! Yep one of the worst games of the year for sure

[DaedalusFolly]

didn't notice that! Yep one of the worst games of the year for sure
Have you played it?

[Blade]

At least Nintendo is getting their due, as well.

I know I'm going to catch a ration of shit for this, but frankly they're the best publisher virtually every year.

[MoJoBehaumat]

At least Nintendo is getting their due, as well.

I know I'm going to catch a ration of shit for this, but frankly they're the best publisher virtually every year.

Yea well at least they got EA to jump aboard the wii :p

Just a far fetched question but here it is anyway.
IF Nintendo failed with the Wii will they make another game system?

[31 Flavas]

Mario wins the favorite character award too, no surprise there.

[Magnanimous Gnome]

Yea well at least they got EA to jump aboard the wii :p

Just a far fetched question but here it is anyway.
IF Nintendo failed with the Wii will they make another game system?



EA has been onboard every Nintendo system - it's not really a surprise that they are onboard with the Wii. It is nice for fans of EA though (which I am definitely not one of.)


To answer your question - the Wii won't "fail" and of course Nintendo is going to make another game system after it.

[Nessus]

I think Wii will do better than GameCube, and that is the criteria Nintendo gave for if they'd consider Wii a failure, if it sells less than GameCube.

Anything exceeding the GameCube install base would stem the tide of declining sales they've experienced since.. well, since the NES.

It just seems they're hitting all the right notes.

Developers seem mostly happy, except the ones that make expensive graphics engines. Nintendo seems to have been humbled somewhat and is being more reasonable about how they treat third parties.

It's going to be by far the cheapest console this gen. It will still be able to produce respectable graphics, though obviously nowhere near 360 or PS3, but again you're paying much less.

It taps into that whole retro market, and I know a *lot* of people who haven't cared about home consoles for years who are really looking forward to Wii.

That said I still have no feel for how this will turn out. I have this dread that the mainstream gamers will still buy PS3 for the name and nothing will change. Japan though. Will be interesting to see how that works out, Microsoft isn't a factor and DS is slaying the PSP. If they can really associate the Wii with the DS they might be able to pull it off.