From: owner-n64-digest@lists.xmission.com (n64-digest) To: n64-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: n64-digest V1 #1331 Reply-To: n64-digest Sender: owner-n64-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-n64-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk n64-digest Friday, August 25 2000 Volume 01 : Number 1331 Re: [N64] Notice that Gamecube is just(if not more) powerful than PS2 yet is ... [N64] Unsubscribe Re: [N64] Unsubscribe Re: [N64] Notice that Gamecube is just(if not more) powerful than PS2 yet is ... Re: [N64] Unsubscribe Re: [N64] Unsubscribe Re: [N64] Unsubscribe Re: [N64] Notice that Gamecube is just(if not more) powerful than PS2 yet is ... [N64] 64 Meg Cards [N64] GameCube's Standard Ports Re: [N64] Game Cube's Size = Small Re: [N64] Game Cube's Size = Small [N64] Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 12:44:12 +1000 Re: [N64] Notice that Gamecube is just(if not more) powerful thanPS2 yet is s... Re: [N64] Notice that Gamecube is just(if not more) powerful thanPS2 yet is s... Re: [N64] Notice that Gamecube is just(if not more) powerful than PS2 yet is ... Re: [N64] I <3 Nintendo RE: [N64] NCube Confirmed Re: [N64] Unsubscribe Re: [N64] Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 12:44:12 +1000 Re: [N64] I <3 Nintendo Re: [N64] I <3 Nintendo Re: [N64] I <3 Nintendo Re: [N64] Notice that Gamecube is just(if not more) powerful than PS2 yet is so much smaller. :-) Re: [N64] Notice that Gamecube is just(if not more) powerful thanPS2 yet is so much smaller. :-) [N64] Looking Good! Re: [N64] Looking Good! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 19:54:30 EDT From: EYEMSEAN@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Notice that Gamecube is just(if not more) powerful than PS2 yet is ... I have heard about the dvd player with Gamecube from my knowledge it is part of it, I could be wrong "I don't suffer from insanity I enjoy every minute of it."-some person from the gamefaqs site eyemsean [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 20:02:54 EDT From: B2bomber13@aol.com Subject: [N64] Unsubscribe Unsubscribe [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 20:06:01 EDT From: EYEMSEAN@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Unsubscribe Huh!?? eyemsean "DOH!!!!!!NUTS!!mmmmm donuts,(tilts his head back and slobbers)" Homer Simpson [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 20:07:35 EDT From: Nutz4n64@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Notice that Gamecube is just(if not more) powerful than PS2 yet is ... In a message dated 08/24/2000 4:49:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time, moodyl@cba.com.au writes: << Is there a picture of the N-cube as yet?Where? What's up with the DVD feature? Included or add-on? >> IGN, Nintendo.com, everywhere. They all have pics of it. The DVDs are custom made for Nintendo's machine, making them smaller than regular DVDs. They hold 1.5 GBs while PS2's DVDs hold 4.7. This doesn't seem to be something Nintendo has to really worry about, though, since, as IGN said, developers have no reason to use all that space. Plus, these DVDs give info a lot faster than regular DVDs. One thing's for certain: Nintendo has one h*ll of a powerful machine. They will do fine in the next generation. - -Eric- [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 20:09:04 EDT From: Nutz4n64@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Unsubscribe In a message dated 08/24/2000 5:03:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time, B2bomber13@aol.com writes: << Unsubscribe >> Didn't exactly follow directions, did you. Send the message to n64@lists.xmission.com [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 20:10:18 EDT From: Nutz4n64@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Unsubscribe In a message dated 08/24/2000 5:09:36 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Nutz4n64@aol.com writes: << Didn't exactly follow directions, did you. Send the message to n64@lists.xmission.com >> Oops, meant to say majordomo@xmission.com. Sorry. [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 20:13:37 EDT From: EYEMSEAN@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Unsubscribe Ha Ha Ha that was pretty funny hee hee, chuckle chuckle,he didn"t read the instructions at the bottom of every letter, gufaw gufaw I just mailed too many letters to think of a new quote sorry eyemsean [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 17:29:43 -0700 From: Dexter Sy Subject: Re: [N64] Notice that Gamecube is just(if not more) powerful than PS2 yet is ... > > IGN, Nintendo.com, everywhere. They all have pics of it. The DVDs are > custom made for Nintendo's machine, making them smaller than regular DVDs. > They hold 1.5 GBs while PS2's DVDs hold 4.7. Take a look at the DVD caddy on the Game Cube http://www.tendobox.com/media/stock/spaceworld/disk.jpg the small 8cm 1.5 gig disk is used as a demo. but there certainly looks like there is enough room for future larger DVDs. The question is, will it read them, and i think Nintendo isn't narrow minded enough to shut off that possiblity. After all, it was Nintendo was likes to hype the size of their game's ROM sizes almost as much as they hype any other aspect of the game. - -- Dexter S. Tendo Box - Nintendo e-zine Http://www.tendobox.com [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 17:32:30 -0700 From: Dexter Sy Subject: [N64] 64 Meg Cards Also, what do you guys think of the adapter for GameCube that takes in the 64 MegaByte memory cards/sticks Matsushita will be manufacturing? That's the size of a 64DD disk. hmmm... think of the possibilitis eh? - -- Dexter S. Tendo Box - Nintendo e-zine Http://www.tendobox.com [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 17:35:46 -0700 From: Dexter Sy Subject: [N64] GameCube's Standard Ports Check out Nintendo's specs page, and at the very bottom you'll see notes on ports. Controller Port x4 Digicard Slot x2 Analog AV Output x1 Digital AV Output x1 High-Speed Serial Port x2 High-speed Parallel Port x1 Now, I was worried Ninteod might go off in their own tangent and design ports only nintendo products can use. But with 2 serial ports, 1 parallell port, not to mention the AV ports, that opens up the possibilities to a lot of stuff, wouldn't you say? - -- Dexter S. Tendo Box - Nintendo e-zine Http://www.tendobox.com [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 21:10:14 EDT From: LARGEEYES@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] Game Cube's Size = Small In a message dated 8/24/00 7:40:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, dextersy@home.com writes: << its 6" X 6" X 4.3 " yes. its the size of a small box you might get for buying small, breakable items like plates of figurines. Amazing. >> Plates of figurines??? [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 18:46:53 -0700 From: Dexter Sy Subject: Re: [N64] Game Cube's Size = Small plates or figurines. I couldn't think of anythign at the time i was tryign and it was a typo :0D Dex LARGEEYES@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 8/24/00 7:40:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > dextersy@home.com writes: > > << its 6" X 6" X 4.3 " > > yes. its the size of a small box you might get for buying small, > breakable items like plates of figurines. > > Amazing. >> > Plates of figurines??? > > [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] > [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] - -- Dexter S. Tendo Box - Nintendo e-zine Http://www.tendobox.com [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 20:46:25 -0600 From: "Moody, Luke" Subject: [N64] Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 12:44:12 +1000 Could everyone tell me what the best five sites are for N-cube and N64. Ign are okay but shit with updates. I know your going to say Tendobox Dexter. I had a look and tendobox is really good. Well done. Luke ********************************************************************** Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ABN 48 123 123 124) ********************************************************************** [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 23:32:56 EDT From: "Jed Cross" Subject: Re: [N64] Notice that Gamecube is just(if not more) powerful thanPS2 yet is s... > >I'd only wonder about Dave. Stryder, Matt, and I have been posting pretty >often. I've been at school, though, you know. >-Eric- > Okay, now I know where they all are, I was just chatting with Dave the otehr Day on AIM and he went to the hospital for something. - -Jed _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 23:33:15 EDT From: "Jed Cross" Subject: Re: [N64] Notice that Gamecube is just(if not more) powerful thanPS2 yet is s... > >I'd only wonder about Dave. Stryder, Matt, and I have been posting pretty >often. I've been at school, though, you know. >-Eric- > Okay, now I know where they all are, I was just chatting with Dave the otehr Day on AIM and he went to the hospital for something. - -Jed _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 23:38:47 EDT From: "Jed Cross" Subject: Re: [N64] Notice that Gamecube is just(if not more) powerful than PS2 yet is ... >From: Nutz4n64@aol.com >Reply-To: n64@lists.xmission.com >To: n64@lists.xmission.com >Subject: Re: [N64] Notice that Gamecube is just(if not more) powerful than >PS2 yet is ... >Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 16:43:06 EDT > >In a message dated 08/24/2000 10:31:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time, >SillyMrMan@aol.com writes: > ><< So what does everyone think about the look of the machine? I think it's >a > bit childish while at the same time quite intriguing in design. Comments >and > additions to the above list are always eagerly awaited :-) > > * Eric * >> > >Dang, Eric, I didn't know you were still on this list! Anyway, I was a >little disappointed with the look of the console and controllers. The >console is kinda plain, but it's cool that they're coming out with all >those >different colors right away. The controller reminds me a little too much >of >the PSX's, but I'm more used to that now, so I don't think it's that bad. >The N64 still has the best controller as far as I'm concerned, though. >-Eric- Ah, 2 Eric's, one is nutz and one is silly. - -Jed _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 23:44:21 EDT From: "Jed Cross" Subject: Re: [N64] I <3 Nintendo >Matt is right here, wiping away the drool. Metroid? Zelda? Mario? WaveRace? >Star Wars!? ALL AT ONCE? My god ... Nintendo just rules, man. Screw the PS2 >and X-Box, I know where my $200 (or $150, even better!) will be going in >2001. I'm at a loss for words just how awesome this is ... I just hope I >can >get mine in silver, because the purple color is stupid. > >~Matt God matt is so right, but I will probaly spend my money on some computer stuff and clothes and school stuff and well whatever is the best, Then Gamecube is next.I will buy the Gamecube when it is around $200.00. And this may surprise a few, but I have not tried PD yet!!! - -Jed _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 23:48:55 EDT From: "Jed Cross" Subject: RE: [N64] NCube Confirmed >Does the modem come with it automatically? > Nope, hey also, will the modem be able to surf the net(I.E, build my site, check my hotmail?) - -Jed _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 23:54:54 EDT From: "Jed Cross" Subject: Re: [N64] Unsubscribe >Unsubscribe > SEND email to majordomo@lists.xmission.com ans in the body of your text, type unsubscribe, or do what I usually do, disobey the rules of the list and Greg will kick you off. - -Jed _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 00:13:20 EDT From: "Jed Cross" Subject: Re: [N64] Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 12:44:12 +1000 >Could everyone tell me what the best five sites are for N-cube and N64. Ign >are okay but shit with updates. >I know your going to say Tendobox Dexter. I had a look and tendobox is >really good. Well done. > >Luke > Try Global Gamers http://www.globalgamers.net or nintendojo http://www.nintendojo.com or nintendose http://www.nintendose.com or unofial world of nintendo(MAYBE) http://www.world-of-nintendo.com - -Jed _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 00:39:26 EDT From: Nutz4n64@aol.com Subject: Re: [N64] I <3 Nintendo In a message dated 08/24/2000 8:45:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time, jedcross@hotmail.com writes: << God matt is so right, but I will probaly spend my money on some computer stuff and clothes and school stuff and well whatever is the best, Then Gamecube is next.I will buy the Gamecube when it is around $200.00. And this may surprise a few, but I have not tried PD yet!!! -Jed >> I'm beginning to question whether I'll be able to get it when it comes out. I mean, before that, I have to save for a foreign exchange trip to Munich (next summer) and college. Well, priorities are set, and if I can't get GCube right away, that's that I guess. - -Eric- [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 00:25:33 -0600 From: D Fentie Subject: Re: [N64] I <3 Nintendo So I'm a bit confused, does this mean that all these games with screenshots ARE coming out on the system or were they just made solely for a demo? Dexter Sy wrote: > > Check out ign cube for Rebirt. the pictures they took is a tad blurry and its > hard to make out detail but its set in a forest and you can see the foilage, the > trees, the eerie light, its absolutely stunning. > > Dexter > > DarkBastion@aol.com wrote: > > > Matt is right here, wiping away the drool. Metroid? Zelda? Mario? WaveRace? > > Star Wars!? ALL AT ONCE? My god ... Nintendo just rules, man. Screw the PS2 > > and X-Box, I know where my $200 (or $150, even better!) will be going in > > 2001. I'm at a loss for words just how awesome this is ... I just hope I can > > get mine in silver, because the purple color is stupid. > > > > ~Matt > > > > [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] > > [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] > > -- > Dexter S. > Tendo Box - Nintendo e-zine > Http://www.tendobox.com > > [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] > [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 17:55:09 +1000 From: Alex Subject: Re: [N64] I <3 Nintendo At 00:25 25-08-00 -0600, you wrote: >So I'm a bit confused, does this mean that all these games with >screenshots ARE coming out on the system or were they just made solely >for a demo? > They are all just demos. However Waverace, Mario, Zelda and Pokemon games are all certain. [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 11:06:26 +0100 From: Garrett Winters Subject: Re: [N64] Notice that Gamecube is just(if not more) powerful than PS2 yet is so much smaller. :-) on 24/8/2000 17:24, Jed Cross at jedcross@hotmail.com wrote: >> and what about the price? >> > Nintendo's next console gamecube is gonna be cheaper than the PS2 because of > some factors. > > -Jed jesus on a fucking bad day, we all know you are back jed, stop jumping in and writing a useless reply to everything posted to the list. the last 3 messages from you were like one line long and said absolutely fucking nothing. look at what you said above, it means nothing to anyone but yourself. I could say ISS freedom will cost more or less than building a base on the moon but that doesn't mean it is true. you add nothing to the caliber of conversation around here and just wish you would go away for ever. Garrett and I don't care if I get suspended for swearing, you bring it out in me because you are the only pain on this entire list. [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 11:35:54 +0100 From: "Uncle Jingle" Subject: Re: [N64] Notice that Gamecube is just(if not more) powerful thanPS2 yet is so much smaller. :-) - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Garrett Winters" To: Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 11:06 AM Subject: Re: [N64] Notice that Gamecube is just(if not more) powerful thanPS2 yet is so much smaller. :-) > on 24/8/2000 17:24, Jed Cross at jedcross@hotmail.com wrote: > > >> and what about the price? > >> > > Nintendo's next console gamecube is gonna be cheaper than the PS2 because of > > some factors. > > > > -Jed > > jesus on a fucking bad day, we all know you are back jed, stop jumping in > and writing a useless reply to everything posted to the list. the last 3 > messages from you were like one line long and said absolutely fucking > nothing. look at what you said above, it means nothing to anyone but > yourself. I could say ISS freedom will cost more or less than building a > base on the moon but that doesn't mean it is true. > you add nothing to the caliber of conversation around here and just wish you > would go away for ever. > Garrett > and I don't care if I get suspended for swearing, you bring it out in me > because you are the only pain on this entire list. > Ha ha ha ha ha ha.......ha ha ha ha....er....ha ha ha. That may have been a bit harsh, but still, it keeps the list interesting. Thinking of it what Jed said was quite true...in a bleeding obvious sorta way. [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 12:51:55 +0100 From: "Uncle Jingle" Subject: [N64] Looking Good! A few point for discussion here.... Nintendo Shares Hit After Games Unveiled TOKYO (Reuters) - Just one day after a much-touted debut of its newest and most advanced game devices, Japanese video-game maker Nintendo had its shares pounded in the market amid concerns it won't be able to deliver them soon enough. Nintendo shares slipped 3.3 percent on Friday to 18,060 yen, as investors used the later-than-expected release dates for its next generation Gamecube and hand-held Gameboy Advance as an excuse to lock in profits after its price hit a five-month intraday high of 20,210 yen last week. The stock has outperformed Tokyo's broader Nikkei index over the last year. On the year, Nintendo is up 2.7 percent. By comparison, the broad benchmark Nikkei 225 index is down 5.3 percent from a year earlier, closing at 16,911.33 on Friday. Some analysts say Gamecube's last-place entry in the red-hot market for newer video games could hurt Nintendo's place among competitors. Friday's share losses have extended its slide to 10 percent since Monday. Nintendo, a pioneer that almost single-handedly created the home video-game market, slipped behind in releasing next-generation games, losing share to Sony Corp., which introduced its PlayStation2 on March 4, and Sega Enterprises Ltd.'s, whose Dreamcast hit stores late last year. Only in July of next year will game players be able to get their hands on the Internet-enabled 128-bit Gamecube console that boasts a zippy 405 megahertz IBM Corp microprocessor. Gamecube's U.S. debut will come three months later in October 2001. Nintendo's 32-bit Gameboy Advance, a hand-held game console that can be linked to Internet via cell phone, will be released in Japan next March and sold overseas from the following July. OPTIMISM But other analysts, like Mitsuko Morita at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, placed a lofty 23,760 yen price target on Nintendo shares, arguing that its new game console will be able to co-exist with Sony's Playstation2 because of its emphasis on providing a fun gaming experience rather than technology. Her target, which implies a price-earnings ratio of 40 times, was raised from an original 17,000. As for its portable -- even pocketable -- Gameboy series, analysts see little chance of a rival upsetting its 90 percent grip on the hand-held market in Japan. In the United States and Europe, the Gameboy series commands an overwhelming 99 percent market share, thanks to the huge popularity of its Pokemon game. In the U.S. market, an intense battle for market share on the home video-game consoles is likely to unfold when Microsoft launches its X-box game device next year. Although analysts said the technology inside Nintendo's new game consoles was likely to give it an edge against its competitors, the late debut would also mean delays in the release of new software titles that are the lifeblood of the video-game industry. ``It is not clear if Nintendo can come up with any highly-innovative games (software) for the new console to fight back at Sony Corp's PlayStation2, which will have a wide lead in sales by the time of Gamecube launch,'' said Takashi Oya, senior analyst at Deutsche Securities. Oya said that, despite its smaller size and likely lower price tag, the Gamecube would not be able to shake Sony's domination of the market. ``It's not good enough for us to raise the investment rating for the company,'' he said. [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 12:56:34 +0100 From: "Uncle Jingle" Subject: Re: [N64] Looking Good! Sorry about the crappy layout of the text. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Uncle Jingle" To: Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 12:51 PM Subject: [N64] Looking Good! > A few point for discussion here.... > > Nintendo Shares Hit After Games Unveiled > > TOKYO (Reuters) - Just one day after a > much-touted debut of > its newest and most advanced game > devices, Japanese video-game > maker Nintendo had its shares pounded in > the market amid concerns > it won't be able to deliver them soon > enough. > > Nintendo shares slipped 3.3 percent on > Friday to 18,060 yen, > as investors used the later-than-expected > release dates for its > next generation Gamecube and hand-held > Gameboy Advance as an > excuse to lock in profits after its price > hit a five-month > intraday high of 20,210 yen last week. > > The stock has outperformed Tokyo's > broader Nikkei index over > the last year. > > On the year, Nintendo is up 2.7 percent. > By comparison, the > broad benchmark Nikkei 225 index is down > 5.3 percent from a year > earlier, closing at 16,911.33 on Friday. > > Some analysts say Gamecube's last-place > entry in the red-hot > market for newer video games could hurt > Nintendo's place among > competitors. Friday's share losses have > extended its slide to 10 > percent since Monday. > > Nintendo, a pioneer that almost > single-handedly created the home > video-game market, slipped behind in > releasing next-generation > games, losing share to Sony Corp., which > introduced its > PlayStation2 on March 4, and Sega > Enterprises Ltd.'s, whose > Dreamcast hit stores late last year. > > Only in July of next year will game > players be able to get > their hands on the Internet-enabled > 128-bit Gamecube console that > boasts a zippy 405 megahertz IBM Corp > microprocessor. > > Gamecube's U.S. debut will come three > months later in October > 2001. > > Nintendo's 32-bit Gameboy Advance, a > hand-held game console > that can be linked to Internet via cell > phone, will be released in > Japan next March and sold overseas from > the following July. > > OPTIMISM > But other analysts, like > Mitsuko Morita at Morgan Stanley Dean > Witter, placed a lofty 23,760 yen price > target on Nintendo shares, > arguing that its new game console will be > able to co-exist with > Sony's Playstation2 because of its > emphasis on providing a fun > gaming experience rather than technology. > > Her target, which implies a > price-earnings ratio of 40 times, > was raised from an original 17,000. > > As for its portable -- even pocketable -- > Gameboy series, > analysts see little chance of a rival > upsetting its 90 percent > grip on the hand-held market in Japan. In > the United States and > Europe, the Gameboy series commands an > overwhelming 99 percent > market share, thanks to the huge > popularity of its Pokemon game. > > In the U.S. market, an intense battle for > market share on the home > video-game consoles is likely to unfold > when Microsoft launches > its X-box game device next year. > > Although analysts said the technology > inside Nintendo's new game > consoles was likely to give it an edge > against its competitors, > the late debut would also mean delays in > the release of new > software titles that are the lifeblood of > the video-game industry. > > ``It is not clear if Nintendo can come up > with any > highly-innovative games (software) for > the new console to fight > back at Sony Corp's PlayStation2, which > will have a wide lead in > sales by the time of Gamecube launch,'' > said Takashi Oya, senior > analyst at Deutsche Securities. > > Oya said that, despite its smaller size > and likely lower price > tag, the Gamecube would not be able to > shake Sony's domination of > the market. > > ``It's not good enough for us to raise > the investment rating > for the company,'' he said. > > [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] > [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] > [ To quit the n64 mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe n64" ] [ (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ End of n64-digest V1 #1331 ************************** [ To quit the n64-digest mailing list (big mistake), send the message ] [ "unsubscribe n64-digest" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ]