motion Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 I think people are being too harsh on the guy. I'm not his biggest fan by any means but he's telling us as much as he can and I for one am excited about these new developments.
Jasper Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 1. Thanks Matt, I didn't know the Wii was getting some good games, I just bought it so I could play movie licensed crap.2. Been rumoured for ages and mentioned by System 3 in an NGamer interview. They said their Gottlieb Pinball game would be available as one of the first demos. 3. That took a genius. Sega and Namco Bandai have both said that recently. You're the nicest guy in the block, no? It's a bleeding blog post from Cassamasssina. It's not like he's been rambling this weeks predictions on the official site. it's not like he makes you read them. I'm sorry, but all this hatred for a man so well known in the gaming press. Cassamassina is certainly one of the better game journalists in the industry and I'm pretty sure that he's telling things he knows. He's just saying that all those critics on Wii will be silenced soon with great projects of wich he can't talk just yet. Now that's the task of a journalist, no? Bringing us the info? But he can't thanks to an NDA - so he sais as much as possible. On his blog. The stupidest thing is: Cassamassina at least gives us a string to hang on, if we have to count on N-ERurope's news service lately we'll have all the news after the explosion happpened. God they've grown to be late (sorry guys). So why complain on a journalist who is early for once?
ShadowV7 Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 SEGA and Mamco-Bandai havn't announced anything for the Wii lately. Also he said IGN would be announcing 1 or 2 games in the coming week.
Tellyn Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 You're the nicest guy in the block, no? It's a bleeding blog post from Cassamasssina. It's not like he's been rambling this weeks predictions on the official site. it's not like he makes you read them. I'm sorry, but all this hatred for a man so well known in the gaming press. Cassamassina is certainly one of the better game journalists in the industry and I'm pretty sure that he's telling things he knows. He's just saying that all those critics on Wii will be silenced soon with great projects of wich he can't talk just yet. Now that's the task of a journalist, no? Bringing us the info? But he can't thanks to an NDA - so he sais as much as possible. On his blog. The stupidest thing is: Cassamassina at least gives us a string to hang on, if we have to count on N-ERurope's news service lately we'll have all the news after the explosion happpened. God they've grown to be late (sorry guys). So why complain on a journalist who is early for once? Yep. But the thing is, he gave us NO new information. SEGA and Mamco-Bandai havn't announced anything for the Wii lately. Also he said IGN would be announcing 1 or 2 games in the coming week. Sega said they will announce soon an 'unexpected game' and Namco Bandai said something about a new Tales of game for the Wii/DS. If Matt's right and some awesome games are announced this week, then I take back everything.
McMad Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 SEGA and Mamco-Bandai havn't announced anything for the Wii lately. Also he said IGN would be announcing 1 or 2 games in the coming week. Matt said also said that they're nothing really special though, I'm just gonna hype myself for GDC and see what happens. If there's no E3 in May this year Nintendo have to reveal their plans at some point.
Tellyn Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 Matt said also said that they're nothing really special though, I'm just gonna hype myself for GDC and see what happens. If there's no E3 in May this year Nintendo have to reveal their plans at some point. Well remembered, I actually forgot that E3 is in July this year. (Is it July?) In that case GDC should have more info than usual.
ShadowV7 Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 That Tales thing just ended up being a PS2 game unless I missed something. Another tales game would be great
Owen Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 I use to not like Matt but he hasn't actually done anything wrong so i'll believe him. Good news about the Demo Channel and the projects getting announced,can't wait. Demo Channel is great news. It makes sense really, i mean...all those times people went on at ONM to have a demo-disc and they never did it! Now Nintendo can. The demo channel can't come soon enough! Metroid will be the first playable demo i reckon.
McMad Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 I thought Matt meant that the Demo channel was for downlaodable new games, like flash games, that can be made independently. I'm expecting the full launch of the Wii Game Demo Channel. I don't know if that's what it's called, but it's the original game equivalent to Virtual Console titles. These are new projects developed for Wii, but downloadable. Matt's Blog
darksnowman Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 I think people are being too harsh on the guy. I'm not his biggest fan by any means but he's telling us as much as he can and I for one am excited about these new developments. Well said. Its got us talking and got us excited, sure thats something good right? Like people are saying already, this is only the guys blog, its not official (though he'd tell us everything if he could) he's leaking little bits and pieces to us the best he can without losing his job! Demo channel sounds good, lets hope its made good use of. A decent try before you buy system would be class.
Shino Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 Yep. But the thing is, he gave us NO new information. You missed the part where he didn't posted that in a news site.
Tellyn Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 You missed the part where he didn't posted that in a news site. Every site is treating it as news though. Why?
Shino Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 Every site is treating it as news though. Why? Because its from Matt, he can't help it if anyone else but you think he's reliable.
ShadowV7 Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 Every site is treating it as news though. Why? Because of people over hyping it.
IMJ Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 Wow, some really harsh comments here. Cool off people. He's just giving us some hints of potentially great things to come. Sure, it's vague, but what else could he tell without costing his job? I for one, like to hear some vague hints of potentially some great games to come rather than nothing at all. Just don't go hype yourself up, just wait and see. @Tellyn888 As far as I could tell, Sega mentioned they've got a secret title in the works. Never did it mention for which platform, so I wouldn't bet on a Wii title just yet. As for the Tales games, the rumor originated from Jeux-France. All we've seen was some PS2 Tales game, Tales of Fandom Vol.2. Yeah, weird title indeed. It remains to be seen if anything new will be announced for Wii or DS at all.
Jasper Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 Yep. But the thing is, he gave us NO new information. I think somebody else already said it, but I'll run with the honor here. It was a blog, not a newssite. A blog is a Personal Web Log, wich means he can tell things he wouldn't post as news. You're all just making a big deal out of it - as if you're searching for someone to shit on, and you've just found your sitting duck.
scubahood Posted February 25, 2007 Posted February 25, 2007 All those hating on the guy are just doing it because its cool to hate him. Its like with all these rock bands one second you all love them then the next you hate them.
Kurtle Squad Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 Will you lot shut up...He's not trying to dangle stuff infront of you to try and make you jealous. He's telling people that there's big stuff over the hill. You DIDN'T know that interesting and potentially great unannounced games are being made, and he's trying to tell people that the Wii isn't going to be as flat as it has been so far. That's all!! Every site is treating it as news though. Why? Because Media is a stupid hype/exaggerater machine. e.g. Bird Flu any Flu Jade Porky being 'rascist' Well remembered, I actually forgot that E3 is in July this year. (Is it July?) In that case GDC should have more info than usual. October....
Helmsly Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 Will you lot shut up...He's not trying to dangle stuff infront of you to try and make you jealous. He's telling people that there's big stuff over the hill. I dunno, seemed to me thats exactly what he was doing; he isn’t allowed to give any information on whatever he knows at this point so it is totally pointless for him to have mentioned anything. He just comes across as a smug little man who felt the need to tell us all he knows something that we don’t and that the reason he’s telling us, is so that in the future whenever this “crazy awesome news” is revealed he can perk up and remind us all that he knew first. You DIDN'T know that interesting and potentially great unannounced games are being made, and he's trying to tell people that the Wii isn't going to be as flat as it has been so far.That's all!! And in this case, its pretty obvious that Nintendo are working on something big behind the scenes, did you really think Zelda Twighlight princess Mario galaxy, MP3 and Smash brothers brawl would be the only high caliber games for the Wii and we’d be playing lesser titles for the rest of the Wiis existence? With all this mass attention and record breaking sales of the Wii I really find it unlikely Nintendo were ever going to rest on this success and do absolutely nothing big with the Wii
Fierce_LiNk Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 Will you lot shut up...He's not trying to dangle stuff infront of you to try and make you jealous. He's telling people that there's big stuff over the hill. You DIDN'T know that interesting and potentially great unannounced games are being made, and he's trying to tell people that the Wii isn't going to be as flat as it has been so far. That's all!! I think that's more than a little naive, to be honest. Let's look at the facts here. The Wii has been out for ten minutes. It features a brand new control system, and the potential for great games. Saying that there are great games on the horizon is almost as obvious as stating that humans have heads. Of course there's going to be games we don't know about, just like there are games we don't know about that haven't yet been announced for the 360, PS3 or even the DS. The control scheme is new and for the most part, untested. There's going to be some downright stupid uses for the remote, and there's going to be some potentially awesome uses, too. ANY gamer could tell you that.
Jasper Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 I think that's more than a little naive, to be honest. Let's look at the facts here. The Wii has been out for ten minutes. It features a brand new control system, and the potential for great games. Saying that there are great games on the horizon is almost as obvious as stating that humans have heads. Of course there's going to be games we don't know about, just like there are games we don't know about that haven't yet been announced for the 360, PS3 or even the DS. The control scheme is new and for the most part, untested. There's going to be some downright stupid uses for the remote, and there's going to be some potentially awesome uses, too. ANY gamer could tell you that. But then again, what's wrong about stating it, then? It's not like he's lying when he states that humans have heads.
Fierce_LiNk Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 But then again, what's wrong about stating it, then? It's not like he's lying when he states that humans have heads. There's nothing overly wrong about it, but then again, he doesn't really give us any new information either, so what's right about it? I think it's mostly hype building, and the post he has made will leave him in a win-win situation. Especially towards the end of his post where he said "you heard it here first" or somewhere along those lines.
Charlie Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 You know that Matt is just doing this to get attention? He knows that everyone gets really worked up when he posts vague comments.
Tellyn Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 All those hating on the guy are just doing it because its cool to hate him. Its like with all these rock bands one second you all love them then the next you hate them. If you actually read our points, we have valid reasons to hate/criticise him. 1. He knows a lot of people read his blog, he loves himself, and knows he will get a huge reaction, and that new games will be announced soon regardless of how he words it. 2. The vagueness is just plain annoying. I could say 'Wii is getting more games! Good games!' but I wouldn't get any reaction. He does it because he's on a mainstream website and people will think he's the messiah if a new game gets announced in the next week. You know that Matt is just doing this to get attention? He knows that everyone gets really worked up when he posts vague comments. He doesn't know anything. He thinks he's an insider and loves himself.
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