New MegaTon Info
 

Cube Nation have reported on the Boom announcement that has been rumoured for the past few months, the translation is courtesy of N-Philes.

"The Japanese publication Dorimaga has just given more details concerning "Megaton Announcement". The magazine reports that a general public show could be organized before the end of the year in Japan. Nintendo and various companies/sub-divisions could thus reveal future titles on the GameCube and Game Boy Advance at this event.

In this case, the "Megaton Announcement" would infact be the announcement of several projects by the companies affiliated with Nintendo GameCube. Is this why Spaceworld 2002 was cancelled? According to Famitsu magazine, it should not be long until Nintendos "Megaton Announcement" is announced officially by the firm in Kyoto.

The magazine also commented that two large GameCube/Game Boy Advance projects will be revealed within the next two weeks!

At the current time we can assume companies such as Enix, Square, Namco, Capcom or the big N itself are involved with the two projects.

The pressure intensifies, as not much more time is left before the "Megaton Announcement" is confirmed."




what do you think the projects are.... ONLINE MARIO KART BABY!!!!

I hope the announcement is that they will never make a Mario Kart game again... it's ike monopoly, with each new console it gets worse ;)

Unless the announcement is that GTA4 is exclusive to GCN, I doubt it will blow up GCN sales :D

But anyway, It will be interesting to see what Nintendo has up thier sleve.

*everyone gets excited*


*everyone gets disappointed*

;) JK

I wonder what this is.. :unsure:

It's always good to know why they cancelled Spaceworld 2002. That's the only doubt I've had from them, in all honesty. But, it looks like this will be good. Thanks for posting!

Actually i think people will pretend to be excited at first... but then they will admit they were dissapointed.. :unsure: ... anyway... yeah...

I doubt Mario Kart would be megaton... I can't think of any games Nintendo could announce that would be megaton... :unsure: they already have Mario out... Zelda in the works... Metroid is out...

Maybe a complete remake of OoT with Ura Zelda added into the game (as in the parts of Ura Zelda being mixed with the normal OoT stuff, not two seperate games)? That could be megaton... kinda... Since it seems like so many people would think that'd be awesome... Or maybe a remake of both OoT and MM? :unsure:

I can't get my mind off Zelda though... Cuz it's my favorite Nintendo series (infact, the only one I really like a whole lot) and a remake of OoT and MM would be awesome :p

A 3D remake of LttP could be... awesom...er... To me at least :p

But it's probably nothing Zelda related, unless maybe it's announcing that there will be a second Zelda game in the works soon and it won't be cel-shaded...

But whatever, I think it'll be nothing major, but everyone will be like OMG THAT'S AMAZING then later end up dissapointed like BLueFire said ;)

If its Mario Kart online, lets just say I will be very pleased. Mario Kart simplay kicks ass, any way you look at it. And it being online is the awsomeest thinge...

the only real megaton thing i can think of is if GTA goes nintendo exclusive and nintendo announces GTA4 multiplayer online... but then again. that would require the world ending. ...... hell has frozen over before (final fantasy anyone?)

an SSB:M add on that lets you play online? :unsure:

hmmm...whatever it is, it will be great. Maybe it will be a Zelda game that you can play online. Or.....err....ill just wait.:D

That truly would be the day...I can just see it now...The PS2 fanboys going suicidial...trying to blow up the world or something...

More probable guesses could be Earthbound, MGS3, something online, Pokemon, Dragon Quest...

Only possible megaton things there are MGS3 and Pokemon...

Megaton is kind of a hard word to live up to :p

The Pokémon Adventure on Gamecube! Everything in total 3D. From the encountering wild Pokémon, to Gym battles, to surfing the oceans. :)

Aha! It must be bigger. Who cares if they patented an MMORPG? Online wouldn't be too "Megaton", in all honesty. But it seems that way with this report. Maybe the exclusive 5 from Capcom are just a taste of what's to come?

It's funny how you guys talk about online gaming stuff... cause Nintendo more than proved this year that they could care less about online gaming. If they were to make some type of online network I doubt it will be able to compete with Ps2 Online or Xbox live unless it's released this year...

I agree. Nintendo even showed signs of disrespect towards online gaming since it was first released--except a modem slot. Nothing big, right? I'm sure Nintendo will always have it, and they'll announce several titles, but it can't be that big. But I have a feeling they'll only use it to keep up with the competition.

What IS big is the aquisition of Square. Wouldn't it be better than getting any GTA rights? Nintendo basically has lots of support, for crying out loud. Seiken Denetsu 3, Final Fantasy Tactics 2, Crystal Chronicle, and a good chance of many others. What's square serving up for PS2 then? FFX2, VII2... and possibly Kingdom Hearts 2?

And has anyone noticed the severe lack of any RPG types on the Gamecube? Ahem? Patented Nintendo MMORPG? Square's definitive support? Hmmmm.......!


The black wind begins to blow....

EDIT: Crap, sorry, I have run myself into a circle. Yes, online gaming WOULD be megatonish if they get the right support, like I just figured out with Square.. yes....

What a proposed "wanted" list of mine would have to be is...

• Plenty of lucious Square MMORPGs
• Mario Kart Online
• For the love of god, POKEMON ONLINE!!
• Online Fighting game with Namco
• PSO announced card battle game online
• F-zero online, triforce support
• Namco support with Triforce, other online genres to be filled
• Online Megaman Battle Network. Forchrisake. Doesn't the game revolve around it? Connectability with GBA please?

Well, that's mostly what I can think of off the bat.

At this point in time, I think getting GTA4 would be bigger than getting Square :p But in the long run I think Square would be bigger... but I doubt Nintendo will get either (exclusive, I mean)...

Aren't Seiken Denetsu 3 and FFT2 GBA games? So that basically leaves Crystal Chronicle with the chance of others for NGC....

PS2 has FFX2, FFXII, Unlimited SaGa, and probably others I can't think of... With the possibility of more (Kingdom Hearts 2, maaaaybe FFVII 2, Chrono something or other, etc)... :p

"Plenty of lucious Square MMORPGs"

Plenty? There has only been one so far, it requires a Hard Drive (which NGC doesn't have), it hasn't even been released in the US yet, and it costs a fortune to play... the game itself, the hard drive, the monthy fee... Doesn't sound like my kind of game :p

I doubt the announcement will be megatonish... :-o

I think Dragon Quest would be pretty 'mega-ton' at least in Japan :P

Predictions of what the Megaton ANNOUNCEMENT might be:


New Zelda (2001 space world style baby)
THe Nintendo Online Accouncement. ( free?? Doubtful but neways)
Hopefully Mario KArt..(please , please)

but I think the mostly likely thing will be a Pokemon game online or not.

Either that or Nintendo brought some company out OR THEY actually developed brand new games.


BTW if the major announcement has anything to do with Pikmin 2 ...I'm going to catch a plane to Japan and strangle SHiggy.

I'll help you with it. ;) No actually I liked Pikmin, it's just nothing big.


What if their thing is an announcement of ALL the things we mentioned here IN ONE??

• The next Zelda
• Big online plans
• Pokemon online
• Mario Kart online (+ others games like F-Zero)
• A Hard Drive
• Huge Square and Tecmo (they're from Dragon Quest right??) support
• Some cool fighters from Namco
• New 2nd party games (Too Human anyone? Raven Blade?)
• New 1st party games (PIKMIN 2!!! :D:D:p)

That would be big...

I dont think they will announce Mario Kart. Miyamoto has already pretty much confirmed one by saying he cant show us screens of it, because it would give away "the secret". So something already announced wouldnt be that big.

And Enix makes DQ.

Square WILL be bigger... it basically sold the PSX back in the day with Final Fantasy 7.

Yeah, Seiken Denetsu FF2 are GBA. Crystal Chronicle is dual, because it works like Fusion and Prime do... except you use the GBA as a controller. O_o Square's only flaw that Nintendo would overlook is FFXI, mainly because, yes, the hard drive, and that server problem. Other than that, all the RPGs are very easily ported to the Gamecube. :D But hey, I can dream, can't I?;)

They have plenty of ideas to make MMORPGs out of. Do you realize how well an online Super Mario RPG would do?;) Or maybe an online Chrono Break?

Or an online FF... no wait, they tried that already. Bleugh ;)


What we've concluded so far and what has been reported (from Famitsu even) is this Megaton derives from the mass of many other projects combined into one to make one "Megaton!" announcement. And they've planned it well, because people will be overwhelmed and purchase more Gamecubes. You know the feeling. And, when they get bored, hit 'em with ZELDA! Then here comes a 1080 jab! Then here comes the final blow: Pokemon! That leaves the market in a prime state before Nintendo's Partnership wrath begins to expand starting from after Spring 2003, which is when some of the Capcom 5 surface and release in Japan.

Eh? Eh?

Square wouldn't be bigger, at least this generation... have you even checked the sales charts? GTA:VC's launch sales were scary, and it looks like it will be the best selling Ps2 game this generation (to this point in US).

Now, if we are talking about Japan, Maybe it would be big... but I don't see anybody wetting thier pants over FF:CC... well, not as much at GTA:VC at least.

Maybe it's a pattern? They need a new company to latch onto? Eh? ;)

I would definitely see PS2 fanboys wetting their pants if Crystal Chronicle was renamed FFXII. :p

True, but do you really think that'll happen? Isn't Crystal Chronicle kind of an action/RPG? I'm not sure, I havn't payed much attention to it (although what I have heard sounds quite nice), but I thought I heard somewhere that it was... :unsure: So I doubt a non-traditional FF game would be given a normal number in the series...

And the thing is, I don't think Square really is as big of a deal for PS2 as it was for PSX... With PSX, FFVII was like the first really major game announced on the system from a big nice well-known thing... I think... :unsure: So it was like "D00D FF man!" and people bought it and developers supported it and it led to many more big games being released on the system...

But now Sony still has those big games... they still have Metal Gear and such, and now the fairly new major series Grand Theft Auto... Which is exclusive to PS2 through 2004... And who knows, by the time the deal is almost up they might work out another deal to make it exclusive even longer :p

I mean, people made a big fuss about Resident Evil when Nintendo got it exclusive... "HAHA TAKE THAT SONY FANS BLAH BLAH YAY GO NINTENDO!" But that obviously didn't do a whole lot for Nintendo... Or steal any of the spotlight from Sony...

But I dunno...

Again though, I doubt the announcement will really be "Megaton"... just my opinion ;)

over my dead body

offline is the way it better stay for the next chrono game

What I mean to say is extra downloadable quests, weapons, the like. The fun never stops. More and more games will have it, but it won't be mandatory.

so, GTA3 is not outta the question, do you remember this? if not... check this out!!!

E3: Three New Ways to Break the Law
Smuggler's Run, Midnight Club, and Grand Theft Auto 3 are busting the GBA.

scroll to bottom

http://pocket.ign.com/release.html

It'd be a bit odd to have the downloadable quests and everything with the next Chrono installment. IMO, I rather have it OFFline.

FF:CC is not part of the main series...Just a side quest thing with old charcters. None the less, I love real time battle, much more then turn base.

that was a typo, right?

Yes, that was a typo...


Die.......

tecmo?...dragon quest...?

It's ENIX GOD DAMNIT!!! The day Tecmo makes anything as good as DQ is the day hell freezes over. ;)

And Chrono Break better not be online...Chrono and online just don't go together...even if it's just downloadable stuff. Square can stick that stuff with FF.

Anyway, back on topic...

I'd like to hear an online game announcement. Anything is fine. I just want to know if Nintendo will actually participate in online gaming.


Oh, and by the way...even if GCN did have a HardDrive...FFXI WOULD NOT come to GCN. Why? because Sony is publishing FFXI (outside of Japan), at least thats what OPM said...Square was having troubles for internet over here...so Sony is doing it.


And as for you, Dyne, why were you saying the the GBA Seiken Densetsu is SD3? As far as I know, it's going to be a completely new one. Heres how it goes:

FF Adventure - Seiken Densetsu
Secret of mana - Seiken Densetsu 2
Secret Of Mana 2 - Seiken Densetsu 3
Legend Of mana - Seiken Denstu 4

I guess that means the GBA SD will be SD5, but of course, SD is the Japanese name, it will be different here.

I don't know, but it was the next Mana game. I said three because that's what I remember.

;) Just wanted to see your reaction.

Actually I knew that it couldn't be Tecmo... Tecmo sounds too weak. :)