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KillerGremlin · 12-05-2008, 04:45 AM

In 1996, Nintendo took their most popular franchise, Mario, and brought him into a fully 3D world. Super Mario 64, a game that is over a decade old, was in a word: P-E-R-F-E-C-T. The transformation from 2D to 3D was brilliant.

In 1998, Nintendo took another of of their most popular franchises, Zelda, and transformed it into a fully explorable, emmersive, and kick-ass 3D world. Ocarina of Time is a decade old, and it is PERFECT. There are no ifs. There are no ands. Nintendo achieved perfection. If there was ever a divine moment in gaming, Ocarina of Time defines that moment. Again, Nintendo accomplished a brilliant transformation from 2D to 3D.

In 2002, Nintendo took another incredibly popular franchise, Metroid, and brought it into the 3D realm. Without a doubt, Metroid Prime is easily one of the Cube's best titles. In hindsight, Metroid Prime is a better game than the Halo franchise. I say this as a jaded PC gamer. Metroid Prime was immersive, innovative, and in 3D.

These are 3 fine examples of Nintendo taking the leap form 2D to 3D and kicking ass. The above 3 games I listed are pretty much perfect, or as close to perfect as gaming gets.

In 1999 Nintendo gave us two big wet cock teases: Pokemon Snap and Pokemon Stadium. It was Nintendo's way of saying, "Here, we will show you what Pokemon will look like rendered in 3D. Heck, we will even show you what a battle stadium will look like, and the Pokemon's habitable environment. But we won't actually deliver with a full 3D RPG."

And that is that. I'd like to think there is some good reason why the Nintendo developers haven't got strapping on a 3D Pokemon RPG. They are sort of stretching Zelda thin (Twilight Princess was okay, but definitely not as good as OoT, MM, or even WW). So what's up. My theory is money. My theory is Nintendo makes the big bucks keeping Pokemon handheld. My theory is that once Nintendo goes 3D people will realize that handheld Pokemon RPGs suck. People will realize that playing Pokemon on your handheld is so 10 years ago.

Anyway, just my 2 cents supported with some peculiar release dates and game choices by Nintendo.

12-05-2008, 04:45 AM	#5
KillerGremlin No Pants KillerGremlin is offline Location: Friggin In The Riggin Now Playing: my ding-a-ling Posts: 4,566	Re: What should a 3D online Pokémon Wii game be like? In 1996, Nintendo took their most popular franchise, Mario, and brought him into a fully 3D world. Super Mario 64, a game that is over a decade old, was in a word: P-E-R-F-E-C-T. The transformation from 2D to 3D was brilliant. In 1998, Nintendo took another of of their most popular franchises, Zelda, and transformed it into a fully explorable, emmersive, and kick-ass 3D world. Ocarina of Time is a decade old, and it is PERFECT. There are no ifs. There are no ands. Nintendo achieved perfection. If there was ever a divine moment in gaming, Ocarina of Time defines that moment. Again, Nintendo accomplished a brilliant transformation from 2D to 3D. In 2002, Nintendo took another incredibly popular franchise, Metroid, and brought it into the 3D realm. Without a doubt, Metroid Prime is easily one of the Cube's best titles. In hindsight, Metroid Prime is a better game than the Halo franchise. I say this as a jaded PC gamer. Metroid Prime was immersive, innovative, and in 3D. These are 3 fine examples of Nintendo taking the leap form 2D to 3D and kicking ass. The above 3 games I listed are pretty much perfect, or as close to perfect as gaming gets. In 1999 Nintendo gave us two big wet cock teases: Pokemon Snap and Pokemon Stadium. It was Nintendo's way of saying, "Here, we will show you what Pokemon will look like rendered in 3D. Heck, we will even show you what a battle stadium will look like, and the Pokemon's habitable environment. But we won't actually deliver with a full 3D RPG." And that is that. I'd like to think there is some good reason why the Nintendo developers haven't got strapping on a 3D Pokemon RPG. They are sort of stretching Zelda thin (Twilight Princess was okay, but definitely not as good as OoT, MM, or even WW). So what's up. My theory is money. My theory is Nintendo makes the big bucks keeping Pokemon handheld. My theory is that once Nintendo goes 3D people will realize that handheld Pokemon RPGs suck. People will realize that playing Pokemon on your handheld is so 10 years ago. Anyway, just my 2 cents supported with some peculiar release dates and game choices by Nintendo.