I just wrote up this post for my Retrogaming blog and wanted to see what you guys thing about the ideas...
Many of you have heard me ramble about how the Nintendo Revolution will be the ultimate retrogaming machine. On the surface, one would assume that would only be because of it's "backwards compatibility" features.
However, I was just thinking that with the unvieling of it's unique remote-style controller, it may open up a whole new genre of retro games to the home market.
Think of all the unique arcade games there are out there that require controls other than a joystick and buttons. There are games that use guns, boxing gloves, fishing poles, maraccas, and lots of other cool controllers. Now think of how the actions of these arcade controllers could be translated to the motion-detecting Revolution controller.
There are two major reasons in my mind why porting these arcade games to the Revolution would be beneficial to Nintendo:
1) Nintendo is really pushing casual and innovative gaming with the Revolution. Arcade games are some of the best examples of casual gaming. They usually have a very easy-to-learn control scheme, do not require a long attention span, and are usually filled with continuous fun. Also, since arcade games are designed to catch the attention of a gamer walking by, they will be perfect for luring new gamers at a party into joining the action.
2) Every new console needs a good set of launch titles. And one of the quickest ways to build up a series of launch titles are quick ports. However, usually this leads to some games that are already existing in one form or another on another console. But in this case, there are not any other consoles that can execute these types of games effectively. So Nintendo just needs to entice the companies that put out these innovative arcade titles like Sega and Konami and have them whip up some excellent arcade ports.
With some luck, maybe a Nintendo employee or a developer with stumple upon this post, and we will all be blessed with some new arcade goodness in our homes!
Many of you have heard me ramble about how the Nintendo Revolution will be the ultimate retrogaming machine. On the surface, one would assume that would only be because of it's "backwards compatibility" features.
However, I was just thinking that with the unvieling of it's unique remote-style controller, it may open up a whole new genre of retro games to the home market.
Think of all the unique arcade games there are out there that require controls other than a joystick and buttons. There are games that use guns, boxing gloves, fishing poles, maraccas, and lots of other cool controllers. Now think of how the actions of these arcade controllers could be translated to the motion-detecting Revolution controller.
There are two major reasons in my mind why porting these arcade games to the Revolution would be beneficial to Nintendo:
1) Nintendo is really pushing casual and innovative gaming with the Revolution. Arcade games are some of the best examples of casual gaming. They usually have a very easy-to-learn control scheme, do not require a long attention span, and are usually filled with continuous fun. Also, since arcade games are designed to catch the attention of a gamer walking by, they will be perfect for luring new gamers at a party into joining the action.
2) Every new console needs a good set of launch titles. And one of the quickest ways to build up a series of launch titles are quick ports. However, usually this leads to some games that are already existing in one form or another on another console. But in this case, there are not any other consoles that can execute these types of games effectively. So Nintendo just needs to entice the companies that put out these innovative arcade titles like Sega and Konami and have them whip up some excellent arcade ports.
With some luck, maybe a Nintendo employee or a developer with stumple upon this post, and we will all be blessed with some new arcade goodness in our homes!