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RTX Red Rock GameCube Disappears
Prophet | 20:55 | Console
Lucas Arts has quietly removed any reference to the GameCube its third-person action game, RTX Red Rock (thanks HomeLAN). At this late hour we weren't able to get information from LEC on the fate of the GameCube game, but it is obvious that any reference to it has been removed from both its product page and the game's official site. The PlayStation 2 version of the game is still scheduled for a May 2003 release.
I recall this slowly happened with N64. Companies start dropping support, until the console goes bye bye.
Oh well. I''ll have to play it with load times then eh?
Lucas has had good sales on the Cube. I doubt this title will be removed.
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It''d be a shame for the Cube to lose Red Rock, if only ''cause its using the same tech-base as Bounty Hunter, which leads me to believe that a GCN version would be way smoother than its PS2 counterpart. Ah well...as long as the gameplay is good and adventurey. C''mon Hal, I know you can do it.
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Bad news, if true for, people who can only afford one system, but to be honest the absolute only reason I bought a GCN if for the fisrt party games anyway! It might seem kind of expensive for only a handful of games that I want to play, but those games are usually worth it.
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I don''t think the GameCube will die. Nintendo better get into shape and give people more reasons to buy the cube. Online play could be huge for Nintendo. No other company has the franchises that would get hardcore gaming geeks to go online.
If Mario Kart isn''t online I''ll be unhappy.
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So far it seems like MS is the only one who''s really pushing online play. Sony and Nintendo seem to be treating it as an afterthought. I think online capabilities have really helped out the X-Box, especially since it''s unique in being able to deliver downloadable content. Nintendo and Sony are almost going to have to include that capability in their next consoles to be able to compete.
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I don''t see that? Most of those franchises are rock solid single player games. I don''t see Nintendo ever being a big player with online capability. As a matter of fact I can only think of two games that I would really care to play online, Mario Kart and F-Zero.
I''m honesly curious what games you like to see Nintendo go online with?
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Pikmin, Mario Sports, SSB:M, Mario Kart, F-Zero, 1080, Advance Wars, Pokemon, NBA Court Side. Nintendo has so much they can do.
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I''m with Ulari on this one. I think Nintendo really needs to make some big strides in the on-line department to secure it''s future here in the states. Even if it isn''t one of the main reasons a person would buy a cube, it''s still an attractive selling point.
Besides, how cool would Advanced Wars on-line be? One on one, FFA, or massive multiplayer.
Mario Kart online alone would sell more cubes.
Most of those games you list though Ulari don''t strike me as big online games. Sure having that available would be a nice option, but most of the games you listed, I wouldn''t buy because their online capable, but rather for the fun single player game.
I haven''t played Pikmin, so I don''t know about that one, but the others? I mean aside from Mario Kart and F-Zero, would those other really move systems for their online abilities?
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Smash Bros online would be cool.... Mario Golf, Mario Tennis...
But we''re talking Nintendo here, they would innovate and do something no ones thought of yet, and it would be really cool.
EDIT: Basically what Ulairi said.. heh.
You know, they can say screw innovation and just give me Zelda online with co-op and they would own me! Damn that would be fun.
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Personally, I''ve been really tempted to pick up a cube due to 1) it''s rather cheap and 2) You can play F-zero, Metroid(s), Arcadia, and Zelda on it. I have never owned a nintendo product of any kind.... they must be doing something right. It''s the strong single player content that draws me, personally.
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I agree with Gorey insofar as it''s strong single player content that draws me to any system or game in the first place multiplayer content is good but not always necessary for me.
However I own a PS2 and one of my co-workers has a ''Cube and an X-Box and for me I''d buy the Microsoft product first. now that''s saying something as I''ve always loved nintendo products since I was a kid. I just don''t knoew what it is about the cube that just leaves me cold, the only games I''ve really enjoyed were Mario Sunshine and Metroid.Even then part of me hankered for Mario 64.
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Eternal Darkness and Metroid Prime really want me buy a gamecube. Especially the GC+MP bundle they are putting out when MP hits the stores here in Germany. The problem for me is the controller. I tried it for half an hour in the shop and afterwards my hands ached :(. Is there any bigger version of that controller?
Also I heard Metroid Prime has some strange controls? How much truth is in that? I know the controls completely ruined gunvalkyrie for me, so I think it is fair to say that I am a bit picky about controls in a game ;).
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if you can, try it first. They are pretty funky at first, but I got used to them in a reasonable amount of time and enjoyed the hell out of the game. If I was given a choice I''d like a different option, but they certainly didn''t ruin the game for me.
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Metroid Prime is good. The controls never posed much of a problem to me... Actually, I still don''t understand why people complain about the controls. They get you around, and they get you shootin'' stuff, and they do it better than Resident Evil ever could.
And right now you can get a Cube and a free copy of MP!
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Hmm, controller wise, I''ve heard nothing but raves about the Wavebird. I''d stick ''awesome wireless controller'' on the list of ''reasons to splurge'', myself.
Eternal Darkness- forgot about that one. I think there''s a cube in my future...yessir.
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The wavebird proves that all controllers should be wireless. Best thing ever.
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This may not be anything, but it looks like the big N is investing in technology for next gen hand-helds.
http://www.eetimes.com/sys/news/OEG2...
It may not mean they''re staying in the console hardware market, but since they''ve got a stranglehold on handhelds it would be silly to pull out of hardware altogether.
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They are staying in the console hardware market.
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