Re-Release RIP

By: Mike
I hate to say things that hinder people’s emotions. I really do. I’m more like the kid that enjoys to joke about society’s issues instead of worrying my head about them. But, whenever an issue does come up, I do not simply throw a sarcastic joke as my response. I stick up for what I believe is wrong, and that’s something which makes me unique from some other people who just don’t give a f**k either way.

What I’m trying to say in this pretty bad rambling is that some things cannot be changed. One, I believe, is that Nintendo will NEVER make a re-release of their golden system. That doesn’t mean it will totally forget its past. Any idiot that browses through some Game Boy Color games will know Nintendo has updated 100% complete NES games into their newer current systems (which I believe is a FANTASTIC way of keeping the NES alive). Granted, some of the older feelings of our beloved gray box will be absent, but I think it would be unfair to criticize Nintendo’s attempts.

I have visited many, many NES sites and I have seen quite a few “N64 NO!” banners. I think this is unfair of those to make fun of what the big N is working on to keep up with their competitors. Imagine, for a second, if Nintendo said: “Screw the 64, we’ll just make new NES games for now on!” Now, how long do you think the great gaming monopoly would be able to stay afloat? Nintendo is trying to keep up with other competing companies by producing the newest MX 3000 SUPER-POWER-EXCELLENT-W00T-W00T technology. But, as I said before, they have also resurrected many NES games to the GBC and there are many plans for other games (Ninja Gaiden, SMB 3) to grace the Game Boy Advance system in the future, at the same time. Nintendo has not forgotten its ROOTS, it’s simply focusing on the new school for the almighty dollar.

That’s not to say that the N64 should be considered as highly as the NES, or to any other completely successful system. That just wouldn’t be true. It was NOT a disaster, but at the same time was NOT a great success. New entry Sony came out of no where to receive some of the best games ever to be made. Nintendo had its share of good games, but what Sony had was 3rd party support and Nintendo’s 1st and 2nd party games were overshadowed.

So, in closing, expect to see plenty of NES re-releases on other, newer systems. I HIGHLY doubt that Nintendo will resurrect its first system but they will see that their great NES era of games will not be lost anytime soon.