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Old 12-05-2004, 07:02 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by Xero Limit 126
The DS is pretty damn innovative for a game system. Dual screens and a touch screen.

Another innovation is Animal Crossing, with the 24 hour actual real time clock.

Plus, the eCard reader, which reads data off a card and you can play games from it.

Nintendo is still very much innovative.
Incorrect on a couple points.

Animal Crossing ain't the first place this "innovation" showed up.

eCard is based on Barcodeboy is based on an invention by (I believe) Tiger.

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Originally Posted by Jonster
Nintendo actually got a patent for online gaming on consoles about six months ago
Yup.

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Originally Posted by BlackDawn2024
Because of Nintendo's stance on online gaming. They feel that not everyone has access to broadband or even the internet, so to spend such a large amount of money on something that not everyone has access to is pointless. I can't say I disagree with Nintendo on this one. It makes sense, as not everyone wants to play online.
No, but since when has the gaming market ever waited for a consensus?

It's shafted GC fans out of a lot of games.

While I partially agree with what you are saying (Several games have been released with the concept that they wouldn't need to put out a good game if it was online instead...), it's foolish to take such an exclusionary stance.
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