Dwedit's Board

Enjoy the board

You are not logged in.

Announcement

Welcome, fellow visitors from other websites!
Whenever you download a file, I'd appreciate it if you posted a nice "Thank You" message, then tell me which site you came from. Thanks.
- Dwedit

#1 2005-01-12 10:46:01 pm

Vash The Stampede
Member
From: Philadelphia Area
Registered: 2004-12-16
Posts: 253
Website

Would there even be a DS if...

Pokemon wasn't created?

I mean, it sounds really bogus, but wasn't interest in GameBoy seriously dying out at the time Pokemon was introduced?  And wasn't Game Boy Color created as a direct result of the new market of game boys?  I just want to see if this theory I came up with while ranting in the Anime board has any merit with your opinions.


http://forums.reg-exp.org

It's a small, fun forum.  If you'd like an invite, e-mail me.

Offline

#2 2005-01-13 5:33:25 am

Indogutsu
SUCK UGLY COCKI
From: America's Wang
Registered: 2004-12-14
Posts: 136
Website

Re: Would there even be a DS if...

Well, I'm sure the Game Boy Color was also created to test a new market for Dragon Warrior games...

*snicker*

*snort*

...BWAAAHAHAHAHA! I'm sorry, I kid. Nobody likes Dragon Warrior except for the entire country of Japan and a handful of Net geeks elsewhere. But the opinions of said geeks don't matter at all to those stuffed shirts at Square Enix, now do they?

Last edited by Indogutsu (2005-01-13 5:34:35 am)


"I've been playing a lot of Final Fantasy Tactics lately, trying to master all the jobs for my human characters, and it's even been showing up in my dreams. Last night I had a dream I was watching one of those stand-up shows on TV, and a comedian was doing a bit about, you guessed it, the battle on the roof of Riovanes Castle..." -Indo Tenbuki

"A pizza is worth a thousand words!" -Some penguin

Offline

#3 2005-01-13 6:23:46 am

leofox
Member
From: Balmora
Registered: 2004-12-23
Posts: 262

Re: Would there even be a DS if...

You mean that if there was no Pokemon, there'd be no Gameboy color, if there were no GBC there'd be no GBA, and also no DS and PSP? I don't really think so. Of course, pokemon was a huge succes, but there were other succesful games for Gameboy too, like Mario Land and stuff. Plus: pokemon is one of those games that runs just fine on a low-res grayscale screen, and really slow linking. Just look at the GFX of the newer pokemon games: you can see that based on greyscale, you can even say that they're bigger made tiles of pkmn blue, that are just colored. (well, at least pokemon fire red is)

Why would they make a device with 3D gfx, Wlan, 2 screen etc.. for pokemon?

Offline

#4 2005-01-13 11:08:50 am

the $$600.000.000 man
Anime Otaku
From: The Netherlands, Koog a/d Zaan
Registered: 2004-12-26
Posts: 179
Website

Re: Would there even be a DS if...

If there weren't games or computers what is there left for us to do??? [and no computers include Calcs!]


This is troublesome... WHAAT?! THAT'S MY LINE!!!
66606738342b5fd477ef54.gifmario7bz.gif
UBAR proud membar of teh:
Banner%20copy.jpg

Offline

#5 2005-01-13 4:16:49 pm

Vash The Stampede
Member
From: Philadelphia Area
Registered: 2004-12-16
Posts: 253
Website

Re: Would there even be a DS if...

I'm not saying they were made FOR pokemon, but as a direct result of the success it brought to the Game Boy franchise.


http://forums.reg-exp.org

It's a small, fun forum.  If you'd like an invite, e-mail me.

Offline

#6 2005-01-13 9:20:45 pm

Dwedit
Administrator
From: Chicago
Registered: 2004-12-12
Posts: 1,017
Website

Re: Would there even be a DS if...

I heard the Atlantis (code name for the GBA) was in development long before they made the GameBoy Color.

Yay, my internet connection's back up!


"We are merely sprites that dance at the beck and call of our button pressing overlord."

Offline

#7 2005-01-14 8:23:54 am

the $$600.000.000 man
Anime Otaku
From: The Netherlands, Koog a/d Zaan
Registered: 2004-12-26
Posts: 179
Website

Re: Would there even be a DS if...

no the GB(C) isn't made for pokémon, pokémon was made for the GB(C)


This is troublesome... WHAAT?! THAT'S MY LINE!!!
66606738342b5fd477ef54.gifmario7bz.gif
UBAR proud membar of teh:
Banner%20copy.jpg

Offline

#8 2005-01-14 9:09:14 pm

Vash The Stampede
Member
From: Philadelphia Area
Registered: 2004-12-16
Posts: 253
Website

Re: Would there even be a DS if...

*sigh*  must I clarify this again?


My question posed, was that:

Did the new popularity that Pokemon brought to the Game Boy inspire the better version of game boy, and eventually the advance, and DS?


http://forums.reg-exp.org

It's a small, fun forum.  If you'd like an invite, e-mail me.

Offline

#9 2005-01-15 1:50:18 am

leofox
Member
From: Balmora
Registered: 2004-12-23
Posts: 262

Re: Would there even be a DS if...

no, i don't think so. Nintendo would've made a GBC anyway, but maybe later.

Offline

#10 2005-01-15 11:48:59 am

the $$600.000.000 man
Anime Otaku
From: The Netherlands, Koog a/d Zaan
Registered: 2004-12-26
Posts: 179
Website

Re: Would there even be a DS if...

nope, it's just new and better technology they want to show and share with us [for some bling bling]




[for about 5000 Septims maybe..]


This is troublesome... WHAAT?! THAT'S MY LINE!!!
66606738342b5fd477ef54.gifmario7bz.gif
UBAR proud membar of teh:
Banner%20copy.jpg

Offline

Registered users online in this topic: 0, guests: 1
[Bot] claudebot

Board footer

Powered by FluxBB
Modified by Visman