A fan of Nintendo since it's beginning. A fan of wrestling and anime.

• 11Jun 09

  My VC/Wiiware collection

  THE COLLECTION (69 games)

  NES (14)
  Balloon Fight
  Blaster Master
  Bubble Bobble
  Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
  Double Dragon
  Kid Icarus
  Punch-Out
  River City Ransom
  StarTropics
  Super Mario Bros
  Super Mario Bros 2
  Super Mario Bros 3
  Super Mario Bros Lost Levels
  Zoda's revenge: Startropics 2

  SNES (12)
  Donkey Kong Country
  Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest
  Legend of Mystical Ninja
  Secret of Mana
  Super Castlevania IV
  Super Ghouls N' Ghosts
  Super Mario Kart
  Super Mario World
  Super Metroid
  Super Star Wars
  Zelda: A Link to the Past
  Zombie ate my Neighbors

  Sega Genesis (8 )
  Beyond Oasis
  Dynamite Headdy
  Landstalker
  Mega Turrican
  Pulseman
  Toe Jam & Earl
  Vectorman
  Wonder Boy in Monster World

  N64 (6)
  Mario Kart 64
  Paper Mario
  Sin & Punishment
  Super Mario 64
  Super Smash Bros
  Zelda: Majora's Mask

  Turbografx (8 )
  Bonk's Adventure
  Legend of Hero Tonma
  Neutopia
  Neutopia II
  Shockman
  Soldier Blade
  Super Star Soldier
  Ys Book 1 & 2
  
  Virtual Console Arcade (1)
  The Tower of Druaga

  Wiiware (20)
  Bit. Trip Beat
  Bit. Trip Core
  Bubble Bobble Plus!
  Contra Rebirth
  Cue Sports - Pool Revolution
  Dr.Mario Online Rx
  Driift Mania
  Equilibrio
  Evasive Space
  Excitebike: World Rally
  Frogger Returns
  Gyrostarr
  Lost Winds
  Mega Man 9
  NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits
  ORBIENT
  Swords and Soldiers
  Tetris Party
  Toki Tori
  World of Goo
  
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  Virtual Console games to download soon
  Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse(NES)
  Ghosts N' Goblins (NES)
  Super C (NES)
  Metroid (NES)
  Contra III: The Alien Wars (SNES)
  Doremi Fantasy (SNES)
  Super Turrican (SNES)
  Super Turrican 2 (SNES)
  Ogre Battle (SNES)
  Breath of Fire 2 (SNES)
  Super Star Wars: Empire Strikes back (SNES)
  Super Return of the Jedi (SNES)
  Phantasy Star IV (Genesis)
  MUSHA (Genesis)
  Earthworm Jim (Genesis)
  Ghouls N' Ghosts (Genesis)
  Shining Force (Genesis)
  Shining Force 2 (Genesis)
  Gunstar Heroes (Genesis)
  Phantasy Star (Sega Master System)
  Bonk's Revenge (Turbografx)
  Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure (Turbografx)
  Lords of Thunder (Turbografx)
  Final Soldier (Turbografx)

  Wiiware games to download soon
  Mr. Driller W (Wiiware)
  You, Me and The Cubes (Wiiware)
  Arkanoid Plus (Wiiware)
  Lost Winds : Winter of the Melodias (Wiiware)
  Bit. Trip Void (Wiiware)
  
  Virtual Console Wishlist
  Final Fantasy IV (SNES)
  Mega Man X (SNES)
  Donkey Kong 64 (N64)
  Mario Tennis (N64)
  Contra (NES)
  Contra Hard Corps (Genesis)
  
  Wiiware wishlist
  Cave Story
  La Mulana
  Max and the Magic Marker
  Chronos Twins DX
  Night Sky
  Furry Legends
  Super Meat Boy
  Bonk: Brink of Extinction
  Shadow Walker
  Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth
  Worms: Battle Islands
  Mega Man 10
  
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  My GameCube compilations of c lassic games

  Sonic Mega Collection
  Sonic the Hedgehog
  Sonic the Hedgehog 2
  Sonic the Hedgehog 3
  Sonic & Knuckles
  Blue Sphere
  Knuckles in Sonic 2
  Sonic 3 & Knuckles
  Sonic Spinball
  Sonic 3D Blast
  Dr. Robotnik Mean Bean Machine
  Flicky
  Ristar

  Zelda Collector's Edition
  Legend of Zelda
  Zelda 2: Adventure of Link
  Ocarina of Time
  Majora's Mask

  Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time Master Quest
  Ocarina of Time
  Ocarina of Time Master Quest

  Mega Man Anniversary Collection
  Mega Man
  Mega Man 2
  Mega Man 3
  Mega Man 4
  Mega Man 5
  Mega Man 6
  Mega Man 7
  Mega Man 8
  Mega Man: The Power Battle
  Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters

  Namco Museum 50th anniversary
  Pac-Man
  Ms. Pac-man
  Galaga
  Galaxian
  Dig Dug
  Pole Position
  Pole Position 2
  Rolling Thunder
  Rally-X
  Bosconian
  Dragon Spirit
  Sky Kid
  Mappy
  Xevious
  Pac-Mania
  Galaga'88

  Midway Arcade Treasures
  720 Degrees
  Blaster
  Bubbles
  Defender
  Defender II
  Gauntlet
  Joust
  Joust 2: Survival ofFittest
  Klax
  Marble Madness
  Paperboy
  Rampage
  Rampart
  Road Blasters
  Robotron: 2084
  Root Beer Tapper
  Satan's Hollow
  Sinistar
  Smash TV
  SPLAT!
  Spy Hunter
  Super Sprint
  Toobin'
  Vindicators

  Midway Arcade Treasure 2
  A.P.B.
  Arch Rivals
  Championship Sprint
  Cyberball 2072
  Gauntlet II
  Hard Drivin'
  Kozmik Krooz'r
  Mortal Kombat II
  Mortal Kombat 3
  NARC
  Pit-Fighter
  Primal Rage
  Rampage World Tour
  Spy Hunter II
  Timber
  Total Carnage
  Wacko
  Wizard of Wor
  Xenophobe
  Xybots

  Midway Arcade Treasure 3
  Badlands
  Off Road Thunder
  Race Drivin'
  San Francisco Rush The Rock: Alcatraz Edition
  S.T.U.N. Runner
  Super Off Road (and its upgrade, Super Off Road Track Pack)
  Hydro Thunder
  San Francisco Rush 2049

  • Posted Jun 11, 2009 10:33 am PT
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• 2Jun 06

  Wii = Blue Ocean Strategy for Nintendo.

  I'd like to put the definition of the concept of the Blue Strategy on Marketing.

  I read a book called Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne.

  It was very interesting.

  The basic of the Blue Ocean is to make for a company a new market without beating the current market. The competition will become irrelevant.

  The book talked about the Red Ocean (the traditional way) and the Blue Ocean (the innovative way).

  Here's a summary from a reviewer on Amazon that resumes very well the comparaison between the Blue Ocean and Red Ocean.

  What is a BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY? The authors explain it by comparing it to a red ocean strategy (traditional strategic thinking):
  1. DO NOT compete in existing market space. INSTEAD you should create uncontested market space.
  2. DO NOT beat the competition. INSTEAD you should make the competition irrelevant.
  3. DO NOT exploit existing demand. INSTEAD you should create and capture new demand.
  4. DO NOT make the value/cost trade-off. INSTEAD you should break the value/cost trade-off.
  5. DO NOT align the whole system of a company's activities with its strategic choice of differentiation or low cost. INSTEAD you should align the whole system of a company's activities in pursuit of both differentiation and low cost.

  To the readers, take these theories and put it on Wii. You'll see the puzzle of why Wii exists. Reggie and Iwata want to bring the applications on Wii.

  Remember that Nintendo didn't say they want to be number 1. Remember the price of Wii (less than $250) and the cost of production of the dev kits (around $2000). Remember the WiiConnect 24, the virtual console.

  Also there's another point. The Blue Ocean doesn't depend on new technologies. Wii has no HD support and won't have Dolby Digital 5.1.

  Also, the cornerstone of a Blue Ocean strategy is value innovation which occurs "only when companies align innovation with utility, price, and cost positions. If they fail to anchor innovation with value in this way, technology innovators and market pioneers often lay the eggs that other companies hatch."

  Also, the Blue Ocean takes notes that you must find new consummers. Nintendo wants to attract the non-gamers.

   In conclusion, Blue ocean strategies involve value innovation that increase buyer value while at the same time reducing costs allowing for a greater value for money bargain for consumers and superior margins and returns for companies (this is in direct contrast to the accepted wisdom that you can either go for cost leadership or differentiation but not both).

  Also, the book revealed many companies that used the Blue Ocean before.

  - NetJets (fractional Jet ownership)
  - Cirque du Soleil (the circus reinvented for the entertainment market)
  - Starbucks (coffee as low-cost luxury for high-end consumers) - Ebay (online auctioning)
  - Sony (the Walkman - personal portable stereos)
  - Cars: Japanese fuel-efficient autos (mid-70s) and Chrysler minivan (1984)
  - Computers: Apple personal computer (197 and Dell's built-to-order computers (mid-1990s).

  If Nintendo uses this, they are the winners.

  • Posted Jun 2, 2006 8:43 pm PT
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• 7Apr 05

  Definition who is a True Gamer

  A True Gamer is someone:

  -who plays on every consoles. Even you hate one of them and he can love on one of them without to be a fanboy.
  -who accepts that there's no kiddy consoles.
  -who plays on every games genres: RPGs, Fighting, Action/Adventures, etc.
  -who accepts that there's no kiddy games.
  -who thinks that online gaming is cool but it's not necessairly to have it.
  -who doesn't complain that a console is gimmicky.
  -who says that consoles and handhelds are two different things.
  -who says a DVD Player on a console might be cool but it's not necessairly to have a DVD Player included in the console.
  -who says playing on any games is to have fun.

  
  

  • Posted Apr 7, 2005 12:05 am PT
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