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Unfortunately for you Leto, you're either a liar or live in 2005.
Well, I find this highly unlikely. It's really hard for a new comer to enter a gaming and succeed. Microsoft is an exception because of its vast resources. Apple, which can't develop any gaming specific hardware would be way out of its league because it just doesn't have the experience.

Its best bet is to join up with some existing game company. Nintendo would be the logical choice because Sony/Microsoft both compete with Apple in music, OSes, and media distribution. However, Nintendo doesn't seem poised to abandon its position that staunchly backs pure gaming systems. Because of this, we can be fairly certain that Apple will not enter the gaming market.
Hey ">" I demand that you apologize to the posters and get in line with our PR department. Remember you drone, the Wii is more fun as your Australian overlord emphasized in an interview.

Behave or we'll take your Playstation 3.
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Why would it be funny when those points are pretty much true? Does the truth amuse you?
@Heinrich.

For starters, I thought Wind Waker was excellent. Disregarding it based off of the graphics without touching the game is a shameful mistake in my opinion. I do think you should try playing it.

I suppose I may be in the minority but I've never understood what people mean when they want a mature title. Do you like Gears of War and Call of Duty 3 because they have guns and blood? I'm not sure why that would be a good thing. Perhaps my tastes are simply strange to you guys but I hardly see that as definitive of "mature". I think they will be excellent and fun games but I don't understand what about them makes them mature.

Mario Party is a kiddy game for unsophisticated youths but comparing Twilight Princess to that is a horrific blashphemy. I don't see why this game isn't mature. It deals with the same theme as the other two games you're excited about, good vs. evil. It's just a matter of execution and from what I can tell, those games are just more graphic and bloody. Please tell me what people like you want when you envision a "mature" Legend of Zelda game. Seriously. I have no idea what that would look like.

Moreover, I think something extremely realistic with voice acting and blood would be a betrayal to the Zelda formula. I find it charming because of how simple yet complex it is. It's very much like a fantasy novel. Perhaps you aren't into the genre. But I assure you, fantasy novels can be very complex and "mature".

Also, although Zelda generally retains the same "save the princess" formula, I think the way it is portrayed in each game is very unique. The atmosphere is simply different and the puzzles and enemies are always fresh and challenging. If anything, the vastly different worlds in each game make it anything but repetitive and tried. I guess some people can't appreciate this but I personally do welcome and revel in the change that each new Zelda brings.

And in my opinion, first person shooters are far more repetitive or have the potential to be far more repetitive than Zelda.
On a side note, I think the Gamecube has been dead to many consumers for a long time.

This move isn't a bad one. I think it was necessary given the newness of the control scheme. I know a lot of people that gave up on the Wind Waker because of the cartoony art scheme. Likewise, I expect some to do so as a result of the motion control.

It's smart for Nintendo to minimize the effect of something that is considered by a sizeable number as a deal-breaker. If it takes releasing a different game on a different platform to appease this obnoxious but sadly, significant minority that complain about Link's right handedness and the map flipping, then by all means, they should do it. It's simply profitable to do so.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I'm looking for a wireless trackpad to use with my older (2.5 or so years old) C2D MacBook that's perpetually docked to my home theater. Something sleek, thin, not too small, made of high quality materials. Ideally, it would natively support all of (Snow) Leopard's multitouch inputs, and even more ideally, it would have a charging dock / base. The only problem is that I'm not sure that such a thing even exists. Think you can throw me a bone?"
 

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