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theWacoKid

05-03-2005, 08:06 PM

IGN"s GOTM for the cube.

Game of the Month: April 2005
With no new GameCube titles in April, the battle for Game of the Month heats up.
by Matt Casamassina
May 3, 2005 - With all the videogames that are released each and every month, it can be quite a difficult task to decide which title to spend your hard-earned money on. Granted you could go by our review scores alone and weed through the long list of names to find something that scored high or low, but what if you had somewhere else to turn?

Rather than wait until the end of the year like for our big award blowout, your incredibly masculine friends at IGN.com have decided to employ a monthly tribute to the weeks that were. We're resolved to illustrate to our readers what we thought was the very best game for each system over the past month, and tell you the reason why.
While some of us often chime in with our comments at the end of reviews, for the most part, the reviews on IGN are primarily written by one editor; in this feature we get all of the editors on a particular channel to vote for our Game of the Month. What better way to represent your channel than to speak your mind all at once?

How does it work? Simple. Any game released in the past month is eligible for the award and is taken through a battery of tests by every editor on that particular channel. After we've finished evaluating each game that comes down the pipeline, we put our heads together and decide on a single "best of" winner that's worthy of the title "IGN Game of the Month". Pretty straightforward, don't you think?

Now that we have the guidelines out of the way, let's move on and congratulate this month's winner...

Why We Picked It: It was a tough choice, but we realized that with no games released in April, the winner could only be nothing. Nothing's minimalist graphics proved a bit too primitive for some gamers, and with no gameplay to fall back on, it failed to dazzle most critics. But in the end the lack of any competition helped make the decision easier.

Readers' Game of the Month:
Developed by
Published by

Reader Review quote: "Why does not the Nitedo to release any games in April?"
read the full review
-- submitted by Skazzlebot

Runner-Up

Developed by
Published by

Why We Picked It: Because there was nothing to choose from.

That is sad, just sad, incredibly sad, it doesn't get any sadder than this. Did I mention the overwhelming sense of sadness here. Well, when you've hit rock bottom, and this is damn close, you can only go up from here.

shogun

05-03-2005, 08:29 PM

I cannot fathom owning GC as my only system. Killer7 and Zelda are basically it for the console. Still, I've never regretted owning one, nor do I feel like selling it. Thank RE4 for that.

Glockstar

05-03-2005, 09:04 PM

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Omg... that isn't sad, that's pathetic. No, no, that's not pathetic that's... aw geez, they don't have a word for how sad and pathetic that is. :o

No new games in April?! HAW!

Wait, I gotta see what's coming out this month - surely May will make up for it...

MAY
5/9 = Donkey Konga 2
5/18 = Madagascar
5/31 = Digimon World 4

...pffffft... guess not. :o

June?

6/6 = Medal of Honor: European Assault
6/13 = Nintendo Pennant Chase Baseball
6/14 = Killer 7
6/15 = Batman Begins
6/21 = Fantastic 4
6/27 = Geist

Whoa! Slow it down, Nintendo! LOL

JULY
7/11 = Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
7/12 = Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful Life

AUGUST
8/1 = Madden 2006
8/1 = WWE Day of Reckoning 2
8/9 = Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction

SEPTEMBER
9/1 = Advance Wars: Under Fire
9/1 = Spartan: Total Warrior
9/6 = Rainbow Six: Lockdown

OCTOBER
10/1 = Legend of Zelda
10/3 = Fire Emblem
10/3 = From Russia With Love
10/3 = Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects
10/3 = World Championship Poker

NOVEMBER
11/1 = Harry Potter Goblet of Fire
11/1 = King Kong
11/1 = Need For Speed: Most Wanted
11/1 = Shadow the Hedgehog
11/1 = The Sims 2: Nightlife
11/15 = The Chronicles of Narnia

DECEMBER
12/30 = Starcraft Ghost

Let's see... that's... 29 games - according to <a href=http://www.gamestop.com/comingsoon.asp?orderAscDesc=asc&strAscDesc=&linkpage=1&currentpage=1&sortby=eta&imageFlag=show&platform=27>GameStop</a>.

*Snicker* Better hope E3 brings a sleighful, kitties.
But with Nintendo focusing on the Revolution and the DS, I wouldn't get my hopes up.

Question: Which system is it that's getting killed off this year again?

ThaMaskedGamer

05-03-2005, 09:50 PM

*Snicker* Better hope E3 brings a sleighful, kitties.
But with Nintendo focusing on the Revolution and the DS, I wouldn't get my hopes up.

Question: Which system is it that's getting killed off this year again?

Yup and with all this, people around here still seem to have more hope and definitely more faith in Nintendo nextgen. Sometimes you can be loyal to a fault.

ilnadmy

05-04-2005, 12:15 AM

Question: Which system is it that's getting killed off this year again?

Umm.....that would be Xbox. Xbox 360 released this year anyone?

Yeah.

slade

05-04-2005, 05:55 AM

Heh, the real question is which one of the current console makers is pulling a Sega?

We know for sure it isn't Nintendo.

iVirtual

05-04-2005, 06:37 AM

Said it form the beginning of times...

GC SUCKS!

HHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!

SO SAD, kill yourselves gamecubers...

trebor

05-04-2005, 08:40 AM

Said it form the beginning of times...

GC SUCKS!

HHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!

SO SAD, kill yourselves gamecubers...

You're a prick. :D

Rogue Bounty Hunter

05-04-2005, 12:32 PM

NO GC games in April? Not even multiplatform? Man, that is sad indeed. I thought it was a programming error at Gamerankings, since I never saw a GC section of reviewed games.

I haven't missed my GC singe I got rid of it before E3 2004. Zelda will be the only reason for me to get another GC, so I hope that game turns out to be great.

T.Tashi

05-04-2005, 01:11 PM

Heh, the real question is which one of the current console makers is pulling a Sega?

We know for sure it isn't Nintendo.
It kinda makes you wonder about the lack of third party support killing off the DC that some like to bring up. Nintendo is hanging tight with its handful of quality titles and quality wasn't lacking on the DC, even if some genres were under represented. I think the DC coulda survived if not for a decades worth of debt it had that came due.

DrunkenThumbmaster

05-04-2005, 01:20 PM

slade

05-04-2005, 02:52 PM

It kinda makes you wonder about the lack of third party support killing off the DC that some like to bring up. Nintendo is hanging tight with its handful of quality titles and quality wasn't lacking on the DC, even if some genres were under represented. I think the DC coulda survived if not for a decades worth of debt it had that came due.

I don't know if Sega could have made it last even without their debt. Dubbya C has it right that Nintendo games usually come with an installed base. At two years, Sega had about 12 million consoles sold worldwide, which isn't too far off the userbase of the GC right now. And yet, look at how a heavily hyped game like Shenmue did compared to efforts from Nintendo's own first party. Mixed in with Sega's usual reluctance to stick it out as showcased on the Saturn and you had the formula for another console that would have left gamers on one side of the ocean high and dry.

I just can't find it in me to care about Sega's fate as a console maker. I loved my Genesis but as far as consoles go, that was about the only worthwhile thing Sega ever did. As a company they screwed over consumers way too much.

MoNkEy MaN X

05-04-2005, 03:04 PM

As long as Nintendo's Revolution launch titles are like April's releases... ;)

Nintendo has turned into a specialty console. Specializing in Nintendo games. People will probably still buy the new console too. Another thing to take on hand, figure that parents aren't buying their kids that many games a month, if any... So a drought may go unnoticed by alot of people... People in these forums and in the gaming industry just happen to follow things like this.

Jupiter_x

05-04-2005, 03:46 PM

I just love watching all the Xbots jump in and mock and laugh about this news, kinda like those public school bullies who are just waiting for that "Napoleon Dynamite" kid to screw up or to do one little thing wrong so they can poke fun and laugh at him all day long!

I admit that having no April releases is not cool, I even think they need to be more agressive, but look at most of the tripe that comes from the Xbox? Are some of these titles even worth it?
At least Nintendo has the balls to stick it out for the proper duration for a console life and bring out a worthy console, Which will out power Xbox 2 (Believe it!) M$ is just rushing out the door with this new console and they will be sorry! PS3 will annhilate Xbox 360, Just like before, and I really hope Nintendo does something to put Xbox off the map!

Xbots? enjoy your Xbox 360 while you can, cause Playstation 3 is coming! Who will be lauging then?:eek:

Xbox and Xbox360 are simply going to die too soon!

Superjoint Ritual

05-04-2005, 03:58 PM

The Gamecube has two of my favorite games of all time in Metroid Prime and Resident Evil 4. Great console, but it's definately on its last legs.

Give Nintendo props for trying to keep their console alive, though... At least they didn't do a desperation ditch on thier console like M$. :rolleyes:

Rogue Bounty Hunter

05-04-2005, 08:22 PM

I don't know if Sega could have made it last even without their debt. Dubbya C has it right that Nintendo games usually come with an installed base. At two years, Sega had about 12 million consoles sold worldwide, which isn't too far off the userbase of the GC right now. And yet, look at how a heavily hyped game like Shenmue did compared to efforts from Nintendo's own first party. Mixed in with Sega's usual reluctance to stick it out as showcased on the Saturn and you had the formula for another console that would have left gamers on one side of the ocean high and dry.

I just can't find it in me to care about Sega's fate as a console maker. I loved my Genesis but as far as consoles go, that was about the only worthwhile thing Sega ever did. As a company they screwed over consumers way too much.

Good ole Saturn. Good for only X-Men: Children of the Atom and Marvel Super Heroes, IMO. You're right about Sega's consoles. If there were available PS2 back in 2000/early 2001, I would have never bought a DC, because it really wasn't worth owning. Two months after buying a DC, they stopped production, which cancelled a lot of titles and screwed me big time.

Typical, Insecure Xbox dooshbags, Who effin' cares! The Xbox is going to die this year, And from that point on until 2007 they will release even worse crap than they already do.

You sound familiar.

T.Tashi

05-04-2005, 09:54 PM

I don't know if Sega could have made it last even without their debt. Dubbya C has it right that Nintendo games usually come with an installed base. At two years, Sega had about 12 million consoles sold worldwide, which isn't too far off the userbase of the GC right now. And yet, look at how a heavily hyped game like Shenmue did compared to efforts from Nintendo's own first party. Mixed in with Sega's usual reluctance to stick it out as showcased on the Saturn and you had the formula for another console that would have left gamers on one side of the ocean high and dry.

I just can't find it in me to care about Sega's fate as a console maker. I loved my Genesis but as far as consoles go, that was about the only worthwhile thing Sega ever did. As a company they screwed over consumers way too much.
No doubt Sega going toe to toe with the Super Nintendo was its heyday. I loved that thing and kept it until 2001. It was working perfectly fine and I sold it, but I regretted it as I regretted selling my 3DO. I'm keeping all my consoles and handhelds now though.

Nintendo's characters have some pretty damn remarkable longevity I will admit. They may be pimping 25 year old characters but they still manage to come up with quality games to star them in. How many "bad" Mario/Zelda/Metroid games have there been in two decades?

Mochan

05-05-2005, 03:08 AM

How many "bad" Mario/Zelda/Metroid games have there been in two decades?

Capcom and Konami beats them hands down though. I can't even count how many Rockman games there, and none of them were bad. Castlevania isn't quite as proliferous but not bad either.

iVirtual

05-05-2005, 06:05 AM

You're a prick. :D

why thank you! thank you very much..

Now you see gmecubers bringing up pointless arguments, trying to avoid the main subject..

PATHETIC...

Do you think i care about Xbox2 or PS2 or Revolution right now? All I can tell you is that MS is getting a head start with some good games and a lot of support.. It will take some time before anyone can even say who the winner of the next gen will be..we have to wait till everyone has their cards on the table, then decide..

All im saying is...

GAMECUBE SUCKS. XBX KICKED ITS ARSE...

trebor

05-05-2005, 07:45 AM

GAMECUBE SUCKS. XBX KICKED ITS ARSE...

Articulate as always :rolleyes:

Luckily there are still posters like you who perpetuate the stereotype that Xbots are 1337 speaking, blood and boob obsessed mongoloids, who think that their console choice defines their sexual orientation. :)

In any respect, yeah it sucks that no games were released in April for the Cube - guess thems the breaks. I'm still excited for Zelda, Fire Emblem, Geist, Odama, and Killer 7 coming out this year, so I guess I'll hold off killing myself for just a wee bit longer.

Kult

05-05-2005, 02:01 PM

You sound familiar.

I do? Who am I, or better yet who was I?

No member here in these forums will ever be able to guess!?!

Care to try anyone?

Tic Toc Tic Toc Tic Toc

Lara

05-05-2005, 04:11 PM

Boom!! Busted Jupiter_X

Glockstar

05-05-2005, 07:16 PM

Uh Oh.

<a href=http://www.logusz.com/~yupislyr/whatyoudo.wav>What'd you do?</a>

Jupiter_x

05-06-2005, 06:09 PM

Boom!! Busted Jupiter_X

Actually its my room mate! He uses my PC aswell...and he is just a little more agressive than I am!
At least on forums he is!

Gadfly2317

05-07-2005, 05:13 AM

It's fair enough. . .I'd laugh at xbox, too, if it had a month with no new games.

But in practical terms, there was nothing I bought new in April for either of the other consoles, just the handhelds. Nothing I wanted. So nothing wanted vs. nothing available, and add in April isn't exactly prime gaming month, its just not that big a deal. It's the tail end of NIntendo's console's lifecycle, they aren't a system with a lot of third partry, and they tend to sell their stuff much better in the Aug-Dec window.

I can't blame them for shifting development heavily to DS, Rev, and for focusing on making the next Zelda the best game it can possibly be.

More games I WANT wins out over more-total-games anyday.

On Xbox I still wanted Conker and psychonauts, but realized I'd played it and could live without replaying it, and that Psychonauts was getting a Ps2 version. Thus. . . bye bye slopbox.

Ps2 want Wanda and Collosus and Psychonauts. That's about it.

On GC I want all those games Trebor listed plus potentially Advance Wars.Plus. And since I'm primarily focused on gaming on DS, I'm glad N's primary focus is there and not on the GC. Focusing on the new only makes sense (just like it would be stupid if MS had more development going on now for the Xbox than it does Xbox2.)

Glockstar

05-07-2005, 10:54 AM

It kinda makes you wonder about the lack of third party support killing off the DC that some like to bring up. Nintendo is hanging tight with its handful of quality titles and quality wasn't lacking on the DC, even if some genres were under represented. I think the DC coulda survived if not for a decades worth of debt it had that came due.

"Nintendo is hanging tight"? Hanging tight?! What, are you kidding me?

I guess, if you're just looking at the race for second place - if you're just looking at the Nintendo GameCube versus the Microsoft Xbox - then maybe, I suppose, if you're really liberal, you could call it "hanging tight"...

US + Japan 2005-YTD Console Sales (US numbers thru March; Japan numbers thru mid-April):
XB = 686,089 (US:680,000 + JN:6,089)
GC = 417,449 (US:324,000 + JN:93,449)

But comparing them to another competitor that's getting it's azz kicked doesn't do anybody any good! That just deludes people (particularly the kitties) into thinking that things are okay - when they are clearly not. You want a real measure of how Nintendo is doing you've got to look a the whole picture. And as you can see...

US + Japan 2005-YTD Console Sales (US numbers thru March; Japan numbers thru mid-April):
P2 = 2,304,353 (US:1,516,000 + JN:788,353)
GC = 417,449 (US:324,000 + JN:93,449)

...Nintendo is NOT hanging tight.

Gadfly2317

05-07-2005, 12:53 PM

"Nintendo is hanging tight"? Hanging tight?! What, are you kidding me?

I guess, if you're just looking at the race for second place - if you're just looking at the Nintendo GameCube versus the Microsoft Xbox - then maybe, I suppose, if you're really liberal, you could call it "hanging tight"...

US + Japan 2005-YTD Console Sales (US numbers thru March; Japan numbers thru mid-April):
XB = 686,089 (US:680,000 + JN:6,089)
GC = 417,449 (US:324,000 + JN:93,449)

But comparing them to another competitor that's getting it's azz kicked doesn't do anybody any good! That just deludes people (particularly the kitties) into thinking that things are okay - when they are clearly not. You want a real measure of how Nintendo is doing you've got to look a the whole picture. And as you can see...

US + Japan 2005-YTD Console Sales (US numbers thru March; Japan numbers thru mid-April):
P2 = 2,304,353 (US:1,516,000 + JN:788,353)
GC = 417,449 (US:324,000 + JN:93,449)

...Nintendo is NOT hanging tight.

Wow, I had no idea GC was still hanging in there that tight with Xbox. . especially since Xbox just hit its stride, has had Halo2 and Fable in the last 12 mos and Jade Empire and Doom III this year. And those are just YTD numbers? Wow, then since Xbox has recentlly started outselling GC, but not by massive amounts, they probably aren't that far apart in total installed base, huh?

Hanging with Ps2? Hey, it ain't gonna happen, so if you're selling a half million units (GC) qtr 1 2005 and being slightly outsold by Xbox which is taking a big loss on each unit sold. . . .Xbox isn't hanging tight with anyone. . . it is LOSING ITS ASS which is why MS is dumping it like a hot pototato and moving right along to its next failure.

T.Tashi

05-07-2005, 01:15 PM