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   Sir Chewbury Gubbins to All   
   Re: Sonic and the Secret of the Rings (W   
   30 Aug 06 08:56:54   
   
   XPost: rec.games.video.nintendo, alt.games.video.nintendo.gamecube,   
   uk.games.video.nintendo   
   From: chewbury.gubbins@nelefa.org   
      
   On 2006-08-29, Great Cthulhu rose from the deep and compelled Guest to exclaim:   
   >   
   > "Sir Chewbury Gubbins"  wrote in message   
   > news:4limdhF23g2iU2@individual.net...   
   >> On 2006-08-28, Great Cthulhu rose from the deep and compelled Guest to   
   >> exclaim:   
   >>>   
   >>> It works the way the Wii makes it work or any other system.  Take a game   
   >>> like Sonic, get a new controller and you are now playing the same game,   
   >>> but   
   >>> with a new controller as opposed to playing a new type of game with new   
   >>> gameplay with a normal controller.  Let's not play stupid.  It's like the   
   >>> DS.  Same OLD games, new way of playing them, but not new gameplay.  For   
   >>> you   
   >>> to better understand gameplay, I suggest that you research the history of   
   >>> videogames.  Going from Pong to sophisticated gameplay shows you the   
   >>> evolution.  The last innovation was the analog controller and the   
   >>> GAMEPLAY   
   >>> that came with it.  It was not simply a new controller, but the GAMES had   
   >>> new gameplay that made use of the analog stick.  In that case, the GAMES   
   >>> and   
   >>> the game technology facilitated the need for the controller as opposed to   
   >>> the Wii trying to come with a controller without need.   
   >>   
   >> I see. So driving a formula one car around silverstone at 200mph is the   
   >> same gameplay as playing pole position on an Atari 2600 - just with   
   >> different controls.   
   >>   
   >> gotcha.   
   >>   
   >> Choobs   
   >>   
   >   
   > What an idiotic analogy.   
      
   It's appropriate to the target audience, then.   
      
   Choobs   
      
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