Talk:Nintendo/Archive 1

message: If it's exclusive to Nintendo, how come it's been announced for PS2? Tom- 16:46, 9 May 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Hm. I'd still point out that VJ1 was exclusive. Still, do what you want. Maybe this calls for List of Gamecube exclusive titles Snowspinner 18:11, 9 May 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Viewtiful Joe 

message: Is there anywhere a full listing of all the subjects that Nintendo of America banned from games prior to 1994? Most are mentioned in the article, but I know that there are a few more things that weren't allowed, such as Nazis and related subjects. --Paul Soth 17:07, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a good guide: http://www.filibustercartoons.com/Nintendo.php --Paul Soth 21:55, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah yeah, I added that link to the article. Fredrik | talk 23:15, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Content Policies 

message: " By the end of the 1980's the courts found Nintendo guilty of anti-trust activities because it had abused its relationship with 3rd party developers and created a monopoly in the gaming industry by forcing developers not to make games for any other platforms"
The courts of which country? I persume the US from the context in the article, but it would be useful to clarify.
Didn't developers have to purchase cartridges from Nintendo? That's what I've read somewhere.Pelladon 22:45, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I remember now, NES cartridges had a "lockout chip", without it the game won't run. And Nintendo was the supplier. But there were ways around that.Pelladon 15:48, 21 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  anti trust case 

message: A while ago I remember reading about the history of Nintendo all the way back to its founding in 1889. Where did it go?
--Gutterball1219 01:24, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I looked around Nintendo's site, but I only saw the year. You could email them about the official date though. --Snkcube 21:55, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  History before 1950? 

message: It seems to me that the sections "Rise of TV consoles", "1990-1995", "1995-2001", "2001-present" should be sub-sections of "History". A lot of the new content to the history section is also duplicated, parts like the date of NES/SNES being launched and so on. I'd do it myself, but since I'm not a main contributor to the article, I don't want to make some huge change to it that no one agrees with. Probably should be thought out and discussed anyway. K1Bond007 04:17, Jan 4, 2005 (UTC)
:That sounds good to me. I was kind of half asleep while writing the history section, so sorry for the huge amount of mistakes I made.  ✏ OvenFresh☺ 21:56, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've changed my mind: these areas are those that are detailing the consoles themselves. Perhaps some information in them should be moved into History, but do not removed them.  ✏ OvenFresh☺ 21:05, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  a LOT would need to be moved into history, and this entire section re-written if you do it like that.  Most of the text in each "console" doesn't have much to do with the console, but eithe Nintendo's competitors or their own policies and strategy.  Terrapin 21:48, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: History

message: I think it would be a good idea to add pictures for the other regional versions of some of the consoles where they differed greatly - especially in the case of the SNES/SFC, in which the US version (pcitured) looks vastly different to the PAL SNES and the Super Famicom, which besides labelling are identical. Anyone got a good picture of a PAL SNES or SFC in a similar style to the other pictures in that section? With the picture being that size, it wouldn't matter which one of the two it is.
A similarly styled picture of the Famicom might be nice to put in the "Consoles" section too, though there already is a picture of one further up so it's not necessary.
Maybe pictures of the main forms of Game Boy (GB Pocket and GB Color) and the original GBA would be beneficial too?
I really think a picture of the PAL SNES/SFC is necessary though. A lot of people outside North America who won't know what the hell that is, and may be disillusioned in thinking they once played on or owned a SNES.  --Zilog Jones 10:41, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extra Pictures For Consoles? 

message: This is a great article changeover! --69.209.152.15 22:20, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changeover 

message: I have recently come across this site 
http://journal.pcvsconsole.com/?thread=14306
I think it would definitely be beneficial to include sales figues for Nintendo and even a page dedicated to sales figures across all formats, if you have no objections i'll add an entry into this page.  --Pluke 16:36, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number of Units Shifted 

message: Shouldn't Gunpei Yokoi be in the infobox for notable people? He invented the d-pad and is seen as the creator of the gameboy. Jacoplane 04:18, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Notable people - Gunpei Yokoi 

message: This page is huge, I think we can stand to either get rid of some of this information, or break some of it (History in particular) into separate articles. It just seems like a lot. KramarDanIkabu 22:23, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Huge article 

message: The article says "and have sold over 2 billion games worldwide." I understand 2 billion as 2 000 000 000 000 games. Is that right, or you are referring to 2 000 000 000 games (which I understand as two thousand millions). I suggest using numbers instead of the "billion" noun to prevent confusion. -- ReyBrujo 17:34, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: "Billion" has two meanings, while 2,000,000,000 or 2,000 million has only one meaning. -- ReyBrujo 20:16, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: no... 2,000 million is 2 billion --Ac1983fan 20:44, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, you just proved my point. 2,000 million is 2 billion for english natives, but it is 2,000 million for non-english natives, see billion. We both can understand that. I am not sure what is Wikipedia official policy regarding numbers, I will check. -- ReyBrujo 21:03, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: A simple search found this discussion. Seemly, the best solution was to use just numbers. Do you agree to change 2 billion with 2,000,000,000? The other option, as stated here, seems to be stating you are using the short scale, which seems too technical for something that would be solved by just using numbers. -- ReyBrujo 21:22, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm just going with what I learned in school... you can change it if you want....--Ac1983fan 21:33, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, I'll change it to numbers to make it easier... if somebody had just done it, this whole pointless discussion would never have happened.. LOL... --Ac1983fan 21:36, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No discussion is pointless if held in a civilized way. Thank you. -- ReyBrujo 21:52, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Amount of sold games