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Anonymous Fri Jan 9 06:29:21 2015 No.2169358 [Reply] [Original]

What was the point? Why didn't SNK just make Game Boy games, or make a luxury handheld comparable to the Neo Geo?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 9 06:45:45 2015 No.2169374 Because a microswitched control stick is sexy as fuck. Incidentally is there any backlight mod available for the NGP/NGPC?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 9 06:47:11 2015 No.2169376 File: 471 KB, 1500x945, Wonderswan_color-JD.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Everyone knows wonderswan is best.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 9 06:53:33 2015 No.2169384 The point was to compete with nintendo and take a slice of the gameboy pie,making is super powerful would have just doubled the price and the power consumption ,Op is stupid

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 9 08:47:16 2015 No.2169487 >>2169358 Gameboy was slow as fuck. NGC was the Mega Drive of handhelds.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 9 08:53:58 2015 No.2169503 File: 23 KB, 500x375, 1417475887274.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2169487 Nomad was the Mega Drive of handhelds.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 9 09:22:35 2015 No.2169527 >>2169384 But what does the NGPC offer over the GBC besides battery life and being $5 cheaper?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 9 09:24:53 2015 No.2169530 >>2169527 more and faster sprites

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 9 09:33:09 2015 No.2169539 >>2169527 sonic pocket adventure nigga

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 9 10:52:33 2015 No.2169658 >>2169527 Snk games? you're looking back in time and playing armchair CEO,saying what was the point is like saying what was the point of sony making the PSP instead of making ds games.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 9 12:15:10 2015 No.2169746 >>2169527 What does the 3DS offer over the PSV besides battery life and being a little cheaper? Retro or not, the answers are the same.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 9 12:25:31 2015 No.2169759 The point was portable fighting games that played just as well as their arcade counterparts. They succeeded.

Anonymous Fri Jan 9 13:03:56 2015 No.2169794

>>2169746

The DS was cheaper than the PSP and had a touchscreen. The PSP was a generation ahead, had an analog stick and could play music and videos. One could do things that the other could not. The Game Gear, Game Boy, Lynx and even the Game.com were radically different devices.

The NGPC wasn't like the PSP or Game Gear or Lynx. It was more like the Supervision, if the Supervision was only 5% cheaper than the Game Boy. Whatever SNK saved by not paying Sega/Nintendo/Tiger money was lost by its tiny install base.

I like the games on it, but if the 32X was a failure, so was this.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 9 13:05:26 2015 No.2169797 >>2169794 Also, Rare wanted to make a portable game console, but they wisely scrapped it and made games for existing consoles instead.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 9 13:06:25 2015 No.2169798 >>2169376 this guy knows

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 9 13:20:36 2015 No.2169827 >>2169794 >The Game Gear, Game Boy, Lynx and even the Game.com were radically different devices. lol

Anonymous Fri Jan 9 13:40:47 2015 No.2169849

They wanted to break Nintendo's monopoly of the handheld market. Sony (and Sega to some extent) was able to successfully crush their home monopoly, making Nintendo a thing of the past. Then numerous handhelds started cropping up because people saw Nintendo's home market faltering, and they saw this as an opportunity to destroy their handheld monopoly. Today, Pokemon might seem like an insignificant game, but believe me when I say that Pokemon was -the- game that saved Nintendo, at least the handheld market. If Pokemon was made for another console? We certainly don't know but there's a possibility that the console that did get it would've been significantly more popular.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 9 13:55:19 2015 No.2169868 >>2169849 pokemon was never insignificant dude

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 9 13:59:13 2015 No.2169872 >>2169376 If you didn't like fighting games it certainly was

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 9 15:54:04 2015 No.2170038 >>2169376 If it was so best how come it never went stateside?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 9 16:03:58 2015 No.2170056 >>2170038 Filthy gaijin don't like nice things. Also I could have sworn it did get a small western release. I remember a magazine here in Australia offering one in a competition packaged with a Digimon game.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 9 16:33:01 2015 No.2170112 >>2169358 microswitched control stick > D-pad

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 9 16:52:08 2015 No.2170152 >>2169358 Because I wouldn't be able to connect my gameboy to my DC.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 9 17:13:08 2015 No.2170204 >>2169794 That's nice, "refuting" my point by using entirely different handhelds.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 9 17:16:40 2015 No.2170216 >>2169358 Because SNK Vs. Capcom: Cardfighters Clash. Seriously, if you love video games at all (especially card ones or Pokemon) go play this right now.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 9 17:18:07 2015 No.2170219 >>2170216 It's a great game but that doesn't answer OP's question at all.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 10 00:18:43 2015 No.2170902 >>2170056 It had a generic "Asian" release in places like Korea and Hong Kong, including some English translation of some games (the only one off the top of my head was a Digimon game.)

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 10 00:42:40 2015 No.2170924 >>2169358 This was more powerful than the Game Boy/Game Boy Color, it was 16 bit instead of 8 like the Game Boy, and it had other features like internal saving and horoscopes.

Anonymous Sat Jan 10 00:49:02 2015 No.2170930

>>2170219
well OP's question is stupid anyway. why NOT make a handheld? it's a great handheld and it's clear that OP has never even picked one up if he's bitching about it.

Seriously OP, actually give the handheld a shot because it's awesome. I feel like most people think it's pointless too until you actually get one and play the games on it (NOT emulated). That microswitch thumbstick is seriously so god tier.

Anonymous Sat Jan 10 01:15:50 2015 No.2170979
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>>2169358
The probably thought they had enough IPs to carry it. They kind of did, but I guess they didn't see that bankruptcy coming, haha.

They shoud've shilled the hell out of it in LatAm. The systems were cheap plus KoF and Super Sidekicks /NeoGeo Cup were fucking huge back then.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 10 01:20:25 2015 No.2170986 File: 712 KB, 1728x2187, Neo_Geo_Freak_1999_Vol.11_-_nov_(JAPAN)IMG_0055.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Damn shame there will never be a proper version of Faselei on a newer console. The campaign was short but sweet.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 10 01:48:03 2015 No.2171034 >>2170979 Never seen that wireless unit before. What does it do?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 10 02:57:21 2015 No.2171141 File: 295 KB, 1443x1361, snk_cap_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2171034 From the gibberish I'm getting from ocr+ google translate... local MP (up to four players) probably meant for playing mahjong.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 10 03:00:15 2015 No.2171143 File: 614 KB, 1728x2187, Neo_Geo_Freak_1998_Vol.12_-_dec_(JAPAN)IMG_0003.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I think there was even a MP3 player cart announced at some point.

Anonymous Sat Jan 10 03:22:19 2015 No.2171161
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>>2169358
>or make a luxury handheld comparable to the Neo Geo?

You retard. That's what EVERY COMPETITOR tried before them. Gamegear, Lynx, TurboXpress.

They failed because more power means less battery life and a higher price. Gameboy won because the games were great, the battery life was good, it could actually fit in your pocket and was durable as fuck. That's the formula for a successful handheld.

SNK knew this better than you. They only failed because of Pokemon.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 10 04:13:16 2015 No.2171198 File: 43 KB, 500x497, 5632_front.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Neo Turf Master MOTHER FUCKERS

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 10 05:17:41 2015 No.2171257 File: 492 KB, 1920x1440, BestHandheld.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Beep, beep! Best fighter handheld coming through!

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 10 05:44:43 2015 No.2171286 Didn't the NGPC have a pokemon type game? I can't remember the name.

Anonymous Sat Jan 10 18:00:27 2015 No.2172084

>>2169849
>Pokemon might seem like an insignificant game
imo it kind of is, but they managed to synergize their merch/marketing efforts very well. Knew many people that never played the game, but were really hooked on the show and the card game.

>>2171286
Dive Alert?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 10 18:10:28 2015 No.2172096 >>2171257 aka the only handheld for Fighting games

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 10 18:17:57 2015 No.2172112 File: 24 KB, 90x145, SNKrugal07.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2171257 >>2172096 They should've really tried that SD style on their further portable games, rather than the choppy mess that got released on the GBA.

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Anonymous Sat Jan 10 18:38:13 2015 No.2172125

>>2169358
>What was the point?

You obviously never played one of these things. Not being a dick, it's just that simple. Try any of the fighting games (on an actual NGPC, with the clicky stick) and you'll immediately see why NGPC existed. It's that good.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 10 18:40:16 2015 No.2172127 >>2169746 This is not a very accurate analogy. The NGP/C can move sprites much faster than the GBC. GBC could sometimes handle more color depth but chugged along by comparison.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 10 18:42:14 2015 No.2172130 >>2170986 Faselei is pretty damn proper as it is. I get what you're saying though. I imported it from the UK when it came out and it's still one of my fondest gaming memories. It's insane that nobody has tried to make a follow-up or knockoff.

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