Esa Mäkijärvi
KonsoliFIN Alumni
Tässäpä Newtechnixista pöllitty haastattelu. Kertokaapa omat mielipiteenne tästä vastaamalla ketjun perään.
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NEWTECHNIX: What is your exact role within Nintendo France?
Mathieu Minel: I'm in charge of marketing the GameCube. I deal with marketing and the games published by Nintendo in France.
NEWTECHNIX: What are your thoughts on this announcement and how will it affect GameCube?
Mathieu Minel: Nintendo decided to seperate from Rare because with the direction Nintendo was going in, Rare wasn't essential to the success of GameCube. Now that the large Japanese developers are working with Nintendo on GameCube to develop their own franchises, to create new ones and to lead the Nintendo franchises in new directions, Rare is not an essential element to Nintendo.
NEWTECHNIX: Many fans of Nintendo are also fans of Rare, will they buy Xbox now that Rare is exclusive to it?
Mathieu Minel: It is likely that people will have reasons to buy this console one day. In fact, the games sell the consoles, so yes, if there are good games, whatever their creator on Xbox, then there is reason to buy one.
NEWTECHNIX: Rare announced that Perfect Dark 2 and Banjo are under development on Xbox, had they already started on GameCube?
Mathieu Minel: No comment.
NEWTECHNIX: Did you see first art of Perfect Dark Zero, what did you think of the new Joana Dark?
Mathieu Minel: Very nice, it looks like Japanese Anime. Looks like Legend of Zeldas cel-shading is already an inspiration for other developers.
NEWTECHNIX: Which franchises will you keep?
Mathieu Minel: Starfox, Donkey Kong and his family.
NEWTECHNIX: Will Rare still develop on GBA?
Mathieu Minel: Yes.
NEWTECHNIX: What are your most important games this Christmas?
Mathieu Minel:
- Super Mario Sunshine on October 04
- Eternal Darkness: Save our hearts on October 31
- Starfox Adventures on November 22
- Mario Party 4 on November 29.
And the Wavebird controller on November 22 which completely changes the control the player has with his console.
We'll also have great exclusives like Beach Spikers, Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee, Star Wars The Clone Wars, Die Hard Vendetta. Harry Potter and Crash Bandicoot with exclusive GBA connectivity. All in all, more than 60 new titles from here to the end of December. No other console can offer such strong exclusive titles at the end of the year.
NEWTECHNIX: Any figures for GameCube in France/Europe?
Mathieu Minel: 200,000 gamers own a GameCube in France at September 15th. Try and get a comparitive figure (Not shipping to stores, but selling to the gamers) from our competitor...
NEWTECHNIX: What games are you currently playing?
Mathieu Minel: Animal Crossing and Mario Sunshine on GameCube, Jet Set Radio Future on Xbox. Sony has just offered a PS2 to me, thank you Sony.
NEWTECHNIX: What are your favourite games of all time?
Mathieu Minel: Legend of Zelda: Mask of Majora (N64), SoulCalibur (Dreamcast), Super Mario Advance 2 (GBA)
NEWTECHNIX: If you had a sentence to say to the visitors of NEWTECHNIX, what would you say?
Mathieu Minel: There is still many, many projects on GameCube not revealed by Nintendo which will astonish you.
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- Esa
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NEWTECHNIX: What is your exact role within Nintendo France?
Mathieu Minel: I'm in charge of marketing the GameCube. I deal with marketing and the games published by Nintendo in France.
NEWTECHNIX: What are your thoughts on this announcement and how will it affect GameCube?
Mathieu Minel: Nintendo decided to seperate from Rare because with the direction Nintendo was going in, Rare wasn't essential to the success of GameCube. Now that the large Japanese developers are working with Nintendo on GameCube to develop their own franchises, to create new ones and to lead the Nintendo franchises in new directions, Rare is not an essential element to Nintendo.
NEWTECHNIX: Many fans of Nintendo are also fans of Rare, will they buy Xbox now that Rare is exclusive to it?
Mathieu Minel: It is likely that people will have reasons to buy this console one day. In fact, the games sell the consoles, so yes, if there are good games, whatever their creator on Xbox, then there is reason to buy one.
NEWTECHNIX: Rare announced that Perfect Dark 2 and Banjo are under development on Xbox, had they already started on GameCube?
Mathieu Minel: No comment.
NEWTECHNIX: Did you see first art of Perfect Dark Zero, what did you think of the new Joana Dark?
Mathieu Minel: Very nice, it looks like Japanese Anime. Looks like Legend of Zeldas cel-shading is already an inspiration for other developers.
NEWTECHNIX: Which franchises will you keep?
Mathieu Minel: Starfox, Donkey Kong and his family.
NEWTECHNIX: Will Rare still develop on GBA?
Mathieu Minel: Yes.
NEWTECHNIX: What are your most important games this Christmas?
Mathieu Minel:
- Super Mario Sunshine on October 04
- Eternal Darkness: Save our hearts on October 31
- Starfox Adventures on November 22
- Mario Party 4 on November 29.
And the Wavebird controller on November 22 which completely changes the control the player has with his console.
We'll also have great exclusives like Beach Spikers, Godzilla Destroy All Monsters Melee, Star Wars The Clone Wars, Die Hard Vendetta. Harry Potter and Crash Bandicoot with exclusive GBA connectivity. All in all, more than 60 new titles from here to the end of December. No other console can offer such strong exclusive titles at the end of the year.
NEWTECHNIX: Any figures for GameCube in France/Europe?
Mathieu Minel: 200,000 gamers own a GameCube in France at September 15th. Try and get a comparitive figure (Not shipping to stores, but selling to the gamers) from our competitor...
NEWTECHNIX: What games are you currently playing?
Mathieu Minel: Animal Crossing and Mario Sunshine on GameCube, Jet Set Radio Future on Xbox. Sony has just offered a PS2 to me, thank you Sony.
NEWTECHNIX: What are your favourite games of all time?
Mathieu Minel: Legend of Zelda: Mask of Majora (N64), SoulCalibur (Dreamcast), Super Mario Advance 2 (GBA)
NEWTECHNIX: If you had a sentence to say to the visitors of NEWTECHNIX, what would you say?
Mathieu Minel: There is still many, many projects on GameCube not revealed by Nintendo which will astonish you.
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- Esa
(Sonyn Space Fishermen nimittäin)