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Wii Launch T-Shirt Countdown, Four Days To Go!
Wednesday / 11.15.06 / 10:50PM / Joe
To celebrate the launch of the Wii this Sunday, I am spending the week wearing a different Nintendo t-shirt each day... and presenting a new Nintendo "innovation" from the Era of the GameCube.
T-minus FOUR
"But our princess is in another castle" comes from Gameskins, a bygone video game t-shirt store that recently was absorbed into ThinkGeek via Penny Arcade. This is not official, which explains the severely off-model pixel mushroom. I know I don't have to explain the reference to you.
Today's GameCubeian innovation: the GBA/GameCube connection. One day, somebody at Nintendo realized that a whole helluva lotta people owned GBAs... and not as many owned GameCubes. So Winter 03 through Summer 04 saw the release of several innovative means of combining the two. Pac-Man Vs., Four Swords, Crystal Chronicles, Pokemon Colosseum, etc. Unfortunately, those inflated GBA numbers must not really cross over with console purchasers, because most console fans saw these games as a blatant attempt by Nintendo to get us to buy a GBA. Or even multiple GBAs. When really, the intent was to get GBA owners to spring for a GameCube.
For the most part, the GBA/Cube games were terribly clever and made you break out of your usual thinking. The lack of wires should help any future DS/Wii connectivity, but you can bet the poor sales here has made Nintendo gunshy. |
