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General Chat / Pi

« on: March 24, 2003, 09:17:54 PM »

"what are you on?? you made the brilliand deduction that sin(Pi/x)x approaches Pi?? Holy sh!t you're a genius. how long did you play with your graphing calculator to figure that one out? and you should really signify where it approaches Pi. is it at 0, or 2, or Pi, or infinity?? What's the derivative of that function smart guy?"

Eh, was that sarcasm?  I did figure that out, regardless of whether I was the first or not (I never saw an equation like that anywhere else).  I'm not sure what you're trying to say here.

Anyway.. woo, math!

the formula is actually a simplified version of f(x) = sin(360/x/2)2x/2.  It gives the perimeter of a regular polygon with x sides.  I imagined triangles reaching out to each side from a central point, so that there are x triangles.  Then, you divide 360 by x to get the  angle of each of those congruent triangles nearest to the center... find the sine of that and double it to get the length of each side, multiply that by x to get the perimeter, and divide by 2 to get pi (2 is the diameter - for simplicity's sake, I have assumed a radius of 1)

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Nintendo Gaming / Nintendo E3 Game List: What do you think?

« on: March 23, 2003, 07:14:44 PM »

Intelligent Systems made Paper Mario, and that was 3D... well, sort of.

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Nintendo Gaming / Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron III CONFIRMED

« on: March 22, 2003, 03:36:24 PM »

I definitely want some cooperative multiplayer.  That'd be loads of fun.  More complexity in the control scheme would be appreciated, as well.

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Nintendo Gaming / Gamespot can go to hell

« on: March 22, 2003, 08:23:40 AM »

Ugh, fanboys.

It's a 9.3.  It's FINE.  It's above a 9.  And besides, what are you complaining about?  The fact that someone, somewhere has an opinion that differs from you?  Have you even played the game?

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Nintendo Gaming / Soul Calibur 2.....

« on: March 20, 2003, 02:06:13 PM »

Game sounds good.  I'm not usually into fighters, but I might give it a rent.

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Nintendo Gaming / Cool Bonus Disc hapenstance!

« on: March 20, 2003, 04:55:40 AM »

The two biggest are Resident Evil and Conker, tied.

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General Chat / Can anyone answer my question!

« on: March 20, 2003, 04:47:16 AM »

TFC is better than both of them.   You just can't beat running around poisoning people as a Medic.

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General Chat / Pi

« on: March 19, 2003, 08:04:07 PM »

Never saw the movie, but I thought I'd tell ya that the formula f(x) = sin(180/x)x approaches pi.  Figured that out.  Too bad my calculator has a limited number of digits...  also, make sure your calculator is set to degrees instead of radians if you want to calculate it.

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Nintendo Gaming / Pokemon 3d online rpg?

« on: March 19, 2003, 07:55:44 PM »

"Besides the Pokemon fanbase is mostly bratty kids. I don't know about you but I NEVER want to play any games with them"

I've always wanted an online Pokemon RPG, and I can't believe it, but I've never thought of this.  Many of the Pokemon fanbase is so young, it'd be a pain to play with them online.  It could utterly ruin an otherwise great concept.  Hrm.  Maybe single-player IS better.  I just hope it abandons the dated turn-based system for a real-time, 3D battle system (where Pokemon respond to you according to A.I., and do not obey you like robots).

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Nintendo Gaming / I don't like metroid prime. Heres why:

« on: March 19, 2003, 08:45:36 AM »

You know, I was thinking, in Metroid Prime 2, they should have a few more RPG elements.  Not that it's going to become Final Fantasy, but it could become a bit more strategic.  You can't change around your equipment using the menu in MP, and that's something I'd like to see change.  You could get minor armor upgrades, for example.  You could also have a system similar to the Badge system in Paper Mario or the Relic system in FFVI - you get special items that do any number of things, but you must choose a limited number of them out of the ones you have.  For example, you could give yourself a extra heat-shield when fighting a giant lava beast, coupled with an item to give a constant stream to your Ice Beam (although overall it'd be the same or less power than the blasts - it'd just be spread out over time).  Or you could have an item to highlight any monsters in the area, etc.  It'd make it more interesting.

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General Gaming / Final Fantasy X-2.

« on: March 18, 2003, 03:39:39 PM »

I must stay, this is a bizarre idea.  Suddenly, Square has ten new franchises!  The FF games in general were very complete at the end, with no room open for a sequel.  What's the point?

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General Gaming / Why do nintendo fans hate Xbox so much?

« on: March 18, 2003, 03:25:23 PM »

Why?  Because it's not Nintendo, I suppose.

I'm not that interested in Xbox, except for a few games like Halo or Shenmue II, but some Nintendo fans seem to utterly despise it.  Really, what's the point in getting so caught up over it?  If you don't want it, don't buy it.  The only thing that is really annoying is the the fact that we don't get the next PD.  It also has a mildly irritating shade of green.

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Nintendo Gaming / How come you guys don't like Sports games on this board???

« on: March 18, 2003, 03:00:09 PM »

I generally don't like sports games, except perhaps for some arcade-style games or extreme sports like Tony Hawk.  Generally sports games to me are just incredibly repetetive, and all of the games for one sport are basically the same anyway.  I feel like I'm playing an elaborate mini-game.  I want adventure.  Also, I think they tend to take up a ton of memory space for some reason.

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Nintendo Gaming / Where is Mario Tennis?

« on: March 18, 2003, 02:51:59 PM »

Yeah, Mario Golf 2 can have totally different courses.  There's very little you can do to change the basic tennis formula, though.  Yeah, you can have different stages, but it's very limited.  You can have some special stuff like the Bowser stage, but if it's anything like the original (or for that matter, anything like tennis) it's going to be mainly focused on a normal court.

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Nintendo Gaming / Where is Mario Tennis?

« on: March 17, 2003, 07:17:06 PM »

I don't doubt that Mario Tennis is a pretty good game.  But what's the point in a GameCube version?  There's only so much you can do with tennis.  I could see a reason for a new Mario Golf, though.

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Nintendo Gaming / OMG! Nintendo has the best Customer Service!

« on: March 17, 2003, 12:57:32 PM »

They gave you two controllers and a game, free?!  I need to go break my GameCube now.

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Nintendo Gaming / Where is Mario Tennis?

« on: March 17, 2003, 12:49:59 PM »

Honestly, what's the big deal about Mario Tennis?  The N64 game was pretty good, just go play that.  What more could the possibly do with it? It's TENNIS!  

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General Chat / The Ultimate Good Games List!

« on: March 17, 2003, 12:42:38 PM »

Game:  Final Fantasy VII
System: PSX
Release: 1997?

Although I can't say I enjoyed it as much as FFVI, FFVII was still a good game.  It had a very interesting storyline for the most part, despite going a bit too mystical and strange toward the end.  The game's graphics were amazing, especially the huge bosses, and the final battle with Sephiroth is was incredible.  The materia system was very cool and versatile - essentially combining FFVI's Relic and Esper systems.  There's a lot of strategy involved in setting up all your magic and power-ups to make your characters as strong as possible.  The main problem I had with the game were the random battles.  I detest random battles, and they were made worse on the PSX, taking too long to load.  Oh well.

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Nintendo Gaming / Wind Waker Demo Impressions

« on: March 17, 2003, 12:33:29 PM »

I played the game a bit... I wish they had an outdoor area where I could really get a feel for the graphic style.  The dungeon seemed like just another lava pit place, like Dodongo's Cavern or the Fire Temple.

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Nintendo Gaming / Whaaaaaaaat?

« on: March 17, 2003, 12:30:05 PM »

I always wondered how OoT got away with an E rating.  I mean, yeah, it's nice and cute for the first three dungeons... but the Shadow Temple had skulls on the walls everywhere, the Well had blood smeered on rocks, and both had incredibly freaky blood-stained wooden posts (as if for some human sacrifice or something).  Not to mention all those guillotines, and Ganon's blood at the end, too.  Very freaky.  I think it should've got a T rating.  Luckily, my cartridge was one red-blooded ones (even though it was grey...).

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Nintendo Gaming / Sequel to Goldeneye being developed by EA and Free Radical?

« on: March 17, 2003, 12:22:50 PM »

That doesn't make any sense.  There's been plenty of Bond games - there can't be a true follow-up to GoldenEye unless Rare makes it.  Otherwise, it's just another bond game that's similar to it.

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Nintendo Gaming / Super Smash Bros Melee

« on: March 17, 2003, 12:21:10 PM »

I have everything except a few stages, not counting trophies.  I'm not gonna bother getting all the trophies.  

The best (single-player) part in the entire game is Event 50.  That is insanely fun!  I can just see the designers of the game motion-capturing their hands as they do all sorts of crazy stuff.  

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Nintendo Gaming / I don't like metroid prime. Heres why:

« on: March 17, 2003, 12:09:35 PM »

This is an interesting thread.  I have to admit, I agree with some of the statements made.  At times it seems like MP lacks motivation.  For me, however, it's not so much the storyline (generally I don't really care about a game's storyline) but the level design.  Super Metroid had you *begging* for that Grappling Hook or Speed Boost.  I didn't really feel this with MP.  Generally, MP gave me items pretty soon after I started needing it.  Some items were a complete surprise, and only necessary after I already picked it up, like the x-ray visor or the wave beam.  It was a great game, but the items weren't as satisfying as in Super Metroid.  I also wish there were more creative items besides beams and morph ball stuff.  Maybe some close range weapons (like Samus's flamethrower from SSB/M) would be nice.

As for the scanning... well, I loved it at first, but it got tedious after a while.  They all seem to be the same - either some mystical prophecy of the Chozo, or technical data from a Space Pirate experiment.  Scanning the creatures is fun, though.

I was thinking, what would be an interesting compromise between the log book storyline and cut scenes / dialog would be audio/video data that you can download.  It could have, for example, a surveillance video of a recent attack by Chozo ghosts or something, and then have it black out at the last minute.  Or it could have a surreal telepathic vision of a Chozo prophecy.  It'd still retain the feeling of being alone on a mission, but I think it'd help strengthen the plot quite a bit.

I would really like a transporter system implemented - I never really loved backtracking across the entire game in Metroid games, especially when you find that that secret you've been dying to uncover is a missile add-on or something.

One other complaint I heard (from the Metroid Database) was the lack of the Screw Attack or a real Space Jump.  But personally, I never really liked these in Super Metroid anyway.  The unlimited Space Jump was just crazy - suddenly you could fly, and go just about anywhere - it made all the other special jumps obsolete, and it wasn't even that fun to use (constantly tapping the jump button at the right time..).  I much prefer the Space Jump in MP, which is very fun to use and has a great feel to it, which is especially surprising in 3D.  It would be cool to see the return of the Speed Boost, though..