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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Possible Reveal of new Super Smash Bros game at E3!!

« on: June 04, 2011, 09:21:40 AM »

So?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Possible Reveal of new Super Smash Bros game at E3!!

« on: June 04, 2011, 12:25:09 AM »

I was just joking (only Dark Samus and Ridley need be added from the Metroid series).

I'd want Daisy. Maybe Prince Peasley if only for his awesome taunt. In fact, Superstar Saga's cast was pretty strong. Throw Fawful in there as well. Man, I loved that game.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Possible Reveal of new Super Smash Bros game at E3!!

« on: June 04, 2011, 12:14:45 AM »

In that case, Adam Malkovich should be in Smash Bros. so he can authorize Samus' use of the Wave Beam.

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last movie you've seen

« on: June 02, 2011, 01:26:19 AM »

The Town
I liked it a lot. Normally, I cringe when Ben Affleck is on screen but he did a good job in this movie, even though he managed to include that goofy smile of his that somehow makes it into every one of his movies. Blake Lively also did a great job, despite her lack of screen time.

Pirates of Silicon Valley
Not bad, just not that great. I feel like there's a better way to tell the story of Apple/Steve Jobs and Microsoft/Bill Gates. This definitely played out like a made for TV movie. So much has happened since this as made, I think much better filmmakers with a bigger budget could make a really interesting film.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Nothing new here. Jack Sparrow didn't seem as smart. In the first 3, you never knew if Jack was just rolling with the punches or if he had a grand plan, but he always seemed to be outwitting everyone. Not so much here. You basically just get Johnny Depp walking around funny and making weird faces which is what the Jack Sparrow character is known for, but not what makes him interesting and fun to watch.

The Hangover Part II
I definitely lol'd, but it's like the screenwriters wrote a summary of the first film, removed some nouns and adjectives and made a Mad Libs to write Part II. For example, instead of a baby and a missing tooth, you get a chainsmoking monkey and a tattoo. I read that they're planning a Part III. I don't think the concept can last another go around.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: The OFFICIAL Big N rumor thread *bring your own salt*

« on: June 02, 2011, 01:09:00 AM »

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: The OFFICIAL Big N rumor thread *bring your own salt*

« on: June 01, 2011, 11:56:17 PM »

I honestly didn't think that list was impressive at all.

Really? That list is insane in the membrane, considering the expectation for Nintendo home consoles is nothing.

That list looks like something Kytim89 cooked up while dropping acid. No offense.

I can't wait until Tuesday, if only so the ridic rumors will die down. Anyone can make up a rumor and claim they know someone or work for some company. How about this? Project Cafe's official name is Nintendo 3S (for Stream, Steam, Screen because rhyming is fun). My cousin works for Retro Studios. Someone post this on NeoGaf. It's that easy to start ****.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: The OFFICIAL Big N rumor thread *bring your own salt*

« on: June 01, 2011, 09:52:19 PM »

Clearly, Cloud is the special 3rd party guest.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: The OFFICIAL Big N rumor thread *bring your own salt*

« on: June 01, 2011, 08:22:26 AM »

I remain skeptical because this chick sounds like those so-called "insider" bloggers that popped up in droves before the Wii was fully unveiled. They'd end all of their posts with **** like "You will see that I'm right and my sources are reliable. The Revolution is coming!" Who the hell is Emily Rogers and why do I care if she never writes again? I'd be far more trusting if say Ben Kuchera from Ars Technica put his ass on the line with a guarantee like Ms. Rogers did. Don't get me wrong, she may be legit (I'd bet against her) but her claims sound like click-bait and that's why the bigger sites don't make crazy bold claims like that. They don't need to. Sure, headlines are written in a way that piques curiosity, but "I'll never write again" bets are often red flags.

I like reading rumors as much as the next person but some of these are way outlandish. Nintendo has had some great E3s in the past, but I don't recall them ever unleashing the fury so relentlessly in 1 show, especially for hardware at least a year away.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: The OFFICIAL Big N rumor thread *bring your own salt*

« on: May 31, 2011, 09:24:25 PM »

I say fake because that Samus model looks awful.

*You will see Nintendo sway more toward Western publishers than Eastern/Asian publishers.  Nintendo feels that Eastern/Japanese publishers have lost their persuasion over the gaming market.  They don’t feel japanese publishers have the appeal to gamers like they did years ago.  They feel companies like Activision, Bioware, 2K Games, Rockstar, Blizzard, Valve, Electronic Arts, are dominating the gaming industry.  Nintendo feels that North America is a more important gaming market than Japan and they will go to the publishers that appeal the most to North America.  Nintendo no longer considers Japan to be as important of a market as they use to believe.

Seems odd that Blizzard would be listed here considering they don't typically release console games. Starcraft 64 is the last console game I remember them being involved in. Being listed separately from Activision is somewhat odd since they're under the same parent company though they exist and operate as a separate entity

*The team that worked on Smash Bros 64, Smash Bros Melee, and Smash Bros Brawl transferred the assets of the game to another developer to work on it. The original Smash Bros team is not working on this new Smash Bros title.

What does that even mean? The original and Melee were developed by Hal Labs. Brawl was developed primarily by Game Arts. I don't recall Hal Labs having any direct involvement in Brawl's development besides granting Game Arts access to the old code and materials of the previous games.

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General Chat / Re: Verizon phones

« on: May 31, 2011, 12:49:21 AM »

No phone is best for everyone.

That's not true at all.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: The OFFICIAL Big N rumor thread *bring your own salt*

« on: May 31, 2011, 12:35:26 AM »

Wii Remote and nunchuck were $60, $80 with Motion Plus ($60 for the new remotes and nunchuck). $70 is pretty steep, but not totally unreasonable. They should aim for $60. Still pricey, but if the controller is as loaded as rumors suggest, it's not a bad deal.

So what are the chances of Nintendo, considering their history with ARM, going with them in project Cafe?

I believe the main strength of ARM processors is their lower power consumption which is why they're normally found in mobile devices. Would Nintendo need that for a home console that is meant to be plugged in all the time?

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General Gaming / Re: PSP2 (codename NGP) - Is now called PlayStation Vita (PS Vita)?

« on: May 29, 2011, 10:58:46 PM »

Yeah, it's a pretty crummy name. It won't matter if Vita has at least one piece of software that really resonates with consumers.  I still think Wii sounds just as bad. That didn't stop me from buying one near launch (2 weeks after). Wii had Wii Sports which basically sold it for 2 years straight. Twilight Princess certainly didn't hurt. I'm not confident that Sony will have it at or near launch and that includes Uncharted.

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General Gaming / Re: PS4 - Officially Under Development (2014 release?)

« on: May 29, 2011, 10:42:52 PM »

I wasn't aware that 360 was Cell powered. but that's probably because it's not..... or was it?

New book from IBMers: Sony suckered into funding Xbox chip

I read this a while ago. Apparently, ideas/work were shared between the groups building each chip. I guess it depends on how you look at it.

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General Gaming / Re: PSP2 (codename NGP) - Is now called PlayStation Vita (PS Vita)?

« on: May 29, 2011, 05:59:58 PM »

I hope it's not the actual name. The more I think about it, the worse that sounds.

Not to worry. We're probably all going to call it the PSV anyway.

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General Gaming / Re: PSP2 - It's coming and it's called Next Generation Portable (NGP)

« on: May 29, 2011, 02:09:02 AM »

It should have been called "PS Vista" and came with a copy of Windows Vista preinstalled on it.

And every time you pressed a button to perform an in-game action, it asked you for permission.

Also, Nintendo doesn't necessarily need to drop the price of 3DS. They need to release Zelda. 3DS should have launched with Ocarina of Time. It may be a 13 year old game, but it's still Ocarina of Time.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Wind Waker

« on: May 29, 2011, 01:58:58 AM »

Hey, look, it's the Zelda game that begged to be ported twice and didn't. Considering how often Nintendo ports games, I'm still surprised this has yet to make the cut. Wind Waker is still gorgeous even by today's standards and as cool as it'd be to see it playing on a handheld and in 3D to boot, I really wished this game was included in the "New Play Control" series, even if it required MotionPlus to accurately track the Wind Waker baton movements.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Possible Reveal of new Super Smash Bros game at E3!!

« on: May 29, 2011, 01:47:08 AM »

I normally trip about once a match. I once tripped 3 times in a 5 stock match that lasted less than 4 minutes. The exception, not the rule though still profoundly annoying. If you want to talk about compromise, what about an option to turn it off like Mop it Up said? I can't imagine that would take terribly difficult to program.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Possible Reveal of new Super Smash Bros game at E3!!

« on: May 28, 2011, 06:06:56 PM »

But isn't the joke that Sony gave up on patching security even after being warned because they didn't find/see the immediate threat. That's what caused the whole crash in the first place.

lack of security and no steps taken to patch holes even though they knew they were vulnerable.

One could argue that this whole thing started because Sony included the OtherOS feature in the first place which, once the dominos fell, apparently led to Anonymous or whatever hacker group bitchslapping PSN, supposedly as a response to Sony suing George Hotz aka PS3 Homebrew Hacker Jesus. Sony could have upped security and made things harder for hackers, but every server is vulnerable. Hackers will find exploits, they always do. Sony didn't forget that there was a problem, they decided it wasn't one worth spending millions fixing which, ironically and justifiably, may cost them billions. They were warned by the hackers and laughed it off (I'm sure every major corporation would have too). They won't ever make that mistake again... or at least I hope they won't. It amazes me that a throw away joke comment basically describing Metal Gear Solid's poor AI (*C4 explodes* "What was that noise? Must have been nothing.") can cause so much trouble.

To get back on topic, do you or don't you want tripping in Smash Bros? Most people who defend tripping point out that it's not that bad, but what good is it? Seems to be pissing off the majority of players. That sounds like a good enough reason to do away with it to me.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Possible Reveal of new Super Smash Bros game at E3!!

« on: May 28, 2011, 02:34:56 PM »

That happened on PSN.

I know you're joking, but considering that whole ordeal cost Sony over a billion dollars in damages, plus the drop in confidence from consumers and 3rd parties, I don't think Sony is forgetting about the PSN crash for quite some time.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Possible Reveal of new Super Smash Bros game at E3!!

« on: May 28, 2011, 07:27:04 AM »

Tripping happens in real life, so I am fine with it being in games. It makes it more realistic.

I play videogames because they're not realistic. Even games touted as realistic aren't realistic. Silencers don't quiet gunshots to whispers, guards don't forget a massive security breach by an unknown assailant occurred just because they couldn't find him after 30 seconds, Steve Nash doesn't dunk etc. If I wanted realism, I could join the Army or not be Steve Nash on my own time.

Tripping is annoying even if it didn't normally affect entire matches. I don't know about you, but I hate tripping in real-life. I don't want that shizzle in videogames. And nobody played the original or Melee and said, "Golly, I wish my character would trip for absolutely no reason whatsoever."

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: The OFFICIAL Big N rumor thread *bring your own salt*

« on: May 27, 2011, 12:19:58 AM »

Isn't baseball widely known as America's past time? Stop stealing our ****, Japan.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: The OFFICIAL Big N rumor thread *bring your own salt*

« on: May 26, 2011, 12:00:59 AM »

There has gotta be more interesting things you can nit pick about on the internet.

We wouldn't have this problem if you would post more rumors. I, personally, blame you.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Possible Reveal of new Super Smash Bros game at E3!!

« on: May 25, 2011, 11:59:02 PM »

I think L-Block from Tetris should be a playable character.

No, that's silliness. The I block was the money block. If any Tetris character makes the cut, it should be the I block.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Possible Reveal of new Super Smash Bros game at E3!!

« on: May 25, 2011, 08:33:57 PM »

Wow, for someone who's always complaining about the Wii's 3rd party support, you skipped one of the best 3rd party games this generation across all platforms.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Possible Reveal of new Super Smash Bros game at E3!!

« on: May 24, 2011, 11:24:38 AM »

@The Unagi - I'm not sure I understand what you mean. I didn't mention graphics or online in my previous post. Considering I rarely play online games, I would most certainly not buy "Melee Online" even with sharper graphics, especially since Nintendo would most likely charge full price for it. I don't typically buy rereleases unless I'm given something I want. Better graphics and online do not cut it. I'm a value-seeker (cheap), first and foremost. I'm just supporting blatant consumerism. Brawl was loaded with new content that in hindsight wasn't all that interesting or just plain awful. I admit to having buyers remorse despite how excited I was for Brawl. You're right, that's my "fault" for buying the game if you want to put it in such terms but that wasn't really the point.