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[Sean]

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Nintendo Gaming / Return to Castle Wolftein

« on: February 27, 2003, 02:59:21 PM »

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Originally posted by: Sean
Wait, are you talking about that new Michael J. Fox game, Castle Teen Wolf, where he goes back to Arthurian times like in that Mark Twain novel?  Wouldn't that be great?  You're this hairy teen in a yellow tank-top flipping out and teaching the world basketball and how to ride on top of buses and how to make out with hotties while ignoring the girl who really loves you?.

If only developers would create this beast of a game!
I'd buy that for a dollar!

Yeah, anyway.. Uh, it's pretty safe to say GC owners won't be getting RTCW. I've only ever seen screen shots of the PS2 version, and it looked as if it was running on a TNT2 (ie: ass)
The PC version doesn't need much in terms of power to run it, and it sells for less than a bag of chips (Well, not quite, but close)
You'd be better off with the PC version...

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General Chat / Official Australian PGC visitors disscussion

« on: February 27, 2003, 02:44:53 PM »

I just wish Nintendo Australia would stop farting around and either tell us that it's coming, or it's not. This silence is annoying, because if we don't get it, I plan on ordering the game from the UK (I'm that desperate to get the bonus disc)

Oh yeah, I got Bloody Roar: Primal Fury and Lost Kingdoms today, in one pack at K-Mart, $39.95 ^_^
It was $50, which I thought was damn good, but they still have the 20% sale going today, so it ended up at $40. Not too shabby!
Lost Kingdoms is pretty boring/horrible/crap, so I'll most likely trade that at EB World at a later date, but Bloody Roar is great! The anime video clips are uber high quality. Funny how Hudson can produce FMV of this quality, yet a much larger company like EA can't.

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General Chat / Official Australian PGC visitors disscussion

« on: February 26, 2003, 01:54:07 PM »

Welp, I'm guessing we'll either get it the same way the rest of the PAL gaming world is, ie: it comes as a pack-in when you buy Zelda: WW, and like the gold coloured Zelda: OoT, it'll only last a short time.

And failing that, I guess we just won't get it at all.

Oh yeah, anybody else get the stupid newsletter from Nintendo about the free game deal? Yeah, it's been going on for weeks in EB World, and they only just now send emails to fans telling them of the deal. Here's an idea Nintendo, instead of telling people who already own a GC, ADVERTISE IT ON TV!!!!

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Nintendo Gaming / new gamcube controller.

« on: February 26, 2003, 12:33:59 PM »

Personally, I think the standard GC controller is wonderful for FPS games. Left stick for movement, C-Stick for free look/turning, R trigger for shooting (As long as the developer doesn't have it so you have to click it down to shoot)

If anything, I have a great deal of frustration when using the standard Xbox controller. And no, I don't have small hands. But yeah, I snapped up the Controller S, now all is well in the land of Halo.

[kennyb27]

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Nintendo Gaming / Grand Theft Auto3 - Going to GBA!

« on: February 26, 2003, 12:15:40 PM »

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Originally posted by: kennyb27
(for example, Rare can still develop for GBA even tho Microsoft owns them).

Microsoft, in all their odd wisdom has shown us this isn't true. What with basically Rushing poor Rare to develop their 'mature' Xbox games, they got them to drop all development on their GBA titles.

Oh, and Sony have GTA exclusive rights till the end of 2004. So at the max, we'll see two more GTA's exclusive to PS2. After that, expect PS2/Xbox releases.

There's no way they could fit GTA on GameCube without cutting the soundtrack to basically nothing, and that would be crap.

[LOL!]

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Nintendo Gaming / Grand Theft Auto3 - Going to GBA!

« on: February 26, 2003, 11:58:46 AM »

LOL!

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Nintendo Gaming / Grand Theft Auto3 - Going to GBA!

« on: February 26, 2003, 11:57:17 AM »

Wow,
I'd rather play T.W.O.C though, a small 3rd party is developing it. Alot like GTA3, plus it's fully 3D. Yes, 3D action on GBA.

If I wanna play GTA3 I'll put it in my PS2's dics tray.

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Nintendo Gaming / EGM rate Zelda!!!

« on: February 26, 2003, 11:53:42 AM »

A 9.5?

Oh hell no. Lets all burn our magazines and send whoever the hell thought the game wasn't the best thing since sliced bread death threats! Or how about we Sub7 him? Yeah! That'd teach him for having an opinion!
We could hack his computer and cry like girls.

Who cares if the game didn't get straight 10's? It was damn close.
The people who reviewed GTA III might of all felt it was worthy of perfect scores. This Dan fellow might of thought Zelda: WW was not a worthy 10.

Let it be.  

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Nintendo Gaming / Eternal Darkness Request

« on: February 26, 2003, 11:34:12 AM »

Eternal Darkness is indeed a great game, and personally I would say it's better than Resident Evil, both in terms of gameplay and 'scare' factor.
Resident Evil has lost it's edge, it's the same trick everytime. Oh dear, I'm walking past a window, nothing happened, walk past it again, oh no, I've soiled myself because a zombie crashed through it.... How original.

Eternal Darkness is unique, due to the insanity effects, although not scary, add even more tension to the atmosphere. I'd love to see a sequel, as in a 'Final Fantasy' type sequel where the entire story, setting and characters have changed.

But I tell you, if you've got access to a PS2, go give a game called 'Fatal Frame' (Project Zero in Europe) a whirl.
Best. Horror. Game. Ever.

This one had me actually fearing to continue on...

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Nintendo Gaming / No Contra, no Castlevania, Red Rock RTX rumor...

« on: February 26, 2003, 11:25:25 AM »

Of course they're going to say 'no'
I'm betting E3 will be where Konami 'surprise' us all and officially announce a Contra: SS port, then get off by showing us more footage of Disney sport games.

"AND HERE'S MICKEY THROWING A BASEBALL! HOW KAWAII! ONLY FOR GAMECUBE, BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU ALL!"


... *Goes back to listening to DKC2 OST*

[Vegetendo101]

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Nintendo Gaming / Hardest Single Thing To Do On Gamecube?

« on: February 26, 2003, 11:20:24 AM »

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Originally posted by: Vegetendo101
For me the hardest from the games i own has to be getting all 180 medallion things on Sonic 2. I usually tend to finishe a game beginning to end before i start another, and Sonic Adventure 2 is the only game whiche i havnt finished completely yet, that i dont play with anymore. Not to brag or anything ,but i consider myself a more than average gamer, I was given a god like talent when it comes to video games,ahahahaha! well compared to anyone i know. ^_^.

Yes, getting the complete collection of medallions in SA2 is a nightmare. I can't do it, and boy, have I tried..
Hunting down each and every animal in every level is insanity. What's worse is that I really want the secret level you unlock when you've done it, a 3D version of the original Sonic's Green Hill Zone *Cries self to sleep*

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Nintendo Gaming / Hardest Single Thing To Do On Gamecube?

« on: February 23, 2003, 04:04:08 PM »

The hardest thing to do in a GameCube game?

Dance.
I know if I was stuck in a GC game, I'd find it very hard to dance, I mean, c'mon; the discs are so damn small! I couldn't swing a cat in one of those. Not that I do anyway.

*Looks around, puts cat down*

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Nintendo Gaming / DivX?

« on: February 22, 2003, 09:45:54 PM »

Eternal's Darkness' FMV is leaps and bounds above what FMV you'll find spewing from EA's GameCube games.
NightFire's FMV sequences reminded me of the Saturns early attempts at FMV ;_;

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General Chat / Official Australian PGC visitors disscussion

« on: February 22, 2003, 09:39:12 PM »

Mario, the cheapest way (at this point in time) to get Mortal Kombat: DA is this, now get out your pen and notepad!

-Get yourself the K-Mart catalouge

-Go to Grace Bros. with it

-Bring along a turnip and a barrel or spiced rabbit feet (Important factor, that one)

-Throw the catalouge in their face and show them the 20% off GameCube games bit on page 2

-They'll match it and chuck in the memory card 59, so you'll get MKA with a memory card 59 for roughly $80.95

Huzzah!

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General Chat / Official Australian PGC visitors disscussion

« on: February 21, 2003, 11:19:48 PM »

Odd.
Pressing Edit gives me a 404 =/

Anyway, more bargain deal goodness.
Not only is Harry Potter $39.95 with a free memory card 59 over at Myer/Grace Bros/MegaMart
But the free memory card deal also works with a bunch of other games, including Mortal Kombat: DA and NightFire. All stores across NSW now have this deal in place, see instore for a full list of games that'll come with the memory card.

Oh yeah, and the card is official. No 3rd party crap...

[SSJ3Goku]

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Nintendo Gaming / Why cant they make a decent DBZ game?!?!?

« on: February 21, 2003, 10:45:08 PM »

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Originally posted by: SSJ3Goku
just look on Kazaa or Morpheus; 'DBZ gamecube movie' just search that. It's a cel shaded RPG and just has Goku flying around on Nimbus

Just a word of warning, make sure you type in the 'GameCube' part. Type in 'DBZ movie' on Kazaa and you'll get an MPEG of a woman being shot in the head. For real. A Faces of Death video. Not the most wonderful thing to view...

Anyway, in my opinion, the only way we'll ever see a good DBZ game is if it's developed by Sammy, SNK or Capcom. The masters of fighting games.
The only half decent DBZ game I've ever played was the Mega Drive one...

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General Chat / Official Australian PGC visitors disscussion

« on: February 21, 2003, 08:41:41 PM »

ARG! I didn't get to go to Auburn today >_<
Must. Go. Tommorrow.

It ends Sunday!
There's no official catalouge, but there was a small newspaper advert in last Sunday's Sunday Telegraph. I didn't even see it till a friend told me about it yesterday.

And this lucky bastard posted what he got there over at Hyperactive.com.au

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Pikmin
Sega Soccer Slam
Eternal Darkness
Tony Hawk 4
NBA Live 2003 (A game I should've got for Christmas, but I got Pac Man for GBA instead)
Controller (Spice)
Memory Card 251
GC/GBA Link Cable


Total RRP approx = $590

I paid $295 !!!!!!!!!    

Thank you Harvey Norman (Bennet's Green store) and Domayne NSW !

ARG, ULTRA BARGAINS!

Not only this, but Kmart has another 20% GameCube games deal going, started today, lasts till next Friday. Catalouges should have arrived all over Australia by this morning (Well, that's when I got mine)

I did get to go to my local Kmart this afternoon, only to find basically nothing on the shelves. I didn't realize so many people were interested in GameCube in stinky ol' Blacktown :/

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Nintendo Gaming / What do you think the next major franchise will be by Miyamoto?

« on: February 20, 2003, 06:34:17 PM »

Oh yeah, a semi 3D Super Mario 3. would be better than an ATM spewing money. Well, not really.

*Thinks about 3D Mario hopping around in his 3D boot while looking at the 3D background complete with 3D lens flare*
Mmm... 3D.

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General Chat / Game Music MP3 sites?

« on: February 20, 2003, 06:24:59 PM »

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its hardly illegal to DL video game music, especially when you own the game like Termin8anakin does

Yeah, and when you don't actually own the game. Just tell yourself you do. Just like you do when faced with downloading ROMS

"You can only d/l this ROM if you have the original game. Do you own this Neo-Geo arcade cabnit?"

*Looks around empty room, clicks yes* =D

Yeah, and Ebay is a fantastic place to get OST's. Lots of people sell them for cheap. I picked up an original copy of the DKC OST "DK Jamz" about two years back. Mint condition, ended up costing me $25 all up!

I don't think there was an official Diddy Kong Racing OST though. Pity.
Rare are so damn talented when it comes to cartridge music...

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Nintendo Gaming / What do you think the next major franchise will be by Miyamoto?

« on: February 20, 2003, 02:07:00 PM »

Mmmm... Four player Mario game. It'd be like Super Mario Bros. 2 (Western version), but we'd have Mario, Luigi, Toad and Princess all fighting over what crap to pull out of the ground.

NO NO, THAT TURNIPS MINE BITCH!

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Nintendo Gaming / Good Marketing, Nintendo.

« on: February 20, 2003, 01:41:30 PM »

I really hope Nintendo Australia plays these adverts when they introduce the free game plan. I wanna see them *Cries like a little girl*

... And you think this place is addictive? Damn, I spend hours over at the Gamingforce.com forums =P

[Game:]

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General Chat / The Ultimate Good Games List!

« on: February 20, 2003, 11:32:13 AM »

Game: Earthworm Jim
System: Super Nintendo, Mega Drive/Genesis
Ported at a later date to: Game Gear, Mega CD/Sega CD, Game Boy, PC, Game Boy Advance
Release: Late 1994

Designed by the crazed mind of Dave Perry, Earthworm Jim was one of the most original concepts for a video game character. An ordinary garden worm who was struck by a space suit. Turning him into a rather powerful, talking, wacky hero.
Seeking revenge on crows, he set off to save a Princess (Why, nobody really knows)

This was more than your standard platformer game, this was a graphical work of art. Using animation that was previously seen in the likes of Dragon's Lair, and even Disney cartoons, it had a flawless sense of smoothness in every action Jim had.

Shooting, swinging (By his head), even ducking, looked like they had all been ripped from a high production cartoon.
Not only were the graphics top notch, but the music was of high values too. Often disturbing and strange, it fitted in with the whole insane setting quite well.
It even featured a touch of classical music during the second level "What the heck" where you were uh, fighting off old ladies and lawers in the depths of hell. But it added it's own remixed glory to it of course, adding a painful elevator type music style on the end. To further illustrate you being in hell, you see.

The gameplay has you doing things no other platformer would even consider. Shooting fridges to launch a cow into space, bungee jumping on a strand of snot, flushing yourself down a toilet to access a bonus room, shooting a chicken while falling to your death. This game had it all.
Not to mention an entire level that set itself out to be a 'Lemmings' type setting, where you had to guide a dog along the landscape. It would continue walking until it fell down a hole, walked into a death trap.. So on. Whipping it in the arse would make him jump, shooting him in the back of the head would make him duck (To prevent him getting struck by rocks silly!)

Jim could do a hell of alot too. Not only could he jump and have access to a rather funky gun (Which could also be upgraded for one giant blast), but he could also use himself (Being a worm and all) to hang onto hooks. Whipping his head would make him grab onto anything that shined. His head could also be used as a weapon. Often more effective than the gun!

This game was a work of art. Not only that, but the Mega CD added to the greatness by providing a deeper soundtrack and more levels.

Word of advice though. Don't get this on GBA. The original developers (Shiny) didn't port it over to GBA like they did with the other versions. So we're left with a shoddy company that did a rather horrible job with the conversion. Over half of the animation frames got lost, and the controls are just plain shoddy. They got the soundtrack right though (Features some of the best bass you'll ever hear from that pissy GBA speaker)

It gets seven thumbs up.

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Nintendo Gaming / What do you think the next major franchise will be by Miyamoto?

« on: February 20, 2003, 10:30:47 AM »

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Increase the boob size of Peach.

Yeah, Nintendo could get Tecmo to help them there...

Anyway, you want a mature Mario game? I got your mature Mario game right here!
Well, not really. But watch as I type out random crap in the form of a mature Mario based game!

Alrighty, *cracks knuckles, hands fall off, replaces with bread sticks*
Mario comes back from his sunny holiday and the game begins on the airplane (Much like SMS) except you'll see Mario and Peach in the bathroom, uh, joining the mile-high club.
They land back in the Mushroom Kingdom, to find the Dr. Robotnik has turned all his mushroom friends into robots. "Holy sh!t-a!" Mario yells as he witnesses the robotic madness.

Did I mention the whole landscape has turned into a dark, gritty, depressing world filled with endless pain? No? Well it has!
Mario rips off his plumbing clothes and goes around with nothing more than a smile (Adding a unique Nintendo difference to sex appeal)
Princess mounts him right there, but he pushes her off.
Then all of a sudden a beer can comes and snatches away the Princess, inside, is Bowser! OMG WTF!!11 Mario screams in anger.

So the princess is now gone, and a cool wind is blowing Mario in more ways than one.
Off he goes.
He now has his punch function back from Mario 64, along with a chainsaw and a glue stick. Along comes four goomba's, Mario's eyes glow red and he starts glowing, "Where's my bitch?!" He screams.

They eat cake.
Now Mario is pissed. You have full access to your chainsaw, where you proceed to cut their flesh, blood sprays everywhere (Think Evangelion style blood sprays)
The lifeless bodies slump to the ground, lying in a pool of dark blood and body meat.

Now you can collect the intestines. Getting 50 will make Mario go into "Dance mode" where he'll pull out his DDR mat and dance like crazy. Since he's so fat, his groovy dancing will cause an earthquake and kill everything on screen.

If Mario is low on energy, he'll start swearing. You can drink blood to regain some energy, but to fully recover, you'll have to enjoy quality time behind a tree or something.

Anyway, this all continues for a while, there are boss fights and the usual platform type things (Racing levels, sliding levels, tearing out eyeballs and popping them with your glue stick)

The boss fights take form of a drinking contest. When you're both pissed out of your mind, you fight in a comical, disturbing way. Mario has bad bowel problems when he drinks, so watch out, he might need to take a leak, or a dump. This can leave you open for attack.
Simply aim for their robotic heads with the chainsaw. Blood will come out. Why? Blood always seems to come out of robots in games and anime.

This is only the rough plan.
Once again, I learnt this info from my friend at Nintendo Australia.

*Nods head*

Crap, my internet connection has been idle for 15 minutes! =P

[out-bloody-standing]

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General Chat / Official Australian PGC visitors disscussion

« on: February 20, 2003, 09:59:19 AM »

Not to mention Gnome Tossing brings a wicked smile to my face. Take that you filthy bastards! *Hurls at target to get wizard card*

Oh yes, and here's some out-bloody-standing news for those who live in NSW. Go to your local Domayne store. NOW.
Today, Saturday and Sunday they're having a sale on a heap of stuff, including games. ALL GAMES ARE 50% OFF

No joke.
I'm going to find out where the hell my nearset Domayne store is tonight and rush it tommorrrow morning. I'd go today, but... .. Too lazy.

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General Chat / Game Music MP3 sites?

« on: February 19, 2003, 05:01:54 PM »

Kazaa smells of ass too =P

Anyway, a fantastic game music site is [L=]http://www.media-zero.com[/L]
Only problem is they're down at the moment, rebuilding the entire place. But it's got anything you could ever want there, including Diddy Kong Racing!

And although this doesn't have DKR, [L=Text]http://remix.overclocked.org/index.php[/L] is a bloody great site for remixed game music. Some of the DKC remixes are stunning in all their instrumental glory!