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TalkBack / Re: My Friend Peppa Pig (Switch) Review

« on: August 15, 2022, 04:23:58 AM »

Having experienced many hours with the swine on my TV screen I found this review hugely entertaining!  It’s also nice to read that Outright Games actually got many of the voice actors, which is something that frustrates me no end about their Paw Patrol games.  Anyway, great review!

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TalkBack / Re: Final Smash Ultimate Fighters Pass Fighter To Be Unveiled Thursday

« on: January 15, 2020, 07:52:55 PM »

I love the hype surrounding this, and Sakurai and the team have done such a good job with throwing out so many other unexpected characters that now even the unexpected are expected!  It could be just about any videogame character and that’s what makes this and the franchise so special and exciting!

I’ve read the most popular guesses and I’m expecting one of those or a Monster Hunter character.  Personally I hope not though and I’d love to see Sora, Phoenix Wright, Professor Layton, Conker or Sephiroth.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official NWR Mario Golf: World Tour Tournament Thread

« on: May 05, 2014, 05:18:31 AM »

Thus is a great idea. I've just missed the deadline for this last one, but I'll keep an eye out for any others. My FC is 3222-5566-1724.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Zero Escape 3 Development stalled!!!!

« on: April 28, 2014, 06:55:03 AM »

I absolutely loved the story and the adult themes of 999 and Virtue's Last Reward. I really hope a publisher sees this and backs the development team to make a 3rd title in the series.  I don't know the sales figures outside of Japan, but hopefully they're enough to justify another game.

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TalkBack / RE: Twenty-One New Virtual Console Games Revealed

« on: November 08, 2006, 11:06:22 PM »

Hopefully these games will also be released in Europe. Especially as games like Super Mario RPG were never originally released over here!

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TalkBack / RE:Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 Announced

« on: October 18, 2006, 01:40:43 PM »

I agree with that, but look at Mario Kart: Super Circuit. That included all of the SNES tracks, but because of the handling of the karts on the GBA version, so many of the tracks (I'm thinking the Mario Circuit ones in particular) were made that much more difficult. Plus some of the updates weren't quite so great (they got rid of some of the pipes in the middle of the tracks).

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Video Game Music

« on: March 28, 2006, 12:52:19 AM »

A cult classic gaming tune is the Wormsong from either Worms, Worms Armegeddon, or Worms 3D by Bjorne Lynne.

Or don't forget any of the Lemmings tunes if you want something to make you smile and a little bit trancey and cheesy for a bit!

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TalkBack / RE:REVIEWS: Metroid Prime: Hunters

« on: March 28, 2006, 12:48:11 AM »

Yeh, it seems an honest review by a Nintendo fan, that doesn't show fanboyism, but does show off his knowledge and enthusiasm towards a gaming series. It doesn't get caught up in the hype, and was a good read. Nice review!

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:LoZ things to do while waiting for LoZ: Twilight Princess

« on: February 07, 2006, 07:01:11 AM »

Beat Adventure of Link last night!!! Which completes my collection, so I can finally say that (CD-i games excluded) I've completed all the Zelda games (Master Quest included) at least once each. I'm a happy man! Although it's now going to be a long wait til Twilight Princess!

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TalkBack / RE:Twilight Princess to Use Revolution Controller

« on: December 23, 2005, 07:14:17 AM »

NGC Magazine over here in England is, in my opinion, the best of the Nintendo magazines. It has been around since the Superplay days and has a crew of experienced and talented individuals in the department (for instance, one of their old artists moved to work for Rare, one of their current writers worked a spell in Germany for Nintendo of Europe).

To the person that asked if they'd ever had a scoop before: off the top of my head one of their most recent scoops was the announcement of Resident Evil for the DS, and that it was due to be a remake of the original Resident Evil with all new touch-screen control! A few weeks later... and they were right!

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Rare working on 2 DS games

« on: December 19, 2005, 11:19:02 AM »

With all these wish-lists of the games people are hoping for for the DS, did you guys respond Rare's website over the Summer when they asked people what games we would like to see on the DS?

I personally would quite like Banjo-Kazooie with a decent control scheme and finally answering the questions about "Stop N Swap" (see, it still hasn't been forgotten!). More games in the JFG saga would be good, but I'd be especially keen on seeing what Rare could come up with with the new hardware! As long as they also keep their sense of humour in it! I think being British like them I find it funnier!

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TalkBack / RE:Castlevania Double Pack Announced

« on: December 09, 2005, 11:14:41 AM »

Good ol' UK... Looks like I'm gonna have to find Dawn of Sorrow 2nd-hand then already! Yet it's only been out for a couple of months! It's like Fire Emblem all over again! Grrr!!!

Anyway, I'm liking this bundle being that the only Castlevania GBA game I have is CoM!

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TalkBack / RE:IMPRESSIONS: Mario Kart DS

« on: November 03, 2005, 11:38:23 PM »

So do we or do we not get Wario Stadium from the N64? This always turned out to be one of the most popular multiplayer course back in 6th Form, and I still love trying to get that shortcut!!! With the satisfaction of hitting someone just before they go over the jump at the end this was the one course that myself and many others have been hoping for!

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TalkBack / RE: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Released

« on: October 13, 2005, 02:15:26 AM »

"Yell OBJECTION into the microphone"!!!

Lol! Quality! I didn't realise it had that function! Gonna be some embarrassing moments out in public I feel...

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Battalion Wars: Looks like a riot!

« on: September 05, 2005, 02:20:35 PM »

Yeh, after reading the intial E3 2004 impressions I wasn't convinced. However, I've been pleasantly surprised by the praise it's getting from IGN at the moment. It does look as though it could indeed become a nice little sleeper hit!

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TalkBack / RE: Mario Meets Surfing

« on: July 07, 2005, 02:12:01 AM »

Surely it would be an idea to let them play games like Wave Race: BS as well as things like Mario Golf?

Or maybe even take this opportunity to announce Wave Race DS?

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Trace Memory / Another Code

« on: June 21, 2005, 12:40:11 PM »

The reason reviews have said that Another Code feels like a step backwards seems to come from the idea that items can't be picked up until needed. Yes this does appear to be an annoying facet, but there are plenty of other positive points about the game which reviewers have also picked up on!

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TalkBack / RE: EDITORIAL: The Lost Innovations

« on: March 06, 2005, 01:38:56 AM »

It touches upon that old games vs movies arguement. The points I'm going to make are going to echo what's already been said, but I'm sure I really want my videogames to be just like real life. I play games to escape reality. Yes, I like to create an emotional bond with characters in the game, and care for them, but does the game have to be uber-realistic to do that?

When I played old-school Sonic or Mario, I didn't like dying, but you always remember their expression as they "hopped" out of the screen and although not funny per se, it was reassuring in the way it wasn't an "I'm dead that's it" expression, it was more an "oops, oh no" kind of thing (does that make any sense!). If my character was completely realistic, when I lost a life it could be scarring to some youngsters as it would seem so true to life.

Plus, the development time to create games which had such complex AI and graphics, it would not leave much space in the market for the smaller developers, who are already having a hard time of it anyway!

Well that's kind of my 2 cents, certainly not an arguement with any of the points made in the article, but proof that it has made me think about what could happen to the games market in the future.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Lost in Blue

« on: January 30, 2005, 01:41:51 AM »

I loved Stranded Kids on the GBC. This is kind of a successor to it and I simply can't wait!!!

This and Another have the potential to be great games for the DS. I hope they do play fantastically and get the sales that they deserve if they do!

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Changing GameCube Face Plates

« on: January 09, 2005, 03:33:29 AM »

I've got those fascia's from CUBE (a UK-based magazine), and the originals in the plastic covering, but I've put the issues with the instructions up in the loft, sorry!

Maybe you could try looking at Totalgames.net since that's the website where CUBE come from. Good luck buddy!!!

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TalkBack / RE: Nintendo and Konami Announce DDR with Mario

« on: January 07, 2005, 01:02:09 AM »

Why are we only getting these games now???

Why couldn't these companies have made these games last year or the year before? THAT'S when they would've made a big difference!

Don't get me wrong, i'm very happy that companies like EA and Konami are producing these games with guest appearances from Mario and co, but I just feel that with the announcements of next-gen consoles at E3, these games could've made a bigger impact and helped Nintendo had they been produced much earlier!

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Mario Baseball Announced for GC!

« on: November 24, 2004, 05:35:21 AM »

Ok, my bad, guess I shouldn't be so surprised. It was actually Nintendo of Japan that released the details, and NOE got it from them!

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Mario Baseball Announced for GC!

« on: November 24, 2004, 04:11:04 AM »

I dunno what I should be more shocked about: the fact that Mario Baseball has been announced or that Nintendo of Europe actually managed to get a world exclusive as they were the ones to reveal the game!!!

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Selling the DS :or: Is Conkers Bad Fur day just a pipe dream?

« on: October 28, 2004, 02:48:17 AM »

Although I would love to see CBFD appear on the DS, I can't see Microsoft allowing this since Conker: Live & Reloaded for the X-Box has virtually the same simgle-player game as the N64 title!

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TalkBack / RE: Rare Witch Project Unlock Bottles' Revenge

« on: October 02, 2004, 02:40:42 AM »

I thought that Rare had talked about Bottles' Revenge before. They've said that it was originally planned to be a mode, but it was removed before the final release.

*SPOILER FOR BANJO-TOOIE*

When, near the end of the game you play the quiz, Devil Bottles appears as one of the characters occasionally. Most people are aware of this though, it was even written in Scribes at Rare's website!

*END OF SPOILER*


Nice one to those at Rare Witch Project. They've been trying to get this mode for ages. Good work!!!