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TalkBack / Re: Amazon.com Starts Selling WiiWare Games

« on: April 25, 2009, 05:35:18 AM »

You whine a lot about being unable to dodge taxes... Over here the sales tax simply applies to everything, no dodging via online orders or stuff.

We whine because many of use were used to the idea that they were not taxable matters. Having them be taxed is relatively new for a number of us.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Mario Kart Wii Mega Thread

« on: April 25, 2009, 05:33:20 AM »

I would think I should already have unlocked Birdo since I do play a lot of time trial. I'll bet it's because I play the ghost challenge mode and for whatever reason I get a lot of repeat courses when I play that way. I'm probably only a course or two away from the threshold. I'll play a bit this weekend. I'm visiting my parents so I have internet for the weekend (stupid comcast).

I just need to hurry and find a new place to move to since then I get get internet again. I have a possible place lined up for mid may when my current lease ends but it's not set in stone. Does anyone have a good recommendation for ISP? I only really use internet but I am thinking I will get cable in my new place. I do care about bandwidth caps and getting high speeds but at the moment I need it on a budget.

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General Gaming / Re: Godfather 2

« on: April 25, 2009, 05:21:53 AM »

But how do you rob the special banks? The ones where the tellers are behind glass walls and the back doors leading to where the tellers stand is locked.

Blow up the back wall. Oh wait that is only in Godfather II.

  Meanie. You got my hopes up. I was about to drop everything and try it before I even finished reading you comment. Glad I did finish reading it.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: New Super Mario Brothers 2?

« on: April 25, 2009, 02:19:17 AM »

Yeah, there was the confusion. I will agree that the Xbox Controller S is a little weird (I never used the "Duke" controller). The Xbox 360 controller is vastly superior to the Xbox ones.

Who calls it Duke? I always knew it as "The Hamburger". Since all of my early exposure to XBox was the dorm lounge and we were always trading off controllers I got used to both of those designs plus a different 3rd party controller. Good times.

ANYWHO... Back to the topic at hand:
I wonder if they are considering making a New Super Mario Brothers for the Wii. It would be interesting to see what they could do with that possibility. Though between Warioland and Mario Galaxy we may not get a chance for a full length 2D Mario game on the Wii.

It could potentially be a great crossover market considering it is still on top 10 game sales lists in the US.

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TalkBack / Re: Amazon.com Starts Selling WiiWare Games

« on: April 25, 2009, 02:11:05 AM »

Does Amazon charge sales tax? If not, you've saved even more.

If you live in New York they do, .

Stupid Governor Paterson, no wonder the majority of people here in New York don't want him elected to a full term and why he has the lowest approval ratings of any governor in New York history.

Amazon charges sales tax in any state that collects it. I get charged tax for any order I ship to my parents house in Washington even if I pay with an Oregon based account. It doesn't charge tax when it is shipped to my place in Portland though.

Though taxes are getting out of hand I agree. Plus more and more states are looking into taxing digitally distributed goods like MP3s and games.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: SpyBorgs

« on: April 25, 2009, 02:05:50 AM »

Nice animations.

I like the chick with the twin blades. I was always partial to dual wielding characters like Prince of Persia and what not.

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TalkBack / Re: IMPRESSIONS: Excitebots: Trick Racing

« on: April 25, 2009, 02:00:16 AM »

Stupid Mop said "grab a mushroom BEFORE you get into first".

Although that doesn't change that fact that KnowsNothing speaks the truth--lightning bolts and POW blocks always make you lose your **** when you least want to.

That is the most ridiculous part of MKWii for me. I can accept the crazy blue shelling, but loosing all your items is even more frustrating. At least in Double Dash you only lost two of your three mushrooms/shells.

Oh, and Vudu, you should add a comma to your last post. It sounds like you are calling Mop it up stupid. Unless you did mean to call Mop it up stupid, in which case I say you are mean.

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General Gaming / Re: Godfather 2

« on: April 25, 2009, 01:57:35 AM »

But how do you rob the special banks? The ones where the tellers are behind glass walls and the back doors leading to where the tellers stand is locked.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: FF Crystal Bearers -- Harmonica/WTF Trailer

« on: April 25, 2009, 01:49:48 AM »

That guy looks like a bit like a Selkie.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Mario Kart Wii Mega Thread

« on: April 25, 2009, 01:38:35 AM »

Why do you hate me for not having Birdo? I have no idea how you unlock that character. Tell me and I'll do it.

OK, I'm short six characters and also the second Mii outfit.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: The Conduit

« on: April 23, 2009, 06:17:03 PM »

So are we planning a road trip to Pro's place for the Conduit launch now considering how many people want to meet him? 

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Mario Kart Wii Mega Thread

« on: April 23, 2009, 06:13:33 PM »

I agree on the stars matter. Though I did get a good number of stars on my first gold medals so well see. I only need three more golds to have all the golds. I already earned silver one of those three.

Is there a final mode where you play all the courses at once in a mega race like there was on Double Dash?

I unlocked King Boo so I think I need 9 more characters. I am guessing they are Baby Luigi and Baby Daisy, Birdo, Skeleton Bowser, Toadette and...who else is left, Petey Piranha like in Double Dash? I need one or two more karts/bikes as well.

I was hooked on the time trials as well but without internet I can't challenge all my friends' ghosts.

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General Gaming / Re: Godfather 2

« on: April 23, 2009, 06:06:38 PM »

How were bank robberies difficult? Bribe the Chief and just walk out with the money. The cops greet you all friendly like when you walk out of the bank and tell bystanders to move along as there is nothing to see here. Though I never figured out how to get into the back rooms of those special banks. I even tried beating up the president upstairs and nothing came from it except his blood stained my favorite shirt.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Excitebots:Trick Racing!

« on: April 23, 2009, 06:01:09 PM »

Damn it wasn't that ba

That was quite possible the worst thing I've ever seen.  I want those three minutes back.

I echo this sentiment, and i only saw 10sec without sound.

I got as far as them saying their game was Excite Bike and that they were 'excited'. I then closed the tab and shivered.

Damn!  It wasn't that bad!  Am I the only one here that actually grew up in the 80's?

I try to forget half of the things that came out in the eighties. Though I will grant there was a lot of awesomeness then as well. I never liked things like this back then. Over the top energy was typically too much for me.

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Punch-Out!! Mafia Sign-Ups - Now with Punch-Drunk Prizes!

« on: April 23, 2009, 05:54:53 PM »

I guess I'll be Dragon Chan unless Perm is willing to Punch-Outify me. That would be interesting to see.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Excitebots:Trick Racing!

« on: April 23, 2009, 05:19:49 PM »

That was quite possible the worst thing I've ever seen.  I want those three minutes back.

I echo this sentiment, and i only saw 10sec without sound.

I got as far as them saying their game was Excite Bike and that they were 'excited'. I then closed the tab and shivered.

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TalkBack / Re: IMPRESSIONS: Excitebots: Trick Racing

« on: April 22, 2009, 06:42:28 PM »

The new trailers on Game Trailers look pretty good. The idiotic boyfriend of my sister damage my Wii Remore (it still works for action that require just pointing, but doesn't work for actions that require you to shake the controller. This means I have to use a GameCube controller for Mario Kart Wii), so I will need to get a new controller first.

A friend of mine had a similar issue I believe and he said you hold the remote upside down and lightly slap it to get it working again. Supposedly it realigns/loosens the accelerometers.

@Mop it up
I think it is absolutely cute how you use the phrase "Dirty floors" as an expletive considering your name is Mop it up. Very creative.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Wii Sales Thread

« on: April 22, 2009, 06:35:35 PM »

Well, the Wii hit 8 mil LTD. Did it get there before the 360 and PS3 hit their projected totals? (I think 1 mil and 5 mil respectively)

I know some people were taking bets on who would hit their next milestone first.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Radio Free Nintendo: Episode 139

« on: April 22, 2009, 06:24:31 PM »

Also, I got Yoshi's Story when it first came out for my birthday. That was a sad birthday.

Pretty ironic considering the mission in the game is to keep the Yoshi's happy and reclaim the Super Happy Tree!

I also need to clarify something earlier regarding DSi/GBA backweards compatibility. I mentioned that size was an issue and some people interpreted that to mean cartridge size. I meant screen resolution, not that cartridges would stick out of the machine. You have to rework the games output to fit in a different resolution. The original Zelda especially was designed to have one room fill the entire screen. It had to be reworked to fit one room on the GBA screen properly.

Cartridge size is not a big issue I would think considering original GB carts stuck far out on a GBA SP.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Wii Sales Thread

« on: April 22, 2009, 06:16:57 PM »

Wait, this (http://www.byamalin.com/product.asp?product=415) was the 4th best selling game in Denmark that week?

Edutainment games for the win! 

Old school DOS-based Super Solver Seekers FTW!

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TalkBack / Re: Miyamoto's Unused Touch Screen Based RPG

« on: April 22, 2009, 06:13:59 PM »

Wasn't there a DS game like this already early in the systems life? I think it was a Dragon Quest/ Slime Monsters game.

I don't think Pokemon should go this way. Pokemon was always more about you commanding/guiding/coaching a creature. The web based 'My Brutes' game is more close to Pokemon than this.

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TalkBack / Re: Amazon.com Starts Selling WiiWare Games

« on: April 22, 2009, 06:07:13 PM »

In America I only saw 2000 Nintendo Points Cards, I think in Japan they once had a 5000 Wii Points Card bundled with a Classic Controller.

They just recently announced that America would be getting the 1k and 3k cards.

I like the idea because if they expand it to include other games I can put them on my wishlist and stalk it until Amazon offers a special deal on the ones I think are too expensive.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Wii Sales Thread

« on: April 22, 2009, 05:57:28 PM »

It's still crazy to think about.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Dear PartyBear and Yawnz (don't know your forum name)

« on: April 22, 2009, 05:56:40 PM »

LOL, I thought this thread just appeared and was new until I looked at the post dates and now you drug me into it as well.

It also makes me want to play Brawl again. (*SNIFF* I miss my internet...)

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Wii Sales Thread

« on: April 22, 2009, 05:50:00 PM »

It's the average sales per month over the life of the hardware so it makes perfect sense. The crazy part is the Wii and DS both beating it nearly 2 to 1.

Oooh, I didn't realize that those were LTD average sales. That would skew it a lot. Crazy to think that the Wii + DS are over that as well.