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TalkBack / Re: Ocarina of Time 3D in the Works!

« on: June 16, 2010, 12:22:18 AM »

Man, I hope this comes out. I LOVE buying Ocarina of Time. I could buy it again and again.

But seriously, that would make a beautiful showcase for the 3DS so I really do want it.

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TalkBack / Re: REVIEWS: Myst

« on: March 12, 2010, 08:39:29 PM »

"The real crime is that Myst simply hasn’t aged well."

No, the real crime is that the DS version is a thoughtless and inherently broken port. The iPhone port showed that with a little love, the game still looks and plays great.

I'm surprised you didn't mention the "note-taking feature," that hideous and worthless typewriter thing. And I'm surprised you listed the screenshot capture as a plus when it only stores one picture and is rather inconsistent about doing so.

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TalkBack / Re: Cing Files for Bankruptcy

« on: March 08, 2010, 09:32:55 PM »

They never released the Trace Memory sequel in the US did they? I would have bought that one

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TalkBack / Re: Tales of Monkey Island Will Hit WiiWare Next Monday

« on: July 25, 2009, 03:15:20 AM »

I assume the Wii version has a rather substantial audience of people who have no idea that there's a PC version. It seemed to work out well for the Strong Bad games.

Also, this game does seem to be particularly well-suited for the Wii controls, since you have direct control of Guybrush's movement with the nunchuck, and you interact with objects and people by pointing and clicking with the remote.

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TalkBack / Re: Carlos Santana Set to Appear in Guitar Hero 5

« on: July 21, 2009, 07:24:29 PM »

I'd probably buy the game if "Smooth" were in it, but it's not, so I won't.

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TalkBack / Re: Help Feature Confirmed for New Super Mario Bros. Wii

« on: June 20, 2009, 02:20:05 AM »

I'm not ashamed to say that I would probably use this. Some of the boss fights in NSMB were more irritating than fun, for me.

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TalkBack / Re: PREVIEWS: A Boy and His Blob

« on: June 07, 2009, 02:25:46 AM »

That looks fantastic

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TalkBack / Re: IMPRESSIONS: Rock-N-Roll Domo

« on: June 03, 2009, 04:42:08 PM »

I wonder why they're not utilizing the touch screen for any of these games.  They know the DS has one, right?

Who's developing these games, anyway?

Have you tried Guitar Rock Tour? It looks like shovelware (and has hilarious shovelly cutscenes) but the guitar gameplay is the perfect GH/EBA hybrid.

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TalkBack / Re: LucasArts Announces Tales of Monkey Island for WiiWare

« on: June 01, 2009, 01:21:52 PM »

yeeeaaaaaAAAAAHHHHHH

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TalkBack / Re: First Guitar Hero 5 Details Emerge

« on: May 16, 2009, 03:27:22 PM »

A lot of people are happy about the "any combination of instruments" idea, but I wonder how it'll work. If everybody plays the exact same chart, it kind of loses the "band" magic* in my eyes. If they break up the charts to feel more like co-op, I'd like that.

*not that GHWT ever really had "the magic" anyway

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TalkBack / Re: Innex Announces 3-in-1 Retro Adapter for Wii

« on: May 16, 2009, 03:25:19 PM »

Cool, but how about an adaptor that lets you play GameCube games wirelessly without a Wavebird, just using a standard GCN controller?

Wireless extension cord?

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TalkBack / Re: Han Solo to be Playable in Indiana Jones Video Game

« on: May 16, 2009, 01:03:15 PM »

I'm sure it's just a "costume" for Indy. No time-travel explanation required.

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TalkBack / Re: First Guitar Hero 5 Details Emerge

« on: May 16, 2009, 01:01:16 PM »

I am still interested in how they will make a full band song out of White Stripes songs since the band only has a drummer and a guitarist/vocalist.

When they've had songs in GHWT with no vocals or no drums, they let that player freestyle through the whole song. That'd be harder to do with Bass, obviously, but maybe with the music studio engine they could do it?

I'm glad to see Rolling Stones is back in the music game business, apparently without demanding their own game. Here's hoping we see more of them in Rock Band as well. Sympathy for the Devil is one of my favorite songs.

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TalkBack / Re: Innex Announces 3-in-1 Retro Adapter for Wii

« on: May 16, 2009, 12:56:29 PM »

$20 price tag and N64 controller support sounds like a buy for me. If I can find an n64 controller whose analog stick isn't ground to a fine powder.

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TalkBack / Re: Activision Announces Guitar Hero Fall Lineup

« on: May 09, 2009, 11:41:14 PM »

How can they seriously make a Guitar Hero 5? There was never a game called Guitar Hero 4.

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TalkBack / Re: REVIEWS: Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars: Director's Cut

« on: April 27, 2009, 09:56:36 PM »

Were the new character close-up animations they made for this remake exclusive to the DS version?

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TalkBack / Re: Activision Reveals Part of the Set List for Guitar Hero: Smash Hits

« on: April 16, 2009, 04:22:20 PM »

This just feels like a waste of a disc. I'd much rather that these songs be added as DLC to GHWT (or Rock Band, ideally :p), so I could pick out the 6 or 7 songs I actually want and buy those.

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TalkBack / Re: The Beatles: Rock Band Limited Edition Detailed

« on: April 16, 2009, 01:13:34 PM »

Hmm, this seems like a standard Rock Band release in terms of instruments. Why is it so expensive then?

The instruments are also going to be pretty "fancy," I assume. Probably bigger and more elaborate than their standard Rock Band versions.

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TalkBack / Re: The Legend of Zelda: Spirt Tracks Trailer

« on: March 25, 2009, 07:48:21 PM »

No silly dream sequences. Phantom Hourglass = Season 8 of "Dallas."

Or, you know, Link's Awakening.

Also, I like the train. Different Zelda games supposedly take place hundreds of years apart, so it makes sense that there'd be differing levels of technology. It's actually always bothered me (just a bit) that the world has seemed relatively static in that regard.

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TalkBack / Re: The Wii SD Card Menu: A Walkthrough

« on: March 25, 2009, 07:43:17 PM »

One subtle but GREAT thing is that now, on the Wii system memory manager thing, in addition to the "Copy" and "Erase" buttons, there's a "Move" button, which makes the unwieldy two-step process into a much quicker one-step process. That'll make moving a bunch of stuff from the system memory to the SD card a smoother process overall.

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TalkBack / Re: Virtual Console Recommendations: Virtual Commodore 64

« on: March 01, 2009, 11:43:45 AM »

I can't believe they're charging 5 dollars for these games. They are inherently worth less than NES games.

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TalkBack / Re: Dead Space to Support Wii MotionPlus? Not So Fast

« on: February 27, 2009, 11:30:28 PM »

According to EA Chief Operations Officer John Pleasants, the Wii-exclusive Dead Space spin-off will be "taking advantage of the MotionPlus controller."

Should have been more suspicious of that half-quote

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TalkBack / Re: Punch Out!! Rated Everyone 10+

« on: February 20, 2009, 02:45:41 PM »

Did the ESRB rating materials mention anything about ludicrous racial stereotypes?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: This is ****en Terrible ! I lost 3 key DS games : Major Update !!

« on: February 04, 2009, 01:06:50 PM »

I actually changed it because color is off. whatever i'm changing it again to something cool

I'll be on the lookout for when you do, but for now it appears to be Superman.

It's Russian Superman from Red Son

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Bubble Bobble Plus (Wiiware)

« on: February 02, 2009, 02:51:11 PM »

I love the original Bubble Bobble, but when was the last time they made a version that wasn't terrible?