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Nintendo Gaming / Australian Gamecube sales

« on: May 08, 2003, 01:37:12 AM »

I know three people personally who have a GameCube. Four including myself. One is the guy over the road, another is my friends brother's friend, and another is my chick friend from Sydney (where I used to live). Kind of pathetic. When people ask you what console you have and you say gamecube they kinda laugh and are like "what a g a y console" and i'm like "have you ever played one?" and they're like "... no but it looks g a y" Anyways, i heard some younger guys at my high school talking about xbox, i just felt so let down. Funny how gamecube is such a kids console, but the younger the demographic, the less popular it is. I'm the only guy in my year at school with a GCN as far as i know. And i know pretty far. It makes me sad yes, not that no-one else has one so much, but more that it's harder to find games now. It makes me sad i have no-one to talk about gamecube to though... sigh... And one last thing, people don't know which games are good due to lack of advertising, so if they get a GameCube and a crap game, they'll think gamecube sucks, and want to sell it.

PS. Sorry, "g a y" was a banned word, for some strange reason. i was just quoting anyways. looks to me like someone is awfully defensive of g a y s.

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Nintendo Gaming / F-Zero GX not a typo (Official Discussion)

« on: May 08, 2003, 01:14:18 AM »

Hahahah the golden nipples, they're huge!

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Nintendo Gaming / SD Adapter

« on: April 30, 2003, 01:45:07 AM »

SD = Secure Digital

on an unrelated note, EBgames.com is selling BMX XXX for $9.99 (US), haha.

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Nintendo Gaming / Metroid Prime Graphics corruption

« on: April 29, 2003, 11:13:16 PM »

wah camp hill is too far away

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Nintendo Gaming / Gamecube maintenance

« on: April 29, 2003, 09:27:28 PM »

use a vacuum cleaner to suck the dust out

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Nintendo Gaming / GC SD Digicard Adaptor

« on: April 29, 2003, 09:24:07 PM »

so you need an adaptor right, then you plug the SD cards into the adaptor? Sounds kinda pricey for me

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Nintendo Gaming / Metroid Prime Graphics corruption

« on: April 29, 2003, 09:19:45 PM »

PIAC, nice guybrush threepwood quote in your sig, but i bet you can't hold your breath for 10 minutes
and i noticed you live in queensland/brisbane (it's a guesS, those types of houses). Where do you work, i need a job

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Nintendo Gaming / SD Adapter

« on: April 29, 2003, 09:17:55 PM »

sounds very good. all i have at the moment is a 59. god damned australia, can't find a 251 anywhere.

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Nintendo Gaming / Downsides of Online Gaming (from an experienced online PC gamer)

« on: April 29, 2003, 08:49:21 PM »

The reason people camp is that they aren't good enough at rushing, and they get killed every time. So they make up the excuse of "playing smart". "Playing smart" is no fun. Go play raven shield or something if you want that. Counter-strike used to be a fun game before all the campers came along and claimed to be master strategists. If you see the best of the best, usually they are people who rush, find cover to reload, rush, and so on. Camping is not a strategy, it's stupidity.

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Nintendo Gaming / Metroid Prime Graphics corruption

« on: April 29, 2003, 03:32:42 AM »

PIAC, still only 11 hours through the game? I finished it after about 15 or 20 or something.. though with only 77%
I'll get 100% soon though!

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Nintendo Gaming / I would like a moment of silence for my cube :(

« on: April 29, 2003, 03:31:02 AM »

i guess i was thinking about my zippo having a lifetime warranty, or maybe it was my army knife.

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Nintendo Gaming / I would like a moment of silence for my cube :(

« on: April 28, 2003, 08:57:42 PM »

don't nintendo do "lifetime warrenty" on all their hardware (ie gamecube)?
i'm pretty sure that's what i have

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Nintendo Gaming / Downsides of Online Gaming (from an experienced online PC gamer)

« on: April 28, 2003, 08:49:07 PM »

I have been playing online games for PC for like what, 5 years or so. There are however, many reasons that i don't feel as inclined to play online games anymore:

1. Bad communities - they may have heaps of people in them, but when all these people are complete wankers, it isn't really that much fun. Counter-strike is probably a great example of this. The game is ok, maybe even good, but when coupled with a bunch of campers and elitists, it's easy to see why it has such a following of haters. Those 10 year olds kids yelling into their microphones don't help either.

2. Repetitivity - It is cool when you first start playing games online, but after a while this "cool i'm playing against actual people" becomes pretty dull. Also, see above point for reasons. The originality of new online games is also slipping.

3. Everyone wants to be "the hero", but in online games, you realise you're just another nerd playing a game online.

4. Lack of co-operation: closely tied with point #1, there is no point making team based games when everybody plays "Lone Wolf"

So in conclusion, the only game worth playing online is DOOM II. The best way to play this is dialing up directly to their modem. Co-op of course.

P.S.  This is about online PC gaming, console online gaming may not have the same problems.

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Nintendo Gaming / Nintendo not as big as we think?

« on: April 28, 2003, 02:56:31 AM »

Quote: "ALOT ALOT ALOT"

"alot" is not a word, never has been a word, and never will be a word.

Just thought maybe you guys could actually learn something from these forums for once.

In case you are wondering still, it's ALWAYS "a lot".

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Nintendo Gaming / Metal Gear GC has a name!

« on: April 27, 2003, 06:36:29 PM »

"You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her."
great quote.

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NWR Feedback / Trivia - How much is too much

« on: April 25, 2003, 07:50:26 PM »

which reminds me - i didn't email you (as said in a prior post)

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NWR Feedback / Trivia - How much is too much

« on: April 25, 2003, 07:45:26 PM »

and threatening bans doesn't make you feel important? you sure do it enough.

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Nintendo Gaming / why dosnt nintendo...

« on: April 24, 2003, 04:30:33 PM »

Online multiplayer games have been done to death... it's either:
Shoot everything/everyone
Slash everything/everyone
Try to level up, even though levelling isn't fun.

Everyone wants to be the hero when they play games, and online games make you just another person.

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NWR Feedback / Trivia - How much is too much

« on: April 19, 2003, 02:17:17 PM »

Trivia is for losers. Why would you play trivia when you can play nintendo games, or go out (you know, that big bad world) or many other things. Trivia is trivia is trivia, that's all it'll ever be. People trying to show off about who knows the most irrelevant facts out of all the other people with nothing better to do.

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NWR Feedback / Trivia - How much is too much

« on: April 13, 2003, 08:38:18 PM »

I think there's way too much trivia on the news page, there is way more trivia than there are news updates.
Trivia is a stupid idea too! Blech

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Nintendo Gaming / Dammit, what makes it a poll when I'm trying to figure out what to buy?

« on: April 11, 2003, 03:46:31 AM »

it's little wonder that there is becoming less and less activity on the forums with this over-protective moderation in affect.

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Nintendo Gaming / Gettin' Cube...finally! (Official "What game should I get?" Thread)

« on: April 09, 2003, 02:38:56 AM »

golf, hahhahahhaa!

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Nintendo Gaming / Metroid in AUS????

« on: April 09, 2003, 02:36:59 AM »

i wish i was as cool as you

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Nintendo Gaming / SONIC X ROCKS !! THE NEW ANIME I SAW IT!! DOWNLOAD IT!!

« on: April 09, 2003, 12:54:25 AM »

English dubs stink. Take a look at Love Hina, that ruined the whole series in my view.
Subtitles rule when they're done properly

Is that download subtitled or just all jap?

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TalkBack / Metroid Prime 2 Poll at Nintendo.com

« on: April 09, 2003, 12:53:02 AM »

can't people forget multiplayer? i've been multiplaying on consoles and PC for years , but i've become quite sick of it to tell you the truth. everyone forgets about single player
i voted for more connectivity.