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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Tales of Symphonia voice actors...

« on: July 18, 2004, 12:05:13 PM »

Japanese is one of those languages where it doesn't hurt the ears.  That's why people tend to think there's more emotions.  It's distinct (if by reading the subs) when they are yelling or talking sincere.  On the other hand, I obviously prefer american voice actors to american games.  However, I think people need to leave foreign titles alone with the dubbing or at least give the option to people to hear it.  If they want to dub it, first and most important thing is the script.  Make it flow.  THen work with the actors/actresses.  On the topic of foreign languages, I speak mandarin and understand a little Japanese.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:OFFICIAL Online mouse_clicker vs the world thread

« on: June 13, 2004, 01:27:28 AM »

it's called indirect cause and effect

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:OFFICIAL Online mouse_clicker vs the world thread

« on: June 12, 2004, 08:13:09 PM »

first off, CRTs aren't heavy.  The problem arises with wires.  My connections for my PC are on the back.  That means I have to lean over and hook everything up to the back.  If i had a front hub it would probably make life easier, but when you already have a stationary computer desk and LAN less than once a month, there is no reason for the hub.

2nd, ppl are lazy.  They are not going to jack a cart nor are they going to want to lift big (heavy or not heavy) stuff around for LANning when they can just connect TCP/IP.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Tales of Symphonia Hype Thread (Including Opening Movie)

« on: June 09, 2004, 02:39:50 PM »

ludicrous ... possibly.  Unreasonable? My $$$, I can do what I want.  If I feel it ain't worth it, then I simply won't buy it.  People can bash all they want on the subject, but RPGs are meant to be an enjoyable experience, and if one thing detracts from that, then the consequence can be justified.

As usual you are full of ignorance MC.  People still want to hear music + sfx.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Tales of Symphonia Hype Thread (Including Opening Movie)

« on: June 09, 2004, 01:00:00 PM »

As reported from IGN, Namco is giving you an option to turn off the voices.  So it looks like i will be buying this game once again.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: New Forum Poll - Please Participate!

« on: June 08, 2004, 10:08:42 PM »

the movies are fine.  My only beef with them is the fact that i download at ~20k/sec.  I'm spoiled though because I download from IGN at ~200k/sec.  So i voted the too slow option.  

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TalkBack / RE:Memory Card 1019 On Shelves

« on: June 08, 2004, 03:11:37 PM »

If I were Nintendo, and given the fact that there are a lot of hopeless Nintendo fanatics, this tactic is an excellent way to get more money.  Sadly, they'll probably make 30$ off of me because i need these cards to play the memory-consuming sports games.  My only beef is Gamestop is selling it for 34.99 but EB sells it for 29.99.  *confused by price inconsistencies*

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:OFFICIAL Online mouse_clicker vs the world thread

« on: June 08, 2004, 03:06:20 PM »

"I hosted a LAN on saturday, anyone who claims that they are no fun and that it's too hard to carry a pc into your car, then into a house/hotel, yet never done it, is just being a hypocrite. Try it before you complain about it."

Been there done it already more than 6 times.  Like i've said before, not everyone wants to lug their computer + 17"-21" CRT monitors around.  I dont see anywhere above where someone pointed out LANs weren't fun.  Lans are great every so often, but in no way can it be done a daily less a weekly thing (which is why I like the internet)

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:OFFICIAL Online mouse_clicker vs the world thread

« on: June 06, 2004, 06:48:41 PM »

not everyone would want to lug a 30-40 lb computer to their friend's place just to play LAN...

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TalkBack / RE:Chrono Trigger Comes to GameCube!

« on: May 23, 2004, 06:12:05 PM »

What is the new address?

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Tales of Symphonia Hype Thread (Including Opening Movie)

« on: May 19, 2004, 11:02:19 PM »

I just heard some of the dialog spoken in English... and it is very stale.  GG stupid companies dubbing stuff.  Dubs from Japanese/Chinese/Korean to English rarely are good.  I really despise this part of American culture.  Totally detracts from the game.  Hopefully they fix it up by allowing an option to change languages before it goes gold (doubt it)

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TalkBack / RE:Chrono Trigger Comes to GameCube!

« on: May 09, 2004, 09:47:45 PM »

if Square actually got these guys to make a full game for the Cube.... that would be so awesome.  I hope they actually get somewhere with this even though it's just a remake.  There are a ton of Chrono Trigger fans out there, including me, who still own the original SNES cartridge and want to stuff out in relation to the original Chrono Trigger.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:OFFICIAL Online mouse_clicker vs the world thread

« on: May 06, 2004, 04:51:21 PM »

"And did you expect Yahoo to become the most popular website on the internet? Not quite"

Well I did actually for that matter.  I used it more than webcrawler, excite, hotbot, and altavista because it gave quicker and faster hits.  I never expected Warp Pipe to come off as a huge success because it's difficult when some of the protocols need to be hacked or researched extensively to be used.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: OFFICIAL Online mouse_clicker vs the world thread

« on: May 06, 2004, 01:33:24 PM »

"I'd expect that from college students, just as I would expect Nintendo to be able to set up a working online system, if not profitable. Odd. "

You know Yahoo was started up by college students right? Didn't work too well in the beginning, but look where they are now.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Nintendo wants your thoughts!!!

« on: May 05, 2004, 07:19:51 PM »

"I've played nintendo since early 80s, and it made me expect MORe from Nintendo. The SNES days were definitely one of the more captivating Nintendo periods for me personally. But it's obvious you would think otherwise."

I will make the above statement clearer for you to read:

It should read... I've played Nintendo since the early 80s.  Because I've been a long term Nintendo player, I expect more from Nintendo.  The SNES days were definitely one of the more captivating Nintendo periods for me personally.  But it's obvious from your posts, that you would think Nintendo is almost fine the way it is right -now-.

It's not that we don't take the time to read your replies thoroughly, it's the fact that you just don't present them in a very clear and concise manner with consistency.  I will remember your list of views for future reference.  But if any time I read something and I see a discrepancy, I won't hesitate to point back to the above post for your reference.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Nintendo wants your thoughts!!!

« on: May 05, 2004, 02:42:07 PM »

I never said i can tell exactly what the difference is.  I already said it a thousand times that due to age opinions will differ, but I never said WHAT differs.  I also never CLAIMED to know your tastes either.  If anything, any information that has caused you to make such miscontrued intuition is gathered from actually reading and analyzing your posts.  

"However, leaving the bulk of the research, not to mention the spending, to MS and Sony in regards to finding the best infrastructure to setup, as well as payment plans and of the sort, is a very good move on Nintendo's part in my opinion."

Who is to say that MS or Sony will show Nintendo their internal infrastructure? There's more things that go on in the background that what is publicly visible to consumers.  In theory it may work, but theory and application are almost 2 separate entities.  

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TalkBack / RE:Square-Enix Announces E3 Line Up

« on: May 05, 2004, 01:23:36 PM »

Final Fantasy N?  Doubt it.

Full Metal Alchemist is an awesome anime.  Looks like I may have to buy a ps2 now instead of holding out till '05-'06 for ps3 sigh

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Nintendo wants your thoughts!!!

« on: May 05, 2004, 01:17:45 PM »

"I'm just saying you can never claim to know exactly what role it plays and how that role is played out. Everyone is different, so you can't look at something as vague as someone's age and pretend to know what their tastes are in things... It's pointless to bring it up at all because the possibilities are too vast to make any difference at all. "

You're roughly near the same age as my brother.  So you can spout as much dirt as you want on the issue, but I have a 8 year difference on you.  It's obvious my opinions will differ from yours and due to experience why certain assumptions are made.

"Wouldn't it be much smarter to let MS and Sony drop millions of dollars into making online gaming profitable, then picking up the feature when it IS profitable without having wasted all that money yourself?"

You see.. this is the epitome of a lack of understanding of technology today.  Do you think it's EASY to just jump into something like online gaming the day it gets popular? They need to spend the time to RESEARCH the target audience, the technology,  and maximal efficiency before they can jump the gun just because the market desires it.  Look at all these MMORPGs coming out.  How many of them are actually GOOD or near flawless the first time around? Same goes with online services.  I'm not saying they should do it *NOW* at this time since it's probably too late, but they should LOOK into it or at least do some adequate research before making such stubborn and naive statements about next generation.  

[don't]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Nintendo wants your thoughts!!!

« on: May 04, 2004, 03:40:40 PM »

I thought I made it clear above that you don't present a clear cut single sided view on the issue.  This isn't the first incident that this has happened in this thread or in past threads ...

As per the age, by no means do I not listen/respect your opinion.  I am just saying that there will be obvious differences in opinions regarding certain issues and those tend to be *scratch out "age"* experience related.


Joeamis: "You were all against this in all your previous posts, and now you change your mind to align yourself with Bloodworth's view? "

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Nintendo wants your thoughts!!!

« on: May 04, 2004, 10:34:11 AM »

Tolerance really has nothing to do with age.  I'd have to say I've been pretty tolerant by telling myself Nintendo would improve in this generation after their mediocre N64 generation.  After all, I bought the previous 3 systems on release day, and the Cube a year after it came out.  Granted it's only looking ever slightly better.  I just hope next generation is at least backwards compatible.

Back to an earlier topic,  having online is not going to solve all its problems.  But it will lessen the impact of some problems.  Having features definitely is a plus whether or not there is a loss of profit involved initially.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Nintendo wants your thoughts!!!

« on: May 04, 2004, 08:40:36 AM »

"Let's look at the facts, Ian- just about all gamers have absolutely no clue what to do when it comes to running a business. Gamers don't need the reason because the vast majority of them don't care enough to want one anyway. Why should Nintendo go out of their way and drop millions of dollars into what is, at this point, a niche gaming market?"

I'm sure you know how to run a business.  Anyhow, they should definitely research more into the issue.  The cartridge incident was the epitome of Nintendo's lack of anticipating the future appropriately.

"I became a Nintendo fan because I loved their games, and I still do. If you don't, I think your problems with Nintendo run much deeper than mere lack of online play or Nintendo's seeming ignorance to the future, or whatever crap you'd like to make up."

I wouldn't say it's all crap.  Being how you're young, it's quite obvious your taste for games will differ from other people that have been through Ninty since its conception.  I've played nintendo since early 80s, and it made me expect MORe from Nintendo.  The SNES days were definitely one of the more captivating Nintendo periods for me personally.  But it's obvious you would think otherwise.  There are undeniably problems with Nintendo whether it be their philosophy or games... you already admitted that.  SO what are you trying to say here? You seem to be changing opinions left and right and dont have a very consistent view on things.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Nintendo wants your thoughts!!!

« on: May 03, 2004, 06:49:17 PM »

"I find it very selfish of you to think that Nintendo should dive into online gaming and lose vast amounts of money simply because YOU want it."

lol... that is very contradicting to business practice.  The POINT of a business is to sell to the consumer's wants.  *I* think Nintendo should offer online gaming because yes I want it.  Four/Eight player LAN is not practical in my situation.  How would Nintendo offering online hurt YOU or anyone else advocating against it? It doesn't take half of Nintendo's assets to set up online play.  Examples: Kali, Warp, early conception of Battle.net, etc.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Nintendo wants your thoughts!!!

« on: May 03, 2004, 02:02:01 PM »

well IGN posted a little editorial on their views on what would be cool if Nintendo had online gaming, and I thought it was a good read.  Imagine Fzero with a ton of ppl, or SSMB tourney with webpage stats and such.  You can't deny a lot of Nintendo games have the potential to be fun multi online.  Bill and possibly MC seem to be one of the few needles in a haystack that don't really have many complaints against Nintendo.

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TalkBack / RE: Tales of Symphonia Movie

« on: April 24, 2004, 12:32:14 AM »

your site is amazingly slow.  I'm downloading at 0.4 k/sec from the west coast right now off cable.  Anyhow, I hope they have the original japanese voices in the game.  I am tired of all these RPGs being dubbed (not subbed).  It subtracts from the original mood that the creators had in mind.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Factor 5 Drops Nintendo!

« on: April 14, 2004, 02:46:03 PM »

Forget all these US companies ... let's just have the Japanese companies export games and have them translated.  I've been wanting to play a bunch of japanese game cube games but i cant read japanese.