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Nintendo Gaming / RE:bonus disc with preorder of rebel strike

« on: August 03, 2003, 04:04:39 PM »

He should definitely just stick to screenwriting.  I hope to God that he doesn't direct the next Indiana Jones movie.  It would be a shame to see another Phantom Menace disaster.

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TalkBack / RE:EA to Predict Next Generation Console Launch

« on: August 03, 2003, 04:00:55 PM »

Maybe it's Game Developer Studios working on the rumored Paper Mario for GC?  Perhaps a reason it has not been officially confirmed.

[Nintendo doesn't want Britons to import Advance Wars 2, instead "asking" them to wait the the rest of the year for their version to come out.]

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TalkBack / RE:Nintendo Shuns Euro Imports Again

« on: August 03, 2003, 03:59:43 PM »

Nintendo doesn't want Britons to import Advance Wars 2, instead "asking" them to wait the the rest of the year for their version to come out.

When Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire were released in the States on March 17, Nintendo of Europe wasn't all that happy about the relatively high amount of imports finding their way across the Atlantic.  Nintendo issued cease and desist letters to infringing retailers that offered Nintendo's GBA games as imports, and for the most part, the situation was resolved.

However, with Advance Wars 2 just recently released in North America, Nintendo is once again worried about a high amount of imports, that it claims will hurt the official launch of the game, and the sales of retailers who sell the game legitimately.  The UK arm of the company is again "asking" retailers that offer imports to knock it off, or suffer the concequences.

Advance Wars 2 is set for release in Europe in the late fall, where as the US version was released on June 24.  

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General Chat / RE:Your mission to night is..............................

« on: August 03, 2003, 03:52:49 PM »

Isn't she though? ^_^

Cutest anime character ever!

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General Chat / RE:This is why school shootings happen

« on: August 03, 2003, 03:04:43 PM »

Why is it that more than half of these topics in General Chat end up as flame wars?  Come on people, stick to the topic!

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Mario Kart Discussion (TALK ABOUT MARIO KART HERE)

« on: August 03, 2003, 03:01:38 PM »

I absolutely love this game's boxart, as well as Rebel Strike's.

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General Chat / RE:Hippy Music (and Movies)!

« on: August 03, 2003, 02:29:38 PM »

How can one enjoy the prequals and not the original trilogy!?  That's absolutely absurd.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Zelda Series Time Line Explanation

« on: August 03, 2003, 02:24:09 PM »

What I meant was that it was explained in the opening that WW came right after OoT(1000 years later).  

And to further prove the two Links from LttP and LoZ are different.  The LttP Link was born in Hyrule while the Link in LoZ was born in a country outside Hyrule.(Can't remember where exactly...I have to go look it up).

Taken from the LoZ manual:

"All was not lost. A young lad appeared. He skillfully drove off Gannon's henchmen, and saved Impa from a fate worse than death.  His name was Link. During his travels he had come across Impa and Gannon's henchmen. Impa told Link the whole story of the princess Zelda and the evil Gannon."

Why would Link need to be told of Zelda if he had known her from LttP?  It is clearly obvious that the two are seperate, perhaps by another 1000 years.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Zelda Series Time Line Explanation

« on: August 03, 2003, 02:03:07 PM »

The problem with your timeline is this: spoilers...

1) Ganondorf tells Link in WW that he is the reincarnation of the Hero of Time.  Not to mention that in the opening it shows that WW comes after OoT.
2) The Link in LoZ is different than the one in LttP.  In both games Link meets Zelda for the first time.

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General Chat / RE:Your mission to night is..............................

« on: August 03, 2003, 05:14:35 AM »

Just another reason to stay out of General Chat.

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General Chat / RE:The females talkin place

« on: August 03, 2003, 05:08:01 AM »

*slowly backs away from topic*

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Zelda Series Time Line Explanation

« on: August 03, 2003, 04:58:46 AM »

If the Hero of Time never existed then why is there a statue of him in WW?  

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General Chat / RE:What type of gamer are you?

« on: August 02, 2003, 06:06:57 PM »

No Super Nintendo!?

My inner self is crying.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:bonus disc with preorder of rebel strike

« on: August 02, 2003, 05:07:18 PM »

Hey, wait a second.  I love the Escape from Monkey Island series.  Though besides that there really was nothing special from them, imo.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:WW of OoT style graphics??

« on: August 02, 2003, 03:23:22 PM »

Well Link had the earring in OoT, so why take it out for the demo?

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:bonus disc with preorder of rebel strike

« on: August 02, 2003, 03:19:28 PM »

LucasArts has been around a lot longer than a lot of people think.  Ever since the creation of videogames, LucasArts has been around almost as long to bring us our Star Wars entertainment

(Just wanted to throw in something: Who could forget LucasArts' Maniac Mansion?)

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General Chat / RE:Birthday

« on: August 02, 2003, 03:03:29 PM »

Well Happy Birthday!  Hope it was great.

*whistles while he steathily brings out his paddle*

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Why All The "Perfect 10's" These Days

« on: August 02, 2003, 01:33:16 PM »

Reviews are basically opinions.  If someone gives a game a "10," then they believe that game ranks high on their own scale of greatness.  Just because someone gives a game a 10 doesn't mean the game is perfect by any means.  The game could be completely horrible in another person's eyes.  For example, you see many people spouting that Halo is the best thing since sliced bread.  I, on the other hand, think that it's an incredibly generic FPS.  So never get a game just because it gets a good review.  Rent it and give it your own inspection.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Just picked up TimeSplitters 2 and have a q about MapMaker

« on: August 02, 2003, 11:17:08 AM »

There's a whole bunch here.  Of course, most of the fun in the Mapmaker mode is creating your own masterpieces.

http://www.timesplitters2.net/

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General Chat / RE:What type of gamer are you?

« on: August 01, 2003, 03:59:59 PM »

Age: 17

First console: NES

Game that really got me into gaming: Super Mario 64

Consoles owned: Gamecube, Ps2, Nintendo 64, GameBoy, GameBoy Color, Gameboy Advance, Genesis, 32x, Saturn, NES, SNES, Dreamcast, Game Gear, Nomad

Favorite console and why: a tie: SNES(Super Mario RPG, Chrono Trigger, LttP, do I have to go on?)

Favorite games: Super Mario 64, Metroid Prime, LttP, WW, Super Mario RPG, Earthbound, Gunstar Heroes(Am I the only one who has played this game?  Best game on Genesis, best 2d shooter ever, PERIOD)

Most anticipated games: Tales of Symphonia, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!

Favourite genre: Action/Adventure (ala Mario, Zelda)

Wish for the future of gaming: Not to fall apart due to high influx of $***ty 3rd party games.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:The Next Zelda

« on: August 01, 2003, 03:41:36 PM »

Just passing through, I don't really want to get in on this conversation .  Just stopped to say that the wizard's name is Agahnim.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:bonus disc with preorder of rebel strike

« on: August 01, 2003, 03:36:48 PM »

Though not as good as the WW preorder deal, this is something I am going to have to do.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker General Help

« on: August 01, 2003, 03:34:55 PM »

Actually you can help the guy.  Just play that letter-throwing game again(and get at least 25 letters sent) and he will be hired.  For your troubles you get a heart piece.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:WW of OoT style graphics??

« on: August 01, 2003, 01:22:44 PM »

I know comparing the two was slightly biased, but I am also just paraphrasing what Miyamoto himself has admitted.  He complained that the problem with OoT was that Link's movements were way too stiff to look realistic.  Again I'll say that once animation in realistic graphics has been perfected Ninty may give a realistic version of Zelda the go-ahead.

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General Gaming / RE:Sega Saturn score!

« on: August 01, 2003, 10:43:00 AM »

Good luck finding Nights.  It's one heck of a good game.

Here's to hopefully having a Nights game in the near future.