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Nintendo Gaming / Re: EA's CEO announces that EA's key console support will now be for Wii

« on: February 05, 2009, 02:58:10 AM »

That's great news, and hopefully we'll be seeing more companies follow EA's example.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: E3 2009 to reveal big software, from the man himself, Iwata. PS2 in his sights.

« on: February 05, 2009, 02:42:48 AM »

I'd hate an AC game with all new villagers. I have a lot of fun seeing old villagers move in to stay. While I understand people want fresh faces, I just don't want to see them all go.

I do think Nintendo will do better with this E3. They've seen what happens when they have a lackluster event, and I don't think they want to send out more letters apologizing for their showing.

As far as a wishlist goes, I'd be happy if Nintendo showed any of the following:

Wii-
Starfox Wii
Yoshi's Island Wii
Mario Galaxy 2
Pikmin 3
A new and interesting IP

DS-
US releases for Mother 1-3 (yeah, I know, not happening) and Soma Bringer

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia XXXI: Animal Crossing Wii-Make. Sign-up Thread.

« on: February 04, 2009, 02:47:15 PM »

I'm in, just as long as characters can't get pregnant this time. I'm choosing Puck as my character.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Radio Trivia: Podcast Edition - Episode 46

« on: February 02, 2009, 01:34:35 PM »

I really enjoyed this episode. The selection was very good. I was actually about to request Game #3 before I heard this episode. It does have a great soundtrack. Also, thanks for playing my request. I picked the game up last year, and it's been fun. I'm sure it's probably better playing with another person, but I haven't tried it 2 player yet.

Actually, my name comes from a synth-pop song by an artist known as Joy Electric. It's kind of a depressing song, but I love the imagery in it.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: De Blob

« on: January 27, 2009, 02:03:08 AM »

Yeah, I read somewhere that THQ was happy with how it sold, and to expect more de Blob. I hope they listen to the complaints about the first one, and fix them. Other than that, I can't wait for the next one.

http://wii.ign.com/articles/947/947929p1.html

Just checked and it was IGN that said it.

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia XXX:Game Over!!!!!! Winter HAWTNESS Pageant! Day 8 The Finals have be

« on: January 25, 2009, 04:57:08 AM »

Changed second vote to Maxi just to speed the process along.

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia XXX: Winter HAWTNESS Pageant! Day 8 The Finals have begun!

« on: January 21, 2009, 03:47:34 PM »

Cynthia chooses to Vote Maxi.
Cynthia jr chooses to Vote Maxi.

And I'm still disturbed someone would go out of their way to impregnate a character from Pokemon.

*Edited vote on 1-25-09*

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Sonic & The Black Knight

« on: January 17, 2009, 04:45:01 PM »

It's bad, but in a fun way. Not quite as enjoyable as the themes for Adventure 1 and 2, but it's still amusing.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Fragile - Namco ARPG

« on: January 17, 2009, 10:37:05 AM »

I really hope it is brought over here, and it would be a shame if it isn't. This game looks fantastic! The trailers just really impress me. I hope the publisher gives it a chance and sends it our way.

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia XXX: Hawtness Pageant: Losers' Circle

« on: January 14, 2009, 01:37:31 AM »

Ha, it figures I got kicked out on the day I couldn't be on the computer.

Oh well, it was fun for the one day I got to actually play. Go townies!

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia XXX:Winter HAWTNESS Pageant, staring pimps and mafioso guess judges! D

« on: January 12, 2009, 02:55:39 PM »

Well, if Khushrenada uses his strategy, then as a new player I'll probably be one of the next to go. I'm going to Vote Khush.

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General Gaming / Re: The PATHETIC state of the gaming 'media'

« on: January 08, 2009, 03:26:43 PM »

TRUE FACT:

I am a terrible poaster.  is a noun, not a verb. So therefore calling Paper Mario 2 a "kid" or anything made by Nintendo as such is deemed massively f'ed up.

Super Paper Mario also ****s over Tales Of Symphonia as my favorite RPG ever. I'm serious.

I'm guessing k**** has a word filter on it. I only brought it up because that's what people always slam Nintendo with. I'm not saying that Super Paper Mario 2 was. I like the way it looks. That's just what came across in the review, and I think it's stupid.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Are you guys try to catch up with games before school starts again for 09 ?

« on: January 07, 2009, 07:57:07 PM »

I just started on my Grad school work this week. I only have one class, so it shouldn't be too bad to juggle a full time job, grad work, and gaming. My villagers in animal crossing just wont see me as much.

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General Gaming / Re: The PATHETIC state of the gaming 'media'

« on: January 07, 2009, 07:54:40 PM »

Just to clarify, it wasn't Super Paper Mario that they were talking about. It was Paper Mario 2: The Thousand Year Door. I'd understand if people were upset about Super Paper Mario if they didn't know the Paper Mario series was RPG based. The problem is, this was a game that was open about what it was, had enjoyable gameplay, but was scored low because of what it looked like.

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General Gaming / Re: UGO boughtout the 1UP network, EGM closes it's doors

« on: January 07, 2009, 01:42:35 PM »

Well, Radio Trivia is sort of like Retronauts. Maybe. Kinda. Sorta....only without the special guests related to that episode's topic. Or a specific topic. FINE. But it IS retro!

Well, of course radio trivia is great. You do a great job with the podcast, and do discuss the games in great detail.

Still, hopefully Retronauts continues in some form, but I know that's probably not on Parish's mind at the moment (not blaming him).

So EGM started in 1989 and closed in 2009.  You almost wish they just kept the magazine around until May when the Mag officially was 20 years old.  End it with a big 20 year retrospective issue.

Wow, it was that close to 20 years? I can't believe they won't let them go on just to reach it. I always enjoyed their issues where they ranked the top 100 games of all time.

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General Gaming / Re: The PATHETIC state of the gaming 'media'

« on: January 07, 2009, 02:08:33 AM »

To give GI the benifit of the doubt, the general rule (personally for me anyway) is to respect the person's opinion. However, there is a fine line between "game review" and outright insult. The Paper Mario 2 "review" from GI, and basically their entire GCN disposistion as a whole, was one big fat middle finger from them to the entire Nintendo fanbase.

True, I mean everyone is entitled to their opinion. However, when they say it's a well made game, but give it a 6.5 or whatever they gave because it's Paper Mario? It's idiotic. I totally agree it was a middle finger to Nintendo.

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General Gaming / Re: UGO boughtout the 1UP network, EGM closes it's doors

« on: January 07, 2009, 02:01:52 AM »

That totally sucks. Like most people, I haven't been fond of the new stuff, but I still read it. I read the magazine faithfully from 1996 or 97 until 2004 when college put a clamp on my spending funds. I started picking them up again a year ago, and while I wasn't a huge fan, they still put out a great product.

I really hope Retronauts continues in some sort of way. It's one of my favorite podcasts besides RFN. Reading that list and seeing people like Ryan Scott, Greg Ford, Milkman, Shane Bettenhausen, and some of the Retronauts regulars get laid off is terrible to see.

Here's hoping they all can land on their feet and get some work. I may not agree with them, but they don't deserve this.

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TalkBack / Re: PODCAST: Radio Free Nintendo: Episode 127

« on: January 06, 2009, 11:18:44 AM »

I really enjoyed your discussion on outsourcing games. I think everyone did a great job discussing the pros and cons for doing it. Overall, I thought it was a great episode.

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General Gaming / Re: The PATHETIC state of the gaming 'media'

« on: January 06, 2009, 11:09:41 AM »

I remember reading about the Paper Mario 2 score. I couldn't believe someone would outright say that and think it was an acceptable explanation.

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NWR Mafia Games / Re: Mafia XXX:Winter HAWTNESS Pageant, staring pimps and mafioso guess judges! DAY13

« on: December 27, 2008, 02:29:20 AM »

I'll play.

My pick is Cynthia, Pokemon Champion from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.

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TalkBack / Re: PODCAST: Radio Free Nintendo: Episode 125

« on: December 24, 2008, 02:32:23 AM »

However, I don't think that E3, or the flak the game has received, has scared actual Animal Crossing fans at all. Many on the boards have picked up the game and seem to be enjoying it, and even I succumbed and bought it, against my better judgement since I quickly tired of the DS one despite loving the GameCube one.

I also felt that way. I don't know why, but it was so much easier for me to get into the game with it being on my tv rather than my DS. Maybe it's because I enjoy playing it with a big screen. I appreciate it for what it is, but enjoy City Folk so much more. I do miss being able to see the flying balloons a bit easier, but not much else.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Top Snes Games- Snipper64 Poll #3

« on: December 22, 2008, 02:01:33 PM »

As someone who also bashes Donkey Kong Country whenever the opportunity arises, I'll have a few words to say (calmly) about it.

Basically, like Golden Sun, it's fancy graphics and sound disguised what really was a very shallow platformer. The 16 bit era saw more 2D side scrollers than any other point in gaming history and while Donkey Kong was above average, it was still very by the numbers, very mundane. The tag team element was the only interesting part and, at least in the first one, it was hardly ever utilised. It's not a bad game by any means but it's nowhere near as good as people make it out to be.
Maybe if Yoshi's Island never happend I'd look on it differently, but as it stands Yoshi's Island did happen and that game is absolutely incredible. As someone who played them both at the same time, Yoshi just made Donkey Kong seem boring and lifeless.

I can respect that. I mean, Yoshi's Island looks incredible, I just haven't played it enough to fully judge the two. As it stands, Yoshi's Island is the next game I plan to pick up for my SNES.

I just played through DKC this year and had a lot of fun with it. I never got bored going through the levels, and enjoyed the platforming. Part of it also is my nostalgia for it. I played through most of it when it came out as a rental and loved it. I don't think it's all rose tinted glasses for me, but both the nostalgia and my last experience with it factor in for my placement of it.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Top Snes Games- Snipper64 Poll #3

« on: December 22, 2008, 02:34:43 AM »

The SNES is my all time favorite gaming system. Picking just six is really hard, but this is what I came up with.

6. Donkey Kong Country- I don't understand why this series is hated by 1up. They bash them any chance they get in retronauts. I was wowed by DKC when I first played it. The platforming is solid, the music is great, and the pre-rendered graphics don't look like crap now. The second one is probably better, but I need to play it more to fully agree with that. Yoshi's Island is probably a better game, but I don't have it yet, so I can't really compare the two.

5. Tetris Attack- I can spend hours upon hours playing the heck out of this game. This is probably my favorite puzzle game of all time. Plus, Yoshi is a great character to star in this game.

4. Chrono Trigger- I didn't get to play this game until my first year in college, after all my friends told me I had to play it. I'm glad they did, because it's one of my all time favorite RPGs ever. I can't wait to play it on my DS when I open it for Christmas.

3. Super Metroid- "The last metroid is in captivity. The galaxy is at peace." This is another classic I didn't get to play until a few years ago. Super Metroid had a great atmosphere, great soundtrack, and a fantastic ending sequence. I'll never forget my first battle with Kraid.

2. Super Mario World- While I love All-Stars, this one had to make the list for being an original on the system. I played this game so much growing up, and I look forward to playing through it with my wife soon.

1. Earthbound- This is my favorite RPG of all time. I bought it after wanting to know more about this Ness character that was in the N64 Smash Brothers. I'm so glad I did (especially while it was still on the cheap side). Pokemon was my first taste of an RPG, and it helped prepare me for Earthbound. It might not be the prettiest snes game, but it has a quirky charm that I love. Too bad I'll probably never get a chance to play it's sequel on a Nintendo system.

Honorable Mentions: Super Mario Kart, Zelda, TMNT4, Sparkster, Kirby's Dream Course, and U.N. Squadron.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: WHat are your TOP 5 Wii games of 2008 ( including WiiWare ) ?

« on: December 18, 2008, 02:11:24 PM »

This is the list I have so far of what I have played:

1. Super Smash Brothers Brawl
2. Animal Crossing: City Folk
3. de blob
4. Mario Kart Wii
5. Tetris Party

I can't say it's completely finished, because I haven't been able to play Wario Land Shake It, Dokapon Kingdom, Boom Blox, Tales of Symphonia 2, or World of Goo yet.

Brawl was everything I wanted it to be. It met all my expectations, but I wish I had more people around here to play it with.

City Folk has really been keeping my interest. I enjoy it a lot more than WW on the DS, and it's just nice to relax to after coming home from work.

de blob was just such a surprise. I didn't know much about it until I played it, but I just enjoy the experience. I hope they turn it into a series.

Mario Kart Wii has a few multi-player problems, but it's fun and easy to get others to play with you.

Tetris Party just has so many fun ways to play tetris. It's another fun game just to relax with.

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TalkBack / Re: PODCAST: Radio Free Nintendo: Episode 123

« on: December 17, 2008, 01:48:00 AM »

Hey, thanks for reading my question. It's sad that Brawl is seen as a disappointment in a lot of people's eyes due to the bad online play. It's a valid criticism of the game, but it's still a very enjoyable game. Boom Blox has been on my list of games to check out, but haven't yet.

I'll be sure to give a great review for you guys on itunes to help out.