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General Gaming / RE:1 Million People Are Using Xbox Live

« on: July 18, 2004, 02:46:41 PM »

He who takes too many risks will be leaving out of a cardboard box. Throwing money away needlessly is not good business, despite what catchy little proverbs say. If it's true MS really did sink $2 billion into XBox Live (sounds a bit outrageous), then I don't see how anyone can just shrug it off as "the nature of business"- losing that much money is just plain stupidity. Microsoft didn't become as rich as they are today by throwing away billions of dollars. I understand what you're saying, cubed, and agree with it, but I don't think it quite applies in this situation.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:The most ANNOYING Zelda enemy ever

« on: July 18, 2004, 01:54:29 PM »

How many times do I have to tell you guys? Use the backwards song of time! Why fret over a time limit if it's never going to be a problem? You shouldn't let something that petty keep you from enjoying an incredibly good game! Especially you, Bill, the self proclaimed ultimate Zelda fan.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:DS Gripes

« on: July 18, 2004, 11:47:50 AM »

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That's just it. I haven't seen a single game aside from Wario Ware that honestly benefits in any way from the touchscreen.

I dunno, Pac Pix looks pretty awesome- I can't wait to get my hands on that.

Mumei: I think YOUR kneejerk reaction was to assume Bill is a slobbering Nintendo fanboy. You're just as guilty in making blind statements as you say he is.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Which Classic NES games do you want next!?

« on: July 18, 2004, 10:58:38 AM »

Indeed it is- which Kirby game was Nightmare in Dreamland a remake of, though?

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:The most ANNOYING Zelda enemy ever

« on: July 17, 2004, 10:00:10 PM »

Gibdos, the old ones- goddammit, your sword DOESN'T knock them back, so they just keep walking into you. The bastards.

Darknuts from the original loZ pissed me off all the time, too, especially the blue ones, since you had to $%&@ing hit them from the side.  

Like Likes never get on my nerves that much, except in the original LoZ when they would take your shield without you realizing it, leaving you wondering why you can't block these Wizrobe blasts when you could before.

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Iron Knuckles are my favorite enemies though. I just love fighting those things.

I completely agree- they were just so much fun to fight, I couldn't get enough of them. The Knuckle Knights in WW were almost as cool, but not quite, although being able to pick up their swords pretty much made up for it.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:New North American (NPD) Sales Thread

« on: July 17, 2004, 08:59:05 PM »

Interestingly enough, the Gamecube has twice the number of million sellers as the XBox in America.

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General Gaming / RE:Tales of Symphonia on PS2: English version rumor

« on: July 17, 2004, 07:50:53 PM »

Again, it's up to SCEA on that situation- I'm sure Namco would love to release ToS on the PS2 in America but can't because SCEA won't let them

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General Gaming / RE:Tales of Symphonia on PS2: English version rumor

« on: July 17, 2004, 07:30:40 PM »

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As for the topic itself, I guess there is a good chance of a PS2 version, at least if Namco believes there is a demand.

Namco has already made a PS2 version of it, but SCEA has, at least for now, blocked its American release. They're doing the same thing with Killer 7.

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General Gaming / RE:1 Million People Are Using Xbox Live

« on: July 17, 2004, 03:16:13 PM »

Thanks Xenplay. I was right that there are more platinum selling Gamecube games than 2 or 3. In America alone, there are 6: SSBM, Mario Kart, Super Mario Sunshine, Wind Waker, Luigi's Mansion, and Metroid Prime. Including Japanese sales there are 12: Mario Party 4, Mario Party 5, SA2:B, Star Fox Adventures, Animal Crossing, and Pokemon Colosseum. With the addition of European sales I'm sure a few borderline games have sold a million by now.  

Comparitively, according to that same chart, the XBox has 4 platinum selling games, 3 of them in America alone: Halo, Splinter Cell, Dead or Alive 3, and Project Gotham Racing. The PS2 has, by my count (I might have missed some) 31 platinum selling titles- a lot of them sold like crazy in Japan and then little more than 10,000 here.  

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General Chat / RE:this is the sound of banning

« on: July 16, 2004, 10:22:31 PM »

King Admin is Ty, for anyone too stupid to figure it out. His banner sig and music are NOT cool at all and get on my nerves constantly.

He is hilarious, though, so I guess we can let him stay.

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General Gaming / RE:1 Million People Are Using Xbox Live

« on: July 16, 2004, 10:18:58 PM »

It's not even 1 million sold, because like I said a lot of "XBox Live users" got it for free, and when their subscription runs out I expect a huge drop in subscribers. It's respectable, I guess, but people are going to start using it as evidence against Nintendo, which is crap because the're pulling it completely out of context.

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General Chat / RE:SOMETIMES...

« on: July 16, 2004, 08:10:34 PM »

Don't TELL people, Mystic!

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Possible to use Gamecube controllers on PS2 at all?

« on: July 16, 2004, 06:24:54 PM »

Ah well, I'm glad someone likes the Cube controller for fighters- no harm in that.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Mario Tennis!!!!

« on: July 16, 2004, 06:09:55 PM »

Says the man with the Paper Mario avatar.

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General Chat / RE:SOMETIMES...

« on: July 16, 2004, 06:08:35 PM »

Thank you, king admin.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Possible to use Gamecube controllers on PS2 at all?

« on: July 16, 2004, 05:55:28 PM »

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My thinking is that we all know how much the SNES pad owned. Absolute BEAST for pulling off dragon punches all day long. Thus i would like to try out that new Hori Digital Pad on the PS2 to see if they've kept the Dpad as good as it was.

Eh, the Playstaion controller is basically a SNES controller with handles and two extra shoulder buttons. I'm quite surprised you don't like it for fighting games, especially since that's the one genre its d-pad centric design is actually useful for.

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General Chat / RE:SOMETIMES...

« on: July 16, 2004, 04:28:04 PM »

Professional got it, it's not too hard.

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General Chat / RE:SOMETIMES...

« on: July 16, 2004, 02:41:17 PM »

This is what happens when you're so bored that nothing is tedious anymore.

There's a message in there, if you didn't catch it.

[ANY CLUE]

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General Chat / SOMETIMES...

« on: July 16, 2004, 02:40:11 PM »

SOMETIMES WHEN I SIT HERE AT MY COMPUTER I DON’T
HAVE ANY CLUE AS TO WHAT TO DO I SPEND MY ENTIRE DAY
IN FRONT OF THIS ILLUMINATED SCREEN FOR PURPOSES
NOT CLEAR EVEN TO MYSELF WHY CANT I GO OUTSIDE OR
TALK TO PEOPLE THIS METALLIC BOX HAS TAKEN HOLD OF
MY LIFE AND I FEAR IT WONT LET GO I CALL IT MY WINDOW TO
THE WORLD BUT I FORGET I HAVE A REAL ONE IN MY ROOM
BUT I CLOSE IT OFF AND SHUN THE OUTSIDE WORLD NOT
LETTING EVEN ITS LIGHT INTO MY HUMBLE ABODE I LIVE AS A
RECLUSE INSIDE THIS PRISON I HAVE CREATED FOR MYSELF
AND IT TERRIFIES ME TO THINK I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO
LEAVE THIS PLACE MY VERY BEING NOW REVOLVES AROUND
THIS DETESTABLE MACHINE WHY AM I SO OBSESSED WHY CANT
I ABANDON IT WHY WONT IT LET ME GO IT HAS ME IN ITS IRON
GRIP AND REFUSES TO RELEASE ME EVEN IF IT DID RELEASE
ME I DONT THINK I COULD GO I DONT THINK I HAVE THE WILL
TO LEAVE THIS PLACE ITS TENDRILS OF DECEIT HAVE WOVEN
THEIR TWISTING PATHS THROUGH MY CONSCIOUSNESS AND
WOULD REMAIN EVEN IF I WERE TO SEVER THEIR
CONNECTIONS I CAN NEVER LEAVE THIS PLACE I CAN NEVER
TRULY BE FREE FROM IT FOR IT WILL ALWAYS CONTROL ME
 

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TalkBack / RE:EA Brings The Urbz to the Nintendo DS

« on: July 16, 2004, 12:35:24 PM »

So, uh, where was the DS's price "announced"? Wouldn't Nintendo have a press conference for something like this? Or wouldn't I at least see it on different websites? This thread is the first I've heard of it.

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General Gaming / RE:1 Million People Are Using Xbox Live

« on: July 16, 2004, 10:23:02 AM »

That's 1 million people signed up for XBox Live, not playing it-  keep in mind, also, that a year's subscription was given away for free with an XBox for a while as part of a promotional deal. You can bet nowhere near 1 million people actually use XBox Live, at least not on a regular basis. And when that one year free subscription runs out, I'd warrant that "roster" drops considerably.  

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How many Cube games have sold a million copies? Like 2 or 3 maybe?

Eh, more, I think- SSBM, Wind Waker, and both Resident Evils at least. There's probably a few others that are very close, like SA2:B. I'd be interested to know actual sales figures, though- does anyone know of a place that tracks worldwide sales for games?

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

« on: July 16, 2004, 10:20:18 AM »

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Havent read all the replies, but isnt Lyoid the voice of Robin from Teen Titans? I'm really sure it is

Yep, he is indeed the voice of Robin in Teen titans (horrible comic, horrible show).

For anyone else who wants to peruse the voice actors of the game, check out IMDB's Tales of Symphonia profile.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Mario Tennis!!!!

« on: July 16, 2004, 12:46:13 AM »

Goddammit, it better be out this year- Camelot's been working on it forever!

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

« on: July 15, 2004, 10:21:04 PM »

I think the reason this thread got off topic is because anything that can be said about online gameplay already has been numerous times.

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

« on: July 15, 2004, 09:53:42 PM »

AiAi: I'm perfectly calm at my computer. I may sound pissed off, but I have a huge grin on my face most of the time.

And learning Japanese doesn't do jack squat- you have to understand the actual language, how it's spoken, how it's used, etc, etc, which you can't do unless you've lived for years upon years among that language. Like I said, the only reason you think Japanese voice actors are better than American voice actors is because you don't know enough Japanese to truly judge it on the same level as english.