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Nintendo Gaming / GC2's Launch

« on: July 02, 2003, 12:49:23 PM »

I believe the PS3 is indeed launching in 2006- I remember reading some article that said the Cell processor would be too expensive in 2005. I'm not quite sure when the next XBox is supposed to launch, but I'm assuming late 2005/early 2006. In any case, I DO know Nintendo is planning on launching first.

And god I would hate PS2 ports.

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Nintendo Gaming / Oot master quest??

« on: July 02, 2003, 12:47:20 PM »

That freak me out the first time- there's cows everywhere in Lord Jabu Jabu's belly just sticking out of the walls- they serve a functional purpouse, one you won't think of right away. Shiggy must've been doing some shrooms or something when he came up with that.

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Nintendo Gaming / GC2's Launch

« on: July 02, 2003, 12:36:52 PM »

I'll take your word for it, Ian.

Anyway, you raise a good point that Nintendo is sacrificing a lot of control and would be putting a lot of control into 3rd-parties- that's something I didn't consider and I'm sure Nate didn't, either. You also raise the idea of ports, but that shouldn't happen if Nintendo launches a year earlier than the competition. It won't get ports of PS2 and XBox games and it will get the first versions of next-gen games since the PS3 and XBox 2 won't be out for another year. I do agree that limited exclusives would be a great idea, but they have to be BIG name 3rd-party titles (like GTA, which I pointed out- not Rayman or anything).

You're right that this realistically wouldn't make Nintendo unstoppable, but if Nintendo does launch a year earlier than the competition AND impliments this plan, or something similar, it would give Nintendo a gigantic lead over the PS3 and XBox 2 since it will be building it's sales and game selection for an entire year before any opposing consoles are released. Look at the PS2- it may not have had any real big titles for a year, but it had an excellent variety and people who were holding out to see what the XBox and Gamecube had probably went with a PS2 due almost soley to the much wider selection. On top of that the PS2 had been accumulating sales for a year before it had any competition and acquired a lead that neither Nintendo nor MS could hope of overtaking. Nintendo would be replicating this, essentially, except on a larger scale, hopefully. I fully agree Nintendo needs a complete change of practices to take the leader, but they need a turning point to give them a bit of leeway, and a deal like this would be perfect.

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General Chat / Good Books?

« on: July 02, 2003, 12:22:54 PM »

Obviously, if you haven't read Lord of the Rings or the Hobbit, I strongly urge you to do so- two greatest pieces of literary genius, if you ask me (and read my short story set in the world in this forum ). Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is an incredibly good book as well. Dune by Frank Herbert, which I'm currently reading, is extraordinary. If you're a Star Wars fan I heavily recommend the New Jedi Order Series- the writing won't change your life but it has an extremely good story arc. H.P. Lovercraft is a master of surreal horror, as well.

For anime TV, I don't watch much but by far my favorite is Kikaider- I'd recommend it to anyone.

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General Gaming / I'm speechless.

« on: July 02, 2003, 08:52:18 AM »

CubeCanuck: It seems like he just thinks it's a stupid idea. I don't really care about the whole ordeal, though- I really doubt anyone's going to come up to me on the street and bash gaming just because of these bikinis. Meh.

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Nintendo Gaming / November, what's it gonna be?

« on: July 02, 2003, 08:48:28 AM »

Spartan: The broadband adaptor's been out for quite a while, but as I hear it's quite rare to find. As for price, I think it's around $30, but I could be wrong.

Speaking of too many good games, we're only talking about November. There's a string of great games starting with F-Zero GX and SC2 in August all the way to Christmas. Kinda makes you wish games weren't so expensive.

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General Chat / ~The Longest Thread Ever~

« on: July 01, 2003, 05:01:11 PM »

Seriously- I had enough spamfests at IGN. They really have no place at PGC. This should get locked soon.

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Nintendo Gaming / genius sonority's first cube game.. REVEALED! WOW!

« on: July 01, 2003, 04:59:47 PM »

"Heh, that guy never knows what hes talking about Mingesium."

HeHaHeHa- OMG!!11 MaRiO, yOu'Re So FrIgGiN' cOoL!!11!1 yOu ReAlLy ShOwEd ThAt DoRk, TeH gAmEfReAk!!1!!11!1 HeHaHeHaHeHa!

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General Chat / Build Your Own Sattelite.

« on: July 01, 2003, 04:28:14 PM »

Ah crotch- my two good ones both crashed right after eachother. I've got another one going, but I don't think it'll last.

Yep, it crashed too.

Now I've got two in low orbit and a couple that'll disappear for a couple minutes then reappear again. Crazy go nuts. O_O

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General Chat / Build Your Own Sattelite.

« on: July 01, 2003, 04:20:39 PM »

I had one satellite orbit the moon a few times, but it got too far away and crashed.

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General Chat / Build Your Own Sattelite.

« on: July 01, 2003, 04:09:08 PM »

NOOOOO!! I had 2 going for like 10 minutes and then they both crashed! Oh the humanity! I tink I've got the hang of getting satellites staying in orbit for quite awhile bu I haven't gotten a steady orbit yet.

Man- I had a satellite going in a steady counterclockwise orbit, too, but now it's going all eraditic like. Those scientists really have their work cut out for them.

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General Chat / The Great GameFAQs Character Battle II

« on: July 01, 2003, 04:05:29 PM »

Oh, thanks Ninja. I was worried I missed out there. I have Link going up against Pikachu in the next brackets

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General Chat / The Great GameFAQs Character Battle II

« on: July 01, 2003, 03:56:10 PM »

Where? Either I didn't officially enter, in which case I'm screwed, or I just missed that link.

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General Chat / Build Your Own Sattelite.

« on: July 01, 2003, 03:51:02 PM »

Haha- this thing is friggin's awesome. I had 4 in varying orbits for about 5 minutes and one crashed, and now 3 are going strong. Great find.

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Nintendo Gaming / Too Human?

« on: July 01, 2003, 03:43:09 PM »

Well, to be fair Rebirth was a mixture of FMV and real-time graphics, although the transition was seamless and one has to be told where it switches.

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General Chat / The Great GameFAQs Character Battle II

« on: July 01, 2003, 03:40:23 PM »

I know, Grey- after I was finished setting up my bracket it mysteriously disappeared and I really wanted to see it again, at least to know how I was doing during the tournament.

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Nintendo Gaming / GC2's Launch

« on: July 01, 2003, 03:35:52 PM »

Ian: Like most other people, I pretty much whole heartedly agree with your ideas, but like Nate said, don't just disagree with our thoughts and then come up with some completely new- tell us WHY you think our idea isn't good.

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General Chat / Little Brothers and/or Sisters

« on: July 01, 2003, 10:55:03 AM »

Yeah, all use little siblings are annoying.

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Nintendo Gaming / Too Human?

« on: July 01, 2003, 10:53:09 AM »

If the real-time graphics are FMV quality or at least close to it why even bother using FMV cut-scenes, which take up an inordinate amount of space on the disc. If SK doesn't use any FMV, or at least very little, the game could easily fit on 1 or 2 discs, especially with the DivX compression they'd use no whatever FMV they did use.

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Nintendo Gaming / Oot master quest??

« on: July 01, 2003, 10:15:47 AM »

The only thing different are the dungeons, but they are substantially harder. I definitely recomend it for any Zelda fan.

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General Chat / The Great GameFAQs Character Battle II

« on: July 01, 2003, 07:56:20 AM »

Poor AiAi- he might have done reasonably well if they hadn't put him up against Link the first round.

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Nintendo Gaming / Too Human?

« on: July 01, 2003, 07:15:25 AM »

Whatever- whether they were made on the Cube or cleaned up PSX FMV, I don't see how that would affect Denis Dyack's claim that the rela time graphics of Too Human are as good as the FMV in those shots (which is pretty damn good).

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General Chat / mouse_clicker's Short Story

« on: July 01, 2003, 07:04:40 AM »

I wasn't really offended by that, I was just pissed no one was reading my story. Thanks for the kind words, too.

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Nintendo Gaming / Zelda is dead

« on: July 01, 2003, 07:02:16 AM »

Bowser WAS in the original Super Mario Bros.- he was the boss after every friggin' castle for crying out loud. King Koopa and Bowser are the same person. And the American Super Mario Bros. 2 wasn't even an actual Mario game- the REAL SMB2 was released initially in Japan but NOA thought it was too similar to SMB1 so they took another Japanese game, put Mario in it, and released it. The actual SMB2 wasn't released stateside until Super Mario Allstars as The Lost Levels, and while I haven't actually played it, I'm pretty sure Bowser was in it as well. Bowser is a staple of the franchise- villains are just as much characters as everyone else and have a special place in every game series. You could have a Mario game without Bowser, but it wouldn't feel right.

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General Chat / mouse_clicker's Short Story

« on: July 01, 2003, 06:30:11 AM »

One last plea for attention, complete with a title change.