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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Nintendo 3DS Discussion

« on: August 21, 2013, 08:13:18 PM »

It isn't that big a deal anyways, the screen looks big enough to not cause eye strain. That was the main issue I had with GBA until I got a GameBoy player I had a hard time getting into GBA games.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Donkey Kong Country Returns announced for 3DS

« on: August 21, 2013, 08:12:07 PM »

I see I guess I didn't research those. I might have to change my mind but I am kinda anti digital as it is, I am kinda you know too conservative for my own good sometimes.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: How to solve Nintendos 3rd party problem...

« on: August 21, 2013, 07:39:04 PM »

That is what I was saying Insanolord they lost 3rd party support and there is nothing they can do to get it back! That is why the need to drop the damn price and go it alone.


The lack of games is not the only thing that makes it look over priced. For fifty dollars more the PS4 will not only have a more robust library it will also have tons of other secondary features that the Wii U is lacking. If they console was say $100 cheaper than PS4 it might make a stronger argument but right not the value for the money is just not there. Sure Nintendo will have to take a loss for the short term, but they can afford it with their financials being what they are as well as 3ds sales to offset any losses they may incur. It won't bring 3rd parties back  but it might soften the blow for those of us on the fence.


Don't get me wrong I love Nintendo and I want them to succeed but I just can't find the same level of optimism I used to anymore things have just been this way too long. In the Gamecube days I would defend them to the death, I tried to defend the Wii but it was getting hard to do each passing month. With Wii u I just can't seem to justify the price for what you get. GameCube was $150 less than Wii U is now and it was selling better at the same point in time and facing much stiffer competition from the PS2.

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General Gaming / Re: What is your most recent gaming purchase?

« on: August 21, 2013, 06:02:22 PM »

UncleBob I remember those machines, they had one in my local arcade back in the day with Super Mario Bros. on it. One reason why for years I swore it had to be an arcade game but then years latter learned the real story. I am an arcade gamer above all else and what you have sir is next to the holy grail of arcade games.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: How to solve Nintendos 3rd party problem...

« on: August 21, 2013, 05:57:49 PM »

and I used to be one of them, most of us are in fact that way. The thing is Call of Duty continues to give it's audience what they want, Nintendo on the other hand does not, they fix one thing but they break two others. I want to want  a Wii U, I wanted a Wii U but I have to consider the value, for what is currently available it's too much money, right now there are two games for it I would buy, when Wii launched I had five games on launch day and ten more buy the end of the summer, then things started to slow down. Wii U didn't even launch with five games I wanted. Nintendo blames it on developing in HD, well that is just a lame excuse. Nintendo fans blame it on 3Ds development also not a valid excuse because Nintendo has always had different teams working on their handheld games than their console games so there is no reason to believe that has changed unless Nintendo themselves says otherwise and so far they have not to my knowledge done that.


BUT as a budget console the Wii U would be more appealing because then people can still get some value out of Nintendo's better games and not worry so much about the missing 3rd party games. As a primary console it is NOT going to cut it because too many games have already been dumped and I am sorry but saying maybe next year they might get a year old port of a game everyone else will be playing this holiday is not going to cut  it anymore. Why should I get excited to play a game a year from now everyone else is playing already? Why should I buy a console on the hopes things might get better when the last three generations prove otherwise? If this was coming off just one failure it would be different but Nintendo has burned too many people too many times. It's not that we don't have brand loyalty I do, believe me that is why I still want a 3DS, because it at least has enough games to justify the cost.


So maybe next year games will start coming and then it will be worth it but what happens if this holiday does not go well and more companies drop support? What happens if this turns out to be Nintendo's Dreamcast what then? Buy it on the hopes it might someday be a valuable collectors item? I did that in the 90's with Marvel Comics and got burned royally on that so no thanks.

Nintendo should NOT have let it get to this point, they should have fixed this LAST GEN when they were on top! There is NO excuse for this. My proposal of them going it alone is because everyone would be better off if they went 3rd party but they won't do that so this is a compromise, keep ignoring third parties long enough and hey we get the picture Nintendo sells consoles to sell Nintendo games. Okay sure they make some of the best games ever, but they it's not like every game they make is worth buying. Plus there are tons of game genres they don't bother with. With Dreamcast when Sega lost EA it wasn't a huge deal because back then Sega Sports was actually better than EA anyways and the 2K games were pretty damn good. Nintendo got of the sports game a long time ago, and no Mario sports don't count if you like them fine but they don't do anything for most sports gamers that is for sure. Losing EA is a bad thing for Nintendo and I haven't seen any evidence that is being fixed.

This holiday will not fix things when the Nintendo gamers who also enjoy Madden or NBA Live find out those games won't be on the system they will wait for the price drop or like most people did with Dreamcast, the clearance sales. NOBODY should be waiting for the clearance sales this early in the game and that is what will happen if they do not fix this NOW. They blew it so how is waiting till next year going to fix this holiday? I mean Mario 3d world looks great but not $400 dollars great. I want Watch Dogs too and whatever next gen system I get that will be a day one for me, but right now me and a lot of other ex-Nintendo gamers are just hoping against hope they can turn things around and this time I would almost rather just buy a fucking Playstation and be done with it and pick up a Wii U on clearance next holiday.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: How to solve Nintendos 3rd party problem...

« on: August 21, 2013, 05:19:22 PM »

Exactly Oblivion why there is a problem, why should be purchase  a system that is not meeting our needs? Did you just buying it because Nintendo told you to? I stopped doing that a while back I, like most people, just got fed up and we are holding out hope that it will get better, so far that ain't happening though. I am willing to give it some more time but I can't sit around and wait forever for games to materialize if they don't show up then that's that.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: How to solve Nintendos 3rd party problem...

« on: August 20, 2013, 09:12:39 PM »

I think they know there is a problem but they are ignorant to what the problem is. Even Nintendo fans can't agree on what the problem is so maybe I did over react.


I just don't think their franchises alone can turn things around, even in the NES days and SNES days they had strong support from Capcom, Konami, and Square, three companies that seem to ignore them this gen. Throwing them a port of a last gen game is not support that is just cashing in to make a quick buck. They needed to show the world they can make a system as compelling as the big boys and instead they decided to once again try to reinvent the wheel when they already had a perfectly good thing going in that department. I bought a Wii at launch despite it looking odd and being underpowered, I didn't care because it had unique and compelling game experiences. After a while those began to wear off and before you know it the system was stating to feel like Gamecube all over again only they just didn't even try.



I wanted to get a Wii U at launch but its just not gotten me sold this time. At the current price and as a full on competitor to Sony and MS it's not looking too hot right now. But at a more affordable price it would look better as a second console or as a budget machine. That worked out okay for the Gamecube if you recall before the price cut they had to STOP production to clear out inventory because sales dropped off, retailers and publishers are dropping the Wii U like flies, things are bad, worse than most people are admitting and Nintendo has not shown that they understand that they keep saying their strategy worked with the 3DS so it will work with the Wii U, but it is not the same strategy at all it is similar but not the same.



Maybe a SKU with out the gamepad might be in their best interest, a barebones unit with just the remote and nunchuck and a game that doesn't require the pad but still uses it if you have it. Make the pad optional for those who just don't get it and then push it as a premium gadget that might take off down the road. I don't know maybe I am just tired of getting my hopes up only to see them fizzle out, maybe Nintendo just hasn't done enough to win me back and I don't think they care enough. Maybe they should go handheld only and just exit the console race entirely.


I, like most people are waiting to see how this holiday pans out, but I think this could be too little too late. Sure they are losing money on the hardware but not on the console on the gamepad.

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General Chat / Re: oh for @&/? sake

« on: August 20, 2013, 08:48:46 PM »

So having a moral compass and doing good is now equal to being bad? That makes no sense. And I am not talking about tributes, although using that as proof is not valid because when corporate broadcasters do those things they do get permission first, but when some chump on Youtube does it they should just get a free pass?


It does cause harm how do you not see that? There are actors who are starving because they can't get paying gigs because piracy is out of control and Youtube is changing the entire industry so people are getting used to having to work for little to no pay and that is a good thing? You mean to tell me that you think that just because someone made something that YOU like it gives you the right to make money off it because it is a tribute? If you want to show them love buy their **** and pay them for their work. How hard is that? Do you also support sneaking into ballgames, movie theaters, and airplanes? Do you not realize that when big corporations lose money they downsize and they downsize by LAYING PEOPLE OFF, good hard working people who lose their jobs because of this ****. Holy crap anyone who thinks that is GOOD is out of their damn mind.

If you ever worked in the entertainment business you would know how much this **** is destroying our economy. Our nations number one export is entertainment, and if that starts to fall we are in deep **** because we don't have anything to replace it since we lost our edge in manufacturing. I should have said if you ever worked period because in my experience the people who tend to support any form of infringment or piracy are usually bums anyways.

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General Gaming / Re: Ouya

« on: August 20, 2013, 08:34:56 PM »

I am starting my intro to computer science/programming class on Monday and then I will be doing Object Oriented Programming in the Spring, so I plan on spending next summer doing nothing but writing game code. I also have a back ground in BASIC going all the way back to Commodore 64. I am also taking a cinematography class and I took a film class last summer which I made a short film so next year I will get to do 3D animation but till then I am just looking to do simple stuff. But I am excited that I finally found my true passion and going back to school was the best thing I ever did. So much better than chasing after a music career or trying to build a business from scratch.

At this point though the only reason I would consider developing anything for Ouya is to get my game on as many platforms as possible for as little money as I can.


Perm what is your game like or can you share any details on it? And what software are you using for the art resources and the like?

I don't think I will jump into 3D right away I might do a 2D-side scrolling game first. Then go from there. I have this idea for a fighting game that I don't want to give away in public but it could fall into licensing hell if I am not careful.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: How to solve Nintendos 3rd party problem...

« on: August 20, 2013, 08:16:34 PM »

The problem is that Nintendo doesn't get it, they think people will buy their systems just because it has their name on it and that companies should just make games because it exists. I agree the third party situation sucks but the reality is Nintendo is not competent enough to fix it, if they were this would not be their fourth console in a row with this problem. The reality is at this point Nintendo has had more systems that survived in their software than not. At this point they have already gotten it in their heads they can do no wrong. Listen to Iwata as he says price is not an issue because the cheaper model doesn't sell, instead of thinking maybe it's just because the cheaper model isn't worth the price of entry? He thinks it will be just like 3DS except they are NOT using the same strategy as 3DS, there they did drop the price aggressively as well as dump resources into games. Now they make excuse after excuse and go to any website that is not devoted to Nintendo and they get nothing but hate from all parties.


I don't think Nintendo can ever turn things around period but they can survive as a single console entity. If they made their machine cheap enough and their games at high quality they could at least survive on that, maybe it sucks if you also want the bigger expensive games but there are still large numbers of people that do want the Nintendo games but don't think that a Nintendo console is worth full price just for those games, it is not the best solution but I think it could work better than their ignoring the problem and then blaming it on something unrelated like poor marketing or confusion in the market place.

They blew it with Wii U period, they are not going to win back the core crowd, not even if Ms totally blows it. They might get decent sales numbers and Nintendo games will sell well as usual but third party games are just not going to sell on a Nintendo console because the majority of people who want those games don't have any use for Nintendo and the majority of people who want Nintendo games tend to prefer Nintendo games.

I liken it to Politics, Nintendo is the third party and they are scrambling to get votes, instead of chasing after the other guys they should find the best solution to meet in the middle. I don't think Nintendo is ever going to recover because they don't get it they have lost their way and there is no evidence that they are even trying to correct their mistakes, in fact all the evidence suggest the opposite, that they are ignorant to there even being a problem.

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General Gaming / Re: XboxOne ~News/Rumor/Speculation~ Check-In atleast once every 24hrs!

« on: August 20, 2013, 11:10:39 AM »

I am signing up, this would be great for my game.

Nevermind apparently this is not for first time developers.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Thoughts of a Pissed Off Nintendo Fanboy

« on: August 19, 2013, 10:11:46 PM »

This wasn't their Best E3 yet but it wasn't their worst either, the one where they showed of Red Steel was painful to watch.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: How to solve Nintendos 3rd party problem...

« on: August 19, 2013, 10:08:45 PM »

It's the same thing that has been going on for years, the problem is, the chicken and the egg things doesn't really apply to Nintendo Gamecube had a good outing and then support dropped off not because of sales, it sold better than Xbox by the way, it was because they had gimped hardware, smaller capacity discs for one, no online support, too much attention to connectivity that not enough people were into. Then along comes Wii, a massive sales success but 3rd parties still snub it. Why? Because their games just do not sell on Nintendo consoles, at least not the same ones that sell on PS/PC/Xbox and that is the problem I think, they are chasing a crowed that frankly has moved on. What they need to do is reinvent themselves and I think going cheap on hardware and putting everything into game development and making ONE damn controller for the console might go a long way.

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General Gaming / Re: XboxOne ~News/Rumor/Speculation~ Check-In atleast once every 24hrs!

« on: August 19, 2013, 08:34:13 PM »

A free pack in game would go a long ways to getting me to buy any console. I miss the days of pack ins being standard. I know it wasn't always that way but it worked once upon a time. Not that there is anything MS can do to convince me to get an Xbox One at this point I am still wrestling with getting Wii U or PS4 and I can only get one this holiday and then maybe another a year latter. But a pack in game, not Fiffa, would go a long ways to getting me interested. Also bringing the price down a bit wouldn't hurt either.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Nintendo 3DS Discussion

« on: August 19, 2013, 08:29:11 PM »

One quick question, is there a way to play 3DS Games on a TV? I remember having a Wii and a DS and for some reason it seems to me like I could download demos or something on the Wii  and transfer those to the DS or am I remembering wrong? Is there a similar feature like that for 3ds?

Also is there any connectivity between the two, I know I am in the minority of a minority but I loved GBA-GC connectivity it was the best underrated feature of the GC.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Donkey Kong Country Returns announced for 3DS

« on: August 19, 2013, 08:25:13 PM »

I already have all the NES, SNES, N64, GB, GBA games I could ever want so there is no need for me to bother with Virtual Console stuff, I have an iPad iPhone and a PC with Steam so that is where I tend to get my digital games. But I don't like buying digital copies anyways and I have no choice with iOS crap which is why I have so few games for those in the first place. But I am coming around I just resist change.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Thoughts of a Pissed Off Nintendo Fanboy

« on: August 19, 2013, 08:19:33 PM »

I disagree with the first post, I think this years E3 was the best Nintendo was going to pull off. It wasn't enough to wow me yet but it was more than enough to keep my intrigued. I was so close to just writing Nintendo off for good and going PS4 only but Super Mario 3D World is the game that got me thinking okay don't count Nintendo out yet.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: How to solve Nintendos 3rd party problem...

« on: August 19, 2013, 08:12:44 PM »

Alright I decided to reorganize my thoughts and try again. What I was getting at is this,


Nintendo should just make a cheap system, not too out of date but not current, something like halfway between last and next gen, keep the price down to $150ish at launch and make the best games they can and forget 3rd parties they can go it alone if they keep the price down to a reasonable second console market and that way everybody wins. That was the gist of my post but I was all over the place, so what does everybody else think? Then they can still attract the types of 3rd party games that sell on their system and not even worry about the stuff that doesn't because as an affordable second console Nintendo could be successful ever generation.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Have you ever been disappointed with your Nintendo purchase?

« on: August 19, 2013, 08:10:25 PM »

That is one of the few reasons I still like this place, despite all the evidence you guys remain optimistic and positive but not fanboyish like other sites and not constantly negative like pretty much every other site out there. This place has a good balance of common sense and love for Nintendo. I for one will always love Nintendo but I do think they have made some mistakes over the years that are making it harder and harder to support them.


To answer the question of the thread, the only Nintendo purchase I have ever made I was disappointed with was Zelda Wind Waker and Luigi's Mansion, I really wanted to like those games but I just couldn't as hard as I tried. I knew what I was getting into with Pikmin and at that point I was just happy to have something fresh to play but even that wore off but it wasn't a disappointment it was just too much going on in one game for me to stay focused, plus at the time I was really deep into Harvest Moon AWL and that game took all my attention. Also I really hated DK 64 despite loving DKC.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Sales Thread

« on: August 19, 2013, 08:04:04 PM »

I will be getting my 3DS by the end of the week. I might be getting a used system but I will be buying new games.

I would consider getting a used Wii U if I could find one at a reasonable price but that current asking price is too much for me at the moment.

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General Gaming / Re: XboxOne ~News/Rumor/Speculation~ Check-In atleast once every 24hrs!

« on: August 19, 2013, 07:31:22 PM »

but it has always been that way, it is a business not a charity.

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General Chat / Re: oh for @&/? sake

« on: August 19, 2013, 07:41:55 AM »

thats old news, they already dropped the lawsuit.

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General Chat / Re: oh for @&/? sake

« on: August 18, 2013, 10:43:36 PM »

a youtube video was removed where is the harm? They should have you know asked permission to use the song in the first place when you go through proper channels you tend to get permission just doing it and then claiming fair use is not good enough. I had a video taken down from Youtube where I actually did have permission from the author, I showed them the proof they let me put the video back up. What is so wrong with just playing by the rules?


I want to further elaborate before you reply with some more nonsense. Public performances are NOT covered under Fair Use, Public performances are considered infringement that is why performers have to get permission to use any song they want even if it is a school play especially if it is a Youtube channel where you can you know receive compensation in the form of revenue sharing.


It is always better to ask permission than to ask forgiveness, and in case of copyright law usually just asking is more than enough to get you in the clear but when you do it anyways you always run the risk of getting in trouble it is always better to be safe than sorry, how is that so hard to grasp?


None of this has anything to do with Youtube videos anyways, they are going after people who post full movies and episodes of TV shows without permission and allow users to stream them for free. That is and should be illegal.


What this does is it will give the authorities power to shut down those sites that make movies, tv shows, and sporting events available bypassing the proper channels. That is all, it will NOT affect Youtube one bit so long as the youtubers play buy the rules, those who fall on the outside well run the risk of getting into trouble and that is their fault for not double checking.

Bottom line is it is always better to just ask first, if they author says okay fine go ahead do your work if they author says nope or asks for money then that is it, if you do it without permission and the author catches you they can, if they so choose, to come after you. You might be able to argue it is fair use to the courts and if the court agrees then okay you set a precedent or at the very least dodged a bullet. BTW I am a communications major I have studied copyright law extensively and the law is very clear the author has exclusive rights to distribute, perform, or make copies of their protected works and it should be that way if you were an author it would piss you off if someone was steeling from you and that is why it makes me so damn angry is because people forget that corporations do not exist they are made up of hard working people trying to make a damn living for crying out loud.

It's just like the Happy Birthday song, you want to sing it in public you had better damn well write a letter to Warner first.

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General Chat / Re: oh for @&/? sake

« on: August 18, 2013, 09:14:28 PM »

If you're going to turn this into a political discussion I think things are going to escalate. The problem is laws are already being broken and rights are already being ignored, there is always going to be abuse no matter what, you make it sound like we should just not have any laws at all and just exercise our right to do whatever the hell we want willy nilly.

The people this affects are those who already are on the fringe anyways, true law abiding citizens don't have anything to worry about. Just because someone does something you don't like doesn't automatically make it wrong. But if we as a society authorize our representatives to make that judgment in our best interest then we as citizens have a duty to either respect that judgement or petition our representatives to correct the injustice. Should we just all live in fear of some imaginary totalitarian government or should we just abide by the law as best we can and if something happens that affects us then we have a system that allows us to take our grievences to the courts and have them review said law. Do you honestly think if this gets passed it is going to Angry Video Game Nerd into a criminal? No what it is going to do is crack down on harmful infringements.

I have recently been in contact with Nintendo over the course of several months trying to get them to take action against dozens of illegal sites and their response was they have to pick their battles. You are being paranoid that is all there is too it.


None of those examples are anything to get worried about complaints were filed that was all just pure paranoia nothing happened no foul no harm so what is the big deal?

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General Chat / Re: Music recommendations

« on: August 18, 2013, 08:24:17 PM »

Has anyone here ever listened to the Heathers? They are a group of Irish folk/rock singers I like them lately. I also have been getting into more alternative stuff from the 90's that I missed out on the first time around. Back then I was all into gangsta rap and techno-y stuff so I skipped out on a lot of the other stuff.


My favorite band of all time is and always will be Garbage that is not going to change. I used to be a music producer of sorts but I am so far removed from that world I really don't have any opinions other than that.