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Nintendo Gaming / Backward Compass?
« on: March 31, 2003, 10:38:34 AM »
P.S.  That means, when you point your boat south, the compass should be pointing behind you (down).  When you head west, the compass points right.  When you head east, the compass points left... and of course, when sailing north the compass points straight ahead (up).  So, there's nothing wrong with the compass.

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Nintendo Gaming / Backward Compass?
« on: March 31, 2003, 10:38:33 AM »
Compasses ALWAYS point to magnetic north.  It's working 100% perfectly.

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NWR Feedback / Anyone else having trouble with recent PGC WMV files?
« on: March 31, 2003, 07:05:21 AM »
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Originally posted by: PGC-Agent Cooper
I did make the latest SC movies in MPEG format, but you'll notice how much larger those are...
Reduce the quality setting, and you'll get smaller files.

Troy (Sidles away)

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NWR Feedback / Anyone else having trouble with recent PGC WMV files?
« on: March 31, 2003, 07:05:20 AM »
I installed the Divx codec, and Windows Media Player refuses to use it.  So I can't play divx-encoded movies.

Troy (Sidles away)  

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Nintendo Gaming / Where are the cell-shading naysayers?
« on: March 31, 2003, 05:38:07 AM »
They seem to have disappeared now that Zelda is in their hands.  Maybe they've learned not to judge a game before they've played it.

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Nintendo Gaming / Where are the cell-shading naysayers?
« on: March 31, 2003, 05:38:03 AM »
Gorgeous graphics.
Beautiful surround sound.
So why do I find the Wind Waker to be... well, boring.  Besides the extremely-long and uninteresting sea voyages, I'm finding Wind Waker to be a rather un-interesting game.  I'm not sure why?  I really enjoyed Ocarina of Time.  The story was compelling, the characters interesting, the dungeons fun (although the water temple got tedious).  But not so with Wind Waker upto Dungeon #3.  I hope the game gets better later.

Troy (Sidles away)  

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NWR Feedback / Lighten up, Blooworth.
« on: March 31, 2003, 05:00:38 AM »
Yeah, because the Zelda forum is so overwhelmingly busy that it's nearly impossible to keep up with the 1 new topic a day.  (Yes, that was sarcasm.)

Seems to me that PlanetGameCube has too many sub-forums.  PSXnation.com and n-philes.com have only 3-4 sub-forums (general, Other Consoles, GameCube/PS2), and that works extremely well.  I don't really see why there needs to be ~15 sub-forums here.  Most of those sub-forums are dead and useless.

Troy (Sidles off)

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Nintendo Gaming / Wind Waker is killing me.
« on: March 31, 2003, 04:44:30 AM »
Wind Waker's not killing me.  I first loaded the game on Saturday morning.  Watched the NASCAR race.  Then played some Dead or Nake...er, Alive 2: Hardcore.

Sunday morning I played constantly until 1, watched NASCAR, then watched the Simpsons and Doctor Who.

Today I surfed the net, watched the news, and at noon I'll boot up Wind Waker again.  I'm taking it easy with this Zelda game rather than kill myself.  Even with only ~15 hours in the game, I'm already at Dungeon #3.  

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Nintendo Gaming / Wind Waker is killing me.
« on: March 31, 2003, 04:44:29 AM »
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Originally posted by: Grey Ninja
1)  I can barely walk
2)  I have trouble getting comprehendible speech out of my mouth
3)  I don't have the strength to do much
4)  I seem to be on the verge of throwing up almost constantly.
5)  I am so tired I can barely keep my eyes open.
Maybe the U.S. government should add Zelda to their list of "banned substances"?  Seriously.  What fun is a game if you are too "hungover" to appreciate it?  Even while playing FF10, I went to bed at midnight and got up at 8am.  I got my sleep.  I ate my food.

You need to take a break.  The game's not going anywhere (as my mom would say).

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Nintendo Gaming / Wind Waker is killing me.
« on: March 31, 2003, 04:44:28 AM »
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Nintendo Gaming / Why not a wait a while for the second zelda?
« on: March 31, 2003, 04:33:11 AM »
Wind Waker Master Quest  :-D

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Nintendo Gaming / Why not a wait a while for the second zelda?
« on: March 31, 2003, 04:33:10 AM »
Wind Waker Master Quest  :-D

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Nintendo Gaming / Why not a wait a while for the second zelda?
« on: March 31, 2003, 04:33:09 AM »
Wind Waker Master Quest  :-D

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Nintendo Gaming / What features should gamecube2 have?
« on: March 31, 2003, 04:30:58 AM »
Just because you want wireless controllers doesn't mean everyone does.  I prefer the convenience of picking up a controller and playing without having to worry about recharging the batteries... or replacing the batteries 2 years from now when they wear out.

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Nintendo Gaming / What features should gamecube2 have?
« on: March 31, 2003, 04:30:57 AM »
Just because you want wireless controllers doesn't mean everyone does.  I prefer the convenience of picking up a controller and playing without having to worry about recharging the batteries... or replacing the batteries 2 years from now when they wear out.

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Nintendo Gaming / What features should gamecube2 have?
« on: March 31, 2003, 04:30:56 AM »
Just because you want wireless controllers doesn't mean everyone does.  I prefer the convenience of picking up a controller and playing without having to worry about recharging the batteries... or replacing the batteries 2 years from now when they wear out.

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General Gaming / The end of the world...
« on: March 31, 2003, 03:56:48 AM »
It's all a matter of preference.  I'd rather play a "fun" game like Mario Sunshine than a "bloody" game like Halo, but I guess your friend's the opposite.  What confuses me is that you can get Halo-like experiences on GameCube with Metroid Prime or TimeSplitters 2, so why abandon the console?  Makes no sense.

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Nintendo Gaming / Proper Chronology for Metroid / Samus?
« on: March 31, 2003, 03:49:59 AM »
Metroid Prime
Original Metroid
Super Metroid

Is that correct, storywise?  Where does Metroid Fusion fit?

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Nintendo Gaming / Remakes
« on: March 31, 2003, 03:33:25 AM »
Super Nintendo's FF2 and Chrono Trigger are available on the PSone.  $50 for the console, $50 for the game.  Ditto FF 3.  Ditto FF 1.  (using U.S. numbers)
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Originally posted by: Gibdo Master
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Originally posted by: theavengHear!  Hear!  I don't want to rebuy games I already played 15-20 years ago.  Younger gamers can go play the ROM or buy a used Nintendo if they want to play the old stuff.  Anyway, GIve Me The New Stuff!
If you don't want to buy it you don't have to. ... Roms aren't as good as the real thing and finding used games as well as the console isn't that easy. It's even harder to find used POPULAR games.
You're right.  ROMs are not like the real thing.  They're better.  A crystal clear picture on a VGA monitor is better than either (1) the blurred composite picture of the Super Nintendo or (2) the tiny screen of a GBA making you squint.  Plus, my ROMs are in surround sound... no GBA can do that.

But Never Mind That Because That's Not The Issue.  My comment is 100% valid.  When Nintendo wastes resources porting old games, it takes away from their ability to produce brand-new games.  Look how *few* new games Nintendo has made for the GBA.  That's because they're programmers are tied up working on old stuff.  I was thrilled to see Metroid Fusion come out.  At last, something NEW to play!

HERE'S WHAT NINTENDO SHOULD DO: Create something like the "Activision Anthology" for GameCube.  On one disc they can include a few hundred Original Nintendo and Super Nintendo games running on an emulator... similar to what they did with Zelda: Ocarina of Time.  That way younger/older gamers can play the classics on a full-screen TV as originally intended, and it won't require a lot of re-programming as GBA does.  HERE'S WHY THEY WON'T: The marketing majors at Nintendo figure that people won't buy new games if they are busy playing the old stuff.  Sad.  :-(

Troy (Sidles out of the room)  

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Nintendo Gaming / Metroid Prime Discussion
« on: March 31, 2003, 03:19:51 AM »
I played Super Metroid yesterday while watching the NASCAR race.  AWESOME game!  Everything is constantly moving... run, run, run, jump, run, jump, shoot, jump, shoot, jump.  None of that standing around and scanning stuff.  Refreshing.

BTW, I was amazed to hear a VOICE when I turned on the Super M game.  I forgot about that!  

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Nintendo Gaming / February Console & Game Sales (NPD)
« on: March 31, 2003, 03:11:09 AM »
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Originally posted by: FFantasyFX7.) Super Mario Sunshine: 1,570,000 (including bundle)
SMS is not counted when bundled.  The game is inside the box and not scanned, and therefore it does not register as a sale in the NPD data.

 

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Nintendo Gaming / February Console & Game Sales (NPD)
« on: March 31, 2003, 03:11:08 AM »
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Nintendo Gaming / February Console & Game Sales (NPD)
« on: March 31, 2003, 03:11:07 AM »
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Nintendo Gaming / February Console & Game Sales (NPD)
« on: March 31, 2003, 03:08:26 AM »
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And it only seems to happen when YOU post, Troy, so I'd say it's something that YOU are doing, being impatient and hitting refresh frequently is my guess.  Please stop, or I'll have to ban you just to keep from having to delete all your extra messages.
Actually, it's a connection problem.  Microsoft Network/MSN has problems connecting to your website, and it responds to this inability to connect to PGC by sending multiple copies of my message.  Not sure why PGC is so hard to connect to?  No matter.  I fixed it.  I click "Reply" immediately followed by "Stop" and that way only one message is sent.

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Nintendo Gaming / What ever happened to the SD Memory card?
« on: March 31, 2003, 03:00:08 AM »
I'm lucky not to have any save card intensive games I guess.  My A slot Card251 only has ~20 blocks used (1 per game), and my B slot Card251 is empty.

BTW, PS2 cards are 4 times larger at 8 megabytes, but they fill up fast too.  Games like Kingdom Hearts often use 100K each which is equivalent to 12 blocks!  In comparison, Zelda uses 1.  So, PS2 cards are 8 times larger but the saves are ~12 times larger too!  As programmers say, give them lots of space and they'll find a way to fill it up.

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