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TalkBack / RE:PC Engine CD-ROM² Games Announced for Virtual Console
« on: September 17, 2007, 02:20:34 AM »
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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
"This is awesome. You know what's next... SATURN!!!"
 I still want GB/GBC.  There's no reason why Nintendo isn't offering that.  You can't buy those games in stores anymore.  To me, that's the requirement for the VC.  Any format Nintendo can obtain the rights for (ie: not Playstation) that isn't available in stores anymore should be on there and with the Gameboy Nintendo doesn't even have to negotiate with anyone.  It's entirely their decision.


I'm guessing they're waiting for their next portable system, which I'm guessing will support VC games in some way.  To most people, playing a gameboy game in front of the tv is a fairly weak experience.

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TalkBack / RE: Worms: Open Warfare 2 Arrives for DS
« on: September 14, 2007, 05:00:00 AM »
oh no!  would you even be able to tell on wifi if you were playing 2 different and unrelated games? everyone's a winner? :S

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TalkBack / RE: PC Engine CD-ROM² Games Announced for Virtual Console
« on: September 14, 2007, 02:55:02 AM »
Most of those CD rom games were CD audio tracks.  Compressed as mp3 they aren't nearly as big.  Still, with all these large files, I don't think Nintendo's policy of "just delete them and download them again later!" will hold out much longer.  The no-brainer solution is to pull channels from the SD card so you can save VC games there and run them without copying files around.  I think that's more likely than a hard drive, but I'd very much like to be wrong about that.

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TalkBack / RE: Guitar Hero DS to use a New Peripheral
« on: September 13, 2007, 08:32:41 AM »
I can't imagine what this is...  a little teeny guitar would be cute and everything but without a table to stick the ds on it wouldn't work really.  And anything that makes you hold the DS would really let you see the screen right while playing.  

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TalkBack / RE: Link's Text Message Training
« on: September 13, 2007, 05:19:37 AM »
I'm just gonna have to do it by mail.  My cell phone likes to freeze whenever I type a word in that isn't in the dictionary :C

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TalkBack / RE:Worms: Open Warfare 2 Arrives for DS
« on: September 13, 2007, 02:13:42 AM »
I got to play 1 cart wireless yesterday.  You don't get to pick your team, the level or the scheme, which kinda sucks, but I'm hoping that's just because it's single cart play.  When we didn't get a totally assy level, it was fun.  

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TalkBack / RE:NEOGEO Titles Announced for US Release
« on: September 12, 2007, 10:51:46 AM »
hell. yes.  

also i'm not buying anything until k0f 96 or samurai showdown anything.

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Originally posted by: BwrJim!
come to me, my Magician Lord...

 and lets face it, the neo geo had great sound samples all around!


Come on, nice guy! But your life is mine very soon!  

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TalkBack / RE:Worms: Open Warfare 2 Arrives for DS
« on: September 12, 2007, 02:30:40 AM »
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Originally posted by: PartyBear
I haven't played a Worms game since Worms (no subtitle) 2, so the good reviews for this one combined with the fact that it's on DS are very compelling.  Unfortunately, I've had to order it online.  Why is nobody carrying this game in a brick and mortar store?


I found it at an EB Games when I was visiting Dallas.

A few small glitches I've found are:
Sometimes at the end of the round or after killing someone you don't get a chance to retreat.  This can result in you blowing up if you are low on health and turning a victory into a tie.  This also seems to happen after the first shot of a shotgun.

The backflip jump is done by pressing B twice.  This works about 99% of the time.  The other 1% of the time you jump forward which can result in you jumping to your death.  It seems to happen more at the very start of the round.  It may be that the first B press is read as "ok, ready, let's start the turn" and the 2nd is read as "oh, let's jump off of a cliff. cool."

Overall though it's a very decent port of worms.  They even added some vertically oriented levels that are better suited for the dual screen view.

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TalkBack / RE: Wii Zapper Details
« on: September 11, 2007, 03:09:11 AM »
I still don't get how they call this piece of plastic a "zapper".  What does it do for you that the remote and nunchuck by themselves don't?

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TalkBack / RE: Worms: Open Warfare 2 Arrives for DS
« on: September 10, 2007, 03:11:58 AM »
Picked it up last week.  It's really really good.  My only gripe is there doesn't seem to be any option to allow you to pick which worm you want to use... every version of worms has had this option and I got pretty much spoiled by it.  It's omission is noticeable, but it isn't a show stopper.  The game feels perfect, and my mad ninja rope skills can be put to use properly.  Surprisingly, the single player campaign mode is pretty good.  I usually pass on the "mission" type stuff in worms.  I haven't played online yet but a bunch of my friends are interested in the game so it should be cool.

Kudos to the devs on this one.  But gimme back my worm selection! x)

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TalkBack / RE:Worms: Open Warfare 2 Arrives for DS
« on: September 05, 2007, 03:34:33 AM »
Wow, they completely rewrote it according to the reviews.  I will have to pick this up.  Though they should really have recalled the first one, and replaced it with a complete rewrite and a letter of apology.

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TalkBack / RE:Metroid Prime 3 Prompts System Update
« on: August 31, 2007, 03:10:34 AM »
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Originally posted by: Pale


How bout this one...

"There really isn't anything wrong with planetidiot keeping people from stealing from him."

Is there a lot wrong with that statement too?


Oh for the love of eff.

1) Copying software may be illegal, but it is not "stealing".  
2) They aren't stopping anyone from "stealing".  

Pirates will find a way to copy software regardless of all the DRM, firmware updates and other nonsense a company can come up with.  Computers run code.  Code must be read to be run.  If the code can be read, the code can be written.  This is called "copying".  End of story.  

All these tactics do is annoy legitimate customers.

Nintendo hasn't been bad about it in the past, but this relatively recent burst of mysterious mandatory updates is troubling.

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TalkBack / RE:Worms: A Space Oddity Announced for Wii
« on: August 31, 2007, 02:58:45 AM »
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Originally posted by: Shecky
The 2nd DS Worms comes out soon, that's the title to look out for at the moment...


Maybe they realized the first one was a glitchy unplayable piece of unfinished garbage.  I swear there's more polished homebrew on the DS than that game.

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TalkBack / RE: Neo Geo Comes to Virtual Console in September
« on: August 31, 2007, 02:56:33 AM »
Hahaha Magician Lord is such an awesome terrible game.  

I don't see why they wouldn't release these over here eventually.  But even then, I'd wait for KoF96 before buying anything.  I'm sure they're going to release these in order.  

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TalkBack / RE:Metroid Prime 3 Prompts System Update
« on: August 30, 2007, 04:47:38 AM »
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Originally posted by: Pale
There really isn't anything wrong with companies keeping people from stealing from them.


There's so much wrong with this statement I won't even try.

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TalkBack / RE: Worms: A Space Oddity Announced for Wii
« on: August 30, 2007, 04:45:29 AM »
I'm not holding out much hope that this won't be terrible, but it would be a nice surprise if it wasn't.  I don't know how they made the Dreamcast version of Worms so good, and the DS one so god awful.

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TalkBack / RE:Metroid Prime 3 Prompts System Update
« on: August 29, 2007, 06:31:48 AM »
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Originally posted by: UncleBob
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Originally posted by: planetidiot
Sounds like they're pulling a Sony.  Here's a new update, with some new features and oh, by the way, we just locked out "homebrew".


Fixed.


Well Sony does lock out loads of legitimate homebrew.  I don't know what the status is/was of homebrew on the wii/gamecube, but it seems like they're getting everyone used to the idea of constant firmware updates.

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TalkBack / RE:Metroid Prime 3 Prompts System Update
« on: August 29, 2007, 02:27:31 AM »
Sounds like they're pulling a Sony.  Here's a new update, with some new features and oh, by the way, we just locked out homebrew.

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TalkBack / RE:Opera Publishes Wii Remote API
« on: August 07, 2007, 04:29:45 AM »
This is very interesting... I wonder if flash has access to this info?

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TalkBack / RE: Wii Firmware Upgraded to Version 3.0
« on: August 07, 2007, 04:26:23 AM »
Cool... a shopping channel update was needed pretty badly.  Everyone has ideas for updates, so it's encouraging to see them adding new features and fixes.

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TalkBack / RE: Brain Age 2 Bundle w/ New DS Lite Color
« on: August 07, 2007, 04:21:16 AM »
yes nothing is more fashionable than two mismatched pieces of plastic slapped together

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TalkBack / RE:Arkanoid DS Coming To Japan
« on: August 02, 2007, 03:30:22 AM »
Interesting..  I imagine the game is a lot easier with the stylus though.  I wonder if they'll emulate the spinner or take the lazy way out and just let you move the paddle anywhere you want like a mouse.

I wish the touch screen was used to emulate spinners and track balls more.  Monkey Ball really should have had track ball emulated controls.

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TalkBack / RE: Crimson/Black DS Lite Available from Canadian Retailer
« on: July 23, 2007, 02:31:56 AM »
Ugh.  I thought they learned from their horrible mismatched GBAs not to do this.

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TalkBack / RE: Ubisoft Targets Girls with Imagine Series for DS
« on: July 13, 2007, 02:40:25 AM »
Where're the boy games?  You know, Imagine Construction Worker, Imagine Weight Lifter, and Imagine Trophy Wife?  

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TalkBack / RE: PREVIEWS: Mario Kart Wii
« on: July 11, 2007, 08:12:07 AM »
Great news, but would it kill them to include some analog triggers on the stupid plastic wheel attachment?  I'm so sick of tap-tap-tap racing.

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