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General Gaming / Most Embarrassing Gaming Moments
« on: July 13, 2007, 12:56:51 PM »
I'm sure all of us have some embarrassing  gaming moments, so lets hear em!

For me it would have to be a single moment in A Link to the Past on SNES. I had gotten the game and got to the point where you see Agahnim teleport Zelda to the dark work.

Afterwards Agahnim shifts backwards behind a curtain where the fight ensues. However, as a kid (and I don't know why to this day) I thought he flew UP not backwards.

So I spent a very....very...very long time searching Hyrle for Agahnim. Fed up I gave up on the game. It wasn't until a year later that my best friend played the game and swiped the curtain to reveal the door to fight Agahnim. My jaw dropped and I felt really stupid as I had never even tried to slash away at curtains.

But hey on the plus side I finally got to finish the game and it became my favorite Zelda =)

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General Gaming / Penny-Arcade's take on Reggie @ E3 2007
« on: July 13, 2007, 12:16:59 AM »
A New World

<3 Penny Arcade lol.  

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Nintendo Gaming / Reuters: Iawata says Wii may be able to top PS2 sales | Hardware side of Wii business already profitable
« on: July 12, 2007, 04:49:45 PM »
Source: Reuters.com

Full Story: http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN1232602520070713?feedType=RSS&pageNumber=2

Points of interest:

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Sales of Nintendo's quirky Wii video game machine could top the legendary PlayStation 2, making it the biggest hit in the industry's history, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said on Thursday.


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"Sony's PS2 sales of 100 million units is an extraordinary number that our home game console business has not achieved," Iwata said.

"But if we can make our bid to expand the gaming population a continued success, we could exceed that," he told Reuters.


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Iwata also said the hardware side of its Wii game console business has already turned profitable.

It is not uncommon for a game maker to sustain prolonged losses in its hardware business while making money from software sales.

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Nintendo Gaming / E3: Interview answers about Animal Crossing, a new Zelda, 1:1 sword fighter and Pikmin.
« on: July 12, 2007, 08:45:20 AM »
Source: http://wii.ign.com/articles/804/804262p1.html

Miyamoto: We Haven't Seen the Last of Pikmin

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"I certainly don't think we've seen the last of Pikmin," he said. "I definitely would like to do something with them, and I think the Wii interface in particular is very well suited to that franchise." - Miyamoto


Source:http://wii.ign.com/articles/804/804275p1.html

Animal Crossing Update
Hopefully we'll be able to show you something before too long, says Miyamoto.

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The Animal Crossing team has been very busy working on a variety of different projects. Actually, the Mii Channel was put together by the director of the most recent Animal Crossing game. His name is Mr. Nogami. Recently he said he really wants to get back to work on Animal Crossing again, so hopefully we'll be able to show something to people before too long."


Source: http://wii.ign.com/articles/804/804252p1.html

Miyamoto on 1:1 Sword Fighting Game

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"We haven't announced anything, so I can't speak about any particulars, but we do have a lot of ideas about how we could potentially use the Wii remote for something like that."


Source: http://wii.ign.com/articles/804/804241p1.html

Aonuma and Miyamoto on Next Wii Zelda
Some ideas are being thrown around, but don't expect a sequel anytime soon.

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Shigeru Miyamoto elaborated on the likelihood of another Wii Zelda. "It's really hard to say because we've never had a Zelda that's appeared so early in the life cycle of the system, so it's definitely possible that there would be another Zelda on Wii," he said. "Of course, the challenge is that typically a Zelda game is something that takes three years to develop, so we'll just have to wait and see."

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General Gaming / 1UP reviews the conferences . . .
« on: July 12, 2007, 01:24:47 AM »
http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/13070

Wow talk about blatant Nintendo bashing.

At around 11 minutes in when the girl says "I think MS is really bridging the gap between casual gamers and hardcore moreso than any other system" I nearly lost it. Thankfully the guy next to her said "Uh are you kidding me? More than Nintendo?" and then she replies "Yeah I mean Xbox has pac man".

PAC MAN!? Are you freaking kidding me!? You bash WiiFit and then say MS is leading the way with bridging the hardcore gamer and casual gamer gap with PAC MAN!? *head explodes*

The girl was clearly a MS fanatic so I guess I shouldn't have expected anything different. She almost killed her co-host person guy when he said the Halo 3 trailer didn't look that good.

Also they made fun of Nintendo for not having a lot of applause for the Smash Bros announcement of its release date. Hey how about how MS had no freaking applause for it's two new crappy Xbox models? How about the fact that the Halo 3 trailer received little to no applause? Yeah exactly. Very balanced reporting there guys and single insane MS fangirl.

So the moral of the story is: Don't be surprised if 1UP doesn't put out a lot of good Nintendo stories.  

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Nintendo Gaming / 2008 and Beyond: What do YOU expect for the Wii from Nintendo?
« on: July 11, 2007, 01:12:24 PM »
So now that E3's main press conference for Nintendo is over, outside of Mario Kart which was announced for first quarter 2008, what do you expect from Nintendo in the future?

We got many of the big franchise games covered for this gen:

- The Mario Platform Title
- The Mairio Kart
- The Smash Bros.
- The Metroid
- The Zelda (though TP was technically made for cube so that's debatable)

and so on...

Anyway the point is, by March we will have all the heavy hitting franchises Nintendo is known for.

What other titles do you think Nintendo will put out after this stream of current games?

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General Gaming / New PSP version announced
« on: July 11, 2007, 07:49:49 AM »
Sony just revealed it's new PSP which has a better battery and is lighter. Pretty much looks the same. It has the ability to output high quality video to a television set.

/thoughts?

Wow sony is really stretching with this! They have CHEWIE yes Chewbacca from Star Wars himself is on the stage showing the PSP Star Wars thing.

On a random side note the Sony presenter has stated like 10 times how nervous he is being up there presenting, yesh.

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General Gaming / Official 'I'm Watching G4 E3 live" Thread
« on: July 10, 2007, 03:12:11 PM »
I have to say the pre-show is...interesting. Adam Sessler and whomever his co-host guy is (I haven't seen Mogran Webb yet) are dressed in suits and discussing what's coming up and talking about previous E3's and what microsofts previous E3 showings had to offer.

It's got a somewhat "classy" feel to it so far and very professional. At least for this segment haha.

So is anyone else watching?


Update: DO NOT WATCH THE NINTENDO CONFERENCE VIA G4 Later today. Watch it on a web site or something, the commercials cut into what were many of the 'best' parts of the MS conference.  

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General Gaming / MS unveils new Xbox 360 controller pre-E3 press conference
« on: July 10, 2007, 10:53:40 AM »
Guys . . . Nintendo is in big trouble

http://gear.ign.com/articles/802/802866p1.html

Haha just playing.

It has to do with a messaging service they are adding to Xbox live. It seems to be an add-on for the controller and comes with a headset for $29.99. The keyboard lites up so it's easy to see at night which is pretty cool.

This set up reminds me of a really old atari controller for some reason but I can't think of which one.

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Nintendo Gaming / Trauma Center Sequal Announced!
« on: July 09, 2007, 11:13:56 PM »
Source: Neogaf.com

Evidently the game will have the following:

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16:9
2 player
online ranking


Screenshots:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=170296

Thanks to Karion for pointing out the news story =)

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General Gaming / Konami sees little impact on PS3 price cut. Discusses MGS4 going to other consoles to "recoup development costs"
« on: July 09, 2007, 09:30:22 PM »
Source: The Washington Post

Full Story Here

Interesting segments:

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"I wonder if Sony can win back user support by the price cut of just $100," Kazumi Kitaue, the head of Konami's North American and European operations, told Reuters in an interview ahead of this week's E3 video game industry trade show.

"I don't expect a substantial impact ... With $500, you can buy a personal computer."


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Kitaue said Konami may need to expand the target hardware for its blockbuster fighting game Metal Gear Solid, which has so far been developed for Sony's PlayStation machines, to other consoles in the future to recoup development costs.

"Since Metal Gear Solid was born for the PlayStation, we would like to keep it a PlayStation game. But we might have to take some steps," Kitaue said.


I don't know why they call it a blockbuster "fighting" game but yeah you get the idea.

Doesn't look good for Sony if companies don't think they can make back the development costs of the game from just selling on the PS3.

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Nintendo Gaming / NEW: Ghost Squad Footage (Looks like RE:UC isn't the only exclusive Wii Shoot-em up!)
« on: July 09, 2007, 08:30:41 PM »
From Sega, looks pretty decent.

http://www.gamespot.com/video/939450/6173829/ghost-squad-gameplay-movie-1

Edit: According to an article on the Gamespot's site, up to 4 people will be able to play at the same time.

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Nintendo Gaming / Sonic Rush Advenure gameplay footage
« on: July 09, 2007, 08:00:15 PM »
The game looks to be really awesome so far:

http://uk.gamespot.com/video/939095/6173853/sonic-rush-adventure-gameplay-movie-1

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General Gaming / Square Enix announces E3 line up | Final Fantasy XIII not being shown
« on: July 09, 2007, 07:48:57 PM »
Source: The-Magicbox.com

I bolded the titles coming out for Nintendo consoles.

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Square Enix announced its E3 lineup:

- Playable -

Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions (PSP) - Oct 09, 2007
Final Fantasy II (PSP) - Jul 24, 2007
Final Fantasy XII Revenant Wings (NDS) - Nov 20, 2007
Front Mission (NDS) - Oct 23, 2007
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker (NDS) - Nov 06, 2007
Heroes of Mana (NDS) - Aug 14, 2007


- Video Only -

Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen & the Tower of Mirrors (Wii)
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (NDS)
Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess (PS2/X360/PC)


Pretty Nintendo dominant E3 this year for Square-Enix.

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Nintendo Gaming / New NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams screenshots
« on: July 09, 2007, 07:42:14 PM »
Some more screens from the upcoming Wii title

Source: The-Magicbox.com

Update: First Trailer for the Game

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Nintendo Gaming / BREAKING NEWS: First Screnshots of Mario and Sonic Olympics
« on: July 09, 2007, 07:35:17 PM »
Here they are folks:

First Mario and Sonic Olymics Screnshots

Source: The-Magicbox.com

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General Gaming / MS says Xbox problems won't effect sales in Japan (lol)
« on: July 08, 2007, 07:22:00 PM »
Gee MS, really? I'm happy to hear their awesome 360 sales won't take a hit. Whew, dodged a bullet on that one. /sarcasim

Reuters: Microsoft says Xbox problem won't hurt Japan sales

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General Gaming / EA CEO calls Video Games "Boring" and "Too Complicated"
« on: July 08, 2007, 01:43:45 PM »
Full Story: Reuters: EA CEO calls video games "boring", complicated: WSJ

It's a small read but interesting . . . coming from EA. I guess it makes more sense now as to why those family friendly easy modes are coming to the Wii versions of their popular sports franchises.

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Nintendo Gaming / Konami to include Wirless Dance Pad with Wii DDR game
« on: July 06, 2007, 01:53:39 PM »
Title says it all, pretty cool =D haven't got a ddr game since the one on PS1 . . . maybe I'll pick this up when it comes out.

News Link w/ picture of pad: The-Magic Box News  

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Nintendo Gaming / Confirmed: Beautiful Katamari PS3 Canceld, Wii Version in the works
« on: July 05, 2007, 12:34:30 PM »
According to various sources Famitsu has relayed information that the PS3 version of Beautiful Katamari is indeed canceled.

The news first came about as Bandai Namco announced their E3 roster of games, showing BK as only to appear on Xbox 360.

In response to a Wii version of the game, they say it is indeed in the works. Although according to the Game Director players should not "expect that anytime soon" as they need to rework the game to work with Wii's unique control system.  

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Nintendo Gaming / Ragnarok Online coming to Nintendo DS
« on: July 05, 2007, 12:27:27 PM »
Source: The Magic Box

"GungHo announced they are working with Nintendo for a Nintendo DS version of its hit MMORPG Ragnarok Online, the game is scheduled for a 2008 release in Japan."

Sweet! I wonder how the game will play? I know Wakfu (sequal to flash MMO game Dofus) is coming to NDS as well.

Pretty sweet =D

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Nintendo Gaming / Nintendo Announces DS Camera for upcoming game
« on: July 05, 2007, 12:24:01 PM »
Source: The Magic Box

"Nintendo announced they will release a NDS Camera for its upcoming game Otona no DS Kao Training, a game to train your face muscles. The NDS Camera will be attached to the bottom cartridge slot. Otona no DS Kao Training will be released in Japan on August 2, 2007."

There's a picture on their web site in the news area.

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Nintendo Gaming / Reuters: Sega has very high expectations for Mario an Sonic Olympics game
« on: July 04, 2007, 09:38:42 PM »
From Reuters.com

"Maeda also said he expects an upcoming "Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games" title, co-developed by Sega and Nintendo, to sell several million units, rivalling such big name titles as Microsoft Corp.'s "Halo 3"."  

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General Gaming / Rumor: Sega Sammy says PS3 price drop likely
« on: July 04, 2007, 09:34:00 PM »
From The Magic Box:

"Sega Sammy's corporate director Masanao Maeda mentioned that Sony is likely to have a price drop for PS3 before the end of the year to increase demand of its flagship console."

It would make sense seeing as PS3 isn't performing as well as Sony had hoped but I wonder if they can afford it. Aren't they already losing tons of money per system sold due to the manufacturing costs?

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