It's time to catch up on the games we're playing and the news we're following.
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After missing the show last week, Jon comes back in a big way to present a pair of games for New Business, including the lovely To the Moon and Pokemon White Version 2, which also gives us a chance to discuss expectations for Pokemon X/Y on 3DS later in the year. Guillaume suffers through Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 and has ambivalent feelings about Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation on the old 2DS. Jonny finds an unexpected source of emotion in Wii Street U, finally gets to try the external hard drive function, and finishes The Cave with considerable disappointment. James concludes the segment with his final thoughts on Fire Emblem Awakening, though considering his effusive attitude, you'll probably hear a bit more from him at the end of the year.
Part two of the episode collects a trio of recent news stories. We start with a look at the top announcements from last week's Nintendo Direct, including the Year of Luigi, plus a couple of thoughts on the more recent Japan-centric event. Next up are the dismal Wii U sales numbers from NPD in North America, and we try to be constructive with ideas on how Nintendo can turn this ship around as fast as possible. Or maybe it's not even such a big deal? Finally, we share a few more thoughts on the PlayStation 4 announcement, but be sure to also check out the recent NWR roundtable feature for much more on this subject (check the related links on the right sidebar of this page).
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Great episode, per usual. However, one thing did stand out to me -- did anyone else notice the high levels of Guillaume/Jonny tension?
James, in FE: Awakening when you are on one of those child recruiting missions can't you just have the parent talk to them to make them a part of your army. I've been able to do that in all the ones I've played so far.
James, in FE: Awakening when you are on one of those child recruiting missions can't you just have the parent talk to them to make them a part of your army. I've been able to do that in all the ones I've played so far.
I've recruited about four of the optional children characters so far, and you are able to recruit them by using Chrom or the child's mother to talk to them. In most cases, attempting to recruit them with the father won't work (unless the father is Chrom). There might be one exception with one child character in particular, but I haven't gotten far enough to confirm it.
James, in FE: Awakening when you are on one of those child recruiting missions can't you just have the parent talk to them to make them a part of your army. I've been able to do that in all the ones I've played so far.
I've recruited about four of the optional children characters so far, and you are able to recruit them by using Chrom or the child's mother to talk to them. In most cases, attempting to recruit them with the father won't work (unless the father is Chrom). There might be one exception with one child character in particular, but I haven't gotten far enough to confirm it.
Yeah, that's why I thought it was weird how he was handing that character. If we are thinking of the same thing, the exception you're thinking of does require the father to talk to the child.
The suggestion by Johnny for Nintendo to allow WiiU owners to download and play demos of games shown at E3 during that week is genius! It will not only help Nintendo stand out positively at a very critical E3 this year, it'll also set a very new precedent and direction for E3, making it more relevant to gamers again. If they were to pull this off, and successfully, every company will be scrambling to do the same going forward.
Despite the new video reels and games being played for the next systems at the conference, there is something undeniably compelling about being able to play Nintendo's show demos at home the same week.
James, in FE: Awakening when you are on one of those child recruiting missions can't you just have the parent talk to them to make them a part of your army. I've been able to do that in all the ones I've played so far.
I've recruited about four of the optional children characters so far, and you are able to recruit them by using Chrom or the child's mother to talk to them. In most cases, attempting to recruit them with the father won't work (unless the father is Chrom). There might be one exception with one child character in particular, but I haven't gotten far enough to confirm it.
Yeah, that's why I thought it was weird how he was handing that character. If we are thinking of the same thing, the exception you're thinking of does require the father to talk to the child.
There is one child that you don't recruit that way. If you talk to them they state they wont join you until they talk to one of the enemies. They remain an ally until they reach that person. Once they get there they join you.