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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NWR Monster Hunter Club

« on: August 29, 2010, 09:12:07 PM »

I'm going to try to play more regularly now. I'll give you more of a heads up next time. It looks like we just missed each other.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NWR Monster Hunter Club

« on: August 29, 2010, 03:03:03 PM »

I'm going to on for the next little while. making my bold return to MH.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: New Wii Zelda

« on: August 16, 2010, 11:06:06 PM »

I used to enjoy JRPG's until voice acting. I can't handle that every person is either a 12 year old or a chain smoker.

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last movie you've seen

« on: August 15, 2010, 12:10:20 AM »

Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World

EleventybajillionGILLION Out of 10

I don't even need to say anything in a review to justify why you should go see this movie.  Seriously.  GO SEE IT NOW.

Did you ever read the manga? I got turned onto it because a friend of mine played in a band with the sister of the guy who wrote it. The name of their band was even on some posters and stuff in the manga. I'm worried about seeing it because I'm not really a michael sera fan, but I'll give it a chance because I enjoyed the books.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Mother 3 - RetroActive #13 Discussion Thread

« on: July 24, 2010, 11:37:09 AM »

I read that the rhythm of the combo system is thrown off by the emulator. Not sure how true that is, but I've put enemies to sleep and have still been unable to get more than 2 hits.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Mother 3 - RetroActive #13 Discussion Thread

« on: July 19, 2010, 01:17:02 AM »

One thing that I noticed almost immediately was that the game had some cursing in it. There was never any swearing in Earthbound, and I doubt any Nintendo overseen translation would allow swearing in Mother 3 so I'm sure this fan translation would differ from an official one in other ways that are similar to that.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NWR Monster Hunter Club

« on: July 17, 2010, 11:25:32 PM »

I want to get back into this game so bad. Ever since I started working I haven't had time to play. I feel like there is no point unless I can dedicate at least an hour or two for playing. I never lost interest in the game, just got really busy. I haven't even played galaxy 2 yet because I wasn't going to get it until I finished with Monster Hunter.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Mother 3 - RetroActive #13 Discussion Thread

« on: July 15, 2010, 12:36:59 AM »

I am a big Earthbound fan, but have never played Mother 3 before. I decided to use this retroactive as motivation to play through it now. I just finished the first chapter and I am really enjoying it so far. I miss the whimsical nature of Earthbound though. I always wondered if the whole adventure in Earthbound was just something that was just imagined by the children. Obviously it wasn't really presented that way, but it just had this feel to it that was innocent. I feel like mother has stripped this innocence. Not necessarily in a bad way, but in the same way that it is sad to think of how children eventually grow up.

Just thought I would say I am enjoying it so far, and intend to play it all the way through, hopefully before the podcast airs. I'll drop my comments as I go along. Do we really need spoiler tags btw?

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TalkBack / Re: No Underwater Stages in Donkey Kong Country Returns

« on: June 26, 2010, 12:14:31 AM »

This is truly disappointing. I can understand why it happened, because the water levels are slow and in most cases frustrating as hell, but they were a great change of pace as long as there weren't a bunch of them in a row. Also this means that this will be the first game without the swordfish as one of your animal friends.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Donkey Kong Country Wii

« on: June 18, 2010, 11:22:19 PM »

I just showed a friend of mine who doesn't keep up with gaming news or anything the trailer for this. When the screen was black and the music started playing he just said, "No way!" I know that I'm excited for this, but I didn't realize that there are many people who grew up with the snes but don't follow Nintendo anymore that will be just as excited as I am.

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General Gaming / Re: Mortal Kombaaaaat!

« on: June 13, 2010, 12:00:21 AM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uky_Cih8fWI&feature=related

My friend and I found this band in Montreal last year and have been fans ever since. They have another song called Street Fighter 2 Turbo, check it out.

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TalkBack / Re: The Most Emotional Moments in Nintendo Gaming Talkback Thread

« on: June 03, 2010, 08:13:22 PM »

Alan Moore wrote short book called "Writing for Comics," where he espouses on how he feels comic book writers should strive to tell stories, but also how writers should tell their stories. One of the most important parts of this is choosing the appropriate medium for the story you want to tell, and to accompany that, to exploit the attributes of that medium which make it unique. This is where I feel like video games are still in their infancy. Not very often are stories in video games more effective because they are on video games. That is why I think that this feature is important. By locating emotional moments in games I think you can get a better grasp on what makes the medium effective in a way that is unique from movies, books or comics.

I actually think that Nintendo has a greater grasp on this concept than many other "story" heavy games. Because of the interactive nature of video games, the player can become connected to the protagonist, and to the world more than in another medium. That's why I enjoy Nintendo games so much, the narrative is your experience in the game, and the sparse moments when your control is taken away are used to punctuate and add inflection to that narrative. I also enjoy games like FF, but I have enjoyed the narrative appeal less with each iteration, as they become more about exposition, and to be honest, the narrative content isn't strong enough for that. This is why I will never play another Metal Gear after I stopped playing two. To paraphrase, Alan Moore says that typically, books tell and movies show, but comics are in the unique position to do both and they should utilize that to get the most out of their narratives. To me, video games aren't about telling or showing as much as they are about doing. You want to see truly interesting narratives that push the envelope of the medium, then more video game writers and developers should start there.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NWR Monster Hunter Club

« on: May 26, 2010, 12:21:53 AM »

ARGH! I got disconnected and lost all the stuff from that hunt!

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NWR Monster Hunter Club

« on: May 23, 2010, 04:59:29 PM »

It looks like I'm falling well behind most of you guys I'm glad that Sundolos seems to be at the same level as me though. I feel bad holding people up who clearly would rather be working on higher level quests. I just unlocked my level 2 urgent though, and I think Sundolos did as well, so we could probably use some help with that.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NWR Monster Hunter Club

« on: May 15, 2010, 11:53:24 PM »

I'm going on soon too.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Monster Hunter Thwii

« on: May 15, 2010, 11:23:41 PM »

I dominated lagiacrus in both urgent missions, then had my ass handed to me in the capture mission. I think that he is a lot harder in the flooded forest because of the small areas you have to fight in. Also, I think I got cocky, I spent a lot of time preparing for the lagiacrus mission, and went in with a good amount of respect for the monster and was well prepared. When I faced him again later, I think I took him for granted because I had beaten him already. But he did seem more aggressive, so I'm not sure. I'm loving my armor right now though. I have Ingot, with +35 lightning resistance and immunity to poison. It's essentially perfect for fighting anything that is not in the volcano.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NWR Monster Hunter Club

« on: May 14, 2010, 12:32:11 AM »

I have a handful of 2 star quests left to do, and my HR isn't near high enough to get to the next level, so I'll be able to help out on those for sure.

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General Chat / Re: 2010 NHL Playoff thread of upsets

« on: May 12, 2010, 10:50:42 PM »

this is now the most appropriately named thread... ever.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NWR Monster Hunter Club

« on: May 12, 2010, 10:17:02 PM »

I think that if you get to the point where you beat the Great Jaggi offline then you should be well prepared for online, but really you can come on whenever you want. When you go to a city it will show you the rank of the people who are in it. If you are just starting, look for cities where people are level 8 and under. Otherwise, try to get online with some forumers here, in my experience we are much more helpful, and much more fun to work with than relying on whoever you happen to come across. (also some of the forumers are quite good and high ranking but aren't above helping you finish low level quests, I know Mop it up and thatguy helped me out quite a bit)

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Monster Hunter Thwii

« on: May 11, 2010, 06:22:12 PM »

I'm pretty sure you can use potions and the like without sheathing your sword and shield.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NWR Monster Hunter Club

« on: May 09, 2010, 01:28:59 PM »

I'm going to hop on right now for a while. If you're still on, Stratos, we should meet up.

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Reveals Wii Party

« on: May 09, 2010, 05:10:46 AM »

Oh, so this is what retro has been working on...

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NWR Monster Hunter Club

« on: May 07, 2010, 01:10:14 AM »

did that just fail for everybody, or just me?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NWR Monster Hunter Club

« on: May 07, 2010, 12:43:14 AM »

Alright I just hunted the gobul offline, I'll be on now.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NWR Monster Hunter Club

« on: May 06, 2010, 11:16:44 PM »

if anyone wants to play message me here. I'm going to play single player, but I'll check in to see if anyone wants to go online.