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TalkBack / Re: Video Game Bar Opening in Melbourne

« on: July 06, 2011, 03:04:26 AM »

I'm going to opening night! I'll take some pics.

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TalkBack / Re: Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D Recall in Austrailia

« on: June 29, 2011, 03:16:02 AM »

EB have cracked the shits because they make so much cash off used games.

Simple.

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TalkBack / Re: Dead or Alive Dimensions Dead in Australia

« on: June 10, 2011, 08:44:04 AM »

I saw copies of this in the stores today.

Maybe I should have picked one up.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: E3 2011 Nintendo Press Conference Thread

« on: June 07, 2011, 07:26:31 PM »

Who knows? Maybe next E3 they'll come out and blow us all away, but I'm starting to think the WiiPad might be the first Nintendo console I won't be owning 

Yeah right, you and all the other doubters are going to get one look at Pikmin 3, Smash Bros, and Mario U and you will not be able to resist.

I see the Nintendo Defense Force is out in full swing, labeling people who are rightly critical of a terrible E3 presentation as "complainers", as if these aren't valid concerns.     The Wii U may at some point have something that makes it worthwhile to me, but right now it just strikes me as redundant to purchase when I already own the PS3 and 360.

Yeah, they're almost as bad as the people who are ready to write the thing off because Nintendo didn't show off an amazing lineup of software a year and a half before launch.

Really people, what we saw was disappointing in that we didn't get a lot of the things we expected to see because of rumors, but the hardware is a long way out, and we almost certainly have another E3 between now and the system's launch.

The near-total lack of Wii software is bad. I expected them to have more in the way of 3DS software, which is disappointing. But outside the name (which people are really overreacting to), I wouldn't call the Wii U presentation bad, just lacking in content compared to what we'd come to assume.

I'm not writing the thing off this far out from it's launch, I'm just stating the fact that I was completely underwhelmed by Nintendo's presentation as a whole this year and at the moment there is no reason for me to be exited over a console that doesn't look to offer anything really different from my Wii, 3DS and Xbox 360 combo.

Ok it has a big screen on the controller to wow people but honestly how many developers are going to take full advantage of it? About the same amount that took advantage of the motion controls of the Wii?

I really do hope I'm wrong but I get the feeling the Wii U will get PS3/360 ports with crappy tacked on touchscreen gimmicks until the next wave of Sony/Microsoft consoles are released and then the support dries up.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: E3 2011 Nintendo Press Conference Thread

« on: June 07, 2011, 04:54:43 PM »

I'm starting to regret taking the day off work to watch the live stream. All up it was a pretty disappointing show. Luigi's mansion was revealed, which I have little to no interest in, there were no surprises from the Wii U announcement apart from the horrible horrible name and how awkward the controller looks to hold, no new Wii games, and the 3DS games were already known of.

GTA Lego. That was their big reveal? I'm sorry Nintendo but I'm afraid you will need more than late releases of CURRENT GEN GAMES to make me want what will undoubtedly be a rather expensive piece of hardware.

Who knows? Maybe next E3 they'll come out and blow us all away, but I'm starting to think the WiiPad might be the first Nintendo console I won't be owning 

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Podcast Discussion / Re: RFN RetroActive #18 - Perfect Dark (N64/XBLA)

« on: May 16, 2011, 04:36:02 AM »

Ah. I've been holding off playing this game in the off chance it would be selected for a RetroActive 

My gamertag is WICK1978

I'm looking forward to playing one of my favorite games from one of my favorite console generations.

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TalkBack / Re: RFN: Doin' It Live... for the Kids!

« on: December 03, 2010, 07:14:35 PM »

Yeah I'm hoping to get up early to catch some of it. It just depends on how the hangover treats me 

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TalkBack / Re: RFN: Doin' It Live... for the Kids!

« on: December 03, 2010, 02:54:02 AM »

I doubt I'll be able (sober enough) to listen seeing as it will be 4am over here in the land of Aus, but I've still given a small donation, as it's a good cause.

Have fun guys. Hopefully I'll be able to listen to a replay somehow.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Poll for RetroActive #14: N64 Edition

« on: September 17, 2010, 12:05:52 PM »

I just started playing Perfect Dark again for the first time in years so that gets my vote.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 204: James and the Giant Pitch

« on: August 04, 2010, 07:15:35 AM »

I would have to agree on the iPhone vs DS views.

I own both and any game I do buy on my iPhone is quickly forgotten, perhaps this is why Nintendo is focusing on the traditional gamer more with the 3DS (so far) than they did with the DS