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Nintendo Gaming / Re: The Calling

« on: January 25, 2009, 04:49:51 PM »

It'd be cool if they made a survival horror game which used two Wiimotes, one which controlled a flashlight with the pointer and the other which aimed your weapon with the pointer. I know it might be a problem to require the use of two Wiimotes, but, well... Look at how well Wii Play has sold, don't most people have at least two Wiimotes?

Maybe that control style would work better for a Luigi's Mansion sequel; one Wiimote for the flashlight and one for the vacuum.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official NWR WiFi Night: First Week of February - Vote for When!

« on: January 25, 2009, 04:30:24 PM »

Is this little shindig open for anyone or just the forum regulars?

If anyone can join, I voted for Friday and Saturday.

As for the game, I nominate Mario Kart Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!

I've got a few other online games too, which are:
Bomberman Blast
Mario Strikers Charged
Super Smash Brothers Brawl

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: VC Friday continuous thread

« on: January 25, 2009, 04:23:45 PM »

Mystical Ninja was like if Super Mario 64 and Zelda OoT hooked up one night and conceived an illegitimate child of pure awesomity who shared their lunch with you.

Legend of the Mystical Ninja is on the VC, isn't it? Perhaps we'll see the two N64 installments on the VC at some point. It needs more N64 games.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: The Calling

« on: January 25, 2009, 04:12:01 PM »

Seems like the Wii may soon get the stereotype of being all about teh servivol horrorz...

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TalkBack / Re: A New Year, A New Direction

« on: January 25, 2009, 12:03:05 AM »

I was just giving an example of an entertaining reviewer (I've actually never heard of the two that you mentioned ), I wasn't implying they should use that exact same style especially if they can think of something more unique. Whatever they come up with, I just hope it isn't some dude sitting at a desk reciting what would otherwise be a written review. Take advantage of that medium in some way to make the review entertaining, but still more informative than video reviewers like AVGN.

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General Chat / Re: Game Over: One final rant...

« on: January 24, 2009, 11:56:31 PM »

This may not be my place to speak since I'm new here... so I will keep this short.
My advice is take a break. There must be something which has kept you coming here these past seven years; as you spend time away from the forum, the memories of the bad times will fade and the good times will come shining through. You'll soon remember what that special something was, all you need is a little time away. Who knows, maybe even by the time you return, your problems with the forum may be remedied or getting closer to it.

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TalkBack / Re: A New Year, A New Direction

« on: January 24, 2009, 08:48:19 PM »

Video reviews are a great idea, but try to make them entertaining. Something like Angry Videogame Nerd, only without all the swears.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Wii Sales Thread

« on: January 24, 2009, 08:36:23 PM »

Also I still can't get over the fact you said Galaxy could be done on GC. I don't recall any GC game looking nearly as great as Galaxy which even rivaled some of the early generation 360 games. Heck some of the bosses looked CGI.

I took back what I said about Mario Galaxy. I was so engrossed by the gameplay that the graphics didn't really leave an impression on me, so after I thought about it some I remembered some details about it that couldn't have been done on GameCube.

I think I need to play Galaxy again as I'm sure there are some details I overlooked the first time.

If you want pretty HD graphics get a Xbox 360/PS3.

I don't really care that much about graphics in the technical sense, otherwise I wouldn't have a Wii (and only a Wii). I guess I may be giving that impression by complaining about the lack of a significant hardware upgrade, but, well... it is still something I would have liked to see. Style over specs is what I appreciate though; I don't care how many people knock games like Paper Mario or The Wind Waker, such people are blinded to the beauty of those games.

The thing is, games which don't use the features of Wii are basically the same as GameCube games. Take Super Smash Brothers Brawl as an example: doesn't use Miis, doesn't use the Wii controller's features at all. Besides the online play, it would have been no different as a GameCube game, save maybe a few slight decreases in graphics. This is a game which could have benefited from better hardware.

I realize the Wii has many components but I still think Nintendo could have made a more significant hardware upgrade without breaking the bank. They make most of their profits on game sales so don't tell me they can't afford it. They might have taken a slight loss at first but by now they'd be making a little profit on it, especially since they have no need to lower the price and probably won't for a while. It's also the long term I worry about. Have we seen the best graphics the Wii can do in Mario Galaxy? Where can Wii go from here?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Wii Sales Thread

« on: January 24, 2009, 07:03:24 PM »

Yeah, things which don't benefit games (most of the Wii Channels) and things which could also be better with improved hardware (online play).

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Wii Sales Thread

« on: January 24, 2009, 04:59:35 PM »

My second comment was facetious.

Are you saying the next Nintendo console won't have any hardware upgrade at all? There's a scary thought. There's more to hardware than simply graphics, there are also more complex artificial intelligence scripts, more intricate game physics, more moving objects on screen, etc. These things can bring new experiences to gaming as well. Simply changing control input isn't enough; why can't the next Nintendo console give us both? Why couldn't Wii have given us both? And yeah, there's the "It costs too much" argument, but Nintendo makes a profit on each system sold and huge profits on game sales so they could have easily afforded it.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Wii Sales Thread

« on: January 24, 2009, 03:52:22 PM »

I do blame developers. I know the Wii can do better.
The more I think about it, I may have been wrong about Super Mario Galaxy. It has a few effects which the GameCube probably would have stumbled with, such as the shiny smooth rocks on that fire galaxy. It's been a couple months since I've played it. Still, I don't feel the Wii has justified its lack of any significant hardware upgrade, but I suppose this isn't the topic for that.

Perhaps I should change my statement. If Nintendo's next console isn't a significant upgrade in hardware, they could be in trouble if Sony or Microsoft makes a system that rivals Nintendo's control methods with super crazy awesome graphics and the games to back it up. The graphical gap between the two would be even greater than it already is. Again though, the more I think about it, it probably won't happen. Microsoft and especially Sony don't seem to want to go that route.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Wii Sales Thread

« on: January 24, 2009, 02:53:17 PM »

1) The Wii is a hardware improvement over the GC.

2) Graphics are reaching a point where they are nearly indistinguishable from reality.

3) Has the fact the Wii lacks HD graphics kept it from selling out like crazy since launch?

1. I'll believe that when I see a Wii game which has better graphics than GCN games. Not even Super Mario Galaxy looks like something which the GameCube couldn't handle.

2. They've got a ways to go still. I want graphics so realistic that I look out a window and say "Those graphics suck! I'm going to go play my XBox 1080".

3. It will matter if Sony or Microsoft makes a system that rivals Nintendo's control methods and the games to back it up. They probably won't... but then again, anything can happen.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: The next games in the "Wii" series

« on: January 24, 2009, 01:06:15 AM »

Is Nintendo ever going to release Wii Chess anywhere outside of Europe?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Wii Sales Thread

« on: January 24, 2009, 12:53:18 AM »

It's a mixture of stubbornness and arrogance. Cartridges cost more than CDs to manufacture and they passed that cost unto the consumer. They figured people would pay that extra amount for Nintendo's games.

Nintendo had brand recognition with the Nintendo 64 as well (maybe not as much as they do now, especially the Wii name), and it didn't really help them against the newbie PlayStation.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Wii Sales Thread

« on: January 24, 2009, 12:36:26 AM »

Nintendo sticking with cartridges for the Nintendo 64, that wasn't arrogance? They made a system which was difficult to develop for, and the games were more expensive than those available on other systems. They assumed that companies would make games for it and people would buy it because they were the market leader going into that generation.

This is the kind of thing which could happen yet again. If Nintendo refuses once more to upgrade the hardware of their next home console and either Sony or Microsoft makes a strong showing with a system that attracts Nintendo's new found costumers, they could easily steal the market from them.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Looks like Nintendo is prepping Club Nintendo in NA

« on: January 24, 2009, 12:26:15 AM »

It's sweet how games like Endless Ocean and Wii Play still give you 50 coins. I hope the GameCube Wiimakes also earn you 50 coins, that'd be nice.

Those post-play surveys have too many write-in questions. Does it matter how honest/descriptive the answers are? Some of them allow you to write in "N/A" which I am tempted to do for all the questions that allow it, and just write random comments/numbers in the other boxes. I'm too lazy to put in that kind of effort for ten measly coins, but I wonder if they would stop sending the surveys to people who are just entering useless information. And I'm sure they're not going to like my comments about SSBBrawl, assuming somebody actually reads the survey answers.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Wii Sales Thread

« on: January 24, 2009, 12:12:44 AM »

Words words words. What Nintendo says and what they actual do are sometimes two very different things. Besides, just because they're cautious now so soon after becoming the market leader doesn't mean all of that success won't go to their head at some point in the future.

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General Chat / Re: 2nd Annual Midwest NWR meet-up -or- Faceball 2000 Megafailure round 2!

« on: January 23, 2009, 07:22:06 PM »

No, but I'd just like to say that Faceball 2000 is one of my favourite Super Nintendo games.
Faceball 2000 > Halo
There I said it.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Wii Sales Thread

« on: January 23, 2009, 07:13:27 PM »

Nintendo's dominance is very scary indeed. The Nintendo 64 showed us what happens when Nintendo gets arrogant; I just hope they learned something from that era. The Wii may be selling out in record time, but their success can be taken from them just as quickly if they make another big mistake.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: How much of your Wii library is 3rd party?

« on: January 23, 2009, 07:00:33 PM »

Hm, let's see, of the fourteen Wii games I've bought, four of them were third party titles. I suppose that's less than 1/3rd of my Wii collection.

Nintendo-published titles:
Endless Ocean
Mario Kart Wii
Mario Party 8
Mario Strikers Charged
Mario Super Sluggers
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Smash Brothers Brawl
Wii Play
Wii Sports

Crappy Third-party titles:
Boom Blox (sold it)
House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Thrilleville: Off The Rails

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Amazing Deals!

« on: January 23, 2009, 06:41:37 PM »

I don't know, I haven't bought the game just yet. I'll get back to you in a couple of weeks if no one else has provided an answer by then.

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TalkBack / Re: 2K Games President on Wii: 'Flooded by Crappy Titles'

« on: January 23, 2009, 06:38:50 PM »

If nothing else, I'm glad I could bring some humour to the forum, even if it was unintentional.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Amazing Deals!

« on: January 22, 2009, 09:22:15 PM »

For anyone who can't take advantage of that sale, it's pretty easy to find sealed copies of BWii on eBay for less than $20 shipped.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: The OFFICIAL Wii rumor thread *bring your own salt*

« on: January 22, 2009, 09:17:29 PM »

I suppose the original Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games was released about nine months before the summer Olympics, so maybe this winter Olympics one will be released over the summer if the rumours are true. Need a break from the heat of summers? Think cold thoughts and participate in winters sports!

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: The OFFICIAL Wii rumor thread *bring your own salt*

« on: January 22, 2009, 02:53:52 AM »

It seems a bit early to reveal that game though. Aren't the winter Olympics almost two years away?

If it is true, I just hope they include Toad and Birdo this time around. Otherwise I'll probably be passing on this sequel as I did the original.