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Nintendo Gaming / RE: A Zelda, staring Zelda?

« on: November 30, 2004, 06:30:55 PM »

How about a game where you play as Ganon and try to take over Hyrule?

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Is someone at NOA somking something they need to be sharing?

« on: November 30, 2004, 06:26:20 PM »

Well, just incase someone was following this thread and they don't happen to catch it, apparently a rep from Hori came and posted here - http://www.planetgamecube.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=11133&STARTPAGE=1

Yay!  Hori Digital Controllers for everyone (who wants to buy them for themselves, of course!)

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TalkBack / RE: Nintendo Film Studio is a Go

« on: November 30, 2004, 06:18:20 PM »

I want a new Captain N series....

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Hori Digital Controller

« on: November 30, 2004, 06:15:38 PM »

Hot diggity!  Can I get a free one for all the promotion I've done for this bugger?

Anywhoo, seriously, I've already got one (Imported...) but I'll probably be picking up a second one - just because it's so darn cool.
I can't say I'm personally interested in the memory card, but I'm highly interested in seeing what else y'all bring to us here in the US.

Thank you tons and tons for bringing this dream controller to us.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Nintendo really puzzles me

« on: November 30, 2004, 02:58:21 AM »

If you put it to sleep in chat mode, it exits out of the chat room - when you wake it up, you have to tell it to resume communications...

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Level of quality with DS hardware

« on: November 29, 2004, 07:39:37 AM »

>If I'm playing a GBA game that doesn't support sleep mode my DS just stays on if I need to take a break.

Just like playing GBA games on the GBA/GBASP, eh?

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Gameboy DS

« on: November 29, 2004, 07:25:32 AM »

>The rest of us knew from the get-go that the general public would regard a new Nintendo portable that can play GBA games as the next Gameboy.

Yeah, but as was mentioned above, the general public will probably regard the new Sony portable that doesn't play GBA games as the next GameBoy.  The general public isn't the brighest bunch of people.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Nintendo really puzzles me

« on: November 29, 2004, 06:32:55 AM »

>Yeah thats the system bios. I know in regular computers you cant add any type of additional programs to it

Actually, I suspect we'll be finding out that it's not the "BIOS", so to speak, but "Firmware" - Software that is written within the hardware.  And Firmware can be upgrated - if it was initially designed with that in mind.

A system "BIOS", if I'm correct, is also a type of Firmware.  In fact, an older computer I had actually had a BIOS upgrade come out shortly before Y2K to upgrade it so it would be Y2K Compliant.

So it's entierly feasible that NoA could release updates in the future (Via NiFi, WiFi or cartridges/cards that upgrade when they're played for the first time).

The thing that would make all of this interesting is to see what "hackers" could do to your system...  Just think, someone is downloading what they think is an illegal ROM of Mario's latest adventure, they start up their DS and *blammo* - a $150 paper weight.  And, of course, Nintendo wouldn't fix it....

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Which Bundle?

« on: November 28, 2004, 03:32:57 AM »

I'd go with the MK bundle.  It's a better value.
GCN w/ 1 Controller - $100
Metroid Prime - $20
Total Value - $120

GCN w/ 1 Controller - $100
Mario Kart - $50
Extra Controller - $20
Total Value $170

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TalkBack / RE: EA DS Games Shipped

« on: November 25, 2004, 02:26:50 PM »

Heck, I'm not sure I know the difference.

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TalkBack / RE: EA DS Games Shipped

« on: November 24, 2004, 08:10:01 AM »

I thought everything now just used Nintendo's proprietary protocol (which I thought was technically different from the Wi-Fi abilitites)... maybe I don't know what I'm talking about (it happens a lot)

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Mario Baseball Announced for GC!

« on: November 24, 2004, 08:08:48 AM »

Umm... then it wouldn't be a sim...

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Famitsu talks to Miyamoto

« on: November 24, 2004, 08:07:19 AM »

I liked Pokémon Snap...

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TalkBack / RE: EA DS Games Shipped

« on: November 24, 2004, 01:58:57 AM »

"When they feel truly confident, players can fire up the multiplayer component to challenge up to four friends in wi-fi networked play."

Eh?

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: DS Defect?

« on: November 22, 2004, 08:16:07 PM »

Yep... I'm one of the unlucky ones with *two* dead pixles...  I may have to take advantage of the advance replacement program...

... but I've already gotten so attached to my DS...

Oh, btw...
Hey Daniel! How's it going?
PlanetGameCube rules!

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Digital Controller Q's

« on: November 21, 2004, 05:26:49 PM »

I want a second one of these and I *still* haven't seen them anywhere...

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TalkBack / RE: Nintendo DS Puts New Experiences Only a Touch Away

« on: November 20, 2004, 08:46:38 PM »

I gots da DS!  Wheee!

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: i av ds

« on: November 20, 2004, 02:51:03 AM »

errrr... Okay.  Congratulations... I think...

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: N64 adapter for GC!?

« on: November 18, 2004, 03:42:52 PM »

But what if you already have a GB Player?  Those things aren't fun to take off - it'd be a pain to switch them around every so often...

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Release Date firmness

« on: November 17, 2004, 05:20:52 PM »

Wal-Mart, as well, has the DS locked out from sales at the register.

Even though their TV ads say it's for sale now in the Home Entertainment department.

(And no, not even the store manager can override the sale at the register - it absolutly will not allow it.)

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Nintendo Gaming / GBASP Batteries in the DS?

« on: November 17, 2004, 07:28:34 AM »

Just wondering if the battery from the GBASP will fit into the DS... anyone have a clue?

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TalkBack / RE: The Big Contest: Nintendo DS Launch!

« on: November 16, 2004, 01:32:23 AM »

You could always just *give* it to me.

I wouldn't complain.  

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TalkBack / RE: The Big Contest: Nintendo DS Launch!

« on: November 14, 2004, 03:23:30 AM »

You know, this would probably be great fun, if it wasn't for the fact that I'm on crappy dial-up and there's bound to be lag galore....

Oh well, guess I'll have to settle for going to Wal-Mart to get my DS.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Non-Game Software You'd Like to See for the NDS

« on: November 14, 2004, 03:22:26 AM »

I want a new Digital Camera (i.e.: Game Boy Camera 2)
And a TV Tuner - with A/V jacks to connect stuff into it.

And a waffle iron..

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TalkBack / RE: Nintendo Releases US Game Commercials

« on: November 13, 2004, 06:27:22 AM »

Personally, I think some of the Japanese commericals are quite a bit better than the ones we have stateside.

I'd almost think it'd be neat for NoA to just run a few of the Japanese commericals (complete with the Japanese language) just to really catch people's attention...