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[Hooboo]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:DS price

« on: December 22, 2004, 01:32:12 PM »

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Originally posted by: Hooboo
Ebay is all used items they dont have accuate prices are you stupid?  But just the other day on bestbuy.com the price was $249.99 so it must have gone down w/e then im happy.  

Actually E-Bay isn't all used items, you can find many brand new things on e-bay.  Stuff in demand, bought in quantitiy, from a store, and then sold at jacked up prices on E-bay, for desperate people with too much money to spend.

Its the American Way  

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General Gaming / RE:ITT: PSP Discussion

« on: December 21, 2004, 10:11:26 AM »

well as I understand it, it sounds like not contantly spinning, but accessed often, very often

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General Gaming / RE:ITT: PSP Discussion

« on: December 21, 2004, 10:03:54 AM »

The is a battery test for PSP on IGN,
expect about:
3 hrs with wifi enabled
5 hours with moderate umd access (no wifi)
10 hrs of mp3 playback (screen off)
and 24hrs of sleep mode

all of these is with screen brightness at full (when screen is on)
and volume @ 100% (when used)

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General Gaming / RE:Newbie Question

« on: December 20, 2004, 10:02:10 PM »

try the section labled GAMECUBE

[MaleficentOgre]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:The EA Monopoly?

« on: December 20, 2004, 02:52:45 PM »

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Originally posted by: MaleficentOgre
Don't forget that EA is now the majority stock owner in Ubisoft.

They R?  I thought the majority is still owned by the founders of Ubisoft
EA own's the second most amount of stock.......  right?

Check out this link -=Gamespot.com=-

It appears that it this was taken as a hostile takeover, and Ubisoft didn't even hear about it until the saw it on the internet

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General Gaming / GTA: SA coming to Xbox in 2005

« on: December 16, 2004, 09:14:37 PM »

http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/7365/Grand-Theft-Auto-San-Andreas-Coming-to-Xbox/

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/041216/165804_1.html

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As announced today, Rockstar is introducing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for Xbox in the third quarter of fiscal 2005, along with a simultaneous release of the PC version of the title.

Additional products planned for fiscal 2005 from Rockstar include a new console title based on a proven brand from Rockstar's internal studios, titles based on two of Rockstar's premier brands for Sony's highly anticipated PlayStation®Portable platform (PSP(TM)) and the release of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas in Japan.

[Berto2K]

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TalkBack / RE:Nintendo Plans Official GBA Media Reader

« on: December 15, 2004, 05:53:26 PM »

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Originally posted by: Berto2K

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Originally posted by: Artimus
If it uses SD cards then it's no different than the PSP's cards.

Actually its cheaper.  The Sony Memeory sticks are expensive as hell compared to SD cards.  The memory sticks are also required for game saves, which takes up some room unless you put it on another stick.  This will be soley for a/v.  Nothing with games.

A SD Card @ 1gb will run you $65 at Fry's Electronics

A Sony MS PRO @ 1gb will run you $379 at Fry's Electronics

So if you ask me....... I think there is a HUGE difference

[kirby_killer_dedede]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:! is Jet Force Gemini coming out for gamecube?

« on: December 15, 2004, 11:48:32 AM »

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Originally posted by: kirby_killer_dedede
And you get to live next to a FREAKING TALKING SPONGE.  That's freaking awesome.

Actually you would be next to a grumpy squid, and he lives next to a talking sponge, but no need to argue the details.

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General Gaming / RE:Sony is TeH Chaep!L!!!!1

« on: December 15, 2004, 11:45:17 AM »

That is Sony branded faulty workmanship at its finest

all I can do is at those videos of the UMD popping out during gameplay

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Sony & Nvidia to collaborate on PS3 grafix

« on: December 08, 2004, 11:34:18 AM »

Sony has hinted @ cell being in PS3, but nothing has been confirmed one way or the other

As for the $375+ million, that alot of money considering sony is in collaboration w/ NV to create this GPU, which means that Sony is covering some if not half or most of the cost of development.  That money should be nearly all profit especially if Sony were to manufacture it themselves.  (they built all those fabs for something right?)

p.s. If they were to work out their deal like N did w/ ATi, then there was also no mention of if they get a royalty off of each game sold.

I believe N gave ATi $2 per system and $.50 per game and that would tally out to a whole lotta $$$$$$$ in the end.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Sony & Nvidia to collaborate on PS3 grafix

« on: December 07, 2004, 01:44:46 PM »

apparently Nvidia's stock has risen at least $2.00 after the news
& its also estimated that Nvidia is to recieve $5 per chip/PS3
If they were to sell PS3 like PS2 then that would be over $375 million

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Nintendo Gaming / Sony & Nvidia to collaborate on PS3 grafix

« on: December 07, 2004, 10:12:26 AM »

http://watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20041207/scei.htm  <--- Babel fish this for translation (its in japanese )

- Nvidia's Home Page

I don't know how many of you were wondering who was gonna make the grafix chip for PS3, since ATi has both Nintendo & my post is a train wreck, but now its official.

Is it 100% cell based?

What does this mean for Nvidia's next PC card?

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Get a FREE Nintendo DS!

« on: December 03, 2004, 07:15:16 PM »

Just remember that PGC doesn't control what ads show up on the site.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:IS DS UNIVERSAL LIKE THE GBA

« on: November 30, 2004, 10:04:24 AM »

YES - The DS is Region Free, just like the GBA & SP

http://www.cube-europe.com/news.php?nid=7086  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Gameboy DS

« on: November 29, 2004, 10:36:55 AM »

A Nintendo Exec. did say [paraphrasing] that they would like to do a Portable GC if it became technically feasible, ie. battery and cost [/paraphrasing] - No I don't have a link nor do I remember where I saw it or who said it, but trust me I remember seeing it in a random interview somewhere.

And I know that Nintendo is always researching the next thing, constantly trying to make something more efficient and cost effective, So I am pretty sure that they have the next GB on paper at least and maybe even in protype/working concept.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Famitsu talks to Miyamoto

« on: November 25, 2004, 07:05:21 PM »

well they brought back Metroid, due to years upon years of fan requested/groveling/begging.

Maybe the next kicker in their plan is to bring back Kid Icarus, (remember that capcom game that was never confirmed canceled but never actually spoken of again either) they could be prepping up some major revamp of a really old school title to make its 3d debut on the Rev.

Nintendo has been trying to redo their image and one good way to start is to listen to what people(developers & consumers alike) want and react accordingly. Its worked so far for Sony.

[Deguello]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Famitsu talks to Miyamoto

« on: November 24, 2004, 10:48:02 PM »

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Originally posted by: Deguello
I hate to break it to you Ian, but MMORPG's cannot be fixed.  They all break down into level-grinding and weapon hunting, which gets boring FAST for people with cognitive brain function.  To change that part would be to not make an MMORPG.  It is a fundamental part.

You don't think Nintendo could make a MMORPG of Pokemon and make it actually fun indefinately?

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Originally posted by: Deguello
"average cookie-cutter, half-hearted sequel that didn't add anything substantial"

Did you even play MarioKart Double Dash or are you just trying to be a prick?

I wasn't impressed with Mario Kart DD either, it seemed like more of the same only without some of the little things that I thought mad eMario Kart 64 fun.  they lost all the good deathmatch arenas and that certain something just wasn't there, but this isn't the place for a game review, so I won't give one.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Famitsu talks to Miyamoto

« on: November 24, 2004, 01:42:22 PM »

....... compulsive poster

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:PSP vs DS

« on: November 20, 2004, 09:49:06 AM »

Here is another review from
PCMag.com

No need to worry about battery life on DS

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Its lithium ion battery is rated for 6 to 10 hours of game play and takes 4 hours to charge; we found that the battery lasted eight and a half hours during informal rundown tests.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:PSP vs DS

« on: November 19, 2004, 01:21:41 PM »

I thought it also had something to do with the processing power usage of the CPU & GPU ins the PSP.......

but I could be wrong

[graphics-intensive]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:PSP vs DS

« on: November 19, 2004, 12:31:29 PM »

Don't mean to change the current topic of conversation but there is a little review of the DS by ABCNews.com

ABC News DS Review

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I managed 7 1/2 hours of battery life on a single charge, playing graphics-intensive games, blasting the music through the stereo speakers and connecting online with another DS.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Silicon Knights still working on games for GC

« on: November 18, 2004, 02:12:30 PM »

I think its good for SK to release one of their long indevelopment, mature rated games multi-platform, to help increase the SK fan base. That way when SK does release another Nintendo exclusive, maybe someone other that the N hardcore fanbase will take notice.

[ruby_onix]

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General Chat / RE:Official Avatar Discussion

« on: November 15, 2004, 09:43:47 AM »

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Originally posted by: ruby_onix
That's simple. Just email it to me (ruby_onix at hotmail dot com) and I'll do it.

It has been sent

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General Gaming / RE:ITT: PSP Discussion

« on: November 13, 2004, 12:28:22 PM »

A $265.00 Loss!?!?

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General Gaming / RE:Microsoft to release three versions of Xbox 2

« on: November 13, 2004, 12:24:42 PM »

I forgot about the NV chip and all the drama surrounding that.
I was commenting about the cpu power mostly (which should be pretty damn impressive)

and I'm sure the my post is a train wreck lawers could work someting out w/ NV if they really wanted to make it happen