Topic: Episode 264: All Good Things...

[famicomplicated]

I was surprised however that you didn't give NoE a bit of stick when Paper Mario was brought up - it never came out in the UK if you remember! ("screw 'em they never play Mario RPG anyways", was probably the thinking there)

Sorry, I don't believe this is true - I'm a UK gamer (and UK only, unlike Greg), and I played the hell out of the first Paper Mario. Maybe you're getting confused and there was simply a large delay?

You're totally right! I just checked wiki and it came out a month after the GameCube was launched in Japan (which is when I imported mine).
So for me, yeah, it didn't exist.

[Crimm]

Talk about national betrayal.

[famicomplicated]

I took it in the **** from NoE for 3 generations, the N64 was the straw that broke the camel's back.
Have you played an N64 with PAL borders? It's like fake-widescreen!

Oh and back to Paper Mario and it's ridiculously late release, by that time the N64 was SO dead in the water, I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't even put on store shelves, except maybe in a corner near the 3rd party accessories.
If you look back on every Nintendo system it's the same deal - awesome games released a few weeks before after the predecessor console comes out...

[TJ Spyke]

Have you played an N64 with PAL borders? It's like fake-widescreen!

This is what pisses me off about Fox primetime shows and many "widescreen" DVDs. I don't like watching TV or movies and seeing black bars at the top and bottom of the screen, it's basically wasting 20% of the screen.