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TalkBack / Re: IMPRESSIONS: Madden NFL '09 All-Play

« on: July 21, 2008, 01:36:10 PM »

hmmmmmm now this game sounds like fun. I bought 07 for Wii because I thought wiimotions will help make the game fun, it did, but it was still overly complex for me.

I already own Blitz 2002 for cube, so not sure if I need a new football game. I don't care about stats and such but its good to know they are making this game more mainstream and fun.

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TalkBack / Re: IMPRESSIONS: Animal Crossing: City Folk

« on: July 20, 2008, 11:24:38 PM »

IGN had similar impressions, but they said they were shocked by total lack of motions.
Fishing still with buttons, you don't swing the mote to chop down trees,  and rearranging you house is just as clumsy as before. Small things you naturally EXPECT for wiigame. I mean they could use the twilight princess style of fishing and make it more worthwhile than just press A at the right time.

The city aspect seemed cool at first, but when I did some research it basically is the 'island' from the Cube game.

I am very disappointed in the graphics, I know Animal Crossing has its own unique style, however they really could of had its style and yet up the ante with refined textures and such.

I also heard while you can have 4 people in a town online, if ONE decides to disconnect than everyone is thrown out. So he/she just doesn't pop out they ruin the experience for everyone else.

Lets just hope this demo isn't a good sample of the entire content and when you actually get the real game that it will have many more changes and upgrades to the gameplay. I'm guessing November release for this game ( did they say ) so that should give them more time to mix things up.

If Nintendo doesn't get its crap together than EA's own Mysims might give it a serious run for its money.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: 50 upcoming Wii games for core gamers

« on: July 20, 2008, 06:43:45 PM »

Vega judging by your choices it seems that your gaming spectrum is limited. If you don't mind could you tell us your Wii library and gaming interests?

http://club.ign.com/b/list/custom?lid=100018

My complete collection.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Datel to release retro classic controllers

« on: July 20, 2008, 06:10:03 PM »

the problem is the retro controls are cool but they are hard to hold. My hands have just got used to it form fitting.

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TalkBack / Re: PODCAST: Radio Free Nintendo: Episode 107

« on: July 20, 2008, 03:35:18 PM »

well i'll just download the mp3. no problem, At least I can do that .

Edit: Ok its up on iTunes so I'll download that instead.

Edit 2: Ok finished hearing it.

Great job guys. I agreed with everything you guys said. I was a little disappointed you didn't do regular stuff like VC mondays, What you playing and e3 be the news part so organization what I expected and what happened were two different things. Oh well not a big deal, since you were preaching to the choir and everything you guys said was spot on and funny as usual. (greg rolling around the floor playing metroid prime is just great mental image  )
 I wanted you to hear you guys bitch out nintendo for having more garbage on VC/Wiiware before e3 and what seems like the quest to release EVERY Neo Geo game out before the SNK Collection is released.

I would give the show a 8.944444444443 /10.

So when are you guys doing a regular show again? Going to take a break or going into normal stuff in a few days?

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TalkBack / Re: Why Nintendo Hasn't Abandoned the Hardcore

« on: July 19, 2008, 11:08:18 PM »

i am confident Nintendo is making hardcore games, and 3rd party are too but they need to throw some red meat to its starving fans. A trailer for a game coming in 2009 would be worth while. Where the hell is Disaster Day of Crisis? I thought it was supposed to get japanese release soon.

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TalkBack / Re: Wii MotionPlus Technology Provider Reveals the Guts Behind the Device

« on: July 19, 2008, 10:56:45 PM »

now one is coming with a copy of Wii Sports Resort, I bet that Nintendo will sell it individually with Wii Play 2 for $20 and have another pointless game to brag about on the NPD. However to make a bigger impact WiiPlay 2 will come in 3 different versions so people who buy more than one don't get the same game.

NPD for July 2009

Wii sports Resort
Wii play 2: Blue
Wii play 2: Green'
Wii play 2: Red
Wii Fit
Wii Music
Animal Crossing: City Folk

It's funny because its true

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TalkBack / Re: My Aquarium Confirmed For US Release

« on: July 19, 2008, 10:54:06 PM »

If you don't want it, don't buy it.  Jesus christ.

Believe me, I won't.

I'll 1up you sir and if anyone tells me they bought the game i will kick them in the balls and if they don't have balls i'll spit in her face.

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TalkBack / Re: Miyamoto: 'We Are Making Pikmin'

« on: July 19, 2008, 10:52:09 PM »

A lot of people assume that the DS touchscreen and Wiimote are both perfect for Pikmin.  To me part of the wonder of the game was that it was kind of an RTS but done on a console and done in a way that it not only worked without a mouse but you had no desire for one.  Same with Metroid Prime which had FPS elements but found a way to make it work on a controller and in a way where if you weren't being a close minded "this should be a Halo killer" jerk you didn't need it.  In fact if Pikmin was more popular the same people who complained Metroid Prime didn't control like Halo would have complained that Pikmin didn't control like Starcraft.

So I'm a little concerned about using the obvious mouse-like features of the Wiimote or touchscreen in Pikmin.  To me that goes against the whole point of the game.  It's not supposed to be a run of the mill RTS.  I like Metroid Prime 3 but it felt like it catered more to people who wanted an FPS instead of the people who liked the other Prime games.  I would like Pikmin 3 to be for people who liked the other two Pikmin games.  For example if they change it so you can command Pikmin from afar without Olimar or some other "general" like character I think it would really hurt the design.

It's all like auto-jump in Zelda.  The people who see a third person 3D game and think it has to play like Super Mario 64 demand a jump button.  Anyone who actually plays the game without wanting it to be something it's not realize auto-jump is perfect for the game its in and that adding a jump button would either be useless or would affect the game design to make it more of a platformer.  Pikmin would not benefit from playing more like an RTS.  It benefits from being different.

 i think pikmin3 will be more like RE4:Wii Edition where controls were tweaked in an obvious way and didn't change anything just improve things.

Sorry about my rant guys. I was still pissed off from press conference and needed to vent. I calmed down now.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: New Nintendo Portable...when?

« on: July 19, 2008, 10:44:50 PM »

with the wiimotionplus i think that will be built into the DS2 so it can be VERY precise movements with tilt, and twisting.

I also think New Super Mario Brothers 2 and Nintendogs 2 will be in launch window

both screens be touch, and have 2 spots you can touch at same time.

with sales of DS staying massive it might be hard for Nintendo to make a new one but since so many developers seem to be maxing out the system with 3d i think they will be pushed to release it sooner than later. So I stick with holiday 2009.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero

« on: July 19, 2008, 10:38:52 PM »

o....................k....

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NWR Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff Tournament

« on: July 19, 2008, 10:36:56 PM »

I think the main problem with Tecmo Bowl is that it is clearly a non-football non-game aimed at non-NFL fans.  It's clear that NFL fans and other football fans who reside in the NFL-watching demographic are getting their football games from EA, and thus there is no reason for football fans to play Tecmo Bowl for any reason.

If they could re-align their demographics marketing to include people within that demographic, they might have a chance at success, because clearly people in set demographics can only enjoy games within their demographics and they certainly will not conveniently stretch the definitions their self-assumed and self-described "hardcore football" demographic to include a game they are "fans" of, no matter how classic the game.

It's very obvious that, without the NFL license and obvious lack of coaching modes and other such complicated and sophisticated gameplay options, that this is the football game that little kids will be given to enjoy while the 18-35 demographic will still play Madden, which was referred to by one purchaser as "daddy's football game, the one that the little children are not to touch."

With all of these facts in evidence, it becomes clear that you can't be a serious football gamer and play Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff.

uhh i think thats the point of the game. Lots of people enjoy football but still don't like madden, and enjoy a more arcade Blitz style game. Some people don't want to memorize hundreds of plays, manage everything, and have extremely complicated controls to enjoy a game of football. I could never get into Madden when I blindly bought it, but after I blindly bought Tecmo bowl on VC I couldn't stop playing it until I went to superbowl.

Now i know my dorm has been funny with the wifi, so I am not sure if I could play online. You can use wifi for computer but the wifi is set up in an odd way. I couldn't get my wii online and i called customer support and even tried lan adapter and still nothing. Maybe my dorm will have that fixed for fall. Also since the game comes out a month after class starts i might not play this because of class getting started. We will see, but no guarantees one way or another from me.

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Nintendo Gaming / What Graphical Art style should be for Pikmin 3 ?

« on: July 19, 2008, 10:28:23 PM »

Regular art style



played up in brawl So it would be more like this combined with the first picture.

Claymation with Ultra Realism



Cell shaded



I actually would love to see the claymation one.
Nintendo is more casual friendly with Wii so realism may scare off a % of the market. (I heard outside of Japan it didn't sell that well) So they might consider changing the art style to be more friendly to mass market. I think claymation would be cool and yet be friendly to casualsa

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Chrono Trigger DS = REAL

« on: July 19, 2008, 01:27:01 AM »

I heard great things about this but I'm not sure if its for me.

RPG I loved:

Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy VI
Super Mario RPG
Super Paper Mario
Mario and Luigi : Superstar Saga
Zelda: Twilight Princes

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: 50 upcoming Wii games for core gamers

« on: July 19, 2008, 01:24:43 AM »

 
Sam & Max Volume One - Aug 12th=========NOt for me
Mario Super Sluggers - Aug 25============Not for me
Brothers in Arms Double Time - Aug 26========Bored of WWII shootes
Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked! - August==========Hated DS game

FaceBreaker K.O. Party - Sep 3==============Rental
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - Sept 16=======Maybe buy
Wario Land: Shake it! - Sept 22=============Never been fan of 2d Wario
de Blob - Sept 22====================== Zero Interest
SimCity Creator - Sept 22================BORING
Samba de Amigo - Sept 23===============LAME

Dokapon Kingdom - Oct 14===============What the hell is this?
Guitar Hero: World Tour - Oct 26===============Never been into series
Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars - October 28==========Lame
Rock Revolution - October====================Ass

Castlevania Judgement - Fall==================Maybe Rental
Call of Duty: World at War - Fall===============Bored of WWII games
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows - Fall============Spiderman is dead to me
Line Rider 2: Unbound - Q3=================As Wiiware game maybe

Animal Crossing: City Folk - Nov 16=========Not Bad, but doesn't seem NEW
Tomb Raider Underworld - Nov 18===========Never liked that series
Ultimate Band - November=================LAME

Skate It - Holiday================= Maybe Rental
Shaun White Snowboarding - Holiday===========Maybe Rental
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels - Holiday========Maybe Rental

Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World - Winter=========It's OK series
Sonic Unleashed - Q4=========================Hate Sonic games
Little King's Story - Q4 2008=============Maybe, but looks to kiddie
MySims Kingdom - Q4 2008================LAME
The King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga Q4 2008=======Not into this
Drawn to Life - Q4========================Kids stuff
Rygar: The Battle of Argus - Q4==============Rental
Lego Batman: The Video Game 2008=============MEH
Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon 2008==============WTF is this?

SimAnimals - Jan 09=======================boring
Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers -Q1 2009=========LOL um No
MadWorld - Q1 2009=======================Oh yeah this looks cool
The Conduit - Q1 2009===================Day 1 buy
Marvel Ultimate Alliance II: Fusion - 2009==================Lame

Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse=============Maybe buy
Resident Evil Zero======================Own it on cube
Mysterious Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 3: The Sleeping Princess in Karakuri Mansion=============================WTF is that
Captain Rainbow======================No way in hell
Disaster: Day of Crisis=================I thought it was canceled
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers==========MEH
Swords of Legendia==========================Meh
Red Steel 2==========================Has potential to be great
Star Wars Battlefront III=======================maybe rent
Kirby================================Never been into Kirby
Zelda==================Love the games, but PH scares me
Pikmin ==========================Instant buy


Not much that I am looking forward to this year.

You missed Deadly Creatures.

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Nintendo Gaming / My DS is going to get allot of love the rest of the year

« on: July 19, 2008, 01:04:35 AM »

Nintendo didn't show me anything for my Wii that I want and all the 3rd party games I want to buy for Wii aren't coming to next year.

So far my list of games for DS that I am interested in.

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
Moon
Tecmo Bowl: Kickoff
GTA: ChinaTown Wars
Chronno Trigger DS

and I might import Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland from Europe.

I am probably going to buy AT LEAST two of those games I listed, maybe 3 but considering I haven't bought a DS game in months (Professor Layton and I traded that game in last month) thats really odd that my handheld is taking over for main gaming platform.

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Nintendo Gaming / Star Wars Force Unleashed and Clone wars: can somebody compare/contrast them?

« on: July 19, 2008, 12:16:14 AM »

Aren't they the same game engines, wii controls  just different graphic styles?
Can someone tell me how each game is different and what game has more potential.

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TalkBack / Re: PODCAST: Radio Free Nintendo: E3 08 Day 4

« on: July 18, 2008, 11:47:54 PM »

I hear all these little kids screaming in background.

whats the backstory on that?

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TalkBack / Re: Wii MotionPlus Technology Provider Reveals the Guts Behind the Device

« on: July 17, 2008, 09:59:26 PM »

Can I buy stock for this company?

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Nintendo Gaming / Star Wars Unleashed & Clone Wars should they be delayed to use WiiMotion plus?

« on: July 17, 2008, 08:15:24 PM »

Sadly Wii Sports Resort with Motion Plus won't be out until Next Spring, and two light saber games coming this fall. Do you think they should delay them to use better controls?

I heard both games use similar controls and they work pretty well.

I say Clone wars can stay this year, and Force Unleashed be released next year. That way we get a taste of controls with/without motion plus and see the difference. Also it's much smarter to not release two similar games so close to each other because they would cannibalize sales.

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Nintendo Gaming / E3 2008: Has it caused you to seriously consider ditching Nintendo all together?

« on: July 17, 2008, 01:04:05 AM »

I am SERIOUSLY PISSED OFF.
I really get the sense that Nintendo with this E3 is saying "We don't need hardcore gamers anymore." and Reggie is thinking " Wiisports and Wiiplay has outsold Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime, why even waste millions on making a quality game when casuals will buy crap."

I waited in line 12 hours before Wii Launch in the cold to get my Launch Console. I was so excited and happy and for the first part of this year I was happy. Once summer came and not much new to play and not much on the horizon I started to get upset. Virtual Console and Wiiware have proven to be a massive disappointment lately and it seems like any complaining I do they tell me to **** off.

This is how its been.

Hardcore gamer: " I want to buy more VC games but I don't have more room"
Nintendo: "Shut up, just delete the old games and re-download them. It's your own fault."

Hardcore gamer: " Can you please post some good quality VC and Wiiwae games?"
Nintendo " **** You. More games like SPOGS racing and more garbage VC nobody cares about."

Hardcore gamer " I like mp3 support in ExcitTruck I want more games to use it."
Nintendo " Oh really ok I'll make sure no future games ever give you that option."

At first it seemed like neglect, but its more like actual abuse now.

I'm probably not going to sell my Wii, but now I am going to save up money for a 360 and maybe buy one with extra Finical Aid. However I haven't been this pissed off since pac Man vs.

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TalkBack / Re: Miyamoto: 'We Are Making Pikmin'

« on: July 17, 2008, 12:48:25 AM »

While I do love Pikmin Series, but as of late it seems more and more like they are just wanting to anger its base. Sort of like the exec's are around the table and trying to find ways to say **** you in more unique ways to the base that kept with them.

They will probably screw it up somehow and make it super easy and only carry 5 pikmin around because soccer moms will think the game is confusing. They will go and use Atari 2600 graphix because realistic graphics are not friendly to casual 90 year old gamers. And it will release in October 2009 and have a piece of plastic attachment that looks like a pikmin flower that does nothing, and require balance board to walk no nunchuck you need to run like in real life and waggle the controller to do anything.

Nintendo will find a way to screw this up, just wait and see. They don't give a **** about hardcore gamers anymore they only care about girl gamers, children and elderly.

Wii has become the console of 3-12 year olds, Girls and 35-100 year olds. If your 13-35 the games are not coming for you.

damn this E3 i had so much hope, and now I wonder how much I'll get for my Wii if I trade it in.....

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TalkBack / Re: Rockstar Announces Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the DS

« on: July 16, 2008, 09:40:18 PM »

Why no trailer or even teaser?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Dead Rising coming to Wii!

« on: July 16, 2008, 10:43:58 AM »

This game actually needed better controls on 360 so thats good news. RE4 Shooting is fine with me.
maybe add some motions for good flavor.

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo E3 Press Conference

« on: July 15, 2008, 04:41:49 PM »

WTF?! Are you serious?

Wii Music made me laugh and giggle like a little school girl. And Wii Resort is yet again Nintendo proving that cool **** is on the way.

Are you sad that there weren't any hardcore games from them (even though they hinted to the fact that Nintendo's Mario and Zelda teams are making gorgeous games as we speak)?

Let the third parties make the hardcore games for now. Next year, we'll be swimming in "hardcore" franchises.

I would have hope for hardcore franchises if they showed a glimmer of hope of them.
I don't care if its just trailers I want to see they are not totally abandoning the Hardcore.