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TalkBack / Re: Mega Man 10 DLC Revealed

« on: March 02, 2010, 11:08:10 PM »

Which pretty much guarantees I'm not buying it.

Then again, I didn't buy the MM9 DLC either. C'est la vie.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Newscast Game Club Discussion - Mega Man 10

« on: March 01, 2010, 07:59:58 PM »

I, Shaymin, do solemnly swear not to cheat by looking up robot master order, boss weaknesses, or hidden item locations.  I vow to complete the game on Normal either unassisted or--if that fails--with the help of fellow NWR members.  Modern gaming has not softened my reflexes, patience or determination.

I had to resort to a walkthrough for MM9 and I felt emasculated.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Radio Free Nintendo: Episode 185

« on: March 01, 2010, 07:52:33 PM »

I might've missed it since I was watching the Olympic closing ceremony at the same time, but Earthbound doubled the controls - L=A and Select=B - specifically to allow for 1-hand play. They even call this out in the strategy guide.

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TalkBack / Re: This Week in Nintendo Downloads

« on: March 01, 2010, 07:43:29 PM »

Nothing good this week.  The wait continues.

I am disappoint 

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General Gaming / Re: The PATHETIC state of the gaming 'media'

« on: February 25, 2010, 07:00:45 PM »

I wish I was making this up:
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2hf18j6&s=6

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Download Platforms Earned $125 Million in 2009

« on: February 24, 2010, 11:25:48 PM »

10. My Pokémon Ranch (Nintendo, WiiWare) – $2,000,000 ($10.00)
 <P>

So why don't they release the Platinum (or I guess a HG/SS version) upgrade for it?

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Radio Free Nintendo: Episode 184

« on: February 24, 2010, 11:24:02 PM »

Will there be a lot of discussion about the Media Summit this week or will the Player One Newscast be handling that?

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Game of the Decade -- Vote After Listening to RFN 183!

« on: February 23, 2010, 11:32:51 PM »

4. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
2. Super Smash Bros. Melee
3. Metroid Prime
5. Resident Evil 4
6. Wii Sports
1. Super Mario Galaxy

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TalkBack / Re: Capcom COO Mark Beaumont Passes Away Suddenly

« on: February 23, 2010, 11:30:44 PM »

RIP Mr. Beaumont

Though you wouldn't expect this from a company executive. How old was he?

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General Gaming / Re: Heavy Rain

« on: February 23, 2010, 11:26:01 PM »

My copy of the game just arrived via UPS.  Just so you guys have fair warning, before you can even install the game you have to download a 226 MB patch.

Am I the only person who gets ticked off when they have to patch in stuff day 1?

PC gaming isn't dead, we just have dedicated PCs that get hooked to big TVs now.

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Media Summit on Wednesday

« on: February 22, 2010, 06:55:47 PM »

I'm setting my expectation at Reggie lighting a cigar with a wad of $100 bills as the entire summit.

This way, I'm not disappointed no matter what comes out of this.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver remakes on the way

« on: February 22, 2010, 06:54:01 PM »

The Jirachi unlocks a new area for the PokeWalker that has some rare/special Pokemon in it, and also comes with a move it couldn't learn previously (Draco Meteor).

Although the Pichu can go jump off a cliff for all I care. I'm only getting it for cloning/redistribution purposes.

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TalkBack / Re: This Week in Nintendo Downloads

« on: February 22, 2010, 06:50:51 PM »

Yay, it's the return of Daddy/Mommy/Sarah/Billy. At least the Giant Bombcast will be entertaining this week.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Virtual Console Mondays Thread

« on: February 22, 2010, 09:28:41 AM »

They're telling everyone to save their points for MM10 next week.

Right?

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Nintendo Gaming / Has anyone else tried Sands of Destruction?

« on: February 22, 2010, 12:32:11 AM »

I just sent it back to the non-unionized Canadian equivalent to Gamefly recently - was in the mood for a DS RPG and as a raging Chrono Trigger fanboy you've got me with Mitsuda music and a Kato plot.

Without spoiling anything, it doesn't do anything new or exciting with the genre but I enjoyed the plot enough to see it through to the end of the game. Also, the boss battles get REALLY cheap when they start getting 6-7 turns in a row and get to use their super move with a 45-second cutscene twice in a row. And you can't skip the battle cutscenes (though you can skip the story stuff if you want to).

Also, be ready to use sleep mode a lot because there's a lot of times where you'll want to save but the heal/save points are two areas away. It happened to me at least four or five times in a file that I finished in 25 hours (probably 30 with all the times the battery died in sleep mode while I slept or was working).

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

« on: February 21, 2010, 11:33:20 PM »

Activision about to challenge Pokemon
....and on it's own turf.

Activision is to release video games based on the Gogo's Crazy Bones franchise after agreeing an exclusive licensing deal, CVG can reveal.
Personally, I've never heard of it, but I am also not the intended audience for this am i?

I'm in the same boat, but I'm pretty sure this will bomb. Like it or not, a lot of these Mon games that aren't Pokemon bomb - only Fossil Fighters has charted, and that was once in a low month. If they get anywhere near the release of the 5th gen games it's going to get DESTROYED.

Remember Spectrobes?

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Podcast Discussion / Re: RetroActive #11 Discussion: Super Mario RPG

« on: February 21, 2010, 11:29:58 PM »

Mario-Peach-Geno here. Like it or not, Mario with the Lazy Shell (weapon) is still the best physical attacker in the game, Peach is still the best healer, and I'm able to time Geno Boost for the defense+attack buff every time on everyone.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Radio Trivia: Podcast Edition - Episode 68

« on: February 21, 2010, 09:34:27 AM »

The games this week (surprised TYP didn't post this as usual):

Goldeneye 007 (N64)
Shatterhand (NES)
Mario Paint (SNES)
Zoda's Revenge: Star Tropics II (NES)
Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers (NES)

I got 2/5 this week, and it's the two I owned. Also, Dragonforce done in Mario Paint is extremely awesome for some reason.

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General Chat / Re: iPad...meh

« on: February 21, 2010, 09:28:45 AM »

... excuse me, I have to gouge out my mind's eye right now.

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General Chat / Re: Official Avatar Discussion

« on: February 18, 2010, 11:29:14 PM »

A self-portrait.

If anyone has a better pic and it's avatar-sized, I'm willing to change tho.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: RetroActive #11 Discussion: Super Mario RPG

« on: February 18, 2010, 11:23:26 PM »

So I'm throwing in the towel on 30 jumps. For whatever reason, I can't get past 21. Truly, this is a sign that I have no rhythm.

---

My first RPG was the double-header of Chrono Trigger and Earthbound, but Mario RPG was the only game I ever stayed up all night playing. I wore out the original strategy guide that I rented for the game (should've just bought the bloody thing).

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: What Do we want from the wii successor

« on: February 17, 2010, 11:59:52 PM »

Did someone mention forward compatibility for Wii downloads that can be accomplished without me crating up the two systems and shipping them to NOA?

Because that's at the top of my priority list. I've bought a second Wii's worth of WiiWare/VC stuff and if it can't be transferred I'm quitting console gaming.

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TalkBack / Re: Sonic the Hedgehog 4 to be Developed by Dimps

« on: February 17, 2010, 11:56:53 PM »

I'll give it a shot as soon as the last episode is released and Big the Cat is confirmed to not appear in any of them.

If the series TTSF (Time To ****ty Friends) isn't infinite though, no sale.

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TalkBack / Re: Mega Man 10 Release Date Announced, New Details Revealed

« on: February 15, 2010, 06:51:39 PM »

If the Triple Blade is as powerful as the Metal Blade, this will be the easiest Mega Man game in history.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Amazing Deals!

« on: February 15, 2010, 09:46:06 AM »

You have to charge tax if you have operations in a state, IIRC.

Or you're shipping to New York.