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General Gaming / Re: PSN = Privacy? Security? Never!

« on: April 20, 2011, 05:10:55 PM »

What about Mortal Kombat Trilogy?

Trilogy was pretty fun for what it was. Everyone and everything rolled into one?! Of course, it does take a flack from the hardcore players.

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General Gaming / Re: PSN = Privacy? Security? Never!

« on: April 20, 2011, 03:11:13 PM »

The only truly shitty Mortal Kombat game I've ever seen was MK4/GOLD.

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General Gaming / Re: Portal 2

« on: April 19, 2011, 08:12:40 PM »

From what I've read, it is possible to do cross-platform co-op between PC and PS3 players.

You don't want those console players slowing you down!

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General Gaming / Re: PSN = Privacy? Security? Never!

« on: April 19, 2011, 05:28:13 PM »

Mortal Kombat does look awesome...

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TalkBack / Re: Sonic Generations Skips Wii

« on: April 18, 2011, 06:41:36 PM »

Um... Aren't us Nintendo owners still waiting for the rest of Sonic 4 to be released on WiiWare?

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TalkBack / Re: Rumor Round-up: Nintendo's Next Console

« on: April 17, 2011, 09:59:47 PM »

Saying this however, if the Wii2 doesn't support GC games they'll have to think of a way to stop people putting the disks in and screwing up the drive.

It wouldn't mess up the drive. It could just do what the current Wii drive does whenever an object that isn't a disc is inserted and eject it right away.

I don't know which Wii you're talking about, but I've fixed at least a dozen that were damaged from non-discs being inserted in them. I think you meant to say "whenever a disc that isn't a Wii or GameCube game..." because it doesn't like to eject plastic toy music discs, bobby pins, checkers, toothpicks, etc, etc.

The Wii's optical drive sucks anyway. Everyone I know has had their drive fail at least once. Most were covered under warranty, but some have happened only recently and were thus repaired out of pocket. It's not a hard job, but those drives do cost about $50, so it's no small price.

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General Chat / Re: Zelda: Ocarina of Time Mini Concept- Supakirb's Gallery

« on: April 17, 2011, 08:55:06 PM »

Someone should really make a De-vamped remake of this game man!

So get on it! Even without any coding experience, you could easily customize a program like RPG Maker and mold it into what you want. 2D Zelda is the best, anyway.

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General Gaming / Re: Street Fighter IV

« on: April 16, 2011, 09:33:35 PM »

Ryu's a jerk. That's why everyone is his rival.

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TalkBack / Re: Super Wii: Thoughts on the Wii Successor

« on: April 16, 2011, 11:31:44 AM »

What if Nintendo's next console is their Dreamcast?

In a lot of ways, I hope it is! The Dreamcast had a huge library of great games, even in it's short life span. Furthermore, it was light-years ahead of the competition on the design and hardware front. The Dreamcast was a perfect machine, and still the best console around. Hell, I own three and one is still hooked up in my living room next to the Wii. It even looks better than the Wii thanks to the official VGA converters that Sega made for it!

Sega's Dreamcast only failed for two reasons: Sega had generated a lot of bad faith and financial woes with the Saturn before it, and a lot of gamers fed into Sony's outright lies about the power and capabilities of the upcoming PS2 and held out for it instead.

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TalkBack / Re: MDK2 WiiWare Dated

« on: April 15, 2011, 11:21:33 PM »

I'm pretty sure that it's just a port. The PC however is getting an updated HD version.

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TalkBack / Re: Next Nintendo Console to be Announced in June?

« on: April 15, 2011, 09:58:56 PM »

You could access your games indefinitely. I suppose there would be some worry when it came to the write limit, however. It's a pretty far fetched wall to hit, but still a possibility.

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TalkBack / Re: MDK2 WiiWare Dated

« on: April 15, 2011, 09:50:27 PM »

I never played very far into the game, which is odd... I liked it, and actually had it on my PC and Dreamcast.

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TalkBack / Re: Next Nintendo Console to be Announced in June?

« on: April 15, 2011, 06:55:10 PM »

Flash memory is cheap enough nowadays that a cartridge based system could easily be a reality. So long as the save file and any additional DLC is also stored on the cartridge, I wouldn't really have an issue with it.

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TalkBack / Re: Next Nintendo Console to be Announced in June?

« on: April 15, 2011, 06:21:00 PM »

It makes me think back to the Dreamcast. The memory cards (VMUs) slid into the controllers and doubled as a secondary screen. It was monochrome and usually didn't actually provide much in the way of functionality, but the idea was awesome.

I really, really just want a normal controller though. So many games have suffered on the Wii because of the shoe-horned motion controls. I don't mind that the option is there, but it shouldn't be used where it doesn't really make sense either.

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TalkBack / Re: Next Nintendo Console to be Announced in June?

« on: April 15, 2011, 04:05:16 PM »

As for the name, how about capitalizing on the 2012 world-ending prophecies? The nintendo Nostradamus? The Wii Oracle?

The Nintendo Nibiru? Nah, I think they should stay away from the pseudo-science bunk.

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TalkBack / Re: Next Nintendo Console to be Announced in June?

« on: April 15, 2011, 02:13:04 PM »

Ten years of mainstream support is a pipedream. They may be able to continue selling the PS3 for ten years, but the PS4 will need to be in the spotlight long before then. It'll be a secondary market at best.

I hear a lot people say that there's not really anywhere to go as far as graphics are concerned. It looks "good enough" right now. Well, that's not true. Until computer generated graphics can mimic reality and look absolutely photo realistic, there's still places to go. Now, I'm not saying that I would necessarily trade that in for a unique art style, but it's naive to think that there's no advancement to be made. Even when we do hit that wall, processing power can then be dedicated to things that have been largely ignored, like better AI and physics. Remember, added power doesn't necessarily equate to more eye candy. There's plenty of stuff to utilize it for behind the scenes as well. Maybe today's graphics do look good enough, but it wouldn't hurt to have large, more open environments with hundreds of NPCs on screen at once... would it?

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last TV show you've seen

« on: April 15, 2011, 02:06:08 PM »

I have the first two "Marvel Anime" series (Iron Man and Wolverine) sitting on my desktop waiting to be watched. I'm interested to see how they turned out, but not overly enthusiastic. Marvel-based shows just can't seem to live up to their 90s incarnations.

I've seen a bit of the Iron Man anime, and I found it pretty dull.  I haven't seen the Wolverine anime, but it seems to be somewhat better regarded.  There's also an X-Men anime that just started recently, but I haven't heard anything of its quality.

Yeah, I read that they're going to do Blade after X-Men.


I just started watching this the other day. It's a new Mortal Kombat "web-series" based around that Mortal Kombat: Rebirth short film from a while back. The production values look great so far and the cast is certainly nothing to scoff at.

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General Gaming / Re: PSN = Privacy? Security? Never!

« on: April 15, 2011, 10:04:10 AM »

You assume that elections work.

If voting had the power to change anything, it would be outlawed.

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TalkBack / Re: Next Nintendo Console to be Announced in June?

« on: April 15, 2011, 10:00:12 AM »

I want my next Nintendo console to be a Nintendo console, and not another PS360 hardcore console. 

I don't think that anyone would disagree with you. No one really buys Nintendo consoles for the hardware (because it's become mediocre over the last few generations), they buy it for the games. Still, I think everyone would like to see some variety beyond just Nintendo games like they've been stuck with since the 64. If nothing else, I'd like to have some place to play Mortal Kombat 9.

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TalkBack / Re: Next Nintendo Console to be Announced in June?

« on: April 14, 2011, 09:40:29 PM »

Then how about catering to both crowds-- just call it the Wii60!  : : : : :

In all seriousness though, I'm almost willing to guarantee the name will be "Wii [something hardcore sounding]". Mark my words, it'll something along the lines of "Wii Nitro", "Wii Nexus", "Wii 3000"... something that will appeal to both casual and hardcore audiences.

Wii HD.

Even still, you want it to sound like a new system, not just a slight improvement or a new feature. That's why I don't think they can simply tack on a subtitle to the Wii. It works when the brand is "Nintendo" itself, as proven by Super and 64.

NES HD?

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TalkBack / Re: Next Nintendo Console to be Announced in June?

« on: April 14, 2011, 06:18:18 PM »

They can't use the name Nintendo either because that has a bad rep with the "hardcore" crowd. Also yes get rid of the Wii name, who cares about the brand recognition to the 80+ million who bought Wii's.

I think they could easily get away with going back to the "Nintendo Entertainment System", with everyone simply referring to it as "The Nintendo" like they did back in the 80s. It's simple, it's to the point, and also lends itself to multiple incarnations (NES, NES 2, N3S, NES 4, NE5, NES 6, NES 7, etc). They could immediately start out with the proper "NES 6", which would ultimately look much better than "Wii 2" when sitting on the store shelf next to higher numbered machines (PS4, XBox 180). Besides, the way I see it, "Nintendo" is the brand that should be marketed... encompassing the console, the games, and the service.

If Nintendo really wants to shake their image (which I don't think they do), a new name isn't going to do it. The so-called "hardcore" crowd will see through that anyway, as they keep themselves at least that well informed.

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Movies & TV / Re: Rate the last TV show you've seen

« on: April 14, 2011, 10:18:34 AM »

I have the first two "Marvel Anime" series (Iron Man and Wolverine) sitting on my desktop waiting to be watched. I'm interested to see how they turned out, but not overly enthusiastic. Marvel-based shows just can't seem to live up to their 90s incarnations.

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General Gaming / Re: PSN = Privacy? Security? Never!

« on: April 14, 2011, 10:13:49 AM »

I take back what I said about John Key giving the finger to the US. The NZ Parliament are a bunch of collective retards that make Ted "The internet is a bunch of tubes" Stevens look savvy. Passed 111-11 under urgency under the guise of an earthquake bill in a piece of disgusting politicking for an equally disgusting bill, debate was worse than non-existent:

"Do you remember the movie, the Terminator?" Mr Young asked, to loud guffaws. "I'm sure that you do, and the computer system called Skynet that ruled the world, is like the internet today."

MP Katrina Shanks "It is really important to remember that file sharing is an illegal activity."

Article #1 Original
Article #2 Commentary
Article #3 Some Analysis

I am too pissed off to write more on this. I know this is a Sony thread, but there just isn't anywhere else I could find to put this.

Now off to write letters to MPs and vote Green. Where the hell is Helen Clake when you need her.

I read through it yesterday. The only thing that really makes it surprising is the way they snuck it through. It'll happen everywhere... the US has been fighting hard for it for some time now. Can we please stop pretending that we aren't living under corporate rule now?

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: insanolord's Abuse of Power Thread

« on: April 13, 2011, 06:07:33 PM »

Machine is on the 1st line on my screen, Chrome and Firefox.

Mine too.

"Curled up under the dart machine,
smelling like urine."

Maybe you guys should buy bigger monitors?

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General Gaming / Re: New Humble Bundle coming today!

« on: April 13, 2011, 01:12:22 PM »

Even if you're not interested, you could literally get the pack for free. It never hurts to have more games ready and waiting.