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TalkBack / Re: Agricultural Differences: A History of Harvests

« on: October 31, 2012, 03:27:40 PM »

I can strongly advise against Tale of Two Towns. It de-emphasizes the farming heavily imo, while ratcheting up story and cooking.

I don't know why they are doing stuff like that. Do they even know what the fanbase wants? Maybe it's just me, but I NEVER get the cooking recipes. I just want to farm, upgrade my house, and get married.

I can only guess that the development team gets tired of making the series, and thus tries to throw new things at the wall. But yes, I agree with you completely.

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TalkBack / Re: Agricultural Differences: A History of Harvests

« on: October 31, 2012, 03:24:33 PM »

True-but-sad story: I nearly plunked down $50 to preorder the game from Natsume, just so I could get the cow plushie. >_>

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Xenoblade Chronicles.Confirmed for North America April 6th 2012

« on: October 31, 2012, 03:19:54 PM »

That's another story. I did really like FFIV...

You, sir, are good peoples.

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TalkBack / Re: Agricultural Differences: A History of Harvests

« on: October 31, 2012, 03:17:26 PM »

I can strongly advise against Tale of Two Towns. It de-emphasizes the farming heavily imo, while ratcheting up story and cooking.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NWR Monster Hunter Club

« on: October 31, 2012, 03:16:02 PM »

I'm guessing no hunting tonight due to Halloween, right? I won't be able to make it anyways. :-(

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Last Story sells...

« on: October 25, 2012, 11:44:36 PM »

Okay - so let's be honest - no, the Nintendo Channel data isn't even a remote indicator of how well the game sold.

(Question though - do you have to open the Nintendo Channel on a regular basis to send the data?  I thought it did that automatically via the WiFi Connection....)

That's why you can't really compare this number to raw sales data of other games.

But what you CAN do is compare it to the play data from other games.  To me, the results of this are quite interesting.

The problem is that other games came out when (I suspect) much more peoples dropped in on the Nintendo Channel.

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TalkBack / Re: Agricultural Differences: A History of Harvests

« on: October 25, 2012, 11:42:36 PM »

I haven't played either of the Wii games.  Any recommendations of which one to buy?  Animal Parade looks to be considerably cheaper on Amazon but I can't imagine finding either used for fairly cheap would be a problem.

I'm afraid I can't really recommend either one. Magical Melody is the best of the three, but you've already tried it... Tree of Tranquility is the better of the two remaining, although it really emphasizes the farming over the other aspects.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Wii U

« on: October 25, 2012, 11:37:17 PM »

Nintendo of Japan pays attention to GameStop? That's like an American paying attention to what GAME does in the UK.

How so? Nintendo "of Japan" is basically just Nintendo; despite what many of its actions might imply, their main concern is with the company's worldwide performance, not just Japan's.

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TalkBack / Re: Agricultural Differences: A History of Harvests

« on: October 24, 2012, 02:58:50 PM »

Never got to try Friends of Mineral Town. Shoot, I never even saw it on the shelf. But I always wanted to try it.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Wii U

« on: October 24, 2012, 02:47:41 PM »

apparently the Wii U is also going to be sold at a loss (initially).

Why should i care?

Whether you care or not is entirely up to you.

I would point out, though, that this may give us some indications about what Microsoft and Sony's next consoles are likely to have under the hood. That, in turn, is important because if those systems aren't magnitudes more powerful than the Wii U, third-party ports are more likely to occur.

So, games.

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General Gaming / Re: ESRB to introduce free ratings for download games

« on: October 24, 2012, 02:18:51 PM »

Self-reporting eh? I foresee zero issues coming up!

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TalkBack / Re: Agricultural Differences: A History of Harvests

« on: October 24, 2012, 02:15:54 PM »

There are at least six Rune Factory games that I can think of (1,2, Frontier, 3, Oceans, 4). They're all fairly different from each other, especially Oceans, so a feature on them would have less breadth but more depth, I'd imagine.

Harvest Moon 64 is widely regarded as one of the best games in the series, and it's early enough in the series to be very easy to get into. Unfortunately, it's not on Virtual Console. :-/ The Playstation 1 game, Back to Nature, is almost as good, but it's more complex too, so it might not be the best entry point.

Fortunately, Harvest Moon GBC is coming to the eShop in a month or two. I haven't played it, but since it's basically the SNES game with weaker graphics it should be a splendid place to begin.

And finally, Natsume's too cheap to license music!

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General Gaming / Re: ESRB to introduce free ratings for download games

« on: October 24, 2012, 02:08:46 PM »

But how does that ultimately benefit the ESRB? It sounds like it'd just be more work for less money, no?

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General Gaming / Re: ESRB to introduce free ratings for download games

« on: October 24, 2012, 01:57:27 PM »

There's gotta be more to the story than this. I'm surprised to see the ESRB letting money slip through its fingers!

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TalkBack / Re: Agricultural Differences: A History of Harvests

« on: October 24, 2012, 01:55:52 PM »

This feature is the greatest thing ever. Ah, nostalgia...

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Wii U

« on: October 24, 2012, 01:45:34 PM »

Apologies if this has already been posted, but apparently the Wii U is also going to be sold at a loss (initially).

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-24/nintendo-cuts-forecast-on-lower-demand-for-3ds-stronger-yen.html

Greedy Nintendo, overcharging for obsolete tech!

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Last Story sells...

« on: October 24, 2012, 01:43:04 PM »

The first two caveats will have a significant effect on the numbers, making me question how accurate they are. But it's that third one that is the real killer for me.  How many people still check the Nintendo Channel with any regularity?  And more importantly, why?  What does the Nintendo Channel currently offer that should interest me at this point in time?

I'll echo that question. I honestly can't think of anything there that compels a person to log on anymore. Are they even still doing Nintendo Week?

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General Chat / Re: Official 2012 NFL Discussion: insanolord's hope for the Browns comes here to die

« on: October 22, 2012, 02:52:07 PM »

Glad to say yesterday's results were largely predictable. Normally that'd be boring, but considering how many sub-.500 (non-spread) weeks I've had this year, it's a refreshing change of pace. And boost to the ego!

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General Gaming / Re: Dual analog -- help me

« on: October 22, 2012, 02:39:54 PM »

I'm with you. I've been trying to do dual analogue for three generations now, and the results have been nothing but failure. If you find anything that works, please share, because mere practice hasn't been enough for me either.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Wii U

« on: October 22, 2012, 02:29:33 PM »

In most industries if you're behind you're dead.  I think Nintendo has been incredibly lucky to have avoided that so I don't know why they're cool with remaining behind.

I'm presuming it's because last generation they generally haven't actually been "behind," at least not in the categories that matter most to the majority of the general public. Whether they actually fall behind in ways that matter going forward is still up for debate, of course.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NWR Monster Hunter Club

« on: October 22, 2012, 02:19:05 PM »

I'll be there on Wednesday. With my shiny* new set of armor. Now I'm just one Tusk+ away from having the strongest ice lance, so Barrioth and I might finally go our separate ways!

*I suppose "furry" is more accurate.
...
Oh God, I'm a furry now!

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General Chat / Re: Official 2012 NFL Discussion: insanolord's hope for the Browns comes here to die

« on: October 19, 2012, 01:52:05 PM »

This "spread" thing is the worst idea ever!

The whole point of having a spread is to make it harder to predict. If done properly, there's a 50-50 chance of getting it right.

I understand that.

And after last night's game, this "spread" thing is the worst idea ever!

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Mistwalker's "The Last Story" out in NA via XSEED!

« on: October 18, 2012, 07:06:26 PM »

Thanks. I'll probably finish it some other time, then.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NWR Monster Hunter Club

« on: October 18, 2012, 06:36:12 PM »

With Agna the best things you can do is to use a flash bomb as its head is facing you. This will stop the beam altogether. Make sure you time the FB right or you will be hit by the beam and be a safe distance away when throwing it. If you are far away from Agna try to close the distance and then do a Superman dive to avoid the laser. If you are close to it when it starts the beam then you can get in there and hit it if you are quick enough.

You think you can play tonight?

Flash bombs: got it! For whatever reason my superman dive skills are...weak.

As for tonight, I gotta keep my friend company during the Niners game. His nerves have skyrocketed after Sunday's game, so I promised him food and booze.

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General Chat / Re: Questions for the NWR Japan crew

« on: October 18, 2012, 06:11:34 PM »

So my questions are: how many AKB48+Me preorders has James put in, and which of their songs is his favorite?

On a far less important note, how much advertising did Bravely Default receive? I believe its Square-Enix's most successful new IP in at least five years, so I'm wondering if that's due to heavy marketing or if the umpteen demos and Nintendo Directs are responsible.