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TalkBack / Re: FEATURE: GDC 2009: No More Excuses: Taking the Wii (and DS) Online

« on: March 10, 2010, 02:35:22 PM »

I haven't read this yet, but please tell me this is calling the majority of 3rd parties (and Nintendo) out on their shoddy online support for the Wii.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: The Calling

« on: March 10, 2010, 02:33:50 PM »

I've amassed a decent Survival Horror collection on Wii, for better or worse.  The fact that Calling still follows some adventure-gaming mold instead being on-rail'd makes it a worthwhile purchase.

Mario's been amazing an unbelievable racing/kart racing collection on Wii, for better or worse.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NWR Monster Hunter Club

« on: March 10, 2010, 01:40:16 PM »

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=22602.msg592023#msg592023

I've shared some comparison screens in the main thread.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Monster Hunter Thwii

« on: March 10, 2010, 01:39:13 PM »

Comparison screenshots.  The MH Tri screens were taken from the demo a couple nights ago.  The other screens I happened to have lying around, originally for an angry technical article I thought I was going to write long ago, but couldn't be bothered with cuz the whole entertainment tech industry makes me hate everything and not care.

If the forum does some wacky resizing, you can go directly to my folder
>> http://sixsidedvideo.com/crap/ss/










 
 
Umbrella Chronicles includes the use motion blur and grain filters.  MH Tri is simply your TV screen smeared with an inch-layer of dust; pixels aren't one of the game's strengths.  The widescreen shots underwent cropping/scaling, so all the pixels have been fudged in some way.  The pixels in the fullscreen shots are undisturbed aside from cropping.

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General Gaming / Re: Sony's Motion in the Blue Ocean

« on: March 10, 2010, 12:18:08 PM »

Sony's Wonderball looks awful to use for a SIMPLE game like Kororinpa.  It's also a poor device for themed light-gun gaming.  Must Cabela make a more-ridiculous looking shotgun shell now?

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TalkBack / Re: Rock Band 3 Set For Holiday 2010

« on: March 10, 2010, 03:06:58 AM »

pronounced,

Feh-wheew

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Monster Hunter Thwii

« on: March 10, 2010, 12:25:29 AM »

Isn't it a down-graded PS3 port? *hopeful*

They certainly went a little overboard on the down-grade.  Which is why it's better and more hurtful to say it's a PSP game.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: TwitterHouse

« on: March 10, 2010, 12:01:29 AM »

http://twitter.com/NAL_LAPPIN

NAL_LAPPIN

Setting up for my garage sale tomorrow, all undies must be gone by midnight! NEVER BEEN WASHED! Not sure whythe media is invited though.

O_o

Oh my gosh, she's really gone.  See the Twitter account for yourself.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Wii Vitality Sensor *expanding the blue ocean*

« on: March 09, 2010, 10:59:08 PM »

MEGATON

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Monster Hunter Thwii

« on: March 09, 2010, 10:04:47 PM »

It's only an upgraded PSP game.  It doesn't use any unique features of the Wii.

BLAH

You ARE some kind of bot.  Go download a Humor App with a Sarcasm Patch Service Pack 8.

If you haven't been paying attention, Capcom directly took their previous MH framework (whether PSP or PS2) and just added more polygons (if Capcom's good at anything this generation).  The Wii "controls" exist just to make it work with the button limitations; IR pointer isn't even used for the Bowgun weapons nor menus.  Otherwise, it was meant for a DUAL-SHOCK controller.  Despite the claims about nice graphics on the system, it doesn't even properly run in 480p, only 360p if you plan to use Widescreen (the demo is 360p, period).  What is it about this game's Wii qualities that make it unique and unfit for other systems?  It's a glorified PSP game.  It has "easy to port" written all over it.

Tenchu 4 was built from the ground up for Wii.  Whoopee-fuckin'-doo.  A not-so-downgraded PSP port was excreted shortly after.

MH Tri was "dedicated" to the Wii platform, yes.  Is it beyond sabotage?  Not at all.

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

« on: March 09, 2010, 09:11:15 PM »

History shows, Nintendo's samples are usually cruddy.  There was some indication their sound would improve in between N64 to GameCube, but there hasn't been any suggesting they'd get better from then on.  Galaxy 2's teaser trailer shows they haven't.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NWR Monster Hunter Club

« on: March 09, 2010, 08:10:57 PM »

The nature of the demo suggests that solo play is of little value; a slow, lonely, grinding fest.  However, other than a generic "this is not the final product" disclaimer in the bootup sequence, there is apparently no effort to remind you or tease you of the game's full feature set, such as online multiplayer, towns/hunting grounds, and many more monsters.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NWR Monster Hunter Club

« on: March 09, 2010, 07:08:46 PM »

Basically web video is as good as the game looks; unlike Mario Kart or Mario Galaxy, seeing the real game on TV doesn't improve the experience.

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TalkBack / Re: Rock Band 3 Set For Holiday 2010

« on: March 09, 2010, 05:54:50 PM »

Track packs do take up shelf space.  Space on the Wall.

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Reader Reviews / Re: My Personal Review of Rareware N64 titles

« on: March 09, 2010, 04:44:02 PM »

You don't have to start.  It changes your world view and how you look at life.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: New Gamecube Owner

« on: March 09, 2010, 04:41:42 PM »

Pikmin was not worth $50.

Even less people cared for Pikmin 2.

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General Gaming / Re: Sony's Motion in the Blue Ocean

« on: March 09, 2010, 03:34:30 PM »

also,

-PS3 sales surpass Wii in 2015, Sony wins home game system war

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General Gaming / Re: Sony's Motion in the Blue Ocean

« on: March 09, 2010, 03:08:25 PM »

Sony wants their own Wall of Shame?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: DSi owners' thread

« on: March 09, 2010, 02:34:37 PM »

I BOUGHT A NETBOOK

EAT THAT, JAPAN TOY COMPANY

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General Gaming / Re: Sony's Motion in the Blue Ocean

« on: March 09, 2010, 02:34:08 PM »

It's not a Conference for Game Developers, it's a Party for Industry Stooges.

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General Gaming / Re: Sony's Motion in the Blue Ocean

« on: March 09, 2010, 02:03:45 PM »

No way.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Fragile - Namco ARPG

« on: March 09, 2010, 01:33:33 PM »

The cute girly in this game wears a dress made from a garbage bag.

Green Fashion

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Monster Hunter Thwii

« on: March 09, 2010, 01:30:15 PM »

"lazy and successful"

Do I believe what I'm seeing?  3rd Parties are achieving Nintendo Quality?

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General Gaming / Re: Games Industry Death Watch 2010

« on: March 09, 2010, 01:28:27 PM »

I think he was commenting on Retro's AAA port job.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NWR Monster Hunter Club

« on: March 09, 2010, 01:22:05 PM »

I could post screenshots from last night's observation.  Actual video, I'm not very enthused with at the moment.