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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Metroid: Hunters Online?
« on: April 04, 2005, 12:53:31 PM »
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Originally posted by: ABlueflameA
SPOnG reported today that they "confirmed"....


I stopped reading after that. Wake me up when a trust worthy source backs this claim, a source with credibility to lose.


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General Chat / RE:japanese films
« on: April 01, 2005, 10:29:32 PM »
I think it's safe to assume from the site that I run (http://www.tohokingdom.com), that I love Japanese cinema. Seven Samurai to Godzilla, I love just about everything, even to the obscure such as Prophecies of Nostradamus or Matango. I tend to greatly prefer the Golden Age (1950s-1960s) to the more recent stuff, though.

My favs would have to be: Godzilla vs. Biollante, Seven Samurai, and Yojimbo.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Help Us Make the Mailbag Awesome
« on: March 23, 2005, 10:01:00 PM »
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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
I wouldn't trust anyone with SS in their name...


lol, was about to say... perhaps I'm stereotyping someone who would put SS, or Super Saiyan, in their name but... well yeah that's what I'm doing.


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TalkBack / RE:Silicon Knights Partners with SEGA
« on: March 23, 2005, 09:55:56 PM »
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Originally posted by: TheYoungerPlumber
Also, don't read a thing into having "Nintendo" still on the web site.  Most game developers like SK have NO time to  update their website.  Posting a press release is nothing.  Redesigning a web site is a lot of work.


Speaking from someone who runs a large website, and looking at Silicon Knight's page, I will say I don't agree with that statement at all.

In fact, it takes more work to put up the press release than remove the Nintendo logo in the current design. Here look, I removed the img tag in the code (that's it, took less than 10 seconds) and this is what I got:

Site without logo

If one has Fire Fox and ad blocker, then can do it themselves as well. The Nintendo logo is not an important part of the design. I'd buy that the webmaster there is simply clueless, and maybe didn't notice a huge Nintendo logo on his site, but I'm not going to buy that it's beacuse of the amount of work that has to be put into removing it.  

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TalkBack / RE:More Turtle Power
« on: March 17, 2005, 12:02:14 PM »
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Originally posted by: joshnickersonYou're not missing anything... the arcade port in Battle Nexus is a horribly bastardized version of the game we loved so much back in the 90s.

My review of the arcade game in Battle Nexus



That's dishearting to hear... thanks for the review, you just saved me from picking up that title when it hit the budget, budget racks.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Nintendo Lends Out Characters to THQ
« on: February 03, 2005, 01:35:35 PM »
This is a rumor, right? I mean, please tell me this hasn't been confirmed?

If it is true, maybe they are letting THQ port over some of their games while their own studios can work on new content? Even then, though, I kind of doubt THQ would be able to pull that off right. THQ should really stick to just publishing titles, as they haven't developed anything worth buying since the start of the new generation of systems.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:GC News!
« on: January 23, 2005, 08:26:12 AM »
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Originally posted by: Infernal MonkeyF-Zeeeero GX~~~
Old man and his lack of space credits for the BET race drama is worth the price of admission alone.


Touché... I stand corrected, I keep forgetting to count F-Zero GX as a Sega game.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:PSP outsells DS for the first time (EDIT)
« on: January 23, 2005, 07:58:42 AM »
So those numbers were fake? A-ha ha ha... man, that's even better that someone would stoop to that level and make those up, then the fact that the DS is still outselling the PSP.

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Originally posted by: Gamefreak
lol Mario... learn to think next time you post. The wonderswan sold 3 million units. Okay. Now when did the wonder swan (and NGPC, and GG) come out? Yeah that's what I thought. The PSP has sold 800,000 in about a month in Japan, far eclipsing any other non-Nintendo handheld.


He's simply saying that the PSP isn't a huge success yet. Will it beat the Wonder Swan in time? Of course, but it's not there yet. Although the limited supply is probably a huge factor here.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:GC News!
« on: January 22, 2005, 10:27:53 AM »
I have lost all faith in Sega. Their Dreamcast games were all right, nothing that made me glad I bought the system (Marvel vs. Capcom 2 saved me from selling it), but everything this generation has been lackluster at best. Worth rentals, some of them, but not a purchase. People can only stand so many mediocore Sonic games before they lose interest in the character.

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TalkBack / RE: Bonnie Ruberg EDITORIAL: Role-Models or Ubisoft Dolls?
« on: January 21, 2005, 04:45:41 PM »
 
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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother
This is an advertisement to attract male gamers. Nothing more. Their attempt to dress it up as a step forward for female gamers can be viewed as anything from hypocritical to outright contempt for the gender. That may sound harsh, but I don't see how masquerading a ploy to attract male gamers as a movement in gamer feminism can be seen as anything but.

-SB



Fully agree, and I'm amazed that this is getting the coverage that it is. Case in point though, Ubisoft's marketing department knew what they were doing, it seems, when they started this whole thing.

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TalkBack / RE:Bonnie Ruberg EDITORIAL: Role-Models or Ubisoft Dolls?
« on: January 21, 2005, 07:01:59 AM »
I had never heard of the "Frag Dolls" before this editorial, and quite frankly I was happier not hearing about them. I do find it a little odd that people would rush to their defense. I'm sure that if EA was paying a group of guys who were standing up to say "yes jocks play video games too, which is also a known fact according to a report by the ESA, represent!" that many would have a beef with it. To me, the fact that they are a corporate spokes team trying to pass off as a group of gamers who are "fighting the good fight for female gamers" is what bothers me. This is not what women need, they don’t need a group of seven attractive girls that were selected and paid for by Ubisoft.  Let’s face it, they are being paraded around like an oddity, and one look at the forums show that the target audience appears to be males who are allowed to gawk at the whole premise.

What women do need is more of them to appear prominently in the staff of well known video game sites, like IGN or Gamespot, without any fuss being made about what sex they are and the emphasis not being placed on their looks, which is exactly what Frag Dolls is all about.

Just my 2, or 3, cents.

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TalkBack / RE:Vicarious Visions Purchased by Activision
« on: January 20, 2005, 08:58:43 AM »
Am I the only one who doesn't care at all? I have yet to see a release from this company that has been worth picking up, although Spider-man for the DS looked good in preview videos I will give it that, and only that.

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TalkBack / RE:Rare Boasts
« on: January 18, 2005, 07:53:55 AM »
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Originally posted by: edgeblade69
Anyone think it's coincidental that Rare has sucked since leaving Nintendo? Gee I wonder why? Haha...their games were pretty darn good before my post is a train wreck got a hold of them and now look...only average at best. Poor Rare.



Actually, Star Fox Adventures was boring and a game I fully regret buying. I think Nintendo saw that Rare was still up to their usual delays, but now that the talent had left they weren't worth keeping at all. Still, I wish Nintendo would have kept the KI franchise, I always loved Fulgore and the gang as they were interesting characters that I would like to see back.

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TalkBack / RE:EA Signs 15-year deal with ESPN
« on: January 18, 2005, 06:49:12 AM »
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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
It's bad enough they ensured that Sega couldn't use the NFL.  It's bad enough they ensured that Sega couldn't use the arena football league as an alternative.  But now they're taking away the Sega Sports line's current brand name as well?  This is just sick.  It's like stabbing someone in the gut, killing the local doctor to prevent them from getting medical attention, and then cutting off their face for a mask so you can impersonate your victim as they slowly bleed to death.


That's a signature worthy quote right there, and a pretty good summing up of the current events.


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Originally posted by: oohhboy
I can walk away from TS3.


Sorry but I can't. Timesplitters 2 was one of the better FPS games I have played in some time, and it's the best one on the Gamecube by some yards. I can't wait for the third one, either, as it fills a good void in my Gamecube's collection (now all I need is Fire Emblem to fill that strategy void...).

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Are u still sure buying the DS (instead of the PSP) was a good choice?
« on: January 11, 2005, 09:44:25 AM »
" I have a friend with a zodiac. its true that it can emulate DS. however, the screens would be small, perhaps squished, or possibly on seperate windows."

You are ignoring the fact that one screen is also a touch screen, which can't be emulated with a Zodiac.

You also might consider capitalizing the first word of a new sentence to make it easier for others to read.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Is this what happened to Dead Phoenix?
« on: January 11, 2005, 07:57:01 AM »
Except for the fact that no one appears to fly in this game, and it looks to be a completely different genre of game.

In other words, no. Is it using the same engine? Maybe, but it looks to have no other relation to the now dead "Dead Phoenix".

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Atari... will they ever catch on? Doubtful
« on: January 10, 2005, 01:12:24 PM »
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Originally posted by: Uglydot
Or all the other burnouts.  GET USED TO IT, THESE HAVE BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE START OF VIDEO GAMES, TIME EXCLUSIVES AREN'T NEW.  One of the first was Donkey Kong for coleco, I believe.  There was a 6 month exclusive for the arcade port when it first came out.  So blame Nintendo for these too.   Gamers today pay too much god damn attention to the news and to the 50 games they want.  I have 30 games or more for my GCN that I enjoy and could not possibly have completely all by now.  There are enough games to go around.  Losing a few for a few months isn't a big deal.   These are games, they are meant to be fun.  If you get pissed off about not getting all the games at the exact same time, you need to read less game news and play more games.


My guess is either:

A. You assume this topic is directed at them porting over G: DAMM to the Xbox (it's not)
B. You assume that the Gamecube will get a delayed port of Godzilla: Save the Earth (Atari said it won't)
C. You assume that the Gamecube will get a delayed port of Burnout 3 (I haven't seen mention of this anywhere)

This topic is not about having a "exclusive" game ported over, or even complaining about a delay in when a game is ported over. This topic is about a sequel to a game that was succesful on the Gamecube, a failure on the Xbox, and had its predesscor end up appearing on every system but the one that made the sequel possible.

Also, as expected, the sequel was not a success, in fact it tanked. The game can now be purchased new for $15-20 less than two months after release. As for Burnout, I assume there was more merit there (I doubt the Xbox or PS2 versions sold poorly), although it would still be nice to get the third game in the series.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Atari... will they ever catch on? Doubtful
« on: January 07, 2005, 03:51:27 PM »
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Originally posted by: kingvudu
I knew I remembered reading this rant on here before.  Oh, what a surprise when I realized it was you who started it back then, too.


Yes, consider this my "retrospective" rant, as the other one was made before details were even released and that was way before the game was actually in stores.

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Nintendo Gaming / Atari... will they ever catch on? Doubtful
« on: January 07, 2005, 08:51:13 AM »
I think its well documented that the Godzilla game for the Gamecube, "Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee", sold rather well. It was off to a slow start, but sales kept coming in for a long time after release, which is rare for video games. It should also be well documented that the Xbox port of that game was a total failure.

From this conclusion, one would expect the Gamecube to get the sequel. Alas, that wasn't the case, as "Godzilla: Save the Earth" was released for every system but the Gamecube. The logic behind this move just wasn't there, online play or not. The game sold poorly on the Xbox, and great on the Gamecube, why shaft the system it sold best on? Oh well, Atari rushed the game out anyway (and I do mean rushed, as features were slashed like the first GCN release to meet a deadline), and was tossing out free copies left and right to try and promote it (I got one beacuse of my site). However, it appears this failed to change anything. I don't have exact sales figures, but I do know the game is more or less tanking. It has already been placed in the $15-20 baragin bins in stores too, less than two months after release.

The question is, will Atari learn from their mistakes, or continue to make them? My guess... the latter, unfortunately. [end rant]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:SONIC CAR. Sonic really was nearly kinda going to be in SSB:M
« on: January 04, 2005, 10:31:59 PM »
Interesting... but I'm glad he didn't make it into SSB:M. No offense against the Sonic franchise, hell I owned a Genesis before I ever purchased a SNES, but I would prefer if the SSB series remains based solely on Nintendo characters. It's not like there aren't pluny more to use either (I would kill for Strum from Advance Wars 2 to be playable).  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Are u still sure buying the DS (instead of the PSP) was a good choice?
« on: January 03, 2005, 09:30:35 PM »
The DS has the next Baten Kaitos and Advance Wars games... that alone is enough for me to stay with my current handheld choice. Others like the next Pokémon (the RPG one), Mario, and what not are simply gravy for me. I just can't wait, though, until the first run of DS games is over with... once developers stop doing touch screen things simply for the sake of doing touch screen things.  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Naughty kids! No DS for you!
« on: December 29, 2004, 08:18:11 PM »
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Originally posted by: dafunkk12
RE: the high ending price.

I heard on the evening news that the winning bidder is the same casino that bought the Virgin Mary sandwich.  Wow, makes you rethink just how much people actually lose at those places.



My question is, what is the Casino's incentive to do so? Publicity? Seems pretty expensive for publicity that not very many will even hear about.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Naughty kids! No DS for you!
« on: December 27, 2004, 06:06:42 AM »
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Originally posted by: PaLaDiN
What the hell? Why is this news?

Are we seriously that ass-backwards of a society now that simple disciplinary tactics are seen as cruel and unusual?

How the hell are parents supposed to discipline their kids now?



*Shrugs* Good advertising for the Nintendo DS, though...

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Pure Evil 2-Pack
« on: December 24, 2004, 08:40:28 PM »
Geez, that's a great package. A shame I don't know anyone with a Gamecube who doesn't already own one of those games, otherwise it would have made a nice gift.  The package itself looks good too...  are the regular cases inside that, though?

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Nintendo DS TV Broadcasting Glitch!
« on: December 24, 2004, 06:10:14 PM »
Would be more interesting if you could see the picture more... still, just the fact that it's doing it is a little creepy.

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