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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Virtual Console Dream

« on: March 04, 2016, 01:40:44 PM »

I think i'd run into the same problem I do with Netflix.


"Huh, I have 30 movies & shows in my queue, but I don't want to start something new.  I'll just toss on The Office"


"Huh, I have 10 games in my queue but I don't feel like starting up a new game, i'll run a few levels of Mario 3 before I go to bed.".


Anecdotal, I know, but if I want a game, I'll buy it outright.  I feel too beholden to services like PS+ and Xbox Live Gold, I'm tired of renting services instead of owning a product, and it just keeps getting worse down that path.

Again I wasn't saying it would be a rental service, it would be a subscription for all games for a fair price but the games are still for sale to those who don't want the subscription. I think that model works best because it appeals to both markets and reaches more people. I would subscribe to the service if it had a good catalog of games and then buy the ones I don't want to lose when I get tired of paying for the service. I have PS+ because it is a great value but I admit I don't use Playstation Now. But I am not talking a service that lets you rent games that is dumb because they will rent a game for a dollar less than they sell it for knowing Nintendo.

Netflix and PS+ are a subscription service, my analogy is sound.  I understand you're saying the games would still be for sale individually under what you're proposing, I'm just saying I personally wouldn't use the "subscription" service portion if they offered it.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Virtual Console Dream

« on: March 04, 2016, 01:39:16 PM »

For me I am looking at services like PS+ as an amazing gift.  The biggest problem with gaming to me is the cost, but if I can get a new game a month or realistically every other month (I assume some games I won't like) then $49.99 isn't a bad price.

I'm possibly exaggerating a bit, PS+ I find value in because I play with friends online anyway, and the games they usually offer, while a mixed bag, are often ones i'd never try, but sometimes end up loving the **** out of them. 

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TalkBack / Re: SNES Games Now Available on New 3DS Virtual Console

« on: March 04, 2016, 01:28:02 PM »

Almost all these games I already have on Wii, then upgraded to Wii U, as Broodwars said.  That coupled with how limited my mobile gaming is, and I really can't justify double (triple) dipping in paying Nintendo for these games.


Although I'll admit SNES on 3DS virtual console wasn't a priority for me either.  I'd much rather have GBA games on it, even though I'm one that has the ambassador games.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Virtual Console Dream

« on: March 02, 2016, 03:26:12 PM »

I think i'd run into the same problem I do with Netflix.


"Huh, I have 30 movies & shows in my queue, but I don't want to start something new.  I'll just toss on The Office"


"Huh, I have 10 games in my queue but I don't feel like starting up a new game, i'll run a few levels of Mario 3 before I go to bed.".


Anecdotal, I know, but if I want a game, I'll buy it outright.  I feel too beholden to services like PS+ and Xbox Live Gold, I'm tired of renting services instead of owning a product, and it just keeps getting worse down that path.

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General Gaming / Re: PS 4 games that feel like Nintendo franchise games

« on: March 02, 2016, 03:15:23 PM »

Gotta be honest, agree with Broodwars here that the most "nintendo" games you'll find on PS4 are possibly some indies that ape the old NES style of gameplay.  I usually play games on PS4 when I need a departure from the standard Nintendo fare.  That said, I can provide a suggestion of my favorites that might have appeal to a Nintendo fan.


Rocket League is the most fun I've had playing a video game in a long, long time.  Like an arcade soccer  It's also available on Xbox One & PC, but the PS4 version has cross play with PC.


Flower & Journey are both well renowned games for PS4, originally on PS3 but run at a smoother framerate.  I'd wait to see if they catch on sale at some point.


Guacamelee! is a pretty neat action 2D brawler, definitely worth the pick-up if you haven't gotten it on another platform yet.


Octodad: Dadliest Catch is a quirky game - think of QWOP in a 3D space, and that's how you control the game, comes with a neat premise of being an octopus disguised as a human raising his family and doing remedial tasks.


Resogun is a 2D shooter constrained in a cylindral space, the goal is to shoot alien ships while saving humans from being lifted away & killed.  Can be addicting.

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General Chat / Re: I have computer related questions. Can you help?

« on: February 25, 2016, 08:24:31 AM »

Quick update - it was definitely a faulty graphics card, got the replacement in yesterday, plugged it in, and everything runs smooth (including Skyrim). 


Thanks for the feedback, Michaelbaysuperfan616.

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General Chat / Re: I have computer related questions. Can you help?

« on: February 22, 2016, 12:35:42 PM »

Finally took the plunge recently to build my own computer.  Got everything finally assembled Saturday evening and got Windows 10 installed.  Install graphics drivers, install steam & my copy of civ 4, run Civ 4, and boom, everything looks clean and runs great.


So yesterday night, I decide to boot up skyrim.  The intro starts, and everything looks pretty damn great, then all of a sudden, and sorry for a poor description of this, but the game character models start going all to hell, and black and white little boxes start fuzzing all over the place on my screen.


I exit the game, and they still end up on my desktop background. concerned, I shut down the computer & restart, but it's still there?!?!.


Google fu claims the following possible culprits:


1) The Graphics card wasn't pushed into its slot securely enough, and once I got a more hardware intensive game running, exposed the issue.
2) The graphics card is busted & needs replacing.
3) Possible motherboard failure.


I'm going to attempt #1 above first, but thought I'd run it by any potential tech experts here.  Any help appreciated, thanks.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Is Michael Bay really the worst film maker in history?

« on: February 17, 2016, 07:03:08 AM »

It doesn't matter, you're all obsessing over baby cartoons that were specifically created to market toys anyway, so in a way, Michael Bay is honoring Transformers than anyone ever could because he's continuing the trend of pushing people to be consumer whores.

Except I'm not going to give them that. Beast Wars & Transformers Prime are excellent (and Beast Machines is decent), yet somehow no one in the mass audience remembers Beast Wars. All we ever get is G1 retreaded over and over and over and over...again.

I remember Beast Wars, but I think you and I are in a niche population.  My brother who grew up at the apex of the original transformers doesn't know or give a **** about the iterations other than the original generation, and I'm guessing most people that watch those movies are people like him, or those like I mentioned who are young and just want an action movie. 


More importantly, audiences have shown they don't NEED to branch out to beast wars.  Each movie sells ridiculously well.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Is Michael Bay really the worst film maker in history?

« on: February 15, 2016, 10:52:09 AM »

Michael Bay didn't "ruin" transformers, all the 13 year olds who keep on paying the movie studios to see each iteration over and over "ruined" transformers. 


It doesn't matter, you're all obsessing over baby cartoons that were specifically created to market toys anyway, so in a way, Michael Bay is honoring Transformers than anyone ever could because he's continuing the trend of pushing people to be consumer whores.

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TalkBack / Re: Key Takeaways From Nintendo’s Shareholder Q&A

« on: February 15, 2016, 10:46:09 AM »

Yes, Mickey Mouse.  A character Disney didn't give a dedicated short/film for 3 decades.  I know that's a common comparison for Nintendo using a lot of Mario, but even Disney knew the value of not overdepending on their mascot.

What's funny is Mickey's place in Disney is currently on smaller scale tv shows, branding, & as window dressing between other shows on their channel. 


I wonder how much Mario is going to be like this in the future.  I definitely feel like Nintendo has done a good job giving Mario games (2D & 3D platformers) a bit of a breather.  They need to go back to being a "big event" game, even the 2D ones.

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Selects Line Expanding On March 11

« on: February 15, 2016, 10:36:18 AM »

I hadn't checked recently to see the price of Super Mario All Stars, but back when I got it, the Wii Copies were selling for something like $50-$60. 


Just checked, Gamestop sells a used copy at $31, silly people at Amazon are selling it for $55+.


Hopefully the Wii selects line is at $20.  That'd be a good price for a copy of Mario All Stars.

Not disagreeing with your point, but it's still silly that a gussied up SNES ROM goes for that price.


I'll be interested to see the details when this game comes out (ie: what does packaging look like, and whether it includes the soundtrack or booklet from the original). I've got a pretty solid Wii collection but missed this game initially. A re-release is kind of tempting, although I'll have to wait and see if it's worth the asking price.

At the going rate of what Nintendo charges for the 4 games on e-shop, $20 is on-par.  I get your argument too, that games so old shouldn't cost so much (or maybe it's an argument that it's silly to charge $20 while SNES e-shop games are $8). 


That said, I appreciate having a copy of this game on a disc, and i've gotten a lot of play with it since buying it, so I sure as hell wasn't one lambasting Nintendo or others for buying it at the $30 price point.

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General Gaming / Re: What's YOUR favorite game?

« on: February 15, 2016, 10:32:53 AM »

My favorite game currently?  Rocket League, since it came out, is my go-to game if I want to have some silly fun for a brief period of time.


My "favorite" game of all time? Would go along with Mario 3 or Super Mario World based on how often I revisit those games. 


To your more substantive question, I have a tie between Chrono Trigger, Ocarina of Time and Shadow of the Colossus as standard-bearers for my "emotionally impactful" games, but I played all as a teenager at a time in my life where I had the ability to get truly immersed into these stories.


Lately, my most recent "impactful" game was MGSV.  For whatever challenges there were in production and the parts that got cut, I got bang for my buck on that game both for story (despite it not following typical Kojima loonyness), and amount of time played.

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General Gaming / Re: Are you more of a gamer or a collector?

« on: February 15, 2016, 08:51:02 AM »

Gamer, although my gaming time has dwindled as I now have two kids under the age of 4.


I personally wouldn't see the point of collecting games unless it was from systems I had growing up (NES, SNES, Sega Genesis), but that has become trendy to the point where the prices of games for those systems have skyrocketed.

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General Gaming / Re: PC gaming, about to die or experience a revival?

« on: February 15, 2016, 08:48:16 AM »

I work in a large, large company.  We're just starting to make options for tablets to connect to our internet & remote VPN.  Smaller companies might start using tablets (one of our suppliers actually does this, makes it easy for them to mark up a print with changes they want to a product they're quoting with us), but the size of the ship will largely depend on how quickly they can turn.  My company is largely moving to smaller laptops, not touchscreens.




For gaming, I'm actually working selecting parts for my first PC build, but this is borne out of necessity at this point.  My last couple of computers I bought from Best Buy, but the last one was in 2006.  If you go into one now, they have maybe 2-3 desktops that are woefully underpowered for anything serious.  Everything else in their computer section are laptops, tablets, and Apple products. 


It's a weird transition period we're in.  I think a lot of people are seeing tablets as a tool for casual computer tasks (check email, facebook, twitter, etc), laptops for mid-tier work (think Microsoft Office), and desktops for dedicated functions that require heavy processing. 


To answer the OP's initial question - I think PC gaming is growing, but the growth pace is slowing.  A lot of people jumped on board for PC gaming when Steam started doing their huge sales a couple times a year, but I think that growth has to cap as people who see value in PC gaming intersect with people who see more value in a "plug-and-play" experience that consoles historically have provided.  But while I think the population of PC gamers will cap-off, I think that traditionally console developers are making a greater effort to port their games to PC when they now see that PC is actually another viable revenue stream.

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Selects Line Expanding On March 11

« on: February 15, 2016, 08:27:19 AM »

I hadn't checked recently to see the price of Super Mario All Stars, but back when I got it, the Wii Copies were selling for something like $50-$60. 


Just checked, Gamestop sells a used copy at $31, silly people at Amazon are selling it for $55+.


Hopefully the Wii selects line is at $20.  That'd be a good price for a copy of Mario All Stars. 

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: I declare myself the Ninja of the Funhouse

« on: February 12, 2016, 10:57:52 AM »

Ninja or Shinobi are known for being experts in stealth & espionage.  Therefore, since you come outward as a self-proclaimed Ninja, your argument is invalid.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Is Khushrenada the best Nintendo (World Report) Poster ever?

« on: February 12, 2016, 08:37:52 AM »

I thought these things worked where you couldn't nominate yourself, and you need someone to second & third your motion.


Therefore, I don't recognize your nomination as valid.

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General Gaming / Re: Is PS3 Sony's worst game console ever?

« on: February 08, 2016, 09:38:37 AM »

Eh, I still say the first 3 Spiro games on ps1 hold up better than Mario 64.

*hides in corner*

Personally think they both hold up equally well.  I think that speaks better to Spyro than Mario 64. 

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General Chat / Re: Official NFL Discussion: Firing Everybody's Going to Work This Time

« on: February 08, 2016, 09:28:51 AM »

Carolina is my adopted team since moving to NC from IL (although I still pine for the day I see da Bears back in the playoffs & competitive).  It was a good game, even if my preferred team lost.


Both defenses played great, Carolina was simply the first to crack between the two.  That, the Carolina offense not executing on the few opportunities they had, and shooting themselves in the foot with penalties made it insurmountable. 


I was rooting for Carolina, but didn't mind either team winning.  Both teams deserved to be there, two defenses and one offense were playing like they wanted to win.

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General Gaming / Re: Is PS3 Sony's worst game console ever?

« on: February 05, 2016, 12:48:14 PM »

You cite the Blu-Ray as an unappealing/unwanted feature, but honestly, back when the system came out, it was one of the biggest selling points.  It was also considered one of the better ones you could get for its price at the time, amazingly enough.


To expand on this, Sony took similar gambles with PS1 with CD playback and PS2 with DVD.  Sony was simply following what made them successful in prior console generations, which was piggybacking the gaming system with a new media format that could be a feature added to the box.


Reading into it, I thought it was the cell architecture of the system that hurt it more than anything from a gaming standpoint, it's why the ports were generally inferior to the Xbox 360 until later in the life cycle.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NX Rumors and Speculation Thread (Your guess is as good as mine EDITION)

« on: January 22, 2016, 02:37:34 PM »

[size=0px]Nintendo opened Pandora's Box with the Wii and DS, essentially creating the casual market.  But that essentially just opened the door for non-gaming companies to step in and steal their market.  It's pretty obvious from the initial struggles of the 3DS and the weak sales of the Wii U that the casual market isn't interested in a dedicated videogame device now that electronic devices they already own for other purposes can play games.[/size]

Nintendo didn't create the market, those people who gravitated to Wii & DS that aren't dedicated gamers were ones who were the same people who likely didn't play anything other than snake on their phone or solitaire & Snood on their PC. 


Wii to Wii U Sales are also different IMO than when you're talking DS to 3DS.  For the Wii to Wii U, Nintendo had tapped into that market for various reasons with the Wii(scarcity, low price, word of mouth, social aspect & easy introduction into Wii Sports, simplicity in focus of system) that they were afraid to re-tread with their follow-up, or felt like the mass market would adopt the Wii U because of people's familiarity with tablets by then.


For the DS to 3DS, through most of the DS' lifespan, I think most people didn't have a smartphone competing for that space of gaming a LOT of people bought one for (Nintendogs, Brain Age). By the end of DS & start of 3DS, it was almost hard to find a non-smartphone in stores, and all of them have a robust app store that had many games similar to those that were a fraction of the cost or ad supported.  The reality of Mobile gaming is that the actual market left for the kind of games 3DS offers has likely shrunk to the same "core" gamers that mostly go to consoles.

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General Gaming / Re: What is the most obscure, retro console you own?

« on: January 22, 2016, 08:40:29 AM »

The Amiga Commode doesn't count because it was the Commodore Amiga.

Give me a break, I was a stupid child when my parents got it.  I don't have an excuse anymore now that i'm a stupid adult.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: The State of the Funhouse.

« on: January 22, 2016, 08:35:51 AM »

Baby pool deep.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: NX Rumors and Speculation Thread (Your guess is as good as mine EDITION)

« on: January 20, 2016, 02:08:31 PM »

My argument isn't just "price too high", it's price compared to perceived value.  The Wii at $250 seemed like a good deal at the time because it was 1) Scarce, 2) cheap compared to their competitors, and 3) had an accessory that had a perceived value that justified its cost to the consumer despite a discrepancy in graphics and other features.


The Wii U was 1) in good supply, 2) almost same price at competitors, and 3) has an accessory that isn't valued enough to justify graphics & features that don't have parity with their competition.

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TalkBack / Re: Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 (Wii U VC) Review Mini

« on: January 20, 2016, 12:46:44 PM »

Ugh, those voice clips were the worst as a kid playing this game.  I can still hear it in my head "Woo hoo, just what I needed!" each time you pick up a stupid powerup.


The e-reader levels would be the primary reason i'd pick this up, never got the chance to play those.