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TalkBack / Re: Comparing Wii U's Sales to GameCube, Wii

« on: April 27, 2014, 10:34:20 AM »

the problem is growing though, I USED to be on the pro-Nintendo side where they could do no wrong, I woke up. The reason I am so vocal about it is not because I am trying to be heard, but I am trying to understand how anyone can still be pro-Nintendo these days. I guess you could take it as a challenge to win me back , as Nintendo themselves have failed to do. Also I would get a 3DS tomorrow for the same games I am not ever going to see released on Wii U, but I would really prefer a console I enjoy Nintendo games but I hate handhelds so that is where I am. IF they follow up with the proposed Hybrid or Tablet style gaming machine that does both, I might get it ina heartbeat. The Wii U is a massive flop there is no point in denying that now, but I am not saying it sucks I am saying that they need to make changes.

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TalkBack / Re: Comparing Wii U's Sales to GameCube, Wii

« on: April 26, 2014, 09:17:20 PM »

Also I forgot to add that I actually LOVED the Game Cube damn it and I defended it to the death, I tried to do the same with Wii but I lost interest, and I gave examples of games from BEFORE Playstation that used to be on Nintendo systems WHY do current Nintendo fans FORGET that all those games you claim to hate started ON NINTENDO SYSTEMS. Because at one point I could buy a NINTENDO console and get every game I wanted, that changed and has been getting worse each generation, maybe I never wanted to get a Playstation before maybe I would rather JUST buy a Nintendo machine and be done with it, but as it currently stands I can't do that. IF I have to resort to making Wii U a second console, which HEY I might do at some point, I won't until they get more games and the price comes down. And just because I am not that interested in the machine does not mean I am not interested in some of the games. Like I said, if you would READ my post, my issue with Wii U, and 3DS, is they are too high priced for what you get, outdated tech. If they were priced right I would consider them like I had previously hey NEWS FLASH I BOUGHT A WII on launch day, before the craze and before the droughts kicked in just like YOU all bought Wii U. I did not buy a Wii U, I am not happy with the current offerings so I try to express my reasons not so much in hopes that Nintendo will notice, **** they could care less anyways they learned long ago they can survive off their die hard blind loyalists long ago they can lose market share, they can turn long standing fans into disinterested individuals.


I never said I HATE Nintendo or the Wii or the Wii U, ever. I said I have grown tired of these LAST two generations where games I would buy are not available, it was NOT that was before, to some extent on N64 and lesser extent Game Cube but not like now, not this bad. Also it should matter to you because instead of insulting me for LIKING Nintendo maybe try to calmly and rationally explain to me how DESPITE all their problems YOU can still be a fan. it makes less sense to LIKE Nintendo today than it does to wonder what happened to them.


I don't care about the company or the brand personally that make, or used to make, games I enjoy period. They stop making games I want I stop giving them money they start losing money they go out of business. It matters because I actually DID want a Wii U, but then as I remembered how bad things were last gen, how hard it was to stay loyal during the end of the Game Cube life anyways, and how bleak thinks look. Hey I NEVER Said I was wishing for their demise so don't just put words into my mouth because I disagree with you it means I share the exact same opinion as every other person you disagree with, maybe we might agree on some things but we will never know because all you can do is attack me for liking Nintendo? Don't you also LIKE Nintendo? I am still interested in a 3DS, I said that many times, but the machine is too expensive for me, I can't afford it and I refuse to pay that much for a toy, which is essentially what it is. Playstation has added value as an entertainment device and a game machine but Nintendo consoles are at their core just toys. The reason I don't go to playstation world report as you say is because I JUST got a Playstation last year, I had a Ps1 like MOST of you did too, and I got a PS2 years latter like MOST of you did too, because I am NOT a Nintendo fan I am a video game fan and I actually do like Nintendo games I just like OTHER games that I USED to be able to play on my Nintendo machine, I even pointed out examples of games on GAME CUBE that are missing from Wii/Wii U, so it is just the Wii brand Not Nintendo as a whole hell DS/3DS has ALL the games Wii/Wii U are missing so there is still a case to say Nintendo COULD be great but they are not, you should be worried because as an early adopter if Nintendo can not convince me, a gamer who has previously owned every major console to date, not to buy a Wii U, and their sales are as bad as they are, then there IS a very real chance it might get replaced sooner or latter, despite all the talk about war chests and crap Nintendo is not the type of company to sit on a failed product for too long, they were quick to drop several products when it became apparent they were losing them money. Game Cube was profitable, not successful but profitable Wii U is losing money Nintendo can afford to do so but won't. they NEED to win ME over, and those who like me USED to be like you, it's just we say the ice berg hitting the Titanic and got in the life boat while your sipping your champagne wondering where everybody went.

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TalkBack / Re: Comparing Wii U's Sales to GameCube, Wii

« on: April 26, 2014, 08:54:27 PM »

Once again, walls of confused and angry text from people who hated the Wii, hate the WiiU, want to see Nintendo crash and burn. I get it: you like Playstation! You've got that! You can get all the Gran Tristero, Gall of War, etc., to your heart's content! Follow your bliss! What I don't get is people repeating the same screeds over and over again. If Nintendo broke your heart with the Wii, so be it, but that was eight years ago. Nintendo's not doing what you want, and will continue to not do that. Let it go! Move on! Finally donate your dead kid's toys! As of now, you're just hurting yourself. Why not migrate to Sony World Report and speak to folks there about how much you love your deeper video game experiences on that platform? No amount of wailing here will ever get you a Zelder Scrolls or F-Forzero or Super Mario Online or whatever weird fantasy game that skins Nintendo properties onto the PS4/Xbone properties you already seem completely satisfied by.

because it is possible to WANT to like the Wii U and be dissapinted at the same time. because maybe I would prefer if Nintendo would actually TRY harder and make their machine worth owning, or maybe just maybe it is the WII U I have a problem with and  not their games or their company? Do I HAVE to worship Nintendo to be here? Is there some creed that says in order to be a FAN you have to be a blind loyalist who can't wish for them to do better? **** YOU! So what if I want to express MY reasons for why I am not getting a Wii U, I am still interested in the machine and the games, obviously I am waiting for a PRICE DROP I said that, at it's current price I am not interested, so I have as much a right to be here and to complain as the cheerleaders have to sit on the side lines and sing endless praises to Nintendo like some sort of weird cult.

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

« on: April 25, 2014, 09:04:02 PM »

I just watched The Winter Soldier this week. I can only say two things, first it is the first time ever I actually thought Cap was kinda cool and not a total loser, second it makes me rethink my views on Snowden.


As for the movie itself, I liked it, especially the way they tied it into everything else. I would give it an 4/5

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TalkBack / Re: Comparing Wii U's Sales to GameCube, Wii

« on: April 25, 2014, 08:02:50 PM »

If you want specifics I can do that. While it is very true Nintendo games have not changed we can pretty much all agree on that, the industry has changed. Gamers have grown to expect bigger and deeper experiences. Nintendo games are still fun, there is no denying that, if you gave me a Wii U for free I would probably play Mario 3D world and DKC every day. But that is not enough for me, I want more, and here is my problem, if I get a Playstation I know I am going to get the major games I want, Castlevania, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil, Ninja Gaiden, Final Fantasy, Devil May Cry, God of War, Ratchet and Clank, Gran Turismo, and on top of all that I am going to get brand new experiences that I have never played before. I am going to get a machine that has ZERO limitations, it pushes technology to the limits, it has a fully integrated and simple online infrastructure that allows me to connect with strangers and best friends in a single instant, none of those things are true with Wii U, if I want to play a game online I have to KNOW the damn person a head of time, I have to trade friend codes with them and then I have to play on unreliable servers because Nintendo refuses to invest properly.


When I had a Game Cube there were very few games I couldn't get on the machine, sure there were a few I missed out on, like the FF, Kingdom Hearts, and a few others, but for the most part the games Game Cube had to offer were sufficient. I was okay without Final Fantasy because I had Star Fox Adventures, I had Tales of Symphonia, I had Crystal Chronicles, I had Zelda Four Swords, I didn't have to miss out on Mortal Kombat I had it day one and despite being a delay on Deception I had that too. I had Soul Calibur 2, I had Smash Bros. Melee and I had about five or so DBZ fighting games. Then I wasn't so upset that I couldn't play Silent Hill 2 because I had the best Resident Evil games I could get, if I wanted it I could have bought Eternal Darkness and had a similar experience and with Resident Evil 4 and REMake I was all set.


With Wii it was different, the best I could get was a handful of typical Nintendo fare, which to be honest were still good games, but I really started to notice the gaps for the first time, even with N64 there were droughts but there were not that many gaps, just about any major genre and franchise was available, RPG's were not but I had a PS1 for that and was just fine.


Now it is even worse with Wii U, there is not ever going to be a Mortal Kombat ever, Warner has already stated this, even though there is a brand new MK game in the works. There is a Super Street Fighter IV, the entire Tekken and Soul Caliber franchise missing from the Wii U line up, well unless you count a spin off that is just one game. The Wii could have been the console for FPS games and instead it turned into a dumping ground for mini game collections.


MY personal biggest issue despite the lack of games is the damn price, an issue I also have with PS Vita and 3DS by the way. I was aprehensive about buying a DS because it was a mere $30 more expensive than previous hand helds, the 3DS has been out what three years and still hasn't even dropped to what DS launched at, don't give me any inlfation BS because Nintendo kept their consoles  and hand helds priced the same for two decades, Sony seems to have learned that lesson too. Wii U costs fifty dollar less than a PS4 and is technologically on par with a $150 cheaper PS3 with a vastly superior library. I was OKAY with buying a Game Cube at a reasonable price because it was on par with the competition and it had a decent selection of games. With Wii the machine didn't have nearly all the games I wanted, and to be honest the ones that I would have enjoyed came out AFTER I sold the damn thing (hence why droughts are a BAD thing you can't string people along forever) but despite the lack of games it was reasonably priced and the virtual console gave it added value,  at least for a couple of years.


With Wii U the virtual console is a damn joke and aside from a very small handful of Nintendo remixes most of the eShop games can be had elsewhere already. if Wii U was priced let's say $200 right now I might get one but for what I get it is over priced and for the most part there is no value, the few games it does have might be the best damn games ever made this gen, but there are too few of them to justify a $300 console considering that 9 year old consoles with huge libraries and comporable tech are for sale for less and the next gen consoles are vastly superior techwise and library wise and are not that much higher priced. for the value I can get a PS4 for a hundred dollars more, pay the same price for games,a nd know that the industry is commited to the machine, at least for the forseable future. nintendo may or may not be commited fully to Wii U but the industry has moved on the consumer has moved on and why should I spend my hard earned money on a failed machine? After the fact Sega President made a claim that marketing the Saturn was damn near impossible, it might not be a direct comparison but I think five years from Now Iwata will be saying the about Wii U.

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TalkBack / Re: Comparing Wii U's Sales to GameCube, Wii

« on: April 24, 2014, 09:46:39 PM »

I agree with the feeling that if you have anything negative to say even if it is how you genuinely feel people just dismiss your views and move on. I love NINTENDO, I grew up with their games but lately I am tired of their bull ****. I have had enough, apparently MORE people share my view than those who blindly love the system no matter what.


THIS is what pisses me off about the NEW Nintendo fan: If you ask which system was better SNES or Genesis you will get all Nintendo all the way, most will cite the "better" games, the "better" graphics, and the "better" innovation as to why it is the "better" system. Sales wise it did outsell the Genesis but in terms of quality games it is about pure equal from a subjective stand point. With Game Cube Nintendo fans bragged about how much more powerful it was than the PS2 and bitched all day long at how it was "stupid" for PS2 to be selling like it was. With Wii it was suddenly cool to buy an under powered console because who cares the motion controls were good, except the fans were not the ones buying the console, the hard core gamers were not buying the console, it was MOSTLY casual gamers who were only into Wii Sports and when they went to town to purchase a game for it they obviously bought the one their family would enjoy hence why Nintendo games sold the best, because they catered more to families.


Now the Nintendo fans, or the cheerleaders if you will, claim graphics don't matters, 'specs' don't matter, being innovative doesn't matter, all that matters is great games, even if the hardware is lackluster. I JUST bought a PS3 last year, I am loving ever minute of it and the library couldn't be better and I am already considering a PS4 this early because I can see how it has a bright future, but somehow I must be lying when I say that I WOULD have been interested in a new Nintendo console if it was I don't know on par with the competition. Here is a news flash, *I* Did buy an N64 and a Game Cube so I clearly count in that number of fans who stuck it out during the hard times, with Wii i lost interest, obviously a lot of others shared my feelings which explains the reason the sales are **** at the moment.


My reasons for not wanting to get a Wii U are because I hated the Wii. I understand some fans loved it and will claim it had all these great games, well here is the thing you can't cite ever fucking game they  make and say here is proof they made great games, some of those games are ****. The SNES had over forty games released by Nintendo alone, less than 15 of them are regarded as classics or remembered by the masses today. You make any top 25 list of the best SNES games and damn it to hell every single time you will see a MIX of third and first party games and only the BEST of the first party games get a mention, not **** like Uniracers or that weird Yoshi game nobody remembers. Nintendo has always made great games and they always have had **** but their third party partners were there to fill in the gaps.

Sony relied nearly entirely on third parties alone, the first PS1 had few true first party games. When I look at Game Cube I can write up an easy list of great games first and third party that I would go back and enjoy today, on the Wii I can name maybe five, total, that I would go back to, the rest I ALREADY played on the fucking PS2 a year or more before they were released on the damn Wii in the first place. The rest are garbage to me.


With Wii U I see at most five games I would buy, ALL first party. People talk like Wii U had great 3rd party support and then lost it, NO they had **** for third party support most of it was just last gen games or the same multiplatform stuff everybody was going to get, Game Cube had at least one of the best games that generation as a 3rd party timed exclusive and it still has some of the best games ever, same with n64, and even SNES/NES.

Super Mario 3D World looks like the best game out now, DKC:TP looks okay but even that is dividing the fans some love it as a throw back to the SNES games, others hate it and want a "N64" type sequel or something. Same with Mario. The point is we all have different wants and desires, Nintendo USED to cater to a larger audience because we USED to buy their machines and we USED to get excited for their machine. i stood in line in the fucking cold to get a Wii and I nad no regrets for the first year. I struggled to save up enough to get a game Cube because I couldn't live without I needed it in my life. I picked up an N64 with my first paycheck from my first real job and I didn't care that I had no games I was just happy to own the system and the one game I cold afford. Wii U is different, I have no excitement for it, nobody does.


There are those of you who bought it despite there being no excitement and you somehow either one really have no standards, two you are lying and secretly do regret it, or three you just love Nintendo so much you can't see their faults. Or maybe it's just your too young to remember the Nintendo we grew up with.


Want to know how fucking powerful THAT Nintendo was, just go to Youtube and look at all the people STILL making videos doing nothing but playing those old games, talking about those old games or **** just look at how successful James Rolfe was with his videos mocking the WORST they had to offer back then. Nintendo used to be a cultural force, an icon that literally meant playing video games. Nowadays they are a fucking joke and I am sorry but I don't care if you love the system, I hate it, and I can see that more people feel similar to how I do than you so I can say this, if the Wii U does continue to flop you will either face reality then or turn into bitter blind loyalists like the Sega fans have become. At least Atari fans had the good graces to move on. I know a lot to reed most will gloss over and pick out the one or two sentences they take issue with and have a field day but my point is there was a time when I was excited for Nintendo. Yes I remain hopeful they can turn it around and like many I post my issues in a public news forum where there is a slim chance someone of their marketing researchers might take notice and also just to vent, because that is how people are, if everybody just kept quite nothing would change. And voting with our wallets, clearly we have sent that message by not supporting an inferior product.


Right now I will get a Wii U the day it is discontinued and clearnced out ONLY because I know how the after market works and this **** will be a gold mine in fifteen years. The machine SUCKS I don't care how many games theymake for it the machine is a damn dissapointment it is the machine they SHOULD have released in 2006, or 2010 the damn latest.

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General Gaming / Re: New platform by Amazon revealed - $99 - $139 with controller

« on: April 24, 2014, 08:38:34 PM »

Yeah so did mine which is why I compared it to a Roku. I think this is overkill there is going to be a big crash paving the way for who knows what to come and clean up the mess.

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General Gaming / Re: PlayStation4 - News/Rumor/Speculation - Over 1 Million Sold on Day 1

« on: April 24, 2014, 08:36:57 PM »

Sony has the advantage over Microsoft because they let users easily replace the hard drives in the PS3 and PS4, while Microsoft forces users to buy a proprietary hard drive that only works with the Xbox 360.


But then Sony had to **** all that up by using proprietary memory cards in the Vita, when they could have easily used normal SD cards like Nintendo and the rest of the mobile industry.

No it's not out of character for Sony, they don't use SD cards in any of their stuff it's always proprietary that is a big part of their business. The original PSP didn't use SD cards either.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Do you really believe Nintendo "abandoned the core" last generation?

« on: April 24, 2014, 08:04:00 PM »

I find this whole line of thinking arrogant anyways. Uncle Bob pointed out that in the past they had a handful of gimmicky games that used accessories and those were mostly flops, Duck Hunt was like Wii Sports it came with the system but sold separately nobody would have bought it.


There is a difference between the "core" Nintendo gamer and the "core" gamer which many "Nintendo" fans fail to take into account. Some of us are not Nintendo fans were are video game fans, and unlike the "cheerleaders" who blindly praise any one company over the other, we try to just enjoy the good games and ignore the crap. Obviously everyone has a different opinion on tastes and what a "core" game is, but the fact is Nintendo chose a different path than their competitors.

Sales alone do not tell the entire picture we all agree on that, and honestly I don't give a **** about sales because I don't need others to like what I like to reaffirm anything, I bought a Sega CD and was perfectly happy with it, most other people think of it as a piece of ****, so what.



Nintendo did something bold last generation, they bet everything on Motion controls. The reason why so many gamers found this odd is because up until that point they had traditionally made hardware that was either on par with or superior to their competitors. With Wii you had a HUGE gap between the two and that was the deal breaker. It isn't that Nintendo abandoned anyone type of gamer they abandoned their own established track record. (keep in mind I am keeping consoles separate from hand held something the cheerleaders forget to do)

I have owned every single Nintendo console up to the Wii, I was generally pretty happy with each except the Wii. With N64 I felt you had to own two consoles to get the full experience so with Wii that was not something new, with Game Cube you should have been able to get the exact same games as the other two but didn't due to sales and maybe lack of online, in the beginning nobody made use of the DVD and near the end games still didn't fill them clear full so it is debatable if that had any impact or not, from a features set maybe for some, but the reason for the lack of games was Nintendo themselves. They only time they ever had good robust support was when they had no real competition and they were the only game in town.


I feel the industry abandoned Nintendo not that Nintendo abandoned their gamers. I do however think the side effect is most of us have moved on and grown tired. As to why we continue to discuss them, because we continue to HOPE things will get better and like what also gets forgotten too often they have a HAND HELD division that is not the same mess as their console division and that means, surprise surprise, many people do still buy their games just not their home consoles.

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

« on: April 15, 2014, 09:13:30 PM »

I too just finished How I Met Your Mother, the finale was awful it kind of ruins the whole damn show. Plus I was always rooting for him to end up with Victoria so for me the show ended with them riding into the sunset, I wish it ended there or I stopped watching, I always hated Robin.



I also caught the Psych finale and in complete contrast that was a perfect ending for that show.

Right now I have been re-watching 3rd Rock from the Sun on Hulu Plus, I always liked the show when it was new but my parents hated it so I only ever watched a few off and on. I am only half way through season one and so far it's better than I remembered it being.

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General Chat / Re: Anyone else deal with depression or knows someone who does?

« on: April 14, 2014, 08:12:04 PM »

keyboards

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TalkBack / Re: My Thoughts on the Megaton Filled Super Smash Bros. Nintendo Direct

« on: April 13, 2014, 06:06:33 PM »

waita  second Pac-Man is going to be in Smash for Wii U? I did not know that, mega man I knew and was unimpressed but Pac-Man is awesome this changes my excitement for level from barely at all to very interesting.

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TalkBack / Re: New Mario in Development

« on: April 13, 2014, 11:54:47 AM »

I don't know anything about the internal workings of Nintendo, who makes what, who works for who, so that means nothing to me. I would be up for them making more Mario games as long as they keep making other non-Mario stuff, if you count Mario Kart and Smash Bros. they're already releasing two Mario-themed games this year, not counting the NES Remix stuff.

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Movies & TV / Re: All Things Netflix! Now With Original Programming!

« on: April 13, 2014, 11:50:03 AM »

I mostly watch on my PS3 and laptop, sometimes I will have a TV show or movie on one and a video game on the other, I go back and forth because I game on both. I also have my own account I don't share it with other friends or family members they can get their own damn account. I also have five profiles defined by tastes/mood for better sorting and to prevent my suggestions from getting all screwy on me. I am very picky about that sort of thing so I am constantly tweaking my profiles to improve their suggestions. It wouldn't be so bad if the browse feature wasn't broken and the search worked better. I also do have a Roku and a Logitech Revue with Google TV but those devices both suck. I can't stand watching on my iPhone it's too damn small it strains my eyes. Same reason I don't play games on hand held gaming devices.

Recently Netflix has gotten so much better than before it should be a crime not to have it considering how much you get for how little it costs.

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General Chat / Re: I have a date on Thursday. WHAT DO

« on: April 13, 2014, 11:43:41 AM »

Be yourself, if your a nervous guy she is going to figure that out anyways, so try to relax and just be natural if your compatible great if not don't fret she isn't the one move on to the next. The best advice I can give is take things slow, don't use the first date a an excuse to jump into a brand new girlfriend right away, it's always better to go slow than to get hurt trying to force something that isn't happening. And smile, have fun and be polite don't fall into the trap that guys have to be dicks to impress a girl.

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General Chat / Do you ever get out of the loop?

« on: April 12, 2014, 10:32:17 PM »

I don't watch the news much anymore, ever since the boston marathon thing I kind of realized there just wasn't a point to it anymore, when I first went back to school my major was originally Broadcasting and then I lost interest due to how depressing it is constantly. I don't follow the news much or stay up to date on current events I go to work, I study do my school work and spend my free time watching movies, playing video games, etc. So every once in a while I will hear about something that makes me shake my head and re-affirm my avoidance of the mainstream news outlets. But then something happens like this:


I was watching the newest AVGN and James and Mike plays videos on Youtube, I know they have become stale and boring but I keep watching anyways while I wait for the movie. Anyways along the side I see a video for Nostalgia Critic. Now I used to love that guy, his website, his whole crew, but I thought I watched a video suggesting he was retired or done or shutting down the character or something so I stopped watching and moved on. I didn't even bother to check the website I just assume okay his show was going downhill anyways so maybe he just ran out of material. Long story short I click on the video as it caught my attention, Top 11 things you never noticed about Ghostbusters and I go in expecting something cool. Instead I get a slap in the face with a dose of reality that shattered my world. He starts it off by telling me Harold Ramis died and I was in shock, then to make it worse he died more than a month ago and somehow I didn't even hear about it. This reminded me of the time when Nate Dogg died I heard about it like months latter and was so shocked at how did it go by without somebody I knew mentioning it. Well the Ghostbusters thing was depressing because I was still holding onto some baseless hope that there might someday be a Ghostbusters 3. Anyways has that ever happened to you, you take a break from "world events" or the "mainstream media" and then you find out about a major news event that you think someone would have told you about?

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General Chat / Re: Anyone else deal with depression or knows someone who does?

« on: April 12, 2014, 10:23:26 PM »

I am doing much better, I spent this week moving into a new house that I am finally ready to start living again. I also found some inspiration to get back into making music again and I am going to give painting another go.

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TalkBack / Re: New Mario in Development

« on: April 12, 2014, 10:14:43 PM »

Does the story say main line Mario game or is there a chance it is a spin off like a Mario sports or Mario Party or that Mario Paintball someone mentioned before?

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General Gaming / Re: Your earliest gaming memories?

« on: April 12, 2014, 09:51:43 PM »

My earliest memory was playing cocktail version of Pac-Man in a local bar and grill my parents used to take us to. Our first home console was an Atari VCS and I played the hell out of that thing. I sold it just last year in fact kept it and all the games all these years. We also had a pong clone that looked like one of those early cell phones Zach Morris used. I think it was a Sears model but I could be wrong I have never found even a picture of one online, but to be fair I didn't dig that deeply. What was great about back then as everyone had a different game console and different games and nobody knew nor cared who made what, we just all played games.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Nintendo systems old and new

« on: April 12, 2014, 09:44:07 PM »

Well I was gone for a couple of days moving to a new house I get back in time to see my thread turned into an argument over how terrible Super Mario Bros. 3 is? 


I call BS on it being purely nostalgia because I have neices and nephews who are kids TODAY that love that game, kids who have plenty of other modern games to play who still like coming to my house to play those old games. I find it more odd that as much as they all like SMB3 and SMW, its the first to I can't get any of them interested in at all. I also can't get them into Zelda either they prefer Ninja Gaiden which is fine by me.



The only game system Nintendo ever made that I regret selling and miss dearly to this day is the Game Cube. They have been consistent enough with re-releasing their must have games from NES to N64 but it seems like all the greats from Game Cube are ignored for no good reason.



I will say this, SMB3 was good enough to get a 90 minute theatrically released commercial show me any other game in history that can make that claim.

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

« on: April 07, 2014, 03:51:24 PM »

I just watched a movie called "House of Whipcord" on Neftlix. It was a bait and switch, I was adding slasher films to my list and it recommended me it based on adding Sleepaway Camp 2 and Bay of Blood, so I figured okay it's old it's British but what the hell I like slasher films I will give it a try. Stupid, I should have known it was not going to be what I was looking for it was a total waste of time. I skipped ahead during the boring parts and it took me ten minutes to watch the movie, yeah it was that boring. It wasn't even trying to be scary and there was no stabbing in it at all. I would rate it 1 out of 5 but it was so terrible I just say stay away period.


On that same note, Sleepaway camp 2 was crap, the first was a real sick movie but the sequel was just lame.


While it is still fresh on my mind, it Netflix really needs to learn that just because Hell Raiser was British and damn good does not mean all British "horror" movies are the same. I hate how it recommends a movie based on country of origin like that means anything, watch some Doctor Who, oh you might like Dilby Abby or whatever it is, like Hell Raiser oh you might like this boring snorfest made in the 70's where nobody gets killed but it's labeled horror/slasher anyways.

Seriously it annoys me. What is worse, and kind of racist in a way, I watched a Japanese anime and it flooded my suggestions with some Korean crap, not even Korean cartoons/anime just movies and sitcoms from Korea, yeah not even cool jackasses.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Sales Thread

« on: April 07, 2014, 03:45:17 PM »

I am kind of surprised to see GTA V on there at all let alone a head of Mario. I see the life to date numbers paint a different picture but still you would think Mario could beat GTA in Japan.

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TalkBack / Re: Super Smash Bros. Nintendo Direct Coming Tuesday

« on: April 07, 2014, 03:40:32 PM »

Everyone on these forums would more likely than not buy the game immediately, but that doesn't mean a stealth release is a good idea.  To ensure solid sales, especially early on, you gotta build that hype machine, get people talking about the game, make sure it tops the charts.

I don't think I'll ever buy another Smash game. I owned Melee and bought Brawl, but never really got much out of them. I appreciate the fan service but the actual game part has never appealed to me. I don't enjoy Kirby platformers, I don't enjoy Smash, and I don't enjoy Uprising. I guess I just don't appreciate Sakurai as a designer.

You are correct though. Nintendo need to build the hype around Smash, not so much to ensure solid sales for the game itself, but rather to push sales of Wii U. If Smash and Mario Kart can't get it done, then nothing will.

I am kind of with you, I only had the first two, N64 and Melee and that was enough for me. Brawl was a rental and I got all I needed out of it that weekend. I think the fact these games keep getting made is part of what is wrong with Nintendo, it's all fan service lately but they stopped trying to get the stuff out we keep begging for.


Also I agree if this game can't move systems nothing can, but I lean towards nothing can at this point because Brawl didn't sell me on a Wii, that was built in, Melee didn't sell me on a Game Cube the N64 did that, so far nothing has sold me on Wii U and this isn't going to do the trick and I know I am not alone in this. Mario Kart is another one I lost interest in, Double Dash was the last console one I played and that was not my favorite. I know there is an audience for these games but I think many of them have moved on, so this could just be signs of Nintendo knowing they are done for.


As for a surprise release six months early goes, ask Sega how well that one works. If they did that then the comparisons to Nintendo being in Sega's shoes would never stop, so no a surprise out of the blue release would be a desperate move that only seals their fate.


The only way a Smash Bros. game will get me back is if they do another single player campaign like Melee had but cater it to each character, and again that only worked because there were too few full games on the Game Cube so it was for many characters the best we could get.

A nintendo fan and a marvel movie fan? In a just society we would be the best of friends but you went and said making a new Smash is whats wrong with Nintendo?! How dare you?!

No one makes games like Smash Bros that have caught on. Not Playstation All Stars, Jump Super Stars, Ninja Turtles, or that vapor ware Microsoft Smash. With so much fan service in a single title that celebrates all things Nintendo only once a generation is blasted blessing! It's style of gameplay is basically no where else to be found, it comes once a generation and it's part of Nintendo's problem...

You go and not like Smash Bros, thats fine, but don't come in here saying it's part of the problem. If I saw you in real life i'd give you the frowning of a life time!!! The one fighting game Nintendo makes and you don't want them to make it. You are a villain and a knave.

Let me clarify to give you peace of mind, my issue and the problem I speak of is Nintendo makes these kinds of games, Mario Party, Smash Bros. as like these nods to the fans, but the games fans keep asking for are ignored and all we get are mini games inside these bigger games. I wasn't saying stop making Smash Bros. I was saying stop putting Fox in Smash Bros. and use that as an excuse not to make another Star Fox game, or putting some side quest in the game that features race cars and use that as an excuse not to make another F-Zero. Or any number of game that deserves a sequel but all we get is a Smash bros. cameo. Or a console Pokemon game people keep begging for. The best we get is an assortment of Pokemon in Smash and the Stadium   so you can kind of pretend your playing Pokemon if you try real hard.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Nintendo systems old and new

« on: April 07, 2014, 03:29:31 PM »

As a person with zero nostalgia for older Nintendo games, i can clearly see that modern Nintendo games are as good as they ever been, both in quality and quantity.

I'm sorry for people who are unable to realize it.

It's not about what's better because later games are often better due to small refinements.  I care more about how good Nintendo games are for the time period they are released and the games today are mostly worst.  Skyward Sword is not as good as a 2011 game than Ocarina of Time is as a 1998 game.  I would want a Zelda of 2014 to be as good of a game as the original was in 1987 or A Link to the Past was in 1992 or OoT in 1998.  The ambition in the design should be the same and it isn't.  Nintendo aren't just the formula to me because I became a fan because of the creativity, ambition and innovation in the game design, not specifically because you get this key and then get the boomerang and beat a dodongo, etc.

And Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World ARE actually better games than the NSMB titles.  Their 2D design doesn't make them age like an N64 game does and the NSMB titles do so little with modern technology that their design doesn't add anything substantial to the formula.

I disagree here, while I love Super Mario Bros. 3 and World to death to say they are better than New Super Mario Bros. is a real stretch, and I think that is either nostalgia talking. I haven't play the latter ones but they do look pretty good to me, but New Super Mario Bros. on the DS was one of the best games on the DS and one of the best Mario games ever made. I don't know why World or even 3 are held up as these amazing games that broadened the games whatever but the NEW games are just rehashes or whatever.
Right now the three Mario games and one DKC are the only games I am interested in for the Wii U and my sister gave her kids all DS's for Christmas and they play nothing but New Super Mario and Mario 3D Land and they love them. If you were a kid today you would think they were great games too but your not, your looking at them as an adult who prefers the games from his childhood.


I can't comment on Skyward Sword because I never played it, but I will say that my interest in Zelda games has dried up over the years and part of that is the fatigue, which is why I am excited for something fresh like Hyrule Warriors. With Zelda games I am tired of replaying the same game over and over, sure there are minor changes but pick a Zelda and you pretty much know exactly where to go and what do to, occasionally they try to trick you or mix things up. I would have preferred it if they had made latter Zelda's either focus more on the action or make them full on RPG's, I am tired of the middle ground they keep straddling, the last two Zelda games I played took forever to get to the actual action and I hate that. I am all for dungeon exploration and I am all for puzzle solving but come one there still needs to be action in these games and they seem to have forgotten that, and the challenge is lessened when you have annoying little tagalongs basically telling you what to do the whole damn time anyways.



I know this will ruffle feathers but I hope to God Hyrule Warriors is a big smash hit and the next "main" one is a total flop. At least that way Nintendo will learn to try something really new with Zelda instead of just adding some weird gimmick to each game. The gimmicks are worse than in the 3D Mario games.


And before some jack ass says something stupid like I want Mario games to stay the same but change Zelda, yes because Mario are pick up and play, short little distractions, Zelda games are super involved and require a real commitment. Also I love that about Mario, his games do have variety even the ones that stay close to the formula, Zelda games you played one you played them all pretty much, yes I played enough to say that is how I feel about them, I played both NES, the Minish Cap, Link to Past, OOT, MM, Wind Waker, TP, Oracles, and by the time I got to Twilight Princess I learned I wasn't having fun anymore and I was forcing myself to continue just because.

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

« on: April 06, 2014, 06:52:05 PM »

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