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Nintendo Gaming / RE:DS wireless connectivity

« on: June 28, 2004, 02:01:49 PM »

Wait, wait, wait...Mr. Von Riktor is so not getting this.  Nintendo.com (and the latest issue of Nintendo Power) are both saying that the DS's reach is capable of "thousands of miles" (be the method Internet/Bluetooth/whatever, I don't give how).  Theoretically, that means I could be Crystal-Chronicle'ing with a guy in, say, Detroit, if I'm in Dallas (don't get all touchy about my measurements, it's a hypothetical situation).  Yet Picto-Chat (one of the things Mr. Von Riktor is looking forward to the most about the DS) is able to message with a distance of only a hundred feet...hell, Majesco's Messenger crap for the GBA stretches three friggin' miles (15,840 ft)!  5,280,000 ft=1,000 miles, what Nintendo claims it should be able to do.  If they can pull off more than 100 ft on the GBA, what's the problem wiht the supposedly-more-powerful DS, dammit!?

I'm predicting some sort of online registration to be able to use the Bluetooth/online/whatever feature.  That means, I can name my DS - LEGALLY!  Oh, joy!  My sweetie Molly will be awaitin' me this winter.  Olé, all.

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General Chat / RE:Post in this thread to get a surprise avatar

« on: June 14, 2004, 09:28:31 AM »

That's Ty - all about abusing his authority

With the third SMS rip-off line in this thread, "End Boss Get!" I say!

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Mario Party 6 - can be played without a controller?

« on: June 09, 2004, 05:26:27 PM »

Heh heh...electric chair...pain-powered GameCubes...morale value...heh heh...

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General Chat / RE:Any questions for the creator of MegaMan?

« on: June 03, 2004, 05:40:33 PM »

Ask 'im why the hell Network Transmission was so f'ing hard it wasn't even funny.  No, really - ask him if he intended to aim it at older gamers, and if not, why the insane difficulty?

Um...yea, the E3 stuff someone mentioned, I definitely would like to see that.

Oh, and in DS Discussion, I believe someone posted Capcom's thoughts on the DS/PSP War - ask him if he can validate this info.

Yeah.  Tell your girlfriend I love her (covers face and hopes Syl doesn't smack him).

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Good news for DS and PSP

« on: May 28, 2004, 09:31:29 AM »

Good news?  For DS AAAAAND PSP?  So this is like one of those good-news bad-news things right?  Heh heh...sorry, I thought that was kinda funny...heh, heh...

EGG MONSTERS WILL EAT TEH HUMAN RACE'S TEH EARTH BECUZ HA HA HA HA HA AND IT SUCKS AND HA HA!  Well, um...after Bloodworth's two-line-long "preview," I think that the whole Egg dealy-o has potential.  And uh...go FFCC.

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General Chat / RE:Futurama

« on: May 27, 2004, 05:06:12 AM »

Believe it or not, I've missed every episode of Futurama (I've been wanting to watch it for SOOOOOO long!) for like the past three years, and last night, I finally caught it on Cartoon Network (summer rocks) for the first time.  I used to watch The Simpsons religiously, and I had no idea Groening created Futurama - I actually knew nothing about it; just what the characters looked like (not even their names) and that it was tremendously funny.  But when I saw Groening's name, I knew we had a quality cartoon going for us here.  I now plan on watching the Adult Swim run religiously, 'cause the attack of the overly-large brains was just too funny (actually, it wasn't so much so, but apparently a lot more funny, judging by some of these quotes).  Anyhow, The Simpsons is still my favorite show of all time, and always will be, but just after one episode, Futurama's up there with it.

1) The Simpsons
2) Futurama
3) Invader Zim
4) The Brak Show
5) Homestar Runner (it counts AFAIC)

Those are the all-time best cartoons of EVER IN THE HISTORY OF EVERNESS.  I end this post by saying...er...can't think of a quote, but...uh...Mr. Von Riktor wet his pants till he was twelve!  No, that...er...

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General Chat / RE:Teh Bottle Rocketz

« on: May 25, 2004, 07:16:12 AM »

Keep the avatar only if you want a sleek one like mine

Do...uh...you have...any idea how to...uh...how the hell do we do that?

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General Chat / Teh Bottle Rocketz

« on: May 25, 2004, 03:23:34 AM »

Using these instructions, I was able to (with my friend) buld a very, very slick bottle-rocket launcher (we're using 1L Mountan Dew bottles and firing them at the fence), and it works great.  It's just that we used similar PVC launchers at school, and with theirs', using a pin and string, we were able to pull the string and fire it at will.  But with our method (we're using an old yet good electric tire pump), the rocket just fires when its ready.  If anyone has any ideas on how we can time our launches like that (we've got all summer on our hands), please let me know right away.  Thanks a lot! ;-)

EDIT: Thanks everyone...er, Jale...for helping...er, trying to help...but we've come up with a way to utilize the whole pin-string thing.  Go ahead and lock up this thread, mods, it's useless now...  

EDIT 2: Well..my idiot friend's idea didn't work...so, uh...I'm kinda looking for suggestions again...oh, and Jale, we're kinda trying to steer away from the elctricity (we're using water) if at all possible (thanks anyway).  PLEASE, we need help!

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General Chat / RE: I'm gonna start a web comic...

« on: May 25, 2004, 03:00:51 AM »

The best free editor is FreeWebs; not only do they offer an insane ammount of bandwidth, but as they claim, they have the DAMN EASIEST EDITOR IN THE FRIGGIN WORLD.  Hope that helps, Bakey...

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General Chat / WeatherCast Problems!?

« on: May 06, 2004, 01:32:54 PM »

I was downloading this AVI-Mp3 converter, and along came this crappy annoyance called WeatherCast.  All visible files are no longer...visible, so I don't know how to delete it.  Help?

[Bill]

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Reader Reviews / RE:Donkey Konga Import Review - WORK IN PROGRESS

« on: May 03, 2004, 03:59:04 PM »

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Originally posted by: Bill
Uh oh, the game isn't eye-sparkling yummy so I'm not going to get it...Gameplay?  Who cares about that!?

I think you misunderstood what I was saying, Bill.  Don't get me wrong, the game is one of the best I own, but in all fairness, the graphics aren't wonderful.  Everything else, however, is 100 percent perfect (except the fact that it's TOO FRIGGIN' EASY).

And akdaman1, um...I'm uh...not at liberty to say...yeah, Mr. Von Riktor, that one wasn't a very good one...yeah...uh...heh, heh...this is kinda awkward...
 

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:The Zelda: Wind Waker neverending cheat!

« on: May 01, 2004, 11:14:55 AM »

...fun in bed with Link...

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Gettin' Cube...finally! (Official "What game should I get?" Thread)

« on: April 30, 2004, 02:01:13 PM »

You realize on Collectors Edition, not only are there the N64 games, but a twenty-minute demo of Wind Waker, right?  BTW, all your choices are great.  And "hire"...is that was Aussies call rentals?

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General Chat / RE:Official "Homework Help" Thread

« on: April 30, 2004, 03:18:45 AM »

I really...wasn't aiming at turning this into a Futurama/Nemo/PaleZer0'sTechClass thread  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:A bold idea for the N5

« on: April 30, 2004, 03:14:30 AM »

Very, very nice concept, Ian, but as several have stated, it's just not financially realistic.  My solution is a tad obvious, and I haven't read the other posts but someone probably already had this diea, but I think a fusion between Nintendo and SEGA is in order.  That way, they could  be NintEGA (lol) or SEGAtendo (lol again), and since they'd be one huge company, that one huge company would derive profits from licensing, and that's one less company Nintendo would HAVE to license.  Think about it; that means the rocking ESPN series would return to Nintendo's home console, and SEGA is a heavy supporter of going online.  This means the N5's third party might (hopefully) be more supportive of online if the first party itself is going all-out.  Please, Iwata-san, read this thread...

I'm pro NintEGA.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:The Zelda: Wind Waker neverending cheat!

« on: April 29, 2004, 01:13:13 PM »

...say, "WE LOVE TEH SUBS!"  They do a little dance, trip on each others legs, fall down, crack open their spleens, which burst blood at their eyes, blinding them, and when everyone's blind they walk aimlessly into each other, causing their heads to fall off, which land on their legs, which break, and their arms cut themselves off with saws, thus leaving only a torso to chew teh brain of teh Ganon who was magically wished back into this story by Link, who was wished back by Zelda, who was wished back by Goku who said, "WE LOVE TEH DRAGON BALLS!" And we say, "kewl, u wised us bek wid tem, det ez kewl."  And he says, "No, I love the dragon's balls." and we stare...

(COME UP WITH A GOOD RESPONSE TO that!)

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:The Zelda: Wind Waker neverending cheat!

« on: April 28, 2004, 02:47:22 AM »

...we unleas the sub-loving duck on HIS nose to see what he and Bill have been up to ...

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:The Zelda: Wind Waker neverending cheat!

« on: April 26, 2004, 02:16:52 PM »

..."WE LUV TEH SUBS!" The duck will then bite off Link's nose, thus revealing babies.  Link explains by saying that all that happened with him and Zelda was...

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Could they really distinguish this apart from the Game Boy line?

« on: April 26, 2004, 02:00:09 PM »

It's unanimous (Mr. Von Riktor and I agree): No.

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General Chat / SPORTS DISCUSSION

« on: April 23, 2004, 06:26:29 PM »

Discuss your hearts out.

[EYE CANDY]

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Reader Reviews / Donkey Konga Import Review - WORK IN PROGRESS

« on: April 22, 2004, 02:40:53 AM »

It's been about two months since my father returned from Japan, Donkey Konga and two Tarukonga Controllers in hand.  I couldn't wait!...unfortunately, I had to, seeing as not one store in my area had heard what a FreeLoader was, other than FX, who hadn't gotten a shipment of them in months.  Luckily for me, their next shipment came in the following Thursday night, and soon, I was whacking those Tarukongas away.

EYE CANDY
Some people feel that it is unfair to judge a simple rhythm game on graphics, but I disagree.  DanceDanceRevolution, better known as DDR, is able to incorporate brilliant visuals into an equally brilliant rhythm game.  Of course, being a huge fan of Konami's calorie-burning bonanza, I was a bit...very disappointed at the graphics of our subject, Namco's Donkey Konga.  We've got red circles, yellow circles, pink circles, spiky circles...nothing brilliant.  The only real visuals are animals dancing and monkies beating the hell out of drums.  Transitions between visuals are uneven and aren't smooth at all, in the manner of simple sprite animation.  And ignoring that, the actual pictures could have been done on the Nintendo 64 - the textures practically don't exist!  Rareware would be ashamed. EYE CANDY gets a shameful * out of *****.

GAMEPLAY
Now we're getting to the good part.  Okay, let me break it down: red circle right drum, yellow circle left drum, spiky circle clap, pink circle both drums.  Extended circles means go all out.  Get it?  Got it.  Yes, simple, but without giving a rhythm game a shot, you can't imagine what it's like.  Seeing...(continued soon!)

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General Gaming / RE:What type of tool is needed to open a gamecube controller?

« on: April 21, 2004, 01:22:02 PM »

I'm no Bloodworth, but this belongs in Tech Discussion.  Just a heads-up.

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General Gaming / RE:The rumored and newsed specwar for new systems.

« on: April 17, 2004, 10:38:06 AM »

Last I heard, ATI and IBM are working with all three of the first parties.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:USPTO stuff

« on: April 16, 2004, 12:26:22 PM »

Very, very nice find, Mr. Ditz.  Mr. Von Riktor salutes you.  Personally, I think this game could be a hit - I think Nintendo might really have it straight with the DS.  I just hope it's not "too weird for us" like Giftpia is...

[Solid Snake]

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General Gaming / RE:E3 List (NEW - NOW 40 CUBE GAMES, 29 GBA GAMES, PLUS 30 DS GAMES)

« on: April 15, 2004, 04:34:44 PM »

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Originally posted by: Solid Snake
Animal Crossing??

Snake, I know you started that thread in GC Discussion, and we all said it exists, but no one ever said that it will exist in the near future.  Maybe N5?