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TalkBack / RE: Twilight Princess to Use Revolution Controller

« on: December 23, 2005, 03:44:45 AM »

I wish they'd just cancel it for GCN and put it totally on the Rev with a brand new control scheme and make it nothing like Zelda. Just for Ian.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Now this is BS

« on: December 18, 2005, 07:28:12 PM »

Umm...the numbers aren't right. At all.The PSP has about 7 million WORLDWIDE compared to the DS's 8. Or maybe it's 8 to 6 DS...either way, it's winning in each area.

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General Chat / RE: Arrested Development No More`

« on: December 14, 2005, 10:53:59 AM »

How does ABC suck? They have far better shows...Though no real comedies.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Animal Crossing worth another go?

« on: December 14, 2005, 07:29:47 AM »

"I want unbiast people talking here. "

Then no one is talking.

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General Chat / RE: IGN wants to advertise on my site. What should I tell them my yearly rate is?

« on: December 13, 2005, 05:55:11 PM »

What was the final fee?

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General Chat / RE: That Jesus movie....

« on: December 12, 2005, 01:30:14 PM »

Hopelessly unimaginative adaptation, very reminiscent of the dull Harry Potter original. You're better off spending time with Goblet of Fire or King Kong this holiday season. This is a family movie with little depth for adults, and no depth for film buffs.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Market the Revolution: What's the slogan?

« on: December 12, 2005, 01:28:51 PM »

Well, it's kind of impossible to make a campaign until they announce the system's actual name.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: mario ds idea

« on: December 11, 2005, 07:40:02 PM »

Are we going to get a thread for every Mario game saying how it should star Bowser?

BOO.

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General Gaming / RE: Dreamcast making a comeback?

« on: December 11, 2005, 11:47:31 AM »

SEGA is the most overrated company ever.

[S-U-P-E-R]

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General Gaming / RE:Dreamcast making a comeback?

« on: December 11, 2005, 10:00:19 AM »

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Originally posted by: S-U-P-E-R

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Originally posted by: Artimus
Why would you want a new SEGA system? They make maybe one worthwhile game a year, and no one wants to go near another SEGA console. There would be nothing on it except SEGA games, like Nintendo 50,000,000 times worse.

hey did you hear about the Dreamcast

hurrrrrrrrrr

You mean that system no one bought and even EA didn't support?

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General Gaming / RE: Dreamcast making a comeback?

« on: December 11, 2005, 08:44:48 AM »

Why would you want a new SEGA system? They make maybe one worthwhile game a year, and no one wants to go near another SEGA console. There would be nothing on it except SEGA games, like Nintendo 50,000,000 times worse.

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TalkBack / RE: Revolution

« on: December 10, 2005, 05:51:49 PM »

Anyone else think Katamary Damacy was far better suited to GCN? Not to mention the DS...

[KDR_11k]

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General Gaming / RE:Sony's PS3 strategy

« on: December 10, 2005, 04:42:14 PM »

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Originally posted by: KDR_11k
You mean like Pokemon Colloseum?

That's a correct spelling. There are two ways to spell it.

[BiLdItUp1]

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TalkBack / RE:Revolution

« on: December 10, 2005, 04:40:30 PM »

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Originally posted by: BiLdItUp1
Let's be honest - SC2 sold more because of Link; and RE4 was a flop on the cube as far as I know, or at least, it didn't sell the million+ copies it was capable of, and I'm sure it sold more on PS2 - unless you could give me a link proving me wrong. Viewtiful Joe I don't know about.

Viewtiful Joe DEFINITELY sold better, like 5 times more at least. RE4 sold much better in America on the GCN (500,000 or so to what'll be less than 200,000 on the PS2) but better on the PS2 in japan (probably similar numbers, in reverse). SC2 may have sold more because of Link, but both the other consoles had exclusive characters too.

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General Chat / RE: Real Life Pokemon Battle Video! XD

« on: December 09, 2005, 02:52:30 PM »

Should I laugh or cry?

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NWR Feedback / RE: Vibrating comdom's

« on: December 09, 2005, 06:28:34 AM »

The worst thing about these ads is they're not even for a free sample!

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General Chat / RE: IGN wants to advertise on my site. What should I tell them my yearly rate is?

« on: December 09, 2005, 06:24:51 AM »

IceCold, they'll ALWAYS understate their offer. If she's giving the max from the start she's really terribly at her job.

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General Chat / RE: IGN wants to advertise on my site. What should I tell them my yearly rate is?

« on: December 08, 2005, 09:37:12 PM »

Say $1500 for the forums too, then you can probably end up with $1250 after haggling.

And with the exchange rate, that $1000 is only $1158. Exchange ain't what it used to be!

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Official DS Sales Thread

« on: December 08, 2005, 08:58:30 PM »

Wandering, it's also important to note that the comparison doesn't represent 'taken' marketshare. A lot of PSP owners probably never owned a GameBoy, therefore Nintendo lost no customers. The real question is what amount of PSP owners bought one INSTEAD of a DS. I think it'd be far less, considering the gaming factor.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Another Controller Secret to be Revealed

« on: December 08, 2005, 06:16:06 PM »

Remember, it's the first showing of the whole thing, games and all. It doesn't mean the secret is big.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Play the Price is Right!

« on: December 08, 2005, 05:36:49 PM »

Every Nintendo console has hit at $199, but I'll say $149.

[Ian Sane]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:2-3 Times as powerful as GC true, sez IGN

« on: December 08, 2005, 01:52:48 PM »

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
"WHAT GAMES are you talking about!? If you see games made to appeal to non-gamers, what games are they!?"

Stuff like Warioware, Yoshi: Touch 'n' Go, Pac-Pix, and Feel the Magic.  Little short novelty games that are fun for someone who is just thrilled by the concept of playing games.  As someone with more experience in gaming I get bored of games like this in minutes and I would never pay full price for them.  They're perfect for non-gamers because they require no commitment and can be played for five minutes.  They're like those free flash games only they cost money.

Ian...you expect us to buy this? You named four games, all four of which came out in the first quarter of the DS's life. Since then there is Mario Kart, Mario & Luigi, Castlevania, Trauma Center, Advance Wars, Animal Crossing, Phoenix Wright, Tony Hawk, Sonic, and on and on. Those games you mentioned weren't because of a non-gamers focus (and TWO were weren't Nintendo), they were because of a new type of control.

What about the full fledged games? What about the fact that once the DS got a bit older those games stopped coming? What about the fact that there are six other first party titles that are full fledged? What about the fact that the GBA had a WarioWare?

[Ian Sane]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:2-3 Times as powerful as GC true, sez IGN

« on: December 08, 2005, 01:19:56 PM »

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
To me there's too much emphasis on games designed to get people who don't play games interested.

WHAT GAMES are you talking about!? If you see games made to appeal to non-gamers, what games are they!? Because I think you're looking at the shelf in imaginary Ian land, not reality.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Official DS Sales Thread

« on: December 08, 2005, 01:18:40 PM »

Whoa, GBA! I KNEW they should've called the DS the Gameboy DS. I KNEW it. Time to rename!

Ouch for the PSP vs. DS.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: 2-3 Times as powerful as GC true, sez IGN

« on: December 08, 2005, 11:41:13 AM »

Oh, and I went through the GBA releases. In the first year these were the major first party titles:

Super Mario Advance
F-Zero
Mario Kart: SC
Advance Wars
Golden Sun
Mario Advance 2

Versus on the DS:

Mario 64
Wario Ware Touch!
Kirby: CC
Advance Wars DS
Nintendogs
Mario Kart DS
Mario & Luigi
Metroid Prime Pinball
Animal Crossing DS

DS wins 9 to 6. And even if we remove non-game Nintendogs and Animal Crossing and small-title Pinball, they're tied. The DS probably fares better anyway, because the GBA had two ports.

Saying the DS is less focused on gamers than ANY other handheld ever, is just flat out wrong.