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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Official "What game should I get?" Thread
« on: January 19, 2006, 02:24:07 PM »
That's less than $40 CDN at the moment, yeah, but then there's shipping and GST, and it will come to around $50. I've seen it for $45 here, but I haven't bought it; I'm holding out until I trade in the first one and waiting to see if the price goes down a bit. I've noticed that these days here Cube games go down in price pretty quickly. I saw RE4 in Superstore for $35 (after an automatic $10 rebate) just a few months after its release. I had already got it, but I'm hoping it's the same case for DoR2.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Portables vs. Home Consoles
« on: January 19, 2006, 11:15:57 AM »
The Japanese support has been great for the DS this year, but the western side of it has been nothing short of abysmal. With the exception of Vicarious Visions, the DS has NO good western third party support right now.

Yeah, and you'd think that with the DS's touchscreen, it would lend itself perfectly to western PC developers.. Odd.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Capcom working on Revolution
« on: January 19, 2006, 11:01:34 AM »
Ceric, if you really want to say it without being filtered, click "Do Not Parse Emoticons" under Reply to Topic..  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Official DS Sales Thread
« on: January 19, 2006, 10:54:21 AM »

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Official "What game should I get?" Thread
« on: January 19, 2006, 10:51:22 AM »
Skip it. DoR2 offers you nearly everything the first one has, with quite a bit more. The graphics are also improved.

I've been meaning to pick up 2 for a while now (have the first one but my friend owns the second and I've played it quite a bit); I'm waiting for it to go down to $35 - $40 CDN..

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Official GCN Sales Thread
« on: January 19, 2006, 10:46:25 AM »
Anyone know what PS2 sales for Resident Evil 4 are?.

I think in Japan it did quite well (as well as possible for RE games or games of that genre over there). However, in North America, it bombed..

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TalkBack / RE:U.S. Game Sales Hit $10.5 Billion
« on: January 18, 2006, 09:49:46 PM »
sorry you feel that everyone who doesn't game are braindead morons who lack all manner of curiosity and problem-solving skills. Nintendo and I choose to believe that people who don't game might do so for different reasons.

I second this, because it's the truth, Ian. My parents don't play games. My dad used to play the NES a bit, but after that, I don't recall him playing much at all. So, I was playing Wind Waker once, and I was stuck on one of the puzzles. I tried everything I could think of, but it didn't work. Then, in came my dad, and he saw me playing for a few seconds. Then he suggested I do something. I did it and the puzzle was solved.. This has happened on many occasions; I seriously believe that if my dad played games he would love adventure games. His brain just works in the way that's perfect for an adventure game. But, he doesn't game, and guess why? Because it's too complicated for him.. Also, the few times he's played my DS, he's LOVED it. I showed him the minigames for SM64DS, and got him hooked. Then, he even was interested to play Kirby and liked it. So wandering's right about this also; Nintendo can make gamers out of non-gamers, and then they will even try traditional games..

The only thing I'm worried about is how Nintendo is going to convince nongamers to pay a substantial amount for a Revolution and games. Why would they care now if they haven't been interested in it for years, or never have been? Even if Nintendo gets a game that would draw them in if they played it, they would still need to market the system to that audience. Which will be extremely tough..

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Capcom working on Revolution
« on: January 18, 2006, 09:33:01 PM »
Oh really? I've always found that Resident Evil games go for the cheap scare, but overall aren't really scary. In RE4, the only time I was moderately scared was during the Regenerator / Iron Maiden parts *shudders* Damn those bastards!

I find that Eternal Darkness was really the only game that truly scared me..  

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:who hates friend codes
« on: January 18, 2006, 09:27:46 PM »
That's what the lock is for

Hmm, deja vu

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NWR Forums Discord / RE:Mafia: Endgame Everyone who played, feel free to post.
« on: January 18, 2006, 06:29:00 PM »
I'd say two questions per day would be fair.. it wouldn't be as specific as investigating, but three questions is too much, so two would be good.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Buying used Gamecube, package worth it?
« on: January 18, 2006, 06:25:24 PM »
You're the guy who wanted to buy it from eBay right? Well, if I were you, I would ask your friend if you could have a look at it, and run it to make sure it's working fine. $130 is a pretty good deal for it, with all those games. You could probably get a better deal on eBay, but it's less reliable;  at least this way you know exactly what you're getting and you don't need to use your credit card online etc.

Also, is that Rogue Squadron II or III? Not that you shouldn't buy the GameCube if it's III, but it's a worse game..

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TalkBack / RE:Iwata on Revolution Launch Date
« on: January 18, 2006, 06:00:36 PM »
Actually, a Canadian Thanksgiving launch (Oct 9) or around there would be really nice. Summer would be too early (both for us and Nintendo - need some complete games..) but the middle of October would be perfect. Students would be settled down in school, and adults would have had time to recover from Summer / School expenses (well, not completely, but still..)

It would sell out its first shipment. Then the next one comes just in time for the holiday, and it will still be a hot item. This is all, of course, assuming that the games will be polished and ready by then, but that shouldn't be too much of a problem.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Revolution launches in November
« on: January 18, 2006, 04:39:22 PM »
Yeah, isn't that weird? 1996 doesn't feel like it was so long ago - 18yrs have I walked this Earth.

Nah, I'd say 16. 17 tops.

Unless you already took that into account

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:New black/plat gamecubes superior to old indigo systems?
« on: January 18, 2006, 04:33:45 PM »
After

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TalkBack / RE:Reggie Says Revolution will be
« on: January 18, 2006, 02:15:49 PM »
Like someone else (sorry) said, he probably gave a vague number because Nintendo wants to know what Sony's price will be before they commit. The general idea is that it will be less than the 360 and, barring a miracle, the PS3 as well.

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TalkBack / RE:Reggie Says Revolution will be
« on: January 18, 2006, 02:08:02 PM »
In context, I think by niche he means stagnant and repetitive. Like you said, the games industry has become extremely generic, and because developers want to make a profit, they keep making the sure bet games. That's what I think he means by it; that the industry is not expanding its boundaries. You won't see GTA or Madden sell any more consoles than it did this generation. And the industry may keep going strong for a while, but eventually, because of the saturation, it's bound to deteriorate.

EDIT: And regarding Reggie saying that more GameCubes were sold than 360s, well, it's his job to promote the product, even though there's obviously reasons for it.

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General Chat / RE:24...
« on: January 18, 2006, 02:01:20 PM »
Umm, Artimus, what election night TV rules? I know that in the last election (2004) they, for the first time, did not blackout election coverage for the western time zones. They used to do this so that no one would get influenced by the early results.

Is that the policy you're referring to? Because it's long gone; there are no such blackouts any more.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:2 DS Mockups....
« on: January 17, 2006, 09:32:29 PM »
Quote
Originally posted by: Strell
I.e., it's not helping your argument, guys.  If anything, it's hurting it more and more.
?? There's no argument here.. I was just giving an example of a game.. I agree with you about the face buttons.
 

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General Chat / RE:24...
« on: January 17, 2006, 09:23:25 PM »
when there was supposed to be a preview for Star Wars Episode I during the commercial break for a show but it was only in the US and thus we didn't get to see it.

That's what the Internet's for

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Interesting Little Poll...
« on: January 17, 2006, 05:22:31 PM »
Nintendo always wins these kinds of votes. I remember there was a poll on Tecmo's site asking if they should develop for Nintendo and the answer was a resounding yes. However, nothing transpired..

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TalkBack / RE:U.S. Game Sales Hit $10.5 Billion
« on: January 17, 2006, 03:00:33 PM »
Haha, silly KN

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NWR Forums Discord / RE:Mafia: Endgame Everyone who played, feel free to post.
« on: January 17, 2006, 02:57:43 PM »
The ReDeads are back..

Good job with everything Pryo..  

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TalkBack / RE:U.S. Game Sales Hit $10.5 Billion
« on: January 17, 2006, 02:13:57 PM »
The DS is a "non-gamer" system because from the very beginning Nintendo designed the DS with the idea of attracting people who currently don't play games. The unique features were all added and designed to appeal to this group. Entire games have been designed specifically to attract these people.

If after all this time you still believe that the DS is catering too much to the non-gamer, then you're a lost cause. As I said before, nearly every franchise that sold GBAs (that's not a non-system, is it?) has been translated successfully to the DS. And they're better games at that! Castlevania, Advance Wars, Mario Kart, Sonic, Kirby.. Mario Kart DS wasn't even a port! The only major franchise left is Pokemon. Well, and a 2D Metroid, but we should be getting both of those soon enough. And remember the new IPs too..

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NWR Forums Discord / RE:Mafia: Day Seven
« on: January 17, 2006, 01:48:03 PM »
Do I have to take part in the formalities?

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Tie In ratio?
« on: January 17, 2006, 01:40:50 PM »
Tie in ratio: How many games on average a consumer buys for his/her system.

If the GameCube has a tie-in ratio of 10, it means on average 10 games are bought per GameCube.

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