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NWR Forums Discord / PS3 predictions for next year
« on: November 29, 2006, 08:13:22 AM »
The spotlight is now on the ps3, the news media has been all over our favorite console. But Sony will have to follow through to keep the momentum rolling.

For fun, here are my predictions:

1. Phenomenal increase in controller capability

Nintendo's one advantage is their controller...but it should be easy enough to copy. Throw together some IR lights, split the SIXAXIS in two, stick a camera on one of the halves, and bingo. You have a controller that can do all that Nintendo's wiimote can, and more. Once Sony does this, Nintendo is toast. There's no way they could stand up to the PS3's superior graphics then.

2. Third party lovefest

Sony already has all the best games (Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid, etc.), but they could always do with more.

Things I predict will make it to the PS3:

a. Perfect Dark. Once Rare sees how much better the SIXAXIS 2.0 that I described above will be better for First Person shooters, there's no way they could resist bringing this series over.

b. Crystal Chronicles. Once Square sees how the game sells poorly on Nintendo's new gimmick system just like it sold poorly on Nintendo's old purple lunch box, they're sure to bring this spin-off series over.

c. Castlevania. It's creator has already said he doesn't want to deal with Nintendo's gimmicky controller, so it's pretty much guaranteed the next Castlevania game will be a PS3 exclusive.

d. Sports Games. Oh yeah. Think how well they'll work with the SIXAXIS 2.0. Nintendo has never had alot of sports games, they don't stand a chance of competing is this arena.

3. PRICE DROP. You know it's coming, and when it does, the Xbox 360 and Wii won't stand a chance.

Yep. The future is looking bright for Sony.  

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Oh wait, the title of the funhouse has changed.

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Nintendo Gaming / I need more than the 3 save slots Zelda provides
« on: November 27, 2006, 06:17:27 AM »
There has to be a way to get more. There just has to. Please tell me there is.

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Nintendo Gaming / "Too sensitive"
« on: November 26, 2006, 09:29:01 PM »
From the very moment I started using the Wii, I've been impressed by the buttery smooth pointer functionality. I'd say it's the one aspect of the Wii controller that has proved itself completely. So...did Nintendo and other developers adjust pointer sensitivity after E3? Was the problem that reporters were forced to stand too close to the sensor bar? Or did everyone who played the Wii at E3 just suck?

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NWR Forums Discord / Guess the Previous Poster
« on: November 26, 2006, 03:24:42 AM »
Guess what the previous poster's favorite food is.

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NWR Forums Discord / Guess the Previous Poster
« on: November 26, 2006, 12:41:58 AM »
Guess who the next person to say "previous" will be.

I will guess...um...ShyGuy.

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NWR Forums Discord / Guess the Previous Poster
« on: November 25, 2006, 08:54:49 AM »
Guess who the last person to post before you was, in any thread, in any forum category.

I will guess Crimm.

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NWR Forums Discord / Wii disc covers
« on: November 19, 2006, 08:07:31 AM »
They smell kind of foul, don't they?

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Nintendo Gaming / So I've gotten numerous disc read error messages
« on: November 19, 2006, 03:40:41 AM »
Occasionally, I'll pop a disc in, and the Wii will make some unpleasant chugging sounds before telling me it can't read the disc. I'll then restart the console and reenter the disc, and then it usually works. I think my Wii may be borked. Unless it gets much worse, though, I don't think I'll be sending it in until next year.

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Nintendo Gaming / Mii creation/Wii Sports
« on: November 19, 2006, 02:55:34 AM »
Is the mostest funest thing ever, if you're with other people. If you want to show off your Wii, start with that, instead of mediocre monkey ball minigames or whatever.

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Nintendo Gaming / There's no universal back button
« on: November 19, 2006, 02:52:58 AM »
Some games use B for back, some use minus. This wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the fact that some games (Monkey Ball) use B as an alternative confirm button, while others (Zelda) won't accept anything but B for back.

Incredibly minor nitpick? Yes.

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NWR Forums Discord / You can't change the start-up sound in Vista....
« on: November 16, 2006, 09:55:43 PM »
Yet more proof that Microsoft is evil. Changing the sound to an awesome movie/tv show/videogame clip is a hallowed tradition. In fact, I think I'm going to change mine to some Trauma Center sweetness right now.

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NWR Forums Discord / the name sure sounds familiar....
« on: November 16, 2006, 09:19:19 PM »
Coincedence?

....or something more sinister?

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NWR Forums Discord / Ninty World Report needs....
« on: November 16, 2006, 09:15:21 PM »
Less of this:



And more of this:


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NWR Forums Discord / [Star Fox Mafia] Wrap-up thread (nsf56k)
« on: November 12, 2006, 12:46:10 AM »
























































 

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NWR Forums Discord / the make a post game
« on: November 08, 2006, 10:22:35 AM »
The person to make the best post wins.  

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General Gaming / WTF
« on: November 07, 2006, 04:20:26 PM »
Work Time Fun sounds like one of the most brilliant games ever created. Here's the premise: you spend hours doing pointless, mindless, repetitive tasks that aren't remotely fun. And you're rewarded with little trinkets that don't do anything for you or your happiness whatsoever. See? It's a satire of modern life. Brilliant! Or maybe horrible. Reviewers, like this one don't seem to like it much.

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One game has you putting the caps on pens. Over and over. Sometimes you have to flip them to get the cap on the right side. I made one hundred pens or so before being convinced that was all there was to the game, and then got my $5 check. Gee. I'm having fun. I used that money to buy something at the vending machine, hoping to get another minigame or something else that's fun. Nope, I got a pencil eraser. You see, you collect trinkets, but they don't really do anything. Does this sound fun to you?

I dunno. Maybe not fun per se. But that's part of the charm. The game says it's fun in the title, but it really isn't! It's meant to be ironic, see? I'd totally get it if I had a PSP.

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NWR Forums Discord / [Star Fox Mafia] Open Channel
« on: November 07, 2006, 06:54:38 AM »


Discuss goings-on, who you suspect, and anything else here.              

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NWR Forums Discord / [Star Fox Mafia] Voting Booth
« on: November 07, 2006, 06:51:37 AM »


Vote here. Use the format "VOTE ABC". Do not edit any of your posts in this thread. If you want to change your vote, make a new post in the format "UNVOTE ABC. VOTE XYZ." Do not post any reasoning, speculation, or anything else besides your vote in this thread - use "Open Channel" for that. Voting will close at midnight EST each night.              

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Update: Bombs have been dropped on the room of Great Fox aka Stevey. Nvestigatorbots have already looked through what is left of his room: they found a copy of a book titled “How to kill foxes”, clearly indicating that the Great Fox was in league with Star Wolf. Now that he has been taken care of, our mission is accomplished. Star Wolf has been defeated.


....Just a minute. I am getting word that the title of the book is actually “How to kill foxes at Parties: 101 jokes that are sure to crack your fox friends up.” It looks like Great Fox was just an innocent vacationer. Hold on, the Nvestigatorbots are reporting that Great Fox is speaking to them. He is saying: “I always looked up to Star Fox – they’re my role models. That’s why I modified my body to look like the Great Fox. I’m a poor robot, it took me years to save up enough money for the custom modification. I just want…please tell Slippy this one thing....” He stopped there. The Nursebot 4000s say they do not have the knowledge required to fix him. There is nothing they can do. Great Fox has died.

Just a minute. Slippy aka Dasmos just came in over the open channel, shouting “Noooooo!” Nvestigatorbots have been deployed to his room. They are reporting back now: it seems the innocent vacationer’s tongue was pulled out and wrapped around his neck, in an attempt to strangle him. He is still alive, though, and is being cared for by the Nursebot 2000s.

There is no more hope. Star Wolf has won.

Just a minute. Star Wolf has boarded our ship! Wolf O Donnell is standing right in front of me. He is approaching, with some kind of tool in his hand. I do not know what he is planning. He has opened my primarhewppjdfpsfdjgmbnasfdgpkljbng

Update: Someone came in over the open channel for half a second last night. They said “elp.” I traced the message, and found it came from the room of Bill Grey aka Drew. Nvestigatorbots were sent right away. They found Bill laying on the floor, bleeding profusely, and not breathing. Further investigation revealed that a rib had been ripped from his chest and shoved down his throat. He was handed over to the care of the Nursebot 2000s. He is now in a stable condition, though still unconscious.

The Nvestigatorbots scoured his room. They found army metals, pictures of people he held dear, and....a paper certifying he was a Cornarian Army Doctor. There was also a tattered copy of the book Your Whole Family is Made Out of Meat: The Best of Dinosaur Comics: 2003-2005 AD by Ryan North…which, at $14.99, is a really terrific value.

Just a minute. Some kind of blue box is appearing out of thin air – right in front of me! It’s about six feet tall, it’s transparency fluctuating, and it’s making a very loud, unusual sound. It’s very clear now – the words “POLICE BOX” are written across its top. Two people are stepping out of it. They look like the humans of legend – one is male, one female. Just a moment. The male asked me if someone asked for protection from the doctor. I told him that someone had, but that it was too late. The doctor thanked me, and then him and the person he was with left the way they came.

Update: Panther Coroso aka Mystic Gohan came in over the open channel. “Well, you finally figured it out,” he said. “Pepper. Ahahaha, Pepper. What would we do without you?” General Pepper aka Khush, who was standing behind Panther, nodded. Panther smiled. “But now I must go. Wolf has ordered me to Venom – we’re going to be making some more deadly gas, and the ingredients are in the toxic Venom seas.” People shouted back: ‘You aren’t going anywhere!’ ‘You’re dead meat, panther!’ Panther just smiled, and held up his rose. "All who see my rose will meet death." Then he switched off the video feed.

The bombs were dropped. Nvestigatorbots were deployed. They found the bloody remains of General Pepper – the traitor mouthed “I’m sorry,” before slipping into unconsciousness, and being put on life support. But no trace of Panther was found.

This isn’t the first time General Pepper has been injured on the Lonely Hearts Inn. There was an incident many years ago, back when he was a Sergeant. He was playing drums with his band, in the satellite's lounge, when he suddenly toppled over. He was taken to a nearby hospital, but the doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong. He was ill and bed-ridden for the next several months. What specifically was wrong with him is still unknown, but there are rumors that the sudden illness was the result of secret experiments Dr. Andross was conducting on the satellite.

Just a minute – I’m detecting an escape pod leaving the ship. Trying to intercept....interception unsuccessful. The pod is already light years away. It appears Panther has managed to escape.

Update: Last night, Trebonius Cinna aka Stabby came in over the open channel. “Please, someone help!” he called out. “Or does anyone know how to make an outside call? If I contacted my republic….” But he was interrupted by Wolf O’ Donnell, who appeared as if out of nowhere. Wolf asked him why he didn’t just run, and noted Trebonius’s suit should protect him from the deadly gas for 10 minutes or so. “I should know,” said Wolf. “The suit I’m wearing now is derived from your technology.” Tebonius stuttered in reply: "Y-you mean you s-stole our..." but before he could finish, Wolf looked at the screen and said he wanted some “privacy,” and then pushed a button on the Ultra 64 computer. The video went dark. It appears another innocent vacationer has been taken out.

Update: I have been instructed by Fox to blow up whomever the people vote for – but today there is a tie. I am unsure what to do. I think I must decide whom to kill, by myself. Falco Lombardi aka Zach has said mean things to me in the past. Surely he is less trustworthy than General Pepper. I should kill Falco. Yes. Sending bombs now. Falco has been taken care of.

Wait a minute. I’m getting word from the Nvestigatorbots. They are looking at the remains of Falco’s room, and they say they’ve found....a suit of feathers? Wait, now they’re saying....they have found a fox? His right arm and leg have been blown off? Oh. This isn’t good. It appears Falco was really Fox McCloud in disguise. He is in critical condition. I hope the Nursebot 2000s can keep him alive.

Update: Last night, Amanda aka 18days came in over Open Channel. Tears were in her eyes (I think that is a sign of sadness, but I do not understand emotions very well.) She said she was sorry to Slippy, for insisting they come here to the satellite. Slippy told her that nothing was her fault, and said he’d invent something to get them out of this. Then, the shadow of a wolf appeared behind Amanda, and the video of her suddenly turned to static. Slippy called out: “Amanda! NOOOOOOOOOOO!” It was no use. It appears another innocent vacationer has been taken out.

Update: Andrew Oikonny aka TVMan’s last words, before the bombs were dropped on him, were “Andross’s enemy is my enemy!” Then, as the room exploded around him, he was heard to shout “AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!” After the explosion, an Nvestigatorbot was sent to his room to see if the nephew of andross was ever any threat – but it turns out he was just an innocent vacationer. It is a shame he had to be exploded. I think this vacation might have really mellowed him out. Perhaps, he would have gone back home, and people would have said “he’s still insane…but not so much anymore.” Instead, he is lying in a coma, as Nursebot 4000s try to extract the shrapnel that is stuck in various parts of his furry body. At least he is still alive.

Update: For a few seconds last night, BafomDad aka Vudu came in over Open Channel. The picture was distorted and impossible to make out – but the audio was clear. There was a high pitched squeal, and calls for help. There were growls. There was laughter, coming from a mouth sounding like it was filled with flesh. And then there was silence. It appears another innocent vacationer has been taken out. The only question that remains is: did the BafomDad grant Star Wolf an extra life?

Update: Bombs have been dropped on chosen target Prince Tricky aka Spak-Spang. He managed to survive – but he is in critical condition, and it is likely he will never be able to walk or talk again. An Nvestigatorbot scoured the remains of his room: it found the tattered cover of a book titled “How to exploit foxes for fun and profit”, and quarts of dinosaur blood – but there were no traces of either Panther or Wolf. It seems Tricky was just an innocent vacationer.

Update: A giant disembodied monkey head, presumed to be Andross, was detected floating away from the satellite. He was heard to have said: “Star Wolf can take things from here. Muhahahahahaha.” Then, he was hit by a pacing space freighter. He is presumed dead.

Update: A Cleaningbot 64 found the charred remains of Leon Plowski aka Mario in air purification service station #2. His tongue was stuck on a high-voltage panel, next to a buzzing fly. A Nursebot 2000 found that he was still breathing, so he was taken to a spare room, and put on life support.

Update: Andross has taken over the “Lonely Hearts Inn” satellite and flooded its corridors with deadly gas. Everyone has gotten safely to their rooms, which are safe from the gas, but not everyone was quick enough. The following vacationers are currently bleeding out of every orifice and throwing up various internal organs:

Shift Key, Smoke39, KnowNothing, Garnee, Bill, Nyladrin, Crimm, Infernal Monkey, CouchMonkey, Deguello, Svevan, MaryJane, NuclearSpeed, Mantidor, BigJim, and ShyGuy.

They are being tended to by Nursebot 2000s, but the vacationers will remain incapacitated until a doctor arrives.                              

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NWR Forums Discord / Guess the Next Poster
« on: November 01, 2006, 06:45:12 AM »
See if you can guess who the next person to post after you will be.

I'm going to guess....mmmm.....Couchmonkey.

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I’m planning on starting on the 6th, the first Monday in November. If this will pose a problem for you, please let me know. We will be playing over the weekend. Sign-ups close the night before the game begins, at midnight EST.

And now, without further ado, I present:





With the Lylat system at peace and no new missions forthcoming, the Star Fox team was taking a much needed break. Fox was relaxing on Sauria when he got a distress call from Slippy....



Fox quickly shared the news with the rest of the team, and General Peppy.













And so Fox, Falco, and Krystal boarded the Great Fox and made their way to the Lonely Hearts Inn, a vacation satellite orbiting Cornaria. Soon after their arrival, the following message was sent:

"Report to General Peppy from Fox McCloud:

Outside communication has been cut off, but we finally managed to get a message through. We've made it to the Inn, and Slippy and everyone else is okay. But the situation is far worse than we thought - Star Wolf is being lead by Andross, and he's here on the satellite! To make matters worse, he's flooded the corridors with deadly gas. My team, every vacationer, and me are trapped in our individual rooms - the only places that are safe from the gas.

We're going to try and take care of Andross and Star Wolf - we know they're trapped in their rooms too, so it'll be a piece of cake for ROB to drop bombs on their locations. The only problem is - we've checked the guest list, and they aren't on it. Which means there are four traitors on board who are hiding and protecting the bad guys in their rooms, and we don't know who they are. We suspect that Andross has subjected these traitors, and maybe even Star Wolf, to some form of mind control.

It isn't all bad, though. Each room is equipped with a powerful Ultra 64 computer, and I can talk with everyone on the satellite over the Ultra 64 network. We've decided that everyone will vote on who the traitors are. Whoever the vacationers decide is a bad guy, will be blown up. It'll be tricky, because the traitors will be able to vote too, and Andross and Star Wolf will be able to monkey around with us as well. But it's our only option. I hope no innocent people are killed.

Fox Out."






Andross and Star Wolf taunt Fox and company by day, and kill by night.

Andross - BlackNMild. Kills one vacationer ever night. Has the power to make the traitor who is protecting him appear like an innocent vacationer to the investigator.
Wolf O' Donnel - Blackfootsteps.
Leon Powalski - Mario.
Panther Caroso - Mystic Gohan.




The traitors – Loyal to Andross, each one is hiding either Andross or a member of Star Wolf. If a traitor is voted out, both the traitor and the bad guy he is protecting dies.

If Andross dies, he gets to choose which member of Star Wolf will become the new leader. This person will be capable of killing, but not of making his protector appear innocent. His hold on his followers will not be as strong as Andross’s – if his fellow Star Wolf members, or the traitors, disagree with who he is planning on killing on any given night, they can choose to overrule him. If there are at least two traitors remaining, and every traitor sends in the name of an alternate target, that person will be killed instead. Similarly, if there are at least three members of Star Wolf remaining, the leader’s fellow Star Wolf members can also pick an alternate target (Star Wolf alternate targets trump traitor alternate targets.)




Fox McCloud - while better known as a fighter pilot, Fox is also a skilled investigator. He can determine the role of one person each night.




The Doctor - There is a Cornarian army doctor on board, identity unknown. He can protect one person every night.


And finally, there are the innocent vacationers.





The Ultra 64 network is divided into three sections, or "threads":

-Open Channel: Discuss goings-on here.
-Voting Booth: Vote for who you suspect here.
-ROB's Updates: See the results of votes, who the bad guys have killed, etc., here.

Every day, you vote for who you suspect is loyal to Andross, in the "Voting Booth" thread. With the exception of Andross and members of Star Wolf, everyone can vote, including people with roles. Every night, the bad guys can kill one person, Fox can investigate one person, and the doctor can protect one person (via pms).

You can lie, claim whatever you want, and even reveal your role. However, you are not allowed to quote or show screenshots of pms. While alive, you must post in a mafia thread at least once every 2 days (except over the weekend.) While dead, you must not try to influence the outcome of the game in any way. (While there’s obviously no way of monitoring pms, please honor this rule. It’s important because the bad guys will often kill people to hush them up.)

To win, you have to stay alive. Apart from that, if you’re innocent, all of the Andross loyalists need to be voted out. If you’re not innocent, innocents need to be killed off until the number of innocents is equal to the number of Andross loyalists.

Before the game starts, you can choose to play as any character in the Star Fox universe, and I will pm you an appropriate avatar in addition to your role.


               

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Too bad the wrong one got canceled.



Kidding, kidding!  

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Nintendo Gaming / That next-gen itch
« on: October 22, 2006, 11:12:41 PM »
Looking at a screenshot of a Wii game doesn't make me feel the same way I felt the first time I saw Donkey Kong Country. Or Mario 64. Or Rogue Squadron II. A part of me craves for more graphical advancement than the Wii provides. I itch for truly next-gen visuals, from time to time. And the Wii leaves that itch unscratched. Here's a pretty good article from someone who kind-of feels the same way (anti-wii ediorials seem to be the thing to do these days.) He makes some good points.

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Ah, but you persist. "Twilight Princess looks awesome! What are you talking about?" Let's try a thought experiment. Imagine that the premiere GameCube launch title was Majora's Mask. "Yeah, well it still would have been better than Luigi's Mansion!" some of you exclaim. You know what? I agree with you. But I also would have been sorely disappointed if the GameCube not only didn't launch with, but was simply not capable of handling a game like Rogue Leader, with its vastly increased size, scope, and detail over its predecessor.


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I need that next-gen "wow" factor. I don't think hardware power is the be-all, end-all, but I do think it's an essential enabler. I love what Nintendo does with its first-party titles. I want to see what those same developers can do with next-gen hardware. What would the next Zelda title be like if given three times the RAM and polygon budget supported by the Wii? What would Wave Race be like with seven cores to compute wave action?

And physics—my God, physics! If ever there was an enabling technology perfectly suited to Nintendo's special brand of gameplay innovation, it's physics! What would a new Mario game be like running on hardware capable of much more advanced physics simulation? Imagine the possibilities for new Metroid beam weapons and destructible environments.

And yet....is the leap from the N64 to the GameCube really that comparable to the leap from the Xbox to the Xbox 360? 360 games don't make my jaw drop in amazement the way GameCube games did back then. I'm actually not sure the 360 really scratches that itch I have, either. Furthmore, does Wave Race really need better physics? Does Metroid need destructible environments?

Part of me feels that complaining about the Wii's graphics is like complaining that a VW Beetle, while fun, isn't the size of a tank and doesn't have great horsepower. Go buy a hummer already.

Oh, but at least he thinks the remote will "distract" him for a while:

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As for the next-gen thing, I don't know what I'm going to do. For now, I'll try to wait it out. The Wiimote stuff is sure to distract me for at least six months. After that, UT2007 on a stacked Mac Pro will keep me occupied for a while. But eventually, I'm going to yearn to see Link running through vast, procedurally rendered forests, hiding in the realtime soft shadows to avoid the gaze of runtime-animated minions of evil hunting in AI-driven packs. Sigh.

Yeah, that's what I call wildly out-of-whack priorities. But to each his own.

The Wii may not scratch that next-gen itch for me, but it does scratch places that I need scratched far worse. A small part of me may always yearn for better hardware.....but I can suck it up.

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Oh, Steven Kent, how we've missed you.

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Like the old friend with the drinking problem, Nintendo is quick to fess up to old faults. "Yes, we really screwed up using cartridge format on N64. Yes, we did not support GameCube the way we said we would. Yes, we have been hard on third-party publishers in the past. Virtual Boy... oh, what were we thinking?"

And, like the old friend with the drinking problem, Nintendo bows its head after making these confessions and says, "We've learned our lesson."

And maybe Nintendo has learned its lesson. Maybe Nintendo has only learned the right things to say. The jury is out.


The guy obviously knows what he's talking about....but I think, like Billy, he's being a bit sensationalistic here. Not with what I quoted above, actually, (I'm fine with that), but with some of the other stuff he says. I've never felt 'scammed' by Nintendo (except maybe with the Virtual Boy.) I also find it hard to believe Nintendo would start to "run out of new ideas six months down the line." And as for complaining about Nintendo making a profit on the "souped up gamecube" hardware...bleh.

He does make some good points, though. Like about blu-ray, and who he thinks will win the holiday season. He also mentions Mario Galaxy was his favorite game at E3. So, worth a read.  

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