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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Miyamoto tells me to wait five years...
« on: November 06, 2007, 02:02:32 AM »
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Originally posted by: BigJimIf the "steering wheel" doesn't pan out to be the next, err, steering wheel, then you can't point the finger at everybody but the source. It doesn't fly when Sony blames movie studios for UMD, and it wouldn't fly for Wiimote. They're taking a calculated risk, and while the steering wheel is working out for them (*sort of) if it's not part of others' agendas, then it's ultimately falling on Nintendo.


That is really broken logic. Clearly the Wii remote can and does work. Enough developers have proven that this is true. I know it has been said about a million times, but looks at the DS. People were shoehorning touch controls in for the longest time in their shovelware and making the DS look terrible. But there were plenty of other devs looking for a way to use touch controls to their advantage and change the gameplay experience. As a programmer, and as someone who has programmed for games before, it isn't easy to adjust to such a radical change. Before you could just map simple commands to keys or buttons and most of the work was done for you. Now you need to interpret the input and act accordingly. I'm sure plenty of studios are still figuring out the best way to utilize the Wii remote and are building packages of software that will make integrating it much easier when it comes time to make a game. You'll see great Wii remote games in the very near future. It is just a matter of developers making sure they are ready for liftoff before they just take off. Most developers probably aren't interested in creating shovelware and losing customers. Once they have figured out the equation you will see them come strong out of the gate.

Comparing UMD to Wii Remote just doesn't work, there is no effort on the end of a movie company to put a film on UMD. Also keep in mind that UMD failed because it was over priced and useless, those are two things I can't really say about the Wii.

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NWR Forums Discord / RE:Classic Internet
« on: November 05, 2007, 07:54:57 AM »
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Originally posted by: Crimm
I remember the Internet being all text!


And pr0n was ASCII  

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General Gaming / RE: So I played RockBand today...
« on: November 05, 2007, 07:47:04 AM »
I love the idea of this game and where they are going with it, but at $150, that is waaaaay more than I am willing to pay. If I had a group of people that would play this with me all the time, I might be willing to shell out the dough, but $150 is still steep. I'll pass for now and maybe some time in the future this game can be had for sub-$100.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Super Mario Galaxy
« on: November 05, 2007, 07:40:01 AM »
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Originally posted by: Brandogg
Confirmed: I've played a little bit of Super Mario Galaxy, and it's awesome.


QFT. Totally awesome as a matter of fact.

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General Gaming / RE: Final Fantasy XII sucks...
« on: November 05, 2007, 06:38:32 AM »
I just picked this game up at TRU on Saturday night for $9.99, after playing it for a couple of hours I think alot of the reaction to the game's new combat system was very knee-jerk. The game is Final Fantasy through and through and is actually pretty enjoyable to play. While it may be doing certain things for you, the game feels more interactive than the pre-FFXII games do. The story is a little cliche as it usually is, but I'm going to stick with it because I think it has some potential. Not sure where they are going with XIII but after seeing the changes with XII I'm very curious.

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General Chat / RE: Writers strike is on
« on: November 05, 2007, 05:26:08 AM »
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The Office: unknown at this time.


Hell no, this show better not get dumped. I will have to smack some people around. This and South Park are the only shows I watch on TV, I will be seriously pissed if it doesn't continue.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Super Mario Galaxy
« on: November 05, 2007, 01:32:58 AM »
I think the big misconception here is that people think it is possible to draw these more "hardcore" gamers away from their PS3s and Xbox 360s. Nintendo and their franchises have a certain stigma attached to them that is not going to break. Nintendo did the first smart thing in a long time which was to stop trying to reach out to a crowd that would never accept them, and reach out to new people with more accessible games. This is a business people, money is green if it comes from hardcore or casual. I'm pretty sure Nintendo would rather attract the money from people my parents age (mid-40s) with these commercials who played the original SMB and entice them to try out the new one. These people have more disposable income and will be more willing to just drop $50 (or $300 for a system + mario) on a whim. Not to mention the plain fact that Nintendo doesn't fit with "hardcore" gamers anymore, and trying to reach out to them is a waste of time and money. Look at the Gamecube.

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General Chat / RE:Mac OS X Leopard (10.5)
« on: November 04, 2007, 10:59:52 PM »
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Originally posted by: Shift Key
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Originally posted by: Mashiro
Fun fact: I start working at an apple store on Saturday =D


I knew there was someone who worked in an Apple store in this there. Here's a nice story for you, and it starts off with "I'm looking for a J-Phone."

http://www.burbia.com/node1470.htm


Wow that's an awesome story. I'm not big on going into the Apple Store because you always seem to get two types of people. The guy in that story being a total dick or the completely clueless idiot who doesn't know the difference between the various products they sell (but still act like a total dick regardless). Plus the store is fairly useless, with nothing much inside except their hardware and other over priced goods.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Miyamoto tells me to wait five years...
« on: November 04, 2007, 10:51:02 PM »
I somewhat agree with what Strell had to say about this. I honestly think that the Wii2 is where we will see a much better designed Wii remote. Right now the Wii remote is being used for some ridiculous things that just replace button mashing with waggle. It is obvious though, that certain games like Z&W, MP3, ET and Wii Sports can take outstanding use of the Wii Remote and that there is still enough there to work with to really properly implement Wii Remote use. I think half of the problem is a limit to what can actually use motion control and the other half of the problem is developers inexperience programming for such an interface. By the time developers are used to the interface and perhaps the interface itself is improved by Nintendo (Wii2), it will be about 5 years form now. That I can believe and I would bet is very likely. I'm sure there will still be plenty of diamonds in the rough, but in 5 years the number of Red Steels out there will be very limited.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Super Mario Galaxy
« on: November 03, 2007, 05:01:25 PM »
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Originally posted by: Coffee&Cigarettes
and a 10 doesn't mean perfection. it's not like a 9.5 is significantly different from a 10 - you don't have to justify a 9.5 by adding complaints. And if you give a game a 10, you should still be able to complain. I thought people here didn't pay attention to review scores.


It's not the score that's annoying, it's the double standard when it comes to Nintendo games. For some reason Nintendo games are always torn to shreds in reviews over every little thing, and with other more mainstream franchises all flaws are overlooked come the time to post a score. I honestly don't care what any publication has to say, I can make my buying decisions myself, it's just ass that these sites perpetuate the Nintendo hate across the gaming community.

Another great example of this can be found on Kotaku. The level editor in Halo 3 was talked up to be the greatest thing in the history of gaming, while the SSBB level editor is no big deal at all to them. It's frustrating that the gaming media hates Nintendo so much. It makes it impossible to enjoy Nintendo games with casual (what the media calls hardcore) gamers because they think all Nintendo stuff is k!ddy garbage. I'm just sick of the double standards and the constant misconstruing of Nintendo's products.

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TalkBack / RE:EDITORIALS: On Ratings
« on: November 03, 2007, 04:51:20 AM »
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Originally posted by: wandering
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If I, as a reviewer, say, "What would hardcore gamers think of this game? Are there difficult challenges which unlock extra content? Would they feel the desire to keep going until they got the most out of this game and is there a 'most' to get?" then god knows I'm doing a better job than if I thought, "This game is too f*cking hard. F*ck this game." and gave it a 3/10.

You can't speak for other people. You might think hardcore gamers will love Xtreme Gears Bloodfest 9000, and hate Shadows and Whispers: A Tale of Lost Love, but you can't know. You can say that you think Xtreme Gears is too hard, but you can't say that hardcore gamers will think it's legitimately challenging. Maybe they'll think it's really cheap. You can say you think Shadows and Whispers is beautiful, but you can't say that hardcore gamers will think it's boring. Maybe they'll love it just as much as you do.


This is a true point, but regardless of how good the review is, sometimes you are going to get burned. At least with this scale it really differentiates based on people's tastes and comes much closer to accurately portraying the game.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Guitar Hero Launch Day?
« on: November 03, 2007, 04:46:33 AM »
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Originally posted by: vudu
I've moved onto Medium and I'm starting to get pretty decent.  I just kicked Tom Morello's ass.  

Is it better to hit the blue note with your pinkie finger or is it better to just shift your hand down a notch?  I'm currently playing with my pinkie, but when (if) I move up to Hard it seems like I'm going to have to get used to shifting my hand to hit the orange note, so it might be best to get used to it now.  How do most people play?


By the time you move up to hard/expert you are going to need to do both. I would try changing it up from time to time, hit some with the pinky, and shift other times.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Your Revolution game ideas HERE!
« on: November 02, 2007, 03:29:10 PM »
Pilotwings skydiving FTW. Nintendo don't cop out on us, I am expecting a Wii Pilotwings, you better deliver.

Offtopic, but what ever happened to Pittboi?

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Custom Mapping makes Tingle happy!
« on: November 02, 2007, 11:24:02 AM »
Alright here's what I got.



just kidding, now for real


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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Zelda DS: Phantom Hourglass
« on: November 02, 2007, 08:37:33 AM »
Nintendo's gesture input for the DS is so flawed because it relies on the direction you draw things. For instance, my friend was trying out my copy of Brain Age and was running through the speed math section. He was unable to get past a certain equation because it wouldn't recognize the 7 he was drawing. He seemed to be writing a 7 very clearly. I step up and draw it, no issues my 7 is recognized. The issue: he wrote a 7 starting from the bottom and working his way up, I drew it starting from the left and working my way down. Nintendo needs to train these drawing analyzers to detect the image regardless of the direction you draw things in. It really destroys the interactivity with the game to have it not recognize a drawing that is clearly adequate just because you started drawing in a different spot or drew in a different direction.  

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Podcast Discussion / RE:Radio Free Nintendo: Episode 76
« on: November 02, 2007, 08:14:26 AM »
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Originally posted by: ShyGuy
Rats, cause I liked the longer podcasts myself.


Ditto. I want one big podcast per week and short little 5 minute ones daily discussing the biggest news item of the day.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:What Brawl update would make you say MEGATON?
« on: November 02, 2007, 08:08:45 AM »
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Originally posted by: PartyBear
Third party character Megaton: Boba Fett.
Also, Kool-Aid Man, just because his entrance would be too cool.


**busts through a wall** OH YEAH!  

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General Chat / RE:A Hard(For me) math problem I need help with, Circles and what not :)
« on: November 02, 2007, 08:05:46 AM »
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Originally posted by: Kairon
What is SCC?


According to DAaaMan64's profile he lives in Spokane, I'm guessing it means Spokane Community College. Could be wrong though.

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General Gaming / RE: This really pissed me off
« on: November 02, 2007, 04:56:56 AM »
I had to bring this up, Wired is running a guide on how to steal music using BitTorrent. Seriously WTF. I really don't understand how somebody could run an article like this and not get sued. It's really brash of them and very, very wrong. Don't encourage people to do the wrong thing, or enable them, especially if you are to be taken seriously as a publication.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: What Brawl update would make you say MEGATON?
« on: November 02, 2007, 04:15:19 AM »
I would have to go with Character Creation mode being the biggest megaton possible. That or playable.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Amazing Wii Deals!
« on: November 02, 2007, 02:48:19 AM »
There is a rumor currently floating around CAG stating that if you buy Super Mario Galaxy at Toys R Us during the week of 11/11 - 11/17 you will get a $25 giftcard for use on your next purchase (in store only). No confirmation(scans of ad), but it will be an awesome deal if true. Regardless I am going to move my preorder to them just to be sure if it does turn out to be true I'm set. I'll edit this post when the proof/details of the situation are revealed.

EDIT: You can find the image here confirming the offer!

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NWR Forums Discord / RE: Need feedback PLEASE
« on: November 02, 2007, 12:44:14 AM »
Holy crap did you somehow get your hands on a Delorean and steal this page design from 1996? Looks like you forgot the animated gifs though.

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General Chat / RE: Awesome myspace dedicated to Nintendo... not lame... I promise ;)
« on: November 01, 2007, 11:20:49 AM »
Well I just wanted to say goodbye to you before you get banned.

Goodbye.

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General Chat / RE: Awesome myspace dedicated to Nintendo... not lame... I promise ;)
« on: November 01, 2007, 11:04:45 AM »
AWESOME I LUV TEH NINTNED0ess I!!!1!! ILSL CHEKKC IUT OUT RIHGT EWAY.

Also what Mashiro said, and you're a douchebag, and Cattank is going to steamroll your ass.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Guitar Hero Launch Day?
« on: November 01, 2007, 10:01:09 AM »
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Originally posted by: vudu
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Originally posted by: Mr. Jack
IMHO it is a better idea to unlock songs first and go for the other goodies after.
Sorry, but I disagree.

Tom Morello > bonus songs > everything else

The initial characters really suck.


Tom Morello is in this one as a playable character!!! I take it all back, Tom Morello is awesome, buy him before all songs. Same goes for the rest of you!

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