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[davidctaylor]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Official DS Lite Thread!

« on: June 14, 2006, 03:25:44 AM »

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Originally posted by: davidctaylor
I want to buy from the little guy, but I wanted this game.

Maybe I am the only one, but I go out of my way to avoid EB and GS. I don't know how anyone can call them the little guys.

Their business is run on buying back games for peanuts then selling them at near full price and they have a stranglehold on this market(Even Ebay sellers consult the used game prices of GS and EB when selling an item). I rarely ever step into one where the clerks know a single thing about games and wind up selling customers wrong products. I can't tell you how many times I have seen people (uninformed parents mostly) buy games that completely suck at the suggestion of a clerk simply because the clerk is trying to move stagnant merchandise.

EB and GS are not little, they generate the majority of business in game sales and if there was a bit more competition in the Used Game market perhaps we would have more reasonable used game prices and sell back prices.

[Athrun Zala]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Can you plug Retro-Replica Controllers into Wiimote?

« on: June 14, 2006, 02:59:48 AM »

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Originally posted by: Athrun Zala
seems pretty cool, although I'd prefer just the N64 one with a better stick ^^

LOL. I was thinking the exact same thing. The N64 controller with a Gamecube stick would be amazing.

But in general I would like to plug the classic controllers into the Wii. I have every system predating the Wii and a bunch of controllers for each so using those controllers without having to buy extras would be great. But if I have to buy a replica from every system to enjoy classic games in their true form I will.

[BlackNMild2k1]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Free Brain Age with DS Lite!

« on: June 13, 2006, 03:13:58 AM »

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Originally posted by: BlackNMild2k1
Normally we would consolidate deals like this into a single thread:
Amazing Deals for DS & GBA
as most of the time these are just announcements, and there is not much to discuss.

I know about the thread, I just figured I would make a new one because it was launch day and the more people that caught it on a glance the better. Once the coupons expire, one of the mods can lock the thread.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: I demand Psychonauts to be on the VC!

« on: June 11, 2006, 03:26:27 PM »

I'd say the particular levels themselves were fairly linear but there is alot of collecting to do in the open areas. The collecting only becomes tedious if you seek out all of the figments, but the Scavenger Hunt Items and Psi-Cards were always a pleasure to seek out.

I can't believe the anti-Psychonauts sentiment on this board. I understand the game did not sell well, but I think that the game was extremely original and a blast to play. I think nemo's point to get it on the Wii is a valid one. People may get to appreciate the excellence that was Psychonauts if Nintendo really pushed the game(perhaps published it). Fanboys like us eat up pretty much anything Nintendo formally endorses and I don't see why a Psychonauts 2 would be any different. Although the likelihood of any of this is slim to none, it's still nice to dream.

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Nintendo Gaming / Free Brain Age with DS Lite!

« on: June 11, 2006, 07:56:39 AM »

This week both Circuit City and Best Buy are giving away Brain Age for free with the purchase of a DS Lite!

Circuit City Coupon
Best Buy Coupon

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Official DS Lite Thread!

« on: June 11, 2006, 06:13:34 AM »

Picked up my DS Lite at 1:45AM at the local Walmart. Could not be happier with it. I will have to agree with Pale on the whole button argument. Thus far I can not find a single thing that is better on the original DS. Thank you Nintendo for the sexiest piece of hardware you have ever created.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Is Nintendo Right?

« on: June 11, 2006, 05:35:54 AM »

I will never understand the obsession with Halo. Nothing was done particularly well, the level design was awful and boring, and the weapon balance was terrible as well (Did somebody say Sniper Pistol?).

Innovation is something needed terribly in this industry and more generic FPS's isn't helping that cause. I wish more companies did what developers on the DS do. I love the low startup times and immediate gameplay. I don't have as much time as I would like anymore to play video games and the pickup and play nature of the DS really aides that lifestyle. Plus I am sick of waiting 100 hours just to play a game. CG movies are nice sometimes, but most games do not benefit from them especially at the very beginning of the game.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:I demand Psychonauts to be on the VC!

« on: June 10, 2006, 07:24:01 AM »

Now if Nintendo was really smart they would contract Double Fine for a second Psychonauts and somehow include the first as a pre-order bonus. I'd hate to see Pyschnauts die. The game was amazing and easily one of the best games of the generation.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Reading Assignment

« on: June 09, 2006, 03:22:37 AM »

Another great book on videogames is The Ultimate History of Videogames. It was used as a textbook in one of the classes offered at RIT(my college). Interesting read with a large focus on the beginning of videogames. It doesn't have any info on this current generation but talked about a bunch of things I had never known before.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:The stuff that should be expected over the Wii's lifetime

« on: June 09, 2006, 03:17:09 AM »

I know Mario Party is a big joke because Nintendo releases so many of them, but I believe if they change up the formula a bit we could have a really fun game here. The wiimote opens up all sorts of interesting gesture-based minigames. I just wish with each passing game, they didn't get so complicated. I loved #1 but it was a control stick (and palm) killer.

Anyhow, I'm sure that we will see a bunch of new games that we have never experienced before, and those are the ones I am excited for. Sure I love my classic Nintendo IP's but I want new things on the Wii. Very few new concepts blossomed from this generation and it has made gaming stagnant. I hope the Wii really does change the world of gaming.

[Rize]

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TalkBack / RE:Nintendo Reveals More Wii Details

« on: June 08, 2006, 02:15:45 AM »

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Originally posted by: Rize

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Originally posted by: The Omen
the prices are fine.  $4 is slightly much for an old NES game like Urban Champion.  But $9 is a steal for Snes classics like A Link To The Past or Shadowrun, not to mention N64 classics.  It ends up being a bargain in my eyes.

Besides, who feels like f'ing with the NES, and that hideous blinking screen?I'd sooner pay $4 even if I owned the game then drag all my wires and rubbing alcohol out just to play Tag Team Wrestling.

haha, everyone has their own ritual to make those old NES's work

My trick was to blow the dust off the contacts, then blow humid air onto contacts (make a slow breath from the back of your throat).  The humidity helps initial electrical conductivity.  Then I put the game in just a little more than I have to (don't push it all the way back).  Finally, I push the game down and take another game (a crappy one) and insert it into the nes on top of the other game holding it down (rather than the normal method where the game pops back up a little bit).  Using this trick I can get all but the most nasty or broken game to work on two or three tries.  If not one.

And I'd much rather play the original if I have it than any emulated version, including Wii's.  Metroid Prime's copy of Metroid 1 for example is just a little weird looking compared to the original NES.  The screen dimensions are slightly different and the colors or just a tad off.  Things are a slight bit blurry even.  I hope they do a better job with the Wii emulators.

You have to go get yourself a new 72 Pin Connector. I replaced mine about a year ago and the NES has worked fine since. No tricks, no blowing in cartridges, every game thus far has worked on the first try. I too had my rituals as a child so I can sympathize.

Back to the article, am I the only one excited about the DS being used as a touch screen controller for the Wii? I think we all knew it was coming but I can't wait to see what they do with this new connectivity. No wires to purchase, no dark screens due to a lack of backlight, no batteries to worry about. Seems like the DS might really help bring Nintendo's whole connectivity feature to the forefront of gaming.

[Infernal Monkey]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:No multiplayer in Mario Galaxy

« on: June 07, 2006, 04:52:55 AM »

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Originally posted by: Infernal Monkey
Super Mario Bros' two player mode was turn based. It was hardly thrilling. Just give the Wiimote to your girlfriend everytime you die in Mario Galaxy so she can have a go if you're so desperate to spend the night playing video games with her.

I see he said Super Mario Bros, but I think he meant Mario Bros. I'm assuming that is what he is talking about and I must agree. I think cooperative puzzles in a Mario World would be intense. Miyamoto's idea of cooperative control isn't as cool as it sounds. Take We Love Katamari for instance, 2 players controlling 1 Katamari = not fun. Nintendo is more creative than that, and I think Nemo's point is valid. There is no better universe to implement such a thing. You have Luigi and Mario and could easy have them working together to accomplish a goal. Of course it would be a lot of work on Nintendo's part but I don'tthink they want to miss the cooperative play bandwagon. Xbox Live is doing it like crazy and everybody loves it.

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General Gaming / RE:Donkey Konga 3/Region Switch

« on: June 06, 2006, 04:31:57 AM »

Some games, Donkey Konga 3 for instance you do need a separate memory card, but others, Kururin Squash! for instance you do not. The problem I am having with Donkey Konga 3 is that it won't save, which I guess it tells me in japanese. I have the save file on it's own memory card and I just want t know if doing the JPN/USA switch will enable me to save on a US memory card. I think it will, so I guess I'll do the mod this weekend and give a report after its done.  

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General Gaming / Donkey Konga 3/Region Switch

« on: June 05, 2006, 04:30:28 PM »

Does anyone know if you install a region switch if it will allow you to save donkey konga 3 save files on an american memory card? I just imported it and I'm a little pissed I can't save, but before I go through the effort of modding if the region switch will allow this to work.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Wii Cover of Edge

« on: June 04, 2006, 10:29:06 AM »

Wow thats awesome. Not much more to say. I think even though I hate the name Wii it is very visually appealing as seen here.

[Edfishy]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Wii prototype drawings, charger/endcap/wirelesstranceiver?

« on: June 04, 2006, 06:05:16 AM »

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Nintendo sez: Wiimote uses AA batteries. Why would they lie about something like that?

I would have preferred if they would have used Ion batteries for the Wiimotes and made them dock with the Wii.  Batteries are a pain.

I remember reading an interview somewhere with Miyamoto and he was saying the the battery situation was not finalized and that they were still looking into using rechargeable batteries. If you ask me Nintendo would be very foolish not to have rechargeable batteries. Buying batteries all the time is costly and annoying. Most people will go out and buy rechargeable AA batteries anyway so why not provide it out of the box with Lithium Ion ones.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: yay, new rumored tech specs

« on: June 03, 2006, 03:07:00 PM »

When it comes down to it I agree with the poster in the forum, 60 fps. Thats where it's at, the graphics don't need to be as amazing as possible as long as we get 60 fps. The play experience is just so much smoother at 60 fps its ridiculous. No matter what the graphics are the Wii is still going to rock the house hardcore.

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TalkBack / RE: Opera Included in Wii

« on: June 03, 2006, 01:58:42 PM »

Wow this is some awesome news. This means all the developers can take advantage of the fact that there is a web browser on board. I'm sure this will open up some more new venues in gaming. When you stop and look at the complete package of the Wii it is becoming more and more impressive.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: It's all coming together... Wii Phone

« on: June 03, 2006, 04:54:24 AM »

I would imagine that the infrastructure is already in place for something like this given they have a microphone. As long as the Wii can only communicate with other Wii's this is a very simple procedure. One Wii would call another through a friend code. Nintendo has an index of where all the friend codes lead to(an IP address) your Wii sets up a direct connection with your friends Wii, Nintendo wipes their hands clean and walks away, from that point on the Internet will handle everything assuming there is a standard Wii protocol for one Wii to send voice to another Wii. Nintendo really wouldn't need to do anything to make this work, and with the DS it seems this is exactly what they are already doing.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Wii user profiles

« on: June 03, 2006, 04:43:26 AM »

I'm guessing any profile management will be done on a totally manual level. It seems to me that any solution to do it automatically will unnecessarily add cost to the system. I think Nintendo wants to bring us the future at the lowest price point, and anything that may compromise that won't work for them. If the tech is cheap enough, I don't see why Nintendo wouldn't do it, that would really show up Sony and Microsoft(Not like they haven't done that already anyways).

I think creating profiles in the Systems OS is one possibility, another is through games which will act as a front end to the System's OS, setting up a basic profile on the OS and adding configuration for whichever particular game is being used. Mangement of those profiles will also need to be done through the OS. There was nothing more annoying than sharing the XBOX with my 2 brothers and constantly having to make sure noone's data got erased. A simple profile system would have solved that problem with ease.  

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General Gaming / RE: Official Half Life 2 Episode 1 Thread

« on: June 02, 2006, 06:15:32 PM »

Well after playing for a little bit, I must say this game is awesome. It feels so nice to return to City 17 so soon(relatively). I think a much cooler way to move the Half-Life story is through these episodes. A very solid engine is already in place and just designing maps is a cakewalk. The beginning of this story is awesome and feels like an interactive movie. I would love to see more games do in game cinematic this professionally.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Need help from serious gamecube collector's...

« on: June 02, 2006, 03:04:26 PM »

Wow dude, 453, that is one massive number. Do you play any of them or just purchase them and leave them untouched? If you have that many on the Cube I can't imagine how many games you own in general. Probably makes my almost 500 games look like nothing.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Super Smash Bros. Brawl

« on: June 02, 2006, 02:47:04 AM »

I kind of find that quote hard to believe. Ice Climbers happened to be (a) very solid fighter(s). One of the biggest challenges for me is facing someone who is good with the Ice Climbers, to just outright remove them seems like a very poor decision. Quite frankly I can understand the removal of Mr. Game and Watch but I would not be happy with his removal if this is true. I like the idea of swapping Young Link with Wind Waker Link, should differentiate him from Link. The clone news is a good thing if it turns out to be true, but I hope they don't rework the clones too much because I was a Ganondorf fighter and I would be a little peaved if his move set gets dumped in favor of Captain Falcon. As far as the newcomers go, that seems like an obvious few so I guess we will see if there are any big surprises down the road.

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TalkBack / RE: DS Lite Street Date Broken

« on: June 01, 2006, 12:59:24 PM »

Guess I'll just have to pick up HL2 Ep. 1 to hold me over till the 11th.

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TalkBack / RE: DS Lite Street Date Broken

« on: June 01, 2006, 05:57:47 AM »

I say we storm Target and demand they sell us our DS Lites!