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TalkBack / Re: Final Mario 3D Kart Tracks Revealed

« on: November 15, 2011, 07:12:22 PM »

When do you think Nintendo will make a level editor? It would be sick if the best four become a Cup of their own, changing each week to become another Cup.

I see that happening more with F-Zero than Mario Kart. Mario Kart's gotten too many complicated elements that would make it hard to make an editor (or we'd get severely gimped stages like in Brawl). F-Zero, on the other hand, has already received editors in the past.

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TalkBack / Re: 77 Days (and Counting) of No Wii Virtual Console

« on: November 15, 2011, 05:45:31 PM »

Have you played Kirby's Avalanche or Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine? It's that game.
It's a Tetris-style game where you match and clear colored blobs. Combos send garbage into the opponents playing field. I find it more fun than, say, Puzzle League or Dr. Mario. It's faster-paced and more complex than Dr. Mario, and unlike Puzzle League, individual pieces fall down.

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TalkBack / Re: 77 Days (and Counting) of No Wii Virtual Console

« on: November 15, 2011, 03:38:21 PM »

If they brought online Puyo Puyo over, I'd buy it.

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General Gaming / Re: So nobody likes GameStop?

« on: November 15, 2011, 01:59:07 PM »

I was at one mall that had an EB Games and a GameStop... then, right out side the mall was another GameStop.

I lived at a place that had three for a while, two in the mall and one outside (previously were a GameStop, EB Games, and Software, Etc.)

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: The OFFICIAL Big N rumor thread *bring your own salt*

« on: November 15, 2011, 01:34:12 AM »

Silicone Knights

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: The OFFICIAL Big N rumor thread *bring your own salt*

« on: November 14, 2011, 06:08:45 PM »

Yes, many countries, provinces, and localities actually fund game development in hopes in helping their economies.

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TalkBack / Re: Final Mario 3D Kart Tracks Revealed

« on: November 14, 2011, 05:48:34 PM »

I played them :-p

[New and old tracks cover land, sea, sky, and space.]

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TalkBack / Final Mario Kart 7 Tracks Revealed

« on: November 14, 2011, 02:34:42 PM »

New and old tracks cover land, sea, sky, and space.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/28418

The remaining Mario Kart 7 tracks have been revealed. Nintendo also released footage of the Star Cup, Leaf Cup, and Battle Stages. The track lists and videos follow.

Star Cup

Piranha Plant Slide
Wario Shipyard
Neo Bowser City
Maka Wuhu

Special Cup

DK Jungle
Rosalina's Ice World
Bowser's Castle
Rainbow Road

Leaf Cup

N64 Kalimari Desert
DS DK Pass
GCN Daisy Cruiser
Wii Maple Treeway

Lightning Cup

Wii Koopa Cape
GCN Dino Dino Jungle
DS Airship Fortress
SNES Rainbow Road

Battle Stages

GBA Battle Course 1
N64 Big Doughnut
DS Palm Shore
Honeybee Hive
Sherbet Rink
Wuhu Town

Check back later for our impressions of the online modes.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Memorex Universal Game Selector

« on: November 14, 2011, 01:21:50 AM »

Keep in mind, this is the company that designed a Wii Wheel with pass-through slot for MotionPlus because they "had it on good authority" that Nintendo would be putting out games needing it.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Memorex Universal Game Selector

« on: November 14, 2011, 01:11:49 AM »

At E3, I talked to the guy who designed this, and mentioned how I couldn't use it since I have an extended battery pack, and asked if they would make something that did both, and he said that's something they were looking into for the next product iteration.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Amazing Deals!

« on: November 14, 2011, 01:01:26 AM »

It didn't instill any more confidence that the guy hadn't even heard of the game.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 6: TANOOKI ONSEN 3D

« on: November 13, 2011, 02:43:23 AM »

Gree in the US? Wtf?! Does not compute!

Gree actually bought OpenFeint earlier this year, which was a social gaming platform that was starting to gain traction in the US. I've tried to play Japanese Gree games on my phone, but they make you login with a Japanese mobile e-mail address, which I don't have.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Internetz DRAMA

« on: November 13, 2011, 01:30:12 AM »

At the end of this thread, we find out ShyGuy was UncleBob all this time.

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 6: TANOOKI ONSEN 3D

« on: November 13, 2011, 12:03:38 AM »

Having imported a ton of used Japanese games, everything you've mentioned about the condition of the goods is true, but there is one downside... everything smells like cigarette smoke.


I saw a GREE ad in Silicon Valley. It featured a tentacled creature with the tagline "Huge in Japan."
Edit: found it online

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Wii U

« on: November 12, 2011, 09:22:39 PM »

Fin or Whale?

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TalkBack / Re: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Review

« on: November 12, 2011, 03:44:57 PM »

That actually seems to be a trend. I stopped playing Ocarina at the Forest Temple too. It's worse with Twilight Princess though since it's right up front and the whole beginning drags.


Timely.

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TalkBack / Re: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Review

« on: November 11, 2011, 04:26:41 PM »

I had very strict teachers on grading back in high school and college, so yes that's exactly what that meant when I was in school.  Taking into account the relative knowledge and skill expected of students my age, of course.

I would argue that granularity also matters. It's easier for a game to get a 10/10 than a 100/100. Your strict teachers are closer to ONM, which gave this game a 98, their highest score ever for a Wii game.

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General Chat / Re: Amazing Deals ~Non-Gaming Edition~

« on: November 11, 2011, 03:08:58 PM »

Yeah, but I'd rather go for the Amazon Kinect bundle with $100 credit. And Walmart will have it for $200 with $50 credit on Black Friday.

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General Chat / Re: Amazing Deals ~Non-Gaming Edition~

« on: November 11, 2011, 02:48:11 PM »

Xbox360 4GB - $139.99

Doesn't seem worth it when they have a $50 gift card offer at the $199 price, and you don't have to get up early.

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General Chat / Re: Verizon phones

« on: November 11, 2011, 01:47:45 PM »

The rumor is that Silverlight 5 is the last version. Heck, the Windows 8 Metro version of Internet Explorer doesn't even support it.

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TalkBack / Re: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Review

« on: November 11, 2011, 12:14:25 PM »

It took him 10 hours to realize that the controls were carried over from Wii Sports Resort? Was he not following the game at all beforehand?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Amazing Deals!

« on: November 11, 2011, 02:42:40 AM »

Just noticed Kmart is running a $50 coupon with $110 game software purchase (ends Sat). I guess we know where my holiday Nintendo games are coming from.


Edit: Not from them. They don't have much in stock that I want to buy.


Edit2: Second fail regarding the $15 credit for Super Mario 3D Land. The store hadn't gotten it in and didn't know when they might get it, as their shipment days are kept secret apparently due to security concerns.

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TalkBack / Re: Second 3DS CPU Will Be Unlocked for Developers

« on: November 10, 2011, 10:04:33 PM »

The wording was misleading. We don't know what the 3DS limit used to be; the 16MB was for DSi, and 512MB is the new 3DS limit.

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General Chat / Re: Verizon phones

« on: November 10, 2011, 05:03:06 PM »

I can't comment on the quality since the only device I have used the mobile version on is my DSi and 3DS, but it seemed fine.

Neither of those devices have Flash.

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TalkBack / Re: Second 3DS CPU Will Be Unlocked for Developers

« on: November 10, 2011, 04:21:08 PM »

I would guess it was something that was too much trouble to do initially in order to get the system out the door. Or maybe it made battery life even worse (like what happened with the PSP), but the screen battery breakthrough offset it.