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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Wii: The Plastic Box of Death!
« on: February 12, 2007, 12:38:26 PM »
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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother
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Originally posted by: pap64 2. I understood the point of the joke. He just replaced bytes with hype. Clever, yes, but not THAT funny. I simply didn't understand what's so funny about it. Maybe written humor doesn't work as well as visual humor, or it would've been funny had someone actually said it.


It's the fact that he's quantifying something which is non-measurable and he's doing so by inventing a silly-sounding unit of measure.

When the professor waved his coolness detector at his and Hermes' sons and said, "My god! They're reading in at over 500 Mega Fonzies!", it was funny because A) "coolness" is not a variable which can actually be measured: it's a subjective quantity, and yet here was the professor with an invention used to measure it and B) it used the character "Fonzie" from "Happy Days" as a unit of measurement due to his coolness factor.

The full quote from the article was actually:

Let's start with the much-ballyhooed controller. (Studies indicate that the Wiimote is the most ballyhooed video-game controller of all time by 3.5 kilohypes.)

First of all, "ballyhooed" is a silly word to start with, and I thought the comparison was amusing because he claimed to quantify a variable which cannot be quantified and did so with a silly unit of measure. Not only is the Wiimote "much-ballyhooed", but it's so ballyhooed that it's the most ballyhooed of all time, and by a measure of 3.5 kilohypes.

I dunno. Maybe one needs to have a scientific mind that can appreciate subtle jokes in quantification humor, but I thought it was funny as hell.


...It's a PUN.

Again, I UNDERSTOOD what he is trying to say. He is saying that the controller is overhyped and he is doing so by changing the word "kylobytes" to "kylohypes".

I am simply saying that it isn't THAT funny, whether its clever or not. The joke was a pun, and puns are simply a cheap type of humor.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Wii: The Plastic Box of Death!
« on: February 12, 2007, 12:28:29 PM »
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Originally posted by: JonLeung
Yeah, I don't find "kilohypes" that funny either.  It might work better as a subtle visual gag or spoken with the proper deliverance, but I don't think you'll get much more than a brief snicker out of me from that no matter how you present it.

I haven't had a good laugh in a while, the kind that leaves you in tears (or "in stitches", as they say, I think), or, you know, LITERALLY rolling on the floor.  You won't see "kilohypes" doing that for me.


Good to know that I am not the only one that feels this way...I was afraid that my sense of humor was broken or something.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Capcom has a lot of Wii games planned, but...
« on: February 12, 2007, 12:24:25 PM »
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Originally posted by: Kairon
It's sort of weird to see you being all optimistic S_B when you were so stressed out when you were wii hunting! LOL.

~Carmine "Cai" M. Red
Kairon@aol.com


That's because I put a death threat on his head when he went Wii hunting for me. If he failed, he would die a horrible, horrible death.

Would YOU be cool as a cucumber when you are doing Wii hunting under such conditions?

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Wii: The Plastic Box of Death!
« on: February 12, 2007, 12:09:31 PM »
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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother
The word "kilohypes" because it places "hype" into a unit of measurement, much like Professor Farnsworth on Futurama once used the unit "MegaFonzie" to measure "coolness".


1. I edited the post just before you posted this.

2. I understood the point of the joke. He just replaced bytes with hype. Clever, yes, but not THAT funny. I simply didn't understand what's so funny about it. Maybe written humor doesn't work as well as visual humor, or it would've been funny had someone actually said it.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Wii: The Plastic Box of Death!
« on: February 12, 2007, 12:04:08 PM »
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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother
"Studies indicate that the Wiimote is the most ballyhooed video-game controller of all time by 3.5 kilohypes."

ROFL!!!!


...I don't get it. :\

As for the article, it was alright.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Official "Virtual Console Mondays" Thread
« on: February 12, 2007, 05:39:52 AM »
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Originally posted by: Ceric
From the looks of it it seems that Nintendo is a having a harder then anticipated time emulating the N64.


Doesn't Japan have a handful of N64 games, though?

If so, then I don't understand what the problem is.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Official "Virtual Console Mondays" Thread
« on: February 12, 2007, 05:17:04 AM »
I was thinking, couldn't Nintendo release one game for each console? Like one NES game, one SNES game, one N64 game, one Genesis game and one Turbografix game?

That way, they would be able to update all consoles and be varied each Monday. But I guess updating the VC list could be harder that I think, so this may never happened.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Official "Virtual Console Mondays" Thread
« on: February 12, 2007, 04:14:13 AM »
Looks like Nintendo is indeed stepping up with the game releases.

I still believe they should release more each Monday, but at least what we are getting is better than what we started with.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Pap's NWR friends list
« on: February 11, 2007, 02:29:27 PM »
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Originally posted by: Shecky
You fail for not having Shecky on that list.


I'll add you right now.

Just add me and everything should be fine .

My number is on my sig.

EDIT: OK, added you Shecky.

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General Chat / RE: Official Avatar Discussion
« on: February 11, 2007, 01:12:11 PM »
I like my wolf pic, thank you very much...

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Perrin Kaplan interview (Manhunt 2, Online gaming etc.)
« on: February 11, 2007, 01:08:19 PM »
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Originally posted by: Bloodworth
Well, its good that you aren't connected with them in any way, but I would prefer it if you give credit where credit is due.  GameSpy are the ones that did the interview and they should get the recognition.  

As handy as it is to have a site like GoNintendo aggregating information, it's still best to distinguish other people's work from their original content.


Fixed the first post to give credit.

Go Nintendo actually gives credit to the original news source, they also provide the link to the original and mention the reader that sent it in. The problem is that I link to them instead of linking to the original news source, making it look like I am giving credit to Go Nintendo.

Again, this was all a misunderstanding and in no way meant to diss NWR. I'll just post the link they post instead of linking to them.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Perrin Kaplan interview (Manhunt 2, Online gaming etc.)
« on: February 11, 2007, 12:09:40 PM »
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Originally posted by: BlackNMild2k1
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Originally posted by: Bloodworth
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Originally posted by: pap64
Go Nintendo posted a very interesting Perrin Kaplan interview.


Why are people constantly giving credit to GoNintendo for articles when they aren't the source?  We don't need subversive advertising in these forums.
I actually meant to point that out earlier how Pap credited GoNintendo but linked direct to Gamespy were the article was actually posted.


Like I said, I only mentioned Go Nintendo because that's where I first SAW it, but I never said that it was rightfully theirs.

Not to diss NWR or anything, but I do enjoy Go Nintendo. Not only to they post daily news from all sources they do it as seriously as possible. One of things that annoyed me the most about Joystiq was how they tried to attach this retarded sense of humor into every news article (the worst being the Wii ones). So I stopped going there and saw Go Nintendo being mentioned in here (of all places). I went there and enjoyed how they post daily news without any sort of attitude (the readers do provide the articles, but the editors themselves are serious most of the time).

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Perrin Kaplan interview (Manhunt 2, Online gaming etc.)
« on: February 11, 2007, 11:57:10 AM »
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Originally posted by: Bloodworth
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Originally posted by: pap64
Go Nintendo posted a very interesting Perrin Kaplan interview.


Why are people constantly giving credit to GoNintendo for articles when they aren't the source?  We don't need subversive advertising in these forums.


First of all, I'm the one that constantly mentions Go Nintendo. Second, I don't do it to advertise their site, I do it because they happen to have news, stories and events that I find interesting and think that it would make for some interesting discussions on NWR (like the Kaplan interview).

I mentioned Go Nintendo because that's where I first saw it, but gave a link to the correct source.

Also, Go Nintendo posts NWR reviews on their site, so in a way they advertise this site.

If you are annoyed by it I will just post the correct source and don't mention Go Nintendo, even if that's where I first saw it.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Perrin Kaplan interview (Manhunt 2, Online gaming etc.)
« on: February 11, 2007, 10:55:08 AM »
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Originally posted by: Adrock
Except that at some point, you like Midna.....


Rumor has it that Miyamoto and Aonuma looked at Kaplan and said to each other; "You know, Kaplan would make a great Zelda character!"

"Yeah, let's turn her into this sassy, sarcastic little imp that bosses Link around in the most evil way possible!"

"But we need to make one adjustment...she must be likeable!"

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Perrin Kaplan interview (Manhunt 2, Online gaming etc.)
« on: February 11, 2007, 10:40:00 AM »
Now that I think about it, Kaplan reminds me a lot of Midna...

She's this little bitch that has such a way with worlds, and can be very cynical and sarcastic at times.

In fact, this is how she really looks like:


I'm sure that when no one's looking she rides Reggie like a wolf...

"Come on Mr. Regginator!"

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General Gaming / RE: Looks like Capcom still hates money.
« on: February 11, 2007, 08:36:49 AM »
I was mostly kidding, since some people believe that No More Heroes could be an in spirit sequel to Killer 7. K7 NEVER had a direct sequel.

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NWR Forums Discord / RE:I'm gonna molest some kids with my DS
« on: February 11, 2007, 08:33:45 AM »
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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother
I've learned to embrace indifference.

And was that the thread I shut down because it had suggestive pictures?


Nope, the only pics it had was those drawn by the member, which were TAME. The most suggestive one was of May kissing a Pichu, and that was a peck on the lips and no one would think it was suggestive.

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NWR Forums Discord / RE:I'm gonna molest some kids with my DS
« on: February 11, 2007, 08:23:29 AM »
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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother
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Originally posted by: ShyGuy
being a pedophile!


Also known in Japan as "keepin' it real".


And to think that years ago you pretty much killed a "May from Pokemon thread" we had going on because we were making pedo jokes...

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General Gaming / RE:Looks like Capcom still hates money.
« on: February 11, 2007, 08:19:26 AM »
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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother
Wait, Killer7 had a sequel?


If you consider "No more heroes" a sequel...

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:A molester is in my DS. Reach out and touch him.
« on: February 11, 2007, 08:18:17 AM »
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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother
You mean "shout" their orders, but yeah, not being able to hear myself think generally ruins the dining experience.


Actually what I meant was that in a restaurant it is vital to have the appropriate sound levels because people need to clearly say their orders and waitresses need to listen as well as possible so they can write the order correctly. Having a loud, live band in FRONT of the customers defeats that purpose and defeats the purpose of dining.

I mean, imagine if you are VERY allergic to something and you demand to remove it from your food. Since the band is so freaking loud the waitress can't hear it and doesn't put it in the order. They bring your food, you eat and get an allergic reaction of the worst kind. You can easily sue the restaurant since it was their decision to play loud music during a vital time and could've been prevented if the waitress could hear you well.

So not having loud music is not only vital for the most pleasant dining possible it guarantees that the customer gets what they want.

So again, as much as you hate it, live music in a bar is understandable at the very music. Loud music in an active restaurant isn't.

But we are derailing the thread here, so we'll stop...

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Perrin Kaplan interview (Manhunt 2, Online gaming etc.)
« on: February 11, 2007, 08:10:23 AM »
Nintendo is just trying to get involved if the game creates any lawsuits or controversy. When Tack Johnson handled the GTA lawsuits, Sony was involved in it and I wouldn't be surprised if the parents claim was "Sony is involved because they let such a game grace their consoles! They should have prohibited it!".

Sony at least is known for games like this. But I wouldn't be surprise if people put part of the blame on Nintendo because of the squeaky clean image they have on the gaming industry.

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Nintendo Gaming / Perrin Kaplan interview (Manhunt 2, Online gaming etc.)
« on: February 11, 2007, 07:18:24 AM »
Gamespy posted a very interesting Perrin Kaplan interview. She discusses the latest topics, including the ever so controversial online gaming aspect of the Wii and Manhunt's effect on the system.

The Jedi master speaks here...

I like how Kaplan states that if people are going to get mad at Manhunter on the Wii they should blame it all on Rockstar. I think they are just avoiding being sucked into the controversy like what happened to Sony during the GTA controversy.  

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TalkBack / RE:EDITORIALS: The State of Nintendo Online
« on: February 11, 2007, 06:18:25 AM »
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Originally posted by: Magik
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Originally posted by: pap64
Thinking about it, is it really surprising that Nintendo just started shipping the online kits to developers?

I mean, it took them a while to ship development kits (and before that, developers were using souped up Gamecubes). So It isn't surprising that they are taking the same stance with the online kits.


It is surprising considering they had since the GameCube days to develop their network.


When will people understand that Nintendo never cared for online gaming during the GC days?

Yeah, you could say "But they had the modem and some online games released!", but those were piss poor attempts, and that was generated due to indifference towards the concept on Nintendo's behalf.

Their interest with online gaming started with the DS in 2005, but NEVER during the GC days.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:A molester is in my DS. Reach out and touch him.
« on: February 11, 2007, 06:14:10 AM »
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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother
I've used Pictochat in a bar with my friends in Montreal when the band playing was so insanely loud that we couldn't even hear each other. That worked out pretty well.

On the subject, I just have to mention how much I f*cking hate bars, restaurants, etc. where there's a band playing insanely loud music with the intention of attracting people in from the street. I have sensitive hearing so those places basically make it impossible for me to patronize them, not to mention the aforementioned issue where you need to scream at the top of your lungs in order to communicate with the people you came to eat/drink with. It basically rules out any chance of actually socializing while in that establishment.


And I was there!

The best night of our lives...

On the subject of bars, the worst so far was that restaurant in the Beach area we went to a few years back. The concept is at least understandable in a bar. But in a restaurant where people NEED to say their orders to the waitresses? That's stupid.  

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TalkBack / RE: EDITORIALS: The State of Nintendo Online
« on: February 11, 2007, 06:03:09 AM »
Thinking about it, is it really surprising that Nintendo just started shipping the online kits to developers?

I mean, it took them a while to ship development kits (and before that, developers were using souped up Gamecubes). So It isn't surprising that they are taking the same stance with the online kits.

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