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[Ian Sane]

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General Chat / RE:It is my 18th birthday! Party Time!

« on: February 07, 2008, 02:06:01 PM »

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
18's a great age to be.  Up until 21 getting a year older is actually something to look forward to.  I realized on my 22nd birthday that it wasn't special; I was just older.  And that's how my birthday since then has been.



18 is within the period where birthdays equal more priviledges.



I wanted to turn 16 so I could drive.

I wanted to turn 18 so I could vote and see R-rated movies unattended.

I wanted to turn 19 so I could legally drink.

I wanted to turn 21 so I could legally drink in the United States - ie: the "fully enjoy Las Vegas" age.



22 doesn't provide anything.  You're just an adult.  Still a young adult and likely still healthy and attractive and with many good years left.  But you would rather be 21.  At 22 you realize for the first time that it would be better to be younger than your current age than older and I found that hard to take.



Being 18 kicks ass so enjoy it.  I don't really mind being 26 that much either but you're still at the age where you're looking forward instead of back and that's great.

not to me, I acquired all my privileges (and disadvantages) when I turned 18...


Happy late birthday stevey!!

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: New (?) Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatosk Trailer

« on: February 07, 2008, 01:33:55 AM »

I'm the only one caring about this? ;_;


In any case, US version is apparently confirmed, as it's the new NP cover, with the subtitle "Dawn of the New World"

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[BlackNMild2k1]

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Announcements / RE:New Servers

« on: February 05, 2008, 10:58:22 AM »

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Originally posted by: BlackNMild2k1
If my calculations are correct, and timed this just right Marty, I should be posting 8 hours in the future...



edit: looks like I missed the window of opportunity that S_B, Ceric, KnowsNothing, KashogiStogi, Kairon & myself had when we posted 8 hours in the future over the last 30-45 or so minutes.

my post on the How much of your Wii library is 3rd party? topic was 8 hours into the future as well =S

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: How much of your Wii library is 3rd party?

« on: February 05, 2008, 12:49:30 PM »

hmmm....

1st Party: 2
WiiSports
Wario Ware: Smooth Moves

3rd Party: 0


I WIN


;_;

[darknight06]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Why does Nintendo hate the Game Cube?

« on: February 02, 2008, 02:48:27 PM »

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Originally posted by: darknight06
Most DS games are in the range of 8 to 16MB at the most which is the majority of N64 cartridge sizes.

actually, most DS games are in the 32-64MB range, with quite a few being 128MB in size... and at least one being 256MB (ASH)

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NWR Forums Discord / RE: Give Me Some Goddamn Recognition

« on: February 02, 2008, 02:28:36 PM »

so, um, what happened to ViewtifulGamer? =P

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NWR Forums Discord / RE: NWR has discovered time travel and dimensional shifts

« on: January 31, 2008, 12:38:47 PM »

weird

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NWR Forums Discord / RE: Official Naruto Manga Thread.

« on: January 31, 2008, 12:20:16 PM »

awesomeness... Itachi's motive was kinda unexpected, and loving the fact that great sacrifices have to be made in order to fully unlock the Sharingan...


also, we were shown a new Mangekyou variation... maybe there are more than those three?

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NWR Forums Discord / RE: RPG for the N64 announced! Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage! Swords and sorcery! Evil monsters! Beautiful Dasmels

« on: January 31, 2008, 12:15:46 PM »

Quest 64 was complete and utter failure...

I traded it for a pirate, unable to save progress, copy of StarFox 64... and I still got the better end of the deal...

[wandering]

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NWR Forums Discord / RE:The *Official* People with Good Taste in Games Club !Members only!

« on: January 31, 2008, 12:08:00 PM »

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Originally posted by: wandering
Kairon and Mario need not apply.

Infernal, however, has to be the club president

[GoldenPhoenix]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Factor 5 working on a new Wii title

« on: January 15, 2008, 08:30:43 AM »

heh, karma can be so funny and awesome sometimes...

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Originally posted by: GoldenPhoenix
I bet it is a flying game, because that is all Factor 5 can do. Can't say I'm too excited beyond seeing what they can do visually for Wii.

lies, Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine > You

that got me thinking though, maybe it's a new Indy (movie) game?

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TalkBack / RE: Smash Bros. Brawl Delay Confirmed

« on: January 15, 2008, 06:34:13 AM »

I am cry... again...

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NWR Feedback / RE: Server problems?

« on: January 12, 2008, 02:39:25 PM »

so, um, the Linear view is completely borked... for example, I can't see posts newer than my own in the mafia signup thread unless I change the view to Threaded All (which aren't always displayed in correct order anyways)

[TJ Spyke]

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TalkBack / RE:GoldenEye 007 Was Heading to Xbox Live Arcade

« on: January 12, 2008, 02:26:15 PM »

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Originally posted by: TJ Spyke

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Originally posted by: insanolord

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Originally posted by: Termin8AnakinI don't think any of Rare's N64 will be released on VC or XBLA arcade anytime soon.

Actually Rare themselves on their own site indicated that there was nothing stopping Nintendo from putting more of their games on the VC and that Nintendo just hadn't inquired about it. I believe that discussion was regarding the Banjo Kazooie games in particular. Also, at least Donkey Kong 64 and possibly also Diddy Kong Racing will be able to come to the VC in the same way that the Donkey Kong Country games did, because of their use of the DK franchise. I think the most important question is whether we'll be able to get Battletoads.

Nintendo legally owns the Donkey Kong franchise, that's why the Donkey Kong Country games are no problem and they didn't need Microsoft's permission. Diddy Kong Racing is a different story since it contains 2 characters owned by Microsoft (Conker and Banjo), so they would either need to get MS's permission to include them or replace them.

which clearly explains DKRDS existence, don't you think?

this in turn, leads me to belive that, at this point in time, were GE to appear in any console, it would most likely be the DS...

[Chozo Ghost]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:The Official Virtual Boy Discussion Thread!

« on: January 12, 2008, 02:20:30 PM »

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Originally posted by: Chozo Ghost
In those days they had to use red laser because they were the cheapest, but now they could probably make a VB that was in full color and with stunningly amazing graphics.

LOL, if it used lasers, every user would be blind now...

The VB used red LEDs (an array of 1x224(*) if memory serves right), simply because other technologies were too slow, and there were no other colored LEDs available at the time (or too expensive to even consider)

*this is also the reason why it wasn't portable (and being unable to strap it around your head)... because, in order to create a full "frame", the VB used a set of mirrors which moved REALLY fast, which I guess would easily break were the machine be moving around...

[Pale]

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NWR Forums Discord / RE:Wish me luck!

« on: January 12, 2008, 04:28:46 AM »

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Originally posted by: Pale
I don't really want to jinx it by telling you all what it is... but it's the coolest job I'll have ever interviewed for.

that makes me wonder...

In any case, good luck!

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NWR Forums Discord / RE: Calvin and Hobbes Mafia Sign-Ups *PRIZE MAFIA*

« on: January 11, 2008, 09:16:09 AM »

ugh, I'm leaving on the 16 and it's highly likely I'll be internet-less

oh well, in, but prolly won't log on every day... will try to do it every other day...

[DAaaMan64]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Wii tech

« on: January 10, 2008, 11:58:28 AM »

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Originally posted by: DAaaMan64
Well lets hack these .bin files and edit in our own changes or roms or Linux operating systems :p.

well, you'll have to beat the RSA encryption first... which is, quite honestly, highly unlikely

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General Gaming / RE: Soul Calibur Jumps the Shark, and then beats it with a lightsaber

« on: January 10, 2008, 05:01:33 AM »

you know, I'm kinda wondering what kind of crappy reason they're going to use, to explain why Darth Vader/Yoda can't beat their oponents with their eyes closed, as it should be... (I mean, grip/win... pull/stab/win works too!)

[NeoThunder]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Wii tech

« on: January 09, 2008, 03:53:36 AM »

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Originally posted by: NeoThunder
Well, one of the questions I kinda wondered if other peoples VC games were givin the same directory names or if the 2 out of 4 letters would be different from console to console on the same VC game

they are the same in every Wii, with the exception of the last letter, as that one depends on region...

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Originally posted by: Lord_die_seis
Depends, someone has to really extract the .bin file to see whats really inside it since any device that can run it treats it just like a replica of a disc(or insert any media storage) and runs it normally. I think thats why theres a brief pause when you boot up a VC game its because the Wii has to run everything in the .bin file and the emulators are in place to probably let the game recognize the inputs of the Wiimote,Classic Controller or gamecube controller.  I wonder if thats the reason why  that VC games can't run off the SD card.

uh, what?

the .bin file is not an image file, it's just a binary file, whose data in this case is encrypted. So, trying to open that file in anything other than a Wii would not work (pretty sure not even a hex editor would help much...)

in any case, I'm willing to bet that the reason the games take a just a little bit to boot (and can't be played from the SD card) is due to the encryption...

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Virtual Console wish list thread

« on: January 07, 2008, 05:34:26 AM »

I would love to see:
SNES: Demon's Crest, Uniracers, Goof Troop, Kirby SuperStar (never happening with Ultimate for DS =( )
N64: Goemon 64!
NeoGeo: Mark of the Wolves

wishful thinking:
SegaCD: Snatcher
PCEngine: Dracula X

[silverwings07]

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:New (?) Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatosk Trailer

« on: January 07, 2008, 02:53:33 AM »

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Originally posted by: silverwings07
Which "ending" does the sequel take after?  I'm going to assume it's not Kratos' ending, since it seems that Zelos is alive and well.

yep... and Kratos' return thus far is unconfirmed, everyone else seems to be back though...

more words but the same pretty pictures...

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TalkBack / RE: Konami Announces Target: Terror

« on: January 03, 2008, 07:28:29 AM »

wow

and I thought that Cruis'n was the shittiest looking Wii game of the forever...

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: New (?) Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatosk Trailer

« on: January 02, 2008, 04:17:57 PM »

bunch of words and pretty pictures, may contain some spoiler-ish things though, like, Colette being a party member, angel wings and all

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NWR Forums Discord / RE: Official Naruto Manga Thread.

« on: January 02, 2008, 01:15:18 PM »

really interesting, but it's pretty clear that the fight just began, lest Kishimoto be mauled by fans, after hyping this fight forever...

I, for one, would love the fight to end there, it would mean a lot if it did...