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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Metroid Prime 3 Revolutionized
« on: June 06, 2006, 05:48:50 PM »
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Originally posted by: EasyCure
2. Samus uses grapple beam to ride a rail like some sort of roller coaster

Cool!  I wanna play. D:

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Super Smash Bros. Brawl
« on: June 04, 2006, 01:25:28 PM »
I hope so.  Maybe I misread something, but I had kinda gotten then impression that the entire soundtrack was gonna be orchestral.

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General Gaming / RE:Official Half Life 2 Episode 1 Thread
« on: June 04, 2006, 01:23:35 PM »
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Originally posted by: Syl
Smoke: What didn't you like about Emergence?


Well like most people, I was pretty upset with Blade's silence.  I played through the first Sin that came with Emergence before Emergence was released, and at the end the thing that stood out the most for me was Blade, JC, and their relationship.  That was completely thrown out the window in Emergence, and it struck me as a stupid attempt to mimick HL that didn't fit Sin at all.

I also thought the story was lacking.  They had a good set-up.  Just like HL2:Ep1 was all about escaping City 17 to avoid the exploding citadel, Emergence was all about going after this Radek guy.  A relatively small, relatively simple goal to build an episode around.  But they didn't develop the characters or anything at all, really, except for making Jessica out to be a huge pain in the ass.  If she's gonna boss me around, Blade needs to at least yell at her or something and put her in her place.  There also wasn't much closure.  In HL2:Ep1, I knew I escaped the city, even if the ending brought up another question.  In Emergence, you're not even sure if you got Radek.  Was that Radek's helicopter?  Did I really get him, or did he just run away?  What was I injected with?  What about Jessica?  What about the war-mutants?  Setting up the next episode is one thing, but they didn't really finish the first, it seems.

In general, I felt kinda let down.  Where was the cool car chase through the city?  Why is there so little to do other than run and shoot?  In Sin you could pseudo hack computers, you had objectives, the levels were a bit less linear and restricting.  I don't know, I had fun, but I was expecting more.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Super Smash Bros. Brawl
« on: June 04, 2006, 12:53:51 PM »
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Originally posted by: Arbok
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Originally posted by: Smoke39
...but to me it just seems like they were like "whoa, orchestra music is fancy, let's use it because we can!"


Well let me tell you its not. As Spak-Spang mentioned it's not cheap at all, especailly in Japan as it's actually less expensive (and has been done before) to fly a crew out to Russia or Germany and use their orchestras while bringing along a Japanese composer. So this is not something where they simply said "Eh, want to use a Orchestra?" "Sure, why the hell not?" There are huge expenses attached so this descion does not come easy, and it's why you don't see a great deal of orchestration in video games as it's not economically feasible for the most part.

The cost is actually part of my perception that it's often used even when another type of music might fit better.  Like it's sometimes used just as a way to show off, like, "Check it out, we spent a bunch of money to make fancy orchestra music."  That is, having fully orchestral music is another bullet that can be added to the box, so to speak.

Anyway, I just don't like seeing it used out of context is all, like my Deus Ex theme example.  Like, from melee I thought the music for the fountain of dreams fit pretty well, but had they tried to use orchestra music for Mr. Game And Watch's stage, it wouldn't have fit at all, imo.  I just don't want them to limit themselves to orchestra music for every single stage in Brawl just because orchestra music is presitgious, when another style might suit it better, you know?

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NWR Forums Discord / RE: test
« on: June 03, 2006, 03:22:06 PM »
It doesn't linkify yours. D:

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Super Smash Bros. Brawl
« on: June 03, 2006, 02:54:55 PM »
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Originally posted by: Spak-Spang
I think people forget you can make almost any sound or simulate any sound with an orchestra.  I think people too often think of classical music or opera when they think orchestra and forget that it can be used for so much more.

I'm not mistaking it for anything, I just don't like it. :b
And there are some things an orchestra just can't do.  For example, the orchestra version of the Deus Ex theme they randomly decided to use for the PS2 version of the game lacked a lot of the original's tone.  I'm not saying this is necessarily true, but to me it just seems like they were like "whoa, orchestra music is fancy, let's use it because we can!"

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General Gaming / RE: Official Half Life 2 Episode 1 Thread
« on: June 02, 2006, 10:32:04 PM »
Speaking of that early scene, I think Eli's voice acting was a lot better in Episode 1.  In HL2 he always sounded so calm about everything.  He actually sounded pretty stressed out in Episode 1.

I've been playing through it again with the commentary.  Heehee, Gabe always sounds like he reading from a script in these. X3

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Super Smash Bros. Brawl
« on: June 02, 2006, 06:13:49 PM »
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Originally posted by: Arbok
Because you can do more with it, because it's more pleasent to listen to, etc. You might not like it, but some of us love it while some, myself included, prefer the Smashing Live soundtrack over what actually made it into the game.

Personally ,I can't wait to see how the music turns out.

I know lots of people like it, it's just an idiosyncasy of mine.  I really don't think it has any inherent superiority however (eg "you can do more with it"), I think that's a matter of personal preference.

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NWR Forums Discord / RE: Gays are hot for link
« on: June 02, 2006, 02:47:26 PM »
...I don't get it...

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Super Smash Bros. Brawl
« on: June 02, 2006, 02:44:14 PM »
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Originally posted by: Spak-Spang
Smoke:  Well, I am very excited about the music...and just because an Orchestra is being used...doesn't mean an Electric Guitar won't be used in some tracks...or used along side the orchestra.

Maybe, but that's not really the impression I got.  And I really don't like orchestra music.  But what really bugs me is when it seems like it's being used just for the sake of using orchestral music, because it's supposedly more epic or some junk.  Anyway, it's not like I'll hate the game if the music stinks, but obviously I'd prefer to listen to music I liked reasonably well while beating people up.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Super Smash Bros. Brawl
« on: June 02, 2006, 10:50:05 AM »
The only thing I'm kinda worried about is that I'm afraid I'm gonna really hate the music in this game.  My favorite track from melee was the Brinstar stage.  There's no orchestral substitute for an electric guitar.

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NWR Forums Discord / RE:Gays are hot for link
« on: June 02, 2006, 10:47:27 AM »
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Originally posted by: couchmonkey
Though what I would go for is a design-your-own-Link.  It's not the kind of feature Nintendo likes to offer, but I think the reason Link is kind of androgynous is partially because Nintendo wants him to be able to "stand" for any player, including female players.  As opposed to Solid Snake or the dude from God of War, who are both extremely masculine.  Then again, I might be reading too much into it.  Yeah, probably.

Come one, you know Snake's really a sweety-pie on the inside.

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General Gaming / RE: Official Half Life 2 Episode 1 Thread
« on: June 02, 2006, 10:38:41 AM »
I haven't finished it yet, but so far I'm finding Episode 1 to be more interesting than HL2 (which I thought was somewhat dull, though I can't put my finger on why).  Iirc, they've been saying it would be a "dense" single player experience.  They weren't kidding.  It seems there's always something new to do, often involving Alyx (who they've done a great job with here, imo).  I'm diggin' it.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Super Smash Bros. Brawl
« on: June 01, 2006, 07:25:39 PM »
Yes, just like in TP.  It makes me sad. ):

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: zelda TP images in better quality
« on: June 01, 2006, 05:04:30 AM »
I thought Navi was basically just a pointer in TPWii.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: Super Smash Bros. Brawl
« on: June 01, 2006, 04:00:39 AM »
I want to play as a Metroid space pirate.  You could climb up walls and shoot squiggly lines from your claw-hand-things.

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TalkBack / RE:DS Lite Street Date Broken
« on: June 01, 2006, 03:58:00 AM »
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Originally posted by: BlackNMild2k1
I admit that I would be one of the first to rush out and purchase myself a DS Lite, but they aren't launching them in BLACK so I don't really want one just yet.

Question to Nintendo if you are watching:
When are you going to release the black DSL? Do you know how many people are holding out for a black DS/L? We don't want to pay import prices and we don't want to paintit ourselves. PLEASE release the Black versions of the DS & DSL in the US soon.

I'd be tempted to get one if they had a better selection of colors.  I'm hoping a deep purple will eventually come, but if black is made available I may end up getting that rather than waiting for a color that may never come.  But in any case, I don't understand the incosistency of color availability among the various territories.

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General Gaming / RE: Official Half Life 2 Episode 1 Thread
« on: June 01, 2006, 03:51:45 AM »
I'm hoping it'll be better than Emergence.

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NWR Forums Discord / RE:Gays are hot for link
« on: May 31, 2006, 06:23:32 PM »
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Originally posted by: Smash_Brother
Link needs a beard.

End of story.

I would cry.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE: I want Mischief Makers Wii
« on: May 31, 2006, 05:43:30 PM »
More Mischief Makers would be freakin' awesome, but what're the chances? D:

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:zelda TP images in better quality
« on: May 31, 2006, 12:13:02 AM »
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Originally posted by: BlackNMild2k1
hehe you can see up Link's skirt in pic #3

omg*nosebleed*

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Those Weird DS Games
« on: May 31, 2006, 12:02:11 AM »
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Originally posted by: vudu
Trauma Center is really good; also really hard.

Trauma Center really disappointed me because the first few operations were so interesting, but quickly got so hard that I gave up on it.

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Super Smash Bros. Brawl
« on: May 29, 2006, 11:01:58 PM »
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Originally posted by: Dirk Temporo
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Originally posted by: Khushrenada
Anyone else think one of the third party characters might be Banjo or Kazooie or both together in some kind of mind blowing formation called Banjo-Kazooie. After all, Rare is a third party now, owned by Microsoft. Plus, they were pretty big on the 64.


You just explained why they won't be in Brawl.

But Microsoft loves Wii.

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NWR Forums Discord / RE: Gays are hot for link
« on: May 29, 2006, 01:23:48 AM »
No.  Femme =/= hentai.  Explicit sex = hentai.
I saw some Link/Zelda hentai once.  It was pretty lame. :<

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Nintendo Gaming / RE:Super Smash Bros. Brawl
« on: May 28, 2006, 09:57:00 PM »
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Originally posted by: Michael8983
I think if another Konami character appears it's more likely to be Goemon than Belmont.

That would excite me as much as learning of Ness' inclusion in the original.  Sasuke's my favorite, but any Goemon character in SSBB would be awesome.  Goemon games have such a great sense of humor, it's a shame so few of them get localized. ):

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