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what is/was megathon?
« on: June 03, 2003, 12:41:49 PM »
i vaguely remember hearing something about a nintendo project called megaton around 6 months ago.  i'm pretty sure it was determined to be a rumor/hoax, but i never really found out what it was supposed to be.  can someone fill me in?  thanks.  
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« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2003, 01:43:16 PM »
It was a pain in me ass, i know that.  It turned out to be some Japanese magazine writers(where Megaton first surfaced) were getting their names in some game or something stupid.  
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« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2003, 01:51:14 PM »
It was proof that interest over nothing can quickly grow.
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« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2003, 03:16:01 PM »
After I think it was the tokyo game show, VJump Magazine said there was a major announcement abotu video games. So massive rumors sprouted everywhere, I mean EVERYWHERE. For gods sake Penny Arcade mocked it. Well it turned out that a comic charachter from VJump was being made into a video game and that was it. Riots ensued.

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« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2003, 03:23:55 PM »
It seems everything these days apears in Japanese magazines first...
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« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2003, 03:36:51 PM »
MEGATON is coming!
It really is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's going to be teh bombs!
Sony and M$ will fall at teh mercy of Nintendo!
OMG! F**K! SH*T almighty!
It's a new Pokemon game!
Nintendo's buying Sega, Namco, Capcom and Konami!


These are some of the things that came out of  the mouths of MEGATON enthusiasts.
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« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2003, 04:06:29 PM »
Megaton was the ultimate test which separated the stupid from the sane.
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« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2003, 04:08:35 PM »
I was a believer and a skeptic at the same time.
the fanboy in me just took hold, and I even considered writing about it on my site.
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« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2003, 04:28:54 PM »
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I was a believer and a skeptic at the same time.
the fanboy in me just took hold, and I even considered writing about it on my site.


Ditto.

I was hoping all the rumors were true, but knowing deep down they probably weren't.
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« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2003, 04:40:27 PM »
yeah, i was like that too.
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« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2003, 05:02:16 PM »
OMG MEGATON IS STILL COMING!!! WAIT TIL SPACEWORLD!

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« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2003, 06:00:03 PM »
thanks mario.
Megaton is everywhere.
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« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2003, 06:23:59 PM »
Yeah, its true! Yesterday i was babysitting some kid whos second cousins with some guy who runs the shop where Miyamoto bought his pet goldfish and he told me! OMG MEGATON!!! I KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT I CANT SAY IT!!! OMFG YOUR ALL GONNA LOVE IT!!! NINTENDO WILL BE NUMBER ONE!!!

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« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2003, 10:40:29 PM »
it better be a new janitorial simulator! with curvy pre rendered mops!

i missed the whole megaton thing too, i was following it from the time something about a huge nintendo announcement (aka the megaton) and then i must have fallen into a coma or something, came out and had nfi what was going on

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« Reply #14 on: June 04, 2003, 06:00:43 PM »
"Goldfish owner's second cousin talks MEGATON."

I can already see the headlines.
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« Reply #15 on: June 04, 2003, 06:05:20 PM »
d00d, I know you think the megat0n is fake, man. But listen. So did I. But i happen to know this guy from Nintendo, and, well, I can't say anything, d00d. but it's gonna rule!!! Trust me it's bigger than you can imagine. Just wait till the end of this month... Man oh man....
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« Reply #16 on: June 07, 2003, 12:37:54 AM »
I should probably also mention that the game V-Jump was talking about was apparently "Naruto".

It debuted at #4 on the Dengeki charts in Japan last April, and has been holding at a solid 17th place for a while now.

The comic book it was based on is coming out now in the English version of Shonen Jump.
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« Reply #17 on: June 07, 2003, 05:54:21 AM »
mario that avatar is f ucking great!
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« Reply #18 on: June 10, 2003, 09:50:49 AM »
I loved the old mock-up box art someone here made:

"Megaton: so big, we couldn't fit it all on the box"

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« Reply #19 on: June 10, 2003, 08:34:14 PM »
Once and for all: MEGATON WAS ZELDA:MASTER QUEST.


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« Reply #20 on: June 10, 2003, 08:42:31 PM »
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