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Abby3563663 April 1st, 2007 8:02 PM

I realize, but it still looks really cool. :< And it's neck exercise! As soon as they get Nunchuk compatibility, it'll be golden.

Yoshistar64 April 1st, 2007 8:13 PM

I'm not so sure that Helm would work. I mean, you would look even sillier by waving your neck around. I don't even think it's compatible with most games, don't you think?

Example: WarioWare: Smooth Moves tells you to pose "The Janitor", or "The Chaffeur".

Awkward, right?

TRIFORCE89 April 2nd, 2007 3:04 AM

Personally, I want this this.

I like the foot peddle thing for Wii Helm though.

Yoshistar64 April 2nd, 2007 1:28 PM

Yeah, That 8-bit is pretty cool... I want one to take to a wedding.

As for the pedal, I also doubt its use. I just have negative vibes with it... *shiver*

Abby3563663 April 2nd, 2007 6:01 PM

I seem to be posting a lot of random things lately, but this comic pretty much sums up how I feel about the Olympic game. It is like it's 1992, back when video game characters we slapped onto everything, such as, ahem, terrible movies.
A little wide, so here's a link instead.

TRIFORCE89 April 3rd, 2007 6:54 AM

...I am not afraid to admit that I like the Super Mario Bros. movie. It may have little to do with the games aside from character names but it is an enjoyable and cheesy romp. It is so bad that is good. XD A cult classic. Even if I'm the only one in that cult. Lol

I love all the Mario references on sinage and character designs. The masks they wear at the garbage dump? Snifits.

pokejungle April 3rd, 2007 7:27 AM

I am back to remind Andy that I am second in command, and rightfully so.

And Trif, you probably are the only one in that cult. I'm embarrassed about the movie.

Morkula April 3rd, 2007 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pokejungle (Post 2431845)
I am back to remind Andy that I am second in command, and rightfully so.

Nope. I am. :x

Am I the only one who's never seen the Super Mario Bros. movie? It looks disturbing. Can't be any worse than the LoZ cartoons though... XD

Abby3563663 April 3rd, 2007 7:10 PM

Excuuuse me, Princess Morkie-chan, but those are classics. I grew up watching those on TV, even going as far as to tape them. And the Mario cartoons. Sure, looking back, they were cheesy, but I still love them. ♥

doesn't matter April 3rd, 2007 7:49 PM

... I hate that video *shudders* XD

Anywho, I think I have the movie lying around the house somewhere. Or maybe it's the second one XD

I think I'm gonna look for it tonight XD

TRIFORCE89 April 4th, 2007 5:17 AM

Don't dis the Zelda cartoons! I have them on DVD complete with Ganon's animation cell floating off the screen. XD

I'm telling you Mork, the Mario movie is not a bad movie, well...kinda. It just has nothing to do with the Mario name at all. As a movie, it does suck but in a good way. Its so cheesy and bad that its good. Or something.

I like it darn it. The worst thing about it is the opening animation. It looks like it was done on MS Paint. And the special effects in general. It is a dinosaur movie. It came out in 1993. What else fits that category? Jurassic Park which completely blew it away with special effects. T_T;

And the Zelda cartoons are interesting. I like the music, but some episodes are really out there. Like Link turning into a frog. But again, its mostly just a fun cheesy romp.

And you probably wouldn't like either of them if you didn't watch them as a kid. Its all great nostalgia for me.

pokejungle April 4th, 2007 6:57 AM

No, you think you took my spot, but you didn't. Period.

Yoshistar64 April 4th, 2007 4:55 PM

Hehe... That Mario movie was totally random, which is why I kinda liked it. I didn't really watch the whole movie though. Like TRIFORCE said, it had nothing to do with Mario. The Goombas are a prime example. I hate those shrunken heads.....

There was a Zelda cartoon? Coooooool.

In my opinion, Movies should be made into games, not vice-versa. It screws up the games reputation. Movie-games are generally horrible, but game-movies are even worse.

TRIFORCE89 April 4th, 2007 5:58 PM

Well...most game-to-movie adaptations have simply been cash grabs. "ZOMG This game is popular. Let's turn into a movie! $$". I firmly believe that video games movies will have their day. If you stay true to the source material and respect the fans. However, at the same time you have to realize that their is a greater audience besides the fanbase. You must appeal to both. I want to see a Zelda movie that either closely follows the plot of one game or deviates without lossing the spirit of the game or contradicting the game.

Arcanine April 4th, 2007 6:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pokejungle (Post 2431845)
I am back to remind Andy that I am second in command, and rightfully so.

Quote:

Originally Posted by pokejungle (Post 2432872)
No, you think you took my spot, but you didn't. Period.

Last I looked my name is still next to the "Owner/Founder" spot on the main page. And until that changes (don't think it'll happen anytime soon) I'm still left in charge, and still pick the Co-Owners for the NFC. So yea...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abby (Post 2432268)
Excuuuse me, Princess Morkie-chan, but those are classics. I grew up watching those on TV, even going as far as to tape them. And the Mario cartoons. Sure, looking back, they were cheesy, but I still love them. ♥

I could only take around 20 secs of that... XD


Speaking of shows and cartoons. I remember I used to watch the Mario cartoon.... feels like it's been years since it was on the air..... oh wait it has. XD

http://www.thewiire.com/news/687/1/New_Umbrella_Chronicles_RE4_Wiimake_Details
This will make you RE4 fans happy... lets just see how much they update it. And what mini-games they'll throw in. XD

Morkula April 4th, 2007 6:44 PM

I'm so sick of frickin last-gen ports to Wii. Give us some new games instead of porting crap from last gen. Even if RE4 is so "OMG AWESOME" (never played it, wouldn't know), it's still been released twice before.

Paul, you're not co-owner. Deal with it. And stop spamming up the NFC with posts like that. :x

Arcanine April 4th, 2007 7:07 PM

I do agree. The last gen ports need to stop. I mean RE4 Wii might get lots of sells (RE4 big title for the GC), but it's still a last gen port like many other Wii games. They need to cut out the ports and get to working on real new games. If they keep it up everyone will be saying "See, it's just a GameCube with a new controller. All they got on the Wii is just last gen games.", and not just the Sony/MS fanboys....

Morkula April 4th, 2007 7:17 PM

It's the truth. I'm actually starting to get worried that the Wii's going to turn out to be another Gamecube with nothing but really first-party games with little to no third-party support once all the last-gen ports are done. Basically all we're getting is crappy last-gen ports and minigame collections. I'm actually kinda disappointed in the Wii so far - I barely even use it anymore. =/

Yoshistar64 April 5th, 2007 7:44 AM

Ummm, Morkula, do you have any GOOD games for the Wii? I play it because I always know there is something more to do. Example: Excite Truck. So much trucks and difficulties to unlock.

There will be third party support or I'm smart. They all promised at E3. Too bad I have to agree with the minigame collections.

Abby3563663 April 6th, 2007 1:53 PM

A Wii remake of RE4 would be pretty cool, but I agree. It's a last-gen game, which means that the Wii controls will feel tacked on, as they sometimes do in TP. I'm kind of disappointed with all three consoles, to be honest. o_o; The games I play nowadays are RPGs on the PS2. I feel like there won't be a wealth of them in the next gen, because there certainly isn't right now. There are a few games to look forward to on the Wii , and I do enjoy the Virtual Console, but there's nothing that interests me on the PS3 or the 360. Are there games on either that you guys really like?

Yoshistar64 April 6th, 2007 2:00 PM

For the 360, Gears of War is good and Halo 3 without a doubt.

As for the PS3, Metal Gear 4 looks good, but that's about it.

Morkula April 6th, 2007 2:06 PM

^I'm sure Halo 3 will be the best game ever "without a doubt" just because it's "OMGHALO", even though you've never played it before. Right? >>

I'm with Abby. Right now my PS2 is my main console, and I can see it actually being my main console through most of this gen. There's a lot of games I missed on the PS2 (and a few on the GC) that I can go back and catch up on.

I'm not all that impressed with the 360, PS3, or the Wii, and I'm not seeing many games that I want coming for either of them. Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Super Mario Galaxy, and Final Fantasy XIII are just about the only announced games I'm really interested in so far. RPGs especially seem to be slack this gen.

Yoshistar64 April 6th, 2007 2:10 PM

What about Pokemon Battle Revolution? Dewy's Adventure (not very popular)? Sims? Those are good......

Morkula April 6th, 2007 2:13 PM

MySims looks like total crap. PBR is really nothing but a 3D battlefield for Diamond/Pearl. Haven't seen too much on Dewey's Adventure yet, but from what I've seen it doesn't look all that great.

Legacy April 6th, 2007 2:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Morkula (Post 2436051)
^I'm sure Halo 3 will be the best game ever "without a doubt" just because it's "OMGHALO", even though you've never played it before. Right? >>

Or, it could be to do with the fact that Halo 1 was a bonafide classic and Halo 2 was also an awesome game. And, given how they're being made by the same developer but on a next gen console, the final game in the trilogy looks set to be an absolute stormer of a game.

Yoshistar64 April 6th, 2007 2:20 PM

Well, we all have different opinions, in this case me and you are very different.

The reason I like these games are because I need a little diversity in life. "It's a new day, but it all feels old, it's a good life, that's what im told. But everything it all just feels the same...."-The Anthem, Good Charlotte. Complies with my life.

Absolitude April 6th, 2007 6:23 PM

I hate Halo only because it's Microsoft owned...the next gen isn't that next gen at all. I wouldn't get a wii, or even a ps3 if i didn't already have about 25 of my specially made mods for it. Warranty, or not, i want the most out of my wii experience.

parallelzero April 6th, 2007 6:30 PM

No, Halo is like every other FPS. Been there, done that, its not that great. Not to mention you didn't provide any reasons as to why "Halo 1 was a bonafide classic". And please, don't give me sales numbers or anything. I want to know what makes it so "classic" since everything about it is ripped off of other FPSs.

MySims, I think I may get down the line. As crappy as it seems, I think it might be kinda fun in its own little way. XD

TRIFORCE89 April 6th, 2007 7:58 PM

I'm going to pick up Super Paper Mario eventually. It is a GCN port like TP, but...that's how it is. I don't mind unreleased GCN games ending up on the GCN. The remote originally started as an extra for the GCN, and the Wii is basically a GCN. I do mind when games are simply released like RE4.

I want to play Smash, Metroid, Mario Galaxy, etc. But we're lucky if we see any of those by year's end. T_T; I might pick up Big Brain Academy too, but again - it's not new. The Wii's control scheme is very similar to the DS, so I'm not expecting anything unique from the Wii version.

I'm still playing TP, Wii Sports, and Wario Ware constantly. I am dissapointed with Sonic (I would be dissapointed with Wii Play if I didn't know it was crummy to begin with, but I did). I love the Everybody Votes Channel.

I wouldn't say that I'm dissapointed. I would rather have these big title games come out as late as possible to ensure perfection. I don't want another Zelda Wii game until 2013. So, it is a double edge sword. I want new titles to come frequently, but I also want them to spend the time to create a great game that utilizes the Wii to its full potential.

The third parties are annoying me. A lot of launch lineup was cheap movie and TV show tie-ins. Or GCN ports. I wish Nintendo would bring back the "Seal of Quality" and prevent truly horrible games from gracing their systems, but they need the third party support. They can't risk ticking them off (again). Their support is rising, and hopefully the third parties will turn out something good.

I am not dissapointed with the WFC. We all knew when we bought our Wiis that this wasn't on the top of Nintendo's list. We all had experience with the DS. We knew how this was going to turn out. Its saddening, but I didn't find it surprising.

When the GCN was released I was pumped for Pikmin. I don't have this feeling with the Wii. I want a new franchise. Something that makes use of the Wii, like Pikmin made use of the GCN (with the amount of characters on screen at one time).

I don't regret buying the Wii. I think this is an important generation. 360 and Wii. Two very different views on gaming (PS3 just completely missed the mark). The "winner" by the end of this could potentially change the way we play games. Even before the Wii was released Sony added the Six-Axis, and now the 360 is getting tilt functions. So, I think Nintendo does have something here. The public loves it. We have numerous non-Nintendo developer quotes that praise it. And yet, we haven't seen anything fruitiful come from it yet.

Look back at the DS. The first year and a half or so was slow. It had the same challenges as the Wii. It came out with lots of GBA ports. The launch title was an N64 port for crying out loud. But, now? The DS is awesome. I love it. The way developers approached it, and what they're doing now...I think we just need to give the Wii some time. If by the end of the year we aren't playing anything worth-while or if nothing like that is announced, then I'll be worried.

I'm looking forward to Beautiful Katamari.

And, I don't want My Sims. Because it isn't the Sims. The Sims doesn't sell well in Japan, so Maxis is trying to appeal to them. This is a Sims version of Harvest Moon or Animal Crossing. I'd rather play Animal Crossing.

Yoshistar64 April 6th, 2007 8:15 PM

That came out perfectly, TRIFORCE. You know that essay there? That's exactly my story. I can't say it like you did. We're all different, but our likes are the same. Cool,eh?

Samurai X April 6th, 2007 8:27 PM

I'm not disappointed with the 360 really. I guess you could say that I'm somewhat disappointed with the Wii but the 360 was also having a rough time around this time but all is good now, at least for me. I'm disappointed with the PS3 for obvious reasons but I do like Virtua Fighter and Motorstorm is almost like Excite Truck on the PS3 but it's really good. I like Halo, I think it's one of the best FPS out there besides Half Life. It really doesn't do anything new I guess but everything is just done right and when most people say Halo rocks most of the time it's regarding the multiplayer and not the actual campaign mode although that's quite good too. Whatever people say I think Halo is very fun. That's what a game should be, fun, it doesn't matter what type of game it is.

Anyways, I think this gen is just starting off really slow and that one year head start the 360 had is paying off. Twilight Princess is my favorite game of this generation followed by Gears of War and GRAW. The Wii is trying something totally new, the 360 is on more of a traditional path and the PS3 seems to be trying to mix both of them and failing miserably. Games I'm looking forward to are: Super Mario Galaxy, SSBB, Metroid Prime 3, Beautiful Katamari, Bioshock, Halo 3, MGS4 and FF XIII. I'm sure there are more I forgot.

Arcanine April 6th, 2007 9:36 PM

Oh oh Halo.... Here comes a Halo rant. XD


I don't see what's so good about Halo, I think it's overrated, I think it's hyped up far too much for it's on good, and for the life of me can't see why it's like the highest rated game of all time by people.
And before anyone starts to say "You likely never played a Halo game", thank you very much for reading this list.
And since we're already on the topic of "Halo" I'm going to go off on my "Why Halo won't save the 360" rant.

Halo 3 won't save the XBox 360. I can't put it more simple then that.
Halo is said to be the better of the two (that's out right now). It has higher ratings and so on. Yet the great game of all time has less sells then Super Smash Bros Melee. Halo 2 does beat out SSBM by 2 million sells. But even then looks like the numbers should be far higher then 8 million. 3 DS games (Counting Nintendogs as one game) has already beat the sells number of Halo 2. That should say something. Pokemon D/P only 6 months out and Japan only is already nipping at the heels of Halo. And this is the game that is said to save the 360 from losing it's place at the top of the console wars this gen? I don't see tons and tons of people running out and buying Halo 3 if they didn't already own a Halo game before hand. And them people who do say "Blah, I'll just go buy Halo 3 for the heck of it" aren't going to be people who don't already own a 360. So I don't see tons and tons of sells coming off of Halo 3's launch.
I know lots of people like Halo, but I can't see why it's so well liked, and I can't see Halo 3 being the reason for leaving the Wii or PS3 in the dust.

Now that that's over. XD

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abby
Are there games on either that you guys really like?

You mean that's out right now? Or that's coming out soon? I'll just list both.

Wii own (that I like to play): Rayman, Excite Truck
Wii want: Super Smash Brothers Brawl, Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, Pokemon Battle Revolution, Red Steel 2, WarioWare, Mario Party 8, Paper Mario (maybe.... XD), others

360 own: GRAW/2, Dead or Alive 4
360 want: Battlefield: Bad Company, Lost Planet, others

PS3 want: Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy versus XIII, Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, Tekken 6, Warhawk, Kingdom Hearts 3 (I still want it on the PS3 as well as the Wii XD), others (I think.....)

Oh and since this reminded me, congrats on going PSWii60 Sam X.


http://gonintendo.com/?p=15743
A little something on the PSP.

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?pager.offset=1&cId=3158524
Now this is something to do with Pokemon. Yea most of us know what's going to be on D/P. But I thought I'd post it anyway. On top of that, there's something wrong with a line in that article, it stuck out for me as soon as I went by it. But I wonder how many of you will see what I'm talking about.

Esupio April 9th, 2007 4:19 AM

I haven't posted here in a while >>

Mario Strikers Charged is gunna be online, and its out before PBR in europe, so I'm guessing nintendo threw away their 'PBR being first online game' thing, but I'm still psyched about the fact europe get online before NA.

Anyway, Halo is fun, but its not worthy of the 'HOMGHALOINEEDITNOW' praise it gets, sure halo 3 looks good, but doesn't mean it will be.

I remember when people were saying 'the DS' touch screen is a gimmick' now people are saying it about the wii controller, the wii is going through the cycle that Triforce mentioned, eventually, games like galaxy, brawl and the original stuff that other developers are working on (no more heroes, deweys adventure, My sims, oopona etc) and I'm sure there are titles in the works that we haven't heard of yet, someone from another boards I go to, went to the SSX Blur launch party, and EA had Wii's playing Blur and an original game that they hadn't shown to the public yet, and all the people there were put under embargo, and can't talk about it in public, EA have shown huge support for the wii. The thing is though, games can take ages to devlop, I mean look at Twilight princess, that was announced at E3 2004 (I think)? and we get it at the end of 2006, the same with Phantom hourglass, thats gunna take a while to be released.

TRIFORCE89 April 10th, 2007 2:31 PM

An interesting read: Clicky Clicky

Absolitude April 10th, 2007 2:40 PM

The link doesn't work for me. @[email protected] Why does it seem like everyone has gotten a Phoenix rights game a thingamajig sig, and avy? It's just strange to see so much of one guy. @[email protected]

Samurai X April 10th, 2007 9:24 PM

I'm tired of reading that list already. It's been on too many magazines and sites. The one thing that this list has that isn't other ones is "Creating the Wii". I don't really get what he means by saying it will only last one generation, don't all consoles only last one generation? If he means that Nintendo won't make a better version of the Wii for next gen then he is wrong because Nintendo already said they would. Then he said that if they make a Wii 2 with better graphics then that would go against the "graphics don't matter" thing. I could be wrong but I don't think Nintendo ever said that graphics don't matter, only that gameplay is more important so they were going to focus more on delivering gameplay.

Anyways, there is a Japanese release date set for Phantom Hourglass. June 23rd I believe but GoNintendo isn't up right now for some reason, but I do have the scan of Famitsu from where they got it from. Also, Gamestop leaked the supposed NA release date of October 1st for Phantom Hourglass along with some other release dates and apparently the Assassins Creed on DS rumor is true. Here is the link to the DSFanboy page, make sure to click on the image so you can see some other release dates. I don't know if I would trust Gamestop though...

Edit: There is also a Wii list. The Wii list leaves out some important games though, like Super Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Bros Brawl and Metroid Prime 3. Some other ones not listed are Disaster: DoC, Project Hammer, and Fire Emblem. I hope that list is wrong just because I want those games sooner rather than later. Unless of course, that extra time pays off and they deliver something nearly perfect or at least very very good.

wakachamo April 12th, 2007 2:43 PM

^What would you expect? Journalism's that way. People might complain about a story that you included, but if you don't it gets even worse. The fandom's in a constant competition to get the news first, and it won't stop so soon either.

And personally, I don't believe in that list so much. Either I get a press release directly from Nintendo, or this is just a plan for somebody to get all the credits and get famous over a piece of paper with made-up dates. Btw Famitsu also had the Japanese release date for Ouendan 2, which I believe is May 17th. Pretty soon, no?

TRIFORCE89 April 13th, 2007 6:49 PM

If it comes from Famitsu, you can trust it. Case closed. :x

Samurai X April 14th, 2007 3:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TRIFORCE89 (Post 2445477)
If it comes from Famitsu, you can trust it. Case closed. :x

I think he was referring to the Gamestop list. I wouldn't trust them either but I do know that some dates on the list are right, not all of them but some of them are. They always have those lists when you pre-order something and so far they have been right all the time.

Arcanine April 17th, 2007 8:37 PM

Diamond and Pearl coming out in a few days, who here is hyped for that? XD

I think I'll keep this short, seeing how I have nothing to post on. XD (strike that, I put that in before I got any of this started and this post is far from short XD)

http://gonintendo.com/?p=16343
Final Fantasy XIII or a XIII spin-off on the Wii or DS? Hm.... Not sure about this one.

http://archive.salon.com/tech/log/2000/10/27/playstation_rant/index.html
I think this is a very very very strange read... This is something someone said about the PS2 last gen. Saying the PS2 is over priced, saying no one will buy the PS2 because of a DVD player, saying the PS2 doesn't have any good games, saying no one will buy a PS2 when the GameCube and XBox come out, and so on and so on. I saw this on GS forums and my jaw dropped, I don't think history is going to go the same way it did with the PS2. But wow, all the stuff listed on there sounds sooooooo much like the way the PS3 has it now.

http://ds.ign.com/articles/781/781369p1.html
Something Robo gave me. I haven't read it all, he said IGN says D/P is pretty much the same old same old Pokemon game(s). To me, if it is the same old same old then I'm happy. For the base of the Pokemon handheld games how much has it changed since Red and Blue?

http://www.games-digest.com/2007/04/is_wii_or_the_p.html
When it comes to console web browsers is it the full ver of the Wii Opera browser or the PS3 web browser? (sorry, I don't have a clue on the PS3 browser so it can't be fancy like the Wii's long name XD)

http://gonintendo.com/?p=16390
I was wondering about this myself. I don't look at NP every month (I wish I got it) but I do know they have been listing out characters. And I've been wondering what will happen with the edition after the last character is listed. So maybe we'll have a new SSBB character on our hands soon.



Now before I get into this next part (because it is going to be on the heavy side of this post), it's going to be about the VT shooting. I just want to say my heart goes out to the families of the students there. Ones who had kids or friends there that was effected by the shootings. I know in Robo's case it sort of his close to home because one of his friends goes there (his friend is ok, but it's one of them "What if?" things).
And I also would like to keep political stuff out of this (because some of you might think gun control, or say you hate Rush Limbaugh due to his political views, lets just try to keep this within the range of gaming. I see them sort of comments on GoNintendo and Kotaku and it's just best if we stay away from that).

In case any of you didn't know both Jack Thompson and Dr. Phil has blamed the shooting on video games.
GoNintendo talking about Jack.
Vid of Jack talking about it on Fox (well audio)
Dr. Phil talking about it.

I'm going to start off with Phil because he isn't in the news all the time when it comes to bringing down gaming.
I don't think (more like I know) Dr. Phil doesn't know what he's talking about. True games might play a part in a shooting, a beating or whatever if the person is messed up in the mind. They'll play a game and say "Hey that looks fun, I want to go beat someone up.". But the thing is, games aren't to blame for that, games aren't the starter for this school shooting (or any other school shooting). If the person is a retard or has a mental illness then you can't blame games for that person going out and killing others. I blame the parents for buying a game like that for their kid, or not looking at what the kid plays (if the kid isn't in his right mind they shouldn't let him go play anything and everything). And that's where Doc. Phil is wrong, games aren't to blame for violence, the kid is already messed up in the first place.

Jack Thompson,..... This made me flat out sick when I heard about it. I read the story on GoNintendo and Jorfe told me he was on the news a few hours after the shooting blaming games. Jack was on the news saying games are to blame and we knew nothing about the shooter, we didn't know who he was, what he looked like or anything like that. But Jack was out there saying games are to blame. And that makes me sick because he was using this tragedy to push his agenda to get rid of all games. I bet 20 bucks that when the cops went to this guys house they found a PS2, or a 360 or some other console with GTA or some shooter or some M rated game in there (I got a 360, a PS2, I got shooters and M rated games on both, many many people do). And 20 bucks says Jack will use that later on when pushing his point again "See, this is the worst school shooting and we found GTA and M rated shooters in his home. These are the kind of games that's killing kids all around America.". And people will believe him, doesn't matter if he started off guessing and making things up when it came to this shooting, he will be held as a person who was right. Like I said, it is sickening how he used the deaths of them people to push his point. He didn't wait a few days to find out the story behind it, he was on the news within a few hours blaming games for the school shooting. I do give him points for getting out there and trying his best to push his point on everyone, but what he did was sick. Just because a person owns GTA or owns a shooter doesn't make that person some evil killer who wants to go kill people just because they can. Some of my friends owns GTA, they go to church. I go to church and as I said I own M rated games and shooters (some M rated). Does this mean I'm going to go out and shoot someone or kill someone just for the fun of it? How many of you own Resident Evil 4, or GTA, or any other M rated game? Do any of you feel like going out and killing some random people? What Jack Thompson, Dr. Phil, and the other people who things games = violence, what they fail to understand is there are millions and millions and millions of gamers out there. Games doesn't have some hidden code in there that flips a switch in your brain that makes you go out and kill a bunch of people. Games don't brainwash people into thinking "Killing is fun...". I don't care who says "games are to blame", they are flat out wrong and don't know squat about violence in games. It goes back to the parents and/or the person playing them games (if the person is messed up in the mind that is why).


And to back my point up here is something Rush Limbaugh said on his radio show (agree with his political views or not, most if not all of you should agree with what he has to say when it comes to the gaming parts).
http://kotaku.com/gaming/rush-limbaugh/limbaugh-games-arent-to-blame-253132.php

I bet that caller was listening to what Jack had to say on the matter. And I totally agree with Rush, not every video gamer out there goes out and kills 33 people just to do it. But you'll have people like Jack and the Drive-Bys (I know you non listeners might be confused by that term. Drive-By is a term he uses to list the news outlets that'll just throw anything in the news as fast as they can, without checking facts and so on) saying that games are to blame for this.
And another point he makes is right "If you start blaming the video games, you may as well demand video game control". What does Jack really want? He wants all games (or at least violent and M rated games) taken out of homes, taken out of the hands of kids and teens (hell even adults). In other words he (or someone like him) has to be the final say so in what games gets to the streets. Where it should be up to the parents on what games their kids can and can't play. They want to be in control and tell everyone else what they can and can't play.
And some of you may be thinking "Well this doesn't effect me, I don't play M rated games and Nintendo's stuff is safe.", who's to say they can't get rid of Mario for killing turtles and tells kids it's ok to eat wild mushrooms? Or say Pokemon promotes slavery and having wild animals battle to the death just for the enjoyment of the trainer? I know it sounds very very stupid, but so does blaming games for killings all around. If they can blame games for something as bad as a school shooting and get away with it then they can also get away with little things that many haven't thought about (as I said, Mario or Pokemon).

I know that was a long rant (and I haven't had one of them in ages). But I am a big big gamer, and I really really hate to see games tied to something as bad and as tragic as a school shooting. Sure maybe some game made the shooter feel "better" about killing, but games aren't to blame for this happening. Taking away all shooters isn't going to stop shootings, taking away all racers out there isn't going to stop people from speeding, taking away all M rated games isn't going to stop killings, and taking away all games isn't going to solve all the problems of the world. I know some people believe so but I know it isn't true, and that's why I feel so strong on this matter.

TRIFORCE89 April 18th, 2007 1:00 PM

I dislike uber-violent games. I don't see why they should exist. Not that all M rated games are bad; the ESRB has some major flaws. There are some games that have taste, and then there are those that don't. No mater how mature we think we are, we still shouldn't play them. How many here just ignore the M rating?

Regardless of how I feel about that, I don't think that gaming had anything to do with this tragic event. You can see my comments in the trhead related to the subject. But in a nutshell - more info about the killer is slowly being revealed. Essentially, everyone knew he was a nutcase. They have a for several years.

So, gaming is not to blame. Incompetence, yes. Especially with this one. He was a threat to himself and others. But, of course you can't deny them an education, or else you get sued. Because that was so worth all those innocent lives. @@ Bleh.

pokejungle April 19th, 2007 1:29 AM

I was also extremely disturbed to see the shooting already blamed on video games. And I agree with Andy that yes, it is horrible that they are pushing THEIR agenda when it is a TRAGEDY.

Politicians and lawyers know absolutely no shame.

Arcanine April 29th, 2007 11:48 PM

You people SUCK, every last one of you. The poor poor NFC hasn't gotten a post in over 10 days. *shakes head* XD

Anyway, who here Pokemon Diamond/Pearl? I know Robo has it, but anyone else got their hands on it yet? Robo hates me because of my Gyarados (if he hates it now he should wait till I get all the moves XD), I need to battle Jake and some others.
Right now I'm level 34-40 and I beat 3 Gyms.


http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2007/04/27/kojima-brawl-is-very-complete/
http://gonintendo.com/?p=17033
Will we be graced by the likes of SSBB this year? Or will it be a
"Japan: 12-12-07" release date?

http://gonintendo.com/?p=16885
I was really shocked by this one. I knew Pokemon was still big out there (out there as in the US), but my jaw dropped when I saw they hit the big 1 mill mark in just 5 days. Sure it isn't the 1.5 million Japan had in it's first week, but still, for games that's said to be "kiddie" I think it did far far better then well, I think it did really really great.

Samurai X May 1st, 2007 3:25 PM

I have Diamond but I haven't really played that much, my Pokemon are level 37, 37, 37, 41, 36, 37. I have beat 4 gyms. My brother already beat the Elite 4 but he also has a lot of free time.

Two of the big 3 will be delayed into 2008, if it's not one then it's two. I really don't care which one will see release in NA this year because I love all three of the games and their franchise.

It didn't really shock me, what with all the pre-ordering that had been happening.

Absolitude May 1st, 2007 3:56 PM

I have it, i got it around 9am. Haven't played that much, but it's not as good as i expected. It's basically a flashed up more optioned GBA one, with wifi thrown on as the main gimmick. And this is coming from a pretty devoted Pokemon fan, please don't send me any hate mail. I still like it, but i think it was better when i was waiting for it. I just really hope i haven't grown old of Pokemon, during the big wait.

TRIFORCE89 May 1st, 2007 5:45 PM

I'm busy until June. T_T; So, I haven't even gone out to look for the D/P yet. As soon as I can though I will pick them up along with Super Paper Mario.

...you're going to have to make extra teams - that are very weak so that I can WiFi battle right away. :p

Arcanine May 3rd, 2007 8:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TRIFORCE89 (Post 2464964)
I'm busy until June. T_T; So, I haven't even gone out to look for the D/P yet. As soon as I can though I will pick them up along with Super Paper Mario.

...you're going to have to make extra teams - that are very weak so that I can WiFi battle right away. :p

You can set the mode to level 50 (or 100). That way all the Pokemon are moved to that level (all above will be lowered, and all under will be moved up).


OH OH OH OH Yesterday (well 2 days ago seeing how it's past 12) I got a DSLite. Onyx color. I LOVE it. It's just so good. Well I posted about it in my LJ, all of it is in there. XD

TRIFORCE89 May 4th, 2007 8:41 AM

*is jealous*
I want a white one. Less finger-print prone. Well, actually...I want this one

Isn't it sexy?

Morkula May 4th, 2007 8:53 AM

White ones turn yellow though, Triffy. I'd rather have fingerprints that I could wipe off. XD

That Zelda DS mod should have been green instead of that gold color that literally looks like crap.

Arcanine May 4th, 2007 8:59 AM

Black DSLite > White DSLite
I've wanted a black one ever since I found out that the UK (or somewhere out there) was getting it. And now years later I got one. XD

And I want that charging stand, that is if they can paint it black to match my Lite. XD

TRIFORCE89 May 4th, 2007 9:10 AM

Gold makes sense because of the original NES LoZ's cartridge. Tradition. Doesn't beat that Wii mod though...which wasn't gold. XD

I never heard about the yellow bit. Sun fade? Wouldn't black turn grey? Which, isn't as bad as yellow - but still.

Absolitude May 5th, 2007 7:34 PM

Not advertising, but anyone here hear of the Ds-Xtreme? I getting the 2GB one when it comes out. Not only to hold my music, and videos, but for the games. Imagine the possibilities. I personally can't wait 'till it comes out. Do you guys think i should mod my DS Lite? I'm thinking of just opening it up to see what's inside, but if it stops working then i'll be sad. This is one of the times when i say that The Big N is better than The small S because Sony stops home brew with every firmware update it has. Nintendo allows it, and it makes it all the more awesome. If you like the PSP's interface then go skin yourself. That's all the news, and reviews i have for today.
-KMC

pokejungle May 5th, 2007 7:49 PM

I want a Fire Emblem DS so bad. Way too slow in making one if you ask me.

Yoshistar64 May 6th, 2007 6:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Absolitude (Post 2467739)
Not advertising, but anyone here hear of the Ds-Xtreme? I getting the 2GB one when it comes out. Not only to hold my music, and videos, but for the games. Imagine the possibilities. I personally can't wait 'till it comes out.

2GB is a lot, compared to the PSP, because I think the PSP can only store 1GB of memory, if I believe so. I honestly have NO IDEA of how you'll store games in that device.
Quote:

Originally Posted by Phrase (Post 2467749)
I want a Fire Emblem DS so bad. Way too slow in making one if you ask me.

Fire Emblem... the strategies and stuff... that would fit perfectly online. I think they will make a Fire Emblem, as they made one for the GBA and the GameCube. One in development for the Wii. In fact....look here.

Dark Heaven May 9th, 2007 4:41 PM

Andy asked me to post here, but I have no idea what to talk about.

Not really, but I wish the next Advance Wars game for DS comes out already.

It's been 2 years since Advance Wars Dual Strike.

Arcanine May 9th, 2007 5:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yoshistar64 (Post 2468243)
2GB is a lot, compared to the PSP, because I think the PSP can only store 1GB of memory, if I believe so. I honestly have NO IDEA of how you'll store games in that device.

http://www.ebgames.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=802318


http://gonintendo.com/?p=17530
http://gonintendo.com/?p=17560
Who here has played Soul Calibur games? Not my fav fighting series but I'll be picking it up once it comes to the Wii. Can't wait to see how it turns out.

http://gonintendo.com/?p=17508
http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2007/05/09/jack-thompson-goes-after-wendys-logic/
Heheheheh... Doesn't that guy every stop? I mean come on, getting all over Wendy’s just because it has Wii toys, and the only reason why he's pissed is because the Wii has Manhunt 2? None of them toys have anything to do with Manhunt 2 (other then being on the same console). I wonder what sad childhood memories set him on the path of hating games so much...


Aussy: I didn't force you to do it. XD

To me, Advanced Wars looks strange, I don't know why. XD

TRIFORCE89 May 9th, 2007 5:45 PM

Andy, he was probably really bad at the Clue board game. It contributed to his hatred for games and poor reasoning and discussion of evidence.

Ack. That was worded so poorly. Bad grammar ftw!

Absolitude May 9th, 2007 6:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yoshistar64 (Post 2468243)
2GB is a lot, compared to the PSP, because I think the PSP can only store 1GB of memory, if I believe so. I honestly have NO IDEA of how you'll store games in that device.

The PSP can store 2GB maximum i think, the DS already had, these capabilities, but you need a 2GB SD card or something for those, and even though it's cheaper i just can't stand having to buy something separate to do stuff. Even though it'll get out dated soon who needs 4GB anyway? I think that i might have to stop talking about this with any reference to games because it's illegal to talk about using game "back-ups" that aren't yours. Not saying that's what i'm doing. I'm just going to shut up now. :embarrass

Dark Heaven May 9th, 2007 7:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arcanine (Post 2472930)
http://www.ebgames.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=802318


http://gonintendo.com/?p=17530
http://gonintendo.com/?p=17560
Who here has played Soul Calibur games? Not my fav fighting series but I'll be picking it up once it comes to the Wii. Can't wait to see how it turns out.

http://gonintendo.com/?p=17508
http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2007/05/09/jack-thompson-goes-after-wendys-logic/
Heheheheh... Doesn't that guy every stop? I mean come on, getting all over Wendy’s just because it has Wii toys, and the only reason why he's pissed is because the Wii has Manhunt 2? None of them toys have anything to do with Manhunt 2 (other then being on the same console). I wonder what sad childhood memories set him on the path of hating games so much...


Aussy: I didn't force you to do it. XD

To me, Advanced Wars looks strange, I don't know why. XD

You certainly didn't, hence why I said you "asked" me to. XD

You need to play more Advance Wars game, it's fun and addictive.

Oh, and I hope SSBB comes out right now, just so I can kick Andy's butt. XD

Arcanine May 9th, 2007 7:31 PM

HEY! I might not be able to beat you on D/P. But I am at least a little better on SSB games. XD

But yea, I really really want SSBB right now. But I fear it won't come out till the demand of the Wii starts to go down (right now it's making killer sells just with the few games it has). Because once SSBB comes out the demand will shoot back up there and you won't find Wiis anymore (I still haven't seen a Wii in a store).

Dark Heaven May 10th, 2007 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arcanine (Post 2473132)
HEY! I might not be able to beat you on D/P. But I am at least a little better on SSB games. XD

But yea, I really really want SSBB right now. But I fear it won't come out till the demand of the Wii starts to go down (right now it's making killer sells just with the few games it has). Because once SSBB comes out the demand will shoot back up there and you won't find Wiis anymore (I still haven't seen a Wii in a store).

Sure, I'll battle you first on SSBB when it comes out. XD

Do you know how to make my girlfriend get a Wii? I don't know how.

Oh, and this thread is very active.

I think it might come out around July, but I am not sure.

July 7th, 2007, good release date.

Arcanine May 14th, 2007 8:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dark Heaven (Post 2475004)
Sure, I'll battle you first on SSBB when it comes out. XD

Do you know how to make my girlfriend get a Wii? I don't know how.

Oh, and this thread is very active.

I think it might come out around July, but I am not sure.

July 7th, 2007, good release date.

You can't even get your Wii online. *Shakes head* XD

If you want Cassie to get a Wii, go out buy one, send it to her, tell her to play. XD


http://gonintendo.com/?p=17870
Nintendo Power going under?
I really don't think it'll happen, because the Wii and DS is so big, getting rid of NP now would be bad.

Andrea-chan May 15th, 2007 8:23 PM

Because "someone" forgot to post about this yesterday I'm going to post about it now.

http://gonintendo.com/?p=17881
http://www.smashbros.com/
New Brawl news on the way in a few days? Will we see new characters, new levels, maybe a launch date and all that? I guess we'll be finding out in 6 or so days.

http://gonintendo.com/?p=17896
Another something on Brawl... Now learning about new characters is good and all, but Tingle? I just hope this rumor turns out to be untrue. Because he'll just be taking up the spot where some other (better) character can be in.

TRIFORCE89 May 17th, 2007 1:36 PM

Its not like Tingle isn't in Twilight Princess anyway. He's there in spirit. He's quite the star :\

I'm for any Zelda character appearing in Brawl. If I get to see a realistic rendition then yay! C'mon Vaati! I need to see your evilness in a non-TWW-chibi way.

Arcanine May 18th, 2007 7:38 PM

I'm going to pretend I'm didn't hear that. *smacks Triffy* You'd be ok with Tingle in SSBB? That's like Pikachu in SSBB, come on. XD

Ok, two links here for people to see.
http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2006/10/03/103,1159869995,61194,0,0.html (Aussy, you'll be like the only person who can read this XD)
That says Pokemon Diamond and Pearl sold
1,586,360 copies in it's first week in Japan.

http://gonintendo.com/?p=18044
That says Pokemon Diamond and Pearl sold 1,757,000 copies in it's first week in the US (well, 1 week plus a day, seeing how it's April's sells, and Pokemon came out a week and a day before the end of the month). I'd say no bad for games that's counted as kiddie by lots of unknowing people.

TRIFORCE89 May 20th, 2007 5:09 PM

Tingle was a pain in TWW. That's all. I didn't mind him in the FS series, or MM, or OoA. I would not want him done in a realistic manner though. I don't think the world can take such ugliness.

Morkula May 20th, 2007 9:49 PM

I want Vaati in SSBB. >>

SSBB Countdown is at 1 day...wonder what we'll find out tomorrow. I've heard conflicting reports that it'll be up at 8AM, 11AM, or 11PM EST. I hope it's morning. I couldn't stand waiting all day and all night. XD

Apparently official word is that it is 11PM though. Drat. x.x

TRIFORCE89 May 21st, 2007 5:26 AM

Metroid in August. :x That messes up my plans. I wanted to play all the Zelda over my summer vacation (plus Super Paper Mario and Pokemon Diamond since I don't have them yet). But, I also want to play the two Metroid Primes before I play the third one since now I can play then in 16:9 progressive scan - and I haven't been Echoes.

Might limit this to just the 3D Zeldas then. *thinks* Should take more than a week to get through OoT, MM, TWW, and TP. Might throw in FSA just for the heck of it. Might look pretty in progressive scan.

Then play Super Paper Mario. Whenever I'm not playing the Wii (so, when my brother is), I'll play Pokemon. Then, somehow squeeze both Metroid in before I pick up Metroid 3. :x

Arcanine May 25th, 2007 12:43 PM

*cough cough*

http://www.gamespot.com/users/Arcanine_88/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=m-100-25005496
SSBB site update. I know everyone here has already seen it, but I had to say it anyway.
And the site also updated with a new item, "Gooey Bomb". Sticks to things and people.
I would make some big SSBB post, but it's in my GS blog there.

http://gonintendo.com/?p=18486
Nintendo's news on the news event. Nothing big, just stating "Wait till E3 people".

http://gonintendo.com/?p=18552
Some news on Nintendo Power, the new Zapper, and the date of Super Mario Galaxy and Super Smash Bros Brawl.... maybe... Interviews always piss me off, they never give straight answers, and the ones they give is so damn confusing.


And please, everyone send me at least $50. Because I need $150 for XBL plus the Wi-Fi thingy, I need like $20-25 for XBL Points. I need $20 for Wii Points, I need $50 for Mario Party 8, $50 for SPM (or Wario Ware), and other stuff. XD

parallelzero May 27th, 2007 3:36 PM

You're asking for money for XBL points in a NINTENDO thread? Good job. XD

I haven't checked yet. Have people stopped pissing and moaning about the SSBB site yet? it was completely pathetic when people were doing it the other day. XD

Yeah, there are like no Nintendo games I'm interested in getting during Q3. Metroid is just... bleh. I don't like FPS's, and MP isn't any different. Not to mention I played MP for a while and I despised it for some reason.

Triffy, how about using your summer to go outside... or something? XD I know gaming all the time is good and stuff, but it seems kind of a shame to waste an entire summer doing it. =x
Don't take offense by that, just my personal opinion.

Yoshistar64 May 27th, 2007 5:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Asch (Post 2499888)

Yeah, there are like no Nintendo games I'm interested in getting during Q3. Metroid is just... bleh. I don't like FPS's, and MP isn't any different. Not to mention I played MP for a while and I despised it for some reason.

Metroid? Hmm... guess you haven't played Metroid Prime Hunters online, because the online capabilities saved MPH. Unless you played those cheap glitchy people who could kill by the touch anytime.

As for Q3, well, I sorta have to back you up on that one. Only Corruption is coming out then. But there could be more. You never know what the big N has in store for us. Yosh.

Morkula May 27th, 2007 7:11 PM

Um, you know that MPH isn't the only MP game, right? It's actually considered crappier than the console ones. You're talking like MPH is the only Metroid game and that the only reason to play it is online. >>

Not that I care for FPS's either, and I never could get into Metroid. XD

I might get Strikers Charged, but that's about it. Still waiting patiently for a release date for Fire Emblem.

Esupio May 28th, 2007 3:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sync (Post 2500144)

I might get Strikers Charged, but that's about it. Still waiting patiently for a release date for Fire Emblem.

I own it.

and I played online early.

Worked perfectly, no lag or anything.

Arcanine May 28th, 2007 7:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Asch (Post 2499888)
You're asking for money for XBL points in a NINTENDO thread? Good job. XD

I haven't checked yet. Have people stopped pissing and moaning about the SSBB site yet? it was completely pathetic when people were doing it the other day. XD

Not only XBL Points, but XBL itself. XD
To me XBL for a year is a good price, but it's that stupid Wi-Fi thing I got to buy (the router is in another room and cables trip people). The DS is Wi-Fi, why can't the 360 be?
HEAR ME MICROSOFT? TAKE A PAGE FROM NINTENDO!!!!


And I think it's died down a little since we're getting a few updates.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sync (Post 2500144)
I might get Strikers Charged, but that's about it. Still waiting patiently for a release date for Fire Emblem.

I'm also thinking about getting Strikers Charged, just for the online play (not that I like soccer XD).



http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/characters/pit.html
Pit has Special Moves (go down a little ways).
Remember David, this is your new best character. XD

http://gonintendo.com/?p=18632
Has Mr. Star Wars money bags confirmed a Wii lightsaber title?

Samurai X May 29th, 2007 2:46 PM

So who has heard the news that every Mii has a friend code? I think that's a step in the right direction for Nintendo's online plan.

Mii Friend Codes

I'll be hopeful, that's about it. I'm not going to get too excited over this though, something always seems to ruin it.

Esupio June 1st, 2007 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arcanine (Post 2500986)
Not only XBL Points, but XBL itself. XD
To me XBL for a year is a good price, but it's that stupid Wi-Fi thing I got to buy (the router is in another room and cables trip people). The DS is Wi-Fi, why can't the 360 be?
HEAR ME MICROSOFT? TAKE A PAGE FROM NINTENDO!!!!


And I think it's died down a little since we're getting a few updates.

I'm also thinking about getting Strikers Charged, just for the online play (not that I like soccer XD).

The elite doesn't even have wi-fi

Its pretty darn good, I'm no fan of football and I'm loving the game.

Arcanine June 6th, 2007 8:33 PM

I hope everyone know where we moved back to (seeing how the NFC is back to it's old home of Other Clubs XD)...


Anyway. News just broke that 3 Nintendo big wigs plus a ton of Staff have left (well will be leaving) Nintendo of America.
Beth Llewelyn, who is Senior Director of Public Relations for NoA.
Perrin Kaplan, who is the Vice President of Marking and Corporate Affairs.
George Harrison, who is Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications.
Them are the three big hot shots on the leaving list. But around 90% of NoA's sales and marketing staff says they aren't moving out west (if I didn't post in here about it, a lot of the NoA stuff is being moved to California). So Nintendo is taking a BIG hit in sales and marketing.
I have no thoughts on Beth Llewelyn (I don't see or hear enough of her to miss her or whatever). But George Harrison I think was good and I hate to see him leave. He did all the DS and GBA stuff at E3 and such. Perrin Kaplan.... I hate that woman. I know some people were fans of Perrin, but to me she should have been fired long long ago. With her smartass comments, with her mess ups on this and that, with her all around attitude, I say good riddance. I'm not sorry to see her go.
http://gonintendo.com/?p=19131



http://gonintendo.com/?p=19017
OMG! I never knew the Wiimote could do that! I mean I'll be able to rob a bank without having to set foot in it. Thank you Amazon, I didn't know the Wiimote could do that. XD

Trikip June 7th, 2007 11:19 AM

I need a little help, Arcanine. Right now I'm stuck with only TP and Wii Sports. -_- So I need a new game. I believe you have Rayman and Excite Truck, right? Well I can't decide between SPM, Wario Ware, Rayman, and Excite Truck. Well I can probably wait on Wario Ware, but what do think?

TRIFORCE89 June 7th, 2007 11:21 AM

I haven't played Super Paper Mario yet, but I do know that Wario Ware is a lot of fun.

Yoshistar64 June 8th, 2007 8:38 AM

Ahh, it turns out that there are four controls for SSBB. Wii remote sideways, Wii remote with Nunchuk, Classic Controller (not that I have one), and the GameCube controller. Don't know how the Wiimote will work, so I'm sticking with the old-school GameCube controller.

WarioWare was total fun, and so was Super Paper Mario. They both have pretty good replay...

TRIFORCE89 June 8th, 2007 2:07 PM

I'm not enjoying horizontal Wiimotes so far. I don't have a classic controller, so I'm either going to have to use the wonderfully comfortable GCN controller or the Wii Remote with Nunchuck. I dunno. I'll play with both. I love the GCN's controller but... I don't want to play a Wii game with it. I know its not a port, but it makes Brawl feel like more of a port that Twilight Princess was. If the Wiimote/Nunchuck combo works as wonderfully as in TP, I won't complain. Looks like there won't be any motion sensingness.

Arcanine June 11th, 2007 8:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trikip (Post 2512883)
I need a little help, Arcanine. Right now I'm stuck with only TP and Wii Sports. -_- So I need a new game. I believe you have Rayman and Excite Truck, right? Well I can't decide between SPM, Wario Ware, Rayman, and Excite Truck. Well I can probably wait on Wario Ware, but what do think?

I really like Rayman. It is a tad on the short side, but if you like mini-games and if you can find a good deal on it I think you won't be let down.
I also like ET, the controls are really strange at first, but once you get used to them they feel great and I have loads of fun playing Excite Truck.

I haven't played SPM (ask Robo, he has it), nor have I played Wario Ware. I heard Wario Ware is good, and it's one of the highest rated mini-game games, so you might want to try that out.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yoshistar64 (Post 2514467)
Ahh, it turns out that there are four controls for SSBB. Wii remote sideways, Wii remote with Nunchuk, Classic Controller (not that I have one), and the GameCube controller. Don't know how the Wiimote will work, so I'm sticking with the old-school GameCube controller.

WarioWare was total fun, and so was Super Paper Mario. They both have pretty good replay...

I was going to post about it, but seeing how you already did I just put off replying here. XD

http://www.gamespot.com/users/Arcanine_88/

After reading that SSBB update I got really worked up for SSBB. I know here in the NFC (NFC or MSN) we've talked about SSBB having all 4 control styles and people pick the one they like the best. Low and behold Nintendo came in and did things right. I LOVE how they're going to put all 4 styles in there. I will likely use the Classic Controller (SSBB is on the Wii, the CC is a Wii controller, so....), but I know many of you will use the GC controller. I will try all 4 styles out, but I still think I'm going CC style.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TRIFORCE89 (Post 2514822)
I'm not enjoying horizontal Wiimotes so far. I don't have a classic controller, so I'm either going to have to use the wonderfully comfortable GCN controller or the Wii Remote with Nunchuck. I dunno. I'll play with both. I love the GCN's controller but... I don't want to play a Wii game with it. I know its not a port, but it makes Brawl feel like more of a port that Twilight Princess was. If the Wiimote/Nunchuck combo works as wonderfully as in TP, I won't complain. Looks like there won't be any motion sensingness.

To me, by the time SSBB comes out you should get a Classic Controller. Not only for the VC games, but to try out all styles on SSBB. Sure they cost, but it might be worth it.

Trikip June 11th, 2007 1:07 PM

Lik OMG!11 I'm posting this on my Wii!

Thanks, Arcanine, I think I'll get Excite Truck.

Morkula June 12th, 2007 8:23 AM

I'll probably use the GC controller for SSBB, although I might try the Wiimote/Nunchuk. I'd use the classic controller, but I just have to have rumble in an SSB game. XD

And Andrew, SPM is really good too. It's a bit easy, but it's really funny.

Arcanine June 25th, 2007 10:07 AM

Wow, E3 is almost here and the NFC is going to die? No thanks.

For ones out of the loop, last night the SSBB site got an update, it's a new character. Well it's not really a new character, it's just we haven't seen this character before on any of the trailers or pics.
It's Zelda, LoZ: TP style Zelda.

http://gonintendo.com/?p=20167
Talk about a shocker... Nintendo is making more money then ALL of Sony.

http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?t=115160&page=1
New MP3:C pics (well scans). I haven't read anything on it (just saw the pics), well I did read some. One part stood out. Second pic, top left, right there were it says something about the GC.

Samurai X June 26th, 2007 11:20 AM

Nintendo making more money than all of money is a very good thing for Nintendo. I'm actually pretty surprised but since the gaming division of Sony did make most of the money I guess it shouldn't have been a surprise seeing as how bad they're doing now.

Those scans look pretty good, Metroid prime was my favorite game on the Cube and MP2 was really good as well. Here's hoping that MP3 is released with great controls and can be regarded as better than the first.

Arcanine July 1st, 2007 5:06 PM

Busy... so damn busy.

Anyway, late stuff that everyone already knows. XD

http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2007/06/28/dojo-update-custom-controller-configurations/
I think this is a great idea. Not only can you pick the control style you want, but you can now make the button layout the way you want it. Man... this game is going to be great.

http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2007/06/27/its-official-nintendo-to-launch-separate-download-service/
I've been wanting this (and I'm sure many of you as well) for ages and ages. I am so glad they are now coming out with a new channel where you'll be able to download original VC games. Nintendo made a great move in doing this (even if we won't see the likes of it till 08, many of us are looking forward to it).

http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2007/06/27/nintendo-waves-away-hard-drive-rumors/
And here we have the idea of an HDD for the Wii going down the drain... I don't see why they won't just make an add on where you're able to save your games to an HDD...

Abby3563663 July 1st, 2007 10:23 PM

I still don't think Smash Brothers can be legitimately played any other way than the GCN controller, but at least they're paying attention to gamers and giving them conveniences like that. That sort of polish is missing from a lot of Nintendo games as of late; the 360 seems to have it down, though.

The homebrew VC content is very cool. ♥ A hard drive really shouldn't be necessary—you can get pretty large SD cards. The only time you need a hard drive is for big media downloads like the 360's HD movies/TV shows or the PS3's fullsize games.

Anime/Mangalover247 July 2nd, 2007 2:25 AM

May I join? I absolutely LOVE Nintendo, I grew up with it pretty much my whole life, ever since I was four :) and I still haven't stopped playing it!

Abby3563663 July 2nd, 2007 5:44 PM

Sure you can; welcome to the club. ^_^; One of the maintainers will soon add you officially.

I know this isn't Nintendo, but I do have to say it's pretty sad how poor Sony's PR and marketing is: Reading is for wussies.

Arcanine July 6th, 2007 6:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abby (Post 2577023)
I still don't think Smash Brothers can be legitimately played any other way than the GCN controller, but at least they're paying attention to gamers and giving them conveniences like that. That sort of polish is missing from a lot of Nintendo games as of late; the 360 seems to have it down, though.

The homebrew VC content is very cool. ♥ A hard drive really shouldn't be necessary—you can get pretty large SD cards. The only time you need a hard drive is for big media downloads like the 360's HD movies/TV shows or the PS3's fullsize games.

To me, only the GC Controller or the Classic Controller will work (the CC has the buttons, analog sticks and so on).

The only prob I have with SD Cards is that you can't save your games to it and play off the cards. You can put it on there and delete the game off the Wii, or use it for backing up your data but I wish they would have made it where you could be able to play straight from the card.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anime/Mangalover247 (Post 2577288)
May I join? I absolutely LOVE Nintendo, I grew up with it pretty much my whole life, ever since I was four :) and I still haven't stopped playing it!

Sure you can join (you're like the first person in ages to join), welcome to the club.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abby (Post 2579485)
I know this isn't Nintendo, but I do have to say it's pretty sad how poor Sony's PR and marketing is: Reading is for wussies.

I love that. Not that I'd be caught dead in a library (what? You know how much I hate reading XD), but the fact that Sony is at it again. XD

Anime/Mangalover247 July 6th, 2007 9:06 PM

Yay thank you! Sooo any1 care to start a topic? I am out of ideas:cool: hehe

Arcanine July 14th, 2007 2:15 PM

Now that E3 is over, what was the thoughts everyone had on it?

Ok, I'll give a quick run down of what Nintendo had for all of you that missed it (or ones that was living under a rock XD).

We got launch dates for Super Mario Galaxy and Super Smash Bros Brawl in North America.
Super Mario Galaxy: November 12th.
Super Smash Bros Brawl: December 3rd.
And I guess a few weeks ago Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 got a date, it's November 15th.

We also got some new games, like Mario Party DS, Medal of Honor Heroes 2 for the Wii, and some others I can't think of right now.
Guitar Hero for the Wii will be online.

And now on to some big news from the pess event.

The Will will have a new racing game. It's a Mario Kart game for the Wii. It will be online, it will have online battles (not just racing, but online battles), and it will be out Q1 08. The game will come with a steering wheel packaged in.

The Wii will have a new add on. This one isn't a wheel, but it's the Zapper. The Zapper will be best for games like Medal of Honor Heroes 2 (they are making the game with the Zapper in mind, so in other words, they're building their game around it). The Resident Evil game for the Wii (I'm not talking about RE4), and other shooters. I think they said it will go for $20 (I'll have to go watch the press event to make sure).

And we got something that will make you go "WOW" or "WTF?". It's a balance board and a game called Wii Fit. You will have to watch it to believe it (on the page I linked you to, go to videos, and click "Wii Fit Gameplay movie 1")... The game and board is about losing weight and that sort of stuff... Sure real games can come down the road, but for right now, the Wii will be used for all of us to lose weight.

And here's my thoughts on all of E3 (it's about Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony).
http://www.gamespot.com/users/Arcanine_88/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=m-100-25071566

Yoshistar64 July 14th, 2007 4:33 PM

You're right. I as well was disappointed by E3. Your little blog right there described just about everything, so I have nothing else to add. Sony took the spotlight this year because they focused on the one thing we all wanted: GAMES. Nintendo disappointed many because their spotlight was pretty much Wii Fit and not the games we're waiting for: Galaxy, Brawl, Mario Kart, etc. I didn't hear much from Microsoft... maybe I wasn't listening to them... Sony learned a lot and it showed~

jakex July 16th, 2007 1:33 PM

i have sega genisis, nintendo 64,nintendo gamecube, nintendo ds,
nintendo wii,game boy advance, game boy sp, and gameboy

Morkula July 16th, 2007 7:37 PM

Good for you. We don't care. Now leave.

All the E3 conferences sucked this year, but I was especially disappointed in Nintendo's. Honestly, it only reinforced my belief that they're selling out to the casuals, and giving a big "Screw you" to gamers. Wii Fit being the "big announcement" only helped to prove that.

Arcanine July 17th, 2007 9:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jakex (Post 2632174)
i have sega genisis, nintendo 64,nintendo gamecube, nintendo ds,
nintendo wii,game boy advance, game boy sp, and gameboy

OMG I got a Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Genesis, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, PlayStation 2, GameCube, XBox 360, Wii, GameBoy, GameBoy Color, GameBoy Advanced, GameBoy Advanced SP, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSLite, and a PlayStation Portable. But that doesn't mean I can make posts naming out my consoles just to do so. Now bye bye.

Nintendo or some third party needs to get on the ball and make some real game for the balance board. It can be made into something good if given the time to do so. But right now people have exercise on their mind when they think of it, so that image needs to change. Because right now, from my point of view, with the stuff that happened at the E3 press event, Nintendo is selling out to non-gamers and casuals. It's like "Buy a Wii, you can lose weight.".

Samurai X July 17th, 2007 6:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arcanine (Post 2635104)

Nintendo or some third party needs to get on the ball and make some real game for the balance board. It can be made into something good if given the time to do so.

Like some sort of surfing game or something? Or a LocoRoco type of game? Hopefully someone will come up with something creative.

I don't really think they're selling out. They're just focusing and highlighting too much on the casual and non-gamers. There has been a ton of good previews, thoughts, and opinions on Metroid Prime 3 even though they didn't really focus on it during the conference. They still have all these great games but they're not focusing on it because they know the gamers are still going to buy them even if they don't make a big deal out of them. They just need to make sure they don't go overboard.

As far as E3 goes....it died last year.

Arcanine August 1st, 2007 8:49 PM

Damn... this thread has been forgotten by it's members.

Anyway... Last night we got a pretty good update from the SSBB site. One we've all been looking for for ages.
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/characters/ike.html
That be of a new character. We haven't gotten a new character since the trailer came out last year at E3. So this was a nice update from the site (even if I do think E3 07 should have had a new trailer with at least one new character).

wolfie1177 August 2nd, 2007 4:12 AM

Oh, cool, a Nintendo gaming club! Can I join?


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