The Nintendo Discussion Thread

[Dr. Doom]

GAH! Jesus!6wysiwyg-0

[Kid Icarus]

You beat me to it!

I fully support Reggie as president of NOA.

http://www.nintendojo.com/infocus/view_item.php?1148572421

One Wiimote and one analog stick per Wii.

I can now see the VController packaged along with SSBB to do two things... get them on the market, and to avoid hurt sales from the game.

[Peanut]

Yes, yes. It makes sense. I think it would just be better off to have the classic controller packaged with the Wii, but if not they'll need to throw it in with SSB:B.

I don't think it would hurt sales as much as people might make it out to, but it definately would. Hopefully Nintendo doesn't drop the ball on this one.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Yeah, Smash would be unplayable otherwise. I think it's a given. Make the price up $10 and call it a day.

And I fully support Reggie as president of NOA. FULLY support. I can't even remember the name of the loser who replaced Arakawa years ago, or that he did anything. Reggie's someone worthy of filling the shoes Arakawa left years ago.

This kicks ass. Think about it. Iwata/Reggie. good cop, bad cop. Pefect setup. I love it.

*edit*

http://wii.advancedmn.com/images/media/ssbbrawl_025.jpg

http://wii.advancedmn.com/images/media/ssbbrawl_027.jpg

http://wii.advancedmn.com/images/media/ssbbrawl_026.jpg

These screens are for you GK :D Samus wallpaper for the win. She is fu*king sexy.

*edit*

I think this news post from Revo-Europe sums it all up

Microsoft Exec Peter Moore again mentions the Wii in a good light, and mentions his "friend" Reggie...

In a roundtable with gaming site GameDaily, the chatty Microsoft bod was asked again about the Wii, having already stated he believed that it would be the second system gamers would buy as well as the Xbox 360, and that both of them together would equal the price of just one PS3.

"Well I hope my friend Reggie [Fils-Aime] sends me one, I don’t know," remarked Moore. "Look I was there when Iwata-san pulled out that thing. I was there in the front row in Tokyo… and I said [to myself] 'You’ve got to give ‘em kudos for trying.' And I’m literally going to go over there tomorrow and try to find Reggie or find Perrin [Kaplan] and I think Mario’s the game… if you’ve got to play one game it’s Mario. I’m sure I’ll get one. Right now I’m trying to get my Brain Age down [laughs]. Look, it’s not partisan; I love what Nintendo is doing. They’re in a different space… and there’s this view now that you buy a 360 for Halo, Grand Theft Auto, Gears of War, all the other stuff we got going, and if you want Metroid, you want Zelda, you want Mario, you go get a Wii. And you put the two together and it’s probably the same price as the PS3."

With both Microsoft and Sony fighting over who's friends with Nintendo, it looks like the Big N sure has a hit on its hands - with the other big two trying to convince consumers to buy their machine as well as a Wii!

This time last year, Nintendo was said to be out of their mind. Now......:lol:

You gotta admit, Moore's scheme to push Nintendo to stab Sony is brilliant. Either way, Nintendo has officially kicked ass.




Also on a nonrelated note, I'll be going through the swag next week to see who get's what.

[Spitfire]

Most people buying Smash Brothers probly already have a classic GC controller. And it's not like you can't get one for like 5 used at Gamestop

[ThirdMarioBro]

Gamecube controller versus the classic controller, I'd take the classic controller anyday. Remember, I played with it. It's brilliant.

[Peanut]

It makes me sad to note that the new screenshots don't come close to matching the render graphics. :( I hate jaggies.

[ThirdMarioBro]

?? I thought it looked fine.

[Barkworm]

Sure it looks fine but not as fine as the trailer. There's still so much time till it will be released though.

[GK Punk]

Excellent. The more Sammy the better.

[愛]

Samus is hot++. Maybe I should start training with her on Melee. Hopefully she'll work the same way, only with more maneuverability.

[GK Punk]

Samus is the only character I really play as in Melee. I'm just Metroid Junkie supreme though.

[Kid Icarus]

Most people buying Smash Brothers probly already have a classic GC controller. And it's not like you can't get one for like 5 used at Gamestop
Average joe who didn't own a Gamecube, or who hasn't played games for a while, doesn't.

Grandma also doesn't know to go look for a used Gamecube controller to pick up Smash Bros.

Not including the classic controller with Smash Bros. would be a dumb dumb idea. Since the game was made based off of the GCN's source, it's dev cost should be able to absorb a controller if they add $10 onto the price.

They could even market 2 versions of the game, one with and one without a controller.

Remeber guys, Nintendo's goal is to get people that are scared to play games playing them and having fun. They have to make everything easy as hell to find (i'd love to see Wii carried in stores that typicaly don't carry video games. that'd be cool)

No one's posted yet? Famitsu.com's apparently reporting an announcment from Nintendo placing Wii at 25,000 yen, about $225 here in the states. $224.99? Nah... I think they'll knock it down to $199.99. Whoot.

[TMNTerminator]

No one's posted yet? Famitsu.com's apparently reporting an announcment from Nintendo placing Wii at 25,000 yen, about $225 here in the states. $224.99? Nah... I think they'll knock it down to $199.99. Whoot.

Sweet!! Seems like SUCH a deal considering what we're getting....

[ThirdMarioBro]

The current assumption around the web is that Super Mario Galaxy is the true Super Mario 128. I'm going to assume that as well. One, it's worthy of SM64, two, it's groundbreaking, and three, the litle SM128 demo in 2000 had 128 Mario's running around a sphere. This game, has Mario running around spheres.

Just a thought.

*edit*

http://ds.qj.net/New-Super-Mario-Bros-Sells-480-000-in-First-Day-/pg/49/aid/46759

Holy Roller Skating Jesus. It's about bloody time that a Mario game got those kinds of numbers. It's officially the new DS record holder in just one day. Can anybody say sequel?

[Peanut]

I love the first comment on that story.

"When will people ever get tired of saving princess peach.

I mean is not like Final Fantasy where it's a completely different story every time with different characters and gameplay.

This is the same thing with a few extras and some new add on gameplay changes. I really don't get it."

UM...LOLZ! What a f*cking tool. Talk about someone with their head up their ass.

[Barkworm]

Holy Roller Skating Jesus. It's about bloody time that a Mario game got those kinds of numbers. It's officially the new DS record holder in just one day. Can anybody say sequel?
You know what's funny? According to http://www.gamefront.de/ sellers were slightly disappointed because they were expecting even better numbers. :lol:

[Kid Icarus]

Damn.

Just... damn. First day sales? Christ.

[Dr. Doom]

Gay people love Link. (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6151905.html)

[ThirdMarioBro]

It must be the tights.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/Heyzeus05/ninteyburymh.gif

[Dr. Doom]

Baaaahahahahaha!!!!!!!!

[XERO]

It must be the tights.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/Heyzeus05/ninteyburymh.gif

:lol: :lol:

See? Nintendo's for EVERYBODY.

[GK Punk]

I'm more amused by the interolerent morons on there that were saying now they hate Link because he's gay, or that gay people like him is going to ruin Zelda etc.

[Mecha Cow]

But I thought Cellshaded Link was GAY?

And now realistic Link is GAY too?

MECHA IS CONFUSED

[ThirdMarioBro]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_drrgyeA5U

You see, this is one of those moments where I say "What the blithering f**k?"

:lol: :lol:

[TMNTerminator]

Sheesh!!! :lol: :lol: Great video!! But you can tell towards the end, they were just running out of crap to say...

[Kid Icarus]

big WTF. Totally.

[Barkworm]

Yay for Indian cinema!!!






I feel ashamed...

[Kid Icarus]

you should. jeeze.

that was olmost as bad as stuff that comes from canada.

[Barkworm]

Hasn't the "Bollywood" boom reached America, yet? It's all over the place here. And I always thought I'd be safe from that stuff in Germany... :dead:

[Dr. Doom]

The last I heard about the indian entertainment industry was that some incredibly famous actor died and everyone started rioting for some reason.

[Barkworm]

Well, those people do take their movies seriously. :lol:

[Peanut]

you should. jeeze.

that was olmost as bad as stuff that comes from canada.

You mean the stuff you guys don't even get down there? Yeah, probably.

[Mecha Cow]

This has to be a joke (http://uk.psp.ign.com/articles/710/710477p1.html).

[Peanut]

I don't see why. It's just going to be some PSP branded crap for some of the upper class Japanese peeps...who like...PSP...I guess. Nothing big.

[ThirdMarioBro]

I would as soon drink my own piss than spend a cent on that collector crap.

This is Sony's version of Nintendo's One-Up Billfolds and Mario beanies. A wine opener? WTF?

[Barkworm]

This is going to be a huge hit!!!!!1111
In other funny news, MS wants to release the XBox 360 in India and China. Where my parents come from people have just enough money to get along somehow. I can totally see how those people will buy a next gen video game console.

[Kid Icarus]

Hah, roxxors.

Any word on how iQue is doing in China? Last I heard it wasn't doing too poorly... well enough for Nintendo to launch the DS there. Updates?

[Spitfire]

Come on Sony, catch the money, you can do it.

Aw you missed again

[TMNTerminator]

It'd be great to have money to just throw around at rediculous stuff...

[ThirdMarioBro]

http://dreamcast.ign.com/

They just relaunched it. WTF?

I want another Space Channel 5. :( Maybe this is a plea to Sega to put Dreamcast games on the virtual console or something. They did say it would support external hard drives.

[R-iZZy]

This has to be a joke (http://uk.psp.ign.com/articles/710/710477p1.html).
They could've at least given such a terrible announcement a better header. Geez, I thought they were manufacturing pr0n for the PSP or something. :ohwell:

[Barkworm]

First pics of Orb: http://www.gfdata.de/archiv05-2006-gamefront/01715.html
Why do developers even bother showing this kind of screenshots?!

[Kid Icarus]

DS lite street date's been broken in the US, with some stores selling it already.

Go check with retailers and such.

source: http://www.planetgamecube.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=11676


A few Japanese sites are reporting on Wii prices and a french site is commenting on the launch date.

The new word is $149.99 on Ocotober 2nd for the US. If Nintendo can launch with a full lineup of games at that price and date... jebus.

Oh, and the little game that could... New Super Mario Bros. has gone through 900,000 copies in FOUR days in Japan. FOUR DAYS. By the end of the day today, it should be well into the millions. >_<

[TMNTerminator]

I can't imagine it launching at that price...I'd love it of course but from a business standpoint it makes no sense...but who knows? maybe nintendo will shock us again...

[Peanut]

It actually makes perfect business sense. It's nowhere near as powerful as the 360 or PS3, and that budget price means more people are going to pick it up on a whim, compared to the heavy thinking that goes into buying a 360 or PS3. If Nintendo launches at that price, Peter Moore's words will never have been more true.

[Mecha Cow]

Isn't that the same price as DS? I really don't see that happening.

[Dr. Doom]

DS is $130, I think.

[Peanut]

The DS $149.99 here in Canada. Comparing the usual difference between our price and American prices, if the Wii ran at $149.99 US it'd probably go for about $199.99 here, which is a magical price. I'm looking for more than that, though. Something like $249.99 CDN is more realistic to me.

[TMNTerminator]

It actually makes perfect business sense. It's nowhere near as powerful as the 360 or PS3, and that budget price means more people are going to pick it up on a whim, compared to the heavy thinking that goes into buying a 360 or PS3. If Nintendo launches at that price, Peter Moore's words will never have been more true.

Actually I still don't think it makes sense. You're right of course about the specs and its power compared to 360, PS3 but selling it as such a low price is a bit much. Solely for the same reason that the 360 sold like crazy and the way that even at $600 the PS3 will sell like crazy: its something new. At least initially it makes sense to price it higher to take advantage of the millions who will pick it up at first at virtually any price. And THEN, maybe drop it to the lower price to snag the people like you said will buy on a whim.

[Kid Icarus]

However if they can push through, say, 2 million units in a week at that price, why not?

Nintendo is likely still going to make money off of Wii at $149.99 USD. With that low of a price people will be more likely to try out diffrent games at launch then just Mario (obviously if it's a launch game a copy of that will get sold along with most every Wii).

It's also totally new technology... something most gamers arn't going to want to spend a lot on to try out. At 150, under the cost of three 360 games, and pry around the cost of 2 PS3 games, why not?

Wii would KILL around christmas time too, if they can make it seem like it's really worth a lot more then it is. Reggie is awesome at doing that, the machine looks sexy, and the games are going to be stupidly fun.

[Peanut]

If only the games themeselves were cheaper. Doesn't look like we're going to get lucky on that one.

[R-iZZy]

What will new Wii titles retail at? I doubt that information has been released, seeing as the console itself hasn't even been given a retail value... but heck, maybe someone knows.

[Peanut]

It's been stated by a ton of reliable sources, Gamespot, IGN etc. That Wii titles are still going to end up being $50 USD. Just like 360 games, and presumably $15 to $20 cheaper than PS3 games.

[R-iZZy]

PHEW! Thanks, Peanut! All the more reason for me to get a Wii over a PS3 (although I've already made my decision to do that a while ago).

I'm just glad Nintendo isn't increasing prices in this next-gen console war.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Yeah, we dodged the bullet there.

Oh, and Peanut's Avatar FTW.

[Kid Icarus]

Cape Mario > Racoon Mario.

Yes, I went there.

[ThirdMarioBro]

I'll have to agree there. Damn P-Wings made too much noise. :lol:

[Peanut]

Cape Mario > Racoon Mario.

Yes, I went there.

Never. Cape = Generic. Racoon = F*cking amazing.

[BigApple3AM]

I just beat Super Mario Land 2, I love that game so much. With all you Mario fans here, am I alone in this? I just wrote a review for Gamefaqs stating how awesome the game is. Plus it introduced Wario!

[ThirdMarioBro]

Never. Cape = Generic. Racoon = F*cking amazing.

I was going to bring the Rabbit ears into the debate, but they only let you flutter. Racoon can fly. Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

[Barkworm]

Doesn't the cape do the exact same thing as the racoon?

[ThirdMarioBro]

The cape provided sustained flight in one direction, and you could not change direction until you landed, although you could reverse direction mid air with some smooth moves if you were badass enough. The racoon tail let you fly wherever you wanted for ten seconds or so, then you fell. The rabbit ears (SML2) only let you float down rather than fly. The wing cap let you do whatever you wanted from a triple jump start.

Yeah, they all let you fly, but their machanics were all different, and the Racoon tail was just way too cool looking.

Glimpse of the Metal Gear stage...
http://wii.advancedmn.com/images/media/ssbbrawl_029.jpg

http://wii.advancedmn.com/images/media/ssbbrawl_030.jpg

[Peanut]

It still depresses me that the newer screen shots look completely current gen.

Anyways, went to grab a GCN component cable from the Nintendo site, and it seems like they've stopped producing them!!! So, what's up now? Am I completely f*cked? Do I have to deal with this blurry ass picture until the Wii comes out? Will an S-Video cable do as well to get rid of the blurry-ness? Help is needed!

[Lord Raffles]

The Classical Age of Nintendo - a golden age and renaissance in computer game history, a time when the game was as good as the screenshots on the back of the game box.

Nintendo simply refused to move foward with the times. It was a company run by ageing farts that were oblivious to the comming triumph of the CD. Now with the future set to be backed up on DVD, Nintendo did another **** up it's own arse by having stupid looking small DVDs, and only so it would prove difficult for people who emulate their games. You see in short I think Nintendo are utter ****s; they work extra hard at making life difficult for the ROM collector and to what end? So they can re-release Zelda for the NES on the Gamecube? 8-bit Zelda for sale? On a Gamecube?

My hope of hopes is that one day Nintendo will do an amazing Super Mario Cartoon, a true movie to do the franchise justice. If they got the director from Spirited Away & Howls Moving Castle it would be such a surreal, hart warming tale tale or torture, love and denial.

[Kid Icarus]

The Classical Age of Nintendo - a golden age and renaissance in computer game history, a time when the game was as good as the screenshots on the back of the game box.

Nintendo simply refused to move foward with the times. It was a company run by ageing farts that were oblivious to the comming triumph of the CD. Now with the future set to be backed up on DVD, Nintendo did another **** up it's own arse by having stupid looking small DVDs, and only so it would prove difficult for people who emulate their games. You see in short I think Nintendo are utter ****s; they work extra hard at making life difficult for the ROM collector and to what end? So they can re-release Zelda for the NES on the Gamecube? 8-bit Zelda for sale? On a Gamecube?

My hope of hopes is that one day Nintendo will do an amazing Super Mario Cartoon, a true movie to do the franchise justice. If they got the director from Spirited Away & Howls Moving Castle it would be such a surreal, hart warming tale tale or torture, love and denial.

Man, wrong forum.

When did they ever rerelease 8-bit Zelda for sale on the Gamecube? Never. It was given away in the Collectors Edition disc.

Roms are illegal. You own them, you're breaking the law. Nintendo gets no money from roms, and as a business they exist to make money. Sony's PS3 is still rumored to lock games to systems, and is anyone going to download a 8GB game that their computer won't be able to run? Hm?

Mario isn't about the story. Never was. Never will be. It's a GAME about the GAME PLAY. You want a story? Go read a book, or watch a movie. Leave the games alone.

Carts, while smaller then CD's, were actually the sole reason why games like Ocarina of Time and Mario 64 were possible. Faster loading times, faster texture swaping, and stupidly fast music swapping. CD's also scratch... in ten years lets see if your PSX games work. I'm still plugging in my SMB/Duck Hunt cart, and it *still* works. Smaller CD's = less surface to ruin, quicker loading times, and less strain on the mechanical parts to read the disc.

And those "ageing farts" is actually just one. Hiroshi Yamauchi. Best show some respect to him though. Without him we wouldn't have videogames today. He was the only one that saw the continued potential of games. The man is also insanely good at business... Nintendo has only posted in the red ONCE in their 115 year existance, and that was the year Iwata took over. Point 2, Yamauchi has nothing to do with the company anymore. Satoru Iwata and Reggie Fills-Aime are in charge now.

In short, do some ****ing research before you post another ignorant spout like that.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Ignore the guy. He obviously dosen't know what he's talking about. Mario + anime? *shuffer* I'd rather watch Dennis Hopper eat pizza.....oh wait.

As for your problem Peanut, I'm in the same boat. I never owned the official cables. I used third party cables, and they always served me well, but unfortunately I ran over them with my office chair and kinda made a fire hazard out of them, and need replacements. Now Nintendo stops making them.

http://search.ebay.com/component-cables-gamecube_W0QQfkrZ1QQfnuZ1

I looked for some good third party cables, and they only support Xbox and PS2. The Gamecube outs are S-Video. The real component cables are running $80-$120 now. In other words brotha', we're fu*ked. S-Video until Wii.

[Kid Icarus]

http://www.planetgamecube.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=11681

Wii will download DS demos, which the DS can then get off the system.

Totally sold now. Launch day, I'm going to call into work for a week, standing in line outside a store, going to buy every freaking launch title, sold.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Iwata answers the questions in that interview pretty honestly. Good read.

You know, Desaster: Day of Chrisis intrigues me to no end. I've always been a fan of natural desaster movies, but I've never gotten to play through one. Floods, tornados, volcanoes, and a nuke. Sounds cool.

[XERO]

I was going to bring the Rabbit ears into the debate, but they only let you flutter. Racoon can fly. Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Not NOBODY mentioned the damn Wing Cap!

NOBODY!!!!:x

[ThirdMarioBro]

Holy roller blading Jesus..

Here they are
1. (DS, Nintendo) New Super Mario Bros. - 899,518
2. (DS, Nintendo) More Brain Age - 86,451 / 2,367,429
3. (DS, Nintendo) Brain Age - 62,616 / 2,282,759
4. (PSP, Square Enix) Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable - 48,342
5. (DS, Nintendo) Tetris DS - 46,809 / 545,666
6. (PS2, Enterbrain) Kimikiss - 42,127
7. (PS2, Konami) World Soccer Winning Eleven 10 - 38,419 / 694,927
8. (DS, Nintendo) English Training DS - 37,222 / 1,092,496
9. (DS, Nintendo) Oideyo Doubutsu no Mori - 36,610 / 2,746,097
10. (PS2, Konami) Jikkyou Powerful Pro Major League - 32,742 / 155,557


this image from neogaf helps you imagine how huge the ltd on this game will.

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/844/nsmbw19wc.gif

It hit 900,000 in a week, and smashed the living fu*k out of Sunshine. Maybe that will tell Nintendo something. Fu*king SCORE!!!

*dances at thought of inevitable 2D revival on the way*

[Barkworm]

BTW, I finally got my import copy of NSMB and I have to say, those American DS game cases are f*cking ugly compared to the European ones.
Oh and the game is great. :lol:

[ThirdMarioBro]

Damn right it's great :D :D :D

[Barkworm]

Here's a link to an interesting interview with Ubisoft Paris's Xavier Poix. Lots of hardware details!
http://www.easynintendo.net/viewtopic.php?t=9

[Kid Icarus]

couple of interesting things...

EN: Will we see any sort of single disc network play like you have on the DS?
XP: No comment.

EN: Could you possibly tell us anything specific about the Wii GPU?
XP: I can tell you that it has double the number of pixel pipelines (of gamecube), and that it processes physics. It really takes a huge load off of the cpu.

Could we see some sort of download play in Wii? That'd sure make online multiplayer a heck of a lot easier, and with Nintendos obsession with online gaming now I could see it.

And I knew something in the machine would handle physics. They also mentioned the lack of bottlenecks. Wii's hardware doesn't have hard numbers, but it works. Awesome.

[BigApple3AM]

No one wanted to discuss the awesomeness that is SML2? FINE.

Seriously though, that's so freaking awesome that NSMB did so well! Scratch that, IS doing so well! I almost bought it at sams club the other day.... and I don't have a DS :p

I wouldn't mind if 2d doesn't get a revival, just as long as Super Mario Bros keeps getting made in 2d, then I'm satisfied.

I'd still like to see them remake Super Mario Land 2 with graphics similar to Super Mario World, and an actual point system instead of accumulating coins that can never be redeemed.

[Peanut]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

http://lexluthor.ytmnd.com/

[愛]

Oh man. hahahahahahahahahahaha!!! Beautiful!

[ThirdMarioBro]

BRILLIANT! :lol:

Oh, and I'm uploading all my E3 pics to photobucket now. They'll be posted later.

[TMNTerminator]

Wow...thats incredible that SMB is doing so well...when i gt my DS lite for my b-day coming up, I HAVE to get that game...now, i just gotta figure what other games to get...:)

[ThirdMarioBro]

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v210/ThirdMarioBro/E3%202006/?sc=1&multi=1&addtype=local&media=image

E3 pics. Enjoy.

[Kid Icarus]

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v210/ThirdMarioBro/E3%202006/?action=view&current=DSC00021.jpg

That's beautiful. Super Mario World and Sonic The Hedgehog on display right next to eachother. The full impact of having Genesis and SNES titles on the same machine just hit me. Good lord.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Yeah, I had played everything else, and I was wandering around the back of the booth trying to find the virtual console when I saw those two beside each other running on Wii Dev kits. Just skipping between the menu and seeing the two of them on the same screen. If you lived through the console war, it's kind of hard to accept. Hell, I had a friend back then who wouldn't talk to me because I owned an SNES and not a Genesis. Crazy times. Now we're playing both games with a modified SNES controller. It just feels....good. The world's come full circle.

It was hard to get that pic without people in it.

*edit*

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FVQLM0/qid=1149328287/sr=8-2/ref=pd_bbs_2/102-0064326-0189713?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=130

Gwg was right. Unbelieveable :lol:.

IT'S SO BAAAAAD

[ThirdMarioBro]

I was digging around the Way Back machine last night and found some stuff that made me laugh.

This looks like a Front Page fansite...:lol:
http://web.archive.org/web/19961222145127/http://www.nintendo.com/

Ahh, memories.
http://web.archive.org/web/19991128174119/nintendo.com/home/index.html

[GK Punk]

Sad thing is I remember those sites :D

[Peanut]

Oh, dude, those f*cking rule. I still remember going and looking up stuff in the code bank for Donkey Kong Country.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Haha, yup. I went there to dig up the codes for the DKC Sound Test. :lol:

*edit*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wzmf0ChL24&eurl=

lol

[Kid Icarus]

... jesus christ. Nintendo keeps putting *more* crap into Wii.

http://www.planetgamecube.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=11685

Opera browser is going to be included on the system, imbeded in the 512 flash memory.

Wii wins.

[ThirdMarioBro]

That's amazing. Talk about "point and click".

[Kid Icarus]

ATI talks about Wiis graphical power. (http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=12859) They say what we saw at E3 is just the tip of the iceberg.

We'll see.

[TMNTerminator]

... jesus christ. Nintendo keeps putting *more* crap into Wii.

http://www.planetgamecube.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=11685

Opera browser is going to be included on the system, imbeded in the 512 flash memory.

Wii wins.

Wow...things just keep sounding better and better about the system...can't wait...

[ThirdMarioBro]

Mario gets it in the ass (real SM64 game footage).

http://www.gameklip.com/v/688/

ROFL I never even thought of it. :lol:

[Kid Icarus]

That's so not right.


But I'm tempted to give that a try before I go to work. LOL.

[Mecha Cow]

'Lukey...I'm-a yo papa...' (http://www.gamespot.com/pages/profile/video_player.php?id=cXBllmfx5bgMvTE)

Dunno if this is old or what, but I had to share. :lol:

[ThirdMarioBro]

ROFLOL

That was fu*king HALARIOUS!!

[TMNTerminator]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: too funny....best impressions ever...!

[ThirdMarioBro]

http://www.gameklip.com/v/460/

[Peanut]

That was so f*cking hilarious. "I don't give a *ding*...and gold coin."

[ThirdMarioBro]

http://revo-europe.com/news.php?nid=9244

ATI claims "We ain't seen nothing yet".

[Kid Icarus]

ATI talks about Wiis graphical power. (http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=12859) They say what we saw at E3 is just the tip of the iceberg.

We'll see.

Beat ya to it ;).

http://www.planetgamecube.com/forums/messageview.cfm?catid=28&threadid=16378

I'm gonna vomit. ANOTHER Stadium type Pokemon game. God. DAMNIT. I want my console, online, MMORPG. On the bright side, the graphics are notably smoother then the Gamecube models.

[Mecha Cow]

Is anyone really waiting for another Stadium game? Get a clue guys.

Graphics are nice, I guess.

[Peanut]

God. They just need to stop. The 64 and Gamecube went their entire life-span without a proper Pokemon game. I would have hoped they'd start Wii off on the right foot. Hasn't Nintendo realized that the battles aren't the fun part of a Pokemon game?

[Dr. Doom]

What's the fun part?

[Peanut]

It's not even fun as much as it's addicting. Just to catch the different kinds of Pokemon, make them evolve, that kind of stuff.

[Kid Icarus]

Yup. Gotta Catch 'em All!

I wish they'd go back to that mentality, instead of Ruby/Sapphire generation's "gotta catch the best of the half million monsters we've made!" ideal.

I would love to see them chop the count in game down ~250. Each game could then have 200 of the 'set' pokemon, and then Diamond could have 25 that Pearl doesn't and so on.

It'd make it feel like you could actually acomplish something. Oh, and they need to make it so the max level you need to get a monster to for it's final stage is around 40. I wanted to break Sapphire when I found out that to get a freaking Swablu I had to level up this weak as crap dragon type to lv 65. WTF, seriously.

New info on various stuff, including Virtual Console pricing... http://planetgamecube.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=11700

VC games are going to be between 4 and 9 bucks.

I won't be buying NES games... I can get the actual carts for around 5 bucks here. But SNES and N64 games? ****ing SOLD.

[Mecha Cow]

How are you supposed to pay for them? I don't have a credit card and setting up some kind of account is not something I'd want to mess with. Bah, I wish they would have gone with the Star system or some variation thereof.

[Peanut]

Probably the same way Microsoft does it. Buy a points card, put it on your account, purchase away. At least I hope so, because the 360 marketplace is a perfect example of how to conduct online micro-transactions.

[Mecha Cow]

Hmm, that would work I guess, but then you'd still have the problem of the system becoming useless after the console's lifespan ends, which seems like it would be the primairy reason for not using the Star system (Assuming these cards would stop being sold after that point).

Didn't Nintendo say you would be able to download VC games when you purchased Wii games?

[Dr. Doom]

How many Pokémon are there altogether nowadays?

[Mecha Cow]

Like 386 or something...With another hundred or so on the way...

[ThirdMarioBro]

Yeah, I think that's right. Anyways, new Brawl information.

Sakuri wants a total of 3 more third party characters, and FOURTY (40) Nintendo characters, and three news ones have been announced. Cell shaded Link (to replace Young Link), Ridley (HELL YES), and....Boswer Jr ("whoopie").

Boswer Jr: I hate this little guy. He's voiced by a 4Kids Entertainment voice actor and has been a plague on the series. I've mostly began just ingoring the character and moving on, but now that he's in Brawl, I know they're going to waste at least one good stage on Mario Sunshine, which means dancing Pinatas. I hate those things. Anyways, one wasted character slot. What do they have against the old Koopa Kids?

Wind Waker Link: More of a swap rather than a replacement. All I can say is, Hell yes. Twilight Link versus Wind Waker Link. Now all the haters on both sides can have their fun.

Ridley: Can anyone say top tier character? I just found my new moving buddy.


Now, for the bad news. Ice Climbers and Mr. Game & Watch have been dropped. The loss of the Ice Climbers I can deal with. Nobody played with them anyways, and they were kind of nameless. But Game & Watch? I'm going to miss him simply because I played with him a lot (his smash moves were lethal if you knew how to use him), and he's kind of important historically to Nintendo's past. Still, better him than somebody more important like Peach or Gannondorf (who I still hope gets switched out for Gannon). Anyway, Ridley for the win.

Still, why couldn't they kill Pichu instead of Mr G&W? :(

[Mecha Cow]

That info is unconfirmed and possibly fake, so I wouldn't start cheering/crying just yet.

But assuming it is true, I'm not too happy with it. Reskinning Young Link as WW Link seems obvious, so I'm not surprised about that. Ridley, sure, why not, more Metroid characters are always welcome.

Bowser Jr...F*ck off. There are more than enough Mario characters already, and Bowser Jr. is the worst character since Birdo. Plus he replaced the Koopalings, so that's another reason to hate him. PLUS, everyone keeps calling him Baby Bowser, which annoys me. Die Bowser Jr.

It would suck if they ditched Ice Climbers and G&W. They're not my favorite characters, but if you're going to take out characters, at least take out a clone or someone redundant. These two are both unique and provide some retro lovin'.

But like I said, there's a chance that this is fake.

[Peanut]

My thoughts on this.

WW Link: F*cking awesome. This makes perfect sense.
Ridley: Sure, why not. He'll probably have a lot of Meta-Knight moves, as both of them fly.
Bowser Jr.: I'm with you guys, f*ck that. He's stupid as hell, but whatever. He might be cool to play, if they allow him to use the paintbrush from SMS.
Loss of Ice Climbers and G&W: That sucks, and also sounds weird. Why would they drop some characters who are basically already programmed into the game engine? Like Mecha said, drop some sh*tty clones. Like Pichu.

[Dr. Doom]

I use Falco, and since he's a clone, I've been terrified that they may drop him.

I guess I'd have a hard time believing they'd drop original, non-clone characters, but then again, if you'da told me 5 weeks ago that Snake was gonna be in the game I woulda thought you were crazy.

[Hannah]

=_= That better be fake..

[XERO]

I just hope to God that they don't take out Falco. He's the reason I got MUCH better in Melee.

[Kid Icarus]

It's funny... I was mostly a Fox player in Super Smash Bros., but when Melee came out he was horrible. They cranked his speed up too high, and made his moves too weak.

I used Falco for a long time, just because he played so much like the original Fox.

I mostly use either Link or Samus now. I was working with Dr. Mario for a bit, but gave up. My friend's figuring out how to make Mewtwo work, too, so I might give him a go...

Edit: Of course, when Brawl comes out I'll pry only use Pit. See to the left, and to the bottom, of this post.

[ThirdMarioBro]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apHSA8iQizI

Pokemon Battle for Wii. If those are Gamecube graphics, then I'm blind.

[XERO]

It's funny... I was mostly a Fox player in Super Smash Bros., but when Melee came out he was horrible. They cranked his speed up too high, and made his moves too weak.

If only you've seen the battles I've seen...8)

[Kid Icarus]

I just played Melee again, trying out a few new characters... I've decided that Pikachu is the ****.

Anyway, about that Pokemon game... I'm dissapointed. There's INSANE potential for an actual Pokemon RPG on a console... especially now that Nintendo's actually going online. I've been quite vocal about getting an MMORPG, but this game might work if...:

1) You get some sort of compesation for using your hand raised Pokemon on here, be it a 1 point stat boost (with a cap, of course) for each KO they get (stat is applied according to the type, IE Blastoise is a tank, so its defense and special defense would get most of the boosts)

2) You get special items from playing. Master Balls, Rare Candies, Hyper Potions, things like that.

3) Battles don't get boring. This is damn near impossible for the Pokemon series, because it's basicaly a bigger grind fest then World of Warcraft. Introducing a timing element to attacks (Thunder would take longer to kick in them say, Fury Swipes), would fix that. Have it real time, have speed actually mean something more then attacking first in a battle round, and you've got that addictiveness tossed back into the game.

4) add more balance. Mewtwo's banned from all Pokemon Video game tournaments because of this: Amnesia till he's olmost dead, recover, amnesia till he's olmost dead, recover, amnesia again, recover, amnesia, recover, psychic six times. Instant win, no questions asked. Make it so stat boosters reduce other stats too. Suddenly the game has another level of skill involved... do I take the risk to raise his special attack up to 999, and reduce his special defense to <100, or do I figure out a new way to try to win with him? I think that'd work pretty damn nicely.

Of course, if they make these changes they'll have to udpate the standard series as well... which I think *everyone* can agree is HUGELY overdue. GSC should have been the ene of the RGBY system, and RSFLE should have been reworked.

Oh, and for the love of all that's holy... stop making so many Pokemon. My friends and I were digging through our cards trying to find some crappy commons to build decks with, and didn't even know what half of them were.

It's gone too far when someone who's associated with the brand can forget a few dozen of them. >_>

Oh, and those graphics are silk. Pure silk. The animation was insane too... Deoxys's tendrils going all nuts? Perfect.

[ThirdMarioBro]

If this game dosen't support voice chat, I will be extremely pissed. Either way, the game looks very cool and has some badass animations. Also, fighting in skyscrapers looks very pimpish. Sold.

[Mecha Cow]

I'm pretty sure voice chat was confirmed, or for the DS games at least.

Also, this is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen (http://www.enregistrersous.com/images/2/66d666ee8223fba16e1c5f05dc514131.html).

[Peanut]

Is that a f*cking Tingle game? LOLZ! Now that's sold!

The Pokemon game on the other hand, will probably never see my Wii.

Edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR8-718ecuQ&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Epenny%2Darcade%2Ecom%2F

lol at the way Nintendo sent that thing out. From PA, btw.

[Kid Icarus]

The video keeps locking up at 2 seconds into it =\. BOO!

I'll be checking that out tonight after work then, I guess.

[Dr. Doom]

You can see it on the PA site itself.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Oh brother, :lol:, now THAT's how you introduce a product.

as for tingle......BAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I thought that game was dead. Looks like it's going to be some sick sh*t. Sold.

[Dr. Doom]

OMFG, what if they make Tingle playable in Brawl?

[ThirdMarioBro]

Then they'd have no need to put Mr. Sandbag in, I assure you. :lol:

Old news, but important.

E3 2006: Nintendo Hints at Game Boy's End
Is the longest-running system ever on its last leg?
by Daemon Hatfield

May 11, 2006 - In an interview with Reuter's yesterday, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said there may not be a successor to the Game Boy Advance.

"I would have a second thought about using our resources on what would be the next generation of Game Boy Advance, considering the strong support DS is now enjoying," Iwata said. "The Japanese game market is now evolving around DS. We don't need to do something that will pour cold water on the situation."

The news is significant as the Game Boy is the longest-running game system ever. Launched in 1989, the Boy and its many iterations have sold over 120 million units.

At its E3 booth this year, Nintendo is not showing any Game Boy or Gamecube games.

I think the Game Boy was just retired folks. :( Sad to see the namesake go, but it's good to know that the handhelds are in good hands.

[Mecha Cow]

The Third Pillar stuff was bullsh*t? Gasp.

[Kid Icarus]

fo' realz.

Nintendo lies... but then again, we already knew this.

EDIT. Found this kick ass furniture... http://bravespacedesign.com/

Tetris shaped shelving units! Freaking ROCK

[ThirdMarioBro]

Okay, now I have to rearrange my room.

[Barkworm]

The Third Pillar stuff was bullsh*t? Gasp.
Hey, the GBA is still outselling the DS in the US.

[TMNTerminator]

I think the Game Boy was just retired folks. :( Sad to see the namesake go, but it's good to know that the handhelds are in good hands.

Wow...never really was a handheld gamer (hoping that will change with DS Lite that im getting for my bday) but its kinda sad to see it go...i guess its only natural though considering the huge success of the DS...

[Kid Icarus]

Hey, the GBA is still outselling the DS in the US.
I have a feeling that's not going to last too much longer...

I've played on a DS Lite. Oh, sweet jesus, is that thing sexy. New Super Mario Bros. looks GREAT on the new screens. The colors really pop, and you can see all the detail work... it's an insanely noticable diffrence. The system also *feels* better to play on, too.

Now, if only Nintendo would stop finding ways to make me want to spend money... and still make money, and me still get things.

Edit, news. Blah blah.

New Super Mario Bros. is the top selling game in the US right now... what's so big about that?

It's at half the price of console games. NPD tracks by dollar ammount sales, not unit sales.

Damn impressive.

Oh, and Brain Age is at 15. Not too bad for a $20 game. My guess is that if NPD charts were done properly we'd see a crap ton of DS titles in the top ten, and if they actually took in numbers from online sales and Walmart we'd pry be seeing the PSP getting it's ass kicked over here, too.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Yeah, nice little PR smooze over Sony has going there. Bleh, and after seeing that Grandma and grandpa are still shopping for GBA's in the US, I changed my mind. Nintendo needs to kill it. Then again, they still haven't released in in about a dozen different colors, so time will drag on I guess.

Also, since people are still buying GBA's because they are so much cheaper, it shows just how many people will spend $600 for a console, when they won't even get a DS at $130 for double the library.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Tingle DS

June 09, 2006

by: Matt Furtado

Tingle may be recieving his own game for the DS.
Today a scan from an unidentified Japanese magazine detailing a game, titled "Mogitate Tingle no Barairo Happy Land." was released. The title means "A Fresh Tingle's Rose-Colored Happy Land."
According to the scan, the game's plot apparently follows an average middle-aged man. One day, he responds to an invitation to "come to the spring," and finds himself mixed up in a sort of wager. An old man named Rupee-ji invites the man to collect the familiar currency of Hyrule and toss it into the spring. As a result, he opens up a path to the "Happy Land," a paradise where wine, women, and song are in ample supply. As soon as he agrees to give it a try, the protagonist is transformed and appears wearing the familiar Tingle outfit.

The scan also showed a mysterious female fairy named Pinkle and scenes of Tingle dressed as both a fairy and a middle-aged office worker. No details of the gameplay were given in the article, but two of the screens show some sort of calculator interface.

According to the scan, the Tingle RPG is slated for release sometime in 2006. We'll keep you updated.

Wine women and song. I'd hit that. Sold.

[Mecha Cow]

Tingle is such a pimp. Better release this in Europe or I'm coming for you, Nintendo.

[Dr. Doom]

Since when the **** was Mario Kart an arcade game?!

[Barkworm]

Since last year I think.

[GK Punk]

Since last year I think.

indeed. and pacman was in it

[ThirdMarioBro]

Mario Kart Arcade GP - Somewhat low budget arcade racer developed by Namco's Ridge Racer team with very sh*tty items (101 projectile attacks to dumb down the experience so "everyone can play"), a camera that put your face above the kart you were driving, 25 tracks (all simplistic design, several ovals tracks, and some point to point races, ugh), and guest stars Pac-Man, Ms Pac-Man, and Blinky along with the standard MK crew.

It kind of sucked. I played it once and that was enough. I'll stick with my EAD developed Hediki Kono produces standard Mario Karts. Namco just didn't get it.

[Kid Icarus]

Namco did an okay job on it... You need to play it more then once though. It's damn near impossible to get used to the wheel on your first try.

The new power ups are useless though.

[Kid Icarus]

Riiiiidddge Raaaaceeeeeeeeeeeer


Fixed that for ya ;)

[Peanut]

I just got a call from EB to go pick up my DS Lite. Unfortunately I won't be able to get out there today. Going tomorrow afternoon as soon as I can.

[Dr. Doom]

I dunno, I thought it was fun. Not great, but fun. I definately got the impression that it wasn't anything special though. It seemed kind of dependant on the "OMG MARIO KART ARCADE" and "WTF PACMAN LOL" factors.

[Kid Icarus]

Totally.

But it *was* insanely pleasureable to kick a buch of ass in the arcades finally.

[Dr. Doom]

I did really bad the first time, but that's because I was going at like half speed due to my huge militant-lesbian-clown-in-a-punk-band boots getting caught on the machine. After that I did really well which, as you said, is a treat in any arcade.

[Kid Icarus]

For me it was the steering wheel. I was used to having to jam the analog stick all the way to the sides to turn properly... tried that with Yoshi, and kept sliding into walls. LOL

[愛]

EBgames called today and said my DS Lite will be in tonight around 6pm, so I'll be stopping by to pick it up. I'm excited.

[ThirdMarioBro]

I'm going to go raid one Tuesday morning. I think my Mom and sister are going to get one too.

[Kid Icarus]

I want one ;_;

Stupid Origins trip.

EDIT, predict, realisticaly, how fast you think the first shipment's going to sell out!

[ThirdMarioBro]

Most Gamestops aren't filling their orders, so I think we're already screwed. Probobly by Wednesday they'll all be gone.

[Kid Icarus]

Wern't they shipping some 500,000 units this first week, with more comming next week?

[愛]

Just picked up my DS Lite, and it OWNS. It even comes charged this time! Only thing I noticed is the maximum volume was decreased, I think. Maybe it's my imagination, but I don't know.

[Kid Icarus]

I think the speakers might be smaller on the lite... so just pop some headphones in.

Or, like I do sometimes, hook it up to your surround sound. Oh, is that sweet.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Yeah, I always use the surround sound. It makes the experience soooo much better when you've got a 300watt sub pumping the pipe sound in New SMB. :D :D :D

-------------

In other news, the anti-game violence law in Oklahoma was passed by our good 'ole conservitive ****** governor. I'm sure the law will be killed by the ESA within 3 months, but here's what it does nontheless.

"Under the law, no person, not even a minors' parents or guardians, would be allowed to give or show them an inappropriately violent game. Retailers would also not be able to have such games on display where minors could see them, unless the lower two-thirds of the boxes were hidden behind "blinder racks," of the sort commonly used for sexually explicit magazines."

We can't take care of the homeless, stop drugs, airplanes, or guns from getting into the hands of terrorists, or seem to stop illegal immigrants, but thank God we can protect children from fantasy. Fu*king proactive old ladies and soccor moms of the Bible belt are going to ruin this country. My editorial will be up within the week.

[愛]

Another thing I'd like to add about the DS Lite, which I read earlier but wasn't really expecting to be this bad, was the fact that the GBA games stick out of the system like f*cking old GB games in a GBA. It's ridiculous. I'm not really complaining, because there's always technicalities manufactureally (is that a word?) speaking, but it's just something I'd like to point out. Other than that, it's flawless. Best handheld ever. I personally think it looks more sleek and sexy than the PSP, which I originally thought looked insanely beautiful.

And screw politics and getting in the way of our games. I hate it when they do stuff like this.

[Dr. Doom]

Calling someone a "conservative ******" is ridiculous on so many levels.

[Peanut]

Another thing I'd like to add about the DS Lite, which I read earlier but wasn't really expecting to be this bad, was the fact that the GBA games stick out of the system like f*cking old GB games in a GBA. It's ridiculous. I'm not really complaining, because there's always technicalities manufactureally (is that a word?) speaking, but it's just something I'd like to point out. Other than that, it's flawless. Best handheld ever. I personally think it looks more sleek and sexy than the PSP, which I originally thought looked insanely beautiful.

Dude, I'm just totally leaving the GBA game out of the DS. I'll put it in if I want to play, but I only own like 5 GBA games anyways.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Yeah, that's why I bought that new model SP. The screen is about how the screen on the lite are. Bright and beautiful. I use the SP for SP games, and they are going to release a new Rumble Pack for the DS Lite that dosen't stick out, so yeah.

Ai's right. It's the best design ever. The PSP is sexy as hell, but it can't compete with this. The main thing I love is the buttons. They have the percision of the old DS buttons, but they are SOFT and comfortable. I can see myself playing for hours without my hands turning into bleeding stubs. You can also roll the D-Pad easily which makes fighting games a possibility now.

[愛]

I nearly died one hour into Mario Kart DS on the old system. Now I can play it forever with the soft and smooth buttons. I love it so much. And yes, the directional pad is really smooth.

I also like the fact that the stylus is much larger this time, giving me a better grip on it. Now I don't have to use the Mario Kart stylus as much as I usually do.

[Spitfire]

In other news, the anti-game violence law in Oklahoma was passed by our good 'ole conservitive ****** governor. I'm sure the law will be killed by the ESA within 3 months, but here's what it does nontheless.

"Under the law, no person, not even a minors' parents or guardians, would be allowed to give or show them an inappropriately violent game. Retailers would also not be able to have such games on display where minors could see them, unless the lower two-thirds of the boxes were hidden behind "blinder racks," of the sort commonly used for sexually explicit magazines."

We can't take care of the homeless, stop drugs, airplanes, or guns from getting into the hands of terrorists, or seem to stop illegal immigrants, but thank God we can protect children from fantasy. Fu*king proactive old ladies and soccor moms of the Bible belt are going to ruin this country. My editorial will be up within the week.
A law like that wouldn;t last 4 minutes where I live. Cali is the biggest distributor of violent movies and video games. Almost all the major companies have headquaters here, Sega, Capcom, Konami, and so forth. I don't see the big deal. If you need to punish anyone punish the parents for not teaching their kids the difference between fansty and reality. Kids aren't THAT stupid.

Their smart enough to blame video games when they get in trouble. I would just stop believeing that BS. "Ohhhh GTA made me do it" No you made you do it. Own up to your crimes you little **** head. Kids these days just need a good old fashion ass kicking.

[ThirdMarioBro]

http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/photos/20.jpg

BAHAHAHAHAHAhAHA!!!!

[Mecha Cow]

That's one hell of a Photoshop. :lol:

[Kid Icarus]

Perrin and Miyamoto scare me.

Reggie doesn't look that diffrent. Creepy.

[Peanut]

DS Lite is the greatest portable device ever created.

[ThirdMarioBro]

You got that right. It's so fu*king SEXY.

*hugs DS Lite and free copy of Brain age from Best Buy*

[Peanut]

I also forgot to mention that I asked my friend at EB how the DS Lite's sold. He pulled mine out of the drawer and said it was the last one. I had been told they were getting in a rather large shipment. Bigger than the original one they got for the DS, but they were still all gone. What's even more surprising is that they had a decent amount not on pre-order, so there were people out there seeking the DS Lite without a pre-order. I think Nintendo has yet another winner on their hands.

[ThirdMarioBro]

I believe the PSP just got bricked by the Lite. The official Playstation magazine is still talking about just how much potential the device has.

[Peanut]

Potential is nothing without execution. No one can come up with anything worthwhile for the thing, especially since everything it can do is just going to be a more expensive, dumbed down version of a PS2 game, like GTA:LCS.

The DS Lite has made the system as sexy as the PSP, and in some cases even more so, which is something that drew in a lot of people to the PSP. The DS and PSP are just uncomparable on a software level, and now DS Lite has matched, and to me at least, surpassed the PSP in asthetic form, which leaves the PSP almost defenseless.

My PSP = Paperweight. At least until a version of God of War, or a new MM:MV game comes out for it. It would at least be a half way decent video player, if it wasn't such a hassle to encode videos for play on the damn thing, or to even find videos that work with most PSP video converters.

We can even look at some upcoming "top tier" titles for both platforms.

DS - Yoshi's Island 2, Star Fox DS, Diddy Kong Racing, FF III, Bubble Bobble Revolution, and I'm sure countless other things Nintendo has yet to reveal, plus stuff I'm probably forgetting. Then you've got Death Jr., which was supposed to be huge on the PSP, even coming to DS.
PSP - LocoRoco........GTA: Vice City Stories? Uh, I guess. Considering how badly the first one did...I mean, nothing to look forward to there.

Another sad fact, GTA:LCS did awful on the PSP, Rockstar had to make a PS2 version in hopes of breaking even, and yet GTA:LCS is the top selling PSP game. Sad sad affair.

My guess, Sony's first and last run in the portable games market.

[ThirdMarioBro]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOc3Ij5LtKQ&search=Super%20Mario%20Bros%20anime

New Super Mario Bros crash bug.

something fun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHhfyGt578A&search=Super%20Mario%20Bros

[TMNTerminator]

I dont think I can wait for my bday (august) to get the Lite...it look so sweet...

[Kid Icarus]

August huh? When? Mine's on the 9th. the big twenty first birthday, too. Wooh.

[The Clerk]

August huh? When? Mine's on the 9th. the big twenty first birthday, too. Wooh.


I turn 21 on July 22 :evilgrin:

[Kid Icarus]

That's serously weird. My friends b-days on the SAME DAY! Woah!

[R-iZZy]

something fun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHhfyGt578A&search=Super%20Mario%20Bros
LMAO! That has to be one of the greatest school skits ever performed............ EVER! LOL@the "technical difficulty" at the end. Wasn't enough to ruin that classic moment.

DS Lite is the greatest portable device ever created.
Amen.

I just got my DS Lite yesterday, and... like WHOA RLY! This thing is orgasmic!

[Peanut]

That glitch video was so stupid. Also, watch the other video that dude made for NSMB, about the infinite 1up thing. He SUCKS at SMB. Complete SMB n00b, it's obvious.

[Kid Icarus]

If you need infinite one ups in NSMB.... you really arn't playing the game right.

[Peanut]

If you need infinite one ups in NSMB.... you really arn't playing the game right.

I've done it for my mom and dad, so they don't have to keep restarting and playing levels over again.

[TMNTerminator]

August huh? When? Mine's on the 9th. the big twenty first birthday, too. Wooh.

Yea... Aug. 22..be turning the big 24...getting old...:)

[Kid Icarus]

Is the 1up trick the same as in SMB's with the koopa shells against the wall?

[Peanut]

Yeah, basically exactly the same.

Edit: Lolz. Sweet! http://www.gamespot.com/news/6152621.html

[Kid Icarus]

Wow. That's some crazy ****. By the end of the week they should all be gone.

[Peanut]

Dudes, AC:WW rules. I started up my new town, what happens right off the bat? I get bitten by a f*cking tarantula! It chased me all over town and then took a chunk out of me. My character blanked out and woke back up on the front step of my house.

Then I totally saw a butterfly that took up an entire tree trunk, and a shark! The fin stuck out and everything! Summer AC rules HARD!

[Kid Icarus]

. . .

NO!

I can't get sucked into that game now. What would my Mage and Shammy think If I left them to rot in Duromar while I catch butterflies that I should be KILLING? o.O

Damn you, Peanut. Damn you.

[ThirdMarioBro]

I'm about to go get myself lost in the world of Oblivion tomorrow, but I can't do anything until I have seen ALL of my DS games on the Lite. Its so pwetty.

[Peanut]

I'm about to go get myself lost in the world of Oblivion tomorrow, but I can't do anything until I have seen ALL of my DS games on the Lite. Its so pwetty.

It's about damn time, buddy. Jesus.

[愛]

PSP? This is what Shiggy has to say.

http://www.gannon-banned.com/images/site_images/gannon_banned_images/dvd212.jpg

Laugh with him, because DS Lite is a million times better.

[Peanut]

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html

Wow. The house that Sony fanboys built has done a complete 180. Total insanity. If any one place can predict the future of gaming in North America, it's GameFAQs.

[Dr. Doom]

A note to all, that will only make sense until Midnight pacific time.

[愛]

http://blogs.ign.com/Hyrule-Times/

An awesome article about the ghettoest of Zelda games. So funny.

[Kid Icarus]

For example, the first dungeon was completely redesigned into an "S" shape and the item collected was a boomerang instead of a bow and arrow.

I stopped reading after here.

The flaw? In the original you get the Boomerang in the first level, along with the Bow. Arrows come later.

IGN: -1.

And I've played these BS Zelda's too. They're not too bad. Little confusing at first, when I didn't know about the redesigns.

New Pokemon Diamond/Pearl info: http://www.nintendojo.com/infocus/view_item.php?1150417580

I'm going to pass on those games. They're just going to be Red/Blue/Green/Yellow with two screens. Blah.

[Mecha Cow]

It's kind of sad how the series has only barely evolved since the original games....Still no 3D battles? You have 300+ models already!

[ThirdMarioBro]

Gah, Nintendo, you're fu*king cheap. Pokemon is so way past dead it's not even funny. It won't evolve, it won't change, and it won't do anything new. Just milk it, and expect the fanbase to buy it. No thanks.

[Mecha Cow]

If this game still has the damn 4-directional grid based movement, I'll...Get really, really angry.

...Yes, I will still buy the game.

[Kid Icarus]

I wouldn't want 3D battles on the handheld... I pointed out in the response the new Stadium title on Wii what I think would be some good changes to the system.

And the grid based movment works fine. It's an RPG, not an adventure game.

I'd like to see them bring back the importance of getting a good type match up back. Gen 1 had a lot of that, Gen 2 lots most of it, and Gen 3 ignored it. Sad sad stuff.

[ThirdMarioBro]

In New SMB, I finally realized something I should have done sooner. I took the Mega Mushroom to Boswer's Castle in World 1 and decided to reinact this (http://www.videogamedc.com/Pixeled_Parodies/Super_Duper_Mario/super_duper_mario.html). It works, and its funny as hell.

Payback's a b*tch. :lol:

[Peanut]

In other news, my AC:WW town has turned into a virtual HELL. My village has just filled to the brim with completely awful villagers from day 1. To illustrate my point, my villagers, and their picture.

Villagers I like:
Joey
http://www.animalxing.com/images/characters/acds/Joey.gif

Tank
http://www.animalxing.com/images/characters/acds/Tank.gif

Villagers I dislike:
Static
http://www.animalxing.com/images/characters/acds/Static.gif

Sally
http://www.animalxing.com/images/characters/acds/Sally.gif

Villagers I want dead:
Savannah
http://www.animalxing.com/images/characters/acds/Savannah.gif

Opal
http://www.animalxing.com/images/characters/acds/Opal.gif

Patty
http://www.animalxing.com/images/characters/acds/Patty.gif

Tiffany - Ugliest character design ever. Transvestite.
http://www.animalxing.com/images/characters/acds/Tiffany.gif

As you can see, my AC life is terrible. My character may soon commit suicide.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Jump! Jump! Jump!

[愛]

Scrap that town and make a better one! Do it! You can get another trophy!

[ThirdMarioBro]

My mother told me a funny story. When her and my dad drove up to a gas station in 1980, they saw a sign. It read, "We Have Pac-Man!". My dad said, "Is that a new import beer?". I died laughing at that one. :lol:

[Peanut]

:lol: Nice.

I'm sending out an SOS here to anyone with AC. I restarted my town and I have a much better one now, but I'm in need of some fruit and a circus shirt for one of my villagers. Also, if anyone has any red furniture laying around, I could use that too. Save me! I'm back to square one again! :cry:

[ThirdMarioBro]

Get online later tonight. I'll see what sh*t I have lying around.

[Spitfire]

I read that RE 5 was going to be on Wii. Woo!
http://ir.capcom.co.jp/english/news/html/e060510.html

[Dinny]

I read that RE 5 was going to be on Wii. Woo!

It doesn't say that this is RE5. It could be an exclusive.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Here's hoping its not Outbreak.

[Dinny]

I (for some reason) have complete faith that this will be an original, exclusive Resident Evil game. The Wii is crying out for a good light-gun game and RE seems pretty perfect. I don't really know why I have so much faith. I guess Nintendo just seem to be getting it right lately.

[Peanut]

I thought it was common knowledge that RE5 wasn't a PS3 exclusive. The trailer was shown at the Microsoft conference at TGS, and it's been pretty much confirmed for awhile that they're making an exclusive RE game for the Wii.

[愛]

I have a feeling this will be a whole new series with a similar, yet different storyline, but that's just me. It's just going to be a different feel with the Wii controller and features. But then again, that RE5 trailer we saw a long time ago...what console will that be on? We'll have to wait and see.

[Peanut]

Something I've noticed about the Lite in the last couple days I've been playing AC like mad. The battery dies a lot faster. It's to be expected with the brightest setting, though. I'm on my second charge from a red light today, and I had it plugged in for about 2 hours I was playing it.

[Kid Icarus]

There are good light gun games comming... Metroid Prime 3, "Shooting Gallery *coughDuckHuntcough*", and Red Steel are all I really need to be satisfied.

Anything else is just icing on the cake

Some new Pokemon D&P info. The day and night system is going to be a much bigger part of the game, and they've added in every other time of day too (morning, afternoon, dusk, ect). We've known for a while that female and male Pokemon were going to have more diffrences, but now we know a few examples. Whooper females have smaller antenna's on their heads, Scizor males have smaller midsections, spots on Butterfree's wings change...

And the graphics are 3D celshaded with a top down view. Apparently it's playable at this fair things in Tokyo right now.

[Peanut]

Pokemon is dead to me. I didn't even finish playing Ruby or Sapphire. It's complete garbage. It used to be fun, but now it's just the same thing over and over and over. I think it's best to compare Pokemon to the GTAIII trilogy.

They struck gold with the inital design, and then the follow up with new stuff was much better, but didn't have the same effect as the first, then the 3rd comes along and despite all the new little upgrades and design changes, it's boring. You play it just because it's a game in the series.

Now the 4th is coming out...and does anyone really care? Aren't we just going to be doing the same thing we've done 3 times already, except with some minor differences and changes that really mean very little?

Who really cares about male and female Pokemon looking different. Big f*cking deal. It's just so they can release two versions of new cards, and two new action figures, and make two new episodes of the anime. Pokemon is dead.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Pokemon is dead. I agree. They milked the cow, and now they're cooked it. I want a Whopper.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvLcHL0ixi4&mode=related&search=mario%20glitch

3 cookies to anyone who has ever beaten at least one SMB3 level when their NES looked like this. I get two cookies because I beat the 4th Doom Ship like this. You can do some fun sh*t when you break the Lock out chip on your NES.

[愛]

Pokemon is very dead. They should've stopped with Red and Blue, in my opinion. There were just way too many Pokemon to remember, which one is powerful, what each's resistance is to what, etc, etc, etc. Keeping it to a static 151 would've been much easier. Of course, companies are out to make money, so I can understand why they kept going. I admit I bought Red/Blue, Gold, and Sapphire. I just didn't see the magic that was the old Red/Blue in any of the other versions. But that's just me.

And that Mario 3 video is insane. Not even I can do something like that. Maybe with enough practice, but...crazy.

[Kid Icarus]

Sales of Emerald seem to say otherwise...

Oh, and so does the TCG... which is pulling more players for it's national and world events then Magic: The Gathering.

EDIT: that doesn't mean the games don't need changing. They do, badly.

[ThirdMarioBro]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIZZjC-8C24&search=mario%20glitch

Mario gets posessed by satan.....or just suffers from Cartridge bumping syndrome.

Also, did you know that 39% of the SUper Mario All-Stars Cartridges in the world have a glitch that if you bump the cartridge just right, you can press the select button to cycle Mario through any suit you want (including Kurbio's shoe) in SMB3? Fu*king wierd. Not going to try it though. Not after that video. Creepy.

[Peanut]

Sales of Emerald seem to say otherwise...

Oh, and so does the TCG... which is pulling more players for it's national and world events then Magic: The Gathering.

EDIT: that doesn't mean the games don't need changing. They do, badly.

I'm not saying it's dead in terms of stupid little kids trying to buy everything to do with Pokemon that they possibly can. I'm say that the majority of us who call ourselves game players are sick of the same crap. We're not whores who grab up everything we can, most of us anyways.

The kids who buy all the Pokemon crap can be directly compared to the same idiots who got excited when GTA:LCS was announced for the PS2.

Pokemon, as a game, is dead and worthless. As a franchise it's still going to pull in money, obviously, but to those of us with a brain, it's not going to get another cent.

[Kid Icarus]

Right, right.

I bet in 2 years you'll have a copy of diamond or pearl. While not much changes, and while I'd really REALLY LOVE to see an overhaul of the game, it's still going to sell insane ammounts of copies.

And It can't just be 3,000,000 kids that are picking these games up.

And check out the TCG some time. It's an insanely complex game now... blows my mind that just a few years ago it was on the verge of death. Hell, there's about 12 decks that are highly competitive right now, each with a handful of ways to play them. It's crazy.

[Peanut]

I bet in 2 years you'll have a copy of diamond or pearl. While not much changes, and while I'd really REALLY LOVE to see an overhaul of the game, it's still going to sell insane ammounts of copies.

I doubt it. I don't own a copy of any Pokemon game since Red/Blue. Nothing else. Not Gold/Silver, not Ruby/Sapphire, and not any of the horrible side games.

[ThirdMarioBro]

EA just pwnd Mythic Entertainment, the MMO developers in Virginia.

"Mythic has always been a leading independent developer in the online space," says Mark Jacobs, CEO and co-founder of Mythic Entertainment in a released statement. "EA's commitment to the online market as well as its focus on creating games of unsurpassed quality, scope and scale gives us opportunities and resources we could only dream about in the past."

Man, that was a waste of a quote box. :lol:

http://wii.advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=7035

Big ass roundtable conference in Japan from Nintendo. No new information, but there is a lot of wonderful facts included. Good read al around. They talk about their hardware development structure and much more.

[Kid Icarus]

"I do not intend to declare how many Wii we will be selling today, but Wii will be a failure if it cannot sell far more than GameCube did. In fact, we shouldn't continue this business if our only target is to outsell GameCube. Naturally, we are making efforts so that Wii will show a far greater result than GameCube."

Wow. Translated from Nintendo speak:

"Man, did Gamecube ever suck in sales? Holy crap. How'd Yamauchi **** this one up? Glad we got rid of his stanky old ass so he can't mess up this Wii thing we're trying out. We're making it kick massive ass, and take tons of names, and we'll send Reggie after anyone who's retarded enough to buy as PS3 over a Wii. Oh, and if it doesn't sell in the gajillions, we're going to ninja flip out and kill everyone."

[Peanut]

NSMB hits 500,000 in a month in the US. Maybe they mean NA, but if not...500,000 in the US, proabably close to that in Canada and over a million in Japan, I think almost 2 million. Plus, it hasn't even be released in Europe yet.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6153037.html

I hope this signals a return of platformers. As most of you know, I'm all about the Platformers/Adventure games, so I'm hoping to Hell this means something good. More 2D platformers need to be made, by Nintendo, or anyone. Here's looking forward to NSMB 2, or maybe SMB 4 this time? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/tmntrule/winky.gif

[ThirdMarioBro]

NSMB hits 500,000 in a month in the US. Maybe they mean NA, but if not...500,000 in the US, proabably close to that in Canada and over a million in Japan, I think almost 2 million. Plus, it hasn't even be released in Europe yet.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6153037.html

I hope this signals a return of platformers. As most of you know, I'm all about the Platformers/Adventure games, so I'm hoping to Hell this means something good. More 2D platformers need to be made, by Nintendo, or anyone. Here's looking forward to NSMB 2, or maybe SMB 4 this time? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/tmntrule/winky.gif

Ladies and gentlemen, the DS is officially on the same scale as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The golden return to gameplay over graphics has returned.

[Kid Icarus]

Thank god, long time comming.

[Spitfire]

System itself means nothing at all. What ever system has the most controversial games will win.

PS2 - GTA, Manhunt, everything Rockstar
Xbox - Halo...umm Doom 3? Really good online.
Gamecube - Bunch of kids crap with some great adult titles tossed in that no one noticed because their blind and ignorant.

That was pretty much the stack up. Who won? Sony, because they bought up third party and had Rockstar who shoved thousands up their asses to fuel their ego.

"Hey some 12 year old just shot up his school abd blamed it on GTA"
"GREAT that will sell some PS2s!"

Uhh yeah. I'll admit I have more games for my PS2 then my GC and I really only use my GC or Resident Evil and a few multiplayer games. But it's still a great system, which had lots of games that were on all 3 systems that were good, and at the price it was I really don't see how you could think it's sooo bad.

Sony's disadvantage was graphics this gen, so every fanboy says "Graphics don't matter it's all about the games"
Now Sony's graphics are great but there's no third party support so it's "Well the PS3 has th ebest graphics!"

Wow change of heart eh? More like idiots. I hope a bunch of people buy PS3's. I hope a crap load of idiots waste their money on a PS3. I hope they sell stuff they enjoyed having to get one so when they get it and see how much ass it sucks they will be kicking themselves for being such morons.

I don't wish this on everyone but I do wish it on the Sony fans who don't know when to can it and admit defeat.

[Kid Icarus]

http://consoles.gwn.com/articles/article.php/id/719/

Footage of people luckier then all of us other then TMB playing Wii.

Mario Galaxy looks confusing, but then again... that guy sucked horribly.

[Ryona]

I was just wondering...

What is "Wii" supposed to mean?

[Barkworm]

It's supposed to mean "we", the two i symbolize the controllers played by two people.

[TMNTerminator]

And wasnt "Wii" selected as the name also because it would be easier to pronounce worldwide versus "revolution"?

[Kid Icarus]

Yep, exactaly.

And the only languages (well, in the larger sense) where the sound Wii makes has any meaning is English and French.

But hey, now gamers can ask people to come play with their Wii...

[ThirdMarioBro]

http://consoles.gwn.com/articles/article.php/id/719/

Footage of people luckier then all of us other then TMB playing Wii.

Mario Galaxy looks confusing, but then again... that guy sucked horribly.

Ahh, the big red couches. Those things were compfy. I was just to the left of the camera in that shot, because I remember that guy sucking. Too bad the line was two hours, but you could just put your name on the list then go do something else. Thing was, the booth babes would kick you off 1/3 or 2/3 of the way into the demo (depending on how much you suck, so you had to get it quickly), so you were better off just going around to the back of the booth and playing the stand up demos. Sure, you didn't get the 52' Plasma screen, surround sound setup, and a hot babe sitting on the couch next to you, but you got the full ten minutes on the machine and the wait was only about 45 minutes. I played it four times.

The game isn't difficult. That guy was just an idiot. I made sure the first thing I did was play Mario, because its the law. If you're going to learn new control on a new Nintendo platform, the first game you've gotta' play is Mario. I was confused as hell for twenty seconds, then it all clicked and you go from there, fully in control. You just have to realize that you've not only got control over Mario, but rather the whole environment around him. You can affect anything and everything with the Wiimote. Once you get that in your head, it all clicks. Also, all of Mario's N64 moves are in tact, except the punch combos and the break dance kick. Everything else is there.

[Brodie]

So that new Beautiful Sonic game is for Wii also?
And I remember hearing something about a GC controller adapter? Can you play most games with that?

[Peanut]

Brodie, you're a total n00b!

That Sonic game isn't for Wii. It's a different one called Sonic Wild Fire, or something as homosexual as that.

And the Wii can play all Gamecube games. It apparently has regular GC controller ports on it, but Nintendo is coming out with a "classic" controller for use with all the older games, NES, SNES etc. It'll probably work with all GC games too.

[Brodie]

I want the pretty sonic game for Wii. Not that Shadow The Hedgehog-esque one.

[Kid Icarus]

The one for Wii is a weird platformer on rails.

Everything I've heard says it feels like the classic Sonic games.

[Brodie]

But still, the one for PS3 and X360 just looks effin prettier, the other is just looking like Sonic Adventure 2.

[GK Punk]

i thought you guys might get a laugh out of this:

http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20060623

[Kid Icarus]

But still, the one for PS3 and X360 just looks effin prettier, the other is just looking like Sonic Adventure 2.

Really? That's funny, because they changed his model for the Wii game, and just added some more polys to the PS3/360 game... not to mention the Wii game is going to be completely devoid of all secondary characters.

[Brodie]

Thats good, I just liked the idea of the X360 game with the taller looking Sonic, and the daylight into nighttime. I don't think that happens in the Wii one?

What I read in Gamepro said that the X360 one is kind of wide open, like world wise. Is the Wii like that?

[Kid Icarus]

Nope. The Wii version plays like the classic Sonic games on the Genesis. None of this free roaming crap. Run, jump, avoid the pits of death, grab rings, and jump on things.

[Peanut]

Wii games will never be on the same level as PS3 and X360 games, Brodie. Nintendo isn't trying to compete on graphical terms with them. It's sad, but you probably won't be getting much better than what you see. Never know though. We still haven't seen the final Wii specs.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Sonic Wild Fire was fun. Did it look like the 360 game? No, but it was fun as hell. That's all that matters.

The 360/PS3 game looks amazing, but their "wide open spaces" they're talking about are just them bringing back the "Adventure Fields" from Sonic Adventure to connect the stages, which are all still broken apart like every Sonic game. The Wii game ignores the storyling, and all that "Shadow backstory bullsh*t" that they won't leave be, and just lets you take Sonic and run, jump, run, jump, run, run, run, loose rings, repeat.

For the 360 title, you only spend less than 1/3 of the game actually controlling Sonic, and the rest of the time doing the "Evil shadow" thing with two other hedgehogs. Its as bad as SA2 in the fact that it dosen't focus on Sonic in his own game. He's just a playable character with more focus in the story. Sega has pretty well made it clear that they are going to cater to the stupid Shadow fanboys from here on out. At the very least, they did finally get "most" of the bugs out of that seven year old engine they won't replace.


The Wii game just felt better both gameplay wise, and stylistically. Mario Galaxy ran circles around them both, but that's not hard considering its a Sega game. It hurts to say that.

[Brodie]

And the pricetag of a Wii is around 119-250? What about games?

[ThirdMarioBro]

$49.95 is the sandard list price for software in stores. New games on the Virtual Console service will be around $6-8, and classic software pricing is unknown at this time.

[Peanut]

I didn't even think there was any real information on the PS3/360 Sonic game yet. Only those couple of tech demo's shown last year and the trailer shown this year. I'm pretty sure it's all just speculation at this point. Even Gamespot didn't get any play time on any demos.

Either way, I doubt I'll be getting either of the games. I've never really been a fan of Sonic games outside of the original 2D ones, so I'm probably just going to pass on these as well.

[ThirdMarioBro]

I didn't even think there was any real information on the PS3/360 Sonic game yet. Only those couple of tech demo's shown last year and the trailer shown this year. I'm pretty sure it's all just speculation at this point. Even Gamespot didn't get any play time on any demos.

I don't see how they could have avoided it. I played it at the Sega booth (3 demo units), at the Sony booth (2 demo units, one kept freezing up), and again at the Microsoft booth (4 units). It was all over the place. All the info I posted comes from actual playtime, not web rumors.

[GK Punk]

Are we going to be able to use ROMs that we download on the Wii via USB Hard drive or anything like that?

[Peanut]

I don't see how they could have avoided it. I played it at the Sega booth (3 demo units), at the Sony booth (2 demo units, one kept freezing up), and again at the Microsoft booth (4 units). It was all over the place. All the info I posted comes from actual playtime, not web rumors.

I guess it wasn't worth their time. They only thing they showed in the entire 3 days of live coverage was the trailer. Oh well. Sonic is yet another classic character who has met his demise.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Are we going to be able to use ROMs that we download on the Wii via USB Hard drive or anything like that?

Going by the currently available info and quotes, I'm going to say yes. They claimed external storage devices would be supported, and there are two USB ports on the Wii to back that claim up. Looks pretty hopeful. I'll be sticking with SD Cards though. I had one wind up in an industrial washer a while back. When I found it, I dried it out, stuck it in my PC and it was fine. Those things are structuarally invincible, so I'm just going to save up, buy a 4gig + SD and download everything I want to that. That way I don't ever have to take it out of the unit or worry about my whole collection going "poof" when the heads go out or something.

Main thing I'm worried about is: will Nintendo still be jerks about letting us buy Japanese software? I assume since this is global, we'll be able to buy global software, but then again, they may get scared because the stuff isn't ESRB rated, and just restrict us to local software, thus pissing off the import gamers again as usual. I want my Beyond Good and Evil and Doshin the Giant.

[Peanut]

What do you think the wait is going to be like on available "classic" software for the Wii anyways? Are they going to launch with 500+ games up for grabs right off the bat, or are we going to get 20 select titles and then they'll add stuff as time goes on? I'm guessing we won't get a sh*t load from the start, but a good few. I'm really looking forward to it.

And yeah, TMB, I'm hoping for some import stuff too! The only thing is it'll be a bummer to have everything in Japanese. Imagine if they actually did some kind of translation to some of the stuff. That would be amazing. I just really really really want to play Doshin the Giant. I was so depressed when they cancelled the NA release.

Anyways, assuming we get a ton of Nintendo's AAA titles and some random games at launch, what is everyone going to grab as fast as possible? If they're available, I'm going right for..

Super Mario RPG, LoZ: Majora's Mask, Star Fox 64, Earthbound, Paper Mario, and Punch-Out. If there are imports I'm going to grab Doshin the Giant and Doki Doki Panic. I won't hold my breath though. :( Come to my Doshin. :(