ultrajamie

i said in another thread the other day that it seems like despite the huge amounts of power offered by all consoles nowadays, games look more smaey in their art than the 16bit days.. the wii might give developers an 'excuse' to free themselves of the creative shackles that publishers enforce... i'm really looking forward to seeing what happens aaaaaahhhh why oh why oh why oh WHY!!!!??? i've just watched the first couple of visual guides from thehylia.com I figured i could watch the first few as thats all the stuff that i've read about in reviews and the previews from the 2 day event nintendo held. the game hasn't been spoiled, really because i know what happens at the start.... but every single little thing that happed totally amazed me - it's been too long since a game this 'solid' came along (shame on you kameo)... and it's going to make the next 2 days 2 hours and 53 mins all the harder to bare!

i have to say that I went to the Midnight launches of Halo 2 (although i was on the BBC news in Game) and the original xbox one on oxford street... and both times i have never seen such a bunch of freaks in my life.. it was like OMG, gaming hasn't really moved out of the realm of the unwashed, unfashionable freaks, no matter what anyone says. THEN... I went to the 360 midnight launch at game in Norwich... that was like someone please just kill me. There was this bloke in a wheel chair who stunk of piss and looked like he had brown sauce all over his mouth -only he got to wait inside. Then the rest of people all looked like they wrere on benefit, but stumped up 500 smackers. All three times it's been like something little britain would reject for being just a bit too freakish anyway... thank god, game is opening at 7am so hopefully the majority of the local freaks will stillbe in bed and I can just nip into town and get it.

i agree with you 100% -wind waker is just stunning to look at. I certanly don't think it deserved the critiscism... even if i do think nintendo did go slightly off track in choosing that route. however... TP represents a triumph of what I call 'art over oomph' - at a time when ps3 and 360 games are pretty but often sterile TP looks just magical I disagree that it won't stand the test of time... ocarina is as wonderfully evocative today as it was 'back in the day' - so i don't agree that TP won't meet a similar fate

I still can't believe the journey this game has come through after the low's of THAT e3 where they showed celda and had pac main link up as their main presentation (remember that?) and then the triumphant E32005 video... following which I realised that Nintendo did still have the sort of pulling power needed to reclaim it's crown - even if they hadn't yet found the focus needed. Then tere was the Wii / revo announcments and the worry about how the game would convert to the wiimote... and now... every time i watch the hi-res spoiler free ign review footage, I think MY GOD, this game is better than i ever dared dream it could be... friday is so close.... so... close

i' e got friday and monday off.... it's a bit unhealthy... but i don't care

if you've read the iwata interviews... it never ... ever was going to come out then... there was very little finished game after it's first e3 showing... also the early stages of development were slightly troubled... so thank god they took the time it needed.

as far as mainstream press coverage goes... it wasn't THAT bad....

can someone confirm if connecting the wii is as straightforward as the 360... that is, just enter the wep key and go...?

i've been avoiding this thread... but i've just been flicking through at ten page intervals... and my favourite quote is 'doom pwns zelda in the face, twice' that is just too OMG funny

i'm avoiding the demo pods... the wii has been spoiled enough... i want it to seem as fresh as is possible

Game scare mongering marketing calls..... i got a weird call from game telling me there were 'problems with my order' and 'i should call back asap or i might not get what i'd asked for' i got a cold chill and thought that i wasn;t getting one... when i called i found out that they 'just wanted to get my order ready for collection' and then tried to sell me several bundles I didn't want. what a scam.... as if a branch of game bundles up peoples orders... they just fetch them from out the back and get the games out of the naff glass case behind the counter. anyway... i was wondering if this has been widespread???

No she just said 'sonys playstation' yeah... they made out that the whole point was to get people moving... the point is to do something different. what is this? hear what you want on the news? they said it remains to be seen if it will sell well over here - which is true because it's not out, but also false, because on preorders alone it's sold out

SUGGESTION.... Game scare mongering marketing calls thread.... i got a weird call from game telling me there were 'problems with my order' and 'i should call back asap' i got a cold chill and thought that i wasn;t getting one... when i called i found out that they 'just wanted to get my order ready for collection' and then tried to sell me several bundles I didn't want. what a scam.... as if a branch of game bundles up peoples orders... they just fetch them from out the back and get the games out of the naff glass case behind the counter. anyway... i was wondering if this has been widespread???

i was a bit let down she said it with such a smirk... it's not funny anymore

LOL my flatmate told me he's got friday off work... i was like, well, it's best you go out... till monday when i go back to work... "AN INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM" oh... dear.... the wii is as small as an xmas card on the fireplace.... HEEEEEEE!!!!

no it's after the radiation piece.

we'll see..... it's amazing coverage... don't recall seeing 360 on itv news during it's launch week.

my hopes suddenly aren;t high... they introduced it as "space invaders it isn't"

sorry... ITV news!!! DOH!!!! the news is on now LMAO.... phew

the wii is going to be on channel 4 news in the next 15 or so minutes.... watch it. thread please

agree 100% the style of the enemy needs to fit the game... there's no need to give bowser a makeover, he fits/

amen to that... it never ceases to amaze me how we now have huge amounts of graphics power (i include wii in that) and yet games manage to look LESS varied than they did in the 16bit days... in fact since the death of the dreamcast it seems to have been a slippy slope.

actually i take that back... just read the xbox version review on IGN http://uk.xbox.ign.com/articles/700/700710p2.html sheesh

i am going to pick up my wii 7am from game.... go home - quickly - crack open a beer (yes, at 7.30am, these things must be done) and sit back... back a few mii's, then when i feel up to it... load zelda. i'll likely next been seen monday morning

sod waiting.... we've done years of that... the time to wait is over. : peace: