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Except that in Super Mario 64 you have 1 star for collecting 100 coins and 1 star for collecting 8 red coins on each level, which were there anyway no matter which star you chose (in fact I'd used to try to collect both stars in one go if possible)). And some people just like to collect things, I personally was a bit dissappointed when there weren't 100 notes to find anymore in Banjo-Tooie.. I finished Super Mario Galaxy (for the first time) some time ago, I'll go back at it and finish it for the second time

From the screenshots they've shown so far, I think most fans (I wouldn't call myself a real fan) will agree we're better off without it. I'll do my bit to help the Treasure Island Z sales, I'll buy it as soon as possible.

I guess I'm late to the party, but this time for real . I don't get people complaining about sold out stuff, this is to be expected right? I mean, Nintendo fans in all of Europe are trying to get on the site, and you can't expect them to have stock for everyone of us? They're limited after all . Good stuff in general, some standard Hori merchandise, cool in itself, but the DS gamecase for example looked like a club Nintendo exclusive, with the logo.. That's what I would've gotten. Hopefully they'll have more of those in future updates. I'm actually more excited about the exclusive stuff than Wii point, although it's cool they finally implemented that too. But Ill save my points for the exclusive stuff.. I also hope they'll still put up some actual games like in the past. About the site itself: looks ok, looks like the other Nintendo sites now, not especially aesthetically pleasing to me (but definately not ugly mind), but more importantly, a lot cleaner. Anyway, better overall.

No you're not, I totally agree. As a 2D animation lover the graphics for the 2D fighters were a very big part of the appeal. To say my interests are completely gone is exagerated, but the hype certainly is. It's a shame, but it's the natural trend unfortunately, the 3D models are much easier to animate. But it's an artform I appreciate less than 2D animation. It'll probably still be cool to play with your favourite (anti) heroes of Street Fighter in an all new game, but the game will be less different from all the other fighters out there.. More mainstream appeal I guess. Anyway, I really have to think about importing a PS2 with some Hori sticks and third strike.. (and Guilty Gears and Tales of Symphonia in japanse while I'm at it )

Hmm.. Personally I think the dual analog control is an invention that I could do without completely. Although I have to say my experience with it are fairly limited, I don't any FPS games for the Cube. But, I mean, an analog control for walking? You don't have 8 direction keys on your keyboard do you? So I agree with the person who also mentioned the N64 controls: they're the best as far as "traditional controls" go. That said, I do miss the C-buttons. Not so much for console FPS games, I also agree with some people that Wii controls are better for those games.. But in general, I think the remote / nunchuck combo could do with more buttons. Don't ask me were the should be placed though . So personally I prefer (in relation to FPS games): Dual analog < N64 controls < Wii controls. About PC controls (keyboard + mouse that is, can't play FPS games with just the keyboard as in Doom ), I'm not sure anymore, since the Wii.. I'm sure they're more precise, or at least easier to be precise with, but Wii controls feel more fun and natural to me now I think, although it's been a while since I played a FPS game on the PC. There's no friction with a remote. I like 'm both in any case.

But you can use Gimp for animated GIF files (?). It's what I use.

You're looking at the screen, not the console are you? I do get your point, and I agree to a certain extent, but it's the game itself that matters more to me. It's simply my taste, I generally want to enjoy entertainment in their original version, although I'm not that obsessed if I'm not aware of the original version or don't have too much experience with it. That's why I bought the FF III remake, I didn't have the pleasure of experiencing it during the NES days. But it's why I hate dubbing, why I hate censorship, and why I hate Han shooting first.That said, I already said simply adding an extra option wasn't that big of a deal for me. Especially since I don't buy that many VC games. Because I actually own a N64 which brought me many years of joy thank you very much, the scart cable is unplugged but it's right next to my TV if I need it..

It's why I almost refrained from posting (as I should have), but I simply couldn't resist . Anyway, maybe people can get back on-topic.

Oh wow, I'm a bit late to the party.. It seems they already ran out of "bad jokes" for 5 starpoints a piece .

You'd still see the menubutton which wasn't in the original version now would you? Anyway, it's not that big of a deal for me, but I'd just prefer to have the option to play the game in the original state, aside from translations.. Maybe a more simple solution would be to sell both versions seperately in the VC shop, but they'll probably be worried about idiots not able to tell the difference and end up complaining..

To be honest, I think they should give you the option during the start-up screen, "start original version" & "start enhanced version". Things like online multiplayer are cool of course, but some times you just wanna go for the retro feel, and these enhancements aren't helping in that case. Otherwise, just go for the complete remake-overs with enhanced graphics and new levels etc, and sell them for a bit more on the Wiiware channel..

I'm also looking forward to it.. I hope they release a box with all three games so I can finally have good versions of the first 2. I bought the second second hand recently at a convention, and although I know it's not as good as the first one, I'm confident it'll be decent at least, and in any case I want to know how the story progresses. I loved the first one, the atmosphere, and so many things you can do to get past something (I usually tried to do as many things as possible for the skill points), and the story.. I hope part 3 will be excellent as well. Maybe we should start a Deus Ex thread to share stories (if I can remember them well though), if someone hasn't already?

You're right about that, but well, let's see how it looks up close and personal when it's released. And even if it then still fails to impress visually (wel some people), I still have the feeling this 'll be my kind of game and I won't care in the end. I mean, I enjoyed Skies of Arcadia just as much on the GameCube .

Maybe it looks like 1 of the better looking Dreamcast games, I dunno, don't have much experience with Dreamcast games, but it certainly looks better than Skies of Arcadia, even at this stage. Unless, of course, you're talking about the artstyle, in which case it's a matter of taste.

I still haven't finished Path of Radiance, with a lot of other games to play, I haven't come back to it yet. After finishing Mario might be a good time. Which characters are returning by the way? Or most of them? I don't think I'll start a new file just to take this into account, but I might as well change a little who I use and how I divide my bonus exp in this playthrough. I have been seriously neglecting Sothe for example, because I read on gamefaqs that ehh the other thief (forgot his name) was generally better..

[You're exagerating quite a bit] I will hold of judgement 'till I see the final result, but from what I can see it looks nice. Then again, I value a good artstyle more than actual graphics quality. Anyway, you can see the trailer on the teaser site itself, click the 4th link in the menu on the top. You won't have to deal with any Gametrailer ads. I love the look & sound of it so far.. Although it doesn't seem to be a RPG with instanced battles etc, it looks like it's an action RPG. Not that that's a bad thing.

I wish I had (started on veteran). Like I said, I found the game much easier than the previous 2. When starting my game, I did wonder if I should start on veteran, having played the 2 previous games, but I reckoned it was simply hard mode already unlocked and maybe for people who didn't have to adjust to the new controls. Normal mode would be challenging enough, like the previous games, I thought. I was wrong.. For the heck of it, a few instances I remember dieing at (in normal mode obviously): - 2 times fighting Rundas, I was still getting used to the new controls, and actually forgot i had morphball at my disposal. Also my brother told me I could actually shoot the normal icebits for health, didn't know that. As far as I can remember, this is actually the only time I died because it was challenging - Died 1 time fighting Gandrayda, but I'm not sure how, I thought I had most of my health, but it was pretty much an instant death. I'm pretty sure though, I wandered too far from the center of the arena, and into the acid rain.. Second time I remembered though. And won pretty easily. - I still didn't know how Hypermode actually functioned. Somewhere indoors on Bryo, a space pirate threw a Phazon grenade at me, and I got hit, sending me into corrupted hypermode. Up to that point, I didn't use hypermode myself apart from the few instances it was necessary. I didn't know how to turn it off, and didn't even know I had to, so I died, getting the special game over screen. - I didn't die, but it was certainly challenging, the miningboss where you get the novabeam. Maybe it wouldn't be much of a problem now, now I know what to do, but I barely survived my first visit. - Also didn't die, but was low on health with the ehh, forgot his name, the second leviathanboss. Was also figuring out the proces, In the end I found out how his first phase worked and I could survive, but as I was low on health, and was about to quit anyway, I decided to give it another try later. Defeated it second time. - Didn't die, but the last bit had me worried about my health also.

Whoops, my bad . Still don't know if I'll go, I'd like those coins, but going all the way to Amsterdam, while I could be sitting at home playing the game itself.. Hmm.

Well, I didn't put that there . They work a bit differently then I'm used to on other forums (tried <spoiler> xxx </spoiler>). Anyway, got it sorted.

Just finished last night, with 100 % items (revealing the item locations felt like cheating though, in retrospect..), but not all the scans, includings some "should be obvious" scans like the fleet admiral, but I was too busy watching the pretty explosions outside, so I couldn't be bothered to scan him . I wish I started with Veteran mode immediately though, normal was too easy, but I figured "I have to get used to the controls first, and the first 2 were already pretty challenging on normal". Wrong. This game is pretty easy compared to the previous 2. The only things that really gave me trouble were

No, you didn't. I also remember the Zelda 2 ad, but somehow I can't remember anything else between the NES and the DS/Wii era (== Nicole Kidman). Except for the Perfect Dark commecial.

For the Dutch people (who don't already know about this), there's a launch event (on friday obviously) at Fame in Amsterdam. They seem to be handing out coins, I wonder if those are the same coins as I've seen somewhere else on this forum.. I'm don't know if I'll be able to make it, but I do like to get me those coins.. I'm not going to get the game there though.. With any luck, I'll have it the day before (like Metroid and Zelda).

Heh, I neglected to post in the Metroid thread, but I'll compensate by posting here. I'll make it short though.. Super Mario Bros 3 The first time I had some real gametime with this, was when I rented it. I had a whole week with the game. I couldn't get passed the first brown castle in world one. Crap, or just impatient? I thought it was a dead end at the point were the ceiling comes down.. I never waited long enough to see the door appear. Then again, I believe I didn't realize at the time there was a safespot for the crushing ceiling. It never occurred to me to fly above the ceiling to get a whistle either.. Super Mario 64 Never had a Super Nintendo back in the day, So this was the first Mario game I owned since Super Mario Bros 2, and actually the first game I bought myself. I bought a N64 as soon as I could, and although I couldn't get home fast enough, I played Super Mario 64 in the store to get a quick feel what it was like. It was my first experience with the N64 controller I believe, and as a result, my Mario kept running circles around those bomb-ombs.. Oh well, don't worry, I got better eventually .

Does this game finally has some RTS-like controls or not? I haven't played much of the first one yet, but I didn't like it very much.. Controlling other units was too cumbersome for me, so to me this felt almost like a pure 3rd person shooter.. And I don't like 3rd person shooters. If this one controls similarly to the previous one, only with wiimote controls, then I think I'll pass on this one (which won't be that much of a problem I think, with all the games coming out first quarter next year..). I must say, it does look gorgeous on the screens.

Thanks for reminding me, I intended to order earlier, but I've been putting it off 'till now, I've finally placed my order. I've also ordered another anime with it (with English subs), which resulted in onother free gashapon for me . I'll get a random Campcom figure. Anyway, it'll be here in 1-2 weeks. Too bad about the bonus discs though, I've finally found out the specifics about them. We all know the first one, but the other 3 will apparently all be soundtracks of the corresponding episode. This should be the same for the exphere editions, except it has some other videos on the first bonus disc, and the artbook contains animation artwork instead of the character sketches. Anyway, the way they've done things, you're missing out on a soundtrack from episode 1, and bonus materials from the other 3 episodes.. I was actually looking forward to the clean (and full) ending videos from the other 3 episodes, as they have a different stop-motion animation. Oh well, they're lovely collectors editions nonetheless.