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Allthough it does sound more fun to me, I do worry a bit. Maybe the tiring aspect will end up not being so bad after all, but it's a fact pressing a button is easier and quicker than a slashing motion. I wonder if it'll be possible to be as quick with slashes and sword swings as on the N64 or GameCube. Maybe, to make things easier, the game can ignore the direction you're slashing in, so you can just wave to make multiple slashes. That'll be quicker than keep starting a motion from one end to another.

Well, because I missed the SNES era, I'd like to play all those SNES classics, especially the RPG's. Now I own a 2nd hand SNES though, I can hunt down those RPG's. But I like the game that someone else mentioned: System Shock 2. I've always wanted to play (and buy) that game, but it was before my PC gaming era.. The game sounds really cool to me, it's also supposed to be some sort of inspiration for the game Deus Ex, which is a great game. With that mentioned, there are plenty PC games that were "before my time", I'd love to play the classic point & click adventures, like The Dig, Sam & Max, and all those others.

I'll buy a glass cased vertical windtunnel to have it suspended in air! I seem to be in the minority, but I'm definately going horizontal (..). I don't mind vertical setups in general, but the Wii.. Looks rediculous with that stand, in my opinion. I hate that tilted "pose", especially viewed from the side (I love rectangular shapes, with the stand, it loses that shape). Also, I think horizontal will be more practical. For memory cards, (GameCube) controllers, and inserting discs.

I wouldn't call it a "perfect" transition from 2 to 3D. Good but not perfect. Most things are there, but the 3D games lack speed. Maybe the 3rd will be different, but I doubt it. What I mean with speed is just how acrobatic Samus is in the 2D games (especially near the end of a game), Samus is just very slow in 3D.. Anyway, I'm also still missing just 2 missile tanks I think. I have everything else (even the scans up 'till then I believe). Maybe people can give me some hints to where the best hidden missiles are located? I forgot which I already have, so I don't think GameFaqs will be much help (I'll have to check each location again). Oh well, I'll go hunt down those last 2 expansions some time.. I turn off the music (allthough that's obviously not the preferred way to play Metroid ).

Ehm, no they don't. The person you quoted was right about "wie" = how, and they pronounce it (almost) exactly like the enlish "we" or the Dutch "wie". You're watching too much Allo Allo (or other shows with stereotypical Germans).

Like I've said in that other thread (I think), I was outraged when I first heard it, even though I recognized the marketing genius behind it. But it took me only 2 weeks to get used to it (a little thing called E3 did the trick), and now I don't know better. As a Dutch person, the Wii also doesn't have the same association you people seem to have . However, I was thinking about something else recently.. What will the product number code be? The GameCube is a "DOL", maybe we will see the return of the Revolution in the form of "REV". Would be a nice touch.

I never saw the point in that thing.. Why would you want to play GBA games on a TV screen (all blown up)? They're not meant for a TV screen. Surely it's more practical to play on a GBA itself? And the controls are so much better (I hate the Cube controller). For the money you need for a GBA player, I'm sure you can find a 2nd hand SNES with Super Mario World. Surely that would be much better?

Oh well, too bad (could've seen this coming I guess ). They could still bring out the games that are unaffected though. And who knows, maybe a 3D VR headset is indeed the big hardware surprise we've all been waiting for . That said, as somewhat of a collector, I'd like to own the real thing myself one day.

I'm definately getting both, but I'm still hoping they do the sensible thing and put both versions in one release. I'm getting the GameCube version, pretty much out of principle. It's been on my wishlist as (one of the) last titles I'll buy for this system. I'll get it and will play it. That said, I'm very looking forward to the Wii version, and controls, what I'll end up doing I reckon, is play like the Cube version first, untill defeating the first dungeon or so, then switch to the Wii version. Then I'll finish the Cube version out of principle again.

What about VirtualBoy games games? I've seen people talking about Satellaview & 64DD games, but no mention of VirtualBoy games yet. This would be a perfect opportunity to introduce people to these ehm "classics". As they go for the hits at first, I don't expect to see them anytime soon, but I hope to see them later, if the VC is a succes, and Nintendo is willing to experiment with other titles. "What about the 3D aspect?" you ask? Obviously, this can't be emulated, but with my limited VB experience, I assume the lack of 3D effect won't have any gameplay issues. The 2 games I played (a tennis game and a shooter), could be done perfectly on a GameBoy or SNES in my opinion, without the 3D effects obviously. The 3D effect was, dare I say, "gimmicky", and had no real use in these 2 games. I don't know how it technically works, but I'm guessing VB games use the normal display modes the other Nintendo consoles use, with added effects, like a blur effect (which can be emulated I think). And, the advantage of lacking the headset and included 3D effect, is of course, no headaches people have been complaining about .

I think the slo-mo mentioned is because of the PAL / NTSC framerate issue. We're running 25 frames a second, NTSC countries 30. I assume they didn't compensate for this fact (do they now?), and then games will be slightly slower, just like movies are. Most people don't really notice though, since it's all they know, untill someone mentiones this.

I think there will be the different versions of a game (US EU & JAP), and I hope you will be able to choose which version you want. If that's the case, just go for the original. I don't think they'll be optimized though, personally I hope they leave the current versions exactly the way they are (well, except for Wii specific optimizations).

In one word: atmosphere. The 3D Metroids may not play exactly like the 2D Metroids, but they definately have the appropiate atmosphere, which makes them just as fantastic (or at least very close to it). I've already posted this in the Metroid Prime 2 topic, but it fits here as well: I especially love the atmosphere involving the anticpation of bossfights (not the atmosphere of the bossfights themselves!). - Metroid: Fusion - walking past the Serris skeleton, and seeing Nightmare flying in the background. - Metroid: Zero Mission - knowing you're trapped and the only way out on the map seems to be a suspiciously large room.. The one with Kraid. - Metroid 2 - Walking past 2 recently hatched and very large Metroid eggs, then realizing you have to get back in that room.. - Metroid Prime - Walking past those Elite Pirate stasis tanks.. - Metroid Prime 2 - Fighting that Alpha Splinter, then seeing those Ing dripping towards it, and seeing the remains of that giant robot boss in the light world.

Is this the original artwork, done by the original artist (who appears to be the guy on that forum from that link, but you can't find the completed work there). Or is that Wii logo slapped op by a fanboy? I'd like to have it without, if this isn't the original. Anyway it's awesome. You can look at it for hours in a "where is Waldo" kind of way. Does anyone know who the cat is, the one between de mario squid, the tanooki pacman, the piramid and the pokey? It seems familiar. Somebody asked about the letter that Arthur is holding.. It's obviously not from Animal Crossing, it's from Super Mario Bros 3 (exactly), the letter from the princess after clearing a world where you get an item. The starman in the sky is also from Super Mario Bros 3 specifically, after clearing a level and getting your 3rd star card (starman fireworks).

Hmm. When I saw the newsitems of those collectibles on this site, I thought the designs looked terrible for the Zelda series. I have mixed feelings now I see actual pictures. I took a look on their site (first4figures) and their other work doesn't look spectacular as well, at least in my opinion. The Metroid figures look good, but I think their design lend themselves more for good looking figures. I think the Feirce Deity Link looks awful, but to my surprise, I thought Sheik was pretty decent. I'm still curious what they they all look like, when they're finished though. They should've gone to some Japanese companies for their figures though, they're good at that stuff (check out your favorite animes on http://www.hlj.com for example), or if they want an American company, McFarlane. Their stuff looks excellent. Still, I hope these things sell well, hopefully we even see more merchandise in the future. I was looking for Metroid merchandise some time ago, and the only thing I could find was a horrible Samus action figure. There don't seem to be many collectible figures of Nintendo characters.

Hmm, I might still check this title out some day.. It was on my wishlist from the very beginning, I had my eye on the game (Shooting stuff with a sexy lady doesn't sound wrong, especially done by Capcom), then I read the IGN review, and read about the poor controls? I don't know, I usually decide for myself, and I guess it's still on that wishlist, but it has a lower priority.. PN03 is a game you can still find easily is stores, unlike some other titles on my wishlist.. For example, I intend to do my first Amazon marketplace purchase, to buy Ikaruga (als Golden Sun by the way, which I also can't find anymore). What is the music like buy the way? I'd imagine some techno influences.. Allthough, "game techno" isn't exactly (allways) "real techno".

Maybe Wind Waker is a bit short on the main quest, but it's tedious with some of the sidequests.. I haven't really touched the game anymore since the final boss. I think I have 3 figurines, and the thought of collecting others makes me cringe.. Decorating the island is another thing. I love the water temple in OoT however.. And even though the water temple in MM is my least favorite one from the 4 main ones, I still think it's generally good. In fact, I think they should make a ultimate water temple rmx for TP, with elements from all previous water temples, and 4 times as hard, just to piss off some of the people here :P.

I.. Can't remember. It might have been Zelda Game & Watch. I also think I had the 2nd hand VecTrex before I got my (new) NES, so my first games would be Bedlam, Soccer, and a few others. With the NES came Super Mario Bros. 2, and I played Super Mario Bros. 1 & 3 in the store before that. The first thing I bought myself (from my own money) is the N64 I think, with Super Mario 64. Damn, that's a magical memory. I remember I played for a few seconds (not too long, I wanted to fully enjoy it at home ) in the store, and my Mario kept running in circles as I tried to get used to the analog stick .

Like I stated in one of my ideas. I've thought about it, and have take capacity and privacy stuff into account. You have multiple cities, not just for fun, but also to limit the amount of players on a server. A city can deal with its residents, and a number of visitors (say up to 16). Then there's the city's surroundings (the countryside I mentioned), which can deal with 16 more. If an area is "full", the game will give you a lame in-game excuse as to why you can't enter a city, gates will be closed. That's why you will also still need other places to meet eachother, like your hometown in one of my other ideas, and just like how Wild World works now. Privacy stuff: Nintendo will need servers dedicated to logging text messages for a certain amount of time. If a another person is harassing you, you can report him/her to a policeman NPC, this will notify Nintendo. They can check the logs, and deal with the situation. People should not be able to enter your house if you don't invite them, and people can't steal your stuff, unless you deliberately drop stuff on the ground. To be honest, I think, in general, a MMORGP Animal Crossing community will be very pleasant, it's not a game that particularly invites hostility, it's not, say, Quake online or something. People who like Animal Crossing are bound to be pretty mellow I think .

I.. Think this is gonna be a long post (many, many many ideas). Basically, it should be a MMORGP. I've noticed people in the Pokemon for the Wii thread, screaming it should be a MMORGP, while I don't see the point.. You're mainly going to battle eachother, so all you need is a online lobby. This game however, in my opinion is perfect to be upgraded to MMORGP. Keep in mind, I haven't played the Cube (or N64) version, and haven't played Wild World very long. - Not everyone's going online or use connect24, Nintendo's obviously has to cater to them. If you don't go online, you have limited options as to venture or communicate outside of your own village island. - You start off in a little village or island, and you can choose what kind of region your village is. Imagine living in a mountain or desert region. - Fish and insect hunting hopefully return. With different regions, you now can also have region specific fish and bugs.. - Village and ehm, let's call it the "country side" will be separated. You don't fish or catch bugs inside the walls of your village, you do it outside. There will be a field around the village, not too big, but a lot bigger than your village. With rivers, forests.. Beaches.. This will also depend on what your region is. If you chose an icy region, this might be a tundra for example. Think of Clocktown and Termina field. - In the "countryside" you can also encounter other NPC's. A much needed farmer for example, who grows grains, which can be bought to sell (you follow?) to your local bakery, which of course bakes bread. You gotta eat, don't you? - You can visit other villages, which, just like your town, are randomly generated. You only get to choose/see one for every region (to get a chance to catch the local wildlife for example). - To accomate you on your tavels, towns will feature a hotel. - NPC's will have a better understanding of their environment, and will have a (better) memory of some sorts. They will also be completely random generated, making for unique NPC's everytime.. - Your village will have a local traditional clothing. In software this means when your village gets generated, it will also generate a random image to put on the clothes. - Better trading system. Villagers can give you stuff, so why can't you do the same? When you standing in front of someone, and open the menu, some (most?) items will have the options to "trade" or "sell". When you choose trade, you can view the other person's (/NPS's) current items, and choose one. Then you both have to agree on the proposed trade. With sell, you determine an amount, and both have to agree. - 3rd person view.. Something like Zelda. For several reasons.. I like the sky in Wild World, but your TV doesn't have an extra screen. Just looking up would be the best solution I think.. On new year's eve, you wanna go see the fireworks you've bought don't you? Also for weather effects and day/night cycles like Wild World. And I can imagine a target lock would come in handy when catching bugs. Also such a view would make things like simple hide & seek possible. You now can actually hide behind trees and houses. Ok, so you're ready to go online? It's really where you can get the most out of your game.. - Ready to move out of your little town, and move to the big city. The big city in this case, being a real community, with actual players living there, say, up to 16.. It can vary, maybe their are cities of various sizes. Cities will also have more and better shops and services. You can choose your city on a map of available ones, in various regions. - Cities have actual streets. If you give people your member profile (which hopefulle will be used for every game etc), for Animal Crossing it will mean people get your actual address (and some other stuff). - Depending on the city, you have different options for public transportation. Take the train to another city, and see what's going on there. - Cities will have different local customs. One's holding a market on saturday, the other on friday. Another one has shops open at night on thursday. Different events etc. - Cities are in complete control of Nintendo obviously, they're hosted on Nintendo servers, and they can easily change content, events, etc. They can start new cities as demand increases. - So you have the adress of a friend? You can go to him/her the hard way, and travel by bus/ship/zeppelin, depending on how far away your friend is, and how his/her city is connected. Bigger and more important cities will have better public transportation connections. Maybe you can't go directly.. When you finally arrive in the right town, check the actual adress and number. You've finally arrived! - Ah don't like the hard way? Of course their still should be some way to instantaneously travel to your friend.. So, pick up the phone, and call a cab. A cab's fee will be more expensive than a bus fee though . - Speaking of the phone.. A friend's member profile also contains a "phone number". Pick up the phone for voice chat (if your friend's online that is)! - Remember the unique NPC's? When you go online, they can opt to also move out of your little hometown, and move to a big city. Maybe they tell you where they go, maybe they don't. Maybe you can visit them in another city, maybe you'll find them by surprise online (and they'll recognize you), maybe you'll never see them again. The fun thing is their memory. When they move to a different city, they can tell other people about you, what their hometown was like, and they will still wear their traditional clothing.. - Online, in the cities, your old hometown is anonymous or something, they don't have a concrete place on the map, they're literally in the middle of nowhere. Only you can still travel back to your hometown, its informations is stored on your system only. You can take other people with you however. In fact, you can go online but still live in that town, if you don't like the idea of a MMORGP. You can still give out your member profile, and other people can still visit you that way. - More customization.. Paintings and music won't be just things that's already on your disc (or downloadable content), you can make those things yourself. Museums will have paintings done by actual players. If you're quite good with making paintings, clothes, music etc. go to the market and try to sell your stuff there. Maybe there are players who appreciate your "art".. - When you buy a radio player, you can actually listen to a radiostation. People can send their stuff to the local radiostation, and it will be a collection of player created content.. - Festivals. Mainly only Dutch people here will know when I speak of Mysteryland and Dance Valley, so I'll mention "Glastonbury". You will be able to visit non-city places.. Like a festival that's held every year. It will be announced on a flyer on your bulletin board, and on the day itself, public transportation will have an extra destination option.. You can meet people in a non-city environment, maybe even "perform" yourself by playing your own music. - Another example of a non-city environment, imagine a themepark.. - Cities will have a nightlife, and other stuff to do like I mentioned, for example, a club, or a restaurant. I keep hearing about a restaurant in Wild World, now you can actually go there. Maybe take someone out on a date. And, like I also already mentioned, you gotta eat don't you. - Like Harvest Moon, you will be able to court a NPC or real player (take on a date like I mentioned) and maybe even marry and live together. Oh well, I'm gonna leave it at that.. For now . I love some of these ideas posted above too by the way.

I'll still buy plenty games 'till the Wii comes (?). I have plenty (older) titels on my wishlist now, that I still have to buy, but don't have the money yet, like Ikaruga, Resident Evil 4, Fire Emblem, Odama etc. And there are the new releases like Baten Kaitos: Origins, Super Paper Mario, and Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. The last one I mentioned though, will probably my "farewell game", since it's coming out same time as the Wii anyway. I still consider this a Cube game, allthough I'll buy both versions, and suspect I'll even prefer the Wii version, but I need to buy and play this game on the Cube. I hope they will be bundled though. If, for some reason, they don't bundle this game, and it doesn't even come out here, I'll go as far as importing this game, and the corresponding Cube to go with it.

Heh, yeah the funny Re-Deads . Off-Topic: I like your avatar too btw.. Well, not so much the avatar, but more the movie itself . I probably should turn on my N64 again and play some Zeldas.. There are few games I've actually completed, and I don't think I even have all the heart containers in OoT. I'm missing quite a lot in MM as far as I can remember.. Not that you need them, since the bosser are all very easy. Dunno why some people here apparently find them hard? Even fighting Majora's Mask as a kid (as oposen to Feirce Deity Link) is a joke. Allthough they're a lot of fun.. Rolling around in that cave after the second boss . 2 of them actually get harder when you play as Feirce Deity Link . Fighting the Twinmolds is fun.. I remember the first time that Takuri bird (?) stole something.. A bottle I believe.. I was "WTF?", got mad.. Went to the store, and got even madder, and hit the reset button. Even though I didn't save for some time, and could easily afford the price for my bottle. I'm a man of principles . Ever since that incident, I go hunt down that bird just for fun (well, and the money ). MM only has 4 main dungeons, and several mini dungeons.. Even though OoT has more, this game has a lot more atmosphere (allthough OoT obviously has plenty as well). I always like to wait to the very last second before I turned back the time. Walking around town (or elsewhere) in those last 6 hours.. Talking with all the scared people. That really emerges you in the game.

Just like others have mentioned above, my focus will be primarily games that have been unavailable in this region, or I simply never got the chance to play. As I'm a bit of a collector, I'll just buy the games I know I want in their original form.. Maybe I'll also download a few games which I don't know what to think of, so I can playtest them. With that in mind, my first downloads will probably be Sin & Punishment, and Megaman VI (never released in Europe as far as I know). I'll also try to hunt down the typical quirky Japanese Famicon games I've played at a friend's house, allthough I'd like to own a Famicom myself one day.

Hmm.. The prequel isn't out yet, and we're already discussing a potential sequel? Oh well. Of course there's little to say about a potential sequel if you don't know what Baten Kaitos: Origins has to offer.. But, the simplified battle system this game's supposed to has does have me worried a bit.. I thought the battle system in the first game was good, allthough could do with some tweaking, but simplifying it? I wouldn't want to lose defense cards for example. But like I said, without knowing how it'll actually play, I won't comment on it further. For either the prequel or potential Wii sequel, I would like some better management with evolving magnus cards. In the first game, you had a magnus card who would keep track of the evolved cards, but the card itself would evolve also.. Not very practical. So give us a card that doesn't degrade, shows us what cards have evolved, and maybe even give us a warning when cards are about to evolve. Descriptions of cards should describe what cards they will evolve into, what cards they're evolved from, and what cards they will combo with, as soon as the player has discovered those abilities during battles for themselves. Also, give us more in-game hints as to what cards will combo with eachother.. I didn't discover many combos even when I finished the game. Further, I'd like to see some more variations on attack animations. The characters generally use their personal attack cards to attack, for example, Kalas uses his swords obviously, but even though their are plenty sword cards for Kalas to use, the attacks look pretty much the same. Some grander effects to differentiate the various elemental attacks, and simply more variation in the attacks themselves.. That's what I'd like to see. Well, that's all I can think of now.

Hmm. I'm actually looking forward to this now. The last time I really played a Pocket Monsters game was about 10 years ago (.. Damn), it was Pokemon green. I never played the console versions, so I couldn't get bored with them either. If this turns out to be a "Stadium" game, it'll be good enough for me, as it'll still be a fresh experience for me. Fighting your Pokemon team against other Pokemon teams, in 3D, online, with melee attacks actually being fysical, yeah, that gets me excited. Allthough I guess it wouldn't hurt if this does turn out to be a full fledged Pokemon RPG, but it doesn't seem likely.