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Gotta love those :P Can you imagine the view from down on the arena :P.

I won't be any help unfortunately, I don't know that stuff :P. What I do know though, is that my copy has been shipped! Whoei! Can't wait. I wonder if I get the first pressing this time though.. Last time, I didn't get anything like a poster with my DVD, a bit unfortunate Yesasia didn't give me any notice, but I'm not too disappointed (release is still sold of course ). But I was quicker to pre-order the second volume, so maybe this time.

Did anyone get these by the way? They disappeared pretty quickly after they were finally released I believe. Good thing I pre-ordered mine months ago.. They look fantastic (allthough that isn't apparent from my picture, which is pretty bad). It took me a while before I assembled all 4 of them . I'm not used to gashapon :P.

Just release VI on VC, I'll buy the rest 2nd hand for my NES & SNES :P.

Well, but TP was very close to OoT in design.. That's why I don't understand the huge difference in your opinions on both games.. OoT was indeed a masterpiece though, MM to lesser extent (allthough..), with WW I don't agree though. WW was probably the most disappointing Zelda game of the ones I've played. Not that it isn't good, it's just not the Zelda I expected (allthough it had nothing to do with the artstyle, which was fantastic). Subjectively, fantastic. Objectively, solid. Yeah I'm pretty sure. Many games are of course (linear), and it doesn't have to be a disadvantage, but in SFA, all you do (as far as I can remember, to be honest), was to go from 1 little area to another, no huge dungeons or areas to explore, and never ever a reason to backtrack. I felt like I was simply following a path towards the endgoal. Everything was clear, you couldn't get lost, you just had to figure out how to advance. With TP I travelled back to other towns when I didn't know what to do.. There's more stuff to do between dungeons (even if most of them were collectathons like someone mentioned), and the areas were huge, so exploring and finding all the stuff was still fun, at least to me. And the dungeons were good. Not all of them were up to OoT quality (temple of time mainly), but some of them were..I especially loved the Sky temple for example. I didn't think any dungeons from SFA were memorable, except for the artstyle..

I still have to get this game (preferrably sooner than later, now I can still get it relatively easy). Than I have to wait 'till I import a Cube or more likely, a Wii, so I can play the damn game.. <sigh> (No, no mods or freeloaders for me).

.. If you think Twilight Princess is crap & boring, you shouldn't like Ocarina of Time too. I thought TP was fantastic, and allthough I can imagine people finding it a bit disappointing, it was still a solid game.. This game dissappointed me though. I was impressed with the graphics when I played it at a friend's house, back when the game was still new.. So 4 years later, when I finally bought my Cube (it took me a while,I know), this game was on my wishlist. But after 1 playthrough, I wasn't really satisfied. Even before the game was released, I was already disappointed about it not being Dinosaur Planet, but I bought it because I still expected a solid adventure. But it was linear, you just walked from mini dungeon to mini dungeon, and there wasn't anything to do in between, controls weren't fantastic (pretty crap even for the Arwing bits), and I didn't like how the Starfox franchise was tacked on. Designs for everything Starfox was crap, the characters, and the Arwing (Namco did it right in my opinion). I generally love Rare humour, but not if they turn my beloved Starfox characters into damn parodies. Especially General Pepper was an idiot.. And the Arwing bits were horrific, including the final boss fight. I still wonder if Dinosaur Planet would've been a better game, but this, is just ok as an adventure, disregarding the Starfox elements.

After reading the topic title I'm disappointed. I thought this might be about an announcement of a new game in the versus series I didn't know about.. Now that would've been cool! This discussion could be settles once & for all! (or perhaps not..) Seriously though, imagine the possibilities.. It's not hard to imagine the Capcom side, but I don't think Konami has much experience with fighters? Solid Snake is a given though, with his appearance in SSBB. On topic though.. I think I favour Capcom, I own more Capcom games than Konami games. In fact, last game I bought was Phoenix Wright 2.

Just Golden Sun. The Japanse version, closely after its release, because I wanted a seemingly good RPG to accompany my new imported GBA (which at that time had just been released here). Good example of my instinct being spot on . But it took me years to finally buy an English copy, after the game had already disappeared from shops.. Well, and the original Metroid. Both emulated on the Metroid games they came on, I forgot which they were though.. Prime 1 and Zero Mission?

Ah yes, I forgot, but I wouldn't know where to start that one.. I've read the walkthrough, and it just makes my head hurt . I have some patience when it comes to bomb-jumping, but to buffer so many spinesharks? Like I said, it makes my head hurt . I didn't think you made a real advancement though? Didn't you have to go back and still get the, ehh, cce missiles I believe?

People here haven't played Metroid Zero Mission, the improper way :P. I'm not that hardcore that I want to get through a game a second playthrough using the most challenging sequence breaks, but I did enjoy fooling aroung with it in Zero Mission (like facing Ridley with I believe just 1,5 energy tank, and 3 supermissiles, and without a variasuit . The hardest hting I've ever done in a Metroid game..). For those who don't know, the developpers decided to tweak the levels for certain sequence breaks (perhaps after discovering it was still a popular thing among Metroid fans in Fusion, which didn't have any intentional sequence breaks?). If you ever questioned the reason why certain blocks are where they are in this game, it's for a sequence break (or speedrun optimalization). It's really fun to discover these things.. I'm not using glitches to sequence break, but it would be fun if they designed the levels im MP3 with this in mind. Allthough I imagine this would be a lot harder to do in 3D.

I'm sorry, what?

This is why I'm glad I own a Wii . This is fantastic news, especially after the disappointment that Golden Sun sequel turned out to be.. A new Golden Sun for DS would get me more excited than Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3 combined.. While this new Tales games can't accomplish that same thing, it's immediately one of the games I'm most looking forward too (together with Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3 obviously ). Allthough I'll miss having Sheena (and Raine) on my screen at al times (), I'd like to play with an all new cast. I also liked the TOS 1 cell shaded look however.. But we'll see how TOS will look when it's finished. Seeing this news made me remember to pre-order TOS OVA part 2 by the way . I hope this does good things for the RPG genre on Wii in general.. This is the first major RPG isn't it? I hope many will follow, Baten kaitos perhaps?

Games I still wanna buy (& then play obviously): - Complete the Capcom 5, so that's P.N.03; - Viewtiful Joe 1 (got the second one recently for € 10,- sealed; - Killer 7 (Looking forward to No more Heroes too. I have RE 4, and I'm looking forward to the last of the Capcom 5 sometime in the future on the Wii :P); - Pikmin 2; - Super Mario Sunshine (Can't believe this will actually be one of the last games I'll get..); - Xtreme-G III (I was a fan of the first one on the 64.. I got X-Gra, but I think this one may be better..); - Beyond Good & Evil (doesn't need explanation I think, of the games I've missed on the cube, this may be the best..) - Soul Calibur 2 (I need more fighters.. And, well, Link..). - Edit: Ooh! Forgot Baten kaitos 2! <sigh> Stupid NOE. I'm not going to mod my Cube, so I might import a US Cube, allthough importing an US Wii is more likely. Maybes: - Odama (looks like a fun experiment, and I can add the microphone to my collection); - Zelda 4 swords (is very fun, buy only when doing multi-player with actual Zelda fans, which may be a problem for me..Next installment on the Wii online please); - Wario Ware inc (is fun, but again, only multi-player.. But with less restrictions than Zelda though). - Maybe rebuy the few games I got unsealed, I forgot which they were though.. Metal Gear Solid for sure, and one of my first games.. I think Rogue Squadron & Capcom vs SNK (Oh god, good luck with those 2). -Another RE. Perhaps 2, I hear that's supposed to be the best of the Classic Cube ports, and one of the scariest.. That's all I can think of right now. Edit: Well, for Cube at least.. For the GBC I want Shantae (<ouch>), for GBA Drill Dozer, maybe those Japanese touch generation games, and for the DS, Ouendan 1 & 2, both Castlevania's, both Kirbys, oh well, the DS isn't the problem.

Hmm. All this spoiler talk makes me want to play this game again (before my package from Yesasia arrives :P, I was worried for a moment, when when my order wasn't shipped yet on release date, but it has now). And I just got my Wii for about a week! Geez, so little money for new games I want to buy, but I already have games I didn't finish yet or haven't even started yet. I wish I didn't like sleep so much, or I would skip that to play more games :roll:.

My order from Yesasia hasn't shipped yet, I expect it to ship on monday then. The other items are already ready for shipment, so it's only TOS that's holding up my order . Can't wait!

Well, you have to actually order it, to get it, fortunately I was already aware of this, so I chose a Pangya Golf gashapon.. In fact, after my order, I saw a Japanese movie which I also liked (Strawberry Shortcakes by the way), and it even had English subs (for a change). So I ordered that one, and another movie, so I'm getting 2 Pangya gashapon .

Thanks for the reply, but the thing is, there are 2 different limited editions, and I was wondering if anyone knew the difference between them besides the boxart. They contain more extras than the regular edition, I can tell for sure. If I'm getting anything, it will be the LE, but the question is which one . 2 links to make clear which editions I'm talking about: - [Collector's edition] - ["Exphere" edition] Edit: Never mind . I'm just going to assume they're practically the same. I've ordered the collector's ed., I like the art better, even though Collette is far from my favourite character (actually, my least favourite to be exact). I should get the first pressing even. I've ordered a bunch of other stuff to go with it, while I was at it (all from Yesasia by the way), including, finally, Rhythm Tengoku.

About the DVD's, which version is the best? I think I've seen 3 versions, 1 regular, and 2 limited editions. But I couldn't tell any difference between those 2, except for the boxart. Or is that indeed the only difference? I think I wanna order this, I loved the game, and I love anime, and I don't expect this to ever get a release over here with English subs, so I think I'm going to import this. But I'd have to know which version to get .

What kept me? Ha.. Zelda TP.. Some Fire Emblem (also still not finished), some Magical Vacation (also not finished).. And some other still. Damn, I always intended to play 1 game at a time, but I always used to have 1 new game at a time . Now I'm trying to catch up on Cube games (and DS games to some extent), so I have plenty stuff to do.. I think I'll make finishing Fire Emblem my priority, then Magical Vacation, so I can properly start Resident Evil 4 en Final Fantasy 3. Oh and finish Phoenix Wright 1! But I got stuck at that one.. Anyway, I don't know what is considered a high level in this game. I normally like to grind, but I was glad I could finally avoid the random encounters while sailing in the end (by sailing in upper or deep sky). My Vyse was level 53 or 52, Aika & Fina were 52 or 51 I think, Drachma, which I had at the moment of the final battle, was level 40. I forgot what level Enrique and Gilder were, obviously something in between. It was enough to make the final battles a breeze (also, for the ship battle, I had a stock of around 70 complete kits..). I kept dragging it out though, I didn't simply want to beat him, but I wanted to completely obliterate him, but he was too anoying for that (constantly eliminating my positive status changes). It's the bounties in the game, that are hard though. After finishing tthe game, I checked out the Ice lands, and encountered ehh.. That guy with his lucky cat. He completely wasted me, I was trying my usual routine (first turn Fina's eternal blessing, then all next turns Aika's delta shield and Vyse's skull shield, the others will raise spirit, untill I can cast blue rogues). But his 2 sidekicks proved too much om my first (and only for now) try. Oh and, my playtime is around 60 hours at the moment, dunno the exact number.

Finally finished the main quest yesterday, or the day before. But there's still plenty of stuff to do. Jeez, that last set of battles, allthought not really hard, calls for some endurance.. But epic it was. Actually, that fight with lord Zyvilin (?) Bane, just before the big battle, was quite a bit harder. I was totally unprepared too, there wasn't a savespot in the near vicinity, and I didn't know I was going to encounter him.. Good thing I defeated him first time around then I guess, but it may have been the hardest battle for me up to that point (I was at a point, where only Drachma was alive, with very little HP, I really don't know how and why I still recovered ). Anyway, still plenty stuff to do, but there are some other games waiting to be finished (or even getting started on), so I think Piastol has to wait for a while (allthough I wish I could get her and Belleza in my party instead of Fina and Aika :P). I guess now I can go to the beginning of this thread though, and read all the spoilers..

I took the opportunity to order this game from Play. So I guess that's another game I can scratch off my list of Nintendo games I need to catch up on, along with Pikmin 1 and Phoenix Wright 1. It will be a while before I can play those games though, There are still several other games that need to be played..

Maybe "exact opposite" is slightly exaggerated, but they don't behave quite the same as previous versions. Not being able to "hold" a banana, single shield, or fake box is a loss, it is a much used tactic. Personally I was quite fond af the tripple shield shells too. And I hope I remember this correctly, I've played this game only 3 times, but the blue shield doesn't follow the road anymore (only hitting the player in first position). Same goes for the red shells, they also don't follow the road anymore if you are the in first position (potentially hitting players behind you, or even yourself..). And there was something else about the red shells, but I can't remember exactly. Also I don't like the boosts.. The seem out of place in Mario Kart to me. And maybe it's just me then, but powersliding (after a jump..) throught corners in MK 64 feels more natural to me, and much easier, while in MK DD, I can hardly keep my cart on the track.

I really hate this game. People find me strange for this reason, but after reading this thread I'm obviously not the only one (allthough I may take my hate for MK DD to a new level). If it didn't come with the Cube, I wouldn't own this game. After reading reviews, I already thought it was pretty bad, then I get the game for free, and it still manages to disappoint me. Everything's wrong, the tracks (that baby mario & luigi track or whatever, is the most stupid track I've ever seen), the power-ups (they do the exact opposite of what you'd expect from previous versions), and probably most important, the controls suck. They absolutely don't feel as tight as MK 64. Powerslides feel slippery (?), and I miss jumping.. Oh and the multiplayer battle arenas suck too. I think I mentioned everything. My copy will never see the inside of my Cube again. I should've bought that Resident Evil package instead. I still have to play the DS version though, it seems to be pretty good, and I probably will still buy it someday.

My collection is still growing . There's still some "rare" games I'd like to hunt down (and will succeed :P, sealed though). Beyond good & evil ìs one example, and I like to get Killer 7 as well. In my collection now are Skies of Arcadia & Ikaruga, I got them both through those Amazon shops. A new title I'd like to mention, which I reckon is pretty rare, is Capcom vs SNK. I must say though, it's much harder to get even the most common titles through conventional means (aka "store") nowadays. Most shops seem to have cleared their inventory of all old titles, and only sell recent titles (the few that are left). Several months ago, I could see plenty player's choice titles like Mario Sunshine (which I also still have to get) and Pikmin, but I don't see them anywhere anymore in stores. At least here in the area (=Rotterdam, Netherlands).