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Wait, so you can play with someone in another region provided it's someone you've added with friend codes?

Day before Halo 3, which is a heck of a lot better than the day after. Really should be a week before or a month after to stand a chance, though. Though, actually, Wii will probably have a larger installed base by the time these games come. Targeting a specific market doesn't make much difference. The month after Halo 2 was released, game sales on ALL platforms were dead.

I think the accounts of Metroid and Mario are the most realistic things on there. Mainly because they've already been confirmed or are just obvious. Everything else just sounds like bullshit. Brawl with Wii controls? Bullshit, the most repeated bit of information they've given us is that the main game doesn't use motion controls in the main game. Distaster looking better than the trailer? Bullshit, the trailer was FMV for God's sake. M-09? Yeah, that's a mass market-friendly title. FF7-style RPG? Bullshit. Nintendo don't make games they know they aren't good at, why make RPGs like that when Square are giving Wii full support? Pennant Chase? Bullshit. He's just remembered some old, cancelled Gamecube game and is throwing it in there.

I bet you anything legions of Nitnendo fans took what Iwata said as set in stone, despite the game not even being in production at the time and didn't bother to listen to what the director of the game said since then. It's not like Iwata promised it in the first place, he said he wanted it. I want online just as much as the next guy, but it's not that big a deal. Playing with friends next to you is a lot more fun than even the best online service, voice chat or not. This game is adding and changing so much anyway, it'll be amazing with or without online. Anyone who decides not to get this purely because it lacks online is a fool, in my opinion, it'll wipe the floor with Melee in every respect.

No. "As far as Wi-Fi play is concerned, Sakurai has confirmed some functionality.[26][17] However, as stated in the Toukouken on the Japanese version of the Smash Bros. website, "there would be many hurdles to cross," and an online ranking system is unlikely to be implemented" Sakurai has never stated that online play is a certainty. The only thing that's been said is when Iwata said he was "pushing" for an online Smash Bros to be at the Wii launch, even that is not 100% confirmation of an online mode. Considering the complexity and speed of Smash Bros it's pretty unlikely that the game will be online.

I really doubt this title would have multiplayer like the original CC, based on the fact that the DS game Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates seems to focus on just that.

You're right, I should be waiting for better screens. I don't see why a beta build wouldn't have these effects, though, since GC code will run perfectly on a Wii anyway. I suppose there's the possibility that they're making those effects even better on Wii. I guess after all these crappy ports and games with awful graphics on Wii I'd really rather prepare for disappointment rather than set myself up for it. I'll stop bitching, at least until we see more screenshots closer to release

That's what I'm trying to figure out, I can't come up with any sane reason for this game to not look as good as the Gamecube game, yet it doesn't. I mean, do you disagree with me on the graphics or do you just disagree with my theory of why they look worse?

Putting shader effects into the PS2 extras would be a lot more work than just using the PS2 assets with the GC engine. Either way it's friggin stupid, but I can't see how else it can be explained. This looks worse than the Gamecube version, I'm just saying what I see. I truly, truly hope I'm wrong, but it's not looking that way.

Am I suggesting that NOM made a mistake and that our own bloody eyes are a better judge of graphics than what NOM say Capcom are putting in the game? Yes, yes sir I am. I don't see any water reflection/refraction, no specular highlights, no fogging, nothing showing off the lighting engine. Therefore the graphics are worse than the Gamecube game.

The bugs aren't shiny, ie totally lacking specular highlights. These are PS2 assets but with GCs texture compression used instead of palettised textures (which made everything the same colour). So far I haven't seen one single use of any pixel shading effects from the GC version in this game.

Fuck's sake, man, this sucks balls. I mean wtf there's not usually a drought of info right before some form of major press event in the summer! And it's not like there's a press event going on right now with a news embargo until Friday. This means that Wii ain't got shit coming up. HARUMPH.

It's supposed to sound dodgy. He's the one that mentioned "lolitas". That's spanish for "young girl". As in VERY YOUNG girl.

You go straight to hell, sir. Dragonball is one of the greatest manga/anime ever made.

Yeah, because Ireland is a fair representation of the entire continent. It also removes depth that was designed to be there in the first place. Wavedashing makes certain characters useless. Heck, it only makes a few characters worth using. Because of wavedashing the game is a lot less deep.

Young girls have tits like that in your country? I think I might need to move.

This game will suck balls, I promise you. It's a PS2 port with Wii controls tacked-on.

PS3 has been out in all territories for 2 months, you can't call jack shit yet. Modern Final Fantasy fans (7-12) all have Playstations. They assume the sequels to the kind of games they like will appear on the sequel to the system they had those games on. In other words, modern Final Fantasy and Sony go hand in hand for that fanbase. They would buy a PS3 for those games. As much as I want to believe PS3 is a flop, it's not going to have all support ripped from it. Not when Square can satisfy 2 very different fanbases at the same time. Yes. You made a thread to get across the idea that Square Enix has snubbed the Wii. This is blatently wrong, the only purpose it seems to serve is to rile up Nintendo fans. Such a practise is not at all uncommon on these forums. I put Superman 64 "up" there with Final Fantasy! Final Fantasy is pretty much the most overrated RPG series on the planet. It's not even a game anymore for Christ's sake, a ton of the appeal of FF12 was that it does most of the basic crap for you leaving you to enjoy some cutscenes starring nancy-boys dressed as complete gimps and some spice girl wannabe sluts. Meanwhile, Wii gets shit like Dragon Quest and action games with characters that ACTUALLY LOOK like RPG characters. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Mana and Chrono made a return on Nintendo systems too. At any rate, it looks like Nintendo's snagged Dragon Quest, in my opinion a far superior series to this clapped-out MTV garbage SE push on Sony's platforms. The only thing wrong with the GC game was how much organisation it required. We already know the next one won't use link cables and WILL be online. Perhaps you just want to "play" movie RPGs, but some people acually want to see SE return to their roots and give us to totally playable traditional RPG stuff. Jesus Christ, you're bitching about Square only having 2 games for Wii in it's first year, do you have any idea how totally moronic you sound? FFXIII isn't even coming out this year for PS3 for fuck's sake, what the hell are you complaining about Wii support for? Wii has been out a grand total of 5 months, do you think that MAYBE, closer to the new E3/TGS we might learn about more titles? http://www.gametrailers.com/umwatcher.php?id=65102 Yeah, you're right. This game TOTALLY doesn't look like an RPG. I mean it's not like there's a totally new Dragon Quest battle system, full cast of characters, deep story, voice acting and cutscenes. And it certainly doesn't look any FUN. Fuck no! It's just a plug and play TV sequel!

Square-Enix have finite resources, jackass. My point was that they aren't snubbing Nintendo in general, and have Wii games in development. This is just the kind of games we're going to be getting on Nintendo systems. Once SE's teams are done with their DS games they'll either be put onto more DS games or more Wii games. Square aren't snubbing Wii, they've just chosen to put most of their effort into DS for now (seeing as, you know, it's sold more worldwide than all the next-gen systems and PSP combined). Snubbing would be not having any support whatsoever and a developer calling it a peice of shit in an interview. That's plainly not what's happening here. Personally, I think you're just trolling.

S-E realise that modern Final Fantasy fans like Sony (and gay pretty-boys and spice girls wannabes as main characters). They also realise that old-school Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest fans like Nintendo, hence those titles appearing on Nintendo systems. The original poster "forgot" to mention FF12: Revenent Wings, FFIV 3D Remake, FFTA2, Crystal Chronicles: Crystal Bearers and DQ9 on that little list.

I'm 19, my Dad's 47, my brother's 31; we all play Wii. The very reason I AVOID 360 is because of all the fucking 12 year olds. Christ, the sheer fucking irony.

NNGG ...NNGGGG Sorry, I tried to care, but I really can't. Online gaming sucks so much ass that this news really doesn't faze me at all.

Wow, this is like...Youtube video comment stupidity.

EA is actually a great developer, they've always managed to get a lot of power out of every system when they actually bothered, and when left to their own devices they make awesome games. The problem is the decision makers are all tossers that tell them to ruin franchises, churn out FIFA and shut down game servers once a sequel comes out.

It's pretty obvious that all this crap is still coming. The console's been out LESS THAN THREE MONTHS.