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Correct! And PM you the answers presumably?

Epic is correct and mcj has another full sweep. Need to make these harder...

Thanks Welshy, I just picked up Lego Indiana Jones for £10.98.

OK, How about these ones (Hat Edition). Game series or character's name will do. 1. [ATTACH]3126[/ATTACH] 2. [ATTACH]3127[/ATTACH] 3. [ATTACH]3128[/ATTACH] 4. [ATTACH]3132[/ATTACH] 5. [ATTACH]3130[/ATTACH] And also this, left from the last round: 4. [ATTACH]3131[/ATTACH]

Yep, thought they would be too easy. :-) Well done mcj. All but number 4 are correct. I said I would accept game series as answers, and number 1 is Ocarina of Time.

While we have a think about Goafer's second quote, see if you can identify these on-screen meters / indicators. Identifying the game series will do for some of them. They're all pretty easy. 1. [ATTACH]3119[/ATTACH] 2. [ATTACH]3120[/ATTACH] 3. [ATTACH]3121[/ATTACH] 4. [ATTACH]3122[/ATTACH] 5. [ATTACH]3123[/ATTACH] 6. [ATTACH]3124[/ATTACH] 7. [ATTACH]3125[/ATTACH]

Clockwork Knight? Clockwork Knight 2?

Awesome music, brought back some great memories listening to it. Is number 2 a House of the Dead game? 8. Grim Fandango. Super-wild guess.

Oh, look at me! I'm the magical man from happy land, in a gumdrop house on lollipop laaaaaane! Sorry, couldn't resist. 3 million Nintendo consoles in one week? That's insane. As when the PS2 was on top, I'm wondering who is still buying them? Surely everyone that wanted one would have bought one by now?

Heh. Maybe they'll try and shoehorn it into Wii Sports Vitality, Wii Fit Ultimate and Go Go Super Happy Heart Time. Actually no, isn't it about time they revisited Pac-man, balance board style? In future years, the naming of Nintendo's next console will be famously attributed to a small band of zealots on N-Europe. Believe!

I predict a simultaneous release on Wii AND Zii. And maybe Oii. Next year's E3 could be something really special. Unless of course, it isn't. In which case, er, it won't be. Yeah. I'm still hoping for a radical change to one of my points listed above. How about the chance to control Zelda for half the game, before she gets herself in trouble, at which point you take over as Link? Their advertising tag line could be "You will rescue the girl. And play like one."

Passe moi zii contrôleur. Quel contrôleur? Zii contrôleur. Quel contrôleur? ... Yeah, that's all I got. Or the brother of a mate whose wife heard that . . . It was pretty hilarious looking back at it. Kinda miss it.

Not a fan of RPGs then? I agree. What makes a traditional Zelda though? The series has had a history of introducing vastly different ideas and mechanics along the way. The incarnations of Zelda I -> Zelda II, OoT -> MM and MM -> Wind Waker have all seen big transitions from the previous game. The things that have remained the same are story and gameplay aspects (someone here will correct me if I'm wrong): 1. Silent sword-wielding Link saving Zelda from evil villain. 2. Collected items unlocking new areas. 3. Mix of exploration and dungeons containing bosses. 4. Red rupees in treasure chests, dagnamit. It would feel weird if any one of those was ruled out in the next Zelda game, but who knows, Nintendo don't mind taking risks with the Zelda series, that's for sure.

The Nintendo Oii. Nintendo have learnt that you can call the console anything and it will still sell, so my picks for the next console are: Nintendo Together Nintendo All4One Nintendo FamiVidGamCon or my personal fave: 'The Nintendo'

Yep, acquiring him is one of the last things you would do in the game by the sound of it. I might save him for my second playthrough.

Try 2001. Or you could try this site: cube.gameseek.co.uk/ Never heard of them, so I don't know how reputable they are, but they seem to have loads of new Gamecube games including Wind Waker (£39.99) and Mario Sunshine (£29.99).

Grazza, you are awesome to the max. Thanks for the tips. I remember the cliffside door being locked the first time you encounter it, but I haven't tried it recently. That Monster Guide will be very useful - the requirements for getting the monster 'Hev' are insane!

*Waits for the edits to stop* Thanks Ike. There's one on ebay right now. 230 pages!!

Thanks, I was trying to find it just now and all I could find was the Brady Games guide. The comments left on the Amazon website suggest it is a tad lacking in detail: Brady Games Guide

Thanks, it's a relief to know I won't have missed much. Finding the 'much' is another matter though. It's so tempting to find a guide...

Haha, a rare case of the game designers purposefully trying to irritate you! Unless it was an accident. It's a strange phenomenon, clearly designed to inject some sort of variety into the proceedings, but most of the time leaving a sour taste in the mouth. Especially since they will happily wipe you out if you let them.

So true. It does make me wish I could forget all past experiences of Zelda when playing a new one, as I'm almost constantly comparing them. One example: Every time I enter a new Zelda dungeon, I can't stop myself wondering 'Is this going to be as challenging as OOT's Water Temple?'. And when I finish a dungeon, I can't stop myself thinking 'That wasn't as challenging as OOT's Water Temple'!* Using it as a benchmark only sets me up for (slight) disappointment. I'm pretty sure that even if a new dungeon *was* more challenging than the Water Temple, my brain wouldn't register it; the rose-tinted glasses are too deeply fused into my temples. *I know a lot of people hated the Water Temple, but I loved it.

'[Mitsumi and Hosiden] facing massive losses'? Weird - surely they didn't expect the Wii to sell at the same or a higher rate forever? And surely they made profits before the Wii was around? I'll never understand the business world, never mind the Japanese business world.

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