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I wouldn't be so sure... We don't even know what the NX is yet. It's like me saying... "The NX will be better than anything Playstation VR has to offer" A ludicrous statement with no real basis. At this stage... let's just hope that both turn out to be successful in completely different ways, that's what is surely in the best interests for the industry as a whole. : peace:

Finally! Starfox 64 will be mine. I have Lylat Wars on the N64 and Wii Virtual Console version. True I do own Star Fox 64 3D on the 3DS which is amazing in itself but, to play the original game, with its original name and at its intended speed on a big screen AND decent sound? Priceless! Barrel Rolls will never be the same again. :wink:

Aside from the actual visuals and animations which look fine - I think, hard to tell really - to me the whole thing just looks like a waste of time, you don't battle the Pokémon then? You just try to catch them... with Pokeballs which cost you real money? Am I missing something here?

Precisely... Dean might finally get to play his copy of the game again, or possibly even for the first time? Rejoice! : peace: Not that I can talk... I have my own copy of the game, which no one has borrowed and I still haven't finished it! What's my excuse? Eh? EH? eh... oh yeah, reviews and stuff. But still, I'm going to buy the 3DS version as well! In order to make the tower of games that I never seem to play - except for once in an angry moon - even taller still. At least the limited edition comes with a compass watch, so I can at least watch all the time I don't have to play games tick away... Soon... I will get back to playing Hyrule Warriors and many other games on a regular basis, soon! At least this version is portable which will help. :awesome:

The Third Man - There's no point me trying to explain, just watch it : peace: I believe it was recommended to me on this forum, so now that I've seen it, I'm recommending it back.

Hmm I ordered Roy the same time as Ryu and ROB... No "Okey Dokey!" confirmation for Roy for some reason though, I definitely pre-ordered in time, complete mystey as the other two arrived plus Pokken and the controller.

My copy arrived along with the controller, I haven't had a chance to play it - busy for a while yet - but did anyone else pick up the pad as well? It's better quality than I expected, I mean it is Hori so it was bound to be good but the d-pad and buttons feel pretty decent on it.

I don't know why you'd pay more to have guard as a download but it's nice to have options, First Print and the T-Shirt - which doesn't look *that bad surely? - for me. : peace: Although on reflection, I'd have been happier if the shirt was like the hat with its design... or just the hat instead, oh well, don't need the amiibo, not paying £80, simple as that. :p OK, maybe it does....

RIP Paul Daniels I'll always remember him from when I was growing up, this is a great shame that he's gone, always seemed like a decent person to me, plus those facial expressions... priceless.

No cables? No worries! :awesome: You'll just have to wait and see... Also that's not awkward at all, just that I have this week off so I will at least check for you, I'm mostly free again most of Monday in addition to Tues/Weds so sorting out posting of it is no issue. Indeed, I may be going to the Post Office once or twice this week from selling a few bits and pieces anyway, so if you PM me your details anyway, chances are I can even send it to you before you get paid if you're eager to get playing again? The level of trust here on N-E is strong so it's no problem - I've posted stuff this way on here before I'm sure - plus I've known you for how long now? Happy to help anyway.

You're most welcome Josh would payday be this Friday? If so then I'll see if I can check the status of the PS2 slim consoles I have tomorrow at some point - right now I'm writing up a certain article which will go live in an hour or two with any luck - as I'm sure I can find you a replacement, if it's just the console you need with no leads - as presumably the ones you have work fine - then it won't cost that much at all, I'll be cheaper than eBay at any rate plus you know, N-E staff member discount and all that. :p We'll have you playing Klonoa and Parappa again before you know it!

Is it a faulty PS2 slim or do they all do it over time? I ask because I have PS2 slim consoles, though I haven't used it that much apart from the odd hour or so here and there. If it turns out to be the fault of your PS2 slim then let me know and I can send you one of mine as a replacement if it turns out that you need one. : peace: Indeed I just did a quick search and it seems that it's down to the ribbon connector catching on the actual disc as it spins round! You can gently push it out of the way but apparently you need to be careful not to break it according to video guides... well I learned something today. Anyway my offer stands either way but I hope you manage to get it sorted one way or another, can't have your PS2 wrecking your games or leaving you not able to play them!

All this talk of Lex Luthor reminds me of the times when NGC magazine was around... :p

By all means, I hope that all of you who are adopting the hardware on day one enjoy it, I just don't quite feel like it's worth investing in for me personally at this point in time. : peace:

N-Europe Presents VC Weekly #371 Mega Man Battle Network 6 The final chapter in the enjoyable yet completely superfluous Mega Man Battle Network series! Check inside for the verdict. Enjoy! : peace:

Closer to £700 all in.

Personally I'm still not convinced by any of it. I'll wait and see but at this point, nothing will make me want to part with that amount of money on what could quite likely be the next gimmick rather than the future. There's nothing wrong with being cautious towards unproven technology, just as there's nothing wrong with being excited about the possibilities it might bring with it. : peace:

More than the cost of the console is too much, I'll stick with playing games on my HDTV for a while longer.

Forget cartridge-blowing and its pseudo-effects or otherwise... what about certain Sega disc-based consoles? (just kidding, to an extent but mostly aside from the NES I've very rarely had cartridges fail) I swear some Dreamcast discs only need a few small scratches in the wrong places and they become near impossible for the console to read... I'm talking about even when you have a "good" machine as well with a stronger than usual laser. Already I'm a couple of rare(ish) titles down - merely doubles thankfully - as some games just stopped reading and seemingly no amount of cleaning would help... I think this can happen with Sega Saturn games as well but to a lesser extent thankfully as the machine is definitely of sturdier construction that the Dreamcast I think personally... though I might just be slightly biased or annoyed at my DC not readin certain discs currently. :p There was a moment where a copy of Cannon Spike just stopped working... thankfully after some very careful cleaning it is now working flawlessly again - as in I tested the game for the whole evening just to be sure - which is just as well; it's a tough road in trying to get several collectable Dreamcast - and Saturn - games to be complete, in decent condition and reliably working, but it's worth it. Does anyone have any other disc/cartridge cleaning techniques they wish to share? Let's keep the Retro dream alive! : peace:

No chance, I'm working today sadly! Another time though perhaps? - I have a week off next week - I hope you all have fun though. : peace:

Well I'd best get downloading then! Today is a good day, thank you NOE! I now retract all that was said earlier... ...until the next time. Anyway, yay! e-Reader levels get!

I'll make every effort to tone down the arbitrary alliteration. Starting... now!

I guess there is a certain amount of pre-empting going on here... I really hope it isn't the case, but when it isn't mentioned in the press release or even shown in the video, it's hard not to get that uncertain feeling. :p Ah well, I'm off to work soon but even if no one here is downloading it without knowing I'm sure you'll only have to wait until... 2:05PM until somebody, somewhere downloads it and checks the main menu; I'm assuming this is how it can be confirmed? Unless you need to get to a certain point in the game to unlock them. Either way I'll be downloading these later when I return - unless we get codes for them - as three for two is still too good a deal to pass up. In the meantime if anyone hasn't got anything to do, why not check out VCW 370 - above - which has a review of Drill Dozer by Dean and I - if you haven't already - it contains pictures of the original game as well.

Me obviously! If the European release of Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 doesn't have the e-reader stages then it just goes to show how lazy NOE can be at times, this will be mentioned in VC Weekly... more than mentioned, there will be a significant section which will take up most of the review. I really hope it isn't the case though, that somehow all the stages are in there and it just hasn't been mentioned, either way it's buy two titles get one free so... I'm going to go for it, purely because I planned to download them because I need to and we never actually know whether or not NOE is going to bother even sending us codes for VC games on a weekly basis as always, they gave us codes for all the Pokémon VC releases seemingly as a goodwill gesture which is obviously appreciated but still they could do a lot better for VC releases by their fans and by the places which review their games in the first place... surely it doesn't take that much effort? Regardless these will be reviewed, I don't suppose the games are even up yet either... usually they seem to be in the afternoon on a Thursday I gather, so if anyone wants to find out and isn't going to buy the games then they will need to wait until this evening as I work until just gone 5PM... if the releases were already up on the eShop then I'd have already downloaded then but they aren't so nevermind. It often feels like one massive leap forward with NOE every now and then, followed by several stumbling steps back sometimes, I really hope we haven't been screwed over here but only time will tell.

I watched it earlier before going to work and I must admit that I did find it interesting... particularly as I'm an amiibo collector and yet like so many others on this forum it was never my original intention. Just three amiibo figures I said to myself, just Samus Link and Mario... oh but then I must have Kirby as well... Pikachu seems pretty well-made, also I can't leave out Donley Kong! Before I knew it, I had them all and I wanted more... Part of it was the unavailability of certain figures I'm sure but now that they are readily available I don't even have that excuse anymore! My name is Sam and I'm... an amiiboholic. I have been collecting things for many years though, especially game related merchandise so I see it as an extension of that, plus there are many amiibo figures of Nintendo characters which just haven't existed in physical form until now so I do enjoy owning them and playing with them in a game-enabled sense. Plus when I have the complete Super Smash Bros. set I will do a feature on them for the site as promised, because if I can't arrange ALL of them so that they fit in one large picture just like in the Photo Mode in the game then there simply is no point to me buying them all really, it has to be done! :awesome: