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  1. It could just be a bit of nostalgia, but please please please say it's a strong hint at a BG&E sequel! No it wasn't anywhere near the quality of Wind Waker, but I really enjoyed the story, the premise, and a lot of the ideas the original had, and I've been one of those clamouring for a sequel! Now Ubisoft, remember on which of the consoles you sold the most versions of, even with the short-term exclusivity deal you struck with Sony. (I think it was Sony not Microsoft, but let me know if I'm wrong on this one). Hopefully they will reward the Nintendo faithful who purchased the original with a version of the follow-up on Wii U!


  2. Hmm, that's really interesting that they've decided to postpone the Crowdfunding and Kickstarter accounts. Is it definitely to retool it after E3? It seems odd that the would do this after E3. I'm with shin_kagato that E3 should be particular interesting for 'Shadow of the Eternals'. I loved 'Eternal Darkness' and would love to see a follow-up regardless of what happened in the past with the development team. Is there any chance the Crowdfunding efforts have been stopped because a publisher has stepped in? Would anyone trust them?


  3. Hmm, it doesn't look like 'Jeopardy' to me....

     

    They've got a number of classic franchises that would be good to see: Sabrewulf, Jet Force Gemini, Conker (although without Chrs Seavour I'm not sure how it would turn out) and of course Killer Instinct would be quicker to develop as it's a fighting game.

     

    That pic was a great spot. It doesn't lead itself to any obvious titles that Rare have previously developed though... My only two thoughts are that is indeed an old English knight, and it's either a new adventure game (I'd guess based in the Camelot / King Arthur era) or, more unlikely, a new Killer Instinct character.


  4. Graphically they seem to have used a similar style to The Walking Dead, and I thought that worked really well. It resembles the style of the comic. Telltale have for me just been improving all of the time with the quality of their games, so I'm excited by this.


  5. 4 weeks out with injury, but will be making my return to pro-5 tonight. What a game to come back to. Top of the table clash. If we lose to this team tonight we'll be 8 points adrift with 7 matches to go.

     

    A must win match. And to make it even more tasty, It's the team that got promoted with us last season, who finished 2nd to us only on goal difference and actually beat us on the last game of last season to end our undefeated run.

     

    I'm hoping for a fairytale return and to snatch a potential winning goal. haha!

     

    Cannot wait to get out there!

     

    How'd you get on? I can empathise completely with the frustration of being out through injuries, so hope it was the return and win you needed Murr!

     

     

    Mcmanaman's tackle was awful. It was a complete accident, probably due to a lack of experience from a young lad on his debut. Hopefully it won't spoil the start of a promising career and Wigan will sort him out in private.

     

     

    I think the Premier League Title was Man Utd's a long time ago. They've been consistent without being outstanding, which has become something of a Man U trait over the years, but always good enough to win games. Sadly there just hasn't been anyone else with any consistency this year.


  6. Who here remembers Knightmare on ITV? I loved that show growing up. It wasn't a show about video games but a show within a VR video game of sorts.

     

     

     

    Knightmare was absolutely brilliant!!! I couldn't wait for Fridays when I was younger so I could watch Treguard, Pickle, Lord Fear & co as teenagers tried (& often failed) to negotiate the virtual dungeon. Even looking back on it now, there were so many bits about the show to enjoy. Despite the puzzles and challenges often having set solutions, the unpredictability of the players meant that the viewers (& the actors in the game) didn't know what they were going to do. "Oooohh nasty!!!" :grin:


  7. This may / undoubtedly wishful thinking, but since it's simultaneous I foresee Iwatu doing minimal talking and blowing us away with footage of:

     

    • Pokemon Snap 2 Wii U (game pad used in a similar style to the plaza in Nintendo Land)
    • Updates to Pokedex app on 3DS
    • New Pokemon RPG game that can be played on both WiiU and 3DS (ala Monster Hunter) with cell shading graphics.

     

    Nintendo, you have our attention!


  8. I pre-ordered and picked it up in-store on release day. I was slightly frustrated that none of the staff had even heard of it, so the chance of them persuading other customers will be slim-to-none in my local Game. Since playing it though, I've been hooked! I loved 999, which was a hidden gem after I bought the import version, and I have become addicted to the wonderfully intricate story of Virtue's Last Reward. I've still got at least 6 endings still to get too!


  9. I stopped put codes on the website when they introduced the expiration, then some of them expired because I hadn't put them on. Proper shit move from Nintendo. Hopefully they have canned the expiration thing all together.

     

    I did exactly the same Ramar. I had a whole raft of GBA games I'd held back on registering so that they wouldn't expire until something I wanted came up. Then when I needed the extra couple of thousand points I wasn't able to register the majority of them! Frustrating!

     

    As an aside, does the WiiU come with a stars card? I didn't have one in mine.


  10. What an absolutely fantastic year it's been for UK sport in general. A very well deserved list of finalists, for whom in some years their achievements would've put them head and shoulders above the rest, but such is the magnitude of the quality of sport this year there's no guaranteed winner.

     

    Congrats to all the names on the list. I see the top 4 being Bradley Wiggins, Andy Murray, Mo Farah and Ben Ainslee.


  11. If you have an xbox 360 you can get both original games on the arcade with fully implemented stop n swop. It unlocks gamerpics and a couple of things in the game (new moves/items). If you also get nuts n bolts there are further unlockables through the stop n swop thing.

     

    That's true that Rare were good enough to include some Stop N Swop rewards with the XBox versions. It would've been really interesting to know just what the original rewards would've been (as Gamerpics clearly weren't the original intention).

     

    Banjo-Kazooie served as a wonderful insight into the ideas that go into games and the type of features that were developed but never fully implemented.


  12. I'd just like to add my admiration to the glowing memories of Banjo-Kazooie. The tightly designed levels were great in that there was always so much to do & not far from a collectible, enemy, or challenge. Special mention must go to the wonderfully designed Click Clock Wood, and the consistently excellent and memorable soundtrack.

     

    It's a shame that they were never able to fully implement Stop N Swop, one of the great mysteries of the N64 generation. Wozza and Ice Mario were persistent in their search for the truth and uncovered so many additional unused features and ideas (Bottles Revenge anyone?) that they even added to the legacy of the series.

     

    Grunty's Revenge was a good effort at bringing the Banjo gameplay to the GameBoy Advance. Banjo-Tooie was probably too large, which detracted from the ideas it had and some of the clever integration between levels. Oh, and the walking innuendo that was Jolly Roger and his whole level! Rare's sense of humour at it's finest!

     

    How it'd be great to see another proper Banjo platformer. Rare's priorities don't seem to be on that type of game at the moment, but I suppose you never know what the future holds!


  13. It would be nice for there to be further surprises to unveil this E3, although right now I'm not feeling that optimistic, since the potential for big surprises seems to have fizzled out this convention.

     

    Still, wouldn't it be nice to get a trailer or images of a new Zelda, maybe the Smash Bros 3DS game, Metroid Dread, and a new Final Fantasy title..... A man can dream!


  14. It was just so very underwhelming. Professional and technically very good, with the displays, lighting, and music. Sadly, from a gaming point of view, and the reason a lot of people are interested in the Conference there just wasn't a huge amount to get excited about. It spoke volumes just how funny the audience found the jokes by Matt and Trey about Smart Glass!

     

    I'm expecting so much more from both Sony and Nintendo later!


  15. I feel it's my obligation to post this 25th Anniversary remix from OCR:

     

    Broadcast Yourself
    Audio

     

    I loved the soundtrack (so much so that I paid for an import CD of it). This is a cracking remix that actually makes me want to load it back up again and experience the joy that was Wind Waker (yes even despite the copious amounts of sailing and Triforce quest!)


  16. 3222-5566-1724

     

    Can't believe it's taken me so long to add my code!

     

    Please feel free to add me, although my artistic skills are limited at Letterbox but I promise at least you won't receive constant pictures of the human anatomy!


  17. Dude, I wasn't expecting any spoilers for Other M :rolleyes:.

     

    I love Fusion. It was the first Metroid I owned, and my second experience with it. Metoid always looked like cool games to me, that's why I borrowed Metroid 2 from a friend, which was my first Metroid experience. But as my first own Metroid game, Fusion will always be special to me ;). Since Metroid 2 was the only other Metroid I had played at that point, I really didn't care about the linearity, and I still don't. The atmosphere was great, the exploration was great, the bosses were great.. The game was great.

     

    I had exactly the same experience, having previously only played Metroid 2 from a friend and never really getting into it. Metroid Fusion got me excited about the Metroid series and was the reason I went on to purchase and enjoy the other games in the series.

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