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Mario Chat / New Super Mario 64 DS Gameplay Movie

« on: November 13, 2004, 12:35:06 PM »

*Spoiler* Duh.

Go to
http://www.gamespot.com/ds/action/dssupermario4x4/media.html?gcst=mario64ds_ds_1112_m100.asx

Scroll down to the GameSpot Gameplay Movies.  In footage 10 you can see someone on the roof.  Peaches voice is also different from any other game I have heard.  It made me think of a kindergarden teacher.

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Video Game Chat / Tales of Symphonia Vs. Baten Kaitos

« on: November 13, 2004, 12:18:08 PM »

Which is/will be better?  Why?

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Video Game Chat / GCN Dance Pad & MC Dance Groovz: Dance Craze

« on: November 13, 2004, 11:52:03 AM »

EBgames:
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/246146.asp

IGN:
http://cube.ign.com/objects/712/712519.html?fromint=1

GameRankings:
http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/925159.asp

Edited by - Luigison on 11/13/2004 9:55:18 AM

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Video Game Chat / Nintendo DS demo in stores now. May sell on Nov.16th.

« on: November 12, 2004, 10:56:38 PM »

Nintendo DS playable demos are in many stores now.  It has be reported that they are in Wal*Mart, BestBuy, EB Games, etc.

http://ds.advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=1305


There is also a rumor that GameStop may sell the DS as early as Nov. 16th.  Since this is a soft release, a possible recent NOA email says they can sell early.  I have not confirmed this though.

http://forums.mogusland.com/showthread.php?t=17185

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Video Game Chat / Reggie Fils-Aime interview on Fox News

« on: November 12, 2004, 10:51:09 PM »

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,138143,00.html

Holiday Handheld Gaming Wars
Wednesday, November 10, 2004

November 11, 2004•Holiday Handheld Gaming Wars
This is a partial transcript from "Your World with Neil Cavuto," November 9, 2004, that was edited for clarity.

BRENDA BUTTNER, GUEST HOST: It was quite a frenzy. Take a look at that, at last night's midnight launch of Microsoft's new video game, Halo II (search). But beware, its competitors are right behind them.

On November 22, Nintendo will roll out its new dual screen handheld portable system called Nintendo DS (search).

Does it have what it takes to win the gaming wars? Let's ask Reggie Fils-Aime (search). He's Nintendo's executive vice president of sales and marketing.

Thanks for joining us.

REGGIE FILS-AIME, EVP, SALES AND MARKETING, NINTENDO: Thank you, Brenda.

BUTTNER: So do I have to open up my wallet? I've got a kid at home who loves this stuff. Is this a must-have?

FILS-AIME: This is the must-have item for this holiday season. And I'll tell you, Brenda, the great news is that it's at a mass market-ready price. The hardware is going to be $150 retail, the software between $30 and $40. So it really will be the item to have, and when you find it, you better buy it because it's going to run out.


BUTTNER: Wow. That's a bit more than her allowance. But we'll have to talk about it.

But seriously, you've got a lot of competition. You've got, you know, Microsoft's Halo, which is bringing up its own operating system and then Sony PlayStation is coming up with a portable next year. These are getting to be really fierce battles.

FILS-AIME: They really are. But here's the great news. What Nintendo has always been known for is innovation. And with Nintendo DS, we're continuing to innovate. Two screens, one of them touch screen, two different types of wireless. It really is a game for this generation's handheld players.

BUTTNER: You have to, like, really — I can't even play PlayStation. This is tough stuff, huh?

FILS-AIME: Well, the good news about this, we've got a couple of different things that are part of the hardware system. One is called PictoChat (search), which is an easy communications system. You can do it. Your kids can do it.

Plus, all of the games that will be available at launch, a total of 12 different games. It really is an easy system to get into.

BUTTNER: This — Halo, basically, is pushing Xbox into the black. While it's still a small player, do you see that coming up as a real contender?

FILS-AIME: You know, Microsoft has done a strong piece of business overall. They still are losing money on their console business.

One of the things that we pride ourselves on at Nintendo is we make money. We drive strong profitability, not only for our hardware systems but our third party publishers enjoy strong profitability. You know, we think this is a battle. It's going to be a battle to the end.

BUTTNER: And when — when is the victor announced? Is this going to be the holiday season?

FILS-AIME: I don't know if the victor will be announced this holiday season, but certainly in the handheld wars we think that the victor will be Nintendo and Nintendo DS, and that will be announced this holiday season.

BUTTNER: And what kind of sales are you expecting?

FILS-AIME: We're looking to bring in a total of a million units into North America, and we're sure we're going to be selling out by December 25. In total we'll sell about four million units on a worldwide basis by the end of our fiscal, which is March 31. So we're looking at very strong gains for us.

BUTTNER: I hope my daughter isn't watching, but in any case, thanks so much for joining us. We appreciate it.

FILS-AIME: Thank you.

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Video Game Chat / Game Collections and Wishlists.

« on: November 12, 2004, 12:48:17 PM »

Luigison(dennisshows)'s game collection:  http://users.ign.com/collection/dennisshows

Game Boy Advance (25 games total)  (I play most of these more on the GameBoy Player than on my GBAsp.)
1.  Dr. Mario (Classic NES Series)  (My wifes favorite puzzle game.)
2.  Game & Watch Gallery 4
3.  Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
4.  Klonoa: Empire of Dreams
5.  Legend of Zelda (Classic NES Series)
6.  Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (BEST GBA game ever.  I hope they make one for the NDS.)
7.  Mario Golf: Advance Tour   (The GCN version is better.)
8.  Mario Pinball Land   (Not as good as I had hoped.)
9.  Mario vs. Donkey Kong  (Great puzzle/platformer.  Funny scene after defeating DK's barrel throwing.)
10.  Metroid Fusion
11.  Metroid: Zero Mission  (I like this better than Fusion.)
12.  Namco Museum  (Classics.  Duh.)
13.  Pac-Man Collection
14.  Pokemon LeafGreen  (My first and only Pokemon game.  Not bad.  Great buy with wireless adapter.)
15.  Rayman 3
16.  SimCity 2000  (I liked the original SimCity for NES better.)
17.  Super Mario Advance
18.  Super Mario Bros. (Classic NES Series)  (My wife and I replay this more that any other Mario game.)
19.  Super Mario Bros. 3: Super Mario Advance 4 (One of my favorite games of all time.  Will we ever get the Series 3 & 4 e-Reader cards or downloads on the NDS.)
20.  Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2
21.  The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past w/ the Four Swords  (My favorit top-down Zelda game.)
22.  The Sims Bustin' Out
23.  Wario Land 4
24.  Wario Ware, Inc: Mega Microgame$  (Great handheld game for people with ADD, or people like me who like good gameplay.)
25.  Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3

GameCube (23 games total)
26.  Animal Crossing  (The most expensive game I have ever owned.  It cost me over $300 for all the cards and stuff.)
27.  Bomberman Generations
28.  Bomberman Jetters
29.  Donkey Konga (Fun for one, but Funny for more.)
30.  Game Boy Player Start-Up Disc  (For play GBA games. Duh.)
31.  Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour (My favorite golf game.)
32.  Mega Man Anniversary Collection  (I wish this game allowed custom buttons.)
33.  Pac-Man Vs. / Pac-Man World 2 Player's Choice (Interesting, but not as fun as I had hoped.)
34.  Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door  (I have nearly 100 hours in this game.)
35.  Pikmin 2  (Cool, but I got bored with it.)
36.  Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
37.  Skies of Arcadia Legends
38.  Star Fox Adventures
39.  Super Mario Sunshine  (We need more 3D Super Mario platformers.)
40.  Super Monkey Ball 2
41.  Tetris Worlds  (I like the NES Tetris better for some reason.)
42.  The Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition  (A must have for Zelda fans.)
43.  The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures  (My favorite multiplayer game of all time.)
44.  The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker  (Not as good a Ocarina to me.  Heh.)
45.  The Simpsons: Hit & Run  (Best Simpson's game every.  Funny and Fun.)
46.  The Sims Bustin' Out (I actually played all of the Bustin' Out mode.)
47.  Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue  (I haven't played it yet, but love the first one.)
48.  Wario Ware Inc. Mega Party Game$   (One of my wifes favorite multiplayer games.)

PlayStation (2 games total) (These never get played.)
49.  Ape Escape
50.  Final Fantasy VII

PlayStation 2 (17 games total)  (I seldom play me PS2.)
51.  Ape Escape 2
52.  Dance Dance Revolution Extreme (I just got this.)
53.  Dark Cloud 2
54.  Escape From Monkey Island
55.  EyeToy: Groove
56.  EyeToy: Play  (Cool idea.  I hope Nintendo does something like this.)
57.  Final Fantasy X  (I liked hearing the original Final Fantasy sounds for the Nintendo versions again.)
58.  Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
59.  Katamari Damacy  (Uh. Strange.)
60.  Kingdom Hearts
61.  Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil
62.  Namco Museum  (Classics, but not as good as Nintendo's classics.)
63.  Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
64.  Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando  (Got bored with it.)
65.  Rayman 2: Revolution
66.  Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus  (Haven't played this yet, but heard it is good.)
67.  Sonic Heroes

Game Boy (1 games total)
68.  Super Mario Land 2  (My only GB game.  I hope the remake it for the Advance or DS.)

Game Boy Color (7 games total)  (I hope these are remade, and/or the DS gets an emulator for them.)
69.  Kirby's Tilt 'n' Tumble  (Interesting, but hard to control on a DS.)
70.  Pokemon Puzzle Challenge (I love Tetris Attack for two players.)
71.  Spy Hunter/Moon Patrol (Moon Patrol is on of my favorit arcade games.)
72.  Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (The NES classic for GBA should have been more like this.)
73.  Tetris DX
74.  The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
75.  The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages

iQue (5 games total)  (I got this because I wanted to play SM64 again, and hate the N64 controllers, but it is in Chinese.)
76.  Dr. Mario
77.  Star Fox
78.  Super Mario 64
79.  The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
80.  Wave Race

Nintendo 64 (5 games total)
81.  Magical Tetris Challenge
82.  Paper Mario  (Nintendo, please remake this for the DS.)
83.  Pokemon Puzzle League (Tetris attached is cool.)
84.  Super Mario 64  (I want a sequal to this.)
85.  The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time  (My favorite single player Zelda game.)

Super NES (21 games total)
86.  Chrono Trigger
87.  Donkey Kong Country
88.  Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest
89.  Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble
90.  Eye of the Beholder
91.  Final Fantasy II
92.  Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest
93.  Illusion of Gaia (Illusion of Time)
94.  Kirby Super Star
95.  Mario Paint  (Nintendo, please remake this for the DS.)
96.  Secret of Mana
97.  SimCity (My favorite SimCity.  The new ones are two complicated to be much fun.)
98.  SimCity 2000
99.  Super Mario All-Stars/Super Mario World (BEST game cartridge ever!!!)
100.  Super Mario Kart
101.  Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars  (Will this ever be remade?  Nintendo?  Square?)
102.  Super Metroid
103.  Tetris & Dr. Mario  (Two of the best puzzle games in one cart.)
104.  The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past  (Again, my favorite of the top-down single player Zelda games.)
105.  Yoshi's Island: Super Mario World 2
106.  Ys III: Wanderers from Ys

106 TOTAL GAMES
25 GBA  23%
23 GCN  21%
21 SNES  19%
17 PS2  16%
7 GBC  6%
5 iQ  4%
5 N64  4%
2 PS  1%
1 GB  0%

Favored platform: Game Boy Advance
Favored publisher: Nintendo
Favored developer: Nintendo
Estimated value of collection: $2,722.33
IGN Editors' avg. score: 8.6

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Luigison(dennisshows)'s wishlist:  http://users.ign.com/wishlist/dennisshows
Many of these I am just watching and probably won't get.

GBA:
Astro Boy: Omega Factor
Boktai
Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django
Castlevania (Classic NES Series)
Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure
DK: King of Swing
Final Fantasy I - II Advance  (I will get this!)
Golden Sun
Kirby & The Amazing Mirror
Konami Collector's Series: Arcade Advanced
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Mario Tennis
Mother 1 & 2  (I never played any of the Mother games.)
Mother 3
Tetris Worlds (Being shipped to me?)
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap  (I will get this one!)
The Urbz: Sims in the City
WarioWare Twisted!  (Very cool, but will it work well on an SP?)
Yoshi Universal Gravitation (Interesting.  May get.)
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (Classic NES Series)

GCN:
Animal Crossing 2  (The first one suprized my because I liked it so much I spent tons of money getting all the cards.)
Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
Camelot RPG
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (Interesting enough to consider.)
Dr. Muto
Fire Emblem: Souen no Kiseki
Giftpia  (Why didn't this come to the US?)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Mario Power Tennis  (I just got this, but haven't moved it to my collection yet.)
Marionette  (Not a game, but a service.  Maybe the NDS's online feature will be similiar.)
Pac-Man World's End
Robots
Scaler
Spyro: A Hero's Tail  (Interesting effects, but I haven't like the Spyro games since the character was sold.)
Stage Debut  (Maybe Nintendo will make a DDR type game for the Revolution.)
Super Mario 128  (I have wanted this since I bet SM64 shortly after it came out.)
Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams
Tales of Symphonia
The Legend of Zelda GCN  (2005)
The Urbz: Sims in the City  (Interesting, but my wife is into Sims games more than me and she has spent a lot of time on the PC playing The Sims 2.)
Viewtiful Joe
Viewtiful Joe 2

PC:
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude  (Interesting, but may be too much for me.  The even have an AO version.)

PS:
Chrono Cross
Vagrant Story

PS2:
Dark Cloud 3
DDRMAX: Dance Dance Revolution  (I like the Extreme songlist I have better.)
Dragon Warrior VIII
EyeToy: AntiGrav  (I don't know if it is any good, but I want to play a game like this.)
EyeToy: Play 2
Kingdom Hearts II
Rez  (The version with the vibrator could have some interesting applications.  Ahem.)
Saru EyeToy
Sly 2: Band of Thieves
TAIKO: Drum Master
The Urbz: Sims in the City

Xbox: (I don't have one and probably won't get one unless it is given to me.)
Blinx
Blinx 2: Masters of Time and Space

GBC:
Dragon Warrior III
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons

NDS: (Many of this will not be games, but are interesting demos.)
Animal Crossing DS  (May get if it has cool minigames or classic NES/SNES games.)
Boktai
Bomberman DS
Bust-a-Move
Carving
Choro Q DS
Dragon Quest Monsters
Dragon Warrior: Slime Mori Mori  (I liked the NES Dragaon Warrior games.)
Egg Monster Hero
Feel the Magic: XY/XX  (I will definatly consider getting this.)
Final Fantasy III  (This will be consider too.)
Frogger
Ganbare Goemon
Harvest Moon DS
Legend of Zelda DS  (I don't know anything about it, but based on other Zelda title will probably get it.)
Mahjong DS
Mario Kart DS
Mario's Face
Metroid Prime: Hunters - First Hunt (Demo)  (Since this comes with the DS, I will get it.)
Mr. Driller Drill Spirits
New Board Game
New Super Mario Bros.  (I WILL GET THIS FOR SURE!!!)
One-Line Puzzle
Organizer Plus (Maybe I can get away with having my DS at school with this.  I am a teacher.)
Pac 'n Roll
Pac Pix  PictoChat
Puppy Times
Puyo Pop Fever
Rayman DS
RPG from Namco [untitled]
Simulation Game from Sunrise [untitled]
Special Effects Demo
Super Mario 64 DS  (I WILL GET THIS AT LAUNCH!)
Table Hockey
The Urbz: Sims in the City
Ultimate Brain Games
Viewtiful Joe
Wario Ware Touched!  (I will get this.)
Yoshi's Touch & Go  (Interesting.  May get.)
Zoo Keeper

PSP: (I won't get this unless it is given to me.)
Ape Escape Academics
Ape Escape P

Edited by - Luigison on 11/12/2004 3:57:49 PM

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Mario Chat / PM:TTYD Complete?

« on: November 12, 2004, 08:35:17 AM »

When I started Paper Mario 2 I rushed through everything. After a few chapters I decided to complete everything in the game.

I had gone through the ranks in Glitzville the first time without doing any tattles. After finishing the Glitzville chapter I was severly handicaped by my low hit points because I had rushed through the game so far and used all my level ups for badge points. So I went through the ranks again to level up and got a lot, but not all of the tattles.

I wasn't worried about getting all of the tattles because I figured I could find them in the trash at the end, but they were not there. I assumed I could go back through the Glitzville ranks again, and went on to play the next chapter and work on completing other stuff.

I have now made it all the way to the final boss of the game I went back to Glitzville, but even after losing several fights I can't drop below a rank of second, and therefor cannot get down to the seven or so tattles I missed.

Is there a way to drop my rank and play through all the battles at Glitzville a third time?

I did not put this in game help because we can use it to discuss how complete our games are.

I have:
all the recipes,
all of Luigi's stories,
all the stories from the guy on the roof in Rogueport,
all but seven star pieces,
all but three shine sprites,
all but 3 badges (at least two are still in the pit),
93 badge points,
am at level 30 something,
am an A-list Superstar (I think),
completed the troubles,
most, but not all the tattles (see above),
made it to the last boss, but have not beat her.

After beating the final boss will new troubles or anything else appear?

How can I complete tattles (like those in Glitzville) that I missed and are not in the professors trash?

Edited by - Luigison on 11/12/2004 7:03:00 AM

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Video Game Chat / 2005 Release Dates

« on: November 12, 2004, 08:05:29 AM »

Nintendo DS

Feb. 14: WarioWare Touched! (Nintendo)
March 14: Pokémon Dash (Nintendo)
March: Yoshi’s Touch & Go (Nintendo)
March: Atari Classics (Atari)
March: Pac Pix (Namco)
Q1: Need for Speed Underground 2 (Electronic Arts)
Q2: Metroid Prime: Hunters (Nintendo)
May: Ultimate Card Games (Telegames)
June: Ultimate Brain Games (Telegames)


Nintendo GameCube

January: Resident Evil 4 (Capcom)
January: Virtua Quest (Sega)
Feb. 8: NBA Street Vol. 3 (Electronic Arts)
Feb. 14: Star Fox: Assault (Nintendo)
February: Winnie the Pooh (Ubisoft)
March 14: Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (Nintendo)
March: Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (Ubisoft)
March: Dragon Ball Z Sagas (Atari)
Q1: Mortal Kombat: Deception (Midway)
Q2: Donkey Konga 2 (Nintendo)
Q2: Fire Emblem (Nintendo)
Q2: Geist (Nintendo)
 Legend of Zelda (working title) (Nintendo)


Game Boy Advance SP

Jan. 10: The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (Nintendo)
January:  Banjo Pilot (THQ)
February: Rave Master: Special Attack Force (Konami)
February: Shaman King: Legacy of Spirits – Soaring Hawk (Konami)
February: Ace Combat (Namco)
February: Klonoa 2 (Namco)
February: Winnie the Pooh (Ubisoft)
March 21: WarioWare Twisted! (Nintendo)
March: Mario Party Advance (Nintendo)
March: Backyard Baseball (Atari)
March: Pac Pinball (Namco)
April: Pokémon Emerald (Nintendo)
Q2: Fire Emblem 2 (Nintendo)
Q2: Ultimate Pocket Games (Telegames)

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Video Game Chat / Taiko Drum Master VS Donkey Konga

« on: October 31, 2004, 01:20:39 PM »

I have played and enjoyed Donkey Konga, but have never played Taiko Drum Master.  How do they compare?

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Video Game Chat / GameStop Road Warrior Tour

« on: October 31, 2004, 01:14:31 PM »

http://tour.gamestop.com/

Edited by - Luigison on 10/31/2004 11:21:00 AM

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Mario Chat / Super Mario 128,000

« on: October 31, 2004, 10:27:55 AM »

Super Mario 128,000:

Wario has kidnapped Toad and wants 128,000 coins for his release.  Mario has two objectives:  1) Collect as many coins as possible. 2) Defeat Wario.

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Latest News / DemaSked DelaYed

« on: October 31, 2004, 10:14:27 AM »

http://ds.advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=1255

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Video Game Chat / Vote for Mario, Miyamoto, or not.

« on: October 30, 2004, 08:09:09 PM »

Go to http://www.walkofgame.com/index.htm and vote for the best games/characters and lifetime achievements. Miyamoto is winning, but Mario isn't.

I voted:

Game/Character
Mario

Game/Character
Tetris

Game/Character
Zelda (The Legend of Zelda)

Game/Character
Link (The Legend of Zelda)

Lifetime Achievement
Shigeru Miyamoto

Lifetime Achievement
Will Wright

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Video Game Chat / More GBAs sold in week than Xboxs in year in Japan.

« on: October 30, 2004, 07:04:10 PM »

Hardware Chart - This Week / Year Total

1.) Game Boy Advance SP - 29,324 / 2,023,444
2.) PlayStation 2 - 19,530 / 1,825,246
3.) GameCube - 3,992 / 500,807
4.) Game Boy Advance - 744 / 186,861
5.) XBOX - 259 / 26,536
6.) Swan Crystal - 38 / 6,928
7.) PSone - 35 / 13,539

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Video Game Chat / Nintendo DS ads.

« on: October 30, 2004, 06:00:27 PM »

Oct 25, 2004: Nintendo Launches Massive Media Blitz for Debut of Nintendo DS 'Touching is Good' Campaign Features Provocative Spots

Oct 28, 2004: Wildboyz Risk Their Lives for Nintendo DS Is that a Nintendo DS tucked into your G-String?

Edited by - Luigison on 10/30/2004 5:02:01 PM