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Mario Chat / Re: New Super Mario Brothers Wii

« on: October 08, 2009, 08:40:08 PM »

I for one would be willing to pay a fee for better Nintendo online. Remember when you first heard about Brawl being online years and years and years ago? It was like the most exciting thing in history.

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Video Game Chat / Re: Sometimes Nintendo makes no sense...

« on: October 08, 2009, 08:36:51 PM »

The PSP and PSP Go are vastly different. Different software medium is a pretty big difference if you ask me.

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General Chat / Re: I think it's about time ... we saw each other.

« on: October 08, 2009, 08:29:52 PM »

I took this one with my webcam at like 4am for a girl asking for an impromptu picture of myself.





I bought that stupid NES Advantage piece of crap for $0.99 at Toys R Us a few years ago. Not sure why they had it.




My PSX would be in that space on the bottom, but I sent it to my friend for repairs.

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Mario Chat / Re: New Super Mario Brothers Wii

« on: October 08, 2009, 07:56:38 PM »

Ohh, my mistake, LD.

But yeah, Brawl's online mode is unplayable. I'd imagine though an online mode would be somewhat less holocaust-like in a Super Mario Bros. game since it's not pushing the Wii's power as hard, (or at least not according to Nintendo.)

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Mario Chat / Re: New Super Mario Brothers Wii

« on: October 08, 2009, 07:47:35 PM »

The typical "derp derp obiously u hav no frndz" argument is stupid and counterproductive, and it always pops up anytime someone cries foul at Nintendo's lacking online helpings. I'm not arguing that real-life multiplayer is inferior. I'm arguing that the addition of online gaming is almost always a welcome addition. Yes, I have friends over once a week to play stuff like N64 and Street Fighter and Rock Band. But at the same time I have a lot of friends who went away to college, or who I know via the interwebs. I'd like if I could play with those friends too.

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Video Game Chat / Re: Sometimes Nintendo makes no sense...

« on: October 08, 2009, 07:43:07 PM »

Lagging behind everyone? Really?

If I had a PSP and several retail games I would have to buy all of those games again to play them on a PSPgo. By comparison, you should be happy you'd only need to spend a few dollars on each DSiWare game or application to replace them (not that you need another DSi just because you like the color more, seriously) rather than twenty or thirty bucks apiece.

DSiWare is coded in such a way that it is tied to the system itself upon purchase. The only change that could be made that would continue to prevent piracy would be requiring the DSi to be connected to the Internet to run DSiWare titles. Do you really want that?

First off, Sony gives you the option of redownloading up to 3 PSP titles on the PSP Go when you purchase a new one in the UK. That's not a technological foible, it's just Sony being greedy.
Second, PSP to PSP Go is a stupid comparison since they're two vastly different systems.
Third of all, that's not the only possibility for DSiware transferral. A simple solution for DSiware would be to give you the option of deleting your DSiware titles and then connecting to Nintendo WFC which is then recorded on your account. Then when you connect your account on a new DSi, it gives you the option of downloading them on it for free. That's not a difficult task. It would only require a small firmware update, and for the customer to connect to the internet once, which isn't asking much considering you have to connect in the first place to download them.

And for the record, I wanted to buy a new DSi since I recently sold one of my old DSs and still want a third one. But people buy two handhelds frequently for other reasons. It's not like having a home console. Handheld systems get broken, lost, stolen, etc... Sometimes people give them away to friends/love ones.

Apple gives you the option to transfer apps and games on your account to other iPhones you buy. Microsoft gives you the ability to transfer arcade titles using your Live account. Those are just a few examples. If that's not a case of Nintendo lagging behind, I don't know what is.



But this isn't just about DSiware. It's other things. The drop in standard for Nintendo Seal of Approval is plain ridiculous. Online gaming is a disaster, and there's absolutely nothing you can say to defend it.

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Mario Chat / Re: New Super Mario Brothers Wii

« on: October 08, 2009, 07:27:48 PM »

Well, this goes back to the lack of wifi. How could they possibly design a game focused on co-op/competitive, or rather just multiplayer in general... and not make it online? What is that? It just boggles the mind. Their excuse of 'there's already so much going on with four players on the same screen at once the Wii just couldn't handle it!' is a load of bull[dukar]. It's just another example of them halfassing a would-be great game.

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Video Game Chat / Re: Sometimes Nintendo makes no sense...

« on: October 08, 2009, 09:28:55 AM »

I'm not saying you should be able to back them up on an SD card though. Like I said, they already have a system which links your Nintendo account to what you download. It's not an impossible, or even difficult task for them to modify it so that you can remove them from one game system and transfer them to a new one. Every other company in the industry has the option. This is what I'm talking about though. Nintendo just lags behind everyone in terms of technological setup.

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Mario Chat / Re: New Super Mario Brothers Wii

« on: October 08, 2009, 09:25:28 AM »

That's true. A lot of people talking about it being difficult in these previews often say things like "Try doing this and this and this, BUT WITH FOUR PLAYERS WHOAMG." I can't imagine them being that complicated, so much as they're just annoying since you have other players walking into you and getting under your feet.

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Video Game Chat / Re: Sometimes Nintendo makes no sense...

« on: October 07, 2009, 10:09:22 PM »

You don't see why you can't transfer games over when the system doesn't require you to be online to play DSiWare games and you can back them up onto an SD card.

Did you actually read the article? That's the point. You can't back up your games onto an SD card. You need to purchase them all over again.

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Video Game Chat / Sometimes Nintendo makes no sense...

« on: October 07, 2009, 09:16:03 PM »

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/30/dsiware-purchases-locked-to-hardware-only-nintendo-can-transfer/

This is similar to the whole complaint on how Wiiware and VC games were locked to one Wii and couldn't be transferred unless your console broke. I really don't see why Nintendo makes decisions like this. Or at least I hope these are business decisions designed to scam us out of money, because if it's not, the only other explanation is that their company is just fundamentally flawed. It's just... all these inconveniences like inferior online, friend codes, system locked downloads, they're all minor problems on their own, but together it's just a big eyesore on a company that's supposed to be making current generation video games. They already have the ability to link your Nintendo account to your downloads... why can't they link the games too? It's just insane. They're hurting themselves in the long run. A great example is the new DSi colors. I really liked the white DSi, but I got a black one when they first released. I was this close to buying a brand new white DSi, but the fact I would lose all my DSiware titles shut that possibility down instantly.

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Mario Chat / Re: New Super Mario Brothers Wii

« on: October 07, 2009, 09:04:46 PM »

I don't know, the difficulty being raised doesn't really seem like a good justification for Super Guide either... What's the point in making the game so difficult if players will just have the ability to bypass this difficulty? Most skill in a new platformer is gained through repetition and experience with the levels; I think most of us can attest to this. Dying 8 times in a row while trying to figure out the best way to perform a tricky section you've never encountered before is all part of what makes platformers great. I just think it's silly to brag that you've made a 'hardcore' Mario game but simultaneously throw this truth under the bus by offering players a way to get around it. It's kind of like Brawl's online options. Yes, there was a fair amount of online modes to play and Nintendo advertised the hell out of that when building hype for it, but in the end, Nintendo sort of pushed it away after the game was released since it was obvious the online was flawed, and they even went on to remove the Smash Service for whatever reason. Nintendo in recent years just gives off this vibe like... they like to show off one general aspect of a product, and then disregard it soon after.

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General Chat / Re: I hate this thread.

« on: October 07, 2009, 03:52:49 PM »

I don't hate Final Fantasy VII, but I hate the fact it's somewhat pricier than typical retro game prices.

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General Chat / Re: TMK Board Reform/"Down the Crapper" Prevention

« on: October 07, 2009, 03:49:30 PM »

Those aren't balls stuffed in my mouth.

You of all people should know that.

Ah yes, the 'you should know' comeback. A telltale sign that one has been badly zinged.

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General Chat / Re: TMK Board Reform/"Down the Crapper" Prevention

« on: October 07, 2009, 10:56:10 AM »

That is odd. How'd Blackmage get a full strike? Did he swear while denouncing Christianity and advocating a Democratic candidate all in one post?