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Video Game Chat / Re: Most underrated games

« on: March 26, 2006, 08:47:59 PM »

Let's see... here are a few.

-Wario World
-Sonic Heroes
-Shadow the Hedgehog
-Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (maybe)
-Kirby's Adventure (maybe)

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Video Game Chat / Re: Mario vs. Zelda

« on: March 26, 2006, 08:41:00 PM »

Mario, definitely. I don't have anything against Zelda - I used to own the first Zelda game and I want to get it again - but Mario is probably my favorite video game theme of all time (Sonic and Kirby also rank very high).

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General Chat / Re: Dearly missed members.

« on: March 25, 2006, 07:58:25 PM »

btw, is Nintendofreak still unbanned?

I'm nearly certain that Nintendofreak never was banned.

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Latest News / Re: New Super Mario Bros. information

« on: March 25, 2006, 01:47:04 AM »

Three new videos over at Gamespot.

http://www.gamespot.com/ds/action/supermariobrosds/media.html?sid=6146491&autoplay=6146491

I can't view those for some reason. There doesn't even seem to be a screen to view them on anywhere when I click on them. Are those the same as the ones on IGN, or are they different?

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General Chat / Re: Annoying/Bad moments on other forums

« on: March 25, 2006, 01:26:16 AM »

Just a note: I've been banned from KRR. The reason: I wanted to be banned, and requested it. I became utterly sick of the place after certain events occurred, and I don't regret my decision a bit. The site itself is okay, of course, but a lot of the people on the forums, including and especially certain mods/admins, are complete... well, you get the idea.

I'm not trying to start any "board wars" or anything, especially since KRR is listed as a "friend of TMK". But I wanted to mention some of my experiences there, and to give it a fitting recommendation in case anybody else is considering joining the boards there.

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Not at the Dinner Table / Re: A Survey This Is

« on: March 25, 2006, 01:14:28 AM »

How in the heck can you believe in "microevolution" and not "macroevolution" when the only difference between them is one of time and scale?

That's like saying you believe in water droplets but don't believe you can fill a container with enough of them.

What I was basically saying was the same thing as something Sapphira said in her last post. I don't know that "microevolution" is the correct term for the evolution I do believe in, though.

Whatever it's called, this very minor type of evolution involves only modifications made to already existing bodily structures for the most part. Macroevolution, which involves complete changes to bodily structures and the addition of new ones, is quite a different sort of thing. Thus the difference is not a mere matter of time and space.


I may exit this debate now, even if it isn't anywhere near over, because things like this tend to get me somewhat frustrated.

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Not at the Dinner Table / Re: A Survey This Is

« on: March 22, 2006, 10:03:46 PM »

Something Sapphira said made me want to clear this point up.

I don't believe in evolution between species, but I do believe in microevolution (if that's what it's called), which is obviously a real phenomenon. It's like the situation with those finches that Darwin studied; they got thicker beaks because the ones with bigger beaks could crack nuts more easily and thus were more likely to survive and reproduce.

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Latest News / Re: New Super Mario Bros. information

« on: March 21, 2006, 01:23:42 PM »

Dorrie's going to eat you!!
Bowser Jr.? Bummer. Hope he only makes a cameo.

Bowser Jr. is a mini-boss, according to the article that contains the picture.

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Mario Chat / Re: Your most disliked character...

« on: March 21, 2006, 12:07:41 PM »

And I like Yoshi's voice. It's actually...a voice. Birdo's voice, however... I like her old one better. It used to actually be a voice, not annoying, strange noises. I don't really like Bowser's voice; it doesn't seem as...fitting to him, or something. Not deep or vicious enough or something.

By Birdo's "old voice" do you mean the one she had in Super Mario Advance? Or did she have a speaking voice in other games?

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Latest News / Re: New Super Mario Bros. information

« on: March 20, 2006, 10:18:33 PM »

Here are some things of interest that I found in the screenshots (I hope these aren't considered spoilers of any type):



-The seadragon from SM64DS (the one you ride on)
-The giant eel from SM64DS (only he's even more giant)
-The striped bugs or spiders from SM64DS
-Bowser Jr.
-A level that looks just like World 1-1 from SMB
-A pipe maze with Venus Fire Traps
-Some mini-game or strange room that reminds me of Mario Bros., but has Goombas



Also, I finally realized what that "riding in a shell" stuff was all about! That is really amazing!

It seems, judging by the words on those scanned pages, that it will have single-card multiplayer, but it isn't clear whether there are more options available for multiplayer if two cards are used (this seems likely, though).

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Forum Games / Re: Fill in the ___ Sentences

« on: March 20, 2006, 09:38:20 PM »

It's the (Cheeseburger) song, starring (Mr.) (Lunt) and (Jerry) (Gourd)!


_______ around at the speed of _____....

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Video Game Chat / Re: Raddest Game

« on: March 20, 2006, 09:28:01 PM »

I'll go with Rad Racer. It's gotta be one of the raddest; it's got Rad in the title!!!

I have that game; I got it along with my used NES. But oddly enough, I never heard its name mentioned anywhere else except here in this topic.

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Not at the Dinner Table / Re: A Survey This Is

« on: March 20, 2006, 09:22:53 PM »

I don't think G-Dawg meant "words" literally. I think he meant something like, "Once again, who created all of those things you used those big and different words for?"

Koopaslaya, could you please be a little more polite?

I'm not going to get involved in a debate about evolution here, since forum debates tend to be harrowing if one doesn't really feel like arguing in them. What's more, I was just about to post one thing that I thought was evidence against evolution, but I looked it up on Wikipedia first and found out that that particular thing wouldn't have worked as evidence after all. So I doubt I would be any good at arguing against evolutionary theory anyway. I should leave that to the experts.

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Not at the Dinner Table / Re: A Survey This Is

« on: March 19, 2006, 08:59:01 PM »

Ok, prove to me that the events in the Bible actually happened. That's where we differ; while I think the Bible is a very interesting read, I hardly believe any of its events actually happened in the exact manner the Bible describes. Maybe metaphoically, or in a different sense, but not exactly.

I'm not here to argue; I'm just trying to present a different perspective on religion than is the norm on these boards.

Not all Christians believe that the things in the Bible happened in the exact manner described. Catholics like myself, for instance, are open to the view that much of what's in the Bible could be figurative. As you probably already know from certain earlier posts in this topic, Catholics don't necessarily have to disbelieve in evolution. The reason I don't believe in it is not because of any religious prohibition, but because of evidence against it that I've read about (see the book I referenced earlier in this thread).

Also, I hope that you don't get the idea that the religious people posting here are trying to make you feel like an outcast in any way, because I'm sure none of us are.

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Latest News / Re: New Super Mario Bros. information

« on: March 19, 2006, 08:35:00 PM »

Oh, don't worry. You needn't apologize to me. I was just mentioning it because I didn't want you to feel embarrassed if someone else edited your post for you. :)