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Title: Weekly Releases (10/1) +
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 23, 2006, 07:58:38 PM
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Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone! (3DS)
Carrier Command: Gaea Mission (360)
Command & Conquer: The Ultimate Collection (PC)
Crosswords Plus (3DS)
Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit (PC)
NBA 2K13 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PC)
R.A.W: Realms of Ancient War (PC)
Resident Evil 6 (360, PS3)
War of the Roses (PC)

Nintendo eShop
Cave Story
Samurai G
Dr. Mario (GB)

DSiWare
Academy: Chess Puzzles

WiiWare
Drop Zone: Under Fire

Virtual Console

Xbox LIVE Arcade
Sonic Adventure 2
NiGHTS Into Dreams

PSN Downloadable Games
Sonic Adventure 2
NiGHTS Into Dreams
New Little King’s Story (PSV)

PS2 Classics
Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon (Special Edition)
Ruff Trigger: The Vanocore Conspiracy

Rock Band Songs
311 – “Down”
311 – “Beautiful Disaster”
311 – “Amber”

Metal
Benighted – “Let the Blood Spill Between My Broken Teeth”
Onslaught – “Godhead”
The Minotaur Project – “Rampage of Kronos”

Novelty
Toby Turner – “I Can Swing My Sword (ft. Terabrite)”

Prog
Vangough – “Drained (2x Bass Pedal)”
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-23)
Post by: TEM on October 23, 2006, 08:21:53 PM
Cool thread. Nacho Libre on DVD FTW. One of my favorite movies.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-23)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 23, 2006, 09:19:08 PM
I wonder what the Nacho Libre DS game is like.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-23)
Post by: SolidShroom on October 24, 2006, 04:53:27 AM
Hmm, what is this new "Touch Detective" game about? Is it a Phoenix Wright ripoff?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-23)
Post by: Robert on October 24, 2006, 02:20:28 PM
Hmm, what is this new "Touch Detective" game about? Is it a Phoenix Wright ripoff?

Naw, it's a mystery game where you have to run around and find clues to solve mysteries. Maybe. I know it's definitly not a PW rip-off. At least, I don’t think it is.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-23)
Post by: bobman37 on October 26, 2006, 06:47:34 PM
What's with all the Tuesday releases? I remember reading somewhere about how releasing on Tuesday was the best choice, but I don't remember why.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-23)
Post by: CoconutMikeNIke on October 26, 2006, 07:24:01 PM
I think it's because a lot of stores restock on Tuesday.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-23)
Post by: Ludwig on October 29, 2006, 08:31:33 AM
Cool thread. Nacho Libre on DVD FTW. One of my favorite movies.

Yeah, dude. That movie rules.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-23)
Post by: TEM on October 29, 2006, 04:44:05 PM
I got it yesterday for my birthday in a 2-pack along with Orange County, another movie I like.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-30)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 30, 2006, 04:37:12 PM
Updated 10/30.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-30)
Post by: SolidShroom on October 30, 2006, 05:13:39 PM
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories seems to be a pretty neat game. I enjoyed Liberty City Stories, and I enjoyed Vice City, so I'm pretty sure  I'll like this one. Super Mario Bros. Super Show! Volume 2, I might pick up, I enjoyed season 1 very much.
-_-
Lawnmower Racing Mania 2007
That could be the best game ever.
Or the worse.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-30)
Post by: SushieBoy on October 30, 2006, 05:37:03 PM
Mannnn, i can't seem to find the Mario Cartoon DVD's!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-30)
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on November 01, 2006, 02:07:50 PM
Borat is going to be awesome.

Plus it balances out yet another Dreamworks movie about Anthromorphic animals. Well, at least the guy who made Wallace & Gromit is involved, so it may not be all bad.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-30)
Post by: SolidShroom on November 04, 2006, 05:44:38 PM
I'm not sure if it came out this week or last week, or even before that, but I got the game Cooking Mama today, since the guy working at GameStop said it was really good. I was really skeptical at first, I thought he was joking. However, when I started playing it, it was awesome. It was a very cheap $20 and is best described as "WarioWare with cooking". Anyone that enjoys WarioWare should get this game.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-06)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 06, 2006, 02:47:18 PM
Updated 11/06.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-06)
Post by: Luigison on November 06, 2006, 02:54:49 PM
I ordered Pokemon Ranger as part of a buy 2 get 1 free deal and Guitar Hero II to get the free t-shirt from BestBuy. 

According to Nintendo.com Yoshi's Island DS doesn't come out until Nov. 13th.

Source:  http://www.nintendo.com/gamemini?gameid=XQCk5kOdgtln3936Qr44YJKirWBkHxzo

Edit:  YI2DS is also listed as 11/13 on TMK:  http://www.themushroomkingdom.net/games/yids
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-06)
Post by: SolidShroom on November 06, 2006, 04:04:30 PM
Yes! Finally the wait for Guitar Hero II will soon be over. I'm especially happy that because of election day tomorrow, I have the whole day to play it. I've already played the demo in stores, and it's just awesome.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-06)
Post by: TEM on November 06, 2006, 04:49:02 PM
I can't shred on Guitar Hero 2 for probably 3 or 4 weeks. I have to save up my money for a wireless router, Wii and LoZ: TP. It'll be worth the wait.

Edit: In response to what LD said below:I have to have something to play on my Wii besides Wii Sports. And I wouldn't put LoZ and GH together in a "what I like more" contest. They provide two different kinds of fun. And  they are completely different games.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-06)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 06, 2006, 04:54:08 PM
Well I like Guitar Hero (and II) a lot better than Zelda.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-06)
Post by: Luigison on November 06, 2006, 07:18:02 PM
Of course you do.  You're playing Guitar Hero II now.  You tend to think that the game you are currently playing is the best ever.  I'm the same way.  I'm sure there will be many Wii games, LoZ included, that we at some point will think is the best game of all time.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-06)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on November 06, 2006, 07:35:00 PM
I'm getting Final Fantasy V Advance.
Guitar Heroness will come in time.
I'm getting my Wii and Zelda first, because I like the type of fun found in Zelda slightly more than the type of fun in Guitar Hero.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-06)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 07, 2006, 01:36:25 AM
Huh? I'm not playing Guitar Hero II now! I wish.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-06)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 13, 2006, 07:05:27 PM
Updated 11/13.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-06)
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on November 13, 2006, 07:35:30 PM
Baywatch Season 1? I saw that on the shelves like a week ago. I guess Target didn't feel like following the street date.

I love how Yoshi's Island DS has a baby form of DK. Now it'll give the Mariologists a lot of sleepless nights.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-06)
Post by: TEM on November 13, 2006, 08:53:09 PM
Gotta see the new Bond movie to see if the new guy can pull it off.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-06)
Post by: Pt_Peach on November 14, 2006, 11:36:22 AM
This is quite a lot of games for one week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-06)
Post by: SolidShroom on November 14, 2006, 01:49:51 PM
Well of course, two new consoles will be out.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-06)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on November 14, 2006, 10:23:21 PM
Gotta get Final Fantasy III.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-20)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 20, 2006, 12:07:57 PM
Updated 11/20.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-20)
Post by: SolidShroom on November 20, 2006, 02:09:57 PM
I got to play Excite Truck on Saturday. It was totally awesome, and will probably be the next game I buy. I MUST see Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-20)
Post by: Luigison on November 20, 2006, 04:21:24 PM
Unless GAF is wrong:

(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zombieculture.com%2Fimg%2Fupcoming%2Fbbgwds.jpg&hash=168115bbc1c274e8378a3e44ef1544de)
11/20

(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zombieculture.com%2Fimg%2Fupcoming%2Fbbbwds.jpg&hash=d6ec3e86f1b7260fa09dd4dd858a5961)
11/21

Edit:  Nevermind.  These were last week.  Anybody played either?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-20)
Post by: SushieBoy on November 20, 2006, 09:25:10 PM
What's this? A BBA and BA rip-off?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-27)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 27, 2006, 12:22:12 PM
Updated 11/27.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-27)
Post by: Black Mage on November 27, 2006, 06:31:26 PM
Finally, Hamsterz Life.

 It has been a roller coaster of emotions, but I'm glad the ride is about to end.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-27)
Post by: Markio on November 27, 2006, 09:05:49 PM
Didn't Sonic the Hedgehog Genesis come out for the GBA?  That's a game worth getting.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-27)
Post by: The Chef on November 28, 2006, 03:57:46 PM
Markio, I like you, I really do. So let me be onest and tell you that Sonic Genesis is the worst game ever. It's not even a worthy port. Everything about it sucks compared to the game it was ported from. The controls, sound, and level coding are extremely sloppy, and the game bugs up at every opportunity. Beleive me, there is no excuse for a game this bad.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-27)
Post by: SushieBoy on November 28, 2006, 07:36:40 PM
Besides, who needs that lame, choppy port when you have Sonic Mega Collection?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-27)
Post by: Lizard Dude on December 04, 2006, 02:46:15 PM
Updated 12/4.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-04)
Post by: bobman37 on December 04, 2006, 03:43:53 PM
I'm thinking about getting Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin... I heard the first one was pretty good
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-04)
Post by: SolidShroom on December 04, 2006, 04:19:25 PM
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops had better not suck. If it does, I'll just sell my PSP. I've been waiting a long time for it...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-04)
Post by: Luigison on December 04, 2006, 11:29:57 PM
I got Kirby Squeak Squad today.  I like it much better than Canvas Curse.  It's more of a  traditional Kirby platforming game. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-04)
Post by: TEM on December 05, 2006, 08:37:14 AM
I think I'm going to see Apocalypto, looks very strange.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-11)
Post by: Lizard Dude on December 11, 2006, 10:57:32 AM
Updated 12/11.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-11)
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on December 11, 2006, 11:48:37 AM
Elebits looks interesting.

I need to buy World Trade Center.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-18)
Post by: Lizard Dude on December 18, 2006, 03:44:38 PM
Updated 12/18.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-18)
Post by: SolidShroom on December 18, 2006, 04:09:20 PM
This week looks pretty dead. Good thing, since I still need to get about 7 games that have been released.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-18)
Post by: SushieBoy on December 18, 2006, 07:29:31 PM
FINALLY!! SEASON 9!!!!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-18)
Post by: Lizard Dude on December 18, 2006, 08:39:13 PM
I'm sorta interested in Military Madness on the VC. Has anyone ever played it? Looks like a hex-based Wars title to me.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-18)
Post by: TEM on December 18, 2006, 11:02:47 PM
I'll finally get to see A Scanner Darkly. Am I the only one that died a little when the movie didn't release in his/her area?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-18)
Post by: Luigison on December 19, 2006, 03:47:27 AM
I'll finally get to see A Scanner Darkly. Am I the only one that died a little when the movie didn't release in his/her area?
No.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-25)
Post by: Lizard Dude on December 25, 2006, 09:13:15 AM
Updated 12/25.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-25)
Post by: SushieBoy on December 25, 2006, 05:25:36 PM
This week is pretty stupid...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-1)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 02, 2007, 10:45:30 PM
Updated for 1/1.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-1)
Post by: SolidShroom on January 03, 2007, 03:58:13 AM
Yay another Yu-Gi-Oh! game that all the little kiddies can waste their time with.
Oh, and it's good to see that SoaP is finally being released on DVD.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-1)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 04, 2007, 02:28:32 PM
What's with the Yu-Gi-Oh! hating? I hear from reliable sources that Yu-Gi-Oh! Ultimate Masters (GBA) was one of the year's best games. Also, why is that game a waste of time when others aren't?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-1)
Post by: SolidShroom on January 04, 2007, 02:31:48 PM
Wow, you make a good point Lizard Dude.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-1)
Post by: SushieBoy on January 04, 2007, 02:51:27 PM
Besides, Yu-gi-Oh! fans may think the same thing with every new Mario game!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-8)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 11, 2007, 04:37:54 PM
Now that the week's half over, enjoy this steaming portion of releasey goodness.

Lost Planet :o
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-8)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on January 12, 2007, 10:23:42 AM
The number of interesting TG16 games on Virtual Console increases again.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-8)
Post by: Luigison on January 12, 2007, 11:28:42 AM
Japanese VC Releases for Tues 1/16:

1. Ice Climber (Nintendo/Famicom) -- 500 points
2. Ikki (Sunsoft/Famicom) -- 500 points
3. Contra Spirits, aka Contra III: The Alien Wars (Konami/Super Famicom) -- 800 points
4. Motoroader (Hudson/PC Engine) -- 600 points

When/where can we find about the North American VC releases before they come out?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-15)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 15, 2007, 07:39:07 AM
Nowhere that I can find!

-Updated for 1/15.

-I'll fill in the VC when they come out (in four hours).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-15)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 15, 2007, 09:44:08 AM
Okay I got them up.

Man, not that I'm complaining, but why are half the VC games shmups!?!?!?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-23)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 23, 2007, 07:17:43 AM
Updated for 1/23.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-23)
Post by: Eclipsed Moon on January 23, 2007, 07:26:05 AM
Better get A Link to the Past for Virtual Console to expand my ALttP collection.

And has Yojimbo not been on DVD before? (edit: it has.  of course it's not uncommon for things to be rereleased, just whatever you know?)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-23)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on January 24, 2007, 07:39:24 PM
Think I'll have to pick up Hotel Dusk.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-29)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 29, 2007, 04:09:09 PM
Updated 1/29.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-29)
Post by: MaxVance on January 29, 2007, 08:56:29 PM
Ah, another N64 game is being released.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-29)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 29, 2007, 09:22:09 PM
Yep, another one that probably 100% of us here own (practically).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-29)
Post by: bobman37 on January 30, 2007, 04:03:27 PM
I don't own MK 64 (or, for that matter, the original Super Mario 64). My first Mario Kart was Super Circuit
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-29)
Post by: Eclipsed Moon on January 30, 2007, 04:34:46 PM
Actually don't own it.  Played it a nice bit, sure.  But never owned it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-5)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 05, 2007, 07:18:22 PM
Updated 2/5.

Diddy Kong Racing DS, Lunar Knights, and Sam and Max Ep. 3. Rawr! :3
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-12)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 12, 2007, 08:22:27 PM
Updated 2/12.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-12)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on February 13, 2007, 12:23:10 AM
Might have to pick up Wii Play. If I can find a copy.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-12)
Post by: SolidShroom on February 13, 2007, 01:14:04 AM
I'd get it if I weren't broke. Or if I didn't already have a huge list of games I want
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-12)
Post by: BP on February 14, 2007, 12:43:25 AM
Ah, Bridge to Terabithia. Read the book in 6th or 7th grade and it was pretty good. Really good, even. Guess I'll have to see the film.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-12)
Post by: SolidShroom on February 14, 2007, 01:49:42 AM
Guh, I don't really want to see the film, because Disney ruins things, I mean, look at this movie. It's filled with special effects and stuff like that. Then again, Terabithia was like that in the book, so as long as the rest of the story isn't overshadowed by the special effects, I'll like it. Oh, and I really hope they don't change the ending.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-12)
Post by: Markio on February 14, 2007, 08:51:01 AM
I remember seeing the original Police Story.  It was cool and Jackie-Chan-rific!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-12)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on February 14, 2007, 10:32:51 PM
It's another Walden Media movie, which apparently does a pretty good job of sticking to books.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-19)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 20, 2007, 04:49:42 AM
Supreme Commander. Yes, yes, yes, and yes.

Also, DKC hit the VC in the US? I didn't see that coming.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-19)
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on February 20, 2007, 11:23:47 AM
Meh, DKC1 is boring compared to its sequels.

So Izuna's finally coming out? I need to pick that one up.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-19)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on February 20, 2007, 10:44:50 PM
I always liked DKC1 the best.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-19)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 21, 2007, 01:50:35 AM
I like DKC2 the best.

(Hasn't this conversation happened 800x on these forums?)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-19)
Post by: CoconutMikeNIke on February 21, 2007, 02:11:58 AM
Forums, mailbags, telepathic arguements, all victim to the DKC line of trouble.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-19)
Post by: The Chef on February 21, 2007, 02:44:59 PM
I liked the third one the best, but the first one is definitely worth the 800 points.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-19)
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on February 21, 2007, 08:49:54 PM
I like DKC2 the best.

Truth. Donkey Kong Country 2 was bigger than the second coming of Jesus according to an AIM conversation between Poop-Jake-Lonic and I.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-19)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on February 21, 2007, 10:16:56 PM
That doesn't sound like the most reliable source of information.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-27)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 27, 2007, 02:33:19 AM
First week in a while I'll probably say, "I probably won't buy any of that."
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-27)
Post by: MEGAߥTE on February 27, 2007, 03:16:18 AM
Oh, Captain N came out this week?  Heh, I've had a review copy for a month and just assumed it was already out.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-5)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 05, 2007, 05:00:30 PM
Wario: Master of Disguise. Yep.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-5)
Post by: SolidShroom on March 05, 2007, 06:24:52 PM
D:
I was a Gamestop earlier and they said Wario: Master of Disguise wasn't out yet. I've been wanting a non-WarioWare Wario game for some time now, especially after the overall disappointment of Smooth Moves (Please don't kill me, BirdPerson). Oh well, I did reserve Pokemans Pearl.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-5)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 05, 2007, 07:21:31 PM
Nintendo games that come out Monday don't show up in stores until Tuesday at the earliest.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-5)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on March 05, 2007, 07:37:04 PM
Also, too bad Wario MoD isn't supposed to be very good.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-5)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 05, 2007, 07:52:12 PM
Also, too bad Star Fox Adventures isn't supposed to be very good.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-5)
Post by: Luigison on March 07, 2007, 07:54:02 PM
Also, too bad Wario MoD isn't supposed to be very good.
Too bad Wario MoD isn't very good.

I bought it yesterday and what I've played so far pretty much sucked. The tutorials are too long/slow and the platforming is too simple.  It may get better on later levels, but the drawing to switch suits doesn't work well so far. 

Anyone played Rayman DS or Spectrobes?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-5)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 08, 2007, 02:47:08 AM
I just realized that Stargate Atlantis Seasons 2 came out this week.

I'm starting to realize that my "sources" miss more and more stuff.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-5)
Post by: Suffix on March 09, 2007, 06:30:17 PM
I never liked Atlantis quite as much as SG1, but SG1 was indeed pretty elderly, in comparison to some other great sci-fi shows. When you say "this week," when exactly are you referring to?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-5)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on March 09, 2007, 09:52:04 PM
Elderly?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-5)
Post by: Luigison on March 09, 2007, 11:06:15 PM
I just noticed that Spectrobs (DS) isn't on your list either.  I preordered it, but only got Wario.  :(

I'm still curious about Rayman too.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-12)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 12, 2007, 01:37:06 PM
Is God of War II the last good PS2 game?

(Probably not.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-12)
Post by: Luigison on March 13, 2007, 08:40:11 PM
Did QuickSpot come out today?  http://www.nintendo.com/gamemini?gameid=HS6FUdXE8_92zXXT5t4G3hkbxaKpZ4Cq
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-5)
Post by: Suffix on March 13, 2007, 08:51:35 PM
Elderly?

Elderly as in old. They've had a good number of seasons, but their actors are aging, and you've got to admit, the series is seriously missing more than just an actor without O'Neil.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-12)
Post by: bobman37 on March 13, 2007, 08:52:38 PM
Is God of War II the last good PS2 game?

Yeah, probably not. Perhaps they make a sequel to Guitar Hero 2 or Shadow of the Colossus? The latter would presumably come out on PS3 but you never know, maybe Guitar Hero 3 could hit PS2. Easier than re-programming for PS3 or whatever.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-12)
Post by: Luigison on March 13, 2007, 10:28:03 PM
Heh. Nintendo.com also shows TMNT Wii for today. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-12)
Post by: Fifth on March 14, 2007, 12:07:39 AM
A sequel to Shadow of the Colossus?

I may be wrong, but isn't that game meant to be the events taking place before Ico?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-12)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 14, 2007, 12:20:48 AM
I think so, but we're talking chronological release and not using terms such as "prequel".

Also, Guitar Hero III is definitely coming to PS2, and also 360 (since it got II). I bet a PS3 version comes out too. But they said they're not abandoning PS2. Think how many people bought the guitars, so late in the PS2 lifespan. Think how many people own PS2s. There is still money to be made.

The questionable thing is how the new development team will fare at making a worthy sequel.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-12)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on March 14, 2007, 10:50:41 AM
Yes, they did make a sequel to Shadow of the Colossus, and Ico is it. And it was for PS2! And I own it. How happy for me.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-12)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 14, 2007, 05:54:33 PM
But Ico came first! SotC is the SEQUEL here.

P.S. I hear Team Ico is working on PS3 game.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-12)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on March 14, 2007, 06:04:27 PM
SotC is the game made after Ico that takes place earlier in the timeline. And since a sequel is something that follows after, I'm not really sure what to call it. I suppose prequel might do.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-12)
Post by: bobman37 on March 14, 2007, 06:26:27 PM
Fifth: I wouldn't know, I haven't finished the game yet, and haven't looked at Ico. Didn't really occur to me they already made another game :/

Fnord: That is exactly what I was thinking about Guitar Hero III. There's no way they can abandon PS2, since tons of people already have the system and guitar (and not many PS3s have sold, but that probably wouldn't be a factor). As for a worthy sequel, it most likely depends on which songs they put in and whether or not they try to "fix" the game. If it ain't broken, don't fix it.

Yeah, as for all this SotC/Ico stuff, does Ico play like SotC? I would be interested in picking it up if it is a true game to the series.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-12)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on March 14, 2007, 09:12:00 PM
I haven't actually had a chance to play mine yet, but Ico is not a jump around ride a horse and stab stuff game. It's a walk around and guide a blind princess through a big ol' castle game. Dunno what you mean about "true to the series" though, since there have only been two games, and Ico was made years before SotC. But no, they don't play the same.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-12)
Post by: Glorb on March 15, 2007, 06:24:19 AM
Shadow of the Colossus is a completely different game from Ico. Sure, it's got that same surrealness to it, but...y'know, it's different.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-12)
Post by: bobman37 on March 15, 2007, 03:28:36 PM
That's what I mean by true to the series. I was wondering if it was a ride-on-a-horse-and-stab-people-from-all-directions-hastily! kind of game. Doesn't look like it, though.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-12)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on March 16, 2007, 09:01:24 PM
Pretty clever there.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-19)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 20, 2007, 03:20:12 AM
Seems like a million years since I first heard and looked forward to S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

EDIT: I just read the Store's description of Excitebike and it advertises "hairpin turns". WTD??
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-19)
Post by: SolidShroom on March 20, 2007, 01:21:49 PM
OH YES FINALLY
Cooking Mama: Cookoff
Sweet
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-19)
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on March 20, 2007, 06:07:57 PM
Mmmm, must pick up Rocky Balboa. Hoping to see TMNT but like 300, I'll probably never get around to seeing it in theatres.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-26)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 26, 2007, 06:07:44 PM
DDR: Universe was actually already out, but forgotten off past lists.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-26)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 29, 2007, 03:43:37 AM
I noticed the Disney Meteos in a store today and didn't remember it from the list.

I thought it was supposed to have online play, but it didn't have the logo. :<
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-26)
Post by: MaxVance on March 29, 2007, 05:29:42 AM
Apparently it now lets you slide the blocks horizontally, which stinks because that was half the challenge of the original.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-26)
Post by: Mr. Melee on March 29, 2007, 01:22:54 PM
Hmm. Not to be too offtopic, but I assume everyone's heard of the new X-BOX 360 Elite edition, right? If not, here's a link: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/xbox360elite/default.htm. What are your views on it right now?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-26)
Post by: MaxVance on March 29, 2007, 09:21:34 PM
What's so much better about it than the existing edition of the Xbox 360 (aside from the bigger hard drive)?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-26)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 29, 2007, 11:22:58 PM
HDMI
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-26)
Post by: CoconutMikeNIke on March 30, 2007, 02:23:58 PM
I find it unsettling that there was no price estimation on that page...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-26)
Post by: MaxVance on March 30, 2007, 04:16:19 PM
Perhaps Microsoft has adopted this philosophy:

"If you have to ask, it's too expensive."
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-26)
Post by: bobman37 on March 30, 2007, 05:26:49 PM
Woohoo! Konami Classic Series: Arcade Hits AND Metal Slug Anthology! I don't know which to buy first!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-26)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 31, 2007, 03:39:52 PM
The 360 Elite will be $479.99.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-26)
Post by: BP on March 31, 2007, 04:03:22 PM
Holy crap. If Nintendo ever tried to pull off a "PAY $500 FOR TO PLAYING OUR GAMES" stunt, I'd... Well I'd probably give in and save up.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-26)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on April 01, 2007, 12:35:39 AM
I know in my heart that I will eventually buy a PS3. It saddens me, but I can't miss Final Fantasy XIII.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-26)
Post by: SolidShroom on April 01, 2007, 07:16:39 PM
I feel the same way; I can't miss MGS4.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-26)
Post by: BP on April 01, 2007, 10:38:22 PM
Heh heh heh... I feel for you all. Limited horizons are cheaper... :D
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-26)
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on April 02, 2007, 12:14:04 AM
Yeah I plan on getting a PS3 eventually as well. The slim version that is, because it's inevitable it will eventually be produced. Hopefully it'll have some decent fighting games and RPG's by then.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-26)
Post by: SolidShroom on April 02, 2007, 04:58:44 AM
Heh heh heh... I feel for you all. Limited horizons are cheaper... :D
Yeah, in terms of money maybe, but you end up missing a lot of great stuff.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-26)
Post by: bobman37 on April 02, 2007, 08:42:00 PM
I'm like all of you people, except for Xbox 360. I don't think I'll be able to go without Halo 3 for long, plus there are some killer Live Arcade titles.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-3)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 03, 2007, 12:54:36 PM
So Star Fox 64 beat the original to the VC.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-3)
Post by: SolidShroom on April 03, 2007, 01:04:32 PM
Yes! I've wanted that game for quite some time. Since it's a new month, I should be allowed to get some VC points.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-3)
Post by: MaxVance on April 03, 2007, 05:14:21 PM
I was wondering when that would be released on VC.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-9)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 10, 2007, 02:30:09 AM
The Ship is a great little FPS with a nice twist. It's been out since summer on Steam though.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-9)
Post by: SolidShroom on April 10, 2007, 05:08:51 AM
Finally! Aqua Teen Hunger For Colon Movie Film for Theaters. I've been waiting to see this, Even though I won't get to see it for two weeks D:
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-9)
Post by: Luigison on April 10, 2007, 07:49:17 AM
I got Galaga (NES) yesterday and will be getting Super Paper Mario (WII) today.  I also finally got Excite Truck yesterday.  It's awesome.  Much better than I expected from the E3 demo. 

 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-9)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on April 10, 2007, 12:45:39 PM
Neeeeed to get Super Paper Mario.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-9)
Post by: SushieBoy on April 10, 2007, 01:46:13 PM
Seconded, SPM makes me want to own the Wii more.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-9)
Post by: Luigison on April 10, 2007, 06:00:54 PM
When I went to start SPM for the first time I was a little worried because the channel didn't show a SPM image, then my Wii did a system update.  I don't know if it was from the disc, downloaded, or even what it updated.  Hmm.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-16)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 17, 2007, 12:43:05 AM
I'm just not feeling this week. Pretty cool VC games, though. I hope to play Raiden III at some point.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-16)
Post by: Raccoon Sam on April 17, 2007, 06:53:01 AM
Super Metroid is all I want.
Nurgh, early 2007 come on already.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-23)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 23, 2007, 10:00:36 AM
I remember having a videogame magazine waaaay back in the day that had a walkthrough of the first half of Wonder Boy in Monster World. It always looked really cool to me but I never ever played it or even thought about it in the last decade. I guess I'll finally try it, for Old Time's Sake!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-23)
Post by: Fifth on April 23, 2007, 11:53:06 AM
Ooh, they have Wonder Boy in Monster World?  I LOVED that game (though I liked Wonder Boy III better).
I'd SO get it if my shop channel were working.

...Speaking of Wonder Boy III, weren't they also going to include Sega Master System games on the virtual console at some point?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-23)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 23, 2007, 06:06:16 PM
It definitely seems possible and eventually likely but all I can recall being announced new is NeoGeo.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-23)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 23, 2007, 06:20:26 PM
Wow, I guess Battle Load Runner is the first game to hit our VC that was previously Japan-only. I didn't notice because I don't know my TG16 very well.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-30)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 01, 2007, 03:49:12 AM
Now that I've subscribed to GameTap (best. deal. ever.) the VC means a bit less to me, but... WOOO Spider-Man 3!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-30)
Post by: MEGAߥTE on May 01, 2007, 08:13:21 AM
Ooh, they have Wonder Boy in Monster World?  I LOVED that game (though I liked Wonder Boy III better).
I'd SO get it if my shop channel were working.
Wonder Boy III is already out on VC... it's the TG-16 version and goes by the name Dragon's Curse.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-30)
Post by: MEGAߥTE on May 02, 2007, 08:54:33 AM
Now that I've subscribed to GameTap (best. deal. ever.) the VC means a bit less to me, but... WOOO Spider-Man 3!
Can you get Sam & Max Episode 5 and capture all of the Mario references?  Kohler says, "There are references to Warcraft, Super Mario 64, Castlevania Symphony of the Night, Dragon Quest, and Final Fantasy packed in there, and for gamers, it's a non-stop thrill ride of obscure references."
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-07)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 07, 2007, 11:24:19 PM
Rest assured I will never buy nor see anything on that list.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-07)
Post by: Luigison on May 07, 2007, 11:49:52 PM
I really like 28 Days Later and am looking forward to 28 Weeks Later... 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-07)
Post by: SolidShroom on May 08, 2007, 05:26:11 PM
Rest assured I will never buy nor see anything on that list.
Wow, this is post of the year material.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-07)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 09, 2007, 08:38:11 PM
Really?

I usually post just so people notice when I update (otherwise it wouldn't turn green again) and try to say something about the list but looking at that list, I really didn't see anything interesting. And I buy a lot of games!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-07)
Post by: SolidShroom on May 10, 2007, 02:11:35 PM
Oh oh oh. I see what you mean. I thought you meant that you would never buy nor see anything on the list in MEGAߥTE's post, when he was mentioning the cameos in Sam & Max Episode 5, since I know you love a lot of the things that appear in there.

Yeah, but this week here is a slow, crummy freaking week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-14)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 14, 2007, 01:17:45 PM
I suspect a lot of people might see Shrek the Third.

I might play some Ninja Gaiden.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-14)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on May 15, 2007, 01:17:24 AM
Get Ninja Spirit! ULTIMATE WIN
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-21)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 21, 2007, 02:58:11 PM
I'm going to start putting the XBLA releases on here, too.

I'm going to get me some of that Odin Sphere action. And for Deezer this week, there's Brooktown High: Senior Year!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-21)
Post by: Deezer on May 21, 2007, 03:10:36 PM
And for Deezer this week, there's Brooktown High: Senior Year!
?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-21)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 22, 2007, 12:59:53 AM
Come on. We all know you love dating sims.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-21)
Post by: Black Mage on May 22, 2007, 06:43:16 AM
I've been gushing over Odin Sphere for months now, and today it has finally been released. Although it is only the shipping date.

As the spiritual successor to Princess Crown, which is also a magnificent game, there is no doubt in my mind this game will embody everything we've been missing from a solid 2D game for years.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-28)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 30, 2007, 03:21:10 AM
Forgot to bump this earlier...

That Crush looked nifty.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-4)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 04, 2007, 02:10:35 PM
And this week the DS gets its official browser.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-4)
Post by: BP on June 04, 2007, 08:40:05 PM
Those bloody Europeans have had it for a while, haven't they? Blimey! I don't think I need it. I'd definitely get it if there were an access point you could take anywhere...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-4)
Post by: Luigison on June 04, 2007, 09:01:48 PM
I'll get Planet Puzzle League this week and will get Zelda II when I finish some of my VC games.  I'll also probably get the DS browser sometime before my July 4th trip.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-4)
Post by: SushieBoy on June 05, 2007, 01:13:47 PM
Where can you get the DS browser?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-4)
Post by: Mr. Melee on June 06, 2007, 01:11:08 PM
Here. (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8337409&type=product&id=1175901884361&ref=06&loc=01)
I really wonder if I should get it. I like the idea, I love technology, I have the money, and I'm such a nerd, but I'm not sure if I really need it. What do you guys think?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-4)
Post by: MaxVance on June 06, 2007, 06:10:27 PM
I doubt I would use it, considering how little I use the Internet Channel. At least it's finally being released in North America.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-11)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 11, 2007, 03:53:45 PM
This week, you can finally begin training your brain on the Wii. I know Luigison's excited!

And for Deezer, Nancy Drew hits theaters!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-11)
Post by: Luigison on June 11, 2007, 08:51:36 PM
Yeah!  Tomorrow (http://wii.ign.com/articles/795/795126p1.html).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-18)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 22, 2007, 12:26:25 AM
This week, RE4 marks the fourth release on its march to jump to every system known to man.

In Virtual Console news, Bloody Wolf is AWESOME. Seriously, buy it. You can thank me later.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-25)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 25, 2007, 05:28:29 PM
Battle Revolution finally hits, and them's some good VC titles as well.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-25)
Post by: Metric on June 26, 2007, 05:46:25 PM
Ratatouille (PC,GCN,PS2,GBA,DS,PSP,XBOX360,PS3,WII,XBOX)
capitalism ftl...


also Live Free or Die Hard is gunna be so epic. And MallRats and Big Lebowski are some awesome films :O
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-25)
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on June 26, 2007, 06:02:45 PM
So is every Street Fighter II version going to get released eventually? I mean, the first one has been available for some time now and the Turbo version was just released, so I'm hoping the one's with the New Challengers gets released eventually.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-25)
Post by: Kojinka on June 26, 2007, 07:46:12 PM
Here. (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8337409&type=product&id=1175901884361&ref=06&loc=01)
I really wonder if I should get it. I like the idea, I love technology, I have the money, and I'm such a nerd, but I'm not sure if I really need it. What do you guys think?
Is it available for regular DS?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-25)
Post by: Luigison on June 26, 2007, 09:10:13 PM
Is it available for regular DS?
Yes.  http://store.nintendo.com/
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-25)
Post by: BP on June 26, 2007, 11:38:38 PM
I don't see the reason to buy it. You're gonna have to be within range of an access point, which will most likely mean a computer is there too. And I wouldn't pay to have the ability to browse the Internet from other places around the house... unless it were a laptop.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-25)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 27, 2007, 12:46:08 AM
So is every Street Fighter II version going to get released eventually? I mean, the first one has been available for some time now and the Turbo version was just released, so I'm hoping the one's with the New Challengers gets released eventually.
Yeah, I'm sure they'll release Super Street Fighter II at some point. It's only a matter of when. I resisted the original, since I have the SNES cartridge, but purchased Turbo.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-2)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 02, 2007, 06:32:22 PM
SMB2, Transformers movie, whatever
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-9)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 09, 2007, 10:19:59 PM
Is Mach Rider good or is it just the song?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-9)
Post by: BP on July 09, 2007, 10:24:12 PM
No way. It's all the music. Seriously, your blowing up is pretty much inevitable in every stage.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-9)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on July 13, 2007, 07:51:19 PM
Ya know, unless you get good at it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-16)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 19, 2007, 12:40:24 AM
Is Balloon Fight good or is it just the song?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-16)
Post by: Metric on July 19, 2007, 02:27:19 AM
Sunshine looks so epic :O
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-16)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on July 19, 2007, 10:06:40 AM
Balloon Fight is fun because it's a Joust ripoff. But it has Balloon Trip too and that's fun also.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-23)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 24, 2007, 11:13:18 AM
Time to go back to the '80s to pretend to play all the music that came out while I was too young to know about it! Yaaay!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-23)
Post by: Mr. Melee on July 24, 2007, 05:12:26 PM
I'm going to try and see the first showing of The Simpsons Movie this Friday with a friend of mine. It should be great!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-23)
Post by: Luigison on July 24, 2007, 05:43:52 PM
I'm going to try and see the first showing of The Simpsons Movie this Friday with a friend of mine. It should be great!
I already bought my ticket for the 1030 Pacific show.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-30)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 30, 2007, 12:46:00 PM
It's time to play each other at soccer.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-30)
Post by: Markio on July 30, 2007, 07:40:50 PM
Oh, I want to see Hot Rod with such actors as Andy Samberg and Bill Hader!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-30)
Post by: Fifth on July 30, 2007, 08:57:25 PM
Kweh!  Dynamite Headdy on the virtual console!
Anyone who likes a good, unique platformer with lots o' Treasure-brand strangeness should definitely give that game a download.
And if you get far enough in it, you'll see my sig!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-30)
Post by: Luigison on July 30, 2007, 09:08:47 PM
I'll get Picross and maybe soccer tomorrow.  Who else is getting soccer and will play online?  I'm more likely to get it if I have people to play with.  BTW, how do you say Picross?  I say it something like Pic-cross, but GameStop said it as Pie-cross.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-30)
Post by: MEGAߥTE on August 02, 2007, 08:28:15 AM
Is Mach Rider good or is it just the song?
Never considered the song good either.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-6)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 06, 2007, 03:43:18 PM
I'm so torn on Boogie!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-6)
Post by: Mr. Melee on August 06, 2007, 07:37:57 PM
I can't wait until Metroid Prime 3: Corruption this month on August 27th :D.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-13)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 13, 2007, 07:00:02 PM
And this week Madden '08 wins the Ratatouille Award For Coming Out On A Buttload Of Systems.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-13)
Post by: MaxVance on August 13, 2007, 09:25:11 PM
I'm surprised there isn't a GBA version.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-20)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 20, 2007, 08:57:05 PM
BIOSHOCK
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-20)
Post by: Luigison on August 20, 2007, 09:15:44 PM
Monday
Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day (DS) - Getting it tomorrow.
Virtual Console
 Neutopia (TG16) - Just downloaded it.

Tuesday
Brunswick Pro Bowling (PS2, PSP, WII) - Looks interesting, but might not be worth it.  I'll check out some reviews.
Turn it Around (DS) - Never heard of it, but nice name.

DVD and Hi-Def
Serenity: Collector's Edition - WANT!  But probably not worth the price for the standard DVD.  Eventually I may get the HD version.
House: Season 3 - Eventually.  House rules! 

Theater
Mr. Bean's Holiday - I want to see this, but with school starting and all I'll probably just wait for the DVD.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-20)
Post by: BP on August 23, 2007, 10:24:49 PM
Mr. Bean's Holiday should be great. I watched some Mr. Bean on DVD a while ago, and it was magically hilarious. The humor is all visual and situational--hardly any speech.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-20)
Post by: Koopaslaya on August 23, 2007, 10:49:42 PM
I've loved Mr. Bean for a very long time. I think I was about 8 or 9 the first time I saw anything of his. The comedic timing and visual humor is enthralling.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-27)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 27, 2007, 03:21:31 PM
Prime 3, Stuntman: Ignition, and Puzzle Fighter for me, thanks!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-27)
Post by: bobman37 on August 27, 2007, 06:09:55 PM
Woo Tiger Woods 08! I'll look into Puzzle Fighter when I get my new 360.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-27)
Post by: WarpRattler on August 27, 2007, 06:27:40 PM
I see Puzzle Fighter is following the tradition of unnecessarily long titles started by Street Fighter 2. If I had a 360, I'd definitely get it and Blue Dragon.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-3)
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 03, 2007, 01:30:00 PM
The Office season 3 for me. No games.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-3)
Post by: bobman37 on September 03, 2007, 10:50:06 PM
Eigh-MEN
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-3)
Post by: Fifth on September 04, 2007, 01:40:24 PM
No games?
Not even any consideration for Landstalker, one of the greatest games on the Genesis?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-3)
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 04, 2007, 02:38:32 PM
I'm too busy right now, but maybe I'll try Landstalker in a bit for you.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-3)
Post by: Luigison on September 10, 2007, 10:48:21 PM
I got Adventure Island and Bonk 3.  Both are good.  I'm mostly playing Metroid though.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-10)
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 11, 2007, 08:19:16 PM
Jam Sessions, Kengo: Legend of the 9, and for many of our forum friends, Spelling Challenges and More!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-10)
Post by: Luigison on September 11, 2007, 09:12:57 PM
Drawn to Life looks interesting, but I probably need the spelling game more.  I might eventually get Neutopia II, but I haven't had much gaming time lately.  I'll be putting in about 13 hours at school plus my standard two hour drive tomorrow.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-10)
Post by: CoconutMikeNIke on September 11, 2007, 09:44:45 PM
Beside the obvious point that no one should have to buy the Sonic games...again, do you think that all the different Knuckles versions of the game are going to be sold one by one?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-10)
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 11, 2007, 09:58:46 PM
No, but they might have some special thing where if you have purchased Sonic 2 or 3 and Sonic & Knuckles, you can download free the lock-on versions of 2 and 3.

But in reality, they will probably release S&K standalone and that will be that.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-10)
Post by: MEGAߥTE on September 11, 2007, 10:22:30 PM
Also, the XBLA version of Sonic 2 only costs $5 compared to $8 AND includes online multiplayer.  Nintendo's online strategy still sucks.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-10)
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 12, 2007, 12:15:53 AM
Also you can get millions, yes millions, of Sonic games on GCN (playable on Wii), Xbox (playable on 360), or PS2 for $20 total.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-18)
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 18, 2007, 02:17:57 AM
Sonic Rush Adventure snuck in there.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-18)
Post by: Luigison on September 18, 2007, 08:32:50 PM
I got Drawn to Life DS today, and will get MySims Wii for my wife tomorro.  I order Mercury Meltdown Wii from Amazon and want Dewy's Adventure.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-24)
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 24, 2007, 02:40:49 PM
The first Wii DDR comes out.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-24)
Post by: MaxVance on September 24, 2007, 03:49:14 PM
I assume the pad connects to the GameCube controller ports.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-24)
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 24, 2007, 03:53:51 PM
Hmm, good question. I'm sure the old Mario pad works but I wonder if the new pad that will be bundled has wireless or plugs into the remote (dangerous!) or still has Mario on it or what!

I think it might be worth it just for You Spin Me Round (Like A Record). That song gives me really fond memories.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-24)
Post by: SolidShroom on September 24, 2007, 05:05:47 PM
Heh, Halo 3 is out. If my 13 year old self saw my indifference towards its release, he would commit suicide. When Halo 2 was out, I was one of those crazy Halo obsessed dudes. Now it's pretty meh. I mean, I would buy it if I bought a 360, but Halo's pretty tired now. It's still a good game, but from what I've seen, it's more like a Halo 2 expansion pack than an actual, new game.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-24)
Post by: Suffix on September 24, 2007, 10:41:09 PM
I tell you what, my suitemates are going berserk over its release. One of them has it on Amazon's one-day delivery.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-24)
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on September 25, 2007, 01:38:05 PM
Ooh, Streets of Rage 3.

Now I have a reason for tagging along with my sister back to her college home.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-1)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 01, 2007, 09:43:01 PM
Ninjabread Man!?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-8)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 08, 2007, 07:12:32 PM
I am all about the Puzzle Quest.

And The Orange Box and The War of the Lions eventually.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-8)
Post by: bobman37 on October 08, 2007, 07:13:51 PM
Augh. The DS Final Fantasy Tactics needs to come out soon.

Mmmm... The Orange Box...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-15)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 21, 2007, 06:12:16 PM
Finally got this last week's releases up.

I'm thinking I want Flash Focus if it can train me to be a super seeing machine, but not if it doesn't offer any training beyond what normal action games give me.

I'm also torn between which system to get Table Tennis for, since I'm sure the 360 original version is much more precise and strategic, but the Wii version has, you know, actual table tennis swinging.

Gate of Thunder on VC is the first Turbo CD title to hit the states, I think.

Hannah Montana: Music Jam actually looked really cool from vids I saw earlier. Seriously. Like a Jam Sessions with more instruments.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-15)
Post by: SolidShroom on October 21, 2007, 06:17:01 PM
Sad thing that Jam Sessions is like guitar minus the usefulness.

Also, I wish that I had a 360 for Beautiful Katamari.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-15)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 21, 2007, 06:40:10 PM
It doesn't sound like there's anything new worth writing home about in Beautiful Katamari. In fact, there appears to be no wacky cutscenes or anything, which is what made, particularly, We Love Katamari rock so hard. The announcer voice of the opening cutscene still melts me to butter.

Sure, I'll still probably pick it up at some point for some new Katamari levels and music, but I definitely would not pine for a 360 just to play it. (There are other reasons to pine for a 360.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-15)
Post by: bobman37 on October 21, 2007, 07:08:01 PM
Talk to TEM. He bought Beautiful Katamari but said it wasn't as good as the first two. I thoroughly enjoyed all 3 minutes of the BK demo. But it was my first Katamari game. So maybe I should try to track down the impossibly-hard-to-find We <3 Katamari.

As for Table Tennis, based on my totally 360-biased opinion and total lack of research about the Wii version, I imagine the Wii version is a slightly more strategic form of Wii Sports Tennis. With the 360, you get reliable online play, achievements, quality graphics and possibly a more responsive albeit not perfect control scheme. The game gets really hard about halfway through, though, so it takes major huevos to actually beat the game on Expert or even Hard mode, and more huevos when you lose to the same freaking dude by two points for the umpteenth time. However I really enjoy the incredibly deep strategy to the game, and I recommend buying it no matter which version you choose.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-15)
Post by: SolidShroom on October 21, 2007, 07:08:24 PM
Yeah, I want Halo 3 and Gears of War too.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-22)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 22, 2007, 08:23:01 PM
I'm surprised we got another import VC game so quickly, even though it's something no one has ever heard of. But had anyone heard of Bloody Wolf either? The answer is no.

Dancing with the Stars and Rhythm 'n Notes both pull on my rhythm game strings, but are probably both boring.

Napoleon Dynamite intrigues me with "a hilarious story that picks up right where the movie left off" but scares me with "play 20 addictive mini-games".

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trails and Tribulations will of course be played eventually, but I'm still on case 5 of the first one!

Ratatouille sure took its sweet time getting to PS3 after its initial blitz.

When did King of Fighters stop using years and go to numbers?

Exit on XBLA sounds cool, but I am going to (uncharacteristically) check out the demo first.

The original Painkiller was a FPS masterpiece and I will definitely check out the sequel. Hopefully it will come to GameTap before I get the strong urge to buy it. Hmm, it says it's "A Prequel to the eventual Sequel". ...what? Also appears that a fan team of devs made it instead of the original devs. Whatever.

M&M's Kart Racing -- melts in your engine, not in your hand.

I really need to read A Clockwork Orange so I can finally freakin' watch the movie.

I really need to catch up on the Saws. I only saw the first and rate it either the best bad movie I've ever seen or the worst good one.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-22)
Post by: BP on October 22, 2007, 10:02:53 PM
I feel bad 'cause I've already beaten Trials and Tribulations. But, I'll buy it, promise.
LD: You don't have to finish that tacked-on wannabe-important case to have beaten the first one.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-22)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 22, 2007, 10:42:50 PM
But I really want to see how it ends up!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-22)
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on October 23, 2007, 07:47:04 PM
When did King of Fighters stop using years and go to numbers?

After 2003, when SNK didn't want to go the route of EA and create a yearly game. But XI has already been in the arcades for more than a year and Maximum Impact 2 used 2006 as its American subtitle.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-22)
Post by: WarpRattler on October 24, 2007, 12:01:46 AM
Front Mission supposedly came out yesterday, by the way.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-22)
Post by: Luigison on October 24, 2007, 08:54:21 PM
You need to add Wii to The Sims 2: Castaway.  It's okay so far, but would have been better with the Sims god-like mode where you could give your Sims multiple tasks and watch them do them.  Or possibly even better if it were more of a direct control adventure.  The as-is hybrid hurts the game-play in my opinion, but I haven't played much.

I'm looking forward to Zack and Wiki.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-30)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 30, 2007, 01:20:02 AM
Obviously Guitar Hero III is the game to get this week.

Battalion Wars 2 has a really neat logo.

Stranglehold comes out finally for PS3. This game is really fun because you can shoot people in the crotch in zoomed-in bullet-following slow motion. It never gets old. I played the demo twice killing every enemy this way. I need to do it again.

I am staying far, far away from those VC games.

Nice to see a GBA game come out, even though it's Barbie as The Island Princess (maybe something for Maxine?).

Are they going to release a new complete Command & Conquer collection every time a new game comes out now? Perhaps in another decade we'll get a complete collection of collections edition!

I was going to buy The Simpsons Game based on stuff I read on the internet. But then I played the demo and am not going to buy it.

The Family Guy: Freakin Party Pack is an extremely good deal as far as TV show buying goes.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-30)
Post by: Mr. Melee on October 30, 2007, 04:37:46 AM
So Manhunt 2 finally comes out...

And I only have $15 right now, so no GHIII for me for awhile. ;(
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-30)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 30, 2007, 05:36:18 AM
Well if you'd stop getting real guitars you could start getting fake ones!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-05)
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on November 05, 2007, 07:32:41 PM
I've been so excited about Super Mario Galaxy that I completely forgot Fire Emblem and Olympic Games come out this week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-05)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 05, 2007, 07:35:40 PM
I don't really want anything this week!

Except Sam & Max which I automatically already own. Thanks, GameTap!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-05)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 05, 2007, 07:39:31 PM
Wait I take that back. I'll definitely be buying Ontamarama.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-05)
Post by: SolidShroom on November 06, 2007, 04:38:13 AM
Oh sweet, Aqua Teen Hunger Force Zombie Ninja Pro-Am is out. :D
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-05)
Post by: Fifth on November 06, 2007, 11:44:16 AM
Ooh, Alien Soldier...

Mm, I wish I could get my shop channel working.  That's one of those games that I really didn't get to play as much as I would have liked.
It's got a kind of Gunstar Heroes feel to it, except it's only one player, and the game is comprised mainly of boss fights.
Sort of a Treasure-style boss-rush, I guess.

Ah, well.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-19)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 19, 2007, 07:50:27 PM
Like the last couple weeks, the amount of uber releasing this week is staggering.

I'm personally particularly interested in:

Link's Crossbow Training
Mario Party DS (depends how many others I can con into buying it and/or single-card features)
Wrecking Crew (never played it!)
Ghost Squad (video of the bikini/banana mode pretty much sealed the deal)
Rock Band (DUH)
Soulcalibur Legends (Probably something I'll get when it hits $20)
Trauma Center: New Blood (ditto, I haven't managed to beat the original or even played the first Wii one though!)
Black College Football Experience (not actually interested, but WTD??)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-19)
Post by: WarpRattler on November 19, 2007, 07:57:16 PM
Though you didn't put it on the list, Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings. The US version is supposedly more difficult than the Japanese version was...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-19)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 19, 2007, 09:17:01 PM
Added, but screw buying that crap.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-19)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on November 19, 2007, 10:38:37 PM
What is the deal with Lizard Dude hating RPGs? (And also strategy games)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-26)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 27, 2007, 01:32:27 AM
Nopes. Don't really want any of this stuff. Ever.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-26)
Post by: MEGAߥTE on November 27, 2007, 02:02:28 AM
CAR VAULT
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-26)
Post by: WarpRattler on November 27, 2007, 02:05:46 AM
The only thing on this list that I want to own is Geometry Wars: Galaxies. I don't care enough about Bender's Big Score to buy it, so I'll probably end up waiting until FOX or [adult swim] decides to show it to finally see it...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-26)
Post by: SolidShroom on November 27, 2007, 04:25:37 AM
WarpRattler: Comedy Central is going to show it, because the Futurama contract on [as] goes away in 2008, and Comedy Central bought the rights to start syndicating it at that time. Of course, I'm going to buy it, especially because I don't want to miss "Everybody Loves Hypnotoad."
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-26)
Post by: WarpRattler on November 27, 2007, 10:36:20 AM
Guess I'll be setting my TV to autotune to Comedy Central instead of Cartoon Network when it's on, then.

Everybody Loves Hypnotoad has been going downhill since thALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-26)
Post by: Luigison on November 27, 2007, 08:40:39 PM
I'd planned to get Cranium Kabookii (Wii) and Master of Illusion (DS) (http://www.nintendo.com/gamemini?gameid=3NGTBB2nKrbvlrNB_YKKWXKp52FcMKiu) with the deck of cards today using $10 off any video game $29.99 & up coupon (http://emailinfo.bestbuy.com/pp/editor_NET/v3/CampaignWrapper.aspx?SID=458316-2-0-ARTICLE-0&E=9017;292819;1158658756;1;02&R=T1_CMP_9030&A=1007&ci=9030&AID=10474050&PID=249294&URL=http%3A%2F%2Femailinfo.bestbuy.com%2Fpp%2Feditor_NET%2Fv3%2FCampaignWrapper.aspx%3FSID%3D458316-2-0-ARTICLE-0%26E%3D9017%3B292819%3B1158658756%3B1%3B02%26R%3DT1_CMP_9030%26A%3D1007%26ci%3D9030)s at Best Buy, but neither were there or on their website.  Master of Illusion (DS) is also missing from your list.  According to Nintendo.com it was supposed to be released Monday.  I hope they are available at Best Buy before the coupon expire.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-10)
Post by: WarpRattler on December 17, 2007, 12:52:44 AM
Surely there must be something coming out this week...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-10)
Post by: Boo Dudley on December 17, 2007, 06:17:07 AM
^The Simpsons Movie on DVD comes to mind.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-17)
Post by: silverstarman on December 17, 2007, 02:56:18 PM
Nights comes out tommorow? Sweet.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-17)
Post by: WarpRattler on December 17, 2007, 04:50:49 PM
Oh snap, I forgot all about the PS2 version of Rock Band coming out tomorrow (not that I'll be able to afford it for a while). I'll probably try a ROM of the 40K game...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-17)
Post by: Glorb on December 17, 2007, 04:56:40 PM
Don't even bother. The career most is vastly stripped down and doesn't let you create any characters.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-24)
Post by: Lizard Dude on December 24, 2007, 04:43:24 PM
No retail games. Don't know if anything's coming to LIVE Arcade. Those Rock Band songs are only $0.99!

EDIT: SpongeBob Squarepants: Underpants Slam! is the XBLA game this week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-7)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 07, 2008, 02:57:59 PM
I kind of want to try Star Tropics and Omega 5 but will surely just end up watching Sunshine and playing the two non-GH3 RB songs.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-7)
Post by: Luigison on January 08, 2008, 10:18:10 PM
Luxor DS is missing from your list.

I got Star Tropics VC and want Luxor Wii, but it was sold out today so I reserved Nitro Bike Wii.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-14)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 14, 2008, 11:49:08 PM
Screw the games, but I'm digging the RB songs after last week's lackluster tunes and I heard a rumor (don't know if it's true) that some people here may be a teensy bit interested in Cloverfield.

I also note that my last week prediction was exactly correct! (I did play the demo of Omega 5, at least.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-14)
Post by: Luigison on January 15, 2008, 08:53:13 AM
I didn't get Luxor (Wii) last week, but still might.  I definetly will if it has a price drop.  $40 maybe a little much. 

I'm interested in Furu Furu Park (Wii).  Some of it's retro games look interesting, and I'm addicted to Bubble Bobble (VC) so that's a plus.  The $20 price is also a plus. 

I looking forward to getting Nitrobike (Wii) and hope it's as much like Excite Truck (Wii) as it seems. I pre-ordered it last week at GameStop for $50, but I just noticed that Amazon.com has it on sale for $30 through Target with $3 shipping (http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000QTD03Y/ref=dp_olp_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1200360046&sr=1-1)!

I haven't seen any reviews of any of the games though. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-14)
Post by: WarpRattler on January 17, 2008, 05:10:37 PM
Nanostray 2 was delayed. It's not coming out until February 12th.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-21)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 21, 2008, 08:55:39 PM
Advance Wars and No More Heroes! Squeeee! ^_^

I also have a sneaking suspicion that Rez HD will be hitting XBLA. :)

(I will not play AW:DoR multi with anyone until they show me a picture of them holding the game case.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-21)
Post by: MaxVance on January 21, 2008, 10:14:51 PM
(I will not play AW:DoR multi with anyone until they show me a picture of them holding the game case.)
Good for you, LD. And to all those pirates out there, if you don't think AW:DoR is worth the $35 to buy it, why are you playing it?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-21)
Post by: Luigison on January 21, 2008, 11:02:00 PM
BTW, Nitro Bike got a 3.5 from NP and I didn't get it.  I'm still interested in Furu Furu though.  Endless Ocean for only $30 also looks interesting.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-21)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on January 22, 2008, 12:52:16 AM
What's the deal these days with the fanatical nonsensical arguments against piracy? I am in no way supporting piracy but what's the deal?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-21)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 23, 2008, 07:00:09 PM
There are no XBLA games this week, but Undertow is free to d/l through Sunday.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-21)
Post by: SolidShroom on January 24, 2008, 05:54:57 AM
Hmm, that Super Street Fighter II for the Virtual Console looks tempting, despite the fact that I already have Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting. Should I get Super Street Fighter II or not?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-21)
Post by: bobman37 on January 24, 2008, 08:06:22 AM
After downloading Undertow and playing for a few hours, I have decided I love it. It's a strange mix of Geometry Wars and Star Wars Battlefront, but with BioShock visuals. And I don't mean BioShock-quality visuals, because even on an HD the game doesn't look that great. Everyone download it so we can have massive online co-op and versus battles!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-28)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 28, 2008, 01:57:32 PM
Another N64 game on VC, which is rad. Rez HD hits XBLA, which is TOTALLY MEGA AWESOME. And King of Kong hits DVD so I can watch it. w00t!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-28)
Post by: silverstarman on January 28, 2008, 02:12:18 PM
Downloaded 1080 snowboarding. YAYYY. But only one game this week -_-.

Rez is out for XBLA? Sweet. Too bad I don't have a 360. Gotta finds it for DC sometime
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-28)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on January 28, 2008, 08:27:52 PM
It's easier to find for PS2.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-28)
Post by: silverstarman on January 28, 2008, 09:01:53 PM
I know that. But because I'm a Dreamcast fanboy, and that it's considered a "treasure" in the library, it's a must have in my opinion!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-28)
Post by: WarpRattler on January 28, 2008, 09:12:55 PM
For some reason, I read the other XBLA game for this week as "Cheesemaster Live".
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-28)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on January 29, 2008, 02:11:55 AM
As long as I have some port of it, and since PS2 Rez is still pretty rare despite the fact that you can order it new, I'm good.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-4)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 04, 2008, 03:19:06 PM
My heart lept at the thought that Operation Wolf had something to do with Bloody Wolf. This is NOT TRUE.

Culdcept SAGA had me thinking about it all day after I played the demo.

We Care A Lot - Faith No More is a sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet song.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-4)
Post by: silverstarman on February 04, 2008, 03:49:30 PM
Operation Wolf is still kinda fun...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-4)
Post by: Luigison on February 04, 2008, 07:37:28 PM
Faith No More's cover of War Pigs is my favorite FNM song and my favorite cover of a Black Sabbath tune.  I even like it better than any of Ozzy's versions.  Too bad the Wii doesn't have Rock Band so I can't play We Care A Lot yet.  If the PS3 rumors are all true I'll probably get one whenever the new version comes out (and I can afford it).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-4)
Post by: bobman37 on February 04, 2008, 07:59:23 PM
Thanks for the tip, Lizard Dude. I'm off to download the demo for Culdcept SAGA.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-11)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 12, 2008, 01:49:06 AM
Attack of the Genos!?!?!


All I plan on getting is Professor Layton and the Curious Village.

And someday I will play Penumbra: Black Plague and Sam and Max Season 2 Episode 3: Night of the Raving Dead, but not right now.
And maybe Lost Odyssey someday because I'm a sucker for plots involving immortal guys.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-11)
Post by: Luigison on February 12, 2008, 08:18:48 AM
I got Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS) Sunday morning at Target for $29.99.  Great game!

I downloaded VC Lords of Thunder (TG16) Monday morning.  It's good, but not as good as I'd expected from the internet hype.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-11)
Post by: WarpRattler on February 12, 2008, 08:21:09 AM
I have a feeling my younger sister will buy Innocent Life ASAP. I don't really want to play anything coming out this week, because the only game I really want to play comes out next Friday (in Japan, anyway).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-11)
Post by: penguinwizard on February 12, 2008, 01:01:58 PM
Harvest Moon was released on Virtual Console recently. I'm terrible at the game and lost interest after a few days of in-game play, but the concept and perceived degree of freedom is amazing. I think I played it just to run around the farm on the horse. No matter what Harvest Moon game it is, the horse always look great when sporting that red scarf/bandanna thing around its neck.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-11)
Post by: megamush on February 12, 2008, 03:55:25 PM
I think LD forgot Wipeout Pulse for PSP (coming out tommorow)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-11)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on February 12, 2008, 08:07:31 PM
Whoa, Harvest Moon is on VC? I might have to try it out.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-11)
Post by: Luigison on February 12, 2008, 08:22:46 PM
I'm interested in Harvest Moon, but almost all I saw on the vc-reviews.com video was harvesting and that looked like it could get boring.  Are there any automated planting/harvesting systems later in the game?  Do the adventure elements make it worthwhile? 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-11)
Post by: silverstarman on February 12, 2008, 09:16:34 PM
Rumors were going around that SSB would be this weeks game, since it would've been the 200th VC title. Well, I gues that didn't happen *sigh* :(
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-11)
Post by: Luigison on February 12, 2008, 09:39:57 PM
Rumor has it Dr. Mario will be release for Europe for VD.  Get it?

Actually, I just made that up.  So ignore me.  Everyone else else is doing it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-11)
Post by: bobman37 on February 12, 2008, 10:31:40 PM
For the record, I wasn't impressed with Culdcept Saga. I've been playing the Burnout Revenge demo instead. I have yet to play the Turok one I downloaded.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-11)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on February 12, 2008, 11:05:55 PM
Yeah, I dunno what the deal is with Harvest Moon because it isn't really adventurous or fighting or anything. And people love it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-11)
Post by: WarpRattler on February 12, 2008, 11:32:37 PM
I dunno. I suppose if I played a bit more of Rune Factory (which is "adventurous" and "fighting" of a sort), I'd probably have a lot of fun. The bit I played at the beginning was somewhat boring, though.

Audiosurf comes out on the 15th, by the way. Yet another game to add to my list of "$10 or less games I need to buy on Steam"...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-11)
Post by: Luigison on February 13, 2008, 12:23:17 AM
I'm not that impressed with Lords of Thunder so far.  I'll give it some time before give a final review though.

I'm ashamed to admit that I'm stuck in Lolo 2 and Bubble Bobble.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-11)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 13, 2008, 11:33:07 AM
I got Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS) Sunday morning at Target for $29.99.  Great game!
Yes, it is lovely.

For the record, I wasn't impressed with Culdcept Saga.
I knew you wouldn't be. When you said, "thanks for the tip" I felt like I had tricked somebody, even though I was just talking to myself.

I'm ashamed to admit that I'm stuck in Lolo 2 and Bubble Bobble.
Dude, don't be ashamed of that. Bubble Bobble is hardkore and the Lolos are evil!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-11)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on February 13, 2008, 05:06:50 PM
Dude at work said Rune Factory wasn't so great. But that's just one guy who is weird, so who knows?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-11)
Post by: bobman37 on February 13, 2008, 05:48:27 PM
When you said, "thanks for the tip" I felt like I had tricked somebody
Nah. If someone enjoys a game, and it's readily available for me to play, I'm gonna play it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-18)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 18, 2008, 08:27:19 PM
Nothing I care about (except the RB songs naturally). I'll probably play Apollo Justice in about two years when I catch up to it. N+ possibly if the demo grabs me.

Interestingly, just last week I found out what Run Lola Run was through a reference in a preview of the game Mirror's Edge. Now it comes out on Blu-Ray. What a coinkydink.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-18)
Post by: SolidShroom on February 18, 2008, 08:52:08 PM
I think I'll get Phantasy Star II.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-18)
Post by: BP on February 18, 2008, 10:30:12 PM
I'm not so interested in Apollo Justice. I have no idea why Phoenix would ever decide to be a hobo instead of a lawyer, and I imagine the reason is ridiculous.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-18)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 18, 2008, 11:38:51 PM
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Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-18)
Post by: CoconutMikeNIke on February 19, 2008, 02:07:29 PM
Well this clears it up, Rock Band for the 360.  Now with El Scorcho available, I just can't turn it down.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-18)
Post by: megamush on February 19, 2008, 03:47:15 PM
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Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-18)
Post by: BP on February 19, 2008, 07:39:30 PM
What the heck, LD. Ace Attorney games are like novels, and I wouldn't be so into a second series to Harry Potter if Harry became a drunkard in the seventh book's epilogue and was still a main character. You could have saved that image for somebody else around here...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-18)
Post by: silverstarman on February 19, 2008, 08:25:26 PM
While we're still on the subject, I've never played the Pheonix Wright games. Are they similar to Snatcher, but without the gore and futuristic background?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-18)
Post by: Suffix on February 24, 2008, 05:14:19 AM
Bird Person, even though Phoenix Wright loses his cool suit, he definitely hasn't become a hobo. Did you play the online demo? He's a "piano player" at this card-playing joint.

I just looked up Snatcher, and even though there is a primarily text interface in common, they're really different content and procedure-wise.

Oh, I might as well tell you, megamush, that's an actual screenshot from Super Paper Mario.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-18)
Post by: megamush on February 24, 2008, 06:53:55 PM
Oh, I might as well tell you, megamush, that's an actual screenshot from Super Paper Mario.
I know, but it was a small joke
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-25)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 25, 2008, 12:58:40 PM
PATAPON
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-25)
Post by: silverstarman on February 25, 2008, 02:14:57 PM
Today we have Kirby 64 (which I downloaded) and a TBGFX-16 game I can't remember the name of. WHERE IS MY MASTER SYSTEM!?!? >:(
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-25)
Post by: WarpRattler on February 25, 2008, 06:06:20 PM
"Mazes of Fate" sounds sort of interesting, even though I haven't seen any screenshots or videos or anything about it or even heard of it until just now. Maybe it's just the fact that it has "of Fate" in the title?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-25)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on February 25, 2008, 06:10:49 PM
I'm tempted to purchase Kirby 64 and not buy it for twice the price someday. Hmm.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-25)
Post by: megamush on February 25, 2008, 06:45:11 PM
PATAPON
that game is a little weird
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-25)
Post by: silverstarman on February 25, 2008, 07:51:20 PM
I'm tempted to purchase Kirby 64 and not buy it for twice the price someday. Hmm.

If you've never played it, then you should definately get it. I was quite surprised when I downloaded it today. I had the game when I was little, but I don't remember it being THIS good! If you can stomach the overdose of cutesy-ness, you're in for quite a ride!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-25)
Post by: Luigison on February 25, 2008, 08:00:23 PM
If I had a PSP I'd be getting PATAPON.  I'll be getting Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Unleashed (Wii) and may get Kirby 64(VC), but from what I saw on a video it appears to have the 2.5D or whatever that Yoshi's Story had and I hated that.  Also, I'm a sucker for brain games.  I wonder if Brain Assist (DS) will be any good.  Arrgh at all the Rock Band and Guitar Hero songs.  I don't have a 360 or PS3 so I can't get any of them. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-25)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 27, 2008, 01:55:28 PM
In two of the RB NIN songs, the guitar gets to play piano (in one case an actual full blue-zone solo). The bass parts are also fairly awesome and the drums are on par with the highest level of difficulty seen thus far. Truly a must-buy pack.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-30)
Post by: tinkerair on March 01, 2008, 12:14:30 PM
Mannnn, i can't seem to find the Mario Cartoon DVD's!
You have to look really hard for them because theyre old. I have one that I found at a Walgreens store for five dollars. Best . Cartoon. A. Kid. My. Age. Could. Ever. See.
Actually I barely noticed it and almost left the store, but i got it. Its called ''Mario's Movie Madness.''
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-25)
Post by: ShadowBrain on March 01, 2008, 01:39:11 PM
If you've never played it, then you should definately get it. I was quite surprised when I downloaded it today. I had the game when I was little, but I don't remember it being THIS good! If you can stomach the overdose of cutesy-ness, you're in for quite a ride!
Yeah, it was definitely a time of transition for Kirby (love all the abilities, though... why weren't they that customizable in Squeak Squad?)...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-25)
Post by: Glitchy on March 03, 2008, 02:15:26 PM
Yeah, I bought Kirby 64 for the VC. It's great but it's *gasp* a little too hard. No, I mean it in the sense that they practically start you out with -1 lives. Hey...that reminds me of that game I made...0_o
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-25)
Post by: WarpRattler on March 03, 2008, 02:37:32 PM
I read a bit about Mazes of Fate a few days ago, and found out that it's a first-person semi-real-time dungeon crawler that's been delayed until later this month. Apparently any DS game I'm interested in at all gets delayed or otherwise takes too long to be released in the US (Nanostray 2, Arkanoid DS, SPAC3 INVADERS EXTR3ME).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-25)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 03, 2008, 08:01:00 PM
Apparently any DS game I'm interested in at all gets delayed downloaded or otherwise takes too long to be released in the US stolen (Nanostray 2, Arkanoid DS, SPAC3 INVADERS EXTR3ME) (M3, R4).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-3)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 03, 2008, 08:51:44 PM
CHAINS OF OLYMPUS

Why is the PSP pwning so hard lately? Is it opposite month?

Also note that Bully is hitting the Wii and 360. It's quite delightful and I recommend it to you!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-3)
Post by: megamush on March 04, 2008, 12:52:15 AM
CHAINS OF OLYMPUS

Why is the PSP pwning so hard lately?
what exactaly does "pwning" mean anyway?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-3)
Post by: WarpRattler on March 04, 2008, 01:38:03 AM
I've been trying to figure out the same thing about the PSP. I keep seeing too many games for it that I want, including Chains of Olympus.

Anno 1701 came out like a year or two ago in Europe. Still not interested. I also stopped caring about Shiren the Wanderer when it got delayed and I found Pokémon Mystery Dungeon again.

This week's RB songs put buying the PS2 version of the game out of the question.

...If I had a Wii, I'd be buying Bully and maybe Super Turrican.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-30)
Post by: goodie on March 04, 2008, 02:42:07 AM
You have to look really hard for them because theyre old. I have one that I found at a Walgreens store for five dollars. Best . Cartoon. A. Kid. My. Age. Could. Ever. See.
Actually I barely noticed it and almost left the store, but i got it. Its called ''Mario's Movie Madness.''
1. Don't waste your money on those. Just get the complete series sets.
2. You just quoted a 2 year old post. lol
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-3)
Post by: bobman37 on March 04, 2008, 09:44:27 AM
what exactaly does "pwning" mean anyway?
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Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-3)
Post by: goodie on March 05, 2008, 01:00:27 PM
what exactaly does "pwning" mean anyway?


Quote from: Wikipedia
Pwn is a slang term that implies domination or humiliation of a rival, used primarily in the Internet gaming culture to taunt an opponent that has just been soundly defeated. Past tense is sometimes spelled pwnt (pronounced with a t sound) or pwned (with the standard d sound). Examples include "pwnage" or "you just got pwned". It can also be used, especially by non-gamers, in the context of getting "pwned" by The Man.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-10)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 11, 2008, 06:01:21 PM
FFCC:RoF and the Stargate movie both totally snuck up on me.

Brawl didn't.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-10)
Post by: Luigison on March 11, 2008, 07:01:50 PM
SSBB & DoReMi for me this week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-10)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 11, 2008, 08:46:33 PM
Dude, you gotta tell me how it is.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-10)
Post by: Luigison on March 14, 2008, 08:07:07 PM
Dude, you gotta tell me how it is.
It's great though not easily controlled with a GCN controller because the run and jump buttons are too far apart.  It's also not translated, but the manual has everything you'll need. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-10)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 16, 2008, 01:04:54 AM
Yes, I know that SNES games are usually unplayable with GCN controller. In fact, the reason I bought my two Classic controllers was to play Contra III.

NES -> Remote
SNES -> Classic
N64 -> GCN
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-17)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 17, 2008, 08:04:52 PM
I will finally play MGS2 and MGS3 thanks to Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection. Hopefully I don't like them enough to be forced to buy a PS3 for MGS4. I'd prefer to wait until God of War 3.

Lost in Blue 3?!? I guess I totally missed 2. I'm so far behind on my gaming.

Sega Superstars Tennis tugs at my heartstrings and love of Ulala, Amigo, and Zombies (of the Dead). Will I successfully resist buying a likely crappy tennis game? Or am I too much of a consumer whore? Stay tuned!

The VC description for Spelunker speaks of "avenging spirits of dead spelunkers", which would be a great band name!

-Lizard Dude
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-17)
Post by: bobman37 on March 17, 2008, 09:23:28 PM
Your recklessness with money astounds me sometimes.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-17)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 17, 2008, 09:45:03 PM
How's the deli biz, bob?

-Lizard Dude
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-17)
Post by: bobman37 on March 17, 2008, 10:53:00 PM
Haha! Nonexistant. Even if you offered to buy that game for real, I would decline. In retrospect, I have no idea why I made that my signature.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-24)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 24, 2008, 12:35:53 PM
Opoona looks nifty.

I went to read the description of TiQal and it looked like this:

 With graphics inspired by the ancient Mayan culture, -- Unique choice, that's good

 “TiQal” takes players on an epic journey to save the village of the same name. -- Getting more cliche, but okay

 Players must demolish enemy block walls -- I like demolishing things

 by matching squares of the same color and building them up to unleash massive combo points and mind-blowing power-ups. -- AAARRRGHGHGGGHGHHHH!!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-24)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on March 24, 2008, 02:16:15 PM
Opoona does look pretty cool. Also, awesome that they named it the "Active Bon Bon Battle System". Odd though that you have these gorgeous backgrounds with Fisher Price people walking around on them. Slightly makes me go "this is really weird."

Also, King's Knight for NES is a pretty cool, short, really hard pre-Final Fantasy Square forward scrolling shooter. I highly approve.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-24)
Post by: Luigison on March 25, 2008, 06:57:42 PM
I just got a call from GameStop saying my pre-order of Opoona would be in tomorrow.  I canceled my pre-order Saturday based on reading a few reviews.  It still looks like a cool game, just not for me now.  I don't want an RPG now.  Not even a simple one with a unique control scheme.  The relatively low scores help me decide to cancel my order.  I have plenty do do in Brawl now anyway.  Not to mention all the games I have stacked up and have hardly played if at all.  I usually catch up during spring break (now) and summer, but I'm planning on moving in June so I won't have time for games like Opoona.  Gotta stick to the core games.  Mario Kart is next for me.  I'd hoped to get a PS3 with Orange Box, Ratchet, and Rock Band this summer, but we'll see. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-24)
Post by: silverstarman on March 25, 2008, 07:46:08 PM
WiiWare made it's massive launch in Japan today, with the new Dr. Mario at launch :D
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-31)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 31, 2008, 02:18:10 PM
The games stink, but the DLC rules.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-31)
Post by: SolidShroom on March 31, 2008, 02:22:47 PM
I'm gonna con my 360 owning friend into buying Still Alive on Rock Band. Also, Cruis'n USA ftw.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-31)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 31, 2008, 02:37:42 PM
That shouldn't be too hard, since it's free!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-31)
Post by: silverstarman on March 31, 2008, 03:06:11 PM
Cruis'n USA and Wonder Boy, which introduces the launch of the Master System.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-7)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 07, 2008, 01:45:22 PM
A bunch of games that were already out.
Rock Band songs that were already out.

But,

Ikaruga!!!!   ^_^

-LD
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-7)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on April 07, 2008, 04:37:02 PM
...
...
...
Dang.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-7)
Post by: TEM on April 08, 2008, 06:34:47 AM
Seems strange that they would release games that you can download to your PC from Steam... for the PC. Will us Steam version users be able to play with the PC version users? Also I suggest everyone see There Will Be Blood.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-7)
Post by: WarpRattler on April 08, 2008, 07:30:50 AM
TEM, you still have to register the retail versions through Steam. It just lets you install from a disc instead of downloading the game (which is why I bought the retail version of The Orange Box instead of purchasing it through Steam).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-7)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 08, 2008, 05:22:12 PM
Yeah, I guess the audience for this is people with PCs that can run Source engine games but have dial-up internet.

I think there are a total of seven of these people.

Also, how are these people supposed to use TF2 anyway? LAN parties?

-Lizard
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-7)
Post by: bobman37 on April 09, 2008, 03:59:18 PM
Ikaruga is awesome. I got frustrated at first because I didn't know how to play, but once I found out about switching my polarity, it was awesome and intense. The boss battle on the first chapter hurt my brain though.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-7)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 10, 2008, 09:19:03 PM
What? That guy's so easy compared to any other boss in the game it's not even funny.

Especially if you stay whatever color he's putting forward so you only have to dodge the easy pattern (but deal half the damage).

Ikaruga is one of the most beautifully balanced game designs I've ever seen. I almost cried when I realized what was going on with the boss we just mentioned.

Built-in difficulty choice FTW.

-LD
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-7)
Post by: bobman37 on April 10, 2008, 10:52:30 PM
I was more referring to the fact that there was so much moving brightness at once. He wasn't that hard.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-14)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 15, 2008, 12:41:35 AM
If you don't have Okami for PS2, get it now for Wii!  (R.I.P. Clover)

Also of note, that Mötley Crüe song is premiering on Rock Band. It's never appeared anywhere before. Mad props to the Crüe for supporting the future of listening to music.

-LD
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-14)
Post by: WarpRattler on April 15, 2008, 07:40:27 AM
I've been playing the European version of Teenage Zombies for a few days now. The wacky "platforming through a comic book" style is pretty cool and somewhat reminiscent of Comix Zone, and the fact that you're playing as three entirely different zombies is awesome. Don't go into the game expecting constant fast-paced action, though - they are zombies, after all.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-14)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on April 15, 2008, 09:22:00 AM
Okamiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-14)
Post by: silverstarman on April 15, 2008, 12:48:17 PM
We gets Mega Turrican and Fantasy Zone for the VC this week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-21)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 21, 2008, 10:02:40 PM
As you can probably guess, I'm all about Battle of the Bands.

The World Ends With You is a sweet name. No colons or anything!

I've heard Lost Cities is a good card game.

And a full album on Rock Band. :)

P.S. Everyone knows the first post is updated each week, right? That's kind of the point here.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-21)
Post by: Bag of Magic Food on April 22, 2008, 12:28:53 AM
OH, I keep checking the LAST post.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-21)
Post by: silverstarman on April 22, 2008, 04:38:40 AM
River City Ransom (yes!) and Phantasy Star 3.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-21)
Post by: missingno on April 22, 2008, 02:11:37 PM
I have yet to play Phantasy Star III. I only have II and IV for the Genesis and Online for the Dreamcast (and I never got to play it online ever)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-21)
Post by: silverstarman on April 22, 2008, 02:59:58 PM
The only on I've played so far was the first one for the Master System. Not bad, but I like the Shining Force series more than the Phantasy Star series.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-21)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on April 22, 2008, 04:40:37 PM
This, after playing the one on the least advanced system.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-21)
Post by: silverstarman on April 22, 2008, 04:55:52 PM
It shouldn't have anything to do with what system it's on.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-21)
Post by: missingno on April 22, 2008, 05:01:50 PM
II and IV are supposed to be way better than the first. I personally liked IV the most. Best storyline, gameplay, and music to absolutely die for. But keep in mind this is without playing I or III.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-21)
Post by: silverstarman on April 22, 2008, 05:20:26 PM
I'm pretty sure the first may have been the least superior. I kinda wish I had my Genesis back :(.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-21)
Post by: missingno on April 22, 2008, 05:21:32 PM
They're only 20 dollars or so.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-21)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on April 22, 2008, 05:32:58 PM
I own Phantasy Star, II and IV, so I've been contemplating whether I should get III on VC.

And yeah, control, memory, text space, colors/resolution, all have to do with the system the game is on.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-21)
Post by: SolidShroom on April 23, 2008, 04:09:27 AM
For the record, I like Shining Force more than Phantasy Star II, which were both on the Genesis, so yeah. Phantasy Star II is still pretty awesome though.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-21)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on April 23, 2008, 03:50:26 PM
I suppose I should give more effort to trying Shining Force, although I didn't really like what I played.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-21)
Post by: SolidShroom on April 23, 2008, 03:57:07 PM
That was the complete opposite of me. I liked Shining Force as soon as I started, but I had to give Phantasy Star II a second chance.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-21)
Post by: silverstarman on April 23, 2008, 04:02:31 PM
I suppose I should give more effort to trying Shining Force, although I didn't really like what I played.

I think Shining Force CD is the best one. Shining in the Darkness isn't bad, especially if you like Phantasy Star, since it uses the First Person Dungeon perspective. Same with Shining in the Holy Ark, which is pretty cheap nowadays.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-21)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on April 23, 2008, 04:03:28 PM
I got a loose copy of Shining Force CD a while back for pretty cheap. Haven't actually tried it yet though. Other Shining games (except in the Darkness) seem rather hard to come by and expensiveish.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-28)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 28, 2008, 01:33:22 PM
I only recently found out how Pilates is pronounced. WTD?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-21)
Post by: silverstarman on April 28, 2008, 02:58:38 PM
I got a loose copy of Shining Force CD a while back for pretty cheap. Haven't actually tried it yet though. Other Shining games (except in the Darkness) seem rather hard to come by and expensiveish.

Shining in the Holy Ark on the Saturn is usually sold for abou 6-10 dollars.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-28)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on April 28, 2008, 03:52:22 PM
I wonder if Pontius Pilate's name was pronounced like that.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-28)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 28, 2008, 03:58:44 PM
I'm so pronouncing it like that next time I say the Apostles' Creed.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-28)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on April 28, 2008, 04:43:20 PM
Yes, it was pronounced pil-lah-teh, not "pilot."
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-28)
Post by: Kuromatsu on April 28, 2008, 06:12:36 PM
Funny... My Pastor must be pronouncing it wrong then...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-28)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on April 28, 2008, 06:37:13 PM
Heh, that reminds me of the kid that drew Mary, Joseph, and Jesus on a plane, on the "flight to Egypt," flown by Pontius the Pilot.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-28)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 28, 2008, 07:54:29 PM
Wikipedia says Metal_Slug_Mario's pastor is pronouncing it right.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-28)
Post by: TEM on April 28, 2008, 08:24:44 PM
Iron Man looks like a Marvel comics movie done very, very right. Hopefully almost as good as the first Spider-man.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-28)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on April 28, 2008, 09:20:11 PM
Well sure he's pronouncing it right for non-Romans, since everyone says it like "pilot" now.
Also, I was previously unaware that his name was actually "Pilatus" so that makes my first post invalid anyway.

Yes, Iron Man looks quite good indeed.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-28)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on April 29, 2008, 07:05:07 AM
Hopefully better than the shambles they made of Spiderman 3 (I refuse to hyphenate Spiderman).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-28)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on April 29, 2008, 10:20:58 AM
Why?

Also I thought Spider-man 3 was pretty decent.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-28)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on April 29, 2008, 10:40:50 AM
1. Hyphens-are-a-waste-of-pixels.
2. They tried to fit too many villains in one movie.  They need to either make it longer or only have Venom.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-28)
Post by: Super-Jesse on April 29, 2008, 07:14:33 PM
Got GTA IV, haven't had a chance to play it, I will once the baby falls asleep/halftime of the basketball games tonight. I can't wait, everyone says it's the best of the series.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-28)
Post by: Captain Jim on April 29, 2008, 08:36:42 PM
2. They tried to fit too many villains in one movie.  They need to either make it longer or only have Venom.

I like Sandman. He's less over-used than Venom, and cast much better in the movie.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-28)
Post by: MaxVance on April 30, 2008, 05:03:33 AM
Not too surprising, considering the first post has been here longer than you have.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-28)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 30, 2008, 07:35:51 PM
Looks like MaxVance did the ol' respond to the bottom of a previous page bit.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-28)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on April 30, 2008, 07:41:57 PM
Hopefully by this time Friday I'll have seen Ironman... speaking of superhero movies, The Dark Knight also looks pretty good.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-28)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 02, 2008, 12:25:47 AM
It has come to my attention that echochrome just came out.

A definite must-buy.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-28)
Post by: TEM on May 02, 2008, 08:22:16 AM
"The North American version of Echochrome contains 56 levels. The Japanese version contains 100." Sony is awesome.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-28)
Post by: silverstarman on May 04, 2008, 07:51:45 PM
I know tommorows VC update, which is:

Renegade - NES

Pokemon Puzzle League - N64 (I'm buying, just because I enjoy collecting the N64 games, for some odd reason.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-28)
Post by: missingno on May 04, 2008, 09:48:31 PM
I always wanted to play Pokémon Puzzle League.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-5)
Post by: Super-Jesse on May 06, 2008, 11:54:12 PM
It has come to my attention that echochrome just came out.

A definite must-buy.

I downloaded the demo, haven't bought it yet. Man, you guys are missing a good game in GTA Four, past all the "adult" themes it's a great 3rd person shooter, has a good storyline, and the travel system is much better. It's just so detailed and spread out, yet everything feels more connected in this iteration than the previous.

I am hooked on that game, it's amazing fun.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-5)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on May 07, 2008, 12:51:37 AM
So why don't they make a fun game that isn't about random killing spree missions? If GTA4 isn't mainly about killing I apologize.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-5)
Post by: Suffix on May 07, 2008, 01:18:08 AM
It's mainly about driving and killing. (And believe it or not, I've played GTA4)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-5)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 07, 2008, 04:30:47 AM
So why don't they make a fun game that isn't about random killing spree missions?
They just did.

It was called Bully.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-5)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on May 07, 2008, 06:27:52 AM
I never thought that game would even be worth trying for some reason.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-5)
Post by: Luigison on May 08, 2008, 07:02:14 AM
Boom Blox (Wii) is awesome. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-5)
Post by: missingno on May 08, 2008, 11:47:53 AM
Boom Blox looks pretty good. I was suprised to see EA was making it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-5)
Post by: TEM on May 08, 2008, 12:17:51 PM
I'm glad I filed for my tax return this year. Iron Man, Speed Racer, Indiana Jones 4 (I feel like I'm forgetting one or two). So much awesome and so much money.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-5)
Post by: Super-Jesse on May 08, 2008, 12:18:21 PM
So why don't they make a fun game that isn't about random killing spree missions? If GTA4 isn't mainly about killing I apologize.


You could argue that about any shooting game. Isn't Call of Duty 4 just random shooting missions, isn't Smash Brothers Brawl just random fighting? With GTA4 (and arguing and defending something on the internet is utterly pointless, but....) yes you do kill people, but the character development is what makes it addicting, and the story itself is pretty fleshed out. It shares a few RPG elements, but I guess you could say that about every open world game. It's a fun game because the mechanics work well, and sometimes yes, you just need a good "go randomly kill people" game, if you want to describe it that way.

I love the game, and I guess much like you all probably think I'm missing out by not playing [insert japan-only RPG here], I think you're missing out by not at least trying this game.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-5)
Post by: SolidShroom on May 08, 2008, 03:10:28 PM
I really liked San Andreas, but I dunno if I'll want to play GTAIV. It looks kinda lame to me, in the shooting mechanics. A fun as the game series is, I'm not a big fan of games that are sequeled to death in a relatively short period of time without adding any extremely new mechanics.

Also, what is Dog Island?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-5)
Post by: missingno on May 08, 2008, 03:17:18 PM
From its wikipedia article, considering I've never heard of it either.

Quote
The Dog Island is a game for the Wii and Playstation 2 in which players control a dog and must search for a special flower. The player interacts with various other animals in the game that give hints and information to aid on the quest. It was released on April 26 in Japan by Yuke's.

Doesn't sound that great to me.


Also I doubt I'd buy GTAIV, even if I had a PS3 or 360, unless it was very cheap.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-5)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on May 08, 2008, 05:03:12 PM
I would never buy it. 
Shooting games=Not my cuppa tea.
Just my opinion.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-5)
Post by: missingno on May 08, 2008, 05:54:30 PM
Well I liked Vice City, but hated III. But what I normally did was drive around and get into all sorts of shenanigans. I did the same in the two True Crime titles.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-5)
Post by: TEM on May 08, 2008, 06:18:29 PM
Quote
The Dog Island is a game for the Wii and Playstation 2 in which players control a dog and must search for a special flower. The player interacts with various other animals in the game that give hints and information to aid on the quest. It was released on April 26 in Japan by Yuke's.

That sounds awesome. I must check this game out.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-5)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on May 08, 2008, 07:52:17 PM
SJ, I don't play Call of Duty either, and Smash Bros. isn't realistic violence (or shooting/simulated kills either). Your character developing from a murderous loser to a murderous loser with more money and skills doesn't seem necessary to play. I don't need a "good" "go randomly kill" game since I'm not one of these people who apparently wants to destroy the world because he's got so much pent-up anger.

Saying people are "missing out" on any game is stupid.
Also, the adjective is "addictive" and not "addicting".
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-5)
Post by: WarpRattler on May 08, 2008, 08:19:56 PM
I held R-TYPE Command today. This made me even angrier at the game's existence...and at it not being on a system I have.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-5)
Post by: SolidShroom on May 09, 2008, 02:06:36 PM
I feel like buying R-TYPE command now to spite WarpRattler now.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-5)
Post by: Super-Jesse on May 09, 2008, 10:28:16 PM
SJ, I don't play Call of Duty either, and Smash Bros. isn't realistic violence (or shooting/simulated kills either). Your character developing from a murderous loser to a murderous loser with more money and skills doesn't seem necessary to play. I don't need a "good" "go randomly kill" game since I'm not one of these people who apparently wants to destroy the world because he's got so much pent-up anger.

Saying people are "missing out" on any game is stupid.
Also, the adjective is "addictive" and not "addicting".

My point in using those particular games wasn't because you in particular play them, it was to make a point that you can say that about any game that's been hailed as a great game by the general population. I also didn't say you in particular have to play it, but what you are simplifying it to leads me to believe you haven't given the game a chance to be good to you because it doesn't appeal to you, the same way I don't understand what you, and others like you, see in those japan rpgs. The funny thing is that there is a strong gamer base for those sides of the fence, yet us in particular can't understand what the other sees in the game without coming to a conclusion that's seemingly a character attack on a person.

The specifics of what make GTA 4 good go beyond the primitive bases you present. The shooting mechanics in the game work better than anything previously in the series, reminding me of Resident Evil 4. The driving and racing levels also are more fun to play because the cars are well balanced and the A.I. gives a greater challenge. You also can't just go shooting people willy-nilly and expect to get anywhere in the game. That's basically a waste of ammo you'll need to help get through parts of the game where you much strategically decide weapon would be best against a certain group and ration ammo since it's expensive to purchase, much like you would in an RPG with magic spells and such. You could say "all the things you mention have been done by other games" but no other game has incorporated these elements and still held significance the way this title does. Even more so than previous iterations, which pale in comparison to this title (so if using those as a basis for not liking this title would be akin to not wanting to play Super Mario Galaxy because you didn't like Super Mario Sunshine)

The story, while your dumbing down could be considered correct, is complex and dramatic, reminding me of a mini-series or a movie. The graphics are also very good, with little to no hiccups even when there is a lot of action going on screen. There are over 200 songs in the game (but I somehow get the feeling you wouldn't enjoy any of them?) and the dialouge between the DJs in the game, while vulgar, is still funny.

Just because you kill doesn't make it a bad game. You "kill" some type of enemy even in a game like Mario Bros., and I'm sure there are kids out there that use Smash Bros. to dissolve that "pent up anger" you speak of.

Your argument that only those type of people need play GTA 4 is too broad and reminds of an individual that is close-minded. If you don't like the game, that's fine, go crazy on whatever import title you're salivating over now, but to completely base your opinion on the fact that you "randomly kill" would be like me saying all final fantasy games are bad because of "random battles", or that all puzzle games are bad because of "random pieces". While some games in those genres are bad for those reasons, there are some that just seem like "random" when in reality it's just part of the game (GTA, FF, and Tetris are examples from the three genres presented).

Saying someone is "missing out" on a game is not stupid- it may not be the most effective way to get the point across that you are depriving yourself of a work of art by not playing the game, but it's the same reply someone could use if you said you hated playing an instrument (someone could perceive this as "missing out" of a good opportunity to express themselves creatively, but telling them they are "missing out" doesn't mean they are less of a person, just means it a facet of life they will never get to experience or enjoy like you, or another person, does). If you want me to rephrase what I said, here:

I love the game, and I guess much like you all probably think I should try [insert japan-only RPG here] because you enjoy it and want to share the experience with others, I think the same about you and this game. It won't bother me if you don't like it, or don't want to play it, but don't assume that me enjoying this game makes me less of a person or categorizes me as something, can't I just like a game because I like the game?

Thanks for pointing out my grammatical errors, I hope you do the same for the above reply, that way each time I post I can be more efficient.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-5)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on May 10, 2008, 01:26:50 AM
1. "need"
2. Yeah, I'm a fan of original game music rather than radio playlists.
3. Your "missing out" argument is still dumb. People are different and will enjoy different things. If you aren't inclined to enjoy something, you definitely are not missing out by not being forced to experience it. I don't want to force people to play ("share the experience of") games if it's not a game they aren't inclined to enjoy. In fact I don't care what games people play aside from that it will influence my perception of them.
4. Sure, conflict between the protagonist of the game and enemies is at the core of pretty much every game. I only take issue with the way it is presented in games such as this. I find the base motivational element of the GTA games to be abhorrent.
5. While I do own Japan-only RPGs, most of the RPGs that people enjoy here were released in America. Since a lot of the story is lost when you can't read the text.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-5)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on May 11, 2008, 10:18:02 AM
I would love to try to decipher the story of FFVII in Japanese.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-12)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 12, 2008, 01:52:40 PM
Another boring week but hey, WiiWare!

I'll get My Life as a King and LostWinds.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-12)
Post by: silverstarman on May 12, 2008, 01:57:14 PM
I got that Game Show thing. That's pretty fun, actually.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-12)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on May 12, 2008, 05:12:44 PM
Can't wait until Indiana Jones 4.  But that isn't this week...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-12)
Post by: silverstarman on May 19, 2008, 01:46:23 PM
Dr. Mario still isn't here. Does it even have an official release date? Sigh...

Virtual Console - Sky Kid (NES)

WiiWare - Critter Round Up (1000)
                Star Soldier R (800) I was thinking of blowing my points on this, but I found out the game was timed. So I might still hold onto my
                                              points until Dr. Mario.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-12)
Post by: nensondubois on May 19, 2008, 02:43:04 PM
I might get GTA but dog Island?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-12)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on May 19, 2008, 03:28:59 PM
Anyone here seen Prince Caspian?  I heard it's not very good.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-19)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 19, 2008, 07:32:11 PM
What a fantastic week for 360 DLC. Two Xbox games I've always wanted to play, nine Rock Band songs, and best of all: PAAOtRSPoDE1!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-19)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on May 19, 2008, 11:55:06 PM
I heartily recommend Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull to all moviegoers.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-19)
Post by: SolidShroom on May 20, 2008, 05:05:34 AM
I need to see the other Indiana Jones movies first. I've been meaning to watch them for a long time because they seem pretty interesting.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-19)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on May 21, 2008, 06:07:59 AM
Point of Advice: Skip Temple of Doom.  It's just not worth it.  But the other two are good.  And I still need to see the fourth.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-19)
Post by: TEM on May 21, 2008, 01:31:31 PM
Temple of Doom is great, ignore Turtlekid.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-19)
Post by: Luigalaxy on May 21, 2008, 02:13:28 PM
"Ignorance is bliss." Now you 2 remember that.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-19)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on May 21, 2008, 03:11:34 PM
Well, I thought Temple of Doom was great, but I also think Return of the Jedi is better than Empire Strikes Back, so my opinion can be disregarded.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-19)
Post by: Ambulance Y on May 21, 2008, 04:01:27 PM
Temple of Doom bad? What on earth is wrong with a delightful baseball-cap-wearing Asian kid, a sacrifice where this guy's heart is torn out, and elephants? There's just as much action and adventure in Temple of Doom as there is in the other Indy movies.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-19)
Post by: jmdblazer on May 21, 2008, 05:42:57 PM
I agree with Turtlekid1. Temple of Doom was just alright. It had a strange plot (people were being hypnotized, come on). And a lot of parts were just for gross outs. It didn't really anything to do with the other two movies.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-19)
Post by: ShadowBrain on May 21, 2008, 08:43:52 PM
I think the problem with it is that it was supposed to happen before Raiders of the Lost Ark, but a lot of the things in Raiders don't make sense in that context. Like, I heard someone remark that it was weird for Indy to say he didn't believe in all that "superstitious hocus pocus" after the events of ToD. Unless, of course, he was just trying to make himself sound braver.

That, and it's completely ridiculous how, in the scene on the rope bridge, there's a gaping river in some shots, but you can clearly see in the wide shots that it's just a puny stream underneath them.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-19)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on May 23, 2008, 07:23:01 PM
Prequels tend to be the scourge of any series (at least in the series I've sampled).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-19)
Post by: jmdblazer on May 23, 2008, 08:32:48 PM
Temple of Doom was a prequel?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-19)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on May 23, 2008, 09:31:15 PM
Yes, yes it was.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-19)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 23, 2008, 09:36:47 PM
Indiana Jones is like Zelda. It's best if you don't worry about the relationship between titles. Sometimes it seems like it makes sense, but when you dig deep it really doesn't.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-26)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 27, 2008, 10:54:36 PM
Hmm, Warlords on XBLA.

(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3201%2F2527665461_a6b86631ce.jpg%3Fv%3D0&hash=14f89bb08ed19c00550ff1d70fb36c58)

Hmm...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-26)
Post by: MaxVance on May 27, 2008, 11:01:44 PM
The guy in the top-left reminded me of you, especially with the camera placement.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-26)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 27, 2008, 11:22:07 PM
I see it, but Xe5a806d36CUKXF there is sporting my old-school dorm angle. I'm all about the left side of my head now.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-26)
Post by: WarpRattler on May 27, 2008, 11:37:55 PM
I'm not sure whether I like the futuristic look of this new Warlords more than the classic "defend your castle from the strangely long-lasting dragon's fireball(s)"...also, I'd like to know how it plays using a controller compared to using a dial or a mouse.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-26)
Post by: megamush on May 28, 2008, 05:48:55 AM
Hmm, Warlords on XBLA.

(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3201%2F2527665461_a6b86631ce.jpg%3Fv%3D0&hash=14f89bb08ed19c00550ff1d70fb36c58)

Hmm...
whats up with the guy on the bottom left?

I remember playing this version on "Atari Classics Evolved" for PSP.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-2)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 02, 2008, 08:24:05 PM
Nothing much to my tastes this week. Roogoo looks slightly interesting.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-2)
Post by: Ambulance Y on June 02, 2008, 08:39:50 PM
Ditto. However I did enjoy the first Ninja Gaiden.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-2)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 02, 2008, 09:26:54 PM
I own the first Ninja Gaiden (XBX) but it's still sealed. Someday...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-2)
Post by: Luigison on June 02, 2008, 10:08:19 PM
Toki Tori (WiiWare) now and later I might get Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures (Wii). 

Phantom edit:  Arrgh!  Who do I kill to get more Wii memory?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-9)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 09, 2008, 12:37:29 PM
MGS4 hits this week, but does anyone here who wants to play it have a PS3? ;)

Interesting RB songs.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-9)
Post by: silverstarman on June 09, 2008, 01:03:29 PM
WiiWare: Pokemon Ranch (1000) I had high hopes for this, but it's kinda bad, because there's not much to do.

VC: Dig Dug (NES, 600) (Import)
       Bio Miracle Bokkute Upa! (NES, 600) (Import) YES!!! One of my favorite NES import games.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-9)
Post by: nensondubois on June 09, 2008, 04:12:14 PM
WiiWare: Pokemon Ranch (1000) I had high hopes for this, but it's kinda bad, because there's not much to do.

VC: Dig Dug (NES, 600) (Import)
       Bio Miracle Bokkute Upa! (NES, 600) (Import) YES!!! One of my favorite NES import games.

Does Bio Miracle have FDS sound or is it removed?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-9)
Post by: Ambulance Y on June 09, 2008, 09:21:46 PM
Natural Born Killers on Blu Ray? That's odd.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-9)
Post by: silverstarman on June 09, 2008, 09:35:40 PM
nensondubois: I have'nt downloaded the game, I've just played on an emulator, so I don't know.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-9)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on June 09, 2008, 10:45:03 PM
Since it was released on Famicom after it was released on FDS, I'm going to guess that it only emulates the Famicom version.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-9)
Post by: MEGAߥTE on June 09, 2008, 10:50:38 PM
You guessed wrong; it's the FDS version.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-9)
Post by: jmdblazer on June 10, 2008, 10:01:34 PM
I'm gonna get Toki Tori as soon as I earn some money. (You really should get the game, it's really fun)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-16)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 16, 2008, 04:27:39 PM
I just might buy Cocoto Fishing Master.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-16)
Post by: WarpRattler on June 16, 2008, 05:15:59 PM
LD's brain shut down when I told him in #tmk that I'm buying two copies of SPAC3 INVADERS EXTR3ME (one for me, one for my girlfriend who needs more DS games and wants to get revenge on those Invaders). Unfortunately, I won't be able to buy them at launch like I was hoping to be able to do, but I'm still buying them ASAP.

I enjoyed the first Etrian Odyssey and was looking forward to the sequel that was originally slated to come out tomorrow, but now I have no idea when it's supposed to come out.

Unless The Political Machine 2008 involves building weird gadgets to drop bowling balls on presidential candidates, I'm going to stay far away from it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-16)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 16, 2008, 05:53:12 PM
The coincidental combination of your post's writings reminds me to mention that I bought the original Political Machine (based on 2004 election) for a girlfriend. She said she hated actual politics and only actually followed them because that's where the people with the power to help people were. Or something. Anyway she never played it and I think it ended up going to her brother, who probably also never touched it.

P.S. Having a girlfriend is about the worst thing that can happen to your gaming lifestyle. Get one at your own risk.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-16)
Post by: The Chef on June 16, 2008, 05:55:11 PM
I had one, and she didn't damage mine at all. This is why I miss her. :(
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-16)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on June 16, 2008, 07:06:58 PM
I've never had a girlfriend, but I did have the 2004 Political Machine game back in the day. It's not really worth the price, but if someone gives it to you for free and you care significantly about politics, it can be somewhat amusing.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-16)
Post by: Luigison on June 16, 2008, 08:18:33 PM
P.S. Having a girlfriend is about the worst thing that can happen to your gaming lifestyle. Get one at your own risk.
I think I've played more video games since I got married than I did before.  I played a lot when I lived with my parents - mostly Mario platformers with my bros. and SNES RPG allnighters with my step-dad, but I have played a lot more two player puzzle games like Dr. Mario and Pokemon Puzzle League and have gotten into The Sims series since I meet my wife.  We don't always play together though.  Sometimes I play games like SMG or RE4 while she plays The Sims 2 on PC or I play Portal on PC while she plays Sim City, Dr. Mario, or SMB on Wii. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-16)
Post by: TEM on June 16, 2008, 08:48:52 PM
I want to be like Luigison when I grow up, except with different videogames.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-16)
Post by: Luigison on June 16, 2008, 08:52:38 PM
Grow up and you'll never be like me no matter what games you play. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-16)
Post by: WarpRattler on June 17, 2008, 09:40:39 AM
So, after some research, it looks like Etrian Odyssey 2 secretly came out on Friday.

I do have some interest in the Code Lyoko game, if only because I liked the show. I don't know if the first game based on it was any good or if this one will be similar.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-16)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on June 17, 2008, 09:49:31 AM
The show was a it cheesy, so I would think the game will be as well... not that there's anything wrong with being cheesy.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-16)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on June 17, 2008, 11:16:11 AM
Cheese is good.

(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mariowiki.com%2Fimages%2Fc%2Fc5%2FComicCheese.png&hash=592a6a30ade22a7ea2a65416d8a23c82)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-16)
Post by: Ambulance Y on June 17, 2008, 11:55:53 AM
Block Breaker Deluxe? Sounds like a cheap ripoff of Boom Blox.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-16)
Post by: Fifth on June 17, 2008, 12:05:53 PM
Worse:  it's a Breakout clone.

Nothing like yet another commercial re-hash of a fundamentally flawed game...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-16)
Post by: WarpRattler on June 17, 2008, 12:19:37 PM
Wait, two Breakout clones in one week? Wow. The one with the Square-Enix name attached to it will probably sell more, and it's most likely the better game (even though it's way too easy).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-16)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on June 19, 2008, 04:04:06 PM
I had Block Breaker on my dinosaur-crap-old computer on Windows 2.1.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-23)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 23, 2008, 12:34:45 PM
What a good week! Guitar Hero: On Tour, FFTA2, Ticket to Ride, and the greatest week for Rock Band ever!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-23)
Post by: bobman37 on June 23, 2008, 01:16:56 PM
Yaaaay FFTA2!!!!!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-23)
Post by: ShadowBrain on June 23, 2008, 01:22:00 PM
I had Block Breaker on my dinosaur-crap-old computer on Windows 2.1.
Didn't we all?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-23)
Post by: WarpRattler on June 23, 2008, 02:05:35 PM
Ticket to Ride is like Catan in that I've had multiple opportunities to buy the physical version of the game but never did due to a lack of people to play it with (though now that I know how much shorter the latter is than other games, I'll probably end up buying it). I'm still completely uninterested in GH:OT, and I'll probably try FFTA2 to see if I can at least stand to play it in English - while I enjoy turn-based strategy, I have an immense dislike of forced turn order. I also don't like when it takes forever to skip through dialogue I can't read so that I can continue the battle.

Also, eww, Mega Man Star Force, and whoo, WALL-E.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-23)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 23, 2008, 03:03:56 PM
Complaining about dialogue you can't read in a game you stole is bad form.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-23)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on June 23, 2008, 03:47:46 PM
Did anyone else see Get Smart?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-23)
Post by: SolidShroom on June 24, 2008, 12:04:38 AM
Where's Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-30)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 01, 2008, 05:08:50 AM
Well, I already have GH:Aerosmith and saw Hancock so let's see:

The title of 1 vs. 100 excited me until I found out it was just some stupid game show game.
Soul Calibur showing up on XBLA is sweetacular, but since I have 2 and 3 don't feel obligated to get 1. (Played a bunch of it in a SLC arcade recently, though.)
That Vesuvius RB song is free, btw.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-30)
Post by: WarpRattler on July 01, 2008, 09:45:14 AM
I never finished the first Trauma Center, so I don't really want to play the new one, and I don't have a Wii or a 360, so no Magnetica or Soul Calibur for me. Also, 1 vs. 100 is a pretty stupid game show even when the "mob" (the 100) contains certified geniuses or people like Ken Jennings, so the game is probably even worse because that'd be kind of hard to do in a DS game, and also because it was an idiotic concept for a video game in the first place.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-30)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on July 01, 2008, 10:45:11 AM
It's weird that they're apparently releasing Batman: The Movie on DVD again because I didn't think the first DVD version was out of print or anything.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-30)
Post by: silverstarman on July 01, 2008, 01:23:32 PM
Soul Calibur showing up on XBLA is sweetacular, but since I have 2 and 3 don't feel obligated to get 1. (Played a bunch of it in a SLC arcade recently, though.)

I'd still buy it. It's the best one in the series (most people say.) I still play it on my Dreamcast. It's a great game. It was also one of the very few games to get a perfect '10' on EGM. That's not common, especially for a fighting game :)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-30)
Post by: Luigison on July 01, 2008, 02:05:20 PM
I'm interested in Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, but am torn between systems.  Now that I have a PS3 I'm considering gettin Guitar Hero and Rock Band stuff for it.  I'm currently taking a wait and see approach because I've read that the Wii will offer downloads in the future, but I haven't seen Nintendo's solution to the storage problem yet.  Also, are Guitar Hero and Rock Band guitar interchangeable on either system?

I want to see several movies including Hancock, Indiana Jones, and WALL·E, but I don't have much time for the theater now.

I'm also interested in Magnetica Twist WiiWare and enjoyed the DS version, but I have more than I have time for on PS3 now.  I'm actually playing Spyro the Dragon and other downloads more than my three PS3 games.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-30)
Post by: bobman37 on July 01, 2008, 05:34:26 PM
Also, are Guitar Hero and Rock Band guitar interchangeable on either system?
Not sure exactly what you mean by this. I'll assume you mean, can you use Guitar Hero guitars for Rock Band and Rock Band guitars for Guitar Hero.

The answer is, kinda. Guitar Hero guitars work for Rock Band, but your sleek, shiny new Fender Strat is useless for Guitar Hero.

If you mean, can you use a PS3 guitar for Wii RB/GH and a Wii guitar for PS3 rhythm madness, then I'm a little surprised you're asking, and I'm pretty dang sure the answer is no.

But I think you meant the former.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-30)
Post by: Luigison on July 01, 2008, 08:18:12 PM
Heh.  Yeah.  I could have worded that better.  Thanks.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-7)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 07, 2008, 02:43:53 PM
Maybe not day 1, but I'll definitely get Civ Rev.

I believe UT3 is the first 360 game to have dedicated servers.

Schizoid looks like mad co-op action.

Working Man is one of the best songs in RB and now we have a version with different soloing. Lucky!

Oh yeah, and it's 7/7, Bungie Day, so there's some free Halo 3 stuff to download today only. And a new map.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-7)
Post by: bobman37 on July 07, 2008, 05:16:04 PM
I believe UT3 is the first 360 game to have dedicated servers.
I hope Gears of War 2 follows suit. I can't think of a worse online shooter system than Gears of War. Host advantage sucks hard.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-7)
Post by: Ambulance Y on July 07, 2008, 10:25:52 PM
Superhero Movie...what rubbish.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-15)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 15, 2008, 06:38:29 AM
I want NOTHING.




(except the RB songs of course)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-15)
Post by: SolidShroom on July 15, 2008, 08:35:24 AM
Finally, The Who collection for Rock Band. My friend who often drums in RB is gonna be having fun.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-21)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 21, 2008, 04:07:35 PM
Boring games, but NIN is always a good time (especially for drummers mwahahah).

Quote
In Go! Go! Break Steady, choose a character and make them dance by following visual cues on the screen.
Sounds awesome!

Quote
Once you have mastered the button break dancing, you are taken to a mini game where you shoot balls to make sets of three or more.
What!? NOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Alternate Joke: I guess this gives a whole new meaning to Bust-a-Move clone!]
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-28)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 28, 2008, 06:46:50 PM
Transcending history and the world, a tale of swords and souls eternally retold.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-28)
Post by: bobman37 on July 28, 2008, 07:44:59 PM
Go! Go! Break Steady is actually kinda cool. Kinda.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-28)
Post by: Zarkanthesmasher on July 29, 2008, 09:06:09 AM
Quote
Summer Athletics (Wii, 360, PS2)

Oh great, another sports-related addition to the giant Wii shovelware pile. X_X

Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-4)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 04, 2008, 02:55:04 PM
Braid

Also Master System Sonic the Hedgehog? Has that appeared anywhere before? I might have to try it!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-4)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on August 04, 2008, 03:16:59 PM
The Game Gear Sonic 1 in Mega Collection Plus and Adventure Director's Cut is the same thing, if you have those.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-4)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 04, 2008, 03:28:03 PM
Oh, it's just the straight-up Game Gear version?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-4)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on August 04, 2008, 04:20:25 PM
Vice-versa, technically (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(video_game)#8-bit_version), though only by two months.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-4)
Post by: MEGAߥTE on August 06, 2008, 01:05:06 AM
Yeah, with a larger resolution.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-11)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 15, 2008, 11:29:38 AM
Super late trip edition!

Tim Rogers really, really liked Bangai-O Spirits.

An import pool game and one of those parody shooters on VC. Weird.

I like Telltale but hate Homestar Runner so definitely won't be getting that.

Bionic Commando: Rearmed approaches Bloody Wolf levels of my love for its humorous manliness. Really great dialogue, style, and gameplay.

Dream Theater in RB. Yes!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-11)
Post by: The Chef on August 15, 2008, 12:44:10 PM
Why do you hate H*R, LD? Better yet, since when do you hate H*R? I don't remember you having such an objection to it in the past.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-11)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 15, 2008, 01:13:38 PM
Max Vance, please show the man.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-11)
Post by: MaxVance on August 17, 2008, 03:38:41 PM
Due to limitations of the forum software's search, I have not been able to turn up quite as many results as I would like. However, I did find this from May 2007:
By the way, I remember when I just assumed dukar was some Homestar Runner reference, since everything was back then.
I'll kill you.
"Back then" probably refers to late 2005 to early 2006, which is also when Bird Person posted the HomeBar Runner (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9047.0) topic.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-11)
Post by: The Chef on August 17, 2008, 06:48:36 PM
After looking back on that topic,I think GiftedGirl might've been the reason LD hates H*R so much.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-11)
Post by: DeadAwake on August 19, 2008, 08:25:39 AM
MaxVance has good hustle.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-11)
Post by: Glorb on August 19, 2008, 12:04:58 PM
Yeah, I remember those days. Basically every joke I didn't get was a Homestar Runner reference, so to save time I'd just start pretending I knew what SBEmail or whatever it was from.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-11)
Post by: The Chef on August 19, 2008, 03:28:42 PM
Basically everything GiftedGirl said was an H*R reference. Then it became Muppet references before she disappeared for a while.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-11)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on August 20, 2008, 07:03:47 AM
Then it became Muppet references before she disappeared for a while.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-11)
Post by: MaxVance on August 20, 2008, 03:34:20 PM
/me waits for Turtlekid1 to disappear for a while
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-11)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on August 20, 2008, 04:10:36 PM
I get the distinct impression people around here don't like me...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-11)
Post by: The Chef on August 20, 2008, 05:33:04 PM
No, we just don't like your posts.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-11)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on August 21, 2008, 07:43:24 AM
For what is a man, what has he got?
If not his posts, then he has naught.

...I'm digging my own grave here, aren't I?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-11)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on August 21, 2008, 10:41:23 AM
A miserable little pile of secrets!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-18)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 24, 2008, 02:24:28 AM
Ultra super mega late edition! (Don't ask, but it involved Game of Thrones (http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/agotbgpage.html) and sleeping at a truck stop.)

I don't care about any of this stuff, not even Galaga Legions, but I do think the graphical tricks for showing enemy paths are nifty.

Rock Band songs are pretty tight, but I'm still two weeks behind on actually playing any of the RB releases. XD
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-18)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on August 24, 2008, 07:11:10 AM
Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty... What's that about?  It may be interesting.

Justice League: Season 1... I'm assuming that means the crappy animated version with John Stewart as GL and a seriously de-powered Superman?

House: Season 4... FTW!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-18)
Post by: The Chef on August 24, 2008, 09:49:56 AM
You called animated Justice League crappy? Jehoshaphat...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-18)
Post by: WarpRattler on August 24, 2008, 11:43:01 AM
Justice League was horrible. JLU was the good one.

The only thing from that list that I care about is Galaga Legions, which I won't get to play any time soon. Next week has some insanely awesome stuff, though.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-18)
Post by: The Chef on August 24, 2008, 03:24:33 PM
What was so horrible about it? I think it contains some of the most memorable episodes.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-18)
Post by: silverstarman on August 25, 2008, 08:08:42 PM
Bunch of cool stuff today, Mario Super Sluggers, Helix (looks okay) and two good V-Con games!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-25)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 25, 2008, 09:11:32 PM
The 360 once again proves itself the system for JRPGs with the double whammy of Infinite Undiscovery and Tales of Vesperia. Disgaea also makes its first PS3 appearance.

For fun stuff this week, we have Castle Crashers (a 4-people-on-the-couch game for sure) and an album of Rush. \m/

They say that Helix is a rhythm game. I might be buying my first WiiWare game in eons.

And remember kids, Disaster Movie is made by the Really Bad Guys who did Meet the Spartans and Spy Hard, not the Sorta Okay Guys who did Superhero Movie and Airplane!. (Yes, they've both horribly devolved.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-25)
Post by: WarpRattler on August 25, 2008, 09:35:03 PM
You forgot N+.

I played through From the Abyss in Japanese a while back. It's great for anyone who really likes hack-'n'-slash games with ridiculously broken attack skills.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-25)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 25, 2008, 09:48:21 PM
Hmm, you're right.

From the website (http://nplusgame.com/), it looks fugly as all hell and the music is horrible compared to the XBLA awesomeness, but I do love the rap on the site.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-25)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on August 25, 2008, 10:12:36 PM
Cool, they finally released Ys on Virtual Console.
I wonder if I'll get it before I find a Turbo CD.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-25)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on August 26, 2008, 03:44:52 PM
Mario Super Sluggers: it looks good, but I still need to get MKW and a PS3...
Heroes: Season 1 (Blu-Ray): FTW!
Heroes: Season 2 (also on Blu-Ray): Not quite as FTW as season one, but still FTW!
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Interesting.  I'll have to see about that one.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-25)
Post by: missingno on August 27, 2008, 08:59:52 PM
I want Mario Super Sluggers, but I still don't have the first Mario baseball title yet.


And I hate The Nightmare Before Christmas. There I said it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-25)
Post by: ShadowBrain on August 27, 2008, 10:08:23 PM
I think it's fine. It's just slowly gained the unfortunate reputation of being to emos as, say, The Wrath of Khan is to Trekkies.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-25)
Post by: silverstarman on August 28, 2008, 05:38:53 AM
Mario Super Sluggers...I'm not that interested, I'll get it for christmas, though. I thought the first one was decent.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-25)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 30, 2008, 10:52:42 AM
The Rush album got delayed for some reason and replaced with a Locksley pack. ;_;
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-1)
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 03, 2008, 08:01:25 PM
And the unrelenting torrent of fantastic XBLA games finally, uh, relents. But there are three crappy games at once. That's kinda weird.

It's a fun week in RB. And all Harmonix proceeds from the songs go to Child's Play. Jolly good.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-1)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on September 04, 2008, 02:20:07 PM
Well... the only one I'm really really interested in I already got the day it came out (SMRPG).  I admit, I'm hooked.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-1)
Post by: Luigison on September 08, 2008, 04:51:59 PM
Did anyone play Helix WiiWare?  LD?  It sounds like a good concept for a rhythm game and I've read people say it works where DDR hand motions failed.  I haven't played either.  WiiWare-World gave it a good review, but IGN gave it a very low score.  I'm curious about it and if it was merely wasting a little money wouldn't be that upset, but my Wii storage is in crisis. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-1)
Post by: WarpRattler on September 08, 2008, 05:04:43 PM
Yes, he did. (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=12029.0)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-1)
Post by: Luigison on September 08, 2008, 05:37:54 PM
Yes, he did. (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=12029.0)
Wow!  Fail on my part.  I'm make room for it and post my impressions in his thread later.  Thanks.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-1)
Post by: MaxVance on September 08, 2008, 07:01:09 PM
I'm make room for it
I'm
What's this? Oh, it's just some
Fail on my part.

Anyway, Helix is cool. And I don't normally care for rhythm games, either.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-1)
Post by: penguinwizard on September 08, 2008, 07:14:04 PM
Virtual Console releases for 9/8 (not sure where to put this):

Cho Aniki (Turbografx) [it's that weird Japanese space shooter game with the scantily-clad muscle men in it. I still can't believe they decided to release that in America]
Final Soldier (Turbografx)
Groovin' Blocks (WiiWare title)

And in Japan today is... Secret of Mana. Good lord I can die happy now. Can't wait to see it come stateside, though for all I know it will take another three/six months for that to happen.

Reggie also says there's a solution in the works for the Wii storage space problem, better than a hard drive he says, although no details yet on what this new solution is.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-1)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on September 08, 2008, 07:39:58 PM
I'm impressed that they put Cho Aniki out here. I might just have to get it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-8)
Post by: ShadowBrain on September 08, 2008, 11:16:48 PM
Whoa, I thought that was just for the JP VC...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-8)
Post by: DeadAwake on September 09, 2008, 04:18:57 AM
Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty... What's that about?  It may be interesting.
It's the sequel to the original (http://steeez.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/841204booty-call-video-release-posters.jpg).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-8)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on September 09, 2008, 09:59:32 AM
Smallville season 7, eh?  I'll have to get that... after I get seasons 2-6.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-8)
Post by: WarpRattler on September 09, 2008, 03:13:44 PM
Too...much...stuff! Spore, Spore Creatures, Viva Piñata DS, Lock's Quest, and possibly Mazes of Fate and MillionHeir, and in movies, a new release of The Big Lebowski, and Burn After Reading!

...The only things I listed that I really care about are the first two games and the two movies, but I'll still give the other four items a try, so...yeah.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-8)
Post by: silverstarman on September 09, 2008, 07:19:21 PM
Cho Aniki. Hah, weird stuff that goes out in Japan. Yeah I can't believe that it was released here, either. All I care about this week was a copy of Samba De amigo I got for the Dreamcast, with Maracas. I don't have it yet, but soon. Can't stop thinking about it...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-8)
Post by: ShadowBrain on September 09, 2008, 07:24:07 PM
My brother just bought SBCG4AP Episode 1. Well, I downloaded it and everything, but bought the Wii Points card (he was at football practice).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-8)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on September 11, 2008, 08:40:30 PM
Jeopardy is out on PSN (http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/09/11/playstation-store-update-51/). This is honestly the first time I've actually wanted a PS3.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-8)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on September 12, 2008, 11:37:45 AM
I'm pretty sure I had Jeopardy for my PS1 at one point, but I have no idea where it is now...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-8)
Post by: missingno on September 12, 2008, 01:00:58 PM
I got it for Genesis just a week ago, I enjoy the trivial part, but the idea of actually typing out the whole thing by going to each letter can get a bit repetitive. I found it funny how CPU's either answered right, or rather than a typical wrong answer, would just type "xxx".
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-8)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on September 12, 2008, 02:07:50 PM
Yeah, I had the SNES Jeopardy, and typing out answers is really annoying. Especially when you realize halfway through the typing that the answer is something else, but you don't have time to type it. Or when the answer was something that could only fit if you didn't type the spaces, and you didn't realize until you had three or four letters to go. Jeopardy should only be on consoles with keyboards. The multiple choice solution that some games use instead, including for some reason the latest official PC version, give a completely different feel from the show. Also, I once had the Tiger handheld Jeopardy, which came with a book of questions each with three possible answers, and in the U.S. Presidents category, usually only one of the three choices was actually a U.S. President. Which is sort of like the reverse of that one page that was in a coloring/activity book I had when I was a kid. It showed four pictures, and you were supposed to write down the first letter of the name of each object, and it would spell out the answer to "What do you call a baby sheep?". The first picture was a lamb. Sort of like WINE. Okay, I'll stop now.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-22)
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 22, 2008, 05:22:26 PM
HOLY CARP LOOK AT ALL THOSE GAMES
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-22)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on September 22, 2008, 05:29:52 PM
DBZ Trilogy?  Interesting.
Hamtaro?  I had no idea that franchise was still alive.
Lego Batman=FTW
Kirby Super Star Ultra=See Lego Batman
Wario Land: Shake it... another good Wii game I'm not likely to get.

PS: I agree with LD's sentiment.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-22)
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 22, 2008, 05:36:27 PM
Actually the only thing on the list that matters is

Samba De Amigo


Many of the Rock Band songs are pimp as well.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-22)
Post by: missingno on September 22, 2008, 05:52:48 PM
Some nice releases this week. I plan on getting Wario Land: Shake It, Kirby Super Star Ultra, and Mega Man 9 eventually.
Give or take a few that I want to try out just out of curiosity.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-22)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on September 22, 2008, 05:57:23 PM
Got me that thar Mega Man 9. Good stuff, but weird that you apparently can't charge or slide.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-22)
Post by: WarpRattler on September 22, 2008, 06:21:56 PM
Is Duke3D a straight port or a remake?
Also, you forgot the PS2 version of LEGO Batman and the DS version of Pipe Mania.

I have a feeling I'll be receiving a copy of LEGO Batman for Christmas.

I hear Pipe Mania is a new version of Pipe Dreams, which I own on at least two systems already.
Ham-Ham Challenge is sort of a minigame thing for young children and is pretty dull. It's not at all cool like Ham-Ham Games, one of only two GBA titles my younger sister owns that I've actually enjoyed playing (the other being Lady Sia).
Disgaea DS is a port of a PSP port of a PS2 game.
I'm saving all of my comments on KSSU for the video game article I write for my school's monthly newspaper.
DropCast is yet another block-based puzzle game utilizing the touch screen and a sideways system orientation. Don't know yet if it's good or not.
It would be totally awesome if My Japanese Coach was a big step toward making games more import-friendly.
Rhapsody is a port of a PSone RPG.

I've heard a lot of good stuff about Colonization, so I might play it eventually.

Samba de Amigo and WLSI are the first two games I've seen in a long time that actually make me want to get a Wii again. Maybe Twin Strike: Operation Thunder as well, but since I can't find anything about the game anywhere online other than the box art and the fact that it's a shmup of some sort...

I can't speak for the other songs, but the Rush tracks for RB this week are great.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-22)
Post by: MaxVance on September 22, 2008, 06:36:00 PM
I've already put down orders for Wario Land: Shake It! and Kirby Super Star Ultra. Now to wait for them to arrive.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-22)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on September 22, 2008, 06:39:54 PM
Rhapsody is more like a redesign of the PSX Rhapsody. It's all side-view and stuff, I think, instead of the isometric of the original.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-22)
Post by: Luigison on September 22, 2008, 07:57:54 PM
This is an awesome week for gaming.  Especially good for platform gaming.  I got MM9 today and it is awesome.  I hope Wario Land: Shake It is good.  I'll probably get it or de Blob later this week and get two copies of Kirby Super Star Ultra eventually; one for me and one for my stepfather for Xmas.  My father got a PS3 this week, but I don't know anything to get him for it.  Portal might be cool, but he'll probably prefer it on PC.  There's several other games this week that I want, but will probably have to wait: Samba De Amigo, LEGO Batman, Buzz, Vector Man, etc.   
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-22)
Post by: silverstarman on September 23, 2008, 08:01:28 PM
MaxVance: Aww, lucky. I don't care so much for Wario, but Kirby really seems awesome.

Chupperson Weird: MegaMan 9 is cool. I got it, it's not bad. But it's harda. I always thought 3 was the hardest, but this rivals it. But the downloadable Proto Man can slide and charge his weapon.

Lizard Dude: Samba is PWN! I got it for my Dreamcast a few weeks ago with maracas and I can't stop playing. Really great.

AND VECTORMAN!!!! Loved that game so much!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-29)
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 29, 2008, 05:32:55 PM
Just as Nintendo long ago tapped JRPG-powerhouse Square for Mario's first RPG, Sega now enlists CRPG-powerhouse Bioware for Sonic's.

I'm probably getting Wii Cheer, based on the Nintendo Channel vid. Cheer songs are good for rhythm gaming.

And boy oh boy are the bass players happy in RB this week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-29)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on September 29, 2008, 05:35:12 PM
I can't wait for Iron Man.  Despite the questionable ending, it was probably one of the best movies that came out this year.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-29)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on September 29, 2008, 06:43:51 PM
Questionable? How so?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-29)
Post by: ShadowBrain on September 29, 2008, 10:10:05 PM
SPOILERS!













"I am Iron Man."

*Reporters go nuts*
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-29)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on September 29, 2008, 10:40:54 PM
No, I saw the movie. They just accelerated the timeline 30 years is all.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-29)
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 30, 2008, 03:41:33 PM
What's actually wrong with the ending?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-29)
Post by: Glorb on September 30, 2008, 06:08:18 PM
Because it spoiled the fact that Iron Man and Tony Stark are the same person.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-29)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on September 30, 2008, 07:17:39 PM
Lol wut?  Iron Man iz Tony Starks boddi-gard, n00b.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-29)
Post by: silverstarman on October 06, 2008, 07:54:02 AM
Mario Golf 64 released on V-Con today, with Shining Force 2 (haha, two games from Camelot ^^)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-29)
Post by: Luigison on October 06, 2008, 03:37:45 PM
Today I just got:

Proto Man for Mega Man 9 WiiWare
Little Big Planet online beta for PS3


Recently I got:

Wario Land Shake Wii
de Blob Wii
Art Style: ORBIENT WiiWare
Mega Man 9 WiiWare
Buzz! TV PS3
Portal PC (for my father)
Kirby SuperStar Ultra DS


In other news, I sold my house in California and the money is in the bank.  Well, what's was not spent on the above games, and it's actually a credit union.  I also bought a second quad core PC and a toddler bed.  After buying Christmas presents, a couple of 23andMe tests, some vitamins and supplements, and getting my car service I'll probably be back to the minimum balance in my checking account. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-29)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on October 06, 2008, 05:13:59 PM
Oh holy cow, I forgot about Proto Man.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-29)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 06, 2008, 06:49:35 PM
Screw this week.

Except for Bad to the Bone and Pretty Fly are going to be great singer songs.

And except for a new Weird Al song!

And except for





WORLD OF GOO                                     (pre-orders only)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-29)
Post by: Luigison on October 06, 2008, 07:30:50 PM
What?  WORLD OF GOO?  That's not out this week.  Can you pre-order WiiWare games?  I think I missed something.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-29)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 06, 2008, 07:38:21 PM
PC, man, PC.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-29)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on October 10, 2008, 10:50:57 AM
I noticed Crash: Mind Over Mutant was on the list.  Don't get me wrong, Crash is terrible now, but every time I see a Crash title I look back to a better time.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-29)
Post by: The Chef on October 10, 2008, 03:59:54 PM
Screw you. Crash of the Titans ruled, and this one will likely rule even harder.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-29)
Post by: ShadowBrain on October 10, 2008, 04:01:17 PM
I've never played any of the games except the first (a bit), so could someone tell me what is usually agreed upon as the best Crash game? Not like I'm going to go out and buy it--just curious.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-29)
Post by: Boo Dudley on October 11, 2008, 11:22:46 AM
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/09/tgs-08-monster-hunter-3-is-kind-of-a-big-deal-part-1/

Look at what the Wii is capable of!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-29)
Post by: ShadowBrain on October 11, 2008, 08:25:14 PM
Eagle Eye = Teh uber O_O
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-29)
Post by: penguinwizard on October 13, 2008, 12:38:11 AM
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/09/tgs-08-monster-hunter-3-is-kind-of-a-big-deal-part-1/

Look at what the Wii is capable of!

... WANT.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-13)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 13, 2008, 06:57:01 PM
If you play one game this year, make it Braid.

But if you play two, your second should be World of Goo.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-29)
Post by: Glorb on October 13, 2008, 07:15:43 PM
Eagle Eye = Teh uber O_O

God, I need to see that movie so hard.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-13)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on October 13, 2008, 07:59:48 PM
I kinda want to see that also.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-13)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on October 13, 2008, 09:03:23 PM
I still say Shia LeBeouf isn't old enough yet to play a character named Jerry Shaw, stubble or no stubble.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-13)
Post by: ShadowBrain on October 13, 2008, 09:35:54 PM
I think he's actually a fairly decent actor, considering his roots. That, and he's the first rising star of my lifetime I've semi-followed (well, not with intent). I'm sure my parents felt the same way when Michael J. Fox or Will Smith or whoever rose through the Hollywood ranks.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-13)
Post by: Glorb on October 13, 2008, 10:36:03 PM
Yeah, I was kinda PO'd when I found out he managed to sneak into every movie I wanted to see (Transformers, Indy 4, Care Bare Adventures: Adventures in Carebareland), but I gotta admit, the kid's got talent.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-13)
Post by: bobman37 on October 13, 2008, 10:50:27 PM
I bought World of Goo. It's ok.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-13)
Post by: Boo Dudley on October 13, 2008, 10:59:59 PM
Yeah, I was kinda PO'd when I found out he managed to sneak into every movie I wanted to see (Transformers, Indy 4, Care Bare Adventures: Adventures in Carebareland), but I gotta admit, the kid's got talent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IXCK1EyP4s
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-13)
Post by: Luigison on October 14, 2008, 05:27:22 PM
I bought World of Goo. It's ok.
I bought World of Goo.  It's AWESOME!  The only downside is that I had to throw out six items from my fridge to make room for it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-20)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 20, 2008, 04:31:51 PM
A lot of old good games coming out on new systems this week. And if you like big-name sequels that start with "F", you're in luck!

I must resist buying Wii Music and Portal: Still Alive. I totally don't need either of them but my brain wants to buy them.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-20)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 20, 2008, 04:44:23 PM
I should also note that Mega Man 9 gets more DLC, including the Hard Mode which has "alternate enemy distribution and spawning points", the Special Time Attack Stage with its own boss - Fake Man, and Expert Mode which "triples the level of difficulty from the default Mega Man 9 game". W T F !!!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-20)
Post by: Luigison on October 20, 2008, 04:56:04 PM
Tetris Party and The Incredible Maze for me.  I pre-ordered Spyro, but will probably be canceling it as I'm out of gaming money this month and having a lot of fun with WiiWare games anyway.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-20)
Post by: WarpRattler on October 20, 2008, 04:57:26 PM
Holy crap, Gradius II.

As far as stuff I'd probably be able to play on systems I currently own, I really want to play the new Castlevania game, and even though my PC gaming thirst is currently quenched by Spore, the Peggle Nights demo, and the surprisingly large World of Goo demo (just need another $11.50 or so to buy the full versions of those two games), I really want to play Bully and Dead Space.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-20)
Post by: bobman37 on October 20, 2008, 07:28:55 PM
That reminds me that I still should play BioShock sometime.

You forgot Guitar Hero World Tour!!!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-20)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 20, 2008, 07:35:47 PM
That's Sunday, which I consider next week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-20)
Post by: bobman37 on October 20, 2008, 07:41:55 PM
You update Mondays. Whatever
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-20)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 20, 2008, 07:56:07 PM
I update Mondays because that's when most of the VC/XBLA info comes out, but consider the week to start on Sunday (trad.).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-20)
Post by: NintendoExpert89 on October 20, 2008, 08:37:27 PM
I went to Wal-Mart today and sadly they didn't have Wii Music in yet. They had Mario Kart Wii in on release date...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-20)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on October 21, 2008, 12:36:15 PM
Web of Shadows, eh?  Interesting looking game.  Spidey games have sure come a long way since Spider-Man for the PS1... I still like messing with costume options in Enter: Electro, sadly.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-20)
Post by: Glorb on October 21, 2008, 01:55:06 PM
I hope you're not knocking Spidey PS1. That game owns my soul. I still play it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-20)
Post by: ShadowBrain on October 21, 2008, 04:24:57 PM
I instinctively avoid all superhero games. Now, I know some are okay, but it's just a learned reaction at this point.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-20)
Post by: missingno on October 21, 2008, 04:35:08 PM
How can you overlook Batman on the NES? It's awesome.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-20)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 21, 2008, 04:38:42 PM
LD Top 3 Superhero Games

1. Crackdown

2. Marvel vs. Capcom 2

3. Spider-Man 2
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-20)
Post by: missingno on October 21, 2008, 04:45:13 PM
Can one really consider Marvel vs. Capcom a legit superheo game?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-20)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 21, 2008, 05:02:27 PM
Yes. Why wouldn't you?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-20)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 21, 2008, 05:39:20 PM
I did a little reading and decided to get Portal: Still Alive and Far Cry 2.

Quote from: Tom Chick, on Far Cry 2
And there is no other game world quite like this one: haunting, spectacular, meditative, explosive, violent, and serene, all at once, and all in a mere shooter.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-20)
Post by: bobman37 on October 21, 2008, 09:53:55 PM
Sure, but why Portal: Still Alive? You're basically re-buying Portal, with a few extra maps (that don't have glados or really any significant story).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-20)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 21, 2008, 10:13:14 PM
TEM always says to be a true fan you have to own the game 3 times. This will be my third purchase of Portal!

I'm a true fan.

Plus that 'Out of the Blue' achievement is too cool to pass up.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-20)
Post by: Glorb on October 22, 2008, 05:09:54 PM
What's worse is that the extra maps are a map pack that was released for free as an adaptation of the Portal 2D flash game's levels.

That's like re-buying a movie you already own, for the YouTube fan trailers on the second disc.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-20)
Post by: TEM on October 23, 2008, 08:48:28 AM
I just downloaded the Still Alive demo, chalk me up for 1 and a half.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-20)
Post by: nensondubois on October 23, 2008, 03:29:19 PM
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is the only worthy game to obtain out of the 3.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-20)
Post by: silverstarman on October 23, 2008, 05:07:19 PM
I've never played MVC2. I'll buy it someday, but it's too bad it's so expensive now.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-20)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 23, 2008, 08:30:27 PM
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is the only worthy game to obtain out of the 3.
What's your problem with Crackdown, the greatest game about jumping since SMB.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-20)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 23, 2008, 08:32:46 PM
I've never played MVC2. I'll buy it someday, but it's too bad it's so expensive now.
I think it's coming to XBLA pretty soon.    \:D/
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10-27)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 29, 2008, 06:09:29 PM
Mirror's Edge demo comes out Friday.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-17)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 19, 2008, 08:22:38 PM
Space Invaders: The Original Game (Note: Not the original game)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-17)
Post by: TEM on November 20, 2008, 08:15:10 AM
I got L4D, haven't had a chance to really play a full "movie" yet. :(
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-17)
Post by: Luigison on November 20, 2008, 05:17:56 PM
From what I've played of Wii Music one of the following has to be true:
1. Wii Music sucks
2. I suck at Wii Music
3  Both 1 and 2

Animal Crossing: City Folk has addicted me to Animal Crossing again. 

Also, Brain Challenge is pretty "fun" if you like that kind of "game".

World of Goo and Mega Man 9 are still awesome.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-17)
Post by: ShadowBrain on November 20, 2008, 05:35:25 PM
2. I suck at Wii Music
You do realize that, by authenticating that statement, you attain sub-human status?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-17)
Post by: Luigison on November 21, 2008, 06:16:09 AM
You do realize that, by authenticating that statement, you attain sub-human status?
I assume that is a joke, but I will respond to it anyway.  I think it's important for one to know his or her own weaknesses.  That way one can A) improve on such tasks or B) concentrate on tasks that he/she are good at. 

I also do not like the term sub-human.  It implies that either some humans are less than human or that animals, plants, etc. are less than human.  Even though birds can't think like a human, most of them can fly.  I'd love to be able to fly.  My cat has to let me know to open the door, but he can flat-footed jump at least seven feet.  I'd love to be able to jump that high.  Most plants can't even move on their own, but it's be cool to be able to get energy from sunlight. 

Most animals are not sub-human, but merely different evolutionary branches.  Chimps and modern apes are our cousins.  They are not below or before use. 

My daughter sucks at most games.  Does that make her sub-human?

Anyway, I was told on NeoGAF about being able to press the negative button on the Wiimote to pull up a scroll similar to many modern music games, but haven't tried it yet.  Also, the Wiimote seemed to work fine in Wii Music, but my attached nunchuk did nothing.  Maybe I should have added an option:  4) I need to spank my nunchuk.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-17)
Post by: ShadowBrain on November 21, 2008, 07:45:34 AM
Whoa, man! I was just saying that if someone of your age and gaming proliferance really does suck at Wii Music... well, you might want to look into it. j/k, as the kids say.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-17)
Post by: Luigison on November 21, 2008, 08:44:57 AM
I know.  I'd like to see a Lizard Dude review of Wii Music. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-17)
Post by: Kuromatsu on November 21, 2008, 09:10:19 AM
I thought Wii Music was just a noisemaker with no real goal to the game, giving an impossibility for one being bad at it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-17)
Post by: Zarkanthesmasher on November 21, 2008, 11:38:11 AM
I assume that is a joke, but I will respond to it anyway.  I think it's important for one to know his or her own weaknesses.  That way one can A) improve on such tasks or B) concentrate on tasks that he/she are good at. 

I also do not like the term sub-human.  It implies that either some humans are less than human or that animals, plants, etc. are less than human.  Even though birds can't think like a human, most of them can fly.  I'd love to be able to fly.  My cat has to let me know to open the door, but he can flat-footed jump at least seven feet.  I'd love to be able to jump that high.  Most plants can't even move on their own, but it's be cool to be able to get energy from sunlight. 

Most animals are not sub-human, but merely different evolutionary branches.  Chimps and modern apes are our cousins.  They are not below or before use. 

My daughter sucks at most games.  Does that make her sub-human?

Anyway, I was told on NeoGAF about being able to press the negative button on the Wiimote to pull up a scroll similar to many modern music games, but haven't tried it yet.  Also, the Wiimote seemed to work fine in Wii Music, but my attached nunchuk did nothing.  Maybe I should have added an option:  4) I need to spank my nunchuk.

Woah, man! This isn't the political discussion forum! Besides, I think you took ShadowBrain way too seriously. If you assumed that it was a joke, why didn't you just treat it as that and not resort to writing this long post about evolutionary branches and how we shouldn't treat animals as less then ourselves?

Oh, and just for the record, Wii Music is easily one of the worst first party nintendo games ever.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-17)
Post by: Luigison on November 21, 2008, 11:41:05 AM
Z, because I wanted to, and it's "than", not "then". 

MSM, it scores your performances.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-17)
Post by: Zarkanthesmasher on November 21, 2008, 11:59:35 AM
Z, because I wanted to, and it's "than", not "then". 

1. That's the point - there was no reason for you to rant about using the term "sub-human," especially since it distracts from the actual reason for the topic.

2. To some degree, correcting people's minor grammar and spelling errors is a way of calling someone "sub-human." By posting that I used the wrong word in one spot, you're basically saying what amounts to "Look, you spelled a word wrong, and I corrected it, so you must not be nearly as smart as me!"
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-17)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on November 21, 2008, 05:06:36 PM
Well that's about the most farfetched argument I've seen here.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-17)
Post by: Luigalaxy on November 21, 2008, 05:45:39 PM
What's your problem with Crackdown, the greatest game about jumping since SMB.
I think it's coming to XBLA pretty soon.    \:D/
Mirror's Edge demo comes out Friday.
Space Invaders: The Original Game (Note: Not the original game)
Quadruple post, FTW.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-17)
Post by: Zarkanthesmasher on November 22, 2008, 09:41:36 AM
Well that's about the most farfetched argument I've seen here.

Dismissing an argument without even giving a reason only shows that you can't really prove it wrong, Chupperson.

Seriously though, I'm getting really sick of this forum. I suppose I'm just used to message boards where the moderators actually were a step above making sarcastic and demeaning comments in every other post. In fact, it seems like those are the only two kinds of posts people make here - nobody actually tries to respect people and their opinions.

Forget it - I'm not coming back here again. At least this isn't the only forum where you can talk about mario and video games - if it was, then that would be a serious problem.


Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-17)
Post by: ShadowBrain on November 22, 2008, 11:25:04 AM
Geez, that was a bit much...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-17)
Post by: BP on November 22, 2008, 01:54:53 PM
Dismissing an argument without even giving a reason only shows that you can't really prove it wrong, Chupperson.

He didn't? He said it was far-fetched. That's a reason.

Quote
Seriously though, I'm getting really sick of this forum. I suppose I'm just used to message boards where the moderators actually were a step above making sarcastic and demeaning comments in every other post.

Don't confuse Luigison with me. He's usually just the guy who always has the answers--I'm the one who tells you your answers always suck.

Good bye, and good luck. Dork.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-1)
Post by: Lizard Dude on December 01, 2008, 07:44:25 PM
Prince of Persia and Banjo-Kazooie. Yum!

Note the Headphones On track is free.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-1)
Post by: WarpRattler on December 01, 2008, 08:18:44 PM
I have a feeling that my brother is going to beg and plead for my parents to get him RE: Chain of Memories for Christmas (or buy it himself with Christmas money). I really couldn't care less, since I have the original game and I can always just borrow the remake from my cousin if I want to play it. I still like the card system, though, and I'm glad they didn't try to find a way to get rid of it.

Those last three songs on the Rock Band list this week seem like odd additions to the game.

I like the concept of Space Invaders Get Even. For those who don't know, it's sort of a Space Invaders RTS where you control the Invaders and destroy cities.

What's with all the cooking software lately? New Cooking Mama games, Personal Trainer, and now Happy Cooking...

Singstar ABBA has the potential to be a great gag gift.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-1)
Post by: Lizard Dude on December 01, 2008, 09:24:31 PM
Those last three songs on the Rock Band list this week seem like odd additions to the game.
Odder than this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E4-izv-Jc0)?

Singstar ABBA has the potential to be a great gag gift.
Why you gotta be hatin' on ABBA?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-1)
Post by: WarpRattler on December 01, 2008, 09:47:18 PM
Odder than this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E4-izv-Jc0)?
No, but still.
Why you gotta be hatin' on ABBA?
I never said anything about not liking them - I enjoy ABBA's music and would likely enjoy this version of the game. However, there are people out there who don't like the group. People with PS2s and/or PS3s.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-1)
Post by: ShadowBrain on December 02, 2008, 08:16:50 AM
What's with all the cooking software lately? New Cooking Mama games, Personal Trainer, and now Happy Cooking...
Nintendo saw someone besides themselves make a successful casual game so they made one similar to it. Then someone else saw Nintendo do something and... well, we all know what happens after that.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-1)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on December 02, 2008, 10:52:32 AM
KH:R:CoM is out today!  Hopefully it's in my PS2 before the day is out.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-8)
Post by: Lizard Dude on December 08, 2008, 08:35:31 PM
Might get Meteos Wars. *shrug*

The rest is POOPLY.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-8)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on December 08, 2008, 08:52:20 PM
No, Persona 4 is quality.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-8)
Post by: WarpRattler on December 08, 2008, 09:30:11 PM
PowerUp Forever goes on my list of XBLA shmups to buy when I get the system (this list is getting to be too long by far, so I need to hurry up and get a job), but no Meteos Wars for me because I own the original version and don't want to try to imagine it without touchscreen control.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-8)
Post by: Lizard Dude on December 13, 2008, 02:42:05 AM
Yes, Meteos Wars was a terrifying thing. You cursor around slowly, feeling unable to swiftly and accurately make the moves your brain cries out to. Things fall slower to compensate. Also there are super powers that add CRAZY RANDOMNESS for no good reason.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-8)
Post by: WarpRattler on December 13, 2008, 10:44:37 AM
I just thought I'd mention that there are also DS and PC versions of that Neopets thing...and they have a weird system for recording achievements (the Wii version either doesn't have them or they're not available on the site yet). Basically, if you unlock one in the game (nine of the ten achievements in the DS version are stupidly easy, though I don't know how I'm going to get 2000 experience from placing a single piece - by the way, the game itself is like Othello meets PuzzleQuest, which is pretty much just as bad as it sounds), you get a code that goes in on the promotional page on the website, and you get stuff on your Neopets account. You also get puzzle pieces showing that you've gotten achievements...and two of the puzzle pieces are earned for having five achievements and probably the other is gotten for having all ten.

EDIT: Never mind, the thing on the website is a promotional tool, and a broken one at that.

Why do I care at all about this stuff? I recently logged into my 66-month-old Neopets account (donotcare95; it's the first place I used that username) for the first time in ages, and I've been messing around with stuff on it a bit, playing new games, realizing how easy some of the older games actually are, stuff like that.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-15)
Post by: Lizard Dude on December 16, 2008, 07:13:26 PM
I slapped a cowboy hat on my character and played the RB songs. Most fun I've had since the Yngwie stuff.

There was hootin'. There was hollerin'.

There was banjo.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-15)
Post by: WarpRattler on December 16, 2008, 11:25:46 PM
I thought the insane amount of exclusive shmups was going to be my main justification for buying a 360.

I was horribly, utterly wrong.

This week's Rock Band songs are the first non-free DLC I'll be getting for sure (ensuring that I will get a version with DLC, since I'm not waiting forever for track packs and I really want to play the free stuff that isn't available on disc). These songs also transform Rock Band into the second game on the 360 my mother will fall in love with (the first being Galaga Legions), meaning two things: she might start playing video games other than Wario's Woods and old-school PopCap stuff, and I won't get yelled at for using the living room TV for rhythm games anymore (at least, not by her).

Also, I was disappointed when I looked up Burger Island and found that it was some sort of Diner Dash knockoff rather than some sort of BurgerTime spin-off. I miss BurgerTime.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-22)
Post by: Lizard Dude on December 22, 2008, 04:32:27 PM
There Are No Games
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-22)
Post by: WarpRattler on December 22, 2008, 04:42:28 PM
Does anyone even want to see any of those movies that aren't The Spirit?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-22)
Post by: The Chef on December 22, 2008, 06:18:43 PM
That Bedtime Stories looks like a pretty decent kids' flick, but otherwise no.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-22)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on December 22, 2008, 09:08:22 PM
Does anyone even want to see any of those movies that aren't The Spirit?

Valkyrie looks interesting...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-22)
Post by: ShadowBrain on December 22, 2008, 10:04:44 PM
I'm just about to the point where I'm going to make a drinking game: Every time you see the ad for Valkyrie, you take a sip. Seriously, I don't watch a whole lot of TV and I swear I hear "we have to kill Hitler" three times a day. I'm simultaneously amazed that there are reviews for it so far in advance and that they expect anybody to want to see it when it comes out. Not that I think it's bad (it actually looks fairly, dare I say, gripping); they're just oversaturating it.

And while I'm mentioning drinking games, another: Every time Nancy Grace says "tot mom", chug it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-22)
Post by: MaxVance on December 22, 2008, 10:18:06 PM
My game: Drink every time ShadowBrain makes an "edgy" post.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-22)
Post by: ShadowBrain on December 22, 2008, 10:29:12 PM
Better get a liver donor on speed-dial, then.

In addendum to my previous post, why so many movies coming out on Christmas? Let's see, we've got The Spirit, Valkyrie, Marley and Me, Bedtime Stories... Obviously, these aren't going to be in theaters for one day only, but who's going to go see a movie on Christmas? And even if people do, having four-plus flicks competing isn't going to help anybody's wallet.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-22)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on December 22, 2008, 10:31:33 PM
Uh, you do know that tons of movies are traditionally released on Christmas, right?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-22)
Post by: Luigison on December 22, 2008, 10:35:50 PM
I'm just about to the point where I'm going to make a drinking game: Every time you see the ad for Valkyrie, you take a sip. Seriously, I don't watch a whole lot of TV and I swear I hear "we have to kill Hitler" three times a day. I'm simultaneously amazed that there are reviews for it so far in advance and that they expect anybody to want to see it when it comes out. Not that I think it's bad (it actually looks fairly, dare I say, gripping); they're just oversaturating it.
Oh, I've seen that ad a lot, but didn't catch the name of the movie.  It's hard to get everything while the DVR is going at 3X speed to get to the next House wants to do a dangerous procedure to save someone's life.  I like my TiVo better, but I can life with a DirecTV DVR since it still gets me past crazy Tom Cruise.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-22)
Post by: ShadowBrain on December 23, 2008, 07:39:52 AM
Uh, you do know that tons of movies are traditionally released on Christmas, right?
Yeah, but it seems like more this year... What came out last Christmas?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-29)
Post by: Lizard Dude on December 30, 2008, 07:34:04 PM
I really dug the drum part to Funk #49.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-5)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 05, 2009, 11:18:02 PM
You can work peacefully on your sand castle or enter into a battle with invading crabs in Crab Battle mode. Players will strategically build their sand castle and use cannons to defend it against an army of destructive crabs.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-5)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on January 06, 2009, 12:11:21 AM
army of destructive crabs.
[the joke is implied]
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-5)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 06, 2009, 03:59:36 AM
There are three jokes in there.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-5)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on January 06, 2009, 06:53:24 AM
Kirby's Dreamland 3, eh?  Does anyone know if it's long/big enough to spend money on?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-5)
Post by: ShadowBrain on January 06, 2009, 07:19:07 AM
No, but I've waiting on it a while and I'm quite pleased, albeit somewhat surprised, to see it suddenly pop up.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-5)
Post by: WarpRattler on January 06, 2009, 07:23:09 AM
Depending on how good you are at interpreting what you have to do to get a star on each level, it can be a decent-length platformer with a bunch of cute animals and co-op capabilities or an excruciatingly long and frustrating game with a bunch of cute animals you'll want to tear into little pieces...and co-op capabilities.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-5)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on January 06, 2009, 09:06:57 AM
Well, perhaps I'll splurge.  Perhaps not.  Maybe if I get bored.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-12)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 13, 2009, 01:19:37 AM
People here often argue the definition of "hardcore gamer" and today I was struck with my perfect definition:

If you take a break from playing a game by playing a different game, you're a hardcore gamer.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-12)
Post by: ShadowBrain on January 13, 2009, 08:09:46 AM
Well, I'm balancing Zack and Wiki, GH:WT, and multiple VC games right now, but I don't really take breaks to swap.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-12)
Post by: WarpRattler on January 13, 2009, 04:12:14 PM
I like this definition, because I play multiple turn-based strategy games at the same time or weird indie games while taking breaks from rhythm games requiring actual physical activity, Trials 2, or FPS stuff all the time.

Nothing for me this week, but it's interesting to see a pachinko game released in the US.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-12)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 13, 2009, 09:54:29 PM
So no new XBLA games, just a Castle Crashers expansion containing two characters, three weapons, one animal, and four spells.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-12)
Post by: bobman37 on January 13, 2009, 10:56:14 PM
If you're counting content, the Braid theme gets released too.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-12)
Post by: Luigison on January 15, 2009, 06:09:59 AM
I picked up and played Personal Trainer: Math (DS) yesterday.  It's not much of a "game", but I'm a sucker for the series.  I actually enjoyed it. 

There are a few PSN puzzle games that came out over the holidays that I still want.  Speaking of the holidays, we played Raving Rabbids TV Party.  Good game.  LD might like its rhythm and dance mini games.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-12)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on January 15, 2009, 09:52:56 AM
FusionFall would maybe be worth consideration if it didn't cost money.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-12)
Post by: WarpRattler on January 15, 2009, 01:34:05 PM
It's an MMORPG for kids. Strikes one, two, and three right there. The non-free aspect doesn't even need to come into play when determining whether or not it's worth playing.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-12)
Post by: ShadowBrain on January 15, 2009, 05:24:03 PM
I was wondering what that weird thing was.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-12)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 15, 2009, 08:45:32 PM
It's an MMORPG for kids. Strikes one, two, and three right there.
I didn't catch any strikes yet.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-12)
Post by: Captain Jim on January 15, 2009, 09:47:26 PM
FusionFall maybe worth considering if it didn't butcher my childhood.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-12)
Post by: FlamingBlueMario on January 15, 2009, 09:48:40 PM
I was thinking about getting that game (FusionFall). But since it's not free anymore, I no longer plan on getting it. Besides, everything seems too...I don't know...it would be great if it had more freedom to it. Though they did do a great job on all the characters...except Dexter.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-12)
Post by: WarpRattler on January 15, 2009, 09:57:34 PM
In the eternal words of Lizard Dude,
Quote
Suck it, MMOs!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-12)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on January 19, 2009, 04:04:12 PM
FusionFall maybe worth considering if it didn't butcher my childhood.

Well, the terrible character design goes without saying.  It's bad enough they let all the good shows die, but now they can't even let them die with dignity.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-19)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 19, 2009, 04:20:27 PM
The Maw fo sho.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-19)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on January 19, 2009, 04:33:10 PM
I wonder if InkHeart will be any good.  The movie, I mean.  The game has a 90% chance of being worthless because it's based on a movie.  The movie only has a 60% chance.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-19)
Post by: ShadowBrain on January 19, 2009, 04:57:49 PM
Too meta for me.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-19)
Post by: bobman37 on January 19, 2009, 05:21:39 PM
Skate 2 aaaaaaawwwwwwww yeeeeeeaaaah
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-19)
Post by: ShadowBrain on January 19, 2009, 05:23:01 PM
Which word is being emphasized there?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-26)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 28, 2009, 06:54:50 PM
I have decided to play the entire Monster Boy series.

Unfortunately, the sixth game of the series has not seen US release yet. The Wonder Boy versions of the third and fourth game aren't on VC either, but other versions are.

(This series is f-ing complicated.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-26)
Post by: The Chef on January 28, 2009, 09:16:37 PM
Too many title variations. How hard was it to name the games anyway?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-26)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 28, 2009, 09:53:18 PM
That's not the actual problem. The games were developed by a company called Westone, but then licensed out to a buttload of various publishers. So the same games have many versions starring many characters with many stories and appear on various systems.

Look at this (http://www.myrsten.nu/spel/wonderboy/).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-26)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on January 28, 2009, 10:02:48 PM
I never knew that Wonder Boy was Adventure Island and The Dynastic Hero.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-26)
Post by: BP on January 28, 2009, 11:12:27 PM
Holy carp. And I thought explaining the same kind of thing for EarthBound/MOTHER to people was annoying.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-26)
Post by: whompman on January 30, 2009, 11:01:10 PM
hey, has anyone been able to find the whomp sound effect anywhere. i have looked everywhere and i have come up empty handed.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-26)
Post by: FlamingBlueMario on January 30, 2009, 11:21:43 PM
hey, has anyone been able to find the whomp sound effect anywhere. i have looked everywhere and i have come up empty handed.

Grr. That is my fourth -- scratch that, fifth time seeing that post...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-26)
Post by: ShadowBrain on January 31, 2009, 12:36:47 PM
Can someone please make it so that, upon registering, you are notified that you can't post threads for while?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-26)
Post by: MaxVance on January 31, 2009, 12:47:48 PM
It should be common sense that you lurk enough on any forum before posting. Lurking enough includes reading the rules (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=8638.0).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-26)
Post by: ShadowBrain on January 31, 2009, 08:25:04 PM
Common sense is never that common...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-2)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 02, 2009, 03:31:42 PM
Only notable game release is the girly-girl Atlus DS RPG My World My Way.

I'll probably go see Fanboys in the theater. Still need to see Benjamin Button too.

The VC continues to be dominated by SEGA.

Next week is going to be epic, BTW. At least 5 games I want coming out...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-2)
Post by: WarpRattler on February 03, 2009, 12:17:06 AM
Apparently R-TYPE Dimensions is a remake of the first two games with optional enhanced graphics, 1080i, a new co-op mode, and a new infinite lives mode.

Co-op R-TYPE does sound incredibly sexy, though. I'm close to weeping tears of joy just imagining the beautiful weaving patterns of ships and bullets dancing through the sky now made possible and enhanced by the graphical overhaul and the control afforded by a good analog stick. Best performed with ships set to speed 3.

Tom Chick says it's going to be a busy February after this week. I'm a little scared, a little HELL YEAH YS DS WITH SOUNDTRACK AND GAUNTLET \m/ \m/, and a lot graah I'm broke.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-2)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 03, 2009, 12:51:58 AM
I don't care about any of those things. Next week it's all about Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection, Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad, The House of the Dead: Overkill, Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayers, Retro Game Challenge, and

LocoRoco 2
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-2)
Post by: WarpRattler on February 03, 2009, 01:00:26 AM
Oh man, I forgot all about Retro Game Challenge. Scratch Gauntlet, I'm hyped for some Cosmic Gate action.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-2)
Post by: Deezer on February 03, 2009, 01:15:06 AM
"This game should be a lot, lot faster. Mom, this internet connection is so slow!"
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-2)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on February 03, 2009, 01:44:11 AM
Legacy of Ys is where it's gonna be at.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-2)
Post by: TEM on February 03, 2009, 11:24:08 AM
Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection
I've always wanted to play the Ecco games, I might get that.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-2)
Post by: ShadowBrain on February 03, 2009, 07:32:59 PM
I somehow managed to not know that game existed (or will exist, rather) until I saw a preview case at Movie Gallery. Killer deal, but I've already got Sonic Mega Collection, Sonic Gems Collection, and the Sonic Adventure series remakes.

"This game should be a lot, lot faster. Mom, this internet connection is so slow!"
My brother and I both lament that segment of the ad's passing.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-2)
Post by: BP on February 03, 2009, 09:28:04 PM
Fanboys

As in

(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffanboys-online.com%2Fcomics%2F20090121.jpg&hash=daaa5c3204a95a97dd540f4979785c87)

?

Meh, I'd watch it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-2)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 03, 2009, 09:35:30 PM
Uhhhhhh,

(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwatchstuff.com%2F2008%2F10%2F31%2Ffanboys-poster.jpg&hash=b2ac2988554dbc034acedfd5a68e671f)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-2)
Post by: SolidShroom on February 03, 2009, 09:36:47 PM
Wasn't that film in a development hell for a while or something?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-2)
Post by: BP on February 03, 2009, 09:43:19 PM
(I was joking of course, Lizard Dude.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-2)
Post by: The Chef on February 04, 2009, 03:59:35 PM
Is there a reason that poster looks like a carbon copy of this (http://tf.org/images/covers/The40YearOldVirgin.jpg) with Vader's helment shopped on?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-2)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 04, 2009, 04:26:04 PM
Yes, because it's a joke movie. The poster is a pastiche.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-2)
Post by: The Chef on February 04, 2009, 04:28:08 PM
I was afraid of that. That poster makes the movie look more low-brow that it probably is, what with the original plot about the kid with cancer being reinstated and all.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-2)
Post by: ShadowBrain on February 04, 2009, 10:08:07 PM
Is there a reason that poster looks like a carbon copy of this (http://tf.org/images/covers/The40YearOldVirgin.jpg) with Vader's helment shopped on?
Let it be known I mentioned that a few months ago. Nothing against you, though.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-2)
Post by: Luigison on February 05, 2009, 07:41:41 PM
Resident Evil 5 is up on the PSN.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-9)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 09, 2009, 06:53:48 PM
Now there is some quality stuff.

And WHAT DO YOU KNOW? A SEGA game on VC. XD XD XD
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-9) FOR REAL
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 11, 2009, 05:16:59 PM
So another XBLA title actually hit today: Minesweeper Flags.

With 4-player simultaneous competition, this is an insta-buy for me.

Let's just say the Minesweeper competition around here is... fierce. :)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-9) FOR REAL
Post by: WarpRattler on February 13, 2009, 12:55:59 AM
Just thought I'd mention that the Linux version of World of Goo is now available, in case anyone here has been prevented from playing the game for that reason.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-9) FOR REAL
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 13, 2009, 01:13:21 AM
If anyone here has been prevented from playing World of Goo because they only have Linux I will pay WarpWrattler $20.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-9) FOR REAL
Post by: Luigison on February 13, 2009, 07:00:25 AM
Flower is up on PSN.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-9) FOR REAL
Post by: WarpRattler on February 13, 2009, 05:15:24 PM
If anyone here has been prevented from playing World of Goo because they only have Linux I will pay WarpWrattler $20.
Rao was unable to play World of Goo until the Linux version came out.

(LD, think you could just gift me On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One on Steam? I want Left 4 Dead more but I'd owe you $5 or something.)
(As SolidShroom has pointed out, there's a Wii at the Weird residence, but Rao isn't interested in non-free games and there isn't a demo for the Wii version.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-9) FOR REAL
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 13, 2009, 05:24:33 PM
Did I say "anyone prevented from playing World of Goo Demo"?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-9) FOR REAL
Post by: WarpRattler on February 13, 2009, 05:31:47 PM
He's still not actually prevented from playing the whole game due to, and I know you're going to hate that I say this and try to get out of your offer, piracy. He's probably not going to do that (and I wholly endorse him and everyone else who doesn't have it avoiding that option like the plague and paying the $20 for the game), but it's an option that wasn't there before, and so he's no longer prevented from playing World of Goo. Pay up.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-9) FOR REAL
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 13, 2009, 05:50:28 PM
No. If piracy counts, he could have pirated Windows to play it before the Linux release.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-9) FOR REAL
Post by: WarpRattler on February 13, 2009, 05:54:50 PM
While I will cede that point, no sane person is going to download an entire present-day operating system for a single game.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-16)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 16, 2009, 07:23:25 PM
Battle Rage: Mech Conflict is an awesome name.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-16)
Post by: TEM on February 16, 2009, 07:28:52 PM
I bought the first in a limited series of comic books because the title was Dr. Doom and the Masters of Evil.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-16)
Post by: WarpRattler on February 16, 2009, 11:13:56 PM
I didn't realize until I read Tom Chick's post about this week's games that Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero? is a Disgaea spinoff. Now I want a PSP so I can find out if a Prinny really can be the hero.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-16)
Post by: ShadowBrain on February 17, 2009, 08:01:47 AM
Did you not know what Prinnies were?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-16)
Post by: WarpRattler on February 17, 2009, 08:09:58 AM
I wasn't paying attention the first time I looked at the list, and even if I had been, I rarely use those units because when I play Disgaea I'm too busy training humanoids to levels that seem ridiculous to my never-played-Disgaea-before self, so despite all the stuff about them all over the place in the games, yeah, I pretty much forgot they existed. Except for the baseball thing. That was awesome.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-16)
Post by: Luigison on February 19, 2009, 08:53:32 PM
Noby Noby Boy is up on PSN.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-16)
Post by: WarpRattler on February 23, 2009, 11:06:31 PM
Commodore 64 games now on the Virtual Console, I hear.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-16)
Post by: TEM on February 23, 2009, 11:20:09 PM
Man why hasn't LD updated the thread yet it's been almost two days.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-16)
Post by: bobman37 on February 23, 2009, 11:24:53 PM
He was banned for saying the word "balls" and posting the works of Michelangelo.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-16)
Post by: TEM on February 23, 2009, 11:27:58 PM
But those are my two favorite things.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-16)
Post by: Eclipsed Moon on March 18, 2009, 09:07:12 PM
Secret deal for those reading Page 49 of Weekly Releases!

Send a Wii message to Lizard Dude and he will give you BIT.TRIP BEAT (http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/dIeX8eerIL3YJQ2zmXkafPV_VD2Xk-S7).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-16)
Post by: BriGuy92 on March 18, 2009, 09:40:27 PM
Will he really...?

Sounds fishy.

But I might as well take the bait.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-16)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on March 19, 2009, 07:15:11 AM
Madea goes to jail?  I've been waiting for years for that wacko to be locked up.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-16)
Post by: ShadowBrain on March 19, 2009, 07:47:47 AM
I can authenticate that that film has actually been out for several years. Unless there's something I'm missing here...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-16)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on March 19, 2009, 10:38:41 AM
Yeah, I don't get it either.
From what it looks like, the DVD that was out before this movie was a DVD of the stage play.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-16)
Post by: ShadowBrain on March 19, 2009, 07:31:11 PM
Why it was ever deemed appropriate for the stage, I'll never understand even more.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-16)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on March 19, 2009, 07:48:20 PM
I'm with this guy. (http://www.cracked.com/blog/dan-obriens-diary-of-a-confused-white-daniel/) NSFW, in case you have a job.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-20) GRAND REOPENING
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 22, 2009, 11:40:50 PM
For the record, 3 people did the BIT.TRIP BEAT deal. 2 of them thanked me.

Excitebots looks good. Excite Truck was.

I gifted TEM a pre-order of Zeno Clash a while back. I'll let him report on its quality.

Wonder Boy III! Now to complete the Wonder Boy-branded version of the series, we just need the fourth game (which was released in the US as Wonder Boy III. Oy!).

I'm unsure if there's a difference between the XBLA and WiiWare Crystal Defenders. What's that R1?

And for Deezer this week we have I Love Horses.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-20) GRAND REOPENING
Post by: BP on April 23, 2009, 12:16:41 AM
HURK

I didn't thank you? I could swear I did.

Sorry! Thanks! It's a cool game even though I'm terrible at rhythm games and it doesn't seem capable of saving.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-20) GRAND REOPENING
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 23, 2009, 12:25:42 AM
That's okay, I was really only looking for something to make my first paragraph more interesting. :)

I'm a bit rubbish at it too, having not yet beat the second level. EM beat the game, though. EM!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-20) GRAND REOPENING
Post by: Eclipsed Moon on April 23, 2009, 12:42:53 AM
I still haven't figured out how the saving works on it.  Neither level stayed the first time I beat it, but if I kept playing for a while and turned the Wii off directly (I don't know what exactly did the trick), it stayed.  Or you can try to beat it all in one sitting, but then I'd just be rubbing it in. >:)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-20) GRAND REOPENING
Post by: TEM on April 23, 2009, 10:41:07 AM
TEM's review of Zeno Clash

(I'm about three hours into the game)

The first thing you will notice when Zeno Clash starts are the stunningly bizarre visuals and the relatively awful voice acting of the two main protagonists (unfortunately, the voice acting isn't bad to the point of being amusing). The colorful vistas and wild environments are interesting and a change from brown/gray gritty or hyper bright futuristic color schemes. I can't help but think of The Flintstones when considering the prehistoric look combined with bright, vibrant colors.
The weapon design is amazing and has a Flintstones (again) meets MacGyver feel as you fire things that look like they are last minute gun replacements made from dinosaur hide and monkey bones. The duel pistol-type guns in particular look cool and their reloading animation reminds me of using a stapler at work. The character design can be beautiful, cool, and ugly all at the same time while always being smothered in originality. They kind of reminded me of Tim Burton movie characters minus the dark gothic quality and the addition of a prehistoric cartoon feel.

The first person melee combat system is sort of fun after a brief but RAGE-inducing learning curve. Occasional audible swear-inducing anger still arises from the lock on system that keeps you from looking around and seeing that other guy punching you in the side of the face, or getting firearms knocked out of your hands when reloading causes you to move super slow. Issue one is caused by the FPS instinct to attack an enemy until they are dead (which usually is a short time in traditional FPS) and problem two stems from an established instinct to keep the guns blazing when the enemies are up close instead of putting up my dukes, the latter being a smarter move in Zeno Clash if you don't want to lose your gun(s). To avoid extreme RAGE forget all FPS rules regarding when and how to use melee or firearms; in this FPS melee has been bumped up on the food chain of combat decisions.

The game has a pervasive feel of amateurish game makers (examples being the mysterious save system and frustrating lock-on mechanic) working with the best original visual design artists around and voice actors that they pulled in off the streets. Zeno Clash is definitely worth playing due to its original visuals and game mechanics (even if the latter are a bit cranky). I can't quite say anything on character development (doesn't look good so far) or plot (there is a small hope) at this point. I predict the game will develop a small cult following thanks to the graphics and unique first person melee combat but the core combat mechanics are too different for FPS veterans and the idea of FPS in general will put off fans who might appreciate the bizarre plot/visuals/characters of the game.

I give it 3 out of 5 Dinosaur Bones for overall construction and a Must Play stamp for its originality.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-20) GRAND REOPENING
Post by: Luigison on April 23, 2009, 04:35:25 PM
Bit Trip and Excitebots are awesome, but I have too many versions Wonder Boy and don't have a huge want to play any of them so I'm gonna pass this time.  Also, I didn't bother with Crystal Defenders before so I'm not even considering it now.  Since I got a DSi I've been back into the brain/puzzle games. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-27) TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 27, 2009, 08:35:02 PM
M (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)an, who cares what comes out this week in the face of the no-unlocks SSFIITHDR-netcode MvC2 announcement. Ah well, let's have a look.

I imagine a lot of us will be going to see the Wolverine movie.

Another Cocoto game comes out. That's the same series as the fishing game that Bird played.

I like how they keep releasing minigames from the original WarioWare as DSiWare. I had a lot of fun with Paper Airplane Chase back in the day, competing with my brother.

That's a smokin' hot week for XBLA with Banjo-Tooie, Virtual-On, and Sorry!.

I wonder if the Rock Band Nirvana controller (http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/4/22/) is compatible with GHWT.

And for Deezer this week we have My Horse and Me: Riding for Gold.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-27) TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE EDITION
Post by: WarpRattler on April 27, 2009, 08:58:50 PM
I wasn't aware of the new Super Robot Taisen game being out this week. That means two potentially-interesting games to try...

I see Logan (the one with claws, not the one that draws awesome Yoshi pictures) is trying to win the Ratatouille Award.

What's in the other DSiWare title? Stuff that was in Clubhouse Games, or new stuff?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-27) TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 27, 2009, 09:05:58 PM
Yeah, that's about as close to the Ratatouille Award as you can get these days, since releasing a GBA or GCN game would be nuts. We probably won't see true successors until the next collision of gens.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-27) TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE EDITION
Post by: WarpRattler on April 27, 2009, 09:52:22 PM
More than just smokin'-hot week for 360 - check out those Xbox Originals. Good stuff there (or so I hear).

The IHSA, prom, and my younger siblings are conspiring to prevent me from seeing the Wolverine movie (and also making me miss out on Free Comic Book Day this Saturday). I guess seeing Star Trek in IMAX on opening day (and potentially meeting Max Vance) while I'm in Nashville will somewhat make up for it, though.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-27) TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE EDITION
Post by: Chupperson Weird on April 27, 2009, 10:25:21 PM
I'm surprised that the Dreamcast Game With My Favorite Title, CYBER TROOPERS VIRTUAL-ON ORATORIO TANGRAM™, is coming to Xbox Live.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-27) TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 27, 2009, 10:57:53 PM
Nah, Warp, I'd say anyone interested in Max Payne would be better off getting them through Steam for less money and with better graphics and control.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-27) TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE EDITION
Post by: SolidShroom on April 28, 2009, 04:54:44 AM
Party Pigs Farmyard Games (Wii)
I wonder if current events have hindered the sale of this game
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-27) TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE EDITION
Post by: WarpRattler on April 28, 2009, 06:13:31 AM
Sadly, LD, from experiences with some of them (both online and off), I'd say there's at least a decent-sized chunk of 360 owners who really don't care as much about graphics, control, or price - especially for a rerelease of an Xbox game - if an improvement on any of those means having to play it on PC rather than their dedicated game system, so it's a big deal for those people.

Apparently Stalin vs. Martians is being released tomorrow instead of today. Not cool, guys. Not cool.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-27) TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE EDITION
Post by: Turtlekid1 on April 28, 2009, 09:18:06 AM
What's this?  X-Men Origins: Wolverine?

Want.  Want now.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-27) TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE EDITION
Post by: Chupperson Weird on April 28, 2009, 02:42:56 PM
Where the heck have you been for the past year?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-27) TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE EDITION
Post by: Turtlekid1 on April 28, 2009, 06:31:28 PM
Right here.  I just didn't realize it was coming out this week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-27) TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE EDITION
Post by: Luigison on April 28, 2009, 07:31:51 PM
Klonoa Wii also comes out this week. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-27) TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 28, 2009, 08:42:30 PM
Prove it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-27) TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE EDITION
Post by: Luigison on April 29, 2009, 03:17:11 PM
Opps.  Looked at my calendar wrong.  It's next week.  Sorry.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-27) TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE EDITION
Post by: WarpRattler on April 29, 2009, 10:39:37 PM
Kieron Gillen says (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/04/29/rps-vs-mezmer-stalin-vs-martians-impressions/) Stalin vs. Martians isn't really worth the $20 (or even the current $16 on Steam), so unless a demo is released so I can try it for myself, it's off my list.

For you European DS owners (I don't know how many of those we still have here other than Caterina), Rhythm Heaven (Rhythm Paradise over there) ships tomorrow. Lizard Dude says (https://twitter.com/lizard_dude/status/1644618408) it's "easily one of the top rhythm games ever made," and I'm inclined to agree.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-27) TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 30, 2009, 09:43:11 AM
How come Kieron got a link to his saying and I didn't?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-27) TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE EDITION
Post by: WarpRattler on April 30, 2009, 03:18:28 PM
Remedied. People, the rest of that particular tweet is important as well.

Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-27) TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE EDITION
Post by: Luigison on April 30, 2009, 05:50:04 PM
I got a call today saying Klonoa Wii would be in Friday.  Either my calendar was correct the first time or this game was pushed up.  Either way I'm happy. 

Maybe I'm part of the problem, but as long as ports are good I'll keep buying them.  If Katamari Wii came out with Kororinpa Marble Mania style controls I'd buy three copies. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-27) TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE EDITION
Post by: WarpRattler on May 04, 2009, 03:27:30 PM
Zombies.

Lawns.

The very thought boggles the mind.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-4) PATA PATA PATA PON EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 04, 2009, 05:02:17 PM
E (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.0)ven if you buy Patapon 2 in a shop, you just get a code to download. Bring on the future!

I imagine a lot of us will be going to see the Star Trek movie.

Finally I shall play Space Invaders Extreme.

The last few weeks of RB songs have been boring IMO but this week is mega rad.

And for Deezer this week we have Nancy Drew Dossier: Lights, Camera, Curses!.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-4) PATA PATA PATA PON EDITION
Post by: Turtlekid1 on May 04, 2009, 05:31:08 PM
Star Trek?  With Sylar?  I'm so there.  Right after X-Men Origins.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-4) PATA PATA PATA PON EDITION
Post by: Chupperson Weird on May 04, 2009, 05:36:16 PM
Wolverine was last week, dude.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-4) PATA PATA PATA PON EDITION
Post by: Turtlekid1 on May 04, 2009, 05:38:52 PM
Sadly, I still haven't seen it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-4) PATA PATA PATA PON EDITION
Post by: TEM on May 04, 2009, 05:44:27 PM
Look how much the Crysis Complete Pack saves you versus buying the games individually!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-4) PATA PATA PATA PON EDITION
Post by: WarpRattler on May 04, 2009, 08:43:50 PM
Noticed that ages ago, TEM. Reminds me of the whole pricing fiasco back when Spore was added to Steam.

Seeing Star Trek in IMAX on Friday in Nashville. The next day or Sunday, there's a very good chance of me meeting Max Vance...and I'll get video.

As far as SIE goes, I don't know if you'll like it, LD, since shmups are one of your five least experienced genres, but the Jeff Minter visuals definitely make me want to have a go at it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-4) PATA PATA PATA PON EDITION
Post by: WarpRattler on May 04, 2009, 11:54:30 PM
Plants vs. Zombies demo. (http://static.popcap.com/newsletters/pvz_early.php) Also 10% off coupon code (but if you buy it through Steam, it's half of PopCap's normal price anyway).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-4) PATA PATA PATA PON EDITION
Post by: ShadowBrain on May 05, 2009, 07:40:19 AM
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/games/ba52/

It's not exactly from this week, but I've been sitting on this news for a while and this is as good a place as any to mention it. So, I guess ThinkGeek is selling new Dreamcasts for $15-$100. Or will. I'm not sure. IN any case, get 'em while they're hot!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-4) PATA PATA PATA PON EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 05, 2009, 04:03:45 PM
That's cool, but what good exclusives are left on Dreamcast that haven't been re-released since its death?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-4) PATA PATA PATA PON EDITION
Post by: WarpRattler on May 06, 2009, 05:29:16 PM
Plants vs. Zombies gets (https://twitter.com/lizard_dude/status/1714945076) rave (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/05/05/the-plants-vs-zombies-review/) reviews (http://fidgit.com/archives/2009/05/plants_vs_zombies_calls_truce.php).

Defense Grid: The Awakening, another great, somewhat more traditional tower defense game, is $5 on Steam until May 13.

The Dreamcast is widely considered to be one of the best systems around when it comes to homebrew, but other than that and the fact that there's still another month until Marvel vs. Capcom 2's rerelease, there's not much reason to own one.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-4) PATA PATA PATA PON EDITION
Post by: ShadowBrain on May 09, 2009, 09:38:37 AM
I saw Wolverine last night... with Spanish subtitles. My uncle is partnered with some other guy to try to revive a dying theater in town by carving out a niche as the only Spanish language theater in the state. He invited us, so why not? Okay, it was a little distracting, but the action scenes didn't have much dialogue and that's where it's usually most entertaining, anyway. As for the movie itself, it was pretty good, but there were some things I didn't "get". Then again, I'm no comics guy (I've often thought about becoming one, but it's so late in the game that I'd probably kill myself trying to catch up)...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-4) PATA PATA PATA PON EDITION
Post by: TEM on May 09, 2009, 11:38:51 AM
After being swept up in the fever of excitement based solely on the game's title I was underwhelmed by the demo of Plants vs. Zombies.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-4) PATA PATA PATA PON EDITION
Post by: Chupperson Weird on May 09, 2009, 01:40:05 PM
How could you not be underwhelmed by inanimate vegetables vs. moving vegetables
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-11) DESTROYED AT A TIME! EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 11, 2009, 04:23:21 PM
D (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)oes the boxart (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d6/Magiciansquestkonamids.jpg) of Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times remind you of anything?

I am psyched for Raiden Fighters Aces, which I didn't even know about until today. It contains the 3 Raiden Fighters games. Raiden Fighters 2 was easily the best game in my college campus arcade and I am eager to once more ponder over the mysterious DESTROYED AT A TIME! message and engage in the excitement of the interestingly-named Operation Violet Head. Even better, I still have access to my original partner for 2-player. If you like shmups where you shoot jillions of bullets at all times, this $20 collection is the way to go.

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha versus King Abaddon has a really long name.

XBLA gets a casino game based around cheating.

And for Deezer this week we have Girl Time.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-11) DESTROYED AT A TIME! EDITION
Post by: WarpRattler on May 11, 2009, 05:03:35 PM
LD, I like shmups where beautiful patterns of jillions of bullets are flying at me and I have to weave through them. Do the Raiden Fighters games have that?

I already have Civilization IV and its expansions thanks to the Steam holiday sales, so I could spend $10 less than what they want for The Complete Edition and get the only thing in the pack I don't already have (something I was already considering doing anyway).

C.O.R.E. is a DS first-person shooter with a generic plot, a generic main character, and probably touchscreen controls - the same reasons I didn't like Moon.

Hopefully this version of Desktop Tower Defense is good - we need more games of that genre on the DS. Two (DTD and Ninjatown, which I hear is excellent) is not enough.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-11) DESTROYED AT A TIME! EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 11, 2009, 05:27:08 PM
Nah, a few of the bosses get that way but you are dispensing the vast majority of bullets in the games.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-11) DESTROYED AT A TIME! EDITION
Post by: ShadowBrain on May 12, 2009, 07:20:30 PM
Please kill me: I didn't know the first page of this was updated every week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-11) DESTROYED AT A TIME! EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 15, 2009, 04:07:29 PM
Star Trek D-A-C has a Kobayashi Maru achievement that no one can figure out how to get yet. XD XD XD
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-11) DESTROYED AT A TIME! EDITION
Post by: Chupperson Weird on May 15, 2009, 09:29:19 PM
Obviously they need to hack the game.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-18) BIONIC EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 18, 2009, 05:43:55 PM
TEM, bobman, and I have had some fun playing each other using a glitch in the Bionic Commando multiplayer demo, but I'm eager to play the single-player.

I still haven't played the first Boom Blox.

I don't know what Puchi Puchi Virus is, but the title and boxart interest me.

I'll still get Punch-Out!!, even though The Chef has spoiled the #*$% out of it for me.

Yu-Gi-Oh! games have cool names.

Majora's Mask hitting VC will hopefully inspire me to play it for the first time since release. I refused to play through the GCN Collector's Edition version due to the sound glitches.

And for Deezer this week we have I Love Beauty: Hollywood Makeover.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-18) BIONIC EDITION
Post by: Turtlekid1 on May 18, 2009, 05:55:28 PM
Majora's Mask?  Seriously?  Cool.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-18) BIONIC EDITION
Post by: WarpRattler on May 18, 2009, 06:30:51 PM
I always get Puchi Puchi Virus and this other DS puzzle game with a similar subject matter (can't remember the name) confused in my mind. PPV is the somewhat fun game that got delayed forever for no real reason (it's been out in Europe for ages), and the other one is absolute garbage.

I've been looking forward to Jagged Alliance on the DS for a while, and the timing is perfect - I can show it to my strategy-gaming uncle (I currently have his copy of Jagged Alliance 2) while I'm in Iowa this weekend.

Some Yu-Gi-Oh! games have cool names, anyway; I can think of a few that definitely don't.

Regardless of whether or not Dance Flick is another stupid parody movie, I'm not seeing it.

For some reason, the name of Steal Princess makes me think it's a sequel to My World, My Way in which you play as a princess who decides to go out and become a master thief to impress a dashing rogue she met at a ball. (It's not; from what I've seen and read, it's a "puzzle platformer" that looks and sounds a lot more interesting than what was for the most part a basic JRPG that tried too hard to not take itself seriously.)

[darn]ation also comes out this Friday, and if you prepurchase it on Steam, you get Second Sight for free.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-18) BIONIC EDITION
Post by: ShadowBrain on May 18, 2009, 10:24:12 PM
Got to see Terminator. And... that's it, really. I haven't bought a new game since... World Tour, I think? (by new, I mean "oh, look, it finally came out, I'll go get my wallet")

Also, I wasn't aware the sound glitches in Majora's Mask were that [darn]ing. Heck, I never really even noticed 'em.

Also also, it's kind of sad to see the long-awaited next iteration in Bionic Commando come out for pretty much everything but the newest console by the company the original was on (and the Wii Remote would work great with the guy's arm, to boot).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-18) BIONIC EDITION
Post by: Chupperson Weird on May 18, 2009, 10:54:33 PM
I never noticed sound glitches. Just the freeze glitches (maybe they are the same thing).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-18) BIONIC EDITION
Post by: ShadowBrain on May 19, 2009, 07:03:32 AM
Honestly, when something weird did happen, I just took it as being typical N64-glitchiness (yes, even though it's on the GCN).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-18) BIONIC EDITION
Post by: TEM on May 19, 2009, 10:21:32 PM
The only thing I noticed in Majora's Mask on the CE was that the music would falter for maybe half a second when different areas would load.

I got Bionic Commando. At first I was going FFFFFFF because the game has secret collectibles you can find but if you stray 4 feet into an okay looking area away from the main path you die in 3 seconds from radiation that's not detectable until it is (usually) too late to go back. This choke hold on exploration while having items being found solely because of exploration really ground my gears, being a lover of finding unnecessary tidbits in otherwise straight forward actions games. The combination of invisible radiation and death water (that kills your camera view long before killing you) in some levels almost made me stop playing. After I got past those levels and more game mechanics were remembered by the main character the game got a little more fun. After a few boss battles I decided that the game was pretty rad and hopefully it keeps moving in that direction.

The character design and "development" is pretty crusty and reminds me a lot of Lost Planet: Extreme Condition. This includes scenes of dramatic moments between characters and in game dialogue between the main character and his superiors that is obvious and spoon-fed exposition given to the player like a bad movie. The main villains have a generic uninspired look to them that almost advertises their lack of character depth. The main character has dreadlocks and is overly aggressive. The only thing that I like about any of the characters is the smack talk that goes on between the main character and the ground troops. They don't have any back and forth banter but when the occasional line is audible in between gun fire it is sometimes smile-worthy.
 
After getting used to the game and getting a better taste of what it has to offer game play-wise I'd say the only real problem with the game is its crappy characters and  plot line and the absurd stage restrictions (in light of the collectibles). However this is easy to ignore and the game is still fun. Zip-kicking a soldier repeatedly until he's dead or punching a car into a enemy mech's face is very fun. Multiplayer matches are great fun as well (I can't wait to fight bobman37 and LD on a stage other than the nighttime demo stage).

I give Bionic Commando three and a half cyborg arms out of five. Worth playing but skippable if you really want to spend your money elsewhere.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-25) WALK TRAINING EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 26, 2009, 05:16:01 PM
A pretty boring week IMO.

How is there not a snack food called Munchables? Seriously, Kraft, get on that. (There seems to have been a really obscure use of the name in 1999 but it doesn't exist anymore.)

And for Deezer this week we have Imagine: Makeup Artist.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-25) WALK TRAINING EDITION
Post by: Chupperson Weird on May 26, 2009, 05:19:03 PM
Seriously? They put on the Genesis version of ClayFighter instead of the SNES version? Which has greater color depth and no dithering?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-25) WALK TRAINING EDITION
Post by: Turtlekid1 on May 26, 2009, 05:30:07 PM
How are Secret Agent Clank and inFAMOUS boring?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-25) WALK TRAINING EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 26, 2009, 05:58:05 PM
Because Secret Agent Clank came out a year ago and inFamous is low on my list of open-city games I still need to play.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-25) WALK TRAINING EDITION
Post by: WarpRattler on May 27, 2009, 02:11:54 PM
I was going to post something on here yesterday asking whether there was anything worth playing this week after looking at Tom Chick's post about the week's releases, but decided against it.

If I had a Wii I might be interested in the two WiiWare titles.

I saw that Fallout 3 pack when I was at GameStop yesterday. I doubt it's worth the $20.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-25) WALK TRAINING EDITION
Post by: ShadowBrain on May 27, 2009, 09:32:14 PM
Weak week, if you ask me. Up's out, though? Maybe...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-25) WALK TRAINING EDITION
Post by: WarpRattler on June 02, 2009, 04:50:24 PM
Hey, where's the release stuff?

Having read some stuff about it, I'm giving serious thought to purchasing The Sims 3 at some point in the near future. However, after my personal fiasco with the Spore Galactic Edition (in which I didn't get that version and it's now dropped in price to less than what the standard one cost when it came out - I may buy it at some point just to have an extra five installs [which I really don't need anyway] and the neat stuff in the package), it'll probably be the special edition from the start (though DRM isn't a concern here).

Also, regarding something I said a couple of weeks ago regarding Colonization: It dropped to $20 when the pack came out. Another probable buy.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-1) PSN EXISTS EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 05, 2009, 02:44:28 AM
Ultro-late update thanks to TEM distracting me. I've always ignored PSN releases because unlike everyone else, they never announce anything until Thursday when it all gets put up in the PlayStation Store. But since I'm so late this week, I added it in. I think I'll include PSN from now on, but it will be added in Thursday and I will only post again if there's something big. So you'll have to check for yourself if you care.

I will definitely play Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, but I'd like to replay FFIV first, maybe the DS version.

I'll also get Wolfenstein 3D for pure nostalgia. It was my first FPS!

Final Fantasy VII finally gets rereleased. Remember when those cutscenes and summons looked mind-blowingly good? No plans to replay this anytime soon, but like many people I have a special place in my heart for ol' VII.

This is the second week in a row that GHWT has had a free song released.

And for Deezer this week we have Imagine: Boutique Owner.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-1) PSN EXISTS EDITION
Post by: SolidShroom on June 05, 2009, 04:34:32 AM
Oh my, I can actually play Final Fantasy VII on the PSP now? I might as well go dust that thing off.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-1) PSN EXISTS EDITION
Post by: WarpRattler on June 05, 2009, 09:19:38 AM
I can't recall if W3D or Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold was my first real FPS, but both rule, and the former could always use more rereleases.

Knights in the Nightmare is a crazy turn-based real-time strategy RPG with gameplay akin to a danmaku shooter. In other words, it's an overly-hectic amalgam of genres that doesn't work very well. I enjoyed playing what I got through in the Japanese version, though.

I already talked about the only other game I care about this week in a previous post.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-1) PSN EXISTS EDITION
Post by: Turtlekid1 on June 05, 2009, 10:25:36 AM
Ah, Wolf and Blake, my good buddies that got me through a rather depressing stretch of time that I had to endure with my PS1 broken.

I never could beat Wolf 3D on "Death Incarnate" difficulty.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-1) PSN EXISTS EDITION
Post by: Chupperson Weird on June 05, 2009, 11:01:22 AM
FFIV: The After Years is pretty cool, but it has the fastest battle transition known to man and I'm trying to figure out why. They don't do the mode 7 zoom even though they simulate mode 7 stuff with airships in the first minute of the game.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-1) PSN EXISTS EDITION
Post by: CrossEyed7 on June 05, 2009, 01:01:23 PM
I only just got to the moon on FFIVDS (seriously, why The Blue Marble? Why did they use the single most overused stock photo of Earth ever to represent a planet that's not even Earth rather than making their own, even if it's just for half a second?), but I'm already playing TAY. It's rather sweet. I just hope it's not quite as short as it seems.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-1) PSN EXISTS EDITION
Post by: Chupperson Weird on June 05, 2009, 03:21:26 PM
Yeah, I didn't understand why they used a picture of Earth either.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-8) IRON MAIDEN EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 09, 2009, 08:24:55 PM
I remember seeing some Blueberry Garden vids a long time ago and thinking I wanted to play it. I haven't heard much since, but I guess it's out!

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 is bundled with Wii MotionPlus.

Now please excuse me; I have a lot of Rock Band to play.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-8) IRON MAIDEN EDITION
Post by: Luigison on June 10, 2009, 05:37:25 AM
I remember seeing some Blueberry Garden vids a long time ago and thinking I wanted to play it. I haven't heard much since, but I guess it's out!

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 is bundled with Wii MotionPlus.

Now please excuse me; I have a lot of Rock Band to play.

And for Deezer this week we have Petz Fashion: Dogz & Catz.
Fixed.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-8) IRON MAIDEN EDITION
Post by: ShadowBrain on June 10, 2009, 05:39:17 PM
Starfy aside, this week's pretty paltry.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-8) IRON MAIDEN EDITION +
Post by: WarpRattler on June 12, 2009, 12:00:11 PM
PSN and XBLA get some badass games this week. Comix Zone and Gunstar Heroes are must-plays, and Heavy Weapon is pretty awesome considering it's a PopCap game that doesn't involve puzzle pieces or finding hidden objects.

I believe Bird Person has had his eyes set on Prototype for a bit now. Certainly something I'll consider picking up after I build my new computer (now confirmed to happen within the next eight weeks!).

The Legendary Starfy was pretty awesome when I played it in Japanese earlier this year.

Yet another Guitar Hero game on the DS? I'd much rather play its competitor on the PSP - which kind of understates how much I want to play Rock Band Unplugged.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-15) TAPPING EDITION
Post by: Turtlekid1 on June 15, 2009, 02:43:45 PM
Wow, there is... nothing that interests me in the slightest this week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-15) TAPPING EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 15, 2009, 05:42:11 PM
Y (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)ou sad little man.

I'll be buying at least four games:

Flower Sun and Rain is by Suda 51 so it's an insta-buy (even though I didn't like Contact :/).

Guitar Hero Smash Hits needs no introduction.

Let's Tap, Yuki Naka's game controlled only through tapping a box with an upside-down Wii remote laying on it.

Duels of the Planeswalkers because a few nights ago I read about Magic's recent rules changes and core set philosophy and it got the old juices stirring.

---

Also of note,

America's Army 3 is free (like usual).

Ghostbusters has most of the real cast involved.

Space Harrier is a good use of VC Arcade.

Let's Catch somehow relates to Let's Tap.

Rocket Riot has a good trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zN0h1xmwF8&fmt=18).

Sam and Max Save the World is the new-fangled name for the first six eps, a.k.a. Season One.

And for Deezer this week we have Diva Girls: Divas on Ice.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-15) TAPPING EDITION
Post by: Black Mage on June 15, 2009, 07:18:53 PM
Careful with the Magic game, I hear it lacks the Deck Building features of the previous PC games. I read something about only having preconstructed decks but that was sometime ago. I may be misinformed.

Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-15) TAPPING EDITION
Post by: The Chef on June 15, 2009, 07:40:37 PM
Rules changes huh? Wonder what those might be...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-15) TAPPING EDITION
Post by: Chupperson Weird on June 15, 2009, 09:27:42 PM
Too bad you can't put an umlaut over the n.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-15) TAPPING EDITION
Post by: WarpRattler on June 18, 2009, 06:13:50 PM
Just imagine if Rhythm Heaven had come out this week as well - the amount of tapping shipping could be catastrophic.

I sort of stopped caring about Magic: The Gathering after power creep reared its ugly head and threatened to take a huge bite out of my bank account.

Rock Band instruments work with Guitar Hero games, right? If so, I'll probably pick up Smash Hits this September.

I've heard good things about Ghostbusters.

Why do I have the feeling my brother will download America's Army 3 when my mom's computer is back from the shop?

Is this Rainbow Island thing of any relation to the Taito classic?

No purchases for me this week. Next week, however, signals my first day-one retail purchase ever.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-15) TAPPING EDITION +
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 18, 2009, 08:19:05 PM
Uh, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor?

[MGS came out on PSN today.]
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-15) TAPPING EDITION +
Post by: Chupperson Weird on June 18, 2009, 08:23:20 PM
MegaTen games are generally where it's at.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-15) TAPPING EDITION +
Post by: WarpRattler on June 18, 2009, 09:19:15 PM
If not for the fact that DS games are generally in stores on Wednesday (or later) and I'm probably not making visits to GameStop two days in a row, I'd probably make that the second one.

(I'll be buying the Spore expansion pack - the one that adds gameplay content, because this isn't The Sims 2.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-22) THE CONDUIT EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 22, 2009, 03:47:21 PM
W (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)ill The Conduit really be that good? Who knows?

ARMA II looks cool.

For Deezer this week we have Fashion Week Designer Jr..
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-22) THE CONDUIT EDITION
Post by: Turtlekid1 on June 22, 2009, 04:07:24 PM
Knowing my mom, she'll probably drag one or more of my family along with her to watch My Sister's Keeper.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-22) THE CONDUIT EDITION
Post by: Glorb on June 22, 2009, 06:37:39 PM
I can't wait to play Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil: Resident Evil: Archives of Resident Evil: Evil Resident.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-22) THE CONDUIT EDITION
Post by: WarpRattler on June 23, 2009, 04:05:38 PM
Just bought Galactic Adventures. Going to try to play it tonight when I get home, but it'll probably require Internet authentification and I can't do that until Thursday.

No Wii or else The Conduit would've been a definite must-buy.

Not particularly interested in anything else this week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-22) THE CONDUIT EDITION
Post by: CrossEyed7 on June 23, 2009, 05:16:42 PM
I'm probably gonna get Boxlife as soon as I get another points card. Looks like the kind of thing I'd enjoy for some reason.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-22) THE CONDUIT EDITION
Post by: nensondubois on June 23, 2009, 07:28:46 PM
Nothing too great this week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-22) THE CONDUIT EDITION
Post by: ShadowBrain on June 23, 2009, 10:24:04 PM
Hey, is "The Conduit" pronounced "The Second Coming of Jesus Christ"? I read GoNintendo and so I'm a bit confused.

But seriously... uh, I'm not too keen on Transformers, but my mom is (interestingly enough). Also interestingly enough, I understand some people are steering clear of that movie on account of Shia dissing the Wii.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-22) THE CONDUIT EDITION
Post by: Chupperson Weird on June 23, 2009, 11:11:57 PM
Haha what?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-22) THE CONDUIT EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 23, 2009, 11:29:30 PM
I hope for their sake they're Nintendo employees.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-22) THE CONDUIT EDITION
Post by: ShadowBrain on June 24, 2009, 02:42:30 PM
Haha what?
Oh, you know... people have been building that game up as, like, the Last Hardcore Hope.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-22) THE CONDUIT EDITION
Post by: Chupperson Weird on June 24, 2009, 02:46:49 PM
So is the Wii version not as good or what?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-22) THE CONDUIT EDITION
Post by: ShadowBrain on June 24, 2009, 02:50:44 PM
Wii version? It's an exclusive.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-22) THE CONDUIT EDITION
Post by: CrossEyed7 on June 24, 2009, 03:05:45 PM
I think one of you is talking about The Conduit and one of you is talking about Transformers.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-22) THE CONDUIT EDITION
Post by: Chupperson Weird on June 24, 2009, 03:06:46 PM
Yeah, that makes a lot more sense.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-22) THE CONDUIT EDITION
Post by: ShadowBrain on June 24, 2009, 03:18:16 PM
And to think that the quote button could've prevented all this confusion.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-22) THE CONDUIT EDITION
Post by: Glorb on June 24, 2009, 03:19:11 PM
And thus, the best conversation of the month came to a close.

So I hear people are complaining about the amount of swearing in Transformers 2. Apparently there's a [dukar]load of S-bombs (and likely an instance of the PG-13 rating's allowance of one F-bomb), many of which are dropped by Autobots. It's obvious Transformers 1's masturbation jokes and robot-peeing were merely testing the waters for how much edginess Michael Bay could put in a movie based on a kid's property. His adaptation of Magic School Bus will probably have a sex scene.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-22) THE CONDUIT EDITION
Post by: ShadowBrain on June 24, 2009, 03:22:38 PM
Yes, I was alarmed by some of that stuff in Transformers (1), but you put Megan Fox in a movie as a high-schooler and you can do pretty much anything.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-22) THE CONDUIT EDITION
Post by: CrossEyed7 on June 24, 2009, 03:24:41 PM
I was just reading a MSB fanfic where Ralphie and Carlos played strip poker.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-22) THE CONDUIT EDITION
Post by: Glorb on June 24, 2009, 07:37:28 PM
SEE WHAT I MEAN
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-29)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 29, 2009, 03:48:09 PM
W (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)ater Warfare is an 8-player online FPS watergun fight with randomly generated maps.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-29)
Post by: WarpRattler on June 29, 2009, 04:11:55 PM
Is this week really so weak that there's only one game mentioned in LD's post?

For the record, there's nothing I'm interested in (except maybe Trine), though I would like to mention that unless the Mega Man Star Force series is somehow following the same progression of how good the games are as the original Battle Network series (in which the two games that made up the third entry were also the best in the series), the two new games should be avoided like the plague, just like every other Star Force game.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-29) +
Post by: CrossEyed7 on July 06, 2009, 10:49:57 AM
Hey, the Art Style game with numbers (CODE / DECODE / BASE 10) is finally out! Sweet! I just wish they'd stop renaming all of them.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-29) +
Post by: Turtlekid1 on July 06, 2009, 10:54:39 AM
How can they justify a Harry Potter minigame about book/movie #6 since all Harry does for the first 25 chapters is worry about his and Ron's love lives and learn about horcruxes?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-6) THREE-HEADED MONKEY EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 06, 2009, 02:03:30 PM
T (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)he only videogame series that rivals Space Channel 5 in the amount of gushing unbridled enthusiastic love feelings I have for it as a whole is Monkey Island. And the first part of the new one comes out this week. *swooon!*

BIT.TRIP CORE is awesome and hard. Like rock hard. Like rape hard. Like Mega Man 9 hard. This game is so hard. I will declare anyone who can beat even level 1 officially Good At Games.

You can't go wrong with Battlefield, so I'm going to party like it's 1943.

Know Your Enemy will make a fantastic RB song. Fun vocals, fun drum part, sweet little guitar solo.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-6) THREE-HEADED MONKEY EDITION
Post by: WarpRattler on July 06, 2009, 02:54:40 PM
And for even more gaming goodness, LucasArts games begin to hit Steam later this week.

I already bought BioShock, so if I decide to get Oblivion, I'll just pick up GotYE for $20. Still, both games together for $40 (or $30 if you're a PC type) is an excellent deal.

Also for PC types: Street Fighter IV is $40. You'll need a good controller (possibly an arcade stick) if you don't want to try to play a fighting game with a keyboard. Also, you might not have anyone for multiplayer because most everyone who cares already bought the game on 360 or PS3.

I want to try BIT.TRIP CORE just to see if it really is that hard.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-6) THREE-HEADED MONKEY EDITION
Post by: Glorb on July 06, 2009, 04:37:23 PM
I want to see Bruno.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-6) THREE-HEADED MONKEY EDITION
Post by: bobman37 on July 07, 2009, 05:10:45 PM
I am extremely interested in the BIT.TRIP CORE challenge (beat level 1), but I feel like I should probably play BIT.TRIP BEAT first.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-6) THREE-HEADED MONKEY EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 07, 2009, 06:23:26 PM
That wasn't really a challenge per se. I beat it after only a few tries and you could too. I'm just saying this game separates the men from the boys right off the bat.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-13) DAIRY FARMER EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 13, 2009, 01:36:04 PM
I know a guy who played more NCAA Football 09 than Mr. Melee plays Halo 3. I don't expect to see him for awhile.

The monkey train keeps rolling with a remake of Secret.

VC has two Sega imports, which is nice. Pulseman was actually previously available in the US on the Sega Channel.

The WiiWare games are ordered by amount of exclamation marks.

A Madballs game? Are you joking me? I haven't heard anything about Madballs since roughly 1992, when I rented a VHS of Madballs: Gross Jokes and watched it 15 times in a 24 hour period. True story.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-13) DAIRY FARMER EDITION
Post by: Turtlekid1 on July 13, 2009, 01:52:29 PM
Yippee, Harry Potter 6 is coming out this week.  I won't be at all sorry to see Michael Gambon's Dumbledore die.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-13) DAIRY FARMER EDITION
Post by: WarpRattler on July 13, 2009, 01:58:39 PM
How appropriate. You fight like a cow.

I don't plan on purchasing any of this week's releases except for SoMISE.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-13) DAIRY FARMER EDITION
Post by: ShadowBrain on July 14, 2009, 12:24:18 PM
Harry Potter! And true, Turtlekid, though he'll probably show up again in Deathly Hallows pt. 2.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-13) DAIRY FARMER EDITION
Post by: CrossEyed7 on July 14, 2009, 02:05:41 PM
He was all over the frickin' place in 7. Looking back on it now, it seemed kinda cheap how much he was still basically alive.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-13) DAIRY FARMER EDITION
Post by: ShadowBrain on July 14, 2009, 11:21:20 PM
I guess it's best if we all think of him as like Ganon, only benevolent, bearded, and gay.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-13) DAIRY FARMER EDITION
Post by: BP on July 15, 2009, 06:15:05 AM
I would call this one the best adaptation yet in the series of films, with my only major complaint being that Tom Riddle is oh-so-obviously evil in the flashbacks. There is no way Dumbledore and Slughorn would not have been able to predict what he'd become, if even on a scale of "That guy's not so nice."

So yeah. Prisoner of Azkaban's movie was crap, Goblet of Fire's wasn't so bad if you ask me, Order of the Phoenix's was more crap, but Half-Blood Prince's is satisfactory, which I can say as a loyal fan to the novels and from a "How much would someone new to this series understand all this" point of view.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-20) CHRONICLES AND STORIES EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 20, 2009, 05:20:05 PM
T (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.0)his week I will play Little King's Story and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord and touch nothing else.

Well, maybe the Splosion Man demo.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-20) CHRONICLES AND STORIES EDITION
Post by: WarpRattler on July 20, 2009, 06:36:19 PM
Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman! What Did I Do to Deserve This? seems kind of cool. Certainly has a great name.

What all is included in Namco Museum Essentials? Obviously I wouldn't buy it (lacking a PS3 and having enough Namco Museum collections anyway), but I hear it has Dragon Spirit, which is basically Xevious reskinned as a fantasy shmup where you play as a (potentially twin-headed) dragon. Also leaderboards.

Probably buying the Country Pack in September.

Funny how everything I'm interested in this week is on systems I've avoided purchasing or requires hardware I'm waiting to purchase.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-20) CHRONICLES AND STORIES EDITION
Post by: ShadowBrain on July 21, 2009, 01:16:12 PM
I've always (yes, the movie's been hyped for so long that I feel comfortable using that word) felt it odd that the main gimmick of The Orphan appears to be "this movie has a really awesome plot twist". Not even M. Night Shyamalan advertises like that.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-20) CHRONICLES AND STORIES EDITION
Post by: Toad on July 21, 2009, 02:04:23 PM
Weekly Releases (7-20)

What the heck! No VC releases this week?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-20) CHRONICLES AND STORIES EDITION
Post by: Turtlekid1 on July 21, 2009, 02:09:20 PM
Maybe they're building up for something big next week. 
*coughSSB64cough*

Hey, I can dream, can't I?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-20) CHRONICLES AND STORIES EDITION
Post by: Chupperson Weird on July 21, 2009, 09:18:49 PM
No. Dreaming is forbidden.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-20) CHRONICLES AND STORIES EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 22, 2009, 02:46:47 AM
Next week VC will surely be some Commodore 64 game that seventeen Europeans played.

I'm digging My Life as a Darklord. Way more fun and unique than Square Enix's first tower defense game, Crystal Defenders.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-20) CHRONICLES AND STORIES EDITION
Post by: Luigison on July 24, 2009, 05:38:32 PM
Little King's Story is awesome.  I highly recommend it. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-27)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 27, 2009, 08:53:57 PM
There's not much info online about Rockin' Pretty but it appears to be a DS rhythm game where you earn money to buy clothes for the girls in your band. I'm so there!

Wii Sports Resort should already be in stores. Go buy it, now!

I'm not sure much more can be said about Marvel vs. Capcom 2. If you don't buy this, you must be some kind of retard!

Fat Princess will be out Thursday, but because of PlayStation release announcement policy won't show up on my list until next week. Thursday, though!

My brother is going to poop when he sees what this week's RB songs are!

And for Chupperson Weird this week we have Dragonball: Evolution releasing on Blu-ray/DVD!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-27)
Post by: WarpRattler on July 27, 2009, 10:04:27 PM
Bookworm Adventures 2 picks up where the first left off. I was only able to play a demo of the original, but I'll probably buy the sequel if PopCap's site or Steam offers a bundle with both games for cheap.

I'll probably let Marvel vs. Capcom 2 take me 4 a ride in September.

If Rockin' Pretty is solid I'll look out for it.

I've heard East India Company described by words I equate with "will not run on my computer".

Space Bust-A-Move is more of the same gameplay and boring level design they've been giving us for years, only this time they added in the customizability from Arkanoid DS. Avoid it unless you imported the Taito DS Paddle Controller - this is the fourth game to support one of the coolest DS add-ons to not be released in the US.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-27)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on July 28, 2009, 06:41:32 AM
What, still nothing on Virtual Console?  They had better be building up to something good.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-20) CHRONICLES AND STORIES EDITION
Post by: Toad on July 28, 2009, 11:18:53 AM
Weekly Releases (7-20)

What the heck! No VC releases this week?

What the heck!! No VC releases this week either?? They had better be saving for a handful of games that are nothing short of spectacular.

Sorry to quote myself, btw..
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-27)
Post by: Glorb on July 28, 2009, 12:29:35 PM
No ______ EDITION? Lizard Dude you have failed me beyond comprehension
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-27)
Post by: ShadowBrain on July 28, 2009, 03:16:18 PM
I was shocked as well... but I must admit, I still do like his brief discussion(s) of the week's significant releases.

I'm not sure whether I want to buy Wii Sports Resort, thereby getting a MotionPlus, fourth Wii Remote, and a game, or hold out until a game I'm actually interested in uses the thing (the new Zelda...?) and then obtain it separately.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-27)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 28, 2009, 03:39:49 PM
It only comes with the MotionPlus, not a full remote, but don't sell Wii Sports Resort short. It is a seriously good game, with buttloads of content compared to the original Wii Sports. Battling a horde of sword-wielding Miis charging across a rope bridge at sunset while dramatic music plays with one-to-one sword control is worth the price of admission alone.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-27)
Post by: Tv_Themes on July 29, 2009, 02:04:12 PM
Wii Sports One wasn't enough to hold my interest, I may not get the sequel.

inb4unonthng
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-27)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on July 29, 2009, 02:29:16 PM
Yeah, game "sequels" are generally supposed to improve upon the concepts in the first, so you should be more interested in this one...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-27)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 29, 2009, 02:32:20 PM
Wii Sports Resort is the Terminator 2 of game sequels.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-27)
Post by: Glorb on July 30, 2009, 02:37:06 PM
That implies that Wii Sports had one Terminator's worth of content, which is a filthy bucket of lie.

On an unrelated note, when did I stop italicizing film and game titles? I used to do that right?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-27)
Post by: BP on July 30, 2009, 04:17:52 PM
Wait, am I supposed to want Wii Sports Resort?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-27)
Post by: ShadowBrain on July 30, 2009, 07:08:33 PM
Yes.

...But I don't, so there.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-27)
Post by: Captain Jim on July 31, 2009, 03:22:15 AM
I...am surprised to say that I find Resort rather amusing. Sword fighting Miis on a bridge! Flying volcanos into airplanes! I don't know how it's a sport but it's cooler than baseball!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-27)
Post by: FlamingBlueMario on July 31, 2009, 10:13:26 PM
Wow, then I'm definitely buying this. Also, I saw an advertisement on television about it and that convinced me even more to go out and buy it...soon.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-27)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on July 31, 2009, 10:23:18 PM
In case anyone needs more convincing, WII SPORTS RESORT IS PRETTY FRICKING AWESOME YOU GUYS. The swordfighting games alone would pretty much be worth the $30.

I haven't been able to fly volcanoes into airplanes yet, but the other way around is pretty fun. I said 'pretty' a lot in this post, and I'm not ashamed of it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-27)
Post by: BP on July 31, 2009, 11:29:00 PM
Yes but how long would I enjoy it, being a guy who gets a player 2 once or twice a month (week, during school)? And would it be worth it when I have plenty of other multiplayer games?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-27)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on August 01, 2009, 01:32:12 AM
Probably a while. Not as long as with other people, but some of the best stuff is actually single-player.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-3) GLORB EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 03, 2009, 06:14:42 PM
S (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)exy Poker is an M-rated strip poker game on WiiWare. Nudity is not listed in the rating descriptors though.

GH releases one song against RB's eleven, but it's a song by the maker of one of the pimpest GH songs of all time (Cliffs of Dover).

And for Deezer this week we have Daisy Fuentes Pilates.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-3) GLORB EDITION
Post by: WarpRattler on August 03, 2009, 06:51:44 PM
Is Reversal Challenge some sort of fighting game technique practice tool?

Insert something about how I'm interested in Turtles in Time Re-shelled. (Speaking of XBLA games, this has been out for a while, but R-TYPE Dimensions is 800 MS Points this week instead of 1200. I've already gushed about this game in the past, so I won't waste space doing so again here.)

Looks like more Rock Band tracks my dad will probably buy next month!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-3) GLORB EDITION
Post by: CrossEyed7 on August 03, 2009, 07:14:06 PM
Holy crap, they released Sexy Poker in America? After not letting the beer pong game have beer in it? nalaku/KUBOS/precipice looks pretty fun, but where the frig is Flipnote Studio? If it comes out after I've gone back to school where the network never works with my Wii or DS and we're not allowed to have our own routers, I'll be ticked.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-3) GLORB EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 03, 2009, 07:22:52 PM
With the DS, you could just walk around a residential or business area until you found an open wireless connection.

Reversal Challenge looks like Go.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-3) GLORB EDITION
Post by: WarpRattler on August 03, 2009, 07:31:38 PM
Or, more probably, Othello.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-3) GLORB EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 03, 2009, 07:36:36 PM
Hmm, yeah.

The point CE7 brings up about the beer pong censorship proves beer is worse than nudity, which is worse than violence.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-3) GLORB EDITION
Post by: CrossEyed7 on August 03, 2009, 07:59:48 PM
To be fair, though, they never get totally nude. And they're manga-styled cartoons. Made by Canadians for some reason.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-3) GLORB EDITION
Post by: TEM on August 03, 2009, 08:39:49 PM
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-shelled

Time to blow the dust off of my 360.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-3) GLORB EDITION
Post by: Forest Guy on August 04, 2009, 12:20:16 AM
I was all psyched to play TMNT tonight with my friends, however I stupidly failed to check the actual release date, because I only knew it came out this week sometime.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-3) GLORB EDITION
Post by: Glorb on August 04, 2009, 11:41:43 AM
I've got my own edition, it seems.

And LD, it's artist, not maker. Jeez.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 10, 2009, 11:53:51 AM
C (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.0).O.R.E. has been "released" a few times already so when I saw it coming out again this week I looked at Wikipedia in my confusion. Someone there wrote that it has had "8 false release dates" already.

LucasArts's recent embrace of retro title digital distribution must apply to VC too, because here's Super Star Wars! (ProTip: Only Super Return of the Jedi is beatable by a human/non-Jedi Master.)

Gorillaz in RB.

A movie based on my favorite book, The Time Traveler's Wife, comes out Friday. I couldn't bear to see it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: Glorb on August 10, 2009, 01:34:43 PM
Gorillaz in RB = Oh god yes yes YES

Although personally I would have preferred M1 A1 in there somewhere.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: ShadowBrain on August 10, 2009, 02:33:37 PM
If I'm correct, Fossil Fighters is Pokemon with dinosaurs and NyxQuest is that one Kid Icarus rip-off that Nintendo got ****ed at so they changed the name.

Oh, and though I won't be seeing it in theaters, I think The Time Traveler's Wife looks kind of interesting.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 10, 2009, 03:42:02 PM
Very interesting. Read the book.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: Luigison on August 10, 2009, 06:29:57 PM
Virtual Console
Super Star Wars (SNES)

WiiWare
NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits
Rock N' Roll Climber

DSiWare
Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters
First week I've wanted four downloads.  My only complaint is that none of them are Duck Tales.  Also, what's with all the Star Wars love all of the sudden.  Is there some release I'm unaware of?  A new movie?  Blu-Ray?  Game? 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: Weegee on August 10, 2009, 06:37:29 PM
Well, for one thing, Super Star Wars was critically acclaimed upon its release, and is probably still the best movie game out there... Not saying that as if it's an impressive achievement, of course.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: Luigison on August 10, 2009, 06:50:42 PM
I should have been more specific: 

Quote
    The Force is Strong with This One: Star Wars Content Blasts onto Wii Console

    Multiple LucasArts Super Nintendo Games Head to Virtual Console

    REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fans of Star Wars® and classic Nintendo games will want to keep an eye on their Wii™ Shop Channel for the next month. Nintendo will be releasing multiple LucasArts favorites for Virtual Console™, starting today with Super Star Wars®. In the coming weeks, both Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back® and Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi® will be added to the Virtual Console lineup. All three Super Star Wars games were originally released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System™ and will be available at 800 Wii Points™each.

    The arrival of the first three games will be accompanied by additional Star Wars-themed content on other Wii channels throughout the week. The Check Mii Out Channel will invite people to submit their best Mii™ character renditions of classic Star Wars characters. On the Everybody Votes Channel, users can cast their votes to help settle old debates, such as the proper order to watch the six Star Wars films, and who fired first – Han Solo or Greedo?

    “Our expanded partnership with LucasArts brings the Star Wars and Nintendo universes together,” said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “These three Super Star Wars games represent fantastic additions to the growing Virtual Console library, and the exclusive Star Wars content on the other Wii Menu channels is sure to have people from different generations having fun and interacting with one another.”

    “Virtual Console on Wii is a great way to make these games available to our fans again, and it’s an awesome opportunity to expose our classic console titles to an entirely new audience,” said Darrell Rodriguez, president of LucasArts.

    Additional classic LucasArts games for Virtual Console will be announced in the future.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: PaperLuigi on August 10, 2009, 07:00:47 PM
Very interesting. Read the book.

Speaking of which, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, a book by the ever popular Robert Roald Dahl (author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) is getting its own movie too. It's coming out in November and the trailer can be viewed on a bunch of websites I won't list.

No offensive to any furries here, but it looks godawful. I gotta give 'em credit 'cause they managed to get some really big names to play in it including Bill Murray, Meryl Streep, Owen Wilson, and George Clooney as Mr. Fox. But...judging from the trailer, I'd say the humor is pretty stale. Same goes for the animation.

EDIT: Fixed because PaperLuigi thinks he knows what he's talking about but really doesn't.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on August 10, 2009, 07:01:54 PM
The best order (if you must include all of them) is 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6, and maybe the Clone Wars serieses between 2 and 3. That way you preserve most of the OT spoilers while still ending on a positive note in a single gothrough. Also, I don't know why more people aren't more annoyed about Jabba's random appearance in ANH than Greedo shooting first. Sure, it changes Han's character a bit (not entirely for the worse), but the Jabba thing just makes no freaking sense. It was just to show off that it was 1997 and they could do a CG Jabba, even though they really couldn't.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: ShadowBrain on August 10, 2009, 09:16:40 PM
Concerning that Mr. Fox thing, it's funny you should mention that because I just figured out about both the book and the upcoming film today. (I have this thing I'll do every now and then when I'm bored where I'll just go look something up on Wikipedia, then follow a link on there to something that looks intereresting, and one or two from there, and so on and so forth. Anyway, I ended up looking at a sublist of films based on Roald Dahl works and was surprised to see that one)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: WarpRattler on August 10, 2009, 09:32:25 PM
C.O.R.E. is a DS first-person shooter with a generic plot, a generic main character, and probably touchscreen controls - the same reasons I didn't like Moon.
Depending on whether or not it plays as well as the PC game, I might recommend Trials HD.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 10, 2009, 11:31:25 PM
A few things about PaperLuigi's post:

1) Robert Dahl? Hehehe, it's Roald Dahl.

2) Since you're bothering to do it, I'll tell you that book titles should be italicized. Underlining is just what you do when handwriting, since you can't very well do italics by hand.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on August 11, 2009, 09:49:53 AM
CrossEyed, they did film the Jabba section for the original film, though. It just got cut from the original version.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: Glorb on August 11, 2009, 11:00:07 AM
No offensive to any furries here

Yes offensive. Furries are weird, we should not ever be sensitive of their views.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: PaperLuigi on August 11, 2009, 04:54:37 PM
1) Robert Dahl? Hehehe, it's Roald Dahl.

(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbrii.com%2Fblog%2Fcontent%2Fbinary%2Fhomer-simpson.jpg&hash=8993b2df9c02ada9e8dae65eab9fcf4f)

Yes offensive. Furries are weird, we should not ever be sensitive of their views.

Fifth and penguinwizard aren't gonna like to hear that.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: Glorb on August 11, 2009, 05:09:05 PM
wut
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: WarpRattler on August 11, 2009, 05:16:43 PM
Fifth isn't a furry.

The Chef, however, is.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: Weegee on August 11, 2009, 05:25:02 PM
"FURRIES?!"

(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.patrickjames.co.uk%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F06%2Fjackson-frankenstein-mob.jpg&hash=604c9b2e14881db426f9dd61a7ee4d4e)

Let's form an angry mob and drive them out of Fungi Forums with torches, pitchforks and extreme prejudice. That includes Fifth, just for good measure.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: PaperLuigi on August 11, 2009, 05:49:56 PM
Come now, there's nothing wrong with being a furry.
You're only saying that because you are one, Fifth.
Fifth isn't a furry.

The Chef, however, is.

PAPERLUIGI IS VERY CONFUSED.

Is this like a #tmk thing? I need to visit more often...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: Luigison on August 11, 2009, 06:04:22 PM
I don't know who is currently a furry, but Lizard Dude was.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: Glorb on August 11, 2009, 06:13:43 PM
These last few posts have destroyed a lot of respect I had for a lot of members here.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: PaperLuigi on August 11, 2009, 06:16:24 PM
Okay, are we gonna have to tie everybody down and draw a little bit of everybody's blood to find out who's a furry?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 11, 2009, 06:20:11 PM
I'm not really a furry.

I'm a scaly.

-LD
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: Weegee on August 11, 2009, 06:22:49 PM
Okay, are we gonna have to tie everybody down and draw a little bit of everybody's blood to find out who's a furry?

Sounds good. Whoever's blood barks when exposed to fire will be eradicated.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: PaperLuigi on August 11, 2009, 06:24:55 PM
:D
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: The Chef on August 11, 2009, 07:33:58 PM
Warp is just trying to frame me because he himself is a furry...or rather, the shmup equivalent of one. His persona is a spaceship, hence the username.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: BP on August 11, 2009, 07:46:33 PM
I have no problems with furries if they just keep it quiet. But that's just because I don't want to hear/read into anyone's fetishes regardless of their level of bizarreness. I mean, am I the only one who finds it nasty or ridiculous when people are proclaiming sexual attraction to video game characters? And because they're people and all. Just people with a weird fetish.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: WarpRattler on August 11, 2009, 07:46:52 PM
The Chef, you're just jealous of my twin fuselages and the fact that I get all the sexy multiples.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: TEM on August 11, 2009, 07:53:32 PM
Warp is just trying to frame me because he himself is a furry...or rather, the shmup equivalent of one. His persona is a spaceship, hence the username.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on August 11, 2009, 08:22:06 PM
Personally, I've never understood why it's considered less normal to be attracted to video game characters. Most of the "real people" that normal people are supposed to fantasize about are just as artificial, manufactured, and unattainable as video game characters.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: Weegee on August 11, 2009, 09:04:31 PM
...And often contain more plastic. But you're right, Crosseyed: As far as we should be concerned, real celebrities are nothing more than fictional characters. While comparing, say, Jessica Alba to Samus works, comparing either of them to a human-proportioned wombat with boobs doesn't.

Technically speaking, the term "Furry" doesn't strictly refer to a sexual deviation. It's more of a [weird] lifestyle in which, much like in homosexual culture, the sexual aspect is more pronounced. The proper term for furry sexuality is "Yiff", which supposedly originates from the sounds foxes apparently make while mating.

Apparently.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: BP on August 11, 2009, 09:36:17 PM
I wasn't introduced to the Internet yesterday.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: Weegee on August 11, 2009, 09:57:41 PM
I was more or less putting that second bit out there for anyone who wasn't totally aware. I should've made that clearer.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: Suffix on August 11, 2009, 10:11:00 PM
Well, I just learned something. :|
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: Toad on August 11, 2009, 10:56:28 PM
Me too. Darn you, Weegee! That's one part of my internet virginity gone.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: Weegee on August 11, 2009, 11:05:23 PM
internet virginity

Oxymoron alert.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 12, 2009, 12:32:27 AM
More like a redundancy alert!

-Lizard
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on August 12, 2009, 01:39:49 AM
The way I understand it, though, most people who identify as furries aren't yiffies, at least not so blatantly. It's just that the normal ones aren't noticed as much because, for all intents and purposes, they're normal. And also because they're more reluctant to identify as furries the more that that label gets associated with negative implications.

I don't have a problem with them, really. People who spam yiff porn are obnoxious, to be sure, but not much more so than Big McLargeHuges constantly doing nothing but bragging about their heterosexual adventures, or Perez Hilton, or anyone else of any persuasion who makes a point of defining their public persona solely by sexuality and obnoxiousness.

As long as I'm making MST3K references that one or two of you might get, I'll point out that Mary Jo Pehl was spotted at a furry convention in 2003 (http://www.mst3ktemple.com/theend.html) (mentioned at the bottom of the page), which kind of puts that penguin costume scene in a new light.

(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F1.bp.blogspot.com%2F_mVZ__QdOGQY%2FRmBShYc5SXI%2FAAAAAAAABTU%2FZag8zaf8u78%2Fs1600%2F912Skull2.jpg&hash=6361cb99531aa3b0cea91135ef089e25)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: Glorb on August 12, 2009, 11:46:00 AM
The proper term for furry sexuality is "Yiff", which supposedly originates from the sounds foxes apparently make while mating.

(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwiimedia.ign.com%2Fwii%2Fimage%2Farticle%2F868%2F868095%2Friver-city-ransom-virtual-console-20080421071006767.jpg&hash=f9663ce3b4946c8c301098a5ee224031)

And comparing somebody who fantasizes about sexual encounters with fictional, anthropomorphicized animals with a dude who has sex with dudes or a girl who has sex with girls makes no sense.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: ShadowBrain on August 12, 2009, 02:30:17 PM
So I'm guessing foxes who are attracted to humans get called "Ohmygods"?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: Weegee on August 12, 2009, 04:01:21 PM
Actually, they're called "Fleshies" due to their attraction to us "hairless freaks". Ohmygods are individuals with an affinity for erotic Spengbab Splorgepin artwork:

(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fieatbees.com%2Fpics%2FSPENGBEORB%2F1165358740357.png&hash=002753779566f6641a5579e5e87417cb)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: PaperLuigi on August 12, 2009, 04:54:31 PM
JESUS CHRIST THAT THING'S REAL
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: ShadowBrain on August 13, 2009, 06:22:56 AM
^ Matrix reference?

I thought this was "You Freak Out, You Lose" for a split second.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: PaperLuigi on August 13, 2009, 06:30:52 AM
^
Yes, Matrix reference.

Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on August 14, 2009, 11:26:25 PM
Hey, Flipnote Studio's out! And it's still free! And there's no friend codes!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: Fifth on August 15, 2009, 11:05:00 AM
Fifth isn't a furry.

Nah, I totally am a furry.  Just not a particularly overt one.
Although this honestly shouldn't come as a surprise.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: Glorb on August 15, 2009, 11:17:17 AM
It's a surprise to me.

EDIT: And I was the only person who thought it was awesome that the rap vocals in Clint Eastwood are performed by the drummer, Del-style, when I played RB at my friend's house yesterday.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: WarpRattler on August 15, 2009, 01:37:17 PM
(I was totally joking. I was there when The Chef tried to turn the tables by jokingly calling you a furry and it completely backfired, remember, Fifth?)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: PaperLuigi on August 15, 2009, 02:01:36 PM
I can see clearly now the rain is gone.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-10)
Post by: ShadowBrain on August 15, 2009, 03:50:06 PM
Flipnote Studio just made the DSi a lot more tempting. I'm still not too keen on spending $170 for the thing, though... but I'm considering it as a major birthday gift (though I'm turning 18, so I'll probably just get a bunch of college-related stuff--but that could include buttloads of money!).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-17)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 17, 2009, 05:14:09 PM
I (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745) think that was the most posts this thread has ever had in one week.

Shadow Complex is definitely the game of this week. It's a 2D Metroidvania using modern 3D tech and backed by Cliff Bleszinski. I have seen about a dozen journalists rave about it over the last couple weeks.

Tales of Monkey Island chapter 2 comes out on Thursday.

I hope "Dueling Banjos" on GH keeps some banjo-ness. The Ouimette stuff is usually heavily electric.

For Deezer this week we have a triple threat: My Dress-Up, My Friends, and My Make-Up.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-17)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on August 17, 2009, 06:35:18 PM
Oooh, Tomb Raider.  I think an honorary visit to the "Ever Had a Crush on a Video Game Character" thread is in order.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-17)
Post by: SolidShroom on August 17, 2009, 06:37:08 PM
The only problem is that the first game there controls like butt.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-17)
Post by: WarpRattler on August 17, 2009, 07:19:20 PM
Solid, that's exactly what the game's about!

I'll most likely buy all of the ToMI episodes at some point after they've all been released, and probably Shadow Complex when we get a 360. Nothing else, though.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-17)
Post by: ShadowBrain on August 17, 2009, 08:56:07 PM
There's tons of sudoku games on the DS, tons of games where you control a ball, and tons involving detective work. If I didn't know better I'd say that boxart was the header for some GamesRadar article about DS shovelware.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-17)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 17, 2009, 10:03:14 PM
I'll give you sudoku, and I guess detective, but tons of games where you control a ball?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-17)
Post by: Weegee on August 17, 2009, 10:12:32 PM
Super Monkey Ball DS, Pac 'n' Roll, and a forthcoming remake of Marble Madness are a few.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-17)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 17, 2009, 10:46:48 PM
There are a few, but not a noticeable amount more than other systems.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-17)
Post by: Luigison on August 18, 2009, 04:18:05 PM
For anyone with money/points to spend I have two recent releases that I strongly recommend:

Little King's Story Wii.  It's like Pikmin and Harvest Moon, but better than both put together.  Too bad they didn't advertise it more.  There is a lot to do in the game, and don't let the colorful graphics fool you.  This is a hardcore gamers game.  There are a few mature concepts in the dialogue, but little kids won't get them anyway. 

NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits WiiWare.  It's like LostWinds, but with better play control.  It has a little lease in the graphics department, but that is more than made up for in the cool controls.  You have direct control over the main character (unlike LostWinds), and use the pointer to interact with objects as you play. 

There not much recently that I'd highly recommend for PS3, but if you haven't got Flower PSN yet... Buy it today! 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-17)
Post by: Toad on August 18, 2009, 09:19:37 PM
NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits WiiWare.  It's like LostWinds, but with better play control.

I read this and thought of New Play Control! LostWinds
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-17)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 23, 2009, 05:50:22 PM
Little King's Story Wii.  It's like Pikmin and Harvest Moon, but better than both put together.
Little King's Story is good, but I wouldn't say it's better than Pikmin. I prefer Pikmin's elegance. LKS has tons of job classes and with no whistle analogue, managing your horde is a bit of a chore. I really dig the music and writing, though. It also does a great job of capturing the feeling of taming the wilderness.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-24)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 24, 2009, 09:30:08 PM
A (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)rkham, Dissidia, and Layton need no introduction and will all be awestacular.

That Cursed Mountain box is radnormous. I had never heard of the game until today, but now I totally want to play it. Just from that picture.

And for Deezer this week we have The Clique: Diss and Make Up.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-24) CURSED EDITION
Post by: ShadowBrain on August 24, 2009, 09:40:48 PM
Cursed Mountain, Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, Whiteout... What, did fire and brimstone get old and now we're switching to the other end of the thermometer for... chills?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-24) CURSED EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 24, 2009, 09:45:52 PM
I'm not aware of a glut of games that take place in Hell/volcanos.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-24) CURSED EDITION
Post by: WarpRattler on August 24, 2009, 09:48:18 PM
Mostly looking forward to Layton. Not much else.

My sister will want the new Harvest Moon DS game.

Apparently Sudoku Ball Detective actually comes out this week, according to Gamasutra.

(Radnormous sounds like it should be a potentially-really-dangerous healing item in Fallout.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-24) CURSED EDITION
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 24, 2009, 09:50:43 PM
Yep, and it also comes out Sep 22 according to Amazon. Like C.O.R.E., Sudoku Ball Detective is surrounded by a haze of misinformation and will not appear on my list again, no matter how many times it comes out.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-24) CURSED EDITION
Post by: ShadowBrain on August 24, 2009, 09:51:51 PM
I'm not aware of a glut of games that take place in Hell/volcanos.
Well, I guess I meant horror/suspense media in general (and not necessarily as a location).

And while it may not be catagorizable as a "glut", I can name quite a few (Nintendo) games that take place in volcanos or other, similarly firey places (as for Hell... well, I'll give you that one, but how about the underworld?).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-24) CURSED EDITION
Post by: Turtlekid1 on August 24, 2009, 09:55:56 PM
Isn't Arkham Asylum going to see the return of Mark Hamill as the Joker?  (:3)

Also, Metroid Prime Trilogy.  Maybe now would be a good time to getting around to playing the Prime series.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-24) CURSED EDITION
Post by: Glorb on August 25, 2009, 10:29:41 AM
I tried playing the Arkham Asylum demo on my computer but it kept freezing up whenever I did stuff. It was mad fun for the three minutes I got with it, though.

And while I don't have terribly high hopes for Cursed Mountain, or really any Wii survival horror game, I do agree that it has a very metal box illustration.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-24) CURSED EDITION
Post by: TEM on August 25, 2009, 09:26:13 PM
I played the Arkham Asylum demo twice on two systems because of how fun it was. It was so fun I did something that didn't make sense. If I wasn't mega college poor right now I'd definitely get the game.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-24) CURSED EDITION
Post by: Captain Jim on August 25, 2009, 11:02:11 PM
I picked up Dissidia. It is mad fun. Garland is my flavorite.

I also want Arkham Asylum. Like, a lot. Also Layton.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-31)
Post by: ShadowBrain on September 02, 2009, 02:07:12 PM
First District 9, now Section 8. Hmm... (yeah, I know where the name comes from)

Also, I'm pretty happy with GH5 so far, except that there's this awkward system where you make an "online name" for yourself that sticks regardless of what "Progression" file you're playing, which wouldn't bug me so much except that it also just happens to be an offline name, so my brother and I either have to switch it back-and-forth or deal with the other guy's nickname appearing every time we start Career Mode, clear a song, etc. Also, instead of choosing/switching your band/save file straight up, you have to go through two or three options menus to do it. Neither of these issues are massive, but they didn't occur in GHWT and so it kind of bugs me.

Also, I'm not incredibly pleased with the set list so far, but that's what I thought about World Tour... and then I ended up loving almost every song. I think I have to just play through the songs in these games (the same often goes for albums) a few times before I start really liking some of them.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-31)
Post by: Weegee on September 02, 2009, 02:27:49 PM
I'd go for a Guitar Hero game if it didn't contain any of that *pardon my opinion* new crap, and instead focused solely on 60's and 70's classic rock, and perhaps even some 50's oldies to boot.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-31)
Post by: Glorb on September 02, 2009, 03:28:19 PM
Honestly, with a few exceptions, the tracklists declined sharply in quality after GH3, mostly since all the hard-rock classics were already used up. Now it's almost all emo pop and whatnot, with a few bits of awesome mixed in.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-31)
Post by: SolidShroom on September 02, 2009, 03:30:43 PM
The first song had the best percentage of good main setlist songs (100%, maybe a little less).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-31)
Post by: Weegee on September 02, 2009, 03:39:16 PM
The first song had the best percentage of good main setlist songs

Not only that, but the first game had the best percentage of good main setlist songs as well.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-31)
Post by: TEM on September 02, 2009, 03:39:55 PM
all the hard-rock classics were already used up
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-31)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on September 02, 2009, 03:52:36 PM
If so, why is the series still ongoing? 

Coolboarders 2?  I had that game once.  Sold it to a friend for $5.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-31)
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on September 02, 2009, 05:06:00 PM
CooooooooooooooooooooooolBoarderrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrssss

Fixed.

One of the first games I played when I got my PSX back in 1997. I'ma download it simply for nostalgia.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-31)
Post by: WarpRattler on September 02, 2009, 06:09:21 PM
I cannot recommend Defense Grid: The Awakening hard enough - on PC. I have no idea yet how well it transferred to 360 controls, since it just came out and no one has talked much about it yet. The XBLA version is better-priced than the PC version, though.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-31)
Post by: SolidShroom on September 02, 2009, 06:50:49 PM
I downloaded the first Phantasy Star but it's a bit on the confusing side since it's so primitive and I'm so young and used to fancy pants RPGs like Final Fantasy VII. Also, thanks for covering me back there Weegee.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-31)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on September 03, 2009, 01:11:04 AM
FFVII is fancy pants? ?? ???

o_o
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-31)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on September 03, 2009, 09:41:58 AM
FFXII is fancy pants. FFVII is regular pants. Phantasy Star is a loincloth.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8-31)
Post by: bobman37 on September 03, 2009, 08:28:19 PM
CoolBoarders 2 is the best snowboarding game ever made.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-7)
Post by: WarpRattler on September 08, 2009, 04:02:09 AM
The Beatles: Rock Band.

Darkest of Days is a first-person shooter where you travel to different time periods and kill everyone by using present-day weapons.

Arcade Zone appears to be Chuck E. Cheese in video game form minus the prizes and the occasional Neo-Geo machine.

I'm a bit leery of how well a game like IL-2 Sturmovik will work on the DS.

The saga concludes with Super Return of the Jedi. Supposedly this is the only one that can be finished by a human/non-Jedi Master. I imagine I'll get around to proving Lizard Dude wrong about this (by beating Super Star Wars or Super Empire) when he gets around to beating my Multitask score.

The PSP port of Disgaea 2 gives me hope that what happened with the first game will eventually follow.

bob's game may or may not be released tomorrow.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-7)
Post by: ShadowBrain on September 08, 2009, 07:12:31 AM
LBP: Game of the Year Edition... pfft.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-7)
Post by: Weegee on September 08, 2009, 02:20:35 PM
The Beatles: Rock Band.

Despite having preordered it weeks ago, I still jizzed heartily upon seeing its release mentioned here. Who else is getting it?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-7)
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on September 08, 2009, 10:22:30 PM
Muramasa is my game of choice for this month.

I just need to get my Wii repaired for the 3rd time.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-7)
Post by: SolidShroom on September 09, 2009, 01:54:39 AM
What is this Contra Rebirth that nobody, not even Warp, has mentioned?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-7)
Post by: WarpRattler on September 09, 2009, 02:06:57 AM
It's basically just a new 16-bit-style Contra game for WiiWare. Nothing out of the ordinary.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-7)
Post by: Ninjap00 on September 09, 2009, 02:55:23 PM
Mais que diriez-vous de Scribblenauts?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-7)
Post by: WarpRattler on September 09, 2009, 03:09:22 PM
My French is a little non-existent, but: next week.

Technically not a new release, but Dungeons & Dragons Online (http://www.ddo.com/) officially relaunched as a free-to-play game today. Most of the content can be accessed by a free account by earning the purchasable currency in-game - and from what I've heard, you're not missing much if you ignore the few things that do require an actual purchase. The character I made earlier is on Ghallanda, if any of you want to make an account and try to deal with my connection (he's a cleric, in case you know what you should be doing with character creation in relation to a party). The installer download is ~3.4GB, so dial-up users need not apply.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-7)
Post by: Glorb on September 09, 2009, 04:03:14 PM
It's an MMO, so dial-up users need not apply.

Fixed.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-7)
Post by: WarpRattler on September 09, 2009, 04:25:53 PM
More like "broke" - just ask anyone who played EverQuest back when it came out and the mass market only had dial-up.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-7)
Post by: Glorb on September 09, 2009, 04:56:18 PM
First time I tried to play a non-flash game that required an internet connection, I had dial-up.

Jesus, it was like four frames an hour.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-7)
Post by: Luigison on September 11, 2009, 05:04:39 PM
From yesterday (I'll be getting the Katamari demo):

/!\ Updates Thursday @ ~ 5PM EDT

DEMOS

► Half-Minute Hero (PSP)
○ 9 MB

► Katamari Forever
○ 539 MB

► LittleBigPlanet

► Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
○ 450 MB

► TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled
○ 369 MB

GAMES

► TMNT: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled
○ $9.99

► PSone ($5.99 each)
○ Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
○ Silent Hill
○ Syphon Filter 2

► PSP UMD Legacy
○ Wild Arms XF ($14.99)
○ WipEout Pulse ($22.99)

ADD-ONS

► Guitar Hero
○ Street Sweeper Social Club Track Pack ($5.49 | $1.99 each)
♪ 100 Little Curses
♪ Fight! Smash! Win!
♪ Somewhere In The World It’s Midnight

► High Velocity Bowling
○ Back To School Ball Pack ($0.99)
○ Graphic Pattern Ball Pack ($0.99)
○ Heather Haughtfer Pack ($0.99)

► Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
○ Juggernaut Playable Character ($1.99)

► Pain
○ George Takei Character Pack ($1.99)

► Red Faction Guerilla
○ Multiplayer Pack 2 ($6.99)

► Rock Band
○ Freezepop Pack 01 ($2.99 | $0.99 each)
♪ Get Ready 2 Rokk by Freezepop
♪ Less Talk More Rokk by Freezepop
♪ Science Genius Girl by Freezepop

○ The PAX 2009 Collection ($2.99 | $0.99 each)
♪ Opening Band by Paul and Storm
♪ Origin of Species by MC Frontalot
♪ Re: Your Brains by Jonathan Coulton

○ Singles ($1.99 each)
♪ ABC by The Jackson 5
♪ Gasoline by Audioslave
♪ Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down
♪ Miss Murder by AFI

► Rock Band Unplugged (PSP)
○ Singles ($1.99 each)
♪ I Stand Alone by Godsmack
♪ Love Spreads by Stone Roses

► Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10
○ Gary Player GC ($4.99)

► UFC 2009: Undisputed
○ Additional Fighters ($3.99)

VIDEOS

► NHL 2K10
○ 1 on 1 Moves Trailer

► Pulse
○ 9/10 Edition


THEMES & WALLPAPERS

► Premium PS3 Themes
○ Godfather Theme ($1.99)
○ The Transporter 3 Theme ($1.49)
○ My Bloody Valentine Theme ($1.49)
○ Cosplay Girls ($1.49)
○ Ele’Gals Theme ($1.99)
○ Beach Theme ($1.99)
○ File size: 5.56 MB
○ Hyperdesk Dual Pack ($3.99 | $1.99 each)
– Hyperdesk Pulse ($1.99)
– Hyperdesk Deep Shadows
○ Dark Matter Trilogy ($3.99 | $1.99 each)
– Dark Matter Gamma Ray
– Dark Matter Subspace
– Dark Matter Solar Flare

► Premium PSP Themes
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Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-14)
Post by: WarpRattler on September 14, 2009, 11:45:19 PM
Batman: Arkham Asylum on PC has some fancy PhysX effects.

Majesty 2 had an awesome trailer. There was another strategy game in recent memory that had neat trailers but no gameplay to back it up. From what I understand, this isn't like that at all.

In a week of big-name PC releases like the two mentioned above and the PC versions of Red Faction: Guerrilla and Resident Evil 5...the only PC game I'll be buying any time soon is Zuma's Revenge!.

Unless I'm mistaken, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story still doesn't work on most R4-type devices, so you would-be pirates will just have to spend the $30 for the game. Boo. Hoo.

Supposedly Toys-R-Us is giving $15 gift cards to people who buy Scribblenauts Tuesday only. I'd take advantage of this deal, but it'd cost about $15 in gas to get to and from the nearest Toys-R-Us, so I'll have to buy it elsewhere. You guys should definitely buy it there if you can, though.

Bubble Bobble Neo! is another 800 points I'll have to spend when the time comes for me to start spending points. Not Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3: Commander's Challenge, though.

And for Deezer we have the tag team of It's a Girl Thing! My Boyfriend and It's a Girl Thing! Princess in Love.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-14)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on September 15, 2009, 06:42:56 AM
Also Naruto Sh**-poo-den.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-14)
Post by: ShadowBrain on September 15, 2009, 07:05:34 AM
I'm set to get Bowser's Inside Story and maybe Scribblenauts later today.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-14)
Post by: Bigluigifan1.0 on September 15, 2009, 08:44:48 PM
I have Bowser's Inside Story now. It's pretty awesome.

It sucks that my DS is falling apart now.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-14)
Post by: Weegee on September 15, 2009, 09:22:26 PM
Say, how would you compare it to the previous M&L titles? Like, does it more heavily resemble Superstar Saga or Partners in Time?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-14)
Post by: ShadowBrain on September 15, 2009, 09:33:17 PM
Yeah, I bought it. I've heard that, overall, it's more SS-esque, but so far I'd say it's a melding of the two--linear, yet not as formulaic. Then again, I'm barely an hour in.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9-14)
Post by: Luigison on September 16, 2009, 06:08:08 PM
I got Scribblenauts and will eventually get BIS.  Sooner if it's more like SS.  I'm busy right now building Lego Mindstorms retail and education robots. 

EDIT:  Scribblenauts is a cool concept, but the controls leave a lot to be desired.  On the other hand, M&L:BIS is better than expected so far.  I can't speak to how it compares as far as being open or linear, but the hummer is similar to SS so far. 
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on September 25, 2009, 12:46:02 PM
Somehow I forgot there were video games this week. I dig the title.

I'm not interested in anything on the list, but Gridrunner Revolution came out yesterday and I just downloaded the demo (http://lsshop.s3.amazonaws.com/GRRevPCSetup117.exe).
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: ShadowBrain on September 25, 2009, 07:04:50 PM
Wait, Katamari Forever is out? The only way I knew about that game in the first place was from a Wikipedia article I read a month or two ago (then again, I never go to any sites with videogame news outside of Nintendo anymore...). Sounds tempting, but I've heard that everything past We Love Katamari has been criminally unoriginal.

Also, just what is You, Me, and the Cubes all about?
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: TEM on September 25, 2009, 07:30:13 PM
Sounds tempting, but I've heard that everything past We Love Katamari has been criminally unoriginal.
I hated Beautiful Katamari because of the REHASHAN. I don't plan on getting the new one.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on September 28, 2009, 07:23:15 PM
Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days had some changes made during localization that changed it from being an average-quality game about hitting shadow creatures with a key to being a really good game about hitting shadow monsters with a key that's nonetheless dragged down by unlikeable characters and an extra-lame story. Ignoring the story, I recommend buying it, but wait for the inevitable pricedrop (though GameStop is already selling it cheaper than most Square Enix games) unless you're a die-hard Kingdom Hearts fan.

The Gridrunner Revolution demo was tiiiight. Also, there's a bundle where you get Gridrunner Revolution and Space Giraffe (which is normally $20 on PC) together for $25. Highly recommended.

I didn't know of the existence of Dragon Quest Wars until I just looked it up, but now I'm simultaneously super-pumped for it and sad that it's DSiWare. It's a grid-based strategy game with support for up to four players online. And it's developed by Intelligent Systems.

Arkanoid Plus! will be totally awesome if sliding the Wii remote back and forth in the air to mimic the movement of the Vaus is a control scheme.

While we're on the subject of downloadable Taito games, Bust-A-Move Live! is an idea that can only be screwed up if the netcode sucks.

And continuing on the idea of download-only games, even Sony fanboys are making fun of the PSPgo!

And for Bird Person this week we have Bass Pro Shops: The Strike.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: ShadowBrain on September 29, 2009, 07:24:18 AM
To clarify, supposedly
Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days
is supposed to be pronounced "Kingdom Hearts: Three Five Eight Over Two Days"

Prince's old name was easier to discern than that.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on September 29, 2009, 07:37:44 AM
It's actually pronounced Three-Hundred-And-Fifty-Eight Days Over Two, which is even harder to discern. The title ties heavily into the story, so pay it no mind.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: ShadowBrain on September 29, 2009, 04:35:49 PM
Well, since the story supposedly sucks, it's a nice match.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on September 29, 2009, 06:06:31 PM
I guess I neglected to mention that the ROM was dumped early, so I was eight hours in by Saturday evening and know first-hand how bad the story is and how unlikeable the characters are. I'm not just going from a summary someone else wrote up. The rest of the game is good enough that I'll almost certainly buy it outright, though.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: Turtlekid1 on September 30, 2009, 07:51:54 AM
Roxas and Xion are the only unlikeable ones.  Mind you, most of the story focuses on them, sooo...

Yeah, needless to say, being the KH "fanboy" that I am, this one's been on preorder since July.  Movement with the D-pad is a little shaky, but other than that, the gameplay is nicely-done.  And the story can't be bad if none exists.  It just seems like it's jumping from one day to the next, whacking Heartless.  So if you call that a story, then I would agree, it's bad.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on September 30, 2009, 08:51:59 AM
I call the constant interruptions during and between missions to talk with Nos. VIII and XIV over ice cream, be a coma victim, and delve into XIII and XIV's pasts more than enough "story" to take into consideration. And everyone became unlikeable in translation, which is why I'm glad half of the characters die a short way in.

(Mission Mode, by the way, is the best part of the game, and it's here where I compare one of the game's features to Diablo II, whereas normally I liken the game to a crappy-story-and-no-random-weapons-but-otherwise-awesome Soma Bringer.)
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: TEM on October 02, 2009, 12:34:11 PM
http://whatareyouwait.info/download.php

This game seems cool, I'm going to play it and donate 5 dollars when my computer is reassembled.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 05, 2009, 09:32:28 PM
Electric Six in Rock Band. YES. "Gay Bar" will instantly jump to #1 for vocal part fun-rating. (Also Flobots.)

UmJammer Lammy was great times back in the day but rhythm games have come a long way since then. Play at your own risk.

Final Fantasy was great times back in the day but JRPGs have come a long way since then. Play at your own risk.

Afrika is Pokémon Snap in Africa with PS3 graphical power.

Then there's this game called Demon's Souls? I think I heard TEM mention it once.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 05, 2009, 10:07:03 PM
My brother got Fighting With Tools last fall and wouldn't stop playing it for the longest time, so I really could live without hearing Handlebars again.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes looks like another contender for the Ratatouille Award.

I'm not really interested in any games this week, to be honest, aside from possibly Lucidity.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: ShadowBrain on October 06, 2009, 08:39:11 AM
Oh, hey, Afrika finally came out.

Oh, and man, do I hate "Everybody Want You".
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: TEM on October 06, 2009, 09:33:19 AM
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Amazon.com original predicted Demon's Souls would arrive at my house with the preorder bonuses on the 8th.

I just tracked the package and it's due to arrive today in real time.

YEEEAAAAHHH BOOOOOIIIII!
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: Luigison on October 06, 2009, 03:27:22 PM
I got Final Fantasy yesterday.  It didn't age well, but if this is a sign of future Final Fantasy VC games I'm thrilled. 

I also now have three Guitar Hero games and plan to get Rock Band soon.  I need a good guitar and drum set for PS3 that'll work with both series.  Any suggestions? 
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: bobman37 on October 06, 2009, 05:33:56 PM
I prefer the Guitar Hero 3 guitar and the Rock Band 2 drums. If you're not willing to mix and match, I would say go with Rock Band 2.

Note: I have not tried TBRB instruments
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: TEM on October 06, 2009, 09:53:41 PM
Demon's Souls is awesome and is fairly challenging. However, the people that are claiming it is the hardest game ever are wussies with a capital "P".
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on October 07, 2009, 12:05:44 AM
Mind explaining to me how difficult it is exactly using colorful language and euphemisims?

I hope its not some faux-difficulty like in Ninja Gaiden, even though they're in two completely different genres.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 07, 2009, 01:36:50 AM
Why is Ninja Gaiden "faux-difficult"?
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 07, 2009, 09:18:40 AM
I'm going to say "it's not, or at least it's not in the way that games which impose artificial difficulty in ways like five-second time limits to kill twenty enemies or you die, or placing a boss in the player's path unexpectedly and at a point where he or she can never handle it, are."

But then, we have people here who consider Ice Climber to be artificially difficult and want a remake with better horizontal jumping, so...
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: Glorb on October 07, 2009, 03:18:55 PM
Electric Six in Rock Band. YES. "Gay Bar" will instantly jump to #1 for vocal part fun-rating. (Also Flobots.)

Yeeeeeess. Well, I mean, that'd be what I'd've said if I'd've owned Rock Band.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: Ninjap00 on October 12, 2009, 02:36:00 PM
A Boy and His Blob Wii... do want.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 15, 2009, 11:07:23 PM
Gosh (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745) I'm late this week!

Brütal Legend has probably the most humor-packed first couple hours of any game in history. Games are really very poor at being actually funny but Tim Schafer hits it out of the park (as always). The gameplay is very genre mashup. I'd call it a GTA/beat-em-up/Pikmin/RTS. The multiplayer is 100% RTS though.

The two demos of Half-Minute Hero whipped me up into a frothy storm of desire for the game, but I still can't find it anywhere it town yet. Man! Furthermore, it isn't available on this week's PSN update so I can't even download it. PSP Go owners are screwed! I thought they'd only be getting games 2 days after release but apparently they'll have to wait weeks if current trends are normal.

I still haven't managed to beat Satch Boogie, making it the only RB song I can't beat! And I can handle Caprici de Diablo no problem!
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 15, 2009, 11:09:03 PM
And for Deezer this week we have Petz Pony Beauty Pageant.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 15, 2009, 11:38:46 PM
Another week where the only games I already knew I was interested in at all are on systems I don't own. Too bad.

I hadn't heard of Hero's Saga: Laevatein Tactics, though, and looking it up just now, it definitely looks like something I want to play.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: ShadowBrain on October 16, 2009, 04:20:45 PM
I'm not sure why some people are acting like it's such a sin to assume ABaHB is a WiiWare game.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 19, 2009, 12:09:00 PM
Back (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745) on schedule.

Eufloria (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBXpNpwDFzw) is definitely the most interesting-looking game this week. Not sure I'll get it though.

I had no clue there was going to be a Jam Sessions 2 until today! Looks like it has individual strings this time, and also DSi-exclusive features. I didn't use the original very much at all so I won't be getting this one. Cool that it exists, though. The DS is racking up a suspicious amount of pure music creation non-games.

Shootanto is a WiiWare lightgun game where you evolve your guy from poop-flinging monkey to modern soldier. Good to see that a game featuring literally hundreds of turds can still get the ol' E-rating.

This is a god-tier week for RB.

And for Deezer this week we have Charm Girls Club: Pajama Party.

This week marks the three year anniversary of when I started this thread! I have kept it up every week except while I was banned. I find it very useful for planning what I want to play and not letting things slip through. I hope you enjoy it too.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 19, 2009, 12:35:56 PM
Apparently Hero's Saga: Laevatein Tactics actually comes out this week. If it turns out like C.O.R.E. and Sudoku Ball Detective I'm just going to ignore it entirely no matter how good it may be.

Jam Sessions 2 just makes me want a US release of KORG DS-10 Plus even more (even without having a DSi to take advantage of the exclusive features).

Space Invaders Extreme 2 is worth your twenty bucks. I'll explain why on Sunday.

Interested in Borderlands but going to wait on it.

I was initially surprised at LD's lack of interest in Pop'n Music but then I remembered that it is to Beatmania what Otomedius (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otomedius) is to Gradius.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 19, 2009, 01:39:08 PM
That's got nothing to do with it; real Pop'n (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMPdjt-4ew8) is as LEGIT as it gets. But this Wii thing looks like (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDDcGbHhpjs) a motion-controlled POS.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 19, 2009, 02:16:47 PM
Crap, man. Did Konami forget how to make console rhythm games or something?
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: Turtlekid1 on October 19, 2009, 06:34:04 PM
What is this Revenge of King Piccolo?

Or this Secret Saturdays game?
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 21, 2009, 03:14:57 PM
I didn't watch the video in LD's post, so I didn't realize until reading the RPS article about it just now that Eufloria is what I already played and loved as Dyson. I highly recommend all of you at least try the demo (http://www.dyson-game.com/files/InstallEufloriaDemo.exe).
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 26, 2009, 12:29:41 PM
A (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745) long list this week, but the only thing I'm getting is DJ Hero.

I always meant to play the first All Star Cheer Squad but never got around to it. Now there's a sequel.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: Turtlekid1 on October 26, 2009, 12:35:23 PM
A Crack in Time, huh?

Another title for my hypothetical PS3 library.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 26, 2009, 12:53:46 PM
Good call, good call.

Here's a little Lizard Dude factoid: I have never played even one minute of any Ratchet, Clank, Jak, Daxter, or Sly Cooper game, but I totally want to play them all! I refuse to play a series out of order, though, so I'm always in a weird limbo of always ignoring the new ones but never thinking about tracking down the old ones. Ah well. Someday.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 26, 2009, 01:02:54 PM
Nostalgia is a JRPG by the guys who did the DS ports of Final Fantasy III and Final Fantasy IV.

Atelier Annie sounds interesting.

I probably won't be buying DJ Hero due to its prohibitive price tag.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: Glorb on October 26, 2009, 01:43:25 PM
Sam here but I REALLY FREAKING WANT IT.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: ShadowBrain on October 26, 2009, 05:39:16 PM
I would play it if a friend brought it over but, yeah, I definitely wouldn't buy it.

Also, hells yes The Beautiful People on Guitar Hero. Yet alas, RB is getting Dragula and Superbeast...

Oh, and
I have never played even one minute of any Ratchet, Clank, Jak, Daxter, or Sly Cooper game, but I totally want to play them all! I refuse to play a series out of order, though, so I'm always in a weird limbo of always ignoring the new ones but never thinking about tracking down the old ones. Ah well. Someday.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: Luigison on October 26, 2009, 05:40:04 PM
A Crack in Time, huh?
I got a call from GameStop today for "your game" which I assume is A Crack in Time.  I really want to play it, but have yet to complete the PSN download from this summer.

Here's a little Lizard Dude factoid: I have never played even one minute of any Ratchet, Clank, Jak, Daxter, or Sly Cooper game, but I totally want to play them all! I refuse to play a series out of order...
The core Ratchet and Clank games are worth tracking down.  Sly Cooper is also cool.  I never got into Jak and Daxter for some reason though.

Yesterday I completed my Guitar Hero library (except Rocks the 80's and Van Halen) and will be busy with that for a while:

My PS2 games:
GH
GH2

My Wii game:
GH3

My PS3 games:
GH3
GH Aerosmith
GHWT(4)
GH Metallica
GHSH
GH5

GH, 2, and 3 have been completed, and I loaded the others to get the save files started then started playing SH because I love so many  of the songs.  Next I'll finish Metallica and then I'll import WT and SH into GH5. I'll replay 3 and sample Aerosmith as time allows or if I get bored with the other titles.

Last week I also downloaded Lost Winds 2 that I started, but need to complete and the Rock Climbing game I need to start. 
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 26, 2009, 05:45:17 PM
It's Rocks the '80s, though your Guitar Hero ramblings have no place in a weekly releases thread during a week with no new Guitar Hero games.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: Weegee on October 26, 2009, 05:47:17 PM
Seriously. What could be worse than talking about Guitar Hero in a thread which only makes occasional mention of the series? It's really something worth raising a fuss about.

In your expert opinion, Luigison, what would you say are the main gameplay differences between GH and RB, aside from the latter having drums and the like?
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: Luigison on October 26, 2009, 06:07:34 PM
My original post was in response to LD's post, and then I added the GH bit after seeing Shadow's posts about GH.  I'd already had most of the info for Neogaf anyway.  Weegee, I'm not sure if that's sarcasm or a serious questions, but regardless I have no expert opinion on Rock Bank as I have never played it.  That's why I'm finishing GH now.  I'm really interested in RB drums though. 
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: Weegee on October 26, 2009, 06:35:03 PM
Rock Bank

"Take your teller from the lowly ranks of bank employee to the upper management and beyond! Non-stop adventures in cheque-writing and loan-denying await!"

Anyway, I was genuinely curious, but it's not as though it mattered.
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: Ultima Shadow on October 27, 2009, 01:54:32 AM
I believe it's worth mentioning in this thread that Remedy have re-released Death Rally for modern Windows systems as freeware. I forgot just how addictive 1996 top-down combat racers are...
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 27, 2009, 02:34:08 AM
It happened last week, but good call (http://www.remedygames.com/games/death_rally.html).
Title: Re: Lizard's Weekly Releases
Post by: Luigison on October 30, 2009, 04:53:57 AM
PSN update:  http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=18211104&postcount=1 (Link to single post because NeoGAF often has posts that make dc804 look like a wallflower.)

Not much that terribly interests me, but I imagine some people want Loco Roco.  I'm not even sure why you'd want to play Super Stardust on PSP without dual analog controls.  There's a lot of RB songs, but looking back over other updates that seems very common and gives another reason to finish GH.  (Yes, I'm still rambling about that.)  I'm busy engineering a smart board for school now though. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-2)
Post by: WarpRattler on November 02, 2009, 02:07:39 PM
Welcome to Weekly Releases: Subtitle Edition.

Apparently the DS version of LEGO Rock Band is the DS equivalent of Rock Band Unplugged. It's also the only thing this week I'm particularly interested in.

You guys should totally pick up R-TYPE on the VC if you don't already have R-TYPE Dimensions on XBLA or own the game in physical form.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-2)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 02, 2009, 04:43:42 PM
The Master System version?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-2)
Post by: WarpRattler on November 02, 2009, 05:09:55 PM
If you don't already own any other version and are too cheap to spend another three bucks, go ahead and get the Master System version, yeah.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-2)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on November 02, 2009, 05:49:59 PM
Heh, I physically own R-Type for Master System already.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-2)
Post by: TEM on November 02, 2009, 07:42:25 PM
As opposed to owning it in Soul Form.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-2)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on November 02, 2009, 07:43:51 PM
Ooooooh, The Lost Frontier.  Maybe I should pick it up.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-2)
Post by: ShadowBrain on November 02, 2009, 08:16:39 PM
I guess Band Hero and Lego Rock Band will be battling to see who can further superficially emasculate their respective series.

But seriously, Rock Band looks like it's got good DLC this week, even if some of it's from Guitar Hero.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-2)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 02, 2009, 08:33:31 PM
No reason to keep songs isolated to the inferior series.

And that GH DLC looks pretty good t–oh wait there isn't any.

I should mention that I'll be getting Lego Rock Band tomorrow and Band Hero later when I feel like it. I can't handle them both at once.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-2)
Post by: ShadowBrain on November 02, 2009, 08:37:20 PM
Hey, there's Kiss songs coming for GH soon.

I'd get Rock Band/2, but... well, I guess I don't have a legitimate reason for not buying them, aside from money and the need to create my avatar/band all over again, as well as the number of songs the series shares with GH and the inevitable, albeit adaptable, confusion that would result from switching between the two series during parties.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-2)
Post by: Weegee on November 02, 2009, 09:14:12 PM
the inferior series

Most consumers are unaware that GH and RB are actually the exact same product sold under two different names.

As intense as rocking out with Lego people sounds, its soundtrack (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Rock_Band#Soundtrack) severely limits rocking-out of any sort. Also, Band Hero is to music games as FaceSpace or MyBook is to social networking sites.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-2)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on November 02, 2009, 09:35:29 PM
Band Hero exists solely to trick grandmas into buying it for their grandkids.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-2)
Post by: ShadowBrain on November 02, 2009, 09:50:33 PM
No, that's Rock Revolution.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-2)
Post by: Weegee on November 02, 2009, 09:57:22 PM
No, I believe that what he's referring to is Guitar Band, or perhaps Rock Hero.

Or Wii Music.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-2)
Post by: ShadowBrain on November 02, 2009, 11:30:45 PM
No, Wii Music exists solely to trick grandmas into buying it for themselves.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-2)
Post by: Luigison on November 03, 2009, 06:49:43 AM
I lost.  I can't separate the sarcasm form ignorance on this page. 

I may eventually get Band Hero, VH GH, Rock Band 2 (importing Rock Band), Lego RB, Beatles RB, etc. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-2)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 03, 2009, 11:54:48 AM
Did a guy whose mum puts his socks on for him just bash Lego Rock Band?

Did a guy who owns every Tokio Hotel album just bash Band Hero?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-2)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on November 03, 2009, 03:37:31 PM
I object to that description. I don't have Schrei or Zimmer 483 yet.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-9)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 09, 2009, 03:48:57 PM
M (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)y 360 is currently away for E74 repair so I'm glad I'm not a CoD guy. Next week, though, things could get (http://www.l4d.com) ugly (http://www.assassinscreed.com).

Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble is the game I'm most likely to get this week, but we'll see. It's a 3D schoolyard beat-them-up with a focus on insane moves, sort of reminds me of God Hand. It's the third in the series, but the first one to get US release. Also I'm pretty sure the first time a game has had the word "badass" in the title.

Speaking of firsts, System Flaw is the first DSi exclusive game I've seen release.

Speaking of DSi, I always suspected Electroplankton would see chopped-up DSi release like this, and here they are!

Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap is the fourth game in the Wonder Boy series. Yep. And it's also already on VC as a TG16 game called Dragon's Curse. Yep. The actual Wonder Boy 3 never got a US release. But it did get a US VC import release, titled Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair. Uh huh.

And for Deezer this week we have Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey: The Greatest Show on Earth: Circus Friends: Asian Elephants.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-9)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on November 09, 2009, 04:33:12 PM
A couple of DB[Z] games, neither of which are likely to be great. 

I happen to know my cousin's had his eye on Modern Warfare 2 for quite a while...

W-what the--!?  GEX!  I have some fond (and not so fond) memories of this game.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-9)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 09, 2009, 07:06:11 PM
You seem to really latch on to licensed cartoon games, Turtlekid.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-9)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on November 09, 2009, 08:10:30 PM
I don't really remember "latching on to them."  All I did was note them with slightly more interest than most titles on the list.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-9)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 09, 2009, 08:16:00 PM
Yep. And all I did was note that you usually note them.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-9)
Post by: Weegee on November 09, 2009, 08:28:00 PM
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey: The Greatest Show on Earth: Circus Friends: Asian Elephants.

That game's name is an easy contender for having one of the longest tiles in gaming history. By the way, here's a screenshot of the aformentioned game:

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Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-9)
Post by: WarpRattler on November 09, 2009, 08:42:37 PM
I think Phantasy Star Zero might be the only game I'm interested in at all this week, and not even that much.

That circus game was supposed to come out last week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-9)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 09, 2009, 08:49:23 PM
Says who?

Also, it's pronounced 0.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-9)
Post by: WarpRattler on November 09, 2009, 09:08:53 PM
Somehow I completely failed to notice that there are far more games this week with subtitles than last week. I retract my previous statement and wish these games to resume bowing to their elongated overlord.

Looks like Zero and 0 are being used interchangeably, so I see no reason to stick with the one on the box. After all, this isn't SPAC3 INVADERS EXTR3ME.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-9)
Post by: Fifth on November 09, 2009, 09:34:42 PM
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap is a remarkable game, and has been an inspiration to me for many years.  I know that Dragon's Curse already came out on the VC, but I prefer the Master System version from what I've seen and heard of the Turbografx one.

I'm glad to see it on the Virtual Console, even if nobody is ever gonna play it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-9)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 09, 2009, 11:23:25 PM
Warp: Oh haha, I see what you meant now. Your joke flew over my head because I'm already so paranoid about all the ghetto games that get "released" over and over again.

Fifth: I will play it! I'm going to play them all! The Sega versions, too, not the Hudson versions. I've messed around with the first but haven't beaten it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-16)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 16, 2009, 01:20:45 PM
T (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)his week I'll be getting Assassin's Creed II, God of War Collection, Just Dance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQQ3duCAN20), Left 4 Dead 2, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, "Walk Like an Egyptian", and the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album.

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 4 wins Best Name.

And for Deezer this week we have Petz: Hamsterz Superstarz.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-16)
Post by: WarpRattler on November 16, 2009, 01:50:51 PM
I've been looking forward to Gyromancer for a while. It's Bejeweled Twist given the PuzzleQuest treatment by Square Enix.

I'll get around to trying the Gratuitous Space Battles demo at some point.

King's Bounty: Armored Princess serves only to remind me that I've hardly played King's Bounty: The Legend, even though it's really good. (I've also only played a little bit of the original King's Bounty, which I also enjoyed.)

If you feel the need to pay for a game EA was giving away last year, go buy Command & Conquer: The First Decade for $20 and get a bunch of other games with it as well. Don't buy the PSX port of a game that was intended to be played with a mouse.

Oh, and PS3 Braid.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-16)
Post by: Weegee on November 16, 2009, 03:26:59 PM
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album.

Question: How is downloading entire albums supposed to be possible if each song requires, like, 80 of the Wii's 2000 blocks?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-16)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 16, 2009, 04:22:16 PM
It's not, and that's why RB on Wii and PS2 is a gimped experience. My song files currently total about 30 GB, or 60 Wiis.

Can any of the games access songs from the Wii SD slot? I haven't paid attention. But if that's possible things would be a bit better.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-16)
Post by: ShadowBrain on November 16, 2009, 06:12:33 PM
I don't know about RB, but you can play songs off an SD card in GH4/5.

Wait, three Assassin's Creed games, a God of War Collection, LBP for the PSP, and Braid on the PSN? Man, this is what no longer getting multiplatform news does to me... Anyway, decent-looking collection this week. In any case, I'm glad someone finally got smart and decided to start giving out WiiWare demos.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-23)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 23, 2009, 12:49:21 PM
T (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)his week, Konami pulls a Sonic the Hedgehog and releases another game called Karaoke Revolution. Do they think we forgot? Well, post-Rock Band we kind of have. But when it first came out and Harmonix was developing, we loved it! Then, like Guitar Hero after it, Harmonix moved on and made its past work worthless when compared to their modern endeavors.

Serious Sam was one of my favorite FPS.

As always, a new BIT.TRIP game is insta-buy.

Note that those GH songs are all free.

For Deezer this week we have Cold Stone Creamery: Scoop It Up.

For Chupperson Weird this week we have Scene It? Twilight.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-23)
Post by: WarpRattler on November 23, 2009, 01:41:20 PM
Twin Sector is a Portal-esque first-person physics-puzzle game. Also, apparently it doesn't unlock on Steam for almost two weeks.

It'd be neat if Solium Infernum came out this week, because then there'd be something for me to be interested in.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-23)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on November 23, 2009, 02:07:17 PM
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver was one of 30 titles advertised on the back of the box my PS1 came in.  Not sure how or why I still remember that.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-23)
Post by: Weegee on November 23, 2009, 06:26:03 PM
Cold Stone Creamery: Scoop It Up.

I didn't think we were allowed to discuss pornographic games here.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-23)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 23, 2009, 06:51:55 PM
That's really stretching it. To anyone who knows what Stone Cold is, that title is 0% pornographic. If you don't, it's 3%. I'm starting to notice the only joke you ever make is pointing out (sometimes nonexistant) innuendo.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-23)
Post by: bobman37 on November 23, 2009, 07:12:14 PM
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Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-23)
Post by: ShadowBrain on November 24, 2009, 08:07:32 AM
My morning was totally ruined by seeing that some of those Wii games even exist (specifically, Deezer and CW's favorites).

I didn't think we were allowed to discuss pornographic games here.
This is where a link to that video of someone scooping out ice cream and leaving the impression of a naked woman would go, but I don't have the slightest clue where it is.

I'm starting to notice the only joke you ever make is pointing out (sometimes nonexistant) innuendo.
*Starts to stand up and say something, then just sits down*
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-23)
Post by: PaperLuigi on November 24, 2009, 08:14:09 AM
Lizard Dude and Weegee need to settle their feud the way Stone Cold would. In a barbed wire cage match.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-23)
Post by: Weegee on November 24, 2009, 03:24:44 PM
This here forum ain't big enough 'fer the both of us.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-23)
Post by: TEM on November 24, 2009, 08:35:39 PM
TEM's Review of Serious Sam HD (After playing it for 5 minutes)

This game is awesome. Pure insane shooting monsters and weird stuff. The first of many poops I had was when I realized the first enemy I had killed had a buzz saw for a head. The stage design is awesome, big, open areas with a sunny Egyptian theme. As far as the graphics go, this is one of the sexiest games I've ever played. Bright brilliant colors and crazy looking things to shoot. Lizard Dude has previously expressed disdain at the addition of HD to the title since the original was HD, but aside from the resolution, there's no way a game from 2001 looked this good. The textures and enemies are just downright awesome. The fact that the game supports 16 player co-op only further enhances the insanity, I hope to one day play co-op with even half that many. The game also has an unexpected amount of flavor with the enemy stats pages, getting a look at the sweet models without 20 of them shooting at you at once is nice.

Buy this title on Steam today!

EDIT: I also would like to add that I just now started the real game instead of the demo, and right off the bat the game megatrolls you. This game is pure pimp.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-23)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 24, 2009, 10:19:17 PM
I was just saying that (judging just from the trailer) I prefered the look of the original graphics to the "better" new version, similar to how you might prefer the look of the original SMB3 instead of the SNES All-Stars version.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-23)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 25, 2009, 01:13:40 PM
Turns out Solium Infernum will come out this week—tonight, in fact!

Warp, are you really getting it? If so, I'll be more inclined to buy it.

In other news, this week marks the 1000th Rock Band song release. You're the best, Rock Band!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-23)
Post by: WarpRattler on November 27, 2009, 02:54:16 PM
I'm definitely going to try to, LD! Tom's game diaries have made it sound really interesting, and the low requirements and play over email mean I should be able to play it on my netbook as well as on my shoddy Internet connection. I'll download the demo next time I have Internet access that isn't dial-up.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-30)
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 30, 2009, 03:39:32 PM
After Harmonix released the entirety of Nevermind except for “Smells Like Teen Spirit”, I was 100% sure they were saving it to be an on-disc song in a future title.

But here it is!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-30)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on November 30, 2009, 04:33:07 PM
This is one of the most boring weeks I've ever seen; that is, none of the releases: a) are anything I've heard of, or: b) fit my tastes.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-30)
Post by: ShadowBrain on November 30, 2009, 10:12:26 PM
Meh with a capital "ho-hum".
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (11-30)
Post by: WarpRattler on November 30, 2009, 11:29:34 PM
I wholeheartedly recommend Solomon's Key. It's absolutely brutal, but loads of fun.

If you feel the need to pay for a game EA was giving away two years ago, go buy Command & Conquer: The First Decade for $20 and get a bunch of other games with it as well. Don't buy the PSX port of a game that was intended to be played with a mouse.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-7)
Post by: Lizard Dude on December 07, 2009, 11:30:21 AM
T (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)ales of Monkey Island concludes and a new Zelda comes out. Delicious.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-7)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on December 07, 2009, 11:33:35 AM
I noticed Bookworm for the DS.  It might be worth it if you couldn't already play it for free on the computer.

Also, what is this Rayman on DSiWare?  Assuming it's not more crap involving the Rabbids, it might be worth looking into.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-7)
Post by: Lizard Dude on December 07, 2009, 11:41:10 AM
It is the original Rayman.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-7)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on December 07, 2009, 01:51:11 PM
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Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-7)
Post by: WarpRattler on December 07, 2009, 02:01:19 PM
The existence of Qix ++ renews my hope for a DS Qix game in the style of SPAC3 INVADERS EXTR3ME (and gives me another XBLA-based reason to buy a 360, which doesn't really need to help at this point since I'm buying one for Mushihime-sama Futari (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushihime-sama_Futari)). Nothing else I'm really interested in this week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-7)
Post by: ShadowBrain on December 08, 2009, 07:40:12 AM
Aside from the release of the first Zelda game I'm probably not going to buy, looks like there's nothing to see here.

In somewhat belated news, though, I got Braid yesterday. Aside from aping The Sands of Time and Mario, and being fairly confusing at times, it's a wonderful little game.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-7)
Post by: bobman37 on December 08, 2009, 02:51:06 PM
Aside from aping The Sands of Time and Mario, and being fairly confusing at times, it's a wonderful little game.
It disgusts me how much of a noob you are. It disgusts me even to be responding to something you said.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-14)
Post by: Lizard Dude on December 14, 2009, 10:29:41 AM
This week is actually pretty rad. Blaster Master is one of my favorite NES games, Moki Moki looks interesting, and the RB songs are all super besides 30 Seconds to Mars. Crank your speakers, hit this link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVSEzF_qDcQ), and get hyped.

Kurulin Fusion is notable because it has Uematsu-remixed Bach music. Too bad it's just another FREAKIN' puzzle game.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-14)
Post by: WarpRattler on December 14, 2009, 11:45:36 AM
Lizard Dude, as always, has impeccable taste in games. I don't feel bad recommending Blaster Master as hard as Raiden Fighters Aces, Solomon's Key, or Space Invaders Extreme 2. (Note: Games not listed in order of quality.)

Bejeweled Twist is easily one of the most engaging and enjoyable match-3 games I've ever played, and those of you with DSis should certainly buy it on DSiWare.

Any idea what's on the Konami Classics collections? Are they just collections of games previously released on XBLA like usual?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-14)
Post by: WarpRattler on December 17, 2009, 08:44:31 PM
Final Fantasy VIII is now available on the PlayStation Network.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-14)
Post by: Lizard Dude on December 18, 2009, 03:05:05 AM
Yeah, and a Peace Walker demo!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-14)
Post by: Lizard Dude on December 18, 2009, 03:20:50 PM
This Peace Walker demo is pretty big. There are five missions and the first took me 33 minutes to beat (29 of the minutes were cutscene).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-14)
Post by: WarpRattler on December 21, 2009, 02:31:03 PM
Beating LD to the punch...

Was there anyone who wanted Guitar Hero: Van Halen that didn't get it for free?

EdwardDinero from #tmk won't shut up about the new Crystal Chronicles game. Or Super Smash Bros. on VC.

I don't really know much about that new Square Enix shoot-'em-up on XBLA aside from its name and that it's 1200 MS Points.

I care more about this week's Japanese release of DARIUS BURST than anything coming out in the US, since that game is one of my reasons for deciding to buy a PSP after this holiday season is over.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-14)
Post by: Luigison on December 21, 2009, 02:36:59 PM
Was there anyone who wanted Guitar Hero: Van Halen that didn't get it for free?
/me missed the freebie as he usually waits till summer to play such games.  Having a family and job really cuts into my gaming during the school year.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-21)
Post by: ShadowBrain on December 22, 2009, 02:54:17 PM
Man, meager week...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-21)
Post by: Weegee on December 22, 2009, 02:56:02 PM
OMFG TAYSWIFT ON GH
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-21)
Post by: ShadowBrain on December 22, 2009, 02:59:07 PM
She's already on Band Hero...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-21)
Post by: Lizard Dude on December 22, 2009, 05:06:25 PM
This is not a meager week. I will play/have played both disc games coming out this week. Playing 100% of the releases is not meager. SSB and FFVIII are not meager retro releases. Free "Hark The Herald Angels Sing" in GH and Weezer in RB is not meager. This is a good week!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-21)
Post by: ShadowBrain on December 22, 2009, 11:37:02 PM
Well, I guess what I meant is that there's not a whole lot of releases, and what is being released isn't necessarily incredible.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-28)
Post by: Lizard Dude on December 28, 2009, 08:32:57 PM
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Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-28)
Post by: WarpRattler on December 28, 2009, 08:59:50 PM
I like a bunch of those Rock Band tracks.

As the title implies, Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth is a remake of the first iteration of the Castlevania series on the Game Boy. Unlike that title (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoEyt7XWMsI), though, Castlevania ReBirth doesn't move at speeds comparable to molasses (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRqnn8sH7PI), and includes things like subweapons.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (12-28)
Post by: Lizard Dude on December 28, 2009, 09:33:41 PM
If you're gonna play the Game Boy, you gotta learn to play it right.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-4)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 04, 2010, 03:19:48 PM
D (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)arksiders is reviewing pretty well. I may have to check it out.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-4)
Post by: WarpRattler on January 04, 2010, 03:31:25 PM
I don't care about history.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-4)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 04, 2010, 03:49:09 PM
That was actually a witty reference, which maybe no one caught.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-4)
Post by: ShadowBrain on January 04, 2010, 10:47:24 PM
Should I know or care who any of those artists on this week's GH DLC are?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-4)
Post by: TEM on January 05, 2010, 09:55:06 AM
That Matt Hazard thing is real??? I thought that picture you linked in the chat was fan made.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-11)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 11, 2010, 10:16:00 AM
V (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)VVVVV actually came out yesterday. I've already bought it and you should too if you like wonderful games.

I suppose I need to get Walk It Out! also, after all the cracks I've made to Deezer about how much hardc0re walking I'm going to do.

This week's band game songs make me FFFFFFF though.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-11)
Post by: ShadowBrain on January 11, 2010, 08:38:15 PM
V (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)VVVVV
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I'm considering pronouncing that "stalactites".

But seriously, it looks kind of neat, although I don't know how much longer the faux-retro thing is going to be a draw for me.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-11)
Post by: Luigison on January 11, 2010, 08:43:39 PM
VVVVVV looks cool to me, but there's no Linux version so I'm gonna wait for a console download. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-11)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 11, 2010, 08:47:22 PM
He had technical issues with the Linux port but didn't want to delay the PC/Mac versions any longer. The Linux version is supposed to be out within the week though.

I can't believe 10 days into 2010 it already has two god-tier game releases.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-18)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 18, 2010, 12:14:31 PM
I (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745) warn against Dark Void, no matter how much Capcom tells you to buy it. The demo was stinkin' bad.

And looks like Muscle March made it over here. I've heard it's extremely simple, but... come on, look at it! May have to buy, just to blow visitors' minds from time to time.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-18)
Post by: TEM on January 18, 2010, 12:31:48 PM
Time to make a WiiWare purchase.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-18)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on January 18, 2010, 12:33:11 PM
If only Chronos Twins actually did have something to do with Chrono Trigger.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-18)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 18, 2010, 12:43:23 PM
Screw that, Chronos Twins looks cool in its own right. I was about to lament my lack of DSi to play it, but then I realized it came out last week for WiiWare! Time to make like a TEM and get some WiiWare on of my own.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-18)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 18, 2010, 01:15:49 PM
Whoa, I turned on the Wii and an RL friend had already gifted me Muscle March. That made that decision easy.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-18)
Post by: WarpRattler on January 18, 2010, 01:26:51 PM
The Gottlieb Collection has some fun tables. Don't know if it has more tables than the PS2 version did.

I've said this before, but Bejeweled Twist is easily the most enjoyable match-3 game I've ever played...though mind you, I never did get around to playing Gyromancer. Anyway, whether or not I'm interested in the DS version will be determined solely by whether or not it has a left-handed mode. I didn't touch the DS port of Bookworm after hearing that it lacked a mode for us southpaws, but hopefully it'll be present here.

Anyone who's interested in Muscle March should also buy Cho Aniki if they haven't already done so.

Captain Jim will be interested in Glory of Heracles because of

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Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-18)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 18, 2010, 02:25:24 PM
Okay, Dark Void may suck, but the history of Dark Void Zero is insane (http://www.capcom-unity.com/shana/blog/2010/01/18/the_mysterious_history_of_dark_void_zero!)!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-18)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 19, 2010, 08:09:17 PM
On further thought, I'm 99% sure that "history" is false.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-18)
Post by: WarpRattler on January 19, 2010, 08:28:56 PM
It's still more interesting than the actual Dark Void.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-18)
Post by: ShadowBrain on January 19, 2010, 10:17:41 PM
Superficially, that game looks to me like a combination of Haze and Rocketman.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-18)
Post by: Captain Jim on January 20, 2010, 06:04:18 AM
I would totally buy Muscle March just to see my family's reaction if I hadn't just used every last cent I had on preordering Tatsunoko vs. Capcom.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-18)
Post by: Captain Jim on January 21, 2010, 05:59:40 AM
Yeah, I wouldn't get Dark Void based on the demo. Simply awful.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 25, 2010, 09:55:53 PM
Huge exclusives for all three consoles this week, but my heart belongs to the Wii's.

For Deezer this week we have Personal Fitness For Women.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: WarpRattler on January 25, 2010, 10:08:24 PM
Toki Tori sounds like fun.

Blood Bowl is fun.

Legend of Kay may or may not be a game about selling makeup.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: ShadowBrain on January 25, 2010, 11:44:09 PM
Blood Bowl sounds... ugh, interesting. But really, I think the most exciting thing this week is that screenshot.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: Captain Jim on January 26, 2010, 12:18:41 AM
Awww yiss! Tatsunoko vs. Capcom! Pickin' that up at midnight.

Seriously, the game's so good I have the import version and I'm still buying this. You should too.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on January 26, 2010, 11:39:17 AM
Someone told me he heard they took out character theme songs. LAME
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: WarpRattler on January 26, 2010, 12:47:27 PM
By the way, I'm sure those of you who are interested have heard about it, but No More Heroes 2 contains a mahou shoujo parody, even going so far as to contain a very simplistic vertical shmup. Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars also contains a shmup, but for some reason it's an arena shooter where you can only fire in the direction you're actually facing. ???

Related to previous weeks' releases: I tried Chronos Twin yesterday, and I feel sorry for anyone in Europe (where the game received a physical release back in 2007) who paid full-price for it. Cheesy story (and not the good sort of cheesy), clunky controls (B to fire on the bottom screen and Y to fire on the top, which is almost as bad as Monster Hunter Portable when you consider how often you're alternating fire between the two screens), and the game is pretty much a Mega Man clone minus the power-copying.

At least you can duck and aim upwards, even if aiming upwards is more of a pain than it should be, and you have to duck to hit things that should be able to be hit with a regular standing shot.

I can't imagine how poorly this game would've worked on the GBA, which it was originally developed for.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 26, 2010, 08:31:08 PM
Hadn't heard about that until now, because I avoid info on a game once I know 100% I'm going to buy it, but thanks anyways for the spoilers!

I thought the TvC thing was more like Capcom's Commando games, which I wouldn't call shmups. Also explains why you'd shoot in the direction you were facing.

What do you want from the Chronos Twins controls? If the same button made you shoot in both the past and present, the game would lose much of its point. Although the controls you said are different than how I play on the Wii Classic Controller, with y to jump, x for top-screen shot, b for bottom-screen shot.

Calling it a Mega Man-clone is very disingenuous. The game is about controlling a dude who is in two different versions of the level at once, which is a very interesting mechanic and I quite like the game.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: WarpRattler on January 26, 2010, 09:23:33 PM
Other big spoilers: The game's title is No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle. Travis Touchdown is the main character of the game.

Commando is a shmup. Just a less traditional one. And there's a reason the mechanic of forcing a player to face the direction they want to fire in arena shooters died off.

And Eighting, who developed Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, owns Raizing, who was responsible for things like the Mahou Daisakusen games, Battle Garegga, and Armed Police Batrider (though those last two were by Shinobu Yagawa, who now works for Cave). So who developed Ultimate All-Shooters? Was it Capcom revisiting the days of old? Did Eighting forget about how they were once known for making awesome shmups? Or was it someone else?

Did I say Y to fire on the top screen in Chronos Twin? I meant X. Y to fire on the top screen would be far more convenient, as would the ability to configure your controls (because then I could just put it on a shoulder).

Beyond the fact that you're playing in two different versions of a level on both screens at once, which is admittedly rather cool, it's a Mega Man clone. Look, you even have his power slide.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 26, 2010, 09:51:42 PM
Other big spoilers: The game's title is No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle. Travis Touchdown is the main character of the game.
It's not the same. The existance of a little shmup in the first NMH was one of the most delightful surprises to me about the first game.


Commando is a shmup. Just a less traditional one. And there's a reason the mechanic of forcing a player to face the direction they want to fire in arena shooters died off.
Commando is NOT an arena shooter! It's the same genre as Contra—shirtless headband-wearing men shooting lots of bullets and dying in one hit. I don't know what you're talking about facing the shot direction dying off, because Robotron 2084 had it in freakin' 1982!


Did I say Y to fire on the top screen in Chronos Twin? I meant X. Y to fire on the top screen would be far more convenient, as would the ability to configure your controls (because then I could just put it on a shoulder).
That would be much worse. You need jump to be next to both shooting buttons since it happens in both dimensions. The shoulder buttons jump in the Wii version, BTW.


Beyond the fact that you're playing in two different versions of a level on both screens at once, which is admittedly rather cool, it's a Mega Man clone. Look, you even have his power slide.
Disingenuous. That's like critiquing Multitask (http://www.kongregate.com/games/IcyLime/multitask) on its individual games. You're missing the entire point.

P.S. Dang I forgot how fun Multitask was.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: WarpRattler on January 26, 2010, 10:30:02 PM
In reverse order:

P.S. Did you ever beat my Multitask score?

What's wrong with going, "oh, hey, this game has a lot of stuff that plays just like a Mega Man game, so I can call it a Mega Man clone"? If people can call Puyo Puyo and Columns "Tetris clones," I can legitimately call Chronos Twin a Mega Man clone.

Shoulder buttons jump in the DS version as well, as does Y. And it looks like my problem is less to do with the button positioning and more to do with trying to alternate fire between the two screens often ending up in pressing both buttons at once (causing neither to fire) in the DS version. (By the way, you contradicted yourself when you said jump needs to be next to the two fire buttons and then pointed out the shoulder buttons that aren't anywhere near the fire buttons.)

Commando is definitely a shmup. If it isn't, then neither are things like Pocky & Rocky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkijXULeN4Q) or Twinkle Tale (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwYhfVFANXU). And the main character of Commando definitely isn't shirtless - at least, not in the arcade version, anyway. And speaking of arcade versions, I loaded up Robotron 2084 myself, and guess what? Your firing direction is independent of the direction you're moving/facing.

(Regardless, it does look like Ultimate All-Shooters takes a lot of its influence from games like Commando rather than games like Robotron 2084, albeit with forced scrolling that doesn't come from either of those. So it's not an arena shooter at all.)

Existence. You should know better than that. And having not played the first No More Heroes, how was I to know that something that was freely covered by various games media outlets would be a ruinous spoiler to one player on a corner of the Internet?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 26, 2010, 11:25:42 PM
I know Robotron has independent shooting. That's what I was saying. Arena shooters never had fixed-direction shooting. You were talking about how it "died out".

P.S. No.

I didn't know All-Shooters had forced scrolling. That makes it much more shmup-like.

Calling something a clone should imply a far greater level of similarity. Chronos Twins is a massively different experience than Mega Man even though, yes, you control a jumping man who shoots. I don't think Puyo Puyo should be called a Tetris-clone either.

As for the spoiler issue, I've been realizing more and more lately that media and marketing are grave enemies to enjoying games and movies. Movie trailers are nothing but MASSIVE SPOILERS. I haven't watched one in years. And guess what? It makes watching movies a way more interesting experience. Plots can go anywhere! It's so awesome. Do not watch trailers whatever you do.
Game media is easily as bad. For Mass Effect 2, there's been massive coverage of the fact that if you make certain choices, your Shepard can die (for real in the plot). No Russian of Modern Warfare 2 was massively ruined the same way.
Trailers and game coverage are your enemy. Do not watch them, ever. Do not read them once you know you're going to play the game. It's mindcrime and serves no purpose but to lessen your experience.

Marketing is the enemy of art; don't let it win.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: ShadowBrain on January 26, 2010, 11:31:23 PM
Yeah, trailers are almost indescribably tempting--and without them, it can be hard to say whether a movie looks good--but I really am starting to think that they can damage my enjoyment of a film or its source material, from giving me the assumption that the Surrogates graphic novel would be heavily action-oriented to the complaint touched upon here (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=12960.msg566437#msg566437).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: WarpRattler on January 27, 2010, 12:15:07 AM
(The title is Chronos Twin. First word ends in an S, second word doesn't.)

Yes, and I admitted that I was wrong (indirectly about the arena shooter forced-direction thing and directly about Ultimate All-Shooters being an arena shooter, and directly about the former here). I know it doesn't happen often, so it's kind of hard to tell.

The forced scrolling in Ultimate All-Shooters appears to be really slow. It looks like it's a bit slower than forced scrolling in Super Mario Bros. 3.

I don't like Puyo Puyo being called a Tetris clone either, partially because the only real similarity is that you drop blocks to try to clear blocks but mainly because I consider Puyo Puyo to be more fun. But hey, I sort of treat Tetris like I do chess, so I won't say that Puyo Puyo is the superior game.

And Chronos Twin is still more similar to Mega Man than Puyo Puyo is to Tetris. I'll concede that I can't justify calling it a clone, though.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: Captain Jim on January 28, 2010, 02:20:58 PM
(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi274.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fjj266%2FCaptain__Jim%2Fawyiss-1.jpg&hash=bdaa9554d2bb9eb87deab7215dd7caf0)

I am such a mondo nerd.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: Weegee on January 28, 2010, 05:11:38 PM
...Is that a Horsea beside the left cover's title?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: Captain Jim on January 28, 2010, 08:16:26 PM
No. It's the Tatsunoko logo.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: ShadowBrain on January 28, 2010, 11:28:58 PM
The average American's not supposed to know what Tatsunoko is, right? I mean, I (kind of) do, but...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 28, 2010, 11:55:45 PM
The average American definitely doesn't know what the company Tatsunoko is, but probably recognizes a few of their characters (especially people who are a bit older).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: WarpRattler on January 29, 2010, 02:07:32 AM
And on that note, I wonder why Jump Ultimate Stars, which most likely would've been easier to license than Tatsunoko vs. Capcom*, didn't get localized. Between younger players who would recognize characters like Naruto and Son Goku, older players who would recognize characters like Kenshiro and Kenshin, and nerds like me who just want to play as Don Pachi, Yugi, and Jotaro, it's also got a somewhat wider audience than Tatsunoko vs. Capcom**. It also gives Viz a reason to start publishing any of the slightly more obscure stories represented in some form in the game that haven't already been serialized in the US Shonen Jump or published as trade paperbacks.

*Pretty sure Viz holds the rights to all the Weekly Shonen Jump licenses in the US.
**Diminished a bit by the fact that it doesn't have the Capcom side at all, but then, consider how many of the characters on the Capcom side in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom the average American would be familiar with.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: ShadowBrain on January 29, 2010, 07:42:25 AM
Yeah, that's a good point.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 29, 2010, 10:53:05 AM
Capcom made the effort since the Vs. series is so beloved. It would have been very cruel to leave the first new installment in a very long time in Japan, regardless of what kind of crazy characters were in it.

*glares at Mother 3 and Fatal Frame IV*
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: WarpRattler on January 29, 2010, 03:29:10 PM
It would've been pretty cruel to half-ass getting it released in English-speaking countries, too.

*glares at Freshly-Picked: Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland,Arkanoid DS, and Jump Ultimate Stars*
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 29, 2010, 03:46:49 PM
*glares at Maestro!: Jump in Music*
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: WarpRattler on January 29, 2010, 03:51:50 PM
*glares at Fate/Unlimited Codes and Raiden Fighters Aces*

(We could do this all day.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 29, 2010, 05:49:08 PM
*glares mightily at No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise*
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on January 29, 2010, 09:21:36 PM
And on that note, I wonder why Jump Ultimate Stars, which most likely would've been easier to license than Tatsunoko vs. Capcom*, didn't get localized. Between younger players who would recognize characters like Naruto and Son Goku, older players who would recognize characters like Kenshiro and Kenshin, and nerds like me who just want to play as Don Pachi, Yugi, and Jotaro, it's also got a somewhat wider audience than Tatsunoko vs. Capcom**. It also gives Viz a reason to start publishing any of the slightly more obscure stories represented in some form in the game that haven't already been serialized in the US Shonen Jump or published as trade paperbacks.

Probably rights issues with those who own the video game licenses. Unlike Tatsunoko properites, a lot of series featured in Jump Ultimate Stars are still ongoing and have their characters in a bunch of video games. Off the top of my head, Atari owns the Dragon Ball license, Ubisoft owns the Naruto license, Namco-Bandai owns the one for One Piece, and Konami owns the Yu-Gi-Oh license.

That was the status of the licenses back then anyway, so it would've been more of a nightmare to even attempt to localise the title.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: Captain Jim on January 30, 2010, 08:45:57 AM
So I've been playing TvC online for a few days. The connection is usually good, I've had some perfect, lagless matches. However, this pretty much happens every day:

(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi274.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fjj266%2FCaptain__Jim%2Ftvconline.png%3Ft%3D1264862520&hash=a5100d06012ae1efbc4fcc1cd72961ba)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 30, 2010, 11:35:57 AM
When searching for matches, does it show ping as an actual number?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1-25)
Post by: Captain Jim on January 30, 2010, 11:40:28 AM
That's one of the glaring issues of this game's online:

You don't see a person's connection before hand. No ping. No color coding. Not even little bars. Nothing.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-1)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 01, 2010, 02:34:20 PM
W (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)elcome to Bizzaro week, where half the releases are big-name PC exclusives instead of DS shovelware.

Alex Kidd in Shinobi World is the only Master System game on TMK (http://themushroomkingdom.net/games/akisw).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-1)
Post by: WarpRattler on February 01, 2010, 02:53:43 PM
Lovin' those Rock Band songs!

I still haven't finished the first S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game, but Call of Pripyat will probably quickly become rather cheap like Clear Sky did, so I'm probably better off waiting to buy it anyway. Not to mention that by the time I get around to buying and playing it, it'll have been modded to a point where it's actually properly playable.

I remember playing the shareware PC version of Extreme Pinball all the time as a kid. Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy was a pretty awesome table.

Thexder Neo looks pretty awesome. I haven't played the original Thexder, but I'd certainly like to after seeing the trailer for Neo. And it's playable on PSP, if you're one of those people who either owns a PSPgo or owns both a PSP and a PS3.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-1)
Post by: Weegee on February 01, 2010, 03:10:58 PM
This reminds me, I won't die a satisfied man until an all-classic rock Guitar Hero/Rock Band title is released.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-1)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 01, 2010, 04:24:14 PM
There are over a thousand downloadable RB songs; you can make whatever kinds of playlists you want.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-1)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 02, 2010, 06:11:12 PM
Furthermore,


(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.askcheats.com%2Fimages%2FPS3%2FR%2FRock-Band-Classic-Rock-Track-Pack%2F66971-l.jpg&hash=f5db733280497a2f093bb0ea725e6c65)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-1)
Post by: Weegee on February 02, 2010, 06:52:37 PM
True, although the Dead Kennedys, Siouxsie & the Banshees and whoever the heck Stone Roses are all certainly do not qualify as classic rock artists.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-1)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 02, 2010, 07:05:49 PM
Apparently they do!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-8)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 08, 2010, 12:42:22 PM
BioShock 2, obv.

I've waited like a year for Darwinia+

I played the Who halftime show after the game yesterday. It's an epic-length track and the only other thing like it is the Abbey Road medley. The vocals are pretty weak compared to the o.g. recordings, but what do you expect from a 129-year old man? There's a sweet drum breakdown near the end.

Entire Megadeth album, too.

All in all, a god-tier week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-8)
Post by: WarpRattler on February 08, 2010, 02:21:21 PM
All I really care about is
BIOSHOCK 2
but I don't have a computer that can run it right now, so I'll have to wait.

Oh, Blaster Master Overdrive does seem pretty cool.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-8)
Post by: bobman37 on February 08, 2010, 05:56:52 PM
Whatever, dude. Save the excitement for the people who are actually going to play it on release day.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-8)
Post by: TEM on February 09, 2010, 10:07:30 PM
My roommate bought Dante's Inferno for PSTrippple and it's really awesome. It definitely has the GoW combat style (I'm going to play the original Devil May Cry to see if THAT's actually the combat style I'm talking about) but the aesthetics of the hell environment are to die for. The first boss fight is really awesome (though really makes me want more information about the after effects of the fight). I'd buy it but I'm just going to play on my friend's disc.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-15)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 16, 2010, 08:20:56 PM
I (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745) don't have much to say about this week so I'll just comment on recent events:

(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenetwerk.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F02%2Fdudlysf4.jpg&hash=61ed9255e5de17d4526e78cb1b2f76b0)

Captain Jim sale: confirmed. :)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-15)
Post by: Weegee on February 16, 2010, 08:27:06 PM
Interesting Rock Band selections... I've never imagined Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" as much of a guitar-oriented track, but it's still good to see.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-15)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on February 16, 2010, 08:28:23 PM
Heeey, Sim Theme Park!  I remember that!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-15)
Post by: WarpRattler on February 16, 2010, 08:41:55 PM
What's with the obsession with putting PSX ports of real-time strategy games on PSN?

I'm ever-so-slightly interested in Ragnarok DS, though I've never played Ragnarok Online. If it turns out well, it'll raise my hopes for MapleStory DS being good as well.

Speaking of DS ports of non-games, KORG DS-10 Plus!

That Data East collection has Burgertime, Magical Drop III, and Heavy Barrel.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-15)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 16, 2010, 08:53:05 PM
Interesting Guitar Hero selections... I've never imagined Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" as much of a guitar-oriented track, but it's still good to see.
That's RB. But yes, definitely a singer's week. Which is okay after last week. Every song of Rust in Peace save one was a bombastic tour de force of pure fun for guitar, bass, and drums all at the same. Probably my favorite RB week ever. As far as bass is concerned, no contest.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-15)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 16, 2010, 09:03:42 PM
My roommate bought Dante's Inferno for PSTrippple and it's really awesome. It definitely has the GoW combat style (I'm going to play the original Devil May Cry to see if THAT's actually the combat style I'm talking about) but the aesthetics of the hell environment are to die for. The first boss fight is really awesome (though really makes me want more information about the after effects of the fight). I'd buy it but I'm just going to play on my friend's disc.
I really didn't dig the demo man. Especially right next to Bayonetta.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-15)
Post by: ShadowBrain on February 17, 2010, 08:03:53 AM
I've been increasingly considering KORG DS-10 (Plus), and that's about it.

Also, I had no idea Sim Theme Park came out on the PlayStation. One of the few PC games I ever had--boy, did it make me appreciate Rollercoaster Tycoon.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-15)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on February 17, 2010, 11:17:44 AM
I'm kinda amazed that DS-10 Plus came out here, and kinda disappointed that I already own the original.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-22)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 22, 2010, 11:48:27 AM
I (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)ndigo Prophecy contained experiences unlike anything I'd ever played before or after, and for that, Heavy Rain is a must-buy.

I heard many good things about the iPhone version of Flight Control.

Factoid about Napoleon: Total War: the same voice actor plays Napoleon in the English, German, French, and Spanish versions!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-22)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on February 22, 2010, 12:01:14 PM
After a slight blip on the Nostalgia RadarTM with SimTheme Park last week, it's back to more titles I've never heard of.  Where's Einhander (on the US store, anyway)?  Where's Tomba?

Actually, they haven't done a horrible job putting out classic titles, it's just that I already have most of those on disc, or can borrow them from a friend.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-22)
Post by: WarpRattler on February 22, 2010, 12:18:08 PM
Another Yu-Gi-Oh! game with an awesome title. Only game this week I'm at all interested in, too!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-22)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 22, 2010, 12:21:29 PM
Oh yeah, I forgot to comment on my love for Yu-Gi-Oh titles.

Come on, Warp, what about Pony Friends 2? It's published by Square-Enix!

Turtlekid: At least PSone Classics are doing better than VC. XD XD XD
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-22)
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on February 22, 2010, 04:25:03 PM
Heavy Rain is a must-buy.

I'd like to know just how much gameplay is involved first before investing in it. I've heard too many jokes about it being Quick Time Events: The Movie to take it seriously.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-22)
Post by: WarpRattler on February 22, 2010, 04:51:18 PM
Lizard Dude, you know perfectly well that that's the kind of thing Deezer's interested in, not me, even if it is published by Square Enix. I might be interested if it was a dating sim starring a girl who raises horses, but I'm pretty sure that isn't the case. After all, UbiSoft publishes DS dating sims in the US under different titles, not Square Enix.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-22)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 22, 2010, 06:37:25 PM
Mr. Wiggles, Indigo Prophecy was like that too, but my statements still stand. It provided me with situations no other game has. How much "gameplay" do adventure games ever have?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-1)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 01, 2010, 01:58:20 PM
It's some kind of Game Arts release-fest.

There's Mega Man 10, but I won't care until it hits the HD systems in a month. Judging by how little I played Mega Man 9, I won't care that much anyway.

The thing I'm actually looking forward to this week doesn't even qualify to show up on my list: Resident Evil 5: Desperate Escape. bobman and I played the heck out of Lost in Nightmares.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2-22)
Post by: bobman37 on March 01, 2010, 03:58:14 PM
I'd like to know just how much gameplay is involved first before investing in [Heavy Rain].
Very, very little.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-1)
Post by: ShadowBrain on March 01, 2010, 07:59:54 PM
I'm probably going to get All the Small Things on GH, and that's about it at the moment.

Also, great PS3 .gif.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-1)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 02, 2010, 04:51:39 AM
Very, very little.
Compared to what? And what do you mean by gameplay? I'd say it has more "gameplay" than almost all other adventure games.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-1)
Post by: bobman37 on March 02, 2010, 10:44:04 AM
That was a joke about how the game freezes all the time.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-1)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 02, 2010, 06:52:24 PM
Ooooooooooohhh.

Well, I haven't had a freeze since the first one.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-1)
Post by: Glorb on March 02, 2010, 07:30:09 PM
I played up to the first boss in Dante's Inferno and then stopped playing because my pants were full of bricks.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-1)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 04, 2010, 07:57:24 PM
The Rock Band Network went live today. It's where companies can chart their own songs and sell them without having to wait for Harmonix. Not sure if I'll keep putting these on the list, but for now I will.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-1)
Post by: Weegee on March 04, 2010, 08:12:21 PM
This is probably the first instance of me not knowing a single song on the RB/GH song list. Also,

“The Game”

[dukar].
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-1)
Post by: kirbyfan98 on March 04, 2010, 08:23:02 PM
OMG did you know that there is a 3rd super mario bros!!!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-1)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 05, 2010, 01:47:57 AM
Hey, I just noticed that the GH1 classic, "Even Rats", is in there. :)

WG: You've never heard of Flogging Molly, Jonathan Coulton, MC Frontalot, Steve Vai?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-1)
Post by: bobman37 on March 05, 2010, 04:01:42 PM
It's tough to be culturally up-to-date when you're trying to figure out how to put on your socks.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-1)
Post by: Weegee on March 05, 2010, 06:38:57 PM
I've heard of the artists, just not those particular songs.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-1)
Post by: Glorb on March 06, 2010, 02:05:31 PM
Even Rats

I :)'d when I read that too.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-8)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 08, 2010, 11:59:45 AM
F (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)olks, it's the moment we've all been waiting for: “The Hockey Theme” has hit Rock Band.

And “All of This”. Keep the :) train rolling.

I'll be snagging FFXIII at midnight. Yes, the PS3 version, because that's the system it was natively developed for. Proof for TEM that achievements don't own me.

For Deezer this week we have The Daring Game for Girls.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-8)
Post by: Toad on March 08, 2010, 12:03:45 PM
Hmm.. FFIV? I'd rather it was FFIII (or VI, depending).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-8)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on March 08, 2010, 12:11:04 PM
I wonder if that FFIV has 1) the FFIV title screen 2) American SNES difficulty.
Obv. I am picking up FFXIII today/tomorrow. I've heard it's the best Final Fantasy movie ever!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-8)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 08, 2010, 12:27:15 PM
The Wii Shop Channel is actually calling it Final Fantasy II, so I'm positive it's just the SNES cart straight-up.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-8)
Post by: ShadowBrain on March 08, 2010, 11:26:32 PM
I'd whip out that Mega Man picture in response to all those Rock Band songs, but someone got banned the last time that happened.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-8)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 09, 2010, 07:13:59 PM
"The Hockey Theme" has the best drum part in RB history.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-8)
Post by: Captain Jim on March 10, 2010, 01:13:31 PM
I LOVE MY DAUGHTERRRRRS

THEY ARE SO PRETYYYYY


(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi274.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fjj266%2FCaptain__Jim%2Fhakan.jpg&hash=d9da8af76fef9f717c0de16328311c84)


How can a character be so simultaneously terrifying and amazing?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-8)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 10, 2010, 05:21:30 PM
A newcomer to the Street Fighter universe, Hakan is an oil wrestler hailing from Turkey. Using lubricant to assist in battle, Hakan has some of the most insane moves and Ultra combos in the series.

Cool, but why did you post this here?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-8)
Post by: Captain Jim on March 10, 2010, 10:37:11 PM
Well, there's no Super Street Fighter IV Thread that I know of, and you talked about the Dudley reveal in this thread, so I figured it'd be fine.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-15)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 16, 2010, 03:35:34 AM
P (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)okémon sucks, God of War rules, blah blah blah I've written this same crap a million times and don't feel like doing it again.

Perfect Dark on XBLA with 8-player online multi. Sweet!

Lady Gaga on RB with 4 songs. Nice!

"Africa" starts with a really cool African drum part.

And for Deezer this week we have Build-A-Bear Workshop: Welcome to Hugsville.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-15)
Post by: WarpRattler on March 16, 2010, 03:57:53 AM
Nintendo could've shipped packages of actual fecal matter labeled as remakes of the second-gen Pokémon games and still sold millions, so Sony launching a new entry in one of their biggest franchises against it might not have been such a good idea if they wanted its sales to look good.

I'm probably not playing any of this week's releases any time soon, not because of a lack of interest (Infinite Space sounds cool), but because of pop'n music PARTY and Space Invaders Extreme 2 taking up most of my gaming time right now.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-15)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on March 16, 2010, 05:27:31 AM
In the words of J. Jonah Jameson's film incarnation: Crap, crap, mega crap.

I want HG/SS, but that's about it.  Where are the PSOne Classics?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-15)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 16, 2010, 01:21:29 PM
They're too scared of the N64 Classic, a game that is better than every PS1 game ever made.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-15)
Post by: Weegee on March 16, 2010, 06:04:33 PM
Flight of the conchords on RB? Cool beans.

I've played SoulSilver for about 22 hours since getting it on Sunday. :3
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-15)
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on March 16, 2010, 09:34:25 PM
Lady Gaga on RB with 4 songs. Nice!

No.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-15)
Post by: Jman on March 18, 2010, 06:57:44 PM
I've no beef with Lady Gaga, but how is she rock?  Boy, the term "rock" is thrown around so much these days. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-15)
Post by: Glorb on March 18, 2010, 07:22:51 PM
No.

Oh my god you are the worst kind of person ever.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-15)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 18, 2010, 07:37:21 PM
The on-disc songs stay pretty rock-y, but the DLC has roamed far and wide over stuff like country, funk, rap, blues. This is a good thing.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-15)
Post by: TEM on March 18, 2010, 11:14:44 PM
God of War III might be the best game I've ever played. I want to say it is for certain, but I have to let the awesomeness flowing through me subside and then give my past experiences a more critical look.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-22)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 22, 2010, 11:33:45 AM
I'm still reeling from the Heavy Rain/Final Fantasy XIII/God of War III/Perfect Dark megaton-punch, but I plan to play Just Cause 2, Patchwork Heroes, Cave Story, and (most interestingly) Love as soon as I can.

For Deezer this week we have Cheer We Go.

(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fordinarymother.files.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F01%2Fcheerios.jpg&hash=665af87c0513b06356fa3bab419b7062)

Delicious.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-22)
Post by: WarpRattler on March 22, 2010, 11:53:37 AM
I'll probably play Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey, but nothing else this week.

However, in honor of the WiiWare release, I vow to get the best ending in Cave Story at some point this week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-22)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on March 22, 2010, 12:23:58 PM
My cousin picked up FFXIII and said it was pretty good.

The only thing that looks mildly interesting this week is Cave Story, but I could just download that for free. 

...if I had a better computer.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-22)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 22, 2010, 12:26:58 PM
Your computer can't run... Cave Story?

What kind of chip you got in there, a Dorito?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-22)
Post by: WarpRattler on March 22, 2010, 01:30:16 PM
Turtlekid, I'm pretty sure even your Godawful computer can run Cave Story. If your computer can run Melty Blood, as you said it probably would, it can definitely run Cave Story, along with most other doujin games and probably StarCraft.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-22)
Post by: ShadowBrain on March 22, 2010, 10:33:28 PM
Did someone seriously make a song called "I'm Made of Wax, Larry, What Are You Made Of?"
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-22)
Post by: Glorb on March 23, 2010, 06:04:32 PM
What kind of chip you got in there, a Dorito?

lol!

octopus gun
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-29)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 29, 2010, 08:30:24 PM
I (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745) already have WarioWare: D.I.Y. and look forward to seeing what people come up with.

I'll also get Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition.

Jimi Hendrix is RB-exclusive now.

I may check out Again someday. I liked Hotel Dusk: Room 215.

For Deezer this week we have Let's Play Flight Attendant (someone should make a "Let's Play" of that).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-29)
Post by: Weegee on March 29, 2010, 08:42:35 PM
How do Toad and Yoshi pertain to this week's releases? Anyways, "Little Wing" is quite possibly my favourite Hendrix song.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-29)
Post by: WarpRattler on March 29, 2010, 08:54:06 PM
Hey, Monster Rancher DS. The third of three monster-battling games this month (after Pokémon and Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey), but also probably the least interesting due to the fact that you can't do with a cartridge-based medium what you could do with the PlayStations of o-

Duke Nukem: Critical Mass (DS, PSP)
...
WHAT?!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-29)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on March 29, 2010, 09:05:27 PM
Save the Turtles.  Good idea.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-29)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 01, 2010, 07:04:27 PM
I had a few erroneous releases. Neither Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition nor Duke Nukem: Critical Mass actually came out. Also, the GH songs are announced now (and out today).

How do Toad and Yoshi pertain to this week's releases?
Read the releases.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-29)
Post by: Weegee on April 01, 2010, 07:20:05 PM
Blue Toad Murder Files Episodes 1-3

That's the first time I've ever looked at the PSN release list.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3-29)
Post by: WarpRattler on April 01, 2010, 07:41:39 PM
I'm a bit saddened by the nonpresence of Duke Nukem: Critical Mass, as I was looking forward to playing a new sidescrolling Duke adventure and the first game released under the Apogee name in over a decade. I pretty much expected it with what happened with 3D Realms, though, which is part of why I was surprised by its presence in the week's releases in the first place.

At least Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition is actually going to be released, though, even if it didn't come out on time.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-5)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 06, 2010, 12:47:23 AM
U (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)pdated 4/5
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-5)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on April 06, 2010, 06:14:48 AM
What a dull week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-5)
Post by: ShadowBrain on April 06, 2010, 07:17:32 AM
I'm really liking the name of that first PC game. Also, anyone know if any of those Fall Out Boy songs are any good? I'm a little prejudiced against them for having the same name as a Simpsons character and doing a Nintendo promotional tour a few years back, so I must confess I'm not well-versed in their songs.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-5)
Post by: Glorb on April 06, 2010, 08:55:34 AM
Suck Goo!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-5)
Post by: WarpRattler on April 06, 2010, 12:50:11 PM
Oh, apparently Monster Rancher DS didn't actually come out last week either, and isn't coming out until this summer. Sigh.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-5)
Post by: Weegee on April 06, 2010, 04:51:22 PM
Rock Band Songs
Anberlin – “Feel Good Drag”
Hawk Nelson – “Live Life Loud”
Skillet – “Monster”
Superchick – “Stand in the Rain”
Switchfoot – “Meant to Live”
Thousand Foot Krutch – “Fire It Up”

This is the exact contemporary pop/rock drivel my classmates are into. Add Devil Wears Prada to this cavalcade of crap and you have our student body's playlist.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-5)
Post by: Glorb on April 06, 2010, 04:57:12 PM
Devil Wears Prada sucks goo.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-5)
Post by: ShadowBrain on April 06, 2010, 11:33:24 PM
I hate it when the band has the same name as some drastically different film and it is impossible to take them seriously.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-5)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 09, 2010, 09:52:11 PM
This is the exact contemporary pop/rock drivel my classmates are into. Add Devil Wears Prada to this cavalcade of crap and you have our student body's playlist.
Your student body playlist is all Christian rock? Where do you go to school again?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-5)
Post by: Weegee on April 09, 2010, 11:03:24 PM
A Christian school, true, but those whiny groups are godawful (pardon the pun) and barely Christian anyway.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-5)
Post by: ShadowBrain on April 10, 2010, 07:27:07 AM
I've got these hipster-ish girls in front of me in third period who spend pretty much the whole period looking at stuff on bands like Never Shout Never and 3OH3! on the internet. Meanwhile, the guy in front of them is this obnoxious, rude jerk who doesn't really do much except refute the girls' opinions on who's hot and not with his own thoughts on who is "hella fine" (to my memory, the list includes no-one I would remotely consider attractive).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-5)
Post by: Glorb on April 11, 2010, 04:37:10 PM
Never Shout Never and 3OH!3 both suck goo so bad.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-12)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 12, 2010, 06:41:45 AM
U (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)pdated 4/12
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-12)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on April 12, 2010, 06:47:13 AM
My cousin, who is a big Splinter Cell fan, was a bit miffed to learn that Conviction won't be on the PS3.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-12)
Post by: Glorb on April 12, 2010, 04:10:42 PM
Cos the PS3 sucks goo.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-12)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on April 13, 2010, 11:10:24 AM
For that blasphemy, Sam Fisher will murder you in your sleep.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-12)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 13, 2010, 11:23:43 AM
But Sam Fisher apparently agrees.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-12)
Post by: WarpRattler on April 13, 2010, 11:28:48 AM
Incidentally, that AlphaBounce game on DSiWare is related to the one Glorb posted about a while back.  (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=12587.0)Theoretically, it shouldn't suffer from the same problems that game did, but I won't play it regardless.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-12)
Post by: Glorb on April 13, 2010, 06:07:01 PM
Whaaaat? You mean that crappy Arkanoid-meets-AstroEmpires thing with no freeplay mode?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-12)
Post by: Fifth on April 14, 2010, 11:27:20 AM
WarioWare: D.I.Y. "Big Name Games"
Fire Bad! – Alex Neuse

Alex Neuse?

I once worked for that guy.
How weird.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-12)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 15, 2010, 05:30:47 PM
Really? Doing what?

For my money, the BIT.TRIP games are the best things on WiiWare by far. So I tip my hat to the fellow.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-12)
Post by: Fifth on April 16, 2010, 03:32:52 PM
It was while I was working in the only industry game design job I've ever had, as a level designer/2D artist for a company called Santa Cruz Games.  He was hired on as the project leader at the time.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-19)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 19, 2010, 07:22:28 PM
B (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)eat City looks like something I might want to play but there sure isn't much info about it out there.

For ShadowBrian this week we have Surviving High School.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-19)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on April 19, 2010, 07:26:34 PM
Another week, another Tomba!-less PSOne Classics.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-19)
Post by: WarpRattler on April 19, 2010, 09:39:09 PM
I like how one of the bands with a song on RBN this week is called "bibleblack."

Beat City sounds like it might be sort of cool.

I hear The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom is really good.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-19)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 21, 2010, 06:10:06 PM
I like how one of the bands with a song on RBN this week is called "bibleblack."
They must be big Dylan Thomas fans.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-19)
Post by: ShadowBrain on April 21, 2010, 11:40:58 PM
I like how one of the songs is a quote from The Iron Giant. Oh, no, wait, I don't.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-19)
Post by: WarpRattler on April 24, 2010, 10:07:07 PM
Okay, I played the first two minigames in Beat City. And...it seems like a pretty solid Rhythm Heaven clone. The premise and what I've seen of the character design is pretty wacky, though the music isn't as catchy as that in Rhythm Heaven.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-26)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 26, 2010, 12:53:45 PM
U (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)pdated 4/26
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-26)
Post by: WarpRattler on April 26, 2010, 01:54:37 PM
Record of Agarest War has an incredibly silly limited edition. Dubbed the "Really Naughty Edition," it includes the game, the soundtrack, special ecchi packaging, a pillow case (of the regular sort rather than for a dakimakura (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakimakura)), and a breast mousepad. This is a T-rated game, mind you.

I misread that as UNO HD at first glance.

There's another Nier game that's Japan-only, and its version of the male protagonist is more anime-styled than the version of the protagonist in the one coming out here. I understand the game is also less action-oriented than the one coming out here. (I don't want to mention the other important thing about the game in case some people might consider it spoilers.)

The mere thought of a game titled Casual Mania! scares me.

Oh yeah, Super Street Fighter IV. I still haven't played vanilla Street Fighter IV, and Super isn't on PC (yet), so I probably won't play that any time soon.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-26)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 26, 2010, 02:08:20 PM
Yeah, I saw that mousepad and almost put it as the pic for this week but decided against it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-26)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 03, 2010, 03:25:46 PM
D (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)oes Picross 3D have a Mario reference?

Ever since I heard “According to You” I thought it would make a good Rock Band song. It's a modern Top 40 song with some actual guitar shredding, which is pretty rare ATM. (Not really a complaint; I like hearing chiptune (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUsbpmQ9-mc) on the radio.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4-26)
Post by: WarpRattler on May 03, 2010, 10:09:07 PM
I played a lot of Rittai Picross a few months ago and really enjoyed it, so I'll almost certainly be buying the English version. I don't remember any of the puzzles I played through being Mario-themed at all, but I didn't finish the game, so who knows?

Taito's Ray- games are for people who like the Raiden games but wish they had more lock-on lasers and (with the exception of the first game) were in 3D. RayStorm HD is a new version of the second game with updated graphics (the original version was on PlayStation hardware, and definitely looked the part) and some new game modes and ships (including the R-GEAR, which was the ship from a scrapped RayForce prequel of the same name). The $15 price tag may seem a little high, but hopefully the quality of the port is high enough that it's worth it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-10)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 10, 2010, 04:11:48 PM
U (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)pdated 5/10

I'd play Lost Planet 2, but it's a 4-player game and I'm not sure I could field enough interested br0s ATM. Maybe.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-10)
Post by: Luigison on May 10, 2010, 08:37:49 PM
Amazon.com has let me down.  My preordered Picross 3D hasn't came in yet.  Of course I got it free with free super saver shipping which I think is 5 to 9 days or something, but still.  Also, I preordered 3D Dot Game Heroes (PS3) from Amazon with the same deal.  Anyway, I want have much time to play either one until Saturday evening so it's not a big deal. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-17)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 17, 2010, 06:22:15 PM
U (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)pdated 5/17

BIT.TRIP RUNNER and Red Dead Redemption, w00t.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-17)
Post by: Captain Jim on May 17, 2010, 06:24:45 PM
My birthday will be all but forgotten due to the release of Red Dead Redemption on the same day.

In all seriousness, though, it looks like a good game. I'll probably want to try it out before I commit, though.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-17)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on May 17, 2010, 07:21:21 PM
Ah, Red Dead Redemption.  Another awesome-looking game that I can't play.

Also, isn't putting Kirby Super Star on VC a bit redundant at this point?  Well, in any case, it's about time.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-17)
Post by: WarpRattler on May 17, 2010, 08:10:12 PM
I probably won't be playing anything coming out this week, but I'll mention that if you don't already have Metal Slug 7 on DS and are interested, Metal Slug XX is a port of that game that's playable on stuff aside from a DS screen, so you may want to check that out.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-17)
Post by: ShadowBrain on May 18, 2010, 11:38:13 PM
KSS on the VC? Why?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-17)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on May 19, 2010, 01:19:19 AM
Maybe because you don't have an SNES or a DS. Or want to pay less.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-17)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 19, 2010, 04:32:18 PM
I like how KSS has everyone up in arms even though there are 2-3 identical versions of each Monster Boy game on VC, with probably more to come.

Also, I was initially overlooking Split/Second but it is bodaciously rad. Reminds me of the Stuntman games, which I really dug.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-17)
Post by: Luigison on May 19, 2010, 05:50:47 PM
KSS does not have me up-in-arms.  I may even purchase it since I often prefer games on my 50" screen when possible, and I don't have it for SNES anymore.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-17)
Post by: WarpRattler on May 21, 2010, 12:31:18 PM
Apparently this Blue Dragon sequel is an action RPG rather than another crappy DS RTS. So maybe it'll be at least kind of good.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-24)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 24, 2010, 08:33:16 PM
U (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)pdated 5/24

There was a time when I would have been excited for the release of Blur. Split/Second changed that.

Super Mario Galaxy 2, obv.

ArtStyle: light trax looks interesting (literally).

Doom II XBLA has a new episode.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-24)
Post by: Weegee on May 24, 2010, 08:50:04 PM
I see that this week's Guitar Hero releases were selected specifically for Glorb's approval.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-31)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 04, 2010, 03:14:34 PM
U (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)pdated 5/31 (super late (no one cares))
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-31)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 05, 2010, 12:09:40 PM
The WWDIY "Big Name Games" aren't exactly that big these days.

Metal Slug XX (from last week) does a great job screaming its name on the title screen (the first LD test of a good game).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5-31)
Post by: WarpRattler on June 05, 2010, 01:43:06 PM
I heard the XBLA port of Metal Slug XX has some problems that, considering who I heard this from, probably only matter if you're a hardcore nerd who still uses a 4:3 CRT because you only play arcade games. I heard the same about RayStorm HD, except the problem there (part of the playing field being cut off) really does matter.

(Incidentally, you can get a new copy of the original DS version of Metal Slug 7 for the same price as the XBLA port nowadays.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-7)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 07, 2010, 12:59:27 PM
U (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)pdated 6/7

It's rhythm heaven with GDRB and a crazy (and free) GH week. There's also a PlayStation mini (which I don't list) called Vibes coming out tomorrow that looks like a complicated version of the Gitaroo Man defense gameplay.

There's also Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, but the dude I was going to play it with is moving away very soon so I don't know anymore.

For Deezer this week we have Let's Play Ballerina.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-7)
Post by: WarpRattler on June 07, 2010, 02:07:05 PM
Is Mega Man Zero Collection really coming out this week? I heard it got delayed in Japan and is due to come out there later this month, and I doubt the US version would come out first.

I understand that new Disgaea game is a visual novel rather than a tactical RPG like the main games or an action platformer like Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero?.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-7)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 07, 2010, 02:39:28 PM
June 8th, 2010 (http://megaman.capcom.com/mmzc/)
2010年6月10日 (http://www.capcom.co.jp/rockman/zero/)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-7)
Post by: WarpRattler on June 07, 2010, 02:48:32 PM
Weird. I'll see if I can pick it up this week, then, since I don't own any of the GBA versions of the Mega Man Zero games and rather enjoyed them, $7.50 per game all on one DS card is cheaper and takes up less space than buying the GBA versions, and it should be easier to find than said GBA versions. Also extras.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-7)
Post by: Chupperson Weird on June 07, 2010, 07:15:26 PM
Just when I finally got all four. :|
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-7)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 10, 2010, 01:10:59 AM
Hmm, if my next 360 game has a red spine I'm going to start getting suspicious.


(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Flizarddude.kontek.net%2FSuspiciouslyRed.jpg&hash=e61d20f5fd1551ca7ac669986968d4fc)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-7)
Post by: Toad on June 10, 2010, 01:16:04 AM
Even Medusa's head is shocked.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-7)
Post by: WarpRattler on June 10, 2010, 01:43:12 AM
I like how even the game with "green" in its title has a red spine.

Also, looks like I'm holding off on buying Mega Man Zero Collection to make sure I have enough money for if I win this beatmania IIDX controller I'm bidding on. I will definitely be buying it next week at the latest, though.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-7)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on June 10, 2010, 11:51:20 AM
I still need to see if my parents will make an exception to their rule for Assassin's Creed II.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-7)
Post by: Weegee on June 10, 2010, 05:18:30 PM
Tell them that it's actually called Apostle's Creed II, and that it's rated M for Methodist.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-7)
Post by: ShadowBrain on June 10, 2010, 05:30:55 PM
Heck, I bought a trio of M-rated games lately--my first ever--and... yeah, not as mythically mature as I grew up believing.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-7)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on June 10, 2010, 06:02:52 PM
Tell them that it's actually called Apostle's Creed II, and that it's rated M for Methodist.
I lost.

My mom says "funny, but I'm not that gullible."
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-7)
Post by: bobman37 on June 10, 2010, 08:01:18 PM
Coincidentally, today I asked my mom permission to buy Assassin's Creed 2. But only because it's her paypal account and I figured she'd need to know about the transaction.

So, same situation, except I'm not a *****, and I actually purchased Assassin's Creed 2.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-7)
Post by: WarpRattler on June 10, 2010, 09:13:42 PM
In Turtlekid's situation, it's less him being a ***** and more that he has no method whatsoever of going around his parents to buy M-rated games behind their back.

I looked at my available funds and found that I have enough money right now to buy both things (though it looks like I'm not getting that controller anyway), so I almost bought Mega Man Zero Collection today, but I'm instead buying it tomorrow after we get our GameStop card upgraded to their new thing with bonus points and such.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-7)
Post by: WarpRattler on June 12, 2010, 12:53:01 AM
I started playing Mega Man Zero Collection. The "easy scenario," in which you play through all four games back to back, really lives up to its name: you start off with everything except the weapons you collect throughout the story, and things like weapon levels and your life bar start off maxed out. It also bars you from gaining and using bosses' abilities in the later games - I imagine the idea here is that if you can't even play the games at their normal difficulty level, you don't deserve the special weapons that are supposed to be for especially skilled players. Unfortunately, this embarrassingly easy mode is the only way to unlock some of the bonuses in the collection.

Aside from Mega Man Zero 3, which has some DS-exclusive unlockable bonus features added, and Mega Man Zero 2, which I don't believe has the multiplayer mode of the GBA version, the games are perfect ports, to the extent that they even run at the same resolution as the GBA originals.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-14)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 14, 2010, 06:37:00 PM
U (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)pdated 6/14

The gem of the week for me is Dance on Broadway (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVfg9X34k9g). Just Dance was super fun and musicals are pimp.

I don't update it until Tuesdays when they do their real announcement, but PSN has some nice stuff this week including FFIX (voted (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=12708.0) Best FF, and note that its two votes came from the only two people who had actually played 'em all) and Gundemonium Collection (which looks very Warp).

XBLA has a megasale this week. All the following games are about %50 percent off and are also very fine* games:

Shadow Complex
Trials HD
Marvel vs Capcom 2
TMNT: Turtles in Time HD
Splosion Man
Alien Hominid HD
Banjo-Tooie
Bionic Commando Rearmed
Bomberman LIVE
Braid
Castle Crashers
Castlevania Symphony of the Night
Contra
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2
Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers
N+
Portal: Still Alive
TMNT: 1989 Arcade

* Okay, so maybe Turtles in Time HD isn't "very fine", but I did bother to earn all its achievements which is worth something.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-14)
Post by: WarpRattler on June 14, 2010, 06:59:24 PM
Oh yeah, I never voted in that thread or finished playing any of those games, mainly because MegaTen stuff ended up catching my JRPG interest a lot harder.

I haven't played any of the Gundemonium games (in fact, the only Platine Depositif game I've played is a freeware shmup called Starleaf YO, which stars a character that I guess is in the Gundemonium games since she's on the box for the PC version of the collection), but the trilogy was on PC first and the games have netbook-level system requirements, so I could go ahead and give them a spin.

I may pick up the PC version of Duels of the Planeswalkers.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-14)
Post by: Luigison on June 15, 2010, 06:09:21 AM
U (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)pdated 6/14

XBLA has a megasale this week. All the following games are about %50 percent off and are also very fine* games:

Alien Hominid HD
Braid
N+
Portal: Still Alive
If Alien Hominid HD includes PDA GAMES then I can vouch for all four above as being very fine.  If you like Geometry Wars you should try Super Stardust HD.  Theirs a 3D version now too, but I haven't seen it in 3D yet. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6-14) +
Post by: Luigison on June 30, 2010, 07:56:45 AM
I've been on vacation, but it's nice to come back to great releases like Maestro! Green Groove (DSiWare) and Jett Rocket (WiiWare). 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 05, 2010, 01:50:25 PM
If you've been wondering where I was the last few weeks: I inadvertently locked my Windows install into infinitely rebooting while battling a virus and have had very limited internet access (using others' PCs). I still haven't fixed anything / bought a new PC but I decided to slap together the releases this week because they are immensely useful to me personally and I missed having the nice list. Apologies if anything is innaccurate since I don't have all my usual resources for fact-checking and videogame release information is a FILTHY WEB OF LIES. Ahem.

What came out interesting that I missed the last few weeks? Not too much IIRC. Was Art Styles: light trax in that time period? Because that was awesome. I gifted it to some people. XBLA got a Risk game that is pretty cool, except for the "ranked" matches that have no matchmaking so nearly every supposedly FFA game is dominated by secret teams of partied friends. RB had Miley Cyrus and Nickelback. :S Mario Tennis hit VC. I love that game very much and remember riding my bike six miles round-trip to town to rent it one time when my parents weren't around. The Cube version was inferior because the super-moves wrecked the game and took forever (Street Fighter IV syndrome ;P) and had boring music, as opposed to the N64's Camelotastic tunes that make heavy use of the real Mario themes too. I guess the Cube version had those pretty cutscenes and great blooper reels. But for gameplay: long live Mario Tennis (N64)

So this week:

Crackdown 2: Crackdown was one of the finest games about jumping ever made. TEM, bobman, me (more?) will be multiplayering the heck out of this one.

Moonbase Alpha: Some kind of free game from NASA

The Silver Lining: Some kind of free unofficial King's Quest 9.

Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge: Special Edition: The evilest and hardest of all Monkey Islands, hands down. Sometimes I wake up screaming in the night covered in the cold ice sweat of fear, woken from terrordreams of the hand sticking out of the wall "if this is three..." puzzle. I somehow passed that puzzle on my own, though I'm not sure if one could say I "solved" it. If you want to finish this game, you will eventually resort to walkthroughcheating. I guarantee it. I did too. When you were in diapers.

(Alternatively, if you're BP, you'll go to Jim's house to play it and he'll just tell you the answer to all the puzzles AM I RIGHT FOLKS!)

(Curse you Jim)

I love the campfire song at the beginning. I always liked to play it on piano.

The coolest part of this remake is the fact that it has a full commentary track by Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer, and Dave Grossman. Legends, man. Pure legends.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: Weegee on July 05, 2010, 02:35:59 PM
I'm considering DQ IX. Nintendo Power gave it a 9/10, so it can't be terrible.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: WarpRattler on July 05, 2010, 03:18:33 PM
I can't make Dragon Quest IX a day-one purchase like I was initially planning to, but I guarantee I will be buying it within the next couple of weeks.

Jim gifted me SoMISE on Steam ages ago and I still haven't played it, so I'll probably wait to buy LeChuck's Revenge.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: Toad on July 05, 2010, 04:21:32 PM
The Cube version was inferior because the super-moves wrecked the game and took forever (Street Fighter IV syndrome ;P) and had boring music, as opposed to the N64's Camelotastic tunes that make heavy use of the real Mario themes too. I guess the Cube version had those pretty cutscenes and great blooper reels.

The N64 game also had Toad as a playable character. Mario Power Tennis suffered from species (Shy Guy and Fly Guy!? Wasn't one freak in a mask enough?  Wiggler? Who ever wondered what tennis would be like with Wiggler? Petey Pirahna?!?! ...need I say more about Petey..?)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: Luigison on July 06, 2010, 10:26:29 AM
In the time you were gone I bought BIT.TRIP RUNNER and was very impressed.  My daughter loves the music, but my step-father thought, "What the hell," then watched hypnotically. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: TEM on July 10, 2010, 09:24:13 AM
Crackdown 2: Crackdown was one of the finest games about jumping ever made. TEM, bobman, me (more?) will be multiplayering the heck out of this one.
I think I'm bailing on that because that game looks like it sucks hard. I thought it was going to be running really fast and jumping really high and shooting but it's auto-aim and Portal-walk speed.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: Luigison on July 10, 2010, 02:19:20 PM
... it's auto-aim and Portal-walk speed.
Sounds like my kind (http://api.ning.com/files/lQ0QUhfJdPEjNAMynphAckOyRLG9ChEdxDsTvCDELSC9swFFoHdkT6lXu8Z0NIZAUZLyxGkaUiji9FjP08IrcHVR7J2jg-Zh/OldManWithBeard.jpg) of shooter. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 26, 2010, 03:51:45 PM
Crackdown is a platformer, not a shooter, but I'm not going to get into that while I'm on this PS3 web browser.

Last week: Limbo

This week: StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, Hydro Thunder Hurricane
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: WarpRattler on July 26, 2010, 05:30:07 PM
Apparently StarCraft II will actually run on my computer (though I shouldn't be surprised, given that we're talking about a Blizzard game). But I'm still busy playing Dragon Quest IX.

Also, I'm getting a PSP, so I can start caring about PSP releases. And I discovered while looking up games for the system that a massive chunk of the stuff I'm interested in is Japan-only. To that end, Project Diva 2nd, the sequel to the hit Vocaloid-based rhythm game, and Neo Geo Heroes Ultimate Shooting, a sequel-thing to King of Fighters SkyStage that also includes that game in full, are out in Japan this week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: ShadowBrain on July 26, 2010, 11:21:06 PM
I liked Limbo better back when it was in color (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braid_(videogame)).

But seriously, I don't know... I've heard it's good, but there's only so many times you can take the generic 2-D platformer outline, add some weird art style and a "deep" plot, and charge double-digit prices for it. Not that it matters, seeing as I don't have a 360.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: bobman37 on July 27, 2010, 01:51:58 AM
I liked Limbo
I've heard it's good
I don't have a 360.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: Glorb on July 27, 2010, 07:22:04 AM
The first was sarcasm and the second and third were displaying the fact that brian doesn't own the game.

Lrn2read
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: bobman37 on July 27, 2010, 08:53:21 AM
I know it was, but that's no excuse.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: Glorb on July 27, 2010, 10:41:48 AM
...Excuse for...?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: ShadowBrain on July 27, 2010, 05:13:11 PM
Bob, I know it's been a while since you had a chance to call me out on spewing opinio-facts, but let's not get too eager.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: WarpRattler on July 27, 2010, 05:31:42 PM
No, he's making a perfectly valid point. You are the last person who should be making claims about Limbo.

It's no better than this (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=8405.0).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: Glorb on July 27, 2010, 06:07:54 PM
Don't link to that.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: ShadowBrain on July 27, 2010, 06:56:34 PM
Someone please tell me when the [dukar] it became illegal to ever say anything about a game you don't own.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: Glorb on July 28, 2010, 11:10:28 AM
Ever since people have been trying to sound superior by making big deals out of other peoples' (perceived) slip-ups.

Of course, that doesn't mean it's always a good idea to complain about stuff you've never experienced.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: ShadowBrain on July 28, 2010, 03:21:26 PM
Calling out someone for saying "this game sucks (because ____)" about something they've never played, I get, but it sometimes seems like any preemptive judgments whatsoever get jumped on. The reason I didn't preface anything I said with "from what I've seen, it looks like..." is because I would hope that, to anyone who learned about the inherent different between opinions and facts, it speaks for itself, in the same way I don't list "Earth, Milky Way Galaxy" as part of my address.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: bobman37 on July 28, 2010, 03:50:33 PM
My thing is I hate it when people think they know what they're talking about, but they really don't. Which happens a lot on these forums. I've even done it myself, but not much anymore because I realized how stupid it is.

The point is, it's perfectly OK to preface your comments with "I've heard this" or "It sounds like that" in order to avoid sounding like you know things you don't. Especially when you reveal the fact that you don't actually know things in the very same post.

I realize it was supposed to be a joke or sarcastic or whatever, but I'm a big fan of Braid and I felt like defending its integrity from stuff like that.

I wasn't going to perpetuate the issue but whatever.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: Glorb on July 28, 2010, 06:24:44 PM
Because Braid's integrity is something that's constantly under fire.

Also video games are srs bsns.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: ShadowBrain on July 28, 2010, 09:12:18 PM
Hey, bob: Braid's one of my favorite games.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 02, 2010, 01:28:44 PM
This week:

Castlevania: Harmony of Despair
BlayzBloo: Super Melee Action Battle Royale
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: WarpRattler on August 02, 2010, 01:42:26 PM
I thought BlazBlue: More Guilty Gear Rejects came out last week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 02, 2010, 01:53:28 PM
Different game.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7-5)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 09, 2010, 12:58:01 PM
This week:

Madden NFL 11
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game
Monday Night Combat
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 16, 2010, 01:33:31 PM
This week:

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Ys Seven
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: CoconutMikeNIke on August 16, 2010, 06:08:16 PM
I loved the first Kane & Lynch, but I have not looked at any of the Info for the second one yet. I wonder if there's any hesitation towards reviewing this one, after what happened with the first.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Glorb on August 16, 2010, 06:55:13 PM
Kane & Lynch 2's demo was the [dukar]; I enjoyed the cornea-scratching amount of grit, which actually felt genuine instead of being a bullet point on the box ("gritty urban combat!!!!!!").

The single-facial expression pedestrians were a bit of a turnoff, though. Also, I wonder if Kane's hallucinations from the first game (which I never actually got to experience due to lack of a coop partner) will carry over into this game.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: CoconutMikeNIke on August 17, 2010, 12:45:49 AM
I hope the hallucinations are still there in some respect, too. The "freak-out" in the bank of the first was one of the coolest/most aggravating and difficult moments in my recent gaming memory. Either way, I'm going to wait on getting it until I can get together with the friend I played through the first with. Also, I gotta try out that Monday night combat.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Chupperson Weird on August 17, 2010, 12:46:53 AM
Ys Seven for me.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 23, 2010, 11:45:16 AM
This week:

Mafia II
Shank
Elemental: War of Magic
Harvest Moon DS: Grand Bazaar
PixelJunk Racers: 2nd Lap
Ship Simulator: Extremes
Worms Reloaded
The Bachelor: The Videogame

And for Deezer this week we have Hello Kitty Online.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Luigison on August 28, 2010, 10:02:03 AM
I think it's about time I had the talk about online predators with my daughter.  I'd hate to see her fall victim to someone with so many seemingly similar interests.  On the other hand, she really likes bread.

Edit:  I completely forgot about And Yet It Moves (WiiWare). 
Video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCgKOp-8bsE
Review:  http://wiiware.nintendolife.com/reviews/2010/08/and_yet_it_moves
Title: The Prequel to the Sequel
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 30, 2010, 09:16:55 PM
This week:

Dead Rising 2: Case 0
Metroid: Other M
Valkyria Chronicles II
Coconut Dodge

Potentially a god-tier week since those first three titles all come from lineages of absolute masterworks. On the negative side, it's only the prequel to Dead RIsing 2, a different developer made Other M, and Valkyria Chronicles got downgraded to the PSP. Still.

Coconut Dodge is a PSPmini, but it has very high reviews and a following, whereas minis usually just get ignored.

For Deezer this week we have myNotebook: Pearl.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: bobman37 on August 31, 2010, 12:43:33 AM
I'm curious to know if you're going to play Dead Rising 2: Case 0. My guess is no, but your enthusiasm suggests otherwise.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 31, 2010, 01:26:58 AM
Of course I'm going to play it!

(It's not a demo, if that's why you're asking. It's an actual mini-prequel. That's what the StarCraft demo was too, now that I think about it.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on August 31, 2010, 08:08:42 AM
Any idea if Valkyria Chronicles II requires extensive knowledge of the first game? If not I'd be interested in trying it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 01, 2010, 03:28:10 AM
I'm sure it doesn't "require" it. Just might miss some plot references and/or have the first game's overall plot spoiler'd.

I forgot to mention that Castle Crashers hit PSN this week. I didn't know they allowed retro games that ancient. HEYOOOOO
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on September 01, 2010, 05:33:19 AM
When I was typing my previous post I completely forgot there was an anime adaptation that was supposed to be good, so I could just watch that. Doesn't matter at all right now because I can't even try the demo of the game without a memory stick. "Free (Plus Twenty Dollars For Our Stupid Memory Card That Won't Work With Any Of Your Other Devices, But We're Sony And Know You'll Pay It)"

(I'm actually spending just under two dollars to get a third-party adapter so I can just use the 8GB microSD card I already have instead of spending $20 on a 4GB memory stick. Booyah!)

While browsing the PlayStation Store yesterday I found two (2) PlayStation minis that looked interesting enough to spend money on: MONSTERS (Probably) STOLE MY PRINCESS (which I've read good things about) and Vibes (which LD already talked about here). Of those, I definitely want to play the first, but if the second is just Gitaroo Man defense, I'd rather spend that money on Gitaroo Man Lives! (if I could find a copy of it anywhere). At any rate, that's not much of an "iPhone killer," Sony.

Also, I've just been feeling really bad for PSPgo owners lately, and seeing the availability of games in the PlayStation Store made that even worse. They:
-can't buy games when they're actually released
-aren't ensured games will hit their system, even big-name games
-can't access half the games that are already out (because apparently no one wants to buy Mega Man: Powered Up or the Metal Gear Ac!d games, or most other games that are more than two years old)
-don't own any games, ever
-are subject to whatever pricing companies want to level at them, even for games that have been out for a while and have received price drops in stores (though, for example, Patapon 2 is $2 cheaper on PSN, and R-TYPE Command is $5 cheaper; I'd probably still just buy retail copies because of that bullet point above, since apparently they rereleased Patapon 2 on UMD for $10 at some point)
-basically gave Sony an extra $80 to cover the costs of additional anal lube
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Chupperson Weird on September 01, 2010, 07:40:42 AM
At my store we have had exactly 1 PSPgo since launch. It has never sold. We even marked it down.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: TEM on September 02, 2010, 03:42:08 PM
More like PSPstop.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: bobman37 on September 02, 2010, 03:44:16 PM
HEYOOOOOO
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on September 02, 2010, 04:15:07 PM
Oh yeah, apparently Valkyria Chronicles II ditches a good chunk of the plot from the first game. So apparently I won't really miss anything at all if I play the second one.

Also, whee, PSPgo launch jokes.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Jman on September 02, 2010, 05:54:22 PM
This might be a good time for me to revive my PSP funeral idea.
Title: R.E.L.E.A.S.E.S.
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 06, 2010, 06:38:15 PM
This week:

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
R.U.S.E.
H.A.W.X. 2
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
NHL 11
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep

And for Deezer this week we have eight Snoop Dogg tracks hitting RB. But I call vocals.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Weegee on September 06, 2010, 07:00:08 PM
Hello Kitty and Snoop Dogg? Deezer certainly has diverse tastes.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on September 06, 2010, 07:04:35 PM
I would absolutely be purchasing Recettear if the demo had worked properly on any of my computers. Alas, optimization skills are notoriously absent from the list of things doujin developers are good at.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 06, 2010, 07:14:09 PM
Hello Kitty and Snoop Dogg? Deezer certainly has diverse tastes.
Naw, he's just an all-around animal lover.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Turtlekid1 on September 06, 2010, 08:40:22 PM
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
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Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 06, 2010, 09:03:50 PM
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Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on September 09, 2010, 03:16:53 PM
This is one of last week's games, but I bought Valkyria Chronicles II today. Kmart has it on sale for $25 this week, and I got a $25 Kmart gift card this weekend, so I only ended up paying tax.

(They're also offering a $10 discount on your next game purchase if you buy Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep this week, but Turtlekid is the only one here who would be buying that at full price, and he doesn't have a PSP.)
Title: Gaylo: Reach Around
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 13, 2010, 04:09:37 PM
This week:

PlayStation Move
a whole bunch of crappy Move games
Halo: Reach
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
Space Invaders: Infinity Gene
Sonic Adventure (XBLA)
Patrician IV
Phantasy Star Portable 2
Cabela's North American Adventures

And for Deezer this week we have myNotebook: Tan.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on September 13, 2010, 04:47:47 PM
Taito sure does love HD ports of handheld games. SPAC3 INVADERS EXTR3ME, Space Invaders: Infinity Gene, Dariusburst (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/07/30/darius_burst_arcade/)...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Captain Jim on September 13, 2010, 07:37:25 PM
I have purchased and beat the story of  Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, and I really enjoyed it. I think playing it for nine hours in one sitting was a bad idea, though, since it made me not be able to see even with my glasses on.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 13, 2010, 09:44:29 PM
Jim, why haven't you or Bird played Case 0?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Captain Jim on September 13, 2010, 10:51:12 PM
I have played Case 0. So has BP. Where are you gettin' your info, man.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 14, 2010, 04:07:12 AM
The leaderboards, ya offline freaks.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Luigison on September 15, 2010, 04:58:36 PM
I'm enjoying Professor Layton and the Unwound Future, but I knew I would since I like the other games.  When I went to the DS section at Best Buy I saw a lot of the other two games, but no Unwound Future.  So, after browsing a little I asked someone and on the way to the DS section we both saw the huge display full of Professor Layton and the Unwound Future.  D'oh!  I also picked up the walking game again since it's marked down to $19.99 and I needed the pedometers which cost $15 a piece plus shipping. 

I'll pick up some PS3 move stuff and a Rock Band 3 bundle eventually. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on September 17, 2010, 06:21:02 PM
With the problems (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/30494/Disc_Read_Errors_Plague_Very_Small_Number_Of_Halo_Reach_Players.php) Halo: Reach is having, Lizard Dude's title seems pretty accurate.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Weegee on September 17, 2010, 06:53:03 PM
Quote from: Gamasutra
owners of the 4GB Xbox 360 Slim are unable to play co-op without buying a hard drive for their system, even though flash memory is interchangeable with hard drive storage for most Xbox 360 titles.

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Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on September 17, 2010, 07:34:08 PM
Being forced to spend an extra $100 to be able to use one feature of a single massively-popular game because you bought the lower-priced Xbox 360 model Microsoft has been actively advertising doesn't exactly seem funny to me.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: bobman37 on September 17, 2010, 09:22:54 PM
Anyone who bought an Xbox 360 that only has 4 gigabytes of hard drive space is probably retarded.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on September 18, 2010, 05:27:42 AM
I don't see how this is a problem with the user in any way when every other Xbox 360 game fully works on the 4GB Slim (aside from the user having bought Halo: Reach).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 19, 2010, 02:17:27 AM
This seems like just a programming/testing oversight related to the different nature of the 4GB's storage and will be patched quickly I suspect.

Reach is sweet sweet multiplayer FPS goodness per usual Bungie, but I do miss having bobman on my Rocket Race team to help repeatedly yell "I'M MASTER CHIEF!" at other players over proximity chat whenever assigned the green team.

I never much dug Extreme, so it was my surprise to find Space Invaders: Infinity Gene to be TOTALLY MEGA AWESOME.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on September 19, 2010, 03:06:05 AM
Didn't you only play the XBLA port of the PSP port of SIE (the worst version)?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 19, 2010, 03:20:28 PM
Mmm, yup. *shrug* Would it really have mattered?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on September 19, 2010, 03:41:30 PM
Yeah, because none of them are Space Invaders Extreme 2, which is far better than any version of the original.

(For the record, though, the DS version of SIE is the best version. When the game was ported to the PSP, they had to change a lot of stuff that was designed for a dual-screen vertical layout to work on a widescreen horizontal layout, which screwed stuff up enough, but then Backbone went and did a crap job porting that for XBLA. Also, the DS version had the proper Zuntata soundtrack composed specifically for the game; the other versions had a generic techno soundtrack, which kind of defeats the purpose when the music is affected by the gameplay.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 19, 2010, 03:55:26 PM
I'll buy that, especially for the music reasons, but please don't tell me that Infinity Gene (360) can't live up to an iPhone game.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on September 20, 2010, 07:35:56 PM
Considering how much gushing I've heard about it, I would guess the XBLA version of Infinity Gene is at worst just as good as the iOS version, which was already supposed to be pretty great (and a Taito fanboy's wet dream).
Title: This is a Release List
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 20, 2010, 08:22:57 PM
This week:

Civilization V
Final Fantasy XIV: Collector's Edition
Cladun: This is an RPG
DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue
Blade Kitten
Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City
Alien Breed 2: Assault

And for Deezer this week we have Nintendo Countdown Calendar.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: ShadowBrain on September 20, 2010, 08:29:07 PM
I got a promotional catgirl head-on-a-stick for Blade Kitten at PAX. And as far as Cladun goes, self-referential jokes never fails to get my attention.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 20, 2010, 08:34:22 PM
Cladun looks awesome. I'm basically just sitting around right now refreshing the PS Store until they put this week's games up so I can buy it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on September 20, 2010, 08:49:51 PM
Final Fantasy XIV is trying to be Crysis in the "good luck running this at max settings" department.

Civilization V won't run on any of the ancient computers in my house because it requires a dual-core processor.

If Cladun gets a UMD release I'll buy it. NIS America has been pretty good about doing that with these $20 titles (Disgaea Infinite, What Did I Do To Deserve This, My Lord!? 2, Half-Minute Hero), but we'll see.

I've owned Etrian Odyssey II for almost a year and not even started it, so probably not getting the new one any time soon.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 21, 2010, 01:59:02 AM
Wow, Sony busted out something unexpected: PSone imports. The first titles available today are Cho Aniki and Gaia Seed.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on September 21, 2010, 04:28:36 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PSOne_Classics

When there are loads of PSone games that actually got English releases back in the day currently only available on the Japanese PSN, doing imports seems pretty lame.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Turtlekid1 on September 21, 2010, 05:54:21 AM
Tomba! is not on that list.  That list is irrelevant.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 21, 2010, 07:19:32 AM
No way. Releasing games that never hit the US > rereleasing old games. Even if they're not localized.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on September 21, 2010, 04:36:55 PM
Except that while I can't speak for Gaia Seed, none of the Cho Aniki games have much going for them beyond the shock value. If they're going to do PSone imports, it would've been better to start with actually-good games like Zanac x Zanac, IQ Final, and Black/Matrix. (Also note: a large number of formerly-Japan-only games have been released on the Japanese and European PSNs but not the American PSN.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 21, 2010, 07:40:04 PM
Dangit, Warp, don't disparage Sony doing something actually cool for once rather than their usual relentless march of suckitude.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on September 21, 2010, 08:04:41 PM
They're still sucking, but in a cool way. Hopefully their future selections will be of higher quality.

Also, scratch Black/Matrix from my previous post - if games aren't getting localized, a text-heavy tactical RPG would be a nightmare. On the other hand, something like Gradius Gaiden, which doesn't seem to be on PSN in any capacity (can't even buy Gradius Collection through the service), would be perfect for an American PSN release, as the game was already almost completely in English (and a shmup anyway, so no one cares about the story; somehow I see most possible PSone imports being shmups or puzzle games for that reason).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Weegee on September 21, 2010, 08:26:04 PM
I pre-ordered Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light today. Here's hoping that it's every bit as conventional as critics have been complaining it is.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Chupperson Weird on September 21, 2010, 11:11:24 PM
Somehow it's a Final Fantasy I think I may not be buying.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on September 22, 2010, 04:57:12 AM
Back to Cladun: the developer's new game, a tower defense game in the same style, just came out in Japan (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/09/22/dot_defense_hits_today/). Let's hope for a swift release here.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 22, 2010, 09:46:34 PM
I pre-ordered Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light today. Here's hoping that it's every bit as conventional as critics have been complaining it is.
Hey buddy, this thread ain't called "Future Releases". GTFO!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 23, 2010, 09:31:53 PM
Blade Kitten is a bit the suck. Unfortunate.

My jury's still out on Cladun.

What "unconventional" JRPGs has WeeGee played id est how does he know conventional equals better.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on September 24, 2010, 04:36:17 PM
I tried the Cladun demo from the Japanese PSN. Fighting one monster and going through a tiny bit of exposition is weak, especially after playing something like the God Eater demo, which features a full tutorial and five missions (one of which I haven't finished yet).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Weegee on September 24, 2010, 05:09:27 PM
What "unconventional" JRPGs has WeeGee played id est how does he know conventional equals better.

None id est I don't, but doing so would require stepping out of my comfort zone.
Title: Not Rock Band
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 27, 2010, 12:05:18 PM
This week:

Dead RIsing 2
Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland
Front Mission Evolved
Quantum Theory
Hydrophobia
Samurai Warriors 3
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
Final Fantasy XIV
FIFA Soccer 11

And for Deezer this week we have Target Toss Pro: Lawn Darts.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on September 27, 2010, 01:42:04 PM
Lawn darts are pretty cool.

Poor Atelier Rorona. The box art doesn't even feature the main character of the game because retailers don't want games with anime art on their shelves. (Apparently the game itself is good, but another Atelier game just came out on PC a couple of weeks ago at a much lower price.)
Title: Re: Not Rock Band
Post by: Luigison on September 27, 2010, 04:24:15 PM
Quantum Theory
Until I can see it for myself I'm going to assume that game is good and bad. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Chupperson Weird on September 27, 2010, 04:57:18 PM
AAaaaargh
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: ShadowBrain on September 27, 2010, 06:00:46 PM
I'm not sure why it's called that, but the game does sound cool.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 01, 2010, 05:08:07 AM
Today Namco Bandai released the Japanese demo for God Eater Burst, the expansion for their Monster Hunter clone God Eater. I thought the original game's demo was huge, with a full tutorial and five missions...God Eater Burst's demo features twenty-nine missions, full story cinematics, a large amount of equipment options, and full multiplayer functionality. This is a huge demo! (http://www.godeater.jp/trial/download.html)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 01, 2010, 08:45:04 PM
A large variety of artists got tracks in RB this week, but I've been having a particularly grand time with The Doobie Brothers and My Chemical Romance's stuff. "Welcome to the Black Parade" is a brilliant RB song, with great parts for all players and nice interplay between them. It also builds to a mega-epic conclusion. Playing it is one of those moments that reminds me how rhythm games can provide highs at orders of magnitude beyond what other genres can, and why rhythm gaming is the Best Genre.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: ShadowBrain on October 01, 2010, 08:54:32 PM
Yeah, I was contemplating the Black Parade and a few other songs, but I've already spent about $50 on music game DLC--among other things--and I kind of need to watch what I'm spending my money on.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Weegee on October 01, 2010, 08:55:16 PM
So, LD, when will those "technical difficulties" get themselves straightened out?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 01, 2010, 09:21:39 PM
When I buy a computer. I'm usually not afraid to spend money but I'm a bit paralyzed ATM by the approaching twin headlights of the ultro-expensive RB3 / DC combo.
Title: Now With Additional Content
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 04, 2010, 06:13:55 AM
This week:

Comic Jumper
NBA Jam
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Wii Party
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light
Def Jam Rapstar
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian SIgns
NBA 2K11
John Daly's ProStroke Golf
Magical Drop F (PSone import)
Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty (PSone import)

And for Deezer this week we have I Love Puppies.

Weekly Reading Assignment: Mechanic Spoilers: Beyond I Am Your Father (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/09/28/mechanic-spoilers-beyond-i-am-your-father/)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 04, 2010, 07:47:48 AM
Magical Drop? Now that's what I'm talking about!...

God[darnit], I don't have money to spend on PSone games. Why must you do this to me?

(Also, I somehow missed that article the first time around. Good read.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Chupperson Weird on October 04, 2010, 11:20:18 AM
Holy cow, I didn't realize Lords of Shadow was coming out so soon.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Weegee on October 04, 2010, 01:26:02 PM
Weekly Reading Assignment: Mechanic Spoilers: Beyond I Am Your Father (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/09/28/mechanic-spoilers-beyond-i-am-your-father/)

tl;dr

Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light

Call me unadventurous, but I'm stoked for this. 1990-style Square Enix gameplay with "Animal Crossing: Wild World-meets-Final Fantasy III" graphics? Count me in!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: ShadowBrain on October 04, 2010, 02:44:24 PM
tl;dr
Every time you say that, a competent, self-respecting journalist dies.

That was a compelling article, but I think his point was best served when talking about Amnesia. In the other cases... what? If some part of the game got programmed crappy, we're supposed to keep it to ourselves?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 04, 2010, 03:25:47 PM
Quote
The sooner a problem in the game is visible, the more justified you are in exposing it. The further into the game it comes to light, the more I’ll try to soft-foot around it, making sure that the problem is noted without saying how to actively exploit it. Equally, the more likely anyone will want to play the game is – as in, it’s acceptable-if-iffy Mafia II rather than heinous-and-hateful Rise of The Robots – the more I’ll go soft and choose a less game-influencing example. And if the flaw fundamentally breaks the game rather than just reduces its appeal – as in, Empire rather than Amnesia – it has to be exposed. Is it a flaw which the game lives through or dies by? If it dies, you’re justified in killing it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: ShadowBrain on October 04, 2010, 04:54:53 PM
Ah, alright, I misread that. So... if a part near the end of a game "lives" on a flaw, then... nevermind. At least I read the article.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Weegee on October 04, 2010, 05:01:51 PM
So... if a part near the end of a game "lives" on a flaw, then...

(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jca.umbc.edu%2F%7Egeorge%2Fimages%2Fschematics%2Fblue_blackhole.jpg&hash=c265d27e351f47d51957b4713e352e7b)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Weegee on October 05, 2010, 09:52:49 PM
The reviews for FF:4HoL are in, and it's been getting pretty solid ratings (8/10, 7/10, B+, etc.) thus far. Apparently, it's more like a remake of an obscure NES title than an old-school Square Enix romp.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 06, 2010, 04:52:10 AM
I don't recommend reading reviews of a game you already pre-ordered. Nothing good can come of it. Well, unless you're planning to jump ship at the last moment.

Anyway, there are phases where I would have been tricked into buying The 4 Heroes of Light but luckily DQIX has my JRPG-hatred gauge's needle currently hovering around MAX.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 06, 2010, 06:54:31 AM
I preordered a game, then played the demo of the previous game in the series to make perfectly sure it was what I thought it was. But more on that next week.

I'm probably not going to play the new Final Fantasy any time soon. Just not interested, particularly since Adventures to Go! (another "don't-read-reviews (http://www.metacritic.com/game/psp/adventures-to-go!)" game, both because some of them are pretty inaccurate - "slow" is not a word I'd use to describe it - and because I'm sure they came about when the game was full price at retail rather than $10) is currently taking up my JRPG-playing time.

(On that note, that's one thing I like about the PSP: so many games in its library that I'm actually interested in are now $10 at retail.)
Title: Re: Not Rock Band
Post by: Luigison on October 06, 2010, 04:54:24 PM
Quantum Theory
Schroedinger's Cat is Dead!
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/112/1126002p1.html
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 06, 2010, 10:35:36 PM
Fun Fact: I order these mini release posts top-to-bottom as to how good I expect the games to be. With that in mind, Comic Jumper is out today. Time to see what the makers of one of the best platformers ever are up to this time. :)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 09, 2010, 10:50:44 PM
I went into the Lords of Shadow demo extremely skeptical (3D Castlevanias do not engender faith), but it was good times. I do doubt my ability to rationally judge a game in which Patrick Stewart reads me large swathes of text every five minutes.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Weegee on October 09, 2010, 11:47:38 PM
I've grown rather fond of FF:4HoL's Attack point (AP) system. Rather than letting you spam powerful spells and abilities every turn, it makes you act frugally by forcing you to regenerate AP before casting off anything besides a basic command.

Also, the producers weren't kidding about stripping this game down to the series' fundamentals: You can't run from fights, target specific enemies, or switch weapons mid-battle.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Chupperson Weird on October 10, 2010, 01:43:31 AM
What? You can totally target specific enemies in FF1.

Also I haven't had a chance to play Lords of Shadow yet but one of my friends at work raves about it roughly every 10 minutes (I do not exaggerate). I am looking forward to playing it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 10, 2010, 01:54:37 AM
You can also run.

Comic Jumper is awesome to the max x1000. Twisted Pixel are lunatics and I love them.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 10, 2010, 07:56:52 AM
Rather than letting you spam powerful spells and abilities every turn, it makes you act frugally by forcing you to regenerate AP before casting off anything besides a basic command.
Adventures to Go! uses a similar system, though less traditional: the combat is grid-based, and it costs AP (Action Points) to do anything, even turn to face a different direction. And every unit regenerates AP automatically on their turn.

Kingdom Hearts: Re:Coded came out in Japan on Thursday.
-What I can understand of the story (here I'll note that playing the game in Japanese makes it at least fifty times better than it would be in English due to not being able to understand what's going on) seems to be yet another retread of the first game.
-The basic gameplay is nothing new. They did keep status effects from 358/2 Days, which is nice, and the Command Deck system from Birth by Sleep is in this as well.
-The difficulty system allows for the same kind of customization The World Ends With You had, but goes even farther - you can alter the difficulty from the get-go, but unlike that game, you don't have to unlock higher settings, so I've been playing on Critical Mode since the beginning. There are a few other things you can modify later on.
-The growth system is like that of 358/2 Days in that grinding would be pointless (I'm only level nine in the fourth world of the game, and doing fine).
-The biggest change I've seen is the mix of different genres into each area; one world has you fighting turn-based battles (which are similar to what Weegee described in that you can't run or target specific enemies; however, it does feature timed button presses a la Mario RPGs), while another's boss area is a sidescrolling platformer (forced-scroll, sadly), and there's even one boss level that's an old-school Space Harrier-style rail shooter.
-There are also some tag-mode systems that will unfortunately not see much use when the game comes out in English in January.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Turtlekid1 on October 10, 2010, 02:40:15 PM
Oh, good.  Anti-grinding precautions.  Those are always nice.  And for what it's worth, to those turned off by KH's storyline, this one seems to have the most excuse-plotty plot yet, and focuses more on gameplay.  From what I've seen and heard.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 10, 2010, 04:15:36 PM
Well, I mainly meant that grinding is unnecessary because you should be strong enough statwise to fight whatever the game throws at you anyway (this is where the skill portion comes in, especially on Critical Mode), but there are actual anti-grinding precautions as well through how the Status Matrix works; like the panel system in 358/2 Days, you can only have so many things slotted in at once, and more sections are unlocked as you progress through the game.

And yeah, the story is basically an excuse to be the first game again, but it's still better than 358/2 Days         because it doesn't have Xion          .
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Turtlekid1 on October 10, 2010, 05:12:13 PM
I don't mind Xion so much, but I am happy that Roxas isn't in it.  Or is he?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 10, 2010, 08:31:42 PM
Hey buddy, this thread ain't called "Future Releases". GTFO! (Especially if you're going to talk about ****ING  KH.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 10, 2010, 08:49:24 PM
Kingdom Hearts: Re:Coded came out in Japan on Thursday.
Sounds like a current release to me.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 10, 2010, 08:58:07 PM
Not here. Have I ever once listed a Japanese release? No. Foreign releases are not the purview of this thread, especially not pirated ones.

I really don't care that much but I'm sensitive to this becoming a "post about any arbitrary game" thread. The fact it was a KH game was salt in the wound.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 11, 2010, 08:07:31 AM
You don't even do complete English release lists anymore, so that's sort of a moot point. And the only reason I'm playing a pirated copy is because the game is on a system where "demos" are not a thing, from a company who couldn't care less even if they were.

Even as much crap as I talk about the Kingdom Hearts series, I can see that somewhere in there there's an actual high-quality game, which is the only reason I keep playing them. 358/2 Days was close, but the story was the absolute worst; this one seems even closer, but I just know that illusion is going to come crashing down once I play it in English - or, rather, it would if the game didn't have the absolutely wonderful "skip cutscene" option available even for scenes you haven't viewed yet.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 11, 2010, 10:14:57 AM
Demos on DS are a thing. You just need a Wii to get them. I bought Picross 3D 100% because of the demo from the Nintendo Channel.
Title: Weekly American Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 11, 2010, 10:38:58 AM
This week:

Just Dance 2
Super Scribblenauts
Medal of Honor
Painkiller Pandemonium
Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I
Lego Universe
Dragon's Lair Trilogy
Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals
EverQuest: House of Thule
Disney Sing It: Party Hits
Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes
Canada Hunt

And for Deezer this week we have My Baby & Friends 3.

Weekly reading assignment: a review of Darksiders (http://www.actionbutton.net/?p=635)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Turtlekid1 on October 11, 2010, 11:13:39 AM
And now we'll finally see whether Sonic the Hedgehog 4 can bring the franchise out of its "dark age."
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Chupperson Weird on October 11, 2010, 11:15:08 AM
Huh, a new Lufia game?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 11, 2010, 11:27:35 AM
This week:

-Maybe Super Scribblenauts. I'm waiting to hear how much D-pad control improves the game.
-DJ Max Portable 3, which isn't on your list. The UMD version (limited to five thousand standard edition copies and less than a thousand limited-edition packages in the US; this is what I preordered) ships Thursday (PSN version hits next Tuesday). DJ Max is pretty much a Korean beatmania clone.
-Just Dance and Just Dance 2 are high on my "buy-once-I-get-a-Wii" list. I played Just Dance at a welcome day event at my college and had loads of fun.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: ShadowBrain on October 11, 2010, 02:45:08 PM
Weekly reading assignment: a review of Darksiders (http://www.actionbutton.net/?p=635)
That was one of the most painful articles I've ever read. And what's with the monochrome pictures on that site?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Weegee on October 11, 2010, 04:01:33 PM
It doesn't mention Darksiders until the tenth paragraph. Oh wow.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 11, 2010, 07:53:12 PM
Philistines!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: ShadowBrain on October 12, 2010, 07:28:02 AM
For the record, I actually thought both Dantes Inferno and Darksiders were okay, in a 2012/The Expendables-stupid-over-the-top-"epic" way.

EDIT: I mean... was that supposed to be funny, or is that just how he writes?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Chupperson Weird on October 12, 2010, 11:33:05 AM
I ... I... can't ... what is this?... I can't even...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Weegee on October 12, 2010, 08:40:29 PM
Apparently, stream-of-consciousness reviews aren't TMK's cup of tea.


Beat 4HoL last night. It took about thirty hours, but beating those four Towers of 100 Trials/Battle Towers/Obligatory Post-Game Extra Dungeons should take just as long.

Oddly enough, grinding makes this game harder. Enemies that took one-sixth of your HP at level 50 will take one-third of it at level 99, regardless of your equipment.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Turtlekid1 on October 13, 2010, 07:20:01 AM
Reminds me of Oblivion.  Of course, I'm sure it isn't the fault of a broken level-up system in this case.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 13, 2010, 07:40:14 AM
Anti-grinding systems in RPGs are a good thing. Anything that tells the player, "hey, stop wasting your time with grinding and advance the story already" is good design, as is making stats matter less than skill in action RPGs. (Including fifty different experience systems like with some RPGs nowadays, not so much.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Turtlekid1 on October 13, 2010, 07:48:16 AM
I know, and I agree.  Except in Oblivion, which quickly becomes incredibly difficult to play if you don't grind just so.  It doesn't discourage grinding, it encourages specific, tedious, painstaking grinding so that you don't waste a single stat bonus.  It's really more like EVs in a Pokemon title.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door did it right.  So did Final Fantasy XIII up to a point, and then it was whole-hog on the grinding so much that I never finished it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Weegee on October 13, 2010, 12:14:52 PM
Even worse, the game offers you an EXP-doubling accessory fairly early on. Needless to say, I jumped at the opportunity. It's odd that this anti-grinding measure doesn't apply to bosses: Towards the end, I was two-hitting the big baddies but barely surviving the game's Goombas.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 13, 2010, 10:28:54 PM
Sonic 4 is not something that should be called Sonic 4. It should be called Sonic 1 Again. The game is a slavish imitation of Sonic 1, using the same sound effects, bonus stage, and very similar stage design and enemies. It is however worse than Sonic 1 in every way that matters. The 2.5D graphics are butt fugly and the physics are seriously whack. I often find myself standing totally still on near 90 degree straight up slopes. The only thing that sort of lives up to the name is the music.

Not recommended.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Chupperson Weird on October 13, 2010, 11:29:52 PM
Welp, Sega's still living up to itself then, I guess.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 13, 2010, 11:36:15 PM
Letting the Ferrari license expire and killing off PSN/XBLA OutRun, not localizing their properly-fun games, new Sonic game is crap...yep, sounds like Sega to me.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: CrossEyed7 on October 14, 2010, 12:31:35 AM
The only thing that sort of lives up to the name is the music.
You like the music?

I haven't gotten too far in it yet, but I don't see how anyone could possibly defend the boss music. Hell, I'd argue whether it could even be considered music. Jun Senoue has disappointed me greatly. I don't care how good the rest of the music is (from what I remember, it's at least passable if not better, albeit a bit too "nyow"-y); if he didn't put any effort into the boss music, he gets no points from me.

The game, on the other hand, is pretty fun. Not as worthy of the Sonic 4 moniker as Sonic Advance, or Sonic Advance 2, or Sonic Advance 3, or Sonic Rush, or Sonic Rush Adventure, but decent enough. As long as Episode II has Tails and Knuckles and actually does something original for a change.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 14, 2010, 12:32:18 AM
Sega has major problems, but they let The House of the Dead: Overkill exist, which is one of the best things ever, so some spark of good lives on. They are also Platinum's publisher, which means technically Sega published the best game of 2010...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 14, 2010, 12:37:24 AM
Not as worthy of the Sonic 4 moniker as Sonic Advance, or Sonic Advance 2, or Sonic Advance 3, or Sonic Rush, or Sonic Rush Adventure
CE7 has it right here. Of all the post-S3&K 2D Sonics, Sonic 4 is the absolute worst choice to be called such.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: CrossEyed7 on October 14, 2010, 01:21:05 AM
See, the Rushes and Advances are the Star Trek TNG movies -- they did different, new, often weird stuff, but only people who were already fans noticed them -- and Sonic 4 is Star Trek 09 -- just rehashing the stuff everyone remembers, not treading any new ground, to sell it to a mass audience on nostalgia. The difference, of course, being that the Rushes and Advances don't suck and Sonic 4 isn't awesome.

Similar analogies can be drawn with many various media franchises in the last few years, such as the SML and WL series vs. NSMB. Everything's getting a mass-appeal reboot, and some of them suck less than others.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 14, 2010, 04:33:22 AM
[stuff about Sega]
Okay, let me rephrase this: Sega of America sucks.

Basically I'm just bitter about not being able to buy Puyo Puyo 7 or Project Diva 2nd in English.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: ShadowBrain on October 14, 2010, 07:31:05 AM
Yeah, I got all the Sonic Advances and Rush, and though I now generally avoid on Sonic games based on their presumed repetitiveness more than their presumed overall quality, I thought those were all pretty respectable.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 17, 2010, 11:33:33 PM
I haven't gotten too far in it yet, but I don't see how anyone could possibly defend the boss music.
So you're not a fan of Russian carnival music? :P

I like Sonic 4 a lot more than when I originally posted about it. Besides the odd sticky walls and midair left-to-right inertial dampener physics weirdness, it contains some real Sonic 2D goodness. Mad Gear Zone Act 3 is legit stuff and the final boss is a humdinger that took me many tries. Good luck n00bs.

I also started to appreciate what they DIDN'T put in Sonic 4. No story, no cutscenes, no voice acting, no BS. Admirable restraint.

I don't really get the Episode I thing. Sonic 4 is the same size as Sonic 1 and it's not like there's a continuing story or anything. If they planned to make more, why couldn't the next one be Sonic 5?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: CrossEyed7 on October 18, 2010, 10:00:46 AM
I was thinking more that it's the length of Sonic 3, and therefore the future episodes will be like Sonic & Knuckles.

Ideally, I would have liked a bit more story -- maybe a little below S3&K-level -- but too little story is much safer than too much.

Someone pointed out to me that the boss music is an unused track from Sonic 3D Blast. I guess you can either look at that as a nice nod to the past, or a cowardly move to shield them from old-schooler criticism. All I really have to say about it is that there was a reason it was unused back then. Still, all the music has been growing on me a bit.

The physics seem really bad when you're watching that comparison video on YouTube, but when you're actually playing, they're not that bad. Instantly stopping in midair when you're not holding a direction feels a bit off, and the short shrift that the spin attack gets is a pretty big problem (it was acceptable when this engine was used in Sonic Rush, because the spin attack was basically replaced by the super tension boost or whatever the heck it was called), but other than that, they're pretty okay.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: TEM on October 18, 2010, 10:38:51 AM
Tonight's the night!

Starting an evil run in Fallout 3 to celebrate (and to get the Evil achievements).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 18, 2010, 10:41:26 AM
I haven't watched any YouTube videos; all my physics complaining comes from actually playing.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 18, 2010, 11:37:43 AM
This week:

Super Meat Boy
Vanquish
Costume Quest
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Fallout: New Vegas
DJ Hero 2
DJ Max Portable 3
Power Gig: Rise of the SixString
Time Crisis: Razing Storm
Rock of the Dead
nail'd
Dragon Ball Z: Tenkaichi Tag Team
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2
The Shoot
Saw II: Flesh & Blood
ArcaniA: Gothic 4
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011
EA Sports MMA
Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2011

Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest (SNES)
Shienryu (PS1 import)
Tall Unlimited (PS1 import)

Weekly Reading Assignment: Wasting Away (http://five-players.com/?p=1510)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Turtlekid1 on October 18, 2010, 11:39:55 AM
Kirby's Epic Yarn has some awesome music.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 18, 2010, 12:12:47 PM
Enough of this bad-physics Sonic crap; this week we have real platforming goodness with Super Meat Boy (http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZQZeQSaXwR8#at=12). Elegant difficult walljump-based platformers is my second-favorite genre (N+, Splosion Man).

Vanquish is from Shinji Mikami, the man who made Resident Evil fun (RE4), the man who made one of the legendary Best Games Ever, God Hand.

Costume Quest is the first of DoubleFine's (Psychonauts, Brütal Legend) "smaller" games, each headed by a various staff member.

Poor Power Gig. You looked so cool before RB3 was announced. But now no one will buy you, ever.

Rock of the Dead is NOT from Sega, they're just shamelessly using the "of the Dead" name. Boo. It's "The Typing of the Dead, except with guitar controllers!" but looks bad. To do a game like that properly, there'd have to be an overarching song for each level, not just "play random riff" for each zombie. And it would have to be a REAL "of the Dead" game from Sega. In which case it would be properly titled The Rock of the Dead.

Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest is a good time and I will punch your face if you disagree.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 18, 2010, 12:46:30 PM
If Sega made a rhythm-based "of the Dead" game I'd want it to be a Project Diva spinoff with the Vocaloids fighting zombies with music. The gameplay structure is already set up in a way that would go perfectly with the enemy positioning of lightgun games.

My copy of DJ Max Portable 3 still hasn't arrived. Hopefully it'll be here this afternoon...Nope. This is me right now:

(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwarp.falsificare.com%2Fmiku.png&hash=33a372e8ce73a5a8594f79a8cc2dd712)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: ShadowBrain on October 18, 2010, 02:35:34 PM
Weekly Reading Assignment: Wasting Away (http://five-players.com/?p=1510)
lol, lorries.

Super Meat Boy and Costume Quest sound promising.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 18, 2010, 03:09:10 PM
Is that an insult against Vanquish and Kirby?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Weegee on October 18, 2010, 04:20:29 PM
Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest is a good time and I will punch your face if you disagree.

Let me guess: You'd give it a 3 out of 10.

Epic Yarn is out already? I wasn't expecting it until later this year...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 18, 2010, 06:26:29 PM
11 out of 10.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Weegee on October 18, 2010, 06:29:24 PM
Really? It looks too "conventional" for your tastes.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 18, 2010, 07:08:41 PM
As stated before, Lizard Dude has a soft spot for Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Luigison on October 18, 2010, 07:32:03 PM
Let me guess: You'd give it a 3 out of 10.

Epic Yarn is out already? I wasn't expecting it until later this year...
No, LD give FF:MQ a <3.  I recall enjoying it when it came out, but didn't realize it was so bad until I saw its reviews on the internet about a decade later.  The reviews didn't change my opinion of FF:MQ, but greatly affected the amount of salt I use on Final Fantasy reviews. 

I want Epic Yarn, but have spent way too much on pre-orders this year.  Rock Band 3 and The Sims 3 are going to kill our gaming budget.  Also, EY is getting so good reviews, but is often referred to as easy so maybe I can justify getting it for my daughter for Christmas.  Regardless, we're probably going to have to move next year so I should be saving money. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 18, 2010, 08:18:01 PM
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I hear people in #shmups (which, contrary to the name, is mostly general arcade chat) say good things about Razing Storm pretty often. Don't know if that'll apply to the home version, though.

The PSone imports seem to be picking up, but since they aren't translating stuff, I think the only PSone imports that can possibly be released that I'll buy without question are Umihara Kawase, Zanac X Zanac, and DoDonPachi.

yarn yarn yarn yarn yarn yarn yarn yarn yam yarn yarn yarn
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Captain Jim on October 19, 2010, 03:24:26 AM
If Sega made a rhythm-based "of the Dead" game I'd want it to be a Project Diva spinoff with the Vocaloids fighting zombies with music.

Way to dream up a zombie game I wouldn't want to play. I hate Vocaloids.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 19, 2010, 04:32:04 AM
It could just use the gameplay style with new music. It doesn't necessarily have to be a Project Diva spinoff. I'm just saying that Sega already has that framework for the gameplay, and isn't afraid to reuse it (supposedly the K-ON! game they made uses the exact same gameplay but with the notes displayed in a more traditional fashion).

Besides, what about the sequence where KAITO and Len get torn apart by zombies?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: ShadowBrain on October 19, 2010, 07:42:18 AM
Is that an insult against Vanquish and Kirby?
Well, I haven't heard a whole lot about Vanquish, and I'm going to need to hear some extraordinary reviews before I consider another Kirby game.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 19, 2010, 12:28:42 PM
Vanquish is from Shinji Mikami, the man who made Resident Evil fun (RE4), the man who made one of the legendary Best Games Ever, God Hand.
I don't know about you, but I wouldn't need to hear anything aside from this.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 20, 2010, 05:08:42 AM
My copy of DJ Max Portable 3 arrived yesterday.

-Broken English, which is still better than no English translation at all. I'm looking at you, Sega and Konami.
-Several play modes: standard four-button and six-button, plus new Remix modes involving the analog nub.
-Standard three-song arcade mode.
-Mission mode and level system for unlocking stuff.
-Awesome soundtrack.
-DJ Max games in general go a lot farther than other rhythm games in terms of accuracy measurement: rather than a Konami-style system with a few levels, it displays a percentage for your accuracy on a given note in increments of 10%, plus a 1% accuracy measurement if you just barely hit a note or if you forget to release a hold note. While I haven't had it happen to myself yet (still adjusting to some of the weird stuff this game does, so I can't come close to full perfects quite yet), I've seen the horror of a 99.9% judgment rating. I've also heard one of the challenges requires you to get a 1% judgment rating, which sounds harder to me than a perfect full combo.
-On-the-fly scroll speed adjustment (1x-7x in increments of .5x). Yeah, yeah, I know, increasing the scroll speed is cheating in something like Guitar Hero, where player accuracy is less important than note chaining, but DJ Max is more like beatmania IIDX or pop'n music, in which even pro players have to use speed mods. (Incidentally, IIDX also lets you adjust scroll speed in-game.)
-Something you don't normally see: rather than being like Star Power (which weaker players can and often do store and then use as an easy way out of tough sections), things get more difficult when you activate Fever mode: in addition to boosting the chain multiplier for higher scoring, it increases the scroll speed, which is especially bad if you've already got it boosted manually. And you have to use Fever to get more Fever; to increase the multiplier, you have to fill up the Fever gauge and activate it again while already in Fever mode.
-Speaking of things not being made easier: they killed off the foul beast that is autocorrect (a non-optional mechanic in some of the previous games by which you could press the wrong button for a note and simply be penalized slightly on your judgment rating without breaking your chain). DJ Max Trilogy, the PC game, had autocorrect, but they killed it in a recent patch, so I'd guess Pentavision realized what a mistake the feature was.
-SUPERSONIC (yeah) SUPERSONIC (yeah) SUPERSONIC (yeah) SUPERSONIC (yeah) SUPERSONIC (yeah) SUPERSONIC (yeah) SUPERSONIC (yeah) SUPERSONIC (yeah) SUPERSONIC (yeah) SUPERSONIC (yeah) SUPERSONIC (yeah) SUPERSONIC (yeah) SUPERSONIC (yeah) SUPERSONIC (yeah) SUPERSONIC (yeah) SUPERSONIC (yeah) SUPERSONIC (yeah) SUPERSONIC (yeah) SUPERSONIC (yeah) SUPERSONIC (yeah) SUPERSONIC (yeah) SUPERSONIC (yeah) SUPERSONIC

Overall I've been loving the game so far, but I'm not sure I'd recommend it when it's $40 for the download version. The UMD version is worth the $40 because you actually own the game you're paying for.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 21, 2010, 12:48:15 AM
Not a game, but the Video Games Live: Level 2 orchestral concert DVD and CD came out this week. I picked up the DVD (and The Human Centipede on BD while I was at it).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: ShadowBrain on October 24, 2010, 11:59:27 AM
Preemptive weekly reading assignment (http://moonbase.rydia.net/mental/blog/gaming/metroid-other-m-the-elephant/article.html).
Title: Rock Band 3
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 25, 2010, 03:29:13 AM
This week:

Rock Band 3

For Deezer this week we have Rock Band 3.

Weekly Reading Assignment: Rock Band 3 (http://www.rockband.com)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 29, 2010, 10:56:00 PM
Well now I feel bad; this thread wot usually gets a couple pages of posts per week got NONE due to my excitement/trolling. So.

This week:

Rock Band 3
BIT.TRIP FATE
Zettai Hero Project: Unlosing Ranger VS Darkdeath Evilman
Fable III
Bloody Good Time
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II

For Deezer this week we have Flashlight.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Toad on October 30, 2010, 12:13:36 AM
Everybody was too busy playing Rock Band 3.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Turtlekid1 on October 30, 2010, 07:46:15 AM
My cousin has been looking forward to Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II even more than I have.  It looks pretty sweet, no foolin'.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on October 30, 2010, 08:32:30 AM
I actually didn't care about anything this week except Rock Band 3, but I won't play that any time soon anyway. The JRPG does have a cool title, though.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Captain Jim on October 30, 2010, 10:30:09 PM
Only thing that appeals to me at all about Force Unleashed II is that somehow you can be Guybrush Threepwood. It's a win-win, since I'd be Guybrush and at the same time, I wouldn't be Starkiller.
Title: The Games Wot Came Out
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 01, 2010, 08:19:30 PM
This week:

Microsoft Kinect

Dance Central
God of War: Ghost of Sparta
Hoard
No Heroes Allowed!
Ys: The Oath of Felghana
007: Blood Stone
007: GoldenEye
Blood Drive
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast 2
Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage
Sonic Free Riders
Babysitting Mama
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure

And for Deezer this week we have The Biggest Loser: Ultimate Workout.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Turtlekid1 on November 01, 2010, 08:20:52 PM
If she's a mama, why isn't she watching her own kids?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 01, 2010, 08:59:31 PM
My mom babysat her friends' kids at our house occasionally while I was still a kid myself.

I liked those days, because I got fed.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Chupperson Weird on November 01, 2010, 09:02:36 PM
Oo, prolly have to pick up another excellent Ys PSP game this week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on November 01, 2010, 09:16:10 PM
No Heroes Allowed! is the sequel to What Did I Do To Deserve This, My Lord!? 2. I wonder if it includes the previous games like the second did.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on November 02, 2010, 11:55:02 AM
Check out what just came out on Steam today! (http://store.steampowered.com/app/63700/)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: ShadowBrain on November 02, 2010, 05:33:33 PM
I... did not know that was even on Steam! Consider it considered.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 02, 2010, 07:53:48 PM
FWIW (and I think EM agrees with me here):

God-tier: BIT.TRIP CORE / BIT.TRIP RUNNER

Good-tier: BIT.TRIP BEAT

Meh-tier: BIT.TRIP VOID


???-tier: BIT.TRIP FATE / BIT.TRIP [???]  (have not played / is not out)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Luigison on November 02, 2010, 08:06:48 PM
BIT.TRIP RUNNER is my favorite so far!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: TEM on November 04, 2010, 08:10:21 PM
Quote
Playing BIT.TRIP BEAT with mouse instead of rotating a wiimote around.

Son of a *****.

Also I just found out Tokyo Jungle will be some lame 2D platformer instead of a 3D open world.

So much FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 04, 2010, 08:28:31 PM
Speaking of BIT.TRIP BEAT control methods, a dude at my weekly boardgaming night had it on his iPad and I beat the first level. I'd never take it over a Wii remote or mouse, but it did have a very interesting feeling of "directness" in lining your finger up with the path of the beats, rather than moving the paddle abstractly with a controller.

I would still give my nod to Wii remote controls over a mouse. The twist-controlling is like the Arkanoid-nob.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Weegee on November 05, 2010, 10:36:14 PM
Just downloaded Final Fantasy Mystic Quest. If it's anything less than perfect, I'll teabag Lizard Dude.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 05, 2010, 10:56:56 PM
Oh great. I'd better get the water boiling.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on November 08, 2010, 10:37:07 AM
This week:

Guwange
Rune Factory 3
The Sly Collection
FlingSmash
CODBLOPS

And for Deezer we have Karaoke Revolution Glee.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Turtlekid1 on November 08, 2010, 10:45:28 AM
The Sly Collection is nice for those of you who have PS3s and missed out on the original PS2 releases.  Plus, trophy support, if that floats your boat.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: ShadowBrain on November 08, 2010, 10:55:44 AM
Hey, that does sound neat. Personally, I'm pysched for the rumored Ico/SotC compilation coming out for PS3.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on November 08, 2010, 11:08:27 AM
Uh, it's not "rumored." It was announced at TGS that ICO and Shadow of the Colossus are getting HD remakes for PS3.

(The Sly Collection also has support for 3D displays and Move.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: bobman37 on November 08, 2010, 02:33:46 PM
I am offended by how WarpWrattler suddenly thinks he can commandeer this thread for whatever reason.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on November 08, 2010, 05:33:06 PM
Yet somehow it hasn't been a problem every other time I've posted about the week's releases in LD's absence? At least all of these games are US releases.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: bobman37 on November 08, 2010, 06:09:19 PM
It's always been a problem. I've just never said anything until now. You're not even doing it right.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Lizard Dude on November 08, 2010, 09:18:16 PM
Who said I was absent?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: ShadowBrain on November 08, 2010, 10:42:54 PM
I don't care if the ghost of Hitler commandeers this thread, as long as I figure out what the weekly releases are.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Weegee on November 08, 2010, 11:36:28 PM
I don't care if the ghost of Hitler commandeers this thread

This week's releases:

Super Aryan World
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: ShadowBrain on November 09, 2010, 08:37:01 AM
Sounds pretty cool. I'll bet it's HeilStation exclusive, though.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on November 09, 2010, 09:46:55 AM
HeilStation
An accurate description of Sony.

Instead of arguing about who posted stuff, let's actually talk about this week's releases:

Guwange is the XBLA port of Cave's excellent feudal Japan-themed shmup from 1999. In addition to the original arcade game, it's got a new Blue Label mode (a special, more difficult version with different scoring mechanics) and a mode designed around the Xbox 360 in which you fire automatically and use the sticks to control your character and shikigami independently.

FlingSmash sounds cool, but the real draw is the new model of the Wii Remote that's bundled with the game.

CODBLOPS (http://tubedubber.com/#OPTOVQFRggI:qjHFxX-MZnc:0:100:0:0:true)

Just Dance: Kids is out this week. Is the tracklist as bad as the title makes it sound?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on November 11, 2010, 03:24:30 AM
If I actually played Rock Band, I'd have a raging hard-on for [that] week's song releases.

Also, Warp I approve of your Black Ops trailer link. it could only be better if it used the superior non-dialogue version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOpaTAWkANY).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on November 11, 2010, 07:47:43 AM
The shmup fanbase is angry at Cave right now - reportedly, Guwange doesn't support tate and has forced widescreen, both awful design decisions for a vertical shooter. The more sensible fans are hoping for a title update, but no one can be sure.

The PSP port of Knights in the Nightmare is also out this week, and first-run copies and early PSN purchases include a free download copy of Yggdra Union. I didn't really like Knights in the Nightmare on DS, so I can't imagine how the game, which was built for a touchscreen, fares on a system without one.

The Wii Remote Plus isn't the only new controller that shipped this week, as the new revision of the Xbox 360 controller, which includes a special D-pad that can be switched from a plus to a disc, is also out now. I don't know how much this actually helps fix the worst D-pad ever.

We didn't get any new PSone releases this week, but if you've got a Japanese PSN account, their version of the line got the classic cute-'em-up Cotton 100% this week. And Mr. Wiggles, here (http://www.4gamer.net/games/119/G011916/20101108014/)'s a demo just for you.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on November 11, 2010, 02:16:05 PM
Sweet, but I already have a dummy japanese PSN account set up for these kinds of things.

Or does this demo have some annoying region-locking? I wanna slaughter armies with a gunlancan' Darcsen without the hassle of those kinds of things.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on November 11, 2010, 02:53:59 PM
No region-locking, but for me, at least, it's not worth dealing with logging into my Japanese PSN account and being locked out of stuff I've bought on my US account. If I download the demo from a non-PSN source like 4gamer or the game's site, the only hassle is having to clear stuff off my memory stick to open space for the demo.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on November 11, 2010, 03:44:25 PM
I see. I don't have access to my PS3 right now so I'll take your word for it and use that link.

160 mb? Bye bye Monster Hunter demo.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on November 12, 2010, 11:35:02 AM
I misinterpreted some of the complaints - Guwange supports tate, but due to the forced widescreen it's only worth using if you have a 16:9 TV. As the majority of the shmup community uses 4:3 CRTs for their shmups and other TRUE-LOW-RES gaming, it's easy to see how this could be equated with not having the option.
Title: Hey LD, It's Wednesday, Games Are Out
Post by: WarpRattler on November 17, 2010, 12:51:20 PM
This week:

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Sonic Colors
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem
Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors
Split/Second (PSP)
DanceDanceRevolution

Pac-Man Championship DX (XBLA)
Peggle (PSN-P)
Sonic Wings Special (PSone import)
Money Idol Exchanger (PSone import)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on November 17, 2010, 12:59:13 PM
999 looks pretty interesting. I'd buy it now if it wasn't already set to hit bargain bins in about a month.

Is Mini-Land Mayhem actually good? I stopped playing the MvDK series when the second game came out and it abandoned the arcade style game play for touch screen puzzle mazes. I'd be willing to try again is the games have changed enough that it isn't so tedious and slow.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: bobman37 on November 17, 2010, 02:19:03 PM
Seriously, Warp. Not your thread.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on November 17, 2010, 03:29:52 PM
Does it really matter? We're already halfway through the week; if he was going to post a list he would've already done so. The most he did was this (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=13379.msg581415#msg581415).

The only real difference between Lizard Dude posting a release list and me posting a release list is whose name appears next to the list. Why is it such a big deal to you?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: bobman37 on November 17, 2010, 06:34:52 PM
Lizard Dude came up with the idea, Lizard Dude has his own personal style in doing it, it's not his fault he doesn't have a PC and isn't constantly signed in to the Fungi Forums to update every little thing exactly on time. This situation is the same as when Max Vance stole the Winter Awards from Koopaslaya. Totally uncalled for, and ruined them in the process.

Again, Lizard Dude doesn't have means or time to update this thread every single Monday, and as such, I'd rather see it inactive until his return than someone else taking over.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: CoconutMikeNIke on November 17, 2010, 06:50:57 PM
Y'know, everytime I tell myself "No, sonic, were done. We had some good time, but we're just too different now. I want good games, and you are trash." But I can help but want to try Colors. I've heard the Wii is sloppy, but the DS looks...well, worth trying.

Seriously, Warp. Not your thread.

Really though, it's all our thread.

Again, Lizard Dude doesn't have means or time to update this thread every single Monday, and as such, I'd rather see it inactive until his return than someone else taking over.

But I, and likely others, while enjoying LD's, would rather it goes up to stimulate conversations at all, rather than just go empty.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: ShadowBrain on November 17, 2010, 10:31:08 PM
Lizard Dude has his own personal style in doing it
So far, the only difference I've seen is that WR doesn't constantly make jokes about Deezer being a tween girl.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: CrossEyed7 on November 17, 2010, 11:30:30 PM
Lizard Dude has his own personal style in doing it
*bow-chikka-bow-bow*
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Toad on November 18, 2010, 01:55:25 AM
Lizard Dude has his own personal style in doing it

That's what she said.


I don't care who does gives us our release lists or what thread it's in. I'd prefer LD but if he doesn't have the time/means/etc to update every Monday, I'd rather not see the thread go to waste. WR giving us updates is fine.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Kimimaru on November 18, 2010, 02:33:43 AM
I don't care who does gives us our release lists or what thread it's in. I'd prefer LD but if he doesn't have the time/means/etc to update every Monday, I'd rather not see the thread go to waste. WR giving us updates is fine.

Agreed. bobman, I understand that you may not like that someone else is updating the thread right now, but if Lizard Dude can't get on the forums, what else can we do? I don't look at this topic often, but I know that many others do. I've seen many releases on here that have sparked people's interest; if no one updates this thread, those people won't be able to find out the weekly releases in such a convenient manner. I actually find it very kind of WarpRattler to take out time and give us this information.

On topic:

Sonic Colors looks promising, but I won't spend my money on it quite yet. I'll probably wait for a good deal first.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on November 23, 2010, 06:32:52 PM
This week:

Donkey Kong Country Returns
Gran Turismo 5
Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom
Michael Jackson: The Experience
Splatterhouse

Crazy Taxi (XBLA)
Auditorium (PSN-3)
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX (PSN-3)
Spelunker HD (PSN-3)

And for Deezer this week we have Silly Bandz.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on November 23, 2010, 06:48:40 PM
Oh look, two of my most wanted holiday items.

The great thing about DKC Returns is that from all the feedback I've read, it didn't skimp on the difficulty like New Super Mario Bros Wii did. Retro did a great job capturing the feel of the old Rareware titles and reinvented it for the modern day audience, all the while keeping the challenge high enough for even the most experienced players to have a tough time completing the game.

I don't think it'll top DKC2 due to the lack of water levels and animal buddies, but everything sounds like its at least a runner up.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Luigison on November 23, 2010, 08:50:10 PM
And for Luigison this week we have Raving Rabbids Travel in Time (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003O6FVN8).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on November 23, 2010, 10:20:02 PM
DKCR is way high on my when-we-get-a-Wii list (it's actually the game that made my dad decide we should get a Wii, based on his numerous hours put into the original DKC). I especially dig all I've heard about its old-school difficulty level.

Speaking of old-school difficulty, Spelunker HD. I'd buy it if they put out a PSP version.

Speaking of old-school, Dragon's Lair on PS3!

If you haven't played Auditorium on PC, do yourself a favor and do so now (http://www.playauditorium.com/). The PS3 version adds new songs and stuff and costs the same as the full version of the PC game.

Magic: the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers has a PS3 port out this week as well. I still haven't played the PC copy I bought months ago.

I've heard very good things about Pac-Man Championship Edition DX. In addition to being a follow-up to the acclaimed Pac-Man Championship Edition, it's the first title in Namco Bandai's new "Namco Generations" line of revitalized classics.

Last thing about PSN for now: this week's update includes permanent price drops on several of the full games available in the store, mainly stuff from NIS America. Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero? and What Did I Do To Deserve This, My Lord!? 2 are now down to where it's worth it for me to buy digital instead of UMD.

In case you were interested in the new rerelease of Crazy Taxi on the download services, be warned that they no longer include music by Bad Religion and the Offspring, and the branding on the stores depicted in-game is gone as well. I know this stuff is a selling point for some people, so just a heads-up.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Weegee on November 23, 2010, 10:49:50 PM
I'm concerned about DKCR's difficulty level. The first DKC was such a ****ing ordeal that I deleted it from my Wii within a week or two of downloading it. I had played it before on SNES9X, but I could never make it beyond Mine Cart Carnage back then.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on November 23, 2010, 10:55:56 PM
I finished Donkey Kong Country on the SNES as a kid. Maybe you're just bad at games?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Chupperson Weird on November 24, 2010, 12:02:44 AM
Maybe you're just one of those people who thinks games should be stupidly easy and beatable without any practice at all?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Weegee on November 24, 2010, 12:04:29 AM
Maybe you're just bad at games?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on November 24, 2010, 12:25:17 AM
I can only interpret your stream of reaction images as a "yes."
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Turtlekid1 on November 24, 2010, 07:18:12 AM
A lot of DKC's "difficulty" comes from questionable collision detection, which makes me wonder how they're going to preserve it in Returns..
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: The Chef on November 24, 2010, 02:18:53 PM
Weegee....dude....seriously. I suck at games and I've beaten DKC roughly 80,000 times since I was 7.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Turtlekid1 on November 24, 2010, 02:22:49 PM
Exactly.  You've been playing it since you were seven.  That's a long time to practice at a game.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: ShadowBrain on November 24, 2010, 03:48:23 PM
I've played other people's copies of the game semi-seriously, but I don't think I've ever tried to sit down and seriously make my way through it. I bought DKC2 on the VC, though, and last I checked, it was kicking my ass.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Weegee on November 24, 2010, 04:35:18 PM
DKC2's pay-to-save system is terrible. Honestly, 3 is the only one I've enjoyed.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: ShadowBrain on November 24, 2010, 06:17:36 PM
I accidentally double-paid for a save once because pressing "B" did not, in fact, get you out of the menu.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Toad on November 24, 2010, 06:55:31 PM
Double paid? I thought they became free after the first time you saved..?

Ghost edit: Wait, that's for flying. Nevermind.

DKC1 is the only save system I've enjoyed (pre Wii Home Menu saves) because it was free.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on November 24, 2010, 06:57:13 PM
The last few posts makes me realize why exactly video games today are such a protective hand holding ordeal.

You kids and your insta-save, regenerating health and super guides. Back in my day, I beat half of DKC with my sister and the rest by myself, and I loved it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Weegee on November 24, 2010, 07:52:03 PM
DKC1 is the only save system I've enjoyed (pre Wii Home Menu saves) because it was free.

DKC3's is free as well, unless I'm mistaken.

The reason I gave up on DKC1 is that you're given too few lives to make it to the later worlds' save points. Beating the first two levels of a given world 80,000 time only to die in the third for another 80,000 gets rather tiresome.

In comparison, I can 100% SMB3 in a single sitting.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Toad on November 24, 2010, 09:44:48 PM
/me ducks as Mr Wiggles throws his cane and assorted objects across the room.

Seriously, I agree. I also loved playing older games because of those reasons.

Weegee: I never played DKC3 until recently, actually, so I never knew how the save system was. I really don't care for DKC3 for some reason.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on November 26, 2010, 07:56:15 AM
#shmups on Crazy Taxi XBLA:

<sgronblo> At least the driving felt as solid as on DC
<sgronblo> Could do my limit breaks without any problems right away
<sgronblo> or wait limit cuts?
<sgronblo> limit break might hav been ff7
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: The Chef on November 27, 2010, 12:17:58 PM
Man, if Weegee thinks DKC1 is hard, DONKEY KONG COUNTRY RETURNS will give him a cardiac arrest.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on December 02, 2010, 07:45:50 PM
I've been busy with Super Meat Boy.

This week:

Epic Mickey
Golden Sun: Dark Dawn
nail'd

Super Meat Boy (PC)
Swords & Soldiers HD (PC)
Cave Story (DSiWare)
Magical Drop 2 (VC)
Dead Nation (PSN-3)
Funky Lab Rat (PSN-3)

And for BP this week we have Deadliest Catch: Sea of Chaos.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on December 06, 2010, 07:03:32 AM
This week:

World of WarCraft: Cataclysm
Bejeweled 3
TRON: Evolution
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's: Duel Transer

Qlione Evolve (PSN-3)
Neo Geo Heroes: Ultimate Shooting (PSP; I don't know if this is retail or download, but I'm guessing the latter)
Marvel Pinball (XBLA)
Fluidity (WiiWare)
Indie Games Winter Uprising (http://www.indiegames-uprising.com/)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: WarpRattler on December 13, 2010, 12:25:16 PM
This week:

Super Mario All-Stars

X-Men Arcade (XBLA, PSN-3)
Marvel Pinball (PSN-3)
Quake Arena Arcade (XBLA)
Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves (PSN-3, requires PlayStation Move)
lilt line (WiiWare)
Darius Twin (VC)
Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ (DSiWare)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on December 13, 2010, 03:14:21 PM
Oh sweet, Zombie BBQ is a downloadable game now? I had fun with the game when I had a chance to try it.
Title: The Week When Weegee and nensondubois Complain About Downloads
Post by: WarpRattler on December 20, 2010, 12:49:29 PM
This week:

(no retail games)

Back to the Future: The Game Episode One (PC, PSN-3)
A World of Keflings (XBLA)
Frobot (WiiWare)
Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner (PSN-3)
A Space Shooter For Two Bucks! (PSN)
echochrome ii (PSN-3, requires Move)
Top Darts (PSN-3, requires Move)
Eat Them! (PSN-3)
Front Mission 3 (PSN)
Neo Geo classics also start hitting PSN this week.
Title: Ectoplasmic Sleight
Post by: WarpRattler on January 03, 2011, 06:13:16 PM
This week:

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (DS) (may or may not actually be next week)
Lost in Shadow (Wii)

ilomilo (XBLA)
Alt-Play: Jason Rohrer Anthology (DSiWare)
Auditorium (PSN-P)
Tetris (PSN-3)
Arc the Lad III (PSone classic)
Re-Loaded (PSone classic)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/3)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 04, 2011, 07:46:08 PM
We're back, baby! (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745) The end of 2010 saw a brutal hijacking helpful contribution from WarpWrattler but with a new year and much better computer access, I'm going to resume the legit list.

I don't regularly list PlayStation minis but Angry Birds is a big title.

When I first saw Re-Loaded I thought it was Re-Volt. :(

The non-Johnny Cash RB songs were all in RB2 but don't export to RB3 because of licensing issues at the time. Side effect: now everyone gets them for free, even if you never owned RB2.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/3)
Post by: WarpRattler on January 04, 2011, 08:50:58 PM
I was going to list Angry Birds, but then I heard the PlayStation minis version is a horribly neutered version with something like a third of the levels of the other versions (including the free Android version). But if it's cheap enough I still might pick it up.

I've heard great things about ilomilo. It certainly looks gorgeous.

The main advertised features for that PS3 version of Tetris are things that don't matter for Tetris, like 1080p and 5.1 surround sound.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/3)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on January 04, 2011, 10:15:56 PM
If you preorder (http://shop.capcom.com/store/capcomus/en_US/pd/ThemeID.1944700/productID.221289300/Ghost-Trick-Phantom-Detective-New-Classics-Bundle-DS.html?resid=TSJ5nAoBAlYAAHAtsroAAABA&rests=1294198972652) Ghost Trick from Capcom's website (for about $10 more than it is on Amazon), you get a free copy of the first Phoenix Wright (or, rather, a $10 copy).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/10)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 11, 2011, 03:43:21 PM
Dood! (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745) Ghost Trick is out! Shu Takumi is the man! I can't wait to play it!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/10)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on January 11, 2011, 03:50:58 PM
Picking up Kingdom Hearts: Re:coded on the way home.  Not as good as Birth by Sleep?  Some (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?action=profile;u=53806) think so.  I guess I'll never know, but from gameplay trailers, I'm reasonably sure that I'll enjoy it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/10)
Post by: WarpRattler on January 11, 2011, 04:24:20 PM
I need to play more of the first Prinny before I worry about the sequel, and I don't have regular access to a DS for Ghost Trick or Re:coded (but I was planning on waiting until that one's cheap like I did with the other KH DS game anyway), so nothing for me this week.

But those VC games are good. Particularly GnG.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/10)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on January 11, 2011, 04:45:39 PM
Also, in addition to making Tomba! available, they should put Frogger: He's Back! up on PSOne Classics.  I think there are legal reasons for their not doing the former, but I don't know of any impediment to the frog.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/10)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 12, 2011, 11:05:30 PM
Today I visited five different shops, all of which should have had a hot, hip new game like Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective. Four had nothing; one was a GameStop with a single gutted "new" copy (which I won't buy). I've been in this situation many times before, but today was particularly soul-crushing because I had to walk past the endless racks spilling with copies of Kingdom Hearts Re:heated in each of the five stores. There's no justice in this world man... no justice.

The main lesson I learned today was that saying "Ghost Trick Phantom Detective" out loud sounds retarded.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/10)
Post by: WarpRattler on January 13, 2011, 02:02:58 AM
Could be worse, LD. I once asked the clerk at GameStop to look up DJ Max Portable 3. They don't have it in their system at all, so it pretty much doesn't exist in their eyes. If for some reason I wanted to trade it in there, I wouldn't be able to (regardless of things like it definitely being a US copy and it being impossible to create homemade UMDs).

Saying "DJ Max Portable Three" out loud is also incredibly awkward.

Incidentally, only one new game I've bought at GameStop in the past year or so has been a gutted "new" copy instead of a sealed copy from behind the desk, and it was their last copy in stock (and on sale). Unless your GameStop is even smaller than mine, I don't know why they'd only have one copy of a brand-new game, even a niche title; both of the stores near me are tiny, and they've had multiple new sealed copies of things like Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey and Pangya Portable.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/17)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 18, 2011, 06:03:52 PM
The Japanese-only PS1 port of Mega Man. Huh. (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/17)
Post by: WarpRattler on January 18, 2011, 06:04:42 PM
No mention of Ys I & II on PSP? Chupperson would be disappointed.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/17)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 18, 2011, 06:55:38 PM
You sure that's out?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/17)
Post by: WarpRattler on January 18, 2011, 07:18:39 PM
Oh, looks like Sony screwed up when they did their new releases post on the PlayStation blog. It's out next month.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/24)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 27, 2011, 04:40:52 PM
S (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)o where were the Spiders
While the flies tried to break our balls?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/24)
Post by: WarpRattler on January 27, 2011, 07:39:28 PM
Lord of Arcana is like Monster Hunter with a billion quick-time events.

I still haven't tried the Magicka demo yet, but I get the feeling I'll end up buying it as long as it runs well on one of my computers.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/31)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 01, 2011, 09:26:49 PM
I (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)'m thinking about removing the listing for GH songs but I also kinda like having it there for hilarity's sake.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/31)
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on February 01, 2011, 09:32:23 PM
Radd's beard is soo off putting.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/31)
Post by: Luigison on February 01, 2011, 09:51:09 PM
I'm getting all the Guitar Hero songs this week!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/31)
Post by: ShadowBrain on February 01, 2011, 11:10:27 PM
Is there anybody here who can help me wade through the weekly deluge of RBN songs to pick out the good stuff? I mean, I don't have a 360, but I'm always on the lookout for good music.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/31)
Post by: WarpRattler on February 02, 2011, 12:32:43 AM
All I'm buying this week is the minis release of Pac-Man Championship Edition.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/7)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 08, 2011, 02:21:25 PM
T (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)his week is all about Stacking, but Pocket Fighters also makes a surprise appearance. I've had good times with that game.

The Rockapella song on RBN this week is grand: every single instrument plays vocals.

Is there anybody here who can help me wade through the weekly deluge of RBN songs to pick out the good stuff? I mean, I don't have a 360, but I'm always on the lookout for good music.
Are you looking for good songs to play in RB or just to listen to?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/7)
Post by: WarpRattler on February 08, 2011, 03:25:36 PM
Anyone know what differences there are between the PSX release of Pocket Fighter and the arcade original?

At any rate, there's nothing new for me this week, since I don't have a console for Stacking. But next week is wonderful.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/7)
Post by: ShadowBrain on February 08, 2011, 03:36:36 PM
Are you looking for good songs to play in RB or just to listen to?
The latter, though being good to listen to usually implies the former.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/7)
Post by: WarpRattler on February 09, 2011, 08:00:46 PM
Funny (and a bit sad) how there are finally new Guitar Hero tracks the week Activision effectively kills off the franchise (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/32946/Activision_Dissolves_Guitar_Hero_Business_Refocuses_On_Digital.php).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/7)
Post by: Weegee on February 09, 2011, 08:12:19 PM
Music games haven't been popular since 2008. Gamers of the 2020s will view them like we view R.O.B.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/7)
Post by: WarpRattler on February 10, 2011, 03:21:30 AM
Nintendo will put them in a bunch of their games?

/me is glad the rhythm games he plays aren't going anywhere
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/7)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 10, 2011, 02:59:26 PM
Music games haven't been popular since 2008. Gamers of the 2020s will view them like we view R.O.B.
said noted expert on the subject, WeeGee. Or was he the guy who got The Beatles: Rock Band and played it a couple times on Easy. I forget. But anyone who thinks rhythm gaming isn't popular obviously has their oblivious head stuck in the sand regarding the fervent Dance Central love going on right now.

GH did not die today, like everybody's saying. GH died in 2007. The thing that existed after was a zombie.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/7)
Post by: bobman37 on February 10, 2011, 04:16:04 PM
Neither are mine Warp. It's not like Activision showed up at my house and broke my Guitar Hero 3 disc (the last good GH game).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/7)
Post by: ShadowBrain on February 10, 2011, 05:47:11 PM
Well, the competition was getting embarrassing, anyway. These things come and go.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/7)
Post by: WarpRattler on February 10, 2011, 05:53:27 PM
How well did Dance Central sell?

And yes, Guitar Hero died as a game shortly after Activision decided a brand and a peripheral maker were worth more than a developer, but I said "franchise" - you know, the things Activision loves to exploit.

And bobman, obviously I was talking about new releases.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/7)
Post by: bobman37 on February 10, 2011, 06:44:33 PM
My point is, I'm not sure many people will miss GH, no one's playing it anymore anyway.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/7)
Post by: WarpRattler on February 10, 2011, 06:51:27 PM
They killed DJ Hero too.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/7)
Post by: Weegee on February 10, 2011, 08:00:44 PM
Dead. (http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology/2009/07/22/rock-band-and-guitar-hero-sales-collapse-115875-21540261/)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/7)
Post by: WarpRattler on February 10, 2011, 09:05:11 PM
Yes, retail sales have been down for quite some time. That's why Guitar Hero is dead.

It remains to be seen what will happen with Rock Band after the recent sale of Harmonix, but it was never big at retail anyway - that series mostly runs on song sales.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/14) <3
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 15, 2011, 02:34:46 PM
Marvel vs. Capcom, Contra: Hard Corps, and Tactics Ogre? WHAT YEAR AM I IN?

Also this week we have the hilariously misleadingly named Gears of War Triple Pack and the JRPG Hyperdimension Neptunia, a game about a PS3, 360, and Wii teaming up to save the world from the R4 DS piracy device (I'm not joking).

**** the Knicks!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/14) <3
Post by: Kimimaru on February 15, 2011, 02:42:02 PM
Hyperdimension Neptunia, a game about a PS3, 360, and Wii teaming up to save the world from the R4 DS piracy device (I'm not joking).

That sounds awesome! It has to be for all three consoles, though.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/14) <3
Post by: WarpRattler on February 15, 2011, 02:56:50 PM
So glad I don't have a 360, DS, or PS3 this week. I can barely afford Tactics Ogre as it is, and I don't have nearly enough time to play that, two other RPGs, a fighting game, a versus shmup (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJhfeZuue-M), and a new Contra.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/14) <3
Post by: ShadowBrain on February 15, 2011, 03:35:24 PM
Meat Loaf? On Rock Band?

(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi14.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fa335%2FTrevornater%2FShizGeddinEpic.jpg%3Ft%3D1288669584&hash=705b6cfcfddb475772fe2c317cf67550)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/14) <3
Post by: Weegee on February 15, 2011, 04:15:28 PM
Holy [dukar], LD isn't kidding. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperdimension_Neptunia) No doubt Nintendo and Microsoft will get their jimmies rustled over it.

DQVI is the first game I've been anticipating this year. After all...

"If it's not first-party, or Square Enix, it probably sucks."
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/14) <3
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 15, 2011, 05:06:57 PM
DQVI isn't first-party!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/14) <3
Post by: Turtlekid1 on February 15, 2011, 05:07:53 PM
"If it's not first-party, or Square Enix, it probably sucks."
Enlarged to show texture.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/14) <3
Post by: Weegee on February 15, 2011, 05:28:07 PM
That being said, Kingdom Hearts still sucks, even though I've never played it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/14) <3
Post by: Turtlekid1 on February 15, 2011, 05:31:17 PM
(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg825.imageshack.us%2Fimg825%2F7545%2Fhrk.png&hash=eeb6cc64fe957ce1186e7661b3e8c768)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/14) <3
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 15, 2011, 06:04:45 PM
(I'm not joking)

Holy [dukar], LD isn't kidding.

Durrr!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/14) <3
Post by: Weegee on February 15, 2011, 06:49:24 PM
One can never be too sure with you.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/14) <3
Post by: ShadowBrain on February 17, 2011, 08:43:17 PM
the JRPG Hyperdimension Neptunia, a game about a PS3, 360, and Wii teaming up to save the world from the R4 DS piracy device
*Watches trailer*

I was born to play this game.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/14) <3
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on February 17, 2011, 10:29:10 PM
You guys seriously haven't heard of Hyperdimension Neptunia until now?

That's amazing.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/14) <3
Post by: The Chef on February 17, 2011, 11:16:40 PM
I actually heard about it last year. Of course nobody's going to believe me now that I mentioned after you made that post.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/14) <3
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 18, 2011, 01:23:43 PM
Music games haven't been popular since 2008.
January NPD just came out. Second best selling game in all gaming: Just Dance 2. Eighth: Dance Central. Ninth: Michael Jackson: The Experience.

Long live rhythm.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/14) <3
Post by: Weegee on February 18, 2011, 05:18:28 PM
I should have made it clearer that I was referring specifically to plastic guitar games with that statement.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/21)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 23, 2011, 10:31:16 PM
T (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)here's some games and stuff. Only one I'll probably ever play is Bulletstorm. Technically the best game ever made is on that Dreamcast Collection, if you want some other crap with it.

For Deezer this week we have Cozy Fire.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/21)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 23, 2011, 10:33:01 PM
I should have made it clearer that I was referring specifically to plastic guitar games with that statement.
Well duh. The trends always shift around.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/21)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on February 23, 2011, 10:40:37 PM
I guess a lot of people will like that Xenogears is on PSN now.  I still want Tomba!.

Green PS3 controller would be cool if I had money.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/21)
Post by: WarpRattler on February 23, 2011, 11:31:43 PM
Bulletstorm sounds like mad fun and I'll probably not play it any time soon. Oh well.

I bought Men of War and the first expansion ages ago but have never played them. And I hear this new expansion is primarily for multiplayer, so that wouldn't do much for me anyway (even though RTS is one of the few genres that's doable on my connection).

Might pick up Ys I & II. I never bought the DS release of those games, but the PSP version is cheaper, I think, and I have money more often nowadays. Plus if I ever want to get into that series it'll be easier to have most of it in one place.

Radiant Historia is on my list of post-3DS buys.

Never played Xenogears and the $10 pricetag isn't convincing me I should try it now when I'm busy with loads of other games. (Also, as far as Tomba! goes, Turtlekid might have a reason to get mad at SCEE soon...)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/21)
Post by: Weegee on February 23, 2011, 11:54:14 PM
Technically the best game ever made is on that Dreamcast Collection

Sega Bass Fishing?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/21)
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on February 24, 2011, 02:16:11 AM
de Blob 2's out? Makes me wonder why THQ didn't bother advertising it until just yesterday. It's even more bizarre that they chose to advertise it using some Katy Perry knock-off that has nothing to do with Blooban and Splattan.

Radiant Historia is on my list of games I want to buy but never will because they are Atlus titles with poor distribution sandwiched between big name releases. I am ashamed of myself.

I wish to rent Bulletstorm, but I'm also tempted to just wait for Duke Nukem instead. How similar is the sense of humor between those games?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/21)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on February 24, 2011, 09:22:42 AM
(Also, as far as Tomba! goes, Turtlekid might have a reason to get mad at SCEE soon...)
Am I going to regret asking you to expound?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/21)
Post by: bobman37 on February 24, 2011, 11:32:00 AM
I dunno man, I played the Bulletstorm demo and wasn't impressed. I'm waiting for GEARS OF WAR 3
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/21)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 24, 2011, 01:08:16 PM
Guess what I'll be playing in April thanks to Bulletstorm. :)

I looked more into what Radiant Historia was, besides "a JRPG with one of those horrible JRPG names that end in -a they need to stop using if I'm ever going to remember which game is which" and it hit a lot of my weak points. So I might play it some day. And regret it 10 hours in.

Maybe de Blob 2 too. Maybe.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/21)
Post by: bobman37 on February 24, 2011, 01:11:19 PM
Yeah I guess that's a pretty big incentive to get Bulletstorm. Still probably won't buy it though.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/21)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 24, 2011, 01:15:35 PM
I wish to rent Bulletstorm, but I'm also tempted to just wait for Duke Nukem instead. How similar is the sense of humor between those games?
I think Bulletstorm humor is more based on swearing while Duke Nukem Forever humor is more based on nudity and peeing.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/21)
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on February 24, 2011, 05:29:51 PM
Shoot, if that's the case, I'll wait until Douk comes out and get both. Then I'll spend all day giggling like a grade schooler at the influx of juvenile humor.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/21)
Post by: ShadowBrain on February 25, 2011, 02:10:17 PM
Pat Benatar and a giant fake gun? Guess it's another one of those weeks...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/28)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 28, 2011, 05:14:25 PM
T (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)he final entry of the BIT.TRIP sextet has arrived, and what a ride it's been. I salute you, Gaijin Games. You made a darn fine collection of neat games.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/28)
Post by: WarpRattler on February 28, 2011, 06:41:49 PM
Every game worth playing this week is download-only and/or online-only. Poor Weegee. (Not that he would play any of them except Vagrant Story anyway, and even that would require him owning a non-Nintendo game system.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/28)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 28, 2011, 06:49:22 PM
I know. Isn't it great? I love living in the future.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/28)
Post by: Luigison on February 28, 2011, 07:20:34 PM
Argh, I read TEM's reply AGAIN! 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/28)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 28, 2011, 07:23:21 PM
LOL, I hear you.

"Cool thread. Nacho Libre on DVD FTW. One of my favorite movies." is the new "ahhhhhhhhh your a child predator".
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/28)
Post by: TEM on February 28, 2011, 11:56:19 PM
I don't even like that movie anymore.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/28)
Post by: ShadowBrain on March 01, 2011, 10:56:05 AM
I was so confused when I found out it was based on a true story.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/28)
Post by: WarpRattler on March 01, 2011, 10:58:52 AM
BIT.TRIP FLUX isn't the only BIT.TRIP game out this week... (http://store.steampowered.com/app/63710/)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/28)
Post by: Luigison on March 01, 2011, 05:27:43 PM
BIT.TRIP RUNNER is the only  game everyone must own... (http://store.steampowered.com/app/63710/)
The others are good, but RUNNER is awesome.  I love the rhythm platformer combo!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/28)
Post by: Weegee on March 01, 2011, 06:06:37 PM
I was so confused when I found out it was based on a true story.

Nacho Libre, or TEM being a child predator?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/7)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 07, 2011, 06:05:09 PM
I (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745) wanted to play Torchlight this week but my "friends" made me buy Black and I can only handle one grindfest game where I can feel myself dying as I play at a time.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/7)
Post by: WarpRattler on March 07, 2011, 06:21:35 PM
Torchlight isn't a grindfest.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/7)
Post by: Weegee on March 07, 2011, 09:58:25 PM
my "friends" made me buy Black and I can only handle one grindfest

That's what you get for using a "balanced" team rather than plowing through everything with your starter.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/7)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on March 07, 2011, 10:06:38 PM
I doubt he has much of a choice what with those ridiculous Triple and Rotation battles.

Also this week is apparently Disney week for PSOne Classics.  A Bug's Life is actually pretty good.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/7)
Post by: WarpRattler on March 07, 2011, 10:10:40 PM
It's worth noting that several of those Disney PSone games were already released on PSN once but were removed at some point. I guess they waited to add them all back at once when they had enough to make a category just for Disney games (disregarding the fact that there have been enough Square games to warrant such for quite some time).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/14)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 15, 2011, 01:36:30 AM
A (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)r Tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel, nice name.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/14)
Post by: WarpRattler on March 15, 2011, 02:47:05 AM
God Eater Burst (D3 Publisher changed the title for the US, supposedly to not offend Christians, to which I say "**** political correctness") is the only new release for me this week. I can't wait to bite chunks out of monsters with my sword to gain new skills, but in English. And in the game.

Calling Dissidia Duodecim Prologus a "downloadable game" is almost as misleading as calling Dissidia a fighting game (it's more like Armored Core with a level system and Final Fantasy characters instead of mechs). It's a cash grab, a paid demo with significantly less content than a lot of the free demos Japanese developers have been releasing lately. On the other hand, it's an exclusive single-player scenario, involving one of the new characters, that sets up for the full game next week; you can carry everything over to the full game, though most PSP demos are like this nowadays; and you unlock Aerith as an assist character in the full game if you have clear data from Prologus on your memory stick. So you can also look at it as being like $3 pre-launch DLC.

Parasite Eve finally being on the US PSN is awesome, especially since word on the street is it'll only be $6 (most Square PSone classics are $10). I'll probably wait until next month to pick it up, though, since I'll have money then.

Also, Jikandia is a PSP game, not PS3.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/14)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 15, 2011, 03:41:20 AM
Maybe they were making it more politically correct by acknowledging polytheistic religions?

I would call Prologus the same thing that Case Zero was.

P.S. Someday I want to meet the guy in charge of naming Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy spinoffs. I bet he's a crazy dude.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/14)
Post by: WarpRattler on March 15, 2011, 03:49:47 AM
The characters in game are still referred to as "God Eaters."

Didn't Dead Rising 2 have a normal demo in addition to Case Zero?

Also, I don't think I'd ever want to meet Tetsuya Nomura. The dude's insane.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/14)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 15, 2011, 03:52:11 AM
Oh.

No.

That's what I'm sayin'.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/14)
Post by: WarpRattler on March 15, 2011, 03:56:22 AM
Did Case Zero at least have more than fifteen minutes worth of actual playable content, then?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/14)
Post by: BP on March 15, 2011, 04:29:57 AM
If you bought the full version you had an hour, I think. From what I understand it's twelve hours long in game time, morning to night. One real hour.

You had an hour in the free demo (of the prologue, with the prologue itself being the demo of the game), too. But all you could do was goof off, as soon as you accomplished the first, very simple task the game gives you, it ends. So you could run around and grab stuff and kill zombies and make a limited number of combo weapons until the game's twelve hours run dry, but not accomplish anything.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/14)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 16, 2011, 05:07:10 AM
Oh yeah, I forgot that as an XBLA game it would have had to have a mandatory free trial. So I guess Dead Rising 2 does have a "normal demo", in a very weird way.

As far as "value", Case West Case Zero is exactly like the RE5 DLC scenarios. If the beginning to end of your experience is "beat the game", you might feel unsatisfied or ripped off. But if you aim to get all the achievements, you will have a lengthy, meaty, and difficult experience (especially if you don't look at any guides).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/14)
Post by: WarpRattler on March 16, 2011, 05:57:42 AM
Meanwhile, Prologus has the abysmal arcade mode for replay value, and not much else. You can go through the story again to grind levels and equipment drops for Lightning and the Warrior of Light, sure, but that's a pretty boring way to spend a week, and a lot of players will already have one of those characters at a decent level from the original game anyway (and the other is Lightning).

Seems like comparing the two is sort of like deciding what you want to serve your kid for lunch. You can go buy unsatisfying and unhealthy fast food (Prologus) and try to justify it with the included toy (Aerith), or you can buy stuff to make a paddlesaw healthy and delicious homemade lunch (Case Zero) and have leftovers for later (achievements).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/14)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 16, 2011, 06:21:05 AM
012 accesses the savefile of the original? I'd better figure out how to transfer stuff between PSP memory sticks because I've switched since then.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/14)
Post by: WarpRattler on March 16, 2011, 06:34:01 AM
Switched memory sticks or switched PSPs? Moving data between sticks is relatively easy; just go into USB mode and copy the folder to your computer, then swap out memory sticks and copy it back to the other one. Otherwise there's nothing you can do, because Dissidia is one of those PSP games where the save data is locked to the system; you can move the data to another memory stick and still use it on the same PSP, but you can't load it from a different one.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/21)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 27, 2011, 12:03:38 AM
S (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)orry for the lateness; I've had poor access this week / been playing MvC3 at people's houses all week.

Yes, many 3DS games came out this week. I don't know why.

I've been playing Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy and managing my AP, CP, HP, KP, PP, and XP. I wish that was a joke.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/21)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on March 27, 2011, 02:54:14 PM
Hm, Rayman 3D...

It'll have to take a number.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/28)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 28, 2011, 05:59:14 PM
W (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)ell that was a quick turnaround. Hope you didn't miss last week!

This is an awesome week, with the 3DS launching and a god-tier RB lineup.

And for Deezer this week, we have Pinkalicious.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/28)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on March 28, 2011, 07:23:25 PM
Why are you counting the 3DS release for the week of 3/28 if it was release on the 27th?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/28)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 28, 2011, 07:38:36 PM
I consider a week to begin on Sunday out of respect for God, who is the Father, and also out of respect for my calender, who is a grid. I can't really make a good list until Monday, however, because much of the info on a week's digital releases doesn't come out until then. When I update I re-title the thread to the current date (Monday). But if circumstances prevent me from updating until a later day I still use Monday's date for consistency.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/28)
Post by: WarpRattler on March 28, 2011, 09:09:39 PM
Just The 3rd Birthday for me this week. It won't affect my enjoyment of the game itself, but I hope it's true that the bonus costume for Dissidia Duodecim is a pack-in with first-run copies here like it was in Japan, so I can use Aya Brea with Lightning's moveset instead of Lightning with Lightning's moveset once I pick up that game.

calender
(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwarp.falsificare.com%2Fbcalendar.jpg&hash=b233ae31e589dddacdd1f150563d6e98)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/28)
Post by: bobman37 on March 28, 2011, 09:22:34 PM
I have that card.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/4)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 04, 2011, 04:23:36 PM
Y (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)aaawn. I guess there's The Lost Hobo King expansion for Stacking.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/11)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 11, 2011, 11:15:44 AM
P (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)ata pata pata pon!

Squinkies Squinkies Squinkies Deezer!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/11)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on April 11, 2011, 05:21:22 PM
All right, Play With Birds is finally out! Now I don't have to worry about catching salmonella!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/25)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 25, 2011, 05:53:25 PM
S (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)orry I missed last week; here is this week. I might try to put up last week's info later. It was a much more interesting week!

I'll be checking out Outland, but mostly playing a bazillion more hours of Gears 3, like last week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/25)
Post by: Luigison on April 25, 2011, 08:29:32 PM
You listed PSN.  Is that working now?  Oh, never mind.  I see what you did there. 

No problem missing last week.  It's not like there was a Game of the Year candidate released or anything. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/25)
Post by: WarpRattler on April 26, 2011, 05:23:46 AM
There's another XBLA game out this week. It's a platformer from Cave (the shmup company) called Nin2-Jump. They're also donating all proceeds from it through June 30 to relief efforts for earthquake victims.

The only other game this week I'm interested in is Darkspore, and I probably won't be playing that any time soon either.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/25)
Post by: ShadowBrain on April 26, 2011, 08:00:07 AM
Outland looks cool, but here I am again with a PS3.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/25)
Post by: WarpRattler on April 26, 2011, 08:53:57 AM
Oh snap, Trouble Witches Neo is out on XBLA this week as well. It's a port of the arcade version of the doujin PC shmup classic Trouble Witches, which is somewhat similar to Cave's DeathSmiles.

I'm broke right now, so it's a good thing I don't have a 360.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/25) + (4/18)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 29, 2011, 08:32:02 PM
T (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)here's last week. Remember those halcyon days, eagerly anticipating Portal 2 and playing games online with our PS3s? O! To be young again!

The RB songs were pretty sweet, especially the funky-as-hell Ohio Players tracks.

That 360 bundle disc is an über deal (if you're a n00b/idiot who doesn't already own those three üwesome games).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/25) + (4/18)
Post by: WarpRattler on April 29, 2011, 10:37:15 PM
Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection is the definitive version of the Square classic. It includes a remake of Final Fantasy IV in the style of the PSP remakes of the first two Final Fantasy games, with crisp 2D graphics, arranged music, and a new translation; Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, the episodic WiiWare sequel, compiled in one place and for less than $40; and a new "Interlude" story that bridges the narrative gap between the two games. (It also includes trading cards and a code for a Cecil costume in Dissidia 012.)

Blah blah blah, no 360, blah blah blah, I bought Trials HD back when it was called Trials 2, blah blah blah, no interest in Limbo, blah blah blah.

Arcana Heart 3 is pretty fun, but I wouldn't pay $30 for any download-only title. Not that I could right now anyway!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/25) + (4/18)
Post by: CoconutMikeNIke on April 30, 2011, 05:04:32 PM
The Complete collection might be interesting, but I already have FFIV 3 times (Final Fantasy II, as part of the Chronology 2 disk set with Chrono Trigger, and the DS remake).  New graphics, another probably short game to bridge it, and a costume for a different game are cool, but it's getting into Gunstar Heroes/Super Mario Bros. levels of "How many times do I need the exact same game?". 

I may, however, pick up the bundle for the 360, because, while I have no interest in Trials, I loved Comic Jumper, but haven't gone back to pick up either of TP's others, and I didn't have much interest in Limbo on release, but hey, if it's cheap and comes with other games, why not?

And, kinda related, but who would get Mega Man X, when the Mega Man X Compilation can still be found for, what, $20?

So, that's apparently my things now? "WHAT? Only one game? Give me many games on one disk! CHEAPLY!"
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/2)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 03, 2011, 01:39:27 PM
W (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)hat a boring week with th—OH MY GOD THERE'S A BANGAI-O FOR XBLA WHY WASN'T I INFORMED :OOOOOOOOO
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/9)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 14, 2011, 09:06:34 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI6CfKcMhjY. (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)
Mod Edit:  Thanks for the warning LD.  Now my daughter is running around the house singing the F-word. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/9)
Post by: Weegee on May 14, 2011, 01:23:31 PM
Mod Edit:  Thanks for the warning LD.  Now my daughter is running around the house singing the F-word. 

That's what you get for letting your kids see TMK.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/9)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 15, 2011, 12:12:26 AM
That's what you get for not accepting my friend request yet on LIVE.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/9)
Post by: Luigison on May 15, 2011, 09:04:09 AM
Actually I lied.  She wasn't even in the room when I watched it.  I didn't know you'd friend requested me.  Accepted.  BTW, I don't have an Xbox or paid membership.  I just downloaded games for windows live to try a demo.  Also, PSN is up according to the blog.  I haven't tried it yet since I need to redo the network setting first since we moved. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/16)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 17, 2011, 12:53:09 AM
L (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745).A. Noire obv., and “Do You Feel Like We Do" in RB. Heck. Yes.

For Deezer this week we have Reader Rabbit: 1st Grade.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/16)
Post by: Luigison on May 17, 2011, 06:32:09 AM
For Deezer this week we have Reader Rabbit: 1st Grade.
Why does Deezer always get the good games?  My daughter would love his collection.  Maybe that's part of his evil bread feeding plan.

Other than Reader Rabbit: Kindergarten or 1st Grade for my daughter I may get Chrono Trigger.  It's been a looong time since I played it. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/16)
Post by: Weegee on May 17, 2011, 01:01:21 PM
You know, the DS port of Chrono Trigger has been out for over three years.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/16)
Post by: Luigison on May 17, 2011, 01:30:50 PM
You know, the DS port of Chrono Trigger has been out for over three years.
I know, I own it, and I've played it.  I haven't played the original in a long time though and I prefer long RPG or action games on a big screen sitting on a comfy couch. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/16)
Post by: ShadowBrain on May 17, 2011, 05:24:50 PM
Personally, I had hoped the advent of digital distribution would combine with backwards compatability to render ports irrelevant, but I guess a few still slip through.

...What I'm trying to say is, I question why there was a need for a DS port in the first place, and how the decision was reached to eventually also put it on the VC. That being said, Chrono Trigger is of course a wonderful game, but I have regrettably yet to beat my original copy.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/16)
Post by: BP on May 17, 2011, 06:49:08 PM
Screw both I want Chrono Resurrection
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/16)
Post by: CoconutMikeNIke on May 17, 2011, 07:49:19 PM
L. A. Noire is the most convincing reason I can think to get a PS3, and I only saw a buddy play the first 5-10 minutes. I just don't get why they mispelled noir.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/16)
Post by: BP on May 17, 2011, 08:52:43 PM
It'se fancé, that'se whye

Game looks pretty boss, I should get it
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/16)
Post by: BriGuy92 on May 17, 2011, 10:19:15 PM
Perhaps L.A. is female. That would explain an extra e.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/16)
Post by: CoconutMikeNIke on May 18, 2011, 12:54:24 AM
Is that how French works, add an e to the female version? Cause I guess that makes sense being Las Angeles. But this is all getting off the fact that I'm not currently playing it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/16)
Post by: Weegee on May 18, 2011, 01:44:59 AM
French geographical names are usually considered masculine unless they end with an 'e'. Maybe they used the noun's feminine form so as to prevent you guys from pronouncing it "L.A. Noyer". It's kind of like how Led Zeppelin deliberately misspelled their name so you "thick Americans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin#cite_ref-Led_Zeppelin_A_Story_of_a_Band_and_their_Music_1968-1980_32-0)" wouldn't end up calling them "Leed Zeppelin".
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/16)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 18, 2011, 10:00:22 AM
L. A. Noire is the most convincing reason I can think to get a PS3
It's on 360 too, you know...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/16)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 18, 2011, 06:35:13 PM
so you "thick Americans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin#cite_ref-Led_Zeppelin_A_Story_of_a_Band_and_their_Music_1968-1980_32-0)" wouldn't end up calling them "Leed Zeppelin".
But lead is an actual homograph, while noir is not...
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/16)
Post by: Weegee on May 18, 2011, 06:48:18 PM
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ViewersAreMorons
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/16)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on May 18, 2011, 10:13:16 PM
You dare link to TV Tropes on this forum?

Boy, are you in for it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/16)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 18, 2011, 10:27:23 PM
The only thing more annoying than TV Tropes is people going, "OH SNAP YOU JUST LINKED TV TROPES!" ;)

Anyway, looking around the internet I found two theories about the name that I like: both involving the name being a sort of pun, and both would indeed require the feminine noir

1) L.A. Noire --> la noire ("the darkness")

2) L.A. Noire --> elle est noire ("she/it is dark")

Contrary to "Viewers are Morons", Rockstar can be very clever and subtle with their references so I'd wager one of these is probably on the nose.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/16)
Post by: CoconutMikeNIke on May 19, 2011, 08:57:55 AM
I did not realize it was on the 360.  A lot of the adverts throw the PS3 logo up pretty clearly, and at least one says Only on the PS3.  I know it was for dlc add-on, but it got in my mind the game as a whole is exclusive, so I didn't even check.  So thanks for that.

Also, I don't get the hate for TVTropes, but then I also don't care. Is it a personality thing? As in, too many big personalities in the community there, because I just flip through the article pages and must miss all of the hooplah?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/16)
Post by: The Chef on May 19, 2011, 10:12:36 AM
No, Lizard Dude is violently allergic to spoilers, even when they're hidden.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/23)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 23, 2011, 02:48:12 PM
I (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745) wanna take a ride on your disco stick.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/23)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on May 23, 2011, 02:52:50 PM
Seems like having an Other M stage in Dead or Alive: Dimensions is just rubbing salt in the wound.  Especially since the stage is based on the setting for the worst part of the game (admittedly, it's also the setting for the best part, but).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/23)
Post by: ShadowBrain on May 23, 2011, 04:45:17 PM
What God allowed a Naughty Bear: Gold Edition?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/23)
Post by: WarpRattler on May 24, 2011, 12:38:56 AM
I like how the first part of Duke Nukem Trilogy is really coming out now. At least, I think it is, since it already got released in Europe.

"Pressure Cooker," from VVVVVV, is supposed to hit RBN this week as well.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/23)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 24, 2011, 01:01:07 AM
Oh, nice.

The RBN releases I list here are actually always the prior week's releases because they don't really announce them in advance like the Harmonix tracks.

Looking at the RBN forums just now I see that a "Friday" chart is in development.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/23)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 24, 2011, 01:04:28 AM
What God allowed a Naughty Bear: Gold Edition?
Artemis
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/23)
Post by: ShadowBrain on May 24, 2011, 07:56:48 AM
Well, then I guess that gives me another reason to look forward to another God of War game.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/23)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 25, 2011, 07:27:23 AM
I currently have the 10th highest score in the world on Expert Pro Keys on "LoveGame".
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/30)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 31, 2011, 03:11:09 AM
W (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)eird, two of the Ozzy tracks are locked inside the bundle. Never seen them do that before.

"Pressure Cooker" is good, but not the VVVVVV song I wanted. Where's "Pushing Ownwards"?

For Deezer this week we have Valet Parking 1989. 1989 was, as everyone knows, the best year for valet parking.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/30)
Post by: Luigison on May 31, 2011, 07:15:09 AM
I'm sure we'll eventually get The Sims 3: Generations (PC), but I think my wife wants Pets more and that won't come until this fall. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/30)
Post by: WarpRattler on May 31, 2011, 09:57:49 AM
Only other VVVVVV track scheduled to hit RBN is "Positive force." Coincidentally, "Pressure Cooker" and "Positive force" are my two favorite tracks from the game.

Going to get Continuum Shift II eventually. Current balance tweaks + all three DLC characters available from the start + a massively-reworked version of the Legion mode from Calamity Trigger Portable + a new Abyss mode that's basically a further-reworked version of the Survival variant from Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus + all manner of unlockable goodies + $30 = another PSP fighting game for me.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/30)
Post by: ShadowBrain on May 31, 2011, 04:50:09 PM
Hey, thanks for the genre delineations on RB this week! Not that I'm still interested in any of them, but it makes consideration easier.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6/6)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 15, 2011, 10:08:15 PM
P (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)laying post-E3 post-trip catchup. Here's last week. Current week coming later.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6/6)
Post by: WarpRattler on June 15, 2011, 10:46:41 PM
Jamestown is cool.

"Positive force" is excellent.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6/13) (Last Week)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 20, 2011, 10:11:44 PM
A (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)nd here's the "current" week (exactly one week behind real-time). Current current week coming later.

Last week was def god-tier, with DNF and Rez 2 both hitting. We live in the impossible fever dream of a man from 2006.

OoT and DK both got re-released and are both excellent games, but I only bought DK because I don't already own it 18 times and haven't already beaten it on 37 occasions. I had forgotten that DK kept Mario's oo-oo-ee-oo-oo-ee walking squeak through ALL 100 LEVELS. Awesome.

More than all of these combined though I have played Magic: The Gathering — Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012. Slaughtering n00bs and their bulging un-trimmed decks with my lean wiener version of the white Equipment deck never gets old. Sword of War and Peace (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=214368) FTW. (Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre (http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=194911) is a ****!)

RB had some interesting stuff too. "The Battle of Lil' Slugger" (from SMB) is rockin', and tough.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6/13) (Last Week)
Post by: bobman37 on June 20, 2011, 10:30:12 PM
I'm pretty excited about the new MTG game, I haven't bought it yet but the first one was a blast.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6/13) (Last Week)
Post by: The Chef on June 21, 2011, 01:17:59 PM
Oh hell yes. More people need to be exposed to the glory of DKGB.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6/20 & 6/13)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 22, 2011, 10:23:35 PM
W (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)hat do you get when the dude who invented Flower, Sun, and Rain, Killer7, and No More Heroes reunites with the dude who invented Resident Evil, Resident Evil 4, Killer7, and God Hand and have their music done by the Silent Hill guy? Probably something TOTALLY AWESOME. But I haven't even opened my copy yet because for the last month 3-4 must-play games have been coming out EVERY WEEK.

Case in point: Double Fine's Trenched also hit this week. And Nintendo will probably drop yet another classic GB game on 3DS VC.

BUT! Nintendo has now moved their d/l releases to Thursdays, which is very annoying for the purposes of my list. I'll probably just rotate them in as they're released, only posting mid-week if there's something cool.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6/20 & 6/13)
Post by: bobman37 on June 22, 2011, 10:28:44 PM
I don't actually know what you get when you combine those people, so I checked the list and decided it must be Gummy Bears Magical Medallion.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6/20 & 6/13)
Post by: nensondubois on June 23, 2011, 12:42:16 AM
I wonder if the DKGB re-release will have the SGB ending theme. One of those little touches that would make the game feel more complete and not an incredibly lazy. OoT is a must own! Will all of the fun glitches still exist? Mother****er Mike just released a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU6kKRJpZoM
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6/20 & 6/13)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on June 23, 2011, 06:49:33 AM
Nintendo?  Keeping beneficial glitches in a rerelease?  Yeah, right.  Although the glitches that do nothing but make you reset the system?  Betcha those are all in.

(But seriously, I'm pretty sure this isn't just a straight port, so don't count on any of the original's glitches)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6/20 & 6/13)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 23, 2011, 08:30:57 PM
I guess RBN songs all come out on Thursday now too so I'll just do a Thursday edit each week to keep Nintendo and RBN cutting-edge.

This week: Another SMB song and... "Pac-Man Fever"!

P.S. The song from last week, "Dead Again", is sweet. It references ways to die in tons of games.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6/20 & 6/13)
Post by: Luigison on June 23, 2011, 08:35:26 PM
I guess RBN songs all come out on Thursday now too so I'll just do a Thursday edit each week to keep Nintendo and RBN cutting-edge.

Thank you and thanks for this thread. 

Are you archiving any of your OP edits. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6/27) +
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 03, 2011, 02:08:19 PM
H (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)alf-Minute Hero is a nifty little game, and my girlfriend's nickname for me, but this 360 port looks uglier than a dog throwing up on a cat who is also throwing up. The fugliest graphics in the history of gaming. Commodore 64 games look better. If Vanillaware had an anti-matter negaclone company, it would make 2D games that looked like this. After screaming in horror, I noticed that you can toggle it back to the original PSP graphics. Whew.

The Kirby series can mostly be summarized as "easy games for babies" but the Extra Game version of Kirby's Dream Land that it tells you how to play after you beat the game will WRECK YOU. Whispy Woods will shove his NOSE up your ASS.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6/20 & 6/13)
Post by: jmdblazer on July 03, 2011, 02:42:48 PM
Nintendo?  Keeping beneficial glitches in a rerelease?  Yeah, right.  Although the glitches that do nothing but make you reset the system?  Betcha those are all in.

(But seriously, I'm pretty sure this isn't just a straight port, so don't count on any of the original's glitches)

http://kotaku.com/5815666/some-of-ocarinas-original-glitches-were-deliberately-kept-in-3ds-version (http://kotaku.com/5815666/some-of-ocarinas-original-glitches-were-deliberately-kept-in-3ds-version)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6/27) +
Post by: WarpRattler on July 03, 2011, 02:48:50 PM
I thought the new graphics for the Half-Minute Hero port looked cute in screenshots. Is it worse in motion, or what?

Speaking of glitches remaining intact, I've seen reports saying both versions of Beyond Good & Evil HD lack bugfixes, meaning the game-breaking bugs from the original non-HD release are still intact. Buyer beware!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6/27) +
Post by: BP on July 03, 2011, 05:58:55 PM
What's with all the fish
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/4) & (6/27) +
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 04, 2011, 09:10:44 PM
I (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745) want a doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/4) & (6/27) +
Post by: Turtlekid1 on July 04, 2011, 10:17:37 PM
The Uncharted 3 Beta, which has been available to all Plus subscribers, as well as those who bought inFAMOUS 2 (so basically everyone who owns a PS3) for the past week already, is mad fun.  Fixes a lot of issues found in Uncharted 2, especially the lag.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/4) & (6/27) +
Post by: Weegee on July 04, 2011, 10:24:05 PM
The Vapors – “Turning Japanese”

It's Warp's theme song!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/4) & (6/27) +
Post by: WarpRattler on July 04, 2011, 10:44:11 PM
I'm not a big fan of the world's most popular handheld game, actually.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/11)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 11, 2011, 07:59:36 PM
D (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)ear god, I need to post this quickly and get out of here so I can stop looking at this HORRIFICALLY UGLY FORUM.

Splosion Man was a god-tier platformer. If you played it, you know it's true. If you didn't, you're probably scoffing. Here's the sequel.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/11)
Post by: bobman37 on July 11, 2011, 10:38:11 PM
Super excited for Ms Splosion Man, LD and I are going to splode all up in here.

I call the chick.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/11)
Post by: WarpRattler on July 11, 2011, 10:42:41 PM
Can't comment much on anything else out this week, but GB Qix is excellent.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/11)
Post by: bobman37 on July 12, 2011, 02:34:26 AM
This is a few weeks (months) late, but I finally cracked open the XBLA game Outland from a while ago. It's a very smooth platformer with interesting, Ikaruga-esque game mechanics and gorgeous art and color. So far, I approve.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/11)
Post by: WarpRattler on July 12, 2011, 03:39:33 PM
Yeah, I think that entire week on XBLA was supposed to be good stuff. It also had Nin²-Jump, a platformer from shmup devs Cave, and Trouble Witches Neo!, a home port of an arcade port of a pretty good PC doujin shmup. I'll be buying all three when I eventually get a 360.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/11)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 12, 2011, 06:07:03 PM
Outland is a metroid, not a platformer.

- Pedant Dude
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/11) +
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 16, 2011, 10:18:48 PM
And Netflix has come to the 3DS. Now I can have another system with a friends list 90% full of people watching Netflix.

Having played it extensively, I can confidently call Ms. Splosion Man the best coop platformer ever made. Name something better.

P.S. Horrible Bosses is the first great comedy of 2011. Don't miss it. It gives Your Highness some of these, Bridesmaids some of those, Bad Teacher some of these, and especially The Hangover Part II some of these and this.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/11) +
Post by: Turtlekid1 on July 16, 2011, 10:27:11 PM
No Metroid II still, but Netflix on the 3DS means I can let it slide for this week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/11) +
Post by: Toad on July 17, 2011, 02:13:37 PM
Give it up. The game you want on the VC (be it Wii or 3DS VC) will come.. eventually. :B
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/11) +
Post by: Turtlekid1 on July 17, 2011, 02:17:38 PM
(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstarmen.net%2Fmother2%2Fimages%2Fofficial%2FebBox.jpg&hash=82595dfb45f3b623bde54225ec4f6ec6)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/18)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 18, 2011, 02:18:01 PM
I (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)f you don't own a 360, I hope you like dancing.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/18)
Post by: Luigison on July 18, 2011, 05:20:49 PM
Soundgarden – “Outshined”
Soundgarden – “Rusty Cage”

I think it's time to setup my PS3 Rock Band again.  Anyone have a Best Buy real guitar to sell?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/1) & (7/25)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 03, 2011, 07:41:09 PM
M (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)y Catherine boxers don't have a fly. Wut.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/1) & (7/25)
Post by: Weegee on August 03, 2011, 07:53:39 PM
Impressive 3DS title lineup this week, huh?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/1) & (7/25)
Post by: WarpRattler on August 04, 2011, 01:42:18 AM
Definitely buying Catherine.

(That 3DS Pac-Man/Galaga thing includes Pac-Man Championship Edition.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/8)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 08, 2011, 01:48:02 PM
R (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)B has a few firsts this week: "American Hero vs. Done" is the first mash-up in RB and "PON DE FIOR" is the first experimental noise piece in RB. Hell yes, I'm going to play me the [dukar] out of some experimental noise.

This makes me think of my old arguments with Chupperson Weird about the merits of plastic instrument games. My favorite was when I got him to admit that if you play RB with your TV sound turned off it has musical merit as an experimental noise performance.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/8)
Post by: WarpRattler on August 08, 2011, 04:22:36 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCmli7i2VDA.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/15)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 15, 2011, 06:53:35 PM
E (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)l Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron. Now that's a videogame title. I hope someone screams it on the title screen. "EL SHADDAI! ASCENSION OF THE METATRON!" It's based on the Book of Enoch, an ancient non-canon Jewish religious document that tells how Noah's great-grandfather Enoch goes up to heaven and learns about the Watchers: angels who came down to Earth, ****ed our women, and thus created a race of half-human half-angel giants called the Nephilim. Sadly, this awesome book wasn't allowed into the Bible because it isn't true and only true stories are allowed into the Bible.

EL SHADDAI! ASCENSION OF THE METATRON!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/15)
Post by: WarpRattler on August 15, 2011, 07:14:12 PM
Kyotokei is a horizontally-scrolling Ikaruga clone. It looks atrocious.

I'll wait until I have my 360 to get Bastion, unless it gets a discount on Steam in the two months before that.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/15)
Post by: ShadowBrain on August 16, 2011, 10:28:33 AM
El Shaddai looks good, but what little spending money I don't blow at PAX is going to go into making sure I'm not subsisting entirely on noodle-based foods when college starts. In other words, that's $60 I'm not able to part with just yet.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/15) +
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 20, 2011, 01:25:58 PM
Good RBN releases: Freezepop, Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives, and a song about the inventor of chicken nuggets.

"Dance Battle Alpha" has an awesome name but sucks.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/15) +
Post by: WarpRattler on August 20, 2011, 02:06:04 PM
I hear the PC version of From Dust is an abomination and a blight on this earth. Supposedly it raped and murdered one reviewer's family and forced them to watch, and turned another critic's skin inside-out in such a way that they were alive during and after the operation.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/15) +
Post by: ShadowBrain on August 20, 2011, 07:19:38 PM
a song about the inventor of chicken nuggets.
(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fchanarchive.org%2Fcontent%2F32_toy%2F2490971%2F1313295759178.jpg&hash=94327be2d7c85abc722fe32600e93dcc)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/15) +
Post by: Weegee on August 20, 2011, 07:32:59 PM
To be honest, he looks more like a potato than a Chicken McNugget.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/15) +
Post by: ShadowBrain on August 20, 2011, 07:36:27 PM
It's funny you should mention that, because a few days ago I thought I had the perfect "Drop it Like it's Hot" joke involving shooping my nugga onto someone dropping a hot potato, until I remembered that... well, he's my nugga.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/15) +
Post by: TEM on August 21, 2011, 07:03:17 PM
(I didn't make this, it just happened to exist.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/15) +
Post by: Weegee on August 21, 2011, 07:36:58 PM
The original repository of Nugga-related resources. [Language] (http://sfw.chanarchive.org/4chan/toy/18151/mcnugga)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/15) +
Post by: ShadowBrain on August 22, 2011, 10:03:40 AM
Ah yes, I'm plenty familiar with Nuggastanza.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/22) +
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 27, 2011, 10:39:38 PM
I (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745) bought the third Deus Ex and the third version of the third Street Fighter.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/29)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 30, 2011, 10:06:50 PM
I (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)'d so be playing Achron right now if I had a computer. Rock of Ages it is, then.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/29)
Post by: WarpRattler on August 31, 2011, 08:15:58 AM
I'd so be playing Elevator Action Deluxe right now if I had a PS3, or if Square Enix weren't a bunch of retards who still make third-party platform-exclusive downloadable games that have no reason to be so.

Actually, I wouldn't be because I'm broke right now, so instead of that, Rock of Ages, or Serious Sam: Double D, I'm playing Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage. ATATATATATATATATATATATATATA

(I'm very interested in Achron, but will wait until they drop the price some. $30 seems rather high.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/5) +
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 11, 2011, 08:53:55 AM
T (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)here's last week. Dead Island lives up to the trailer (in quality, not tone). Haven't had time to play Rock of Ages yet.

Also, Hanna came out on BD this week. It's still the best movie of 2011 so far.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/5) +
Post by: WarpRattler on September 11, 2011, 02:30:28 PM
I've heard very disappointing things about Achron (along the lines of "cool mechanic, but in a game that really wants to be StarCraft and does a terrible job of it") thus far. Glad I held off on that.

I need to try Rock of Ages. That 2D parody game they made for April Fools' Day to promote it was fun.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/12) +
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 15, 2011, 01:26:53 PM
T (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)his week has some interesting rereleases. Radiant Silvergun is a Treasure shmup that didn't come out in the US. Cyberbots is a Capcom fighter that didn't come out in the US. You can buy all six wonderful BIT.TRIP games on one disc with new levels, or buy them in 3D. And you can now play all 5 God of War games on a PS3. You should! It's the best single-player non-rhythm game series ever made.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/12) +
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 15, 2011, 01:32:33 PM
Oh snap. And in late-breaking news, Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives's "Hey" from GH1 has hit RBN. I LOVE THAT SONG!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/12) +
Post by: bobman37 on September 15, 2011, 03:33:05 PM
Nice, that's an awesome song.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/12) +
Post by: ShadowBrain on September 15, 2011, 03:57:32 PM
Definitely gonna be looking into that GoW collection.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/12) +
Post by: WarpRattler on September 15, 2011, 07:49:24 PM
The best games out this week are TrackMania² Canyon, the BIT.TRIP stuff, and the God of War thing.

(Radiant Silvergun is like Ikaruga in that it's a critical darling by Treasure and is rather artsy; it's unlike Ikaruga in that Ikaruga is actually fun to play.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/19)
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 19, 2011, 04:02:13 PM
K (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)irby Light Mass Bomb Attack!

Get it?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/19)
Post by: Weegee on September 19, 2011, 04:56:33 PM
A touch-controlled Kirby game? Sounds eerily familiar. I'll pass.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/19)
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 19, 2011, 05:07:36 PM
Yeah, reminds me of Canvas Curse, the best Kirby game of all time.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/19)
Post by: Weegee on September 19, 2011, 05:19:19 PM
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BRING IT, WHITEY
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/19)
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 19, 2011, 06:10:05 PM
The normal Kirby platformers are boring easy games for babies but when HAL does weirder stuff it's usually awesome.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/19)
Post by: bobman37 on September 19, 2011, 10:19:01 PM
GEARS OF WAR 3
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/19)
Post by: WarpRattler on September 19, 2011, 10:56:02 PM
I had two games preordered that were scheduled to be released this week.

I canceled the Persona 2: Innocent Sin preorder because I still haven't ordered a replacement UMD drive for my PSP. I'll still buy it (sans partial soundtrack, which isn't a big deal), but in the meantime, I ended up putting that money toward The King of Fighters XIII instead. (I wish Mr. Wiggles were still here so I'd have someone to at least talk to about that game. I don't think anyone else here cares about SNK fighters.)

Meanwhile, Otomedius Excellent got pushed back to November. Considering how many times it's been delayed (it was originally supposed to be released in the US before I even got a job, let alone a 360), I'm all but convinced the US release isn't happening.

So I'm not buying anything this week. I might buy Gears of War 3 if I decide I like the first two enough, but that'll be a while away. Kirby Mass Attack is a must-buy once I have a system to play it on again, which will also be a while away. The only other thing listed that interests me much is Burnout Crash.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/26)
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 27, 2011, 09:32:33 PM
T (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)he PS3 gets a lot of classic rereleases this week with the Splinter Cell collection, the Ico collection, Code: Veronica X, Harmony of Despair, and Child of Eden.

Enjoy your retro gaming, PS3ers!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/26)
Post by: WarpRattler on September 28, 2011, 12:26:19 AM
Ohhhhhhh snap!

Listing the Gundemonium games as new releases is a bit misleading. They've been available on PC from the start; this week is just the Steam release of the collection.

Meanwhile, elsewhere in the land of rereleases, I'll probably end up getting Civilization V: Game of the Year Edition once it's cheap on a Steam sale.

The Binding of Isaac is supposed to be something like Smash TV meets Rogue, and is by half of Team Meat. I definitely need to play it.

Solatorobo is supposed to be pretty good, but I haven't played it to know if it is or not.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/26)
Post by: bobman37 on September 29, 2011, 05:04:10 PM
So apparently Dark Souls is out now. I'll get it if LD does.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/26) +
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 29, 2011, 06:13:04 PM
It comes out next Tuesday in the US. I'm not sure which system to get it for. I have strong RL pressure for PS3 but the allure of earning real achievements and using a better controller aid the 360 cause.

And to all the people playing Four Swords with less than four players: you're doing it wrong.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/26)
Post by: WarpRattler on September 29, 2011, 06:18:51 PM
I'll be getting Dark Souls on 360, but yeah, it's only out in Japan right now.

I wonder if the US servers will have the same punishment for players who break the street date that the Japanese version had. (The Japanese servers were populated by several max-level Black Phantoms, controlled by From employees, prior to the official launch date.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/26) +
Post by: Toad on September 29, 2011, 07:02:57 PM
Will a bunch of TMK people get Four Swords? I likely won't be getting a 3DS until around Christmas, and Four Swords sounds neat. But only if I have people to play it with.. XD
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/26) +
Post by: Turtlekid1 on September 29, 2011, 07:06:07 PM
No one here with a 3DS or DSi and Wi-Fi has any reason to not get it, considering it's free.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/26) +
Post by: bobman37 on September 29, 2011, 09:52:12 PM
It comes out next Tuesday in the US.
Oh. I read about it on QT3 which has a surprising population of non-US people, so.

Get it on 360, the better controller is worth it. I will play it with you if we ever decide to stop playing Gears 3 (unlikely). You can still play it in RL.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/26) +
Post by: WarpRattler on October 03, 2011, 10:04:00 PM
LD's previous comments about PS3 retro gaming seem a little bit less humorous (but still quite true) now that God Hand is hitting PSN this week (http://twitter.com/#!/Capcom_Unity/statuses/121010985573163008).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/26) +
Post by: ShadowBrain on October 04, 2011, 11:26:07 AM
Good thing I bought a first-gem PS3 before they could get a chance to pull this [dukar].
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/26) +
Post by: WarpRattler on October 04, 2011, 12:24:28 PM
Yeah, because rereleasing a hard-to-find PS2 classic as a downloadable title for ten bucks is so terrible.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/3)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 04, 2011, 06:26:19 PM
O (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)bviating the need to possess discs of plastic to play games is the opposite of "pulling [dukar]". It is in fact both "tight" and "sick nasty".

Anyway, bajillions of awesome things today, old and new.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/3)
Post by: Luigison on October 04, 2011, 06:50:43 PM
Yes, lots of cool stuff, but dagnabbit if I didn't read TEM's post again!

I'm not sure if it's cool or not yet, but I'm looking into Kids Learn Music: A+ Edition for our daughter.  (For only three piano lesson so far our daughter is doing really well if you simply listen to her play, but she has to learn her hand/finger positions soon if she wants to move on to more complex songs.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/3)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 04, 2011, 07:33:32 PM
I'm waiting for the B- Edition.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/3)
Post by: WarpRattler on October 04, 2011, 08:12:51 PM
I'm definitely getting Dark Souls.

I may get the new Spider-Man game. I'm really enjoying Shattered Dimensions, so if the new one is good, I'll definitely look into giving it a spin.

Also, oooooh, Odin Sphere on PSN.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/3)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 04, 2011, 08:28:31 PM
Just played the Limp Bizkit songs and "Re-Arranged" had a very interesting guitar part. For half the song you keep up a green/red trill while playing normal notes on top of that. It's cool to still come across charts that feel like something totally new.

I tried to play Odin Sphere on release but could not get into it. It just felt like Viewtiful Joe will all fun removed. God Hand is the MEGA MACK PIMP SUPREME though. (Not that anyone doesn't already know that.)

As the world's leading authority on Space Channel 5 Part 2, I will comment on the port quality tomorrow.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/3)
Post by: WarpRattler on October 04, 2011, 11:34:41 PM
It's too bad those charts are apparently for songs by bands I don't like.

And didn't that Space Channel 5 Part 2 port come out ages ago? At any rate, if it's anything like the other Dreamcast-to-current-gen ports Sega did, the only change will be that it's upscaled to 720p (the only one that had other changes was Crazy Taxi, which had all the licensed music and real store names removed).

(Dark Souls is installing as I post this.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/3)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 10, 2011, 01:01:57 AM
I've put Space Channel 5 Part 2 (360, PS3) through its paces. The graphics look great in HD and the text is super crisp compared to the original pixel fest font. The only thing that looks like butt is the between-level pre-rendered FMV that couldn't be (easily) up-scaled. Same situation as God of War Collection (PS3). This is assuredly why there's no HD port of Part 1. It used FMV backgrounds in-game so you'd be seeing butt-o-vision at all time.

Other noticed changes:


Space Channel 5 Part 2 is still the single greatest experience of all gaming history and this is the prettiest way to do it.

No one on my friends list has played it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/3)
Post by: WarpRattler on October 13, 2011, 05:42:14 PM
I need to buy the enhanced Guardian Heroes remake that's out this week. I played the demo for a few minutes last night and had a good bit of fun.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/3)
Post by: WarpRattler on October 18, 2011, 05:29:16 PM
Arkham City (out today) has single-player missions that you have to pay extra for if you buy used.

This needs to stop. I don't have any issues with charging for online multiplayer or things related to it, but on-disc single-player content should not be locked behind a money gate (aside from the initial purchase, whether it's new or used) under any circumstances.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/3)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 18, 2011, 06:16:18 PM
It's not on-disc; it was a 250 MB download.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/3)
Post by: WarpRattler on October 18, 2011, 07:39:45 PM
Fair enough. (Were the sewers in Rage also a separate download? It's the same situation there, as I understand.)

At any rate, these particular cases may not be on-disc, but on-disc DLC is already common for multiplayer games. Who's to stop publishers from doing the same with single-player content?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/3)
Post by: WarpRattler on October 29, 2011, 09:29:57 AM
Otomedius Excellent is out this Tuesday. Maybe. I hope. This is after two delays, mind you.

LD needs to start updating this thread again, especially since we're entering the month of fifty releases a week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/3)
Post by: Weegee on October 29, 2011, 03:41:03 PM
Kirby's Return to Dreamland is a very good game in the same vein as Kirby 64, which is to say it's a REAL Kirby game unlike those touch-controlled abominations.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/3)
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 30, 2011, 08:01:06 PM
So a boring platformer for babies instead of an interesting unique game, got it.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/3)
Post by: Weegee on October 30, 2011, 08:26:22 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBQ-aUfi_Sw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elW5Hw2ONTg

"For babies"?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/3)
Post by: Toad on October 30, 2011, 11:18:22 PM
Reaction to first video: Awsome! Classic Kirby music and- WHAT THE HECK IS KIRBY DOING IN KURBIO'S SHOE

Reaction to second video: The True Arena..? Didn't Kirby Superstar Ultra already do this...? I mean, it still looks neat, but likely nigh-impossible to beat.
*note: I didn't get to watch all of this video*
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/3)
Post by: ShadowBrain on October 31, 2011, 10:56:14 AM
So a boring platformer for babies instead of an interesting unique game, got it.
This.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/3)
Post by: Luigison on October 31, 2011, 03:41:51 PM
LD had my hopes up for a game my daughter could play, but Weegee's videos suggest that she'll be watching me play on those levels.  Either way it'll be fun. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/3)
Post by: Weegee on November 02, 2011, 12:34:25 PM
LD hasn't responded because he's too busy EATING HIS WORDS.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/3)
Post by: The Chef on November 02, 2011, 03:41:37 PM
Not drinking his pee?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/2) is back
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 02, 2012, 01:53:02 PM
W (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)ell, that was easy.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/2) is back
Post by: Luigison on January 02, 2012, 07:52:48 PM
"Cool thread. Nacho"

Holy Crap on a Cracker. (http://the-big-bang-theory.com/clothing/item/153/?amp)..  I read the second post again. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/2) is back
Post by: BriGuy92 on January 02, 2012, 09:35:11 PM
If I owned Rock Band, I would be all over 2112.

Yeah. If only.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/2) is back
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 03, 2012, 01:35:28 AM
I died the first time I played it! It's disheartening to fail fifteen minutes into a song.

I'll stick with the defense that it was super cold in my house when I played it and my muscles couldn't move properly.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/9)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 12, 2012, 03:46:04 PM
B (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)RODYQUEST has come to RBN. That's right:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygI-2F8ApUM

Best part is the vocals.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/9)
Post by: WarpRattler on January 12, 2012, 06:38:31 PM
A Carmen Sandiego game about math seems rather misguided, like a turn-based King of Fighters Facebook game or a FarmVille clone based on The Oregon Trail.

Final Fantasy Origins on PSN this late is kind of silly, considering you can get superior enhanced remakes of both games on the collection on other platforms - including one of the platforms supported by this version.

I have the game that King Arthur game is a sequel to. I still haven't played it, but it's supposed to be like a Total War game with an RPG twist. The sequel is supposed to improve various things people complained about in the first game (I wouldn't know what stuff, for reasons given).

I'd get Zen Pinball 3D if I had a 3DS.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/16)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 17, 2012, 05:05:59 PM
I (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745) guess the dude from N+ also works as a janitor?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/23)
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 23, 2012, 05:44:41 PM
“ (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)Have You Ever Seen the Rain?” always makes me think of the series finale of Stargate SG-1.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/30)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 02, 2012, 04:19:12 PM
H (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)earing that FFXIII-2 was about time travel was enough to make me finish FFXIII in time to start playing it on day 1. That's quite an accomplishment because I'm usually loath to touch a savegame after more than a couple months away from it, preferring to delete any old saves and start anew if I want to go back to a game.

The Simpsons Arcade Game is getting an unusual Friday release on XBLA. HECK. YES.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (1/30)
Post by: WarpRattler on February 02, 2012, 04:57:29 PM
I'm interested in FF13-2, but I'll wait to buy it. Like many people in comments threads everywhere, I'm hoping Square Enix rereleases the game at some point with all the DLC included, because I really don't feel like purchasing a full-price game that's blatantly incomplete (http://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2012/01/31/final-fantasy-xiii-2-is-a-work-in-progress/).

Maybe by then I'll have finished the first game!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/6)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 06, 2012, 05:39:12 PM
P (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)S2 Classics sure went down the tube quickly.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/6)
Post by: WarpRattler on February 06, 2012, 06:47:05 PM
Fallout: New Vegas is great and I need to play more of it.

I also need to play more of The Darkness so I can get the sequel.

(Nice touch with the RE subtitle.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/6)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 08, 2012, 01:23:11 AM
Much to my surprise, Resident Evil: Revelations had a Club Nintendo code. I didn't know that was possible for third-party games.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/6)
Post by: Luigison on February 08, 2012, 04:26:34 PM
Did you get the Resident Evil: Revelaitons version?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/6)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 08, 2012, 11:37:17 PM
Yes. Until more shipments go out I think that's the only version you can get.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/13)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 14, 2012, 05:50:58 PM
R (http://nospoiler.com/y/dQw4w9WgXcQ)hythm Heaven (DS) is the best thing Nintendo has ever put out, bar nothing. And today's the next installment in this crown jewel franchise. Happy Valentine's Day!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/13)
Post by: WarpRattler on February 14, 2012, 06:30:23 PM
I picked up my preordered Rhythm Heaven Fever and BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend before work today. Mega-hype for both.

If I had a working PSP I would've picked up Hakuoki too. Oh well.

So, how about that most-requested Rock Band song, guys?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/13)
Post by: Luigison on February 14, 2012, 06:33:07 PM
LD and Rock Band, you draw into your mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of your lips and tongue! 

Nice update though.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/13) +
Post by: ShadowBrain on February 26, 2012, 10:39:35 PM
Alan Wake on PC at last! Granted, my PC's [dukar]e for gaming, but the odds are more in my favor than when I had to buy a 360. As a weird fiction writer from the Pacific Northwest, I've always been intrigued.

Also, well done, Harmonix.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/27)
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 27, 2012, 12:32:36 PM
I (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745) didn't do a list last week. What came out back then? The normal Vita packages and the rest of the launch games. And Asura's Wrath. I play it on a toilet because it makes me poop so much. Gameplay: D  Awesome stuff that happens in the game: A+++  You know the crazy epic QTE stuff that happens when you're defeating a boss in God of War or whatnot? It's like someone made an entire game of nothing but that. For good and bad.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (2/27)
Post by: Luigison on February 27, 2012, 02:34:02 PM
Dillon's Rolling Western received a very good review from someone here, but I haven't had purchased or played it.  Does it have a demo?  I'm in the process of purchasing a house that needs between 20 and 30K of repairs so I'm holding off on purchasing much of anything for the next month or so.  I have some money on my account so I might get this, but I'm holding off due to the facts that something better might come along and I already have a 3DS backlog of several games that I want to play/complete. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/5)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 06, 2012, 05:12:28 PM
P (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)laying "The Anthem" in RB is going to feel weird, since it's so strongly associated with EBA to me.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/12)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 12, 2012, 12:20:45 PM
J (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)ourney!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/12)
Post by: WarpRattler on March 12, 2012, 01:14:47 PM
I like how despite the fact that the Wii and PS3 both offer Neo Geo MVS game downloads, the only current platforms I can play The King of Fighters '98 on are PSP and 360.

Nothing for me this week. I haven't had anything I care about come out since Valentine's Day, and I don't think I have any releases coming up until Xenoblade (and hopefully Akai Katana, if Rising Star Games can confirm a simultaneous US release) in April. This is good, because it gives me time to catch up on existing stuff (especially on PC, since I have a working one now).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/19)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 20, 2012, 01:54:19 AM
K (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)id Icarus: Uprising comes out on Friday, as opposed to normal big Nintendo releases which usually come out on Sunday, as opposed to everything else which usually comes out on Tuesday.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/19)
Post by: WarpRattler on March 20, 2012, 10:22:56 AM
I honestly can't tell if I should be interested in Sine Mora or not. It's got quite a bit of talent behind it, and I have to respect any shmup dev who says he was inspired by Battle Garegga, but at the same time, Suda 51 isn't exactly known for quality shmups, and for the initial asking price, I could buy Strania and Side Vower, and I already know those are good.

Or I could buy The Oath in Felghana (http://store.steampowered.com/app/207320/).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/19)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 20, 2012, 10:45:06 AM
I don't think Suda 51 had much to do with it. It's developed by Digital Reality.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/19)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on March 20, 2012, 02:37:35 PM
The only thing that came close to catching my eye was Rayman 3 HD.  Even then I already have the PS2 version and while the game is lots of fun, it's not quite worth buying again.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/19)
Post by: Weegee on March 20, 2012, 09:24:42 PM
I'll probably get Kid Icarus and not enjoy it.

Life is good.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/19)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 21, 2012, 08:57:14 PM
For any Scrubs fans, note that you can now do this in RB:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjETcbEDmoQ
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/19)
Post by: bobman37 on March 21, 2012, 10:12:44 PM
HAHAHAHA awesome video.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/19)
Post by: Luigison on March 22, 2012, 05:18:34 PM
Awesome! 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/26)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 27, 2012, 02:17:29 AM
Z (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)ombie Slayer Diox is the first* 3DS rhythm game, but it looks so bad I'm not even going to try it. Why can't anyone make a good zombie rhythm game? First Rock of the Dead steals Sega's prepositional phrase and drags it through the mud and now this. I'll tell you the problem: the living dead have no rhythm. They're all stiff and just shuffle around and stuff. Well... wait (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA). And hmm (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zIs0daNXAU). Nevermind. :)

*US release
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/26)
Post by: WarpRattler on March 27, 2012, 02:58:59 AM
I might grab that Capcom collection at some point. It's basically a bunch of XBLA titles on-disc, which is fine with me because it costs a lot less than buying said games individually.

The only other games I'm interested in this week are Rayman Origins (which I already own on 360) and The Pinball Arcade.

(Next week has another weird Friday Nintendo game launch. What's up with that?)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/26)
Post by: WarpRattler on March 27, 2012, 03:12:42 AM
Oh man, rereading LD's post, now I'm sad that the real first 3DS rhythm games (Dissidia: The Musical (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatrhythm) and Chibi Project Diva (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatsune_Miku:_Project_DIVA#Hatsune_Miku_and_Future_Stars:_Project_Mirai)) are Vaguely Coming This Summer and Never Coming Out Here (And Region-Locked), respectively.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/26)
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 27, 2012, 10:55:38 AM
I thought Rhythm Thief & the Emperor’s Treasure was coming out in April, but then I looked and everywhere says it's July. D:

You're sad about Theatrhythm? I'm overjoyed. I had essentially given up hope of US release.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (3/26)
Post by: WarpRattler on March 27, 2012, 01:49:17 PM
I'm sad that it's not going to be out here for several months. It'll be a day-one purchase when it finally is released, which is weird for me to say about a Final Fantasy game. (On the other hand, it happened with the PSP remake of FF4, so I guess it's not that weird anymore.)

I'm more sad about Project Mirai, because again, there's no chance of a US release. Sega doesn't think there's an English market for these games for some reason.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/2)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 02, 2012, 11:50:06 AM
K (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)udos to the Devil May Cry HD Collection for actually having, ya know, all the games (http://www.konami.com/games/silenthillhd).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/2)
Post by: ShadowBrain on April 02, 2012, 10:06:09 PM
Devil May Cry HD Collection
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/9)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 09, 2012, 04:31:11 PM
I (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745) previously knew of the existence of World Gone Sour and I even knew it had music from Method Man but until today I did not know that it was narrated by Creed from The Office. W T D.

Fez makes this four weeks straight that something has come out on Friday. And they were all awesome releases except Tenorman's Revenge.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/9)
Post by: WarpRattler on April 09, 2012, 05:37:49 PM
Skullgirls and Fez for me this week.

I've heard mixed things about The Pinball Arcade from those who have played it on Xbox 360; while Tom Chick is apparently loving it (http://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2012/04/09/pinball-junkies-beware-pinball-arcade-belongs-in-your-collection/), I've been hearing a lot of complaints from some of the pinball diehards I chat with in #shmups, who have problems with the physics and accuracy to real tables (I know one person mentioned a loop in one table that almost always dumps the ball in TPA but doesn't work that way in the real table).

Persona 3 FES for ten dollars is a steal. If you have any interest at all in turn-based JRPGs with cool characters and properly-strategic combat, and didn't play FES on PS2, the PS3 port comes highly recommended from me. (Disclaimer: I'm a True Fan, owning the original version, FES, and Persona 3 Portable.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/9)
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on April 12, 2012, 01:03:32 AM
SkullGirls is so baller. I really wish the roster was a little bit bigger because I'd totally buy this if there was enough variety to justify the Capcom vs SNK 2 styled ratio system.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/9)
Post by: WarpRattler on April 12, 2012, 01:44:25 AM
This was my thought process when purchasing Skullgirls yesterday:

1. "I've been looking forward to this game for ages now and it's finally out"
2. "oh look, I have a code for 400 Microsoft Points from redeeming points on Bing Rewards"

So yeah, it was pretty easy to justify spending ten bucks on the game fifteen minutes after the buy button went up.

That said, the game itself is excellent, but it needs a great deal of work in a few areas not explicitly related to "playing the game"; in particular, things like the lack of an in-game movelist (you're expected to go to the game's official Web site and download a 27MB PDF to view moves instead), no AI options for training mode, and a rather common graphical glitch whereby your character's sprites will blink out of existence and leave green hitboxes in their place for a few frames all scream "we released this game early and are going to patch the crap out of it ASAP" to me.

I have a few guesses for why this would have been the case, and they tie into each other in some way or another:
1. It was a serious pain to get a same-week release slot for PS3 and 360, so they took it and ran
2. They wanted to get the game out early on in the EVO season (noting that, while they're not being featured at EVO itself, they will be attending a great deal of the events leading up to it, holding tournaments with cash and equipment prizes)
3. If they didn't release the game now, they most likely would have needed to wait until June (due to Microsoft's spring promo for XBLA), or else screw up having a same-week release for PS3 and 360



In other news, a totally different Vocaloid rhythm game than the one anyone actually wanted to play actually came out in the west this week: Miku Flick (http://miku.sega.jp/flick/en/)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/9)
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on April 12, 2012, 03:53:15 PM
Yeah, that's pretty close. Mike Z was on a show last week and talked about how they had to meet this deadline or the game would've been indefinitely pushed back again. The movelist is coming with the first patch, but I still have to wonder how such an oversight was made when its probably one of the more simpler things to implement.

Also, Ridiculous mode is so hardcore. I can't tell you how many times I had to continue to win a single fight. But it feels so good.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/16)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 17, 2012, 01:57:09 PM
T (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)his used to be a funhouse. But now it's full of evil clowns.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/16)
Post by: WarpRattler on April 17, 2012, 08:56:26 PM
Look at my horse. My horse is amazing.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/16)
Post by: BP on April 18, 2012, 12:21:04 AM
Give it a lick. It tastes just like raisins.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/16)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 19, 2012, 06:05:02 PM
Where my Trials Evolution competition at? The joy of earning a gold medal is nothing compared to the joy of crushing a soul.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/23)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 23, 2012, 04:34:02 PM
G (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)ood thing I've still got so much Wii catchup to do because this week is boring.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/23)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on April 23, 2012, 05:03:56 PM
Drinking it?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/23)
Post by: WarpRattler on April 23, 2012, 06:20:31 PM
DarkStalkers 3 is the most interesting thing out on the PlayStation side this week.

A Valley Without Wind might be cool.

For everyone else, yeah, you should probably use this week to catch up. I know I've got some older games to finish, like Bayonetta and Child of Eden.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/23)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 23, 2012, 10:19:13 PM
I just read that the 3DS update on Wednesday will let you create folders for the menu. That is by far the coolest thing coming out this week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/23)
Post by: Luigison on April 24, 2012, 01:39:00 PM
That is the coolest, but  will your Wii be cool or warm?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/30)
Post by: Lizard Dude on April 30, 2012, 03:33:43 PM
I (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)'m not totally sure how an online-enabled Genesis version of SSFII can exist in the same world as SSFIITHDR but here we are.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/30)
Post by: WarpRattler on April 30, 2012, 03:48:00 PM
There's a chance Awesomenauts might not be coming out this week or any time soon, as the publisher just filed for insolvency (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/169368/Awesomenauts_launch_uncertain_as_publisher_files_for_insolvency.php). It'll be a [darn] shame, since the game (a 2D sidescrolling MOBA) looks, well, awesome.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/30)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on April 30, 2012, 09:18:14 PM
Oh, look, Rayman 2 on PS2 Classics.  Now I have one more title to be somewhat interested in, but not enough to buy and play through.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (4/30)
Post by: Luigison on May 01, 2012, 01:22:28 PM
Awesomenauts looked interesting albeit derivative.  But who I'm am to call something derivative as if that were a complaint.  I'd love to see a new SMB/SMB3 style game in the 8-bit style like Capcom did with MM9 and MM10.  In other words, ignore the old guy in the back of the room. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/7)
Post by: Lizard Dude on May 07, 2012, 03:15:39 PM
I (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745) was at this con one time where there was a running contest of who could get the highest score on "Killing in the Name" in GH2 over the span of a day. I played it once early on and no one ever beat my score so I won a gift certificate to some comic/game store in a town hundreds of miles from where I lived that I have never returned to.

Though this contest resulted in the existence of a room where "Killing in the Name" was played on infinite loop from dawn till dusk, the organizer stationed at the PS2 never stopped headbanging and dancing around. He loved that song!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/7)
Post by: bobman37 on May 07, 2012, 03:29:37 PM
I played the Awesomenauts trial, which gives you full access to the game for a limited time.

It is very well made for a MOBA rehash. I would consider buying it if I thought the online community would still be here a month from now.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/7)
Post by: WarpRattler on May 07, 2012, 04:42:52 PM
No interest in anything this week. It exists solely to block me from playing Akai Katana.

And bobman just described why I decided to keep playing League of Legends instead of spending money on an XBLA game.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (5/7)
Post by: WarpRattler on May 15, 2012, 07:44:06 AM
AKAI KATANA

I guess there's also that Diablo III thing.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6/4)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 05, 2012, 08:14:01 AM
" (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)Impulse" was a great song from GHWT. Now you can play it in RB.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6/4)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on June 05, 2012, 09:50:27 AM
The GBC version of Rayman is pretty fun in its own right, but I question the wisdom of having it at that price alongside the DSiWare port of the original game that costs only a couple dollars more.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6/11)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 14, 2012, 09:03:42 PM
A (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)nd thus it's finally time to get a Vita. For lo! something exclusive and awesome-looking has come out for it.

I've also already played much of Lollipop Chainsaw. The writing and style is great. It's got one of those combat systems where you have to buy all the moves individually though which is annoying. Your weak attacks don't even chain into themselves into you buy it. And the camera is bad. Still worthwhile if you like obscene humor. This game has used multiple words I've never heard in a videogame before. <3 James Gunn ;)

Due to some kind of last-minute licensing kerfluffle there's only one Harmonix-developed RB song this week. Weak!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6/11)
Post by: ShadowBrain on June 14, 2012, 10:18:51 PM
Haven't seen a new RB track I care about in a long while, though I suppose that's better than being constantly tempted to re-pay about three bucks for a song.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6/11)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 15, 2012, 01:46:37 AM
Two bucks, bro. Less if you buy packs.

"Impulse" came out a few weeks ago. Who doesn't love "Impulse"?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6/11)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on June 15, 2012, 10:52:35 AM
My roommate has already beaten Lollipop Chainsaw.  He's a reaaal fan of Juliet.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6/18)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 19, 2012, 02:36:21 AM
I (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)t's time to manually tap our lands with Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013.

And what is, in some sense, the real Portal 2 hits PC (consoles later).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6/18)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on June 19, 2012, 08:00:40 AM
PS1 Classics
Tomba!
Instabuy
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (6/25)
Post by: Lizard Dude on June 27, 2012, 12:47:34 PM
T (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)his week we have Thomas Was Alone, the best game about a British man talking since The Stanley Parable.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/2)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 02, 2012, 01:44:55 PM
B (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)oth the DSiWare titles are imperative commands.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/2)
Post by: WarpRattler on July 02, 2012, 01:57:39 PM
Theatrhythm and Spelunky! HD for me.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/9)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 13, 2012, 03:32:37 PM
I (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)nternet issues delayed my posting, but here!

I've barely gotten to touch Rhythm Thief because of still playing too much Theatrhythm, but that's a problem I'm okay with having.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/16)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 16, 2012, 03:55:32 AM
Y (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)ou play as a cute Koala named Ace who loves fruit! Unfortunately a few delicious pieces of fruit are just out of reach and you need to change the positions of the platforms to get to the fruit!

You can change the positions of the platform by entering a math formula.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/16)
Post by: WarpRattler on July 16, 2012, 05:44:46 AM
"FFVXIII" is not a typo of "FFXIII" or "FFXVIII." It's Final Fantasy Versus XIII, which we haven't even seen gameplay footage of six years after its initial announcement. But we can play the song from a trailer for the game in Theatrhythm!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/16)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 16, 2012, 02:35:18 PM
The fact that they released DLC from the future gives me hope for other awesome weird stuff (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOTI8j1egZg).

It'll never happen... :(
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/16)
Post by: WarpRattler on July 16, 2012, 03:33:42 PM
I wonder if the song Japan got from Final Fantasy Type-0 will come to the NA release before we get an English release date announcement for that game.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/23)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 23, 2012, 01:03:48 PM
M (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)alicious looks rad. PSN is hot right now.

"Etro's Champion" has an ending in Theatrhythm which is unique for a game full of looping songs. I don't know if it's a concert recording or what.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/30)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 30, 2012, 03:38:33 PM
G (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)et on your 3DS and watch the Dot Runner trailer. You will say, "WTD" while puking.

"A Contest of Aeons" is probably the hardest song in Theatrhythm to date.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/30)
Post by: WarpRattler on July 30, 2012, 04:04:40 PM
My mind initially parsed "Bust-n-Rush" as "Bust-A-Move."

The only reason I'll be playing Dream Drop Distance close to release (rather than a year later, when it's $15 new) is because I'm getting it for free (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=14016.msg598123#msg598123).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/30)
Post by: ShadowBrain on July 30, 2012, 04:31:40 PM
Dream Drop Distance is a [dukar]ty name. ShadowBrain out.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/30)
Post by: The Chef on July 30, 2012, 05:01:47 PM
Square-Enix isn't exactly known for coming up with stellar game titles. :P
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/30)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 30, 2012, 05:20:21 PM
I like their insane titles. They're memorable and unique.


Compare:

New Super Mario Bros.
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
New Super Mario Bros. 2
New Super Mario Bros. U

vs.

Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
Kingdom Hearts II
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
Kingdom Hearts coded
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance


Who's the lame one here?

If you dislike both, who does have stellar titles? Anyone making a star-based pun (Super Mario Galaxy) will be shot (by Qwerty).
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/30)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on July 30, 2012, 05:31:42 PM
Pre-ordered KH3D a while back.  Can't wait to pick it up tomorrow.  Assuming I get the chance and/or desire to drive to GameStop.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/30)
Post by: WarpRattler on July 30, 2012, 07:35:52 PM
Sometimes you want a game to have an awesome wacky title. It's just that Square Enix seems to have a lot more of them than other publishers. Along with the previously-mentioned Kingdom Hearts examples, they have things like The World Ends With You, Infinite Undiscovery, The 3rd Birthday, and the upcoming Bravely Default Flying Fairy.

At least half of those are good games, though!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/30)
Post by: Luigison on July 30, 2012, 07:53:51 PM
Sometimes you want a game to have an awesome wacky title. It's just that Square Enix seems to have a lot more of them than other publishers. Along with the previously-mentioned Kingdom Hearts examples, they have things like The World Ends With You, Infinite Undiscovery, The 3rd Birthday, and the upcoming Bravely Default Flying Fairy.

At least half of those are good games, though!
Plants vs. Zombies seems the best wacky title to me. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/30)
Post by: Bigluigifan1.0 on July 30, 2012, 08:01:22 PM
I also pre-ordered the game... back in January. After my 9:45-4:00 PM shift tomorrow I'll be picking it up.

To make it more interesting and fun, my brother and I have decided to alternate the 3DS between us every time a "Drop" occurs in the game.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/30)
Post by: WarpRattler on July 30, 2012, 08:21:17 PM
Plants vs. Zombies is not a wacky title. It describes the premise of the game, nothing more, and does so in a way that doesn't involve made-up words and doesn't tie into plot points that aren't explained until you're through 90% of the game.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/30)
Post by: Luigison on July 31, 2012, 07:32:33 AM
I thought you were using the word 'title' to mean 'game'.  Would "AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!!" and "VVVVVV" count as weird titles to you? 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/30)
Post by: The Chef on July 31, 2012, 11:36:30 AM
'Plants vs. Zombies' describes the premise of the game, but that premise is wacky. Thus the title is wacky by extension.

Also, "Infinite Undiscovery" sounds like the name of a band.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/30)
Post by: BP on July 31, 2012, 12:17:44 PM
I've said it at least once, if you name something "Bravely Default" you're not allowed to touch English ever again
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/30)
Post by: Lizard Dude on July 31, 2012, 02:12:55 PM
Why not? It's a grammatically-sensible adverb+verb.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/30)
Post by: Weegee on July 31, 2012, 02:40:13 PM
It's not much worse than "Donkey Kong".

Here's still hoping that game gets a release outside of Japan... under a different name.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/30)
Post by: Luigison on July 31, 2012, 02:59:29 PM
I've said it at least once, if you name something "Bravely Default" you're not allowed to touch English ever again
Good one.  Reminded me of "Infinite Undiscovery."
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/30)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 01, 2012, 12:40:44 AM
Example: "The current student loan system is unsustainable and can't last much longer. Just bravely default on yours and the consequences shouldn't end up too punishing."

Am I not allowed to touch English ever again?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/30)
Post by: BP on August 01, 2012, 12:42:51 AM
Well, I said "if you name something," which you didn't

But if you want to give it up anyway SEE IF I CARE
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/30)
Post by: WarpRattler on August 01, 2012, 01:01:31 AM
That isn't the game's title anyway. It's Bravely Default Flying Fairy. Big difference.

Also, I like how Luigison mentioned Infinite Undiscovery as if multiple posts before him didn't already do so.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/30)
Post by: ShadowBrain on August 01, 2012, 09:35:11 AM
Well, I guess I'd rather people begged for attention with vaguely pretentious and/or Engrish mashups than lolspeak and use of the word "epic".
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/30)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on August 01, 2012, 09:19:42 PM
Well, I guess I'd rather people begged for attention with vaguely pretentious and/or Engrish mashups than lolspeak and use of the word "epic".
That reminds me, isn't there a game called "Infinite Undiscovery" or something like that?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (7/30)
Post by: Turtlekid1 on August 02, 2012, 10:18:11 AM
KH3D is really good.  Not quiteas good as Re:coded, but the Command Deck mechanic shines as usual, making combat a blast, if rather difficult.  The one thing I was surprised to see as its weak point is the soundtrack, which doesn't really have a single memorable track so far apart from its iteration of "Dearly Beloved" and its reuse of a couple themes from BbS.  Did Yoko Shimomura actually even compose this one?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/6)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 06, 2012, 11:58:17 AM
F (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)rom the developers of Scribblenauts comes Hybrid, a weird 3v3 third-person shooter where you don't directly control your movement.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/6)
Post by: WarpRattler on August 06, 2012, 12:44:31 PM
Persona 4 Arena, Sound Shapes, and "March of the Dreadnoughts" for me this week.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/13)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 13, 2012, 11:47:35 PM
G (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)reat week with Darksiders II, The Last Story, Papo & Yo.

Nightwish comes to RB, bringing some rare symphonic metal to the fold.

The Theatrhythm songs are good, too. "This is the Last Battle" has a really playful swing after the into and "The Darkness of Eternity" with "We Will Rock You" drums and rock organ mania.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/13)
Post by: WarpRattler on August 14, 2012, 11:52:55 AM
This (http://store.steampowered.com/app/206250/) was unexpected.

Also, I should have my copy of The Last Story in a few hours. Maybe I'll play it this year!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/13)
Post by: CrossEyed7 on August 14, 2012, 01:34:55 PM
My GameStop said they won't have The Last Story until Thursday.

So of course my boss would give me Wednesday off this week.

Eh, maybe I can finish Xenoblade tomorrow instead.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/13)
Post by: WarpRattler on August 14, 2012, 02:23:55 PM
Yeah, my GameStop doesn't have it yet either. Of course, I won't be home Thursday through Saturday. :|
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/13)
Post by: Weegee on August 14, 2012, 03:07:50 PM
That game's boxart is incredibly deceptive. It just screams 'RPG'.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/13)
Post by: ShadowBrain on August 14, 2012, 05:07:35 PM
Darksiders 2 at last!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/13)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 15, 2012, 08:39:59 AM
That game's boxart is incredibly deceptive. It just screams 'RPG'.
(https://themushroomkingdom.net/board/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F64U9J.png&hash=fe91e414dd04e3066ecee1030c0d7dfb)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/13)
Post by: WarpRattler on August 15, 2012, 11:57:59 AM
I called GameStop earlier about my copy of The Last Story. They said it wouldn't be in until at least Friday.

Why do they have so much trouble with getting preorder-only games in on the actual release date? It completely defeats the purpose of purchasing at a brick-and-mortar store instead of online, especially since I can buy stuff on Newegg and get free three-day shipping with no sales tax.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/13)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 15, 2012, 03:15:01 PM
If it makes you feel better, my store (and presumably all stores) doesn't have it either. It's because of the publisher shipping on the release date instead of shipping earlier and relying on a street date like most games do.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/13)
Post by: Weegee on August 15, 2012, 03:42:01 PM
iseewhatyoudidthere/notsureifserious.jpg

I mean a *real* turn-based old-school RPG.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/20)
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 21, 2012, 09:02:46 PM
G (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)ravity Bone is one of the finest gaming experiences ever crafted and its sequel, Thirty Flights of Loving, hits this week.

Also while researching this post I realized that all versions of 3DS XL are black on the inside so you can finally choose whatever color you like without having your screens be surrounded by that color messing up your perception of on-screen tones. Nice!
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/20)
Post by: WarpRattler on August 22, 2012, 12:40:46 PM
It's pretty funny that Capcom thinks people will pay $20 for a digital rerelease of an obscure fighting game that's nearly fifteen years old, with the addition of some ugly graphics filters, the same online play options people have already been using on the free GGPO PC client for years, and achievements...just because they're watching the new anime adaptation.

So yeah, I'm not buying JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD. But I might play the original version on GGPO. Or my Dreamcast.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/27) [Last Week] +
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 04, 2012, 01:08:34 PM
H (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)ere's last week; this week will come later this week.

Last week was awesome, since Rock Band Blitz came out, which is my favorite game of 2012 so far. I currently have the world's highest score on "Celebrity Skin". Try to beat it, n00bs!

Sony went HAM with collections. Buying all five God of War games at once would be cool if I didn't already own four of the five twice already.

And the wonderful Treno rag hit Theatrhythm.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/27) [Last Week] +
Post by: Luigison on September 04, 2012, 02:39:35 PM
The Sims 3 Supernatural! Special Edition with Plant Vs. Zombies came out today too. 
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/27) [Last Week] +
Post by: ShadowBrain on September 04, 2012, 09:16:27 PM
Wait, they repackaged the GoW series... again? It's like those [darn] Harry Potter booksets when I was a kid.

Also, those songs are DLC for RBB only, right?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/27) [Last Week] +
Post by: bobbysq1337 on September 04, 2012, 09:59:06 PM
I thought the "Last Week" in the title ment you would stop doing these.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (8/27) [Last Week] +
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 04, 2012, 09:59:14 PM
There's no difference between an RB3/RB2/RB1 song and a RBB song; RBB just uses them differently. Those songs are the RBB tracklist, but when you buy RBB you get them inside RB3/RB2/RB1 too.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/3) [Previous Week] +
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 10, 2012, 08:30:40 PM
S (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?action=post;msg=448745;topic=9813.0)till one week behind. The Culex battle music hit Theatrhythm and don't miss Mark of the Ninja on XBLA. I mean DO NOT miss it. One of the best stealth games ever made. Period.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/10 & 9/3) +
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 13, 2012, 02:00:00 PM
N (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)BA Baller Beats, a basketball dribbling Kinect rhythm game.

Fractured Soul, another entry to the SCP (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=13108.0) genre.

"We Have Arrived", a song from Type-0 bravely makes its way to the US shores with no release of the actual game in sight.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/17)
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 18, 2012, 02:55:01 PM
B (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)orderlands 2 and Torchlight II if you want new looting experiences.

Kirby, Street Fighter, and Jet Set Radio if you want to take it back to the past.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (9/24) +
Post by: Lizard Dude on September 28, 2012, 12:09:08 PM
T (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)here is no Theatrhythm DLC this week for the first time. I hope it's not the end.

A lot of old games are hitting new systems this week.

The most interesting new things are Tokyo Jungle and The Denpa Men: They Came By Wave.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/1) +
Post by: Lizard Dude on October 05, 2012, 12:22:39 PM
R (http://themushroomkingdom.net/board/index.php?topic=9813.msg448745#msg448745)E6 doesn't say its name on the title screen.

Travesty.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/1) +
Post by: WarpRattler on October 06, 2012, 10:10:52 AM
I'm buying a retail copy of New Little King's Story from Asia or Europe instead of buying on PSN, because $40 is ridiculous for a downloadable game, especially one on a platform with a history of catastrophic failure and a reputation for having games pulled from the service entirely, with no way to redownload and no guarantee that they'll be restored any time soon.

(Also, it's only about five dollars more for a retail copy from another region than a digital copy here.)
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/1) +
Post by: Ym9iYnlzcTEzMzc equalsign on November 27, 2012, 01:17:31 AM
Any Wii U stuff?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/1) +
Post by: Weegee on February 08, 2013, 07:39:12 PM
Will LD ever update again?
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/1) +
Post by: CrossEyed7 on February 08, 2013, 08:18:07 PM
Not until a Resident Evil game says its name on the title screen.
Title: Re: Weekly Releases (10/1) +
Post by: Lizard Dude on March 12, 2013, 03:55:47 AM
I owe RE6 a bit of an apology. It doesn't say its name on the standard title screen but it does do it for the title card that comes up after you beat the opening scene. All is not lost.

My current favorite title screen is in BIT.TRIP Presents Runner2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien, where Charles Martinet himself enthusiastically screams the full 10-word title each time AND it's unskippable. The ability to press Start (or any button) doesn't activate until the full title is screamed.