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Latest News / Re: Mario & Luigi RPG 3 Released in Japan

« on: August 08, 2009, 04:45:58 PM »

My problem would be that, from the perspective of a graphic designer, the placeholder, if used as the official boxart would look so dull compared to its predecessors.  Even my amateur fan design is more exciting.

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Mario Chat / Re: Should Waluigi just die?

« on: August 07, 2009, 01:58:02 AM »

'final' has nothing to do with genres, though.

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Mario Chat / Re: Should Waluigi just die?

« on: August 06, 2009, 08:37:13 PM »

Yeah, like I said there's not much technology in the first few games. VI is where it really takes off and VII is some kind of weird hybrid game that ended up the way it did due to its position in the technological timeline. It definitely isn't the best one of the series, but it's decent enough. I've heard many people say IX is "the best" but I haven't played it yet. My vote goes to XII. Dunno why you watched Advent Children though... I wouldn't have recommended seeing it until you played through VII.

Why do you hate futuristic settings though?

I don't mind them at all.  In fact, I kind of like futuristic settings at times.  I just kind of prefer more themes along the lines of old type fantasy when it comes to something with "Fantasy" in the title or genre.  I don't mind having a few technologically advanced things mixed in, but FF7 has too much for me.  The writers can put as much futuristic setting in there as they want, and it's great when done right.  So, I like both; I just don't like how FFVII fused them (probably because the only FFVII related deal I've ever seen was AC).
I had to watch AC because my boyfriend's anime club was watching it.  Even before seeing any of it, it was one of the last movies I wanted to see.

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Mario Chat / Re: Should Waluigi just die?

« on: August 06, 2009, 01:26:53 PM »

This post could make me the next TV_Themes, but I led a good life here.

I played partway through FFIII DS, and I think the most advanced piece of technology I saw was the airship.  And that was fine.  Everything else felt like a middle ages setting with magic, which is what I associate with the game's theme.  Even the airship fit in.  There might be other gadgets like that, but if there was, I either don't remember, or I didn't get far enough in it before I lent it to a kid who never gave it back.

I watched maybe the last half or third of Advent Children, and the setting was way too futuristic for me.   I guess the definition of 'fantasy' is vague enough, but for some reason, my view of the term is, unfortunately, a bit narrow, so seeing it mixed with a futuristic sci-fi setting on Advent Children left me with a bitter taste.  That or the FF7 fanbase.

Saw a little bit of a playthrough or review of FF9, and it actually looked like something I'd enjoy.

My boyfriend plays FFXI, and I'd play that with him if I had a job to pay the monthly fee.

I'd even give FFVII a try if copies of it weren't so freaking expensive.  If I like it, I would probably be in the group of people who like something, but hate the fanbase (at least those that give the game more praise than necessary).  If I hate it, I would be armed with legitimate complaints.

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Mario Chat / Re: Should Waluigi just die?

« on: August 05, 2009, 09:26:07 PM »

Final Fantasy got rid of the traditional Medieval theme in some of their more recent game to a more sci-fi look, which I personally don't associate with the term "Fantasy".
And if you don't like Medieval themed games with Swords, don't play Zelda.

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Latest News / Re: Mario & Luigi RPG 3 Released in Japan

« on: August 05, 2009, 09:12:44 PM »

Wait.  The Japanese release info on that PDF says that there's a Kirby game on the Wii!  Too bad it didn't say anything on a release in the US or Europe.

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Latest News / Re: Mario & Luigi RPG 3 Released in Japan

« on: August 04, 2009, 01:26:26 AM »

They announced a release date of September 25th, and possible U.S. boxart, which I hope is fake because it looks terrible.

Pics or it didn't happen

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Mario Chat / Re: Should Waluigi just die?

« on: August 04, 2009, 01:24:34 AM »

Some franchises are able to keep with the formula but keep it fresh enough to make it enjoyable, while others get milked faster.

I liked R/S/E, but most of the pokemon of its generation didn't have the same charm that the first two had.
The only thing I liked about D/P was online trading and battling.  By the time I reached the Elite Four, my party weren't at high enough levels, and it was taking forever to level them up.  I got bored out of my mind, and set the game aside with little desire to pick it up again.  The pokemon: very few of the new ones appealed to me, I'm afraid.  I've heard Platinum was an improvement, but I'm going to wait for the price to go down before I buy it.

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Not at the Dinner Table / Re: Mature Discussion (leave all joking at the door)

« on: August 04, 2009, 12:46:32 AM »

Emotionally, I understand why a family would put a vegetated loved one on life support, but it makes no sense from a financial perspective.   It's not like the patient's brain would eventually regain its former functionality.  If the family wants to keep the not dead, but not alive loved one, well, not dead, but not alive, then that is their decision, unless the loved one stated, before losing functionality of course, that they don't want to be on life support.

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Mario Chat / Re: Should Waluigi just die?

« on: August 03, 2009, 11:57:01 PM »

I don't mind the remakes.  I'm actually eager to for Heart Gold and Soul Silver.

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Mario Chat / Re: Should Waluigi just die?

« on: August 03, 2009, 10:03:56 PM »

They also over charge a lot of used GCN games.  And I'm talking about the good games.

Er, on topic.  I find the Pokemon formula to have been growing stale the past couple generations.  Each generation is basically the same game but with better graphics and sound, more Pokemon, different badges and elite four, some new feature, and a different land/region.  The storyline is the same.  Train your pokemon to be the best, collect every species, defeat some criminal organization, collect 8 badges and defeat the elite four.  Oh, and you have a rival running around.

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Latest News / Re: Mario & Luigi RPG 3 Released in Japan

« on: August 02, 2009, 08:55:07 PM »

I just wish they show us the US boxart soon.

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Forum Games / Re: You Freak Out, You Lose

« on: August 02, 2009, 08:52:11 PM »

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Mario Chat / Re: Should Waluigi just die?

« on: August 02, 2009, 02:50:00 PM »

No, its always so much fun to see what the new topic will be.

Topics so far:

- Me thinking Waluigi is useless.
- A Mario game starring Mario's father.
- Me thinking they should ban the act of keeping adults faces hidden in cartoons.
- People blaming Charles Shultz, Bill Shultz and Ed Shultz (whoever that is).
- Me saying that adults in Peanuts cartoons were eventually given faces and voices.
- Me liking Mario is Missing (a bad game) but hating WarioWare (a good game).
- A picture from Super Paper Mario
- I thought Smooth Moves used the Wii Balance Board.
- Two words a post.
- listing the different subjects that have been discussed here

fixed

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Mario Chat / Re: The Mario Family Tree

« on: August 02, 2009, 01:58:27 AM »

I wonder how they're going to squeeze in SMG2 and NSMB Wii.