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Video Game Chat / Re: Will Wii Make it?

« on: May 13, 2006, 11:44:15 PM »

Yes, the Wikipedia article on the Wiimote has a picture of the classic controller. (scroll down to see it)

That looks neat, but are you sure it's real?  I never saw any pictures like that on IGN.  Besides, that controller still doesn't have enough buttons to play N64 games unless you use the right joystick in place of the c buttons, which I don't consider to be the ideal way to play N64 games.

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Mario Chat / Re: favorite super mario world

« on: May 13, 2006, 01:41:43 AM »

SMW1 by a very close margin.  As far as level design, it's a toss-up.  Yoshi's Island wins hands-down when it comes to bosses.  SMW1 wins when it comes to cool secret levels (the complex overworld map, plus star world and special).  In the end SMW1 takes the prize because of personal memories.

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Latest News / Re: E3 2006: Smash Bros. Brawl

« on: May 12, 2006, 02:04:53 AM »

I'm a big fan of the Final Fantasy music, and the new theme isn't bad, but it doesn't seem quite as catchy as the Melee theme.

I just read something startling.  Apparently Star Tropics, one of my favorite games for the NES, was never even released in Japan.  No wonder Nintendo doesn't care about the franchise; their primary audience hasn't even heard of it.  My guess is the odds of Michael Jones appeareing as a playable character in SSBB are very low.  He probably won't even be a trophy.

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Video Game Chat / Re: Will Wii Make it?

« on: May 11, 2006, 10:25:15 PM »

Maybe we'll see Master Chief as a playable character in Super Smash Brothers Brawl.

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Video Game Chat / Re: Will Wii Make it?

« on: May 11, 2006, 10:19:46 PM »

What I find amusing is that in order to incorporate tilt functionality into the PS3 controller, they had to scrap the rumble feature.  The famous dual-shock controller is now a zero-shock controller!  Some may think vibrating controllers are a minor detail but I actually like them a lot... I have wavebirds but I choose to use wired controllers instead because I like the rumble feature.  The Wii will use a wireless controller with complete motion detection, and vibration, and, a built in speaker!  Very cool indeed.  Though I'm still not clear how they expect me to play N64 games with the Wiimote.

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Latest News / Re: E3 2006: Smash Bros. Brawl

« on: May 10, 2006, 10:32:17 PM »

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Michael Jones as a playable character, with his trusty island yo-yo, his devastating supernova and his unpredictable astericks.

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Latest News / Re: E3 2006: Super Mario Galaxy

« on: May 10, 2006, 05:25:31 AM »

It's not Super Mario 128, it's the next game in the progression: Super Mario Land, Super Mario World, Super Mario Galaxy.  I guess Super Mario Sunshine could be part of this prograssion too, between World and Galaxy, in place of the missing, ugly-named Super Mario Stellar System.

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General Chat / Re: Specific college?

« on: May 09, 2006, 02:17:13 AM »

I've already graduated from the University of Washington, and this autumn I will start the masters program at the DigiPen Institute of Technology.

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Forum Games / Re: Secret Decoder Ring

« on: May 07, 2006, 05:00:31 PM »

Sapphira is tired?

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Forum Games / Re: Mario Word Association

« on: May 07, 2006, 10:14:42 AM »

Captain Crunch

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Forum Games / Re: I saw that Luigison

« on: May 06, 2006, 09:58:44 PM »

magazine

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Forum Games / Re: Mario Word Association

« on: May 06, 2006, 12:47:30 PM »

domo arigato

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General Chat / Re: The HOPEFUL thread: Be happy here!

« on: May 06, 2006, 04:27:21 AM »

I just saw the trailer for the new Superman movie, and they're keeping the old John Williams score!  This makes me very happy indeed.

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Forum Games / Re: Mario Word Association

« on: May 06, 2006, 04:17:57 AM »

Shigeru

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Forum Games / Re: The would you rather game!

« on: May 06, 2006, 04:10:33 AM »

Walk, definitely.

Would you rather painlessly lose one of your pinky toes, or forever be ten times as likely as the average person to stub your toes?