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Most Nintendo games are a lot more generic looking these days but I still maintain that (a) Returns is gorgeous, and (b) the original DKC trilogy is a lot more cartoony than you want to admit. Don't the characters even do bug-eyes when they see a boss, like straight out of Battletoads? I know they do in at least one of those games. e: Quote from Reggie trying to poke the hornets nest quote:During an interview with IGN, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime defended Wii U's value proposition for consumers this Fall. The 7th Guest fucked around with this message at 06:27 on Aug 29, 2013 |
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Aug 29, 2013 06:22
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Quest For Glory II posted:Most Nintendo games are a lot more generic looking these days but I still maintain that (a) Returns is gorgeous, and (b) the original DKC trilogy is a lot more cartoony than you want to admit. Don't the characters even do bug-eyes when they see a boss, like straight out of Battletoads? I know they do in at least one of those games. They also beatbox and shred guitar. But yeah when a boss shows up they do a cartoon jaw-on floor look with eyes popping out.
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Aug 29, 2013 06:25
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AngryCaterpillar posted:The originals weren't realistic, but uniquely surrealistic. Whereas the newer ones are more generic in their aesthetics and tone. I don't really have anything else to say about it.
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Aug 29, 2013 06:26
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absolutely anything posted:AngryCaterpillar is a man who is weirdly fuckin' particular about his Donkey Kong Countries Is the music in DKCR cheerful like the Mario games? The somber tunes in the originals added a lot to the moody atmosphere despite being a game about monkeys stomping lizards.
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Aug 29, 2013 06:58
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AngryCaterpillar posted:God drat it I hate the aesthetics of the new Donkey Kong games. She looks practically the same to me but without the Deliverance eyes that are too close together.
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Aug 29, 2013 07:03
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GUI posted:Is the music in DKCR cheerful like the Mario games? The somber tunes in the originals added a lot to the moody atmosphere despite being a game about monkeys stomping lizards. David Wise is back. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C8XRQyfu2Y
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Aug 29, 2013 07:27
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GUI posted:Is the music in DKCR cheerful like the Mario games? The somber tunes in the originals added a lot to the moody atmosphere despite being a game about monkeys stomping lizards.
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Aug 29, 2013 07:42
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bushisms.txt posted:David Wise is back. God drat that new bonus game looks nasty. 
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Aug 29, 2013 08:36
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bushisms.txt posted:David Wise is back. Tropical Freeze looks pretty cool and Wise's music sounds great, but the dynamic camera angles they're playing around with makes me wish they (or someone else I guess) were having another crack at a 3D Donkey Kong platformer instead. I realise that this is being made because DKC Returns sold a trillion copies, and that people might still be a bit wary of 3D DK after Donkey Kong 64 (even though I thought it was okay  ), but I'd still like to see another attempt made.
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Aug 29, 2013 10:14
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Box of Bunnies posted:Tropical Freeze looks pretty cool and Wise's music sounds great, but the dynamic camera angles they're playing around with makes me wish they (or someone else I guess) were having another crack at a 3D Donkey Kong platformer instead. If they made a 3D DK Platformer that was more like the Banjo series than DK64 (in regards to collecting stuff for 100%, I can't exactly pinpoint why right now, but collecting in DK64 was infinitely more annoying than collecting in Banjo-Kazooie or Banjo-Tooie), I'd buy it. But Tropical Freeze looks awesome either way, and I wonder who the fourth playable character is. Still no new information in that regard.
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Aug 29, 2013 10:32
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Folt The Bolt posted:I can't exactly pinpoint why right now, but collecting in DK64 was infinitely more annoying than collecting in Banjo-Kazooie or Banjo-Tooie), I'd buy it. Having to swap between five characters with very different abilities and each with their own set of bananas to collect would be the likely culprit. Also the Banana Fairies.
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Aug 29, 2013 10:35
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Quest For Glory II posted:Quote from Reggie trying to poke the hornets nest I actually agree with Reggie, the games releasing on XONE and PS4 this year don't interest me at all. I've pretty much flip flopped on my opinion of the Wii U recently, I'm enjoying Pikmin 3 and The Wonderful 101 a lot and I'm going to be getting WWHD, DKCR:TF and SM3DW over the next few months. I'm pretty happy with where the Wii U is for the rest of the year, I definitely didn't feel this way a few months ago.
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Aug 29, 2013 10:48
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It's not an unreasonable statement when you're just talking the fall/winter schedule. I expect to get a PS4 fairly soon after it releases, but not particularly on the strength of the launch lineup.
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Aug 29, 2013 10:51
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Quest For Glory II posted:Most Nintendo games are a lot more generic looking these days but I still maintain that (a) Returns is gorgeous, and (b) the original DKC trilogy is a lot more cartoony than you want to admit. Don't the characters even do bug-eyes when they see a boss, like straight out of Battletoads? I know they do in at least one of those games. He has a point but, glass houses and all that
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Aug 29, 2013 10:55
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Having to swap between five characters with very different abilities and each with their own set of bananas to collect would be the likely culprit. Also the Banana Fairies. Swapping between five characters weren't that annoying to me (though I wish we had something that'd allow us to swap anytime), but yes: the Banana Fairies were horrible. And for the matter, the ways to get the Nintendo Coin and Rareware Coin were horrible too... when I was a wee child.
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Aug 29, 2013 10:55
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Folt The Bolt posted:If they made a 3D DK Platformer that was more like the Banjo series than DK64 (in regards to collecting stuff for 100%, I can't exactly pinpoint why right now, but collecting in DK64 was infinitely more annoying than collecting in Banjo-Kazooie or Banjo-Tooie), I'd buy it. I was thinking something more linear, Mario Galaxy-esque in that regard. I still like stuff like Banjo Kazooie, but we've already seen Donkey Kong in that formula (if taken to the extremes a bit). A different take, focused more on platforming from start to finish even if it is different routes through the one area like, as I said, Galaxy. Donkey Kong Country 3D rather than Donkey Kongzooie.
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Aug 29, 2013 11:38
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Box of Bunnies posted:I was thinking something more linear, Mario Galaxy-esque in that regard. I still like stuff like Banjo Kazooie, but we've already seen Donkey Kong in that formula (if taken to the extremes a bit). A different take, focused more on platforming from start to finish even if it is different routes through the one area like, as I said, Galaxy. Donkey Kong Country 3D rather than Donkey Kongzooie. That works too. I might just be starved for collectathon platformers.
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Aug 29, 2013 11:46
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Folt The Bolt posted:That works too. I might just be starved for collectathon platformers. I think the era of big name collectathon platformers is long over. There's that "A Hat In Time" game that got kickstarted a while back though. It's anyone's guess as to whether it'll actually be good or not, but it's worth keeping an eye on.
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Aug 29, 2013 11:56
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Regy Rusty posted:I think the era of big name collectathon platformers is long over. I know. At this point, having a collectathon platformer a lá N64 style is just a fantasy of mine. Unless "A Hat In Time" will be good. Here's hoping it is.
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Aug 29, 2013 12:03
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weird bleep posted:I actually agree with Reggie, the games releasing on XONE and PS4 this year don't interest me at all. I've pretty much flip flopped on my opinion of the Wii U recently, I'm enjoying Pikmin 3 and The Wonderful 101 a lot and I'm going to be getting WWHD, DKCR:TF and SM3DW over the next few months. I'm pretty happy with where the Wii U is for the rest of the year, I definitely didn't feel this way a few months ago. So do I, but in this case I fully expect it's because Reggie has to say that for his company rather than because it's actually his view. It took years for there to be two or three games that interested me enough to get the PS3 (Demon's Souls was a big deciding factor in that). There's yet to be a single game announced for the PS4 that makes me say, "I've got to get that system." (Or the Bone, for that matter, but gently caress getting a Bone.)
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Aug 29, 2013 13:53
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I think I'm going to bite the bullet and put in a preorder for the windwaker edition. Barring any black friday bundles that I'm not interested in that's probably going to be as good a deal as I'm going to get for a while, right?
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Aug 29, 2013 14:31
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Rayman Legends is on the eShop now.
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Aug 29, 2013 15:00
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njsykora posted:Rayman Legends is on the eShop now. Wait what? I can't check right now but I thought it came out in a week?
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Aug 29, 2013 15:01
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The European eShop.
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Aug 29, 2013 15:06
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Regy Rusty posted:Do we know if the new Donkey Kong game is going to have the slightly easier mode with 3 hearts like the 3DS version of the last one? I want to get it, but based on my experience with the previous game, the simple fact is that I will not be able to beat it if I've only got 2 hearts to work with. The demo I played at Gamescom had 3 hearts, so presumably yes.
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Aug 29, 2013 15:07
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I gotta say, "A Hat in Time" looks really bad. No idea why anyone cares about it, and I played the hell out of collectathon games when I was younger. Looks horribly sloppy and outdated. If the Kickstarter didn't say BANJO KAZOOIE every other word I can't imagine anyone caring.
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Aug 29, 2013 16:29
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Folt The Bolt posted:If they made a 3D DK Platformer that was more like the Banjo series than DK64 (in regards to collecting stuff for 100%, I can't exactly pinpoint why right now, but collecting in DK64 was infinitely more annoying than collecting in Banjo-Kazooie or Banjo-Tooie), I'd buy it. Donkey Kong 64 is the dream game of the spastic idiot that was me as a child, though ironically I never really played it. There's like a billion things to collect, around 5 characters you can play as, and IIRC at least half a dozen upgrades you can get for each one. If you don't already have an attachment to the game, it's going to come off as a chaotic mess. I mean, Banjo Tooie erred on the side of collectathon overabundance, but I don't think anything will compare to DK64 and its' goddamn 1500+ bananas to collect.
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Aug 29, 2013 16:35
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Don't know if this is a mistake on Amazon's part or it actually is going to release at a lower price point, but Amazon has preorders of DKC: Tropical Freeze at $50. Lego City released at $50 as well, but none of the other (non-remake) first-party games did so  Certainly not going to complain if this is a thing going forward, though. E: Speaking of Amazon and preorders, does anyone know if getting a download version of Sonic: Lost World will include the Nights DLC? I had planned on just downloading it when it came out, but I'll go for the disc if it's not included. Artix fucked around with this message at 16:50 on Aug 29, 2013 |
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Aug 29, 2013 16:42
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miscellaneous14 posted:Donkey Kong 64 is the dream game of the spastic idiot that was me as a child, though ironically I never really played it. There's like a billion things to collect, around 5 characters you can play as, and IIRC at least half a dozen upgrades you can get for each one. If you don't already have an attachment to the game, it's going to come off as a chaotic mess. Don't forget about how, after collecting all that poo poo, it slams the brakes on you at the very end. You need to beat the original Donkey Kong arcade game. On one goddamn life. Never did beat that game because of that.
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Aug 29, 2013 16:57
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Don't forget about how, after collecting all that poo poo, it slams the brakes on you at the very end. You need to beat the original Donkey Kong arcade game. On one goddamn life. Never did beat that game because of that. I did.  And I will never loving do that again.  That and the Jetpac game were ridiculously stupid roadblocks to the final boss, as cool and relatively novel as it was that you could play a video game within a video game. If they'd made it less of a pain and more forgiving I would have thought it was a really cool idea.Which sums up DK64 really well, honestly. A bunch of cool ideas that are painfully executed. DK Rap still owns though. 
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Aug 29, 2013 17:19
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Oh man that arcade box was the devil itself. I had a 100% DK64 file but then my copy got hijacked by some jerk who 'borrowed' it. Fourth character in DKCR2 is probably going to be Engaurd (or however you spell it, the drat swordfish animal buddy), unless they're actually confirming it as a fourth Kong, in which it needs to be Funky. These vikings keep trashing his planes and somebody has to make 'em pay.
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Aug 29, 2013 17:21
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Folt The Bolt posted:That works too. I might just be starved for collectathon platformers. This is late but the closest thing i've played to a classic N64 Collectathon game in awhile was Lego City actually. Tons of secrets and extras and they're almost all well hidden and involve goofy platforming poo poo to get to them. Kinda scratched that itch for me.
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Aug 29, 2013 17:30
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TheKingofSprings posted:I did. I was always really baffled that they made Donkey Kong and Jetpac requirements. You'd think they would just each give you a gold banana, rather than items required to reach the final boss.
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Aug 29, 2013 17:32
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DarkHamsterlord posted:I was always really baffled that they made Donkey Kong and Jetpac requirements. You'd think they would just each give you a gold banana, rather than items required to reach the final boss. It's probably so you can remember that you already beat them, rather than let it be lost amidst all the other golden banana tasks.
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Aug 29, 2013 17:40
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DarkHamsterlord posted:I was always really baffled that they made Donkey Kong and Jetpac requirements. You'd think they would just each give you a gold banana, rather than items required to reach the final boss. You get a gold banana for beating the original DK with 3 lives. They really should have reversed the rewards for beating it on 3 lives and one life. I was so pumped for the old school games being in DK64, and had a lot of fun at first, but it's not fun having to play them for hours to get to beat the actual game. EDIT: Actually, it may have been one life for the golden banana, too. I just remember you have to beat it twice to beat the game. Ugly In The Morning fucked around with this message at 17:43 on Aug 29, 2013 |
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Aug 29, 2013 17:40
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Commissar Ken posted:This is late but the closest thing i've played to a classic N64 Collectathon game in awhile was Lego City actually. Tons of secrets and extras and they're almost all well hidden and involve goofy platforming poo poo to get to them. Kinda scratched that itch for me. Completely agreed, Lego City is by far the best collectathon that I've played in probably a decade. That said, it's one of the only collectathons I've played in the past decade, since no one makes them anymore, but it definitely scratches that itch, especially once you beat the game and can just gently caress around in the city.
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Aug 29, 2013 17:40
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Artix posted:Completely agreed, Lego City is by far the best collectathon that I've played in probably a decade. That said, it's one of the only collectathons I've played in the past decade, since no one makes them anymore, but it definitely scratches that itch, especially once you beat the game and can just gently caress around in the city. The only bad thing about Lego City is The T-Rex isn't a usable vehicle outside of the one city mission it appears in  .
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Aug 29, 2013 17:43
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Artix posted:Completely agreed, Lego City is by far the best collectathon that I've played in probably a decade. That said, it's one of the only collectathons I've played in the past decade, since no one makes them anymore, but it definitely scratches that itch, especially once you beat the game and can just gently caress around in the city. Exactly. I think I spent just as much time after I had beat the game dicking around in Lego City as I did playing the story. Neddy Seagoon posted:The only bad thing about Lego City is The T-Rex isn't a usable vehicle outside of the one city mission it appears in Yeah but I can ride around in a wheelchair as an Indian chief or on a skateboard as Frankenstein or an ATV as a man in a gorilla suit and that's just as good.
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Aug 29, 2013 18:04
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Commissar Ken posted:Exactly. I think I spent just as much time after I had beat the game dicking around in Lego City as I did playing the story. True, but you forgot to mention that it should be a nitrous-powered wheelchair (one of the red bricks unlocks nitrous on everything. And it means everything). Nothing else is good enough and you should know better  .
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Aug 29, 2013 18:07
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weird bleep posted:I actually agree with Reggie, the games releasing on XONE and PS4 this year don't interest me at all. I've pretty much flip flopped on my opinion of the Wii U recently, I'm enjoying Pikmin 3 and The Wonderful 101 a lot and I'm going to be getting WWHD, DKCR:TF and SM3DW over the next few months. I'm pretty happy with where the Wii U is for the rest of the year, I definitely didn't feel this way a few months ago. I'm actually really interested in Watch Dogs but then at E3 it turned out that'll be on the Wii U so v  v
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