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PAL update (week of January 9):quote:WII U VIRTUAL CONSOLE Contra 3 is definitely Contra 3 and not Super Probotector, so that's cool. KORG M01D came out in most of Europe about six weeks back, but it skipped a few countries including France sor some unexplained reason, so I guess it'll be made available in those countries as of this week. For the zillionth time, don't buy Myst. PaletteSwappedNinja fucked around with this message at 14:16 on Jan 7, 2014 |
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Hurrah Contra 3 at last. I'm almost kinda sad it's not Super Probotector though, I always liked the robots. Having a full speed version makes up for it.
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Jan 7, 2014 13:51
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Super Probotector sells for 20ish cartridge only (like 50+ boxed) here in Germany so I appreciate that release. Also 60Hz and what not, but I agree, the robots are actually cooler than the Contra guys. Also: "Cooking Mama 4 - 29.99 / £3.59" which of these prices is wrong?
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Jan 7, 2014 13:56
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Katana Gomai posted:Also: "Cooking Mama 4 - 29.99 / £3.59" which of these prices is wrong? The cheap one.
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Jan 7, 2014 14:17
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Everyone should buy Rush before the sale ends because it's probably one of the best games on the eShop
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Jan 7, 2014 14:38
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Hah, I missed Mario Bros for loving 5. That can gently caress right off, what a joke.
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Two bits of news, one good and one bad: THE GOOD: Weapon Shop De Omasse, the "lost" fourth Guild01 game designed by Japanese comedy duo American Zarigani, has just shown up on the Aussie OFLC classification website. Level-5 IA initially declined to localise the game due to the large amount of text and extreme Japanese-ness of the script, but I guess the success of Friday Monsters helped change their mind. THE BAD: Two Tribes, the indie studio behind Toki Tori, Rush, EDGE, etc just announced they're "rebooting", which is a euphemistic way of saying they ran out of money and had to dismiss nearly all their staff. They haven't gone into too much detail, but from the sounds of things they basically spent too much time and money on the development of Toki Tori 2 and didn't make much back. They're not closing - they're still working on their next game, and you'll still be able to buy all their old games - but still, sucks. Toki Tori 2 is still the best game on Wii U eShop, by the way.
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Jan 9, 2014 00:23
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Really? I couldn't get into it. The game was just too obtuse and didn't give any real indication of goals or what you've supposed to be doing. I can solve some puzzles to move onto the next screen, but have no idea why or what this little bird is accomplishing or why he lights up obelisks sometimes. I really liked edge though. There are a ton of great games on eShop I enjoyed more than Toko Tori.
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greatn posted:Really? I couldn't get into it. The game was just too obtuse and didn't give any real indication of goals or what you've supposed to be doing. I can solve some puzzles to move onto the next screen, but have no idea why or what this little bird is accomplishing or why he lights up obelisks sometimes. The idea of the game is that you're supposed to work all this out. It takes patience and persistence but it can be pretty rewarding once things start clicking into place. That said the other side of the coin is that it allows you to get utterly stuck. I was having fun for a while but I got to a couple puzzles that I wasn't able to figure out leading to me being unable to progress in any direction (since I'd done everything I needed to do in the other areas) and so I haven't been back to the game for ages.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:THE BAD: Two Tribes, the indie studio behind Toki Tori, Rush, EDGE, etc just announced they're "rebooting", which is a euphemistic way of saying they ran out of money and had to dismiss nearly all their staff. It's always tough to hear about layoffs, especially for a solid little company. I don't know what it is but my daughter loves Toki Tori. As in the way the rest of the world is with most major marketing characters (e.g. Mickey Mouse, Angry Birds, etc.), she adores this pitiful bird. I must say I'm quite taken by both games as well. I don't know how I missed that they made RUSH and EDGE. A quick look at the reviews shows that they're at lesat average, so I guess I'll go throw them a bone as a way of thanks. Regy Rusty posted:\That said the other side of the coin is that it allows you to get utterly stuck. I was having fun for a while but I got to a couple puzzles that I wasn't able to figure out leading to me being unable to progress in any direction (since I'd done everything I needed to do in the other areas) and so I haven't been back to the game for ages. Each time I became stuck beyond belief in that game, we took a break for a few days. Once we got back into things, we'd beat the puzzle within a few attempts. I wonder if it's because the puzzles don't follow a gradual order, like in some games. You need to either remember something subtle from long ago, or solve the timing, or just guess. A fresh mind and eyes did me wonders. Er... most of the time. hojusimpson fucked around with this message at 03:06 on Jan 9, 2014 |
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Jan 9, 2014 03:00
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EDGE is awesome, if I hadn't played it to death on my phone already I would have bought it in a heartbeat. Actually, I only ever did a handful of the Extended levels. Can anyone tell me if you can start right on the Extended levels, because I'd pay two bucks to be able to play through them with physical buttons. I've only done the first set of levels on Rush so far but I've had fun with it so far, I'm sure it'll get extremely difficult pretty fast. 
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Jan 9, 2014 03:05
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I started playing Toki Tori and it was ok I guess as far as puzzle games go. The hard puzzles are actually hard, which is refreshing. Also bird with a giant ice gun  Toki Tori 2, though Seriously, what the hell am I doing in that game? Would it hurt to have any context or backstory or anything? Not that I love tutorials but there's nothing. It's very jarring and I gave the game a shot but I have no idea why I am doing anything so I have no motivation to play it. Even something as simple as "Save the princess" is enough, this game gives you literally nothing.
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Jan 9, 2014 05:54
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Blackbelt Bobman posted:I started playing Toki Tori and it was ok I guess as far as puzzle games go. The hard puzzles are actually hard, which is refreshing. Also bird with a giant ice gun Toki Tori 2 reaches a story a little bit into the game, you have to travel through a cave and reach a town as a sort of an extended tutorial, then the world opens up to you. It does give you guidance, just stick with it.
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Jan 9, 2014 06:37
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What time does the 3ds eshop usually update? I need my Chibi Robo!
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Jan 9, 2014 10:53
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Noon Eastern if you're in North America. Whenever the hell NOE pres butan if you're in Europe or Australia. Although we're not getting Chibi Robo afaik so I'm guessing you're in NA.
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Jan 9, 2014 11:05
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PAL update (week of January 9):quote:WII U VIRTUAL CONSOLE NA update (week of January 9): quote:WII U RETAIL DOWNLOADS Still no SMB3 in NA Man, NOA really hates you dudes. Hey, at least you get Chibi Robo! RE: the Atlus sales, I'm guessing "more than 30% off" equates to a $10 discount, ie those three games will be $20 each, but don't quote me on that.
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Jan 9, 2014 15:16
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So with this new Chibi Robo, how much of it is AR Stuff, and how much is straight up old chibi-robo? The trailer seemed to suggest it's 50/50. Was old chibi-robo a minigame collection of sorts? Like you did odd-jobs for other robots?
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Jan 9, 2014 16:11
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Fancy Hat! posted:So with this new Chibi Robo, how much of it is AR Stuff, and how much is straight up old chibi-robo? The trailer seemed to suggest it's 50/50. Was old chibi-robo a minigame collection of sorts? Like you did odd-jobs for other robots? The Gamecube version was more or less an open world game that you explored and went around helping people, finding items, things like that. If Photo Finder captures even 1/10th of the exploration of the GC version then it'll be worth the $10.
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Jan 9, 2014 16:31
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Hometown Story is a $20 game at best.
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Jan 9, 2014 16:31
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:
This right here is bullshit. C'mon, NOA! Let me get my nostalgia fix so I can forget the fact that one of my most played games in 2013 was a repetitive slogfest that had me going through the motions. Especially because I despise the main female character and her retarded verbal tic. Over 200 hours of Project x Zone, almost 90% of which was played on commute. I've made some bad decisions.  Please NOA. Stop me from being the worst.
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Jan 9, 2014 16:52
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NOA can't save you from yourself, Wark Say. If NOA not giving you guys some old Mario game is bad, imagine what it's like hearing you discussing the new Chibi Robo while knowing it's yet another game we will be missing here in good ol' Europe. We can't even claim to have Inazuma Eleven over you people anymore.
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Jan 9, 2014 17:12
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They really need to fire Reggie and get someone better in charge of NoA.
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Jan 9, 2014 17:56
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Rirse posted:They really need to fire Reggie and get someone better in charge of NoA. How about no besides Reggie isn't in charge of which virtual console games get released on the VC
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Jan 9, 2014 17:59
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Reggie has no power over pretty much anything. Whoever they'd get instead would be forced to do whatever NoJ tells them to, nothing would change.
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Jan 9, 2014 18:09
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YourAverageJoe posted:Reggie has no power over pretty much anything. Whoever they'd get instead would be forced to do whatever NoJ tells them to, nothing would change. He's really more of a mascot  "MY BODY IS READY" is not the thing an executive latches onto as a catchphrase.
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Jan 9, 2014 18:16
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Rirse posted:They really need to fire Reggie and get someone better in charge of NoA. I thought Iwata was NOA head now?
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bushisms.txt posted:I thought Iwata was NOA head now? Oh yeah that's right. I keep thinking Reggie is the President of NoA, but he more of a figurehead at this point. Still wish they speedup the VC releases here.
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Jan 9, 2014 18:48
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I wish some of the Japanese executives would spend a month or two living in America per year. Like, the streetpass didn't get better with the relay until some executives noticed they were getting hardly any passes when they went on vacation here. I work at an auto plant, their foreign executives, and even foreign desk jockeys and programmers like myself always spend a few months here and rotate out of locations around the world. I feel they really understand the differences in culture between our nations and it helps us make a superior product.
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Jan 9, 2014 18:56
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My guess would be that he really just signs off on projects after they have been approved by lower level management. Aside from a couple games he might play in Japan on a business trip and like, he probably leaves it to the lower level management to determine what is coming over.
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bushisms.txt posted:I thought Iwata was NOA head now? Iwata took over the role of CEO of Nintendo of America when the previous dude moved back over to Japan for a position with Nintendo Co. Ltd., Reggie's still president and COO like he was before. The problem is that the regional branches are mostly sockpuppets with little autonomy.
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Jan 9, 2014 22:02
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I'm sure Nintendo will see no benefit to Sony allowing their western divisions have a large say in how the PS4 was designed. Nope, no upside at all.
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Jan 9, 2014 23:20
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Fancy Hat! posted:I'm sure Nintendo will see no benefit to Sony allowing their western divisions have a large say in how the PS4 was designed. Nope, no upside at all. All the decision makers in Nintendo's western division seem like empty suit yes-men though. So if they had more input in console design, who knows what dumb poo poo they'd think a console needs.
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Jan 10, 2014 02:05
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How do you guys know so much about the inner workings of Nintendo
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Help Im Alive posted:How do you guys know so much about the inner workings of Nintendo Their uncles who work there, obviously.
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A few people I know have had dealings with Nintendo and while obviously they didn't have deep insight, they said it's basically run like a typical Japanese organization where everything flows down and nothing flows up. Basically, the little guys have no say in what is done and what the big guys say is law. The issue is a lot of the big guys at Nintendo are super conservative and unwilling to take risks.
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robodex posted:A few people I know have had dealings with Nintendo and while obviously they didn't have deep insight, they said it's basically run like a typical Japanese organization where everything flows down and nothing flows up. Basically, the little guys have no say in what is done and what the big guys say is law.
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Jan 10, 2014 10:31
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The Wii U is saved! Y'all ready for FLAVOURED CATS? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sGQQ6DziDg
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:The Wii U is saved! Y'all ready for FLAVOURED CATS? EAT IT, Ouya!
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Jan 11, 2014 03:13
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...B-Bubsy? Is that you?
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:The Wii U is saved! Y'all ready for FLAVOURED CATS? Something about the way the description was worded made me think it was written by a Dutch person. I took a look at the twitter account linked in the YT profile and, sure enough, these guys are from The Netherlands. My country never fails to disappoint me.
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