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Karma Monkey posted:I'M RAGEQUITTING YOU NINTENDO! I'm leaning towards that quote being satire, mainly because of the direct use of the comedy punchline "literally shaking." But... it could just be true too, ugh.
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Drunk Nerds posted:I'm leaning towards that quote being satire, mainly because of the direct use of the comedy punchline "literally shaking." It must be satire because compared to the Wii Vitality Sensor or M Night Shyamalan playing air drums the conference was a masterpiece. Plus Platinum making Star Fox.
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Drunk Nerds posted:I'm leaning towards that quote being satire, mainly because of the direct use of the comedy punchline "literally shaking." That's the conundrum I face. I have been so long immersed in both internet satire and internet nerd rage for so long that I cannot tell which is what anymore. 
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Drunk Nerds posted:I'm leaning towards that quote being satire, mainly because of the direct use of the comedy punchline "literally shaking." It hits the sentiment of so many people on the Internet that the authenticity of the quote is almost a moot point. I get people being disappointed that Metroid isn't getting a new, main entry when so many other Nintendo franchises are, but you'd think Reggie busted through someone's window and shot their dog.
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Ryoshi posted:M Night Shyamalan playing air drums Missed this, please link Also, Nintendo just didn't have the A-titles to compete with like 6 other studios' conferences this year. My wife is a gamer, but she is a full time worker and mom, and doesn't follow that many titles. So her impressions of other companies press conferences vs nintendos was telling: "Fallout 4? Cool. Halo 5? Cool. A new Shadow of the Colossus? Isn't that your dad's favorite game? A game inspired by the four swords Zelda? Never heard of it. WTF is Metroid? I think I heard of it, but that game looks like poo poo. Why haven't they made a new 3D Super Mario? Where's my 3d Harvest moon or animal crossing? A new Paper Mario? That sounds amazing! Wait, is it going to be like the first two, or like that Wii piece of poo poo? We don't know? Well, then I don't care." Drunk Nerds has a new favorite as of 04:08 on Jun 19, 2015 |
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Lumberjack Bonanza posted:It hits the sentiment of so many people on the Internet that the authenticity of the quote is almost a moot point. I get people being disappointed that Metroid isn't getting a new, main entry when so many other Nintendo franchises are, but you'd think Reggie busted through someone's window and shot their dog. Yeah that's the thing, over 50% of the viewers on one Japanese stream voted the Nintendo conference as "5 - bad" on a scale of 1-5 with 1 being good and 5 being poo poo. That's ridiculously harsh. What did puppets kill a bunch of Japanese people or something? I thought their conference was really funny and had some great announcements and games. Must have been a bunch of Metroid and Zelda fans. Although... we got new Metroid AND Zelda games. Just... not the ones people wanted to see. Holy loving poo poo you nerds.
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The big problem is that Nintendo just didn't have any big titles at all. They showed a dozen games that are all going to quietly make a tidy profit, but no blockbusters and nothing that will drive console sales.
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They hosed up by announcing all the cool games before E3.
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Part of the problem was that their tentpole, Starfox, was actually a B-list title; and no matter what it's going to be overshadowed by Legend of Zelda. Which is what people are desperate to hear from, since they showed it last year. The rest of the show would have been fine if there was something that actually made people excited; like an Animal Crossing, new Martio, or Metroid. Instead there were only spin-offs of these franchises which reminded people that they weren't getting anything worth anticipating. except Starfox, but people are dumb
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Ryoshi posted:How exactly do you think this is pronounced? A visual, not an aural joke.
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Some of the Sheep posted:A visual, not an aural joke. Loss edits get more complex every loving day.
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I still don't get why the internet's up in arms about Nintendo's conference. It was directly followed up by the loving Square-Enix conference, which was worse in EVERY way. Their headlining games were all stuff they'd already announced and had nothing new to show, and their new games had nothing more than concept art to put forward. And it was all presented in boring as poo poo ways. In contrast, pretty much everything in the Nintendo conference ranged from 'awesome' down to 'might be fun, maybe', with most of it being fairly new information.
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Phanatic posted:My twin daughters, Monique and Unique. 5 dollars a shoe, that's 4 shoes. Five dollars for shoes is pretty good imo
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Cleretic posted:In contrast, pretty much everything in the Nintendo conference ranged from 'awesome' down to 'might be fun, maybe', with most of it being fairly new information. Not to mention every single title is going to be in people's hands by early 2016. They didn't want to talk about far-future poo poo just yet, only what they were sure was coming in the next six-eight months.
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Nintendo is a company that has mined the same three IPs for like 30 years now and has no originality at all, so this should surprise nobody
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Boing posted:Nintendo is a company that has mined the same three IPs for like 30 years now and has no originality at all, so this should surprise nobody Actually, people are most mad that they did get creative, and are making a Metroid game that doesn't seem to look or play like any of their favorite Metroid games. I'm convinced Square-Enix is mostly getting a pass because of the FFVII remake, which they didn't even announce at their own conference.
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Cleretic posted:Actually, people are most mad that they did get creative, and are making a Metroid game that doesn't seem to look or play like any of their favorite Metroid games. Instead it looks like one of their least favorite Metroid games (Metroid Prime Hunters).
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Cleretic posted:Actually, people are most mad that they did get creative, and are making a Metroid game that doesn't seem to look or play like any of their favorite Metroid games. Is it definitely Square handling it though? A lot of these remakes are done by third party studios.
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Drunk Nerds posted:My wife is a gamer, but she is a full time worker and mom, and doesn't follow that many titles. So her impressions of other companies press conferences vs nintendos was telling: "Fallout 4? Cool. Halo 5? Cool. A new Shadow of the Colossus? Isn't that your dad's favorite game? A game inspired by the four swords Zelda? Never heard of it. WTF is Metroid? I think I heard of it, but that game looks like poo poo. Why haven't they made a new 3D Super Mario? Where's my 3d Harvest moon or animal crossing? A new Paper Mario? That sounds amazing! Wait, is it going to be like the first two, or like that Wii piece of poo poo? We don't know? Well, then I don't care." Thanks for the update on what your wife thinks about E3, keep us posted as we move through the conference.
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Overminty posted:Is it definitely Square handling it though? A lot of these remakes are done by third party studios. The graphics shown suggest it's Square's A-team. Not to mention this is FF7, the game that Square has milked over and over. You don't let B-team handle what you know will be a loving gang-busters success. I mean, FF7 is arguably Square's flagship game within their flagship series.
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Does Amazon using UPS Surepost count? Because holy poo poo I hate when things go Surepost. I have a PO Box so in order to get things shipped with prime I have to use my houses physical address which isn't a problem UPS delivers to me. But when it goes Surepost and switches to USPS it ends up at the PO Box. Since I'm at work the entire time people are there during the week I can't get it until Saturday which defeats the point of having Amazon Prime.
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FIFA's awfully-titled hagiography has been pulled from US theaters after making $918.00 in its opening weekend. http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/18/fifas-united-passions-lowest-grossing-film-us-history The film cost $25 million. quote:The film has done marginally better in Russia, the Blatter-approved beneficiary of the upcoming 2018 World Cup, where it has scored $158,000. It has not been picked up for distribution in football-loving countries such as the UK, Germany and Brazil and went straight to DVD in France. Here's a review: http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/04/united-passions-review-tim-roth-sam-neill-gerard-depardieu quote:So where did Fifa’s money go ? Considering that the film United Passions was principally bankrolled by the now-shamed sports organisation, it isn’t unfair to say some of the dough must have ended up in the pockets of Tim Roth, Gérard Depardieu, Sam Neill and Fischer Stevens.
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Zamboni_Rodeo posted:Apparently you've not seen this thread.
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Boing posted:Nintendo is a company that has mined the same three IPs for like 30 years now and has no originality at all, so this should surprise nobody  Sorry can't hear you over the sound of the most creative new IP from any company in years.
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I had heard that FIFA had made an awful back-patting movie and that it had bombed, but I am just realizing that it had multiple actual, respectable actors in it. Good lord.
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FWIW, Tim Roth flat-out admitted that he did it to get out of a "financial hole" and said that his father is probably spinning in his grave over the whole thing.
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Zaphod42 posted:
I dunno, splatoon is just the graffiti multiplayer mode from Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 played with mechanics from Super Mario Sunshine. It's a creative combination but I'd say that even Five Nights at Freddies is more creative.
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walrusman posted:I had heard that FIFA had made an awful back-patting movie and that it had bombed, but I am just realizing that it had multiple actual, respectable actors in it. Good lord. I thought they spent the entire budget on just getting Tim Roth, but no; the film has Sam Neill and Gerard Depardieu as well Some agents are going to get a stern telling to / firing. Poor Tim Roth, he's actually crazy talented. I loved him in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are dead, as well as Lie to me. Grey Fox posted:FWIW, Tim Roth flat-out admitted that he did it to get out of a "financial hole" and said that his father is probably spinning in his grave over the whole thing. Yeah he regrets the whole thing massively. I hope it didn't kill his already struggling career. 
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Grey Fox posted:FWIW, Tim Roth flat-out admitted that he did it to get out of a "financial hole" and said that his father is probably spinning in his grave over the whole thing. Reminds me of Michael Caine talking about Jaws 4: ""I have never seen the film, but by all accounts it was terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific." But lord, even that film *made money*.
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Ruzihm posted:I dunno, splatoon is just the graffiti multiplayer mode from Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 played with mechanics from Super Mario Sunshine. That's like saying Zelda was just Zork with graphics. Nintendo is infallible.
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Phanatic posted:Reminds me of Michael Caine talking about Jaws 4: ""I have never seen the film, but by all accounts it was terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific." Even with Nick Cage's endless debt and insatiable need to create more, he's never elected to be in such an embarrassing film.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/life-s...e-10327313.html A while back Heinz ran a promotion with QR codes on their bottles which would take you to a site where you can design your own ketchup label. Ketchup has a long shelf life so plenty of those bottles are still out there, but Heinz let the domain lapse and it's now a porn site. So some poor German was inadvertently exposed to porn. After he complained, Heinz apologized. And the porn site offered him a free subscription.
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Lumberjack Bonanza posted:Even with Nick Cage's endless debt and insatiable need to create more, he's never elected to be in such an embarrassing film. what? 
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There's a billboard on the freeway near me for a personal injury attorney who specializes in car accidents. The billboard says "Car Accident? Call Carr." The billboard is perfectly placed so that if you were in a car accident in the area, you would see his billboard, and could immediately call Carr. The billboard has no phone number on it.
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quote:As of May 9, 2015, the film closed and had grossed $14,019,924 domestically and $5,722,774 overseas for a worldwide total of $19,742,698.[4] Earning in excess of $3,740,000 profit against its budget of $16,000,000.
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Cleretic posted:Actually, people are most mad that they did get creative, and are making a Metroid game that doesn't seem to look or play like any of their favorite Metroid games. In all fairness it does look really bad. Nintendo has been stuck making the same games over and over again, but the solution is to make new properties. You can't take a fast paced multi-player shooter and slap on the title from a series that's completely focused on isolation and exploration.
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Dr_Amazing posted:In all fairness it does look really bad. Jesus Christ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroid_Prime_Hunters Its a sequel to Metroid Prime Hunters, aka Nintendo making a first person shooter for handheld. I don't get what's so hard to understand about that. It using the same world as your favorite game should be a cool thing, or something you don't care about at worst. Just don't buy it. But don't pretend like this is some massive betrayal. Oh also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroid_Prime_Pinball You can't take a fast paced pinball game and slap on the title from a series that's completely focused on isolation and exploration! Zaphod42 has a new favorite as of 21:45 on Jun 19, 2015 |
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Zaphod42 posted:Jesus Christ You're being pretty loving obtuse about this. Federation Force is not a goddamn sequel to Hunters and nobody was exactly pumped for Metroid Prime Pinball either. I think most of the reaction is a bit extreme, but you don't exactly need to pick this poo poo apart to see why it's a silly thing to bring to E3.
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Some of the Sheep posted:A visual, not an aural joke. Eh, it could work aurally if you were to introduce Hugh Teats to Anya Blowfish.
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Lumberjack Bonanza posted:You're being pretty loving obtuse about this. Federation Force is not a goddamn sequel to Hunters and nobody was exactly pumped for Metroid Prime Pinball either. Its pretty much Metroid Prime Hunters: Firefight mode literally. Its a handheld shooter for kids, because that's fun, but Nintendo doesn't own the Halo IP so its Metroid Prime. It uses metroid prime guns and first person style and that's pretty cool. It looks like a fun little handheld game, just like Metroid Prime Hunters was. Its not a replacement for Metroid Prime on console, no, neither was Hunters. I'm not saying people were loving pumped for metroid prime pinball. I'm saying nobody flipped a table because Nintendo making Metroid Pinball didn't mean they weren't making some Metroid Prime game, it just meant that they wanted to make a loving pinball game and happened to use the Metroid IP. The whole thing can be summarized as "fans wanted to see a new metroid prime game right now, but Nintendo is only showing off games that will ship in the next year.  "Actually, scratch that. People are pissy there's no new metroidvania. Even a new metroid prime wouldn't satisfy everybody. Just go play Axiom Verge instead, I'm so so so sorry Nintendo doesn't want to make another of those, other people are though. That's it. All the complaints about Federation Force are just  You're in the same camp with this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcFxz5T0wWQ make sure you're on the right side  "This is the second time we've been given what is... an okay looking game? But for whatever reason has the metroid title slapped on it for some goddamned reason. WHERE THE gently caress WAS SAMUS?"
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