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It's Grungy Punk.

http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?showtopic=75475

Czech is responsible for all the sound there.

Andrew, if your vaunted Ubi Montreal couldn't make the kick-ass TMNT game that you want, what makes you think the developer of a thousand Sega CD RPGs and a couple of Team Ninja staffers can?

Gary Floyd, did you listen to Loveless again today? Better keep us abreast!

Failure #1. Stop. Explain. Fighting games in general are not huge sellers these days, and even the ones with name value are relatively niche (VF5 anyone? MK vs. DC fell below expectations even with tons of marketing and DC characters). As I've noted, Smash Bros clone does not = insta money. Ubi feels that it's something people would buy. Have you not noticed the way in which Wii has changed the marketplace? Sure, maybe it's led to a few games that aren't too good becoming big sellers. But I think "Ninja Turtles Fighting Game on Wii" is a sound concept economically. So what if the Viewtiful Joe fighting game bombed? Viewtiful Joe was never that popular. A Smash Bros. clone with mainstream-popular characters has a chance. Ninja Turtles are popular. It could work. Where'd you pull this bullshit from? TMNT is more of a game franchise than anything else to me. The basic idea is not that ridiculous (the Turtles fighting), but the actual concept at work here is a bit more baffling (a Smash-style title which doesn't really lend itself well to the combat style). I think the TMNT franchise and the Smash style are a good fit. TMNT is all about Big Dumb Fun, nothing serious. It makes sense. Sure thing! I do it well. Are you making the argument that making a game for Wii over another system is a matter of playability over graphics? Because if so, you are a fucking idiot. I was just making fun of your "everything Wii is bad" attitude. I doubt you'd be so negative on this game if it wasn't on the system for dem damn casual players. But it does! You're swinging a katana blade, or a sai, or nunchaku. Motion control fits. It's not Team Ninja. It's a few dudes who used to work there. It's not like Itagaki is making the game. Who knows those ex-Ninja guys want to make another game like that? Who knows if they could?

I remember once he wasn't able to make some ROH show because of a legal issue and a bunch of people on DVDVR automatically assumed, due to his name, that he had been arrested for murder. That was funny. What a board.

Even 1up's Jeremy Parish? 1up bitches about Nintendo on a daily basis! I think most of the first-party Nintendo games for Wii next year look good. S&P2 is a must-buy, as is Punch-Out. I never played the original Trace Memory I liked Hotel Dusk which is from the same developer, so I'm interested in the Wii sequel. Dynamic Slash could be good. I never played the Earth Defense Force games but some like them, some don't. We'll have to see. Cosmic Walker has a really cool premise. I know nothing about Line Attack Heroes, but it's from the guy who created the Mana series. I know a lot of Mana fans don't like the way that series went near the end but this is a different genre, I think. Tact of Magic doesn't really interest me and I read it's developed by Taito, so bleh. Shouldn't Square Enix be publishing their games?

UGH WHY WOULD A COMPANY CHOOSE A MARKETABLE IDEA OVER RESPECTING THE SANCTITY OF THE NINJA TURTLES. TMNT ARE PURE AND TMNT ARE LOVE. FUCK THEM FOR MAKING A GAME FOR WII SALES ARE BULLSHIT GAMES ARE ART GRAPHICS ARE EVERYTHING.

But if not, that's some impressive girth.

I liked that one post where you said "rot in hell killing yourself forever." More turns of phrase like that and you'll be a Top 20 TSM Poster in no time.

What he means is that he doesn't like Axl's voice. And therefore he's decided that everyone feels the same way and that those who liked GNR only did so in spite of Axl's high-pitched rasp. I'm sure "Welcome to the Jungle" would have been a bigger hit had it been sung in Scott's bullhorn-assisted baritone.

There, now it's spelled right.

<pfff> You mean you don't KNOW?

Brendan/Brandon/Branden Erskine.

This new fella sure is making himself at home, huh...

Maybe I'm just lowbrow. But I don't like mac & cheese as a casserole. I only like the store-bought "pasta in cheese sauce" variety. Anyone ever have Boston Market mac & cheese? It's rotini in a three-cheese sauce! Excellent! If I haven't outgrown it by now, I never will.

Because the minute Prince Paul offers Mike more than the 15 bucks a month the Maffers are ponying up, he gets the run of the board.

As I understand it, larvae are new posters. Once they have been here a sufficient amount of time (and made enough posts to adequately determine if they can contribute) they are moved to members. That's the basic answer. Perhaps a mod can better quantify what the expectations are. It's a mechanism put in to ensure that new members can't start topics without posting a certain number of times. I don't think they're allowed to edit their posts, either.

If I remember correctly The Pit was created as a response to the first banning of MikeSC in May 2005. It was originally called J*Wing as it was created by Jingus, who wasn't necessarily looking to create a conservative board, just one where posters could express their views without fear of being punished. The banning of Mike galvanized many of TSM's conservatives, who saw Mike's banning as proof of a liberal bias on the part of the TSM staff and took to the new board after Mike began posting there, including Marney, who had left TSM the previous summer after a blowup with TSM admin Josh. On the other hand, only a few of TSM's more prominent liberals joined the board, thus creating the ideological imbalance which persists to this day. I defer to any of those more well-versed in Pit matters on any of these points.

Axl as message board poster is long overdue. It's the role he was born to play, really.

I once considered changing my board name to "The Asian Chick From Gilmore Girls." I don't think it's going to happen. You know, I think if I made an album it would sound just like Chinese Democracy. Everything from the voice to the drum loops to the 50 guitar tracks per song to the synths to the ominous song intros. If I ever teach myself to play guitar semi-competently, I can make this happen.