AndrewTS

New Retro Roundup: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3156110 While I didn't bother downloading SF2, I did whip out the original cart and play a lot of it. It's still really good/fun even today, even thought a lot of it just abusing the hell out of the little bugs in the gameplay. Guile rules your ass.

Wiiseeker is not very good at all. It said my Target would have 24 at launch when they had zip. It said that the Wal-mart I hit would have 50 and they had 20.

Isn't that just in Japanese arcades at the moment? We don't have an arcade field.

I've been "warned" for calling Mole an ass for planning to scalp a PS3. Which is kind of funny since he realized he's not going to get anything out of his $600 + tax investment it and is now going to keep it. Heh.

These are just the nominations, voting will be a seperate thread.

You sure showed me.

Sony's warranties used to be 90 days--but PS2 Slim, PSP, and now PS3 have 1 year warranties. Riiiight. Because owning an ebay account = being a system scalper. I had a chance to preorder a PS3 so I'd have it on launch day, and passed on it. Why? Because I didn't want it, and just maybe someone who actually did, got it. Translation: OH NO! I didn't think this through! You plunked down $600 plus tax for a PS3 with intentions of selling it? Now you're not? Clearly you mustn't have been hurting for that 20 dollars. Don't forget shipping costs, which will be quite a bit cuz the PS3 is heavy. And insurance and some form of tracking is a must, too.

No. It's just that Americans suck at making realistic wrestling games. And Japanese programmers being kept on a short leash, being told exactly how to make an American-style wrestling game are only doing a little bit better. "I actually did like WM: The Arcade Game...unfortuantely, I had the inferior SNES version, but it was still fun to play. Playing as a tag team with a friend was a lot of fun. " Heh, hopefully you got the PS1 version later. I played *EVERY* version of that game around, the SNES was by far the worst. 2 missing characters, butchered to hell animation, and SLOWDOWN for crying out loud!! I guess the game just played far better to the Genesis' faster hardware.

I love the fact that he bitches out the GC guy for being an ass, then says he's going to (try to) sell the PS3 on Ebay anyway. You're an ass, too. I hope you have to take it back soon because you couldn't sell it for your asking price and need to deal with the same guy again. He's trying to gouge customers because of management mandate. What's your excuse? I'd dropped some knowledge about EB/Gamestop's joke of a warranty a few times. Seriously...they're selling you a 1 year protection on Nintendo DS? When Nintendo themselves offer a 1 year and bend over backwards to fix any problems? Geez.

360s cost $300-$400 (well, plus tax). Cheap CRTs with component are virtually non-existent in major retailers, too, so it would have to be something you'd know to look for. I understood the reasoning behind posting the comment. If and when I get a 360 I'll probably go with VGA, since I don't think I'm going to be going the HDTV route yet unless my (still functioning very well) TV dies on me. However, the comment shows how out of touch tech geeks can be. Casual gamers often don't know anything about the different cables other than what is on the back of their TV. I used to be the same way and I'm a long time gamer.

It takes time--when you add someone in the address book they don't immediately become available.

The game's hit beta. Link to Barlog's blog: http://corybarlog.blogspot.com/

either ragingfear hasn't added me or maybe something's buggy with his wiiconnect. hm.

Preview from Gamespot http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/adventure/tomb...p;click=topslot

A trailer for Fight For Life, which Anya believes is the worst 3D fighter of all time:

Much like Nintendo treats Americans like red-headed stepchildren most of the time, Tekken 5 HD has hit the Japan PS store and is available for download now. Just in case anyone here has a Japanese PS3, you know.

I wish. Great game for it's time, it was, even if it was the NBA Jam of wrestling games (hell, many of the same folks who made it were also on the NBA Jam team). Yeah, I agree with you. That's just going overboard.

Well, moveset filler is found in even good wrestling games, but that is pretty funny.

Like I said, though--something superficial like the gameplay engine we can consider later. Although, the key difference now is a different publisher, and it is the publisher's job to assert some degree of quality control. The Backyard games were done under the publisher Eidos. No degree of QA can polish a turd, but can make a developer strive to make a good game great, or a mediocre game to be above average.

It's a little more complex than "Midway." "Midway" making it doesn't matter. "Midway" is the publisher. "Midway" themselves didn't program WM21--that was Studio Gigante or whatever the hell they called themselves. The developer of the game are the folks formerly known as Paradox Development, whose best game ever was MK Shaolin Monks. More relevantly, they made the steaming pile that was the Backyard Wrestling games. That's why the game will suck balls, not because Midway is publishing it. And it will suck balls, and I'll be telling you "I told you so." Let's save the optimism for when we see gameplay and we see working collision detection, and A.I. that isn't equivalent to a lobotomized lemming. Then we can worry about more superficial things, like the gameplay engine.

Awesome. Glad to see some others finished the game (I just did the other day). Last boss(es) were thankfully a little harder than I expected (I didn't know what the hell to do on I'm ready for Phantom Hourglass. Oh, and anyone else a bit disappointed with Zant? The game is definitely more difficult than OOT...although I have literally thousands of rupees in chests all over the game that I didn't have room for...even with a Giant Wallet! I guess that's to make it easier on you if you have to recover them after using the Magic Armor, but still...

Got my replacement straps, too. It's a sturdy as I'll even need 'em, but maybe not for everyone.... If they get much thicker I won't be able to get it on. Although I honestly don't see how Nintendo can possibly warn you any more. I'm getting spammed because a bunch of people happened to be retards while playing a game. Doh.

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/hello-kitty/s...itty-224294.php No real reason to care about Sega publishing licensed games (actually, these days not much reason to care about Sega *PERIOD*), but "sharing characters?" What the hell?

Well, they'd have to work out the former with Enix. However, Paper Mario being released about a month before Super Paper Mario would be very synergistic.

VC can be a good value, depending on what you get. Mario 64 I think is worth it, because it looks better than the original, plays better with the GC controller, and you don't have to hook up your N64. Altered Beast is and was pretty much a Genesis tech demo. Graphics were good at the time and digitized speech was a rare treat. However, the gameplay itself is trumped by many superior NES games. Annoying forced-scroll crap through the entire game, you just have to collect orbs and stay alive. It's repetitive battling enemies that jump on screen really fast and rush off, while your own collision sucks, and your attacks are awkward--what is with that crouching kick? The game is like 10 minutes long, too. Sega themselves are convinced the game isn't worth any money, because it was a free pack-in, sometimes it's tossed in as compilation filler, but no one is demanding a remake (although the next gen sequel failed Sony's approval process and didn't make it out of Japan). Except for Toejam and Gunstar, all of the Sega games are just shovelware that is already available on the Sega Genesis Collection. For 20 dollars no less! Ristar, Phantasy Star IV, Comix Zone, Golden Ax, etc. with 3 save slots each, progressive scan output, and better-than-Genesis sound for 20 bones sure beats the VC price. Although honestly, there are very few Genesis games I'd pay 8 bucks for anyway.