AndrewTS

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You forget the (current) hidden cost of buying a PSP and a memory stick. I'm sure Sony is going to working judiciously on that firmware update to get the games running on PS3. I'm sure it's just a technical bug they need to iron out, *NOT* a shameless and transparent attempt to unload PSPs. Yes, for the low, low cost of $700-$800 plus tax, you can play the same PS1 games you can get at Gamestop for $5-$10 a pop. Although in Sony's credit they're going to be apparently offering import-only and rare titles, like Vib Ribbon and Silent Bomber. Save for TG16, the current VC offers are as rare as dirt and they're all US region, with no announced plans for imports (which makes little sense).

Namco's arcade HW have been basically Playstations for years?

Warioware Smooth Moves gameplay vid: The BOSS STAGE is terrific.

An Xbox fanboy/plant on another board Anya and I frequent was talking about how Nintendo had Yakuza ties and what not. It pretty much can all be tied to Yamauchi, who by many accounts is as evil as he looks. Gunpei Yokoi was killed by being hit by a drunk driver--said fanboy implied it was a mob hit or something. Of course this is moot since Yamauchi isn't even associated with the company anymore (was on the board of directors, now not even that), but he was a creepy, ruthless bastard who could probably be credited with much of Nintendo's highly aggressive/illegal behavior in the 80's. FWIW, now Nintendo is run by a guy a who worked on the Kirby and Earthbound games.

KH3 hasn't had a platform officially announced, but considering the sales of the first 2 games in Japan, Square would be insane to make it a 360 exclusive, unless the 360 starts taking off big time. I don't see that happening.

Acquiring the Master Sword in pretty much any Zelda game, especially in Ocarina of Time and Wind Waker (because in Wind Waker it's also accompanied by a really, really awesome cutscene of something else happening...). Chrono Trigger: Frog dividing the mountain, Crono being brought back with the Trigger, fighting the final Lavos forms. Mario 64: Flying with the Wing Cap, GIANT SWING~ing Bowser in the boss fights, and pretty much the entire ghost house level. I mos def have to 2nd the Okami one.

It's 100% wrong and it's your usual shitty blog "reporting." I'm using a Wavebird and it plays fantastic. You get a prompt that says just that, but then just press a button on the Bird and there you go.

http://wii.nintendo.com/virtualconsole.jsp Nintendo has a chart of the Virtual Console compatibility with controllers. So far the Gamecube one works for everything (so I don't get that "some" thing they're talking about), however, I suspect they'll push for the Classic hard since I doubt too many folks are purchasing new Gamecube controllers these days.

You must not have added me. I just added you Misawa, but you're still gray in my address book

While not exactly the same, this is interesting: http://www.destructoid.com/wii-need-a-good...me--28221.phtml Lets hope for either a Wii import solution or a US localization.

I wish it did, though, because honestly there's a ton of games I'd rather play with the Classic than the Gamecube controller, like fighters. Regardless, Gamecube controller with play all Gamecube games, all virtual console titles, and many Wii games. Classic controller plays all Virtual Console games, and many wii games. Wii remote plays some virtual console games. The problem is that the Classic controller isn't a traditional wired controller. Rather, it hooks up to the Wii remote. And when the Wii plays GC games it basically clocks itself down and disables all of the Wii features; it becomes a Gamecube. If the Classic controller were a traditional wired, or had an optional wire for Gamecube gaming, this wouldnt be a problem. Eventually I might get a classic if a buttload of SNES games I want to buy on VC crops up, but for right now the Wavebird does the trick.

No.

Yamauchi is no longer in charge you know. You know, the guy who masterminded killing Metroid Guy and was the big cheese during Nintendo's 8 and 16 bit dominance?

http://kotaku.com/gaming/wario/wario-maste...dead-217849.php Wario Thief hasn't been canceled after all! http://www.jeux-france.com/news18241_wario...s-d-images.html

For comparison's sake, I set up the N64 and the VC running Mario 64 and switched between them. Both running on composites, anyway. The VC one looks better overall, with much crisper, smoother graphics and textures. However, the N64 one looks much brighter, and I've heard folks note that the virtual console Zelda looks darker as well. Unfortunately there seems to be no way to tweak the color/brightness settings within the VC. Depending on the cables/hookup method you use, it may vary, but I guess that's just the emulation.

Except the N64 pretty much sucked except for 1st party Nintendo games and was the start of the downward slide. As the console market goes, Wii could/should be a step up from where GC was. Stephen Colbert playing Wii Boxing: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3155528 The SNES days were the best, IMO. Two great systems to choose from and both well worth owning, and the 16-bit games hold up better than just about anything else before. The gamecube has a more robust release schedule right now than N64 did in its prime. It would be funny if things turned out to be Wii60 and PSWii. Hell, Sony and Microsoft were bickering over that same point. Regardless, it will do very well, although I don't know for how long. I'd say that Nintendo having a console out there in some form gives them a lot of apparent stability even if/when their bread and butter is the portables market. Don't think for one moment it's a coincidence that Japan is getting the Wii late. What's the rush when Nintendo can rake in another 4-5 weeks + worth of massive DS system and game sales?

Zelda is out now.

yeah. there was also a 6 button version. My old Moss' (extinct grocery chain) had it in their little mini-arcade. The voices...er, voice is so terrible. It sounds like one of those old kids toys with the synthesized robot voices. And Sagat looks like he's related to Toxie.

$650!!?! OMG!! That's like...a cheap PC. Or half the price of one of those pieces of crap iMacs Apple makes. People spend a hell of a lot of money on pricier PCs to game on, not counting upgrades. And the price has been beaten to death. Why are we still talking about it? And if you paid for a high-end HD TV...you know, the only type of TV that Blu-Ray movies are going to look any different than DVDs on...then the price is hardly that ridiculous.

The PS3 was meant for hardcore technophiles who happen to play videogames. It's hardly a "hardcore gamer's" heavenly bliss right now. Sony isn't positioning it as a game machine. Yet. It's going to me the ultimate media settop box! It may be *smarter* than you! Download movies! View your photos! Make microtransactions! Use your PSP as a rear view mirror! Take over your living room! Emotion! Toy Story graphics in real time! It will be back to being a gaming machine when the average consumer balks at it. But yeah, only the hardcore crowd really wants it now, because the price point isn't even close to mass market acceptable yet.

Heh, yeah, not much variety, but the quality is hard to argue with. According to 1up, not only does M64 look crisper and clearer, but it also can run in 480p when you have the component cables.

Plus instead of the measly single interrupt save, Genesis collection lets you make 3 save states you can then load up at your own whim, picking up exactly where you left off. We'll probably see the Streets of Rage games on VC, though.

No, there are still lots of hardcores who would be glad to pay retail price for a PS3, but they couldn't afford to knock off work for a week and camp out for it. People are greedy assholes. Another video game company has exploited the holiday shopping insanity. None of this is news, nor does it reflect on the console's future.

Already have them on the Genesis collection. Those games are totally not worth 8 bucks either, although they're at least not as ridiculous as Altered Beast for 8 bucks. I suspect Sega will continue to be lazy phucks and will just gradually release the entire Genesis Collection catalogue (or at least whatever Nintendo will approve).