AndrewTS

Thoth--I assume you finished the game, right? Is there really any differences between the two characters' games? I started a new Normal game so far with the chick and so far it's only slight dialogue changes. And wow, Normal isn't brutally hard. However, I have noticed after completing most of the missions, there are blinking sections of the map where bosses have respawned. When you fight them, another boss appears elsewhere. I thought there was a practical reason for this (like items to get from them or something), but so far I see nothing. So, are those sections of the map blinking just as a warning for the respawns? And cool...model F lets you customize the direction of the buster!

Info/screens on Bleach for Wii: http://wii.ign.com/articles/732/732985p1.html The Wiimote can be used for the sword fighting aspects, although the license makes me way and hasn't been announced for U.S.

Well, with GTA, the MO is building onto what is already an extremely successful formula.

I'm as indifferent to GTA as one can be, but probably at least 15x the work and effort goes into new GTA games than the typical Madden game, plus the gameplay actually changes and evolves. Playing essentially the "same game" can be fine when it's a new game in a series that offers new levels/worlds/abilities.

Here's the box art for the game, thankfully it wasn't the one we were seeing on display boxes (which wasn't really bad, but not good for box art, and very untraditional): http://www.destructoid.com/wp-content/uplo...9/wii_zelda.jpg Was betting on that one since I first saw it on Nintendo Power's cover. That's the official box art--dunno if this one is going to be the GC one or if it will be identical to the Wii one: http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0000...01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg Um...official, fanmock up, or 3P cash in? http://i1.tinypic.com/mkaetw.jpg

And unlike the 3D Zeldas, you have a jump button.

TB is *compellingly* stupid and derivative. I love it on a level I usually reserve for crap b-movies.

platform/puzzle/adventure. Yeah, I know, that's not too specific.

That's a terrific price. So with the must-have extended protection factored in, it's only a little over the retail price which doesn't include a decent warranty!

The original PS1 game, Brave Fencer Musashi, is much, much better.

Yeah, that game was really good. Basically the best parts about NBA Jam and Mk smashed together. The PS1 version was a darn good translation. I've played every single version of WM TAG that exists: Arcade, Genesis, SNES, 32x, PS1, Saturn, and PC. Surprisingly the SNES version really, really sucked. It was a bit easier to play and just as good as Slam Masters. I bought a Playstation primarily to play the very best version of the game available at home at the time. Plus the PS1 NBA Jam TE was really damn good, too. The game had enhanced fire effects and the GINORMOUS head mode. I bought IYH the day it came out and damn it sucked. The animation was pitiful, the colors were grainy and washed out, the sound sucked, the gameplay was kind of screwed up by putting a lot more "realistic" attacks in while simultaneously making the special moves 10 times stupider. The Super Pins....ugh, don't get me started.

As for the Wii's regional lockouts, the official word seems to be there's no official word. It seems like the US and European heads have their heads up their asses and aren't explaining clearly how things are going to be. Wikipedia puts it in a nutshell: So either Nintendo won't even come and tell us specifics, or the European and US heads are really poorly informed. Remember that the NoE guy flatly denied a DS redesign right before it was announced.

Yeah, I'm planning on taking on normal later. I had serious doubts over the gameplay balance, knowing the Zero team's rep. Taking easy difficulty isn't something I make a habit of. Why are the save capsules so far away from the boss arenas, though? That's quite annoying.

New preview: http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3153516 In this demo build it appears GoW2 is now ripping off Neo-Prince of Persia with its own version of a time manipulation gimmick, although it's more limited. I wholeheartedly approve, but kind of wish it was more of a ripoff.

Yeah, I'm beginning to see that. Anyway, more I play the more I love this game. There are warp points, as I expected. While there *are* pits, falling into one merely penalizes you with a bit of life as your biometal pulls your fat out of the fire and allows you to levitate over to a safe platform. Oddly for a Metroidvania, there are "lives," though, with the ability to replace used ones, although out of habit I'm not using them at all. While the game doesn't appear to be pushing the DS' technological limits (honestly, the in-game graphics are probably better in Gunstar Super Heroes GBA!), it seems the game does at least make use of every damn button on the DS, which is great because it feels like an awesome long-lost SNES game.

Leena said she's frugal, not stupid.

All those recommendations, and you get *that* game? I guess it's not good, but getting it after those xbox games is like being a homeless man who was living off of rat meat getting a double cheeseburger from McDonald's. It's hardly *good* but it's still a step up. "Don't listen to Andrew about Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal. And don't listen to Bobby Peru about picking up the whole R&C series - Deadlocked is mediocre, at best." I never said it wasn't good. I said I didn't like it much, although I suppose I should have elaborated. Ratchet and Clank 1 and 2 are platforming sweetness, with fun missions and lots of great side missions that you actually wanna go out and complete. In comparison, UYA is more like balls-to-the-wall action. Most folks I know who like the series seem to feel Going Commando is the best. However, based on the Deadlocked demo I played, I don't really like that game. It's still a more worthwhile spinoff than Jak X.

Most likely, a game based on the anime/manga of the same name. There was a big preview video and Bleach was in it. It appears to be a one-on-one fighter based on the anime.

It beats Nada 3 on 360 right now.

+Earthbound Zero, Earthbound, Earthbound 2 (Wait...Earthbound 2 ie Mother 3 ie the new game that's sitting out in Japan?!) +There will be new Virtual Console remakes of certain NES and Game Boy games by first and third party developers. -Online Wi-Fi for Virtual Console games is still a mystery. +Arcade...will join the Virtual Console fold very soon. +Nintendo Wii owners will get to buy Virtual Console games, game soundtracks, wall papers, and other physical items (real life posters and toys for example) with Wii Points. Wii Points can be purchased, earned through buying games, donated from friends, and won through Wi-Fi raffles. EDIT: Damn, Downhome just keeps hitting it up with the new info.

Correction about the "region free" thing: http://www.codenamerevolution.com/?p=1848 So, US and Japan won't be divided by regional lockout, but Europe is locked in its own region. I assume that holds true for all PAL territories.

Gamespot says Twiilight Princess controls are AOK: http://www.gamespot.com/events/wiilaunch/s...opslot;action;3 Red Steel apparently no longer sucks: http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/redstee...tml?sid=6157687 Metroid Prime 3 shaping up well: http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/metroid...tml?sid=6157653 Buttload of others: http://www.gamespot.com/events/wiilaunch/games.html

Better argument. Although there's plenty enough people who buy these SD games to make them all go GH, so there's plenty who'd prefer the newer game.

Sensei Obvious. Although I think it depends on what sort of trademark dealy WWE/F had with the wrestlers. Wrestlemania The Arcade Game came out long after some of the wrestlers were gone, with the home ports even later. It's hard to tell since it's surely not cut and dry, but possible since we know how much WWE contracts put the screws to much of their talent.

ZAMN is not a bad game. Bad Dudes is. 2 Crude Dudes (sequel I tihnk) is bad without quite as much charm. You control 1 or 2 massive, post-apoc looking roided up biker freaks who do things like hoist around cars and toss them, while also doing lumbering jump kicks and fighting really cheap enemies. You can punch soda machines for more life, and I seem to recall fighting a friend over it in coop. Altered Beast is really lame too, but the voices are hilarious.