AndrewTS

Miyamoto threw out the possibility of enhancing some of the games, so maybe, but I wouldn't count on it. That tidbit came out shortly after Sega Classics Collection came out, so I'm not sure the response was too positive. Of course, Sega screwed up their "enhanced" classics about as much as Sega could be expected to screw up these days. Could be a good thing for the N64, kind of iffy for NES games. And it seems the 10 dollar N64 games stick in a lot of gamers' craws. There's lots of NES games you can justify $5 for. $8 isn't so bad for a lot of primo SNES games, especially RPGs. However, for N64 games, most of the very best titles are in huge bins at Gamestop for $4.99 right now. But, if by some circumstances made unlikely by current legal entanglements, an enhanced, glitch-free No Mercy was made available--I'd pay a Jackson for it easy.

Chris Rock was wrong.

I got it, and it's quite awesome. I honestly don't see why the game *needed* to be a DS release, though, because so far everything the game seems well within the GBA's capability except for maybe the silky-smooth animated cutscenes. It's like a Mega Man Zero game, without the brutal difficulty (although you can unlock that option), a new cast of characters, and some very Metroid-style ideas and game design. My EB didn't get it Tuesday. Or Wednesday. So I had to leave my money and preorder slip with my sister while I went to work, and she picked it up for me. I'm honestly only a half hour-ish into the game, though, so I can't really make many sweeping generalizations about it, but I do love it thus far.

Results 1 - 10 of about 28,700,000 for sony + evil. Results 1 - 10 of about 23,100,000 for microsoft + evil Results 1 - 10 of about 21,200,000 for nintendo + evil. Number 3 again. Although that's impressive for a company with a relatively narrow focus. At the risk of getting back on topic, here's the Wii power brick. This is old but I haven't seen it before: http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2006/06/3...upply-revealed/ Which is disappointing, since I expected it to use its own internal power supply fueled by smiles, rainbows, and fun. There is no DVD playback.

Google test... "Results 1 - 10 of about 34,900 for hiroshi yamauchi + evil"

Yokoi: http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/march0...ages/Yokois.jpg Yamauchi: http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2006/1/4/2332

Actually, I've made my piece with the Xenogears situation, since the creators got to have full creative license to bring their vision to life, it still sucked, and the market dictated they shan't continue. The revelation that Nintendo killed Yokoi WITH A VIRTUAL BOY is sad, though. I thought it was just a tragic car accident when a motorist crushed him between a parked car. Now I wonder if they gave him eye cancer, bludgeoned him to death with the unit, or simply blinded him and he walked into traffic. Sad way to go. Yamauchi was basically forced into retirement, BTW, so he's not even relevant anyway. -------- As for Virtual Console prices, I think the "starting at" is leaving the gate open for 3rd parties to set their own. I know I'd be glad to pay 8 bucks for a Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy Thrix without dealing with crappy loading times, or funky emulators.

Zelda is at launch. But you'll have to buy the Wii one, not the GC one.

Official press conference over: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6157575.html My comments in italics.

I like how Time Killers finally got a home port. To Genesis. Years and years later, like in the beginning of the 32 bit era.

Why is BG&E supposed to be good?

My list of actual recommendations. Ape Escape 3. Capcom Classics Collection. Onimusha 3 Katamari 1/We *heart* Ico. Prince of Persia 2 Thrones or Sands of Time Silent Hill 2 Tomb Raider Legend either Mega Man Collection, if you know you like the titles. Ratchet and Clank + Going Commando (don't like UYA or Deadlocked much) Zone of the Enders The 2nd Runner Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2 Viewtiful Joe Rumble Roses Obscure (really good for two player; a cheesy survival horror game that seems to be inspired from the Faculty. Team up with a friend and beat enemies to death with blunt objects!) Resident Evil 4 Sly Cooper Klonoa 2 War of the Monsters Sky Gunner Castle Shikigami 2 Bard's Tale is charming and funny from what I've played but I haven't played enough to really vouch for gameplay. In case some one else recommends it, Psychonauts is charming and funny and well written, but the gameplay is really pedestrian, and it tries so hard to be "weird" that it fails to meet its true potential. It's one of those games reviewers gush over for being so original and inspired and bitch that people should have bought it. Then they don't actually play it themselves. Kind of like Beyond Good and Evil. J/king, I played about a half hour of it, and it didn't grab me at all.

By the end? Try "by level 2." The game is a triumph in graphics, art design, voice acting, cinemas--yet such a complete and utter failure in control and camera areas. Plus, yeah, giving you actual interesting things to do besides FIGHTing. People who bitch about the logs may be justified, but that was almost a welcome reprieve from all the damn fighting. If you love new school presentation married to the most annoying old-school gaming cliches (pits! millions of identical enemies that are braindead yet sneak in cheap hits! more pits! Instant-death trap! More pits! etc), and really crappy platforming then you might like God of War. Give me Prince of Persia's lousy presentation, "slow" battles, and sublime platforming anyday. I beat GoW...after like a year of getting it for 15 bucks at a pawn shop. I sold it for like 12 bucks and I still feel ripped off. Watched the making-of stuff too. David Jaffe is so disappointed he didn't get to include the forced-scrolling platforming section where you'd have to also deal with a sandstorm. Yeah, that sounds like fun David. They ditched the Icarus wings too, although it's going to be in GoW2. Too bad, that might have been really fun.

To be fair, few companies go broke overestimating the stupidity of customers. However, when you can get the same content on a more versatile format and dump it on a memory stick, why would you get an UMD?

You could just be truthful and say you hated the way they acted in the 80s. Oh, if you're wondering which PS3s we're getting here in the US--80% will be the $599 model, and 20% will be the core for $499 model.

Ouch.

AKI engine is the reason people want EA involved. But EA probably wouldn't put the AKI guys on them, cuz EA is run by cocks.

What a lame "Bundle", Sony. http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?Dispatch=D...amp;cId=3153562

I never played this game.

Yeah, I ended up with a bootleg Slayers Perfect Collection when I Ebayed it. Everything works perfectly, but the menus are invisible. When I play the DVD, I'll see a big red dot over my DVD player's startup screen. When I tried to play another one of the DVDs, it worked, then I realized that the dot looked identical...and I could play the other DVD fine if I hit Enter, and it would play the DVD. I got the Trigun box set for $35 at a semi-local used cd/dvd/game store called CD Warehouse, but I think a lot of the stores are doing internet sales, so those days are long behind them.

The good news on this one is that's more in the Metroidvania realm than the other games, and it isn't brutally hard like the Zero games. Reviews are good, too, although it apparently isn't as good as Dawn of Sorrow (but what is?). Will be glad to post thoughts when I pick it up. Hopefully that's tomorrow but not until at least the afternoon.

Well, you aren't supposed to mash, you have to press the button at exactly the right time. Having to do rematch after rematch so I could do that Fulfill Your Fantasy spanking challenge has filled me with an intense hatred for Yukes, though.

Subbies are never satisfied unless companies use literal translations, even if they sound stupid. Grim should state his occupation as DEATH GOD.

Yeah, but that Burger King / xbox thing is apparently for real. I even filled out a customer survey about it!