AndrewTS

Roadhouse Deluxe Edition http://dvd.ign.com/articles/719/719653p1.html ...

LOL

Blu-Ray isn't doing so hot for its launch: http://www.wii60.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3466 Interesting read, although there's a lot of bias in the comments for obvious reasons.

After playing Super DBZ I rented Budokai Tenkaichi. Big mistake. Or at least, I really hate it. I think the love for it comes from the bajillion characters...mostly ones you have to unlock. And to unlock them, you go through the fun-fun-fun Z battle! Relive fights such as loser 1 vs. loser 2 and vice-versa as they train for their deaths to the Saiyans! Losers 1-3 vs. Saibamen! Or practice your skills at RUNNING AWAY FROM THE ENEMY 20 TIMES MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU! And virtually every character plays exactly the same, just with different special skills, which you hit a couple buttons for and then watch them come out. Fighting strategy doesn't get much more complex than "hide behind rock while charging up ki."

Well, he is made to look like Koji Kondo, or so it's been said.

If you're on a PC, yeah do the uninstall/reinstall. If you're on a mac trash your com.apple.itunes.plist from (home)/Library/Preferences and restart.

I almost like Navi after watching the "The Real Legend" flash cartoons on newgrounds (there's 2 parts). Granted, Link is a total idiot there (for comic effect) and the portrayal of Navi makes it blatantly obvious the creator was channeling Sprite just a little from the SMBSS cartoons, but it's entertaining if nothing else. EB/Gamestop currently has a guestimate on their release chart of 11/01 for GC Twilight Princess, which would be the same as the Wii. That's a pretty safe bet, since the October/November window is the very latest date we'll be seeing the Wii which we know is supposed to be the same time as Twiilight.

Remember the SvC Chaos quote generator? http://objection.4camp.net/ Go nuts.

too bad Konami still isn't bringing over the psp Suikodens. all you people with PSPs (yes, you Anya) need to buy Valkyrie Profile Lenneth and encourage them to do so. I want a way to play PSP games on a TV without buying a PSP.

The guy who was going to voice Splinter, and also was Uncle Iroh on Avatar and has been in like a billion live action/voice roles, Mako Iwamatsu, died this past week. He was 72. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mako_%28actor%29

For Gamecube "disc read errors" (it refuses to read a relatively scratch-free disc, and does it with plenty of discs), try the Lens Calibration Guide on this page: http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/gamecube/game/915781.html Although if you're in warranty (1 year standard on the Gamecube) then obviously check with Nintendo first.

gWil: Gamecube DRE? If you're in warranty, call Nintendo. There's a 1 yr. Hardware warranty. If not-- hit up gamefaqs. There's a Lens Calibration Guide there that definitely sounds like your problem: http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/gamecube/game/915781.html I'll also put this in the other thread I started for the NES, because it certainly could help others.

That Bane ep was really weird. It was like *right* after the show was renamed "Adventures of Batman and Robin."

And I only have the slightest inkling of who she's parodying. I think she's a fashion designer. The best stuff I can think of out of Sanz was the "Taco Hole" song and his Gene Shalit, and neither of them are very good.

If we get any game with Tingle as the starring character, someone at Nintendo needs to get shit-bricked. It's actually going to happen. Most folks hoped it was quietly killed, but then a bunch of Japanese mags now have *actual* pictures and info, so yeah it's no joke. And yet Wario Thief is still in limbo. Japan likes Tingle, though.

Ha! The funny part is so many of those seem to just draw more attention to what happened. I think somebody should take a look at Roshi's plumbing, considering all of those tall, frosty mugs of *water* he is always drinking.

For future reference: Usually the manufacturer can fulfill a disk to you to restore/erase. However, to be more thorough you probably want to zero the harddrive, perhaps multiple times, and then reinstall your operating system. Once that's done, nothing aside from spending thousands to try to recover information that may or may not be on it is going to let anyone get personal info stored there. For example, this is the process on a Mac: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107437 format c: on a pc doesn't completely wipe the HD like a zero, either, and often can still leave viruses if there were any. More info: http://www.unl.edu/is/computerdisposal.shtml This may be too late, but should help anyone else looking for info on the topic at least. I think you need 3rd party utilities to zero a PC harddrive, but I dunno. Leena may know.

Official Nintendo Release Dates for upcoming DS and GBA game(s): Game Boy Advance: Final Fantasy V Advance (November 6th) Nintendo DS: Clubhouse Games (October 9th) Nintendogs (Dalmatian) (October 16th) Magical Starsign (October 23rd) Pokemon Ranger (October 30th) Children of Mana (October 30th) Elite Beat Agents (November 6th) Yoshi's Island 2 (November 13th) Custom Robo Arena (December 4th) Kirby Squeak Squad (December 4th) EB/Gamestop have estimated release dates of 3/1/07 for Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass, and 1/2/07 for Phoenix Wright: Justice for All. So those are by no means confirmed, the lack of a statement from Nintendo contradicting it means neither will likely make US 07 (although PW was figured as 07 anyway). Pointless trivia tidbit: the DS Lite was the top selling game system in America for June. Yes, *America*. "Nearly 600,000 units sold! In a triumph for innovation, the dual-screen Nintendo DS portable became America's top-selling video game system of any type in June, according to independent sales numbers just released by the NPD Group. The introduction of the new DS Lite version, featuring a smaller profile and more brilliant display, boosted total sales to nearly 600,000 units, almost double that for any other game device, and alone represented more than a third of total industry system purchases for the month." -- Nintendo.com

"It's a shame it's a Sunday, or there would have been people in those buildings." That 2nd line you mentioned is surely a Pic quote, right? It seems that there's probably going to be plenty of die-hard Budokai/BT fans who will not like the game, because it is a vast departure gameplay-wise. http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/superdb...id=m-1-29452087 It's funny seeing some of the fan reviews, like the guy who gave it a 4/10 mainly because..."but some of the transformation button combinations are insane for example Vegeta's super sayian move is right, left, diagonal left down, down, diagonal right down, left then Square + X ." HAHAHAHA! Cake. A Rising Storm would make that guy's head explode. This one is much better though: http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/superdb....html?id=342600 Oh, and it has a note about the voices: "The European version uses the original Japanese voice actors and contains subtitles, while the American version has the cast of the English Dub doing the voices." Funny quote: "So while it's definitely not a 'Hardcore Fighter' like Atari would desperately want you to believe, Super Dragon Ball Z is still a pretty fun fighting game, especially for the more mature Dragon Ball Z fan." Now there's a tiny minority...

It's still totally a porn name.

Yes! You don't expect massive delays like that on a portable title. I mean, GBA's Mega Man Anniversary Collection is a huge joke but nobody seriously expects that to come out. If we get Tingle's Freshly-Picked Rose-Colored Rupee Land over here before PH I'll be highly peeved.

There is no wire. You *must* either use a wireless router or buy the usb wifi connector. And you must have windows xp. I'm really quite surprised there's no compatibility with Macs considering Nintendo's love for Apple. I've yet to get my wifi consistently working. I've called Nintendo Wifi tect support before, and we got it working but then it stopped working like the very next time I tried it.

Why not barbed wire cross?

Gamestop says that Phantom Hourglass won't make 06-- current projected release date is March.

I agree. Season 1 is ass, but they got better over time. I don't mind Goku sounding like a male, and 18 sounding like a frigid bitch instead of a giggly, ditzy airhead.