AndrewTS

Why do you say that? Mediocre compared to the extremely bland Sonic 1? And vs. Sonic 3, Sonic and Knuckles? Both compared--yeah, that's a huge game, but separately.... And most of the games besides the initial 3+ are kind of crappy.

Wow, that's some vague, head-scratching stuff. If the Wii supports Gamecube controllers for games with a "traditional" layout, Gamecube VC games are *only* playable with the GC controller, then isn't a GC controller better to get than the Classic? The Classic controller isn't wireless--although it connects up to the Wiimote, but despite the button layout being plenty sufficient, it isn't supported for Gamecube games?! Why?! The Classic controller has every single button the GC controller has, although a more traditional 2nd stick seems to be replacing the C-stick. It seems like Nintendo wants to keep selling Gamecube controllers over the new Classic controller, which makes no sense. The Classic controller should play everyfreakin'thing. Then again: hello contradiction: "GameCube games are part of the Virtual Console, GameCube games can only be played with a GameCube controller, not the classic controller." All Virtual Console games can be played with classic controller, GameCube controller or Wii remote" What?! Contradictory, plus--why the hell would I be unable to play a GC game with the classic controller, but I *could* play an N64 VC game with just the wiimote, which lacks the necessary buttons?

There's going to be a wireless guitar for the PS2 version, so I guess that means it'll work on PS3. Street date may be 11/7, but I was at a Gamestop that had a huge rack of them (about a dozen or so easy) in the back. Natch they can't sell them yet, tho.

The two weeks I played it was nothing but walking and tedious fights with crabs. Nuh uh. You forgot the giant bunnies.

The Battlefield Earth guns were a nice touch. United Atheist League, the United Atheist Alliance, and the United Atheist Allegiance...seems to be referencing Life of Brain.

Nintendo promised GC TP, so yes, they owed it to their fans. As it is, I'm annoyed that they delayed the GC one, when they said both would be available same day. 70 hours I truly doubt, but Jeremy Parish said they'd only really completed the first dungeon. However, as long as the hours are filled with awesome and not tedium (see: empty leveling up RPG hours), I'm cool with it.

FFXI doesn't really count. Nobody likes that game. Even Anya is at a loss for good things to say about it, for crying out loud.

"They?" - Gabe - Wed, November 01 2006 - 10:11 AM So I guess it hasn't really changed.

What a well-thought out reply. Or Hulk, Elektra, Superman III & IV, all of the Captain America films, both Fantastic Four movies, Ultraviolet, AVP, Batman Forever/&Robin, Aeon Flux, etc, etc.

The beep sequence doesn't tell me any more than processor or memory. I scoured the HP/Compaq site as well as did a chat with a tech rep. Same dealy. I already removed the ethernet card (there was no wireless card) and tested without it. Same deal.

I'm hitting the Wal-Mart I got Scurge from. It's on top of a hill in the relative middle of nowhere.

The very best. And a video with precise, indepth instructions on how to do it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwVrz8_Dvtc Click the "more" link for the full skinny. Renegade actually hooked me up with it first.

Huge Zelda preview ahead: http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3154917 Spoilers start page 3, with the first 2 giving you ridiculously in-depth looks at the gameplay. And the Wii controls, whether or not sword swipes match wiimote actions(they don't), sound excellent.

Lots of previews are going to be going up at 8 PM EST / 5 PM Pacific, because of press embargoes.

Yeah, I noticed that now, beat you by, like, minutes with my corrections.

Well, I assumed too much. The first one is the spoiler-laden trailer. The 2nd one is a reeeeeeeeeeally old, super-safe trailer. There were 2 new ones released, though: http://us.wii.com/viewer_zelda.jsp?vid=8 ^ First one is just the opening--Link on his horse charging across a bridge, and near the edge of a cliff in a huge Hyrule countryside...eventually they leave the screen, and there's a wolf that howls at the sky... We get the logo, and "Press A+B" to start the game. Second is spoiler-laden trailer--another vid in case the first link goes down: http://us.wii.com/viewer_zelda.jsp?vid=9 I watched only about 25 seconds of it, because I couldn't handle the awesome and didn't want to inadvertantly ruin any surprises for myself. Scattered 25 seconds that is....hey, a canoe...bomb arrows...that is one ginormous.... Ok, that's all for me...

Neat comparison vid of Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! and Elite Beat Agents:

303. Borat chasing Conan around the stage with scissors, in an attempt to get his valuable "red pubice."

Please tell me I'm not the only one who got the less-than-subtle John/Yoko references.

Wind Waker had a lot of terrific moments in it that would have been ruined had I known ahead of time. There are certain games that I want to cut myself off from the modern conveniences of gaming for, i.e. cheat codes, plot spoilers, and walkthroughs. There are of course the good kind of spoilers, like vague teaser hints, and advice to do or not to do something (that has a major effect on the game's outcoming).

EDIT: 1st trailer is new, 2nd is old, 1st is spoilerish. Sorry for any confusion.

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/wii/wii-getti...t-on-205050.php Yeah, an "ethernet kit." It's really, really stupid. If you have a DS dongle that'll work too. Phantasy Star, Wonder Boy 1-3, the Alex Kidds, Zaxxon, R-Type, Psycho Fox, Gunstar Heroes, R-Type, Shinobi, the Game Gear Sonics, and a superior version of Double Dragon are just as good as virtually anything the TG-16 had. There are links to new Twilight Princess movies floating about the internets, but I've only watched the opening movie, as I hear the 2nd movie is loaded with spoilers. The Pacific is "the pond?" Iga's stated many times that CV is more popular in the US than in Japan, but "is" I guess isn't necessarily "always was." Japan doesn't care about Metroid, for some reason.

I'm not sure how when the filler is supposed to end, but apparently Naruto just found out how to do the frog summon right. And yeah, concept art doesn't necessarily mean much, but darn isn't it nice to look at. Ubi has some fantastic graphic designers/artists. Some of the stuff I've seen in the Warrior Within / Two Thrones guides are ridiculously awesome.

If by "new games" you mean "that one on the display," yeah. This only becomes an issue if it is the last one available, which is rarely the case. Could we have a OAO Gamestop/EB sucks thread for these comments?

I think Renegade is the only geek here who is really big on the "Megadrive" name, but in this context yeah it's understood. Super Castlevania IV is an odd choice since CV is bigger here than in Japan. However, it's reassuring that VC probably won't have a problem with Mode 7.