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Raylax

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Male, 23, United Kingdom

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#3

Raylax commented on Nintendo - Inclusion of Peach in Super Mario 3...:

Girls hate playing as Mario. The candy-pink airhead is much closer to home. [nb: this comment is sarcastic]

Personally, I've yet to meet a girl who would play Mario but refuses to do so on the basis that she can't play as Peach. I've met girls who wouldn't play Mario, but I don't think playable Peach would exactly sway that choice.

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#17

Raylax commented on Evidence of a Functional 3DS Flashcard Emerges:

Where I stand on the whole flashcard debate: I've nothing against homebrew. If people want to hack the 3DS and develop their own applications, that's their call and their own risk. If people want to distribute devices for doing so, that again is their own call and risk.

However, it should be the responsibility of the device manufacturer (that's the 'flashcart' device, not the 3DS) to ensure that their device cannot be used to support piracy. It's no good just not putting its piracy capabilities on the blurb and adding a legal disclaimer, if you want to develop a homebrew device then you should also make it as hard as possible for said device to be used to support piracy.

It is also the responsibility of the device user to not use the device for piracy purposes. Any legal proceedings against a user should be:
a) Does the device allow easy circumvention of piracy laws? (Responsibility of manufacturer and user)
b) If the device is shown to have suitable preventative measures, has the user intentionally broken past these barriers to play pirated games? (Responsibility of user)

This device however needs to be shot down or walled out via update. It's all piracy.

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#18

Raylax commented on New Super Mario Bros. U Update Arriving with L...:

Those wondering if this is the same size as the original: Remember that whilst it does have same number of levels, they're like the DLC coin rush levels in NSMB2. Limited timer, so you'll be doing a lot of running to the goal with less exploration, the levels will likely be considerably shorter too.

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#38

Raylax commented on There's Still Plenty Of Interest In Older PokÃ...:

Not too surprising. Perhaps simply because they don't do a whole lot of changing, Pokémon games do have a timeless quality to them. FireRed is still for me the game that I can pick up and blast through for a few hours despite being nearly 10 years old. HG has that quality too, they're instantly accessible and not too grind-heavy.

Meanwhile Emerald, Platinum and all of Gen V are the ones to pick up if you want something with a bit more challenge. I neglect Ruby & Sapphire here because they're almost too hard - a dearth of trainers between gyms make for some punishing challenges and a lot of grinding - whilst Emerald remains challenging but better balanced. And Diamond and Pearl suffered from a snail-paced battle engine and surfing movement, mercifully rectified in Platinum.

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#39

Raylax commented on Review: Finding Nemo: Escape to the Big Blue (...:

@Captain_Belko @WhoBeThat @Whirlpool Haha wow, that kicked up a storm. I feel I owe an explanation: I just found it really uninteresting. It kicked off really well - that coral reef was gorgeous (and later the jellyfish part was really well done too) - and then most of the rest of the film was set against empty blue or empty green. It was Dora killed the film for me though, she was just really annoying. For the entire movie. I'd have probably enjoyed it considerably more if they'd just harpooned Dora.

The rest of the cast were forgettable too. Like, literally forgettable. I've seen this movie twice, once less than 6 months ago, and I cannot remember any of the supporting cast. I remember a stoned turtle and I think there was a shark (but that might've been a different film). And I know that there were other characters in Nemo's tank, but I cannot for the life of me remember who or what any of them were. One was a starfish I think?

And I can't remember the story either. Nemo got lost... somehow. Dora is involved for reasons unknown, and Nemo and DadNemo (what was dad's name?) reunite at the end. There were seagulls I remember being pretty funny but I don't think they were integral to the plot.

Compare to Monsters Inc that I've only seen once - when it was first out in cinemas, 12 years ago, when I was 11 - and loved it. I can still remember a decent amount of that film.

OK, perhaps 'hated' was a strong word. I just found Finding Nemo bland and it completely failed to hold my attention. I usually really enjoy Pixar and Disney CGI movies.I could watch any of the other movies all day. Well, except the Cars movies. The rest though have all been stellar.

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#42

Raylax commented on No Plans From Nintendo For Renovated Consoles ...:

That's a shame. As I recall, NoA has something of a better history in general when it comes to replacement parts and things though.

by the way, you've cropped the article preview a bit short on the homepage

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#50

Raylax commented on Buddy & Me Hits Kickstarter Target But Misses ...:

@haxonberik: It only means the end of a project if they fail to meet their primary target (in which case they don't get funded and backers don't lose their money). This project did reach its target, it was the "stretch goal" (a second target after the first is reached) to get it ported to Wii U that they missed.