A trailer is now up on the official site and on Youtube. Looking pretty great. Clear nods to Bionic Commando as well as to the underwater level from TMNT, along with plenty of other outrageous goodness.
I'll have to respectfully disagree on this one. I find TTYD a dramatic improvement on its excellent predecessor, particularly in terms of story and humor--in fact, I think it's one of the funniest and most charming games of all time. The characters--both your party members and supporting characters outside of the party--are memorable and frequently hilarious, and many of the locations you visit are among the most inventive I've encountered in games. I certainly agree that it doesn't deviate too much in gameplay terms from its predecessor, but I felt that the foundation laid by the original was quite strong and appreciated the little ways in which this game refined those concepts. (Incidentally, when Super Paper Mario came along and did something completely different, I thought it was actually not quite as good as the earlier PM games, though I still enjoyed it and appreciated that they tried to do something new.) TTYD is easily my favorite of the Mario RPGs, with Bowser's Inside Story coming closest to giving it a run for its money. Still, I respect your opinion, and I'm glad to see Nintendo Life review this title.
An arcade release of Donkey Kong would be huge IMO, especially given the resurgence of interest in that game thanks to the big high score battle chronicled in the documentary The King of Kong. Since the NES release is far from arcade-perfect, it's of little interest to me, but I would snatch up the arcade version immediately.
Incidentally, Dark Void Zero isn't actually an 8-bit platformer that was shelved near the end of the NES' lifecycle. That's just a fun backstory Capcom has come up with for it. Not sure that distinction matters, though. All that really matters is how it turned out, and I'm definitely looking forward to hearing about that!
Mad craziness in these comments! While other games in the series are great, this one is far and away the best as far as I'm concerned, thanks to the music and the varied, inspired level design.
I would especially like to see Neuromancer, a widely admired game that I never played, hit the Virtual Console. And I've also heard a lot about the enduring brilliance of Paradroid, and would like to check that out.
Other than that, I don't know. I loved the Bard's Tale games, the SSI Forgotten Realms games, Zak MacKracken, Space Taxi and countless other games back in the day, and would like to revisit them for reasons of nostalgia, but doubt that they would hold my attention for very long today.
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Re: Bayonetta 2 Will Be Exclusive to Wii U
Respectfully, I'm pretty sure Bayonetta is highly regarded because it's exceptional, not because it's baffling or hard to understand.
This is exciting news.
Re: Retro City Rampage to Cause Havoc on WiiWare This Fall
A trailer is now up on the official site and on Youtube. Looking pretty great. Clear nods to Bionic Commando as well as to the underwater level from TMNT, along with plenty of other outrageous goodness.
Re: Review: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (GameCube)
I'll have to respectfully disagree on this one. I find TTYD a dramatic improvement on its excellent predecessor, particularly in terms of story and humor--in fact, I think it's one of the funniest and most charming games of all time. The characters--both your party members and supporting characters outside of the party--are memorable and frequently hilarious, and many of the locations you visit are among the most inventive I've encountered in games. I certainly agree that it doesn't deviate too much in gameplay terms from its predecessor, but I felt that the foundation laid by the original was quite strong and appreciated the little ways in which this game refined those concepts. (Incidentally, when Super Paper Mario came along and did something completely different, I thought it was actually not quite as good as the earlier PM games, though I still enjoyed it and appreciated that they tried to do something new.) TTYD is easily my favorite of the Mario RPGs, with Bowser's Inside Story coming closest to giving it a run for its money. Still, I respect your opinion, and I'm glad to see Nintendo Life review this title.
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo Arcade Games on Virtual Console?
An arcade release of Donkey Kong would be huge IMO, especially given the resurgence of interest in that game thanks to the big high score battle chronicled in the documentary The King of Kong. Since the NES release is far from arcade-perfect, it's of little interest to me, but I would snatch up the arcade version immediately.
Re: Nintendo Download: 18th January 2010 (North America)
Incidentally, Dark Void Zero isn't actually an 8-bit platformer that was shelved near the end of the NES' lifecycle. That's just a fun backstory Capcom has come up with for it. Not sure that distinction matters, though. All that really matters is how it turned out, and I'm definitely looking forward to hearing about that!
Re: Metroid is the Citizen Kane of Games
Metroid Prime is really great and all, but yeah, while Thomsen is entitled to his opinion, I think it's an absurd comparison. I enjoyed this dissection of the opinion by Destructoid's Anthony Burch. Perhaps others interested in the comparison will, too. http://www.destructoid.com/why-comparing-metroid-prime-to-citizen-kane-is-ludicrous-151465.phtml
Re: The Revenge of Shinobi
Mad craziness in these comments! While other games in the series are great, this one is far and away the best as far as I'm concerned, thanks to the music and the varied, inspired level design.
Re: Top 10 C64 games wanted on the Virtual Console
I would especially like to see Neuromancer, a widely admired game that I never played, hit the Virtual Console. And I've also heard a lot about the enduring brilliance of Paradroid, and would like to check that out.
Other than that, I don't know. I loved the Bard's Tale games, the SSI Forgotten Realms games, Zak MacKracken, Space Taxi and countless other games back in the day, and would like to revisit them for reasons of nostalgia, but doubt that they would hold my attention for very long today.