Gosh, it's weird looking at how young Halford and the boys look there. 2/5 of those guys aren't even in the band anymore. Saw them live a couple years ago and they're quite... well-traveled. Still put on a hell of show though!
I think it'll smash that current top stretch goal of $850,000 within a couple of days, so there's still a chance yet. I think the "treasures in the basement" comment is a tease of a stretch goal, just like in the teaser site the line "ironic, that only with your help can I destroy you..." was teasing at crowdfunding.
@MitchVogel Well, more expansion than actual remake I think. They claim there's double the content of the original. I was actually comparing it to the first Devil Survivor Overclocked though. Seems the combat is mostly unchanged from that game.
@HollywoodHogan You should choose TotalRecall for your next account/name, because it is also a great example of a remake full of pointless dialogue and nothing worth watching.
@HollywoodHogan Ok, which American rock bands since Nirvana haven't been majorly influenced by Nirvana? What hidden gem of the post-grunge scene have I been missing out on?
@DJStarstryker Upon closer inspection, almost all of them are English artists under 25 years old. I guess that explains it.
Alter Bridge appears to be a US 'post-grunge' rock band that's been around for over 10 years though, so a little surprised I've never heard of them. Maybe because almost every American rock band since Nirvana has been Nirvana Junior and they kinda run together after awhile.
Gary Clark Jr. sounds like he might be my jam though, will have to check out some of his songs.
@faint They lost a lot of money with that price cut. It was supposed to be recuperated in software sales. It wasn't. It was the wrong decision to make. Of course hindsight is 20/20, but now that the Wii U is in a similar position, I hope Nintendo has learned from that failure.
@Faruko Well, we know from NPD results that Wii U has sold about 260k in USA alone this year and something like 120k in Japan. If it was at 9.5mil shipped on Dec 31, it's certainly above 10mil now.
Surprised at solid charting for Mario Party 10. That's a better opening than Mario Party 9. Happy to see Bloodborne chart so well too.
@firstnesfan Would do nothing for sales. It didn't work for the Gamecube either, and that was one of the most aggressive price cuts in industry history. Nintendo's goal at this point is to maximize profit per unit, which means keeping the price at $300 and selling as many games as they can. Mario Kart has something crazy like 50% attach rate, so I'd say they're at least meeting that goal.
Wow, you weren't kidding that the blog post is unapologetic. It's all just making excuses and rambling on about some great vision. I can't even feel sorry for this guy.
@Kaze_Memaryu Childish is dedicating significant portions of your day to complaining about stuff you have no interested in and doesn't affect you in any way.
Great and well-deserved for Bloodborne. Shame about Disgaea though. Honestly, most of what NIS makes is crap and I wouldn't be sorry to see any of their other games selling so poorly, but Disgaea is a great series. Kind of makes me worry for the future of it. Not really a vote of confidence when their flagship series and first PS4 exclusive sells 22k copies.
Microsoft buying Sega may actually have made sense at the time. Xbox had a great initial push of Japanese support, mostly from former Sega partners and affiliates. Itagaki was probably the most notable advocate of the box.
Actually the whole interview is really interesting. Iwata Asks are always a great read. Kinda got a warm fuzzy when Takahashi was talking about the old SNES days with Sakaguchi and the rest of the Final Fantasy team playing through and cheering at the completion of those old games. I'm glad those days are an influence on Takahashi now.
Nah. Atlus is my favorite developer next to Nintendo, but I'm getting tired of their launch practices. $10-20 more for all of their games at launch with some cheap crap thrown in to fish for pre-orders.
Atlus would get my money Day 1 at $40, without the extras. As it is now, I'll wait for this to go on sale for $30, just out of principle.
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Re: Stella Glow Developer Imageepoch Has Gone Bust
@Tuulenpoika And I guess YOU meant "the North American release"
Re: Newly Confirmed Guitar Hero Live Tracks Bring The Spandex And Poodle Perms
Gosh, it's weird looking at how young Halford and the boys look there. 2/5 of those guys aren't even in the band anymore. Saw them live a couple years ago and they're quite... well-traveled. Still put on a hell of show though!
Re: Review: Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains (3DS)
I have a CPP and visuals seem good enough for me. I'll probably pick it up on sale, still have quite a backlog to get through.
Re: Former Castlevania Producer Koji Igarashi's Kickstarter Launches, But Won't Come To Nintendo Consoles
I think it'll smash that current top stretch goal of $850,000 within a couple of days, so there's still a chance yet. I think the "treasures in the basement" comment is a tease of a stretch goal, just like in the teaser site the line "ironic, that only with your help can I destroy you..." was teasing at crowdfunding.
Re: SEGA Records Financial Losses and Aims to Stick With "Mainstay IP" Game Releases
46 F2P games in a year LOL. This is the best representation of "throwing **** at a wall and seeing what sticks" I've ever seen.
Re: The Ocarina of Time Speedrun World Record Has Been Beaten Yet Again
His pure joy in the last 12 minutes of that video is pretty sweet. I don't even remember the last time I was that happy! Good for him.
Re: Nintendo Suggests That Additional DLC for Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. Will Keep Us Playing
Yeah, it's possible that they're referring to DLC Pack 2. The fiscal year ended March 31 and the DLC was released in April.
That said, I would happily fork over money for battle arena DLC, like the whale I am.
Re: Imageepoch CEO Remains Absent With Removal of Twitter Account
@ericwithcheese2 Er, both of those quotes have the word "likely" in them... as in "I wasn't making any claim, just that that's a likely case."
Re: Imageepoch CEO Remains Absent With Removal of Twitter Account
@Quorthon I wasn't making any claim, just that that's a likely case. Thanks for the true crime documentary though.
Re: Imageepoch CEO Remains Absent With Removal of Twitter Account
@Quorthon His company kind of went belly up. Most likely quite a bit of debt involved there.
Re: Imageepoch CEO Remains Absent With Removal of Twitter Account
He was supposed to be the savior of JRPGs.
Jokes aside though, I hope he's OK. Most likely just dodging people he owes money, but it could always be worse.
Re: Modern Super Sonic Joins The Ranks at First 4 Figures
How big is the market potential for a $250 Sonic figure?
Re: Teaser Site For Koji Igarashi's Castlevania Successor Lets You Have Your Say
@MadAdam81 Well, that's what you get. Traitor.
Re: Teaser Site For Koji Igarashi's Castlevania Successor Lets You Have Your Say
I am now Ose the Obscene of the Katana clan. Alrighty.
Join the clan, or suffer: http://swordorwhip.com/?c=phWcgLqLuxs9UMK9ZDRJZj1WUYvDV2
Re: Here's How the Combat System Will Work in Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker
@MitchVogel Well, more expansion than actual remake I think. They claim there's double the content of the original. I was actually comparing it to the first Devil Survivor Overclocked though. Seems the combat is mostly unchanged from that game.
Re: Here's How the Combat System Will Work in Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker
Like a cross between FE and Pokemon... orrr, exactly like the first game.
Re: Nintendo of America Aims to Cause a Splash for Splatoon With a 'Mess Fest' Event
@FragRed Microsoft has a presence in Europe?
Re: Here's The First Round Of Songs Confirmed For Guitar Hero Live
@HollywoodHogan You should choose TotalRecall for your next account/name, because it is also a great example of a remake full of pointless dialogue and nothing worth watching.
Re: Here's The First Round Of Songs Confirmed For Guitar Hero Live
@HollywoodHogan Ok, which American rock bands since Nirvana haven't been majorly influenced by Nirvana? What hidden gem of the post-grunge scene have I been missing out on?
Re: Here's The First Round Of Songs Confirmed For Guitar Hero Live
@DJStarstryker Upon closer inspection, almost all of them are English artists under 25 years old. I guess that explains it.
Alter Bridge appears to be a US 'post-grunge' rock band that's been around for over 10 years though, so a little surprised I've never heard of them. Maybe because almost every American rock band since Nirvana has been Nirvana Junior and they kinda run together after awhile.
Gary Clark Jr. sounds like he might be my jam though, will have to check out some of his songs.
Re: Here's The First Round Of Songs Confirmed For Guitar Hero Live
I must be getting old because I have heard of literally zero of these songs or artists.
Re: Karous -The Beast of Re:Eden- is a 3D Vertically Scrolling Shoot 'em Up Blasting the 3DS This Week in North America
...no gameplay in the video? Oh well, will keep an eye on it.
Re: Bravely Second Offers Over 100 Hours Of Gameplay, Producer Already Has Plans For Third Game
At this point, the only news I want to hear about this game is "It's coming to the west on ____."
Re: Nintendo Highlights Increased US Hardware Sales for Wii U and 3DS in 2015
@faint They lost a lot of money with that price cut. It was supposed to be recuperated in software sales. It wasn't. It was the wrong decision to make. Of course hindsight is 20/20, but now that the Wii U is in a similar position, I hope Nintendo has learned from that failure.
Re: Nintendo Highlights Increased US Hardware Sales for Wii U and 3DS in 2015
@Faruko Selling 1 product is never a better idea than selling 2 products.
Re: Nintendo Highlights Increased US Hardware Sales for Wii U and 3DS in 2015
@faint The cut to $99 did almost nothing for the Gamecube, other than force Nintendo to take a loss on every machine they sold.
Re: Nintendo Highlights Increased US Hardware Sales for Wii U and 3DS in 2015
@Faruko Well, we know from NPD results that Wii U has sold about 260k in USA alone this year and something like 120k in Japan. If it was at 9.5mil shipped on Dec 31, it's certainly above 10mil now.
Re: Nintendo Highlights Increased US Hardware Sales for Wii U and 3DS in 2015
Surprised at solid charting for Mario Party 10. That's a better opening than Mario Party 9. Happy to see Bloodborne chart so well too.
@firstnesfan Would do nothing for sales. It didn't work for the Gamecube either, and that was one of the most aggressive price cuts in industry history. Nintendo's goal at this point is to maximize profit per unit, which means keeping the price at $300 and selling as many games as they can. Mario Kart has something crazy like 50% attach rate, so I'd say they're at least meeting that goal.
Re: Nintendo Download: 16th April (North America)
Just the Smash DLC for me I guess. Still waiting on those 1st party GBA titles that EU has and the next Ubisoft sale.
Re: Weirdness: The Worst Ever Charmander Tattoo Has Gone Viral
It's on t-shirts and everything. Pretty amusing.
Re: ​Atlus Reveals its DLC Plans for Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker
I suppose this is supposed to make me feel better about having to pay $60 for the game at launch. It's doesn't, so I'm not.
Re: Sales Fall Away in Japan as Xenoblade Chronicles 3D Drops to Ninth
Wow those sales are awful right across the board. There are no winners this week, only lesser losers.
Re: Zelda-Style Adventure Midora Runs Out Of Kickstarter Cash, Future Of Wii U And 3DS Versions Uncertain
Wow, you weren't kidding that the blog post is unapologetic. It's all just making excuses and rambling on about some great vision. I can't even feel sorry for this guy.
Re: Games Consultant Believes Nintendo NX Could Be "The Defining Video Game Controller Of The Smart Device Age"
Wouldn't it have to have Android/iOS support to reach "a billion devices?" Fat chance of that...
Re: Xenoblade Chronicles 3D Takes Third Place in Japanese Charts, Lifts New Nintendo 3DS SalesÂ
Holy moses @ 87% drop on Bloodborne. What happened?!
Re: Gallery: Gaze Upon Fire Emblem Cipher, the New Card Game Unlikely to Escape Japan
I do appreciate the art, but nah. Card collecting is just too expensive and lucrative to get into.
Re: It's Not An April Fool, The Binding Of Issac: Rebirth Really Is Coming To The New 3DS And Wii U
@Kaze_Memaryu Childish is dedicating significant portions of your day to complaining about stuff you have no interested in and doesn't affect you in any way.
Re: Nintendo Download: 2nd April (North America)
Still missing the GBA games that are already out in both JP and EU. No bueno.
Re: Theatrhythm Dragon Quest Battles Bravely Against Wave of Sony System Releases in Japan
Great and well-deserved for Bloodborne. Shame about Disgaea though. Honestly, most of what NIS makes is crap and I wouldn't be sorry to see any of their other games selling so poorly, but Disgaea is a great series. Kind of makes me worry for the future of it. Not really a vote of confidence when their flagship series and first PS4 exclusive sells 22k copies.
Re: Nintendo Reveals the Final Club Nintendo Elite Rewards
Hmm the ones that I wanted, I already bought like 2 years ago.
Ultimate NES Remix, I guess?
Re: Microsoft Once Had Some Pretty Wild Ideas, Including Making Xbox Free And Buying Nintendo
Microsoft buying Sega may actually have made sense at the time. Xbox had a great initial push of Japanese support, mostly from former Sega partners and affiliates. Itagaki was probably the most notable advocate of the box.
Re: Review: Dot Arcade (Wii U eShop)
Neat. Might have to pick this one up.
Re: You Can Pre-Order The Official Splatoon Game Guide On Amazon Now
I would buy if it was hardcover. Oh well.
Re: Poll: Vote For Your Ten Must-Play Games On Nintendo 3DS
Etrian Odyssey needs more love.
Re: A New Iwata Asks on Xenoblade Chronicles 3D Recently Went Up
Actually the whole interview is really interesting. Iwata Asks are always a great read. Kinda got a warm fuzzy when Takahashi was talking about the old SNES days with Sakaguchi and the rest of the Final Fantasy team playing through and cheering at the completion of those old games. I'm glad those days are an influence on Takahashi now.
Re: A New Iwata Asks on Xenoblade Chronicles 3D Recently Went Up
Best line from the full transcript (page 2):
Iwata: Hahaha. (laughs)
Re: Etrian Odyssey Untold 2 Delivers an Artful Launch Edition
On a positive note, Yuji Himukai's art is as adorable as ever. I would gladly buy a full art book of his work.
Re: Etrian Odyssey Untold 2 Delivers an Artful Launch Edition
@Spoony_Tech I just went to their site to email them. Got a paragraph in before it cut me off with a character limit. No dice.
Re: Etrian Odyssey Untold 2 Delivers an Artful Launch Edition
Nah. Atlus is my favorite developer next to Nintendo, but I'm getting tired of their launch practices. $10-20 more for all of their games at launch with some cheap crap thrown in to fish for pre-orders.
Atlus would get my money Day 1 at $40, without the extras. As it is now, I'll wait for this to go on sale for $30, just out of principle.
Re: Zelda Lookalike Oceanhorn: Monster Of Uncharted Seas Could Be Sailing To Consoles
This looks cool, but yeah, the amount that it shamelessly rips off Wind Waker is a little unsettling.