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Re: Nintendo Returns to Profit as Wii U Sales Show Signs of Life

Falk_Sturmfels

@ryanator008: Well, you know, I´m over 40 years old with young kids. Many of my old schoolfriends have kids too. I as a collector don´t want to pirate games and I i don´t wanna show my children to do that.
But some of my old schoolmates bought each of their sons a DS BECAUSE of the unbelievable easy way to play pirated games. Then the 3DS came out and the FIRST question they came to me was: "Oh, cool, with 3D, is there any good R4 in stores?"
Another guy told me later: "We don´t buy the system, we cannot play games for nothing on it."

Re: Nintendo 64x64: Doom 64

Falk_Sturmfels

Well, I agree mostly with Stevens opinion. The game has an outstanding atmosphere, and the idea of a soundtrack with noises of crying babys is still frightening.
But it is very hard to find all the parts from the Lasergun, which is very important to beat the final boss. And that part kills the game, because without a guide you can get a hold of maybe one of the four parts from the Lasergun. The other three are hidden behind nasty leveldesign. For example: destroy all oil-barrells in a level exept ONE particular. Then you reach other exits to further levels. If you don´t know it (like almost everybody without a guide) you suddenly make a leveljump forward (around six or seven levels, if I remember right) and miss Lasergunparts.
As a result you stand in front of the final boss and can´t do s...t. That kind of gamedesign destroyed back in the days the great and dark game for me.

Edit: Mmmh, I searched through youtube and found a video from a guy killing the final boss without the Laser. Mmh. I might try it again someday ... closing that old open file.

Re: Video: This Awesome Games Done Quick Super Metroid Race is a Must Watch

Falk_Sturmfels

@Zorkthedork: Which is even more crazy. Watched that video with the guy playing Zelda with his feet? Again, I don´t get it. How long you have to train for something like that?
I´m happy that my wife doesn´t complain about me playing so much games. I can´t imagine what she would say if I would start training for speedruns or sitting half naked on the floor with my feet on the gamepad.
"Look, kids, daddy finally lost his mind completely."