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Re: Video: It's Fun To Learn About The Game Boy's CPU

Monado_III

@aaronsullivan @Yorumi I know it's still needed in some cases (compilers, drivers), just I never have heard of it actually being taught in regular CS courses since the rise and dominance of Java, C, C++ and web technologies. I eventually want to learn on x86_64 ASM programming, but I'm already pretty familiar with the concepts. I'm only 14 so I still have lots of time to learn.

Re: Video: It's Fun To Learn About The Game Boy's CPU

Monado_III

@Yorumi What school do you go to? Nowadays there's, for better or worse, not that much need for asm, especially writing entire programs in them seeing as most C (and I'm assuming C++) compilers allow inline assembly. Haven't even heard of a university teaching asm for a long time unless it's for something specialized.

Re: You Can Now Register for a Nintendo Account

Monado_III

@Shirma_Akayaku and so do Sony, MS, Google, Facebook. Enterprise security is never "easy" to hack btw. If you have 500 skilled hackers trying to hack a particular server at a time, it's fairly likely one of them will find a small flaw, that they then turn into a big one. Don't see why that would concern you.

Re: Nintendo Profits Dip as amiibo Hits Over 40 Million Sales in Nine Months

Monado_III

The problem with amiibo is best shown in this comment section. @WiltonRoots for example, is of the opinion that they do nothing useful and therefore are pointless and not worth buying. On the other hand, @Sligeach, can't stop calling amiibo "scamiibo" (which is a terrible pun btw) because they lock "important" content out. Then there are some who think there's a good balance between the missing to much if you don't and getting too little if you do buy them.

Re: Did You Know Gaming Explores Mario & Religion

Monado_III

@IceClimbers depends what in politics and religion you're discussing, I'm willing to say that Republican v. Democrat debates get more heated than protestant church vs baptist chich, on the contrary, however, Religion vs Atheism debated probably get more heated than "best president of all time" debates.

Re: Updated Mario Kart 8 Wii U Hardware Bundle in North America Includes Both DLC Packs

Monado_III

@rjejr "$300 is insane" by whose standards? Nintendo only started making a profit on the Wii U a year or so after it released, I'll guarantee you the price of parts hasn't gone to $250. A price drop would only lose money, as lets face it, the Wii U will never be a big seller unless every 3rd party starts making VERY well done ports of every big game on PS4/X1. Don't even try to bring up the 3ds, because A)The price drop happened very early in its life and B)it was the only 8th gen handheld until the vita (which flopped) came out.

Re: Shigeru Miyamoto Wants to Produce Another Super Mario Galaxy, But is Waiting for the Right Opportunity

Monado_III

@IceClimbers Which is why Galaxy 1 is far better than Galaxy 2 IMO. Galaxy 2 had too many galaxies and you would never really fully explore any of them as you would in SMG1, Dusty Dune from SMG1 had 7 stars in it, sure there was green stars, but they weren't generally that hard to find and they didn't feel anywhere near as satisfying as going through several new planets.

Re: Mario History: Mario Kart Wii - 2008

Monado_III

This was my favourite MK until 8 came out, 7 might've had a chance had it included a VS. mode. I just really like that there are 12 racers not 8 which IMO leads to better scoring and less frustation (get hit a red shell right before the finish line in 7, 3 people pass you and you get half the points had you not been hit, in 8 you'd get like 2/3 or so of what you would've got).

Re: Mario History: Mario Kart Wii - 2008

Monado_III

@Minotaurgamer . "The more popular and successful a game gets, the more hated it becomes by "gamers"". Only true if the game is causal friendly, even if stuff like time trials can be really competitive for good players.

Re: Video: See Mario Kart 8's Mute City in a Whole New Way

Monado_III

@Mida Those, under the definition of 'gimmick' could all be considered one.
"gimmick: a trick or device intended to attract attention, publicity, or business."
The gamepad lets you view your surroundings better, fire more accurately (gyro is easily more precise than sticks), and like you mentioned, there's the walker which also makes use of the gamepad.

Re: Video: See Mario Kart 8's Mute City in a Whole New Way

Monado_III

@Mida yeah, but if you want to play Star Fox 64 play Star Fox 64 (as most people consider it the only game with really solid gameplay). Star Fox has always had a new "gimmick" in each game since 64. Adventures was action adventure, Assault had on foot, tank and shape ship sections in a single map. Command added some strategy to to the on-rails fighting. I really don't care if the graphics become 480p, as long as the actual gameplay is good I'm good

Re: Video: Catch Up With Nintendo's PAX Xenoblade Chronicles X Panel and Nindies Presentation

Monado_III

@Lord You don't need voice chat, like for no reason whatsoever. The online consists of random stuff you have to do (in your game). I 'join' the online AFAIK that'll just bring up a list of things my lobby has to do (in their own game by themselves), if we finish all the tasks then we get split into groups of fours and then fight some overd, which is usually easy enough to do solo. (I could be wrong but this is what I remember seeing from the streams- or something similar to this). This is supposed to be a loosely-connected online, not GTA-style online.

Re: Gorgeous Xenoblade Chronicles X Special Edition Confirmed for North America

Monado_III

If it actually is $100-$120 CAD I'm just getting the digital game and I'll buy the USB separately as that is like a must have for me seeing as I have like 6 USB sticks and still wanting another one or two. Don't really care that it's only 10 songs that are included as I've already been listening to the entire soundtrack on my phone for several months now.