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Re: Capcom Would Love To Work With WayForward Again

Rerun

I'm a huge fan of Way Forward. Most of their games are Day 1 purchases for me. I hope they work with more of Capcom's licenses. They did great with Konami's.
… Now if only Treasure would make more SHMUPs, I would be in 2D heaven …

Re: Feature: Nintendo Life's Staff Favourites - NES

Rerun

Glad to see Mega Man 2 is there not 3. IMHO 2 had the best powers and usable in game (Metal Blade, anyone?)

CastleVania 3 was better on the FAMICOM. Grant's daggers were projectiles!

Why no Ninja Gaiden? That was had one of the tightest controls and best cutscenes on the NES?

No Love for Contra either.

Re: Review: Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Wii U)

Rerun

The demo featured just one aspect which was combat using different weapons. But MH is more than that, getting the right weapon, learning how to use it and reaping the rewards is something that they never covered in the demo. The "clunky" controls as some people, call it are part of Monster Hunter. I played Tri and it took me a good 15 hours to learn how to beat the Barroth. And it took me even more time to figure out the weapon that fit my skill and playing style. This IMHO has the best effort:reward ratio of all the games I ever played.

Re: Reaction: The Rayman Legends Delay Is a Low Blow, But The Apocalypse Isn't Here

Rerun

Ubisoft never committed that it was an exclusive. I would be upset if they did sine they would be going back on their word.

In the future, I think exclusives should stay exclusives, none of the timed exclusives crap. And if Sony, MS, or Nintendo want exclusives, they should invest money on the developer. This way developers don't get closed for releasing an exclusive that fails..

Re: Talking Point: The Future Role of High Street Games Retailers

Rerun

I go where I can value for money (I don't buy used games unless they're ultra rare)
Amazon doesn't charge tax which saves me a couple of bucks
GameStop has nice Pre-order stuff
Other retailers would go on sale and you can get new games cheap!
Unless Nintendo moves to a cloud set-up like Apple, I'm not going digital

Re: Feature: Looking Back at Six Years of Wii

Rerun

Monster Hunter Tri was the main game for me for this generation. Before MH was released, I got by playing RE 4. It was so much better on the Wii than the GCN. I couldn't appreciate Zelda as much; the purist in me was bothered that Link was now right handed after being a southpaw for so long.

Re: Talking Point: Affordable Consoles Come at a Cost

Rerun

@gundam00
I know what you mean. I have an old friend who manages a contact center outside the US. Workers are paid roughly $12 a day for a nine hour day. You see really long lines and people trying to get these jobs. If they get in, it's a big deal. In third world countries, unemployment is huge. And with so many living below the poverty line, working in a factory is a blessing in comparison to going hungry.

Re: Talking Point: Affordable Consoles Come at a Cost

Rerun

A lot of us are seeing this from a Western point of view. What if this is their best bet in terms of employment? Third world countries have minimal social security, if any at all.
The fact that these factories exist means that the local government allows this. Even if Nintendo moves to another contractor, there is no assurance that this won't happen. If they don't outsource, then production will be too costly. Not to mention all the employee benefits that they have to worry about long term.
Outsourcing is a very profitable business model for companies. It gets the work done. Until something better comes along, and when I say better I mean more cost efficient, I don't think things will change.

Re: Talking Point: Affordable Consoles Come at a Cost

Rerun

This is simply history repeating itself one way or another. There will always be a group who will be exploited to allow another group to reap the rewards. It has been happening since the ancient times. I'm not saying that it's right, it's just that humanity is hard-wired to do it.

Re: Wii U Resellers Captilise On Demand By Fleecing Consumers

Rerun

This is the world we live in. Supply and demand will always dictate prices. This just doesn't happen to consoles, it happens everywhere.
At least, Nintendo doesn't create the scenario. Other companies (like Nike) purposely create low supply and high demand which IMHO is worse. I've read articles where people seriously get hurt while trying to get Limited Edition sneakers at crazy prices. Sneakers that were manufactured in sweat shops at 1% of the retail price.

Re: Round Up: Wii U Launch Window Games

Rerun

Having a Mario title at launch is a good sign. I want Monster Hunter and Tekken Tag too.
Just curious, since the Wii motes work with the Wii U, would arcade sticks work as well? I have the Hori Arcade stick for the Wii and I was hoping to use it for Tekken Tag.

Re: Pandora's Tower

Rerun

I did my part and bought/preordered The Last Story and Xenoblade Chronicles. I just hope that this comes to NA. Among the three, this was the one that I was really looking forward to.

Re: Out Today: Xenoblade Chronicles (North America)

Rerun

I preordered this via GameStop. I hope that I get an Art Book. I'm just happy NA finally got it. I preordered The Last Story as well. Still keeping my fingers crossed for Pandora's Tower!
I do wish we had Collector's Editions like EU.