@GameLord08 First, you regarded my moral stance as a "personal opinion" and then accused me of using "that as an excuse to remain in denial of the Wii U's tangible issues." I didn't bring up the Wii U's issues. The issue for me was (and is) Rockstar's M-rated franchises. That's pulling wool over the eyes of others regarding why I said what I did in the first place. My stance here is regarding morality, not business, and I can make that stand freely. Morally, they are garbage. Not opinion. Fact. Don't want to discuss it here? ("...not the time, nor the place...") Then don't reply in the first place. Simple.
This is a comments section of a public website and we're still free to make a stance if we wish, as we are also free to ignore them.
@GameLord08 Fail again. I´m not talking about the Wii U´s issues, you are. I said the series is immoral crap. Morality, not business. And the matter of morality is an opinion to you? Tell that to Amanda Berry and the other two poor women who´ve recently escaped the hands of their captor Ariel Castro. Tell them that what he did was just a matter of his own ´´personal opinion´´ and not a moral issue. I´ve said it once and I´ll say it again, immoral is still immoral, simulated or otherwise! Financial issues, critical acclaim, lack of popular franchises and the like has had nothing to do with what I said in the first place, yet people here like you here keep trying to pull the wool over our eyes by clouding the moral stand I took with ones pertaining to business, ratings and even childish name-calling. Get it right already.
@GameLord08 This franchise was immoral crap before it was one of the most top-rated, third-party franchises in modern gaming. The Postal series doesn´t have the popularity or high ratings that the GTA franchise has, but that doesn´t make the content any more moral. And if it became even more popular than GTA today, it wouldn´t make it any more immoral either.
Were the ESRB to issue a more literal rating for games, then games like the GTA series would be 'I' for Immature. Super Mario games are more 'Mature' in the real sense of the word.
@Elhijodelrio Last I heard, stealing cars, killing cops, dealing drugs and banging prostitutes were immoral acts, simulated or otherwise. You think that's just a matter of personal opinion? Then answer me this: would you take the same stand for one of those Japanese rape simulators? (Yes, they are considered video games.)
@GuyMan Yeah... really. Take a good look. You give yourself and others like you a bad name like 'man children' by resorting to childish name-calling ('moralfags'?) instead of mannered, intellectual discourse. Grow up.
Why-- oh, why did the top brass at Nintendo decide to place "Wii" in the title of their next-gen console? Bad, bad idea. That, to me, right there is a sign that Nintendo has lost touch with reality. People out there are waiting for the next-gen systems called PS4 and 720... and don't even realize that the first one of the new generation of consoles has been released! Or maybe they've been over-saturated with Nintendo so much that they don't care about them anymore. It's possible. Even I have to admit that Mario seems ho-hum now... what did it for me then, doesn't do for me now.
That said, what is with the CNN story? Is this what passes for objective journalism nowadays? Looks more like a blog post. =/
@UnseatingKDawg Oh, yeah... and a wonderful RPG at that. It's one of several of its era (including Final Fantasy VI, Tactics Ogre and Chrono Trigger) that is still infinitely playable today. Memorable characters & scenarios, hilarious dialogue, and home to a classic soundtrack that'll bring you warm fuzzies later in your years. (Winters theme, anyone?) Yet this one has got a wild sense of humor... and towards the end, horror. Y'know, the kind of strange, quirky sh*t that could only come out of Japan, lol.
In other words, if you're the eccentric type, then this game has had your name written all over it since it released; you only just found out now. =)
@shinobi88 That implies the game had class to begin with, which, if the censorship is any primary indication, had none in the first place. (Play any of the earlier FE games in this series and you'll understand where I'm coming from.)
Myself, after having learned how to be master over my desires, I expect a modicum more maturity in this medium now, naïve an expectation as that may be. To quote Bill Sampson in the classic film All About Eve: "The one thing - what I go after, I want to go after. I don't want it to come after me."
So, they can keep their "suggestive themes." As a grown 29-year-old man, I expect better.
Okay, you've got our attention by your censorship, Nintendo. But for what, exactly? I mean, is this the kind of censorship that's really worth getting upset over-- some hypersexualized anime bimbo? This is the crap worth liberating from the dictatorial grasp of Big Brother N? Yeah, yeah, the hypocrisy of the West, allowing violence but censoring the sexual-- what else is new. YAWN. I'd like to see these fanboys get the guts to get off their keyboards and out in to Real Life to picket the Nintendo offices over this-- this, this... outrage! Just for the rights to view some animated girl's bikini ass. [Scoffs, shakes head]
Well, it's not like the FE series has been brought to a kind of smutty sensationalism, right? Not a drop in quality anywhere, just the same great drama of stories and characters in the tradition of the series' past. And hey, how about those microtransactions that will all round up with your initial purchase to double the cost of what you paid? Nothing to picket over there. So, be of good cheer then, children! You'll always have your dedicated hentai sites to make up for such a blunder. =)
@Rect_Pola Hey, 'Rect-Pola, has this made your head explode? Hahaha XD
Nintendo does not need this franchise for the Wii U. They need to keep on with the great ones you won't find on the rival consoles, like the Monster Hunter series. (And no, the PSP is not a rival console.)
@Humphries90 Agreed. It's one of the reasons I became turned off from continuing onward with it and ended up selling it. Definitely a turn for the worse, considering the decent dialogue found in NA's Fire Emblem for the GBA-- I actually found myself caring for the characters there, a rare occurrence in the medium.
@ToxieDogg Well, gaming is a pretty subjective medium to begin with, so it's gonna differ from gamer to gamer; our case here being an example. [Shrugs] It happens.
I'll tell you, though, I really wanted to like this game. I'm a big fan of both Viewtiful Joe and especially God Hand, so you can imagine my stubbornness by purchasing the same game three times on three different systems. Maybe it's the challenge that those games gave that had me expecting some of that in Okami. As I said before, even Zelda's ALttP required skill at times, with tension high that I might die. (Not that I expect all games to have a level of difficulty equal to a Treasure shooter.) Still, I digress...
Also had a similar experience with Valkyria Chronicles too-- it has all the elements I love about tactical RPGs, so you'd think I'd be right on board. Yet I didn't expect the Monster Hunter series to grab me like it has either... so, go figure, right? =S
@ToxieDogg Considering your avatar, I find it funny that you find Okami even the slightest bit challenging. Because it isn't. Even the fight against Orochi, which I was calming myself down for pre-battle, was a joke-- I could barely finish the fight I was so let down. (I felt like Jake LaMotta goin', "Hit me, you bum!") And I'm not even complaining about the hand-held aspects of Issun that you mentioned. It ultimately doesn't matter how much content there is, or even that there's trophies; I expected some challenge to the gameplay, to which there was none. Viva Pinata had more challenge. And that sums up the gameplay of Okami: all bark, no bite.
I bought it on PS2, didn't finish it. I bought it again on the Wii, didn't finish it. Then I tried it again by purchasing the HD remaster on the PSN and got the farthest I've ever been by pushing myself to complete it... and I couldn't.
Has anyone stopped to consider how easy this game is? I think that's the biggest turn-off for me about Okami. And don't gi'me that best-adventure-game-that-isn't-a-Zelda-game guff-- at least a classic like ALttP has a challenge, a need to develop controller skill to accomplish the goals. Same for other artsy titles, like Shadow of the Colossus. Okami just feels like going through the motions... artistically.
@TheKingOfTown Should've asked me what I meant first instead of assuming. Because you'd have found out that I'm not talking about guns, but formula. The kind of formula that can become stagnant with some (or many) people. In my case, yes.
And this is the Bioformula: anti-hero with mysterious dark past must traverse through ruined/chaotic utopia and carve his own (i.e. your own) stylishly genocidal path to the evil dictator and find out the truth. Only... it isn't what it seems, he isn't who he seems, she isn't who she seems, truth isn't what it seems... oh, and it's more than just a game 'cause it's about the message and the twists and the parallels with real-life tyrants and religion is bad and patricide is good and blah blah blah, i.e. less gameplay and more preaching from a real-life, self-proclaimed know-it-all that happens to be the dicta-- I mean, leader of a mov-- I mean, game development team. "$60, please."
So, what else is new? Same ol', same ol'.
Oh, wait! GAMEPLAY. I almost forgot that's what I bought a gaming console for! Not to spend that much money on an 8-hour, semi-interactive psudo-movie, but an actual game to play. Lol
@SnackBox Yeah, really. Is that supposed to be some kind of in-joke with Nintendo, or what?
As for this, perhaps there's hope... perhaps. I imagine it'll depend on the sales of Earthbound, which I hope will be a lot. Some of the best series are the most popular in Japan, like the Mother games and the Monster Hunter ones too.
Just slap a CoD/Bioshock logo on it and BAM! Instant sales in the West. Lol
Here's hoping that impressive sales of the VC release will prompt Itoi and Nintendo to do a Mother Trilogy for the 3DS. Maybe even wax up the fan service and include a big strategy guide/art book combo, soundtrack CD, special packaging, an official translation of Mother 1+3, etc. (I'll be honest, that's the biggest reason I keep holding back from selling my 3DS.) Like I said, hoping! =)
Unless Nintendo keeps on releasing the games we bought for the Wii's VC at a simple 30-cent cost to upgrade, or surprises us all with premium VC releases we never saw before, like Earthbound, for example, then I am not impressed. Because frankly, this $400 black slab of electronics and plastic deserves better. C'mon, Excitebike? Really...? Think I'll stick to MH3U.
@AbeVigoda "And if someone is willing to pay a lot for it (willingly) why not sell it for as much as you can get?" Translation: "And if someone is willing to bend over for me (willingly) why not pick where ever I can stick?"
Well, this is just my own opinion-- I'm no authority of any kind for this subject. But being a dedicated gamer on the buying end for almost 20 years does give me a bit of insight. Plus my own fanboy-ism has been rocked by many of their decisions and products in the past few years, i.e. Super Mario Anniversary set, initial 3DS pricing, and now this. I'm not going to pledge my allegiance to any company based on the past any more-- it's what they do now that matters. But is an HD remake worth $60? Not even if I was wealthy.
@SCAR392 You have to remember that the reason why those cartridges cost so much is because of greed. In the last days of Earthbound being sold in retail stores, it was being rid of as low as $5.99 at Zellers, brand new. Now a complete copy finishes at auction at around $600. I'd also like to add that the Mother series in Japan is not even this expensive at used. Nevermind this supply-and-demand jargon we hear-- greed is still greed, no matter how rare. If they can release rarities on the VC like Super Mario RPG and Ogre Battle for $8 apiece, they can release these for the same fair prices. But for HD upgrades, more than $20 per game is a rip-off. Period.
@russellohh Both the Zelda series and the J&D series are quality games for their respective genres, but to price $60 for a single game, already once sold for the same price 10 years ago, is ludicrous. You can't justify such a price for a repeat game in these hard economic times, even if it was Earthbound in HD. But Nintendo still charges $60 because that's exactly it: the Zelda logo is smeared on it, so they figure they can get away with charging the same full retail price for a 10-year-old game. They're the only company I know of that is doing this. (Not even the greedy Capcom charged $60 for RE4 in HD and that game is a masterpiece in its genre.) I'm not going to get down on my knees to pay almost $70 for an almost 10-year-old title just because it has the big Z on it. Oh, wait-- the sales numbers are going to show people like me how wrong they are, right? By that logic, we should all be Bieber fans. As carnival huckster P.T. Barnham once opined, "There's a sucker born every minute."
Yet another reason why my Wii U is collecting dust while my PS3 can't get a day of rest. I just bought the Jak And Daxter trilogy-- three great games updated with HD graphics, 7.1 surround sound and trophy support. I paid $20 for the collection. See that, Nintendo?
He said that many seem to believe it, not that he believed it himself. Plus I just happened on Dementium II by accident at EB Games this past Saturday, so I've seen it in stores. Cheap Hollywood-horror cover, though.
Lol, principled hackers. Right. Not a single one of them is ignorant of the fact that piracy always follows after their "work", which in turn leads to more illegal downloads and more piracy justification. Just like with the Wii. My best friend used to say: "I'll download it to try it, and if I like it I'll buy it." A Xenoblade here, a World of Goo there... hours of gameplay later and it's, "I'm broke and can't afford it. Oh, well, they're rich enough. They won't miss my money." But guess who goes out of business. And it all starts with these well-meaning hackers, our light-bearing and benificent revolutionaries. "Every revolution bears the seeds of its own destruction." So, here we go again. >= (
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Re: Rumour: Rockstar Won't Be Bringing WWE Or Grand Theft Auto To The Wii U
@GameLord08 First, you regarded my moral stance as a "personal opinion" and then accused me of using "that as an excuse to remain in denial of the Wii U's tangible issues." I didn't bring up the Wii U's issues. The issue for me was (and is) Rockstar's M-rated franchises. That's pulling wool over the eyes of others regarding why I said what I did in the first place. My stance here is regarding morality, not business, and I can make that stand freely. Morally, they are garbage. Not opinion. Fact. Don't want to discuss it here? ("...not the time, nor the place...") Then don't reply in the first place. Simple.
This is a comments section of a public website and we're still free to make a stance if we wish, as we are also free to ignore them.
Re: Rumour: Rockstar Won't Be Bringing WWE Or Grand Theft Auto To The Wii U
@GameLord08 Fail again. I´m not talking about the Wii U´s issues, you are. I said the series is immoral crap. Morality, not business. And the matter of morality is an opinion to you? Tell that to Amanda Berry and the other two poor women who´ve recently escaped the hands of their captor Ariel Castro. Tell them that what he did was just a matter of his own ´´personal opinion´´ and not a moral issue. I´ve said it once and I´ll say it again, immoral is still immoral, simulated or otherwise! Financial issues, critical acclaim, lack of popular franchises and the like has had nothing to do with what I said in the first place, yet people here like you here keep trying to pull the wool over our eyes by clouding the moral stand I took with ones pertaining to business, ratings and even childish name-calling. Get it right already.
Re: Rumour: Rockstar Won't Be Bringing WWE Or Grand Theft Auto To The Wii U
@GameLord08 This franchise was immoral crap before it was one of the most top-rated, third-party franchises in modern gaming. The Postal series doesn´t have the popularity or high ratings that the GTA franchise has, but that doesn´t make the content any more moral. And if it became even more popular than GTA today, it wouldn´t make it any more immoral either.
Re: Rumour: Rockstar Won't Be Bringing WWE Or Grand Theft Auto To The Wii U
Were the ESRB to issue a more literal rating for games, then games like the GTA series would be 'I' for Immature. Super Mario games are more 'Mature' in the real sense of the word.
Re: Rumour: Rockstar Won't Be Bringing WWE Or Grand Theft Auto To The Wii U
@Elhijodelrio Last I heard, stealing cars, killing cops, dealing drugs and banging prostitutes were immoral acts, simulated or otherwise. You think that's just a matter of personal opinion? Then answer me this: would you take the same stand for one of those Japanese rape simulators? (Yes, they are considered video games.)
@GuyMan Yeah... really. Take a good look. You give yourself and others like you a bad name like 'man children' by resorting to childish name-calling ('moralfags'?) instead of mannered, intellectual discourse. Grow up.
Re: Shovel Knight's Order of No Quarter Boss Lineup is Finalised
Lookin' forward to this one.
Re: Rumour: The Recent Wii U System Update Has Boosted Clock Speeds
Hahaha! That picture is so full of win. =D
Re: Rumour: Rockstar Won't Be Bringing WWE Or Grand Theft Auto To The Wii U
I hope this is true. Rockstar can keep their immoral crap.
Re: CNN Money: Nintendo Is "Tone Deaf" To Industry Trends And Has "Lost Touch With Reality"
Why-- oh, why did the top brass at Nintendo decide to place "Wii" in the title of their next-gen console? Bad, bad idea. That, to me, right there is a sign that Nintendo has lost touch with reality. People out there are waiting for the next-gen systems called PS4 and 720... and don't even realize that the first one of the new generation of consoles has been released! Or maybe they've been over-saturated with Nintendo so much that they don't care about them anymore. It's possible. Even I have to admit that Mario seems ho-hum now... what did it for me then, doesn't do for me now.
That said, what is with the CNN story? Is this what passes for objective journalism nowadays? Looks more like a blog post. =/
Re: Video: Super Mario Slug X - It's As Crazy As It Sounds
FAIL.
Re: Talking Point: The Wii U Virtual Console Has Started, But Not With a Bang
@UnseatingKDawg Man... and this will be your first time! Arrrgh!
What I wouldn't give to go back 18 years... =D ENJOY!
Re: Talking Point: The Wii U Virtual Console Has Started, But Not With a Bang
@UnseatingKDawg Oh, yeah... and a wonderful RPG at that. It's one of several of its era (including Final Fantasy VI, Tactics Ogre and Chrono Trigger) that is still infinitely playable today. Memorable characters & scenarios, hilarious dialogue, and home to a classic soundtrack that'll bring you warm fuzzies later in your years. (Winters theme, anyone?) Yet this one has got a wild sense of humor... and towards the end, horror. Y'know, the kind of strange, quirky sh*t that could only come out of Japan, lol.
In other words, if you're the eccentric type, then this game has had your name written all over it since it released; you only just found out now. =)
Re: Talking Point: The Wii U Virtual Console Has Started, But Not With a Bang
EARTHBOUND.
That is all...
...
...literally.
Re: Review: Super Mario World (Wii U eShop / Super Nintendo)
The best game ever bundled together with a console for launch, and arguably the pinnacle of the entire Mario franchise. A MASTERPIECE!
Re: The Image Of Tharja In A Swimsuit Nintendo Of America Didn't Want You To See
@shinobi88 That implies the game had class to begin with, which, if the censorship is any primary indication, had none in the first place. (Play any of the earlier FE games in this series and you'll understand where I'm coming from.)
Myself, after having learned how to be master over my desires, I expect a modicum more maturity in this medium now, naïve an expectation as that may be. To quote Bill Sampson in the classic film All About Eve: "The one thing - what I go after, I want to go after. I don't want it to come after me."
So, they can keep their "suggestive themes." As a grown 29-year-old man, I expect better.
Re: The Image Of Tharja In A Swimsuit Nintendo Of America Didn't Want You To See
Okay, you've got our attention by your censorship, Nintendo. But for what, exactly? I mean, is this the kind of censorship that's really worth getting upset over-- some hypersexualized anime bimbo? This is the crap worth liberating from the dictatorial grasp of Big Brother N? Yeah, yeah, the hypocrisy of the West, allowing violence but censoring the sexual-- what else is new. YAWN. I'd like to see these fanboys get the guts to get off their keyboards and out in to Real Life to picket the Nintendo offices over this-- this, this... outrage! Just for the rights to view some animated girl's bikini ass. [Scoffs, shakes head]
Well, it's not like the FE series has been brought to a kind of smutty sensationalism, right? Not a drop in quality anywhere, just the same great drama of stories and characters in the tradition of the series' past. And hey, how about those microtransactions that will all round up with your initial purchase to double the cost of what you paid? Nothing to picket over there. So, be of good cheer then, children! You'll always have your dedicated hentai sites to make up for such a blunder. =)
@Rect_Pola Hey, 'Rect-Pola, has this made your head explode? Hahaha XD
Re: Shigesato Itoi Says Mother 4 Would Be "Impossible"
But what about a Mother Trilogy for the 3DS system...
...IN THREEEE DEEEE?! Haha, sorry-- couldn't help that. =D
Re: Satoru Iwata: First Party Wii U Game Delays Are to Ensure That They're "Valuable Titles"
@trondood
Read carefully: MONSTER HUNTER 3 ULTIMATE.
After purchase: REJOICE! =D
Re: Rumour: GTA V Has Been Tested On Wii U Dev Kits For Some Time
Nintendo does not need this franchise for the Wii U. They need to keep on with the great ones you won't find on the rival consoles, like the Monster Hunter series. (And no, the PSP is not a rival console.)
Re: Weirdness: Nintendo of Europe Didn't Want "Boingy Bits" in Fire Emblem: Awakening
@Humphries90 Agreed. It's one of the reasons I became turned off from continuing onward with it and ended up selling it. Definitely a turn for the worse, considering the decent dialogue found in NA's Fire Emblem for the GBA-- I actually found myself caring for the characters there, a rare occurrence in the medium.
Re: Okami Announcement Teased For Next Week
@ToxieDogg Well, gaming is a pretty subjective medium to begin with, so it's gonna differ from gamer to gamer; our case here being an example. [Shrugs] It happens.
I'll tell you, though, I really wanted to like this game. I'm a big fan of both Viewtiful Joe and especially God Hand, so you can imagine my stubbornness by purchasing the same game three times on three different systems. Maybe it's the challenge that those games gave that had me expecting some of that in Okami. As I said before, even Zelda's ALttP required skill at times, with tension high that I might die. (Not that I expect all games to have a level of difficulty equal to a Treasure shooter.) Still, I digress...
Also had a similar experience with Valkyria Chronicles too-- it has all the elements I love about tactical RPGs, so you'd think I'd be right on board. Yet I didn't expect the Monster Hunter series to grab me like it has either... so, go figure, right? =S
Re: Okami Announcement Teased For Next Week
@ToxieDogg Considering your avatar, I find it funny that you find Okami even the slightest bit challenging. Because it isn't. Even the fight against Orochi, which I was calming myself down for pre-battle, was a joke-- I could barely finish the fight I was so let down. (I felt like Jake LaMotta goin', "Hit me, you bum!") And I'm not even complaining about the hand-held aspects of Issun that you mentioned. It ultimately doesn't matter how much content there is, or even that there's trophies; I expected some challenge to the gameplay, to which there was none. Viva Pinata had more challenge. And that sums up the gameplay of Okami: all bark, no bite.
Yeah, and it's pretty. Boring.
Re: One Of Shin'en's Forthcoming Wii U Titles Will Have Online Play
Nice! =D
The Nano Assault games kick ass.
Re: Okami Announcement Teased For Next Week
I bought it on PS2, didn't finish it. I bought it again on the Wii, didn't finish it. Then I tried it again by purchasing the HD remaster on the PSN and got the farthest I've ever been by pushing myself to complete it... and I couldn't.
Has anyone stopped to consider how easy this game is? I think that's the biggest turn-off for me about Okami. And don't gi'me that best-adventure-game-that-isn't-a-Zelda-game guff-- at least a classic like ALttP has a challenge, a need to develop controller skill to accomplish the goals. Same for other artsy titles, like Shadow of the Colossus. Okami just feels like going through the motions... artistically.
Re: Wii U Virtual Console Launch Lineup Is Revealed
@HeatBombastic Uhh huh huh huh huh... he-he-he he-you said expand. Uhhh huh huh huh hm huh.
Re: Wii U Virtual Console Launch Lineup Is Revealed
[looks up briefly] Huh, what?
Oh. Nothing.
[looks back down to continue MH3U]
Re: Mother 3 Fan Offers Nintendo Free Translation of the GBA Title
@TheKingOfTown Should've asked me what I meant first instead of assuming. Because you'd have found out that I'm not talking about guns, but formula. The kind of formula that can become stagnant with some (or many) people. In my case, yes.
And this is the Bioformula: anti-hero with mysterious dark past must traverse through ruined/chaotic utopia and carve his own (i.e. your own) stylishly genocidal path to the evil dictator and find out the truth. Only... it isn't what it seems, he isn't who he seems, she isn't who she seems, truth isn't what it seems... oh, and it's more than just a game 'cause it's about the message and the twists and the parallels with real-life tyrants and religion is bad and patricide is good and blah blah blah, i.e. less gameplay and more preaching from a real-life, self-proclaimed know-it-all that happens to be the dicta-- I mean, leader of a mov-- I mean, game development team. "$60, please."
So, what else is new? Same ol', same ol'.
Oh, wait! GAMEPLAY. I almost forgot that's what I bought a gaming console for! Not to spend that much money on an 8-hour, semi-interactive psudo-movie, but an actual game to play. Lol
MH3U, FTW. =)
Re: Mother 3 Fan Offers Nintendo Free Translation of the GBA Title
@SwerdMurd Because, like CoD, it's just more of the same ol'. That's why.
Re: Mother 3 Fan Offers Nintendo Free Translation of the GBA Title
@SnackBox Yeah, really. Is that supposed to be some kind of in-joke with Nintendo, or what?
As for this, perhaps there's hope... perhaps. I imagine it'll depend on the sales of Earthbound, which I hope will be a lot. Some of the best series are the most popular in Japan, like the Mother games and the Monster Hunter ones too.
Just slap a CoD/Bioshock logo on it and BAM! Instant sales in the West. Lol
Re: EarthBound Delay May Not Have Been Caused By Music Licensing Issues After All
Here's hoping that impressive sales of the VC release will prompt Itoi and Nintendo to do a Mother Trilogy for the 3DS. Maybe even wax up the fan service and include a big strategy guide/art book combo, soundtrack CD, special packaging, an official translation of Mother 1+3, etc. (I'll be honest, that's the biggest reason I keep holding back from selling my 3DS.) Like I said, hoping! =)
Re: Shigesato Itoi Thanks EarthBound Fans For Their Support
Potential!! Lol, Japan. XD
Re: Rumour: Wii U System Update Could Go Live Tomorrow
Unless Nintendo keeps on releasing the games we bought for the Wii's VC at a simple 30-cent cost to upgrade, or surprises us all with premium VC releases we never saw before, like Earthbound, for example, then I am not impressed. Because frankly, this $400 black slab of electronics and plastic deserves better. C'mon, Excitebike? Really...? Think I'll stick to MH3U.
Re: Nintendo Direct: Watch The North American 3DS Presentation Live
EARRRRRRRRTHBOUUUUUUUUNNNNND!!!!!
Re: Believe, People - EarthBound Is Coming To The Virtual Console At Last
AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Re: Amazon Lists The Legend Of Zelda: Wind Waker HD For $59.99
@AbeVigoda Asking anything more than the original retail price-- even counting inflation in to the equation-- is greedy. Period. End of discussion.
Re: Amazon Lists The Legend Of Zelda: Wind Waker HD For $59.99
@AbeVigoda "And if someone is willing to pay a lot for it (willingly) why not sell it for as much as you can get?"
Translation: "And if someone is willing to bend over for me (willingly) why not pick where ever I can stick?"
Supply and demand-- where greed never applies.
Re: Amazon Lists The Legend Of Zelda: Wind Waker HD For $59.99
Well, this is just my own opinion-- I'm no authority of any kind for this subject. But being a dedicated gamer on the buying end for almost 20 years does give me a bit of insight. Plus my own fanboy-ism has been rocked by many of their decisions and products in the past few years, i.e. Super Mario Anniversary set, initial 3DS pricing, and now this. I'm not going to pledge my allegiance to any company based on the past any more-- it's what they do now that matters. But is an HD remake worth $60? Not even if I was wealthy.
Re: Amazon Lists The Legend Of Zelda: Wind Waker HD For $59.99
@SCAR392 You have to remember that the reason why those cartridges cost so much is because of greed. In the last days of Earthbound being sold in retail stores, it was being rid of as low as $5.99 at Zellers, brand new. Now a complete copy finishes at auction at around $600. I'd also like to add that the Mother series in Japan is not even this expensive at used. Nevermind this supply-and-demand jargon we hear-- greed is still greed, no matter how rare. If they can release rarities on the VC like Super Mario RPG and Ogre Battle for $8 apiece, they can release these for the same fair prices. But for HD upgrades, more than $20 per game is a rip-off. Period.
Re: Amazon Lists The Legend Of Zelda: Wind Waker HD For $59.99
@russellohh Both the Zelda series and the J&D series are quality games for their respective genres, but to price $60 for a single game, already once sold for the same price 10 years ago, is ludicrous. You can't justify such a price for a repeat game in these hard economic times, even if it was Earthbound in HD. But Nintendo still charges $60 because that's exactly it: the Zelda logo is smeared on it, so they figure they can get away with charging the same full retail price for a 10-year-old game. They're the only company I know of that is doing this. (Not even the greedy Capcom charged $60 for RE4 in HD and that game is a masterpiece in its genre.) I'm not going to get down on my knees to pay almost $70 for an almost 10-year-old title just because it has the big Z on it. Oh, wait-- the sales numbers are going to show people like me how wrong they are, right? By that logic, we should all be Bieber fans. As carnival huckster P.T. Barnham once opined, "There's a sucker born every minute."
Re: Amazon Lists The Legend Of Zelda: Wind Waker HD For $59.99
Yet another reason why my Wii U is collecting dust while my PS3 can't get a day of rest. I just bought the Jak And Daxter trilogy-- three great games updated with HD graphics, 7.1 surround sound and trophy support. I paid $20 for the collection. See that, Nintendo?
Re: Ikachan Swimming Into The 3DS eShop in North America Before February
NICE!
Pixel is a great developer-- my money's down for both of these titles.
Re: Goodbye Galaxy Games Responds To Renegade Kid's Piracy Claims
@Waann
Nah, stick to your first point. Nevermind those pirates who bypass it, DRM always punishes the paying customer. An oxymoron.
Re: Goodbye Galaxy Games Responds To Renegade Kid's Piracy Claims
He said that many seem to believe it, not that he believed it himself. Plus I just happened on Dementium II by accident at EB Games this past Saturday, so I've seen it in stores. Cheap Hollywood-horror cover, though.
Re: Nintendo Download: 27th December 2012 (North America)
More NeoGeo games! Yesssssssssss. Keep 'em comin'! =D
Re: Renegade Kid Worried About 3DS Piracy
Lol, principled hackers. Right. Not a single one of them is ignorant of the fact that piracy always follows after their "work", which in turn leads to more illegal downloads and more piracy justification. Just like with the Wii. My best friend used to say: "I'll download it to try it, and if I like it I'll buy it." A Xenoblade here, a World of Goo there... hours of gameplay later and it's, "I'm broke and can't afford it. Oh, well, they're rich enough. They won't miss my money." But guess who goes out of business. And it all starts with these well-meaning hackers, our light-bearing and benificent revolutionaries. "Every revolution bears the seeds of its own destruction." So, here we go again. >= (
Re: Feature: 10 Essential Games For Your New Wii U
Chasing Aurora shouldn't be on this list. Not when there's barely an hour's worth of content and the retail price is a ripping $15.
Re: EarthBound Creator Confirms Something Is In The Pipeline
"The Mother Trilogy: Collector's Edition" a la Metroid Prime Trilogy style for the 3DS, PLEEEEEEEASE!!
Re: Monolith Soft: We Want To Be Like Bethesda
What am I hoping for? A hassle-free North American release this time!
Re: Riki Densetsu Footage Roughhouses Its Way Out Of Japan
[head-bopping to RCR's street theme]
Re: Operation Friidom Petitions Nintendo For Greater Control Over Network ID Accounts
@ShadJV But when they do, we get awesomeness in return. Xenoblade, anyone? [signs petition]