@T1m That box and controllers was a gimmick as well. The controllers were weird at the time as they weren't joysticks. It only sold in the beginning because it came packaged with a robot and a sci Fi themed gun.
@HollywoodHogan Ha no. Vince is a member over at nintendoage.com his name there is UncleTusk. I go by jbogames there. Actually Vince is friends with the original winner of the NWC back in the day. And Robin Mihara is a regular at nintendoage, he was an original competitor as well. There was a news article on some gaming sites going around about this rule change bs as well.
Meh. Some of them didn't earn their way there. There's a dude named Vince Clemente that played in California. He had the highest score at around 5 million. He knows he can do better as he regularly scores over 7 million. So he asked multiple officials if he was allowed to get back in line and try again. He was told no multiple times. The rule was one try per person. So he went home, went home holding first place.
After he left other people asked if they could try again. They were allowed to play over and over again until they were finally able to beat Vince's score, with 5.5 million. Apparently this rule change happened at a couple locations, but not all if them. Even though Vince had first place, no one bothered to call him back and let him know about the rule change. If you look up the rankings, Vince has 2nd or 3rd place nationwide with a score of 7.9 million.
So I guess by earning it means, playing over and over again for hours, until you could finally manage to beat a guy who got one shot.
I don't see this about face some people are complaining about. They have never said they wouldn't get into mobile. They said their main console releases would never be on mobile. In fact they have been saying for a while now that they would be entering the mobile space. And from the statements translated above it seems they are on that same path that they have been on. There will be mobile games that tie into console games.
Seems like a lot of people got excited when they heard Nintendo on mobile, and didn't pay attention to the small details.
@Dipper723 While I don't your story, I just wonder why Japanese companies would think that. Most of the anime that was sold in stores here back at that time were English only dubs.
@Tazcat2011 I was thinking perhaps to help curb pirating. The DS and GBA both had a lot of Chinese pirate games running rampant. I'm guessing the pirates would be less likely to want to produce a paste for every region.
@WaxxyOne The processor was very important actually. Take Street Fighter 2 for example. If you play that game competitively, then the SNES version is completely out of the question. The slow down breaks the game. If processing power wasn't important then Nintendo wouldn't have had to play catch up by adding co-processors inside the game packs. The truth is, Genesis could do all those scaling and rotation effects nativly that Nintendo liked to brag about, but it's system couldn't even do on its own. The only clear advantage the SNES had spec wise, was the amount of colors on screen.
@CB85 It is pretty impressive considering the Genesis is running this straight off it's own hardware. The SNES couldn't run the game. It had to put a secondary processor inside the game cartridge. This is why SNES games were sometimes $70-$90. The hardware was weak, so Nintendo put additional hardware inside of the game cartridges. The Genesis came out a lot earlier than the SNES, but it still smoked it. The only clear advantage the SNES had was a larger color pallet.
Dudes go shirtless, or or with a random piece of armor over one shoulder, and nobody says a thing. A female character only has two shoulder guards, and everyone loses it.
@ZenTurtle Other than ethical reasons of playing your own Roms, that is completely pointless. You are still emulating. You are not playing the actual cartridge. You are just dumping only the rom file and completely ignoring all the special chips the cartridge uses. So if you already have the ability to dump your Roms as you claim, this would be perfect for you. You can use your dumped Roms in this machine, just as you are using your dumped Roms in your other machine. Actually playing the cartridges requires the original hardware or clone systems (not including the retron5 as it only dumps Roms)
I'm confused. This thing has HDMI input or output? And the USB port makes it so you can use the handheld as a controller on the TV? How does that work. Are you sure the USB port isn't so you can plug a controller into the handheld while playing on a TV?
@Vincent294 I would think they would be going more for the success of the original Wii, SNES, or NES. The N64 was its first console that that fell behind to second place (and it was a pretty distant second). The Gamecube then fell even further back to third place. The Wii brought Nintendo back to greatness, unexpectedly outselling Microsoft and PlayStation's powerful boxes.
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Re: Nintendo Reportedly Pitched NX To Third Parties During E3 2015
@T1m That box and controllers was a gimmick as well. The controllers were weird at the time as they weren't joysticks. It only sold in the beginning because it came packaged with a robot and a sci Fi themed gun.
Re: Super Mario Maker Producer Tells Fans Not To Expect Zelda Maker Any Time Soon
@blackice85 You mean like a P block?
Re: Here Are Your Eight Qualifying Nintendo World Championships 2015 Finalists
@HollywoodHogan Ha no. Vince is a member over at nintendoage.com his name there is UncleTusk. I go by jbogames there. Actually Vince is friends with the original winner of the NWC back in the day. And Robin Mihara is a regular at nintendoage, he was an original competitor as well. There was a news article on some gaming sites going around about this rule change bs as well.
Re: Here Are Your Eight Qualifying Nintendo World Championships 2015 Finalists
Meh. Some of them didn't earn their way there. There's a dude named Vince Clemente that played in California. He had the highest score at around 5 million. He knows he can do better as he regularly scores over 7 million. So he asked multiple officials if he was allowed to get back in line and try again. He was told no multiple times. The rule was one try per person. So he went home, went home holding first place.
After he left other people asked if they could try again. They were allowed to play over and over again until they were finally able to beat Vince's score, with 5.5 million. Apparently this rule change happened at a couple locations, but not all if them. Even though Vince had first place, no one bothered to call him back and let him know about the rule change. If you look up the rankings, Vince has 2nd or 3rd place nationwide with a score of 7.9 million.
So I guess by earning it means, playing over and over again for hours, until you could finally manage to beat a guy who got one shot.
Re: Fan Ports Hideo Kojima's Cyberpunk Classic, Snatcher, to the Virtual Boy
Somewhere Keith Apicary is giggling like mad right now.
Re: Satoru Iwata Defends Timing of DeNA Deal, Teases Smart Device and Console Links in Club Nintendo Replacement
I don't see this about face some people are complaining about. They have never said they wouldn't get into mobile. They said their main console releases would never be on mobile. In fact they have been saying for a while now that they would be entering the mobile space. And from the statements translated above it seems they are on that same path that they have been on. There will be mobile games that tie into console games.
Seems like a lot of people got excited when they heard Nintendo on mobile, and didn't pay attention to the small details.
Re: New Nintendo 3DS Exploit Makes Japanese Systems Region-Free
@Dipper723 While I don't your story, I just wonder why Japanese companies would think that. Most of the anime that was sold in stores here back at that time were English only dubs.
Re: New Nintendo 3DS Exploit Makes Japanese Systems Region-Free
@Tazcat2011 I was thinking perhaps to help curb pirating. The DS and GBA both had a lot of Chinese pirate games running rampant. I'm guessing the pirates would be less likely to want to produce a paste for every region.
Re: Video: Fan Manages to Port F-Zero to the Mega Drive
@WaxxyOne The processor was very important actually. Take Street Fighter 2 for example. If you play that game competitively, then the SNES version is completely out of the question. The slow down breaks the game. If processing power wasn't important then Nintendo wouldn't have had to play catch up by adding co-processors inside the game packs. The truth is, Genesis could do all those scaling and rotation effects nativly that Nintendo liked to brag about, but it's system couldn't even do on its own. The only clear advantage the SNES had spec wise, was the amount of colors on screen.
Re: Video: Fan Manages to Port F-Zero to the Mega Drive
@CB85 It is pretty impressive considering the Genesis is running this straight off it's own hardware. The SNES couldn't run the game. It had to put a secondary processor inside the game cartridge. This is why SNES games were sometimes $70-$90. The hardware was weak, so Nintendo put additional hardware inside of the game cartridges. The Genesis came out a lot earlier than the SNES, but it still smoked it. The only clear advantage the SNES had was a larger color pallet.
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Dudes go shirtless, or or with a random piece of armor over one shoulder, and nobody says a thing. A female character only has two shoulder guards, and everyone loses it.
Re: Rose Colored Gaming is Working on a New Line of Portables With Diverse Emulation Options
@ZenTurtle Other than ethical reasons of playing your own Roms, that is completely pointless. You are still emulating. You are not playing the actual cartridge. You are just dumping only the rom file and completely ignoring all the special chips the cartridge uses. So if you already have the ability to dump your Roms as you claim, this would be perfect for you. You can use your dumped Roms in this machine, just as you are using your dumped Roms in your other machine. Actually playing the cartridges requires the original hardware or clone systems (not including the retron5 as it only dumps Roms)
Re: Rose Colored Gaming is Working on a New Line of Portables With Diverse Emulation Options
I'm confused. This thing has HDMI input or output? And the USB port makes it so you can use the handheld as a controller on the TV? How does that work. Are you sure the USB port isn't so you can plug a controller into the handheld while playing on a TV?
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Re: Satoru Iwata Highlights Frustration at Missed Wii U Features and Aims to Improve for Next-Gen Hardware
@Vincent294 I would think they would be going more for the success of the original Wii, SNES, or NES. The N64 was its first console that that fell behind to second place (and it was a pretty distant second). The Gamecube then fell even further back to third place. The Wii brought Nintendo back to greatness, unexpectedly outselling Microsoft and PlayStation's powerful boxes.