It was a down year in general. Only 13 titles overall reached 90 or above. This included 5 PC, 4 XB1, & 4 PS4. There were several games that were on multiple systems (Overwatch on 3, Witcher 3 and INSIDE on 2), bringing the number down to 9 (nine) unique games.
You hear from the chip people that it should be fine. Of course, they have a vested interest. You hear from the tear down people bits and pieces that make it sound like it won't be. Of course, some of them have traditional biases. Que sera sera
1. There were review times for on-line, at least in Europe (according to NintenDaan).
2. If you know something is not good, do you promote it? That was Nintendo's decision. It is a lose-lose situation. My guess it decided that letting the game go away quickly was far less damaging that promoting something of limited appeal and questionable quality.
3. I cannot believe that the physical version this game is still $60 is US.
But why has this not come forward before now. And has anyone tried to track down what was printed in ONM on the subject? If this was not printed but the "traditional story" was, it would cause a credibility issue.
This game is not worth getting. It is funny it is still on the list. But as a North American who has it, I want to tell everyone waiting on it in Europe that it is not worth the wait. The original brain training games for DS were much better.
The situation is similar here in the US. Fewer and fewer places offer Street Pass functionality. For example, Best Buy stores (a leading electronic big box retailer) are still listed as zones — but an increasing number (including my local store) appear to have permanently turned off their server. The only bright spot on this side of the pond is that the 3DS automatically connects to AT&T WiFi and those are still working zones. This includes one major hotel chain — which means if you stay at a Hilton property in the US you may get a lot of hits (or the same hits a lot of times). It also means most McDonalds still are places to StreetPass.
This looks brilliant. I wonder if anyone could finish it and release it as homebrew. (Don't laugh, there are many Intellivision games to which that treatment has been given).
That legal loophole varies by country and by interpretations within a country. I especially wonder how it is covered for games (ROMs) which continue to be available for sale.
Also, more generally, it should be noted that Nintendo does not hold copyright to all games on Nintendo systems. So others may have differing opinions (and legal options) as well.
@Jd12345678 Thanks. But I have heard some people have trouble with B&H, so I think I will pass at this point. I figure the extra controller can be acquired later.
1. Nintendo seems to get blamed, even though it is a minor partner in this (remember its announcement regarding the limited impact the game has in its financials and the ensuing drop in stock price). We have the Pokevision developer saying "Niantic and Nintendo" — it may have said "Niantic and partners" or listed all the companies.
2. Could it be the third-party data mining led to the radar glitch?
3. Could it be Niantic is going to sell its own version of Poke-radar? (This is what happened with third-party Pokedexes).
4. I never could get the Pokevision to work properly for me — so I am not even sure how reliable it was in all places.
I am not saying that Oliver Stone is wrong. But he certainly is misguided at best given that other apps do similar if not more things. In life, there are tradeoffs. I use store shopping cards. They know what I buy. As a result, I get coupons. I like this invasion of privacy, it saves me money.
The story in the US making the news rounds is about the armed robbery attempt outside of St. Louis, MO, where a beacon was used to attract people. Fortunately, those individuals were arrested.
Any time there is something that bursts onto the scene, people use it to (1) get their important message out (i.e., be careful) or (2) inject themselves into the conversation as the one true bastion of proper thought. I wonder which one the Daily News sees itself as?
There are different standards in different places.
Game changes in localization often reflect those standards. As do games never coming out in some markets.
Many of these relate to the sexualization or stereotypical portrayal of the characters.
Other times, changes are made because something common in one place is completely foreign to another country or culture.
Both types of changes are seen in this game. But without those changes, it is doubtful those outside of Japan would have ever seen this game.
Many other mediums have to be changed to be shown in or work in another place. For example, most other countries allow far more skin — and far less violence — to be shown on TV than in the United States. So you have blurred patches when shows are brought to the US and violence cuts when shows are sold from the US.
People may not like it — but it is the way of the world.
But it is interesting that it is two developers. One makes one game series which may be slowing down (a competitor is already cancelled). And since it develops games for one publisher, that publisher may be controlling access to the dev kit.
The other is releasing its second game - though it does look like it could be of interest to those who play games on Nintendo consoles. The last set of vague quotes comes from the Gamestop publishing arm, which is handling the physical copies of this developers second game. And GS has made other comments about the NX, so it might know than it is letting on.
The bundle is wonderful — but I already own just about everything. I will still probably get it as the one game I know I don't own is about half price if I just pay the average.
I love this game — just as I loved its predecessors.
I do have one problem, I get a communications error when it tries to do the user authorization. It does not seem to cause any issues. And my connection works on all other games/functions. So I am thinking it is something else. I mention it because it is a bad way to start a good experience.
@naut My point was that Nintendo is damned if it does and damned if it does not with respect to how to handle these things. But no one care if Catherine is released on Sony consoles (or that Sony censured stripper scenes in BMX XXX on PS2 while it was not required by Microsoft or Nintendo).
Meanwhile, if it makes changes so as to avoid that kind of bad PR, it gets this kind of treatment instead.
Now to be honest, this game is not my cup of tea. However, I can see that some changes make sense (age), some are as not important as being made out to be (slight costume changes), and some are unfortunate (not releasing a DLC — if for that reason if the rumor is true).
Finally, for those who talk about the original vision of the game — very little "art" is the artist's vision. Music has producers. Books have editors. Films and plays have directors and re-writers. It is part of the process from idea to item that can be sold.
I was hoping there would be North American info — I didn't realize it was an NoA video. Hoping friends in other places get these games in a timely manner as well. Because they look very good to great. Can't wait to buy many of them.
This is an unfortunate situation all around. So here is my take on it.
First of all, the timing of the Alison Rapp's dismissal makes it appear that Nintendo did this in response to the social media firestorm which had worked to get her fired.
Certainly, you can say from an almost five-year old Tweet cited above (Comment #13) that her positions are nothing new — just newly discovered. A sentiment expressed in a college thesis that Japanese cultural norms should not have to conform to Western cultural norms (vis-a-vis underage erotic depictions) turned it to/was made into support for child pornography. (I have neither done research on this or have first-hand knowledge, though the Tweet in Comment #13 makes it appear to be the former).
Still, if she had been doing that for five years and Nintendo monitors social media (which is not as easy as it seems), they may have seen posts like that. (I also don't know whether such post occurred before or after her employment at Nintendo).
But there is some reason to believe that Nintendo probably knew at least something about Alison Rapp's non-traditional/controversial views on this before the recent social media storm. But it was not enough to make her a liability to the company.
However, the photo shoots appear to have been the tipping point. At least that is what Nintendo says. And looking at the shoots, how they were promoted, and what props were used, it is understandable.
What is unknown is how much discipline — if any — Alison Rapp received for her actions before being dismissed. This is a personnel matter and will most likely never become public.
The end statement is that an employee became too much of a liability for a company to remain employed. The company claims it was because of her actions in secondary employment; others think it is because of her controversial views and the firestorm they caused. Certainly, most people here would be subject for discipline up to dismissal from their positions if they did took any of these types of actions while in their current employment.
My end point is that this is a complicated matter for which we don't know all of the facts. It is not the first time someone will be fired — nor will it be the last. Unfortunately, some people and groups are using this situation for free publicity or to move forward their own agendas — without knowing the full story. And none of us know the full story.
(PS — I wonder what the reaction would have been if this occurred at another gaming company. We only know who the is in the Treehouse because Nintendo made them "public." But this could have occurred at Sony or Microsoft or any developer and we would not know it. And if it did and we knew about it, I imagine at least some people would not be as concerned because they like going against Nintendo).
I play this game way too much. I only try to spend money on it when there is a bonus (buy 6 jewels, get 6 for free). At 135 hours and counting, I figure I have gotten my money's worth out of it.
I wonder if this is like shutting the barn door after the animals have left. I hear too many cash registers and other machines using that sound right now for the trademark to not be challenged. I agree with the concept of this — to prevent people (companies) from profiting from the coin sound, I just wonder if it is too late.
Alternative explanation — With so many people using it, Nintendo wanted to claim the trademark before someone else did and it lost the right to its iconic sound.
Maybe this is the "new normal." In other words — building the hype train one rumor at a time, with periodic check-points wherein they are confirmed or debunked.
I was looking to get this --but I wanted to get the Season's Pass (to save on all five episodes). However, I could not find how to order it from the eShop. Am I missing something or do you buy it — "in game"?
I think my son must have seen this because he told me that he found out how many Wii games there were. That means at around 500 that I am not even halfway there.
It's unfortunate but it's economics. This is a port of a game that will probably see only a few hundred thousand sold for a system that will (probably) replaced within a year.
I think that this game would have been outstanding when it came out. But by the time it makes consoles, it will be three years old. And other similar experiences are out there (though not necessarily on WiiU).
Each texture pack costs 99 cents on the other consoles. So that is $5.94 — or almost 60% of the price difference.
I imagine technical matters — and the smaller install base (meaning there are less possible sales, so you can't do a volume discount) — are other reasons for the price differential.
I had no idea that GBF was a Bobby Mitchell parody — until this article. It makes sense. It is allowed. And it is commonly done — as are the lawsuits. Much of this is discussed above — shout out to @inverse and @dagamedoc for their analysis.
Personally, I loved this line from the decision: And when GBF loses his title, the character literally explodes, unlike Plaintiff.
@FreakFerrett I would probably buy a Madden. It is the sports games, which at one time had a requirement to be on all systems, that really irk me. I understand the market size, market type, and programming requirements. But I still don't think EA is being completely transparent.
To echo previous posts — the on-line for the Dreamcast was basically ahead of its time. Remember the DC came and went before Xbox Live launched in 2002 — which did a large part to spur on-line gaming. The biggest issue was when Sega pulled the plug on the system, it shortly thereafter shut down the on-line servers. Only the few games with independent servers could be played on-line after that.
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Re: Nintendo Switch to Introduce Paid Online Service in Autumn / Fall
Unfortunate. But realistic.
Re: Video: Ladies And Gentlemen, We Might Have Found The Worst Game On Wii U
I missed getting this for free. I am NOT paying a fiver for it.
Though if I had it, I probably would play it.
Re: Metacritic's 'Best Video Games' Feature Highlights Quiet Year for Nintendo
It was a down year in general. Only 13 titles overall reached 90 or above. This included 5 PC, 4 XB1, & 4 PS4. There were several games that were on multiple systems (Overwatch on 3, Witcher 3 and INSIDE on 2), bringing the number down to 9 (nine) unique games.
Re: Nintendo's Share Value Plummets Despite Super Mario Run Downloads and Revenue Performance
The game costs about 1.5 months of cell phone insurance — which is virtually required unless you pay full price ($700) for the unit.
Of course, the analysts like that since it keeps bringing in money.
Re: Eurogamer Report Suggests Nintendo Switch GPU Runs 60 Percent Slower When Undocked
You hear from the chip people that it should be fine. Of course, they have a vested interest.
You hear from the tear down people bits and pieces that make it sound like it won't be. Of course, some of them have traditional biases.
Que sera sera
Re: Analyst Firm Notes Hype For Switch, But Worries Nintendo Is "Not Prepared" To Take Advantage
One reason Nintendo may be doing a March launch rather than a holiday launch is so that it can slow-play things.
The demand will be low at first because of the season. It will be a slow process and allow Nintendo to build momentum for Holiday 2017.
Re: Tomonobu Itagaki on Why Devil's Third Underperformed
A few thoughts.
1. There were review times for on-line, at least in Europe (according to NintenDaan).
2. If you know something is not good, do you promote it? That was Nintendo's decision. It is a lose-lose situation. My guess it decided that letting the game go away quickly was far less damaging that promoting something of limited appeal and questionable quality.
3. I cannot believe that the physical version this game is still $60 is US.
Re: Doubt Is Thrown On The Exact Story Behind The Creation Of Donkey Kong
Believable.
But why has this not come forward before now.
And has anyone tried to track down what was printed in ONM on the subject? If this was not printed but the "traditional story" was, it would cause a credibility issue.
Re: Nintendo Is Refusing To Let Project Giant Robot And Devilish Brain Training Die
This game is not worth getting. It is funny it is still on the list. But as a North American who has it, I want to tell everyone waiting on it in Europe that it is not worth the wait. The original brain training games for DS were much better.
Re: UK Nintendo Zones Are Now Only To Be Found In Branches Of GAME
The situation is similar here in the US.
Fewer and fewer places offer Street Pass functionality.
For example, Best Buy stores (a leading electronic big box retailer) are still listed as zones — but an increasing number (including my local store) appear to have permanently turned off their server.
The only bright spot on this side of the pond is that the 3DS automatically connects to AT&T WiFi and those are still working zones. This includes one major hotel chain — which means if you stay at a Hilton property in the US you may get a lot of hits (or the same hits a lot of times). It also means most McDonalds still are places to StreetPass.
Re: Xbox One NES Emulator Passes Certification, Could Hit Console In The Next Few Days
Nintendo has allowed physical clones to exist.
All an emulator is, in reality, is a software clone.
Plus, Nintendo does not own all the NES games.
So this should be interesting how it goes.
Re: Lost Nintendo 64 Racer Rev Limit Rolls Out Of The Garage
This looks brilliant.
I wonder if anyone could finish it and release it as homebrew.
(Don't laugh, there are many Intellivision games to which that treatment has been given).
Re: The Xbox One Might Be Getting A NES Emulator
@ClockworkMario
That legal loophole varies by country and by interpretations within a country. I especially wonder how it is covered for games (ROMs) which continue to be available for sale.
Also, more generally, it should be noted that Nintendo does not hold copyright to all games on Nintendo systems. So others may have differing opinions (and legal options) as well.
Re: Retro-Bit Generations Game List Contains Capcom, Irem And Data East Classics
This looks interesting ... I just hope it is real and legal.
Some of these companies have been very reluctant about releasing their back catalogs.
Re: French Mayor Says "Non" To Pokémon GO
If this is the case, has he requested that every other app be inaccessible to the residents of this town?
EDITED: Or any on-line shop for that matter?
Re: Guide: Where To Preorder The Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition In The USA
@Jd12345678
Thanks. But I have heard some people have trouble with B&H, so I think I will pass at this point. I figure the extra controller can be acquired later.
Re: Guide: Where To Preorder The Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition In The USA
Target was up earlier today — I got a pre-order in.
Now I just need to get an extra controller ( but low priority since I have Wii Pro/Classic units).
Re: Editorial: The Rights and Wrongs of Shutting Down Pokemon GO Fan-Made Tools Like Pokévision
Some thoughts:
1. Nintendo seems to get blamed, even though it is a minor partner in this (remember its announcement regarding the limited impact the game has in its financials and the ensuing drop in stock price). We have the Pokevision developer saying "Niantic and Nintendo" — it may have said "Niantic and partners" or listed all the companies.
2. Could it be the third-party data mining led to the radar glitch?
3. Could it be Niantic is going to sell its own version of Poke-radar? (This is what happened with third-party Pokedexes).
4. I never could get the Pokevision to work properly for me — so I am not even sure how reliable it was in all places.
Re: Weirdness: Shadow the Hedgehog is Rather Foul-Mouthed in Mario & Sonic at the Rio Olympics
I am not sure of what I hear.
And that is probably how something like this made its way through internal review process.
Re: Hollywood Director Oliver Stone Brands Pokémon GO "Surveillance Capitalism"
I am not saying that Oliver Stone is wrong.
But he certainly is misguided at best given that other apps do similar if not more things.
In life, there are tradeoffs. I use store shopping cards. They know what I buy. As a result, I get coupons. I like this invasion of privacy, it saves me money.
Re: Say Hello To The Site Which Lets You Find Rare Monsters Near You In Pokémon GO
Looking at the site it seems to not report where I live — which from my son I know has quite a few Pokemon.
Re: NSPCC Believes Pokémon GO is "Susceptible To Being Hijacked" By Those That Could Harm Young Players
The story in the US making the news rounds is about the armed robbery attempt outside of St. Louis, MO, where a beacon was used to attract people. Fortunately, those individuals were arrested.
Any time there is something that bursts onto the scene, people use it to (1) get their important message out (i.e., be careful) or (2) inject themselves into the conversation as the one true bastion of proper thought. I wonder which one the Daily News sees itself as?
Re: Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Co-Director Was Initially "Disappointed" With Western Localisation
There are different standards in different places.
Game changes in localization often reflect those standards. As do games never coming out in some markets.
Many of these relate to the sexualization or stereotypical portrayal of the characters.
Other times, changes are made because something common in one place is completely foreign to another country or culture.
Both types of changes are seen in this game. But without those changes, it is doubtful those outside of Japan would have ever seen this game.
Many other mediums have to be changed to be shown in or work in another place. For example, most other countries allow far more skin — and far less violence — to be shown on TV than in the United States. So you have blurred patches when shows are brought to the US and violence cuts when shows are sold from the US.
People may not like it — but it is the way of the world.
Re: Pokémon GO Success Causes Nintendo Share Price To Surge, But Teething Troubles Frustrate
Why does everyone act surprised when a new app or game comes out and overwhelms its servers?
Re: Developers Don't Seem To Know Any More About Nintendo NX Than You Do
This story made the rounds on various sites.
But it is interesting that it is two developers. One makes one game series which may be slowing down (a competitor is already cancelled). And since it develops games for one publisher, that publisher may be controlling access to the dev kit.
The other is releasing its second game - though it does look like it could be of interest to those who play games on Nintendo consoles. The last set of vague quotes comes from the Gamestop publishing arm, which is handling the physical copies of this developers second game. And GS has made other comments about the NX, so it might know than it is letting on.
Re: Video: Take A Look Inside Sega Of America's Testing Facility, Circa 1995
And to think I was wasting my time in graduate school during this era.
Re: 90's Arcade Racer Hits The Pits For Name Change, No Longer Listed For Wii U Release
Has anyone reached out to Nicalis?
Especially since the angelcomm.net pages are GONE!
Re: Review: Pinball Arcade (Wii U eShop)
@Spoony_Tech
As near as I can tell, it is an issue that isn't an issue.
So hopefully it will stay that way.
Hope to play and buy Season 2 this weekend.
Re: Three New Titles Have Been Added to the Humble Friends of Nintendo Bundle
The bundle is wonderful — but I already own just about everything.
I will still probably get it as the one game I know I don't own is about half price if I just pay the average.
Re: Review: Pinball Arcade (Wii U eShop)
I love this game — just as I loved its predecessors.
I do have one problem, I get a communications error when it tries to do the user authorization. It does not seem to cause any issues. And my connection works on all other games/functions. So I am thinking it is something else. I mention it because it is a bad way to start a good experience.
Re: Western Localisation Of Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Features Costume And Age Changes
@naut
My point was that Nintendo is damned if it does and damned if it does not with respect to how to handle these things.
But no one care if Catherine is released on Sony consoles (or that Sony censured stripper scenes in BMX XXX on PS2 while it was not required by Microsoft or Nintendo).
Re: Western Localisation Of Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Features Costume And Age Changes
@naut
According to Amazon, the game is rated T for Teen.
Re: Western Localisation Of Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Features Costume And Age Changes
The biggest problem Nintendo faces is that there is a double-standard for it.
Sony or Microsoft could release a game like this and (almost) no one cares.
Nintendo releases it without changes — it is featured on Fox News and various groups get up in arms about how Nintendo. (If you don't believe me, this story references a local Fox TV station's story about Pictochat being a tool to lure children: http://www.slashgear.com/cnn-fox-other-news-networks-still-think-were-all-technology-idiots-19393545/).
Meanwhile, if it makes changes so as to avoid that kind of bad PR, it gets this kind of treatment instead.
Now to be honest, this game is not my cup of tea. However, I can see that some changes make sense (age), some are as not important as being made out to be (slight costume changes), and some are unfortunate (not releasing a DLC — if for that reason if the rumor is true).
Finally, for those who talk about the original vision of the game — very little "art" is the artist's vision. Music has producers. Books have editors. Films and plays have directors and re-writers. It is part of the process from idea to item that can be sold.
Re: Video: Nintendo Spring Partner Preview Spotlights Upcoming eShop Games
I was hoping there would be North American info — I didn't realize it was an NoA video. Hoping friends in other places get these games in a timely manner as well. Because they look very good to great. Can't wait to buy many of them.
Re: International Game Developers Association Issues Critical Statement Over Nintendo and Alison Rapp
This is an unfortunate situation all around. So here is my take on it.
First of all, the timing of the Alison Rapp's dismissal makes it appear that Nintendo did this in response to the social media firestorm which had worked to get her fired.
Certainly, you can say from an almost five-year old Tweet cited above (Comment #13) that her positions are nothing new — just newly discovered. A sentiment expressed in a college thesis that Japanese cultural norms should not have to conform to Western cultural norms (vis-a-vis underage erotic depictions) turned it to/was made into support for child pornography. (I have neither done research on this or have first-hand knowledge, though the Tweet in Comment #13 makes it appear to be the former).
Still, if she had been doing that for five years and Nintendo monitors social media (which is not as easy as it seems), they may have seen posts like that. (I also don't know whether such post occurred before or after her employment at Nintendo).
But there is some reason to believe that Nintendo probably knew at least something about Alison Rapp's non-traditional/controversial views on this before the recent social media storm. But it was not enough to make her a liability to the company.
However, the photo shoots appear to have been the tipping point. At least that is what Nintendo says. And looking at the shoots, how they were promoted, and what props were used, it is understandable.
What is unknown is how much discipline — if any — Alison Rapp received for her actions before being dismissed. This is a personnel matter and will most likely never become public.
The end statement is that an employee became too much of a liability for a company to remain employed. The company claims it was because of her actions in secondary employment; others think it is because of her controversial views and the firestorm they caused. Certainly, most people here would be subject for discipline up to dismissal from their positions if they did took any of these types of actions while in their current employment.
My end point is that this is a complicated matter for which we don't know all of the facts. It is not the first time someone will be fired — nor will it be the last. Unfortunately, some people and groups are using this situation for free publicity or to move forward their own agendas — without knowing the full story. And none of us know the full story.
(PS — I wonder what the reaction would have been if this occurred at another gaming company. We only know who the is in the Treehouse because Nintendo made them "public." But this could have occurred at Sony or Microsoft or any developer and we would not know it. And if it did and we knew about it, I imagine at least some people would not be as concerned because they like going against Nintendo).
Re: Pokémon Shuffle Gets a Major Update and New Features
I play this game way too much.
I only try to spend money on it when there is a bonus (buy 6 jewels, get 6 for free). At 135 hours and counting, I figure I have gotten my money's worth out of it.
Re: Nintendo Seeks a Trademark for Mario Coin Sound
I wonder if this is like shutting the barn door after the animals have left. I hear too many cash registers and other machines using that sound right now for the trademark to not be challenged. I agree with the concept of this — to prevent people (companies) from profiting from the coin sound, I just wonder if it is too late.
Alternative explanation — With so many people using it, Nintendo wanted to claim the trademark before someone else did and it lost the right to its iconic sound.
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo's Fortress of Secrecy Needs to Tighten Security for the Year Ahead
Maybe this is the "new normal."
In other words — building the hype train one rumor at a time, with periodic check-points wherein they are confirmed or debunked.
Re: Review: Minecraft: Story Mode - Episode 1: The Order of the Stone (Wii U eShop)
I was looking to get this --but I wanted to get the Season's Pass (to save on all five episodes). However, I could not find how to order it from the eShop. Am I missing something or do you buy it — "in game"?
Re: Video: Collecting Every Wii Game Is Difficult, But This Guy Did It Anyway
I think my son must have seen this because he told me that he found out how many Wii games there were. That means at around 500 that I am not even halfway there.
Re: Detective Pikachu Trailer is Revealed, Arrives as a Download in Japan on 3rd February
Let's get Benedict Cumberpatch to do the voice work in the western release.
Re: Minecraft on Wii U Won't Feature Inventory Management on the GamePad Screen
It's unfortunate but it's economics.
This is a port of a game that will probably see only a few hundred thousand sold for a system that will (probably) replaced within a year.
Re: Gone Home is No Longer on its Way to the Wii U eShop
I think that this game would have been outstanding when it came out.
But by the time it makes consoles, it will be three years old. And other similar experiences are out there (though not necessarily on WiiU).
Re: Minecraft Finally Digs Its Way Onto the Wii U eShop on 17th December
Each texture pack costs 99 cents on the other consoles.
So that is $5.94 — or almost 60% of the price difference.
I imagine technical matters — and the smaller install base (meaning there are less possible sales, so you can't do a volume discount) — are other reasons for the price differential.
I now know what to buy myself for my birthday.
Re: Donkey Kong Champ Billy Mitchell Loses Legal Battle Against Regular Show Parody
I had no idea that GBF was a Bobby Mitchell parody — until this article.
It makes sense. It is allowed. And it is commonly done — as are the lawsuits. Much of this is discussed above — shout out to @inverse and @dagamedoc for their analysis.
Personally, I loved this line from the decision: And when GBF loses his title, the character literally explodes, unlike Plaintiff.
Re: EA CFO Explains Why the Company Doesn't Make Wii U Games Anymore
@FreakFerrett
I would probably buy a Madden. It is the sports games, which at one time had a requirement to be on all systems, that really irk me. I understand the market size, market type, and programming requirements. But I still don't think EA is being completely transparent.
Re: Minecraft Wii U Edition Classification Has Been Removed By PEGI
I wonder if (1) the date got reverse and (2) Steve is the winner of Smash vote and to celebrate Minecraft comes to the Wii U.
Re: Random: Whoops, Toys "R" Us is Listing Star Fox Zero for November in Its Catalogue
Those catalogs are printed well in advance.
This happens every year where a game or two is delayed.
Re: Nintendo Is Making Female Characters Cover Up For The Western Version Of Xenoblade Chronicles X
Even the "censored" costumes are not realistic.
Women don't dress like that.
And we are talking about a character who is 13.
Grow up people. Even Playboy is ditching nudes.
Re: Rejoice, The Wii U Has Finally Outsold Sega's Ill-Fated Dreamcast
To echo previous posts — the on-line for the Dreamcast was basically ahead of its time. Remember the DC came and went before Xbox Live launched in 2002 — which did a large part to spur on-line gaming. The biggest issue was when Sega pulled the plug on the system, it shortly thereafter shut down the on-line servers. Only the few games with independent servers could be played on-line after that.