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http://the-nextlevel.com/board/attac...1&d=1163046129Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
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Originally Posted by Giltc'h
Viva Pinata is going to be awesome. 100% of the Wii games I have played are not.
Viva Pinata is Animal Crossing with microtransactions
You have played 1. That hardly makes you an expert.Quote:
Originally Posted by I LOVE PLAYSTATION THREE
The Viva Pinata video almost gave me a seizure. Too much gay horses and bright colors.
Viva Pinata will be the biggest flop that RARE ever releases...most of the general public thinks it is a joke.
"You have played 1. That hardly makes you an expert."
How many have you played? Besides, how can you be an expert at liking stuff? That's the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
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Originally Posted by magnifiedplaid
Bigger than grabbed by the ghoulies?
you realize if you stop replying to him hell go awayQuote:
Originally Posted by PBMax
Yeah, because I know at least two people who enjoyed Grabbed By the Ghoulies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shin Johnpv
Plus, I was at Gamestop last night, and I saw 100 people simultaneously laugh at the idea of playing "Viva Pinata." The gamestop clerk told the crowd (all people waiting to buy Gears of War) that they didn't have Gears of War....BUT they got copies of Viva Pinata in...and the whole crowd laughed out loud and said "Yeah, like anybody would actually buy that piece of shit."
So yeah...I think RARE has a huge flop on their hands.
Granted Viva Pinata was never meant for those people anyway.
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Originally Posted by Shin Johnpv
You never played Contra. Everybody take this into account when dealing with MP.Quote:
Originally Posted by magnifiedplaid
lol served imo
Uh, it has a tie-in TV show... it'll do at least as well as most liscenced games, which do well. Even something that has no business being a game like That's So Raven manages to move a couple hundred thousand copies. It probably won't do as well as MS hopes, but it'll likely be far from a bomb.Quote:
Originally Posted by magnifiedplaid
I don't know why but that really pisses me off. That crowd must have had so much testosterone present that a gay orgy broke out.Quote:
Originally Posted by magnifiedplaid
SWEAT AND MUSCLE AND PENISQuote:
Originally Posted by Metal_slime
I also think this thread should return to Trolling Joust vs. Serious Business PBMax Round 8 instead of being The Official Viva Pinata Thread.
He's nothing but a below-average troll, but when he expects us to suddenly take his opinions seriously he moves to the next level of annoying. And, just for the record, I'm not the only who told him to go away.Quote:
Originally Posted by MechDeus
Viva Pinata looks like it's worth trying.
hahaha...actually, it really pissed my friend and I off too. We had our pre-order slip in hand and we decided it wasn't worth it to wait in line with those people...so we left. I'll just pick up Gears of War another day, when I am finished with Phantasy Star and Contra :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Metal_slime
Well actually yes....I don't recall playing the ARCADE version of Contra, and I am a bit murky on if I ever played the original NES version...the game did come out when I was six years old, so my memory of some NES games is a bit fuzzy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chux
Sue your parents for neglect for not making sure you had Contra to play.
Seriously.
haha...yeah...this was back in the day when I would get two games a year. One game for my birthday and one game for Christmas. So, naturally I would pick the newest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle game or something. I suppose being denied games is what has turned me into a video game addict who buys way too many games as an adult....Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi
The whole thing reminds me of my "Literary Theory and Criticism" professor who always wore a different Disney watch every day (even though he is clearly about 70-80 years old). He always claimed he wanted a Mickey Mouse watch as a kid, and his parents didn't buy him one. So, once he became an adult he started buying every Mickey Mouse watch he could find..kinda weird :)
TNL needs more "flavor" anecdotes like this.Quote:
Originally Posted by magnifiedplaid
I was reading in another thread about the bullshit $699 Gamestop Wii bundles. Anyone know if the stores will be pulling that crap too? I was planning on getting my system from EB, but will camp at Walmart instead if they try to pull that crap.
No bundles at EB/GameStop stores. I preordered 3 of mine from GameStop and only put $50 deposit on each. EB/GameStops are sold out of preorders for the Wii. They wont have any for walk-ins.Quote:
Originally Posted by GohanX
Hrm, if Nintendo hits their shipment goals in the millions that they are hoping for, and my local store only gets the 16 that they have preordered, something is seriously wrong. But hey, if they don't have them there are a dozen more stores in the area that will.
Has there been anyone to confirm the assload of Wiis for the US that NOA has said they'd have? I mean to say, there's no reason to be subjected to a bundle when you can easily get one system by itself a week or two after launch with ease if you can.
Make sure that sticks because hasn't EB/GS taken pre-orders before only to tell those who did so that they now have to get the bundle?Quote:
Originally Posted by bandit
I'm not worried about bundling at EB/Gamestop. It's a non-issue. Just be prepared for them to ram down your throat every single possible peripheral and game they can can talk you into.
James
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Originally Posted by portnoyd
The Quote is 4 million world wide by Christmas (or end of December). NA is supposed to get the largest chunk of that, the only numbers that have come out is that Japan is getting 400K for launch and again the American launch is supposed to be much more than that. I have to imagine if you can't walk in and get one on day one that in the following weeks you can. They're supposed to be shipping between 100 - 150k to each territory each week after launch. If they're shipping that many and you still can't get one then holy shit is the wii doing well
Well considering the fact that the DS Lite is still a bitch to find everywhere in this country, I'm not getting my hopes up that I'll be able to get one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shin Johnpv
I have yet to see a shortage of DS lites. I find them everywhere in pink, white, and black.
For bbobb, "this country" means Japan. Nintendo really should consider syphoning off a few hundred thousand from here and sending them overseas. A shortage of product in one territory matched by a surplus in another is just plain bad distribution.
James
D'oh! I forgot he's in Japan.
I'm awesome at dealing with EB sales peoples, I just repeat "no" to anything they say unless their hand is out, in which case I get out my card and say "savings please".Quote:
Originally Posted by James
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Originally Posted by Razor Ramon
Dont worry, I use to work for EB/GameStop. I know their tactics such as offering GameDoctors, warranties and what nots.Quote:
Originally Posted by James
Game Doctors! I remember those things, they sucked. I never could get a straight answer on why they were being pushed so hard, either. I just assumed it involved truckloads of hookers for the corporate offices.
James
Had to have been. Those things were incredible shit when most game stores at the time had the professional resurfacers.
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Originally Posted by portnoyd
How come no one has those any more, not even cd or dvd places. There was a time where everyone one of those style stores had one. I only ask cause a friend bought a tutorial DVD online off ebay and when he got it it was scratched to hell still plays but skips from time to time in one particular area where theres a huge scratch. Back in the day you could have taken that dvd to a Gamestop or any cd/dvd place and gotten it resurfaced and bam perfect again. I wish places still had them.
GameStop on Ave of Americas (across from Manhattan Mall) does it. Dont know if they still do. I know GameCrazy in Queens (Forest Hills/Bayside?) has a machine that does it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shin Johnpv
They were being pushed cuz they probably had a contract with them or something. When an employee sells one, they get a commission on each. It was like $2 commission for each sale. I remember getting like $40 on one paycheck (get paid every 2 weeks). $20 per week, 10 a week, not bad at all. Whats worse was when I think Xbox launched, we included that shit with the bundles. People started to complain so Corporate decided to stop bundling it.Quote:
Originally Posted by James
Nintendo delivers Wii's in ice cream truck. They even open it up to show how its packaged.
http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=11745
BTW, Wii Sports comes in those cardboard sleeves. NO DVD case for the included game.
OMG I hATE NITENdo,nocase
no duh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
iLounge, an Apple/iPod website, posted a three part article on the Wii. It's more...I dunno, personal then other articles, so here it is.
Part 1: http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/bac...t-i-unpacking/
Part 2: http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/bac...ace-and-games/
Part 3: http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/bac...elda-in-depth/
Shows the Wii being unpacked, and has stuff on Excite Truck, Wii Sports, and Zelda.
Not much text, but pretty good pictures. Lots of new stuff, even if the actual game pictures are of bad quality.
I was planning on making a custom DVD case insert for Wii Sports, using another Wii game's insert as a template and putting in the graphics and stuff scanned in from the cardboard case. I'll post it up here if anyone else would like one.Quote:
Originally Posted by bandit
I'm getting pretty good at making DVD inserts, as long as I have good original artwork. *points at avatar* *ahem*
I'm definitely interested in the case insert if you make one. If anyone has a spare Wii DVD case, let me know (when games are released).Quote:
Originally Posted by GohanX
If you know anyone who works at a game store, you can probably get them to toss you one without any problem. Display boxes are plentiful.
James
well, owing to the fact that i got the most trade in value from cd warehouse, im not getting a wii at launch now, since im going to wait to get it from them. so im hoping very much for the glut of wii's to come down the pike so someone can get one, decide they dont like it and i can swoop in and get it. soon brothers, soon.
Nope not anymore. All my old co-workers have probably left, fired or transfered. So if anyone can hook me up, I'd appreciate it. I'll cover shipping.Quote:
Originally Posted by James
BTW, no Nintendo World Store midnight launch (sorry JohnPV). Instead, TRU in Times Square will be having a midnight launch party and Fils-Aime will be handing out the first Wii at TRU instead of flagship store.
WTF? Guess that TRU/Nintendo partnership is stronger than I thought. So when is the NWS going to start selling their damn Wiis? I'd like to get my Wii Saturday night, so I don't have to go into the city twice next weekend. :( I wouldn't have even reserved at the NWS if I knew they were going to jump ship to TRU.Quote:
Originally Posted by bandit
Bullshit.
Probably regular store hours. I dont know what it is..9? 10? I still want to know if my GS by me is having a midnight. I want to pick up all 3 (2 at once with my gf and the third will be 30-60 mins later. Same goes for if regular opening). This way i dont have to make an extra trip even though its like 5 mins away.Quote:
Originally Posted by portnoyd
Here is a Wii Sports game insert
http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/3...isportsby7.jpg
It has that European number thing. I'll probably photoshop it or if someone wants to do it. Now I gotta find glossy paper. I wonder if photopaper that HP sometimes gives out for free would work.
I'm coming in to drink with TNL on Saturday night. I called the World Store, and they won't be selling their Wiis until 8am on Sunday.Quote:
Originally Posted by bandit
So stupid. I really think I may crash in the city on Saturday night.... would just be easier.
Here is one I made with the US ESRB rating. I'm heading to Target in a few minutes. You can get those DVD from them as use it as a case.
hmmm thats really not a bad ideaQuote:
Originally Posted by portnoyd
This has me a bit pissed off because they're fucking story changed so much. When I pre-ordered my Wii it was "We're opening at midnight and Reggie will be there to hand out systems." then it became "We going to do a midnight opening but just for pre-orders." then it was "We're gonna open at 6 am on Sunday." and now it's "We're opening regular hours and not doing anything special."
Which is so fucking asinine, here you have the official Nintendo store that has something like 1,000 pre-orders on the system not doing anything, meanwhile the gamestop by me is getting like 16 systems in and doing a midnight opening and huge event. I just don't get it.
FUckers. The Target I went to had shit! No Wii giftcards and no DVDs. I'm going to go to the one near a mall (Queens Center Mall). If that Target doesnt have, I'll need a white DVD case.
I need to fine 11 x 17 paper.
What do you need 11x17 for? A dvd insert is just shy of 11 inches, so it should print fine on regular paper unless your printer needs a large margin at the edge of the page.
If you still need it though, most copy shops will sell you a few sheets of loose 11x17 sheets so you don't have to buy a full pack.
So, is there any talk yet about how Nintendo World is handling their preorders?
Midnight at TRU? Midnight at NW? When store opens on Sunday?
Also:
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/11/12/wi...s-its-secrets/
I don't like these.Quote:
• "Software downloaded from the Wii Shop Channel is licensed to you, not sold" (pg. 25)
• "If you use the messaging features of the Wii console, you need to understand that Nintendo may monitor your use and share certain information (i) as required by law, (ii) where necessary to protect the company, its customers or its employees, (iii) as necessary to provide the services. [Big Brother is watching -Ed.]" (pg. 47)
Haven't software licenses been sold for PC programs since forever? I always remember them using that exact phrasing. And what's the big deal about the message viewing? AIM does it and I'm pretty sure MSN does, too.
Well, it's wrong when PC software pretends we're going to abide by their stupid licensing rules, and it's wrong when AIM and MSN spies on your conversations. Nintendo joining a long list of people doing things in stupid ways doesn't make them smart.
What are the terms of use on Live Arcade games, anyway?
James
Opening Sunday morning at 8 am.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChaoofNee
After drinking Saturday night with TNLers I'll be heading over to my nephews dorm room to crash for a few hours and then head to the NWS.
lol AIM is going to tell your gf you're boning her sister.Quote:
Originally Posted by James
If you're not doing shit, it won't matter.
It gets cut off from like you said, the margin. Plus my printer is low on ink, so I'll have the gf print from a better printer at work.Quote:
Originally Posted by GohanX
See a couple posts up. I stated that NWS is not having a midnight launch. Shin JohnPV mentioned the opening time (8am?) TRU in Times Square is having midnight launch and Fils-Aime is handing out first Wii at that location.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChaoofNee
Thanks, guys. Now i dunno if I can come out for Saturday's gathering. I haven't much money to begin with, and I already put the money down for the Wii...
This isn't the thread for this discussion, but "the innocent have nothing to fear" argument is one used by people best disposed of.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chux
Also, I'd be the one telling the gf in the hopes of a three-way.
James
It's really retarded. And we're probably going to find a place to crash on Saturday night. Shit if I know where. Like to stay at a good hotel, but not get lubricated royally by a high rate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shin Johnpv
If I could change my reserve to anywhere, I would. Most of the pretext was some sort of midnight launch deal where we could two for one TNL drink/get Wii.
God damnit Nintendo. This is a bad sign when you're not even supporting your fucking flagship store.
I think I'm going to harrass the people at the World Store by phone until they change their fucking minds.
I'm not even a little innocent, but I don't sweat that shit, at least not yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by James
Their's like a "Catch the Predator" special on CBS every month. I don't like the decision, but if so many kids are going to have this I can se why Nintendo would do this.Quote:
Originally Posted by ChaoofNee
Damn, No all nighter for me. The GS near me is not having a midnight launch and is opening at 9am. Thats 9 hours less of Wii time!
Against all better judgment, I will be out and about on Sunday. If I can get a Wii without standing in line, I'll end up with one. If I have to wait more than 15 minutes, fuck it. I'll wait a couple hours for Sneak King though if I have to.
The drive thru line at BK will be insane.
I'm hitting there at about 6am. I'll grab an artery clogging Enormous Omelet Sandwich and the 360 games.
This sounds like the plan of choice. BK Breakfast and then Nerdline 2006 at Target.
Yeah, I can't wait to hear you try that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by James
"So, baby, ever thought about incest?"
it's not incest if it's two hot sisters.Quote:
Originally Posted by MechDeus
Just because I can join/wank to it doesn't mean it isn't incest.
Just because she's 17 doesn't mean she isn't hot.
Illegal or perverted by itself doesn't make it not sexy, but I'd still like to see James try to convince a girl he's dating to have lesbian incest.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com....php?id=149023
Some VC questions answered. The biggest is that the game are untouched from the original version.
Wanted to share this.
I just called my local Target to ask about Wii inventory, to see if it matched the numbers that were on that site that supposedly lists the number of units each Target is getting. I asked someone in Electronics and she responded, "I heard we were getting around 200," which matches the 210 number that the site lists. But to make sure she hadn't just heard that number from customers, I asked her, "Where did you hear that?"
"Uh huh."
Pause.
"Where did you hear that number?"
"Yep."
And I hung up.
What's everyone getting besides Zelda? I was planning on getting three titles and my second is going to be Excite Truck...but I'm having a hard time deciding what the third should be. I kinda want Metal Slug Anthology but I'm not too sure about the Wii controls for that, and Wario Ware Smooth Moves looks sexy as well.
Trauma Center. I'd sell something on ebay if you really want that $20. Rayman has thrown up in my face enough time to bring me to my senses. It sucks that everything is going to be stupid mini-games. It's a reasonably bad launch, but at least there are a few games with potential.
I will read those VC questions as soon as i get home from work. I'd better be disappointed.
Wow. Interest level dropping...Quote:
Originally Posted by I LOVE PLAYSTATION THREE
I just want Zelda, Wii Sports, and Trauma Center.
Trauma Center is pretty much the same game, right? As in it's not really a sequel. That's the only thing that scares me about it as I wouldn't really want to just buy the same game again. And I had NO idea it's 20 bucks. That's nice. Very nice.
I was going to get Metal Slug but the gf is bitching at me cuz I have Metal Slug 4 and 5 for the PS2. After seeing some Wii experience videos for Zelda, I think I'm getting it. Rayman caught my attention as well.
Wario Ware looks nice and looks hilarious, but its not a launch game.
Since I'm bringing the Wii to Thanksgiving dinner at the gfs relatives house, I think Wii Sports will hold us over.
Finding Wii-mote and nunchucks is going to be a bitch to find. I just need 1 additional but I plan on buying 2 more (making 4 total) and then once gobble-gobble is over, return two of them. Only problem is that I read that stores havent ordered enough accessories. Say for instance a store is getting 100 Wiis, they only ordered 20-30 wiimotes. Nunchucks is half the amount of the wiimotes. Classic controllers is about the same amount of nunchucks.
Hopefully my GS will have extra controllers when I pick up my Wii on Sunday.
Its $20?! Where?Quote:
Originally Posted by Giga Power
Some nice impressions about the Wii controls in Zelda. They're good to hear.
1up - The Wii Remote Controller
I didn't know that these buttons were even being used.Quote:
The Verdict
Zelda doesn't play at all like a game that had a new control scheme grafted on well into the game's development. The Wii functionality is both intuitive and incredibly beneficial to the game -- frankly, it's difficult to imagine going back to the clumsy GameCube controller after a few hours of time with the Wii version. We're sure the GC game will be perfectly enjoyable, but on Wii, Twilight Princess becomes the fastest and most fluid Zelda game ever.
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The - Button
The tiny - (minus) button near the Home key serves a single function: It opens up a status screen that reveals Link's current quest progress and allows you to save the game or set options.
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The + Button
Choosing weapons, however, is a task left to the + (plus) button on the other side of the Home key. Here you're given a circular menu of tools and weapons, which can be assigned by pointing the Remote at the item you wish to use and pressing the proper button (the B trigger or a D-pad directional). It's probably the quickest and easiest selection menu ever to appear in a console game, soured only slightly by the fact that the A button serves as the cancel button (a function provided by the B trigger in all other menu screens).
It's $20 more than the DS version, not $20.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giga Power
Yeah, I read Finch's post wrong.
"Choosing weapons, however, is a task left to the + (plus) button on the other side of the Home key. Here you're given a circular menu of tools and weapons, which can be assigned by pointing the Remote at the item you wish to use and pressing the proper button (the B trigger or a D-pad directional - It's probably the quickest and easiest selection menu ever to appear in a console game"
There are several games where switching items/weapons is holding a button and pressing a direction on the D-pad. This person is an idiot. Or I am not reading this right...
Wii sports would be enough to hold me over till the Gamefly rentals of Excite Truck and Red Steel. Is Warioware even a launch title? If it is, I'll be getting that too.
No. I think release is in December or early next year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beefy Hits
No online Tetris Attack, no reason to buy the Wii till Metroid Prime 3 :(
BTN
That game is the biz
Didn't ratchet and clank do the exact same thing?Quote:
Originally Posted by I LOVE PLAYSTATION THREE
That was exactly the first game I was thinking out. You = winner