I guess what I'm asking is where is all the "revolutionary" stuff they promised us for the Gamecube? It just seems like they think they made a mistake with the Gamecube and are more worried about the new machine; the system never really seemed to hit it's stride the way all their last machines did, especially the 64. It just seems like they really dropped the ball on it.
As for Metroid, it just seemed like a MOTS game to me. Ya, it had those new things you talked about, but it just wasn't enough to seperate it from the first one. It was more like a part 2.
My bad on Zelda; someone had told me that it was coming out for the new system and not GC. Need to check my sources before mouthing off.
Hey Nintendo, how about making some games for the current system? One Zelda game? ONE? And Metroid 2 was the same game with some different frickin' maps. The Mario game was lame.
I might as well sell my Gamecube, and use the money to save for PS3.
My biggest complaint about Wind Waker was the wind changing cut scene. It was cool maybe twice and then just annoying, and then I had to watch it roughly a thousand times before I beat the game. Majora's Mask let me skip through the mask changes if I so desired, why couldn't I skip the wind changes.
Why do any games do this? If I don't want to watch the cutscene, I should be able to press a button to bypass it. In Lego Star Wars(a great game), the pod race level had a cut scene where Sebulba knocks another racer into a column... that I had to watch everytime I failed to complete that section of the race. And when you are trying to complete the race with a 4 year old racing along with you, that guy died at least 50 times before I finally told my son to drop out for a minute. Why not let me press a button to bypass? One of the Medal of Honor games had an insane cut scene that I had to watch everytime I died.
I realize graphic artists put a lot of time into some of these cutscenes and like to show off their skills and the "Wow!" factor of what they can do. But sometimes I want to just play the damn game.
I love this game because it's one of the few games I can play with my 4 year old and not have to worry about him seeing anything he really shouldn't. He was mad at me for refusing to play Episode III with him since I hadn't seen the movie yet, but that's all good now.
I find most of the stuff on G4 to be of poor production quality. It seems to me that the people running it aren't gamers. I wonder if the same thing will happen with this coverage, or will they be smart enough to just give somebody who actually knows games a microphone, a camera, a map, and a schedule and tell them to pretend they're just at the E3 show.
These aren't really Easter Eggs, since no one is hiding them. They're just life. Now if somebody writes in a cornfield "HEY DIGITAL GLOBE!", that's an easter egg.
Are you kidding? I have the kid so well trained he yells at me if I say something. I took him to see the Incredibles, about halfway through I asked him if he was liking it, and he told me "Shhh, we're watching the movie." I guess you have to watch out for me being the one running and screaming.
When the Original Trilogy DVDs came out this past fall, I sat down with my four year old son and watched the movies. Some since might be mortified that I did so because of the "violence", but the movies are PG and I watched them around the same age, and I haven't killed anybody.
It turns out the loves the movies. When I pulled down my action figures from the attic, he took them all and plays with them constantly. He can name ever character. I've taught him to hate Jar Jar. He has half a dozen plastic lightsabers. And best of all, he can't wait for Episode 3.
Which I might not be able to take him to. Great. The same man who gave us Ewoks and Jar Jar because he claimed he was making a new fairytale for kids is now boasting about his PG-13 rating. And now I may have to tell my son he can't see it.
Many people on here will encourage me to bring my son to the movie regardless of the rating; feel free to come over and get up with him at 3am when he has a nightmare because of it.
I really hope this movie is better then the last two and that the PG-13 rating is worth it.
I realize I'm being a bit of whiner here, but I'm highly disappointed I might not be able to bring him; of course, I will preview the movie beforehand and decide if he can see it. I figure I saw plenty of movies when I was his age that would be PG-13 now and haven't climbed up a tower with a rifle yet.
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If they could send messages to the past, doesn't that mean their theory is wrong since they haven't received a message yet?
Isn't guaranteed by companies.
I guess what I'm asking is where is all the "revolutionary" stuff they promised us for the Gamecube? It just seems like they think they made a mistake with the Gamecube and are more worried about the new machine; the system never really seemed to hit it's stride the way all their last machines did, especially the 64. It just seems like they really dropped the ball on it. As for Metroid, it just seemed like a MOTS game to me. Ya, it had those new things you talked about, but it just wasn't enough to seperate it from the first one. It was more like a part 2. My bad on Zelda; someone had told me that it was coming out for the new system and not GC. Need to check my sources before mouthing off.
Hey Nintendo, how about making some games for the current system? One Zelda game? ONE? And Metroid 2 was the same game with some different frickin' maps. The Mario game was lame.
I might as well sell my Gamecube, and use the money to save for PS3.
My biggest complaint about Wind Waker was the wind changing cut scene. It was cool maybe twice and then just annoying, and then I had to watch it roughly a thousand times before I beat the game. Majora's Mask let me skip through the mask changes if I so desired, why couldn't I skip the wind changes. Why do any games do this? If I don't want to watch the cutscene, I should be able to press a button to bypass it. In Lego Star Wars(a great game), the pod race level had a cut scene where Sebulba knocks another racer into a column... that I had to watch everytime I failed to complete that section of the race. And when you are trying to complete the race with a 4 year old racing along with you, that guy died at least 50 times before I finally told my son to drop out for a minute. Why not let me press a button to bypass? One of the Medal of Honor games had an insane cut scene that I had to watch everytime I died. I realize graphic artists put a lot of time into some of these cutscenes and like to show off their skills and the "Wow!" factor of what they can do. But sometimes I want to just play the damn game.
I love this game because it's one of the few games I can play with my 4 year old and not have to worry about him seeing anything he really shouldn't. He was mad at me for refusing to play Episode III with him since I hadn't seen the movie yet, but that's all good now.
I find most of the stuff on G4 to be of poor production quality. It seems to me that the people running it aren't gamers. I wonder if the same thing will happen with this coverage, or will they be smart enough to just give somebody who actually knows games a microphone, a camera, a map, and a schedule and tell them to pretend they're just at the E3 show.
These aren't really Easter Eggs, since no one is hiding them. They're just life. Now if somebody writes in a cornfield "HEY DIGITAL GLOBE!", that's an easter egg.
Are you kidding? I have the kid so well trained he yells at me if I say something. I took him to see the Incredibles, about halfway through I asked him if he was liking it, and he told me "Shhh, we're watching the movie." I guess you have to watch out for me being the one running and screaming.
When the Original Trilogy DVDs came out this past fall, I sat down with my four year old son and watched the movies. Some since might be mortified that I did so because of the "violence", but the movies are PG and I watched them around the same age, and I haven't killed anybody. It turns out the loves the movies. When I pulled down my action figures from the attic, he took them all and plays with them constantly. He can name ever character. I've taught him to hate Jar Jar. He has half a dozen plastic lightsabers. And best of all, he can't wait for Episode 3. Which I might not be able to take him to. Great. The same man who gave us Ewoks and Jar Jar because he claimed he was making a new fairytale for kids is now boasting about his PG-13 rating. And now I may have to tell my son he can't see it. Many people on here will encourage me to bring my son to the movie regardless of the rating; feel free to come over and get up with him at 3am when he has a nightmare because of it. I really hope this movie is better then the last two and that the PG-13 rating is worth it. I realize I'm being a bit of whiner here, but I'm highly disappointed I might not be able to bring him; of course, I will preview the movie beforehand and decide if he can see it. I figure I saw plenty of movies when I was his age that would be PG-13 now and haven't climbed up a tower with a rifle yet.