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Virtual Console seeing slow support due bigger profits from WiiWare, no plans for Nintendo Channel update
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I use GG's tears while he's pushing hard in the john to soothe the chaffing.
I'm glad to hear you're taking care of yourself then. Carry on.
Wow, Gamestop has already dropped the price on Street Fighter IV (360/PS3) down to a measly $19.99 new. I guess it doesn't have legs, huh? It's funny that Gamestop's Pre-owned price on SFIV is still $34.99.
No real shock. Fighting games have been like this ever since Street Fighter II hit the SNES. For people who aren't into plaver vs. player competition these game don't have the longest lifespan. Plus the secondary market gets so flooded with trade-ins, new copies just can't move.
Pity it never hit the Wii. I never got to tear shit up with Vega... assuming he's even halfway decent to play anymore.
in europe i think it kept its price for longer than a lot of other games usually do. you should definitely get it for $20 if you have even the slightest interest.
it not being released on wii was what made me get a ps3 sooner than i thought i would. by the way there is really no legit reason for it not being released on wii. oh well
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Sorry for reeplying so late. I think the controls are just sluggish. I'm paddling like crazy and my Mii is barely movieng his arms. It's really the only sport that I don't like.
It stinks. No two ways about it. Controls aside, there's just nothing about it thats actually fun.
I'm just not into fighting games like I was 10 years ago. It would most likely just sit on my shelf collecting dust within a week. Besides, I hear the standard 360 controller awful for playing SFIV.
What the hell was that?
GG reckon Overworld 2 is worth picking up at that price or should i just leave it and get LKS later for about 5 pounds more or whatever it is? Unless LKS is on sale at Zavvi too...
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one game less for me to worry about getting. thank you SNK
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What he said.
Overlord Dark Legend is a steal at that price but LKS is miles better. I find Overlord pleasent to play because of the lovely art and fantasy setting and because its not hard. But like I said it just doesn't have that extra something to make it special. It's competent and enjoyable and everything works. It has a few technical issues here and there, but nothing you can't get used to.
It's mainly the first two areas with a sluggish framerate and some bad pop up. There are 16 areas of the map in total. I'm just past the gingerbread house now and most of the others areas have been okay. The indoor levels have a perfect framerate. I was in the boss chamber and it reminded me of metroid prime. These guys have great artists working for them. The use of colour is memserising.
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Famitsu reviews
Blood of Bahamuth (NDS, Square Enix): 8 / 7 / 7 / 8 - (30/40)
Kororinpa 2: Anthony to Kiniro Himawari no Tane (Wii, Konami): 7 / 7 / 6 / 6 - (26/40)
Tales of VS. (PSP, Bandai Namco): 8 / 8 / 8 / 8 - (32/40)
Magna Carta 2 (Xbox 360, Bandai Namco): 8 / 7 / 7 / 7 - (29/40)
Red Faction Guerrilla (PS3/Xbox 360, THQ): 9 / 9 / 9 / 9 - (36/40)
Tsukibito (NDS, SNK Playmore): 7 / 7 / 6 / 7 - (27/40)
Akogare Girls Collection: Suteki ni Nurse Days (NDS, Creative Core): 7 / 7 / 7 / 7 - (28/40)
Bleach DS 4th: Flame Bringer (NDS, Sega): 8 / 8 / 7 / 8 - (31/40)
Irodzuki Tincle no Koi no Balloon Trip (NDS, Nintendo): 9 / 8 / 8 / 9 - (34/40)
Hottarake no Shima: Kanata to Nijiiro no Kagami (NDS, Bandai Namco): 7 / 6 / 7 / 8 - (28/40)
Neko Neko Bakery DS (NDS, Hoget): 5 / 6 / 6 / 5 - (22/40)
Sonic Chronicles: Yami Jigen Kara no Shinryakusha (NDS, Sega): 8 / 6 / 6 / 8 - (28/40)
Miami Crisis (NDS, Hudson): 8 / 8 / 6 / 7 - (29/40)
Item Getter: Bokura no Kagaku to Mahou no Kankei (NDS, 5pb): 7 / 7 / 6 / 6 - (26/40)
Sekai Fushigi Hakken DS: Densetsu no Hitoshi-kun Ningyou o Sagase (NDS, Furyu): 6 / 6 / 5 / 5 - (22/40)
Hayarigami 3: Keishichou Kaii Jiken File (PSP, Nippon Ichi): 8 / 8 / 8 / 7 - (31/40)
SD Gundam G Generation Wars (Wii/PS2, Bandai Namco): 9 / 8 / 8 / 8 - (33/40)
J-League Winning Eleven 2009: Club Championship (PS2, Konami): 7 / 8 / 8 / 8 - (31/40)
Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes (PS2, Bandai Namco): 4 / 6 / 5 / 5 - (20/40)
Dream Club (Xbox 360, D3): 8 / 9 / 7 / 8 - (32/40)
EDGE mag reviews
Wii Sports Resort (Wii) 6
Battlefield Heroes (PC) 5
Rolando 2: Quest for the Golden Orchid (iPhone, iPod Touch) 9
Trine (PC tested) 7
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (360 tested) 4
The Punisher: No Mercy (PS3) 3
A Witch's Tale (DS) 4
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor (DS) 8
Droplitz (360 tested) 5
Tales of Monkey Island: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal (PC tested) 6
Blueberry Garden (PC) 5
Madballs In... Babo: Invasion (360) 7
Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled (DS) 5
Bit.Trip Core (Wii) 7
"Sports Resort is controlling, and even solemn, about just how much fun you should be having with it. And that's a development that should chill every Wii owner to the bone."
"Hopefully, the long-term free-to-play model will mean significant evolution, but Heroes isn't yet a convincing call for conscripts."
"Judicious fiddling has seen the Rolando series move from smart delight to genuine classic, then: the best platformer on iPhone just got better, and there's still no sign of any meaningful competition."
"Later levels increase the difficulty by featuring more traps, more angry undead, and by spreading the checkpoints further apart. Should one of your characters die in these harder challenges, you have two more to lose before you're reset to the last checkpoint. This provides a buffer against some of the normal frustration of platform gaming, but also creates instances where the only sensible move is deliberately killing yourself. Come to lava with only the knight and you might as well toss yourself in. In spite of such minor niggles, Trine entertains in either mode; as a co-operative puzzle platformer or as a singleplayer action platformer, it's a charming jaunt in both."
"Blueberry Garden is a curiosity worth looking at, and hardly the worst way to spend half an hour, but its accolades are baffling: any number of indie platformers offer tighter, smarter puzzles and more solid craft. The combination of gentle exploration and ambiguous purpose - and its perplexing collision with knuckle-rapping time-pressure - may be enigmatic enough to create superficial allure, but further inspection yields few interesting answers."
Presenting E205 and its cover star, Rage, id Software's first new IP since Quake. On sale in UK shops on August 3rd, but being delivered to subscribers right now.
The masters of Doom finally show off to us their new game and new engine, both of which represent big changes the legendary developer is undergoing. No longer concentrating on one game on one platform at a time, id has designed Rage and id Tech 5 to be multiformat, and just downstairs from Rage's development team, another is working on Doom 4, while another tends to Quake Live.
Not only that, but the studio, one of gaming's most storied independent developers, sold itself to Bethesda's parent company just days after we visited, and then there's the little matter of Rage being not only a classic id-style balls to the wall shooter but an open world adventure complete with driving and RPG elements. We have the full story behind this spectacular new game, complete with interviews with co-founder John Carmack, CEO Todd Hollenshead and designers Tim Willits and Matt Hooper.
Included elsewhere in the issue, we meet Heavy Rain creator David Cage for an in-depth interview, take a long, deep look at Kodu, Microsoft's game-making software for 360 and visit the set of Syntax Era, the BBC's new drama about the battle between Sir Clive Sinclair (creator of the ZX Spectrum) and Chris Curry, the man behind the Acorn, for supremacy of the home computer market of 1980s Britain. We also examine the present and future of 3D graphics and find out how Blitz Games is aiming to smooth out the road for indie developers with its 1UP initiative.
Reviewed: Wii Sports Resort, Battlefield Heroes, Rolando 2, Trine, Transformers 2, Punisher: No Mercy, A Witch's Tale, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor, Droplitz, Tales Of Monkey Island: Launch Of The Screaming Narwhal, Blueberry Garden, Madballs In... Bebo Invasion, Black Sigil and Bit Trip Core.
Previewed: Left 4 Dead 2, Scribblenauts, Dragon Age: Origins, Dead Space Extraction, Alien Breed Evolution, Alien Vs Predator, Splinter Cell Conviction, Saboteur, Dante's Inferno, Katamari Forever, Aion, Mini Ninjas, A Boy And His Blob, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Smash Up, Formula 1 2009, Supercar Challenge and Tekken 6.
The Making Of: Parappa The Rapper
Time Extend: Brain Training
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And the latest news. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles 2 will be set in ancient China with a film directed by Zhang Yimou. "The House of Flying Fantasy"
Yuen Woo Ping will be directing the action scenes.
Now get your ass to Mars (the thread) and see all the new pics. You wont be dissappointed.
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I cant wait all that time for RS2.