robio said:

Ravenprose said:

robio said:

Just go back to your 2600. There aren't any lights there to confuse you.

There's a red power LED on my Atari.

TBH, with the crappy quality I've experienced so far with both Nintendo and Microsoft consoles this gen, I almost want to go back to my simple yet extremely durable Atari 2600, which has never had a single thing go wrong with it in over 20 years.

It's kind of funny you say that.  With the exception of the PS2, no other console broke on me quicker than the 2600.  Didn't make it to 4 years.  Still it's not the nightmare console that was the PS2.  Nothing ever broke as quickly or as many times as that piece of crap.

Heh, that's why I always find it funny when the PS2 gets praised as one of the best systems ever. It always felt like it didn't deserve it to me, because of the crap hardware (I went through 4 of them) and the fact that the other two systems were just BETTER, tech-wise.

I always felt it didn't deserve all the great games it got. But it had the image and the brand name. Hell I would have rather had the Dreamcast survive and get a bunch of PS2's support, honestly.

Looking at the games coming out this upcoming year across all platforms, I think the 360 has the weakest lineup out of them all when you factor in multi-platform games. The PS3 is getting most of the 3rd-party stuff that 360 is getting, plus Sony has a great lineup of exclusives this year. 360 doesn't seem to have much interesting stuff in the exclusives camp. All in all the 360 has a lot of great stuff coming, yet most of it is also available elsewhere.

X360 has Halo Reach, Mass Effect 2, Alan Wake, Splinter Cell (I doubt it'll stay exclusive) and some interesting Live games exclusive in the console space. But PS3 has God Of War 3, GT 5, The Last Guardian, White Knight, Agent from Rockstar, Heavy Rain, Yakuza 3, etc....on top of the multi-platforms.

I think the Wii has a stronger lineup this year, shockingly....provided the games that are coming do indeed deliver. Obviously it doesn't have the multi-platform stuff, but it has a high-quality stable of exclusives coming that even Sony can't really match.

I mean Metroid looks great, Mario Galaxy 2, Zelda Wii....then big RPG's like Last Story from Mistwalker and Xenoblade from Monolith that Wii desperately needs. No More Heroes 2 just came out to great reviews. Monster Hunter 3, Red Steel 2, Epic Mickey, Fragile Dreams, Arc Rise Fantasia, Sin and Punishment 2.....its a hell of a list of exclusives. If Wii had all the multi-platform games too I'd call it a complete victory.

Dvader said:

Yeah GG, that Flip's Twisted world looks really good.

Interesting to see the new websites open for Nintendo, two RPGS, very good. They said on GTTV last night that Metroid is coming a lot sooner than people think, and now the site says summer.

I wasn't saying that Flips looked good, I mean visually it looks okay. But it almost looks like that Chinese Mario Galaxy rip. Only more polished. It looks okay, but it will all be about how it controls to me. Still worried about metroid.

edgecrusher said:

Now he looks like he's rockin' from the future.

edgecrusher said:

Wow I'm very interested to see what The Last Story from Mistwalker is like on the Wii. I really hope its more LOST ODYSSEY than BLUE DRAGON. LO was awesome...one of the best RPG's of the generation IMO. BD on the other hand....poopy.

And Xenoblade from Monolith...a new game in the Xenogears/Xenosaga line?! I hope fucking so, because I love those games.

Monolith Soft developed:

PlayStation 2

• Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht (2002)
• Xenosaga: Episode I: Reloaded (2003)
• Xenosaga Freaks (2004)
• Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse (2004)
• Namco × Capcom (2005)
• Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra (2006)

• Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean (2003, co-developed by tri-Crescendo)
• Baten Kaitos Origins (2006, co-developed by tri-Crescendo)

• Xenosaga I & II (2006, co-developed by Tom Create)
• Soma Bringer (200
• Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier (200
• Dragon Ball Z: Attack of the Saiyans (2009)
• Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier EXCEED (TBA)

• Disaster: Day of Crisis (200
• Xenoblade (2010)

aspro said:

I bought two copies of NMH2.  That's dedication people.

Of course, you know, it wasn't on purpose.  My pre-order had not arrived so I got another copy and now... well... now I have two. $100 worth of NMH2.

You make up for Vader's inherent lameness

bugsonglass said:

angrymonkey said:

yeah, that's the one. I forgot del toro did that. I liked his devil's backbone also.

totally.  devil's backbone and pan's labyrinth are both excellent.

i watched a film called el orphanato last year, it was like a mediocre cross pollination between devil's backbone and the others

aka the Orphanage?

edgecrusher said:

The Wii actually has a pretty good lineup planned for 2010....the best one since 2007 in fact. I just hope they plan the releases of these games well and spread them out enough to keep a good flow and give each game its moment. Because we all know how easy it is for unproven IP's to be forgotten on modern Nintendo consoles if they don't come out at just the right time and have decent marketing behind them.

I think games like Last Story and Xenoblade will hit Japan this year but the localisation will mean they wont come out till 2011 in the rest of the world.

edgecrusher said:

Looking at the games coming out this upcoming year across all platforms, I think the 360 has the weakest lineup out of them all when you factor in multi-platform games. The PS3 is getting most of the 3rd-party stuff that 360 is getting, plus Sony has a great lineup of exclusives this year. 360 doesn't seem to have much interesting stuff in the exclusives camp. All in all the 360 has a lot of great stuff coming, yet most of it is also available elsewhere.

X360 has Halo Reach, Mass Effect 2, Alan Wake, Splinter Cell (I doubt it'll stay exclusive) and some interesting Live games exclusive in the console space. But PS3 has God Of War 3, GT 5, The Last Guardian, White Knight, Agent from Rockstar, Heavy Rain, Yakuza 3, etc....on top of the multi-platforms.

I think the Wii has a stronger lineup this year, shockingly....provided the games that are coming do indeed deliver. Obviously it doesn't have the multi-platform stuff, but it has a high-quality stable of exclusives coming that even Sony can't really match.

I mean Metroid looks great, Mario Galaxy 2, Zelda Wii....then big RPG's like Last Story from Mistwalker and Xenoblade from Monolith that Wii desperately needs. No More Heroes 2 just came out to great reviews. Monster Hunter 3, Red Steel 2, Epic Mickey, Fragile Dreams, Arc Rise Fantasia, Sin and Punishment 2.....its a hell of a list of exclusives. If Wii had all the multi-platform games too I'd call it a complete victory.

Endless Ocean 2.

THE END

*shut it Asspro!*

gamingeek said:

Mass Effect 2 First Week Sales Top 2 Million

Wow

Indeed.  They were saying on the VGPress podcast how the first one sold 400K in the first month and how they thought this would do the same (what with it coming out in January and all).

But that thing has been advertised to hell from what I've heard. 

aspro said:

gamingeek said:

Mass Effect 2 First Week Sales Top 2 Million

Wow

Indeed.  They were saying on the VGPress podcast how the first one sold 400K in the first month and how they thought this would do the same (what with it coming out in January and all).

But that thing has been advertised to hell from what I've heard.

Pah, those podcast nerds.

gamingeek said:

aspro said:

gamingeek said:

Mass Effect 2 First Week Sales Top 2 Million

Wow

Indeed.  They were saying on the VGPress podcast how the first one sold 400K in the first month and how they thought this would do the same (what with it coming out in January and all).

But that thing has been advertised to hell from what I've heard.

Pah, those podcast nerds.

 You did one too fucker. Don't you forget that. You're one of us now.

How is it we can get 3 Dead to rights games and not one new Shadow Dancer game?

Just got a new GBA game I have had my eye on for some time:

 Description: "It's party time in the Sanrio universe, and Hello Kitty needs your help in choosing the perfect outfit, party music, and more. Failure is not an option."

So apparently Bad Batz Maru will annihilate the Hello Kitty universe if the wrong music is playing at the party.

gamingeek said:

How is it we can get 3 Dead to rights games and not one new Shadow Dancer game?

Because Shadow Dancer sucked.

Endless Ocean 2 Nintendo Life review

Taking the original’s core diving experience and adding more traditional game elements both helps and hinders Endless Ocean 2. On the one hand, there’s a huge amount more to see, and crucially far more to do – you can whiz through the story’s chapters in eight to twelve hours, but chances are you won’t want to, preferring instead to soak in the new sights and sounds. What was once a simplistic diving experience is now fleshed out with gadgets and guns; you’ll rarely dive without a mission or objective in mind, which means the pleasing pleasure of diving for diving’s sake has been subdued somewhat. You’ll still want to take a dip just to see what’s going on, and with the Pulsar, Multi-Sensor, titles and more there’s weeks of content here, and that’s without going into the online play with Wii Speak support, which sadly we were unable to test out at the time of review.

Proper game.