Archangel3371 said:

Yeah it just came out today. You download the Game Room app then you download the Game Room packs which contains the games. Pack one has 8 games and pack two has 7. You can go around inside the arcade rooms and demo all the games. There's even leaderboards to check out and you can watch people's replays. It all runs very slick. Adventure for the Atari 2600 is also one of the available games.

Sounds very cool. I'll definitely download it later then.

bugsonglass said:

i always have a hard time discovering all of the perks hidden in RPGs, and always feel like i'm missing out

Oh. Don't feel that you HAVE TO find them! I just loved the feeling of suddenly seeing them cast without expecting it. They often turned the tide of battle and then, once found, I exploited them whenever I could.

It's impossible to get them all in one playthrough anyway as "good" and "evil" units have unique troops and spells.

They're just one awesome part of an overall awesome game...

There's so much more than Yoda and I touched upon. Half the fun of the game is uncovering these types of things!

phantom_leo said:

Ever have one of those days where you just can't get out of bed?

I'm not usually that kind of person.

It's not even the games making me want to stay home, I'm just suddenly exhausted.  

I couldn't even play Infinite Space as I was laying down a few minutes ago. Blech.

 Almost every day for the last 3 weeks.  And I've not had a drop to drink for a month, so it's not hangover related.

Maybe it is the change in season?

• Castlevana ReBirth
• Blaster Master Overdrive
• Dr. Mario Online RX
• Zelda Ocarina of Time

gamingeek said:

Gamespot editors reactions and gut feelings towards the 3DS.

http://uk.gamespot.com/features/6254064/index.html?tag=topslot;img;3

Fuck wow, professional, paid gaming website editors who are under the illusion that its just the current DS hardware with a 3D screen. Like a DSi XL 3D

Jesus gamespot:

Sophia Tong | Associate Editor

I'm really wondering how many more versions of the DS will come out before we see a new, completely revamped handheld. For those who don't own a Nintendo DS yet (What's the matter with you?), you're going to have a lot of options to choose from, but for the millions of us who do, I'm not sure if I want to keep buying a new one every couple of years.

Andrew Park | Managing Editor

OK. I get that Nintendo is trying to get me to rebuy its game hardware yet again (something it's done numerous times with its three, now four versions of the DS, and the three versions of the Game Boy Advance). What I don't quite get is why Nintendo is going in this particular direction.

Justin Calvert | Section Editor, Reviews

The prospect of 3D gaming on any platform doesn't excite me in the slightest, and the prospect of adding a fifth DS to my collection is worrisome if anything...........It worked with the Game Boy Pocket, the Game Boy Color, the GBA SP, the GBA Micro, the DS Lite, the DSi, and the DSi XL. Why should this one be any different?

Brendan Sinclair | Associate News Editor

The 3DS sounds like Nintendo jumping back into the race of trying to impress people with shiny graphics. And that's a race the company dropped out of years ago specifically because it recognized it couldn't win. (which way does the media want it now? Classic Coke or Coke Zero? )

Brian Ekberg | Senior Editor

There's no telling exactly when Nintendo will announce the successor to the just-announced 3DS, but considering the company's recent past, I'd say we can expect it sometime in the next two weeks.

Are GS editors a bunch of idiots? Don't they know that the 3DS is the successor and not another DS?

Gamespot is dead. I mean, look at the forums? It's a ghost town!

aspro said:

I'd say.

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Yet another handheld homebrew: (link)

I guess Dr. Mario would give me the most legs out of those, although Zelda is a classic! What to do, what to do...

And does that Saturn thing have Radiant Silvergun and Panzer Dragoon Saga? I'd buy it then!

ASK_Story said:

Leo, you get SMT Strange Journey yet? (I know you did! )

How is it?

I couldn't get into Etrian Odyssey. But Strange Journey looks like Etrian Odyssey with a story, which makes the dungeon crawling more compelling because it actually has a purpose. The power of having a narrative in games.

Also, is it demonic? You know my stance on demonic Shin Megami Tensai games. I got into Persona because it wasn't really about demons, the occult, and religion, so I can get into Strange Journey if it's less about that and more about the RPG.

 It is demonic (japanese demons if that makes a difference).  The game designers from Etrian handled the battle system and some of the programming.  It also shares the same engine.  You spend the game conversing with / negotiating with demons.

Source: Nintendo Power interview with Eiji Ishida.

Ravenprose said:

VDIGI releases VD-W3: World's First HDMI Upscaler Processor for Wii

* Support TV (HDMI) and PC Monitor (DVI).
* HDMI-Audio and Analog audio out.
* Various HDTV video out.
* Native resolution for LCD monitor.

 Sounds cool. BTW that Coosis box I bought works well when you put the screen ratio to 4:3 on an HDTV. I just checked out some more screens of this Vdigi in action if you follow the links to the actual product listing. You can see the diagonal scanlines. I get that with the Coosis box too but its only noticible either on black screens or when looking reeeeeeeeeeally hard. 

aspro said:

 I give them some slack. I mean, those were my first reactions before I knew anything other than "Nintendo announces new DS".  They are in the industry though, you'd think they'd read the press release before saying anything on the record.

 But how can none of the GS editors know? Damnit, there was a press release. It makes them look really, really silly.

ASK_Story said:

Alright. I've got 1000 Wii points left. I'm still deciding which one of these should I get first:

• Castlevana ReBirth
• Blaster Master Overdrive
• Dr. Mario Online RX
• Zelda Ocarina of Time

Get Lost Winds 2. 

ASK_Story said:

Not now. Later. I want to get the games on my list first!

 The Rebirth games are like re-mixes, quite short too.