Agnates said:

bugsonglass said:

anyone with a European Wii can change the country settings to UK.  it's the only reason I can get the shop channel

Yeah but I have the channel and shop everything just not the videos he mentioned. I guess I'll change it back to UK, it's the only way to sync it to a Nintendo Club account (although only new purchases will show, not all)...

Most of that did look pretty sweet. The snow level is like a Wii edition of that MW2 level. So I guess it's a lot like a Wii exclusive COD. Except you can use stealth regularly so it's already 100 times better. I may bite. I wonder how Black Ops compares since it's supposed to be an original version and not a port like WaW and MW.

I was playing REFLEX last night on the SDTV. The Bog level looks superb. I think that Black Ops will look pretty decent, Treyarch have got better on their Wii engine over the years.

Crap that intro you posted has been taken down.

aspro said:

Oh and dual analog sticks! AFT.  When all you guys who didn't buy a PSP get your 3DS, you'll understand why.

Wii only has one analog and it works fine with a well designed camera system. Even one button Z camera centering works when it's done well with auto tracking.

aspro said:

bugsonglass said:

aspro said:

Oh and dual analog sticks! AFT.  When all you guys who didn't buy a PSP get your 3DS, you'll understand why.

the touchscreen is better than a second analog stick

Not for controlling FPS or action games (of which there are very few on the DS).

Wait until you are playing the port of Conduit on the 3DS.

You're wrong here, touch screen is excellent for FPS. It works just like a mouse. People who have played DS shooters know this.

eggmiester said:

aspro said:

Not for controlling FPS or action games (of which there are very few on the DS).

Wait until you are playing the port of Conduit on the 3DS.

dementium 2 controlled really well on the ds

This, Aspro. People have had lots of experience with DS shooters. It works well if you have the longer stylus - not the DS Phat stubby stick. 3DS will work in the same way. You will use either the d-pad or analog to move and the touchscreen to aim. I don't expect to see any 3DS FPS that use anything other than the touchscreen to aim.

aspro said:

Vader -- are you alive? Or still in shock from that call with the Patriots?  

Vader has put himself into Cryogenic Sleep until the release of Sonic Colors.

It's great overall but the CG chicks swimming look off and not graceful at all, they didn't work on them enough. But that shouldn't be a problem for the rest of the game, it probably only has some more CG in the ending if at all, outside the mission briefing screens with the computerised graphics and shit like that at least.

NEWS:

Sonic Colors HD?

          TSSZ News has obtained through a couple news tips the log of Wentos’s alleged return to 4chan’s video game boards.

For those unaware, we’re again talking about a member of that forum under the handle Wentos the Travelling Salesman.  He claimed to work in Sega’s localization department in 2009, as he revealed the next main Sonic title would be in the style of Sonic Unleashed’s daytime stages–which fits Sonic Colors perfectly.  He is a Nostradamus of sorts for many Sonic fans, and as it turns out, he had plenty more to say than what we had from memory on Friday.

“We will do you proud,” was one of his remarks near the onset of the conversation.

From there, he fielded a question about an alleged third Mario & Sonic title first reported to exist a couple weeks ago at Gamefest Madrid.  The man known as Wentos didn’t just say it wouldn’t necessary be sports related…he said it’s not a sports game, period.

“Without giving anything away…this time, it’s not a sports game,” he said.  “It’s turning out quite well.  I think some of you may be a little surprised.”

Regarding Sonic Colors, Wentos explained its current exclusivity to the Wii and DS; a combination of cost-effectiveness and current momentum toward Sonic on the platform made it an easy call, in his words.  That call was also made due to Sonic Unleashed selling better on the Wii than any other platform.

“…Wii/DS is a much more cost-effective pairing, especially for an ‘experimental’ Sonic game like this where they needed the financial and developmental freedom to craft 50+ (!) stages,” Wentos said.

We said “current excluisivity” to Wii and DS because, according to this man of mystery, Sega would consider porting Colors to HD consoles like XBOX 360 and PS3–but only if what exists sells like hotcakes.

“The technology and design plan is all set up to do the port on Sonic Team’s end,” Wentos said.  “Of course, they need strong sales to justify releasing it on the other two platforms (with enhancements, more money spent, etc) in the first place, so it’s all up to you guys.”

Some of the comments to the Xbox Mom video are quite funny.

http://www.eurogamer.net/videos/microsoft-mum-explains-kinect#comments

You ARE the waggle!

Saw some mis-representation in last night's Evening Standard - they said Kinect could store your music, photos and movies!

And look what you get for pre-ordering at gamestop

that's a nice pre-order gift

Oh shoot, activision ninjas took down the 2nd goldeneye intro video. Reminds me of last year when they nixed all the reflex videos.