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That's like someone telling me: "We're gonna take you out for French Cuisine in Manhattan, driving you in a private limousine, where you will be continually given oral sex, on the way back from dinner we'll stop and get some alcohol, you will also receive a full body massage, while still receiving oral sex, while driver steps out to the local gamestop to pick up a copy of Metroid Dread and Ogre Battle Wii, then we will take you back to your apartment where we will baby-powder your freshly clean body, put you in a nice comfy robe, fluff your pillows on the couch and set you up for an all night Steet Fighter IV gaming session... while still getting oral sex..."
This website was created to be a paradise for us. And all was well for a while. But then the hamster the most vile creature of all, seduced some of our own. Fist to fall was Archangel and and SteelAttack soon followed. SteelAttack was recently salvated from the evil moderator team, but he was no match for the hamster's seduction.
They became the followers of the hamster, corrupted to the core. They came here and gave their wrong opinions and started discord. Then a war errupted between the forces of good against hamster. The war shook the very foundation of this website. The site was ful of 404 errors.
The holy trinity of awesomeness (Yoda, GG and Iga) saw heaven turning into hell. If they did nothing the hamster would create hell. But fighting would also destoy the paradise they have build. They fell in despair.
Iga the first disciple of Fedor, went to Fedors website and started to pray. For Fedor would surely be able to destroy the hamster. But he prayed for days with no avail. He became desperate and started to cry in frustration. But suddenly his emotion went away. His desperate look changed into a cold gaze, all traces of emotion have left his face. His handsome body become smaller and chubbier and he lost his thick black hair.
Yoda and GG saw what happened, Fedor has chosen Iga as his avatar. Suddenly there was hope, hope to get rid of the hamster. Iga faced the hamster and his followers. He did not look at their eyes, no he stared at the ground with the same cold stare. Suddenly Iga struck with no warning. The ferocity of his striking caught hamster of guard. The hamster felt something he never felt before, fear and pain swept his body. His followers started to loss all courage and ran away.
But to no avail, Iga with Fedor's greatness flowing inside of him, grabbed them all and judo throwed them of the heavens. The hamster, Archangel and Steel Attack were banned from the heavens, they would become the fallen ones. Then Iga jumped down and pounded the ground. A huge crevasse opened. Iga grabbed the fallen ones and threw them in. The fallen ones saw the error on their ways and realized that Exitebots is indeed awesome. They asked for mercy and forgiveness. But Iga had none and closed the crevasse for eternity in internet time (5 minutes real time).
...Oooo, oooo... and then what happened?
Oh wait! That was the end?
Now who are we gonna play Excitebots with when it comes out?
(Steel escaped Hell once... **cough** **GS Mod** **cough** ...I think he'll find his way out again!)
OMG actual numbers. Lifetime NA sales of games up to JANUARY 2009.
Multiplatform
Assassin's Creed - 2.3m (360), 1.15m (PS3) Bioshock - 998k (360), 106k (PS3) The Bourne Conspiracy - 103k (360), 83k (PS3) Burnout Paradise - 371k (360) 306k (PS3) Civilization Revolution - 96k (DS), 254k (360), 149k (PS3) The Darkness - 284k (360), 133k (PS3) Dark Sector - 139k (360), 97k (PS3) Dead Space - 337k (360), 212k (PS3) Disgaea - 45k (DS), 78k (PSP) Dynasty Warriors 6 - 113k (360), 103k (PS3), 26k (PS2) Eternal Sonata - 98k (360), 33k (PS3) Fallout 3 - 1.14m (360), 452k (PS3) Fight Night 3 - 1.19M (360) 526k (PS3) Guitar Hero 3 - 2.37M (360) 830k (PS3) 2.75M (Wii) Guitar Hero: World Tour - 924k (360) 466k (PS3) 1.39M (Wii) Kane & Lynch - 300k (360), 197k (PS3) Karaoke Revolution Presents American Idol Encore 1 - 85k (360) 46k (PS3) Karaoke Revolution Presents American Idol Encore 2 - 20k (36o) 16k (PS3) Lego Batman - 207k (360), 128k (PS3), 507k (PS2), 420k (Wii) Lego Indiana Jones - 241k (360), 142k (PS3), 456k (PS2), 563k (Wii) Mirror's Edge - 207k (360), 125k (PS3) Mortal Kombat vs DC - 592k (360), 512k (PS3) N+ - 26k (DS), 21k (PSP) Prince of Persia - 282k (360), 248k (PS3) Pure - 158k (360) 92k (PS3) Rock Band 1 - 1.65M (360) 648k (PS3) 1.03M (Wii) Rock Band 2 - 1.02M (360) 384k (PS3) 353k (Wii) Saints Row 2 - 480k (360), 188k (PS3) Saints Row 2 [Collector's Edition only] - 30k (360), 11k (PS3) Shaun White - 271k (360), 141k (PS3), 537k (Wii) Silent Hill 5 - 73k (360), 84k (PS3) Silent Hill Origins: 80k (PS2), 154k (PSP) Skate - 606k (360) 202k (PS3) Sonic Unleashed - 113k (360), 69k (PS3), 315k (Wii) Soul Calibur 4 - 500k (360), 353k (PS3) Space Invaders Extreme - 58k (DS), 34k (PSP) Star Wars Force Unleashed - 823k (360) 464k (PS3) 626k (Wii) 175k (DS) 263k (PSP) 352k (PS2) Tiger Woods 09 - 216k (360), 174k (PS3), 565k (Wii) Unreal Tournament III - 164k (360) 219k (PS3) The World Ends With You - 172k
360 Beautiful Katamari - 96k Banjo: Nuts & Bolts - 154k Battle Fantasia - 4,704 Blue Dragon - 189k Halo 3 - 4.66m (regular), 633k (CE), 479k (LE) Infinite Undiscovery - 110k Left 4 Dead - 1.28m Lips - 46k Lost Odyssey - 348k Ninja Gaiden II - 517k Saints Row 1 - 1.02m Tales of Vesperia - 107k The Last Remnant 118k Viva Pinata 2 - 80k
PS3
Folklore - 109k Genji: Days of the Blade - 96k Heavenly Sword - 386k Lair - 185k Little Big Planet - 670k Metal Gear Solid 4 - 1.09m Motorstorm 1 - 427k Motorstorm 2 - 138k Ninja Gaiden Sigma - 316k Rachet & Clank: Tools of Destruction - 427k Resistance - 1.07m Resistance 2 - 640k Time Crisis 4 - 206k Uncharted - 534k Valkyria Chronicles - 74k
Wii
Animal Crossing - 654k (game only), 161k (Wiispeak bundle) Blast Works - 31k Castle Shikigami 3 - 7,366 Fantastic 4 - 76k Mario & Sonic @ at the Olympics - 1.99m No More Heroes - 208k Ultimate Duck Hunting - 49k Ultimate Shooting Collection - 1,126 Zack & Wiki - 117k
PS2
Disney Golf - 59k Final Fantasy X - 2.46m Final Fantasy XII - 1.85m Katamari Damacy - 450k Kingdom Hearts 1 - 3.28m Kingdom Hearts 2 - 2.3m Kingdom Hearts: RE:Chain of Memories - 312k Marvel vs Capcom 2 - 246k Odin Sphere - 149k Persona 4 - 123k SMT: Devil Summoner - 43k SMT: Digital Devil Saga 1 - 51k SMT: Digital Devil Saga 2 - 43k SMT: Nocturne - 60k Silent Hill 2 - 512k Silent Hill 3 - 279k Silent Hill 4 - 209k We Love Katamari - 230k Yakuza 1 - 56k Yakuza 2 - 24k
PSP
Crisis Core: FF7 - 708k Patapon - 229k God of War: Chains of Olympus - 640k Star Ocean: First Departure - 69k Yggdra Union - 12k
DS
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney - 71k Chrono Trigger - 210k Contra 4 - 115k Dragon Quest 4 - 76k Final Fantasy 4 - 275k Final Fantasy Tactics A2 - 233k Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney - 117k Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice for All - 110k Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations - 92k Professor Layton & the Curious Village - 340k Trauma Center: Under the Knife - 225k Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 - 61k
MyCoach Series Word - 263k Spanish - 224k Japanese - 90k French - 83k Weight - 76k Chinese - 34k SAT - 25k Smoking - 3k
Well that would be funny if it actually fit but it's not that I'm impatient and while I may be a whore I'm not necessarily a mainstream whore. I simply see no reason in purchasing a game I'm less interested in playing JUST because it's new, different, or may be something that doesn't sell well. My entertainment comes first and foremost so it seems only natural to be games that are on the top of my interest list first regardless of how they may or may not sell.
So now that you've admitted that you're a whore..... want to meet up later?
I see what you are saying, for me though I dont want to only watch the biggest budget movies or get the same kind of meal each time. I like the security of knowing a franchise and having a sort of guarantee of its quality. But it's when you try something new, when you take that gamble and are suddenly rewarded with something special that you've never experienced before. Those are the golden moments that gaming is made from. For me at least. For instance never in my life did I ever expect to be playing, let alone enjoying a scuba diving sim, but I tried it and I loved it.
So I have the security of knowing that for instance SFIV will sell well, I have the security of knowing that its reviewed well and that its a franchise I know. I know that because its high profile and because it will sell well, that even months or even years down the line it will still be easy to pick up and at reduced prices to. Whereas with other games, if they dont do well, they can become rare and you will never get to experience them at all.
That's like someone telling me: "We're gonna take you out for French Cuisine in Manhattan, driving you in a private limousine, where you will be continually given oral sex, on the way back from dinner we'll stop and get some alcohol, you will also receive a full body massage, while still receiving oral sex, while driver steps out to the local gamestop to pick up a copy of Metroid Dread and Ogre Battle Wii, then we will take you back to your apartment where we will baby-powder your freshly clean body, put you in a nice comfy robe, fluff your pillows on the couch and set you up for an all night Steet Fighter IV gaming session... while still getting oral sex..."
You know I actually think I like the Wii character model more than the HD versions. Ghostbusters has always been more of the goofy side of things. I don't think photorealism is really necessary for it.
Oh and as far as those sales numbers, I'm apparently one of the 7,366 suckers that got Castle Shikigami 3. Uughhhhhh what a turd.
Monster Games is now letting the throttle loose one more time on Wii, bringing the odd – but oh so awesome – Excitebots to Wii in just a few short days. And it blows the original away.
You'll still get the star-based racing from the first Excite Truck, you'll get crazy air, terrain morphing buttons, a boost meter that needs to be kept in constant check, air spins, jump boosts, and plenty of locales to blaze through at ridiculous speeds. Add on top of that, however, is the some of the most insane stunt and micro-game elements I've ever seen in a racer.
When it comes to racing, Excitebots delivers more than any other game of its kind on Wii. The game is blazing fast, but it's the micro-challenges that really make it a chaotic, entertaining experience 100% of the time.
Briefly in the first trailer you could see bots running on the ground, rather than driving. This is also a new power-up, collected by grabbing a wrench on the race track. For anyone that snags this amazing item, it could mean a serious edge on the competition, as your bot seamlessly transforms into a biped and starts running. It will cause the bot to sprint, busting into flames and tearing through the competition as it trots over trees and speeds ahead. The game takes it one step further though, adding another layer of awesome on top of the already in-place awesome for now double-awesome goodness.
Hitting ramps will send your sprinting bot into the air, morphing it yet again into a glider mode that would make any triple-changing Transformer from the 80's blush bright red. You take to the air, go into glide mode, and then have controls comparable to wing cap Mario, tilting backwards to gain height, and forward to dive-bomb and speed up. Oh, and the flight controls rock. This could be its own game. Collect butterflies while in the air, and then land on a gigantic sunflower to gain even more bonus stars. Seriously, we couldn't make this stuff up. Whatever Monster Games is smoking, it's paying off big time, because this game is good fun.
Online is confirmed, and it's six players.
Overall the game is similar in visual and audio design as Excite Truck was, with an amazing sense of speed and some decent visuals given the speed and depth of field shown off when leaping into the air. The game also supports two specific control styles for tilt Wii-mote driving, as well as twist-based Wii wheel controls.
The game still looks like a steamy crap sandwich but the IGN description does make it sound like it could be fun. Kind of like a racing game that's been given the Smash Bros treatment.
...Oooo, oooo... and then what happened?
Oh wait! That was the end?
Now who are we gonna play Excitebots with when it comes out?
(Steel escaped Hell once... **cough** **GS Mod** **cough** ...I think he'll find his way out again!)
Well, after watching some Excite Bot videos it looks awesome. Definitely interested now.
Pussy. Burn with us in hell for all eternity in internet time, 5 minutes real time.
Fine, I will if you bring back that sig uncensored!
OMG actual numbers. Lifetime NA sales of games up to JANUARY 2009.
Multiplatform
Assassin's Creed - 2.3m (360), 1.15m (PS3)
Bioshock - 998k (360), 106k (PS3)
The Bourne Conspiracy - 103k (360), 83k (PS3)
Burnout Paradise - 371k (360) 306k (PS3)
Civilization Revolution - 96k (DS), 254k (360), 149k (PS3)
The Darkness - 284k (360), 133k (PS3)
Dark Sector - 139k (360), 97k (PS3)
Dead Space - 337k (360), 212k (PS3)
Disgaea - 45k (DS), 78k (PSP)
Dynasty Warriors 6 - 113k (360), 103k (PS3), 26k (PS2)
Eternal Sonata - 98k (360), 33k (PS3)
Fallout 3 - 1.14m (360), 452k (PS3)
Fight Night 3 - 1.19M (360) 526k (PS3)
Guitar Hero 3 - 2.37M (360) 830k (PS3) 2.75M (Wii)
Guitar Hero: World Tour - 924k (360) 466k (PS3) 1.39M (Wii)
Kane & Lynch - 300k (360), 197k (PS3)
Karaoke Revolution Presents American Idol Encore 1 - 85k (360) 46k (PS3)
Karaoke Revolution Presents American Idol Encore 2 - 20k (36o) 16k (PS3)
Lego Batman - 207k (360), 128k (PS3), 507k (PS2), 420k (Wii)
Lego Indiana Jones - 241k (360), 142k (PS3), 456k (PS2), 563k (Wii)
Mirror's Edge - 207k (360), 125k (PS3)
Mortal Kombat vs DC - 592k (360), 512k (PS3)
N+ - 26k (DS), 21k (PSP)
Prince of Persia - 282k (360), 248k (PS3)
Pure - 158k (360) 92k (PS3)
Rock Band 1 - 1.65M (360) 648k (PS3) 1.03M (Wii)
Rock Band 2 - 1.02M (360) 384k (PS3) 353k (Wii)
Saints Row 2 - 480k (360), 188k (PS3)
Saints Row 2 [Collector's Edition only] - 30k (360), 11k (PS3)
Shaun White - 271k (360), 141k (PS3), 537k (Wii)
Silent Hill 5 - 73k (360), 84k (PS3)
Silent Hill Origins: 80k (PS2), 154k (PSP)
Skate - 606k (360) 202k (PS3)
Sonic Unleashed - 113k (360), 69k (PS3), 315k (Wii)
Soul Calibur 4 - 500k (360), 353k (PS3)
Space Invaders Extreme - 58k (DS), 34k (PSP)
Star Wars Force Unleashed - 823k (360) 464k (PS3) 626k (Wii) 175k (DS) 263k (PSP) 352k (PS2)
Tiger Woods 09 - 216k (360), 174k (PS3), 565k (Wii)
Unreal Tournament III - 164k (360) 219k (PS3)
The World Ends With You - 172k
360
Beautiful Katamari - 96k
Banjo: Nuts & Bolts - 154k
Battle Fantasia - 4,704
Blue Dragon - 189k
Halo 3 - 4.66m (regular), 633k (CE), 479k (LE)
Infinite Undiscovery - 110k
Left 4 Dead - 1.28m
Lips - 46k
Lost Odyssey - 348k
Ninja Gaiden II - 517k
Saints Row 1 - 1.02m
Tales of Vesperia - 107k
The Last Remnant 118k
Viva Pinata 2 - 80k
PS3
Folklore - 109k
Genji: Days of the Blade - 96k
Heavenly Sword - 386k
Lair - 185k
Little Big Planet - 670k
Metal Gear Solid 4 - 1.09m
Motorstorm 1 - 427k
Motorstorm 2 - 138k
Ninja Gaiden Sigma - 316k
Rachet & Clank: Tools of Destruction - 427k
Resistance - 1.07m
Resistance 2 - 640k
Time Crisis 4 - 206k
Uncharted - 534k
Valkyria Chronicles - 74k
Wii
Animal Crossing - 654k (game only), 161k (Wiispeak bundle)
Blast Works - 31k
Castle Shikigami 3 - 7,366
Fantastic 4 - 76k
Mario & Sonic @ at the Olympics - 1.99m
No More Heroes - 208k
Ultimate Duck Hunting - 49k
Ultimate Shooting Collection - 1,126
Zack & Wiki - 117k
PS2
Disney Golf - 59k
Final Fantasy X - 2.46m
Final Fantasy XII - 1.85m
Katamari Damacy - 450k
Kingdom Hearts 1 - 3.28m
Kingdom Hearts 2 - 2.3m
Kingdom Hearts: RE:Chain of Memories - 312k
Marvel vs Capcom 2 - 246k
Odin Sphere - 149k
Persona 4 - 123k
SMT: Devil Summoner - 43k
SMT: Digital Devil Saga 1 - 51k
SMT: Digital Devil Saga 2 - 43k
SMT: Nocturne - 60k
Silent Hill 2 - 512k
Silent Hill 3 - 279k
Silent Hill 4 - 209k
We Love Katamari - 230k
Yakuza 1 - 56k
Yakuza 2 - 24k
PSP
Crisis Core: FF7 - 708k
Patapon - 229k
God of War: Chains of Olympus - 640k
Star Ocean: First Departure - 69k
Yggdra Union - 12k
DS
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney - 71k
Chrono Trigger - 210k
Contra 4 - 115k
Dragon Quest 4 - 76k
Final Fantasy 4 - 275k
Final Fantasy Tactics A2 - 233k
Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney - 117k
Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Justice for All - 110k
Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations - 92k
Professor Layton & the Curious Village - 340k
Trauma Center: Under the Knife - 225k
Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 - 61k
MyCoach Series
Word - 263k
Spanish - 224k
Japanese - 90k
French - 83k
Weight - 76k
Chinese - 34k
SAT - 25k
Smoking - 3k
at the frontpage. Foolz the big story is yours, correct?
P.S. what have you guys been playing?
Well spotted. You can tell from the verbosity.
FIFA 09. I'm as addicted as Steel, now.
FUCK YEAH I'M A GODDAMN DRUG DEALER AND SHIT PAYS.
Yep, only your sick mind could create that.
So now that you've admitted that you're a whore..... want to meet up later?
I see what you are saying, for me though I dont want to only watch the biggest budget movies or get the same kind of meal each time. I like the security of knowing a franchise and having a sort of guarantee of its quality. But it's when you try something new, when you take that gamble and are suddenly rewarded with something special that you've never experienced before. Those are the golden moments that gaming is made from. For me at least. For instance never in my life did I ever expect to be playing, let alone enjoying a scuba diving sim, but I tried it and I loved it.
So I have the security of knowing that for instance SFIV will sell well, I have the security of knowing that its reviewed well and that its a franchise I know. I know that because its high profile and because it will sell well, that even months or even years down the line it will still be easy to pick up and at reduced prices to. Whereas with other games, if they dont do well, they can become rare and you will never get to experience them at all.
He's felt it before. He's just ashamed to admit that he enjoyed it.
Oh really?
Epic post BTW
OMG, Apollo Justice is the lowest selling PW game yet?
Did the updates BTW.
This is the same character from the next gen and wii versions of ghostbusters
Rage
You know I actually think I like the Wii character model more than the HD versions. Ghostbusters has always been more of the goofy side of things. I don't think photorealism is really necessary for it.
Oh and as far as those sales numbers, I'm apparently one of the 7,366
suckers that got Castle Shikigami 3. Uughhhhhh what a turd.
Well, sad news about Max Payne 3 in that the Bully team should be making a game with humour and preferably in the GTA mould.
Max Payne 1 and 2, I enjoyed at the time but they are ridiculously shallow by todays standards. Hope they mix things up to add depth.
So lets do a preview skim through for lazy people:
Exitebots: Trick Racing Hands-on
IGN Skim through:
Monster Games is now letting the throttle loose one more time on Wii, bringing the odd – but oh so awesome – Excitebots to Wii in just a few short days. And it blows the original away.
You'll still get the star-based racing from the first Excite Truck, you'll get crazy air, terrain morphing buttons, a boost meter that needs to be kept in constant check, air spins, jump boosts, and plenty of locales to blaze through at ridiculous speeds. Add on top of that, however, is the some of the most insane stunt and micro-game elements I've ever seen in a racer.
When it comes to racing, Excitebots delivers more than any other game of its kind on Wii. The game is blazing fast, but it's the micro-challenges that really make it a chaotic, entertaining experience 100% of the time.
Briefly in the first trailer you could see bots running on the ground, rather than driving. This is also a new power-up, collected by grabbing a wrench on the race track. For anyone that snags this amazing item, it could mean a serious edge on the competition, as your bot seamlessly transforms into a biped and starts running. It will cause the bot to sprint, busting into flames and tearing through the competition as it trots over trees and speeds ahead. The game takes it one step further though, adding another layer of awesome on top of the already in-place awesome for now double-awesome goodness.
Hitting ramps will send your sprinting bot into the air, morphing it yet again into a glider mode that would make any triple-changing Transformer from the 80's blush bright red.
You take to the air, go into glide mode, and then have controls comparable to wing cap Mario, tilting backwards to gain height, and forward to dive-bomb and speed up. Oh, and the flight controls rock. This could be its own game. Collect butterflies while in the air, and then land on a gigantic sunflower to gain even more bonus stars. Seriously, we couldn't make this stuff up. Whatever Monster Games is smoking, it's paying off big time, because this game is good fun.
Online is confirmed, and it's six players.
Overall the game is similar in visual and audio design as Excite Truck was, with an amazing sense of speed and some decent visuals given the speed and depth of field shown off when leaping into the air. The game also supports two specific control styles for tilt Wii-mote driving, as well as twist-based Wii wheel controls.
Pics from the ass end of last week:
OMG at the front page story.
LOL, who used my animal crossing pic for the front page?