Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:40 am 0

Modded, but many many years ago. Your best bet these days is to pick up a second hand US machine off eBay.

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:02 am 0

Marius wrote:Zelda scores so far:

Gamerz Edge 10 /10
GameBrink.com 99 /100
Lawrence.com 99 /100
GameBrink.com 99 /100
GameSpy.com 5 /5
UnderGroundOnline A /A+

Nintendo rises like the phoenix from the ashes. HALELUUUJA!

...let's hope this posivite trend continues.

Consistenly getting 99 out of 100? That can't be right surely.

fihu · Post by **fihu** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:05 am 0

disciple wrote:
Marius wrote:Zelda scores so far:

Gamerz Edge 10 /10
GameBrink.com 99 /100
Lawrence.com 99 /100
GameBrink.com 99 /100
GameSpy.com 5 /5
UnderGroundOnline A /A+

Nintendo rises like the phoenix from the ashes. HALELUUUJA!

...let's hope this posivite trend continues.
Consistenly getting 99 out of 100? That can't be right surely.

No Shirley, there are worse scores:

GamersMark 96/100 p.E.

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:06 am 0

disciple wrote:Consistenly getting 99 out of 100? That can't be right surely.

Well, the gamebrink review is listed twice there already

Metacritic only has two reviews so far:
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platfor ... htprincess

Gamerankings has 6:
http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/928519.asp

fog · Post by **fog** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:16 am 0

disciple wrote:
Marius wrote:Zelda scores so far:

Gamerz Edge 10 /10
GameBrink.com 99 /100
Lawrence.com 99 /100
GameBrink.com 99 /100
GameSpy.com 5 /5
UnderGroundOnline A /A+

Nintendo rises like the phoenix from the ashes. HALELUUUJA!

...let's hope this posivite trend continues.
Consistenly getting 99 out of 100? That can't be right surely.

I think that's called being selective.

Oh and the UGO scores are wrong, and it scored less than Gears of War

More IGN reviews:
Tony Hawkes 7.0
Excite Truck 8.0 with worryingly low lastability.
Call of Duty 7.7

Worth noting for anyone after a FPS that this has, according th IGN the best controls:

The controls work great when firing at a distance or navigating through large, wide open spaces. Where they lack a bit of finesse is in up-close combat. When at a range, players can quickly turn into any direction, sight in, and tweak their shot to deliver lethal blows with ease. When working in hallways or around staircases, however, it's difficult to move and turn at the same time, and the quick feel that we're used to in a dual-analog setup isn't quite there. Even still, the controls work well enough for us to genuinely enjoy Call of Duty on Wii, but we'd say they're at about 90 percent. The flaw with control relies entirely with how the head turns dependant on the body. To turn, you're moving your gun to sort of shove your head around. Bottom line: Call of Duty 3 is the most natural feeling FPS on Wii thus far, but there's still room for improvement.

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:51 am 0

I still want my tri-analogue fps system

Camera controlled by nunchuck rotation free's up the gun to be used in abs. position on the screen.
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Ocarina of Time is still the number 1 game on metacritic. (99 percent).
Interesting to see if TP can beat it...unlikely, imo, as it must get exponetialy harder to get a percentage higher each time.

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 12:16 pm 0

Marius wrote:A modded PS2 or an import?

Is it expensive to mod one to play imported games?

Cheapest way is to get an RGB Scart Lead, Broadband adapter and any old hard drive. Using the exploit based around PS1 games you can run HDLoader from a memory card and run games that way.

But it's complicated to set up

Cheers

Bubba

PumaG · Post by **PumaG** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 1:01 pm 0

fog wrote: Oh and the UGO scores are wrong, and it scored less than Gears of War

Like the Zelda series can be compared to the tech demo series

Marius · Post by **Marius** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 2:21 pm 0

disciple wrote:
Marius wrote:Zelda scores so far:

Gamerz Edge 10 /10
GameBrink.com 99 /100
Lawrence.com 99 /100
GameBrink.com 99 /100
GameSpy.com 5 /5
UnderGroundOnline A /A+

Nintendo rises like the phoenix from the ashes. HALELUUUJA!

...let's hope this posivite trend continues.
Consistenly getting 99 out of 100? That can't be right surely.

I just cut'n pasted from another site, and these were all the reviews they had so far. But I believe they translate 5/5 and 10/10 into 99/100 when linking to certain sites.

Atty · Post by **Atty** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 2:51 pm 0

I'm a little dissapointed with the reviews Excite Truck is getting, really. The general opinion so far seems to be that it's enjoyable but a bit short and the multiplayer isn't worth bothering with. Still, in the grand scheme of things (games included), being fun but forgettable ain't so bad.

Marius · Post by **Marius** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:56 pm 0

Does anyone know when Mario Galaxy will be released? I haven't heard any exciting news for the last month or so.

fog · Post by **fog** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:59 pm 0

Miyamoto: Wii supposed to be a sub-$100 console

http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/746/746380p1.html
That ties in with the rumours that were going around about the Wii's much lower predicted price.

Kemper_Boyd · Post by **Kemper_Boyd** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:02 pm 0

fog wrote:
Miyamoto: Wii supposed to be a sub-$100 console
http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/746/746380p1.html
That ties in with the rumours that were going around about the Wii's much lower predicted price.

Snakey 1 - Fanboys 0

Atty · Post by **Atty** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:12 pm 0

I find it hard to believe that internal flash memory increased the price by that much - How much could 512MB of the stuff (bought in bulk orders at an already sub-consumer pricepoint) cost?

I still reckon the PS3's higher-than-expected price point made nintendo add a few extra quid on, since compared to $500/600, the current price still looks mighty cheap.

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:16 pm 0

And theres me thinking they made the sensor bar and wiimote at the last minute, with off the shelf componants they just slapped together with no R&D needed, and it all worked perfectly first time

(not to mention they never bothered trying out any other designs...they went straight for the final)

I also reckon the PS3's higher-than-expected price point also made nintendo add a few extra quid on, since compared to $500 it still looks mighty cheap.

That I agree with though.

Also, I believe the Retail (by which = GAME) are responsible for Â£170 UK price.