Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 3:42 pm 0

Roobarb wrote:
IronGiant wrote: forward to Phantom Hourglass but the more I look into it the more I feel a bit 'meh' about it all. Think I'd just replay Link's Awakening.
Grumpy

Yup, but only when I've been looking forward to something which, when it turns up, somehow disappoints me.

Roobarb · Post by **Roobarb** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 3:52 pm 0

You haven't played it yet though

Well, not for long enough, anyway.

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 3:54 pm 0

I've played enough of it to arrive at an opinion though.

Roobarb · Post by **Roobarb** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:16 pm 0

Aye, but change can take some getting used to. It took me a while to get used to the Wii Twilight Princess controls. Now i think they're way better than the controls for Wind Waker.

I have faith in Miyamoto and Aonuma. It may taste funny at first, but once you get used to it you could be wondering how you ever lived without it

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:25 pm 0

I appreciate that, but how long do I need to spend before I get used to it? After a few hours I wasn't getting anywhere close to getting used to the control method, and that strikes me as being a bit off. I mean, it should be intuitive, comfortable and easy to use shouldn't it? I don't have a problem with using the stylus for other games, but for me Zelda simply isn't suited to stylus control.

No doubt I'm in the minority though.

Roobarb · Post by **Roobarb** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:41 pm 0

Wow you must have been busy this weekend! Isn't it rather difficult to play a game like Zelda in Japanese, or can you understand the language?

I think it took about 20hrs of play before i was totally won over by the Zelda Wii controls. You could be right though; if you're after a traditional Zelda experience it may not be your cup of tea. But i applaud their willingness to experiment and i'd be happy to sacrifice some things to push forward others. I won't be playing it until it comes out for European release though, so i'll have to rely on your impressions until then

IronGiant · Post by **IronGiant** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 5:08 pm 0

Roobarb wrote:Wow you must have been busy this weekend! Isn't it rather difficult to play a game like Zelda in Japanese, or can you understand the language?

No, but a few online messageboards and FAQs help out withe any parts where you get stuck due to the language barrier.

Besdies, my main gripes aren't really about the game but the control method.

I think it took about 20hrs of play before i was totally won over by the Zelda Wii controls. You could be right though; if you're after a traditional Zelda experience it may not be your cup of tea. But i applaud their willingness to experiment and i'd be happy to sacrifice some things to push forward others. I won't be playing it until it comes out for European release though, so i'll have to rely on your impressions until then

I'm done playing with it for now - due to my experiences with the Japanese version I'm not likely to buy the English language version even when it does come out, unless of course they've somehow improved the control method (unlikely).

namor7 · Post by **namor7** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 6:17 pm 0

Nintendodragon wrote: i havent plaed phantom hourglass yet though so i cant really comment but a am optomisit as i'm fine with animal crossing..

same goes for me -- i absolutely love acww's stylus input, so i dont have a thing to worry about

Perkunas · Post by **Perkunas** » Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:17 pm 0

IronGiant wrote:I shouldn't worry about it, the actual hinge is metal so all you've probably cracked is the outer plastic covering.

Does it still open and close alright?

It opens fine but I just wanted to know if it could become a problem over tiem.

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:15 pm 0

The Smash Brothers website has been updating pretty much every day for a while now. Mostly with fairly dull stuff.

Today though they've updated with a character that hasn't been in any of the preview material before, Zelda.

http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/characters/zelda.html

That's a really nice bit of character modelling.

Nintendodragon · Post by **Nintendodragon** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:13 pm 0

Nintendo overtakes sony in market value?

i know they were close but over the weekend it looks like nintendo surpassed them..

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?optio ... &Itemid=59

According to business site Bloomberg, shares in Kyoto, Japan-based Nintendo yesterday rose by up to two percent to a record 46,350 yen, boosting its market value to 6.57 trillion yen ($53 billion). In comparison Sonyâ€™s value fell to 6.51 trillion yen as its stock dropped 0.9 percent to 6,490 yen.

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a better read is here:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid= ... r=consumer

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 2:42 pm 0

wow.

So thats basicaly;

TVs+Walkmans+PS2s+PS3s+Music+Spiderman < Brain Training + Pokemon +WiiSports.

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 2:45 pm 0

Its' more likely:

PS2 - PS3 - Sony Pictures - Sony Music + Sony Tech

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 4:02 pm 0

PS2-PS3 makes sense.

But is Sony Tech is profitable?
Sony Pictures isnt?

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 4:31 pm 0

Darkflame wrote:Sony Pictures isnt?

I wouldn't be surprised. The movie-making industry has the most creative accountants the world have ever found, and just because a company is losing money hand over fist doesn't mean that somewhere, somebody isn't getting ridiculously rich elsewhere on the balance sheet.

If I remember rightly, last year a film that cost $200m-ish to make and took $1.2bn at the box office was still well in the red, according to the books. In fact, wasn't that what all the Peter Jackson legal wrangles were about?