Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:04 pm 0

Geenius wrote:
On Mon Jul 02, 2007 at 11:03 pm, disciple wrote:Currently 7 hours in.

Less than 24 hours later, disciple wrote: Just completed this.
Seriously? Have you done nothing else all day? Or is it incredibly short / easy? I don't mind short(ish) games, as long as they're good enough but that seems extreme!

I had the day off work, I was mean't to be catching up on studying.

Honestly the game's that good.

It was 18 hours total playtime, of course that's before unlockables.

I've just started playing the Seperate Ways extra, don't want to give away what it's about but it's a clever twist on the original game.

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:58 pm 0

disciple wrote:
disciple wrote:
Deckard wrote:So we get online leaderboards for our Geometry Wars: Galaxies then

http://uk.ds.ign.com/articles/800/800251p1.html - hooray.

And anyone got the Wii's Resident ? Any good, do the graphics look any better thru component and hows the controls as might buy it tomorrow.
Graphics look the same to me, 'cept of course they're in widescreen.

Controls are excellent, there's no strafe which is a bit crap but the level design means there's no real need for it anyway so it quickly ceases to become an annoyance.

It's RE4 as before but with aimy pointy shooty. Headshot, headshot headshot! It's been a while since I played the GC one but this version seems a bit easier than I remember, presumably down to the better control interface.

Currently 7 hours in and am loving playing this all over again. Certainly a must buy for anyone who's never played this on any of the other platforms.
Just completed this... It's also a must buy even if you've played it before!

What a absolutely tremendous game, I forgot how good this game was. Made all the better too with the Wiimote-gun.

Just unlocked :
Professional mode

Seperate ways

Operation Ada

The Mercenaries
Not sure if those were in the GC/PS2 versions or not, I think Mercenaries might have been GC.

Mercenarys and Operation Ada I think, but not seperate ways.

The Caffeine Kid · Post by **The Caffeine Kid** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:58 am 0

Even the BBC loves the Wii... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6265368.stm

Must be love to rig those figures

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:58 am 0

I love how Sony is still acting its "business as normal".

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:23 am 0

Historically, is it correct that the platform that takes the early lead tends to keep that lead, regardless of the competition? Also, that the platform that does badly early on wont see any dramatic increase in sales, ie jump from bottom to top?

Or am I remembering this all wrong?

Samus · Post by **Samus** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:11 am 0

Forever Blue:

Hope it turns out as good as it looks :-)

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:15 am 0

Certainly looks great underthewater.
Above the water needs a little work, imo. (more varience in that background where you see the dolphine jumping)

Ghostbiscuit · Post by **Ghostbiscuit** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:05 am 0

And Sean Connery is your diving instructor!

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:07 am 0

You mean your diving inshtructor.

"We will sit off their coasht and conduct dolphin dives..."

Nintendodragon · Post by **Nintendodragon** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:07 am 0

forever blue looks ace! my kind of game!!

Nintendodragon · Post by **Nintendodragon** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:12 am 0

chub wrote:Saw this earlier on the BBC news site:

Zelda game named 'greatest ever' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6261546.stm

It's about Edge's top 100 games of all time, the top 10 of which are:

1. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2. Resident Evil 4
3. Super Mario 64
4. Half Life 2
5. Super Mario World
6. Zelda: A Link to the Past
7. Halo: Combat Evolved
8. Final Fantasy XII
9. Tetris
10. Super Metroid

That news report really annoyed me, despite showing half of the top 10 games of all time are Made by Nintendo, the article goes on to only mention the PS3 and 360 as current consoles wich will have the future of games. Nintendo make great games, perhaps the Wii will have some great games too...?

"If we did this poll in five year's time, I would hope to see more PS3 and Xbox 360 games in the list. But I don't think anyone would argue we have seen that many classics in this new generation."

and maybe some on the Wii?

He added: "I love the fact that old games are being made available to audiences via Xbox Live, PlayStation Network and through compilations but I am not convinced that younger players will play them and appreciate them in the way we did the first time round."

What about the VC? That probabaly has more reto games avalible than either xbox live or Playstation network. but No, lets not mention Nintendo, lets keep the general public who know nothing about games thinking that its only Sony and MS that are making games..

ok my rant is over.

ThetaReactor · Post by **ThetaReactor** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:25 am 0

He's just looking to the future. Half of those top ten games are already on the VC

Rod_S · Post by **Rod_S** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:45 am 0

Forever Blue looks lush, I love the idea of a no-pressure underwater-em-up - like Ecco on the DC without the stress of completing objectives.

arbster · Post by **arbster** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:00 pm 0

Completed Resident Evil 4 on the Wii yesterday. Truly is a brilliant game. I liked it on the Gamecube, but the Wii version is an improvement with the new controls - though it may make it a little bit too easy at times.

Going to start playing Seperate Ways properly later on. Had a quick go, and controlling Ada seems very nice.

Now, where is the Umberella Chronicles trailer? I thought it was suppose to come with RE4 but I can't find it anywhere (evern now I've unlocked various extras. Did they ommit it from the PAL release?

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:04 pm 0

Rod_S wrote:Forever Blue looks lush, I love the idea of a no-pressure underwater-em-up - like Ecco on the DC without the stress of completing objectives.

Quite.

On the 'which platform will win'.

I dont think any of them will emerge totally triumphant. It could be a long win for any of them. It may be possible that the Wii will peak early but drop as HD adoption becomes more important? Its all about the games in the second year of the platform.