Official Nintendo Fanboy Smugness & Gloating Thread

Marius · Post by **Marius** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:27 am 0

http://www.tothegame.com/game_video.asp?gameid=5848

Oh god...nintendo, please stop it, ok? The day my grandfather sits next to me while playing, cheering me on and hugging me when I win, is the day I will stop playing games and start watching football(it was the most painful scenario I could come up with, next to removing my own appendix with a spoon).

Alarm · Post by **Alarm** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:56 am 0

Ghostbiscuit wrote:New "dark" Advance Wars? Having just rediscovered and re-hooked myself on Advance Wars DS (again), this has got me worried.

I'm looking forward to the new Advance Wars even more now. I'm glad they haven't just created AW DS+ (a few more COs and online play) but are creating something slightly different.

Gorecki · Post by **Gorecki** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:20 pm 0

Ghostbiscuit wrote:New "dark" Advance Wars? Having just rediscovered and re-hooked myself on Advance Wars DS (again), this has got me worried.

Gone are a series of precocious teens and sassy officers

Oh Yes!

The Dual Strike CO powers from the previous Nintendo DS Advance Wars are gone

Thank the lord!

CO powers in general are said to have been toned down

Hallelujah!

Also absent from Advance Wars: Days of Ruin are dual screen battles

Can I get an Amen?!

So basically they've fixed everything that they broke in AW:DS, then.

Advance Wars: Days of Ruin boasts a feature set that should have fans excited. Wi-fi multiplayer battles over the Nintendo Wi-fi Connection are finally here, bringing voice chat with them. Also coming is the tentatively titled Map Center, making map creation and sharing a worldwide affair. Players can take their map designs, upload them, and rate and download others via the Map Center, adding hundreds of maps to the 170+ already included.

If this isn't the Greatest Game Ever!tm then I'm a hat-eating dutchman with a monkey for a nephew.

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:17 pm 0

This thread will hit 600 pages while I'm at work

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:20 pm 0

Gorecki wrote: If this isn't the Greatest Game Ever!tm then I'm a hat-eating dutchman with a monkey for a nephew.

Sounds bloody marvellous to me, the CO powers always seemed hideously unbalanced to me...

GeeZa · Post by **GeeZa** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:26 pm 0

WiteWulf wrote:
Gorecki wrote: If this isn't the Greatest Game Ever!tm then I'm a hat-eating dutchman with a monkey for a nephew.
Sounds bloody marvellous to me, the CO powers always seemed hideously unbalanced to me...

I quite liked them but I wont miss them. I still play Advance Wars DS, it's the game that just keeps on giving. Very much looking forward to the new version without the brats.

Darkflame · Post by **Darkflame** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 3:40 pm 0

Hmz :-/
I like the CO powers and the "Brats". I didnt see them as unbalanced at all. It made some charecters vastly easier then others..sure....but so what?
The fun I'm having is working over all my CO's.

Their varying abilitys mean I have to do different maps in different ways with different people. Perfect, imo

I still got another 40 medels to get, and the game hasnt got boring at all.

I'm sure this new advance wars will be great.
But In general I dont like it when they make something "darker" (see; Pop: Warrior Within).
I really enjoyed advanced wars "casual war" type setting.

Anyways...

Map creation/exchange sounds great

I just hope online isnt the only new feature, taking stuff out dosnt count as features in my book.

Ghostbiscuit · Post by **Ghostbiscuit** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 3:55 pm 0

40 medals to go! I was pleased I hit 100 the other day. Bah!

But yeah, it's the "darker" thing that's worrying me. It's like making Cannon Fodder all realistic or something. It doesn't seem right (to me anyway). However, the wi-fi is, as always, a very welcome addition. As long as other players don't drop out as you're nearing victory after a half-hour battle...

Deckard · Post by **Deckard** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:20 pm 0

If you havent got an Apple TV or other media hub and you got a Wii -

http://www.t3.co.uk/news/247/games/game ... _media_hub

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 4:30 pm 0

PC-CDROM. In other words its a repackaged version of something that uses the Wii Browser for video.

Bit like this:
http://www.redkawa.com/mediacenters/wiimediacenterx/

Fil · Post by **Fil** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:41 pm 0

I like the sound of no dual screen battles and the tag-powers annoyed the hell out of me, whenever the computer activated one I just walked away and did something else for a while.

Alarm · Post by **Alarm** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:17 am 0

The new Advance Wars DS could indeed be the bestest game in the world (until the next Advance Wars game). AW 2 wasn't that much of a progression from the first, and Dual Strike was using touch screen (before I got the game, I thought that would be a great new feature, but I never use it) and both screens 'because they can'.

One downside though - no more Javier - the most winsome CO.

"Consider your hindquarters righteously spanked!" indeed.

Daniel · Post by **Daniel** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:57 pm 0

GeeZa wrote:
WiteWulf wrote:
Gorecki wrote: If this isn't the Greatest Game Ever!tm then I'm a hat-eating dutchman with a monkey for a nephew.
Sounds bloody marvellous to me, the CO powers always seemed hideously unbalanced to me...
I quite liked them but I wont miss them. I still play Advance Wars DS, it's the game that just keeps on giving. Very much looking forward to the new version without the brats.

Sounds like I will have to buy a DS. I have only played AW2 on the GBA. But that was a really good game. I don't care much if the mood is dark or bright. It's the strategy that is interesting. WiFi support will be great. Can the DS do WPA yet?

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:16 pm 0

Daniel wrote:Can the DS do WPA yet?

'fraid not, still WEP only...

chub · Post by **chub** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:40 pm 0

Okami confirmed for the Wii!

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=85578