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TalkBack / RE: Zelda Bonus Disc ver. 2.0

« on: September 10, 2003, 10:54:01 PM »

Yeah, just compile SNES9X using CodeWarrior for GC. The GC CPU is an IBM PowerPC, pretty similar to ones you find in Apple iBooks, and those machines run SNES9X just fine..

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TalkBack / RE: Nintendo of Europe Reward System Overhaul

« on: August 18, 2003, 10:33:29 PM »

I wouldn't say "few". We "euros" might not be posting a lot, but that doesn't make us non-existent.

And no, Japan doesn't have this sort of system quite yet. The system is scheduled to launch in Japan around the same time it's launched in the US.

To comment on the newspost a bit, NOE have offered stuff like WaveBirds and other accessories in their Stars Catalogue, too, in addition to those PC/Mac screensavers and wallpapers and other minor thingies.

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TalkBack / RE: GameCube Price to Plummet at E3?

« on: May 08, 2003, 09:52:18 AM »

" Their Nintendo 64 console was cut by $50 just three days before that console launched back in 1996."

Nintendo does have a history of pre-launch price cuts. The most recent one was for GameCube in Europe, where Nintendo dropped the Cube's price with 50 EUR around a week before launch.

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TalkBack / Europe Adopts Universal Game Rating System

« on: April 22, 2003, 11:01:54 PM »

"Europe pulls an ESRB and will start rating all its videogame titles by age and content."

Oh come on. Game titles have been rated by age and content in Europe for a long time -- what this bit of news is about is that the ratings systems across certain European countries is going to be unified. However, this PEGI rating system will not replace existing ratings systems.

For example, in Finland, the ratings authority is the Board of Film Classification, which inspect games and rates them on a scale ranging from "Ages 3 and up" to "Adults only". The UK equivalent is the ELSPA. Both the Finnish BFC and the British ELSPA as well as the other European equivalents will continue to inspect and rate game titles, but from this year on, their ratings will be accompanied by a pan-European rating for each game.

Note, however, that each European country will continue to have their own age categories. Many European countries use the age categories 3, 7, 12, 16 and 18. Finland and certain others, however, use 3, 7, 11, 15 and 18. This pan-European rating system won't change that.

Another thing you should note is that Europe consists of over 40 countries, and at this point 16 of them are adopting the PEGI rating system.

Please, don't take press releases at face value -- and please, don't always assume Europe is always imitating the US (in this case, the ESRB).