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TalkBack / Re: Cave Story Getting an Full-Featured eShop Release

« on: April 24, 2012, 05:49:11 PM »

I have never played the game and am debating which version to get. My problem is I have such a back log right now I am not sure if I will ever get around to playing it. Curse my luck not getting the flu.

It's not a very long game- you do want to go for the best ending though so you might need to get one of the worse ones on your first time through to get properly used to it. It's personally the best game I've ever played, put it at the top of your list!

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TalkBack / Re: Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D Review

« on: March 11, 2012, 06:15:53 PM »

I disagree with the comments on a CPP being needed to play. In fact, the exclusion of any discussion of the standard set up in this review is annoying (How is it controlled? What makes them so bad? Do you need to tilt the system to move the camera while shouting "move mother fucker!" to control Snake? How?!). If you didn't like them that's perfectly fine, but refusing to discuss them, to talk about why you didn't like them when you're supposed to be exploring the good and bad points of the game....gahh, it's just frustrating to know in depth reviews are becoming increasingly difficult to find...


...anyway. I played it in September and, if you'd have asked me then, I'd have thoroughly agreed that the controls were appalling. But, after giving the demo some time at home in a more comfortable setting and since buying it and putting about 6 hours into it, they're really not awful. I imagine the CPP would make things much better but I'm having no serious issues playing without it. Aiming can be finicky at times when enemies are far away but really that's the extent of my problems with the standard set up.


If anyone reads this and is dissuaded at the thought having to shell out for a CPP just to play this version, give the demo some time for the controls to sink in and you might find it very enjoyable. It's definitely made me a fan of the series and I'll probably pick up the HD collection at some point for the other games I've missed out on.

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Network and Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Are the Same Service

« on: January 24, 2012, 02:07:44 PM »

Shock.


Don't know what the big deal was with this anyway. It's a name change.

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TalkBack / Re: 'Nintendo Network' Logo Surfaces on Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy Game Case

« on: January 21, 2012, 05:29:57 AM »

So nobody has taken note of "Connecting to Nintendo Network" whenever you go online on MK7?


It's just the name of the service...

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TalkBack / Re: Staff Sez #2: The 3DS eShop

« on: October 26, 2011, 03:07:34 PM »

to be able to put on £5 as a minimum.


And definitely agree with pricing. While I don't mind higher prices for original games, since you know, they're new,  Virtual Console games no matter how high-profile shouldn't be priced the way they are. If they were priced at the standard for iPhone games at about 60p or a quid, I'd be buying them in troves. I don't think that would upset the balance of paying into premium content- nobody is going to stop buying the shiney new stuff on their 3DS just because they can get 20 year old games for a quid.

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TalkBack / Re: NBA 2K12 Review

« on: October 24, 2011, 03:51:43 PM »

Lack of online is even more disappointing considering the past few Wii versions of 2K had online support, and better yet, the PS2 version does! Craziness.

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Download - October 20, 2011

« on: October 20, 2011, 03:31:06 PM »

It's ridiculous. If they were more substantial, like half an hour a video or something then that's a fair price, but no video on the service so far has been worth paying for and I doubt these will be the first to be.


Do you even get to keep these since you're paying for them?

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo's Tipping Point?

« on: July 04, 2011, 08:13:52 PM »

Yeah, most people asking for these games wouldn't buy them, that I'm certain of. The people who would buy them will probably go through the loops to play them anyway.

Its a crappy situation, sure, but the means to play these games in a tongue you understand will exist. And as has been said, its unlikely these games not releasing in America will affect Wii U significantly. Who's going to pass on the next Zelda because Xenoblade didn't come to US shores? 

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo's Tipping Point?

« on: July 04, 2011, 07:43:02 PM »

I just think if people want these games that badly, they should just import them and do what's necessary to get them working on their Wii's. It's a hassle, but its not like you wont be able to play them which is what it comes down to in the end. If people can put the effort in for these "operations", they can surely put the effort in to stick the Homebrew channel on and pay a bit extra to play the games they so dearly want to.

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TalkBack / Re: Raptr and Nintendo World Report Summer Giveaway

« on: June 19, 2011, 04:38:14 PM »

Finally time to come out of lurking!

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Podcast Discussion / Re: Episode 242: One-Winged Migration

« on: May 08, 2011, 05:44:26 PM »

I wish Greg would just start Mass Effect 2 already!