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I've listened to Reuben's music endlessly and it always touched me or sent chills up my spine, the kind you can only get when a true artist is at work. I'm sorry not only for your loss, but for the world's loss that such a talent is gone. I will remember him, though I knew him not.

Why has no one asked for Ibuki's return yet? She made it into Gem Fighters/Puzzle Fighter, one of them, if not both. A pity she got nerfed so hard in 3S. I mean, I know she was powerful, but she got hit HARD but the fix stick. Personally, I hope they go the high res 2D art route. Third Strike still looks beautiful, Chun Li still looks fappable, but the low resolution really hurts on a big clear screen. If it's a 3d fighter, like they tried to do with All Stars, well, that would just be...not right. I don't know how they're going to top 3 on a technical fighting level, and it is being developed by Capcom USA, and not Capcom Japan, which is a bit of a worry...

I'm looking for some sound effects from video games, specifically Mario and Zelda sound effects. You know, power up, power down, Mario dying, Zelda's "puzzle solved" effect, Link dying in Zelda 1, that sort of thing. Are there any websites you guys know of? I tried googling but got nowhere and I don't know how to rip them from an emulator. Any help appreciated.

I also vote for the 2D goodness of Super Smash Bros DS. Also, after digging through my old games yesterday, I found gold. Zelda II looked up at me like a lost puppy. A beautiful, yet ignored puppy. Why hasn't Nintendo seen fit to, if not release a direct sequel in the Zelda Universe, at least create a pin off property with a new IP with the same gameplay style is beyond me. Also, more 2D Metroid please. Hunters was...disappointing. Isn't it though? I love it.

What did they trade it for? A Wii? Or were they still sold out?

I would so play this game on my Wii if it was released. P.S. Please release it.

Rub it in whydoncha? I can't even get a single TGFX game because I'm in Australia and they're not released for VC down here. I'm writing a big rant about it as we speak. I want R-Type and Super Star Soldier DAMNIT!! Looks like I've still got reason for emulation. GG Nintendo.

The Sacred Grove puzzle annoyed me, but I didn't look anything up for Zelda until after I finished it and I was looking for secret stuff I missed. I just worked the puzzle out backwards and figured out where they needed to be to in order to win. Those ice block puzzles were awesome though. I loved the set of three in the hidden cave.

The GC Freeloader disc and the Action Replay both work.Also, threadbreak lol. Partially. Freeloader 1.06B doesn't work on the Wii. And of course the only one I have is the FreeLoader 1.06B. Bugger. I guess I'll have to wait for someone to release a similar device for Wii that hopefully includes GameCube support. And of course Nintendo doesn't release an update to stop it from working. Knowing PAL and Nintendo though, they're going to take every measure to screw importers over. This wouldn't be happening if Lik Sang were still here! I would have an NTSC Wii already and not need importing stuff. </rant>

Yeah... you can do that, I'm pretty sure it's a "feature". Because there is a limited space for the channels they let you do that. Also, people thought they "cracked the VC", but it turns out each game was encoded with stuff that is specific to each wii. I thought this was old news? Yeah, that's normal, as far as I remember. Although, once your Wii logs onto the Shopping Channel and sees a game on there that isn't supposed to be, according to Nintendo's database, you might be in a bit of trouble. Still, you could always buy another Wii. One for keeping offline with all the emulated goodies. You won't be able to play new games on it either, since new games will come packed with the latest updates for non-online console owners.

I've got RKA on my Mega Drive, stored safely in my closet. I might get it out later. That game was awesome fun, especially on hard mode when it starts putting up a challenge. I didn't really like Sparkster for SNES as much though.

I can't get my Opera Browser freak on. Wii Shop Channel seems to be playing up. It's past midday on the 22nd for me, so it should be up, right? Then again, I'm having major DNS issues here down under. Half the sites I just tried to visit are failing to load. That could have something to do with it. That or the overwhelming demand for operatic wii.

Timothy Zhan writes some good technical/military style sci fi. You've mentioned the other good, important ones.

Telma was cool. Also buxom. And redheaded. The previous Gerudo were all so skinny. And Link actually had an honest to goodness love interest this time around, which was interesting. I mean, it's never overt, but it was more overt this time than it was with Malon. Except for maybe Marin on Koholint, but she was a dream anyway. A wet dream.