Nintendo DS

[The Damned]

I actually like the BestSkinsEver.com ones. You have to apply them using a slightly soapy water mix, but once it sets, it's fucking good. And if you want to redo it, it will peel off without leaving lots of smudges or anything.

[watkinzez]

Viva Pinata! (http://kotaku.com/gaming/comic-con-07/viva-pinata-ds-announced-283699.php) :D
Sincerely hope it finds its audience this time round.

[Darth GourryGN]

I also find that the Hori screen protectors actually improve the feel of using the touchscreen.

Exclamation Warriors (http://kotaku.com/gaming/clips/exclamation-warriors-275533.php). Control a power rangery sentai character with your voice? Sweet. Never coming to America? Figures.

Kii~ick, paaa~nch!

[q-pa]

Viva Pinata! (http://kotaku.com/gaming/comic-con-07/viva-pinata-ds-announced-283699.php) :D
Sincerely hope it finds its audience this time round.

So does this mean Rare and Nintendo are kissing and making up? :-P


haha, "Rare and Nintnedo sittin' in a tree..."

[Necrotic]

So does this mean Rare and Nintendo are kissing and making up? :-P


haha, "Rare and Nintnedo sittin' in a tree..."

I dunno... think it's a stretch because Rare still made GBA and DS games long after acquisition. Just look at Diddy Kong Racing. Just not console games.

Besides, it's not like Microsoft has any portable system of its own. Might as well go with the one guaranteed to make a solid buck or two. Or millions.

[Wipomatic]

Does anyone know if the screen dimensions for the DS and the Lite are the same? I've managed to buff out nearly all the scratches on my touch screen now, but I'm feeling a lot more cautious about playing EBA until I know my screen is safe.

[UnforgivingEdges]

Does anyone know if the screen dimensions for the DS and the Lite are the same? I've managed to buff out nearly all the scratches on my touch screen now, but I'm feeling a lot more cautious about playing EBA until I know my screen is safe.

Hori brand screen protectors. (http://shop1.outpost.com/product/4871610;jsessionid=frmVXhYc0Y45ZM-b4VvgCA**.node2?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG)

Also, since I'm linking things, learn to play Picross (http://tgcontent.nintendo-europe.com/enGB/games_DS_TGP/picross/how_to_play.php) just in time for the DS release this Wednesday.

[Dhsu]

Hori brand screen protectors. (http://shop1.outpost.com/product/4871610;jsessionid=frmVXhYc0Y45ZM-b4VvgCA**.node2?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG)
Or support OCR by getting them at eStarland. (http://www.estarland.com/NintendoDS.product.27184.html)

I don't know if I applied mine correctly though, since I pretty much can't see what's going on if it's in direct sunlight.

[Necrotic]

Also, since I'm linking things, learn to play Picross (http://tgcontent.nintendo-europe.com/enGB/games_DS_TGP/picross/how_to_play.php) just in time for the DS release this Wednesday.

Just checked IGN and the MSRP is just $20. Can't go wrong with that, considering Picross is like one of the most addicting number puzzles pretty much ever. And apparently there's talk of downloadable puzzles from Nintendo and other people through WFC?

[Arek the Absolute]

MMZX Advent is looking pretty sweet. Can't wait for that to come out.

[Bigfoot]

Are those screen protectors pretty easy to put on I assume? Did you have to re-apply it multiple times because of an air bubble or you didn't get it on perfectly straight or anything?

[UnforgivingEdges]

Are those screen protectors pretty easy to put on I assume? Did you have to re-apply it multiple times because of an air bubble or you didn't get it on perfectly straight or anything?

Easy to put on as long as you're careful. But even if you're not, they're removable and re-applicable if you mess up. In fact, you can take them off and put them back on several times.

I got mine on no problem the first time, though.

Just checked IGN and the MSRP is just $20. Can't go wrong with that, considering Picross is like one of the most addicting number puzzles pretty much ever. And apparently there's talk of downloadable puzzles from Nintendo and other people through WFC?

Yes and yes as I understand it. Also, you can play Picross here (http://www.wiipicross.com) if you want to give it a test drive before buying.

[Bahamut]

So today Planet Puzzle League is $20 at Amazon.com - if you don't have this amazing game, now is the time to pick it up...and don't forget to use http://www.ocremix.org/amazon :wink:

[KWarp]

I... just... can't... buy... another DS game. *hands begin shaking*

really I have 32 of them

[Imagist]

I... just... can't... buy... another DS game. *hands begin shaking*

really I have 32 of them

lol I have 30 less than you

[WesPip]

...
Why did nobody tell me just HOW awesome Cooking Mama is, huh?
So much lost time that could've been spent cooking!

[Bahamut]

...
Why did nobody tell me just HOW awesome Cooking Mama is, huh?
So much lost time that could've been spent cooking!

Funny, I've avoided picking it up because everything I've read trashed it.

[Bigfoot]

Funny, I've avoided picking it up because everything I've read trashed it.

I thought I heard the DS one was good, but the Wii one wasn't.

[WesPip]

I thought I heard the DS one was good, but the Wii one wasn't.
All I have to say is, I've never played the one for Wii, but if you don't like the DS version, you have no soul.
I'm enjoying it a lot. Best handheld game in a looong while, as far as I'm concerned.

[KWarp]

Oh, actually I have 34 DS games. I pop through these things like gumballs...

No more DS games for me until Phantom Hourglass.

[I-n-j-i-n]

Cooking Mama is fun from the rental I played so far. But it has no real objective and that hurts longterm gameplay. But good rental or as long as you have a good imagination and patience with it.

[Arek the Absolute]

Oh, actually I have 34 DS games. I pop through these things like gumballs...

No more DS games for me until Phantom Hourglass.

Jeez, that is around $1000 worth of DS games.

List me what you have in aim, you crazy kid.

[KWarp]

I didn't buy all of them at full price!

Full Price Games ($35)
Mario Kart DS
Mario 64 DS
Pokemon Diamond
Jam With the Band
Osu! Tatake! Ouendan!
Osu! Tatake! Ouendan! 2
Polarium
Tetris DS
Yoshi Touch and Go
Nintendogs
Metroid Prime Hunters
Yoshi's Island DS
Mario & Luigi DS
Snowboard Kids DS (HORRID)
Elite Beat Agents
Advance Wars DS
Trauma Center
Kirby DS
Kirby Canvas Curse
Electroplankton
New Super Mario Bros
Super Princess Peach

Others (mostly $20)
Sonic Rush
Phoenix Wright
Phoenix Wright 2
Jump Superstars
Jump Ultimate Stars
Super Monkey Ball DS
Big Brain Academy
Brain Age

Games I didn't buy
Cooking Mama
Castlevaia DS
Frogger Helmet Chaos


I'm out of high school and don't have a budget for this stuff anymore. ;_;

EDIT: FYI I'm going to USC to study videogame design. This stuff's an investment. :]

[UnforgivingEdges]

University of South Central. Holla.

[The Damned]

Any way... I still have lots of the starters for Pokémon. If you any of the first, second or third generation starters, give me a PM or something. Friend code's in sig.

And if any of you happen to have a Tauros that you don't need, that would be great. Awesomely great.

[danimal cannon]

Games I didnt buy
Castlevaia DS

I'd just like to say, in my opinion, the 2 Castlevania DS games are the best games for the DS so far. You can arguably say Mario Kart for multiplayer, but seriously those are the best two. Amazing music as well.

[Shining Mirage]

Snowboard Kids DS (HORRID)

How long did it take for you to get bored of it?

[Imagist]

I saw a pack of thin plastic shell/screen protectors at Target for $10 that looked like official-esque Nintendo packaging but also had a Hori logo on the front. It has protectors for the outside top, both screens, and (IIRC) the areas around the dpad and buttons. It comes with a small cleaning cloth as well. Are these the sort of Hori screen protectors many people here have recommended, and if so, is that the standard price?

[Kureejii Lea]

Snowboard Kids DS (HORRID)

Kinda saddening, the two on N64 were fun. Nice music, too.

[Shining Mirage]

I saw a pack of thin plastic shell/screen protectors at Target for $10 that looked like official-esque Nintendo packaging but also had a Hori logo on the front. It has protectors for the outside top, both screens, and (IIRC) the areas around the dpad and buttons. It comes with a small cleaning cloth as well. Are these the sort of Hori screen protectors many people here have recommended, and if so, is that the standard price?

Well, I saw a similar set of MadCatz screen protectors & shells at a nearby Wal-Mart for the same price. I personally would say I guess that would be the standard price, give or take $5-6. But the ones that you're referring to looked a lot like the original except a bit heavier than the official Nintendo stuff and come in three colors (I think...)

I personally haven't heard anything in like a reference to buying them, but they do look rather decent. One of my co-workers has one and she only bought it because it was the first thing that caught her eye. That DS alone has been through abuse, but it's still intact - - with the protection in place.

But it's totally up to you if you want to chuck out the money for it.

[BardicKnowledge]

Since I own both, I can say that Cooking Mama DS is well worth your time -- great game that is good for things like the 10 minutes between classes.

The Wii edition, on the other hand, will only entertain you the first time you get your friends to play it drunk. After that, it's useless -- the controls aren't nearly as good, and the multiplayer is approaching terrible.

Also...is anyone here playing Megaman Star Force? I've got Dragon, and am looking for anyone to add as a friend (but especially Pegasus and Leo players). My FC is 206266320901, and I'm currently level 22 in the school. Any level anyone is just fine with me, just respond in this topic with which Satellite you are on and your FC.

[Darth GourryGN]

Glory Days 2 is pretty good. It's an excellent blend of action and strategy. Like a peanut butter and pickle sandwich. Pickles are always better when you get to control a slice directly and have some peanut butter.

[supremespleen]

Alright guys, now that school is starting I want to get a handheld game because I have very little time for console games during school.
What are some engrossing, console quality handheld games that I could get for 20 and under?

[The Damned]

Amazon.com is having a one-day sell of Pokémon Pearl for only $20. And they also hae Fire Red and Leaf Green for the GBA for $20 as well. You can get two games for the price of one, and since you can use the GBA games to transfer GBA pokes over, and make rare ones appear on your DS game... there's lots of good reasons to get them.

http://www.dsfanboy.com/2007/08/15/to-be-a-pokemon-miser-is-your-destiny/

[Hale-Bopp]

Oh, actually I have 34 DS games. I pop through these things like gumballs...

haha, you and me both. They're so yummy!

Now I've got something like 15+ DS games on my list of games to get before the end of the year.

[KWarp]

I'd just like to say, in my opinion, the 2 Castlevania DS games are the best games for the DS so far. You can arguably say Mario Kart for multiplayer, but seriously those are the best two. Amazing music as well.
I'm quite awful at Castlevania DS. Nice music though. My favorite DS series has to be Elite Beat Agents along with their Japanese siblings (Ouendan). I could play those forever.

How long did it take for you to get bored of it?
I really tried to like the game, but eventually lost interest after an hour or two. Some of the music is pretty nice, but otherwise the game's a generic kart racer, and a bad one at that. All the characters and places are boring and bland. Gameplay is slightly innovative with touch screen tricks, but ultimately unbalanced and unresponsive.

I really liked the N64 SBK games. Hopefully they'll show up on Wii's Virtual Console soon.

[Antipode]

So my L-button on my DS phat just doesn't work at all anymore. I think somehow a grain of sand got stuck in the connection. Any recommendations? (Basically should I send it to Nintendo to get it repaired, and if so, how much does that cost - or do I have other options? I really don't want to get a new DS.)

Also, just in case no one's mentioned it yet, Call of Duty DS looks AMAZING. It's even better news that the controls are more or less identical to Hunters, which I always thought people complained about too much - I thought the Hunters controls were very comfortable, smooth, and even efficient.

[supremespleen]

So my L-button on my DS phat just doesn't work at all anymore. I think somehow a grain of sand got stuck in the connection. Any recommendations? (Basically should I send it to Nintendo to get it repaired, and if so, how much does that cost - or do I have other options? I really don't want to get a new DS.)Ninty will fix it free.

[The Damned]

Nintendo does have the best customer service, period.

Any way... Dementium: The Ward comes out on Halloween. This is a good thing, because that's not only appropriate, but also when I've allowed myself to buy another game (too many titles for too many systems this year)

[Hale-Bopp]

Also, just in case no one's mentioned it yet, Call of Duty DS looks AMAZING. It's even better news that the controls are more or less identical to Hunters, which I always thought people complained about too much - I thought the Hunters controls were very comfortable, smooth, and even efficient.

Agreed on both counts. CoD looks awesome, especially since it's modern warfare. Hunters controls are perfect for the DS. I'm really hoping to see more FPS games on the DS with those same controls.

[AarowSwift]

Well, I didn't care for the controls in Metroid Hunters but that's not what killed the game for me. I just flat out couldn't see what was happening comfortably. It's too much of a strain on my eyes to focus on shooting fast moving targets in 3-D on a screen the size of my hand. I had to give up on that game.

[BardicKnowledge]

Does anyone here know where I can get a homebrew program that will use the microphone and record to flash memory (e.g. my R4)? It'd be useful in the next few weeks as I work on a project. Sound quality doesn't need to be great -- I just need to be able to pick up speech on it.

[I-n-j-i-n]

I know it's a total gimmickfest, but Brain Training 2 comes out tomorrow. I know it's cheap, cute entertainment but I was waiting this for more than a year.

[Soma]

The only DS game coming out soon i want is Jam Sessions. It's like a guitar sim. More info on their nifty myspace http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=173422344

[Arek the Absolute]

Holy crap, that game looks awesome.
So gonna pre order that.

[BardicKnowledge]

I always wanted to play guitar -- this game looks like it'll be a lot of fun.

[The Damned]

Anyone got a FUCKING Tauros for D/P? I've been trying to get one for a few weeks now, and I just can not find them at all.

I've got all the starters and most of everything else. If yo need something, I probably have it.

[vega12]

I just beat Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. I estimate it took me about 25 hours to beat. Mind you, that's probably like 20 if I didn't have to spend time translating ;-). That's still a good length for it I think. There aren't as many dungeons as say, LttP, but there's lots of stuff outside the dungeons you have to do. And unlike Wind Waker, those kind of out-of-dungeon tasks don't feel as meaningless. Control mechanics are pretty good too, and the touch screen is integrated very well. Final battle wasn't disappointing either, although like all Zelda games, it could've been a little harder.

I recommend it to anyone who's considering buying it. Solid game.

[Alpine Flame]

I have a Tauros, but my Wireless wont be up for a week while I do maintenece on my server. Im quite willing to part with it.

[Majin GeoDooD]

Anyone got a FUCKING Tauros for D/P? I've been trying to get one for a few weeks now, and I just can not find them at all.

I've got all the starters and most of everything else. If yo need something, I probably have it.

I have a Tauros and could breed one up real quick for you. Hit me up.

[The Damned]

Actually, coboltstarfire already traded with me.

But, I still have lots of starters for anyone that wants one. All eggs, too, so they get your trainer name and number.

We need to turn the Pokémon D/P thread into a trading list.

[Kanthos]

Anyone playing Heroes of Mana or Luminous Arc? I picked up both last week, and am especially enjoying Luminous Arc. Some of the characters are annoying, but I'm enjoying it more than Final Fantasy Tactics, mainly because you don't have any choice over which class a character is, so you don't run into the "I have 30 classes, which should I make and when?" thing.

Heroes of Mana does have some pathing problems, like the reviewer on gamespot mentioned, but I'd hardly call it a 5.5/10. I haven't played it as much as Luminous Arc so far, but both are good.

Jam Sessions looks like a neat idea. What'll sell me is palette swapping. I'd ideally want to put 8 chords on a palette, plus if you hit the left shoulder trigger, it swaps to the next palette you define. It's obviously not written for jazz guitar, but only 8 chords per song seems too limiting to me.

[Alpine Flame]

I have a Tauros and could breed one up real quick for you. Hit me up.

AArgh. Stole my thunder right out from under me. Cool though, you uber trainers are whats saving the WiFi trading network from being flooded with total crap. (such as lvl 1 bidoofs up for trade for lvl 100 whatnot)

[Darth GourryGN]

I've played the Japanese version of Jam sessions and it seems a little limited. It's just chords. I suppose that's enough for some people but I think that it should have chords AND individual notes AND the ability to record songs with both. Otherwise that toy shouldn't be more than $14.99 U.S. dollars. And it doesn't look like they are adding much for the new release. And there's a Disney game coming out that blows Jam Sessions away in terms of features. What!

I played Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Ring of Fates and it seems pretty good. You don't get to choose your own character but that's because of the increased focus on story. But I don't know Japanese so whatever. They added some interesting combat moves like grabbing enemies and somehow whaling on them with your sword while holding them above your head (or holding on from below if it is a flying enemy). And it is nice that there is no longer such a ridiculous delay between pressing the button and actually attacking. Was it possible to jump in the gamecube Crystal Chronicles? I don't remember, but you get to jump and do some platforming on the DS version. I liked the Gamecube version but from what I've played Ring of Fates may well be a lot better.

[Penfold]

I've played the Japanese version of Jam sessions and it seems a little limited. It's just chords. I suppose that's enough for some people but I think that it should have chords AND individual notes AND the ability to record songs with both. Otherwise that toy shouldn't be more than $14.99 U.S. dollars. And it doesn't look like they are adding much for the new release. And there's a Disney game coming out that blows Jam Sessions away in terms of features. What!

I played Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Ring of Fates and it seems pretty good. You don't get to choose your own character but that's because of the increased focus on story. But I don't know Japanese so whatever. They added some interesting combat moves like grabbing enemies and somehow whaling on them with your sword while holding them above your head (or holding on from below if it is a flying enemy). And it is nice that there is no longer such a ridiculous delay between pressing the button and actually attacking. Was it possible to jump in the gamecube Crystal Chronicles? I don't remember, but you get to jump and do some platforming on the DS version. I liked the Gamecube version but from what I've played Ring of Fates may well be a lot better.

Nope, you weren't able to jump in FF:CC. Anyway, sounds cool. With the increased focus on the story/single-player mode, though, I wonder if/how the multiplayer will suffer.

[suzumebachi]

anybody know whether or not Ace Attorney 4 is ever gonna be released in the US?

[Arek the Absolute]

JUST chords?
...lame

[JoeFu]

anybody know whether or not Ace Attorney 4 is ever gonna be released in the US?

Pretty sure it's going to be. They already gave the guy the name of Apollo Justice.

[q-pa]

Pretty sure it's going to be. They already gave the guy the name of Apollo Justice.:lol:


/10charlimit

[eternal Zero]

With the increased focus on the story/single-player mode, though, I wonder if/how the multiplayer will suffer.

Probably from being the same exact game as single player with the same scaling system from the original CC. Not that I'm complaining...

Or if they wanted to "ruin" it they could just have specific multiplayer levels. Lemme specify: It depends on your point of view. It heavily limits the levels and replay of multiplayer, but it may give them some focus to it so they they improve the game in more ways than just gameplay.

[Mr.Roboto]

Awesome.. (http://www.rpgamer.com/games/ff/ff4ds/screens/ff4dsss082607-1.html)

So..so awesome.

[Arek the Absolute]

Don't get used to the text being at the bottom like that.
People at NeoGAF are saying that it is just for cut scenes only.

[BardicKnowledge]

I really hope that they give FFVI the same treatment. Looks awesome, and I'll be getting it day one.

Any word on new bonus content?

[The Author]

I really hope that they give FFVI the same treatment. Looks awesome, and I'll be getting it day one.

Any word on new bonus content?

The story goes that for FF4, about half of the script was abandoned, including a bit of backstory about Kain and his father.

As much as I would enjoy a faithful update to 3-D, I sincerely wish they decide to expand on the story a lot more. They could flesh it out a lot more without sacrificing the main story. FF3 was good as it was because I never did play it on the NES, but this will need a big overhaul since the nostalgia factor is gonna be gone.

[BardicKnowledge]

The story goes that for FF4, about half of the script was abandoned, including a bit of backstory about Kain and his father.

Wait, you mean that for the DS remake, they're actually cutting parts of the story? At the very least, we need the same translation and amount of script as in the GBA game, and I'd prefer slightly _more_.

[The Author]

Wait, you mean that for the DS remake, they're actually cutting parts of the story? At the very least, we need the same translation and amount of script as in the GBA game, and I'd prefer slightly _more_.
No, I meant that the SNES version was heavily edited to reduce the content, as it was a pretty big story to begin with. Therefore when it was originally released, a part of the story concerning Kain was dropped.

I hope the DS remake will use that story.

[Malaki-LEGEND.sys]

Man... I'm dying to play FFIV on the DS.

It's amazing how everyone was crying for the remakes of FFVII-FFIX on the PS2(I'm still waiting for FFVIII), and yet they're tackling the SNES games first.

Of course, I'm not complaining, being that two of my all time favorite games are FFIV and VI. Although I'll be somewhat upset if they leave out this fabled part of the story out again.

[BardicKnowledge]

Was all of the backstory covered in J2E's fan translation? I seem to remember knowing it for some reason...

[Malaki-LEGEND.sys]

That could be it, but I'm sure they might expand on it... Maybe...

[Kureejii Lea]

I haven't even finished the GBA version yet... I hate you, Squeenix. I hate you Kefka-style.

[Kanthos]

You mean you hate hate hate hate hate hate hate HATE them? :)

[SirChadlyOC]

You mean you hate hate hate hate hate hate hate HATE them? :)

Son of a submariner! They'll pay for this!!

[Arek the Absolute]

I haven't even finished the GBA version yet... I hate you, Squeenix. I hate you Kefka-style.

I beat it WITH grinding and 100% item completion *sans lunar trials* within 30 hours, so you shouldn't have much trouble beating this if you play it like 10 minutes a day until the ds version comes out :P

Is it me, or are the GBA ports a lot easier than their SNES *Or PS1 for ff4 rather* counterparts?

[The Damned]

I recall many reviews saying that FF6 for GBA was a lot easier than the original, citing lower level bosses and fewer random encounters.

Having never picked it up, I can only go by said reviews. Surely someone has it and can verify.

[Malaki-LEGEND.sys]

All I know is that I want FFIV DS, Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, and Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword for now. Toss that in with all the 360 games I want, and I'm gonna be droppin' nearly 800 or so bucks on everything.

[The Author]

I recall many reviews saying that FF6 for GBA was a lot easier than the original, citing lower level bosses and fewer random encounters.

Having never picked it up, I can only go by said reviews. Surely someone has it and can verify.

It's slightly easier, but strangely enough, I am taking a lot more time to do it. Haven't died so far but my mastery over FF6 was pretty much total and I rarely lost more than one character per hour of play. The esper cave was, however, quite the habitual bitch, but then again, it was easier than usually (especially the hidden ninja that was pulverised where as it used to be a tough fight.)

[I-n-j-i-n]

Actually the game is definitely easier than the old version. Less encounters, less power and speed of enemies. And only a few optional bosses are any real challenge.

Though the worst sin of the game is that the GBA simply can't handle SNES-like sounds.

[BardicKnowledge]

I just finished playing through the 3rd Phoenix Wright game this morning (stayed up until 3:00 playing it...yes!)

It's absolutely incredible. The 5th case was a whirlwind of awesome start to finish. If any of you guys played the first one, get this now (even if you didn't like the 2nd that much) -- it's a great read, and a real tribute to the text-based games of our parents generation.

[Warmech]

I'll be getting it...in like October or whenever it was delayed to. So, aside from PW, Phantom Hourglass, and I guess Ninja Gaiden (even though it looks like you need to have played the recent games to get this story and I haven't played a Ninja Gaiden game since the third one on the NES) is there anything else coming out this year to keep an eye on? Luminous Arc looks kinda cool, but I have an incredible backload of RPGs right now so I'm not in a hurry to pick it up.

[Soma]

I'm gonna be droppin' nearly 800 or so bucks on Rock Band Alone [/B].
Fix'd.I'm including the DLC in the price.

[I-n-j-i-n]

I just finished playing through the 3rd Phoenix Wright game this morning (stayed up until 3:00 playing it...yes!)

It's absolutely incredible. The 5th case was a whirlwind of awesome start to finish. If any of you guys played the first one, get this now (even if you didn't like the 2nd that much) -- it's a great read, and a real tribute to the text-based games of our parents generation.

I guess I'm old enough to be a parent generation...

[Zup]

I guess I'm old enough to be a parent generation...

Wait...I've played Zork...and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...and I'm coding a faux text adventure...


I'm 19, and there's no way in HECK I'm part of a "parent generation."

Then again, he might be referring to when they were released...which is stupid, as people are still making text adventures. They're just a little more...artsy.

[I-n-j-i-n]

It's one thing to play Zork. It's another thing to actually go to a store to buy a Zork or Ultima or King's Quest then play it. While paying $50 a pop.

[Zup]

It's one thing to play Zork. It's another thing to actually go to a store to buy a Zork or Ultima or King's Quest then play it. While paying $50 a pop.

That's quite true.

I was just reacting to the insinuation that "text-based games" being a part of "our parent's generation" when there's plenty of good, new, text adventures about today. And they're free, at that.

Of course, rereading the comment sheds light on my false assumption. Which sure makes an ass outta me.

[q-pa]

it's a great read, and a real tribute to the text-based games of our parents generation.Get ye flask? ;-)



Feeling sad since I'm still working on the 1st PW, having picked it up in June...

[Ab56 v2 aka Ash]

I'm still playing the 2nd Phoenix Wright. The third act sucks a lot.

[I-n-j-i-n]

Phoenix Wright is great, but I think most people are over its initial shock factor of it being a lawyer game. And typical Capcom, it's insanely repetitive now.

[atmuh]

once my r4 gets here ill be playing number 3

[Antipode]

http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/thumb/7/7b/R4t8.jpg/250px-R4t8.jpg?

[KWarp]

I'm still playing the 2nd Phoenix Wright. The third act sucks a lot.
Seriously? I'm just starting that one. :-(
(2nd act was pretty good)

[Ab56 v2 aka Ash]

I liked the second act too, but the third one doesn't seem to be related to any of the main characters and it doesn't have the excuse of being an introductory case.

[KWarp]

I liked the second act too, but the third one doesn't seem to be related to any of the main characters and it doesn't have the excuse of being an introductory case.
I think PW2 is following the footsteps of PW1. PW1's Steel Samurai case didn't have anything to do with the main plot unless you count Maya's obsession...

[atmuh]

in west clownadelphia born and raised

[Ab56 v2 aka Ash]

But the Steel Samurai is classic. Max Galactica is a douchebag.

[KWarp]

Max Galactica is a douchebag.

I like his panic animations. :roll:

[BardicKnowledge]

It's one thing to play Zork. It's another thing to actually go to a store to buy a Zork or Ultima or King's Quest then play it. While paying $50 a pop.

That's more of what I was going for -- obviously I enjoy text adventures, or I wouldn't be playing through PW. I played King's Quest and Wizardry when I was younger (I'm 22, for reference) and still didn't hit the original releases. Goblin Quest 3 was especially memorable.

With that said, I wasn't old enough to buy those myself -- the first computer games I remember receiving as "mine" instead of my dad's were Commander Keen and Jazz Jackrabbit.

[KakTheInfected]

Phoenix Wright is great, but I think most people are over its initial shock factor of it being a lawyer game. And typical Capcom, it's insanely repetitive now.

Well, the upcoming one (4) seems to be a bit different. Let's hope it's the case.

Regardless, I just finished 3 and am still amazed by the series, especially after the last case in this one.

[supremespleen]

Any of you buggers have Rune Factory? I'm enjoying it. Looking for people to see what the online is like with.

[Antipode]

Well, the upcoming one (4) seems to be a bit different. Let's hope it's the case.
No pun intended, I'm sure - ho ho ho.

[Red Shadow]

Jazz Jackrabbit.

yes yes yes yes YES

[Neo Samus]

yes yes yes yes YES

I think Red Shadow just orgasmed. :<

[Ab56 v2 aka Ash]

Phoenix Wright is great, but I think most people are over its initial shock factor of it being a lawyer game. And typical Capcom, it's insanely repetitive now.

Also, your opinion is bad and you should feel bad.

Phoenix Wright isn't something you play for mindblowing gameplay. The lawyer gimmick isn't as important as the actual story either. Storytelling is Phoenix Wright's claim to fame.

[KWarp]

Also, your opinion is bad and you should feel bad.

Phoenix Wright isn't something you play for mindblowing gameplay. The lawyer gimmick isn't as important as the actual story either. Storytelling is Phoenix Wright's claim to fame.
I don't think it's storytelling in the conventional sense. I play Phoenix Wright for the experience of systematically breaking down and understanding the characters, motives, and crime scenes. It's an experience no other entertainment medium offers and few games rival.

[I-n-j-i-n]

Also, your opinion is bad and you should feel bad.

Phoenix Wright isn't something you play for mindblowing gameplay. The lawyer gimmick isn't as important as the actual story either. Storytelling is Phoenix Wright's claim to fame.

I agree, but most reviewers aren't heaping it with praise of originality and gamers are getting the hint that it's going to be Capcom gravy train. Business as usual.

I mean, I play the games loyally and like them a lot. But I can see how it's falling out of favor with gamers a bit recently.

[Kanthos]

Any of you buggers have Rune Factory? I'm enjoying it. Looking for people to see what the online is like with.

Been playing Rune Factory nonstop since I got it. I'm on day 7 in my first summer and have almost enough cash and wood to upgrade my house.

[Thalzon]

Been playing Rune Factory nonstop since I got it. I'm on day 7 in my first summer and have almost enough cash and wood to upgrade my house.

Holy hell, you must be a much better farmer than me. My field was destroyed by a typhoon in mid-summer and I haven't bothered to regrow anything. I'm just watering what I still have until fall, then my field will be ignored entirely. Growing in caves is much safer and more convenient.

But I'm making my real money by mining. Finding level 11 silver nuggets is getting to be commonplace, so I'm up to about 60,000 G. Only 600 pieces of wood, though. I hate how upgrading my axe to level 3 essentially did nothing but deprive me of my axe for a few days.

I love how I'm able to go about earning a living however I please, despite the farming supposedly being the "main" way to earn cash.

[Kanthos]

The key is knowing which things to plant. I started off with 6 fields (3 tiles x 3 tiles) of strawberry plants for the spring, and right now, have 6 fields of grazing grass and six of pineapples. When I get to the fall, I'll plant 6 or more fields of sweet potatoes.

Why those crops in particular? They all sell pretty well, and they all have a regrowth period: after you harvest, keep watering those fields. In 2 days for strawberries and sweet potatoes (not sure yet for pineapples; they have a 20-day initial growth period, but it's probably 2 days as well), the crops grow back without you having to replant.

Other than that, I've done a lot of mining, particularly in Clemens Cave, because there are some good clusters of ore to mine. The room south of the trap room with the titan gives you 18, I think, and the room with the water in it (two screens north and one screen east of the titan room) has another 11. I did a lot of fishing in the first few days; once I'd watered my crops, I fished.

At the moment, I'm basically harvesting wood, but I've cleared the first 4 caves and have about 170,000 gold and 600 wood and am working on creating super-fruit (level 10 strawberries, sweet potatoes, and pineapples) in the first 3 caves. If you don't know, you can either trade items back and forth via Wi-Fi (they level up one quality level each time they're traded; very cheap way to get tons of money if you start trading a few items up to level 100), or you can plant a field of level 1 crops and use a greenifier on one of them (producing a level 2 crop), then sell the level 1 crops and put the level 2 crop in your seedmaker to get level 2 seeds, plant, use a greenifier, repeat. I have level 3 strawberry seeds to plant once I get my sickle back and can clear a field in Carmite Cave to plant on, plus level 3 sweet potatoes and level 3 pineapples growing in Toros and Clemens caves.

[supremespleen]

holy jeez you guys are putting a lot of effort into it
i just plant cool sounding plants preferably with regrowth

what girls are you dudes looking at? i'm considering tabatha and mist.

[atmuh]

ill start phoenix wright 3 now
i just got my r4 what do i put on it that i wouldnt think of right off the bat

[Forty-second]

So the US PW3 preorder bonus is a Phoenix plushie.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1435/1286918187_5f93a5fb1e_m.jpg (http://blogs.capcomusa.com/blogs/news.php/2007/08/31/ace_attorney_preorder_plush)

Discuss.

[KWarp]

So the US PW3 preorder bonus is a Phoenix plushie.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1435/1286918187_5f93a5fb1e_m.jpg (http://blogs.capcomusa.com/blogs/news.php/2007/08/31/ace_attorney_preorder_plush)

Discuss.
Not a good plushie but I want it anyway. My wallet is going to implode.

[Bigfoot]

It'd be awesome if they made it so you squeeze his hand and he goes "OBJECTION!".

[Ab56 v2 aka Ash]

I just beat Phoenix Wright 2 today. While most of the cases were lacking in my view, the last one totally made up for it all. It was epic, and the conclusion was lovely.

[Kanthos]

holy jeez you guys are putting a lot of effort into it
i just plant cool sounding plants preferably with regrowth

what girls are you dudes looking at? i'm considering tabatha and mist.

Dealing with storms is easy: save before bed, reload if you get a storm :)

I'm now growing one of each crop in the caves with greenifiers, to get them all to level 10. I've got all 7 monster barns built, but no basements yet, and have the first 5 full: 4 each of monsters who produce wool, milk, eggs, honey, and 4 that water. It's about the 3rd day of fall, my house has been fully upgraded since the 24th of summer, and I'm just buying the rest of the recipe books and small house upgrades. The crafting part of the game (cooking, forging, pharmacy, and decoration) is a lot of fun too.

Who to marry? Right now, I'm thinking Rosetta, but I'm going to get through the end of the game before I bother with getting married. Too many other things keeping me busy ;)

[Soma]

So who's getting Jam sessions? I'm getting the special edition with the amp. I can't fucking wait.

[BardicKnowledge]

I just got DK Jungle Climber and Drawn to Life, both of which are a good time. Drawn will probably get passed to my fiancee pretty quick though, because she can actually draw, and I can't.

The new DK game is a different take on Donkey Kong Country -- interesting, but I'd like to see a mix of the two gameplay styles (maybe have the pegs as an added thing in stages instead of making them the absolute focus?)

[atmuh]

got Freshly-Picked Tingles Rosy Rupeeland today
should be interesting

[Penfold]

got Freshly-Picked Tingles Rosy Rupeeland today
should be interesting

Hmm, I'm interest to hear what that game is like.

[Soma]

So i got Jam Sessions. Just the normal edition, the special isn't until November which is retarded. I kind of hate it. I wish i wouldn't have bought it anyway. Yes it's like playing the guitar, but only if you play acoustic rhythm stuff, which is cool but the learning curve is sorta steep.

[Kanthos]

The special edition is a bit of a joke anyway. "Here, have this really crappy amp that's basically a replacement for plugging your PC speakers or something into your DS".

I'm mildly interested in Jam Sessions but won't be spending any money on it. If they had a good mechanism for playing individual notes and allowed you to store a very large number of palettes of chords per song instead of just two, I'd be much more interested. Jazz chords, or better yet, the ability to create your own chords, would make it fantastic. (I don't know how they'd let you play individual notes, but the other two features are/were definitely doable).

[KakTheInfected]

Omg the Tingle game is great. Lots of rupee grinding but still, goddamn is it fun.

[Dead Hex]

Got Sonic Rush Adventure and Drawn to Life the other day, both are great, and I love the "draw your main character" thing from drawn to life. Even if that means the first thing I did was draw a giant penis with legs >.> (It looks hilarious, okay?)

[BardicKnowledge]

Sonic Rush Adventure is great so far -- the only thing I don't like is that you're forced to replay levels every once in awhile. Still, it's a great game, which is something I haven't said about a Sonic sequel in a long time.

[G_D]

Sonic Rush Adventure is great so far -- the only thing I don't like is that you're forced to replay levels every once in awhile. Still, it's a great game, which is something I haven't said about a Sonic sequel in a long time.

Question: is it better than Sonic Rush, or just on par?

[Dead Hex]

Question: is it better than Sonic Rush, or just on par?

It's pretty much the same game, with a cool watercraft mini-game.

[BardicKnowledge]

I'd say _slightly_ better, mostly because there are fewer places where you fall into bottomless pits a billion times. Oh, and the travelling is actually a good time -- I wasn't bored with the stylus games until the very end when I was looking for a few things.

Edit: Just beat the game last night -- good stuff! My only complaint is that I want a return of Super Sonic as playable during regular levels, and not regulated to what basically boils down to a cool bonus stage at the end.

[G_D]

I'd say _slightly_ better, mostly because there are fewer places where you fall into bottomless pits a billion times. Oh, and the travelling is actually a good time -- I wasn't bored with the stylus games until the very end when I was looking for a few things.

Good, they fixed my biggest issue with the first. That and the ridiculous story.

[KWarp]

I've been playing Ouendan 2 for a while and after beating the 3rd bonus song on "Insane" mode SPOILERS I unlocked and evil EVIL more difficult mode! What the hell seriously this is nuts. All the large circles that close in on the numbers are invisible, along with 90% of my tap-pattern interpretation. I have to go almost completely by memory. o_O;/SPOILERS

[KakTheInfected]

MySims DS is such a shameless Animal Crossing ripoff. Your first job in town even resembles your first job for Tom Nook in WW. If I wasn't worried about the state of my town after 10 months of not playing I'd put this down and play that instead.

[NeoForte]

HOLY CRAP @ FFIV DS video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxXYy9mVwTU

I WANT THIS NOW!

[Antipode]

Good, they fixed my biggest issue with the first. That and the ridiculous story.
Unfortunately I've heard they've also added lots more text and talk than the first game. Can anyone confirm?

[BardicKnowledge]

There is a lot more story, and some of it is pretty crappy. Marine isn't a good addition by any means. With that said, it's all skippable, and none of it is so long that you'll hate reading it just once.

[The Damned]

So... Dementium: The Ward. Anyone else interested in it?

[JoeFu]

Tales of Innocence looks amazing. I think it looks better than FFIV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zqfzafSp6g

[q-pa]

HOLY CRAP @ FFIV DS video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxXYy9mVwTU
Aud Lang Sine (sic?) ?

[The Damned]

Bah. Wake me up when they have Chrono Trigger (near-direct port or new 3D remake).

[BardicKnowledge]

The official FFIV trailer with English subtitles:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLr4UZlo1Gc&mode=related&search=

[Antipode]

Bah. Wake me up when they have Chrono Trigger (near-direct port or new 3D remake).
If they try to recreate Chrono Trigger all they'll do is saturate it with all the crap I hate about Final Fantasy games and lose the magic that made it so good. No offense to FF fans. I think a port to DS or VC (ideally) is probably the best option.

[SirChadlyOC]

I think a port to DS or VC (ideally) is probably the best option.

Yes, please.

No other cinematics or cutscenes necessary. And I'm not sure there's much more room for "bonus content" either. Just the original, untouched, 800 Wii points.

[Effef]

Tales of Innocence looks amazing. I think it looks better than FFIV

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zqfzafSp6g

This looks really awesome actually. From what I can tell, the graphics look really good for the DS.

[The Damned]

Yes, please.

No other cinematics or cutscenes necessary. And I'm not sure there's much more room for "bonus content" either. Just the original, untouched, 800 Wii points.

Nah. I want it on DS. Just put the menus on the touch screen (with basic touch control) and leave the rest of the game alone.

[SirChadlyOC]

Nah. I want it on DS. Just put the menus on the touch screen (with basic touch control) and leave the rest of the game alone.

Yeah, that sounds good in theory. But once they put it on DS, they'd have to do other things to convince people to buy it for $30, unless they sold it for even more like FFIII (God forbid). So then after tweaking, the result would be extra dungeons added at the end, an easier difficulty (:roll:), lag in some animations, and big cutscenes that take 10 seconds to load. Maybe some new spells and combos. Sounds great and all, but I'd rather spend 800 Wii points than $30+.

Then again, portable Chrono Trigger ... mmm tasty. More than anything, I guess I'm afraid they'd mess it up too much.

[The Damned]

Yeah, that sounds good in theory. But once they put it on DS, they'd have to do other things to convince people to buy it for $30, unless they sold it for even more like FFIII (God forbid). So then after tweaking, the result would be extra dungeons added at the end, an easier difficulty (:roll:), lag in some animations, and big cutscenes that take 10 seconds to load. Maybe some new spells and combos. Sounds great and all, but I'd rather spend 800 Wii points than $30+.

Then again, portable Chrono Trigger ... mmm tasty. More than anything, I guess I'm afraid they'd mess it up too much.
The only other option is to get a flash card and a ROM of Chrono Trigger. The carts are roughly the same price as a game, sometimes up to a hundred bucks.

[JoeFu]

Never played Bangai-O before. From what I've read, it's been on the N64 and Dreamcast. I think it has a cult following or something.

Anyways, it's coming out on DS
trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDbdllvdvfw

That video makes me want this game badly.

[megadave]

Well, Square already said that they aren't going to release their games on VC - because they can make more money by doing remakes or repacking the old games, etc.

In other words, Square sucks a big corroded nut sack.

[Antipode]

The only other option is to get a flash card and a ROM of Chrono Trigger. The carts are roughly the same price as a game, sometimes up to a hundred bucks.

Either way you'd sacrifice a lot of sound quality, and there's two reasons that immediately gets rid of any reason I'd want a portable CT (obviously though if it were the only option then I'd get it anyway, but):

1. All the music would be muffled, tinny, and just bad sounding in general, and the music is extremely important to the mood in that game.
2. The sound for Luminaire would get screwed up! That's one of the best sounds in a video game ever.

[Dead Hex]

Either way you'd sacrifice a lot of sound quality, and there's two reasons that immediately gets rid of any reason I'd want a portable CT (obviously though if it were the only option then I'd get it anyway, but):

1. All the music would be muffled, tinny, and just bad sounding in general, and the music is extremely important to the mood in that game.
2. The sound for Luminaire would get screwed up! That's one of the best sounds in a video game ever.

How would the music be muffled? The DS has excellent sound quality. I use it as an MP3 player, and it sounds just perfect. If there was anything I would be worried about with a remake of any game on the DS, sound would not be it.

[The Mutericator]

Well, Square already said that they aren't going to release their games on VC - because they can make more money by doing remakes or repacking the old games, etc.

In other words, Square sucks a big corroded nut sack.

In other words, they're interested in profit? Hell, I'd rather buy a portable remake than a VC version - portables are the only way I got myself to actually play all the way through FF5 and 6, I just couldn't do it originally when I had the ROMs. I'd bet the same will happen with Chrono Trigger - if I could get it portable, I'd end up actually playing it all the way through.

[q-pa]

Either way you'd sacrifice a lot of sound quality, and there's two reasons that immediately gets rid of any reason I'd want a portable CT (obviously though if it were the only option then I'd get it anyway, but):

1. All the music would be muffled, tinny, and just bad sounding in general, and the music is extremely important to the mood in that game.
2. The sound for Luminaire would get screwed up! That's one of the best sounds in a video game ever.I think the bottom line--if I'm not mistaken--is that SNES emulation on the DS is still in its infancy.

See http://dev-scene.com/NDS/Emulators for a list of emulators and their progress.

[Inimitable]

I think the bottom line--if I'm not mistaken--is that SNES emulation on the DS is still in its infancy.

See http://dev-scene.com/NDS/Emulators for a list of emulators and their progress.
More specifically, Chrono Trigger doesn't run well and has issues with sprites freaking out during animation. I would imagine there are similar issues in all games.

[Ero Elohim]

Never played Bangai-O before. From what I've read, it's been on the N64 and Dreamcast. I think it has a cult following or something.

Anyways, it's coming out on DS
trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDbdllvdvfw

That video makes me want this game badly.

Oh shi-

Bangai-O was goddamn brilliant. Basically, a staple-your-nuts-to-the-wall action shooter where you had a death machine capable of two different attack forms (I believe one shot faster, the other ricocheted off walls) and an infinite-use special attack. The catch to the special? It varied in power based on how many bullets there were on screen and how close they were to hitting you. Use it with nothing on screen and a piddly two missiles pop out. Use it when there are 30 bullets less than 4 pixels from you and it unleashes a 300-volley cascade of death to clear the screen.

Couple that with the ability to fly in 8 directions while shooting independent of your movement, tons of enemies on every level, and enough zaniness to make Excel Saga look like a soap opera and you have BANGAI-O!!

Do want.

[KWarp]

Information overload.

Awesome.

[Drack]

Can't wait for Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword!

[The Damned]

I have come to the realization that there are too many DS games coming out in the next few months to afford. Is anyone interested in buying everything I own but my DS?

[Malaki-LEGEND.sys]

No lie. I totally forgot about all the DS shit I'm looking to buy while making my already mammoth list of 360 games I'm buying.

I think I'm in trouble.

[JoeFu]

I think Zelda's out in like two weeks...

[BardicKnowledge]

I have come to the realization that there are too many DS games coming out in the next few months to afford.


So.......the R4?

[The Damned]

Nah. I'll download movies because most of them aren't worth paying to see. I'll download music because most of the stuff I like isn't sold in stores. I'll download a comic book if I hear it's good (like that Metropolitan one).

But games? No. Nintendo gets my money because they make stuff I like.

[I-n-j-i-n]

Nah. I'll download movies because most of them aren't worth paying to see. I'll download music because most of the stuff I like isn't sold in stores. I'll download a comic book if I hear it's good (like that Metropolitan one).

But games? No. Nintendo gets my money because they make stuff I like.

Oh God, the hypocrisy of it all. For me, I pirate what I can get. DS games are so fucking easy to pirate it's amazing.

Also, a lot of movies and music nowadays are worth the purchase on principle because a lot of them come from indy labels and have really good backstories on them. Also, if you're even remotely interested, then 'obtain' it, then that means you at least like it on some level. Then again, I pirate what I can get anyway. Thank god for flash drives for Nintendo handhelds.

[The Damned]

Oh God, the hypocrisy of it all. For me, I pirate what I can get. DS games are so fucking easy to pirate it's amazing.

Also, a lot of movies and music nowadays are worth the purchase on principle because a lot of them come from indy labels and have really good backstories on them. Also, if you're even remotely interested, then 'obtain' it, then that means you at least like it on some level. Then again, I pirate what I can get anyway. Thank god for flash drives for Nintendo handhelds.

I don't download many. I'd estimate about... ten movies this year? Maybe a dozen? And of those, only about three came out in theaters here. The rest where from overseas and never saw any kind of release here, even DVD. Of those three, only one I liked (28 Weeks Later, of which I bought the DVD). The other two weren't worth shit. I haven't bothered with any more Hollywood stuff since summer. I'm pretty much done with getting Hollywood movies now. I might go see something in theaters, but only if it's cheap seats or someone else is paying (like when we went to go see Resident Evil 3. The tickets were given to us).

As for music, they don't sell the stuff I want in local stores. I've gone online and looked up sites to order it. It's either "I've never heard of that,", or "we don't ship to Canada" The US, sure. But for some reason, Canada isn't a place they can ship to. How fucked up is that?

That leaves games. I can get games here. There's a wide variety and they are decently priced. I know what kinds of stuff I like, and I know that I can expect more or less what I want from them. Why shouldn't I buy the stuff that is easily obtainable and download the stuff that is fucking impossible to get at all?

How is that hypocrisy?

[I-n-j-i-n]

I guess it makes more sense for foreign, as in Canadian, markets. Over here, there's just an overabundance of good movies and music and they're always accessible. I watch mostly non-Hollywood stuff too and forget about the music which is mostly foreign and obscure at that. For the Hollywood stuff, it is annoying to go to theaters where kids always yell "THAT IS GAYYYY~~~" all the time.

My ratio of buying them is about the same given that they are convenient to get or have some goodies attached (again, the only reason to even buy discs for me is to get the extras). With games, especially the short types that are worth a whim (typically most DS games), it's just easy to download for those I'm going to burn through and never play again. I still have like 25 DS games so that's not saying too much.

Maybe it's just me, because I have a high tolerance of media types, more so than usual. So much so that I pretty much pirate out of principle because I can't possibly buy everything I'm interested in.

[Ultranoir]

On the subtopic of pirating, most of the stuff coming out these days isn't worth the money I pay for it unless I'm doing it with friends. That being said, don't waste your money on Resident Evil: Extinction unless you're going with friends like I did. :P

There's a ton of DS games going to be coming out. There are some Japan-only titles I want too, like Super Robot Wars W, but damn does Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword look interesting. The control scheme is enough to make me want to give it a shot. If you haven't heard anything about it:

http://kotaku.com/gaming/ds/ninja-gaiden-dragon-sword-ds-impressions-302661.php

Seems pretty fun to me. Other than that, there's nothing I'm extremely excited about yet. Maybe the new Phoenix Wright in October, and Front Mission really piques my interest, because the DS needs more giant robot fighting. The pre-Christmas releases will be nuts for a lot of people to pick up. x_x

[q-pa]

So I lost my DS today.
With Supercard DS-ONE in Slot 1 and Supercard MiniSD in Slot 2. :cry:

I had it in my bag as I was going to work this morning, but carelessly left the bag in a store. I later recovered the bag, but the DS was gone...


I guess there's nothing I can do now but pick up the pieces... I remember a few pages back someone was selling their old DS; do they still have it?


Edit: I'll be going back to the store tomorrow morning in case some employee took it, but... well I'm not getting my hopes up.

[The Damned]

Oh wow... that sucks so much.

[MechaFone]

I remember the week I lost my DS. My neice and nephew were visiting, and I quickly realized that my then five year old nephew was both a packrat and a habitual liar. He grabbed stuff from all over the house and hoarded it in his bed. By the time he'd left, my DS was nowhere to be found (he was playing with it quite often, even erased my New Super Mario Bros file (I was on world 8...world phucking 8!!)

[The Damned]

You beat him later, right? Or at least, told his parents that he might have accidentally packed it up with his stuff when he left, right?

And then beat him. Right?

[MechaFone]

You beat him later, right? Or at least, told his parents that he might have accidentally packed it up with his stuff when he left, right?

And then beat him. Right?
lol. I had a good mind to, but...no. The little guy is family and I'd never hurt him.
Just don't think it didn't cross my mind ~_~

[Alpine Flame]

That's kind of how I lost my GBA with the two golden sun games on 100%. Some cousins came to visit, stayed for a few days, and then left, presumably with it. I still haven't seen hide nor hair of it since.

[BardicKnowledge]

Ugh. I'd destroy them -- especially for losing my GS games. Speaking of which, is GS: TLA the longest portable RPG ever created? Random trivia going through my head, I guess.

[The Author]

I only let people use my stuff on extremely rare occasions.

[Alpine Flame]

Ugh. I'd destroy them -- especially for losing my GS games. Speaking of which, is GS: TLA the longest portable RPG ever created? Random trivia going through my head, I guess.

Only if you forgot to grab the tremor gem. Actually FF Tactics I remember took a few months of my life. That was a bit more than GS.

[Ab56 v2 aka Ash]

You ought to thank them for losing such crappy games. Don't you have any taste?

[Drack]

You ought to thank them for losing such crappy games. Don't you have any taste?

Dude, you're welcome to have your own tastes, but that's a little harsh.

[Ab56 v2 aka Ash]

Harsh nothing. I defy you to explain how Golden Sun's good points overcome its obvious, enormous flaws.

[Drack]

Harsh nothing. I defy you to explain how Golden Sun's good points overcome its obvious, enormous flaws.

You're missing the point. I'm not arguing that the game has no flaws. I'm arguing that even though you don't like it, someone who does like it doesn't necessarily have bad taste. It's especially arrogant to say BK should be glad someone stole the games, no matter how bad you thought they were!

[KakTheInfected]

I defy you to explain how Golden Sun's good points overcome its obvious, enormous flaws.

The battle theme music in GS1.

[The Author]

An original J-RPG that is not produced by the machine that is the Sqeenix empire?

[Alpine Flame]

An original J-RPG that is not produced by the machine that is the Sqeenix empire?

Made by the same people who made the awesomeness that is mario golf? I didn't say that it was the most soul-changing experience, only that it was pretty, very colorful, original, good music, and fairly epic.I guess it was one of the best rpgs I've played on the GBA. I can tolerate a little bit of brokenness for that huge battle with the fusion dragon at the end of GS1.

Also, I may have tastes that are a little different than yours. So you don't like Golden Sun. Cool. Enjoy what you do like!

[Penfold]

Wow, just realized it's one week till Zelda: Phantom Hourglass comes out. I am getting pretty excited for that, now that it's just about out...may need to go reserve that in the next day or 2. Outta curiosity, who else is planning to get it?

[MechaFone]

Huh, well...I think I'm gonna get it. Prolly not order it, 'cause I dun have the funds to do that right now. I'll prolly think about it sometime after it's been out for a while. But I definitely have plans to play the sequel to the best Zelda what came from the Gamecube. -i'm not talking about Twilight Princess, 'cause I got it for the wii-

[Antipode]

Phantom Hourglass got a 9.0 on IGN. The review is up.

They say it's a fun game with great graphics and that it's amazing that such a huge world could fit into a DS game. Apparently it suffers in simplicity - supposed to be REALLY easy and somewhat short - and the fact that occasionally the all-stylus control fails (you roll when you don't want to, etc). The multiplayer is supposed to be fun but a bit pointless. Obviously I'm still getting it despite its faults as it looks fantastic anyway and is a sequel to Wind Waker, one of my favorite games of all time.

[KakTheInfected]

I played through it back in June. You really won't care about the simplicity of it while you're playing. The new controls make it so much fun and the boss battles are really creative.

[I-n-j-i-n]

Sounds great, except it may be continuing the trend of easy Zelda games.. Probably a buy even still.

[Penfold]

Sounds great, except it may be continuing the trend of easy Zelda games.. Probably a buy even still.

Yeah, that was the only really disappointing thing for me with Twilight Princess: boss battles were too easy. They were for the most part rather "cinematic" and fun boss fights (like the boss to that water temple), though, so I guess better that than really challenging but boring. Even if the bosses are too easy to beat in Phantom Hourglass, I think it'll still be well worth the price of admission.

EDIT: With 9 reviews in at this point, Phantom Hourglass has a Meta Score of 91. Not bad at all.

[Hector]

I would really like to see Nintendo doing multiple difficulty levels. It didn't make too much sense with earlier Zeldas, but in later ones they could do a lot by putting in more aggressive AIs.

[BardicKnowledge]

Only if you forgot to grab the tremor gem.
Can you remind me? It's been a little while.

Jenna's battle theme music in GS2.

Fixed.

And I do think the new Zelda will be far too easy...I'll like it anyway.

[Ero Elohim]

I would really like to see Nintendo doing multiple difficulty levels. It didn't make too much sense with earlier Zeldas, but in later ones they could do a lot by putting in more aggressive AIs.

I would love for a Hard difficulty for the next Zelda. Something that doubled the damage taken from hits and added in new special moves for bosses - maybe mixed up their patterns with some random order. I'd really like to see the bosses get some special "one-hit-kill" moves or close to it (moves that would take out half your remaining health or bring you down to 1 heart instantly.) Every Zelda boss' room has 20 pots with small hearts anyway; Make me use those things in a mad dash to stay alive because Shadow Ganon just pinned me to the ground with a spear, then wracked my body with dark energy channeled through it as if it were a lightning rod.

Leave an Normal setting that plays like a normal Zelda game, but steal someone from Devil May Cry for input on a Hard mode.

[Schwaltzvald]

...steal someone from Devil May Cry for input on a Hard mode...

LMD Mode = Link Must Die Mode

Complete with complicated but enjoyably fun sword techniques but controlled entirely by the player instead of something done automatically...

Damn it now you got me icthing to go back to play DMC3 on DMD mode, without previous skills completed.

[megadave]

There should only be two difficulty levels in games. Pretty hard and hard as fuck.

[Alpine Flame]

Although it looks like fun, my wallet has been getting some serious weight changes from the game industry of late, so I won't be getting it until the huge "i want this now" crowd dies down, and I can grab it for ten bucks or so. Its a system thats worked well for me so far, albeit it puts me alittle behind the power curve sometimes.

I think I need to grow a few hundred patches of Pinapples this summer. They get a good price...:<

[Kanthos]

Wow, just realized it's one week till Zelda: Phantom Hourglass comes out. I am getting pretty excited for that, now that it's just about out...may need to go reserve that in the next day or 2. Outta curiosity, who else is planning to get it?

Pre-ordered about 8 weeks ago. And even better, I'll be on vacation next week when it comes, so I'll have plenty of time to play.

Yes, pineapples are great. Even better if they're all level 10 pineapples. Although strawberries are a better crop, and other than the fact that it means you have to do all the work yourself, filling Carmite Cave with level 10 strawberries gives you tones of money every two days.

[Alpine Flame]

Pre-ordered about 8 weeks ago. And even better, I'll be on vacation next week when it comes, so I'll have plenty of time to play.

Yes, pineapples are great. Even better if they're all level 10 pineapples. Although strawberries are a better crop, and other than the fact that it means you have to do all the work yourself, filling Carmite Cave with level 10 strawberries gives you tones of money every two days.

I was talking specifically about harvest moon, but I STILL have to grab Rune Factory... once again, due to a lack of fundage... I really hate MD taxes...

[Kanthos]

Ah, Rune Factory is the only one I've played. Well, happy pineapple growing to you then :)

[KakTheInfected]

Retro says the "Dread" reference in Prime 3 is just a coincidence. (http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3163223) Obviously bullshit, but they can try.

[KWarp]

Picking up Zelda... but I have an exam that day. ;_;

My best friend hails Golden Sun (series) as the greatest RPG ever (better than Chrono Trigger!?). I played the series and conclude the following:

Strengths:
-Great artistry
-Clever maps, puzzles, and level design
-Deceptively deep battle system
-Good plot

Weaknesses:
-Unvaried gameplay
-Random battles get annoying

Music was hit or miss.
A good RPG, arguably excellent. It really depends on the player's tastes.

[I-n-j-i-n]

Golden Sun? You mean that game with the most mangled Engrish in history of games? Do you mean game that? YES/NO.

[Ciel]

-Good plot


goilden suns II contain nlongest fetych queste in histories of vvideo game

[Alpine Flame]

goilden suns II contain nlongest fetych queste in histories of vvideo game

Touche. That game does have some mangled parts that were poorly, if at all, translated... also: the fetch quests were very, very long and a strain on the plot at times... (aka the entire first half of the second game)

[Kureejii Lea]

Golden Sun? You mean that game with the most mangled Engrish in history of games? Do you mean game that? YES/NO.

You mean Breath of Fire II. Go out with your fishing lod much?

I don't really remember any "Engrish" in GS so much as that the conversations took half a century because the characters just kept reiterating the same points and going on and on about nothing (I'm looking at you, Kraden). All while bouncing and squeaking, no less.

Neat character designs, though. Wish there'd been more development.

[BardicKnowledge]

...or a Wii sequel to tie up the ending they gave us.

[Hale-Bopp]

Sakuraba's best work?

[Ciel]

Tundaria Tower, Aqua Rock, Sol Sanctum, Vale & Vault, and Garoh were the standout tracks for me.

[BardicKnowledge]

I enjoyed the vast majority of the soundtrack (and was especially impressed they could coax such quality out of the GBA). My favorite is still Jenna's battle theme, which was just crazy good.

[KWarp]

So.. Advance Wars 2... (DS)
(http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=194408)EDIT: Check the link for more details, these initial impressions aren't completely accurate
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Just came back from the Micromania Games Show 2007 in Paris, where there was a crapload of things to play, and among them, much to my surprise :

http://document.nintendo-difference.com/9462/imgs/1.jpg

Well, I couldn't play for long, and security held us off for taking other pics, but enough to give quick impressions. AW DS 2 did receive a compelte overhaul in terms of design. Gone are Max, Andy and the others, replaced by a whole new crew. IS went with a whole new, more realistic, miltary look, and quite frankly, it seemed like a pretty wise move
Graphically-wise, the look went with the new design, though it looked pretty much the same. New combat animations were pretty low-quality though, blurry and badly animated. Surely that's gonna be fixed by the time it comes out. Had time to notice a new unit - bike infantry unit - and that pretty much sums it up. Hopefully other people went there and spent more time wih AW DS2.

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I wish there was an official press release on this one. I'm interested but concerned.

[The Damned]

Cool. Does it use holograms? :<

[Darth GourryGN]

I've been playing some Japanese stylus-only action/rpg games lately and I am really hoping that companies start shoving it down our throats. Seriously.

Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. Great. Getting great reviews. You know what you doing. A bit easy, but if this is where Nintendo goes with its "casual" focus, I approve.
I hope it comes to the U.S. That would be awesome.

Deltora Quest: Apparently it is based off an anime based off some Australian books that are popular in Japan. This game really reminds me of the Secret of Mana games, but you only use one character at a time (the other lazy asses stay at camp while you save the world, I guess), and they move as fast as the stylus. What? Yes. You can drag them around the screen or you can tap a spot and they run to it as fast as the frickin Flash. You attack by tapping and swiping at enemies. In an open area, you can pretty much run circles around enemies, unless you get poisoned, which slows you to mere mortal speed. Super speed actually becomes a detriment when you're on top of thousand foot tall trees, though, as you'll fall to your doom dramatically (lose some health) quite easily. The top screen shows a portrait of your character and in front of them there is some tadpole/squirrel hybrid creature running along an oscillating wave and when it gets to the crest of a wave you can hear the character breathe in and then exhale as the abomination runs down the wave. I guess there's some rhythm to the combat or something. There was this one part where the game had me draw something, and I didn't know what it was for, exactly, so I drew a chick with a scythe and wrote "death" on the bottom, and a bit later in the story (many years actually; the damn paper was floating in midair in one spot for YEARS and fell at just the right time) another character found it and broke down and cried. Hilarious. And if you're still reading this, I bet you're like, WTFN? :<
I hope it comes to the U.S.

Summon Night Twin Edge: Seireitachi no Jutsu! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYWTXP-mfj8) Uh, I mean Seireitachi no Kyoumei. Basic overhead dungeon crawling action that reminds me of an RTS but there's only two characters and using melee character sucks because you just stand there and trade blows. But the ranged character is fun because you can shoot enemies and when they come after you, you can run away and they're all like "Gonna get you, Blood! Gonna get you Blood!" and you're like "Can't catch me Crip! Can't catch me Crip!" And you can take pot shots while the melee dude shanks them with a massive sword of spunky anime hero +1. I find it more fun than the GBA Summon Night games due to the lack of random battles.

May your enemies experience a slow painful death and their brood experience the same at the hands of your progeny.
Peace.
I'm out this piece.


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[I-n-j-i-n]

I'm not happy with what they're doing to Advance Wars. It's following the rote path of making it more realistic while dumbing it down. Nothing was wrong with the anime style presentation.

[KWarp]

Browsing through link, it seems like they're not doing a complete 180. We all know how that turns out. (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/729/729736p1.html) It seems the cartoony style is still there, but toned down a bit. I hope Intelligent Systems knows what they're doing...

[Brushfire]

Has anyone played this Japanese rythem based game called Ouendan or it's sequel. It is a crazy amount of fun and the sound quaility isn't that bad niether. I think Elite Beat Agents was based off of it, or the other way around, or whatever.

[supremespleen]

Hm. Can't decide if the new Zelda interests me or not. Looks kind of bland.

edit: gonna go get my free manaphy from toys r us!

[KakTheInfected]

Browsing through link, it seems like they're not doing a complete 180. We all know how that turns out. (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/729/729736p1.html) It seems the cartoony style is still there, but toned down a bit. I hope Intelligent Systems knows what they're doing...

IS could replace the character art with stick figures and mouse turds and it would still be a great game if the gameplay and music was intact. Don't worry about it.

[KWarp]

Has anyone played this Japanese rythem based game called Ouendan or it's sequel. It is a crazy amount of fun and the sound quaility isn't that bad niether. I think Elite Beat Agents was based off of it, or the other way around, or whatever.
Hell yes! Ouendan 1, 2, and EBA are my favorite DS games at the moment. I beat all the songs in Ouendan 1, have a couple songs to go in Ouendan 2, and beat absolutely everything in EBA, achieving the highest possible rank of Lovin' Machine with a cumulative score of 081,459,588. I can still do better of course. I only have S ranks on half the missions. ;-)

Ouendan is one of those games I can play forever. I will buy every sequel.

[KakTheInfected]

http://www.jeux-france.com/news22039_advance-wars-2-au-mgs.html

New AWDS2 images. Looks good...can't say it's preferable to the regular art style atm though.

[Kureejii Lea]

Has anyone played this Japanese rythem based game called Ouendan or it's sequel. It is a crazy amount of fun and the sound quaility isn't that bad niether. I think Elite Beat Agents was based off of it, or the other way around, or whatever.

The same team made EBA after so many people imported the original Ouendan. Instead of just doing general localization, they took it further and stylized the thing to better suit the new intended audience. Hence some of the scenarios are a bit similar. And yes, awesomeness abounds.

[Bigfoot]

Hmm, according to http://www.vgchartz.com/ , the DS has sold over 50million units in just 3 years.

Crazy.

[Effef]

http://www.jeux-france.com/news22039_advance-wars-2-au-mgs.html

New AWDS2 images. Looks good...can't say it's preferable to the regular art style atm though.

I actually like that quite a bit. It reminds me of front mission artwork for some reason.

[KWarp]

Those AWDS2 screens look fine (minus the washed-out colors). Another purchase for me.:nicework:

[Effef]

The DS is looking utterly kickass right now.

So far we have:

FFTA 2
Advance Wars DS 2
Zelda
(possible) Pokemon G/S remake
(possible) Metroid Dread

[I-n-j-i-n]

Hmm, according to http://www.vgchartz.com/ , the DS has sold over 50million units in just 3 years.

Crazy.

PSP sold 23.37 million? That's a pretty high number too. Especially since it seems like everyone owns a DS.

[Effef]

PSP sold 23.37 million? That's a pretty high number too. Especially since it seems like everyone owns a DS.

A lot of people own both. Like I do.

[Bigfoot]

PSP sold 23.37 million? That's a pretty high number too. Especially since it seems like everyone owns a DS.

It seems high, but then you see that the DS has sold more than twice the amount of the PSP. Then it doesn't seem like that high of a number anymore :P

[The Damned]

(possible) Pokemon G/S remake
There's nothing substantiating that there is one. And don't get started on that screenshot with Johto in it. That still hasn't been entirely proven.

Back on topic... Toys R Us is supposed to have a deal where if you buy Phantom Hourglass, they will also give you the guide book for free. Now, I like free stuff, and I do like guidebooks (more for nostalgia than for help... that's what gamefaqs is for). But I have no idea if this deal is going on in Canada as well. Anyone know one way or the other?

[Penfold]

There's nothing substantiating that there is one. And don't get started on that screenshot with Johto in it. That still hasn't been entirely proven.

Back on topic... Toys R Us is supposed to have a deal where if you buy Phantom Hourglass, they will also give you the guide book for free. Now, I like free stuff, and I do like guidebooks (more for nostalgia than for help... that's what gamefaqs is for). But I have no idea if this deal is going on in Canada as well. Anyone know one way or the other?

Sorry, I'm of no help here. Didn't even hear about the deal till you mentioned it.

So very excited to play Phantom Hourglass tomorrow (unless for some strange reason the EB Games I ordered it at breaks street date), but I just realized that tomorrow Chibi Robo for DS ships. I never played the Gamecube one (though I've been pretty interested in trying it out), and seeing the DS version tempts me. Dammit, too many games, not enough time.

[Effef]

There's nothing substantiating that there is one. And don't get started on that screenshot with Johto in it. That still hasn't been entirely proven.


...thats why i put "possible".

[supremespleen]

Any Pokemon players wanna help me do something wacky? I'm going to be playing a few games with friends tomorrow, and if anyone has capabilities to clone/gameshark some insane unfair legendary and wants to give it to me for free that would be awesome.

also: halo ds lol http://www.joystiq.com/2007/10/02/halo-ds-plot-thickened-by-video-footage/

[atmuh]

playing phoenix wright 3 after having it so long finally
first case was quite awesome i must say

[I-n-j-i-n]

It seems high, but then you see that the DS has sold more than twice the amount of the PSP. Then it doesn't seem like that high of a number anymore :P

Not really. I fully expected the PSP to not even sell for 10 million. That seemed like a huge stretch but apparently I was wrong. It just seems the market is able to support more than one handhelds nowadays.

PS- It's really amazing how much time I'm spending on Brain Training 2. BEST GAME EVUR

[q-pa]

playing phoenix wright 3 after having it so long finally
first case was quite awesome i must sayIt still isn't on the two sites that I go to; what's the ROM number associated with it?

--Not that it really matters, since I'm still working on the 2nd game. Had to start over again after I lost my DS and flashcard last week. :|


Edit: And yeah supremespleen, Halo DS looked pretty cool. Maybe someday the demo will be leaked...

[Antipode]

Interesting, I never knew about Halo DS until these videos. But from what I hear, the graphics (on the lower screen) and gun animations and all that are identical to the goldeneye rogue agent stuff. Which wasn't so great on ds. In fact, didn't EA make that game? So what's the connection here?

[The Author]

Halo DS = fake.


Phantom Hourglass = Great.

[BardicKnowledge]

It still isn't on the two sites that I go to; what's the ROM number associated with it?
It's 1342.
Phantom Hourglass = Great.
Absolutely -- I can't get enough of it right now. Glad to see that Nintendo still has the charm...

[Penfold]

So I managed to get in about 30-45 min last night on Phantom Hourglass, and is it just me or are the controls really unresponsive when it comes to rolling? Anyone have any tips they find help when trying to perform a roll?

That's pretty much the only negative thing I have to say about the game thus far, and I can't wait to get more time in on the game this weekend.

[illogicalcaribou]

hold your stylus near the edge of the screen and draw little circles. This should make it work better.

[The Damned]

Any one got any idea on length? Ten, twenty hours? More, less? I know that it just came out (in North America, that is), but play length is an important aspect for deciding what games I get.

[Penfold]

Any one got any idea on length? Ten, twenty hours? More, less? I know that it just came out (in North America, that is), but play length is an important aspect for deciding what games I get.

From what I hear, it's like 15-20 (longer if you do all the sidequest stuff), but I'll be seeing in the next week or two first hand the length of the game. I'm sure there'll be people on here that'll beating well before me, and I think it was Kak that already played through the Japanese version so he'd be the man to answer this question properly.

EDIT: hold your stylus near the edge of the screen and draw little circles. This should make it work better.

Maybe I just need to play with it more, but I haven't had much luck with that thus far. Maybe I'm not holding it for long enough before I begin trying to draw small circles or something.

[dsx100]

So I managed to get in about 30-45 min last night on Phantom Hourglass, and is it just me or are the controls really unresponsive when it comes to rolling? Anyone have any tips they find help when trying to perform a roll?

That's pretty much the only negative thing I have to say about the game thus far, and I can't wait to get more time in on the game this weekend.

I can't roll if my life depended on it. I also do that drawing circles at the very edge and it hardly helps any.

Anyway, I have gotten a good hour and 45 minutes into the game. So far I'm really liking it. The whole making notes on the map feature is very useful. This game actually feels much different from other Zelda games but in a good way. I'm glad Gamespot didn't contradict themselves for once and actually gave this game a good score for its innovative new features and fresh feel.

Good experience so far.

[Brushfire]

Speaking of Pokemon does anyone still play Diamond and Pearl. I got like three of those Movie Darkrais left but nobody wants them. Why is it so hard to believe that someone lives in Japan?

[The Author]

I figured out why PH was so unique, and its not the control. The same game would be pretty much feasible using other controls. However what this game changed was the general idea.

Its more of a puzzle game with action elements than an action game with puzzles.

[The Damned]

Speaking of Pokemon does anyone still play Diamond and Pearl. I got like three of those Movie Darkrais left but nobody wants them. Why is it so hard to believe that someone lives in Japan?

ME! I WANT ONE! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!

Codes in sig, is your's in the OCR clan database?

[supremespleen]

ME! I WANT ONE! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!

Codes in sig, is your's in the OCR clan database?Holy crap please.
Send me a message on aim, my sn is then spleen said

[Antipode]

From what I hear, it's like 15-20 (longer if you do all the sidequest stuff), but I'll be seeing in the next week or two first hand the length of the game. I'm sure there'll be people on here that'll beating well before me, and I think it was Kak that already played through the Japanese version so he'd be the man to answer this question properly.

Yeah, they said 70+ hours on IGN for TP too, and my first playthrough took 40, 25 on my second (getting everything but poe souls on both). I'm figuring it'll probably be less than 15 hours on PH for most of us.

EDIT: http://dl.nlb.gov.sg/digitalk/300g.jpg

[q-pa]

It still isn't on the two sites that I go to; what's the ROM number associated with it?It's 1342.

Ha.
One site has ROM #1342 as "New Touch Game Party (Europe)(Independent)" and my other has it as "Gyakuten Saiban 3 (J)". :?

It's mass chaos!

[Brushfire]

ME! I WANT ONE! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!

Codes in sig, is your's in the OCR clan database?

Yeah my code (use my Pearl code) is in the Database. Just AIM me when you wanna do a trade. I am usally available from 0100-0430 Japan Standard Time (I think that is like 1300-1630 Central time).

[supremespleen]

Yeah my code (use my Pearl code) is in the Database. Just AIM me when you wanna do a trade. I am usally available from 0100-0430 Japan Standard Time (I think that is like 1300-1630 Central time).Brush, I've got you added. I also sent you a whole bunch of messages on aim last night. Not sure if I ever will be around when you are though. Maybe send an extra to The Damned and he could hook me up?
That is if you have any left. My FC is: 2620-9082-6449
Thanks!
I'm usually around from 7:00-7:40 AM and then 8:00-10:30 PM.

[BardicKnowledge]

I really want to try the online mode of Phantom Hourglass out with a decent player -- any takers? The FC is in my sig now -- e-mail / PM me if you want to play later today.

[The Damned]

Yeah my code (use my Pearl code) is in the Database. Just AIM me when you wanna do a trade. I am usally available from 0100-0430 Japan Standard Time (I think that is like 1300-1630 Central time).

Will do. See you sometime around then. Also, if I can't get to you over AIM, I will try the OCR clan IRC channel, and then the other OCR ones.

[Bigfoot]

I bought PH today, but I'm not going to play it until my homework is done. Damn homework. :(

[Penfold]

Got to play just a bit more PH last night...

-Got the hourglass and went through Temple of the Ocean King with it, and found it to be really enjoyable. I also really enjoy using the shoulder button as a quick-key for using the selected item, though I didn't figure that out till after I was done with...whatever fire temple (on Ember Island or whatnot). Having that as an option really takes the "clunk" out of using the boomerang, hence is more enjoyable. Starting to figure out the rolls...slowly. I can get it to work about 1/2 the time now.-

[Brushfire]

I was at the local Mall and saw some Japanese kids playing PH and thought to myself "that could be me" but then I realized that I still haven't got past the monkey part of TP.

[supremespleen]

Darkrai get. Brush rocks hard.

And Damned, we'll do the Salamence thang later. Thanks d00ds.