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  1. Ah man... Pokecenter mixes almost always seem hard to pull off. The old R/B & G/S Pokecenter music is so grating... hell, I'd say it only got tolerable for more than a few seconds just with Diamond & Pearl.

    When you source tune can be annoying, it doesn't seem easy to make it rock.

    I will have mad respect for you guys if you can make it work.

  2. I honestly don't get why they haven't done a full 3D incarnation of the games yet. As in a standard formula "catch 'em all" game, rather than the likes of Colosseum. Not that deviating from the formula is bad. I mean, Colosseum had potential in being an actual story-driven RPG for once, but the whole "steal an extremely limited selection of mons from other trainers" thing...pretty much crippled it. Really, take the classic gameplay elements of the handheld games and the story and full 3D graphics of the Colosseum games and I can almost guarantee you'd have an instant hit.

    My only theory is that Nintendo doesn't actually like steaming great wads of cash as much as they let on.

    I re-read an interview recently (it's interesting!), and in it the president of the Pokemon Company & the director of Platinum are asked flat-out why Game Freak itself has never tried for a console or MMO Pokemon game. Their answer is not wholly satisfying, but it was an aspect I hadn't considered: trading.

    See, most of us just focus on the overworld & battling, but trading is just as - if not moreso - important than those, when considering Pokemon's success. On console games, you have set times when you play, you need a TV, etc. Handhelds are an all-inclusive package, so they're perfect for quick setups, free time and traveling.

    As much as I'd like a MMO-style game in the Pokemon world, it would require me ot sit at my desk for much longer than I already do, whereas with Pokemon as it is now, I can take it with me around the house and on the road.

    EDIT: here's a new demo video with much better video quality. It shows a lot of stuff that the guy from Pokebeach didn't bother with, and the guy playing actually has a clue what he's doing. Shows Ecruteak City and the Dance Hall.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_vgK1cObRI

  3. There's no way I could wait several years just to buy the third version... I have to have the newest fix.

    Aside from that, though, Platinum's expansion of Giratina's presence has turned it into one of my all-time favorites. Everything about it holds my interest.

    I used to get the third versions used to save money... Emerald, Yellow, Crystal.

    Who knows what direction the next batch of games will go in, though, or even what hardware it they will run on?

  4. It might have something to do with how Platinum was coded. In ROM-editing software, Platinum is treated like a seperate game. Even codes that you'd think would be universal - codes that work in DP - don't always work in Platinum.

    It's probably because they don't want to have to split their dedicated servers between DP and Pt players... I dunno. Maybe it's just to drive sales of Platinum.

    I mean, honestly? That doesn't bother me. Platinum is so much better than DP, it's almost like the "true" version while DP is the "let's get it out as fast as we can" version. Save the Pursuit glitch, but eh, the Lost Zone glitch in early copies of Japanese DP was way worse than that.

  5. It ought to run at Platinum speed, which was only a few fractions of a second slower than RSE. I was watching this video, and it seems to be the case. It's a wireless battle, though, so it's hard to tell what the timing will be like for certain things.

    I also have a DSTT now, though, so it's all good my good man.

    I guess it was just announced that they're giving away Darkrai on Wifi from August 3rd to September 13th. Platinum only, though. Haha, I have so many damned legendaries these days...

  6. Tracks I enjoyed the most, in no particular order!

    Survival Instinct

    Smooth Sun of Magma

    Long Time Gone

    Goodbye Cid...

    Fallen Dragoon

    Kinda Green

    Read the Sine

    Mystic Variations

    Path of Deception

    I'll be listening to these! Congrats on the album release and all the hard work, guys.

    Also, I had a good laugh at Rhymes With Elixer. All in good fun.

    Hey did you like my song, I just wanna know, what did you think about it.

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  7. Really liked what I've heard.

    Fishy's track really reeled me back in just when I thought it was winding down... twice! Man, those strings caught me off guard. The piano coming in at the end was a great touch. And thankfully, it doesn't get too over-indulgent during the guitar solos :P Very solid progressive rock tribute. I loved it.

    Audix also did an amazing job with his track! The pacing and energy is spot-on... "really fantastic" is all I can muster.

    Also... the minute and a half portion... is that part of Audix's song, or is that part of another song? I ask only because the melody doesn't jog my memory.

  8. Like I told Schwaltzvald, oekaki art is, by nature, temporary. Most oekaki sites only save the last few weeks/months worth of art, especially the Japanese ones. It's kind of like... sidewalk chalk, I suppose.

    Most see it as something fun to do while improving your skills at the same time, and not a serious avenue for finished pieces. However, I'd seen so many amazing images go through that place over the years...

    Anyway, none of the forums I've asked at know anything about the site. It appears I may have been alone in the "English-speaking person saving pokemon oekaki artwork on a Japanese site" category.

  9. No, but I've looked through Pixiv, which is the Japense counterpart to DA. Japanese artists just aren't going to upload their artwork en masse to an English website.

    I've asked all around on all kinds of forums, but no one else seems to have ever regularly visited Mewheart other than me.

    Guess I'm just weird like that.

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