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Why are people always excited about this? I'm not that interesting of a person to hang out with.

Well I spoke with Bahamut earlier, so it's all set. I'll be there.

Since I'm actually between jobs and have off that day, I'd like to attend. Do you guys have extra tickets? I know someone mentioned it during the Philly meet.

This might be a good question to just ask Nintendo. I'm sure Retro would be happy to tell people how long a cycle exactly is, considering the amount of effort that went into writing all of the stuff in the MP games.

If you treat a cycle as a year, 1 millicycle works out to a little more than 8 hours.

Wow, you burned him so hard. I bet he's crying ... Dumbass. As for how "versus" was turned into a verb: it comes from people not ever hearing the word outside the realm of fighting games. The announcer says "LINK, VERSUS, METAL MARIOOOOOooooo" but people hear "LINK, VERSES, METAL MARIOOOOOooooo" as if it's something that LINK is doing to METAL MARIOOOOOooooo. They think it's a verb and start conjugating it for different subjects. I verse, you verse, he verses, etc. I not saying it's right; I agree with you that it's fucking stupid, and people need to learn how to use words properly and stop making shit up. I'm just telling you where it came from.

I don't think you're going to piss anyone off here.

Because I don't have Rama's mad skillz.

High fives will definitely be in order.

While this is absolutely awesome, I'm really holding out for the OCR3 style.

There is an old Grimm's fairy tale called The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces, about twelve princesses who would secretly cross over to another world every night to dance with twelve princes. In the morning, the king would discover that all of his daughters' slippers were tattered and worn. A hero eventually shows up and saves the day, as heroes are wont do to, but that's besides the point. This is a waltz arrangement of Midna's Desperation, called Tattered Slippers. It's about a princess who crosses over to another world to dance with a hero. The Legend of Zelda, Twilight Princess - Tattered Slippers [4.16MB] Enjoy.

A simple PM or IM usually works.

It's times like this that I regret giving up my mod powers.

Yes, but it may have well been professionally done. The graphics, music, and overall execution are all amazing. I really like the system: special moves have a cost and you have to charge up in order to continue using them (which is the same as Art of Fighting, as I've heard?), and your special meter charges up as you collect little gems that people drop. The characters all have different play styles too.

It is freakin' awesome.

Anyone play Big Bang Beat yet?

I think you guys need to realize that this isn't meant to be a replacement for the way people use computers now. It's a computerized implementation of things people commonly do on a tabletop to begin with. Organize photos, look at maps, etc. Applications that make sense on a table. I really doubt people will be playing FPSs or complicated RTSs; that's not what it's designed for.

Actually, there's a lot more involved on the hardware side than "tak(ing) a computer and hooking up a touch screen to it." Multi-touch systems are a lot more complicated to implement than a plain old single-touch touchscreen; this is cutting edge technology. Don't downplay the technical accomplishment here by saying they "slapped it together;" this is a big deal, and if it takes off, it will change the way people use computers. Watch the demo videos they have on the website; those are very good, real world examples of how intuitive the interface can be.

No, the NA version won't have a Japanese option.

Ehh, not really. The cases in the game are both prequel and sequel. I think in two of them you play as Mia; the other ones are all post-JFA cases.

Probably the same. It all depends on what my friends want to do.

They didn't "remove" the English from the 4th game. There is no English yet. Capcom USA handles the translation, y'know, and Capcom USA isn't going to devote resources and manpower to translating and localizing the 4th game in a series when they haven't even completed the 3rd one. The only reason the Japanese DS versions have English options is because of the impending releases here. Porting the first three GS games over to the DS is more for the benefit of the international market anyway.

Indeed. That's what I've been thinking; I imported last time because the wait was a few months, but this time around it's not so long. Maybe if sales are high enough Capcom will consider bringing over Kabu Trader Shun.

Well here's the thing: because Japan has already seen these games on the GBA, they are sold under the Best Price label and are much cheaper than regular DS games. As a result, when you import from a site like Play-Asia, it works out to about what you would pay here. I imported Justice for All for $30. So you won't save $20. In fact, if Capcom decides to sell the new one at $35, it might be a better deal to just import.

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney ranks up there as one of the best games I've ever played, and I've played a lot of games. I liked it so much that I couldn't wait for the second one, Justice for All, to come out, so I ended up importing it, because the Japanese release included the English language option. News came out a few days ago that confirmed that the Japanese release of the 3rd game in the series, Trials and Tribulations, is also going to include an English language option, and it's coming out a few weeks before the US release. What do you think, fellow OCRians? Are you going to import? Or are you going to support Capcom USA and buy domestic units?