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Well I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed the cut content. This guy touches on some of the points I was talking about.

I imagine that's a lot of people. I'm not even sure many fans of the original three games know what's going on anymore. It surprises me that people even care about the series at this point. It sort of reminds me of the Final Fantasy series/fans of late.

Beat the game last night. For the most part I really liked the game but there doesn't seem to be as much secret stuff (and when there is its not as well done) as in the first game. And looking back at the old 2011 for the game definitely makes me wish the game had been more like that, as far as having more character dialogue and more AI skit type deals, as well as a lot of the set design that was cut back. SPOILERS: Seeing how much of that demo was cut back design-wise, I really can't be sure how much of the convoluted storyline twists they wrote was thrown together to meet a deadline - even with delays considered.) And another thing, they came up with a pretty cool concept with the tears and alternate realities but we never really went anywhere that interesting with them. Columbia under Vox seige? One room in Rapture? Please...) I was expecting the powers to produce a more substantial and gripping time jump segment. Another gripe is that they heavily cut out a lot of the United States patriotic themes from what was previously shown (including the Saltonstall character who is only mentioned). I expected a lot more music and visuals to go with that. So all in all, the game was really great but failed to realize the masterwork Ken had in mind with that demo. And I'm sure it's exactly why Tensei said. Console specs(particularly the 360) have held back game design to achieve parity between versions simply because you cut out millions of customers if you don't. But devs shouldn't promise us if they can't deliver that promise under the business expectations of the dynamic multiplatform state of the industry. In other words, don't promise a high end PC game on a console if you can't achieve that promise and know it would be harder to get a return on dev costs if it were PC exclusive.Also, I hope the next game takes place on the Moon. During the 1960s. With a secret Moon colony established before the 'moon landing' takes place.

Yeah, thanks Tensei. A spoiler tag would've been appropriate. Maybe it's my fault for clicking into this dang thread. On a serious note, I'll be picking this up at midnight. Excited!

Meant ta get back ta this thread sooner but I finally listened through the album and I have to say, it was quite enjoyable. It's been a while since I've seen the film but a lot of the tracks somehow evoked memorable scenes from the film. Really cool stuff.

Happy birthday, you den of philistines. May your titanic pool of rhetoric reign forever.

Haven't had the chance to yet but I plan to give this a thorough listen. The concept for the album is very interesting!

Happy birthday!

Tomorrow they WILL be announcing the winner of the show. Who else is tuning in and who are you going for? My moneys on Genevieve! And I will be utterly crushed if Danielle wins because she is a selfish awful person.

I'm not in any branch of military but this was a memorable inclusion for sure.

ZombiU and Fire Emblem both jump to mind. In ZombiU's Survival Mode, when your character dies, it's a Game Over. And in Normal Mode, when your character dies from zombie infection, you start again as another character and have to hunt down your zombified previous character to get your supplies back. Speaking of Conker's Bad Fur Day, I love how they explain the lives system through this cutscene.

If you don't have a very happy birthday, well.. you should be ashamed. *gets hit with a tomato* :3

Hah. I would but not only am I RETIRED from applying to reality shows, I don't ReMix nor am I a comic book need or a Masters Degree holder. So there's that. But I appreciate your enthusiasm! I was thinking, if OCR comes up with anyone interested, they should tweet about it on the official account and ask if the OCR community would support a ReMixer on the show.

CALLING ALL NERDS!! http://nerdking.net/ Basically, King of the Nerds is a tv show on TBS where nerds, geeks, weirdos and scholars compete (largely in loosely nerd-related team based challenges and one on one face off physical challenges) for a grand prize of $100,000! I was thinking: How cool would it be if someone (more specifically, a posted ReMixer) from OCR would get on that show? I for one would love to root them on. I would think that someone who loves videogame music enough to arrange it and submit the arrangements to a website dedicated to such things is right up the shows alley! Or you could be really into comic books or something. (I guess.) So if you think you're nerdy enough, APPLY NOW!! Here are some tips for a successful casting straight from someone who made it onto the show.

*Chrom voice* Really? - But seriously, I don't think there's an option for that. Maybe you'd like the Japanese sound clips better? You can change the vocal language in the options. Hmm.

Happy to say that the entire Support Convo lists for each character (up to level A) can now be fulfilled. S-rank supports denote marriage and can only be done once per character.

Bram, you'll be happy to know that F-Zero was added to the eShop earlier this morning. Update: Ubisoft has enunciated that that one sandbox game about hacking stuff, Watch_Dogs is coming to Wii U.

and we still have Luigi's Mansion, Animal Crossing and Pokemon to look forward to this year. (and an original Zelda 3DS - and possible Majora's Mask 3D - at E3.) Nice. I love dis system. (Just a reminder, we're getting the entire Mega Man classic series on the eShop via Virtual Console - already got MM & MM2 - MM3 thru MM6 will be trickling out.)

PSA: Ubisoft games will be 30% off til the 26th(Wii U eShop only).

It looks like the super rare Double Stuff'd variation. Also, how do you evolve Eevee into that? Make Eevee hold Oreon's Belt?

Not sure why we're being preached to about the iOS/Android 'new gods' when the 3DS has held comparable sales to the DS (not such an easy feat). If the 3DS were selling like the Vita, I would say that there's a bleak future for traditional game systems(and the 'gaming media' would have you believe that they're doomed due to mobile/tablet boom), but as the reality of the 3DS vs Vita situation shows, it's all about, let me say it again, COMPELLING GAMES.

Oh, so you didn't bring up Wii U struggling against the launches of the next PlayStation and Xbox(which was the point of my reply)? As for the casual market, since you extend the argument beyond the 'failed' launch again: they aren't required to survive. The PS3 never was the darling of the casual crowd (MS had their Kinect; Wii speaks for itself) and Sony was able to garner a very close race with Microsoft for second place in lifetime console sales, this past gen. Wii numbers aren't make or break but they did it once already so do you blame Nintendo for trying to make lightning strike twice? We'll see how Wii Fit U does. lol But yeah, my real point was that the Wii U basically needs more compelling games and it will be selling normally or better, 'casuals' or not.

The in-all-likelihood expensive 'true next gen miracle boxes' from Microsoft and Sony will need compelling software to move a lot of hardware too. Can I judge those to be dead after 3 months on the market? And the casual audience really only matters if you expect a system to "sell like the Wii," which was much more a fluke than a benchmark for normal console sales. Do you really think Microsoft or Sony's systems will sell 30 million more than each of it's competitors? Casual market has always been icing on the cake.

Guess what system was lacking compelling software early in its life and is now enjoying a healthy outlook? Wii U is suffering from the same problem. And as with the 3DS, the games are coming.