The Damned
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Yes it is. I got to level 48 and then I was so pissed at having to fight all those guys at once, I actually threw the wiimote onto the bed and turned it off.
Haven't tried it since.
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How is FF:CC?
If you think getting three other people with GBAs and link cables for a few hours of Four Swords is difficult, then don't even bother trying to get them together for Crystal Chronicles.
Four Swords ic a game you and your friends can play and finish in one sitting, if you wanted to. FF:CC is a game that demands a lot of time to play. And I mean lots of time. Maybe a hundred hours to really get into it. But that sort of commitment seems to be beyond anyone. I think that the four of us, with the desire to actually play it as much as we could, never got past eight hours total. And then there were some problems where one of us wasn't around for a few games, and he fell behind a few levels, missed items and such... it unbalanced things a lot.
Hopefully, the DS version will fix that right up.
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QFE although good luck finding GBAs and cables for everyone.four swords??????????????Double QFE. It's sort of like Mario Party. When you need to work together to advance, it's all chummy and "let's be friends!", but the instant there's a gem on the field, everyone starts throwing/bombing/fire rodding/arrowing each other.
Luckily, I managed to play quite a bit of four-player thanks to everyone actually having a GBA and cheap link cables.
Now a Wii/DS version would be a lot easier...
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Perhaps this question has been answered earlier, but are the downloads regionlocked? Some games I've no interest in getting yet another copy, but I would be interested in getting a Japanese copy.
They are.
10 CHARACTERS.
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Aren't they changing Sp. Attack/Attacks in the next game, so that it is not by element-type, but by certain moves?
Yes, they are. The move itself determines what stats are used and affected. Before, it was Normal, Fighting, Rock, Ground, Steel, Flying, Ghost, Poison and Bug that were Attack-based, while Fire, Water, Grass, Electric, Ice, Dark, Psychic and Dragon was Special-based.
Flamethrower and Fire Punch are both Fire-type attacks, but Flamethrower is powered by Special Attack and Fire Punch is now powered by Attack. Alakazam used to do serious damage with Fire Punch, Thunder Punch and Ice Punch, but now it can't do jackshit with them. But now it gets to use Shadow Ball with its high Special Attack.
A lot of pokemon got screwed out of their most valuable attacks, and some get attacks that they don't have the stats to use them. The split really mixed things up.
But there are a few interesting twists now. If you have a pokemon with similar Attack and Special Attack, it can use one Physical and one Special attack of the same type. It you come up against a strong Physical or Special Wall, you can easily use the one that will do the most damage. But the drawback is that you will lose a moveslot for another attack, or even another type of attack. I only see a few pokemon really being able to pull this off.
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Who made the games I'm playing?
Developers. Developers. Developers. Developers.
God damn it... I knew that was coming, and I didn't do anything to stop it.
Merk +1
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When I bought mine, it was $80. That's Canadian, so there's a fair bit of exchange rate going on there. And they were a new model, so I also paid for that. And it was, regrettably, at a store that charged a little too much.
But yes, they are good, and the price is great. The only thing I would be concerned about buying them off of eBay is whether or not they are used, or have been damaged. I'd stick with buying from an actual store. If anything does go wrong, you have someplace to go back to and get either a replacement or a refund. eBay? Not so much.
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OK, so I finally broke down and skipped completing the Cave of Ordeals (and some of the side quests). I just finished the game. I was a little disappointed with how short the last part of the Ganondorf battle was. I was expecting some really epic horseback fighting... but it was still alright. Short, but alright.
Sadly, I must say that the overall ending is far below that of OoT. OoT had an ending that just seemed far more emotional than TPs. You got to see the friends you met who ended up becoming the Sages watching over the land, you got to see the people you met across the land celebrate together, you had that touching moment where you see a young Zelda and Link meet again in the castle...
TP didn't have that sort of ending. And I feel it detracted a bit from the overall experience.
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So, 8 millions players, times $15 a month... that's 120 million dollars a month. Times that by two years, that comes to 2.88 billion bucks.
I don't think they had all 8 millions subscribers from the start, and I think it's only a year and a half. But even then... that's pretty much a billion dollars. Even after taxes and recouping the cost of development and marketing and servers and all that, they're looking at hundreds of millions of dollars in profits.
Blizzard is going to do fine for the next decade or so.
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And considering how many people are paying $15 or $20 a month, for the last two years... they can afford to ignore the "I don;t like paying fees" part of the world.
Anyone have the number of people that are playing right now? I'd like to see some math showing how much they make each month, and how much they made last year.
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Yeah, but if you're serious about your team, you go for all of them. Max IVs, right nature, good EV spread and even using PP Ups on certain moves.
If you want to just make up teams and try out different movesets and stats, try Netbattle. You can play against other people online (on your computer, not your GBA or DS. Netbattle is a fan-made program that accurately simulates the battle system. Not official or Nintendo sponsered in any way).
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I wouldn't be surprised at all about this. It's well known that in animation, any one anime studio will part out scenes to other studios. They do this because the scene isn't as "important" as others, or they need something special done with it.
It makes sense. Don't have the time or staff to do the battle engine? Hire someone else to do it.
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Okay, I'll bite. What's this IV mess you keep talking about?
The way the stat system works is each stat (HP, Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense and Speed) are determined upon the appearance of a pokemon (be it in a wild battle, an NPC giving it to you, or being downloaded from a special game function). Each stat is given a number value ranging from 0 (the lowest) to 31 (the highest). These are called Individual Values (although sometimes you will see Diversified or Diversification Values). Having an IV of 0 gives you the lowest that the stat can be, while having 31 gives you the highest it can be. Once said pokemon appears, the system randomly determines these, and are set permanently. They do not change under any circumstance.
For example, I have an Aerodactly that has both Attack and Speed IVs of 31. That means that both of those stats are perfect. And since Aerodactly here is known for its high Attack and Speed stats, this only helps it. Throw in some Effort Values on top of those, and you have its best two stats either maxed out or greatly boosted above normal.
Pokemon is really just a giant numbers game. Having that single extra point in a stat could make a big difference in a battle. Getting the right combination of stats, nature and moves is what most people end up spending all their time on. Well, that and leveling up.
I mean, I guess I know a little bit about how each PKMN's temperment affects its growth... but that's about it.Natures (as they are properly known) affect two stats by 10 of their maximum. Most will raise one and lower another. Modest will boost Special Attack by 10%, and lower Attack by 10%, so it makes sense on something like Alakazam, but not a Machamp.
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Well, it doesn't matter. What does matter, however, is setting up trades and battles.
In fact, there are a few interesting (and highly useful) things about online battling.
1. The game will automatically adjust your teams level to 100. So you can take you team of level 20-30, and still use them against a level 100 team. All the stats will be adjusted as well, of course.
2. Since the game adjusts the level, you can go into a game, check the stats, and perform IV calculations. The higher the level, the more accurate the results are. And at 100, they're perfect.
3. Disconnecting doesn't seem to count as a loss, so you can just do it over and over again. Sort of sucks when you're kicking someone's ass, though. I don't know if it will still count as a win for you.
So, since a lot of us are going to get it, we should update the OCR DS list, and try to arrange a little tourney, trades and IV checking battles..
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I suspect that there is some form of copy-protection or DMR blocking it.
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I'm gonna buy it. And I am gonna let everybody know I am playing Pokemon. (I'd probably draw the line at using pokemon terminology in conversation.)
Bu-bu-bu-but... how will you get all the jokes and strategies that will emerge when we all start playing?
CM Cune has no weak! BP Ninjask dies to 1 SR on switch. Boah! BOAH! BOOOOAAAAH! McGraw!
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I agree with I-n-j-i-n.
I'm actually a little scared now.
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I... I knew that. I was just testing everyone.
Good job.
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i could have installed XP64, but i didn't think many programs were supporting it. GOD DAMMIT GET OFF MY SCREEN, FLY.
shit what was i saying
right, i heard there were problems with xp64bit not being able to run a lot of programs that would otherwise run fine in 32-bit xp. what is the advantage to having a 64-bit OS at this point in time? or even in the very near future?
Anti-virus and other system programs might not work, because they are 32-bit specific. There are 64-bit utilities out there, though, so that's not too much of a problem.
The only real problem I've had is that the driver for the Nintendo USB WiFi Adapter (that little USB stick that lets you play your DS online) won't work. XP 64-bit detects it, but it won't run it. According to Nintendo's tech support, they do not now, nor in the future, plan to make 64-bit OS compatible drivers. So if use you one, you're screwed.
But everything is fine. I have old games, new games, media programs, and all my old stuff from my last system on here, and none of it has given me any trouble at all.
Off topic for a bit, would anyone like a Nintendo USB WiFi Adapter? Good price, hardly used, will ship to buyer...
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I think the old Vista thread is still around somewhere. Most of the comments are about the DRMing of media files and some other complaints.
I'm not getting it. I already have a legit (and expensive) copy of Windows XP 64-bit last summer, I don't need to upgrade, I like having control over my files, and I don't want to use up all my processing power and RAM having slightly smoother looking windows.
Fuck Vista.
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Since DarkeSword was the guy that handled the projects (at least the matter of overseeing them to the point where they had sufficient progress and some other details), is he still the man to see about projects? We're roughly three months from being done on ours, and the other ones are also getting pretty close to release. So when they're ready, who do we see?
For that matter, what about future projects? Who will deal with those?
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You're kidding, right? Next time a magazine says it has an interview about Zelda, try opening it. Every interview between 1998 and today with Shigeru Miyamoto or Eiji Aonuma has them reaffirming that there is an over-riding continuity and promising that it will begin to become clearer with each new game.
Who reads magazines anymore? Most of their stuff is out-of date by the time it reaches stands. Meanwhile, internet sites get the most recent info, and if there's a change, they fix it. Oh, and it's free.
But at least someone finally posted something. But it only connects a few of the games. Where are the rest supposed to fall in? There are too few specifics, and too much vagueness to do it. And then there are future titles. Where are they going to fit in? Just wherever there is enough wiggle room that they cna be crammed in and hope it works?
I think you guys are reading way too much into a video game series.
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You know, Final Fantasy doesn't have a timeline. They explicitly stated that none of the games share a common world. Obviously, this excludes the direct sequels, like FFX and FFX-2, and the new FF7 spin-offs.
And yet, I don't hear anyone going on about how Midgard is actually the Ruined World from FF6, but thousands of years later. Or how the underworld in FF4 is actually the underworld in whatever game also had an underworld.
And I'm still waiting for an exact quote from anyone at Nintendo that stated there is an official timeline for Zelda.
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So being completely uninterested in all zelda timeline theories makes you interested in a thread about them? Oh of course, it makes perfect sense!
The topic is of interest to me, therefore I will post. My interest isn't for it, but against it. That's still an interest.
In very much the same way that you're allowed to walk into a Nissan dealership and go "WTF ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE DOING HERE? DON'T YOU KNOW THAT NISSAN CARS ARE ALL CRAP AND WHOEVER DESIGNED THEM SHOULD BE RAPED TO DEATH?!"How did you know I did that? Are you following me around? Did the dealership send you the security tape?
Apperently not, going by the fact you didn't even read the original post. I said "low postcount = not being here long = not knowing how people act here". Maybe after you learn to read and comprehend what you're quoting, you can come back and try again.Because we all know that postcount equals IQ, amirite?Guy. This "my character is stronger than your character" crap is why the internet community at large thinks of the gamefaqs boards as a gay orgy of retarded.Now I can't hate you at all. You just had to say the one thing I wanted to, but didn't. You quote me out of context, but you tell the gamefaqer off. I don't know whether to hate you or applaud you.
(Also, I miss the old quoting system, where you could have little quote nexus)
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