Toadofsky

Now that's the best post I've seen all day...

Join the club. There's only a few games I've ever truly enjoyed online, Blur, Dr. Mario RX, and a match of Halo 3 with friends, that's it... And Prophet, we're not missing anything. Kinect has potential, but we all know that Microsoft is only trying to cash in on the expanded audience (aka "the casuals"), if the price point ($150) from Gamestop is to be believed, this thing won't take off.

Meh, I'd give it a C+. For actually showing things being done with Kinect, other than that, I didn't really see any games I'd want to play on the 360. Of course, journalists and the gaming press are going to give it all sorts of praise and preach the Doom of Nintendo, like they've been doing for the past decade. The smaller 360 probably still has a power supply the size of a big brick.

And people called Nintendo gay... Well, look, I"m not the type that says that game companies should only cater to the ones that they think matter (the hardcore think that way). I think companies should learn to grow and expand and include other people in gaming. The market is not going to be as strong I think in the next year, or for a while (Recession is still going on, things will probably get worse before better). I wonder if journalists there for the thing realize they were being used for a silly promo airing on MTV and Nickelodeon tonight. Until I can play it, I don't see this being that great. Of course, game journalists and the marketers are in love with this thing and the spectacle over it.

I laugh at the mere fact Microsoft hired Cirque de Sole to perform for Kinect, as if that will help sell it.

Considering my character for Rock Band had Marty McFly's outfit at the prom (and the same kind of guitar), plus my grey hair and weight lifting gloves, I'll definitely be making a band name on there. The Pinheads? The George McFly's? No, The McFlys! The Jigawatts!!! The Jail Bird Joeys!! I have to quit giving ideas out!!! Dang it!!!

Huey Lewis: power of love is on there, must have it....

If you like it, fine. But not everybody does, oh well. I keep forgetting gamers keeps making games out to be like it's a fine dining experience (that's not directed at you Tinus), without really looking at the "meal" itself.

I'm finished completely with this game, and I'm about to do the same thing I did with the first one, trade it in. I thought it was a well made game production wise, but they seriously need to quit trying to put more story in Mario games, the RPG's I can understand, but platformer Mario doesn't really need it. Plus, I'm getting tired of the way 3D Mario games are structured. Quit making me talk to creatures that have nothing meaningful to say, quit making me return to the ship after every star, let me skip the intro to the stars if I want to. And I KNOW there are prankster comets!! I knew it two stages ago!! And if I'm going to fight Bowser, why not make the fight different each time? Bowser Jr.'s fights seemed more interesting. And why not use the Koopa Kids? Why bring them back for one game? I actually want more new 2D Mario than 3D.

Sorry but to me, Rare is a shell of it's former self, unless they come out with something ten times better than Banjo Kazooie Nuts and Bolts, then they're just Natal and Avatar fodder for Microsoft. Activision is the one who has the rights to the Bond franchise for now, and it's being made by Eurocom and N-Space. Activision is only publishing it. Why is that such a big deal? Are people still not over that stupid Infinity Ward garbage? There's far more to that story than what anybody is willing to report on. So what if they didn't publish Brutal Legend or those other titles, they didn't perform that well in sales (and Legend had A LOT of marketing) so that seems like smart business decisions, how Tim Schafer is still able to keep making games when each game has flopped I can't seem to understand. I love his creativity, but the games I have played haven't shown to me theyre very good games at all. That of course is a matter if opinion so I'll just leave it at that.

I hope this is true... http://www.destructoid.com/ooops-activision-s-goldeneye-wii-and-ds-remake-leaked-175549.phtml?no_cache=1&comment_saved=1#comment-1922228 Goldeneye Remake for Wii, Daniel Craig as Bond instead, 8 player online multiplayer. Special controller. This is probably real, but I'd just wait and see what E3 cooks up.

As always, I anticipate what Nintendo will bring. I hope there's a hint of a new Star Fox (keep dreaming I know). Of course, I'll hear the same old thing regarding anything unveiled, "Nintendo is DOOMED!!" "Nintendo doesn't have any hardcore games". Of course, I gladly ignore the hardcore gamers, and I hope that Nintendo keeps doing so, they haven't mattered that much anyways.

Splash Woman was one of my favorite tracks from your Mega Ran 9 album, but dang is this awesome. I'm not a huge fan of hip hop, mostly the language, but this is the kind I like especially since it has that 80's vibe. Way to go. I'll definitely getting this on Friday when I get paid...

I will be a married man at the end of July.

A fitting end for the series, somehow, I just knew it would end that way.... 6 years, wow, I can't believe all the time has passed with this show...

I know, isn't it?!

Sorry Okami just wasn't that great of a game to me. The art style was great, but I didn't care about much else. What's so baffling about my mind? That some of those critically praised games don't "jell" with me?

The purple obese star, and yeah the flea guy in okami was irritating to me. Okami on Wii had horrid brush controls. Sorry, this game just isn't as good as NSMB Wii to me, it's well made, but there's just something I don't like about it. Maybe because I essentially played this game two years ago?

That guy gets on my nerves, just like Isuun that flea guy in Okami.

I've been playing this for a while, and I have to say, I'm a bored by it. The graphics and music are nice, but I honestly don't think I'll be keeping this after I beat the game. I'll keep trying to go through it, maybe my feelings will change on it... I know I'll get flames for this post, sorry to offend anyone...

At least you seem to have a good head on shoulders Zircon. I don't think many game makers even like getting into the business aspect of making games, which is probably their biggest problem, Wrst and Zampella anyone? (of course there could be more to that situation than we all know of)

Zircon, you destroy everyone of my arguements!!!

Well that's fine by me then! Now let's get a new 2D only co-op game again with production values like Galaxy 2!

I'm sorry if I implied that I think galaxy 2 isn't good. That's not the case at all. I just think it's Nintendo trying to segway the 2D fans to play 3D again, that's all... Curly, indont think it's necesarilly a war within the home, but what game designers want and want consumers want are not the same. But that's a different topic for a different thread...

But the concern over price of that future content is still a serious issue. When XBLA started, prices weren't high, just barely $10, and look where it's gotten to now. Braid's price point anyone? COD MW 2 maps? Price hikes will abound. Hardcore gamers will get whatever's thrown at them without question, and lap up anything magazines and developers may try to spin, but consumers who are more discerning than that will disagree. I guess since I don't follow suit with the "what's good for the industry is good for gamers" I'm an outsider to all of this...