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Great for soccer fans. One nice touch is that Fifa will use Miis

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Man, I need to get rid of some of my old GC games (like Wave Race Blue Storm....ugh!). How much do you think they'd give me for a copy of Superman 64 with the box, instructions, and everything?

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Originally posted by: Nanner Split
Man, I need to get rid of some of my old GC games (like Wave Race Blue Storm....ugh!). How much do you think they'd give me for a copy of Superman 64 with the box, instructions, and everything?


At gamestop, nothin'--aparently they don't take any games from the fifth-gen consoles any more.

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I finished saving up some money for an X-box 360 Elite this Friday, but last night I learned that in the fall they'll be changing the 360's cpu or gpu (I'm not sure which) to a "65nm" chip and that it will be more reliable (less heat to warp the motherboard) and that a price drop for the console will attend this change (cheaper to manufacture). So, I'm deciding to wait until that's released.

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Originally posted by: ferris209
I've got the Red Ring of Death on my 360 and I'm out of warranty. Didn't start doing it until after the Spring update, so I'm gonna break Micro$oft's balls over this.


My 360 just went down two weeks ago (it stopped reading disks all together but otherwise worked fine). If you haven't talked to Microsoft yet, I suggest trying to buy a new warranty before you tell them anything is wrong. Otherwise I would just keep complaining. I had to pay $140 to them to get mine fixed, and it takes forever.
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Originally posted by: ferris209
I've got the Red Ring of Death on my 360 and I'm out of warranty. Didn't start doing it until after the Spring update, so I'm gonna break Micro$oft's balls over this.


if you're out of warranty and out of options.

Wrap up the system in a towel. leave it running for about half an hour. It'll get pretty hot. turn it off let it cool for a while. Do it at your own risk - I have had success with it.




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Anyone watch AOTS last night? I noticed on the news crawl that some cheese from Sega said he believes the Wii will not have any staying power as developers wring more and more from the 360 hardware and learn more about the PS3. Said it will look very dated in a few years.
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Originally posted by: Nanner Split
Man, I need to get rid of some of my old GC games (like Wave Race Blue Storm....ugh!). How much do you think they'd give me for a copy of Superman 64 with the box, instructions, and everything?


The worst you can do is go and ask. I think your chances would be better with a place that still sells pre-owned oldies. We have a place called GameTraders that sell Game Boy, Saturn, Megadrive, Master System games - all sorts of hard-to-find gear.
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Originally posted by: JediSage
Anyone watch AOTS last night? I noticed on the news crawl that some cheese from Sega said he believes the Wii will not have any staying power as developers wring more and more from the 360 hardware and learn more about the PS3. Said it will look very dated in a few years.


He's recanted that statement, but I think it was basically right. The Wii isn't about bleeding edge graphics. As far as I'm concerned, it looks dated now. The point of the Wii is inexpensive hardware and fun gameplay. That's what consoles should be about.

"Now all Lucas has to do is make a cgi version of himself.  It will be better than the original and fit his original vision." - skyjedi2005

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The issue will be gameplay, not graphics alone. The Wii had a great launch, and helped make the PS3 launch basically fail. But the question will be if the wii has any more great, must have games for it. So far, its basically a console for Wii sports and Zelda-Twilight Princess. Two games won't give it any longevity. They need more fun games. The wii had a great launch because it was fun. It also attracted groups other than teenage boys/hardcore gamers. My worry for the wii is that they won't be able to follow-up on Wii sports. If the Wii has no staying power, it will be because it couldn't do it.

When the PS3 launched, that seemed to be the main selling point, how great the graphics were, and it didn't do so well. Many failed systems had the 'best graphics' in their day, and still failed.
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Wii has no good games? Come on, dude.

Super Paper Mario, Scarface, Godfather, Wario Ware, the best version of Rayman Raving Rabbids, not to mention the VCS games and upcoming stuff like Corruption, SSBB, and Super Mario Galaxy.

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It seems like Wii's 3rd Party support blows. So far they've gotten a bundle of "lesser" ports from existing franchises. As usual, Nintendo's strength is in it's 1st party titles, which is not good in the long run.
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Originally posted by: Number20
The issue will be gameplay, not graphics alone. The Wii had a great launch, and helped make the PS3 launch basically fail. But the question will be if the wii has any more great, must have games for it. So far, its basically a console for Wii sports and Zelda-Twilight Princess. Two games won't give it any longevity. They need more fun games. The wii had a great launch because it was fun. It also attracted groups other than teenage boys/hardcore gamers. My worry for the wii is that they won't be able to follow-up on Wii sports. If the Wii has no staying power, it will be because it couldn't do it.

When the PS3 launched, that seemed to be the main selling point, how great the graphics were, and it didn't do so well. Many failed systems had the 'best graphics' in their day, and still failed.


Yeah the Nintendo Wii has a poor selection of games to begin with, while the X-Box 360 and the PS3 are the superior consoles. GTA IV, Gran Turismo 5, Ridge Racer 6, Project Gotham Racing 4 and Pro Evo 7 are all examples on how they will suceed better than the Wii's wimpy paled in comparison games.
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Originally posted by: Scout trooper


Gran Turismo 5, Ridge Racer 6, Project Gotham Racing 4 and Pro Evo 7 are all examples...blah blah blah


A bunch of lame racing games? Seriously, is that the best you can come up with? Now, the Wii's racing games have, so far, been nothing to write home about. Only Exite Truck has been any kind of decent.

But seriously, the Wii will be getting a Mario Kart and probably a new F-Zero game within a few years, and those alone are worth all the boring Gran Turismo and its knock-offs money can buy. Online Mario Kart. It was great on the DS; it will be great on the Wii.

Granted, GTA4 will probably be a phenominal game. And so will, probably, Assassin's Creed, Goddess of War--I mean Heavenly Sword--and Rachet and Clank Future. Nobody is disputing that the PS3 and 360 are getting some great titles.

But look at what the Wii's got on the plate for this year! Resident Evil 4, Mario Galaxy, Smash Bros Brawl, Metroid Prime 3. That's hardly 'wimpy'!! Now if the third parties would just get their acts together, there'd be no problem at all.

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Originally posted by: Scout trooper


Gran Turismo 5, Ridge Racer 6, Project Gotham Racing 4 and Pro Evo 7 are all examples...blah blah blah


A bunch of lame racing games? Seriously, is that the best you can come up with? Now, the Wii's racing games have, so far, been nothing to write home about. Only Exite Truck has been any kind of decent.

But seriously, the Wii will be getting a Mario Kart and probably a new F-Zero game within a few years, and those alone are worth all the boring Gran Turismo and its knock-offs money can buy. Online Mario Kart. It was great on the DS; it will be great on the Wii.

Granted, GTA4 will probably be a phenominal game. And so will, probably, Assassin's Creed, Goddess of War--I mean Heavenly Sword--and Rachet and Clank Future. Nobody is disputing that the PS3 and 360 are getting some great titles.

But look at what the Wii's got on the plate for this year! Resident Evil 4, Mario Galaxy, Smash Bros Brawl, Metroid Prime 3. That's hardly 'wimpy'!! Now if the third parties would just get their acts together, there'd be no problem at all.


Those are just examples you moron. Tekken 6, new Timeplitters and Halo etc will be a million times better than the Wii's selections.

Lame racing games? LOL

GT5 will be the best racing game ever and the 360's Gotham Racer is just as excllent. Pro Evo 7 on the PS3 will be stunning and Mario Galaxy and Smash Bros Brawl are wimpy titles that the Wii is just going to release which are poor in comparison to the great titles that the PS3 will be releasing. The Nintendo Wii is an embarassment of an console.
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Originally posted by: Scout trooper
Those are just examples you moron. Tekken 6, new Timeplitters and Halo etc will be a million times better than the Wii's selections.

Lame racing games? LOL

GT5 will be the best racing game ever and the 360's Gotham Racer is just as excllent. Pro Evo 7 on the PS3 will be stunning and Mario Galaxy and Smash Bros Brawl are wimpy titles that the Wii is just going to release which are poor in comparison to the great titles that the PS3 will be releasing. The Nintendo Wii is an embarassment of an console.


I'm embarrassed to see how worked up you get when criticizing the Wii. The system is selling great. (So is the DS.) Also, Nintendo's supposedly "wimpy" first-party titles are the best selling games over the last few months.

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Originally posted by: Scout trooper
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Those are just examples you moron. Tekken 6, new Timeplitters and Halo etc will be a million times better than the Wii's selections.

Your faith in these franchises is moving, but to be frank, the past few incarnations of Tekken and Timespliters have been nothing special. (Not BAD by any means, but nothing to get hot and bothered over.)

GT5 will be the best racing game ever...

History begs to differ. Grant Turismo 3 was a boring sim racer with unforgiving controls. GT4 was pretty, but still a sim.

..and the 360's Gotham Racer is just as excllent. Pro Evo 7 on the PS3 will be stunning


Graphics aren't everything. Project Gotham doesn't interest me in the slightest.

[quote]and Mario Galaxy and Smash Bros Brawl are wimpy titles that the Wii is just going to release which are poor in comparison to the great titles that the PS3 will be releasing. The Nintendo Wii is an embarassment of an console.


Ugh. Stupid idiotic fanboys. Let's go play our mature games that are superior because they gots GRATE GRAPHX! Newsflash: Graphics don't mean much in the long run because games will ALWAYS be surpassed. Just look at RE4. It was the best looking console game ever when it was released. Now? Not so much on the graphics end. But it's still a suberb game because Capcom put their all into it.

X360 and PS3 are getting great games, but they're not great because of the system they do or don't appear on; they're great because developers care. I'd trade my 360's graphics capablities in a heartbeat if every game out there had the gameplay quality of God of War or Rachet and Clank.

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Put some $$ down for Super Mario Strikers Wii and also Madden 08. Anyone playing anything good right now? Eagerly waiting for SMG and SSBB. Any good 3rd party titles coming up?
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For the Wii? The only two I can think of that might be worth looking at are Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles and Sould Calibur Legends.

Umbrella Chronicles is a retelling of all the RE games involving the Umbrella Corp. plotline in light-gun form, using the Wiimote as your gun. I doubt it will be worth a purchase, but perhaps a rental. Soul Calibur Legends is a hack-n-slash set in the universe of the Soul Calibur fighting games using gestures to control your sword attacks. This one looks pretty but if they don't nail the controls it will end up a mess, so don't raise your hopes too high for that one.

Alternatively, I've heard that the Godfather: Black Hand Edition is pretty good.

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Currently playing Mario Strikers: Charged and RE4. The former is great fun, but the AI is nearly impossible. The latter scares the living shit out of me.

I wish they'd hurry up and bring out Super Paper Mario in Australia (I have to wait until September).

I've also been addicted to Animal Crossing over the last few months.

And in other news I got a DS a couple of months ago. Now I've got 8 games, I think. Lemme see: New Super Mario Bros., Mario Kart DS, Big Brain Academy, More Brain Training, Animal Crossing: Wild World, Metroid Prime: Hunters, Sonic Rush and Yoshi's Island DS. I'm loving it.

I've always wondered where all the good platformers go...
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Graaah! I'm so frustrated! Maybe someone here can help me out. I'm playing through Final Fantasy VII right now for the first time in several years, and I cannot for the life of me get Cloud to learn Omnislash. I have the item, but he refuses to learn it. I've been to over a dozen sites, and they all say the same thing: that the only requirement to use the "manual" for the 4th limit break is to already have every other limit break for the character. Well, that's not a problem as I've long since learned all of Cloud's: Braver, Cross-Slash, Blade Beam, Climhazzard, Meteorain, and Finishing Touch. But he still refuses to learn it. There must be something I'm missing. Do I have to be at a certain level (currently on 76)? Has anybody had this happen to them before?

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Originally posted by: theredbaron
Currently playing Mario Strikers: Charged and RE4. The former is great fun, but the AI is nearly impossible. The latter scares the living shit out of me.

I wish they'd hurry up and bring out Super Paper Mario in Australia (I have to wait until September).

I've also been addicted to Animal Crossing over the last few months.

And in other news I got a DS a couple of months ago. Now I've got 8 games, I think. Lemme see: New Super Mario Bros., Mario Kart DS, Big Brain Academy, More Brain Training, Animal Crossing: Wild World, Metroid Prime: Hunters, Sonic Rush and Yoshi's Island DS. I'm loving it.

I've always wondered where all the good platformers go...



How could you have avoided the Pokemon rush!?

I'm envious!

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Anyone else really pumped up about the new Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare coming out the end of October?
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Geez, where were all the video game nerds when I needed them?! Well, I finally found out that there is a rare glitch where it simply won't let certain characters learn Level 4 limit breaks. Cloud and Barrett were the victims this time around, but no one else seemed to have any trouble at all. Geez, for what's supposedly "the greatest game ever made" to many people, it sure does have a lot of really crappy glitches. Turns out, though, that I didn't even need it. Sephiroth was easier than he'd ever been. Never even damaged me enough for me to be able to use a limit break. In fact, all three of my characters were at full health when he bit it.

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.