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Originally posted by: theredbaron
LOL, Bomberman on a plane. Doesn't sound like a particularly healthy combination, does it?

LOL @ this whole discussion, in fact. Just understand that although ric has to brave the perils of flight on a regular basis, he has an innate fear of flying, right ric?


Not healthy at all. One of the gameplay modes envolve yelling "bomb" at the microphone to activate the bombs. I don't wanna get shot by a secret service guy on a plane just for playing my videogame.

And yes, I have to face flights constantly and I have a terrible fear of flying. It's God's way of saying "Ha Ha!" to me, in his Nelson voice.
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
But what if I select it by mistake? Like, on Bomberman DS, if you want to play battle mode, it first checks for other players before letting you play by yourself, so by that time the flaps could be activated by accident and 198 passenger perish in flames!


Quite the optimist, aren't you?
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Originally posted by: ricarleite


Not healthy at all. One of the gameplay modes envolve yelling "bomb" at the microphone to activate the bombs.


BWAHAHAHAHAHA. Wow, that's worse than loading up Red Alert 2 and having it blurt "WARNING: Military Software Detected"...

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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Originally posted by: ricarleite


Not healthy at all. One of the gameplay modes envolve yelling "bomb" at the microphone to activate the bombs.


BWAHAHAHAHAHA. Wow, that's worse than loading up Red Alert 2 and having it blurt "WARNING: Military Software Detected"...


One joke about that game around here is that if you played in the subway train, and a british cop was around, you were certain to get shot in the head and killed.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Ultimately, I think the name doesn't matter. Even if it does sound silly, it's whether third parties decide to support the system for the long run that will make or break it. (See: N64, Gamecube)


"A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet."

I'm really looking forward to the Wii, especially the Virtual console so I can rejuvinate all my old favorites and get rid of that 18-year old shell that was once an NES.

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So if you all head over to http://wii.ign.com there is some awesome news. Ubisoft is releasing 7 games at launch and has more in development for the Wii. Midway is bring the newest Mortal Kombat game (comes out in October on PS2 & Xbox, don't know which one) to the Wii as well as a Rampage game. Nintendo is definitely swimming in the third party support this time. I'm thinking that they are gonna do well. I can't wait.

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Gonna play a Wii this Sunday... Depending on the line... ^_^
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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Where you gonna play a Wii? I'm jealous already ....If you get to play it, let us know what it's like....unless you have a bad experience, don't tell us .

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Dude, Ric, that rules. Don't forget to post your thoughts when you get back!

Though, I think it bears saying that the Ubisoft Seven aren't all going to be launch games. I think Red Steel and Rayman Raving Rabbids are. The fact that such a major publisher has confirmed seven games months before the system even launches is still very good news. And who doesn't want to try out some Wii-mote Fatalties? (MK Armaggedon is also coming to Wii)...

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I was never a big fan of Ubisoft, so I have my doubts this is such a great move. What is really bad is the fact that Super Mario Galaxy is not on the release day pack, that would be THE killer game for the console.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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I don't know Ric, I'm gonna have to disagree with you about Super Mario Galaxy. As much as I love Mario and would love the game to be a launch title, Nintendo still has Metroid and Zelda coming out at launch. Those are two awesome series that have a nice size fan base. But we are allowed to have our own opinions, so I respect what you think.

I do wonder, though, why you have doubts about Ubisofts humongous support for the Wii. I understand that you were never a big fan of Ubisoft, but there are many people out there that like them and this will give them more reason to purchase the Wii. I personally am looking forward to Red Stee, although I am nervous about it not working as well as it can and the fact that there is quite a bit of hype for it. I'm also looking forward to Rayman Raving Rabbibs which looks like it will be a good game, read the latest Nintendo Power if you can. Monster 4x4 and the GT racing game also got my interest, but that's cause I like car/racing games.

In my post on the top of this page, I said Ubisoft is releasing 7 games at launch. Chaltab mentioned that they are not all gonna be launch titles and I apologize for being incorrect. It's just the first time I read the article I was really excited because of the support Wii is getting and I also somehow misread something that made me think they were gonna be launch titles.

Also, Ric, you didn't answer my question about where you were going to get to play the Wii?

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At a local videogame event, in which Nintendo will have a booth, part of the Wii Tour (going on on Europe as well), but mostly to make the official local release of the DS lite (released here officially this friday). On not so great news:

According to the report below, the Wii is expected to be launched in Brazil on the first week of December. The price will rance between R$ 1400-1500 which is translated to $650 USD (Note: the price has nothing to do with the North American price tag of ?less than $250').


Not if I can import it. Which I will.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
At a local videogame event, in which Nintendo will have a booth, part of the Wii Tour (going on on Europe as well), but mostly to make the official local release of the DS lite (released here officially this friday). On not so great news:

According to the report below, the Wii is expected to be launched in Brazil on the first week of December. The price will rance between R$ 1400-1500 which is translated to $650 USD (Note: the price has nothing to do with the North American price tag of ?less than $250').


Not if I can import it. Which I will.


The DS Lite here is like $150.
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Over here it's R$650,00, which I belive is something like 320 dollars. The most taxed items over here are tobacco and videogames, for some reason. I suppose it's due to our anachronistic government beliving videogames are somewhat related to witchcraft or satanic entities.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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DS Light is $130.

Ric is talking about the Wii, which seems to be 400 bucks more expensive in Brazil. Talk about getting jipped.

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Sean DS Lite in America is $129.99 to be exact. That really sux that Wii might be that much more for you Ric.

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He will import it. So it won't suck that much more for him.
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Yeah, I won't buy the local release, gonna import it. Too many taxes on it (almost tripled the price!), besides, it will take a whole extra month for it to get here.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering