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So, in a recent LJ post, I was told: You think Reggie deserves more because you like Nintendo. That's really all, if you liked Sony, you'd like the junk Kutaragi is spouting too. *shrug* I think they're all dicks, it's their job to be. Quite fair, and I agree to some...

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Hmm.

One thing woekitten and I agree on is that we really do feel bad for the fate which befell Gunpei Yokoi, during Yamauchi's administration at Nintendo. The man came up with all manner of creations in R&D1, including Metroid, Kid Icarus, and Game & Watch. Before...

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Network Transmission at 28K

There are times I disagree with something Mandi has to say, and then there are times in which I agree with her 100%. This is one of the latter times, in case you couldn't tell. LBD "Nytetrayn"

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Zoinks, yo.

So, a couple of weeks ago, I brought up here the news of a new Scooby-Doo cartoon that involved a transforming Mystery Machine and nanotech Scooby. Well, it sorta came up again in #megaman-network, when we were discussing anime and how it gets cut here and stuff:...

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What if…

Thought on Super Smash Bros. Brawl... ...it'd be neat if say, one alternate costume for each character was an 8-bit sprite of that character. Don't know how possible/plausible that is, though, since I'm sure proportions and the like would change for at least a few...

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Sonic the Hedgehog

Yeah, I'm stoked. Gives me a reason to look at another next-gen besides the Wii, anyway. Though with money being what it is, I'm not sure if that's good or bad, but I shan't complain. That is the nature of the business, and I've known this for years now, like it or...

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DiC Nintendo Cartoons: A Primer

I just typed a reply to a topic over at Penny Arcade regarding the Mario toons, and it went longer than I'd expected. Since I invested all that into my post, I'd hate to see it disappear with another forum crash, or simply age, so I'm reposting it here. Super Mario...

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Slowing Down

Reading a topic on Super Mario Sunshine, it saddens me to think that the GameCube's entire life cycle was spent with only one Mario game, and not even a particularly good one at that. Not to say Sunshine is all bad. It's a pretty good platformer, though my interest...

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Tearing Down Powered Up

Looks like gelgameth managed to beat me to the punch by just a bit. No matter. So, thanks to my wife and her boss, we have ourselves a nice new copy of Mega Man Powered Up(and what was the preorder for that became my means of getting Tetris DS, FTR). And it's a pretty...

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What I’d Like To See…

As posted on MMNC. A few secret characters I'd like to see show up in Mega Man Powered Up(slight spoiler behind the cut) "Mega Man?" The evil version... just for the hell of it. Viewtiful Joe: Hell, he's already got the head for it, and it'd be cool to use some VFX...

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Mega Mutterings

Ok, just read the manual for MMPU(waiting for Red to get home before I play, just in case). I can't believe the booklet calls Rock "Mega." I could understand it in the game, given they seemed to have a miscommunication in translation. They seemed to know it was...

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It’s funny…

Re-reading Game Over, a book chronicling the history of the video game industry, and Nintendo in particular, it's interesting to see how so many years ago, much of what they held true seems to hold up today, including the same philosophies they're following through on...

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Flaws in MHX

Going through Hard mode with X, I've noticed a few flaws in the game. Whether they were put/left there deliberately or not, who can say. One is wonky item physics. I destroyed some enemies for a much-needed energy capsule on a conveyor belt, and as it went up part of...

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Super Princess Peach

So, Super Princess Peach(Japanese page, thanks to igosplashman there) looks like just what the doctor ordered for some oldschool Mario platforming, and a pretty good holdover until New Super Mario Bros. hits. Hell, "holdover" may be an insult; it looks like the game...

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I laughed.

Quote from someone regarding the story of the lost source codes for the would-be Mega Man Anniversary Collection for GBA: Just another case of Capcom kick their Megaman fans squarely in the mean bean machine. How much you wanna bet the source code for the first 3 RE...

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Skarface the Klown

I'll be honest, I'm not a huge fan of The Batman. Mind, I mean THE Batman, not Batman in general. But, it's grown on me a bit. It's kind of neat in an Ultimate Marvel sort of way, though not pulled off quite as nicely. My biggest gripe is what's come to be known as...

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MMXC vs. MHX

Thought occured to me earlier. A lot of rumor and speculation seems to suggest that the reason MMXC came out so badbare-bones is because of Maverick Hunter X. The natural suggestion so far is, "don't like it, don't buy it." Red figures we ought to pay for the good,...

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