So has anyone else played SMG at their local game store?

[bluemax]

Was it a jagging looking nightmare for you too?

I'm hoping I just went to a EB that didn't set their Wii up right/had a shitty HDTV or something. I believe it was a 27" Samsung.

The game was very colorful, but looked really bad around the edges. The lack of aliasing was burning my eyes.

[bud]

it's probably because it's being playe don an hdtv. wii and hd, lol.

i'm thinking of renting a wii from somewhere during the christmas holidays just for this game.

[CajoleJuice]

Yea, when I played MP3 at a Gamestop a few days ago, I couldn't believe how fucking jaggy it was. Holy crap.

[BlueTsunami]

Wii not being HD capable due to Nintendo dogma is the greatest injustice to gaming ever

[y2kev]

Wii is usually bleck on an HDTV, but I don't know that the games are configured properly on those TVs, making them look even worse.

I went to play it but the wii was borked.

[demi]

I'll try it when I go pick up Tomb Raider tomorrow

[Beezy]

The Gamestop near my job had MP3 hooked up today. The short, fat, duck-lipped bitch behind the counter cut the power to the demo units like 3 mins after I started playing.

[demi]

And you didn't threaten her life? What kind of black person are you?

[TVC15]

Wii is usually bleck on an HDTV, but I don't know that the games are configured properly on those TVs, making them look even worse.

I went to play it but the wii was borked.

There's no way to properly configure a Wii game for an HDTV.  It's even a tradeoff going to 480p.  Without putting my finger on it (I haven't played enough, really), I swear that there's a tradeoff when going to 480p that makes the cursor move. . .kinda choppier?  Or something.  I can be off my rocker.

Anyway, Nintendo fucking sucks and I can't believe Nintentards let them piss all over this gen.

[y2kev]

Wii is usually bleck on an HDTV, but I don't know that the games are configured properly on those TVs, making them look even worse.

I went to play it but the wii was borked.

There's no way to properly configure a Wii game for an HDTV.  It's even a tradeoff going to 480p.  Without putting my finger on it (I haven't played enough, really), I swear that there's a tradeoff when going to 480p that makes the cursor move. . .kinda choppier?  Or something.  I can be off my rocker.

Anyway, Nintendo fucking sucks and I can't believe Nintentards let them piss all over this gen.

Well, 480p and widescreen is as close to proper as it will ever get...and I'm not sure they have that set up.

[Beezy]

And you didn't threaten her life? What kind of black person are you?

[CajoleJuice]

And you didn't threaten her life? What kind of black person are you?

One that wears glasses like this:

[ferrarimanf355]

I may try tomorrow... 

[Beezy]

And you didn't threaten her life? What kind of black person are you?

One that wears glasses like this:
(Image removed from quote.)

Bitches love my glasses. Gay guys do too.

[bluemax]

I'm being told its a low end HD TV with a bad scaler, so this makes me feel better. The gameplay was great but it looked worse than I expected after all the screen shots/video.

Also the opening cutscenes are unskippable

[hyp]

here's a tip to make the wii look FUCK AWESOME on an HDTV:

turn the sharpness all the way down, and use composite cables.  the less detail, the better!

spoiler (click to show/hide)

n/m. nothing can help the wii's visuals.

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[Smooth Groove]

NO!  Composite cables look even worse. 

[drohne]

imo those little kiosk displays are more forgiving than the bigger tvs that people actually use

[TVC15]

imo those little kiosk displays are more forgiving than the bigger tvs that people actually use

Yeah, I am guessing all Gamestops and EBs have just about the same displays, or the same family.  I bet the display Nintendo has chosen for its kiosks is the right size to take dvantage of 480p without being big enough to see how terrible it looks on a real home TV.  Nobody at home has TVs that small. 

The difference with 360 and PS3 games is that those games *do* look that good on a big screen, as well as small.

[Synbios459]

Ouch, to understand how stupid Nintendo is read this:
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=15986

Now that Monster Hunter 3 is announced as a Wii exclusive, there's been some speculation that this game might be the first to "circumvent" friend codes, because it really hinges on group play, and friend codes can be somewhat unwieldy. Will there be some kind of solution to this?.

We're still discussing that; we don't have anything to announce today. But the way that we think about friend codes is, when folks are online, and they want to play, they typically want to play with their friends. And so, they want to keep it to groups of people they know. We've seen, in the feedback we've gotten, that people don't mind the friend codes. They like them, because it keeps them playing with the friends that they do know, and it keeps their games "undisturbed," if you will.

Another WiiWare question -- considering the Wii has a rather small flash drive, how many titles will it be able to hold? For example, even though Crystal Chronicles on WiiWare is not going to be large, it might be difficult to have even ten games of that volume.

A lot of the games for WiiWare that have been submitted so far are smaller in size, so they're not gonna take up a ton of your drive. But the way that we look at it is, we really don't want people storing every single game they buy on their drive. When you buy a game, it's yours forever, so you can delete it, and go back and get it at any time you want. In a way, we liken it to putting music on your iPod; you listen to it for a while, and then you get tired of it, and you pull it off, and you put some new stuff on.

[bluemax]

Ouch, to understand how stupid Nintendo is read this:
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/new...hp?story=15986

Now that Monster Hunter 3 is announced as a Wii exclusive, there's been some speculation that this game might be the first to "circumvent" friend codes, because it really hinges on group play, and friend codes can be somewhat unwieldy. Will there be some kind of solution to this?.

We're still discussing that; we don't have anything to announce today. But the way that we think about friend codes is, when folks are online, and they want to play, they typically want to play with their friends. And so, they want to keep it to groups of people they know. We've seen, in the feedback we've gotten, that people don't mind the friend codes. They like them, because it keeps them playing with the friends that they do know, and it keeps their games "undisturbed," if you will.

Another WiiWare question -- considering the Wii has a rather small flash drive, how many titles will it be able to hold? For example, even though Crystal Chronicles on WiiWare is not going to be large, it might be difficult to have even ten games of that volume.

A lot of the games for WiiWare that have been submitted so far are smaller in size, so they're not gonna take up a ton of your drive. But the way that we look at it is, we really don't want people storing every single game they buy on their drive. When you buy a game, it's yours forever, so you can delete it, and go back and get it at any time you want. In a way, we liken it to putting music on your iPod; you listen to it for a while, and then you get tired of it, and you pull it off, and you put some new stuff on.

Don't fuck up my thread with this shit.

At any rate, IIRC the tvs Nintendo had SMG on at E for All made the game look a lot nicer than the TV at this particular EB. I don't know why I didn't think about this earlier.

[demi]

I played it when I picked up Tomb Raider (and a used Dead Rising!). I played up to getting the first Grand Star. Those things are huge.

It was pretty boring, and the "gravity" gameplay was more confusing and convoluted than fun. There was a lack of enemies and coins. What's with shooting star bits at things? That was only the tutorial level though. And they changed the 7th peach look-a-like to Rosalina, not Rosetta.

[TakingBackSunday]

Whatever demi.

[demi]

Just giving some real talk, don't let my very thorough examination of Metroid Prime 3 fool you.

[TVC15]

Sounds like Super Mario Galaxy is pretty much a Sunshine-sized disappointment.

[Bloodwake]

Sounds like Super Mario Galaxy is pretty much a Sunshine-sized disappointment.

Well, what I played was fucking great.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

In a way, we liken it to putting music on your iPod; you listen to it for a while, and then you get tired of it, and you pull it off, and you put some new stuff on.

Funny, I own a 160GB iPod so I can carry all my music with me at all times. Nintendo. distinguished mentally-challenged fellows.

[The Sceneman]

I havent turned my Wii on since I got my HDTV. Im sooo scared about how ass its going to look 

[Polari]

I havent turned my Wii on since I got my HDTV. Im sooo scared about how ass its going to look 

Make sure you buy component cables.

[Oblivion]

Sounds like Super Mario Galaxy is pretty much a Sunshine-sized disappointment.

Nah, at least not yet. The levels I played (they're a bit further along) should give a far better impression of what to expect.

[hyp]

Sounds like Super Mario Galaxy is pretty much a Sunshine-sized disappointment.

guess you haven't been reading the gaf thread.  apparently it's orgasm of the year.

[Himu]

Sounds like Super Mario Galaxy is pretty much a Sunshine-sized disappointment.

guess you haven't been reading the gaf thread.  apparently it's orgasm of the year.

hahaha.

I have to say that I'm pretty impressed with what I've seen of Galaxy so far. I mean, the level designs look so awesome and not typical 3d platformer. It actually looks like fucking Mario. In 3d. And not some gay adventure bullshit with platform elements tacked on.

[demi]

Um... no, it's the same mechanic as Sunshine

[Oblivion]

Sounds like Super Mario Galaxy is pretty much a Sunshine-sized disappointment.

guess you haven't been reading the gaf thread.  apparently it's orgasm of the year.

I'm gonna keep my expectations semi-low on this one. I mean, this is my most anticipated game so far, but after TP, I'm a little more weary of EAD's ability to make 9+ games again. At the very least, the music doesn't seem to disappoint.

[hyp]

I'm gonna keep my expectations semi-low on this one. I mean, this is my most anticipated game so far, but after TP, I'm a little more weary of EAD's ability to make 9+ games again. At the very least, the music doesn't seem to disappoint.

i'm looking forward to it as well.  which is why i immediately entered/exited that gaf thread.  i rather not read too much about it and have an unfiltered experience. 

[Robo]

I played it for a short while at GameCrazy and couldn't wrap my head around the gravity and incorporated waggle controls.  I can't say I'm terribly familiar with the platform, but the whole thing seems unnecessarily convoluted.

[demi]

I just did the Goron Mines in TP (only Zelda comment I'll make in here I swear) and I don't have any problem with it. The "tear collecting" bit seems way exaggerated. Triforce Hunt was so much worse. I mean... it's Zelda... again. That will be my reaction to Galaxy, especially having played the demo retail version at EB. It just felt like another Mario.

[demi]

I played it for a short while at GameCrazy and couldn't wrap my head around the gravity and incorporated waggle controls.  I can't say I'm terribly familiar with the platform, but the whole thing seems unnecessarily convoluted.

It was pretty boring, and the "gravity" gameplay was more confusing and convoluted than fun.

I win! Wii fegs cry!

[Robo]

Shit, I didn't even see your post.  I would never purposefully agree with demi.

[The Sceneman]

I just did the Goron Mines in TP (only Zelda comment I'll make in here I swear) and I don't have any problem with it. The "tear collecting" bit seems way exaggerated. Triforce Hunt was so much worse. I mean... it's Zelda... again. That will be my reaction to Galaxy, especially having played the demo retail version at EB. It just felt like another Mario.

its true! The tear collecting took about 1/2 an hour, and was typical Zelda gameplay, if people bitch about that shit then why the fuck do they get hyped for Zelda games and play them in the first place?

[bluemax]

I played it for a short while at GameCrazy and couldn't wrap my head around the gravity and incorporated waggle controls.  I can't say I'm terribly familiar with the platform, but the whole thing seems unnecessarily convoluted.

The only new things to me over past platformers were:

collecting the stupid colored things by pointing at the screen (annoying and gimmicky, also kind of pointless)
shooting one of these stupid colored things out by pressing a button (wtf does this do?)
tilting the remote from side to side to spin up vines
shaking the remote to do the spin attack.

The gravity thing isn't really that confusing.

[TVC15]

I just did the Goron Mines in TP (only Zelda comment I'll make in here I swear) and I don't have any problem with it. The "tear collecting" bit seems way exaggerated. Triforce Hunt was so much worse. I mean... it's Zelda... again. That will be my reaction to Galaxy, especially having played the demo retail version at EB. It just felt like another Mario.

its true! The tear collecting took about 1/2 an hour, and was typical Zelda gameplay, if people bitch about that shit then why the fuck do they get hyped for Zelda games and play them in the first place?

Tear collecting is like a half hour each time.  Possibly the biggest problem with TP is how padded the game is, and the useless tear collecting epitomizes that.  Tear collecting exists for no other reason than to make you re-run over terrain you have already explored, thus getting more use out of it.  It's the same thing as having to play all the levels twice in Silent Hill 4, or in Folklore, except ninfags eat it up because it's NINTENDO!

[Himu]

I just did the Goron Mines in TP (only Zelda comment I'll make in here I swear) and I don't have any problem with it. The "tear collecting" bit seems way exaggerated. Triforce Hunt was so much worse. I mean... it's Zelda... again. That will be my reaction to Galaxy, especially having played the demo retail version at EB. It just felt like another Mario.

its true! The tear collecting took about 1/2 an hour, and was typical Zelda gameplay, if people bitch about that shit then why the fuck do they get hyped for Zelda games and play them in the first place?

This.

I just did the Goron Mines in TP (only Zelda comment I'll make in here I swear) and I don't have any problem with it. The "tear collecting" bit seems way exaggerated. Triforce Hunt was so much worse. I mean... it's Zelda... again. That will be my reaction to Galaxy, especially having played the demo retail version at EB. It just felt like another Mario.

its true! The tear collecting took about 1/2 an hour, and was typical Zelda gameplay, if people bitch about that shit then why the fuck do they get hyped for Zelda games and play them in the first place?

Tear collecting is like a half hour each time.  Possibly the biggest problem with TP is how padded the game is, and the useless tear collecting epitomizes that.  Tear collecting exists for no other reason than to make you re-run over terrain you have already explored, thus getting more use out of it.  It's the same thing as having to play all the levels twice in Silent Hill 4, or in Folklore, except ninfags eat it up because it's NINTENDO!

Most of the time once you're done tear collecting, you're done with that area. All you have to do is just do the dungeon. It doesn't require you to go over and do the area again at all.

[Polari]

Tear collecting was dumb but not Triforce hunt level of game breaking.

[Smooth Groove]

I've the same question as Demi.  Why does the Twilight world look like Okami?  Okami sucks. 

[Van Cruncheon]

okami rules, and you two are fat gay twins who fuck each others' fat gay butts.

[y2kev]

okami rules, and you two are fat gay twins who fuck each others' fat gay butts.

OKAMI

[The Sceneman]

Im listening to the OST right now.

OKAMI

[demi]

okami rules, and you two are fat gay twins who fuck each others' fat gay butts.

And you are a furry who likes red rocket red rocket red rocket