I'm at PAX East

[Corporal]

Well according to the interwebz they've got invite codes.

http://i.imgur.com/sEMxT.jpg

Though they might only be handing them out at panels? Not sure.
Since you have  a real computer now you may even try it yourself.

Andrex, if you don't get at least eleventy billion codes for all of us each I will hunt you down and force you to release all your Pokeymans.

But seriously, even if you won't be able to share, at least do get one for yourself. Game looks like it's going to be awesome.

[Tasty]

OMG JOOLS SIGNED MY DEMENTIUM WHERE ARE MY MEDS AHHHH



Guild Wars 2 codes you say?

[Great Rumbler]

Too bad it's not April 10th yet, because I'd snatch one of those codes and use it immediately.

[chronovore]

Yeah, you might want to crop that picture, or you'll be short a code on the 10th.

[chronovore]

What do you mean? There's a Susan Richards cosplayer right there at the table.

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WOKKA WOKKA!

[close]

Well done, sir.

[MrAngryFace]

Also I don't see the big deal over cosplay. I mean if we're gonna say you shouldn't be ashamed to play a handheld in public is it really that much different to say it's fine to dress up for a few days at a gaming convention?

YES

YES

YES

A THOUSAND TIMES YES

Obviously it's ok if it's a hot girl.  Otherwise, NO SALE.

Truth

[Tasty]

Yeah, you might want to crop that picture, or you'll be short a code on the 10th.

You guys can sort out which codes you want from the top card, the bottom card codes I'll keep.

[Tasty]

Got some great info from Jools (including a bit on the eShop he says he shouldn't have said.)

Also I'm sitting down in the waiting room for Mega64's panel eating lunch. Remember that sprsk pic from the PSP's launch? Well there's like 10 3DS players around and one Vita guy. Great looking hardware though, but you already knew that.

[Corporal]

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I want one of the GW2 codes.

So...dibs on the second one? Or do we just race for it? Do I need to wear a skirt, wig & heavy makeup? I don't care. Bring it on.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

this is a public form so im sure lurkers got them

[Corporal]

Wig & makeup it is.   

[Tasty]

At least it's the good Robin.







Not bad cosplay IMO.



^ Not me.



Mega64 was hilarious and started out with a bang. Parody of the last scene in Lost except internet vids played when Jack touched the coffin. Great new skits, look out for the Skyward Sword one. Also a great skit of Iwata committing Seppuku over the Circle Pad Pro that may never be released.



OMG Suda! I got a pic of me and him together that is totally cooler than Wario64's one with Kojima. But you can only see it if you follow me on Twitter.



Suda's sig~ He wrote PAX 11 though.

[Tasty]

Oh and Spirit Camera is awesome. Was hesitant of the AR but it's fantastic. Must buy 3DS game.

[Mr. Gundam]

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Suda's sig~ He wrote PAX 11 though.

I thought those were exclamation marks.

[Tasty]

That makes more sense. 

[Human Snorenado]

Go to the MTG thing and tell me what's happening.

[Sho Nuff]

Go play Skulls of the Shogun damn it

[Tasty]

Go play Skulls of the Shogun damn it

I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS!

[Tasty]

Sat in line 1 and 1/2 hours and I'm still really far back.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

whyyyyyy

[Tasty]

Nothing better to do, and the concert ain't my scene.

[MrAngryFace]

good ol GB

[Sho Nuff]

Haunted Temple Studios booth next to SEGA

[Mr. Gundam]

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Sat in line 1 and 1/2 hours and I'm still really far back.

What are we looking at?

Really, I have no clue. 

[Human Snorenado]

It's andrex, so I can only imagine something Nintendo related

[Tasty]

There are no Nintendo things at PAX, except a tiny cramped square on the show floor.

Spirit Camera is awesome though, you guys should buy it.

Yeah, it's... Ryan Davis, Jeff Gerstmann, Brad Shoemaker, Alex Navarro and Patrick Klepek. They had two guests, the Cards Against Humanity guy and... I forget. I'll remember tomorrow.

[Tasty]

Haunted Temple Studios booth next to SEGA

Be there tomorrow.

[Verdigris Murder]

Holy shit Andrex. I seriously hope your posts are meant to be read in an ironic manner.

[Verdigris Murder]

That said, I used a couple of valuable minutes reading this thread. So it must be enjoyable.

[Tasty]

Meeting Sho Nuff was fun. Basically walked up to the booth and started chatting with the demo guy, trying to discern if he was Sho out of the three guys there. After hearing about the game and learning more about it, I figured it was a 70/30 shot.

"So I have to say, I think this game really really really sucks." Confusion on his face.

"I wouldn't even post about it on The Bore."

It dawns on him More expert IRL trolls probably could have done more but I got my moment in.

Sho, it was fun talking with you! I don't know if I'll be able to play the game when it comes out, maybe on Windows 8 but I'm trying to switch to Linux... Aside from that I'm not a huuuuuge TBS fan. Sounds like you have a great buzz going though (two E3s running come later this year I'm sure.)

[Tasty]

Also Tommy you lying ass plebe, you aren't here.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

yes i am 

[Tasty]

Ummmm there is no Sony booth.

[Sho Nuff]

Sony ain't here!

Awesome meeting Andrex, I was like "WTF I can't believe that it took until day three of PAX to get trolled 

[MyNameIsMethodis]

I'm not going to tell people where i'm  actually working especially since it'll ruin my internet character 

[Shaka Khan]

What is left there to ruin?

[pilonv1]

wow andrex. What sort of game was it?

[Joe Molotov]

What is left there to ruin?

He's afraid people will discover that he's really a likeable, intelligent guy.

[Human Snorenado]

What is left there to ruin?

He's afraid people will discover that he's really a likeable, intelligent guy.

And, you know, white.

[Sho Nuff]

This is my game

[Tasty]

Thomas you are so full of crap.

Sony ain't here!

Awesome meeting Andrex, I was like "WTF I can't believe that it took until day three of PAX to get trolled 

It wasn't even a real troll! Although now I guess you can't say nobody scary played it at PAX.

wow andrex. What sort of game was it?

Edit- Beaten.

I mean Sho can explain it better (although he's probably tired of it by now. ) It was a turn-based strategy game but with the grid replaced with these circles that determined how far you could move from your current spot, and PHYSX™ so like if you got hit near water that unit would tumble into the water. A lot of it was over my head, even watching people play it for 30 minutes I was still 40% fuzzy on it.

I did snatch this on my way out:

[Shaka Khan]

This is my game

That looks sweet. Will buy.

[Tasty]

Sho you should totally leak that opening you did here and make it a BORE™ EXCLUSIVE® SCOOP™®©.

[cool breeze]

disappointing to see skulls of the shogun isn't based on the last dragon

disappointed in andrex for calling it a tbs and not part of the famicom wars genre.  where's the resolve 

[Tasty]

Well that's how Mr. Developer himself explained it to me.

[pilonv1]

That looks awesome! When is it out?

[MyNameIsMethodis]

I saw that game on the show floor thought it looked pretty sick. I will buy it to support fellow boreans

[Tasty]

Spirit Camera was my Game of the Show™. I mean, it was the only one I actually played, but still. (So Sho's game could very well still be the best game there!)

Very very good stuff. My only concern is it'll be extremely light on content (I'm fearing 3-ish hours.) It just seems like AR games think they can get away with it due to their gimmicky and experimental nature.

And that time estimate is basically from me gauging how big the included AR manual thing is. It couldn't have been more than 30 pages and I had already "used" three of them in my 15 minute demo.

But aside from that, it was great. The AR stuff was done really well, and the non-AR stuff was typical(ly great) Fatal Frame fare. Iwata may not have been so crazy in changing it from a "proper" FF game.

I saw that game on the show floor thought it looked pretty sick. I will buy it to support fellow boreans

Dude just gtfo out of here, you weren't at PAX man.

[demi]

A 3DS game is not "game of the show" - did you even try shit? Borderlands 2 hello? smh. underage.

Sho's game looks cool but that trailer didn't do much to explain anything. I'd have to play a trial. Is it XBLA?

I thought it was another garbage ass Tower Defense but if its actual TBS then I am chubbin

[Tasty]

A 3DS game is not "game of the show" - did you even try shit? Borderlands 2 hello? smh. underage.

It was a good game and a phunky phresh experience. Borderlands 2 is the same old broken lootwhore RPG shooter jank. Jank!

Also I wasn't standing in line for more than 15 minutes to play a game. Like, for anything. Even the next Mario or Zelda.

True story: the AssCreed 3 booth was literally just for the PAX-exclusive (until two weeks from now) trailer and the line was three hours long.

Oh and you're fricking welcome for those GW2 codes.

[demi]

I can't play GW2 on XBLA or PSN, Andrex. I don't care!

[Huff]

Isn't spirit camera just some garbage AR shit? no wonder why there wasn't a line

[cool breeze]

what games were at PAX? the only new game footage I've seen is of Sleeping Dogs.  I heard Max Payne was playable but I'm guessing you couldn't take video.  oh, and Mario Tennis, which looks pretty cool.

Mario tennis has a practice mode where Super Mario Bros level scroll on a brick wall and you're supposed to hit enemies and coin blocks for points.  Neat twist on a standard tennis training mode.

[Tasty]

Isn't spirit camera just some garbage AR shit? no wonder why there wasn't a line

It was actually pretty good. The AR is only half the game and it's handled well. The other half is basically Fatal Frame.

I thought everyone here says gamers have crap taste all the time, well it's doubly true for Spirit Camera. :'(

Game is gonna massive-bomba. I wonder if it'll outsell Xenoblade (US)...

Oh NoA, you so kooky with your localization choices.

[Tasty]

What were Fatal Frame 1-3's sales Oscar?

I was iffy on the re-title at first, but with the new title and AR gimmicks and apparently more NoA muscle than Xenoblade or Last Story are ever likely to get (not saying much admittedly, hell Xseed has TLS), I wonder if it'll do decently. Well, decent relative to the series. Which means slightly above "not good."

Oh and Sho and I were wondering if you ever met him while he was in Japan. Or played Tetris with him.

[Huff]

Isn't spirit camera just some garbage AR shit? no wonder why there wasn't a line

It was actually pretty good. The AR is only half the game and it's handled well. The other half is basically Fatal Frame.

I thought everyone here says gamers have crap taste all the time, well it's doubly true for Spirit Camera. :'(

Game is gonna massive-bomba. I wonder if it'll outsell Xenoblade (US)...

Oh NoA, you so kooky with your localization choices.

Do we have info on how Xenoblade has sold so far?

[Tasty]

What were Fatal Frame 1-3's sales Oscar?

I was iffy on the re-title at first, but with the new title and AR gimmicks and apparently more NoA muscle than Xenoblade or Last Story are ever likely to get (not saying much admittedly, hell Xseed has TLS), I wonder if it'll do decently. Well, decent relative to the series. Which means slightly above "not good."

Oh and Sho and I were wondering if you ever met him while he was in Japan. Or played Tetris with him.

It's hard to find data on stuff that sold so low.  Fatal Frame 1, I can't find anything on.  Fatal Frame 2 sold under 50k on PS2 and under 10k on Xbox.  Fatal Frame 3 was under 20k.  I'm not expecting anything decent for Spirit Camera.  Even if NoA gets behind it, it's not a great match for the 3DS audience.  RE opened just under 100k - something like Spirit Camera I'd expect about 50k in a best case scenario, probably more like 20-30k in reality, though.

As for Sho - yes, we met once in Japan at an Otaru night.  He was gushing about GTA4 (which had just come out) most of the time, and had his computer with him because his job was that damn busy.  He also met me an even longer time ago when we both worked for IGN Dreamcast.  E3 2000, I think.

...you worked for IGN? 

I mean I think 20k is the minimum it's going to get. 40k seems likely to me just based on Nintendo's apparent interest in promoting the game at trade shows like PAX. But we'll see. I'm no sales wizard, I just have a decent feeling. Maybe I'm just hopped up on Nintendo promoting the game pretty well at PAX (even though it's one kiosk like Mario Tennis and RER (although that's at Capcom's booth too I think), it's literally the first kiosk you see. It wasn't shoved in the corner, you have to walk past it to get to any other game) and the game itself being really solid.

[Tasty]

It did for me!

And my friend I was with. We're both now getting it based on our PAX playtime.

[The Sceneman]

This is my game

will buy to support fellow Bore game makin nicca, and because the game looks sweet

[Sho Nuff]

Skulls is totally modeled on Advance Wars and Tactics, but without menu surfing and traffic jams. I quit working for Square Japan and moved to Haunted Temple in January so I'm still getting up to speed on all the subtle nuances of the game but it's a blast in multiplayer and the campaign mode is really damn funny.

Demi, the PAX trailer I cut was really fast paced and was just to get people's attention on the show floor. A bunch of people recorded short narrated walkthroughs that go into the nitty gritty of how the game works, once those get uploaded I'll pass them along and you can see if it's your cup of tea or not