Game

[Verdigris Murder]

Basically the wiiu is a misstep for Nintendo, but as a recent owner of a 3ds purchased on eBay, and the fact that you actually have to send your second hand 3ds back to Nintendos Europe HQ because you can't remember the secret password, and then it gives you a code. Which makes you call Nintendos hotline, which is ok as they don't sound Indian.

[Verdigris Murder]

Nintendo are still UTTERLY clueless when it comes to ease of use online. Which is fucking bizarre. J-people are a clued up populace with small apartments.

[Positive Touch]

SotN > Super Metroid > Aria >>>>>>>>>>> Zero Mission

  eternal dirtbag status confirmed

[D3RANG3D]

Metroid 2

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is the secret best Metroid.

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Aria>SOTN

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[Shaka Khan]

I wish I had a legit way of playing Aria again. Right now I'm on a Metroidvania high so much that I ordered Order of Ecclesia. It's the only DS IGAvania I pirated, and was lazy enough to hack halfway through to avoid grinding. It's time to give it real chance.

[Cindi Mayweather]

What the fuck. I just watched the entire nintendo direct to see the new sonic game and all I got was Mario and sonic at the Olympics? What gives? Did I miss something?

Yakuza for wii u? Fuck that. If I see Andrex with a Kiryu avatar I may snap. To support a series from day one and it to continuously bomb and then it gets ported over to another system and NOW you're interested? Why does that anger me? Fucking feels about video games.

[Positive Touch]

havent played metroid 2 since it came out but all i remember is going "FUCK IM BACK HERE AGAIN" about 10000 times

well that and the last boss took 100 rockets to kill, had one attack, and you couldnt pause during the fight

[Cindi Mayweather]

I wish I had a legit way of playing Aria again. Right now I'm on a Metroidvania high so much that I ordered Order of Ecclesia. It's the only DS IGAvania I pirated, and was lazy enough to hack halfway through to avoid grinding. It's time to give it real chance.

Ecclesia isn't Metroidvania. It is Igavania but nothing like Metroid. The game you want is Dawn of Sorrow which is weaker than Aria but still constitutes being metroidvania.

[Positive Touch]

I wish I had a legit way of playing Aria again. Right now I'm on a Metroidvania high so much that I ordered Order of Ecclesia. It's the only DS IGAvania I pirated, and was lazy enough to hack halfway through to avoid grinding. It's time to give it real chance.

if you got a gameboy i could dig out my old copy

[Cindi Mayweather]

havent played metroid 2 since it came out but all i remember is going "FUCK IM BACK HERE AGAIN" about 10000 times

I played it on my friends game boy and said the SAME THING and I was a Metroid vet at that point.

[EmCeeGrammar]

Himuro is unintentionaly lying, get Portrait of Ruin and put up with deh animu to appreciate the best ds vania.

[Shaka Khan]

I bought Dawn and Portrait day 1 and went through them a couple of times. Eccelsia remains as the one I played half heartedly.

[Purple Filth]

The tweet about third parties is incorrect (and kind of odd given Zumba Fitness was one of EA's most profitable console games this gen), I disagree that Nintendo should have gone third party, the other two tweets are a true dat.

But the real story here is that another person working in the tech industry is going to get his ass fired for not knowing how social media works.  I have no idea how this keeps happening.

I can't see him getting fired. The tweets are gone, and what he was saying was essentially mirroring the company line really... well, the non-public one

It'd be interesting if the guys who broke the tweet story caught any flack themselves though...

Its the fucking internet dude

[cool breeze]

I wish I had a legit way of playing Aria again. Right now I'm on a Metroidvania high so much that I ordered Order of Ecclesia. It's the only DS IGAvania I pirated, and was lazy enough to hack halfway through to avoid grinding. It's time to give it real chance.

You might like OoE if you haven't played other Castlevania games 

I'm going to hate myself for making a list, but in my opinion, SotN > Aria > Portrait > Dawn > Circle > replaying any of the previous five > OoE > Harmony

edit: oh, you have played other Castlevania games.... umm, have fun 

[Shaka Khan]

Circle of the Moon. I always forget that one existed.

[Cindi Mayweather]

I think Dawn sucks. I only played it once. Only thing I liked was Julius mode. And yes Portrait is the best ds Vania but I'm not sure if it is a Metroidvania. It has been a while.

I think Aria > SotN > Circle > Portrait

Don't bother with the rest.

[brob]

Castlevania 1, 3, Rondo and Chronicles are so good. Like, super great. Symphony of the Night ruined everything.

IGAvania

[cool breeze]

Circle of the Moon. I always forget that one existed.

ever play it on the original GBA? you needed two lamps behind you to see what was happening.  I've always assumed that's why Harmony is a neon nightmare.

Castlevania 1, 3, Rondo and Chronicles are so good. Like, super great. Symphony of the Night ruined everything.

IGAvania

off topic, but you should check out Castlevania Rebirth on the Wii.  It's the last old style Castlevania made.

[Joe Molotov]

Circle of the Moon. I always forget that one existed.

Never forget.

[Shaka Khan]

[iconoclast]

Castlevania 1, 3, Rondo and Chronicles are so good. Like, super great. Symphony of the Night ruined everything.

IGAvania

+ Bloodlines. But yeah, OoE is probably my favorite Igavania because it's the least Metroid-like. The rest of the ones I played were decent enough though, except for Portrait of Ruin which I hated.

[D3RANG3D]

Circle of the Moon. I always forget that one existed.

ever play it on the original GBA? you needed two lamps behind you to see what was happening.  I've always assumed that's why Harmony is a neon nightmare.

Castlevania 1, 3, Rondo and Chronicles are so good. Like, super great. Symphony of the Night ruined everything.

IGAvania

off topic, but you should check out Castlevania Rebirth on the Wii.  It's the last old style Castlevania made.

This requires owning Nintendo hardware.

[Cindi Mayweather]

Seriously brehs it is possible to like og vania and metroidvania. 1, 3, 4, Rondo, bloodlines, and chronicle are my shit.

[Shaka Khan]

This reminds me that I haven't continued playing Dracula X Chronicle's version of Rondo of Blood.

Which brings me to another question: Dialog alterations aside, was the SotN that was packaged with that game worse than the ROM dump available on PSN? I own both, but tried neither.

[Cindi Mayweather]

Castlevania 1, 3, Rondo and Chronicles are so good. Like, super great. Symphony of the Night ruined everything.

IGAvania

+ Bloodlines. But yeah, OoE is probably my favorite Igavania because it's the least Metroid-like. The rest of the ones I played were decent enough though, except for Portrait of Ruin which I hated.

But the level design and platforming are way worse than old CV.

[Cindi Mayweather]

This reminds me that I haven't continued playing Dracula X Chronicle's version of Rondo of Blood.

Which brings me to another question: Dialog alterations aside, was the SotN that was packaged with that game worse than the ROM dump available on PSN? I own both, but tried neither.

DXC sotn is the best version of sotn. It has the Saturn upgrades (new areas, Maria, music) on top of better graphics which was downgraded on Saturn. I don't like the 3d version of Rondo but the original is included so who cares.

[demi]

Circle of Moon became a non-issue when you got a job and bought the SP.

[Cindi Mayweather]

Seriously. You niccas better bought the sp.

[D3RANG3D]

Seriously. You distinguished black fellows better bought the sp.

I had the superior micro.

[Shaka Khan]

This reminds me that I haven't continued playing Dracula X Chronicle's version of Rondo of Blood.

Which brings me to another question: Dialog alterations aside, was the SotN that was packaged with that game worse than the ROM dump available on PSN? I own both, but tried neither.

DXC sotn is the best version of sotn. It has the Saturn upgrades (new areas, Maria, music) on top of better graphics which was downgraded on Saturn. I don't like the 3d version of Rondo but the original is included so who cares.

FFFFFFFUUUUUUU. I had no fucking idea. Fuck me. Playing those extras was childhood dream.

[Joe Molotov]

Circle of Moon became a non-issue when you got a job and bought the SP.

Bought an SP Day 1. The SP was the real GBA, original GBA was beta hardware.

[Shaka Khan]

Awww, bummer. Well, for those who *did* play the Saturn version, were they substantial and good enough to be missed?

[demi]

Seriously. You distinguished black fellows better bought the sp.

I had the superior micro.

Superior lmao.

Can't hear you over my SUPERIOR AGS-101. Pink.

http://i.imgur.com/jXd5FqV.jpg

[Positive Touch]

Awww, bummer. Well, for those who *did* play the Saturn version, were they substantial and good enough to be missed?

fuck no aside from the running shoes which were godly. all other new items were shit, the summons that werent in the us ps1 release were shit, and the new areas sucked. one was a boring prison that with two rooms, and the other was a more interesting garden with wacky enemies and a weak new boss but the music in it was so bad it made your head hurt. maria was cool but shes in the dxc version. dunno how her new version plays tho. also the saturn had more loading, more slowdown, uglier graphics, and crappier sound.

it wasnt the worst thing in the world, but it was subpar and not worth pining over.

[Cindi Mayweather]

What the fuck. I just watched the entire nintendo direct to see the new sonic game and all I got was Mario and sonic at the Olympics? What gives? Did I miss something?

Yakuza for wii u? Fuck that. If I see Andrex with a Kiryu avatar I may snap. To support a series from day one and it to continuously bomb and then it gets ported over to another system and NOW you're interested? Why does that anger me? Fucking feels about video games.

That series you abandoned after two games?  Yeah, you don't get to have feels about lack of support for RGG, my friend.

I was HOPING you'd call me on that.

Now I feel loved.

[Cindi Mayweather]

at Oscar real talk about dxc. Fuck I heard it had new areas.

[D3RANG3D]

Seriously. You distinguished black fellows better bought the sp.

I had the superior micro.

Superior lmao.

Can't hear you over my SUPERIOR AGS-101. Pink.

http://i.imgur.com/jXd5FqV.jpg

GBA SP Unpeople just don't know.

[Cindi Mayweather]

I still love dxc. Play it Shaka. That umd was in my PSP for so long. Great game. I don't remember anything about the familiars though. Can you divulge, Oscar? And why is someone just telling me now that the dxc version doesn't have Saturn areas and enemies when I swear I went through entire areas I had never seen before in the psx version? I remeber people swearing it did have new content beyond Maria.

[Positive Touch]

the familiars were a fairy that acted just like the other fairy except it would sing if you sat down while having a certain item equiped, and a demon that acted just like the other demon except it had some goofy scrunched-up face and a squeaky voice

[Cindi Mayweather]

I don't blame anyone who prefers the original because of its dub.

I swear the wolf familar was fucked in DCX but maybe I'm crazy.

[bork]

Shaka, play DXC- it's worth it for the original Dracula X and you're not missing out on any of the awful, cheesy voice acting from the original version.

And why is someone just telling me now that the dxc version doesn't have Saturn areas and enemies when I swear I went through entire areas I had never seen before in the psx version? I remeber people swearing it did have new content beyond Maria.

It was pretty common knowledge that the extra areas and content from the Saturn version wasn't included in the PSP port, because Iga didn't work on it and refused to have anything to do with it, as Oscar already mentioned.   IIRC this was mentioned in interviews when the PSP game came out.

I have the Saturn version and agree that it's not worth bothering with, due to the awful performance issues.  Just check out the content and listen to the (awesome) music on Youtube.  IIRC there's also new music for Maria...jazzy remixes of older CV themes.

[thisismyusername]

Both of them are alright, but yeah I agree with Oscar: Maria in DXC isn't worth the time.

I think the new translation edges out for me slightly even with the stupid voice-work. I prefer non-Engrish translations, personally.

[Don Flamenco]

SOTN DXC version looks like asssszzz.  stupid "smoothing."   How can anyone with two eyes think that shit looks better?!   I don't get how that crap makes it into so many Japanese games...even in the fucking PS1 emulator on PS3/PSP/Vita!

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

The tweet about third parties is incorrect (and kind of odd given Zumba Fitness was one of EA's most profitable console games this gen), I disagree that Nintendo should have gone third party, the other two tweets are a true dat.

But the real story here is that another person working in the tech industry is going to get his ass fired for not knowing how social media works.  I have no idea how this keeps happening.

I can't see him getting fired. The tweets are gone, and what he was saying was essentially mirroring the company line really... well, the non-public one

It'd be interesting if the guys who broke the tweet story caught any flack themselves though...

I'd be very, very surprised if he did not get fired.  If it seems like a person is speaking for the company, whether intentionally or not, and does not have permission to do so will almost always result in a shitcanning for obvious reasons.

[Trent Dole]

^^Yeah I generally heard that the new dub and translation wasn't particularly better.
Don't know how EA man thought that was a good idea on the heels of that canned MS duder. Is everyone in the games/tech industry an autistic distinguished mentally-challenged fellow or what

[Shaka Khan]

Radioheadrule83 on Miiverse:

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Come on breh.

[Shaka Khan]

The Miiverse Fifa hub is actually brimming with angry Mexicans. Yeesh.

[Positive Touch]

so radiohead really has no life outside of videogame boards

[Don Flamenco]

i entered that post ID into origin and got free games

[Flannel Boy]

You went full nintard, man. Never go full nintard.

[Shaka Khan]

i entered that post ID into origin and got free games

[Phoenix Dark]

[maxy]

Nintendo fans have totally lost it.But this is just the beginning,the real fallout will come after holiday Mario,etc etc fail to produce desired results.

http://thewiiu.com/topic/12204-ea-sports-engineer-wii-u-is-crap-less-powerful-than-360-no-money-for-3rd-part/

[Cerveza mas fina]

Those radiohead posts and that Eddie gif are great stuff, thank you baby.

[Purple Filth]

Radioheadrule83 on Miiverse:

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Come on breh.

 

can't believe he was really that fucking pathetic

[maxy]

Ubi still loves U

When approached by GamesIndustry International about whether the company may reevaluate its stance on devoting resources to a struggling platform, a spokesperson told us, "As with any new console, it takes some time to grow an established base. Ubisoft has a varied and high-quality line-up for Wii U, with more big titles on the way including Rayman Legends, Watch Dogs, Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag and Splinter Cell Blacklist. We're confident that this will help in continuing to attract gamers to the Wii U system and that Nintendo will take steps to ensure that the Wii U is successful in the market."

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-05-18-ubisoft-reaffirms-its-faith-in-nintendo?

[pilonv1]

Some good stuff lately

[MCD]

gif was sad bro

[maxy]

gif was sad bro

Sad but true 

The real question is what that means for future Nintendo consoles.Iwata really fucked up...

[Flannel Boy]

well, at least one thing that will never be console exclusive is fanboy tears

https://www.change.org/petitions/sega-stop-exclusive-partnership-with-nintendo

good luck with that, furfags

To:
Sega
STOP Exclusive Partnership with Nintendo

Sonic fans who are not interested in have WiiU will miss at least 3 games!.
We respect your decision but we want you to please give us in the future Sonic Games for all plataforms!

Sincerely,
[Your name]