Nick

All of those would be in my list. Also: Children of mana - as stated in the other thread Loco Roco - the odd PSP tilting thingamy Spore - ah yes, Spore

Sorry my bad. Children of mana is the next in the series of mana games and it's on the DS. Secret of mana (or Seiken Densetsu 2 in Japan) was a hugely popular game by Squaresoft for the SNES and was kind of the alternative root to Final Fantasy. Seiken Densetsu 3 was also brilliant but never made it out of Japan. All the other mana games that they made after were pretty rubbish from what I've heard but Children of mana goes back to the original style of the SNES games which is what I think pretty much all of the fans wanted. It's an RPG, you go around smatting stuff up hack and slash style, get better weapons and armour etc and get magic. In the Secret of Mana there were 3 characters - Fighter, Offensive magic user and Healer basically and you could play it 3 player if you had a multitap. The story line is usually something along the lines of 'The mana tree is in trouble, you're the chosen one so go find the sword of mana and kill all the mad evil you encounter to save the day whilst lots of other stuff happens along the way.' One of the great features was the circular menu thingy (dunno exactly what it was called) were the game would pause and a circular meny would pop up and you could select your magic or to use an item etc. It worked really well and kept the gameplay fast and flowing. Anyway Children of mana looks amazing and it was released in Japan along with the DS Lite, now we just need to wait for them to release a localised version in the US so I can import it here to the UK And Yufster, I don't think you can play it Wi-Fi unfortunately. But I might be wrong.

w00t! The game was going to be made for the saturn and was going to be the first True 3D sonic game. It was supposed to be SEGA's Mario 64 if I remember right. I can't believe that there's only one demo disc in existence. I mean why would there be? They surely would have made more than one and it's not as if they would just throw them away. In any case I'm looking forward to that gameplay footage.

You would? The Lite looks supurb and I'll definately be getting one. Not until they sort out some decent colours however, as whilst I don't really care about the colour the current ones make me want to empty my stomach each time I see them. A black or red one is what I'm waiting for. This is why I'm glad I have my oldskool DS though, as it means I can carry on enjoying all the amazing games until they do bring out new colours.

Bwahahaha that's nice. What if he is? Now he won't give you any oranges as all!

Happy Birthday!

aah oranges, the rarest of all the fruits

Without the rest of your post, that sounds quite scary.

http://forums.idlethumbs.net/showthread.php?t=2044&highlight=rose

I went for 100%map, I haven't gotten into the lucky 7 room yet. For the Iron golems I'm pretty sure the dead pirate soul worked for extra damage from behind and I got behind him with the barbariccia soul then got out the scorpion tail. As for getting 100% souls I don't think I have enough patience.

It's true, the Euro boxes are rediculously big, I much prefere the black US ones on me shelf.

I say lies also. Mainly because I don't want it to be true.

I have the Euro version, I'll be vaguely annoyed if I now find out there is a difference and that the Euro version is worse somehow

I'm in two minds over whether to get this game or not. I'm not sure if I would enjoy it, or if I would get bored of it because nothing actually seems to happen.

Stop that, there's a perfectly good smiley for that :shifty: :shifty: :shifty:

I kind of got the impression that he wished for SEGA and it appeared. A 'POOF!' would have been a better onomatope to put in the pic but perhaps SEGA fell from the sky? In any case the artist may have been worried that people would get the wrong idea and think he was calling all SEGA employees poofs

Duck and cover

Some nice screeans over at UK:R of the latest Sonic game for the XBox 360 and PLAYSTATION3. If I needed a reason to buy a next gen console, this would be it.

Completely agree, you can't make a 3D game flow as well as the old 2D sonic games. The side scrollers where set up, as in you'd be speeding along and see an enemy appear on the screen, you'd jump, bounce off the enemy, soar over some spikes and land on the other side still speeding along. With a 3D game it's too difficult to predict the players movement. *cough* enough of that. I LIKE THE SCREENS!

http://planetside.station.sony.com is a nice one

Indie

Here's a list of US DS release dates that I nicked straight from DSnews. Not really that many great titles but a few I'm definately looking forward too are: Advance Wars, Trauma Center, Mario Kart and Sonic Rush. I don't see Secret of Mana in there though Aug. 22: Advance Wars: Dual Strike from Nintendo Aug. 22: Nintendogs from Nintendo Aug. 23: Pac n' Roll from Namco August: Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour from Konami Sept. 19: Tak: The Great Juju Challenge from THQ Sept. 26: Trace Memory from Nintendo September: Lunar Dragon Song from Ubisoft September: Ultimate Spider-Man from Activision Oct. 17: Scooby-Doo! Unmasked from THQ Oct. 24: Metroid Prime Pinball from Nintendo Oct. 24: Real Time Conflict: Shogun Empires from Namco October: Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects from Electronic Arts October: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney from Capcom October: Texas Hold 'Em from Majesco October: Trauma Center: Under the Knife from Atlus Nov. 1: SeaWorld: Shamu's Big Adventure from Activision Nov. 1: The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer from THQ Nov. 7: SpongeBob SquarePants: The Yellow Avenger from THQ Nov. 9: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire from Electronic Arts Nov. 14: Mario Kart DS from Nintendo Nov. 28: Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time from Nintendo November: Disney's Kim Possible: Kimmunicator from Buena Vista Games November: Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2 from Atari November: King Kong from Ubisoft November: Mega Man Battle Network 5: Double Team from Capcom November: Need for Speed: Most Wanted from Electronic Arts November: Pac-Man World 3 from Namco November: SBK: Snowboard Kids DS from Atlus November: Sonic Rush from Sega November: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe from Buena Vista Games November: Viewtiful Joe Double Trouble from Capcom Dec. 5: Animal Crossing from Nintendo December: Golden Nugget Casino from Majesco December: Ultimate Card Games from Telegames Fall: ATV: Quad Frenzy from Majesco Fall: Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow from Konami Fall: Dig Dug Digging Strike from Namco Fall: Dragon Booster from Konami Fall: Frogger: Helmet Chaos from Konami Fall: Shrek SuperSlam from Activision Fall: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare from Konami Fall: The Sims 2 from Electronic Arts Fall: Tony Hawk (working title) from Activision Fall: Zoo Tycoon from THQ Q4: Blades of Thunder 2 from Summitsoft Q4: Mini RC Rally from Summitsoft Q4: Texas Hold 'Em Poker Pack from Summitsoft January: Age of Empires: The Age of Kings from Majesco January: Bust-A-Move from Majesco January: Guilty Gear Dust Strikers from Majesco Q1 2006: Dynasty Warriors (working title) from Koei Q1 2006: Metroid Prime Hunters from Nintendo Q1 2006: Ultimate Brain Games from Telegames Early 2006: Nicktoons Unite! from THQ

Well, what do we all think of the Spaff, Marek, Yufster account sharing shenanigans? -This is actually Nick posting, I'm just using Nick's login

If we weren't then it wouldn't be news.

Nope, never will be. I think.