BooJaka

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  3. Posted

    I'm clearly losing the battle here so I won't labour the point any longer but I just think that the console developers (and I mean all of them, not just Sony although Nintendo kind of got round it in this generation) underestimate the importance of backwards compatibility for the people who either missed out on the games/consoles of last generation or can't afford to keep more than one console or have them cluttering up the house without having to take them out and put them back in storage everytime you want to try something out.

    You know, the casual gamers

  5. Posted

    With the European launch yesterday, Sony announced its updated backwards compatibility list.

    I don't mean to bash Sony any more than has already occurred but the list seems somewhat puzzling to me. Having never owned a PS2 a lot of the older games that I might want to try for the first time on the new console aren't supported or, at best, run with "noticeable issues". For example, all the Final Fantasy games seem to have troubles (including FF12 which is pretty bizarre) and Guitar Hero just doesn't work.

    Having said that there are tonnes of games that are supported but none which i really care too much about which is a shame. Poor Europe.

  8. Posted

    Today I finally completed Ocarina of Time. I used my very last bit of magic to deliver the final blow and then sat there, somewhat satisfied, watching the end credits roll up for about 15 minutes.

    The natural progression is, of course, finding and buying Majora's Mask but I've heard some very mixed reviews about it. Some saying it's better which makes me want to go out and get it straight away, and some say it just isn't very good which make me wary. So what should I do? What are your opinions of it?

    Also I'm thrown into doubt by the fact that I'm going away in April so I wouldn't be getting it until about May at which point I intend to buy a Wii, but I don't suppose anyone knows if or when it was appear on the VC, right?

  10. Posted

    That depends on what you're expecting. It's the best handheld shooter ever created by far, it has the Metroid ambience in spades and it's more open-ended and "open world" influenced than any previous Metroid game, seeing as you get to choose which directions you want to go in after a while.

    It isn't, however, a true handheld Metroid Prime - it's not as intricate, nor as varied, as that game.

    But I still love it.

    I haven't played any of the previous ones (I don't own a Gamecube) so I don't really know what to expect.

    I guess it goes onto my ever-increasing "to buy" list. *sigh*

  11. Posted

    I went to Wikipedia to try and find out just how much the CD-Roms held(as you no doubt also did) but to no avail. I did however, see this interesting little point:

    "As price drops continued throughout the 32-bit era, the system board design of the Saturn was not as easy to condense in a cost-saving manner, and Sega fell behind after price drops offered by Nintendo and Sony. This forced Sega to "bundle" more software with the system in an attempt to make the more expensive Saturn compete with its rivals. Although the quality of the bundled software was high, gamers preferred to purchase a cheaper system from the competition and purchase game titles of their own choice instead."

    Remind you of anyone...?

    Oh, and the Dreamcast GD-Roms held 1.2GB so... under that I guess

  13. Posted

    Mario Kart is superb on its own. The addition of the missions to this edition (see what I did there?) make it excellent for single player and, while I haven't got the WiFi working in my own house yet, it's great fun round my girlfriend's... Also, you can play multiplayer off single cart but it is much better with more than one.

    Other than that I'd suggest New Super Mario Brothers. Not really much of a stylus game but outstanding nonetheless

    Oh, and you can't go wrong with Brain Training

  15. Posted

    The other day (Wednesday?) I beat Ganondorf, the tower started collapsing and to no one's surprise he turned into his "true form". Now, I know exactly how I'm supposed to beat him (in fairness it's not that hard to figure out) but I just really can't be bothered to do it. I'll probably do it sometime soon but at the moment I just keep running out of magic and I have to let him kill me to save time.

    Shame really, I was getting into it

  16. Posted

    The general British person is the scum of the earth, there are some really good British people (pretty much all of which life in Brighton ¬¬,) but the average British person is a hideous mishmash of selfishness, stupidity, aggressiveness and coming bottom of every European league table regarding quality of life.

    Yeah I'd go with that, except for me of course... Being English (or British or whatever it is now) I find it hard to say I hate all British/English people but, well... where I live isn't exactly known for its glamour

  17. Posted

    The Funniest example of this that I can think of is when a violent anti-paedophile group, roused by the British tabloids, destroyed the office of a paediatrician (for whom there was no accusation that he fiddled with the kiddies). Presumably they read the sign outside office and assumed he was such a brazen kiddie fiddler he was willing to advertise the fact. You have to love the average British person.

    Which happened right near where I live (Though please understand I don't live there. Those people are scum of the Earth)

  18. Posted

    To quote some guy from the comments of that page:

    So....we should buy a PS3 at launch. More expensive than the rest of the world. With less backward compatibility. And with a controller that will be out of date before long.

    I think that summed it up quite nicely

  22. Posted

    From Gamespot

    February 14--Wii Play with Wii Remote--Nintendo

    March 27--Disney's Meet the Robinsons--Buena Vista

    March--Bust-A-Move Bash--Majesco

    March--Prince of Persia Rival Swords--Ubisoft

    March--TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)--Ubisoft

    March--Bionicle Heroes--Eidos

    March--Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII--Ubisoft

    Q1--Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07--EA

    Q1--SSX Blur--EA

    Q1--The Godfather: Blackhand Edition--EA

    Q1--Medal of Honor: Vanguard--EA

    Q1--Sonic and the Secret Rings--Sega

  23. Posted

    Wow. A £50 PS2... sounds very tempting. Maybe if I had a need for another DVD player and I had enough time and money to play the Final Fantasy games on it then I'd go for it. It might even be worth something as a trade-in for those wanting PS3s too...