BooJaka

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    I am so torn on this one. I was going to wait until they all came out and get them all in what I would imagine would be a bundle by then but today I somewhat foolishly downloaded the demo and loved every second of it. Should I just go and get it anyway or still wait?

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    loonyboi:

    For the amount of money they're charging? Yeah, I expect features like increased resolutions, online multiplayer, online leaderboards, etc.

    IGN:

    As previously announced, Virtual Console titles will be purchasable using Wii Points - available either online or in stores. In Europe, a 2000 Wii Points Card will set you back €20. Nintendo has revealed that NES games will retail for 500 Wii Points (approx. €5), SNES games for 800 points (approx. €8) and N64 gamse for 1000 points (approx. €10). Meanwhile, Mega Drive games will set you back 800 points and Turbografx games weigh in at 600 points. Nintendo has yet to reveal UK Sterling prices for Virtual Console titles.

    Sounds pretty damn reasonable to me...

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    I've heard a lot of things recently about region locking on the Wii and, by the looks of it, the whole thing seems to be surrounded in some strange kind of confusion what with one part of the company saying there won't be region locking and another saying there will be.

    So has there been any firm clarification on this? Will the games be region locked like every console before it or are they completely region free a la DS? Also, is the same thing applying to the virtual console?

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    Did anyone play Spider-Man for the PlayStation? I may be the only one (and a quick look of reviews would suggest I am) but I thought that was terrible! I don't know why, something I just couldn't put my finger on but I borrowed it from a friend and just simply had to complete it...

  10. Posted

    Aww. Ol' Jack always gets put in a bad light, I wonder why. Bit of a shame he was the only person who you could hear and that the judge was pretty much inaudiable and at the end I think he must nudge the volume control on the camera as it becomes a world of distortion. Also, is it just me or does his face gradually get redder and redder after he's told to put that thing down?

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    I think part of the problem, as with everything, is the advertising and promotion of these games. Over here in the UK, very few games are advertised anywhere but in gaming magazines. Every once in a while you get one put on TV or in a general magazine but even then it's a magazine aimed at the male population (ie: Zoo) so the adverts are appealing more to existing gamers than getting new ones. If there ever is a game advertised as being specifically for females (like the new adverts for Nintendogs and Animal Crossing) then it's often done in a broad and patronising way like "all girls like puppys" or "it doesn't matter what it is unless it's pink".

    But that's not very gender specific. Why are males more known for playing games than females? For the same reason someone (forgot who, sorry) said earlier, it's more socially acceptable for males to admit to liking games more than females because there's still this image that gamers are fat nerdy guys who live in their mothers basement in their 30s eating doritos and so on (sorry if that's a little too close to the mark for some people here :hah:)

    And another point as well, with a new generation of little people coming along and playing games, parental influences come into it all aswell. Lots of children nowadays are growing up in a household where Dad plays games but Mum doesn't so the male-orientated thing circles round again.

    Cue "When I were a lad" speech...

  17. Posted

    Honestly, I don't think I have ever really played an RPG. I mean, I used to play Dungeon Master 2 when it came out but even then my Dad did most of the controlling and I just basically watched him and pretended to be involved...

    Anyhoo, my point is it needs to be something that can not only give me a nice introduction to the series but also to the genre in general. Does that make the question any easier to answer?

  18. Posted

    Recently I made my triumphant return to video gaming by jumping on the bandwagon and buying a DS. After realising the million or so DS games I wanted for it but can't afford, I noticed that quite a few of the early Final Fantasy games were re-released for the Advance.

    Now, I've never played them before and have never really felt very compelled to even pick one up and pretend to be interested in it like I often do when I have no money but for whatever reason, I feel that I should at least give it a go, right?

    To me it makes sense that I should get the first two (which come bundled together) and then, if I like it, wait for the 3rd to come out on DS and then continue in that fashion but then I thought... what if the first one's really crap? Would that give me a bad representation of the rest of the seires?

    So, the summarise: Should I start from the start with the Final Fantasy series?