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Modern Video Games / Re: Who wants to Play Some Mario Kart Wii before it's gone forever!?

« on: March 04, 2014, 02:17:16 pm »

Sounds good. I've never played it online either. Hell, my copy is still sealed.

I wouldn't mind playing some if we got some people together. I think Nintendo has a real network now with screen-names and such, do they not? I know I'm registered because I did so with my 3DS.

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Modern Video Games / Re: In Honor of the 7th Console Generation

« on: March 04, 2014, 02:09:00 pm »

Have you played Super Mario 3D World?  It's fantastic.

It's fun and I'm greatly enjoying it, but it's just too much the same stuff they were doing with the new super mario bros, it's nothing in the same vein as Super Mario 64, Sunshine or Galaxy.  It's essentially just a 2D game that happens to be 3D, rather than being a 3D game that really benefits from it.  I want to see Mario have a big adventure like he use to and really utilizing the hardware with some epic worlds, new and interesting bosses, and a proper hub world since they abandoned that with Super Mario Galaxy.  I just want to see Super Mario 64, but doubled or tripled in size lol

I'm of the complete opposite opinion. I think Super Mario 3D Land and World are exactly what Super Mario Bros. in 3D should have always been. It feels like you're exploring the mushroom kingdom from the days of the Super Mario Bros. series, in 3D. I love it!

It's not bad, but it's a diversion away from the natural progression of Mario games as we knew them. I absolutely loved 64, Sunshine, and the Galaxy games, and thought they were some of the best 3D platform adventure games ever. Super Mario 3D Land / Word is not that kind of game. In an era where nonlinear 3D platforming is nearly dead, I'm hoping the Mario franchise hasn't also abandon it. I'm really not sure what point "New" Super Mario Bros serves now, it's become redundant.

Aside from this, the 3D Land / World games are incredibly short and small, and easy. You can beat the whole game in an hour, okay maybe two. Nintendo doesn't care anymore, they're like anybody else, they are just waiting to release DLC that they should have included in the game. These games are okay, but in my opinion the Mario franchise has been wrecked and I'm thoroughly disappointed.

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Modern Video Games / Re: In Honor of the 7th Console Generation

« on: March 04, 2014, 01:51:49 pm »

I jumped into the 7th gen scene about mid-way through, and yeah, it is kind of bittersweet to see it going. It was an especially long-winded generation, with lots of memorable new franchises and games. It was the first gen that I really followed closely through the years, I know the libraries inside and out.

What's funny is how hard the retail market wants to kick these consoles to the curb, when 8th gen is sooo slow coming in to it's own. Usually previous generations hang on in the retail market for a few years after the next gen starts. Microsoft and Sony have even vowed to keep 360 and PS3 relevant for a few more years, yet retail really wants rid of it.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Bye Bye DS & Wii wifi online play

« on: March 04, 2014, 01:38:21 pm »

Seems silly to support backwards compatibility only to kill off online software a couple of years into it, a bit premature. Obviously a lot of people still play some of those DS and Wii games. More people own a DS and Wii than will ever own a 3DS or Wii U and they are content with the old, so I guess the business end dictates it. They want to push the new product by telling people if you want that kind of service, buy the new machines and the new software.

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General / Dumpster diving game stores?

« on: December 30, 2013, 02:33:19 pm »

Any one here do this? By stores, I'm pretty much referring to GS.

I started doing this last year of out curiosity. Indeed it's tiring, and gross, but worth it I think. I've found so much stuff this way. Everything from pre-order bonuses, store displays, to complete games, and ones I wanted to add to my collection. A lot of the stuff is really profitable. I've made nearly a grand out of their dumpster.

For myself, most of what I hope to find is just DS cases. Since I'm such a big DS fan / collector, I like to find the cases to games still on my wishlist in hopes that I'll be able to obtain them cheaper, either through GS, or due to being less expensive cart only online. I also feel a personal duty to stop good DS cases (for good titles) from going to the landfill. But I also like finding all the different, neat and often times collectible stuff that gets thrown out.

Last night's run yielded a lot of good cases, and a disc only copy of Tactics Ogre. Not my cup of tea, but what a waste to be thrown out!

The downside is it eventually becomes a hoarding habit. I've accumulated so much stuff I can't possibly find a home for all of it. A lot of it I just wanna unload now, but I don't just want to throw it back out. 

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General / Re: Who else hates GameStop??!!

« on: December 30, 2013, 12:02:01 am »

I love this scummy corporate store. Because for every negative, there has always been a positive for me. One of course being, most smaller towns do not have independent establishments anymore, especially ones that could pacify a compulsive collector such as myself. Secondly, I've saved probably thousands by the time you add up the discounts and the relatively small tax in place of shipping fees. I'd honestly have a much harder way to go if it weren't for GameStop. But you've got to be sharp when you shop there. It's almost a science, and I've nearly mastered it.

I buy mostly used games at these stores, and I'm inside of them at least 3 times per week checking the stock, the prices, etc. Most of the staff at my stores have become familiar with me, and are more than willing to look out for my interests. If not, I just state exactly what I'm after. When buying a new copy, I always ask if they have any sealed ones left. If they swap out a used display for another I make sure to ask for the original print, the best condition one, or to make sure it's got a manual, and they don't mind doing that.

GS is part of my addiction. I'd buy from other stores, if they existed, and were at all competitive in product or service. Fact is most of my brick and mortar purchases comes from GS and Kmart.

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General / Re: Intro thread

« on: December 29, 2013, 11:16:59 pm »

Sssgoin' on everyone? Been itching to find a new home for my collection cataloging. Mostly due to the lack of reliability in terms of your competition. You probably know who I'm talking about. The video game database site that's almost always down or severely gimped. Can't even use that place anymore it's gotten so bad.

IGN?

GameFAQs?

Not sure if serious. Starts with an RF and ends with a Generation.

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General / Re: Pre-Ordered/Waiting for...

« on: December 29, 2013, 02:05:48 pm »

I'm gonna pre-order the LE The Which and The Hundred Knight (why did we get an Engrish title?). Anyways, the pre-order is just too beautiful to resist, plus a figurine! I've been watching for this game since the past summer. Still a little ways off  , but I'm excited!

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General / Re: Intro thread

« on: December 29, 2013, 01:00:39 am »

Sssgoin' on everyone? Been itching to find a new home for my collection cataloging. Mostly due to the lack of reliability in terms of your competition. You probably know who I'm talking about. The video game database site that's almost always down or severely gimped. Can't even use that place anymore it's gotten so bad.

Have been gaming since the early 90s and collecting obsessively a good 4 or 5 years. I'm not the game-room type, nor one to collect trinkets or memorabilia. I mostly focus on just games, and just games that honestly appeal to me. I've got most of the hardware I'll ever want, aside from some of the recent. Basically all of the mainstream units and few of the more obscure ranging from 2nd gen to 8th gen, and I collect games for virtually all of them, I have no biases and enjoy them all. Lately I've been on a modern games collecting kick. I've recently acquired a 3DS, Vita, and Wii U.

I have a game buying addiction, sometimes I buy more than I have time to play. I'm fan of rpgs, platformers, action & adventure, and hack n' slash among many genres. You can catch me playing about anything console wise aside from sports, mmo, or shovelware.