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OtakupunkX · . Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Posts: 730

I like playing DS games based on liscensed propertires because they're like looking into an alternate universe where the N64 never died out.
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Ketch · . Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 420

Nana Komatsu · weak sauce Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293

So here's a completely anticlimactic ending to the thread.

I went to the best of the used game stores the other day and they had virtually nothing. The game selection in general was smaller, for anything older than the Gamecube/PS2/Xbox generation there was virtually nothing. I guess a while ago they stopped buying games for most of these systems. As a result, I didn't find anything that was on my list, even for the N64 which I figured was a shoe-in.

Thanks for the suggestions though, I'll probably be picking up a few of the titles listed here online used to round out my colleciton anyway.

Also, while I'm here, does anyone have an opinion of Parappa 2 for PS2? The original seems mildly rare now but the sequel is rather common and I'm curious if this is because it isn;t very good.

And does anyone have any feelings about the new Prince of Persia series for one console versus another (in the same vein as Killer 7 should be played on Gamecube)? Ifigure I'll get the xbox versions for the cleanest graphics, but really I can do any of the three consoles and comparable versions cost about the same.

Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 1:24 am Post subject:

They are Prince Of Persia in name only, they play nothing like the older games so if you have fond memories of the series you probably should keep it at that. However, if you want a parkour combat simulator then you should definitely jump right in.
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Nana Komatsu · weak sauce Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293

No, I understand that. I've played Sands of Time a bit and enjoyed it.

That said, if any of the new games stop part-way through and ask me for the thirteenth word on page 62 of the manual, I will be pleased.

Mister Toups · Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 12:21 pm Post subject:

dongle · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 290

ApM · Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 2:20 pm Post subject:

Parappa 2 has probably the best implementation of freestyling that NaNaOnSha has managed; this shines particularly in the two-player battle mode, which is entirely based on the back-and-forth mutation of a particular phrase. (You can play the two-player battle mode against the computer, if you like. And I do!) They actually attempt to use this to incorporate difficulty levels (the more you replay levels, the more chopped-up the music gets), but unfortunately it only sort of works. It just never gets very hard.

And yeah, the plot is really awful, in a "these games need to be EVEN MORE ZANY DAMMIT" sort of way.

SuperWes · Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 2:34 pm Post subject:

Parappa 2 blows asshole. Just play Parappa 1, Umjammer again, Vib-Ribbon, or Mojib-Ribbon if you want a Nananaonsha fix. A better option might also be Tamagotchi for the DS, which is by them and may or may not be good!

-Wes

EDIT: See, I don't like absolutely every game!
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Ethoscapade · . Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 276

seconding recommendations of at the very least the original crash and saga frontier.

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

I remember that someone gave me Parappa 2 for free and I played it and thought "this is ass". Then I said that and someone informed me that the game gets more and more challenging as you play though the loops. There are something like 20-some loops to the game each getting more difficult. I may be wrong on this though.
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