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

Ninja Spirit is fantastic! This will be my next purchase.
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Aegis Wings is free for a limited time on XBLA. Anyone get it yet? 4-Player hori shooter with online multiplayer... anyone?
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-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932

"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!"

aerisdead · . Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 254 Location: Toronto, Canada

It's a bit... Meh.

The main weapon doesn't power up, and there are only about 3 different baddies in the entire game. It's an uneasy mix between "bullet hell" and your normal kind of horizontal shooter.

It *does* have a fun sort of multiplayer, though. You can choose to either fly alone or join another player (until all four are joined) to have one player control movement and the rest mutli directional firing. It's fun because sometimes the person doing movement sucks, and so on.

I wouldn't pay for it, but it's a decent enough freebie, I suppose.
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

SuperWes · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 8:56 am Post subject:

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
Streets of Rage 2 (Sega Genesis, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
Blazing Lazers (TurboGrafx16, 1 player, 600 Wii Points)

These would normally all be awesome releases, but, you know, there are now so many good games on the VC that $8 is starting to go beyond impulse buy and into "a bit too much" territory.

I'm starting to use the VC release schedule as something that lets me know what carts I might want to try to track down in the future. Pretty odd, huh?

-Wes
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Ethoscapade · . Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 276

in some sense, i've been doing that since january.

hopped on over to my one 360 owning friend's place to try aegis wing; it's a terrible shooter, but in keeping with the "why else would you play a brawler" mentality (that seems popular enough on XBLA), four player co-op can salvage anything.

Lestrade · Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 6:12 am Post subject:

Ooooooh gooooodddd yesssssssss!!! Ninja Gaiden II coming out sooner than I thought!

I didn't even have the scratch to buy the first one, but this is the one I want anyway. Oh man, oh man, I love Virtual Console.

SuperWes · Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 9:10 am Post subject:

Yeah, apparently they also rated Shining in the Darkness. That's the first First Person RPG I ever really saw (aside from Lands of Lore for the PC, which is fucking awesome). I kind of hated it despite really liking a lot of things about it. Thankfully the stuff I liked about it was carried over into Shining Force and the stuff I didn't like was left behind. Still, with everyone talking about Etrian Odyssey I'm kinda curious what the general perception of Shining in the Darkness is. Has anyone else here even heard of it?

-Wes
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Lestrade · Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 9:56 am Post subject:

I hadn't until now, no, I'm ashamed to admit!

simplicio · . Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 1091

dessgeega · Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 5:58 pm Post subject:

i actually remember it as being like wizardry without any interesting dungeon features. to the little extent that i do remember it.
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Scratchmonkey · . Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1439

It's got some very charming character art. You have to get quite a bit into it before it stops being utterly boring though.

aerisdead · . Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 254 Location: Toronto, Canada

Nintendo Power seems to imply that Super Paper Mario will be next up.

If so, it will be the first game which I still own a physical copy of that I will purchase gladly.
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Ethoscapade · . Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 276

aerisdead · . Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 254 Location: Toronto, Canada

Oh yeah, I just mean Paper Mario. And yeah, They did mention Zelda 2 before, didn't they? Darn.
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Lestrade · Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 10:03 am Post subject:

Fuck fuck fuck Actraiser!!!!! Now I have to scare up some change to convert into WiiBucks™ so I can get this and Ninja Spirit.

Oh well, I'm too poor this month to afford any "real" games, so this will tide me over!

dessgeega · Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:44 pm Post subject:

you know what they should bring to the virtual console? arcade light gun games. n.y. captor on wii virtual console NOW.
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Ethoscapade · . Joined: 30 Oct 2005 Posts: 276

the eventual not-virtual-console wii download service remains the only potential place for space harriers now that the game cannot be played anywhere.

Lestrade · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:38 am Post subject:

I own Street Fighter 2 Turbo a million different ways, and now I can own it once again! I've been waiting for the Virtual Console release, because I was weaned on the SNES versions of the games. I'm totally going to buy this.

Now I'll have it for PS1, XBLA, Super Famicom (fo' realz), and Wiiiiiiiii.

dessgeega · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:01 am Post subject:

dessgeega · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:02 am Post subject:

also what the fuck china warrior??
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Mr Mustache · . Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Posts: 167 Location: Queens

JasonMoses · . Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 407

Lestrade · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:54 am Post subject:

Well I nabbed 2000 WiiBucks and got SF2T; I kind of regret it, but yeah... there it is. Now I need to spend the other points I have. I really want an N64 game but there aren't any out yet that are a must-buy for me.

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Lestrade · Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject:

Yeah, you're totally right. I really want Ninja Spirit, but I better wait until I'm done with Layer Section. If I have too many options, I end up not enjoying any of them.

SuperWes · Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:51 am Post subject:

I got Ninja Spirit and Punch Out!! last weekend. Punch Out!!'s amazing, but Ninja Spirit isn't all I had heard. I prefer Ninja Gaiden 1, 2, or 3 and/or Shadow Dancer and/or Shinobi 3. I'm actually kind of surprised Dess likes it as much as she does. It's not bad or anything, I just didn't see anything beyond the shadow power-ups tht really make the game stand out.

-Wes
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JasonMoses · . Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 407

Alright, Hudson updated their US VC page with upcoming games for this month. Basically: Dragon Spirit on Monday, followed by Air Zonk, Silent Debuggers, Devil's Crush and Drop Off in the following month. Yup.

dessgeega · Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 2:58 pm Post subject:

that is an amazing lineup.

silent debuggers is pretty much the scariest game ever.
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JasonMoses · . Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 407

Also of note is that Paper Mario is up soon in Japan and Europe just got Kirby's Dream Course.

Lestrade · Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:25 pm Post subject:

Today is Canada Day (Happy Fucking Canada Day!) and thus I don't have to work tomorrow. What Virtual Console delights will I wake to? (Or rather, wake up at 6:30 and wait for?)

I'm also enjoying Contra III a lot more now that I remember things like, uh, being able to hold two weapons. (Hey, Persona, do a 4-koma "nyoron" comic about me!)

Lestrade · Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 4:26 pm Post subject:

S00000PER MAAAARIO BROOOOOTHERS TWOOOOOO

dessgeega · Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 5:29 pm Post subject:

which one? supposedly the disk system game is coming to the american virtual console, which would basically be the most amazing thing ever.
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Lestrade · Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 7:15 pm Post subject:

The Doki-Doki Panic one—my fave!

JasonMoses · . Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 407

Paper Mario got added to the virtual console in Europe.

So... two weeks from now in the US?

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

Bomberman Live! with 8Player online next week. I will probably get it to see what all the hub-bub about OMG BOMBERMAN MULTIPLAYER has always been about.
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"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!"

aerisdead · . Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 254 Location: Toronto, Canada

BUY PAPER MARIO NOW YOU CUNTS
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

If we still have physical copies are we exempt?
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“The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932

"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!"

aerisdead · . Joined: 03 Dec 2006 Posts: 254 Location: Toronto, Canada

UM

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

Yay!!
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“The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932

"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!"

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RMHJrn1KyA

meh.
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dessgeega · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:32 am Post subject:

so bomberman live is up. i played the trial, but all of the interesting stuff (as in the stuff that would let me compare the game to my current favorite bomberman) is only in the full game. the good news is there is interesting stuff: my favorite map from bomberman '94 (the trapdoor stage) seemed to have made it in, along with "revenge" (players who have died are allowed to keep contributing to the chaos from the sides, instead of putting down their controllers and waiting for the other players to finish).

the most curious thing, though, is probably the "girl power!" achievement. win an all-female match while wearing a full female costume? what?
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Lestrade · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 6:09 am Post subject:

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

dessgeega · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 7:58 am Post subject:

i dunno! are you gonna buy it?
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Probably ;_;
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“The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932

"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!"

dessgeega · Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:13 am Post subject:

well if you get it i might get it.
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279