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Games and Stuff; Gaming talk, and so forth...
Topic Started: Oct 18 2004, 05:49 AM (230,605 Views)
Notty
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Arrrgh, taking exams in GX sucks.

More on that later.

For the moment, I want to talk about M+L2:Partners in Time. Moreover, how it managed to exceed my expectations, and still manage to be mediocre when compared to Superstar Saga.

First and foremost, gameplay. The babies, while adding more elements into the mix, suffer from...adding more elements into the mix. Superstar Saga had a near-perfect combat system, because it was SO SIMPLE. Adding two more buttons to the mix adds complication to a battle system that was build around being anti-complicated.

I wanted to cry when I found out my beloved Bros. Attacks was replaced with Bros. Items. I've gotten the hang of the new items, but it's still not the same. I can't adjust the speed for extra damage like in the last game, which was half the fun.

I felt I'd ACCOMPLISHED something when I'd mastered Hammer Bros and Fire Bros at full-speed.

Cannonballer is just a lame 4-button press. It's stupid that it does so much damage.

The music is also disappointing. If they'd just kept some of the tracks from Superstar Saga, it'd have been great. But they didn't.

Also, what they did to Fawful is just sad. Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

With all the yucky parts out of the way, now for the good stuff.

This game maintains the humor that made the original great. And the story is automatically made good by the fact that it's not another game with cliche of teenagers that have save the world.

(Before anyone comments that "Saving the princess" is MORE cliche, gotta remember, this is MARIO for pete's sake.)

I also appriciate that they didn't try to just throw in some pointless feature with the touchscreen.

All in all, this game is good, certainly a worthly collection for anyone who owns a DS.

But it's just not as good as Superstar Saga.




Now, on the subject of Duel Academy. I dropped from Firey Duelist to Dropout Boy because I helped the shopowner. I missed the written exam and the timed duel. And I flunked the practical exam because he killed himself before I could even draw Poly.

Grr...stupid exams.
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ryu planeswalker
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but you did the right thing, and that is more important than ones rank.
Malia Weinhagen talking about her father Dave Arneson
 

"The biggest thing about my dad's world is he wanted people to have fun in life," Weinhagen said. "I think we get distracted by the everyday things you have to do in life and we forget to enjoy life and have fun.

"But my dad never did," she said. "He just wanted people to have fun."
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Notty
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Hard to think like that when when I can't get Alexis, Chazz, or practically anyone else to duel me anymore.

And I went through hell to be able to mail Alexis, too!
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well if you can't get the blues to look at you then you got to

CHAZZ IT UP. :thumbsup:
Malia Weinhagen talking about her father Dave Arneson
 

"The biggest thing about my dad's world is he wanted people to have fun in life," Weinhagen said. "I think we get distracted by the everyday things you have to do in life and we forget to enjoy life and have fun.

"But my dad never did," she said. "He just wanted people to have fun."
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demener
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Has potential to be a really good thing.
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Shadow776
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Ah, I've known about those titles for awhile. Didn't know they were by the makers of The Elder Scrolls series, though...
Terra Drake,Oct 19 2005
11:12 PM
If I had a penny for every time I didn't have a penny, I'd tear apart the universe in a paradox.

And so long as the irresponsible explore unknown lands, we need never fear...

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We're the last descendants
In the line of valiant soldiers
We're mistreated angels
We're the blackbird nation, we're the chosen ones
We're the last descendants
We're the tribe of unsung glory
We're the fallen angels
When the time is right you shall be on my side


~ Blind Guardian, "Wait for an Answer"

~... Don't disappear... ~
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MFD
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It was only a matter of time, my friends, only a matter of time...

Tetris DS

Uses the touch screen... what, you tap the block to rotate it?

Themed levels based on classic Nintendo... ?
Oceans rise, empires fall

I need to know
If the world says it's time to go
Tell me will you freak out?
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Notty
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OH HELL YES.

'Tis all that needs to be said

Also, MFD? You've played Partners in Time, what do you think of my review up there? Agree, Disagree, Apathy?
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*bounces in happily*
Yay!! I have beaten Dragon Quest VIII. And opened the Dragovian Sanctuary. God, I am so gonna get my butt kicked........*sweatdrops*
They said there was no chance. They said we should find a new home. We have. We just made it ourselves. Because we dare to think the impossible.

We are heroes. This is what we do.

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Pointless touch screen feature? You forgot that one part where you had to clean the parchment...

Also, I enjoyed the standard battle system. The babies added... finesse? No... um... inticracy? Yeah... they added an intricacy to what would have been boring (with the jumping and the hammers and the countering)...

I will agree about Bros. Items. Trampolines and Copy Flowers for the win. (No really. They were all I had left before realizing that there was probably a second form to the princess Shroob.)

Also, I did like Fawful's monologue, but since the badges do nothing for me, I never visited him again.

I'll repeat: I battle the Elder Princess for an hour without dying. An HOUR. Just for that.

Also, the Star Gate with Luigi was hilarious.

And the new Bros. Actions (restricted to the field)... there were alot.

Lovely game. I felt it lived up to its predecessor... though, certainly there were some things to fix. At least you never had one brother fighting...
Oceans rise, empires fall

I need to know
If the world says it's time to go
Tell me will you freak out?
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M&L isn't due here until the 5th of next month. Have already pre-ordered. Also, they've agreed to contact me the instant LoZ release date is confirmed.



Also, as regards GX exams: When I got to the fusion exam, I got to skip it, cause I triggered the Chaz event. Basically, if you're in Slifer Red and beat Chazz a bunch of times, Crowley makes you do a dorm switch duel with him. If you win, you are transferred to Obelisk Blue, and Chazz leaves the school. Also, Crowley tells you to skip the next exam.
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Amy: You do have a plan, don't you?
Doctor: Of course I do!

New Objective: Think of a plan.
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It all makes sense now! DiZ is Walt Disney and the 13th Order represent all the CEOs of Disney after he died! Brillant!
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Drekal,Jan 25 2006
10:03 AM
M&L isn't due here until the 5th of next month. Have already pre-ordered. Also, they've agreed to contact me the instant LoZ release date is confirmed.



Also, as regards GX exams: When I got to the fusion exam, I got to skip it, cause I triggered the Chaz event. Basically, if you're in Slifer Red and beat Chazz a bunch of times, Crowley makes you do a dorm switch duel with him. If you win, you are transferred to Obelisk Blue, and Chazz leaves the school. Also, Crowley tells you to skip the next exam.

If they are doing that its possible he is gonna come back with a nasty deck if you aren't prepared for it, Those Lv decks can be killers sometimes if you let them get out of hand.

One question about the kid, does he use the XYZ and VW fusions?
Malia Weinhagen talking about her father Dave Arneson
 

"The biggest thing about my dad's world is he wanted people to have fun in life," Weinhagen said. "I think we get distracted by the everyday things you have to do in life and we forget to enjoy life and have fun.

"But my dad never did," she said. "He just wanted people to have fun."
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Heres a question, is Kingdom Hearts 2 out yet?

I have no TV and I'm a horrible serfer of the internet for these things so I just don't know.
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I think it is in japan but not america
Malia Weinhagen talking about her father Dave Arneson
 

"The biggest thing about my dad's world is he wanted people to have fun in life," Weinhagen said. "I think we get distracted by the everyday things you have to do in life and we forget to enjoy life and have fun.

"But my dad never did," she said. "He just wanted people to have fun."
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MechaV
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Should be here by the end of March.
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I have been starting to have doubts about if this is gonna live up to the hype, I hope and pray it will but after my last few SE buys I just think it could be horrible.
Malia Weinhagen talking about her father Dave Arneson
 

"The biggest thing about my dad's world is he wanted people to have fun in life," Weinhagen said. "I think we get distracted by the everyday things you have to do in life and we forget to enjoy life and have fun.

"But my dad never did," she said. "He just wanted people to have fun."
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Notty
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Oh, god, not more S-E bashing. Please?

Radiata Stories, Dragon Quest VIII, Final Fantasy IV Advance. All perfectly fine games by S-E.
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Haven't played Stories, DQVIII is good but it comes with FF XII which balances that out, Final Fantasy IV is a remake and really couldn't be screwed up by accident.
Malia Weinhagen talking about her father Dave Arneson
 

"The biggest thing about my dad's world is he wanted people to have fun in life," Weinhagen said. "I think we get distracted by the everyday things you have to do in life and we forget to enjoy life and have fun.

"But my dad never did," she said. "He just wanted people to have fun."
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Wait, Dragon Quest 8 isn't considered a good game since it came with a free warning not to buy Final Fantasy 12, and it even provided you with a good reason why?
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