Late Night Consoling
by jason bergman, Jan 08, 2002 8:30pm PSTI'm still not sure what game I think I'm leaning towards Grand Theft Auto III for now, but I could switch to either Shenmue II or ICO at any minute. So many games to choose from! If I'm still game-less by Friday, I'm going to jump head-first into Final Fantasy X. And then everything will be simple for awhile.
- As noted in a news item at Cube.IGN, Minoru Arakawa, president of Nintendo of America for the last 22 years, has retired. Since this story originally ran last night, a second one has been posted which confirms that the guy is taking a much-earned vacation, and has no immediate plans for the future (so don't expect him to wind up at Sega or anything).
- In other 'Cube news, Nintendo has said that more than 70 GameCube games will be out by the end of the year, and they expect to sell "a minimum of four million" consoles sold worldwide by March.
- More sales figure chest-beating can be found at GameSpot, where Microsoft's Ed Fries talks about the success of the Xbox. The same news item also re-confirms Microsoft's plans to launch their online network this summer.
- Capcom has announced Capcom vs. SNK Pro for the PSOne, which is based on Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 Pro, which is already available for the Dreamcast.
- New movies from Sonic Advance are up at GameSpot, while Cube.IGN has some new Sonic Adventure 2 Battle movies online.
- All right! Akira on PS2! Or, maybe not...
- So why was a whole shipment of PS2 HDD units recalled in Japan? Who knows, but it couldn't have been too serious, since they're taking orders again (which will ship in February).
- Reviews: Computer and Video Games has posted their review of Halo (9 - but beware of the free registration), PS2.IGN has their review of Rez online (8.5), GameSpot has a new review of The Simpsons Road Rage (5.9), DC.IGN reviews the PAL version of Headhunter (9.0),
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come on nintendo :(
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http://msnbc.com/local/esj/A78898.asp?0dm=C14PT
truly a great icon
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I think this could be incredibly good because he had a serious hate-on for Square after they jumped ship to Sony. Rumor has it they've been wanting to do something with Nintendo again but that he's been a roadblock. Concur, disagree?
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BTW The game isn't as bad as they paint it to be, it's not GOTY material but it's a very entertaining game
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My god this thing owns me.
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fast forward to the 1 hr mark of this video:
http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0201/17112/ces256.asx
personally I'm waiting for the online play to consider buying the xbox ..
- Motorcycles. Make them Banshee fast and low armor (of course). If you crash, you fly fifty feet across. Imagine jumping a ramp and hitting a truck head on, watching your guy become Superman. Classic.
- Taxi hostage. If you carjack a taxi with a passenger, the driver is thrown out but the passenger remains. That way even if you have 4-6 stars the police would not try to fishtail you off of the road because of the civilian. Definitely would help escapes in dire situations.
- Rocket Launcher Drive Bys. We beg. Please.
- More mafia help. The mission with the gang war was super fun because of the chaos. Maybe have the guy start out with two or three helpers/bodyguards ala Dynasty Warrior 3.
- Call for back up. If you're part of a certain gang and on someone else's turf, give an ability to page members of your gang to assist in protection/attack.
I'm sure there could be more.. but those are just a few that popped into my head.
NINTENDO...YOUR FUCKING HIGH!
*applause*
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Damn fine game. That was the first game I played that I really enjoyed co-op in.
That and Toe Jam and Earl.. c'mon, nothing beats those 2 adventure games for the
Genesis!
That was when adventure games were in, now its all shootin' and what not.. ahh man
makes me wanna cry.. I guess that's why I play mmorpg's for my fill of adventure though :P
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Oh geeeze.
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