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Squirrels running up trees are pretty funny I think. Squirrels are funny in general. I've not seen this movie. I guess I won't bother. The previews for it were awful... Some of it was just to bizarre to even find funny. I finally had my friend tell me what the story of the movie was, and then it sounded even worse. That's not good heh.

The manga has been in english for quite some time. You can buy it in the small comic sized issues (there are at least 30 something of these that I know of, and I believe they are in color), or in larger volumes (there are four of these, and they're black and white.)

He is not Paul from the Wonder Years. That was a stupid rumor that started, which is why I stuck it next to the "gay" part... because they are both idiotic arguments from people I hear when I ask why they hate the band. His name is Brian Warner, I have no idea what the guy from the Wonder Years real name is... but it's not the same. And while we're here... let me clear out some other rumors. Girls are not raped on stage, although sometimes girls run up there and take their shirts off for some reason - just like any concert of this type. He did not have a rib removed so he could suck himself off (this stemmed from a scar he has on his stomach). He does not kill animals onstage. And so on. I've had to disprove these to so many idiots, which is why I stuck it in the warning at the top. I didn't realize what I said was that complicated.

No, he's not really Paul from the Wonder Years... lol.

You don't play as Trinity or Neo from what I've seen. It mostly follows the two new characters (the one played by Jada Pinket Smith [sp?] and that asian guy). No one knows much about the actual story... but according to the developers the game parallels the movie. Where the movie stops the game continues and shows more, and where the game stops the movie continues and shows more. I've not heard good things from hands on impressions from IGN though. The fighting sounds like a simplistic, weak button masher and the driving sections look incredibly lame. Not to mention the graphics (other than some characters) look very unimpressive. Hasn't anyone noticed that they [i]never[/i] close their hands in any pictures or videos? It just comes off like they spent all their time with the movies and cutscenes and the 250 page script... and little went into the actual gameplay. Plus it's being done by Shiny, who is incredibly hit and miss (with only like three good games in my opinion). I guess we'll see. I think a lot of people will buy this just because it's the Matrix honestly.

IGN mostly stinks heh. Gamespot is owning them in coverage this year, and all the smaller fan sites make IGN not worth going to for me. I think most of the biggest news will be today at Nintendo's conference. They have quite a bit to show though, so I'm sure some will spill onto the floor days. First... Super Mario Advance 4 is Super Mario Bros. 3.... Sort of. If you look at the link at the end of my post, it looks like a remix of the game. In fact, in one of the screens Mario is wearing a cape like in Super Mario World. Like I said earlier, Nintendo is also doing a new Star Fox game (Starfox Armada from Nacmo is something else - from what I hear, but don't know for sure just yet). Graphically, it's not impressive at all. In fact, it looks like a redo of Sin and Punishment (which never came out in the US) with Starfox characters. The only problem is that it looks like it should be on N64. Sin and Punishment is supposedly amazing though, so this could be a lot of fun. There are scans of those and some other Nintendo games (Custom Robo, Mario and Luigi RPG, Starfi 2, Mother 1+2, Pokemon, etc) at [url]http://www.gamesarefun.com/cgi-bin/newspro/fullnews.cgi?newsid1052838773,13578,[/url]. I'm not posting them because they would throw off the page size lol. Custom Robo looks kickass though.

Anyway... I got my info from companies' official sites, to the game, IGN and Gamespot. [b][u]Rare[/b][/u] The first game up is [b]Grabbed by Ghoulies[/b]. Rare registered the trademark for this some time ago (back when Nintendo still owned them, so I'd have to say they've been making this a while), and it's apparently a sequel to a game they made decades ago on something I don't even remember. It kind of looks like Zombies Ate My Neighbors... where you're basically clearing out rooms of ghosts and monsters (which is also like Luigi's Mansion). I can't say I'm impressed by the graphics, but time will tell (it supposedly looks nice in the newest videos though). It's supposed to be out this year. [IMG]http://xboxmedia.ign.com/xbox/image/GrabbedByTheGhoulies11.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://xboxmedia.ign.com/xbox/image/GrabbedByTheGhoulies10.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://xboxmedia.ign.com/xbox/image/GrabbedByTheGhoulies09.jpg[/IMG] Next up is Conker: Live and Uncut. It's supposed to come out sometime in 2004. From what I've heard it sounds like more of the same, which isn't bad if you liked the last one. Apparently they plan on getting more "mature" with it though. Some people are telling me it's just a remake of Conker's Bad Fur Day with a ton of new Multiplayer modes, but I don't know if that's true or not. That's all the current screens show though... a bunch of mulitplayer stuff. [IMG]http://xboxmedia.ign.com/xbox/image/Conker05.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://xboxmedia.ign.com/xbox/image/Conker06.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://xboxmedia.ign.com/xbox/image/Conker03.jpg[/IMG] The only other game of theirs talked about was Kameo, which is also 2004. [img]http://www.rareware.com/games/upcoming/kameo/shots/kameo_04.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.rareware.com/games/upcoming/kameo/shots/kameo_03.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.rareware.com/games/upcoming/kameo/shots/kameo_02.jpg[/img] So basically, they have one game coming out in 2003. I can't say I'm that excited honestly, at least until we know more about Conker. It's funny that so many people said that Nintendo was forcing Rare to make these games... they're doing the same crap with Microsoft. I admit I'm not a big Rare fan though. Oh well, I hope they turn out. ------ Microsoft showed a few other games... Breakdown (last I saw it was like a FPS where you used fists), Star Wars: Republic Commando, PG2, Halo 2 (I'm getting the trailer now), Sudeki, BC (looking good) and Doom 3 (which will be ported, but they showed PC footage for some reason). Plus others I think. Some of these might not have been at the show, but I'll include them anyway, as they are the bigger games for the system. BC: I don't know tons about this game. It seems a lot like Fable, but in a prehistoric fantasy setting. It looks interesting at the least, although I don't really like the way the people look heh. [IMG]http://www.tothegame.com/screens/xb_b_c/2003-05-13/screen1_large.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.tothegame.com/screens/xb_b_c/2003-05-13/screen3_large.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.tothegame.com/screens/xb_b_c/2003-05-13/screen5_large.jpg[/IMG] Sudeki: This is a game I've been hearing about for a while, but honestly know very, very little about. The screens look nice though. [IMG]http://www.tothegame.com/screens/xb_sudeki/2003-05-13/screen10_large.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.tothegame.com/screens/xb_sudeki/2003-05-13/screen13_large.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.tothegame.com/screens/xb_sudeki/2003-05-13/screen8_large.jpg[/IMG] Project Gotham 2: Not much to say other than it looks amazingly good and probably plays great too. Should be a great sequel to the first. I hope for Live compatablity, but I'm not sure if it has it or not. [IMG]http://www.tothegame.com/screens/xb_projectgotham2/2003-05-13/screen1_large.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.tothegame.com/screens/xb_projectgotham2/2003-05-13/screen7_large.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.tothegame.com/screens/xb_projectgotham2/2003-05-13/screen11_large.jpg[/IMG] True Fantasy Online: I'm really looking forward to this. Level 5 is doing it (they did Dark Cloud 2 and are doing the graphics engine for Dragon Quest 8). It looks like a lot of fun, and it has some really indepth character creation options. [IMG]http://www.tothegame.com/screens/xb_truefantasy/2003-05-13/screen8_large.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.tothegame.com/screens/xb_truefantasy/2003-05-13/screen11_large.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.tothegame.com/screens/xb_truefantasy/2003-05-13/screen16_large.jpg[/IMG] Dead or Alive Online: This will have both DoA and DoA2 on it. DoA is a fixed up version of the Saturn original, and so it still looks like that heh. DoA2 is a nicer version of the DC game, and looks quite good. Playable on Live obviously. I have no idea what they are doing with DoA3, if anything. These are shots of the DoA2 version. [IMG]http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20030513/tecmo02.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20030513/tecmo03.jpg[/IMG] That's all I'm going to post for now heh. Although it's also worth mentioning that they are showing off the Xbox Counterstrike game as well. And if you get a chance, download a new Halo 2 video. It's really, really freaking impressive... and I didn't even like the first one heh.

Yeah, just scroll down... There should be a box that says browse. Just click that and find the image on your computer and click OK. Then just press submit and you should be set.

I really don't know what there would be to discuss. There is one anime film, and the manga series. Both of which have been completed for years and years. There's a thread in Anime Lounge about the film, and I'd have to say that would never grow big enough to justify giving it its own forum honestly.

As a song, I think This Is the New **** is rather weak... It's not that bad, but it's a bit too repetitive for me to want to listen to it much. I personally don't think the CD really picks up until the 4th track or so, where it just keeps going great until "The Better of Two Evils" (which like I said, I don't like). Good CD overall. Certainly better than Holy Wood, but I don't think it compares to the other LPs before these two. Kerrang tried saying it was their best yet, but I think that's a load of crap. It might appeal to people generally not into Manson though. The Antichrist stuff is a bit blown out of proportion, even on the CD Antichrist Superstar. Manson doesn't hate Jesus... or God. The main problem he seems to have is with the actual organized religions. I find him to be pretty respectful about most of it in general though, at least outside of a few songs heh. Anyway, thanks for the repsonse.

Ginny, if you didn't figure it out... I'll try to describe it from memory. If this is totally off, I apologize. You shouldn't have a hard time figuring it out if you mess around with the invention/camera menu though. When you're looking through your menus... the bottom area should just show all the photos. Above that should be the invention area I think, and you can tell it to move any photo with a light bulb icon up there. It should be one of the choices when you try to do something.

Instead of making 10 threads about each game, I'm just doing one. Feel free to post any news or screens or whatever you find in here as well. Just try to leave a source (a link or something at least), I'd appreciate it. E3 hasn't started yet... although Capcom already had a conference, and the MS one is starting soon tonight. Sony and Nintendo's conferences are tomorrow, and E3 itself starts the day after that. [b][u]Sega[/b][/u] A few games worth mentioning. The first would be the next Sonic game, [b]Sonic Heroes[/b]. For whatever reason, Sonic Team is putting this on PS2 and Xbox as well, despite GC getting all the previous Sonic games exclusively. You play as all 3 characters, apparently at once judging from the shots. You have to switch between them to do certain tasks. The game doesn't look mindblowing, but is obviously improved over the past DC Sonic games. It also reminds me more of some of the Genesis levels graphically. ---removed pics, sorry --- Sonic Team's [b]Billy Hatcher[/b] will also be shown. Some sites already have hands on impressions on it, and so far they've been very positive. The game sounds pretty interesting. A guy named Kikizo posted these impressions at Gaming-Age, they are on his gaming site - [url]http://games.kikizo.com/news/200305/029.asp[/url] There is a movie at IGN that's also worth seeing. I am not sure if you need Insider or not though. The game will be on the GC demo disc that's supposedly going to be in stores May 20th. [IMG]http://games.kikizo.com/media/bhge_new/14.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://games.kikizo.com/media/bhge_new/15.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://games.kikizo.com/media/bhge_new/06.jpg[/IMG] Also, [b]Knight n Knight[/b] was apparently announced according to Magic Box. It is the sequel to the Clockwork Knight games on Saturn. They also claim [b]Super Monkey Ball 3[/b] was announced, and will feature LAN play. [b]PSO Episode III: CARD Battle[/b] will also be shown, and it's coming along. Nothing really exciting to say that's not been seen though. [img]http://www.tothegame.com/screens/gcn_phantasystaronline3/2003-05-12/screen6_large.jpg[/img] [b][u]Capcom[/b][/u] The Capcom 5 are apparently are all still on track. PN03 is obviously out in Japan now, and should be here soon. [b]Viewtiful Joe[/b] is still on track and should be playable. [b]Killer 7[/b] is still coming along, but they won't say if it's exclusive or not. It will be shown in video form at E3. [b]Dead Phoenix[/b] is also confirmed by Capcom to still be in development, but they say there is nothing new to show. [b]RE4[/b] is still exclusive, despite what IGNCube is saying (they read the statement incorrectly). It's not expected until early next year though, sadly. IGN says it will be shown at the show with a new video. A new game that was recently announced is [b]Gotcha Force[/b]. It sounds like a Custom Robo ripoff basically. You build these toy characters and battle them against eachother. It could be fun. [img]http://cubemedia.ign.com/cube/image/gotchaforcegc_051103_5.jpg[/img] [img]http://cubemedia.ign.com/cube/image/gotchaforcegc_051103_7.jpg[/img] [img]http://cubemedia.ign.com/cube/image/gotchaforcegc_051103_10.jpg[/img] [b][u]Konami[/b][/u] Not much to say here. [b]Metal Gear: The Twin Snakes[/b] will be shown, and it's apparently playable. An image has leaked, but I'm not going to post it because it's very blurry and doesn't show the game off well. It appears to be using the MGS2 engine from what my friend and I can tell. It should be playable at E3 based on show floor photos I've seen. Konami will also be showing their new GBA Castlevania game... [b]Lament of Innocence[/b]. I personally don't know much about it at this point. I've not even seen artwork. Pretty quick considering Aria of Sorrow just hit the US. According to other things I've read Miyamoto has also confirmed that Hideo Kojima is working on another exclusive GC game. I have no idea what it is... but it could be that "father/son" game he talked about before. I'm sure that sunlight sensitive GBA game called [b]Boktai[/b] will be shown as well. It was recently given a US logo, so I assume it's coming here. It's basically about vampires from what I've seen... and to kill them, you need to bring them into the sunlight (that is actually shining in real life on the GBA cartridge). [b][u]Nintendo[/b][/u] The last company I'm going to bother posting about today... No one is really sure of their full line up. IGNCube posted an article weeks back saying Nintendo would show video of [b]Metroid Prime 2[/b]. I have no idea if that's true. However, I do know that [b]Metroid: Zero Mission[/b] for GBA will be there for sure (as Clowmet said in the other thread). There is even a big display for it. Many sites also said a new [b]Pilotwings[/b] was in the works. Factor 5 would be doing it, and Nintendo publishing of course. However, it sounds as if it will not be shown at E3... assuming it's even true. There's always a possibility though. [b]Mario 128[/b] is also said to be premiering at E3. According to something I read at IGN, Miyamoto himself has confirmed this. Mario 128 is referred to as the real sequel to Mario 64 (I guess SMS was an offshoot), and according to things IGNCube has said in it's mailbag in the past... should be very impressive. He also says the name will change, thankfully lol. There's also various Zelda rumors, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Capcom was confirmed to be making a new GBA Zelda using the Four Swords style, but I doubt it will be shown here. There's also the rumor of another GC Zelda being shown... but that's something I don't believe at all. Donkey Kong Country for GBA will also be shown and I'm sure various other games I can't even think of at this point (some of which are named in Clowmet's thread). I'm personally hoping to see Mother 1+2, and whatever they are doing with Mother 3. The latest Fire Emblem game is supposedly being brought over for GBA as well, with plans to make a GC game if all goes well. Pikmin 2, F-Zero GX, Mario Kart: Double Dash, Custom Robo GC, Mario Party 5, Mario Tennis, Mario Golf, Pokemon Coliseum and Pokemon Channel with Pikachu (whatever that is...) as well. I'm not so sure about the Mario Party game, but it sounds likely. There's also ANOTHER Star Fox game on Nintendo's list, and it's apparently [i]not[/i] Star Fox Armada... not bad heh. Nintendo will also be showing a Pacman game. I am not sure if it's just a demo or something they plan on showing... but it's made for GC to GBA connectivity ideas. Basically Player One would play using the TV, and he'd be Pacman. The other players would play using their GBAs, and they'd each control a ghost. On the GBAs you can see the entire maze (just like the old standard Pacman), but on the TV the player can only see a small section because it uses an isometric 3D viewpoint. If that makes no sense, I apologize... but it sounds like the best use of GBA to GC connections yet I'd say. ---------- Anyway, there are tons of other games to be shown... I won't bother mentioning them here. E3 should be great though, considering all the stuff on Nintendo systems alone that's worth getting. Nice to own all the systems I'd imagine heh. Edit - The Sonic pics won't show up for some reason... despite shots from that site working here no problem for some other games. I'll repost them when another site has them. Also bolded stuff so it's easier to just skim through.

First of all, don't double post if you plan on being here a while. It's against the rules, so I suggest you read them before someone else gets on your case. Second of all, you need to leave more time for people to respond. You gave an hour before you posted again. This place isn't busy enough to expect a reply that quickly. Just relax, and someone will most likely come along within the day. Also, there is an existing help thread on this game... so I'm merging the two together. If you see a similiar thread in the future post in that, it reduces clutter. Otherwise, just go to Gamefaqs.com. Should be easy to find what you need there.

I was just reading some financial report today. Gamecube, Xbox and PS2 were all mentioned... and the only one that met the sales targets was Gamecube. In fact, it passed them by a small amount. So really, I doubt GC is what's causing them to lose money at this point. Xbox sales were like 1/3 of what was expected and PS2 sales were a bit low as well.

[color=red][b]Four things:[list] [*]If you don't like Marilyn Manson for idiotic reasons, **** off. I'm tired of you people. I'm sick of defending the fact that I like this band to people that cannot come up with anything better than that Manson's "gay" or that you [i]think[/i] he is Paul from the Wonder Years. Grow up please, and stay out of my thread. [*]If you dislike the band for actual [i]real[/i] reasons that you can back up, feel free to post. I have no problem with people like that. I'm used to people not liking bands I do as it is. [*]I'm obviously very into music and know quite a bit about it, and I severely doubt I would think this highly of a band if they were as bad as many people make themselves think. I think that's something to keep in mind when you make misinformed opinions on the band overall. Listening to a couple singles or seeing some pictures or even simply hearing a lame rumor and saying they suck does NOT cut it with me. [*]If this becomes anything like those recent Slipknot threads, I'll hurt you. [/list][/b][/color] [u][b]Basic Info[/u][/b] Anyway, Marilyn Manson has been one of my favorite few bands since 1995. Actually my [i]favorite[/i] band since about 1997, only to be replaced rather recently by the Pixies... so they now sit at number two, followed quickly by NIN and David Bowie. This Tuesday marks the release of their 6th LP (if you count the live album), The Golden Age of the Grotesque. I've had the pre-release for about two months now. When I first got it, I was very mixed on it. However, this happens whenever they put a new CD out. It eventually grows on me, although some more than others. However, it's obvious that this is a major improvment on the very good, but also very flawed Holy Wood (which had songs that were just far longer than they should have been, poor bridges and so on). This CD has none of these problems, and everything is solid. In fact, I'd go so far as to say the CD is rather catchy overall... which I can't really say about any of their other releases (maybe Mechanical Animals, if you like Bowie-esque glam rock). [b][u]CD Impressions[/b][/u] By now I'm sure some of you are familiar with the song mOBSCENE which currently is the #5 single in America from what I've read. It's been on the radio and the video is currently on MTV and all that, although I'm not sure to what extent it's played. mOBSCENE is somewhat reflective of the album, but it feels more like Holy Wood did than anything else on the CD... and as such, it makes the band seem like it hasn't changed at all when it has changed a lot more than I expected... Something I didn't like at all at first. The main change is that they basically sound like Marilyn Manson + KMFDM at this point. I suppose it is expected because Twiggy (the bassist) left the band and was replaced by Tim Skold (who is ex-KMFDM). Twiggy is now part of A Perfect Circle, but also tried out for Metallica at one point lol. Anyway, so the CD has this electronic industrial influenced sound. Somewhat like the result of Trent Reznor's (NIN) involvment in Antichrist Superstar, but on another plane of music genres. Anyway, this has resulted in a lot of beats and sounds I never really equated with Marilyn Manson in general. If anyone knows the song Deformography, that's probably the most simliar to this record overall. There is some slight hip hop style influences because of it. There is a flow in some of the songs. However, Manson has had songs like that since like 1992, so it's not really anything new. There are also parts of songs that remind me of Mindless Self Indulgence. Specifically, This Is the New **** (which is on the Matrix: Reloaded soundtrack for some odd reason). That's not to say there isn't a lot of guitar parts in here. John 5 really gets to show off some of his talents here (he played the solo in Para-noir blind folded on a badly tuned guitar while listening to something else on headphones... he wasn't fed the beat to the song he was playing. The solo still worked out and sounds great). It's definately his best stuff since his involvment in Mechanical Animals. There are a lot of really solid songs on here. Some are better than others, but I found myself liking nearly all of them by the time I listened to it through a couple times. The whole theme of the CD is basically telling off everyone that went against him in the past... It's obvious when listening to the songs, mostly because they are extremely straight forward. It's strange, because Manson had been mostly known for complex metaphors and other things that could be taken about 10 different ways. This CD still has that, but not to the same extent. I'm glad there is still a lot of great wordplay in the tracks though. The other half of the theme is the whole burlesque aspect. It's more apparent in some songs than others, but the imagery and such convey it near instantly. The mOBSCENE video goes along with it too. That's one of the things I really like about Manson... They brought the show back to rock, where before we basically just go to see guys sit on stools and play guitars. The thing that might get people about this CD is that a lot of is seems like satire. This Is the New **** in particular really pulls at me, because if you take it one way... it's like he's kissing his own butt, but if you listen to it more deeply it's obvious that it's an attack at people that actually think this stuff about themselves and their music. A lot of tracks have this. My main problems with the CD are with one track... The Better of Two Evils. It's an example of something I don't want to see on future CDs, and wasn't expecting. It seems really self-serving. Perhaps this is also a satire, but I really am not sure. It just bothers me and I do not like to listen to it. Anyway, the CD overall is definately worth the money. It has lived up to what I expected and wanted in the end, and I think that I'd be a lot harder on this CD than a good deal of people (despite them being my 2nd favorite band, if something sucks... it sucks) I plan on picking it up this Tuesday (it comes with a DVD for a limited time), along with the limited edition single of Mobscene (the 4 track one, not the 2 track). [img]http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000092ZVV.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg[/img] The cover is a painting by a famous German artist... I'm not big on it personally. Some of the other stuff I've seen recorded based on these images is amazing though. Especially the downloadable e-card at Manson's site. The guy could make a great horror movie if he wanted, I bet heh. Anyway, I hope that people give it a chance if they normally won't. It really doesn't have a lot of the objectionable content that many people [i]assume[/i] Manson CDs have (really, some of the antichrist and drug stuff has been brought far beyond what the CDs convey... I could argue that into the ground with anyone here that wanted to get into it). So check it out... or at the very least try Mechanical Animals, which I think could appeal to anyone. If you want to hear it first, I assume Amazon has samples. Otherwise, there is Kazaa... but most of the songs are fake. In that case, I recommend (s)AINT, Ka-boom Ka-boom, Use Your Fist and Not Your Mouth, Vodevil and Spade. Get the title track if you want something weird. Lastly, here's the track list: 1. Intro 2. This Is The New Sh*t 3. mOBSCENE 4. Doll-Dagga Buzz-Buzz Ziggety-Zag 5. Use Your Fist And Not Your Mouth 6. The Golden Age Of Grotesque 7. (s)AINT 8. Ka-Boom Ka-Boom 9. Slutgarden 10. Spade 11. Para-noir 12. The Bright Young Things 13. Better Of Two Evils 14. Vodevil 15. Obsequy (The Death Of Art)

King of the Hill is a far better show than Simpsons is currently I'd say, if you compare the recent seasons... Although this season has been really off for some reason. There's a reason that KotH is beating the Simpsons in quite a few demographics (in fact, one of the Simpsons key demographics last I checked - 20 to 30 year olds). The Simpsons has just become so juvenile. That's my main problem with it. It's trying to be Family Guy (in fact, some recent episodes and jokes are DIRECT ripoffs of old Family Guy episodes). They are trying to do gags that have instant feedback, the main problem is that they don't do them well... compared to Family Guy, which has done them from the start and never held back. The Simpsons is getting weak. I really would like it to go off the air at times, because while it's still better than most TV... that's not exactly saying much. For the most part, the last 2 seasons have been horribly horribly horrible. That's three times the normal horrible rate of bad episode from 4 years ago.

Here's my old one - [url]http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21311[/url] I'm glad you finally got around to getting it. So many people here were talking about the game in other threads, and then when I posted my long impressions I got no responses other than from Charles (and one from Cyko I think)... oh well. I don't really understand your complaints with the voices. The main characters sound fine I think, other than a few odd pauses. Even so, Folsam himself was excellent. I loved the way he was portrayed early on. Georama is used quite a bit more, and gets a lot more complex. The first city you build is nowhere near the last... And if you want to get the best stuff you have to build all the cities at 100% and fulfill all their goals it takes a bit (which isn't exactly easy... the weapon shop one in the first town was a pain). My main complaint is that you can't buy items for building without stopping and running all the way to the train and all the way back. Personally, I think it's one of the top few games on the system.

These are all GBA games, so I don't know how the Luigi and Mario RPG game could be anything like Kingdom Hearts.

The closest I've ever gotten to being in a movie is when some guy had the same name as me in the credits. I really can't imagine how something like that must feel. That's a pretty damn big accomplishment I'd say. Congratulations.

If Nintendo were [i]that[/i] interested in the millions that could be made from it... I severely doubt they'd stick all three on one cart. They'd probably do remakes and release them all seperately. It'd be nice, but it's not something I expect. By the same token, why isn't there a Mario collection? Why are there just 20 ports, when they could easily do a port of Mario All-stars? It's the money. I'm sure it's the same case in this situation, if they've even seriously thought about it for more than a few minutes to get a concept going.

I could go on a while... lol. First of all, I agree that "You Only Move Twice" is the best episode (that's the Hank Scorpio one). Sure, it's totally ridiculous, but it works so well. The scene where the bum turns into a mailbox is priceless. And yes, the Simpsons is going downhill. It's the blame of a few people I think, but I mostly blame Ian Maxtone Graham. I'm sure most Simpsons fans are familiar with him. He is responsible for a good deal of writing on the show at this point. He even flashes his name as a joke in one episode. Anyway, the guy had seen, I believe, ONE episode before being hired as a writer. That's a problem for obvious reasons. At this point it just feels like the Simpsons are no longer an animated version of a somewhat real family. Sure, they were always stuck in strange situations... especially past the first 2 seasons. It's getting ridiculous honestly. A reliance on old jokes to make people think the show is anything like it used to be. It's nice for nostalgia or something, but once they go back to a joke... they NEVER drop it. Since they decided to highlight Carl and Lenny more, it just keeps getting added onto to a point that I'm tired of it personally. They've done this with characters too. Homer is just too stupid now overall. Ralph, he was always stupid... But now he's to a point where he is so stupid it's hard to find him funny anymore. They've done this with a lot of characters. And then we get into the whole pop culture thing. The Simpsons used to poke fun at it, but now it's embraced. Stars are no longer on for interesting or key roles... They're sticking in Britney or Kid Rock or Simon from American Idol. Anything that's popular at the time. And it's so aggravating, mostly because if you read things Matt Groening currently works on (comics, books, etc)... it still has all the things that made the Simpsons funny in the first place! I don't know what's going on anymore. The last 4 or so years have been really hit and miss. There's some great, memorable episodes... and then tons of trash. I miss the way it used to be, but that's me. Things change I guess. Too bad Fox decided to treat him like crap, and beat down Futurama in the process. It really could have been a far better show. Some people aren't into it, but even so. It's first few seasons were more consistantly funny than the new Simpsons seasons it ran against. Edit - The somewhat recent fascination with blood in the show bothers me too. In Itchy and Scratchy it's one thing. It's a parody, and blah blah blah. (Where did they go to anyway?)... But I can name at least 4 episodes in recent seasons that had a disgusting amount of blood pouring everywhere for no real reason. The joke it created or lead to wasn't even that funny.

Why would walking on water piss off Republicans instead of religious fanatics? Okay. I'm actually surprised I haven't heard anyone complain about Morgan Freeman being God. I figured that would annoy some random person by now. Anyway, it looks decent. The Jim Carrey scenes look fun, but some of the other stuff makes me not want to see it. The dog sitting on the toilet reading a paper especially. It makes me roll my eyes and think "another of these movies??," which would put it on the same level as Daddy Daycare (ugh)... Thankfully, it looks much, much better.

Way, way back... Before Fusion was properly announced, and Ken Lobb was still with Nintendo instead of Microsoft... he said there were two games coming. One would be an all new GBA Metroid (IV, Fusion) and the other would be a port of Super Metroid. Nothing came of this. I'm still expecting it at some point. However, there was also an announced remake of Metroid II for GBC.It was going to basically be Metroid II DX (like Zelda: Link's Awakening DX). It never came to be though, so I guess the Super Metroid idea could be dead too. I severely doubt it though. I am also expecting another Metroid to be included in the next MP game, like was said here.

The entire trailer thing is supposedly like 8 minutes long. I don't know if that's true or what, but we'll see I guess. I haven't seen any actual shots of it around really. There are some at the Gaming-Age forums... but the video itself is only like 2.5 MBs for a rather long video (considering the file size), so it's not hard to get for anyone. I sent it to Syk3 on 56k a few days ago with no troubles.