Nintendo Power closes down[views:10684][posts:86]______________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 9:33am - the_reverend ""] http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/21/report-nintendo-power-to-close-its-doors/ dang. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 9:39am - Alx_Casket ""] RIP |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 9:44am - arilliusbm ""] Should have died out in 1995. |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 9:54am - AndrewBastard ""] i thought it was long dead. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 9:55am - trioxin245 ""] AndrewBastard said:i thought it was long dead. yea really. I used to love NP back in the diz nizzle but I haven't seen or heard anything from them in ages. |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 9:55am - AndrewBastard ""] i loved when they had walk throughs screen for screen to help you on hard ass games. |
| _________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 10:03am - Spence ""] That's sad, I had a subscription to Nintendo Power for about six or seven months back when I was in middle school. |
| __________________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 10:13am - TheTacoBellBell ""] BONG |
| _______________________________ [Aug 22,2012 10:14am - ark ""] #1 game every week for 50 years: a link to the past. |
| _____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 10:17am - trioxin245 ""] ark said:#1 game every week for 50 years: a link to the past. That's some accurate reporting. |
| _____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 10:23am - arilliusbm ""] Ppfffftt. I still think that is the weakest 8/16 bit Zelda. |
| _________________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 12:51pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] arilliusbm said:Ppfffftt. I still think that is the weakest 8/16 bit Zelda. Only watching Jim watch Gaucher play 3D Zelda and bitching about it is real. :D |
| _____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 12:55pm - arilliusbm ""] Meh, all Nintendo games are usually good. I've been anti-3d Zelda since I first red about 3D Zeldas. Link to the Past is a great game, but I definitely prefer Link's Awakening and Zelda 1 (obviously) and Zelda 2 (such a unique game). |
| ________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 1:10pm - Burnsy ""] Link's awakening on gameboy awl day, SON. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 1:18pm - trioxin245 ""] arilliusbm said:Ppfffftt. I still think that is the weakest 8/16 bit Zelda. the NES zelda games are BORING AS FUCK. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 1:18pm - arilliusbm ""] I CANT HEAR YOU WHAT |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 1:23pm - trioxin245 ""] I said THE NES ZELDA GAMES ARE BORING AS FUCK. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 1:24pm - trioxin245 ""] A Link to the Past and Link's Awakening are so far above the NES games it's not even funny. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 1:25pm - arilliusbm ""] IM SORRY WHAT |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 1:35pm - trioxin245 ""] I SAID MOTORHEADS COVER OF 'LOUIE LOUIE' IS ANNOYING AS FUCK |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 1:37pm - arilliusbm ""] ONE MORE TIME MY HEARING AID IS DYING |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 1:39pm - trioxin245 ""] I SAID 'SCARED STUPID' IS BY FAR THE BEST JIM VARNEY FILM |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 1:40pm - arilliusbm ""] OK OK GOTCHA NOW. IT REALLY IS. SO MANY TROLLS. |
| ________________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 1:41pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] Only having the copy of Dragon Warrior they gave away with OG Nintendo Power subscription is real. |
| ______________________________ [Aug 22,2012 2:12pm - ark ""] trioxin245 said:A Link to the Past and Link's Awakening are so far above the NES games it's not even funny. that's so true, and don't even lie jim, you were digging skyward sword (which i'm about %80 done with and much bigger game world than we thought) |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 2:22pm - arilliusbm ""] I'm not gonna lie. thats why I said Nintendo games are good. I just disagree on the dimensional aspect, Linktouros |
| ______________________________ [Aug 22,2012 2:23pm - ark ""] fair enough. i like new games and using my 3d hardware, but i still haven't played a better game than 2d super metroid. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 2:25pm - trioxin245 ""] ark said:fair enough. i like new games and using my 3d hardware, but i still haven't played a better game than 2d super metroid. that's because it's an incredible game. much better than the original Metroid, although that's still a good 'un |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 2:26pm - arilliusbm ""] IM SORRY, WHAT |
| ______________________________ [Aug 22,2012 2:27pm - ark ""] super metroid is better than metroid: FACT |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 2:33pm - arilliusbm ""] SORRY GUYS SPEAK UP |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 2:34pm - arilliusbm ""] I CANNOT WAIT TO BE AN OLD MAN |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 2:40pm - trioxin245 ""] ark said:super metroid is better than metroid: FACT lol @ there even being an argument against this. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 2:41pm - arilliusbm ""] Original Metroid is way better. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 2:43pm - trioxin245 ""] arilliusbm said:Original Metroid is way better. I'd love to hear your argument as to why... |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 2:44pm - arilliusbm ""] Longer, bigger maze. Bleaker game. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 2:51pm - trioxin245 ""] That's not an argument, because it isn't even true. If anything, the original metroid took longer only because you had to constantly back track to areas you'd already seen over and over, which is one of its biggest failings. Super Metroid had weapon upgrades, better inventory and saving, much larger and more diverse world, control was better, a much more immersive and memorable story line, not to mention it used more than 3 colors and had one of the better soundtracks of the SNES. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 2:54pm - arilliusbm ""] That was the beauty of the first. It was like a maze. Obviusly the second one was an upgrade in all facets of play, but a.) Much easier. b.) Not a direct sequel and c.) metroid II for gameboy blows both away. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 2:55pm - trioxin245 ""] Essentially the same argument could be used for comparing the NES zelda games to A Link to the Past. If you think the originals are superior because you have more memories of them than the newer ones than I understand completely, but there's no way you could sit down and play Metroid and Super Metroid back to back for the first time and tell me that you had better things to say about the former. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 2:56pm - trioxin245 ""] I don't think Super Metroid was easier at all. Game could be unforgiving as hell. It might've been easier because the controls were more fluent and the gameplay was more refined, not to mention the fact that you would've been more used to that type of gameplay by the time the SNES came out than when the original came out (as in, fighting games nowadays seem easier because we've been playing similar games for years so we can just pick up and play instead of learning from scratch). |
| ______________________________ [Aug 22,2012 2:57pm - ark ""] super metroid was the game the developers wanted to make from the start. easier? debatable. better more immersive controls? absolutely. |
| ______________________________ [Aug 22,2012 2:58pm - ark ""] and i completely fail as a metroid fanboy for never playing metroid II for GB. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 2:59pm - trioxin245 ""] Metroid II is excellent. It's like the first one, only with an actual save system, so you don't want to RIP YOUR OWN FACE OFF OF YOUR FACE every time you die. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:00pm - trioxin245 ""] This thread made me bust out Super Metroid. I'm five minutes in and loving it. Game hasn't aged a day in 15 years. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:02pm - arilliusbm ""] Sure, maybe nostalgia comes into play here. I sincerely think Metroid II is the best of the three, though. It was a dark fucking game. I'll never forget playing Super Metroid on shrooms. THE WALLS BREATHE |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:03pm - arilliusbm ""] Ive never playes Metroid Prime or any of that garbage. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:05pm - trioxin245 ""] I actually remember Metroid Prime being pretty good when I played it on my buddies gamecube, but I don't know enough about it to have much of an opinion. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:06pm - arilliusbm ""] I don't understand the argument that game sequels on different platforms are superior than the originals. Mario64? Great game. Better than any of the NES ones? No way. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:07pm - trioxin245 ""] arilliusbm said:Sure, maybe nostalgia comes into play here. I'm not trying to tell you you're wrong or anything, it's just like, my opinion man. I'm just saying, I defended the original Legend of Zelda my whole life, but when I picked it up recently I was BORED to tears, whereas I have beaten A Link to the Past probably 100 times in my life and it never gets old. AOW is better anyway. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:08pm - trioxin245 ""] arilliusbm said:I don't understand the argument that game sequels on different platforms are superior than the originals. Mario64? Great game. Better than any of the NES ones? No way. Mario 3 > Super Mario Bros > Mario 64 |
| ______________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:09pm - ark ""] the metroid prime series is awesome. they stand up to any great nintendo game. huge positive critical reception. they do capture the feel of metroid, but being first person shooter in addition to standard metroid adventure/exploration games they're not for everybody. |
| ______________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:10pm - ark ""] trioxin245 said:This thread made me bust out Super Metroid. I'm five minutes in and loving it. Game hasn't aged a day in 15 years. that's why i still stand that it's my favorite game of all time. it's so damn fresh and still feels new. a link to the past aged just as well. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:11pm - trioxin245 ""] ark said:the metroid prime series is awesome. they stand up to any great nintendo game. huge positive critical reception. they do capture the feel of metroid, but being first person shooter in addition to standard metroid adventure/exploration games they're not for everybody. Yea I mean, I at least remember Prime having all the elements of the Metroid games, with the exception of it being first person as opposed to side-scrolling. I'm just extremely biased when it comes to the SNES. Best console ever. Period. Everyone can have their own opinion on the matter, but it will never even come close to changing mine. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:12pm - arilliusbm ""] I think I guess youd have to look at a game when it came out. When the original Metroid came out people were blown away. My friend's dad hand drew maps of the game and them littered around their house. When super metroid came out, everyone loved it for the same reasons, but it also went with the times. SNES waa a far superior system than NES and they utilized the technology. Both games are great, but I guess in FAIRNESS I WILL SAY BOTH ARE RESPECTABLE GAMES IN THEIR OWN RIGHT BUT METROID II IS DARKER |
| ________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:13pm - Burnsy ""] arilliusbm said:.metroid II for gameboy blows both away. Never played the nes versions but this game fucking ruled. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:16pm - arilliusbm ""] Gameboy is the best system Nintendo ever produced. |
| ______________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:23pm - ark ""] hand-drawn maps in video games, haven't needed those in 20 years. but LEGENDS OF GRIMROCK has a setting where you do need to keep a hand drawn grid map. great game btw! |
| ______________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:29pm - Lamp ""] My two cents: Super Metroid is not only the best Metroid game, it's the best video game of all time, period. I'm not gonna bother debating, I'm just going to state that opinion as fact and see what people make of it. Metroid II for GB: don't bother, not that good. I can't make heads or tails of the two Zelda games on NES, it's extremely unclear what you're even supposed to do in them on times. I got to the third dungeon in the first game but I just scratch my head thinking about it now. I busted out A Link to the Past not long ago and have been working on it again. I haven't beaten that game in years so I'm forgetting some crucial information but it's still the shit. Skyward Sword was fun as fuck, though not very challenging. Never did like 3D Metroid. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:40pm - arilliusbm ""] Lamp, you're never allowed to use my speaker cables or anything else again. |
| ______________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:41pm - ark ""] trioxin245 said: ark said:super metroid is better than metroid: FACT lol @ there even being an argument against this. THIS IS NOT UP FOR DEBATE |
| ______________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:41pm - ark ""] LAMP JOHNSON IS RIGHT |
| _____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:42pm - trioxin_245 ""] Also, I played a Zelda game for the gamecube one time that was pretty good. Don't remember what it was called, but it was pretty dark for a Zelda game. I remember morphing into a wolf... |
| ______________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:42pm - ark ""] that was twilight princess. great zelda game. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:49pm - arilliusbm ""] puke. |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:51pm - AndrewBastard ""] i played one on gamecube too (i think it was game cube) and you used an actual little cross bow to play the game in certain parts. I'm not imagining that right? |
| ______________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:52pm - ark ""] like a physical crossbow in your hands? never happened. |
| ___________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:52pm - chernobyl ""] trioxin245 said:I SAID 'SCARED STUPID' IS BY FAR THE BEST JIM VARNEY FILM Agreed. |
| _____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:52pm - trioxin_245 ""] LOLWUT |
| ______________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:53pm - ark ""] uh yeah abastard i guess that was a game. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link%27s_Crossbow_Training |
| _____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:54pm - trioxin_245 ""] WTF is that? |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:54pm - AndrewBastard ""] it was for Wii!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:55pm - AndrewBastard ""] it was at a friends house and we were hammered: [img] |
| _____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:56pm - trioxin_245 ""] also, to get back on topic http://cinemassacre.com/2007/09/04/avgn-nintendo-power/ and yes I am VERY aware that AVGN is old news. |
| ___________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:56pm - chernobyl ""] Haha Link sort of looks like Andrew |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:57pm - arilliusbm ""] AVGN is best news and never gets old. Ark told me he's never seen. WATCHHHH. |
| _______________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 3:58pm - AndrewBastard ""] chernobyl said:Haha Link sort of looks like Andrew <3 <3 i wish i was Link. |
| _____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 4:06pm - trioxin_245 ""] Link doesn't look anything like Andrew. He's all skinny and girly cuz he's an elf. Andrew is all MAN(jew) |
| _____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 4:06pm - trioxin_245 ""] also, this 'links crossbow training' game seems like it's more of just a flash game advertisement type deal than a real game. |
| ______________________________ [Aug 22,2012 4:09pm - ark ""] ok i'm watching it now. yes this is great. oh the nintendo power days. |
| ______________________________ [Aug 22,2012 4:17pm - ark ""] shit, watching avgn, i remember almost every single magazine he pulls out. |
| _____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 4:22pm - trioxin_245 ""] ark said:shit, watching avgn, i remember almost every single magazine he pulls out. I've seen every single AVGN so many times now haha. I have the dvds. Hadn't even heard of it til like two or three years ago though. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 4:24pm - arilliusbm ""] Uhhhh AVGN dvds? |
| _____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 4:26pm - trioxin_245 ""] http://www.screwattackstore.com/avgndvds.html way old news Jim. TRY TO KEEP UP. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 4:26pm - arilliusbm ""] SORRY, I'M GOING DEAF WHAT |
| ______________________________ [Aug 22,2012 4:29pm - ark ""] hbabahhahaahah i'm watching the batman one and losing my coffee |
| _____________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 4:30pm - trioxin_245 ""] ark said:hbabahhahaahah i'm watching the batman one and losing my coffee I like the batman ones but the kid who plays the joker in the second one gets reeeeeeally annoying after a while (he's also in tons of other videos, like the Star Trek one as a Klingon.) |
| ________________________________________ [Aug 22,2012 9:08pm - my_dying_bride ""] ABACABB |