Nintendo Power closes down[views:10709][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 |