JB0

I can tell you what he HASN'T been doing. Giving me his bank account #, that's what.

Ouch. Get well soon.

Yes. It will. And for the record, I've heard this exact argument three times now. N64 and GameCube were both Nintendo's last system. A few people said it in the SNES days, but they were all die-hard drooling idiot Sega fanboys, so their opinion can be dismissed. Time sure does tell. I remember hearing the same argument about Sega and the Dreamcast, and how if Sega didn't succeed with that one they'd be screwed. Which was almost correct. Just in case anyoen tries to pull up a comparison between Sega and Nintendo, it's important to realize that Sega was a creator-driven company. A lot of leeway was given within Sega to release games that wouldn't sell well. Which is why the Dreamcast had tons of games that didn't fit into the mainstream taste and thusly didn't sell to well. Sega was also losing money. The Sega hardware division got axed because it was an effort to make Sega profitable. I suppose that it ensures the longevity of the company, but we'll never see another game like Shenmue or a system liek the Dreamcast, which is a real shame. As I understand things, Sega wasn't even turning a profit during the Genesis days. IF you can't turn aprofit with something like that, what CAN you do? MS doesn't care about dominating the game industry. They only made the XBox because they have the PC OS market locked down, and modern business analysis takes the unreasonable view that if a company isn't growing, it's dying. MS needs to expand to keep the investors happy. They don't really care what they expand into.

No, they haven't. In fact, it was about a year or so ago that they were running in the red for the first time in their corporate history. They've been seriously losing money on the Gamecube. I hadn't heard that. I've heard it about the XBox, but I'd heard the 'Cube was a quite profitable system. Not true. While a lot of what's being tossed about is rumors, real comments have sparked them. Things like how the DS was supposed to innovate, but the Revolution is supposed to change the way we think about games. Things like how they thought games are getting to complicated, and how they want to simplify their games and the method of input for their games so that even a mom could pick up and play her children's games. Thsoe are meaningless soundbites, with no real content. Nintendo also counts the GameCube pad's button layout, the SNES' shoulder keys, and the N64's analog stick as innovative. One's really nothing special, one actually was fairly innovative, one... would've been if Atari hadn't done it over a decade before them. Beyond saying I really hope the "revolutionary" feature isn't the rumored scrapping of the d-pad, there's really nothing I can say about this. I like seeing new control concepts. Everything that works hasn't already been done. But there's no reason to discard something that does work, and work well. Second-party, first-party, third-party... it's all the same. I don't really care who makes the games. Nintendo sold Rare because they didn't feel they were getting enough out of the organization. Rare didn't just up and go "Hey, we can make some nice cash by moving to Microsoft." Anyways, almost everything on the PS2 and XBox is 3rd-party software. Same with the 'Cube. At least Nintendo has a signifigant business in MAKING games. Welcome to the dark side. MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! I wasn't very interested in the N64 either, honestly. Well, I was hyped about Zelda 64 and Robotech: Crystal Dreams, but one never materialized and the other was pushed back and back and back and then when I got a chance to play it, I didn't even like it. That sort of quashed my interest. I wouldn't mind a copy of Blast Corps, though. Or StarFox 64. Oh yeah, and Mischief Makers looked interesting... *sigh* I'll wind up with one eventually. Just for the handful of games. Maybe there'll still be working controllers available when I get it. DS... I need to scrounge the cash up for one. The kind of games showing up on it are the exact kind of wierd crap I like. I'm curious as to what it is. That's a kind of interest. I'll save actually wanting one for when some sort of hard info appears. I, on the other hand, would be greatly disappointed. Sure part of it's nostalgia, but there's nothing wrong with the GameCube that I can see, from a hardware standpoint(aside from it only being available in purple at launch). Heck, it's got the only current-gen controller I actually like. Aside from that, I don't see anyone really primed to fill that 3rd system slot if Nintendo bows out. And I'd like to see 3 on the shelves in the future. I think the extra competition is good for the industry.

Yes. That was awesome.

Combattler's better. Debatable. Voltes has a sword, Combattler doesn't. That does a lot to even the playing field.

All I've heard Nintendo say in terms of concrete details is "Backwards-compatible with GameCube". They're being their traditional tight-lipped secreteve sons of daughters about it. They did say at one point that they could quote some specs, but they wouldn't because that wasn't what mattered. Not quite the same as "we aren't trying for improved graphics." I was among the gamers that applauded that little speech. People focus far too much on how many megahertz are in the box and how many polys it can push. Soemtimes it seems they're buying the machines for the tech specs when they should be buying them for the games. Nintendo also has a reputation as being family-oriented, os if they recognize all 3, they know "Well, Playstation has Grand Theft Auto, XBox has Halo, and Nintendo has Mario. Well, my kid sure isn't playing GTA or Halo." It really hurts Nintendo in the young adult market, because "OMG TEH GAEMCUB IZ A KIDDIE SYSTEM!111"(regardless of whether the label is deserved or not), but they gain a fair bit of it back with the family market. Personally, I just saw more stuff that genuinely interested me on the 'Cube than the PS2 and XBox. Though I acknowledge my tastes are somewhat less than mainstream. I find most of the "must have" games for the PS2 and XBox to be... well, stupid. I like the wierd squirrely stuff that the GC is getting the majority of. Metroid 4's been used on Fusion(ick). Shoot for 5. Anyways, odds are very good the Revolution will have another Prime-style game, which I've enjoyed greatly(despite being one of the people that was very negative about the move to 3D when Prime 1 was announced). Not to say that I wouldn't welcome a new 2D sprite-based entry that makes full use of the hardware available. There's a LOT of untapped sprite power in the current generation. ... Ooooh, a new 2D Mario game. Now THAT I'd pay good money for.

still makes you wanna get the case so you could see what the pic looks like in it lol jk Heh. ... Actually, it does a little.

Tweaked my Eva skin a bit. I think it looks better overall now, though I wound up forcing some of Rei's fingers off the edge. Heh, it's funny. I'm no Eva fan, and I don't particularly care for the PSP either, but I'll gladly whittle some time away making an Eva skin FOR the PSP.

Yes. It will. And for the record, I've heard this exact argument three times now. N64 and GameCube were both Nintendo's last system. A few people said it in the SNES days, but they were all die-hard drooling idiot Sega fanboys, so their opinion can be dismissed. Time sure does tell.

PikaPikaSP! Edit: I figured as long as I was criticizing the existing Eva skin, I should go ahead and make one. Mainly because I was bored. The pose made it a little awkward to frame. ... Hmmm... maybe if I'd rotated it a little more than 90 degrees I could've done it a little better.

The Tallgeese was the original prototype. The Leos don't perform as well because the Tallgeese was deemed far more powerful than was needed. They were intentionally scaled back.

Why would their next be the last? They've made quite good money on the GameCube. So what if they aren't selling as much as the PS2? Nintendo still manages to make a profit. Nintendo executives have gone on record numerous times saying they'll continue to make video game systems. They have the most recognizeable icons in the industry, just because theyre not #1 doesnt mean theyre going to drop out of the business. Precisely.

All 3 versions of the Aniemigo release(9-disk box, 3-disk boxes, individual disks) come with liner notes. Disk 9 is noteless in all 3 versions. There are only 8 liner note cards.

Ooooh, pretty.... I'd've oriented Rei horizontally, so I could make her bigger, but... Prettypretty.

Why would their next be the last? They've made quite good money on the GameCube. So what if they aren't selling as much as the PS2?

What makes it diffrent than the 2600, INTV, and Channel F? </nitpicky_bastage> Wireless controllers out of the box, an optical disc drive, digital/optical out for surround sound, most likely support for hi-def TVs... I was nitpicking the fact that it wasn't that diffrent from everything from the 5200 and up. Which is true, really. It's more and better hardware, but the fundamental concept hasn't really changed since the Channel F introduced the concept of a fully programmable game system.

I think even the newer Japanese version of it have those scenes cut out. I found the pages randomly on a Shirow website... you aren't mising much. YES I AM! MUST HAVE CARTOON SEX!

What makes it diffrent than the 2600, INTV, and Channel F? </nitpicky_bastage>

Was the GitS 2 graphic novel supposed to be censored or uncensored? I assume uncensored, based on the fact it has a sticker on the front saying it's for 18+. Haven't had a chance to look yet. There were a couple different versions of GiTS2 from what I remember, I don't think we ever got the completely uncensored version. The original version had a couple scenes of very graphic sex that Shirow cut out. Far more graphic than the stuff cut out from the original GiTS, we're talking hardcore porno kind of graphic. *makes note to import the japanese version*

Actually, it's going to be a movie for the PSP. I don't know if it's getting a DVD release or not, but it's supposedly a definate thing for a UMD release. huh?!?! why's that? You mean I gotta watch that beautifully animated movie on a tiny @$$ screen? ugh, that sucks. They better release it later on dvd.... I'm going to assume that you've never seen a movie play from a UMD on the PSP? Believe me, especially coming off the Gameboys and the DS, the PSP's screen really isn't all that tiny, and really does do justice to movies on UMD. I was literally floored when I popped Spider-Man in just to see how it looked... and if you've got good headphones, the PSP sounds amazing, too. Plus, the PSP's screen is already 16x9 for widescreen... Off the memory stick, well... it's still looking really good, but compression and what not take their toll. Yes, but compared to a nice TV, the PSP sucks. Even if you have to letterbox it because your TV is 4:3. We're talking small for a movie player here, not small for a game machine. JB0, have you seen UMD movies on the PSP? The fact is, unless you have a really nice TV with progressive scan and component video, movies look nicer on the PSP. The average person prefers having a large picture to having a clear one. That's why projection TVs exist. It's why pan/scan movie releases exist. And so on. No one every complained about the QUALITY of the image. Just the size.

Backwards roman numerals. You want Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home.

Was the GitS 2 graphic novel supposed to be censored or uncensored? I assume uncensored, based on the fact it has a sticker on the front saying it's for 18+. Haven't had a chance to look yet.

Hey, what more do you want? The USA isn't about giant Super Robots. Japan is, and to a lesser extent the rest of Asia. At least they gave you a fully functional useful SuperRobot early in the 70's. The rest of us had to wait for G Gundam. Yes, but they gave us a fully functional super robot that looked like a clown. Why couldn't we have Voltron? It's not like the japanese want him anyways.

Before we start applying real world physics to a piece of fantasy, lets remember this is the same series someone used a ground combat unit for air combat. IT didn't make sence since episode 1 so why should it make sence now? True. I was just pointing out that the problem with the mech was the artists chose to briefly acknowledge physics.