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09/07/09
I'm more curious than bothered by the spelling errors. Blogs are a lot different from formal news sites, so I was wondering.
On topic, though, I want this game so badly I can taste it. I was obsessed with the first game and played it nonstop. I managed to finish it for all but those stupid Keepers you have to find on the Citadel and the expansion packs. All within a week.
08/12/09
I'm looking forward to this.
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08/10/09
Can't wait for that Zelda trailer. And hopefully something new.
And hopefully Other M is gonna be out by then so they can't fall back on it, but I have a feeling it won't be.
08/10/09
08/10/09
What else would you have them do?
08/09/09
I blame Nintendo for that.
Also, Nintendo should have really showcased Scribblenauts and Space Invaders Extreme 2 (though who knows if SE/Taito were ready with the localization ... then again, it hardly needs it*.)
(*I will tell you who needs SIE2, though: me. GOTY 2009 confirmed.)
08/09/09
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08/09/09
Also, if you really think Nintendo's moving towards a new "1983 crisis" due to "casual" games, I'd hate to see what you think of how Microsoft was the first one to push the term "casual gaming" around back in 2002 (or thereabouts).
08/09/09
Yeah, didn't happen.
Have fun hoping for something that isn't going to happen.
08/10/09
You bring up the old 'omg third party games aren't selling' when they are. Sonic and Mario? Sega's biggest selling title in all their history. Monster Hunter 3? Half a mill in three days. Even the lower end titles typically push 100k or more in sales, which is pretty darn good seeing how most of them have no ads, no exposure, no demos, nothing. And even some of Nintendo's own titles don't sell.
Before swearing up and down the Wii is just one more flash in the pan, you need to go get the NPD data and see how incorrect you are.
08/10/09
2 million copies in the Wii?? Do some research in every single top 10 best-selling
wii titles. All of them, except from Sonic and Mario, are first party titles.
Xbox and PS3?? Halo, 8.1 million, GOW 5 million, GOW 2, 5 million, GTA IV, 4.0 million,
Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare, 3.8 million. On the PS3 front, GTA IV 2.7 million,
Metal Gear Solid, 3 million. So tell me, does third-party software really sell on the wii?
By the way, do not tell me both Madworld and The Conduit were HUGE Sega hits.
08/09/09
"Iwata: Nintendo Doesn't Think It's E3 Presser Went So Hot"
There shouldn't be an apostrophe at "It's" because it is a contraction for "it is" or "it has."
"Its" is a possessive pronoun meaning, more or less, of it or belonging to it.
Therefore, the title should be:
"Iwata: Nintendo Doesn't Think Its E3 Presser Went So Hot"
Come on Kotaku, you should be getting bloggers capable of fundamental English at the very least.
08/09/09
If you can't stand to see any mistakes in your beloved English language, and for everybody to use all of it's stupid rules correctly and crap, get off the internet and go back to a college class full of "scholars" who devout all their time studying to conjugate verbs.
I however will stay on the internet and enjoy my horrible English, well written if not well grammatically formatted articles, and life.
08/10/09
His expectations of correct grammar and spelling on a news site isn't so inappropriate. If this was some game forum, I would say let it be.
Your admission of the internet's horrible English is correct. A real man stands up and tries to correct those things that he knows to horrible, despite his peer's cajoling. To do nothing is to have no guts.
08/10/09
I, uh, see what you did there. ;)
Anyway, nothing wrong with pointing out spelling mistakes if they appear on the front page. Call it constructive criticism.
It only becomes a problem when you start spell checking other commenters.
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Why, Iwata? Why?
08/09/09
While there have been a lot of good games on all 3 consoles(Yes, even the Wii). I just haven't been WOW'd like I have in the past. Or maybe it's just because I'm getting older.
I remember loading up FF7: MY GOD! EPIC! or Mario 64: WOOOOW!! I need a game where after I'm done playing through, it leaves me dazed in awe.
Nintendo: Give me the feeling I had when you first got me hooked on console gaming 20 years ago when I first tore open my NES, hooked it up, and turned it on.
08/09/09
Also, asking for a story line in a Mario game is really really dumb.
08/09/09
*PUTS ON REPRESENTATIVE OF NINTENDO SUIT*
We can give you the feeling you had 20 years ago when you first opened you NES. Simply follow these steps.
Step One - Attend seminars or counseling to get back in touch with your inner child. After a few sessions try and play some games, if you are still dissatisfied try step two.
Step Two - Move back into your parents house, quit your job and try living the same carefree lifestyle you did as a kid, complete with washing the dishes, eating your mom's soggy meatloaf and watching pro wrestling with your dad. After a few weeks of living with the folks try playing some games, if that still doesn't give you what you need try step three.
Step Three - Invent a serum to reverse aging by exactly 20 years. Take it. Try playing some games.
If this is still unsatisfactory try step four.
Step Four - Invent a time machine. Put it in a DeLorean. Drive back to the late eighties. Kill yourself before you have a chance to put Zelda into the cartridge slot for the first time. Before you start to vaporize try and play some Official Nintendo Seal Of Quality Approved Games.
*TAKES OFF REPRESENTATIVE OF NINTENDO SUIT*
*PUTS ON TANOOKI SUIT*
08/09/09
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08/09/09
You are ignoring the totally huge surprise about Mallow's real parents. SPOILER ALERT!!!
HE'S NOT REALLY A TADPOLE!
08/09/09
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08/09/09
I do love Wind Waker.
08/09/09
Honestly, when I was in my boat, looking out on the horizon, a storm rolling in behind me, and, panning around, I could just see the faint outline of a new island coming up over the horzion... that was one of the best feelings I've had playing any game.
I don't want dark and edgy for the sake of dark and edgy. I want good a quality that is much more ephemeral and harder to define.
This is why I am looking forward to the new Golden Sun Game. Same scope, same feeling.
08/09/09
I know we'd all like to keep our expectations based on what the company used to be, but let's face it, things have changed. I like my Wii the least out of all three consoles, but I was still pleased to see a few potentially great games announced.
08/09/09
They don't need it (nor the other trade shows, for that matter) to get the press's attention, and what's more, it's completely antithetical to their nature as a secretive company. Similar to Apple, they tend to unveil things when they're done, or nearly so.
Sony and (esp.) Microsoft want/need the guaranteed spotlight only a trade show can bring and both (again, I'm looking in Microsoft's direction) have no qualms showing things off WAY before the public will get their collective hands on whatever it is.
If Nintendo wants to continue their attendance of these shows they should borrow from Microsoft and Sony where it makes sense, namely: unveil and/or demo third party games.
[end slightly-longwinded rant]