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The Red Comet
11/28/09

In reply to Nintendo DSi LL Grabs XL Hardware Sales In Japan
That's ironic. They make the PSP smaller, and nobody wants it. They make the DS larger, and everybody wants it.
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Kris
11/28/09

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Uh, clearly there are buttons on her shirt. Plainly visible buttons. They're just not buttoned up.
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Random J
11/28/09

In reply to Nintendo DSi LL Grabs XL Hardware Sales In Japan
DAMN!! The DS power knows no bounds!

I know Nintendo always manage to rake in the sales with their hand helds. But even I didn't think the DSi LL would push this many units, this fast.
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bean
11/28/09

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Vanessa has to be one of the best fighting game moms of all time.
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Lincolnsbeard33
11/28/09

@bean: how many others are there?
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dracosummoner
11/28/09

@Lincolnsbeard33:

Hmm. I think Sophitia (SoulCalibur) has children. There's Sindel, from Mortal Kombat ...
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kunibob
11/28/09

@Lincolnsbeard33: I'll pitch in with Crimson Viper, Michelle Chang and Nina Williams.
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BlueCrazy
11/28/09

@dracosummoner: Crimson Viper is a mom.

One of the chicks in your party in Grandia 3, was your mom. LoL

The Boss. (birthed us one of the best bad/good guys of all time)
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katsujinken
11/28/09

@dracosummoner: Don't forget Dural from Virtua Fighter, she's a mom too
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dracosummoner
11/28/09

@BlueCrazy:

True, but bean (thread creator) was talking about fighting-game moms only. Sorry!
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dracosummoner
11/28/09

@katsujinken:

Ah. I'm not hugely familiar with Virtua Fighter. Sorry!
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katsujinken
11/28/09

@dracosummoner: She the ninja character Kage's mom. Didn't see that one coming, did you? Yu Suzuki, you've done it again
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BlueCrazy
11/28/09

@dracosummoner: Oh damn... well Ill stick with C.Viper then

Milf
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Chirotera
11/28/09

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She's going to catch a cold if she keeps forgetting to button up!

This post brought to you by Vanessa's grandmother.
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WFROSE
11/28/09

@Chirotera: what if she's in a tropical climate?
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Chirotera
11/28/09

@WFROSE: Malaria.
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excel_excel
11/28/09

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So, what about all those people who said it wouldn't sell? Seems Nintendo hit pretty hard on a market they hadn't tapped yet. Elderly people ftw!
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excel_excel
11/28/09

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Hell yeah, thats an awesome statue! Who needs Mai! FUCK MAI!

*runs away from mai fanboys*
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John Weston
11/28/09

@excel_excel: Fuck you

Still an awesome figure of my 2nd fave
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excel_excel
11/28/09

@John Weston: I ran away so pooey on youey
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Skunky
11/28/09

@excel_excel: Don't most people WANT to do exactly that?
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( shake cows, win a ) Milkshake!
11/28/09

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God that's a sexy red.
I'm guessing Nintendo just tapped into the previously unnaccounted for 'horny gamers' market, what with Love Plus selling stupid numbers aswell.
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GunFlame
11/28/09

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Awesome! I will get this.

Vanessa is a great character. Its about time that she started to get a little love.

Very fun to play with an also pretty cool as well (also, damn sexy!).

Good stuff!
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Chesu
11/28/09

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Does anyone else think that the quality of the hair's shape and coloring is quite a bit lower than the skin and clothing?
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Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?!
11/28/09

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The question before it launched was "do we really need another DS?) The piechart says "yes." There was a time I when I would be happy for Nintendo for having this kind of success. Now, I'm not so sure.

"sigh" can we just get a Nintendo portable that's basically a mini Gamecube? I think I've about had it with the DS.
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Blore07
11/28/09

@Striderhayasa - Can we get some damn m/kb support?!: The dream right there, a new gameboy with the power of the cube.

I'd hit it.
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Koztah
11/28/09

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Would prefer Blue Mary. :P
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mr_godot
11/28/09

@Koztah: Yeah, why hasn't Blue Mary gotten any love? The figures are 99% Mai and suddenly 1% Vanessa.

I get that Mai is super hot, but I don't know if she deserves to totally dominate KoF merch.
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Friedhamster
11/27/09

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Not too shabby, still waiting on that Bayonetta figure though.
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mr_godot
11/28/09

@Friedhamster: Oh man, I never even thought about there being a Bayonetta figure! How could that have slipped my mind?

That's gonna be awesome.
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Friedhamster
11/28/09

@mr_godot: There's this prototype that was shown at TGS: [kotaku.com]

I really doubt that's what the final version will look like. Her mid section is waaay too screwed up.

There's this custom job, but, meh, one of and it looks like a modded Barbie. [kotaku.com]
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the7k
11/27/09

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Still waiting for a high quality Kula. All the ones I've seen are either made like American-style poseable action figures, or based on her dreadful "Another" costume in KOF:MI.

If I could find a Kula of this quality, I would gladly pay $90+. I'm dead serious.
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Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
11/27/09

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I just wish Vanessa made it into XII ;_;

Though thats not to say XII would be any good at that point but I'd at least have SOMEONE I liked.
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the7k
11/27/09

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: I personally liked XII, even though none of my favorite characters were in it. I just made new favorites. Namely, Clark.

Still wasn't as good as KOFXI, but that's a hard act to follow. At least it was pretty well balanced.
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Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
11/27/09

@the7k: My biggest issue is playability.
The visuals get in the way of the game.

A lot of characters, if not all, cast a ridiculous amount of shadows on themselves making their silhouettes difficult to even make out and follow in an actual fight. Also the stage lighting obscures them even more. I remember that really orange one making them blend into the background so much that I lost my own character most of the time, let alone my opponent.
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aang001
11/28/09

@Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.: 12 destroyed the series. They put no effort into the game. And the cast was poorly chosen. No Mai, Vanessa, King, K, Duck, Max, Vice, Mary, Tizok, Mr Big, Gato, Whip, Kula, Rock etc...the list goes on. They even released the list of the original cast that was to go in 12 before they forgot how to plan a game and spent too much time faking lighting that annoys people. The Chinese stage with the super dark right hand corner... No special intros/ intros, no taunts, no endings, no boss, no way to back out menus, no multi specials no moves... characters used to have 5+ pages of moves! We got 2 moves and 1 super, no multi super bars, no teams, poorly chosen cast, horrible interface design, bad netcode, the list goes on. 11 was million times better than 12. I will never buy another snk product after that epic fail...
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Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
11/28/09

@aang001: You seem distraught.
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the7k
11/28/09

@aang001: Good, more SNK products for me. Even though KOFXII was not as good as XI, it is still about a thousand times better than KOF2001. Seriously, play 2001 and then try to tell me that XII is that bad.

Yeah, it sucks that a lot of characters and moves are missing. Wanna know the truth? It's kinda necessary to keep the move list and character roster down in order to keep the game balanced. And the game is balanced. It's practically the Virtua Fighter of 2D fighters.

The only thing KOFXII didn't have that would have made it even more popular than the rest of the sorry assortment of modern 2D fighters we have (2D fighting renaissance, my ass) is tag team. That, and a better netcode, but I'd think that if games like Tekken 6 and Soul Calibur IV can get away with crappy netcode, KOFXII could as well.
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