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    Let's Tap Review: Rhythm Limbo

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    Image of shouryuuken shouryuuken
    06/24/09

    In reply to Let's Tap Review: Rhythm Limbo
    ill probably pick this up.. yuji naka was a big inspiration for me as a lad. i want to see a platformer by prope.. im excited.
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    Image of DreamcastRIP DreamcastRIP
    06/24/09

    In reply to Let's Tap Review: Rhythm Limbo
    I bought this game on release day (PAL "Limited Edition Pack" with two free card boxes, lol!) and wholeheartedly agree with the review. By no means a terrible game but its a real missed opportunity. )-:
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    Image of shouryuuken shouryuuken
    06/24/09

    @DreamcastRIP: love your sn bro.
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    Image of excel_excel excel_excel
    06/24/09

    In reply to Let's Tap Review: Rhythm Limbo
    Getting this :P
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    Image of Leanid Leanid
    06/24/09

    In reply to Let's Tap Review: Rhythm Limbo
    "gamers will almost never touch the controller while playing."


    Oh shit, Natal is doomed.

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    Image of Hey_Blinkon Hey_Blinkon
    06/24/09

    @Leanid: Natal was doomed anyway. As was the PS3 whatever the hell it is called.
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    Image of ColinStein ColinStein
    06/24/09

    @Hey_Blinkon: PS3 isn't going to work since the eye toys never did. Natal though could be cool since everyone has a 360.
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    Image of iTwilight iTwilight
    06/24/09

    @ColinStein: 30 million =/= everyone
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    Image of shouryuuken shouryuuken
    06/24/09

    @iTwilight: lol
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    Image of TheWP listens to Yukkuris; Takes it easy TheWP listens to Yukkuris; Takes it easy
    06/24/09

    In reply to Let's Tap Review: Rhythm Limbo
    I heard something about this game not working too well if you don't have the Wii Remote Straitjacket. Can anyone verify?
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    Image of Michael McWhertor Michael McWhertor
    06/24/09

    @TheWP: Depends on your surface of choice, really. I had originally played on a flimsy EA Sports Active box and had problems with the remote sliding. I think switched to a Dreamcast Keyboard(!) box, which worked just fine. But, in general, I'd recommend you put a jacket on.
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    Image of Michael Dukakis Michael Dukakis
    06/24/09

    In reply to Let's Tap Review: Rhythm Limbo
    Looks like the green guys assuming the position.
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    Image of MaxDragon7 MaxDragon7
    06/24/09

    @Michael Dukakis: Well, his name is 'COM', so I expect to see that suspicious guy do something sneaky there.


    You can never trust those darned 'COM's..


    Wait, they're all 'COM'!


    *runs, hides in fear*

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    Image of zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ zåɳzißårléɠёпȡ
    02/09/09

    In reply to Sonic Creator Welcomes Your Boring Sonic Questions
    Dear Yuji Naka,


    i hope you at least paid your respects for Sonic at the funeral service. the least you could do after letting him go into streets and become a fine mess.

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    Image of CockroachMan CockroachMan
    02/09/09

    In reply to Sonic Creator Welcomes Your Boring Sonic Questions
    "not that Yuji Naka is Harrison Ford or Sonic is Han Solo."


    Knights, werewolves.. They already made so much stuff with Sonic.. a Star Wars crossover with Sonic as Han Solo wouldn't be so bad :P

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    Image of Brian Ashcraft Brian Ashcraft
    02/09/09

    @CockroachMan: Or better yet, as Harrison Ford.
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    Image of ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
    02/09/09

    @Brian Ashcraft: It seems done before. And since Sonic nowadays are ripping off old story-models (warewolves, the black knight) just doing Star Wars doesn't seem that off.


    Right, Han Solo Griffin? [1.bp.blogspot.com]

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    Image of Ashurahori Ashurahori
    02/09/09

    @CockroachMan: Actually, Sonic 3 & Knuckles WAS a Star Wars ripoff. Remember the Death Egg? And what about the space station with the power to destroy a planet by colliding several small beams and making a huge one in Sonic Adventure 2?
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    Image of ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council. ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.
    02/09/09

    In reply to Sonic Creator Welcomes Your Boring Sonic Questions
    Telling the internet to ask you Sonic questions is like saying to Jeffrey Dahmer: "Why yes, this house is indeed rather secluded, now that you mention it. I just soundproofed the place, too! Now if you'll excuse me, my skin's a little dry, and I found this fabulous all-natural lotion that's actually as edible as it is moisturizing! Delicious!"
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    Image of The Cap'n The Cap'n
    02/09/09

    @ShaggE: Reminds me of Emo Phillips on Space Ghost:


    "Eat-mo, have you ever thought about bathing in a hot honey mustard sauce?"

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    Image of Ashurahori Ashurahori
    02/09/09

    In reply to Sonic Creator Welcomes Your Boring Sonic Questions
    Which were the last Sonic games you were directly involved and had influence with anyway?


    (just to know if he's part of the problem...

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    Image of ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
    02/09/09

    In reply to Sonic Creator Welcomes Your Boring Sonic Questions
    "Are you involved at all in Sonic games these days?


    Naka: Since leaving Sega in 2006 I haven't been involved in the Sonic development at all. It's all left in the capable hands of the Sonic Team. "

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    Image of ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
    02/09/09

    @ShadowOdin a.k.a. Kinjinson: "capable (comparative more capable, superlative most capable)


    Positive

    capable


    Comparative

    more capable


    Superlative

    most capable


    1. Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.


    She is capable and efficient.

    He does not need help; he is capable of eating on his own.

    As everyone knew, he was capable of violence when roused.

    That fact is not capable of proof."

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    Image of toejam316 toejam316
    02/09/09

    @ShadowOdin a.k.a. Kinjinson: Thank you for educating us all on the fact that sonic still sucks :(


    I miss my Sonic 2. I really do wish they'd just scrap everything after Sonic 3/Sonic And Knuckles (they were meant to be one game), or at a stretch everything after Adventure, and then start a new.

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    Image of ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness ShadowOdin of dubious snowiness
    02/09/09

    @toejam316: No, they should be committing seppuku because of Sonic Unleashed
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    Image of DrunkAus DrunkAus
    02/09/09

    @toejam316: Well I for one am getting the Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection so I can relive those days in GLORIOUS HD!
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    Image of Shiryu Shiryu
    02/09/09

    In reply to Sonic Creator Welcomes Your Boring Sonic Questions
    "So... whens the next 2D good Sonic comming out?"


    ...I got nothing else.

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    Image of Badmofo Badmofo
    02/09/09

    @Shiryu: The 2-D Sonic games on the Nintendo DS are good.
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    Image of Mact Mact
    02/09/09

    @Shiryu:


    If that's all you have, perhaps you should get you adjectives in order.

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    Image of Smkt Smkt
    02/09/09

    @Shiryu: the genesis collection on the 360/ps3 ofcourse :D
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    Image of Shiryu Shiryu
    02/09/09

    @Badmofo: Got them, wonder when the next hits...
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    Image of Shiryu Shiryu
    02/09/09

    @Mact: I speak no goodie english, ok yes man?
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    Image of Shiryu Shiryu
    02/09/09

    @Smkt: Id rather have a new Wiiware/PSN/Arcade 2.5D Sonic... but that collection is seriously good value for money.
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    Image of Shadowlayer Shadowlayer
    02/05/09

    In reply to Yuji Naka Wanted Sega To Stay In The Hardware Biz
    Piracy didn't do nothing to the DC, back then almost nobody had a CDR drive, plus ripping a DC was quite a feat, nothing compared to PSP and Wii today: even a toddler can hack those two.


    People seem to forget the hype behind the PS2 back then. it was 10 times the one of the Wii, sony could say any crazy shit and buyers everywhere would believe them ("It's like the matrix and toy story combined, in real time!" they actually said that, no joke...)


    Not having a DVD was a major flaw, both in hardware (big games like shenmue) and with buyers. I saw the numbers, it would have costed an extra $50 to make the DC with a DVD, for a total of $250. Scraps when you think that the cheapest DVD player back in 1999 was $600 or more.


    The .com bust of 2000 also hurt it, since for most the days of the internet were over and a console that could access were old news.


    Then theres MS: is obvious by now that they didnt had any real intentions of developing for the DC. Just look at the craptastic SDK they made for it, nothing like Katana. MS went to get some Know-How to make the Xbox, which is clear by just looking at the controller. Irony is that the 1st Xbox cost them $6 billion in loses, while they could've bought SEGA for little over $2B and keep the DC alive.


    Of course, theres hope: the Wii. Things have changed, now nobody really cares which console is the most powerful, but which one is the most innovative. We could say that the DC is, therefore, a victim of its times.


    Considering the DC had a wiimote-like controller on the works, if it were released today with that same $199 MSRP it would be far more succesful than it was back in the day.

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    Image of LucasReis LucasReis
    02/05/09

    @Shadowlayer: A lot of interesting and true points.
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    Image of SG79 SG79
    02/04/09

    In reply to Yuji Naka Wanted Sega To Stay In The Hardware Biz
    Are people delusional enough to think that the DC was Sega's best console? A distant 2nd best to the Genesis, which remains my absolute favorite console of all time.
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    Image of LucasReis LucasReis
    02/05/09

    @SG79: Amen!
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    Image of NoBullet NoBullet
    02/04/09

    In reply to Yuji Naka Wanted Sega To Stay In The Hardware Biz
    I actually met Yuji Naka once and I was wearing my Dreamcast launch t-shirt and it made him smile. The end.
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    Image of LucasReis LucasReis
    02/05/09

    @NoBullet: I still have my Dreamcast cap!
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