Recent content by CeiserSöze

AFAIK the recent Zelda games have all been more popular in the US and in Europe than in Japan (though the difference is not as blatant as, for example, with the Metroid-franchise). Furthermore, TP's more "realistic" style did probably fare better with a western audience, so that's probably...

lol :lol: That's Miyamoto though, not Iwata :)

Story-wise Tales of Symphonia takes place before Tales of Phantasia (and probably a loooooong time before). Apart from the obvious similarities (same guardian spirits, similar towns etc.), there is, at the very least, one clear hint at the end of ToS. Afaik, the other Tales of...-games have...

Play-Asia has received their JPN DSs and had this to say: Sounds good :)

I know, but I found this a bit strange too. E.g. the cutscene in the begining when Cloud jumps on the train, it looked sorta, don't know, odd or out of sync; the same with the scene in the mountains where the bridge collapses etc. But maybe this was only a glitch in the PC-version, which I...

I had one single issue with all the fmv in the 32bit-FFs (although it's definitely not the central issue that made me not to like them): inconsitency. In FFVIII - FFIX you had three different models for every main character: A low-polygon model for the 2D-screens, a not-as-low-but-still-low-poly...

I wouldn't say that the stories in these games altogether suck. Of course, they suck when you compare them to some higher standard. But that is beside the point and would be the same as saying the stories of StarWars IV-VI and Indiana Jones suck. In other words: In their "old" form as...

A series certainly has to change and evolve to remain interesting (at least if you can't pull an EA and continue to sell rehash after rehash, but that's another story ;)). But at the same time, a series has to stay close to its roots. Regarding the actual gameplay, I have no qualms with the...

It's not just you. To me, the problem started when developers decided to move away from the old story- or event-centric style of storytelling and instead focused on character development. This, combined with the decision to use a different art-styles (darker and more "mature", hence also...

Simply use one or two power bombs against the respawning Fission Metroids. This instantly kills them and gives you the necessary time to reach the door. You should, however, have at least two or three bombs remaining for the final boss to take care of the Fission Metroids he summons towards the...

The first thing they'd have to do to get myself interested in the series interesting again would be throwing out all this pseudo-metaphysical crap; or at least hire some *good* writers who are able to embed these elements into a story without them being cheesy / preachy / heavy-handed /...

They might be cloaked space pirates which (iirc) can be killed with any weapon. But you have to use the thermal visor to target them. The purple "visible" pirates can be killed with the wave beam though. Same goes for the other colored pirates: On white enemies you have to use the ice beam...

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This is interesting to me too: Why should they have to postpone a price cut? I can't imagine anything besides stubborn executives that could cause a delay of a price cut...

I find it a bit funny that Nintendo is always blaming the strong yen for not meeting their expected revenues / profits :?