From: "Pythagoras" Subject: [NG] sleeping Date: 01 Aug 2002 20:56:08 -0400 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C2399D.DC2ED2A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable man, what is everybody doing? sleeping? playing with their Super Mario = Sunshine Squirt Packs? -- Dave -- TreyTable@msn.com http://www.geocities.com/super_trey_bros/ (insert witty sig. here) ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C2399D.DC2ED2A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
man, what is everybody doing? = sleeping?=20 playing with their Super Mario Sunshine Squirt Packs?
 
-- Dave --
TreyTable@msn.com
http://www.geocities.c= om/super_trey_bros/
(insert=20 witty sig. here)
------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C2399D.DC2ED2A0-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dexter S." Subject: Re: [NG] sleeping Date: 01 Aug 2002 23:28:50 -0700 --Boundary_(ID_qI4RsDr3KJ/RczTNfXgvxw) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Pythagoras wrote: > man, what is everybody doing? sleeping? playing with their Super Mario > Sunshine Squirt Packs? That doesn't sound right. Dexter --Boundary_(ID_qI4RsDr3KJ/RczTNfXgvxw) Content-type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT  

Pythagoras wrote:

man, what is everybody doing? sleeping? playing with their Super Mario Sunshine Squirt Packs?


That doesn't sound right.

Dexter --Boundary_(ID_qI4RsDr3KJ/RczTNfXgvxw)-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Wez Subject: Re: [NG] sleeping Date: 02 Aug 2002 13:01:32 -0400 > > Pythagoras wrote: > >> man, what is everybody doing? sleeping? playing with their Super >> Mario Sunshine Squirt Packs? > > > That doesn't sound right. > > Dexter This list is pretty dead though, that's a fact. As gaming goes, lately I've been addicted to Dance Dance Revolution Konamix for PS1. Got two DDR pads and I love the game.... now if only I was good... ha. Wes [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Eric C" Subject: Re: [NG] Super Mario Sunshine Bundle Pak from Nintendo Date: 02 Aug 2002 13:39:40 -0500 I gotta say, the one thing I really hate about these bundles is that they include a player's guide. If it wasn't for that, I might actually have considered getting it. I'm pretty bothered by EB as well. Whenever I pick up a game I preordered, it's always "Would you like to get the Player's Guide as well?" Ugh. -Satoshi >From: "Dexter S." >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >To: ngamers@lists.xmission.com >Subject: Re: [NG] Super Mario Sunshine Bundle Pak from Nintendo >Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 00:29:53 -0700 > >I got that in the mail. > >Dexter > _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Eric C" Subject: Re: [NG] sleeping Date: 02 Aug 2002 13:42:24 -0500 Playing keno. ;-) >From: "Pythagoras" >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >To: "Game Related" >CC: "NGamers List" >Subject: [NG] sleeping >Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 20:56:08 -0400 > >man, what is everybody doing? sleeping? playing with their Super Mario >Sunshine Squirt Packs? > >-- Dave -- >TreyTable@msn.com >http://www.geocities.com/super_trey_bros/ >(insert witty sig. here) _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Chris Avery" Subject: Re: [NG] Super Mario Sunshine Bundle Pak from Nintendo Date: 02 Aug 2002 14:03:35 -0500 ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 1:39 PM > I gotta say, the one thing I really hate about these bundles is that they > include a player's guide. If it wasn't for that, I might actually have > considered getting it. I'm pretty bothered by EB as well. Whenever I pick > up a game I preordered, it's always "Would you like to get the Player's > Guide as well?" Ugh. > -Satoshi > EB is a business. The more products they can you to buy, the more money they make. I don't buy strategy guides when I first get a game. I tell them no thanks, maybe later. [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dexter S." Subject: Re: [NG] Super Mario Sunshine Bundle Pak from Nintendo Date: 02 Aug 2002 12:33:07 -0700 Eric C wrote: > I gotta say, the one thing I really hate about these bundles is that they > include a player's guide. If it wasn't for that, I might actually have > considered getting it. I'm pretty bothered by EB as well. Whenever I pick > up a game I preordered, it's always "Would you like to get the Player's > Guide as well?" Ugh. > -Satoshi Yeah. Player's Guides are high margin sales. For Nintendo, they are giving it away in their bundles more as a public service. Dexter [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Pythagoras" Subject: Re: [NG] Strategy Guides Date: 02 Aug 2002 17:03:49 -0400 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C23A46.9278B0A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Eric C=20 To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com=20 Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 2:39 PM Subject: Re: [NG] Super Mario Sunshine Bundle Pak from Nintendo I gotta say, the one thing I really hate about these bundles is that = they include a player's guide. If it wasn't for that, I might actually = have considered getting it. I'm pretty bothered by EB as well. Whenever I = pick up a game I preordered, it's always "Would you like to get the = Player's Guide as well?" Ugh. -Satoshi ----- Man, that must suck. When we first got an EB in our village, the people = would ask me, do I want a strategy guide? I would not just tell them = "no", but I would explain my philosophy behind why I didn't want one. = After doing this maybe three times to two different people who worked = mornings (always go to a Mall store in the morning, that's when the = smart people work) they never asked again. Okay, that's one instance I = can think of where being polite helped, but also, I think they probably = dreaded to hear my long winded rant again. ;-) -- Dave -- TreyTable@msn.com http://www.geocities.com/super_trey_bros/ "I hate what I have become to escape what I have been." -- Marilyn = Manson ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C23A46.9278B0A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Eric=20 C
To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com=
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 = 2:39=20 PM
Subject: Re: [NG] Super Mario = Sunshine=20 Bundle Pak from Nintendo

I gotta say, the one thing I really hate about these = bundles is=20 that they
include a player's guide.  If it wasn't for that, I = might=20 actually have
considered getting it.  I'm pretty bothered by = EB as=20 well.  Whenever I pick
up a game I preordered, it's always = "Would you=20 like to get the Player's
Guide as well?"  Ugh.
-Satoshi
 
Man, that must suck. When we = first got an=20 EB in our village, the people would ask me, do I want a strategy guide? = I would=20 not just tell them "no", but I would explain my philosophy behind why I = didn't=20 want one. After doing this maybe three times to two different people who = worked=20 mornings (always go to a Mall store in the morning, that's when the = smart people=20 work) they never asked again. Okay, that's one instance I can think of = where=20 being polite helped, but also, I think they probably dreaded to hear my = long=20 winded rant again. ;-)
 
-- Dave --
TreyTable@msn.com
http://www.geocities.c= om/super_trey_bros/
 
"I hate what I have become to = escape what I=20 have been." -- Marilyn Manson
------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C23A46.9278B0A0-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DarkBastion@aol.com Subject: Re: [NG] Super Mario Sunshine Bundle Pak from Nintendo Date: 02 Aug 2002 18:08:10 EDT --part1_cf.1ad4bc9b.2a7c5cca_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 8/2/02 2:40:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, satoshi_gc@hotmail.com writes: > I gotta say, the one thing I really hate about these bundles is that they > include a player's guide. If it wasn't for that, I might actually have > considered getting it. I'm pretty bothered by EB as well. Whenever I pick > > up a game I preordered, it's always "Would you like to get the Player's > Guide as well?" Ugh. > -Satoshi I'm fine with the players guide; hell, I'll probably sneak a peak or two in store or on line to find those last few shines. What really bites my ass is the memory card. I already have a one MC 251 and two MC 59s. I don't need a fourth, usless card. Give me something else. And does anyone else wish there were some cool memory card stickers for some of thier favorite games? I got a few *kinda* cool ones from Nintendo Power a few months ago, and I know that MGS had some bad ass ones, but they should release new ones constantly. I want a fuckin' Mario or Zelda or Samus sticker. ~Matt "The duck raises an excellent point." - Gabe, Penny Arcade! --part1_cf.1ad4bc9b.2a7c5cca_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 8/2/02 2:40:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, satoshi_gc@hotmail.com writes:


I gotta say, the one thing I really hate about these bundles is that they
include a player's guide.  If it wasn't for that, I might actually have
considered getting it.  I'm pretty bothered by EB as well.  Whenever I pick
up a game I preordered, it's always "Would you like to get the Player's
Guide as well?"  Ugh.
-Satoshi


I'm fine with the players guide; hell, I'll probably sneak a peak or two in store or on line to find those last few shines. What really bites my ass is the memory card. I already have a one MC 251 and two MC 59s. I don't need a fourth, usless card. Give me something else.

And does anyone else wish there were some cool memory card stickers for some of thier favorite games? I got a few *kinda* cool ones from Nintendo Power a few months ago, and I know that MGS had some bad ass ones, but they should release new ones constantly. I want a fuckin' Mario or Zelda or Samus sticker.

~Matt

"The duck raises an excellent point."

- Gabe, Penny Arcade! --part1_cf.1ad4bc9b.2a7c5cca_boundary-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Eric C" Subject: Re: [NG] Super Mario Sunshine Bundle Pak from Nintendo Date: 03 Aug 2002 00:43:02 -0500 >From: "Chris Avery" >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >To: >Subject: Re: [NG] Super Mario Sunshine Bundle Pak from Nintendo >Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 14:03:35 -0500 > > >EB is a business. The more products they can you to buy, the more money >they make. I don't buy strategy guides when I first get a game. I tell >them no thanks, maybe later. > > Well, I guess that's a better way of looking at things. It's just that when I hear that phrase, it really makes me think of how sad the state of videogaming is. No one wants a challenge anymore. I remember in EB once when I told this guy what to do on Eternal Darkness. He asked if I had the game. I said yes and that I'd beaten it three times. Right away, the next question was, "Did you use a guide?" The guy was very shocked when I told him I didn't. It's like guides are such a commonplace thing when new games come out. Once again: sad. -Satoshi _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Pythagoras" Subject: Re: [NG] Super Mario Sunshine Bundle Pak from Nintendo Date: 03 Aug 2002 07:21:30 -0400 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C23ABE.637674E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: DarkBastion@aol.com=20 To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com=20 Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [NG] Super Mario Sunshine Bundle Pak from Nintendo In a message dated 8/2/02 2:40:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, = satoshi_gc@hotmail.com writes: I gotta say, the one thing I really hate about these bundles is that = they=20 include a player's guide. If it wasn't for that, I might actually = have=20 considered getting it. I'm pretty bothered by EB as well. Whenever = I pick=20 up a game I preordered, it's always "Would you like to get the = Player's=20 Guide as well?" Ugh. -Satoshi I'm fine with the players guide; hell, I'll probably sneak a peak or = two in store or on line to find those last few shines. What really bites = my ass is the memory card. I already have a one MC 251 and two MC 59s. I = don't need a fourth, usless card. Give me something else. ----- ----- ----- I don't even bother with stickers on my Cards anymore. I mean I got a = Memory Card 251 and it matches the black Cube perfectly, putting a = sticker on it would make it look bad. And my Memory Card 59 is now = filled with just Resident Evil saves.=20 -- Dave -- TreyTable@msn.com http://www.geocities.com/super_trey_bros/ 'Standing in a forest gazing at the sun Looking at the trees but there's not even one See a rippling stream that smiles and then goes by run to feel its comfort but the water's dry' -- Genesis ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C23ABE.637674E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 DarkBastion@aol.com
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 = 6:08=20 PM
Subject: Re: [NG] Super Mario = Sunshine=20 Bundle Pak from Nintendo

In a message dated 8/2/02 2:40:14 PM Eastern = Daylight Time,=20 satoshi_gc@hotmail.com=20 writes:


I gotta say, the one thing I really hate about these = bundles is=20 that they
include a player's guide.  If it wasn't for that, = I might=20 actually have
considered getting it.  I'm pretty bothered = by EB as=20 well.  Whenever I pick
up a game I preordered, it's always = "Would=20 you like to get the Player's
Guide as well?" =20 Ugh.
-Satoshi


I'm fine with the = players guide;=20 hell, I'll probably sneak a peak or two in store or on line to find = those last=20 few shines. What really bites my ass is the memory card. I already = have a one=20 MC 251 and two MC 59s. I don't need a fourth, usless card. Give me = something=20 else.
 
I don't even bother with = stickers on my=20 Cards anymore. I mean I got a Memory Card 251 and it matches the black = Cube=20 perfectly, putting a sticker on it would make it look bad. And my Memory = Card 59=20 is now filled with just Resident Evil saves.
 
-- Dave --
TreyTable@msn.com
http://www.geocities.c= om/super_trey_bros/
 
'Standing in a forest gazing at = the=20 sun
Looking at the trees but there's not even one
See a rippling = stream=20 that smiles and then goes by
run to feel its comfort but the water's = dry' --=20 Genesis
------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C23ABE.637674E0-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Pythagoras" Subject: [NG] Super Mario Sunshine Date: 06 Aug 2002 18:17:32 -0400 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C23D75.882B4400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Three more weeks until Super Mario Sunshine. -- Dave -- TreyTable@msn.com http://www.geocities.com/super_trey_bros/ (insert witty sig. here) ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C23D75.882B4400 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Three more weeks until Super = Mario=20 Sunshine.
 
-- Dave --
TreyTable@msn.com
http://www.geocities.c= om/super_trey_bros/
(insert=20 witty sig. here)
------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C23D75.882B4400-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Wez Subject: Re: [NG] Super Mario Sunshine Date: 07 Aug 2002 00:24:05 -0400 I saw a commercial for it today! Talk about Nintendo actually promoting a product.... I hardly ever see N commercials.... this almost convinces me to buy a GC. Wez Pythagoras wrote: > Three more weeks until Super Mario Sunshine. -- Dave -- > TreyTable@msn.com > http://www.geocities.com/super_trey_bros/ > (insert witty sig. here) [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: DarkBastion@aol.com Subject: Re: [NG] Super Mario Sunshine Date: 07 Aug 2002 01:16:46 EDT --part1_4b.2150c632.2a82073e_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 8/7/02 12:02:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, wez@adelphia.net writes: > I saw a commercial for it today! Talk about Nintendo actually promoting > a product.... I hardly ever see N commercials.... this almost convinces > me to buy a GC. > > Wez > Yeah, I saw the commercial as well ... unfortunately, the commercial is totally stupid, and does nothing to sell a game with "sunshine" in the title to an older audience. ~Matt " 'Is this fantasy or reality?' 'Fuck if I know, the line is too damn blurry!' " - Gabe, ripping on stupid Xbox developers, Penny Arcade! --part1_4b.2150c632.2a82073e_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 8/7/02 12:02:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, wez@adelphia.net writes:


I saw a commercial for it today!  Talk about Nintendo actually promoting
a product.... I hardly ever see N commercials.... this almost convinces
me to buy a GC.

Wez


Yeah, I saw the commercial as well ... unfortunately, the commercial is totally stupid, and does nothing to sell a game with "sunshine" in the title to an older audience.

~Matt

" 'Is this fantasy or reality?'
  'Fuck if I know, the line is too damn blurry!' "

- Gabe, ripping on stupid Xbox developers, Penny Arcade!


--part1_4b.2150c632.2a82073e_boundary-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Eric C" Subject: Re: [NG] Super Mario Sunshine Date: 07 Aug 2002 00:34:57 -0500 >From: Wez >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >Subject: Re: [NG] Super Mario Sunshine >Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 00:24:05 -0400 > >I saw a commercial for it today! Talk about Nintendo actually promoting >a product.... I hardly ever see N commercials.... this almost convinces >me to buy a GC. > >Wez > THAT commercial convinced you to buy a GC?! Hmm, well, if it works it works, I guess. Personally, I thought the commercial sucked. Unless you're just speaking in terms of actually seeing SOME promotion instead of the actual content. If that's the case..... oh, screw it. ;-) -Satoshi _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Elliot Jefferson" Subject: [NG] Finally, I have come back... Date: 07 Aug 2002 01:11:07 -0500 ... to the list. After moving, getting married, honeymooning, & having surgery, I finally now am able to get back to the list. I'd been able to check up on the list a couple of times but not really respond to anything. Anyway, looks like my NGC will get some action late this summer and into the fall. Elliot eljam@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Pythagoras" Subject: Re: [NG] Finally, I have come back... Date: 07 Aug 2002 09:10:49 -0400 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002D_01C23DF2.523E74C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Elliot Jefferson=20 To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com=20 Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 2:11 AM Subject: [NG] Finally, I have come back... ... to the list. After moving, getting married, honeymooning, & having surgery, I = finally now am able to get back to the list. I'd been able to check up on the = list a couple of times but not really respond to anything. Anyway, looks like my NGC will get some action late this summer and = into the fall. Elliot eljam@hotmail.com ----- Good to have you back, dear boy!=20 -- Dave -- TreyTable@msn.com http://www.geocities.com/super_trey_bros/ "I pledge allegiance to the flag, of the United States of America, and = to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under Canada and above = Mexico, with liberty, and justice for all." -- Robin Williams ------=_NextPart_000_002D_01C23DF2.523E74C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Elliot=20 Jefferson
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, = 2002 2:11=20 AM
Subject: [NG] Finally, I have = come=20 back...

... to the list.


After moving, getting = married,=20 honeymooning, & having surgery, I finally now
am able to get = back to=20 the list.  I'd been able to check up on the list a
couple of = times but=20 not really respond to anything.

Anyway, looks like my NGC will = get some=20 action late this summer and into the
fall.

Elliot
eljam@hotmail.com
 
Good to have you back, dear = boy!=20
 
-- Dave --
TreyTable@msn.com
http://www.geocities.c= om/super_trey_bros/
"I=20 pledge allegiance to the flag, of the United States of America, and to = the=20 Republic for which it stands, one nation under Canada and above Mexico, = with=20 liberty, and justice for all." -- Robin = Williams
------=_NextPart_000_002D_01C23DF2.523E74C0-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lloyd Millard Mccoy Jr." Subject: Re: [NG] Super Mario Sunshine Date: 07 Aug 2002 10:57:47 -0400 (EDT) Yep, three more weeks for Sonic Ad...oops Super Mario Sunshine. Sorry but the resemblance is uncanny. :) I'm still looking forward to it. Lloyd On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, Pythagoras wrote: > Three more weeks until Super Mario Sunshine. > > -- Dave -- > TreyTable@msn.com > http://www.geocities.com/super_trey_bros/ > (insert witty sig. here) > sx [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Pythagoras" Subject: [NG] sonic mega collection Date: 08 Aug 2002 00:04:52 -0400 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C23E6F.37EBFDE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Have you seen those new screenshots from the Sonic Mega Collection? = Forget Resident Evil or Mario, this is why I bought a Gamecube. Such = power! http://mediaviewer.ign.com/ignMediaPage.jsp?channel_id=3D74&object_id=3D4= 86864&adtag=3Dnetwork%3Dign%26site%3Dcube%26genre%3Dcompilationviewer%26p= agetype%3Darticle&page_title=3DSonic+Mega+Collection+Shots -- Dave -- TreyTable@msn.com http://www.geocities.com/super_trey_bros/ "I hate what I have become to escape what I have been." -- Marilyn = Manson ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C23E6F.37EBFDE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Have you seen those new = screenshots from=20 the Sonic Mega Collection? Forget Resident Evil or Mario, this is why I = bought a=20 Gamecube. Such power!
 
http://mediaviewer.ign.com/ignMediaPage.jsp?channel_id=3D74&ob= ject_id=3D486864&adtag=3Dnetwork%3Dign%26site%3Dcube%26genre%3Dcompil= ationviewer%26pagetype%3Darticle&page_title=3DSonic+Mega+Collection+S= hots
 
 
 
-- Dave --
TreyTable@msn.com
http://www.geocities.c= om/super_trey_bros/
 
"I hate what I have become to = escape what I=20 have been." -- Marilyn Manson
------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C23E6F.37EBFDE0-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Eric C" Subject: Re: [NG] sonic mega collection Date: 08 Aug 2002 06:53:49 -0500 >From: "Pythagoras" >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >To: "NGamers List" >Subject: [NG] sonic mega collection >Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 00:04:52 -0400 > >Have you seen those new screenshots from the Sonic Mega Collection? Forget >Resident Evil or Mario, this is why I bought a Gamecube. Such power! > >http://mediaviewer.ign.com/ignMediaPage.jsp?channel_id=74&object_id=486864&adtag=network%3Dign%26site%3Dcube%26genre%3Dcompilationviewer%26pagetype%3Darticle&page_title=Sonic+Mega+Collection+Shots > > > >-- Dave -- I could be mistaken, but I think some of those screens look a bit better than the Genesis versions. Well, I don't really remember that many facial expressions. BTW, something tells me I'll be the only one replying to this. Dave and I seem to be the only ones on this list that give a d*mn about Sonic. :-/ -Satoshi _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "geoff wuehrmann" Subject: Re: [NG] sonic mega collection Date: 12 Aug 2002 10:38:36 -0400 >From: "Eric C" >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >Subject: Re: [NG] sonic mega collection >Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 06:53:49 -0500 > >>From: "Pythagoras" >>Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >>To: "NGamers List" >>Subject: [NG] sonic mega collection >>Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 00:04:52 -0400 >> >>Have you seen those new screenshots from the Sonic Mega Collection? Forget >>Resident Evil or Mario, this is why I bought a Gamecube. Such power! >> >>http://mediaviewer.ign.com/ignMediaPage.jsp?channel_id=74&object_id=486864&adtag=network%3Dign%26site%3Dcube%26genre%3Dcompilationviewer%26pagetype%3Darticle&page_title=Sonic+Mega+Collection+Shots >> >> >> >>-- Dave -- > >I could be mistaken, but I think some of those screens look a bit better >than the Genesis versions. Well, I don't really remember that many facial >expressions. BTW, something tells me I'll be the only one replying to >this. Dave and I seem to be the only ones on this list that give a d*mn >about Sonic. :-/ >-Satoshi > >_________________________________________________________________ > I have played most of the games included but I will probably rent it. This will help hold me over until I get a NEW Sonic game at least. -Kentop _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Vi On Subject: [NG] Insider japan Date: 14 Aug 2002 01:20:54 -0400 (EDT) very interesting this week for people who like sale numbers. ----------------------insider ign------------------------- The first half of the year has come and gone. As Japan sits through a very hot summer (it's been said that the country will be the among the first to feel the effects of global warming, and we believe it!), the weekly Famitsu magazine released sales data for the first half of the year, showcasing the big winners and comparing everything to the first half of 2001. If sales stats tickle your happy, see below for the full story. Other than that, there hasn't been too much to go crazy for here in Japan. Mario Sunshine is still the biggest game title around, PS2 is selling better than ever (the new colors seem to have caused a two-fold sales spike), and... well that's about it. Oh yeah... and don't believe the hype about Choco-Pie, one of Korea's favorite treats. A Choco-Pie is really just a stale-tasting Ding Dong. You heard it hear first! FAMITSU SCORE GET This week's Famitsu has the first ever review for Capcom's Automodelista. How did this first ever Online driving game for the PS2 do? Check out the scores: Automodelista, PS2 - 9, 7, 7, 7 TV animation X, PSX - 6, 6, 6, 6 Memorial Song, PS2 - 7, 6, 6, 7 Crash Gear Turbo, WS - 7, 6, 6, 7 Harukanaru Tokyu no naka de, GBA - 8, 9, 7, 7 Mister Driller Ace, GBA - 8, 8, 8, 8 Hmm... there seems to be some disagreement on Automodelsta, although the reviews aren't too clear on what's wrong (especially the girl's review -- she just describes the stuff that you can do in the game!!!). We'll judge for our little ol' selves when we pick up the game next week. GET RATED Yes, believe it or not, Japan still doesn't have a solid ranking system in place for its games. While Sega made an effort to mark all the porn games that appeared on its Saturn system as being for adults only, look to any game that doesn't contain boobies or... what's the cute name for vagina... and you won't find a rating what-so-ever. Until now, that is. You may have heard of something called CERO, or Computer Entertainment Rating... followed by some sort of Kanji which apparently lends the "O" to the name. Anyhow, this ratings group, akin to America's ESRB, will be providing ratings for Japanese software starting in October. Apparently, five ratings will be available: 18 and up, Above 15, Above 12, All Ages, and Learning/Education/Database. Let's hope these markings don't make our beautiful Japanese boxes ugly! FIRST HALF RANK-IN! This IGN Japan column has been grabbing sales data from Famitsu for months now, but looking at things week by week, only a few things are clear: 1. The PS2 rules all. 2. The Xbox rules none. 3. Konami is very big in Japan. If you want a better look at the bigger picture in Japanese sales, you've come to the right place. This week's Famitsu has a look at the first half of the year in review, and we've translated some of the information here for you. It all begins with the top 100 sales, the top ten winners of which should come as no surprise to anyone who's been paying attention: 1. World Soccer Winning Eleven 6 - Konami, PS2, 4/25: 975,605 2. Onimusha 2 - Capcom, PS2, 3/7: 963,529 3. Kingdom Hearts - Square, PS2, 3/28: 787,513 4. Super Robot Wars Impact - Banpresto, PS2, 3/28: 625,364 5. Virtua Fighter 4 - Sega, PS2, 1/31: 526,562 6. Saka-Tsuku 2002 - Sega, PS2, 3/7: 510,557 7. From TV animation ONEPIECE GB2 - Bandai, PS, 3/20: 500,480 8. Xenosaga Episode 1 - Namco, PS2, 2/28: 423,299 9. Gran Turismo Concept 2001 Tokyo - SCE, PS2, 1/1: 334,218 10. Gundam Giren's Ambition - Bandai, PS2, 5/2: 333,162 Yes, it's all PS2 titles, with the exception of one PSX title. This is in contrast to the top ten for the first half of last year which included plenty in the way of GameBoy and GBA title. Here's that list: 1. Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec - SCE, PS2, 4/28: 1,097,801 2. Dragon Quest Monsters 2 - Enix, GB, 3/9: 1,063,297 3. Onimusha - Capcom, PS2, 1/25: 849,444 4. Super Mario Advance - Nintendo, GBA, 3/21: 592,987 5. Super Robot Wars Taisen Alpha Gaiden - Banpresto, PS, 3/29: 539,202 6. Yugiyoh Dual Monsters 4 - Konami, GB, 12/7/2000: 458,648 7. Pocket Monsters Crystal Version - Nintendo, GB, 12/14/2000: 448,570 8. World Soccer Winning Eleven 5 - Konami, PS2, 3/15: 431,736 9. From TV Animation ONEPIECE GB - Bandai, PS, 3/15: 367,740 10. Legend of Zelda Fushigi no Ki no Mi... - Nintendo, GB, 2/27: 352,208 A look at the percentages of software sold for the first half of this year compared to the first half of last year confirms that the PS2 saw a huge upswing while the GameBoy dropped a few notches: SYSTEM 2002 2001 PS2 61.3% 27.8% GBA 15.6% 12.4% PSX 10.2% 19.0% NGC 8.2% NA GB 2.1% 27.2% DC 1.4% 4.6% Xbox 1.2% NA N64 Not Listed 6.5% WS Not Listed 2.5% You'll notice that the Dreamcast beat the Xbox in software percentage for the first half of this year. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Also, you'll note that there are no million sellers this year compared to the two for last year. Of course, Winning Eleven reached the platinum mark in the first few weeks of July, and we're pretty sure that Onimusha 2 has also reached the mark; it certainly shipped in the millions. See the end of this section for the complete top one hundred list (yes, we have lots of time on our hands). This year's software sales marks somewhat of a change from last year in the genre department. Specifically, RPGs are down and action games are way up! Let's have a look. GENRE 2002 2001 Action 36 22 RPG 18 29 Simulation 12 7 Action/Adventure 7 5 Action/Sim 4 1 Simulation/RPG 3 4 Simulator 3 3 Board Game 3 3 Adventure 3 2 Adventure/Sim 2 3 Action/RPG 2 5 Table Game 2 1 Shooting/Adventure 1 5 Adventure/Puzzle 1 1 Puzzle/Action 1 2 Card Game 1 2 Other 1 5 According to the magazine, the jump in action titles is owed to all the soccer games released this year (apparently soccer games are considered action titles) and the large number of action titles for the Game Boy Advance. So who's making all these games? The top one hundred list is populated by a number of companies, but as usual, Nintendo has the most slots, with 16 (although none in the top ten). Konami comes in second with 14 slots followed by newbie Sega with 7 and Enix, Sony Computer Entertainment and Bandai with 6 a piece. It would seem that if Sega means it when they promise to become the number one third party, they're squarely targeting Konami right now. Although, we doubt we'll see a replay of the shouting match going on between EA and Sega over in America. A look at the top ten alone ought to tell you which hardware is on top. There was no stopping the PS2 in the first half of the year as Sony's big black (and now blue) system flew off shelves with nearly double the numbers of its nearest competitor, the Game Boy Advance. Here are the solid numbers for each hardware unit. Below the numbers, you'll find the month by month sales from January to June (or for the Xbox, from February to June). PS2: 2,080,025 JANUARY: 593,696 FEBRUARY: 277,572 MARCH: 410,151 APRIL: 276,938 MAY: 260,255 JUNE: 261,413 GBA: 1,295,067 JANUARY: 475,310 FEBRUARY: 152,858 MARCH: 185,937 APRIL: 155,662 MAY: 158,821 JUNE: 166,479 GAMECUBE: 478,202 JANUARY: 214,476 FEBRUARY: 59,033 MARCH: 89,736 APRIL: 42,233 MAY: 31,491 JUNE: 41,233 PSOne: 158,154 JANUARY: 51,011 FEBRUARY: 19,181 MARCH: 26,430 APRIL: 16,724 MAY: 20,908 JUNE: 23,900 Xbox: 236,372 FEBRUARY: 123,929 MARCH: 66,163 APRIL: 14,118 MAY: 12,479 JUNE: 19,683 WONDERSWAN: 72,272 JANUARY: 25,922 FEBRUARY: 10,552 MARCH: 12,102 APRIL: 8,122 MAY: 6,049 JUNE: 9,525 If you could see the graphs that are presented in the magazine (we are far too lazy to make our own graphs), you would see that all platforms sold incredibly well in the first month of the year then slid downward, with the PS2 seeing somewhat of a jump in March (probably due to a string of high profile releases). Of course, with Mario Sunshine for the GameCube and the new colors for the PS2, both these systems should be seeing huge upswings right about now. Well, there you have it, Famitsu's sales report for the first half of the year. Oh yeah... that's right, we promised to post the top 100 sales charts. Note that some of the titles (as marked) were released prior to the start of 2002. The total sales figures are just for the period from 1/2002 up to and including 6/2002 (so Pokemon Crystal, seeing as how it was released in 2000 and still managed to make it into this top 100 chart, has obviously sold a lot of copies). 1. World Soccer Winning Eleven 6 - Konami, PS2, 4/25: 975,605 2. Onimusha 2 - Capcom, PS2, 3/7: 963,529 3. Kingdom Hearts - Square, PS2, 3/28: 787,513 4. Super Robot Wars Impact - Banpresto, PS2, 3/28: 625,364 5. Virtua Fighter 4 - Sega, PS2, 1/31: 526,562 6. Saka-Tsuku 2002 - Sega, PS2, 3/7: 510,557 7. From TV animation ONEPIECE GB2 - Bandai, PS, 3/20: 500,480 8. Xenosaga Episode 1 - Namco, PS2, 2/28: 423,299 9. Gran Turismo Concept 2001 Tokyo - SCE, PS2, 1/1: 334,218 10. Gundam Giren's Ambition - Bandai, PS2, 5/2: 333,162 11. Super Mario Advance 2 - Nintendo, GBA, 12/14/2001: 327,715 12. Smash Brothers DX - Nintendo, GCN, 11/21/2001: 219,589 13. Tekken 4 - Namco, PS2, 3/28: 304,876 14. Animal Forest + - Nintendo, GCN, 12/14/2001: 299,946 15. Fire Emblem - Nintendo, GBA, 3/29: 294,868 16. Wild Arms Advanced Second - SCE, PS2, 3/14: 268,031 17. Sakura Wars 4 - Sega, DC, 3/21: 253,845 18. Battle Network Rockman EX2 - Capcom, GBA, 12/14/2001: 243,465 19. Samurai - Spike, PS2, 2/7: 241,784 20. Momotarou X - Hudson, PS2, 12/13/2001: 239,853 21. Grandia Xtreme - Enix, PS2, 1/31: 236,369 22. Dragon Quest Monsters 1&2 - Enix, PS, 5/30: 224,701 23. Gundam DX - Bandai, PS2, 12/6/2001: 219,122 24. Armored Core 4 - From Soft, PS2, 4/4: 217,939 25. Biohazard - Capcom, GCN, 3/22: 211,884 26. Necchu Pro Baseball 2002 - Namco, PS2, 4/18: 211,477 27. Powerpro Ken Pocket 4 - Konami, GBA, 3/20: 210,934 28. FFX International - Square, PS2, 1/31: 208,354 29. Tennis Oujisama - Konami, GBA, 4/25: 197,767 30. Dynasty Warriors 3 - Koei, PS2, 9/20/2001: 195,242 31. Sangokushi VIII - Koei, PS2, 1/24: 182,704 32. Rockman Zero - Capcom, GBA, 4/26: 177,258 33. Pikmin - Nintendo, GCN, 10/26/2001: 168,353 34. Tottokohamu Tarou 3 - Nintendo, GBA, 5/31: 158,664 35. Sangokushi Senki - Koei, PS2, 1/24: 182,704 36. Dragon Quest IV - Enix, PSX, 11/22/2001: 154,165 37. Winning Eleven 5 Final Evo. - Konami, PS2, 12/13/2001: 151,723 38. Dead or Alive 3 - Tecmo, Xbox, 2/22: 144,613 39. Itadaki Street 3 - Enix, PS2, 2/28: 143,151 40. Zettaizetsumeitoshin - Irem, PS2, 4/25: 136,125 41. .hack Vol. 1 - Bandai, PS2, 6/20: 132,349 42. Tennis no Oujisama - Konami, PSX, 2/28: 131,272 43. Animal Leader - Nintendo, GCN, 2/21: 127,959 44. Pokemon Crystal - Nintendo, GBA, 12/14/2000: 125,787 45. Sonic Adventure 2 Battle - Sega, GCN, 12/20/2001: 124,391 46. 2002 FIFA World Cup - EA-Square, PS2, 5/2: 124,339 47. Shaman King - Bandai, PSX, 6/6: 123,706 48. Sonic Advance - Sega, GBA, 12/20/2001: 121,521 49. Nobunaga's Ambition Seiki - Koei, PS2, 4/4: 119,346 50. Crash Bandicoot 4 - Konami, PS2, 12/20/2001: 118,303 51. Kyojin no Doshin - Nintendo, GCN, 3/14: 118,074 52. Popolocrois - SCE, PS2, 6/20: 115,477 53. Minna no Golf 3 - SCE, PS2, 7/26/2001: 111,830 54. Metal Gear Solid 2 - Konami, PS2, 11/29/2001: 110,430 55. Final Fantasy XI - Square, PS2, 5/16: 108,463 56. Rakugaki Kingdom - Taito, PS2, 3/20: 107,548 57. Mario Kart Advance - Nintendo, GBA, 7/21/2001: 106,135 58. SuperLite 1500 Tetris - Success, PSX, 7/19/2000: 102,581 59. Magical Vacation - Nintendo, GBA, 12/7/2001: 99,154 60. Winning Eleven 2002 - Konami, PSX, 4/25: 97,776 61. Golden Sun Uwareshi Jidai - Nintendo, GBA, 6/28: 96,318 62. Jikkyu P.Pro B.Ball 2002 Spring - Konami, PSX, 3/14: 95,387 63. Wario World Advance - Nintendo, GBA, 8/21/2001: 94,567 64. Toruneko Adventure 2 - Enix, GBA, 12/20/2001: 91,876 65. Hkaru no Go - Konami, GBA, 10/25/2001: 90,231 66. Seaman - ASCII, PS2, 11/15/2001: 89,234 67. Tales of Fandom Vol. 1 - Namco, PSX, 1/31: 88,947 68. Project FIFA World Cup - EA-Square, PS2, 5/30: 88,837 69. Yugioh Dual Monsters 6 - Konami, GBA, 12/20/2001: 81,727 70. BeyBlade Saikyou Blader - Broccoli, GBA, 12/6/2001: 80,060 71. Inyusha - Bandai, PSX, 12/27/2001: 79,636 72. Jak&Daxter - SCE, PS2, 12/20/2001: 78,245 73. Tokyo Majin Gakuen - Asmik, PS, 1/24: 77,780 74. Luigi's Mansion - Nintendo, GC, 9/14/2001: 77,364 75. Exciting Pro Wrestling 3 - Yukes, PS2, 1/24: 76,393 76. Super Mario Advance - Nintendo, GBA, 3/21/2001: 76,238 77. Space Channel 5 Part 2 - Sega, PS2, 2/14: 73,171 78. Shining Soul - Sega, GBA, 3/28: 71,664 79. Kengo 2 - Genki, PS2, 6/27: 70,716 80. Winning Post 5 - Koei, PS2, 12/22/2001: 70,636 81. The Baseball 2002 - Konami, PS2, 3/28: 68,270 82. The King of Fighters EX - Marvelous, GBA, 1/1: 68,268 83. From TV Anim... Grand Battle Adv. - Banpresto, GB, 6/28: 67,119 84. Monster Farm Advance - Tecmo, GBA, 12/7/2001: 65,269 85. Tottoham Tarou 2 - Nintendo, GB, 4/21/2001: 64,495 86. Captain Tsubasa - Konami, PS, 5/16: 62,338 87. Dragon Quest Monsters 2 - Enix, GB, 3/9/2001: 61,329 88. Jikkyu P.Pro B.Ball 8 Kettei-ban - Konami, PS2, 12/20/2001: 61,328 89. Onimusha (Megahits!) - Capcom, PS2, 12/20/2001: 60,673 90. World Rally Championship - Spike, PS2, 3/14: 59,921 91. Halo - Microsoft, Xbox, 4/25: 59,865 92. EX Jinsei Game - Takara, PS2, 3/7: 59,003 93. Simple 2000 Vol. 1 - D3, PS2, 5/31/2001: 57,605 94. Gran Turismo 3 (Megahits!) - SCE, PS2, 12/13/2001: 57,410 95. Jissen Pachi-Suro - Sammy, PS2, 10/25/2001: 56,477 96. Shaman King - King Record, GB, 1221/2001: 55,586 97. Harry Potter - EA-Square, PSX, 12/1/2001: 55,215 98. NBA Live 2002 - EA-Square, PS2, 1/1: 55,153 99. Nichibeikan Pro Baseball - Square, PS2, 4/25: 54,787 100. La Pusel - Nihon Software, PS2, 1/31: 54,710 [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dexter S." Subject: Re: [NG] Insider japan Date: 13 Aug 2002 23:21:29 -0700 Thanks for the post Vi, much appreciated. Dexter Vi On wrote: > very interesting this week for people who like sale numbers. > > ----------------------insider ign------------------------- > > The first half of the year has come and gone. As Japan sits through a very > hot summer (it's been said that the country will be the among the first to > feel the effects of global warming, and we believe it!), the weekly > Famitsu magazine released sales data for the first half of the year, > showcasing the big winners and comparing everything to the first half of > 2001. If sales stats tickle your happy, see below for the full story. > > Other than that, there hasn't been too much to go crazy for here in > Japan. Mario Sunshine is still the biggest game title around, PS2 is > selling better than ever (the new colors seem to have caused a two-fold > sales spike), and... well that's about it. Oh yeah... and don't believe > the hype about Choco-Pie, one of Korea's favorite treats. A Choco-Pie is > really just a stale-tasting Ding Dong. You heard it hear first! > > FAMITSU SCORE GET > This week's Famitsu has the first ever review for Capcom's > Automodelista. How did this first ever Online driving game for the PS2 > do? Check out the scores: > > Automodelista, PS2 - 9, 7, 7, 7 > TV animation X, PSX - 6, 6, 6, 6 > Memorial Song, PS2 - 7, 6, 6, 7 > Crash Gear Turbo, WS - 7, 6, 6, 7 > Harukanaru Tokyu no naka de, GBA - 8, 9, 7, 7 > Mister Driller Ace, GBA - 8, 8, 8, 8 > > Hmm... there seems to be some disagreement on Automodelsta, although the > reviews aren't too clear on what's wrong (especially the girl's review -- > she just describes the stuff that you can do in the game!!!). We'll judge > for our little ol' selves when we pick up the game next week. > > GET RATED > Yes, believe it or not, Japan still doesn't have a solid ranking system in > place for its games. While Sega made an effort to mark all the porn games > that appeared on its Saturn system as being for adults only, look to any > game that doesn't contain boobies or... what's the cute name for > vagina... and you won't find a rating what-so-ever. > > Until now, that is. You may have heard of something called CERO, or > Computer Entertainment Rating... followed by some sort of Kanji which > apparently lends the "O" to the name. Anyhow, this ratings group, akin to > America's ESRB, will be providing ratings for Japanese software starting > in October. Apparently, five ratings will be available: 18 and up, Above > 15, Above 12, All Ages, and Learning/Education/Database. > > Let's hope these markings don't make our beautiful Japanese boxes ugly! > > FIRST HALF RANK-IN! > This IGN Japan column has been grabbing sales data from Famitsu for months > now, but looking at things week by week, only a few things are clear: > > 1. The PS2 rules all. > 2. The Xbox rules none. > 3. Konami is very big in Japan. > > If you want a better look at the bigger picture in Japanese sales, you've > come to the right place. This week's Famitsu has a look at the first half > of the year in review, and we've translated some of the information here > for you. > > It all begins with the top 100 sales, the top ten winners of which should > come as no surprise to anyone who's been paying attention: > > 1. World Soccer Winning Eleven 6 - Konami, PS2, 4/25: 975,605 > 2. Onimusha 2 - Capcom, PS2, 3/7: 963,529 > 3. Kingdom Hearts - Square, PS2, 3/28: 787,513 > 4. Super Robot Wars Impact - Banpresto, PS2, 3/28: 625,364 > 5. Virtua Fighter 4 - Sega, PS2, 1/31: 526,562 > 6. Saka-Tsuku 2002 - Sega, PS2, 3/7: 510,557 > 7. From TV animation ONEPIECE GB2 - Bandai, PS, 3/20: 500,480 > 8. Xenosaga Episode 1 - Namco, PS2, 2/28: 423,299 > 9. Gran Turismo Concept 2001 Tokyo - SCE, PS2, 1/1: 334,218 > 10. Gundam Giren's Ambition - Bandai, PS2, 5/2: 333,162 > > Yes, it's all PS2 titles, with the exception of one PSX title. This is in > contrast to the top ten for the first half of last year which included > plenty in the way of GameBoy and GBA title. Here's that list: > > 1. Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec - SCE, PS2, 4/28: 1,097,801 > 2. Dragon Quest Monsters 2 - Enix, GB, 3/9: 1,063,297 > 3. Onimusha - Capcom, PS2, 1/25: 849,444 > 4. Super Mario Advance - Nintendo, GBA, 3/21: 592,987 > 5. Super Robot Wars Taisen Alpha Gaiden - Banpresto, PS, 3/29: 539,202 > 6. Yugiyoh Dual Monsters 4 - Konami, GB, 12/7/2000: 458,648 > 7. Pocket Monsters Crystal Version - Nintendo, GB, 12/14/2000: 448,570 > 8. World Soccer Winning Eleven 5 - Konami, PS2, 3/15: 431,736 > 9. From TV Animation ONEPIECE GB - Bandai, PS, 3/15: 367,740 > 10. Legend of Zelda Fushigi no Ki no Mi... - Nintendo, GB, 2/27: 352,208 > > A look at the percentages of software sold for the first half of this year > compared to the first half of last year confirms that the PS2 saw a huge > upswing while the GameBoy dropped a few notches: > > SYSTEM 2002 2001 > PS2 61.3% 27.8% > GBA 15.6% 12.4% > PSX 10.2% 19.0% > NGC 8.2% NA > GB 2.1% 27.2% > DC 1.4% 4.6% > Xbox 1.2% NA > N64 Not Listed 6.5% > WS Not Listed 2.5% > > You'll notice that the Dreamcast beat the Xbox in software percentage for > the first half of this year. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. > > Also, you'll note that there are no million sellers this year compared to > the two for last year. Of course, Winning Eleven reached the platinum mark > in the first few weeks of July, and we're pretty sure that Onimusha 2 has > also reached the mark; it certainly shipped in the millions. > > See the end of this section for the complete top one hundred list (yes, we > have lots of time on our hands). > > This year's software sales marks somewhat of a change from last year in > the genre department. Specifically, RPGs are down and action games are way > up! Let's have a look. > > GENRE 2002 2001 > Action 36 22 > RPG 18 29 > Simulation 12 7 > Action/Adventure 7 5 > Action/Sim 4 1 > Simulation/RPG 3 4 > Simulator 3 3 > Board Game 3 3 > Adventure 3 2 > Adventure/Sim 2 3 > Action/RPG 2 5 > Table Game 2 1 > Shooting/Adventure 1 5 > Adventure/Puzzle 1 1 > Puzzle/Action 1 2 > Card Game 1 2 > Other 1 5 > > According to the magazine, the jump in action titles is owed to all the > soccer games released this year (apparently soccer games are considered > action titles) and the large number of action titles for the Game Boy > Advance. > > So who's making all these games? The top one hundred list is populated by > a number of companies, but as usual, Nintendo has the most slots, with 16 > (although none in the top ten). Konami comes in second with 14 slots > followed by newbie Sega with 7 and Enix, Sony Computer Entertainment and > Bandai with 6 a piece. It would seem that if Sega means it when they > promise to become the number one third party, they're squarely targeting > Konami right now. Although, we doubt we'll see a replay of the shouting > match going on between EA and Sega over in America. > > A look at the top ten alone ought to tell you which hardware is on > top. There was no stopping the PS2 in the first half of the year as Sony's > big black (and now blue) system flew off shelves with nearly double the > numbers of its nearest competitor, the Game Boy Advance. Here are the > solid numbers for each hardware unit. Below the numbers, you'll find the > month by month sales from January to June (or for the Xbox, from February > to June). > > PS2: 2,080,025 > JANUARY: 593,696 > FEBRUARY: 277,572 > MARCH: 410,151 > APRIL: 276,938 > MAY: 260,255 > JUNE: 261,413 > > GBA: 1,295,067 > JANUARY: 475,310 > FEBRUARY: 152,858 > MARCH: 185,937 > APRIL: 155,662 > MAY: 158,821 > JUNE: 166,479 > > GAMECUBE: 478,202 > JANUARY: 214,476 > FEBRUARY: 59,033 > MARCH: 89,736 > APRIL: 42,233 > MAY: 31,491 > JUNE: 41,233 > > PSOne: 158,154 > JANUARY: 51,011 > FEBRUARY: 19,181 > MARCH: 26,430 > APRIL: 16,724 > MAY: 20,908 > JUNE: 23,900 > > Xbox: 236,372 > FEBRUARY: 123,929 > MARCH: 66,163 > APRIL: 14,118 > MAY: 12,479 > JUNE: 19,683 > > WONDERSWAN: 72,272 > JANUARY: 25,922 > FEBRUARY: 10,552 > MARCH: 12,102 > APRIL: 8,122 > MAY: 6,049 > JUNE: 9,525 > > If you could see the graphs that are presented in the magazine (we are far > too lazy to make our own graphs), you would see that all platforms sold > incredibly well in the first month of the year then slid downward, with > the PS2 seeing somewhat of a jump in March (probably due to a string of > high profile releases). Of course, with Mario Sunshine for the GameCube > and the new colors for the PS2, both these systems should be seeing huge > upswings right about now. > > Well, there you have it, Famitsu's sales report for the first half of the > year. Oh yeah... that's right, we promised to post the top 100 sales > charts. Note that some of the titles (as marked) were released prior to > the start of 2002. The total sales figures are just for the period from > 1/2002 up to and including 6/2002 (so Pokemon Crystal, seeing as how it > was released in 2000 and still managed to make it into this top 100 chart, > has obviously sold a lot of copies). > > 1. World Soccer Winning Eleven 6 - Konami, PS2, 4/25: 975,605 > 2. Onimusha 2 - Capcom, PS2, 3/7: 963,529 > 3. Kingdom Hearts - Square, PS2, 3/28: 787,513 > 4. Super Robot Wars Impact - Banpresto, PS2, 3/28: 625,364 > 5. Virtua Fighter 4 - Sega, PS2, 1/31: 526,562 > 6. Saka-Tsuku 2002 - Sega, PS2, 3/7: 510,557 > 7. From TV animation ONEPIECE GB2 - Bandai, PS, 3/20: 500,480 > 8. Xenosaga Episode 1 - Namco, PS2, 2/28: 423,299 > 9. Gran Turismo Concept 2001 Tokyo - SCE, PS2, 1/1: 334,218 > 10. Gundam Giren's Ambition - Bandai, PS2, 5/2: 333,162 > 11. Super Mario Advance 2 - Nintendo, GBA, 12/14/2001: 327,715 > 12. Smash Brothers DX - Nintendo, GCN, 11/21/2001: 219,589 > 13. Tekken 4 - Namco, PS2, 3/28: 304,876 > 14. Animal Forest + - Nintendo, GCN, 12/14/2001: 299,946 > 15. Fire Emblem - Nintendo, GBA, 3/29: 294,868 > 16. Wild Arms Advanced Second - SCE, PS2, 3/14: 268,031 > 17. Sakura Wars 4 - Sega, DC, 3/21: 253,845 > 18. Battle Network Rockman EX2 - Capcom, GBA, 12/14/2001: 243,465 > 19. Samurai - Spike, PS2, 2/7: 241,784 > 20. Momotarou X - Hudson, PS2, 12/13/2001: 239,853 > 21. Grandia Xtreme - Enix, PS2, 1/31: 236,369 > 22. Dragon Quest Monsters 1&2 - Enix, PS, 5/30: 224,701 > 23. Gundam DX - Bandai, PS2, 12/6/2001: 219,122 > 24. Armored Core 4 - From Soft, PS2, 4/4: 217,939 > 25. Biohazard - Capcom, GCN, 3/22: 211,884 > 26. Necchu Pro Baseball 2002 - Namco, PS2, 4/18: 211,477 > 27. Powerpro Ken Pocket 4 - Konami, GBA, 3/20: 210,934 > 28. FFX International - Square, PS2, 1/31: 208,354 > 29. Tennis Oujisama - Konami, GBA, 4/25: 197,767 > 30. Dynasty Warriors 3 - Koei, PS2, 9/20/2001: 195,242 > 31. Sangokushi VIII - Koei, PS2, 1/24: 182,704 > 32. Rockman Zero - Capcom, GBA, 4/26: 177,258 > 33. Pikmin - Nintendo, GCN, 10/26/2001: 168,353 > 34. Tottokohamu Tarou 3 - Nintendo, GBA, 5/31: 158,664 > 35. Sangokushi Senki - Koei, PS2, 1/24: 182,704 > 36. Dragon Quest IV - Enix, PSX, 11/22/2001: 154,165 > 37. Winning Eleven 5 Final Evo. - Konami, PS2, 12/13/2001: 151,723 > 38. Dead or Alive 3 - Tecmo, Xbox, 2/22: 144,613 > 39. Itadaki Street 3 - Enix, PS2, 2/28: 143,151 > 40. Zettaizetsumeitoshin - Irem, PS2, 4/25: 136,125 > 41. .hack Vol. 1 - Bandai, PS2, 6/20: 132,349 > 42. Tennis no Oujisama - Konami, PSX, 2/28: 131,272 > 43. Animal Leader - Nintendo, GCN, 2/21: 127,959 > 44. Pokemon Crystal - Nintendo, GBA, 12/14/2000: 125,787 > 45. Sonic Adventure 2 Battle - Sega, GCN, 12/20/2001: 124,391 > 46. 2002 FIFA World Cup - EA-Square, PS2, 5/2: 124,339 > 47. Shaman King - Bandai, PSX, 6/6: 123,706 > 48. Sonic Advance - Sega, GBA, 12/20/2001: 121,521 > 49. Nobunaga's Ambition Seiki - Koei, PS2, 4/4: 119,346 > 50. Crash Bandicoot 4 - Konami, PS2, 12/20/2001: 118,303 > 51. Kyojin no Doshin - Nintendo, GCN, 3/14: 118,074 > 52. Popolocrois - SCE, PS2, 6/20: 115,477 > 53. Minna no Golf 3 - SCE, PS2, 7/26/2001: 111,830 > 54. Metal Gear Solid 2 - Konami, PS2, 11/29/2001: 110,430 > 55. Final Fantasy XI - Square, PS2, 5/16: 108,463 > 56. Rakugaki Kingdom - Taito, PS2, 3/20: 107,548 > 57. Mario Kart Advance - Nintendo, GBA, 7/21/2001: 106,135 > 58. SuperLite 1500 Tetris - Success, PSX, 7/19/2000: 102,581 > 59. Magical Vacation - Nintendo, GBA, 12/7/2001: 99,154 > 60. Winning Eleven 2002 - Konami, PSX, 4/25: 97,776 > 61. Golden Sun Uwareshi Jidai - Nintendo, GBA, 6/28: 96,318 > 62. Jikkyu P.Pro B.Ball 2002 Spring - Konami, PSX, 3/14: 95,387 > 63. Wario World Advance - Nintendo, GBA, 8/21/2001: 94,567 > 64. Toruneko Adventure 2 - Enix, GBA, 12/20/2001: 91,876 > 65. Hkaru no Go - Konami, GBA, 10/25/2001: 90,231 > 66. Seaman - ASCII, PS2, 11/15/2001: 89,234 > 67. Tales of Fandom Vol. 1 - Namco, PSX, 1/31: 88,947 > 68. Project FIFA World Cup - EA-Square, PS2, 5/30: 88,837 > 69. Yugioh Dual Monsters 6 - Konami, GBA, 12/20/2001: 81,727 > 70. BeyBlade Saikyou Blader - Broccoli, GBA, 12/6/2001: 80,060 > 71. Inyusha - Bandai, PSX, 12/27/2001: 79,636 > 72. Jak&Daxter - SCE, PS2, 12/20/2001: 78,245 > 73. Tokyo Majin Gakuen - Asmik, PS, 1/24: 77,780 > 74. Luigi's Mansion - Nintendo, GC, 9/14/2001: 77,364 > 75. Exciting Pro Wrestling 3 - Yukes, PS2, 1/24: 76,393 > 76. Super Mario Advance - Nintendo, GBA, 3/21/2001: 76,238 > 77. Space Channel 5 Part 2 - Sega, PS2, 2/14: 73,171 > 78. Shining Soul - Sega, GBA, 3/28: 71,664 > 79. Kengo 2 - Genki, PS2, 6/27: 70,716 > 80. Winning Post 5 - Koei, PS2, 12/22/2001: 70,636 > 81. The Baseball 2002 - Konami, PS2, 3/28: 68,270 > 82. The King of Fighters EX - Marvelous, GBA, 1/1: 68,268 > 83. From TV Anim... Grand Battle Adv. - Banpresto, GB, 6/28: 67,119 > 84. Monster Farm Advance - Tecmo, GBA, 12/7/2001: 65,269 > 85. Tottoham Tarou 2 - Nintendo, GB, 4/21/2001: 64,495 > 86. Captain Tsubasa - Konami, PS, 5/16: 62,338 > 87. Dragon Quest Monsters 2 - Enix, GB, 3/9/2001: 61,329 > 88. Jikkyu P.Pro B.Ball 8 Kettei-ban - Konami, PS2, 12/20/2001: 61,328 > 89. Onimusha (Megahits!) - Capcom, PS2, 12/20/2001: 60,673 > 90. World Rally Championship - Spike, PS2, 3/14: 59,921 > 91. Halo - Microsoft, Xbox, 4/25: 59,865 > 92. EX Jinsei Game - Takara, PS2, 3/7: 59,003 > 93. Simple 2000 Vol. 1 - D3, PS2, 5/31/2001: 57,605 > 94. Gran Turismo 3 (Megahits!) - SCE, PS2, 12/13/2001: 57,410 > 95. Jissen Pachi-Suro - Sammy, PS2, 10/25/2001: 56,477 > 96. Shaman King - King Record, GB, 1221/2001: 55,586 > 97. Harry Potter - EA-Square, PSX, 12/1/2001: 55,215 > 98. NBA Live 2002 - EA-Square, PS2, 1/1: 55,153 > 99. Nichibeikan Pro Baseball - Square, PS2, 4/25: 54,787 > 100. La Pusel - Nihon Software, PS2, 1/31: 54,710 > > [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dave RHODES" Subject: Re: [NG] sonic mega collection Date: 14 Aug 2002 14:39:20 +0000 >From: "geoff wuehrmann" >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >Subject: Re: [NG] sonic mega collection >Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 10:38:36 -0400 > > > > >>From: "Eric C" >>Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >>To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >>Subject: Re: [NG] sonic mega collection >>Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 06:53:49 -0500 >> >>>From: "Pythagoras" >>>Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >>>To: "NGamers List" >>>Subject: [NG] sonic mega collection >>>Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 00:04:52 -0400 >>> >>>Have you seen those new screenshots from the Sonic Mega Collection? >>>Forget Resident Evil or Mario, this is why I bought a Gamecube. Such >>>power! >>> >>>http://mediaviewer.ign.com/ignMediaPage.jsp?channel_id=74&object_id=486864&adtag=network%3Dign%26site%3Dcube%26genre%3Dcompilationviewer%26pagetype%3Darticle&page_title=Sonic+Mega+Collection+Shots >>> >>> >>> >>>-- Dave -- >> >>I could be mistaken, but I think some of those screens look a bit better >>than the Genesis versions. Well, I don't really remember that many facial >>expressions. BTW, something tells me I'll be the only one replying to >>this. Dave and I seem to be the only ones on this list that give a d*mn >>about Sonic. :-/ >>-Satoshi >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >> > >I have played most of the games included but I will probably rent it. This >will help hold me over until I get a NEW Sonic game at least. > >-Kentop > Ha! Unless you don't have Sonic Advance I really don't think you'll see a new Sonic game for a while, unless you never played Sonic Adventure. --Dave _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dave RHODES" Subject: Re: [NG] Insider japan Date: 14 Aug 2002 14:59:55 +0000 >From: Vi On >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >To: n64 >Subject: [NG] Insider japan >Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 01:20:54 -0400 (EDT) > > >very interesting this week for people who like sale numbers. Who'd have thought that you'd see things like this: 38. Dead or Alive 3 - Tecmo, XBOX, 2/22: 144,613 41. .hack Vol. 1 - Bandai, PS2, 6/20: 132,349 55. Final Fantasy XI - Square, PS2, 5/16: 108,463 --Dave _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Vi On Subject: Re: [NG] Insider japan Date: 14 Aug 2002 11:31:13 -0400 (EDT) > Who'd have thought that you'd see things like this: > > 38. Dead or Alive 3 - Tecmo, XBOX, 2/22: 144,613 You are surprise by the huge amount of sale number or so little? It was xbox's only good launch title. xbox only sold about 250k units so far in japan i think. Halo launch later but didn't sell well as you can see. > 41. .hack Vol. 1 - Bandai, PS2, 6/20: 132,349 I saw a preview of this game on TechTV and it doesn't look that good. I guess ppl spent time playing Kingdom Hearts and Ocean Star 3. > 55. Final Fantasy XI - Square, PS2, 5/16: 108,463 I think they should of call this game Final Fantasy World or some other name instead of part 11. I wonder if phantasy star online sold better than it. -Vi [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Eric C" Subject: Re: [NG] Insider japan Date: 14 Aug 2002 11:02:37 -0500 >From: "Dave RHODES" >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >Subject: Re: [NG] Insider japan >Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 14:59:55 +0000 > > > > >>From: Vi On >>Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >>To: n64 >>Subject: [NG] Insider japan >>Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 01:20:54 -0400 (EDT) >> >> >>very interesting this week for people who like sale numbers. > >Who'd have thought that you'd see things like this: > >38. Dead or Alive 3 - Tecmo, XBOX, 2/22: 144,613 > >41. .hack Vol. 1 - Bandai, PS2, 6/20: 132,349 > >55. Final Fantasy XI - Square, PS2, 5/16: 108,463 > >--Dave > I gotta be honest: every time I see a new sales chart from Japan, I wonder if Magicbox made a typo and really meant the sales of FFX. I don't believe how low the sales are. Oh, and how about Pokemon Crystal still making the top ten of the first half of 2002 despite being released in December 2000? WOOHOO! :-) -Satoshi _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Eric C" Subject: Re: [NG] sonic mega collection Date: 14 Aug 2002 11:03:29 -0500 >From: "Dave RHODES" >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >Subject: Re: [NG] sonic mega collection >Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 14:39:20 +0000 > > >Ha! Unless you don't have Sonic Advance I really don't think you'll see a >new Sonic game for a while, unless you never played Sonic Adventure. > >--Dave > Um, Sonic Advance 2. ;-) -Satoshi _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dexter S." Subject: [NG] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicle First Footage Date: 14 Aug 2002 12:48:11 -0700 www.bh.wakwak.com/~bill/mov/gc_cm_ffcc.mpg It's part of a new nintendo ad campaign in Japan Dexter [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dexter S." Subject: [NG] Updated Link to FF: Crystal Chronicle Footage Date: 14 Aug 2002 12:58:10 -0700 Forgot that the link posted in my first e-mail was the short excerpt. Here's the full ad, with additional footage of what appears to be a boy from the game at the end. http://www.bh.wakwak.com/~bill/mov/gc_cm.mpg [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dave RHODES" Subject: Re: [NG] Insider japan Date: 15 Aug 2002 00:25:50 +0000 >From: Vi On >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >Subject: Re: [NG] Insider japan >Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 11:31:13 -0400 (EDT) > > > > > Who'd have thought that you'd see things like this: > > > > 38. Dead or Alive 3 - Tecmo, XBOX, 2/22: 144,613 > >You are surprise by the huge amount of sale number or so little? >It was xbox's only good launch title. xbox only sold about 250k units so >far in japan i think. Halo launch later but didn't sell well as you can >see. > > > 41. .hack Vol. 1 - Bandai, PS2, 6/20: 132,349 > >I saw a preview of this game on TechTV and it doesn't look that good. I >guess ppl spent time playing Kingdom Hearts and Ocean Star 3. > > > > 55. Final Fantasy XI - Square, PS2, 5/16: 108,463 > >I think they should of call this game Final Fantasy World or some other >name instead of part 11. I wonder if phantasy star online sold better >than it. > >-Vi 1. I was surprised to see any XBOX game over a Squaresoft game. 2. .hack (to me) looks pretty darn cool. I too saw it on Extended Play. Maybe it appeals to gamers who can't afford, or just can't plain get, Broadband. ;-) 3. GOTO Line 1 ** Dave ** TreyTable@msn.com (insert witty sig. here) _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dexter S." Subject: [NG] A question to Dave Date: 15 Aug 2002 01:16:25 -0700 Dave, are you using that Voodoo 3 in your old comp? I could use one on one of my computers Dexter [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dave RHODES" Subject: Re: [NG] A question to Dave Date: 15 Aug 2002 15:32:50 +0000 >From: "Dexter S." >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >Subject: [NG] A question to Dave >Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 01:16:25 -0700 > > >Dave, are you using that Voodoo 3 in your old comp? > >I could use one on one of my computers > >Dexter > > The only thing I intend to salvage from my old PC (for my new PC) is the CD-RW Drive. Everything else, two (pieces?) of 64 MB RAM (no idea what kind, all I know is that I'm told is it won't work in my new PC, and since I'm getting 512 MB of Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) SDRAM I don't need the current RAM I have), a 16 or 32 MB Voodoo 3 Card (god, one thing that's ticking me off is that I can't locate the box for my Voodoo 3, which is bothersome since all my X-Men cards from the early 1990s are in it and I don't know how to store the Voodoo 3 card or even what kind it is exactly), a 40x CD-ROM, the internal AC Adapter, the mouse (standard PS/2 Wheel Mouse), what's left of the keyboard (went ape shift on it when the PC died), the burnt out non-spinning Hard Drive (that's what really died), the motherboard (of course, maybe somebody will want an AMD K6-2 475 MHz chip and board?), and that's about it. Oh, and the tower case thing, the one with all the Hello Kitty stickers on it. ;-) I'm keeping the Printer (Compaq IJ 300 - like anybody would really want that anyway), the Pacific Digital CD-RW, the monitor I've had since the 486 (I'm thinking VGA Box if I can find one), and that's it, I guess. Nobody I contacted wants the Voodoo 3 card, and it's of no use to me. I may be able to sell everything else to a repair shop, who knows. Yeah, so if you want the Voodoo 3 card, send me an e-mail or something, I'm still trying to find the box for it, but I'm sure something could be arranged. (As you may know, I'm not rolling in money, so if the shipping costs are high (like more than $5 USD) then I would need some assitance in shipping costs.... but fear not, you can have the Voodoo 3 card for basically free of charge) ** Dave ** TreyTable@msn.com (insert money here) ;-) _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dexter S." Subject: Re: [NG] A question to Dave Date: 15 Aug 2002 12:47:37 -0700 you should have gotten the HD replaced Damn, I was hoping to get your Voodoo 3 :P Dexter Dave RHODES wrote: > >From: "Dexter S." > >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com > >To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com > >Subject: [NG] A question to Dave > >Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 01:16:25 -0700 > > > > > >Dave, are you using that Voodoo 3 in your old comp? > > > >I could use one on one of my computers > > > >Dexter > > > > > > The only thing I intend to salvage from my old PC (for my new PC) is the > CD-RW Drive. > > Everything else, two (pieces?) of 64 MB RAM (no idea what kind, all I know > is that I'm told is it won't work in my new PC, and since I'm getting 512 MB > of Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) SDRAM I don't need the current RAM I have), > a 16 or 32 MB Voodoo 3 Card (god, one thing that's ticking me off is that I > can't locate the box for my Voodoo 3, which is bothersome since all my X-Men > cards from the early 1990s are in it and I don't know how to store the > Voodoo 3 card or even what kind it is exactly), a 40x CD-ROM, the internal > AC Adapter, the mouse (standard PS/2 Wheel Mouse), what's left of the > keyboard (went ape shift on it when the PC died), the burnt out non-spinning > Hard Drive (that's what really died), the motherboard (of course, maybe > somebody will want an AMD K6-2 475 MHz chip and board?), and that's about > it. Oh, and the tower case thing, the one with all the Hello Kitty stickers > on it. ;-) > > I'm keeping the Printer (Compaq IJ 300 - like anybody would really want that > anyway), the Pacific Digital CD-RW, the monitor I've had since the 486 (I'm > thinking VGA Box if I can find one), and that's it, I guess. > > Nobody I contacted wants the Voodoo 3 card, and it's of no use to me. I may > be able to sell everything else to a repair shop, who knows. Yeah, so if you > want the Voodoo 3 card, send me an e-mail or something, I'm still trying to > find the box for it, but I'm sure something could be arranged. (As you may > know, I'm not rolling in money, so if the shipping costs are high (like more > than $5 USD) then I would need some assitance in shipping costs.... but fear > not, you can have the Voodoo 3 card for basically free of charge) > > ** Dave ** > TreyTable@msn.com > (insert money here) ;-) > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dave RHODES" Subject: Re: [NG] A question to Dave Date: 16 Aug 2002 11:04:41 +0000 >From: "Dexter S." >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >Subject: Re: [NG] A question to Dave >Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 12:47:37 -0700 > >you should have gotten the HD replaced > >Damn, I was hoping to get your Voodoo 3 :P > >Dexter > And pass up on getting a new PC? ;-) ** Dave ** TreyTable@msn.com (insert witty sig. here) _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Geoff Taylor" Subject: Re: [NG] Insider japan Date: 16 Aug 2002 22:09:01 -0500 ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 11:02 AM > >From: "Dave RHODES" > >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com > >To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com > >Subject: Re: [NG] Insider japan > >Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 14:59:55 +0000 > > > > > > > > > >>From: Vi On > >>Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com > >>To: n64 > >>Subject: [NG] Insider japan > >>Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 01:20:54 -0400 (EDT) > >> > >> > >>very interesting this week for people who like sale numbers. > > > >Who'd have thought that you'd see things like this: > > > >38. Dead or Alive 3 - Tecmo, XBOX, 2/22: 144,613 > > > >41. .hack Vol. 1 - Bandai, PS2, 6/20: 132,349 > > > >55. Final Fantasy XI - Square, PS2, 5/16: 108,463 > > > >--Dave > > > I gotta be honest: every time I see a new sales chart from Japan, I wonder > if Magicbox made a typo and really meant the sales of FFX. I don't believe > how low the sales are. Oh, and how about Pokemon Crystal still making the > top ten of the first half of 2002 despite being released in December 2000? > WOOHOO! :-) > -Satoshi MMORPGs have never been popular in Japan. EverQuest has its Japanese addicts but the ratio of players to population is very low compared to the US as well as European countries. So, it doesn't surprise me one bit that the numbers are so low. It doesn't make FFXI a bad game. Unless you are a crowd follower, that is... I'm personally looking forward to the game. I wont buy it at launch unless I hear something very assuring that it's good. So far, I've played EverQuest, Dark Ages of Camelot, Anarchy Online and Asheron's Call... all PC MMORPGs (and btw, PSO is not a MMORPG and should never be compared to either of those four or FFXI) and I only really enjoyed EQ even though I can't really name any horrible flaws in the others. All are quality games, but only one suited my interests enough to keep me going. MMORPGs are still in their infancy. Square is due credit for trying with FFXI. Geoff [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Don Subject: [NG] Cnet rating Date: 16 Aug 2002 23:24:23 -0600 At cnet they let people rate games as I'm sure you know but I read one that was bashing the gamecube that I've copied and pasted here for you to read... I find it kinda interesting......: Taken from http://www.cnet.com site: ""HOIRRID" OMG this systm is SOO bad compaard to PLAYERSTATIONX 2 ecbcause the GAMES ARE FOR SMALL CHALDRON LOL LOOK AT LUGIS MANTSHON IT LOOKS LIKE A CHALDRENS GAME LOLLOLOLLOLOOL THE PLAYERSTationxx 2 is sos much nbettter becasuesee of it has DAD OR OLIVE 2! PEOPOLE SAYI THEAT DAED OR ALIVE 3 ON LAMEBOXX HAS BETTEER GRAPHIX BVUT THAY R RONG! SANWYONE WITHJE EYES! CAN SEE THAT THE PLAYERSTAION VERSON IS MUCH BETter than the LAMEBOX (LOLOLOL( vesern OKL SO DONT BY THE KIDDDDY CUBE (LOLOL I MAD THAT UP JUST THEN!!!!!!!) OR TE LAMO BOX B ECASE PLAYERSTATION 2 IS MUCH BETTER OK ,my borhter things so too and HE"S THE BESTR GAM PLAYER IN THE WERLD" http://electronics.cnet.com/electronics/0-6342415-1318-8688672.html?pn=10&lb=0&ob=0&tag=st.ce.6342415.bottom.8688672-10 [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Eric C" Subject: Re: [NG] Cnet rating Date: 17 Aug 2002 01:21:50 -0500 >From: Don >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >To: ngamers@lists.xmission.com >Subject: [NG] Cnet rating >Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 23:24:23 -0600 > >At cnet they let people rate games as I'm sure you know but I read one that >was >bashing the gamecube that I've copied and pasted here for you to read... I >find >it kinda interesting......: > >Taken from http://www.cnet.com site: > >""HOIRRID" >OMG this systm is SOO bad compaard to PLAYERSTATIONX 2 ecbcause the GAMES >ARE >FOR SMALL CHALDRON LOL LOOK AT LUGIS MANTSHON IT LOOKS LIKE A CHALDRENS >GAME >LOLLOLOLLOLOOL THE PLAYERSTationxx 2 is sos much nbettter becasuesee of it >has >DAD OR OLIVE 2! PEOPOLE SAYI THEAT DAED OR ALIVE 3 ON LAMEBOXX HAS BETTEER >GRAPHIX BVUT THAY R RONG! SANWYONE WITHJE EYES! CAN SEE THAT THE >PLAYERSTAION >VERSON IS MUCH BETter than the LAMEBOX (LOLOLOL( vesern OKL SO DONT BY THE >KIDDDDY CUBE (LOLOL I MAD THAT UP JUST THEN!!!!!!!) OR TE LAMO BOX B ECASE >PLAYERSTATION 2 IS MUCH BETTER OK ,my borhter things so too and HE"S THE >BESTR >GAM PLAYER IN THE WERLD" > >http://electronics.cnet.com/electronics/0-6342415-1318-8688672.html?pn=10&lb=0&ob=0&tag=st.ce.6342415.bottom.8688672-10 > > I just hate reading things like this. It's such a huge blow to any faith I have in humanity. -Satoshi _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dave RHODES" Subject: Re: [NG] Insider japan Date: 17 Aug 2002 11:41:01 +0000 >From: "Geoff Taylor" >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >To: >Subject: Re: [NG] Insider japan >Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 22:09:01 -0500 > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Eric C" >To: >Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 11:02 AM >Subject: Re: [NG] Insider japan > > > > >From: "Dave RHODES" > > >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com > > >To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com > > >Subject: Re: [NG] Insider japan > > >Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 14:59:55 +0000 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>From: Vi On > > >>Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com > > >>To: n64 > > >>Subject: [NG] Insider japan > > >>Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 01:20:54 -0400 (EDT) > > >> > > >> > > >>very interesting this week for people who like sale numbers. > > > > > >Who'd have thought that you'd see things like this: > > > > > >38. Dead or Alive 3 - Tecmo, XBOX, 2/22: 144,613 > > > > > >41. .hack Vol. 1 - Bandai, PS2, 6/20: 132,349 > > > > > >55. Final Fantasy XI - Square, PS2, 5/16: 108,463 > > > > > >--Dave > > > > > I gotta be honest: every time I see a new sales chart from Japan, I >wonder > > if Magicbox made a typo and really meant the sales of FFX. I don't >believe > > how low the sales are. Oh, and how about Pokemon Crystal still making >the > > top ten of the first half of 2002 despite being released in December >2000? > > WOOHOO! :-) > > -Satoshi > >MMORPGs have never been popular in Japan. EverQuest has its Japanese >addicts but the ratio of players to population is very low compared to the >US as well as European countries. So, it doesn't surprise me one bit that >the numbers are so low. It doesn't make FFXI a bad game. Unless you are a >crowd follower, that is... > >I'm personally looking forward to the game. I wont buy it at launch unless >I hear something very assuring that it's good. So far, I've played >EverQuest, Dark Ages of Camelot, Anarchy Online and Asheron's Call... all >PC >MMORPGs (and btw, PSO is not a MMORPG and should never be compared to >either >of those four or FFXI) and I only really enjoyed EQ even though I can't >really name any horrible flaws in the others. All are quality games, but >only one suited my interests enough to keep me going. MMORPGs are still in >their infancy. Square is due credit for trying with FFXI. > >Geoff > I was just saying that this is the first time in a long time that a Final Fantasy game had done not super well in Japan. Last time that happened was with the Japanese version of Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest for the Super NES. It wasn't a knock against a MMORPG. ** Dave ** TreyTable@msn.com (insert witty sig. here) _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dave RHODES" Subject: Re: [NG] Cnet rating Date: 17 Aug 2002 12:08:23 +0000 >From: Don >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >To: ngamers@lists.xmission.com >Subject: [NG] Cnet rating >Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 23:24:23 -0600 > >At cnet they let people rate games as I'm sure you know but I read one that >was >bashing the gamecube that I've copied and pasted here for you to read... I >find >it kinda interesting......: > >Taken from http://www.cnet.com site: > >""HOIRRID" >OMG this systm is SOO bad compaard to PLAYERSTATIONX 2 ecbcause the GAMES >ARE >FOR SMALL CHALDRON LOL LOOK AT LUGIS MANTSHON IT LOOKS LIKE A CHALDRENS >GAME >LOLLOLOLLOLOOL THE PLAYERSTationxx 2 is sos much nbettter becasuesee of it >has >DAD OR OLIVE 2! PEOPOLE SAYI THEAT DAED OR ALIVE 3 ON LAMEBOXX HAS BETTEER >GRAPHIX BVUT THAY R RONG! SANWYONE WITHJE EYES! CAN SEE THAT THE >PLAYERSTAION >VERSON IS MUCH BETter than the LAMEBOX (LOLOLOL( vesern OKL SO DONT BY THE >KIDDDDY CUBE (LOLOL I MAD THAT UP JUST THEN!!!!!!!) OR TE LAMO BOX B ECASE >PLAYERSTATION 2 IS MUCH BETTER OK ,my borhter things so too and HE"S THE >BESTR >GAM PLAYER IN THE WERLD" > >http://electronics.cnet.com/electronics/0-6342415-1318-8688672.html?pn=10&lb=0&ob=0&tag=st.ce.6342415.bottom.8688672-10 > > >[ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] >[ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] This is why I say that some people shouldn't be allowed to have children. Oh, and Dad Or Olive 2 is still the best on the CreamCast. ;-) ** Dave ** TreyTable@msn.com (insert witty sig. here) _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Geoff Taylor" Subject: Re: [NG] Insider japan Date: 17 Aug 2002 14:51:43 -0500 ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 6:41 AM > > > > >From: "Geoff Taylor" > >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com > >To: > >Subject: Re: [NG] Insider japan > >Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 22:09:01 -0500 > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Eric C" > >To: > >Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 11:02 AM > >Subject: Re: [NG] Insider japan > > > > > > > >From: "Dave RHODES" > > > >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com > > > >To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com > > > >Subject: Re: [NG] Insider japan > > > >Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 14:59:55 +0000 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>From: Vi On > > > >>Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com > > > >>To: n64 > > > >>Subject: [NG] Insider japan > > > >>Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 01:20:54 -0400 (EDT) > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>very interesting this week for people who like sale numbers. > > > > > > > >Who'd have thought that you'd see things like this: > > > > > > > >38. Dead or Alive 3 - Tecmo, XBOX, 2/22: 144,613 > > > > > > > >41. .hack Vol. 1 - Bandai, PS2, 6/20: 132,349 > > > > > > > >55. Final Fantasy XI - Square, PS2, 5/16: 108,463 > > > > > > > >--Dave > > > > > > > I gotta be honest: every time I see a new sales chart from Japan, I > >wonder > > > if Magicbox made a typo and really meant the sales of FFX. I don't > >believe > > > how low the sales are. Oh, and how about Pokemon Crystal still making > >the > > > top ten of the first half of 2002 despite being released in December > >2000? > > > WOOHOO! :-) > > > -Satoshi > > > >MMORPGs have never been popular in Japan. EverQuest has its Japanese > >addicts but the ratio of players to population is very low compared to the > >US as well as European countries. So, it doesn't surprise me one bit that > >the numbers are so low. It doesn't make FFXI a bad game. Unless you are a > >crowd follower, that is... > > > >I'm personally looking forward to the game. I wont buy it at launch unless > >I hear something very assuring that it's good. So far, I've played > >EverQuest, Dark Ages of Camelot, Anarchy Online and Asheron's Call... all > >PC > >MMORPGs (and btw, PSO is not a MMORPG and should never be compared to > >either > >of those four or FFXI) and I only really enjoyed EQ even though I can't > >really name any horrible flaws in the others. All are quality games, but > >only one suited my interests enough to keep me going. MMORPGs are still in > >their infancy. Square is due credit for trying with FFXI. > > > >Geoff > > > > I was just saying that this is the first time in a long time that a Final > Fantasy game had done not super well in Japan. Last time that happened was > with the Japanese version of Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest for the Super NES. > It wasn't a knock against a MMORPG. > > > > ** Dave ** I realize you weren't knocking MMORPGs, but many here have never played one. It's quite a different experience from other game genres, including standard console and PC RPGs... BTW, PC MMORPGs work just fine with a modem. No need for broadband at all... Geoff [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lloyd Millard Mccoy Jr." Subject: Re: [NG] Insider japan Date: 18 Aug 2002 22:18:41 -0400 (EDT) Wow! Thanks dex Are you going to stay spoiler free for Episode III? Was it worth it for Ep 2? lloyd [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dexter S." Subject: [NG] Animal Crossing Date: 18 Aug 2002 21:04:40 -0700 This game sounds really neat! -Utilizes GameCube's real-time clock that parallels the real 24/7world -Four seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall -Explore life in a tranquil forest village, and make friends by talking, running errands, making presents, and writing letters -Wear numerous outfits, use tools, work, buy your own house -Collect items, insects, catch fish, dig, chop down trees and more! -Arrange your furniture in accordance to Feng-Shui and get points according to how good of an interior decorator you are -Transfer your character to your friends' Animal Crossing and bring back items from their worlds -Win and play classic NES games like Donkey Kong, Ice Climber, ExciteBike, Pinball, Punchout! or Baseball, then transfer them to your GBA to play them on the go -Up to four players -- friends, family, or both -- can exist in the world you create -Watch the world change around you as data is saved to the included Animal Crossing Memory Card -GBA Link and e-Reader support: access a hidden island, create your own patterns on GBA, download new song and texture data from trading cards, and more. http://cube.ign.com/articles/361/361068p1.html [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Eric C" Subject: [NG] Trailer to Console Wars part 2 is up Date: 20 Aug 2002 00:48:02 -0500 http://www.discomedia.com/consolewars/index.php If you didn't already know, the trailer for the second part of "Console Wars" is done. If you haven't heard of Console Wars yet, be sure to watch part one and the trailer. -Satoshi _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Vi On Subject: [NG] EGM scores Date: 22 Aug 2002 14:55:25 -0400 (EDT) copied from Kaisei on the IGN boards Super Mario Sunshine Mark: 9.5 "sheer variety of gameplay" John R.: 9.5 "100 percent pure, unadulterated fun." Greg: 9.5 "the camera is still a little screwy (a throwback to the N64 game), but not to a point that SMS is unplayable." Best Feature: Gameplay variety and control Worst Feature: Lazy, awkward camera Animal Crossing Chris: 9.0 "It sounds super lame, but trust me - it's a blast." Jeanne: 9.0 "novel Hello Kitty-meets-The Sims concept." Greg: 9.5 "once you start playing, you won't be able to stop." Best Feature: Huge amount of things to do Worst Feature: Clunky interface Super Monkey Ball 2 Jonathan: 7.5 "every stage has some kind of clever gimmick" Greg: 8.5 "the most multiplayer fun I've had since Super SMash Bros. Melee." Chris: 9.0 "what really launches Monkey Ball into the stratosphere is the multiplayer." Best Feature: Lots o' minigames Worst Feature: No free-look camera Beach Spikers Chris: 8.0 "the most addictive gameplay this side of Virtua Tennis." Best Feature: The depth of Create-A-Player Worst Feature: Not enough minigames Mystic Heroes Best Feature: Rune-based combat system Worst Feature: Attack, run and wait battle cycle Jeanne: 5.5 "Truth is, it's too simplified and repetitive for even the most desperate of action-starved gamers." Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness Jonathan: 6.0 "a simple concept that offers a fun twist on the falling-block model of a Tetris or Dr. Mario." Best Feature: Fast, competitive two-player mode Worst Feature: No four-player game Gameboy Advance Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance - GOTM John R: 9.5 "I couldn't put it down." Greg: 10 "Circle of the Moon was a really good game, but Harmony of Dissonance is great." Shawn: 9.5 "Konami condensed everything that's great about Symphony of the Night into a handheld game." Best Feature: Deep, engaing gameplay (that you can actually see now!) Worst Feature: Boss fights could be more varied and challenging. [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Dave Rhodes" Subject: [NG] My new E-mail address Date: 22 Aug 2002 20:27:55 -0500 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C24A1A.65EA8A70 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Not relating to anything, but this is Dave, and my new e-mail address is = Treytable@earthlink.net . I won't be using the @MSN address for at least = six months.=20 Just in case you needed to know. --Dave-- Treytable@earthlink.net (insert witty sig. here) ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C24A1A.65EA8A70 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Not relating to anything, but this is = Dave, and my=20 new e-mail address is Treytable@earthlink.net . I = won't be=20 using the @MSN address for at least six months.
 
Just in case you needed to = know.
 
--Dave--
Treytable@earthlink.net
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------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C24A1A.65EA8A70-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lloyd Millard Mccoy Jr." Subject: Re: [NG] EGM scores Date: 23 Aug 2002 01:44:02 -0400 (EDT) Nintendo delivers yet again. What a wonderful company!! They've been at it since 1886(?). Keep up the good work! God bless lloyd On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Vi On wrote: > > copied from Kaisei on the IGN boards > > Super Mario Sunshine > > Mark: 9.5 "sheer variety of gameplay" > John R.: 9.5 "100 percent pure, unadulterated fun." > Greg: 9.5 "the camera is still a little screwy (a throwback to the N64 > game), but not to a point that SMS is unplayable." > > Best Feature: Gameplay variety and control > Worst Feature: Lazy, awkward camera > > > Animal Crossing > > Chris: 9.0 "It sounds super lame, but trust me - it's a blast." > Jeanne: 9.0 "novel Hello Kitty-meets-The Sims concept." > Greg: 9.5 "once you start playing, you won't be able to stop." > > Best Feature: Huge amount of things to do > Worst Feature: Clunky interface > > > Super Monkey Ball 2 > > Jonathan: 7.5 "every stage has some kind of clever gimmick" > Greg: 8.5 "the most multiplayer fun I've had since Super SMash > Bros. Melee." > Chris: 9.0 "what really launches Monkey Ball into the stratosphere is the > multiplayer." > > Best Feature: Lots o' minigames > Worst Feature: No free-look camera > > > Beach Spikers > > Chris: 8.0 "the most addictive gameplay this side of Virtua Tennis." > > Best Feature: The depth of Create-A-Player > Worst Feature: Not enough minigames > > > Mystic Heroes > > Best Feature: Rune-based combat system > Worst Feature: Attack, run and wait battle cycle > > Jeanne: 5.5 "Truth is, it's too simplified and repetitive for even the > most desperate of action-starved gamers." > > > Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness > > Jonathan: 6.0 "a simple concept that offers a fun twist on the > falling-block model of a Tetris or Dr. Mario." > > Best Feature: Fast, competitive two-player mode > Worst Feature: No four-player game > > > > Gameboy Advance > Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance - GOTM > > John R: 9.5 "I couldn't put it down." > Greg: 10 "Circle of the Moon was a really good game, but Harmony of > Dissonance is great." > Shawn: 9.5 "Konami condensed everything that's great about Symphony of the > Night into a handheld game." > > Best Feature: Deep, engaing gameplay (that you can actually see now!) > Worst Feature: Boss fights could be more varied and challenging. > > > > [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] > [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] > sx [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Vi On Subject: [NG] rumors from EGM Date: 26 Aug 2002 00:11:42 -0400 (EDT) In the new EGM, quatermann said that Mario Kart will be online and has a chance of coming out first half of next year. Also the next mario party, probably mario party 5 will also be online. Advance War sequel will also come to gamecube with online play. The pokemon game Meowth's Party had been canceled for the gamecube. -Vi [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Michael" Subject: [NG] Back from the States Date: 26 Aug 2002 08:30:15 +0200 Hi there, just came back from the States. It was an awesome road trip with some gambeling in Las Vegas, bridge- crossing in San Francisco, sightseeing in San Diego and a lot of cheap stuff in Mexico. About 2,500 miles in 2 weeks.. I guess I need some rest now :-) Anyway, after arriving here I got my copy of Final Fantasy X and I'm very looking forward for the RE remake in three weeks. So I only gotta get the Gamecube. Couldn't be any better. _Michael_ [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Mr. Completely" Subject: [NG] Shine Get! Date: 27 Aug 2002 17:36:05 -0500 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C24DF0.387ED080 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Never knew I could feel this way, Like I've never seen the sky before... (^_^) Man, I got Super Mario Sunshine at 11:25 AM at EB Games (that's what = Electronics Boutique seems to be calling themselves offline these days) = and got home a bit before noon, started play Super Mario Sunshine at = noon and didn't take a break until 5:00. Yeah. Mario's taking a nap = right now, I can hear him sleeping. ;-)=20 What can I say? This game is brilliant, and if it wasn't for that = sometimes annoying camera, this game (so far) would be a 10, but I'd put = it at a easy 9.7 as it is.=20 OMG, the freaking water, like when you swim up to the island where the = (creature) wants coconuts, the freaking water is just unbelievable. But = I have yet to play Wave Race: Blue Storm so I don't have much to compare = it too. But it totally blows away the water in Ico or Splashdown.=20 It's just really good, and now I think there is no good reason not to = own a Gamecube, and if you just bought a PS2 recently (you know who you = are) I think you made a big mistake. ;-) --Dave-- Treytable@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~treytable/index.html (insert witty sig. here) http://www.geocities.com/super_trey_bros/save_the_spotted_owl.html ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C24DF0.387ED080 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Never knew I could feel this = way,
Like I've never seen the sky = before...
 
(^_^)
 
Man, I got Super Mario Sunshine at = 11:25 AM at EB=20 Games (that's what Electronics Boutique seems to be calling themselves = offline=20 these days) and got home a bit before noon, started play Super Mario = Sunshine at=20 noon and didn't take a break until 5:00. Yeah. Mario's taking a nap = right now, I=20 can hear him sleeping. ;-)
 
What can I say? This game is brilliant, = and if it=20 wasn't for that sometimes annoying camera, this game (so far) would be a = 10, but=20 I'd put it at a easy 9.7 as it is.
 
OMG, the freaking water, like when you = swim up to=20 the island where the (creature) wants coconuts, the freaking water is = just=20 unbelievable. But I have yet to play Wave Race: Blue Storm so I don't = have much=20 to compare it too. But it totally blows away the water in Ico or = Splashdown.=20
 
It's just really good, and now I think = there is no=20 good reason not to own a Gamecube, and if you just bought a PS2 recently = (you=20 know who you are) I think you made a big mistake. ;-)
 
--Dave--
Treytable@earthlink.net
http://home.eart= hlink.net/~treytable/index.html
(insert=20 witty sig. here)
http://www.geocities.com/super_trey_bros/save_the_spotted_owl.html=
------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C24DF0.387ED080-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Mr. Completely" Subject: [NG] Shine Get! day 2 Date: 28 Aug 2002 12:39:47 -0500 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C24E8F.FE695140 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Damnit, I went to bed early last night so I could wake up early to play = Super Mario Sunshine all morning, but fate, it seems, had other ideas. = ;-) Yup, stinking Carpal Tunnel Syndrome reared its ugly head toady = making my fight hand completely numb (see: useless) after five minutes = of gameplay, which made those insane platform stages (the ones where the = impostor takes your FLUDD away and you have to rely on all your skills = from playing Super Mario 64 all those years ago on the Bowser stages. So = my skill just went down the green pipe since I couldn't feel if I was = pressing "A" or not. But I gotta say, I'm still impressed with the game, = even though I can't play it right now.=20 So far I've collected 10 Shines and 31 Blue Coins. I only have 21 since = I spent ten on opening a new level, the shipping dock with that darn = giant Bloober. I've been musing about the plot of the game, and I'm thinking that the = Mario Imposter did do all the graffiti but is not responsible for the = gooey ooze, I think that something more powerful is behind that. (Don't = tell me if you know from the Japanese version or if you read a guide = from cover to cover already) But since so far I've fought Piranha = Plants, Bloobers, and a Wiggler or two, plus those ghosts from Yoshi's = Island I'm thinking the creature behind all this is none other than King = Bowser: Lord of the Koopas. I could be wrong, but who knows? (Maybe = somebody) I just hope it is Bowser since I can't wait to see him running = on Gamecube hardware. I hope later today I can play more, but who knows? (OT: Playmore) Speaking of Playmore, does anybody know if King of = Fighters 2000 or King of Fighters 2001 are going to come stateside = whether on the XBOX, Gamecube, PS2, or even Dreamcast? --Dave-- Treytable@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~treytable/index.html (insert witty sig. here) http://www.geocities.com/super_trey_bros/save_the_spotted_owl.html ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C24E8F.FE695140 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Damnit, I went to bed early last night = so I could=20 wake up early to play Super Mario Sunshine all morning, = but=20 fate, it seems, had other ideas. ;-) Yup, stinking Carpal Tunnel = Syndrome reared=20 its ugly head toady making my fight hand completely numb (see: useless) = after=20 five minutes of gameplay, which made those insane platform stages (the = ones=20 where the impostor takes your FLUDD away and you have to rely = on all=20 your skills from playing Super Mario 64 all those years = ago on=20 the Bowser stages. So my skill just went down the green = pipe=20 since I couldn't feel if I was pressing "A" or not. But I gotta say, I'm = still=20 impressed with the game, even though I can't play it right now. =
 
So far I've collected 10 = Shines=20 and 31 Blue Coins. I only have 21 since I spent ten on = opening=20 a new level, the shipping dock with that darn giant = Bloober.
 
I've been musing about the plot of the = game, and=20 I'm thinking that the Mario Imposter did do all the graffiti but is not=20 responsible for the gooey ooze, I think that something more powerful is = behind=20 that. (Don't tell me if you know from the Japanese version or if you = read a=20 guide from cover to cover already) But since so far I've fought Piranha = Plants,=20 Bloobers, and a Wiggler or two, plus those ghosts from Yoshi's=20 Island I'm thinking the creature behind all this is none other = than=20 King Bowser: Lord of the Koopas. I could be wrong, but = who=20 knows? (Maybe somebody) I just hope it is Bowser since I can't wait to = see him=20 running on Gamecube hardware. I hope later today I can play more, but = who=20 knows?
 
(OT: Playmore) Speaking of Playmore, = does anybody=20 know if King of Fighters 2000 or King of Fighters 2001 are going to come = stateside whether on the XBOX, Gamecube, PS2, or even = Dreamcast?
 
--Dave--
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