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  1. TheMuffinMan
    I hate this generation.
    Post by: TheMuffinMan, May 16, 2008 in forum: Discussion
  2. TheMuffinMan
    Actually it was "announced" around 3 months ago, and the Game was officially released 5 days ago. As in, the game is already out.

    If you've ever been a fan of games like Sim Theme Park, or Zoo Tycoon, etc. then this is a game for you. It's a great city-management game and it has a surprising amount of depth, it starts out slow but you get freakin addicted to it once you get into the thick of it.

    It's initial cost is $15, but if you buy some of the Donwloadable Content (New races, characters, quests, buildings, outfits, etc.) then for everything will run you about $30, but the DLC pretty much triples the amount of quests and land you can send your Adventurers to explore.
    Post by: TheMuffinMan, May 16, 2008 in forum: Gaming
  3. TheMuffinMan
    I'm just annoyed that the Precious Metal generation (Silver, Gold) got a Precious Stone (Crystal), and the Precious Stone generation (Diamond, Pearl) get a Precious Metal (Platinum)...
    Post by: TheMuffinMan, May 16, 2008 in forum: Gaming
  4. TheMuffinMan
    I don't see how it would kill the series in the slightest
    Post by: TheMuffinMan, May 16, 2008 in forum: Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 ReMIX
  5. TheMuffinMan
    Nope, that was an April Fool's Joke
    Post by: TheMuffinMan, May 16, 2008 in forum: Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 ReMIX
  6. TheMuffinMan
    I've already got a big write-up I did on KH3's chances on each of the 3 consoles, so I'll just copy/paste my opinion on the matter:

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    In my opinion, the likely choices for the next main entry for the KH series (and why) would be these.
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    PS3 Exclusive - Nomura loves the PS3, Sony is the very reason Nomura has a career, so from a director standpoint Nomura definitely wants it to be on the PS3. Nothing more really needs to be said, as I don't need to go convincing anyone that KH has a chance to be on the PS3.

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    PS3/360 Multi-Platform - Let's face it, there's no way the 360 would get it exclusively, that would just be a bad business move, but the chance of Square Enix putting the game on the 360 in addition to the PS3 has a chance, as Square Enix said they would like to support all consoles evenly. So a Multi-Platform release would be supporting the 360 as well as the PS3, and honoring Square's vow to support everyone with even distribution of their hit titles, not to mention getting the game to a wider audience, and the fact that KH does very well in America, which is the 360's strongest region

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    Wii Exclusive - The Wii sells exponentially to the exact demographics that Disney and Square-Enix target the KH Franchise for, so it's an extremely safe bet that the majority of Wii owners are the kinds of people who would love and buy up the KH series. Plus the fact that the Wii is the highest selling next-gen console on the planet, in addition to the benefits of the console reaching the same demographic as the series, there are many more Wii owners than there are PS3/360 owners, which means as a financial decision this is even more potential money for Square Enix.

    Kingdom Hearts is not really a graphically intensive series, so the Wii gives enough extra power for Square-Enix to give the series a nice boost upwards (just not super-HD), and giving the title to the Wii would be showing Square's faith in spreading out their big franchises to all 3 consoles

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    Reasons any of these respective options may not be likely
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    PS3 exclusive - As said before, in 2006 Square Enix stated that they no longer wished to support Sony as exclusively as they had in the past (not over-support the console, but not under-support it either), as always keeping to one platform really limits the demographics and audiences they could reach for their games, so Square Enix stated they wanted to support all Next-Gen consoles and all Handhelds with an even distribution of their hit titles.

    So, as the PS3 has Final Fantasy XIII and VsXIII, Square has already covered the bases with the PS3 in giving the console a huge hit title, giving the PS3 the next huge entry in one of their other huge franchises would be over-support for the PS3, and under-support for the other Next-Gen consoles, which is what Square-Enix said they wanted to avoid. So with Dragon Quest IX on the DS, Crisis Core and Dissidia hitting the PSP, the 360 and the Wii are ample consoles left for Square to give their support.

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    PS3/360 Multi-Platform - Well, there's not much here to say that this is necessarily a terrible decision, Multi-Platform releases are pretty much safe-bets as the game is simply reaching more people on more consoles. Well, the main detriments I can see would be splitting the fanbase up, or that perhaps the 360 audience are not the demographic that would buy a KH game and may simply result in the game having lax sales on the 360, which would end up with Square's advertisement money for the game going to waste.

    You could suggest that perhaps since it's multi-platform the game may have sacrificed quality in order to properly function on 2 consoles, instead of being developed exclusively and tailored specifically to one, but imo Square Enix is really not a company that skimps off on something like this, if this is Square we're talking about here they're gonna blow us away with whatever they do, so having the game on 2 consoles isn't something they're going to allow to hurt the overall game.

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    Wii Exclusive - The Wii is an unknown element for Square at the moment, they haven't ventured from Sony in quite some time, so it's probably an awkward situation for Square here as they haven't tested the Nintendo console waters in over a decade. They may be unsure of how well the game can perform on a console that really tries and sets itself apart from the average console, and thus has a completely new and untested audience buying the console that Square really doesn't know what to make of.

    Square's newest effort on the Wii is the Wiiware title "Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King", which may be Square-Enix's testing of the Nintendo waters to see if a game of theirs can perform well on the console, so depending on how well that game sells on the Wii may be the deciding factor on whether Square will commit to Nintendo or not.

    There is also a similar situation to the PS3/360 scenario wherein the Wii's unique controls being a new element for the series, it may be something that could go either way for the game, either make it completely awesome and a new experience for the series, or end up really awkward and you wish you could just play with a normal controller again. My feelings, like previously, is that if this is Square-Enix we're talking here, Square Enix isn't going to give us crappy controls, Square-Enix is going to work their ass off to do with the controls what no one else is bothering to do, and Square Enix would be the one to really work at the controls and make it great for everyone playing.
    Post by: TheMuffinMan, May 12, 2008 in forum: Gaming
  7. TheMuffinMan
    I never said that I believe it will be on the Wii, I was simply defending the chances of it being so, and dismissing the notion that it is "impossible". Square Enix has already shown that they know how to do Downloadable Content on the Wii, and that's the end of that as far as I'm concerned.

    Square Enix is big on the cinematic experience, not pixel-by-pixel superior horsepower and hardware, if the system allows them to make what they envision, they do everything they can to do their best. The Playstation 1 was weaker then the Saturn and N64, the SNES was weaker then the Neo-Geo, the Playstation 2 was weaker then the Gamecube and Xbox, and the Nintendo DS is weaker then the PSP. Regardless, Square-Enix has never simply gunned for whichever one is pushing the best hardware, they simply choose what can give them what they want.

    Kingdom Hearts was never a graphically intensive series, so it's not like the series simply needs HD realistic graphics and to be able to see the sweat dripping off of Donald's beak. The Wii is more powerful in than the PS2, which it has enough available power to give the series a nice boost forward, and it doesn't go crazy with the HD, because the series doesn't need that anyway. No matter what platform Square Enix works on, they make their games look fantastic, so saying that the game couldn't look good on the Wii is saying you doubt Square-Enix's ability to make video games.
    Post by: TheMuffinMan, May 12, 2008 in forum: Gaming
  8. TheMuffinMan
    Well, considering the fact that you said "Square Enix does not make games for the 360", I do believe it's relevant to the discussion that Square Enix, in fact, has developed 4 games for the Xbox 360.

    And, as I stated, Square Enix has already released a game for the Nintendo Wii that supports Downloadable Content

    Since when is the size of it's Internal Memory relevant, I do believe you said outright that it had none, which is incorrect. And the fact that the 360's and PS3's internal memory is larger does not directly affect KH3's chances on the Wii, because regarldess of the Size the Wii still has the capacity for Downloadable Content, which might I add is something you seemed to have invented as a feature for Kingdom Hearts 3

    No one knows what platform kingdom Hearts 3 will be on, because nothing is announced yet, therefore nothing is a fact.

    Indeed, but we don't know for sure if DLC is even a feature for Kingdom Hearts 3, so it's not directly relevent to the game's chances on the console. Either way, it's highly unlikely that Nintendo will have not released an external hard-drive for the Wii by the time KH3 is released (we're talking like, 2011 here?), Nintendo already said a few weeks ago that they were going to have a solution to the Space issue to satiate the need from both Developers and Gamers for larger space.
    Post by: TheMuffinMan, May 12, 2008 in forum: Gaming
  9. TheMuffinMan
    Uhh, you seem to be unaware that Square-Enix has developed/published 2 games for the Xbox 360 already, and has 2 more games in development for the console.

    You also seem to forget that the Wii is more than 2x more powerful then the PS2, which is what past Kingdom Hearts games were on (which, according to you, means that every Kingdom Hearts game was ******), that the Wii does have Internal Memory, and does allow for Downloadable Content, considering that today Square Enix just released a game for the Nintendo Wii that runs entirely off of the Wii's internal memory, not to mention the fact that the game already has 3 downloadable content packs available
    Post by: TheMuffinMan, May 12, 2008 in forum: Gaming
  10. TheMuffinMan
    Yes, it's obvious that it will be coming out eventually, but the inevitability of it's announcement doesn't mean that you can make assumptions on what platform it will be on as if it were a fact.
    Post by: TheMuffinMan, May 12, 2008 in forum: Gaming
  11. TheMuffinMan
    Please point me in the direction of the "Grandma Sunshine's Super Dee-Duper Rose-Tinted Glasses Emporium and House of Waffles" that you just got done shopping from...
    Post by: TheMuffinMan, May 12, 2008 in forum: Discussion
  12. TheMuffinMan
    Actually, a Child conceived shortly after the birth of another child has a greater chance of good health, intelligence, lifespan, etc. because the Womb is so ready and rich with resources from the previous child, that it's readily available to provide for it from conception.

    Well, that's just the biology part of it, as some have suggested already, it may have to do with how the child was raised, treated, what kind of expectations were put forth for the child, etc. that may lead to either great success, or great failure. (In the case of my oldest Sister [first born]: immense shameful failure)

    Physiologically, though, a second-born child has a richer gestation if it's conception was closely following that of the previous childbirth. (Which in my case, I was the 3rd born child, born 1 year after my 2nd born Sister, I've been in advanced classes my whole education with an IQ of over 140, she sorta has a slight learning disability and gets sick easier then I do)
    Post by: TheMuffinMan, May 12, 2008 in forum: Discussion
  13. TheMuffinMan
    You didn't notice this?

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    Her skirt is practically non-existent, and Nomura drew crotch lines..

    Just doing some rough pixel math in my head, Shiki should be around 5 foot 5 inches tall, and her skirt is only 10 inches of cloth, which from a quick google, is the length of "Toddler" size Skirts.
    Post by: TheMuffinMan, May 12, 2008 in forum: Gaming
  14. TheMuffinMan
    Because Nomura finds young children sexy.
    Post by: TheMuffinMan, May 11, 2008 in forum: Gaming
  15. TheMuffinMan
    Plus the fact that Kingdom Hearts 3 hasn't been announced to be in development, much less which Next-Gen console it will be on.
    Post by: TheMuffinMan, May 11, 2008 in forum: Gaming
  16. TheMuffinMan
    Third Party games are on independent servers, they have nothing to do with Nintendo.

    Also, play Mario Kart Wii and complain about what Nintendo can do with Online again.
    Post by: TheMuffinMan, May 11, 2008 in forum: Gaming
  17. TheMuffinMan
    Hahahahaha, "full graphical update"

    It went from this:

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    To this:

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    Hahahah, what even changed? Things got darker slightly?
    Post by: TheMuffinMan, May 8, 2008 in forum: Gaming
  18. TheMuffinMan
    Despite the gimped version of Rock Band on the Wii/PS2, if you happen to have either version, a plus to this is that if you were to download every song in this compilation through Xbox Live or the Playstation Network, the entire thing would costs you roughly $45, whereas the compilation disc of all the songs for the Wii/PS2 costs $30.
    Post by: TheMuffinMan, May 8, 2008 in forum: Gaming
  19. TheMuffinMan
    Not really, I think you can pretty much beat the entire game on Hard at lvl 1 except for the Week-End Bosses...atleast that's what I did =\

    Also, Peace Full and Healing Whale are better than Cure Drink.
    Post by: TheMuffinMan, May 7, 2008 in forum: Gaming
  20. TheMuffinMan
    What is happening to this new generation of gamers that they don't know what the Active Time Battle system is?
    Post by: TheMuffinMan, May 7, 2008 in forum: Gaming