Video Game Discussion Thread

[utunnels]

http://gbatemp.net/t277154-dragon-quest-vi-arrives-too-late-for-gaming-grandmother

Hmm, now I feel I'm never too old to play video games.

[gatotsu911]

http://gbatemp.net/t277154-dragon-quest-vi-arrives-too-late-for-gaming-grandmother

At the risk of sounding like a cynical cuss, I call shenanigans on that story. They allege that she wrote a letter to Nintendo Power in 1996 asking about Dragon Quest VI, but that seems unlikely. For starters, at that time only the first four games had ever been released in America, and all under the title of "Dragon Warrior", not Dragon Quest. It's not like the Internet was big then, either, so unless this woman had extensive familiarity with the industry and/or Japan, why would she A) have known about Dragon Quest VI, and B) called it by its actual title? Even if she did know about it, why would Nintendo Power have published her letter as written - doesn't it seem more likely that they would have called it by its US name?

Granted, none of this is hard evidence, and if it turns out that all this really is true, I apologize. But it seems an awful lot like a hoax story to me.

[GenesisOne]

Well, at least she didn't send in a request for FFII a few years earlier. Imagine what would've happened there.

[Crono666]

I really don't have much time to play video games anymore, but lately I've been playing Donkey Kong Country Returns. It's a pretty hard game that reminds me of the old days when games were a lot harder.

[V_Translanka]

If she was as big a fan of both Dragon Quest and Nintendo Power as it seems then I'm sure at some point they mentioned in the magazine that there's a name difference...Just because it wasn't as big a deal in the states doesn't mean that the big gaming magazine, dedicated to a Japanese company wouldn't mention their highest selling video game, yar? Whenever one of these magazines does a yearly best of they normally include the Japanese bests...That's how I initially learned about the old numbering shenanigans in the FF games anyways....

[Lance VII]

I really don't have much time to play video games anymore, but lately I've been playing Donkey Kong Country Returns. It's a pretty hard game that reminds me of the old days when games were a lot harder.

DKCR is a fantastic game. Have you managed to beat it yet?

[Crono666]

No, I've been too busy. But I've made it to world 6.

[Sajainta]

Alundra. How many of you have actually played this gem?

I've been watching my boyfriend play it on and off since October.  Great game.  Awful music.

For some reason I have a mindblock on the name, so I keep calling it Alundria, or Alumni, or Aloominaria.  I called it Illuminati once.

WOO HOO replying to a two year old post!

[Lance VII]

No, I've been too busy. But I've made it to world 6.

Nice. I think world 6 was my most hated world aside from 8.

[Dialga_Palkia]

Basically the gym leaders for Black and White have been announced, and Fuuro of the Flying type gym is none other than; Skyla.  My word, BW (and hopefully Gray) has a lot of Chrono Trigger similarities.

Dragon Spiral Tower - Secret of the Forest ( and ALttP Dungeon )
That Bryce dude reminds me of Magus-Magil
Shikimi (English name unknown) reminds me of Lucca
There was someone else. Geechisu reminds me of King Zeal for some reason.
Skyla sounds a lot like Schala which is hilarious because both originate from the sky (okay, she's a flying gym leader and she lived atop the floating kindom, yeah). Then again, the 'yla' part is missing an 'A' also.
Bachurra ( can't remember its english name ) reminds me of lavos for some reason. It's yellow and it's a spider that emits electricity.

[V_Translanka]

You can probably find similarities between characters from the Chronoverse and lots of other games, movies, literature, w/e, because Chrono Trigger was made with a lot of RPG tropes in mind.

WOO HOO replying to a two year old post!

That's how we do in the 'pendium.

Anyways, I started up Limbo after leaving it on a puzzle that required a bit of timing to complete and then ended up finding out that it was the LAST puzzle I needed to get past! D'oh! Well, regardless of its length (it's not the size, but what you do with it!), it's a great game I would suggest to anyone. It's funny that two games I was playing (Limbo & Castle Crashers) both have moments when you use a dead body to get across water....

[_Janus_]

I'm so happy, I just got these sweets:





For a total of 110 euros

[Mr Bekkler]

Nice Janus! I hate the battle system in Earthbound, but I love the Mother series in general.

[_Janus_]

Why do you hate the battle system. I also bought Mother 1+2 for the GBA on Play-asia but that one hasn't arrived yet

[ZealKnight]

JANUS! I must know where you found that profile Pic!!!