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I tried to play Elite Beat Agents in Target the other day, I am so old and lame all I could figure out how to do was spin the globe around. As soon as I stopped trying some 12-ish year old kid jumped on it and it started making cool noises that sounded fun, it made me feel old. So then I went and bought some beer and felt slightly better about my life.

― has been plagued with problems since its erection in 1978 (nklshs), Friday, 29 December 2006 20:47 (seventeen years ago) link

anyone happen to be another witness to the Amazon Wii fiasco today?

― Allyzay heard you got beat up in a club. (Allyzay Eisenschefter), Friday, 29 December 2006 20:49 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm waiting for them to do another FF6/Chrono Trigger re-issue, unless Sony's got the rights to those for another 5 years.

I did pick up FFTA, but I'm still on the final bosses of the first Golden Sun game, so no go.

What's the story with the Amazon thing, ally?

― kingfish in absentia (kingfish), Friday, 29 December 2006 20:53 (seventeen years ago) link

wha happen? I'm about ready to buy by amazon if necessary, barring fiasco.

― forksclovetofu (forksclovetofu), Friday, 29 December 2006 20:53 (seventeen years ago) link

(xp) the wii discussion threads filled me in. as always, very disturbing.

― shakey mo jopotatoes (bundgee), Friday, 29 December 2006 20:54 (seventeen years ago) link

the discussion threads are HILARIOUS, I killed about an hour after they sold out reading them. The rather numerous people who CALLED Amazon and cursed them out!!! Granted, I think they're kind of right that hording the shipments and then hyping the "release" is really, really lame esp since none of the other online stores are doing that, but FFS you're all presumably adults.

― Allyzay heard you got beat up in a club. (Allyzay Eisenschefter), Friday, 29 December 2006 20:57 (seventeen years ago) link

(I happened upon the Amazon page while trying to kill time at work and showed up at basically the exact moment they went on sale, I had no idea beforehand)

― Allyzay heard you got beat up in a club. (Allyzay Eisenschefter), Friday, 29 December 2006 20:58 (seventeen years ago) link

wait are you saying that a wii is in the mail to our house

― If you ain't eatin' WHAM, you ain't eatin' HAM (trm), Friday, 29 December 2006 21:04 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm not saying anything of the sort.

― Allyzay heard you got beat up in a club. (Allyzay Eisenschefter), Friday, 29 December 2006 21:05 (seventeen years ago) link

ie by the time I went and clicked the purchase button about 1.5 seconds later, they were gone. Amazon apparently only had like 500 of them which seems like a lot to me except that they probably had 50,000 people waiting all morning, hitting F5.

― Allyzay heard you got beat up in a club. (Allyzay Eisenschefter), Friday, 29 December 2006 21:06 (seventeen years ago) link

I did love the dredging back up of the dynamic IP sales system bashing. IF YOU LIVE ON THE EAST COAST YOU HAVE NO CHANCE ON AMAZON, PEOPLE. NONE.

THe PS3's took at least 5 minutes to sell out, btw, since you have been keeping tabs on such things. I was truly that bored, that I sat there, refreshing every once and a while, after those babies went on sale. We could've hada $700 piece of crap, baby!

― Allyzay heard you got beat up in a club. (Allyzay Eisenschefter), Friday, 29 December 2006 21:08 (seventeen years ago) link

So then I went and bought some beer and felt slightly better about my life.

this is the Way

― false cat (sleep), Friday, 29 December 2006 21:08 (seventeen years ago) link

ha, ok. wtf amazon, watch and learn a little.

― If you ain't eatin' WHAM, you ain't eatin' HAM (trm), Friday, 29 December 2006 21:09 (seventeen years ago) link

I had kind of a nightmare last night that we got a PS3 and it was exactly a $700 POS, I was like "there is nothing I want to play on this ugly thing. I would rather have an actual waffle iron. Jesus, this is sad."

― If you ain't eatin' WHAM, you ain't eatin' HAM (trm), Friday, 29 December 2006 21:10 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm not sure why they switched from the lottery back to this free-for-all to be honest. Oh, BEST #1 ALL TIME comment on the ~~asylum irc room~~discussion board: person advocating a priority system in which people who have had Amazon accounts the longest get Wiis and other high-demand items first, because she "has been a loyal customer since 2004 and deserves a better chance than others." 2004, ORLY?! Yes, you would be the first in line in that system, obviously.

I had a nightmare last night that Justine was coming to kill me andI had to hide in a fridge, man up on your nightmares you pussy.

― Allyzay heard you got beat up in a club. (Allyzay Eisenschefter), Friday, 29 December 2006 21:12 (seventeen years ago) link

speaking of $700 pieces of crap, i just stumbled upon this today:

http://www.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2006/12/declineps3final-thumb.jpg

― kingfish in absentia (kingfish), Friday, 29 December 2006 21:12 (seventeen years ago) link

interesting, i had no idea the going price dropped so much

― false cat (sleep), Friday, 29 December 2006 21:16 (seventeen years ago) link

There's a PS3 (20 gig) that just ended on eBay for $490. And a 60 gig that just ended at...$700. LOL

― Allyzay heard you got beat up in a club. (Allyzay Eisenschefter), Friday, 29 December 2006 21:16 (seventeen years ago) link

Also can I just say that this person on eBay:
http://i4.ebayimg.com/03/i/000/81/02/fe46_1.JPG
sucks and stole Christmas away from two little boys I saw crying in EB Games.

― Allyzay heard you got beat up in a club. (Allyzay Eisenschefter), Friday, 29 December 2006 21:18 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm glad that his Wii auction I clicked on to see a Wii end price went for $310. Enjoy your ~$30 profit, asshole.

― Allyzay heard you got beat up in a club. (Allyzay Eisenschefter), Friday, 29 December 2006 21:19 (seventeen years ago) link

My favorite thread on the amazon wii page has to be the one where some creep asked all of the other creeps to pray for some kid that had cancer or something.

― shakey mo jopotatoes (bundgee), Friday, 29 December 2006 21:22 (seventeen years ago) link

I liked the guy who "accidentally" bought three today and then tried to scalp them right on the discussion board. For more than what the marketplace sellers were asking, I might add. Now that is cajones.

― Allyzay heard you got beat up in a club. (Allyzay Eisenschefter), Friday, 29 December 2006 21:23 (seventeen years ago) link

Those guys get no love.

― shakey mo jopotatoes (bundgee), Friday, 29 December 2006 21:25 (seventeen years ago) link

This product's forum (1023 discussions)

― kingfish in absentia (kingfish), Friday, 29 December 2006 21:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Something sketchy about the Amazon sale of both systems: anyone else think it is quite odd that they've put a disclaimer on the pages stating that they have no guarantee of when they will ship them? That seems rather smarmily like the Walmart sale where they sold a tremendous amount of systems and then couldn't fulfill the orders and tried to bait-and-switch with ludicriously large/expensive bundles they got in for December. I kind of LOL'd at the people who paid for express/Saturday shipping, I mean Amazon pretty much blatantly states on the page that they are not ready to be shipped for some reason?

― Allyzay heard you got beat up in a club. (Allyzay Eisenschefter), Friday, 29 December 2006 21:42 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm going to go play Nintendogs and try to teach Peyton how to roll over finally, I think.

― Allyzay heard you got beat up in a club. (Allyzay Eisenschefter), Friday, 29 December 2006 21:42 (seventeen years ago) link

I got a PSP for chranukkah, you guys. I got Locoroco and Fifa Street 2 and Liberty City Stories. Also my mother in-law gave me Ratchet & CLank Up Your Arsenal for PS2. That's how much of a nerd I am.

will you play me via wireless gaming internet? thanks.

― I Used To Work At Parcelforce in Cricklewood (nordicskilla), Friday, 29 December 2006 21:56 (seventeen years ago) link

I will totally kill your face in with my talented Fifa Street 2 "Adam" character. he has blue hair and plays in bare feet!

― I Used To Work At Parcelforce in Cricklewood (nordicskilla), Friday, 29 December 2006 21:59 (seventeen years ago) link

Not A-Shoes?

― shakey mo jopotatoes (bundgee), Friday, 29 December 2006 22:03 (seventeen years ago) link

rainbow six vegas is intense shit

― this is cutty (mcutt), Friday, 29 December 2006 22:11 (seventeen years ago) link

Not A-Shoes?

A-Shoes are totally two years ago! I made a more realistic "Adam" character and was told it looked like well-paid Hollywood actor Eric Bana.

― I Used To Work At Parcelforce in Cricklewood (nordicskilla), Friday, 29 December 2006 22:13 (seventeen years ago) link

Haha, my bf's parents came over for belayed xmas dinner last night and they were up til 3am playing Wii sports and making Miis of themselves. They're the most non-gamer people EVER and they kept saying "no no, I want to watch more Zelda!". I love it.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 29 December 2006 22:17 (seventeen years ago) link

Eric Bana's Australian.

― I Used To Work At Parcelforce in Cricklewood (nordicskilla), Friday, 29 December 2006 22:18 (seventeen years ago) link

Fuck Mii, that sounds great.

― I Used To Work At Parcelforce in Cricklewood (nordicskilla), Friday, 29 December 2006 22:18 (seventeen years ago) link

wii-shoes

― this is cutty (mcutt), Friday, 29 December 2006 22:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Does anyone know who the two sarariman-types are in the american Wii tv adverts?

are they anybody in particular(e.g. certain Nintendo execs), or just randomly cast japanese guys?

― kingfish in absentia (kingfish), Friday, 29 December 2006 22:35 (seventeen years ago) link

I really need to finish Zelda soon. The Wii games are piling up. I haven't even played Sports yet.

― shakey mo jopotatoes (bundgee), Friday, 29 December 2006 22:37 (seventeen years ago) link

Wii 10-pin bowling is the best.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 29 December 2006 23:03 (seventeen years ago) link

meanwhile, local Wiis are going for only about a 50-75% markup

― kingfish in absentia (kingfish), Saturday, 30 December 2006 00:17 (seventeen years ago) link

I had no trouble buying one from a store, what the hell are people doing!

― Trayce (trayce), Saturday, 30 December 2006 00:18 (seventeen years ago) link

animal crossing : the movie!?!
http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?type=mov&id=15898

i just got a wavebird real cheap, any recommendations for gamecube games i can play on wii when the inevitable game shortages come?

― zappi (zappi), Saturday, 30 December 2006 01:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Twilight Princess :D

Nah, def. Killer7, Eternal Darkness, Anything Resident Evil but esp. RE4, Wind Waker, Ikaruga, Fire Emblem, Metroid Prime, Paper Mario...there's a FF game (Crystal Chronicles) but it's the twee-est damn thing ever.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Saturday, 30 December 2006 01:35 (seventeen years ago) link

I had to restrain myself physically to keep from going back to the CD Exchange place to pick up New Super Mario for $20

― kingfish in absentia (kingfish), Saturday, 30 December 2006 01:40 (seventeen years ago) link

Twilight Princess :D indeed btw! Altho I havent played it, just watched someone play it (and I have missed big chunks, as I'm not amenable to sitting there for 14 hrs straight watching Nick). But it looks fantastic, and has some srsly brain-snapping "what acid were they smoking" bits in.

― Trayce (trayce), Saturday, 30 December 2006 01:44 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah I was saying he should play the GC version, even if he's done the Wii one. Everything is mirrored and you get trad. Zelda controls.

New SMB is pretty cool. I haven't played much of my DS platformers (New SMB, Sonic Rush, Yoshi's Island) yet. I'm mostly still trying to finish FFIII but I'm also screwing around with Nintendogs, Phoenix Wright and Rocket Slime. I finished Trace Memory, a DS graphic adventure that only takes about 5 1/2 hours. There's another game from the same developer coming out next month called Hotel Dusk.

BTW, I have FFIV and FFV for GBA now and as far as I can tell they're just like the PS1 ports, i.e. FFIV has the restored scenes and more accurate translation. I'll have to see if "you spoony bard!" is still in there.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Saturday, 30 December 2006 01:54 (seventeen years ago) link

ugh, i tried finishing FFIII and getting to the final boss takes too long - i know they tried to keep it as close to the original as possible, but one & a half hours plus without save points on a handheld is just stupidity.
still on third temple in TP - i'm avoiding all online guides and thus feeling v. thick at times! the payoff is worth it though (so far)

― zappi (zappi), Saturday, 30 December 2006 02:07 (seventeen years ago) link

The third temple is the biggest pain in the ass by far. It's pretty easy going after that.
I didn't look at any guides until I was done and only for the Golden Bug collecting stuff. I just don't have the patience for that needle in a haystack bullshit.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Saturday, 30 December 2006 02:13 (seventeen years ago) link

The bug/fish catching is very Animal Crossing!

― Trayce (trayce), Saturday, 30 December 2006 02:31 (seventeen years ago) link

This is kinda neat. The fan team that's trying to restore the ending to KOTOR 2 put up a nice little trailer of their work so far.

― kingfish in absentia (kingfish), Saturday, 30 December 2006 11:24 (seventeen years ago) link

i got that nintendo dogs game (for the nintendo ds). it's so darn cute.

― nathalie (stevienixed), Saturday, 30 December 2006 11:36 (seventeen years ago) link

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