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Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:05 pm

Viewtiful Joe, lol.

The first one, damn it.

Post by **Delphine** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 7:39 pm

Green Gibbon! wrote:<img src="http://ghzforum.nathantsui.com/upload/f ... dhorse.jpg">

:(

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:37 pm

Sorry. I'm not nearly as clever as I used to be, you know.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:41 pm

plasticwingsband · Post by **plasticwingsband** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:52 pm

Segaholic2 wrote:<IMG SRC="http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/851/aberape3bi.jpg">

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Post by **Delphine** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:03 pm

Green Gibbon! wrote:Sorry. I'm not nearly as clever as I used to be, you know.

It's all that schoolin'. Dumbs you down.

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 11:44 pm

Senbei wrote:I haven't played much of it, but I'd like to point out Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, a 2D console game that got good reviews and seems to have held the attention of all gamers.

Four Swords had a pretty freaking huge gimmick attached to it though. The whole four players with GBA thing for those of you who are retarded.

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 6:09 am

You think that a modern Sonic game wouldn't have a gimmick?

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 2:20 pm

PLAY AS GOOD OR EVIL IT IS YOUR CHOICE

PLAY AS DIFFERENT TEAMS THAT CAN BE GOOD OR EVIL

PLAY ON A HOVERBOARD THING

GRIND

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 2:23 pm

Is grinding any more a gimmick then loop-de-loops and corkscrews. It just seems to me to be a new avenue to convey Sonic's speed.

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 2:48 pm

The hoverboard thing isn't a gimmick. That would be like saying the Kart's in Mario Kart are a gimmick.

Besides I was just pointing out that Four Swords doesn't count. Viewtiful Joe does though. Don't question it, just accept it.

James McGeachie · Post by **James McGeachie** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 4:11 pm

Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat is actually probably the closest thing to a console 3d sidescrolling Sonic game that exists, a number of the level obstacles/objects are quite Sonic-like, there's other similarities as well but I can't be bothered pointing them out. Of course, it's also controlled with bongos, which is obviously quite the difference.

Tsuyoshi-kun · Post by **Tsuyoshi-kun** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 4:33 pm

I've played Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, and while it's somewhat amusing, it's still yet another gimmick Nintendo game.

However, despite the microphone gimmick, I do want to play Chibi Robo.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:18 pm

Yeah, what's up with Chibi Robo? I remember seeing the website awhile back and thinking it looked kind of neat. It uses a microphone?

SegaSonic · Post by **SegaSonic** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:48 pm

Gamers take control of the Chibi Robo, a pint-sized machine designed specifically to take care of a family's house. The robot needs to keep the house "happy." To do that, Chibi must walk around the home and clean it up, interact with other machines and people, and even -- according to the storyline - stop a group of bumbling thieves from making off with precious valuables. An electricity counter located in the bottom-right corner of the screen constantly counts down. When Chibi is getting low, players will want to recharge. The game features a day and night system, where days last about 10 minutes and nights the same. The environments slightly change depending on the time of day. For instance, a character not available in the day might be sleeping on the couch at night, and robots normally roaming the level in the afternoon might be gone in the evening.

It looks interesting, kinda funny how everytime he moves he makes musical sounds.

Frieza2000 · Post by **Frieza2000** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:05 pm

It's a platformer with an emphasis on exploring and side quests. Your main objective is, as SegaSonic briefly mentioned, serving the family you were purchased by.

There's never a lack of things to do in Chibi-Robo, whether you're putting your platforming skills to the test by ascending an expertly designed series of shelves and dangling cords, helping dad cook burgers, unlocking secret doors filled with moolah, or merely scribb9ing an oil stain as you run from one room to another. And if you're worried that the game might get dull without any diabolical villains to thwart, you can take out your aggressions on the robotic Spydorz that spawn periodically; their scrapped parts can be recycled into tools to further aid your exploration.

You watch the family live their lives and I assume help them with their problems, tackling such issues as marital woes, environmental destruction, corporate greed, and death. Meanwhile, you obtain Metroid-like powerups to further your exploration of the house and surrounding yard and meet a bunch of bizarre micro world characters. I'm looking at a picture of a wooden pirate, a dehydrated frog, and a demonic pink teddy bear with fangs. They all give me a Dare-to-Dream part 2 vibe. It's definitely a unique game. I don't know if it has an ending, but there are progressive events. I'd like to give it a shot, but I probably won't.

I've heard no mention of a microphone gimmick. That'd be kind of weird considering that it's a Gamecube game.

SegaSonic · Post by **SegaSonic** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:56 pm

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:59 pm

Image Shack sucks major ass, someone mirror those plz.

SegaSonic · Post by **SegaSonic** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:08 pm

Image Shack sucks major ass, someone mirror those plz.

I see, well then I'll give you the source site, the real source has been ordered to remove the pictures by SEGA themselves!

http://www.sonicstadium.org/board/index ... 137&st=620

They were posted here..I think they work perfectly from there.

Ngangbius · Post by **Ngangbius** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:18 pm

I can't exactly place my finger on it...but somehow these screens look like ass.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:47 pm

It's because in the year 2006 and the the sixth generation of game consoles, trees still look like cardboard cut-outs.

SegaSonic · Post by **SegaSonic** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:52 pm

Wow! youre right! Im gonna have fun tonight!

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:19 pm

Why are his shoes reflective? I think the screenshots look pretty good, but graphics aren't really what I'm terribly worried about. Screenshots have always been a shitty way to show off a new game, especially since half of those are shots you would never actually see while playing the game. Like Sonic running toward you, but a little to the left. I do have to agree that tree branches and leaves and what not still look like crap. They just take two lame flat planes and put them perpendicular to each other.

Tsuyoshi-kun · Post by **Tsuyoshi-kun** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:34 pm

Light Speed wrote:Screenshots have always been a shitty way to show off a new game, especially since half of those are shots you would never actually see while playing the game.

Yeah. Remember how awesome the preliminary scrrenshots for the original Sonic Adventuere were, then the actual game came out with clunky polygons and inconsistent frame rates? Twas a disappointment (though not as bad at it was with most Square games in the PlayStation era).

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:29 pm

The best is the Madden screenshots where they show a running back dive through a defensive line, with the camera positioned underneath the running back or something. When in reality the camera is above the field so you can see the entire field. Who does EA think they are fooling?