With Smash Bros, you are getting your wish.

Played either one yet or just beating that dead horse? I think you missed a spot over there, grab the bat.
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So what did they do in Zelda again??

I don't like games where it's TOTAL motion control in place of traditional controls.

Many times it doesn't work as well as the controls aren't that precise and some times it changes the game to much (i.e. Sonic being on Rails and you doing nothing but steering, jumping and attacking).

I like it when they put some motion controls in for some moves were it makes sense and makes the game more fun/immerisive--just like swinging the remote like a sword to do the same in Zelda.

Stuff like sonic, or drawing hearts to do tricks in SSX is just lame and feels forced as the motion control doesn't make intuitive sense for the game design. It's just a way to show of the new controller.

Basically the game is designed around the controller, rather than the game is just designed as it should be and the controller brought in where appropriate.

I've played Sonic, no desire to play SSX. I can tell I won't like the control set up in that, and I was never a fan of the series to begin with.

And yes, I like to post my opinions over and over. So put me on ignore if you don't like my posting style.

Any chance we can get back to Nintendo DS discussion again?

Sure.

Anyone else let down by this years current DS release list.

http://ds.ign.com/index/release.html

Zelda is the only must buy in there for me, and really not much else I'm even curious about. But of course their are several games I've not heard of that could end up being good.

But in all, a bit underwhelming after the series of kick ass games the past 18 months or so.

I ended up picking up both Castlevanias from Amazon today. I figure i'll like them both.

I agree Josh, Zelda I will be getting, looks great, but I dunno about anything else.

Thanks Josh. I agree, Zelda looks to be the only must have for me.

That Wario Master of Disguise game looks pretty interesting as Wario has quickly become my favorite "Mario" character.

Uno would only be fun if you could play others online through Wifi.

Konami Classics Series could be good if I didn't already own the GBA version.

Theme Park and Sim City sound interesting. I'd just need to see how they port over from PC using the stylus control.

Does anyone know what "Touch the Dead" is?

Is Spectrobes a Pokemon like game?

House of the Dead, touchscreen = gun.

I was interested in that until I learned that it's not a Wario Land game. It's basically a mini-game collection (mini-games, not micro so it's not a wario ware either).

Apparently their are simple stages and you find treasures, the treasures are minigames you have to beat to move on and then you can play them whenever in another mode.

I have to say that I will be picking up the Pokemon games in April along with Panzer Tactics.

I pulled the trigger on both as well. With those, Castlevania IV on the VC and SOTN soon on XBLA I will definitely have my Castlevania/vampire fix for the year.

Unless of course the original hits the VC. Then it will be one more.

Not if the two 1999 games are released this year.

you should find that 2 in 1 pack for the GBA, which includes aria of sorrow and harmony of dissonance.

They easily rank up with those 2 DS titles

Which ones? The PSP game? I've never played any of the series post Super Castlevania IV. Unless you count the 3D N64 game, which I don't think anyone does.

Wait... not true, I played about halfway through Circle of the Moon and was less than impressed.

Quick question, is the double pack two cartridges or did they combine them onto one? Just wondering if there was any benefit to the double pack vs. buying seperate.

its 2 games in one, actually, and its MUCH cheaper than trying to locate the actual release

circle of the moon is probably the worst one after Super Castlevania IV. I beat it, but it was definitely the worst one for GBA/DS

Cool. Thanks. SCIV has been my favorite thus far. There is a ton of hype surrounding SOTN so I'm looking forward to trying that one out for the first time.

There's a rumor floating around that they've got TWO games planned to present the "Battle of 1999" where the Vampire Killer is returned to the Belmont clan after being banished from it when Richter went nuts and Julius Belmont seals Dracula for good into a solar eclipse. Portrait of Ruin happens before this event.. during when the Belmonts could not use the Vampire Killer and Aria/Dawn of Sorrow happen after this event.. where the cult is trying to find a new vessel for Dracula's soul (ie: Soma).

It's one cartridge and the only downside is that you cannot get the bonus items in Dawn of Sorrow where you'd have a Aria of Sorrow cartridge in your DS when starting a new game.

honestly, i have/had both, and it was really a non-issue for me


SOTN is good, but I found it much more boring than the GBA/DS games. The castle is so bare and you find yourself jumping around a lot more than actually slashing people.

Good, but overrated methinks

CoTM is my favorite of the bunch.

Harmony of Dissonance is probably my favorite. Loved the double castle and the bosses and its the easiest in terms of bosses since, IIRC, you could carry 99 of each potion/item rather than 9.

Probably a con for many, but I hate hard games and hard bosses in particular. For that reason, and the shit graphics, CotM was my least favorite though I still liked it.

My least favorite thing in the whole series is the dumb ass seal drawing in Dawn of Sorrow--talk about a tacked on useless touch screen feature. -rolleye- Still a great game overall though.