Wow, although I remember a past post about "Ninja Spirit" I had forgot about being able to buy old Turbografix games.

If there were actually people you liked that would come over and game with you, I would recommend Bomberman '93... excellent TG game.

So now I have to find friends? Shit....

just get it online for the 360. much better

This should be coming in August under the name Galaga '90.

Anyone going to try out these fishing games?

I had one for Dreamcast - deep sea fishing or something - and it was pretty good.

after finally being able to play a Wii game online, it now seems obvious why Nintendo doesn't include voice chat in the majority of their games.

it also becomes more apparent why they try to make it a bitch to play with your friends as well. it apparent they do NOT want to cater to the lowest common denominator, and I applaud it

What do you mean? Why is playing a game on-line with friends "the lowest common denominator"?

i feel its more of a deturrent. they put hurdles/hoops for you to jump through in order to make sure you only play with people you want to play, or be subjected to them.

comparing this to XBL, where anyone can just jump into any random game and say what ever they want, if I had kids, I would definitely think twice about letting them play online, based on these jerks that seem to be wide-spread on their service.

Most XBL games let you set up a private room so that you don't have to play with random people. Not really sure what your point is.

Exactly. And Live does the hoops one better. You don't want to play with the jerks and your real friends... don't pay for Gold.

I get his point. As a dad, I appreciate it also.

exactly...

i mean, I'm 24, I can deal with it...easily. i think the environment is just 'safer'. Obviously there are steps on XLB to ensure this doesn't occur, but it's a simple fact that you have to "go out of your way" to be able to have that clean environment. I feel nintendo is setting it up that way off the bat to keep it that way, considering the wide variety of people that would play a game like mario kart, or mario strikers.

i know playing ranked games online for Strikers, there was a few times I blurted out curse words

But on the 360, you can set up parental controls so that your kids can only people play with people on their friends list, and you can lock down their friends list too. I'm not sure how anyone can say that the Wii's online setup is better than Live. If anything, it's just more crippled. I enjoy the Wii, but the online capabilities are crap. Why not have a universal friends list?

i don't believe anyone tried to make that statement.........ever.


i'm saying its geared towards the lowest common denominator, or really, to discourage it. i wasn't trying to bring subjectivity into this, considering how pointless that is to argue

This sucks, no doubt. Once it was confirmed that games wouldn't necessarily use the Wii's built-in friend list, I removed it from my sig in disgust...

Fair enough. I guess I misconstrued what you were saying. I still don't think that catering to the lowest common denominator is a good thing, but I guess it's what some people are looking for.

Guilty.

Anyone ever play that Dynamite Headdy game? It's sounds kinda weird, bizarre. But is it cool fun weird or dumb childish weird?

I have the Genesis version and I'm a big fan. It's from Treasure, and I think it's a solid platformer. If you're a fan of platformers and you've enjoyed other Treasure games, I'd recommend it. Otherwise, I'm not sure if it's worth $8. Here's a pretty good review:

http://www.vc-reviews.com/review/548...ite-headdy.php

Awesome game. One of my favorites on the TG next to Bomberman.

Personally, I don't even have the desire to play Wii games online. It's not worth the hassle. Is there even a lobby that you can play random people in?

Question about Mario Strikers...does it require the nunchuk AND the Wiimote, or just the Wiimote? Need to buy another, and wanting to know if I need one or both.

Cool. Thanks for the link.

Bought...played...and finished Shining Force this week.

I don't know if it's just nostalgia speaking, but what a great freaking game!