From: owner-ngamers-digest@lists.xmission.com (ngamers-digest) To: ngamers-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: ngamers-digest V1 #46 Reply-To: ngamers Sender: owner-ngamers-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-ngamers-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk ngamers-digest Friday, December 6 2002 Volume 01 : Number 046 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 13:23:41 -0500 (EST) From: Vi On Subject: [NG] EGM metroid prive review Metroid Prime 10 10 10 http://www.bluemoonshop.com/mp.jpg copied from ign boards. - -Vi [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 22:12:05 -0600 From: Thraxen Subject: [NG] My thoughts on Metroid First off, I love playing the game. It really does feel like Metroid. But I have two gripes with the game. One, the controls can get clunky at times when fighting. The lock-on can get a bit tricky in the heat of battle when trying to take out something above you. I often end up just aiming manually for things higher than me and fairly close (like wasps). Also, is there any way to spin quickly?? Samus turns far, far too slow. There were a couple of time when I was in a room full of enemies and had to run to one side, to gain some distance, and then try to turn and fire on them. The problem was that it took so long to turn that I never really gained much room. Pretty annoying when you're used to the split second turns in other FPS-type* games (*yeah, yeah..FPA..blah, blah). There really should have been a way to adjust the sensitivity of the analog sticks. Samus' look speed to horribly slow. Second, there is simply too much damn scanning to be done. It's cool feature, but damn, those scan points are everywhere. It wouldn't bother me so much if there was at least a "use" button. It's pretty lame to have to scan a control panel just to a open door or use a lift. I want to just run up to it and "use" it like pretty much every other first person game in existence. Really, those complaints are fairly minor compared to much fun the game is to play, but they do annoy me at times...especially since they are both easily fixable. Stryder [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 01:53:16 -0500 From: "Pythagoras" Subject: Re: [NG] EGM metroid prive review - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vi On" To: "n64" Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 1:23 PM Subject: [NG] EGM metroid prive review > > Metroid Prime 10 10 10 > > http://www.bluemoonshop.com/mp.jpg > > copied from ign boards. > -Vi Hmm. I wonder if it's any good? ;-) - --Dave-- Treytable@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~treytable/index.html "I hate this. I hate that my blood makes me crazy. I hate that I can't function without being chemically altered." - Billy Chenowith [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 04:16:25 -0600 From: "Eric C" Subject: [NG] Zelda: YOU MUST SEE THIS http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/gzlj/cm_actio.wmv http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/gzlj/cm_boken.wmv The first two Japanese commercials for Zelda no Densetsu: Kaze no Takuto. They are unbelieveable!!!!! Oh, and only about 2.5 MB, so even Dave and Jed should be able to get them. ;-) - -Satoshi _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 09:40:39 -0600 From: Don Subject: RE: [NG] My thoughts on Metroid The lock-on can get a bit tricky in the heat of battle when trying to take out something above you. I often end up just aiming manually for things higher than me and fairly close (like wasps). Yeah this is true but I tend to think that if the lock on was really really good that the game would be way to easy. You know what I mean? Like how hard is it to press a button to lock on and then just start firing? Also, is there any way to spin quickly?? Samus turns far, far too slow. Agreed. But I would guess it would have something to do with the suit. Stryder [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 20:36:29 -0500 From: "Pythagoras" Subject: [NG] Re: [Game Related] Metroid thoughts > Oh, and Samus could kick Jango and/or Boba Fett's arse any day. > > ~Matt I'm sure she could. Boba Fett was killed by a blind man. I wonder, how do you (the person who is reading this) pronounce "Samus Aran"? I always said it like "Sam Us - Aaron (or Air-Run)" But on Extended Play the host pronounced it like "Same Us - Are Ron". But then again, he seems to have trouble pronouncing normal English words too. - --Dave-- Treytable@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~treytable/index.html "Video games are not a complete waste of time. At the very least, they teach children excellent marksmanship and the kind of reality-detached madness that will let them apply it." - Seanbaby [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 00:44:18 -0600 From: "Eric C" Subject: Re: [NG] Re: [Game Related] Metroid thoughts >From: "Pythagoras" >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >To: "NGamers" >CC: "Jedcross List" >Subject: [NG] Re: [Game Related] Metroid thoughts >Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 20:36:29 -0500 > > > >I'm sure she could. > >Boba Fett was killed by a blind man. > >I wonder, how do you (the person who is reading this) pronounce "Samus >Aran"? > >I always said it like "Sam Us - Aaron (or Air-Run)" > >But on Extended Play the host pronounced it like "Same Us - Are Ron". But >then again, he seems to have trouble pronouncing normal English words too. > >--Dave-- > I go by SSB's pronunciation of "Sahm-us." Of course, I've never known the correct pronunciation of "Aran." That's something I'm going to need to figure out. - -Satoshi _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 10:19:46 -0600 From: Don Subject: [NG] Metroid Status Well I have so far got back the morphball, the rocket launcher (with expansions up to 30 missles), the bomb upgrade and boost upgrade for the morphball, the space boots, the vara suit, and I can't think of anything else at the moment besides the first artifact. This game is so wicked, Retro and Nintendo really did a good job at getting players to seekout what players want in a game: things they can actually USE. That is why Donkey Kong 64 sucked so much (IMHO) because all you ever got were friggen bananas. Who cares about bananas, people want weapon upgrades and such!!!!! Anyway, is it just me or did anyone else think that the magamoor caverns were HUGE AND CONFUSING? Lol, I wandered around that place forever. Anyway goodluck to you guys in the game, let me know where you're at. [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 17:12:01 -0500 From: DarkBastion@aol.com Subject: Re: [NG] Re: [Game Related] Metroid thoughts In a message dated 11/24/2002 8:36:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, treytable@earthlink.net writes: > > Oh, and Samus could kick Jango and/or Boba Fett's arse any day. > > > > ~Matt > > I'm sure she could. > > Boba Fett was killed by a blind man. > > I wonder, how do you (the person who is reading this) pronounce "Samus > Aran"? > > I always said it like "Sam Us - Aaron (or Air-Run)" > > But on Extended Play the host pronounced it like "Same Us - Are Ron". But > then again, he seems to have trouble pronouncing normal English words too. > > --Dave-- > Treytable@earthlink.net > http://home.earthlink.net/~treytable/index.html > "Video games are not a complete waste of time. At the very least, they teach > children excellent > marksmanship and the kind of reality-detached madness that > will let them > apply it." - Seanbaby I used to say "Say-mus," but ever since Smash Bros., I now know it is "Sah-mus." But Aaron I pronounce like the name "Aaron," as in "Air-run." The guy who did the GameSpot video review of Metroid Prime also said "Are Ron," but I think that's just regional accents coming into play. 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According to the = company, Prime continues to sell at a rate approximately 50 percent = higher than Microsoft's XBOX Live Online service package, which debuted = at the same time and for the same retail price.=20 Sales of the mature-rated Resident Evil 0 have also been solid, = according to the company. The strong reception of both games has pushed = GameCube into number-two for system sales during the month of November.=20 Nintendo said that it expects combined sales of more than 500,000 units = between Metroid Prime and Resident Evil 0 by the time the holiday = weekend comes to a close.=20 "While Nintendo retains its legacy as the destination of choice for = family gamers, we're also making substantial inroads with more mature = players," said Peter MacDougall, executive vice president, sales and = marketing, Nintendo of America. "Both of these games are selling through = at rates well beyond any game launched this year for Microsoft XBOX, = which is skewed almost exclusively at older players."=20 While comparing Metroid Prime game sales with the sell-through of a = broadband-only online gaming package is comparing apples to oranges (a = comparison to sales of Splinter Cell or Mech Assault would have been = more appropriate), the renewed enthusiasm could be the important first = step into an older gaming market for Nintendo. - IGN - --Dave-- Treytable@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~treytable/index.html "Video games are not a complete waste of time. At the very least, they = teach children excellent=20 marksmanship and the kind of reality-detached madness that will let them = apply it." - Seanbaby - ------=_NextPart_000_0070_01C296FB.8E50C190 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
November 27,=20 2002 - Nintendo of America today announced that = its=20 GameCube exclusive first-person adventure title Metroid Prime has = sold=20 through 250,000 units since its release November 18. According to the = company,=20 Prime continues to sell at a rate approximately 50 percent higher = than=20 Microsoft's XBOX Live Online service package, which debuted at the same = time and=20 for the same retail price.=20

Sales of the mature-rated Resident Evil 0 have also been = solid,=20 according to the company. The strong reception of both games has pushed = GameCube=20 into number-two for system sales during the month of November.=20

Nintendo said that it expects combined sales of more than 500,000 = units=20 between Metroid Prime and Resident Evil 0 by the time the holiday = weekend comes=20 to a close.=20

"While Nintendo retains its legacy as the destination of choice for = family=20 gamers, we're also making substantial inroads with more mature players," = said=20 Peter MacDougall, executive vice president, sales and marketing, = Nintendo of=20 America. "Both of these games are selling through at rates well beyond = any game=20 launched this year for Microsoft XBOX, which is skewed almost = exclusively at=20 older players."=20

While comparing Metroid Prime game sales with the sell-through = of a=20 broadband-only online gaming package is comparing apples to oranges (a=20 comparison to sales of Splinter Cell or Mech Assault would = have=20 been more appropriate), the renewed enthusiasm could be the important = first step=20 into an older gaming market for Nintendo. - IGN

 

--Dave--
Treytable@earthlink.net
http://home.eart= hlink.net/~treytable/index.html
"Video=20 games are not a complete waste of time. At the very least, they teach = children=20 excellent
marksmanship and the kind of reality-detached madness that = will=20 let them apply it." - Seanbaby

- ------=_NextPart_000_0070_01C296FB.8E50C190-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 16:20:52 -0600 From: "Eric C" Subject: [NG] Good news for Nintendo in Japan - - The latest Dengeki Japanese console game chart shows that Nintendo has sold over 1.3 million copies of Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire for GameBoy Advance last week. Pokemon Ruby has sold 700,000+ units, while Pokemon Sapphire has sold 672,000+ units. Capcom's Biohazard 0 has also sold 168,000+ units in Japan. - - In addition, due to the release of Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire in Japan, the sales of GameBoy Advance and GameCube has tripled over the week. Over 150,000 units of GBA were sold in the week, and over 37,000 units of GameCube were sold. The sales of PlayStation 2 remains steady, with over 38,000 units sold. Well, almost up to PS2 sales. That's damn good for Nintendo. Hope this keeps up. source: www.the-magicbox.com - -Satoshi _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 18:47:28 EST From: Jedcross2@aol.com Subject: Re: [NG] Good news for Nintendo in Japan - --part1_16c.17cc6d2d.2b195690_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 11/29/02 5:22:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, satoshi_gc@hotmail.com writes: > - In addition, due to the release of Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire in Japan, the > sales of GameBoy Advance and GameCube has tripled over the week. Over > 150,000 units of GBA were sold in the week, and over 37,000 units of > GameCube were sold. The sales of PlayStation 2 remains steady, with over > 38,000 units sold. > > Well, almost up to PS2 sales. That's damn good for Nintendo. Hope this > keeps up. > > source: www.the-magicbox.com > > -Satoshi Um is that numbers up to date or just this month? - -Jed "According to my Calculations, when this baby hits 88 Miles per hour, we're gonna see some serious shit" ~Doc Brown, Back to the Future - --part1_16c.17cc6d2d.2b195690_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 11/29/02 5:22:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, satoshi_gc@hotmail.com writes:


- In addition, due to the release of Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire in Japan, the
sales of GameBoy Advance and GameCube has tripled over the week. Over
150,000 units of GBA were sold in the week, and over 37,000 units of
GameCube were sold. The sales of PlayStation 2 remains steady, with over
38,000 units sold.

Well, almost up to PS2 sales.  That's damn good for Nintendo.  Hope this
keeps up.

source: www.the-magicbox.com

-Satoshi

Um is that numbers up to date or just this month?

-Jed


"According to my Calculations, when this baby hits 88 Miles per hour, we're gonna see some serious shit"
~Doc Brown, Back to the Future - --part1_16c.17cc6d2d.2b195690_boundary-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 03:22:07 -0600 From: "Eric C" Subject: Re: [NG] Good news for Nintendo in Japan >From: Jedcross2@aol.com >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >Subject: Re: [NG] Good news for Nintendo in Japan >Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 18:47:28 EST > >In a message dated 11/29/02 5:22:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, >satoshi_gc@hotmail.com writes: > > > > - In addition, due to the release of Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire in Japan, the > > sales of GameBoy Advance and GameCube has tripled over the week. Over > > 150,000 units of GBA were sold in the week, and over 37,000 units of > > GameCube were sold. The sales of PlayStation 2 remains steady, with over > > 38,000 units sold. > > > > Well, almost up to PS2 sales. That's damn good for Nintendo. Hope this > > keeps up. > > > > source: www.the-magicbox.com > > > > -Satoshi > > >Um is that numbers up to date or just this month? > >-Jed > That's sales over one week. - -Satoshi _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 08:37:04 -0500 From: "Pythagoras" Subject: [NG] Game Boy Player Hands-on This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C29C39.7D3290D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Game Boy Player Hands-on December 04, 2002 - Nintendo held a press conference today, mainly for = the unveiling of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Walker, but the company = also publicly demonstrated the Game Boy Player, the device that hooks up = to the GameCube to play all Game Boy titles on television. In the demonstration, Nintendo showed off some of the features, = including selectable borders that surround the game screen, since the = resolution of the Game Boy titles is far less than the resolution of = standard television. The borders ranged from gold to platinum to nothing = at all. No word on whether game developers can incorporate custom = borders in their Game Boy Advance titles, much like how Super Game Boy = compatible titles featured original borders when playing the games on = the Super NES systems. If players want to play their Game Boy games = full-screen, they have that option as well...and the Game Boy Player's = image didn't seem to suffer when stretching it to the edges of the = screen. Gamers can either play their Game Boy titles with the GBA hooked up to a = controller port on the GameCube, or they can use a GameCube controller. = Gamers can customize the buttons on the GameCube controller to whatever = they want through the device's simplistic menu system, and yes, both the = D-pad and the control stick will function in all games. One of the most interesting features is a sleep timer, much like what's = used on television systems. Parents can set the playtime on a Game Boy = Player for a set amount of time before powering down, much to the = annoyance of the kid in the middle of a game session. The odd switch on = the right side of the device is indeed an eject button, to make removing = of the cartridge a lot easier for the user. The Game Boy Player's link port can hook up to other Game Boy systems or = Game Boy Players for multiplayer gaming. Sorry folks, but the peripheral = will not feature any sort of split-screen multiplayer on one system. The unit will go on sale in Japan in March 2003, with a US release = around May. http://pocket.ign.com/articles/379/379361p1.html - --Dave-- Treytable@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~treytable/index.html "I hate this. I hate that my blood makes me crazy. I hate that I can't = function without being chemically altered." - Billy Chenowith - ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C29C39.7D3290D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Game Boy Player Hands-on
 
December 04, 2002 - Nintendo held a = press=20 conference today, mainly for the unveiling of The Legend of Zelda: The = Wind=20 Walker, but the company also publicly demonstrated the Game Boy Player, = the=20 device that hooks up to the GameCube to play all Game Boy titles on=20 television.
 
In the demonstration, Nintendo showed = off some of=20 the features, including selectable borders that surround the game = screen, since=20 the resolution of the Game Boy titles is far less than the resolution of = standard television. The borders ranged from gold to platinum to nothing = at all.=20 No word on whether game developers can incorporate custom borders in = their Game=20 Boy Advance titles, much like how Super Game Boy compatible titles = featured=20 original borders when playing the games on the Super NES systems. If = players=20 want to play their Game Boy games full-screen, they have that option as=20 well...and the Game Boy Player's image didn't seem to suffer when = stretching it=20 to the edges of the screen.
 
Gamers can either play their Game Boy = titles with=20 the GBA hooked up to a controller port on the GameCube, or they can use = a=20 GameCube controller. Gamers can customize the buttons on the GameCube = controller=20 to whatever they want through the device's simplistic menu system, and = yes, both=20 the D-pad and the control stick will function in all games.
 
One of the most interesting features is = a sleep=20 timer, much like what's used on television systems. Parents can set the = playtime=20 on a Game Boy Player for a set amount of time before powering down, much = to the=20 annoyance of the kid in the middle of a game session. The odd switch on = the=20 right side of the device is indeed an eject button, to make removing of = the=20 cartridge a lot easier for the user.
 
The Game Boy Player's link port can = hook up to=20 other Game Boy systems or Game Boy Players for multiplayer gaming. Sorry = folks,=20 but the peripheral will not feature any sort of split-screen multiplayer = on one=20 system.
 
The unit will go on sale in Japan in = March 2003,=20 with a US release around May.
 
http://pocket.i= gn.com/articles/379/379361p1.html
 
--Dave--
Treytable@earthlink.net
http://home.eart= hlink.net/~treytable/index.html
=93I=20 hate this. I hate that my blood makes me crazy. I hate that I can't = function=20 without being chemically altered.=94 =96 Billy = Chenowith
- ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C29C39.7D3290D0-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 08:38:51 -0500 From: "Pythagoras" Subject: [NG] Zelda Bonus Disc Coming to US!!! This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C29C39.BC8E3360 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From IGN Cube December 04, 2002 - Last month IGNcube reported that Japanese gamers who = pre-ordered Zelda no Densetsu: Kaze no Takuto (Legend of Zelda: The Wind = Waker, US) would receive a bonus disc containing the full N64 Legend of = Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Ura-Zelda.=20 Today American retailers stated that the bonus disc would be available = in the US, too.=20 Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker is scheduled to hit US store shelves on = March 24, 2003, but gamers who pre-order it can gain access to the two = bonus Zelda games. The first, Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time is = essentially the N64 game of the same name running in high-resolution. No = other alterations have been made. The second -- called "Ura-Zelda" in = Japan, has been dubbed Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Master Quest. = This version is nearly identical to the N64 adventure except that some = dungeons that Link manipulates have been "remixed" so that puzzles = function differently, in effect creating a slightly different version of = the game.=20 We asked Nintendo of America for official comment on whether or not the = US will be receiving the bonus games, and a company spokesperson said = that "nothing is confirmed at this time."=20 http://cube.ign.com/articles/379/379346p1.html - --Dave-- Treytable@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~treytable/index.html "I hate this. I hate that my blood makes me crazy. I hate that I can't = function without being chemically altered." - Billy Chenowith - ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C29C39.BC8E3360 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
From IGN Cube
 
December 04, 2002 - Last month IGNcube = reported=20 that Japanese gamers who pre-ordered Zelda no Densetsu: Kaze no Takuto = (Legend=20 of Zelda: The Wind Waker, US) would receive a bonus disc containing the = full N64=20 Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Ura-Zelda.
Today American = retailers=20 stated that the bonus disc would be available in the US, too.
Legend = of=20 Zelda: The Wind Waker is scheduled to hit US store shelves on March 24, = 2003,=20 but gamers who pre-order it can gain access to the two bonus Zelda = games. The=20 first, Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time is essentially the N64 game = of the=20 same name running in high-resolution. No other alterations have been = made. The=20 second -- called "Ura-Zelda" in Japan, has been dubbed Legend of Zelda: = Ocarina=20 of Time Master Quest. This version is nearly identical to the N64 = adventure=20 except that some dungeons that Link manipulates have been "remixed" so = that=20 puzzles function differently, in effect creating a slightly different = version of=20 the game.
 
We asked Nintendo of America for = official comment=20 on whether or not the US will be receiving the bonus games, and a = company=20 spokesperson said that "nothing is confirmed at this time." =
 
http://cube.ign.c= om/articles/379/379346p1.html
 
--Dave--
Treytable@earthlink.net
http://home.eart= hlink.net/~treytable/index.html
=93I=20 hate this. I hate that my blood makes me crazy. I hate that I can't = function=20 without being chemically altered.=94 =96 Billy = Chenowith
- ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C29C39.BC8E3360-- [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 12:32:32 -0800 (PST) From: Rick Sharer Subject: Re: [NG] Zelda Bonus Disc Coming to US!!! - --- Pythagoras wrote: > From IGN Cube So, concerning the new GC Zelda and the bonus disc, the retailers said YES and Nintendo said NO COMMENT... Is this right? RS __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 15:13:58 -0600 From: "Satoshi GC" Subject: Re: [NG] Zelda Bonus Disc Coming to US!!! >From: Rick Sharer >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >Subject: Re: [NG] Zelda Bonus Disc Coming to US!!! >Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 12:32:32 -0800 (PST) > > >--- Pythagoras wrote: > > From IGN Cube > >So, concerning the new GC Zelda and the bonus disc, >the retailers said YES and Nintendo said NO COMMENT... > >Is this right? > >RS > Nintendo always says something along those lines. Heck, I emailed them once with a question concerning licensing fees I'd heard about on IGN. Their response: "We appreciate your concern, yada yada yada, but this is a rumor on an unofficial website." They never want to tell anyone anything until they make their own press release. Still though, this is fantastic news. However Ura Zelda is, it'll definitely be nice to have a version of OoT on the GC. - -Satoshi _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 14:38:32 -0800 (PST) From: Rick Sharer Subject: Re: [NG] Zelda Bonus Disc Coming to US!!! - --- Satoshi GC wrote: > Still though, this is fantastic news. However Ura > Zelda is, it'll > definitely be nice to have a version of OoT on the > GC. Yes yes yes. RS __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 16:54:03 -0600 From: "Chris Avery" Subject: Re: [NG] Zelda Bonus Disc Coming to US!!! - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Sharer" To: Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [NG] Zelda Bonus Disc Coming to US!!! > > --- Satoshi GC wrote: > > > Still though, this is fantastic news. However Ura > > Zelda is, it'll > > definitely be nice to have a version of OoT on the > > GC. > > Yes yes yes. > I would like to have Majora's Mask on GameCube. I never got it for N64. Oh well. - -- Chris Avery averyc@io.com http://www.n-games.com/index.shtml [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 16:04:53 -0800 From: "Dexter S." Subject: Re: [NG] Zelda Bonus Disc Coming to US!!! > I would like to have Majora's Mask on GameCube. I never got it for N64. Oh > well. > -- A Ura Zelda OOT alone could go for $20 easy and people would buy it. I have no complaints. I'm getting the new Zelda regardless. Getting a bonus disc of Oot and Ura Zelda is a great benefit no matter how you cut it. Dexter [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 00:37:40 -0600 From: "Satoshi GC" Subject: Re: [NG] Zelda Bonus Disc Coming to US!!! >From: "Chris Avery" >Reply-To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com >To: >Subject: Re: [NG] Zelda Bonus Disc Coming to US!!! >Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 16:54:03 -0600 > > >I would like to have Majora's Mask on GameCube. I never got it for N64. >Oh >well. >-- >Chris Avery > Well, do you still have your N64? If so, it's not too late. - -Satoshi _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail [ To quit the NGamers mailing list, send the message "unsubscribe ] [ NGamers" (without the quotes) to majordomo@xmission.com ] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 07:30:24 -0500 From: "Pythagoras" Subject: Re: [NG] Zelda Bonus Disc Coming to US!!! This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01C29CF9.571D8F60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Rick Sharer=20 To: NGamers@lists.xmission.com=20 Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [NG] Zelda Bonus Disc Coming to US!!! --- Pythagoras wrote: > From IGN Cube So, concerning the new GC Zelda and the bonus disc, the retailers said YES and Nintendo said NO COMMENT... Is this right? RS - -------------------------------------------------------------------------= - ----- Sounds right. No comment from Nintendo usually points to "yes". They = just don't say anything so you will still buy Animal Crossing and = Metroid Prime, you know how that goes. - --Dave-- Treytable@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~treytable/index.html see you space cowboy... - ------=_NextPart_000_002C_01C29CF9.571D8F60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Rick = Sharer=20
Sent: Thursday, December 05, = 2002 3:32=20 PM
Subject: Re: [NG] Zelda Bonus = Disc Coming=20 to US!!!


--- Pythagoras <treytable@earthlink.net>=20 wrote:
> From IGN Cube

So, concerning the new GC Zelda = and the=20 bonus disc,
the retailers said YES and Nintendo said NO=20 COMMENT...

Is this right?

RS
 
Sounds right. No comment from Nintendo = usually=20 points to "yes". They just don't say anything so you will still buy = Animal=20 Crossing and Metroid Prime, you know how that goes.
 
--Dave--
Treytable@earthlink.net
http://home.eart= hlink.net/~treytable/index.html
see=20 you space cowboy...
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