Crazy parody anime... all anime fans must watch this now. :) Magical Shopping District Abenobashi (Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai) tries, but doesn't manage to be half as good as this (though I enjoyed that show, it's clearly inferior by a good margin)...
I just watched the whole series... in a week... I'd rather have broken it up some, but I had to if I wanted to watch it before school starts, since I was renting it... great series. This is another anime that makes me wish animes went multiple seasons more often, though... I like stories that continue, and it's always sad to see things end, especially when, like this one, there is so little structure that it'd be easy to make it a lot longer... :(
Great show, though. Very well done... the "short stories with a cast of set characters" formula works very well. This show doesn't have much in the way of character development... it makes it feel more like a comic strip, where everything always stays the same (even though in this case time does pass, but the characters' looks don't change to reflect that). Which is also fine. :) It's just a great show... simple and easily understandable, but lots of fun to watch. Certainly one of the better animes out there... far better than Record of Lodoss War and Martian Sucessor Nadesico, of which I watched some episodes recently (though I also rented disk 1 of Inuyasha (eps 1-9) and liked it just as much as I like it on Cartoon Network... (and I like it on CN)).
If I had a complaint, though, I guess it'd be 'why have a 7th character (Kaorin; not counting the teachers) when you barely use her'... oh well. Oh yeah, and the ending is appropriately sad-yet-happy... but I was kind of wishing for the final episode to do something totally weird, like the crazy final episode of Excel Saga... :D ... okay, maybe not like THAT... it was just an example, okay? :)
Here's truly one of the best games ever made, and yet I for one give it far too little credit. So many great, vast levels...
my favorite levels were Dire, Dire Docks (they really are so dire!), the giant Clock one, Hazy Maze Cave, Big Boo's Haunt, and... three or four of the latter-most ones... but God help me, I've forgotten what they were called.
I never like Shifting Sand Land or the lava world.
By using the screen warp glitch I was able to get all the weapons/items from all 8 dungeons with only 3 hearts (and zero instruments). I am currently unable to beat the game because to get into the egg you have to have the instruments, and I haven't found a way to warp into the egg yet. (I am sure it's possible because if you screen warp while in a cave, you find out that all the underground areas are connected, and if you swim from the fishing pond, you get to see LOTS of different cave screens in no apparent order. All I have to do is find the right way to warp into it.)
Anybody else acheived all the items in Link's Awakening with only 3 hearts?
Easily best game ever made. Now, I'm sure that I must have done a similar thread to this before, but what the hey, twice around we go!
Favorite Dungeon: Very hard--they're all so good--but probably the Forest Temple.
Least-Favorite Dungeon: Water Temple.
Favorite Theme: Boss music.
Favorite Boss: Bongo-Bongo!
Least-Favorite Boss: Mirror Link... or Ganondorf.
Favorite Site: Hyrule Castle Town... I love hanging out there during night time.
Best Character: Me.
Favorite Memory: The first time playing it (out of 8 times), right after you beat the Dodongo's Cavern, and I appear with a few other Gorons, and give the player a big, warm Goron hug... haha, I'm swell.
Quote:Why wait so long to release a new installment of Mario? The wait is frustrating players everywhere...
Mario is and always has been a concept title from his birth. We are always looking for new ways of playing with him, manipulating him, to create something new and unique. We're in the midst of preparing something special for his future, something never before seen. You'll understand when you see it that we can't quite release it right away. The new Mario game will surprise many people. Give us the benefit of the doubt. I think we'll present you with a new way to have fun. There's even a new character by his side.
Mario 128 will be released for Revolution then?
Yes, of course! It's no surprise, but of course we will rename it, obviously. That won't be the only surprise of next year though. We based the Revolution around this new type of game. Mario 128 played a large role in the Revolution's conception, much like Mario 64 in it's time. But we won't just be focusing on Mario. We're working on some very impressive games which push interactivity to the max. Games of a new era.
The new Zelda, it's not really good news that...
Please allow me to interrupt you by saying that you will have to be patient, really. This will be, without a doubt, the last Zelda game as you know it in its present form. I worked on it personally, moreso than Wind Waker! I haven't invested as much into any game as I have this one. Our goal was to make the best Zelda game ever. The most rich/satisfying and melancholy. We've really improved it in just a few months. Everything's coming together much quicker. We may have some last minute ideas...
You're going to move it to Revolution?
No, it is a Gamecube title.
In any case, you want to preserve the air of mystery around Nintendo?
We will be revealing many details soon. It's true, we do like surprises (laughs). While our gamers are sleeping, we're busy thinking up new ideas. But while they're playing - we're playing as well.
New preview. It's looking great... this and Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance are clearly the big holiday titles (Mario Golf and Mario DDR... eh...), and both look like they'll be pretty good games that are definitely worth getting... sure, it doesn't make up for the lack of Zelda, but it's not like we've got nothing good coming this holiday season. :)
Batallion Wars: Great cartoony graphics that capture the spirit of the AW games quite well... and the action/strategy gameplay looks pretty cool too.
Fire Emblem GC: Mediocre graphics that do not live up to the GBA graphics... I wish they'd either gone 2d or made them look a lot better. Both in qualityy and, more important, in style... the gameplay shine through obviously, but still, it's somewhat dissapointing. Still a must-buy though...
