Does anyone know if Gamecube version will include a full port of Zelda: Lttp ?
Also, speaking of the 4 player version, is that game completely new with new maps and labryinths ? Or is it just a rehash of Zelda 3's labryinths for 4 players ?
If you want, include all sorst of werebeasts, and all manner of vampire. Anyway, which one would win in a fight?
Vampires - They seek an enlightenment only obtainable by embracing darkness. Also, they drink blood. They hate humans because they reject their darkness.
Werewolves - They seek a return to nature and embrace the natural order of things. Also, they just plain eat people. They hate humans because humans are an afront to nature.
They hate each other because they are direct opposites in their whole viewpoint on things.
I like werewolves, because they tend to gather in rich hunting clubs in germany discussing the hunt. Vampires just gather in slums in large cities to talk about evil.
Anime discussion might not be a huge thing at TC, but I thought "Hey! Let's have an anime forum anyway!" so barring Weltall deleting the forum because no one posts in it an anime forum we shall have!!
Quote:Al-Qaeda says Canada deserves bombing
Jihad spokesman says Canadians were mean to Khadrs
Stewart Bell
National Post
Saturday, May 15, 2004
ISLAMABAD - The Al-Qaeda terror network views Canada as a legitimate target because it is a "selfish" nation committing "terrorism" against Muslims around the world, an unofficial spokesman for jihadists waging holy war against the West said Friday.
Khalid Khawaja, a friend of Osama bin Laden's who calls the Saudi terrorist and his followers "the most wonderful people of the world," told the National Post that Canadians should not be surprised if suicide bombers want to strike their country.
"It is very simple," he said. "As Bush says, either you are a friend or you are an enemy. So if you are not my friend, you are our enemy. So it is very simple. When you are supporting the enemy [the United States] then you are a target."
He also said Canada was hated because of its military presence in Afghanistan and its treatment of the Khadr family, notably Abdul Karim, the teen who set off a public outcry when he returned to Toronto for medical treatment after he was wounded in a shootout in Pakistan that left his al-Qaeda father dead.
"Look at these Canadians. They have millions and millions of dollars to fight against Muslims, to send their troops, to send their weapons, and all of them put together, they have objections to giving treatment to this 14 year-old-boy who has been a victim of your terrorism."
Bin Laden first publicly encouraged attacks against Canada in a statement broadcast on Nov. 12, 2002. In March, 2004, an al-Qaeda manual posted on the Internet ranked Canadians as the fifth most important targets.
But al-Qaeda and its ideological theorists have provided little explanation as to why. Canada did not send troops to Iraq, its foreign policy is not particularly pro-Israel and Ottawa has not been overly aggressive in fighting terror.
A top Canadian terrorism expert said Mr. Khawaja's comments were typical of the way al-Qaeda followers view the world, as divided between two conflicting religious and cultural camps: Dar ul-Islam, the perfect Muslim world, and Dar ul-Harb, the immoral rest of the world.
"Canada, as a secular democratic society, is by definition assigned to Dar ul-Harb. From the perspective of al-Qaeda and associated Islamic militants, it is incumbent upon Muslims to wage a jihad, a holy war, against Dar ul-Harb in order to destroy its perceived evils and transform those societies into Dar ul-Islam," said Professor Martin Rudner.
"According to this doctrine, Canada is a religiously sanctioned target for terrorism, suicide bombing and political violence," said Prof. Rudner, Director of the Canadian Centre of Intelligence and Security Studies at Carleton University's Norman Paterson School of International Affairs.
A Canadian intelligence report written shortly after bin Laden first urged attacks against Canada said the country was singled out "in view of its support of the U.S." The more recent al-Qaeda manual explains only that Canada is a "Christian" country.
According to a translation of an article written by Abu Ayman al-Hilali, a senior al-Qaeda leader and ideologist, the United States, Britain, France, Italy, Canada, Germany, and Australia are "enemies" and attacks against their civilians are justified. Since Western governments are engaged in a war against Islam, he argued, the civilian voters who elect those governments cannot be considered non-combatants and are legitimate targets for terrorists.
In an interview in Islamabad yesterday, Mr. Khawaja, who fought with bin Laden in Afghanistan and openly admits he supports jihad activities, provided a rare explanation of why terrorists wish to bring violence to Canada.
Suicide bombers are simply fighting back against the Western assault on their faith and Canadians should just learn to "take it," he said.
"Today you have the power in your hand. The other day the suicide bomber also has power. So you use your cruise missiles and atom bombs and all that, so he uses his power. So why do you cry at that time? When you say we are fighting a war against you, so better take it then.
"They are also fighting a war against you. They are fighting their way, you are fighting your way. So let's be happy. But only thing is, your faces are pulled down, you are scared, sitting in America and Canada. You are scared of a man sitting in the cave."
"We are not scared of you."
He described life as a "cage" and a "prison" from which he hoped to escape. "We love it like we want to live in a toilet, and we just want to get out of it." And the best way to leave life is in jihad, he said. "So how can you fight with us?"
Mr. Khawaja would not say when he last spoke with bin Laden but his recent activities include helping the families of al-Qaeda members killed in a 1998 U.S. cruise missile strike on a terror training camp in Afghanistan, and helping the Khadr family of Ontario.
The return of Mrs. Khadr and her youngest son Abdul Karim to Canada, and the broadcast of comments in which the mother and her daughter praised suicide bombings, outraged many Canadians. Thousands signed a petition calling for the deportation of the family.
"You have paralyzed [Abdul Karim], your system has paralyzed him -- although of course he's been paralyzed by Pakistan Army, but it was under order of this coalition. To me I call them governments of terrorists, the coalition of terrorists.
"So you paralyzed this boy with no thought, you paralyzed his father with no thought, now the whole Canadian nation put together, they are bothered about taxpayers' money, that this boy should not be treated with this money.
"You have all the money to kill the people, you have all the billions of dollars to make the people slaves, you have billions of dollars to torture the people, you have billions of dollars to put up in the media to create false enemies and you have no money to give treatment to one of your victims. So what treatment do you deserve?
"Your civilization is selfish and self-centred. Just you want to live and enjoy yourselves and that is all, you don't give."
He said terrorist attacks would end only when the West stopped trying to dominate the Muslim world.
You know, I've always hated this guy, but this recent GA interview makes him look like an even bigger asshole than he was before, and most importantly an extremely immature, cry-baby asshole.
Quote:On the morning of the first day of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, Gaming Age had an unexpected opportunity to conduct a short interview with Tecmo’s Tomonobu Itagaki, the lead designer of the Dead or Alive series and the recently released Ninja Gaiden.
It was soon discovered that Mr. Itagaki is a personal reader of Gaming Age; he immediately brought up the issue of the critical review of Ninja Gaiden run on the site several months back before a single question was asked. At this point, I realized this was not going to be like any other interview I’d ever been apart of. How often does a Japanese developer who doesn’t take criticism well personally chastise you?
The following is a mostly complete transcript (some of the introduction is missing due to a malfunctioning tape recorder) of the conversation between Patrick Klepek (me), John Inada (Tecmo’s General Manager, Sales & Marketing Director and translator for Mr. Itagaki) and Tomonobu Itagaki.
John Inada: [In reference to Gaming Age’s critical review of Ninja Gaiden] You know, we don’t care. Honest review, that’s fine. But it seemed like a gimmick to me to try and get people’s attention.
Patrick Klepek: Well, no, it definitely wasn’t that. It was just a totally different opinion and as you can probably see, most people are pretty much on the other side of the spectrum.
Inada: (laughs)
Patrick: It was really just one guy who was the odd man out. We would never do that to try and attract attention or try to cash-in.
Inada: (translates for Mr. Itagaki)
Inada: Well, let’s talk about DoA: U. Just fire away.
Patrick: Basically, this isn’t quite Dead or Alive 4, but you’re bringing it up to speed past Dead or Alive 3?
Tomonobu Itagaki: DoA 4 is going to be on the next Xbox; the next generation consoles. Have you played Dead or Alive 3?
Patrick: Yes, I have.
Itagaki: It’s going to be a completely different game on a different system.
Patrick: Are you incorporating the move sets from Dead or Alive 3 into DoA: U or just the move sets from Dead or Alive 2 and 1?
Itagaki: Two.
Patrick: Just two?
Itagaki: Yes. DoA: Ultimate has [sic] some new system as you’ve seen.
Patrick: What are you most proud about with DoA: Ultimate?
Itagaki: There’s no area in the game that I’m not proud of. I am proud of everything. You know, every component, every element of this game. There’s no one thing that I’m proud of. I’m proud of the whole thing.
Patrick: Have you had many problems brining the game online?
Itagaki: So far, we haven’t really had any problems. What we do is always perfect in our mind that we’re not gonna have any problems like that. We haven’t had any issues so far.
Patrick: You had said there would be new storyline elements to Dead or Alive: Ultimate? Can you elaborate on what those will be?
Itagaki: Of course, there’s going to be new story, but I want people to buy the game when it comes out to find out for themselves for the first time. So, I’m not going to reveal any of the story, because that’s why you’re getting that.
Patrick: Similar to Ninja Gaiden, do you plan to incorporate online tournaments and downloadable content?
Itagaki: So, technically, of course, we’re capable of doing many of those things. It’s up to our fans, and if I hear in a voice, if I sense that someone wants certain things, we [will] try to respond to that.
Patrick: This is not related to Code Cronos? That’s another project you have in development, right?
Itagaki: Of course it’s not.
Patrick: Do you have any idea when you might be announcing it, or is it far off?
Itagaki: I hold many secrets, and that’s one of the biggest secrets.
Patrick: With Namco’s Nina game, taking one of their fighting game characters and bringing it into another genre, is that something you’d be interested in doing in the future with one of your Dead or Alive games?
Itagaki: Well, you know, of course, DoA Xtreme Beach Volleyball is a good example of that, We basically took the characters to a different genre of game. But, of course, we’re very careful and conservative and we know what we’re doing, but if someone else were to try and do something like that, taking a character from a fighting game and taking to a different genre, I don’t think they can do a very good job at that.
Patrick: Do you mind if I ask a couple of Ninja Gaiden related questions?
Inada: Sure, go ahead.
Patrick: You mentioned you wanted to incorporate player response into upgrades for the Master Ninja Tournament, and wondered if you could go into some of the differences in the game that people will be downloading.
Inada: He [Itagaki] wants you to quote him accurately and exactly how he said, but he says that no matter what you write about Ninja Gaiden, he doesn't [sic] think your readers would trust what you say about Ninja Gaiden.
Patrick: You know, I can’t really tell you anything except that it was one guy’s opinion and that we strive to [express that opinion] – if someone has an opinion, to express it. And unfortunately with Ninja Gaiden, it wasn’t quite the one that maybe you were looking for, but unfortunately we have to maintain a certain standard or else we’d be doing a disservice to our readers. But it was never meant as an offense, it was simply his critique and he simply found a lot of problems with the camera that seemed to take it down for him. But as you’ve seen, a lot of the gamers didn’t have that problem, so, in the end, it almost doesn’t matter, but we strive to do what we can to be loyal to the games we’re trying to have our readers have information about, but there’s unfortunately not much I can do.
At this point, Mr. Itagaki's presence was requested at Tecmo's main stage, Patrick's explanation wasn't fully translated and our interview came to a close.
Good grief, so just because they didn't give NG a shining review he resorts to pety insults and extremely rude behavior?
Quote:Nintendo's Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Reginald Fils-Aime, has been a hot topic among Nintendo fans this week following his presence at Nintendo's press conference and the now semi-famous opening line above. So hot a topic is Fils-Amie that the upcoming Revolution from Nintendo has been nicknamed the Reggie-lution, with even IGN Cube having a news story about Fils-Aime. You can read Nintendo's bio for Fils-Aime below.
<small>Reggie Fils-Aime
Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Nintendo of America Inc.
Redmond, Washington
Reggie Fils-Aime (pronounced FEES-oe-MEY) joined Nintendo of America Inc. in December 2003. Fils-Aime is responsible for all sales and marketing activities for Nintendo in the United States, Canada and Latin America. Nintendo products include Nintendo GameCube™, Game Boy® Advance and Nintendo DS, as well as software and peripherals.
Prior to joining the company, Fils-Aime most recently was senior vice president of marketing at VH1, part of the MTV networks.
A graduate of Cornell University, Fils-Aime began his career at Procter & Gamble, and later became senior vice president for Panda Management Co., the world's leading Chinese food-service company. He also served as senior director for national marketing at Pizza Hut, where he launched the Bigfoot Pizza.
As U.S. marketing chief for Guinness Import Co., Fils-Aime oversaw all brands, including Guinness stout, Bass ale, Harp lager and Pilsner Urquell, as well as managing brand relationships with third-party owners in the United Kingdom, Jamaica and the Czech Republic. As chief marketing officer for Derby Cycle Corp., he not only directed worldwide sales and marketing for eight separate brands, including Raleigh, Diamondback and Univega, but also was acting managing director of the company's United Kingdom operations.
During his tenure at VH1, Fils-Aime engineered the channel's redirection to young viewers that resulted in an overall 30 percent rating growth, and he created and executed the marketing plans for The Concert for New York City, which raised more than $35 million for disaster relief in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Fils-Aime's professional awards include a Clio, two Gold EFFIEs, an AICP award for advertising excellence and a Silver Edison from the American Marketing Institute. He also was named to the "Marketing 100" by Advertising Age in 1998.
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