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Countdown to Mario Kart! - Dark Jaguar - 4th November 2003 I think they just wanted the image to be taller. Countdown to Mario Kart! - OB1 - 4th November 2003 ![]() Um, DJ? That wouldn't make the image taller. It would make the image thinner. We're talking about making the game fit the size of a widescreen TV, not a regular 4:3 one. Without the 16:9 enhancement the image will not fit the entire screen. Countdown to Mario Kart! - A Black Falcon - 4th November 2003 And they know that very few people have widescreen TVs... and Nintendo doesn't care much about the minority, just doing what "the most people would like". And yes, those statements just don't make any sense... I hope its mostly because of translation issues, but I doubt we're that lucky... :( Those "anti-online" reasons are clearly absurd. There were some other strange statements too... but those are the weirdest, for sure. And as DJ said, Nintendo Japan also clearly has no conception of the idea that western audiences think cartoonish stuff is just for kids... they make cartoonish games and call them "for all ages" because in Japan that's perfectly accepted. When will they figure out that its not like that over here, unfortunately? Countdown to Mario Kart! - OB1 - 4th November 2003 Widescreen tvs are in the minority of course, but most games nowadays offer 16:9 support for the growing number of people that are getting such tvs. Nintendo's reasoning for not offering it is absolutely insane. Sega did it with F-Zero, but then again they actually care about these things while Nintendon't. :p Countdown to Mario Kart! - Great Rumbler - 4th November 2003 Hahaha...haha...ha...I don't get it. Countdown to Mario Kart! - OB1 - 4th November 2003 What don't you get? ![]() Countdown to Mario Kart! - A Black Falcon - 4th November 2003 You don't get it?? Go back to 1990 and look up Sega's ad campaign for the Genesis! I thought the joke was pretty funny, OB1... and you're right. :D Countdown to Mario Kart! - Great Rumbler - 4th November 2003 Quote:You don't get it?? ![]() Countdown to Mario Kart! - Dark Jaguar - 4th November 2003 ![]() :D, now now OB1, sense of humor, remember? ![]() ![]() Countdown to Mario Kart! - OB1 - 4th November 2003 Haha, thank you, ABF. I thought that slogan was perfect. :) And what are you referring to, DJ? Countdown to Mario Kart! - A Black Falcon - 4th November 2003 It is perfect. :) And I really don't know what DJ and GR are going on about... Countdown to Mario Kart! - Dark Jaguar - 5th November 2003 I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I can I think I can <font size="20">I THINK I CAN!</font> Countdown to Mario Kart! - OB1 - 5th November 2003 ![]() Countdown to Mario Kart! - OB1 - 11th November 2003 Uh, this is strange. So far Mario Kart DD has been getting some really great reviews as you can see here (an average score of 94% so far), but IGN gave it just a 7.9. Here's what Franny-Fran had to say about it: Quote:Fellow GameCube and Mario Kart fans, I know what you're thinking. That we've taken too harsh a look at this beloved franchise, which has always been about good, simple fun. But Nintendo itself has said it is a company that innovates and is a company that does not want to deliver cookie-cutter sequels. Unfortunately, that's just what Double Dash!! is. It's good, clean multiplayer fun but it doesn't progress far beyond the N64 version other than in the visual department. Wow. That's the complete opposite of what everyone else has been saying about the game. I sincerely hope that this is just a case of IGN having lost their minds. Countdown to Mario Kart! - Sacred Jellybean - 12th November 2003 That's quite disheartening to read... :( I'd consider renting this game before buying it, but then I remember that the Blockbuster and Hollywood Video rental prices rape customers up the ass. Hmm. Countdown to Mario Kart! - Dark Jaguar - 12th November 2003 ??? What rental prices are you getting? I remember game rental prices being HIGHER in the past compaired to now, and I'm talking Blockbuster here. Plus, they used to rent for a lot less time. Rental stores have ONLY improved over the years. It's one of the only things that HAS only improved. Are rental store's prices fluctuating region by region? Anyway, I played a store demo of Mario Kart DD. I LOVED it myself, and that's all that matters to me (well, that and my friends also enjoying it enough to play with me :D). Countdown to Mario Kart! - Sacred Jellybean - 12th November 2003 You mean you used to pay <i>more</i> than $5.99 for one rental?? Where the hell were you renting them from, the leprositic bum on the corner of 34th and Main? He's the one you're supposed to <i>avoid</i>, silly. :love: Countdown to Mario Kart! - Dark Jaguar - 12th November 2003 They used to be $7 back in "the day" for games, and $5 for videos. Now everything's $5, and by that I mean $4.99, not $5.99. Guess it DOES vary from region to region... Huh, thought only gasoline did that.... Countdown to Mario Kart! - The Former DMiller - 12th November 2003 Fran's review talked a lot about what wasn't in the game. That's not a good way to go when writing a review, in my opinion. He dwelled way too much on what he would have liked to see in the game and not on what was actually in the game. Did anyone really care about unlocking the skins in SSBM? The only thing I cared about unlocking in that game was the new characters and levels. Countdown to Mario Kart! - A Black Falcon - 12th November 2003 But if more features should be expected and they aren't there why not complain? Though, it does sound like he went too far... especially given how every other review is so good... Countdown to Mario Kart! - OB1 - 12th November 2003 He kept on complaining about the lack of depth in the game and how it should be more like SSX3, which I thought was insane. Did anyone complain about F-Zero's lack of depth? And SSX is a snowboarding game! There's supposed to be depth in the whole tricks system! Countdown to Mario Kart! - A Black Falcon - 12th November 2003 Uh, that does sound dumb... SSX? SSX isn't even really a racing game, its a stunt game like Tony Hawk that's on a mountain... Countdown to Mario Kart! - OB1 - 12th November 2003 Yeah. Countdown to Mario Kart! - Great Rumbler - 12th November 2003 Fran's just crazy. *buys two copies of Double Dash* Countdown to Mario Kart! - Dark Jaguar - 12th November 2003 We must drag Fran out of his Fran-Dome and do that thing they did in Clockwork Orange to him. Countdown to Mario Kart! - Great Rumbler - 12th November 2003 Fran must be...re-conditioned!! *pulls out re-conditionererizer...califat* Countdown to Mario Kart! - The Former DMiller - 12th November 2003 I think we need Lazy to talk to Fran. That will certainly recondition him. Countdown to Mario Kart! - A Black Falcon - 12th November 2003 That might work... Fran just hasn't been the same since getting all powerful at IGN and stuff... Countdown to Mario Kart! - EdenMaster - 13th November 2003 It's-a so friggin close I'm inexplicibly starting to speak-a with an Italian accent-a! Countdown to Mario Kart! - Great Rumbler - 13th November 2003 It's only a few more days! *explodes with excitement* Countdown to Mario Kart! - OB1 - 13th November 2003 *obies with excitement* Countdown to Mario Kart! - Great Rumbler - 13th November 2003 ![]() Countdown to Mario Kart! - EdenMaster - 13th November 2003 I cannot-a wait-a! I must-a play the Mario Kart! Countdown to Mario Kart! - EdenMaster - 15th November 2003 GameStop gets the game in on Monday! ![]() ![]() New Mario Kart Smilies to commemorate the games (almost) release. Lets-a go! Countdown to Mario Kart! - Great Rumbler - 15th November 2003 Quote:"You are now the proud recipient of my supreme and eternal hatred. May you use it in poor health and die soon...you schmuck." :D Countdown to Mario Kart! - EdenMaster - 16th November 2003 Quote:Originally posted by Great Rumbler :D Countdown to Mario Kart! - Great Rumbler - 16th November 2003 Wooo! Old party! Countdown to Mario Kart! - EdenMaster - 17th November 2003 Argh!!!! GameStop said that they won't get the game in until <b>8:30</b> tonight! I'm still going up after work at 6 to see if maybe they got it in early... ![]() Countdown to Mario Kart! - Great Rumbler - 17th November 2003 I'm getting it sometime this week, not sure when exactly. Countdown to Mario Kart! - OB1 - 17th November 2003 My local gamestop won't have it until tomorrow. :( Countdown to Mario Kart! - The Former DMiller - 17th November 2003 My EB won't get Mario Kart in until tomorrow! Same with Mario and Luigi! Why do I have to live in a college town in the middle of nowhere?! Countdown to Mario Kart! - EdenMaster - 17th November 2003 Hmm...perhaps there must have really been some shipping problem if they're delayed till tomorrow all over the place. Countdown to Mario Kart! - Dark Jaguar - 17th November 2003 Even I can't get it until tomorrow! What happened? Countdown to Mario Kart! - EdenMaster - 17th November 2003 Oh well. I (quite literally) dusted off my N64 and played some MK64 for the better part of an hour. I love the cinema that plays during the credits :). Tomorrow... Countdown to Mario Kart! - Laser Link - 17th November 2003 Silly, silly people. You should know that Nintendo always gives the shipping date. My Babbages will be getting it in tomorrow also. And I should also mention (not that anyone cares) that the new <a href="http://www.skillet.org">Skillet</a> cd is coming out tomorrow as well. I'm not even a big Skillet fan, but the first song off this cd, Savior, is so freaking good that I have to buy it. Countdown to Mario Kart! - Dark Jaguar - 17th November 2003 For me, it's always been IN on the shipping date (although late in the day). It's odd that it isn't for me anyway. Countdown to Mario Kart! - A Black Falcon - 17th November 2003 I've never bought a game on day one before... and not all that many within a week either, as far as I know. Countdown to Mario Kart! - The Former DMiller - 17th November 2003 Quote:Originally posted by Laser Link I like not having to buy CDs to get a single song anymore. :P Countdown to Mario Kart! - The Former DMiller - 18th November 2003 NOOOO! FedEx screwed up and Nintendo's shipments all across Illinois will be late today! I thought EB was bsing me at first, but I called the EB up by my house near Chicago and they told me the same thing! Oh the humanity! Countdown to Mario Kart! - Laser Link - 18th November 2003 Quote:I like not having to buy CDs to get a single song anymore. :P That is nice, but I don't think iTunes or Napster have Skillet. I know Napster doesn't; the only Skillet they have is some southern folk band. Besides, I've heard a few other song clips from this cd that I've liked and the reviews are all great, so I figured I'd go for it. Of course, this once again brings up the eternal question: Do I listen to the new cd whle I play Mario Kart or listen to the Mario Kart music? |