Super Smash Bros. Melee Comments by Tom Bramwell
Review - Nintendo's cutesy fighter is a darn sight more relevant than you'd think
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deepmenace
23/05/02 @ 08:58
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ack....godamnit.
Do i get playstation chipped or buy a gamecube ?!?!?!? games like this make such a choice difficult. Will ps2 EVER have party games to rival the gamecube? |
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terminalterror
23/05/02 @ 09:02
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I really hate traditional fighters (tekken etc.) but SSB on the N64 is my favourite game. If you are in any doubt over this game, try it first, but its very hard not to love it (unless you absolutely suck)
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terminalterror
23/05/02 @ 09:18
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Alternatively you could go to your local independant games retailer (Vision Games in my case) who charge £34.99 for all gamecube games (including Rogue leader that everyone else charges £44.99 for some reason)
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fernandoweb
23/05/02 @ 09:18
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I love the game, but interestingly in the Guardian review of it this morning (which gave it four stars out of five), it said that it suffered the same muddy textures as Luigi's Mansion, "textures obviously being a problem for the console." I've never seen anything else about this before - does GC have a poor texture memory? Dreamcast still does by far the most stunning textures imho - sorry, this is beginning to sound boring.
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fernandoweb
23/05/02 @ 09:50
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Yup, I know, but the Guardian's won awards in the past because it's the only national newspaper with decent games reviews by people who also write for the actual dedicated gaming press - people like Steven Poole and Nick Gillet. They're normally pretty good.
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I love the game, but interestingly in the Guardian review of it this morning (which gave it four stars out of five), it said that it suffered the same muddy textures as Luigi's Mansion, "textures obviously being a problem for the console." I've never seen anything else about this before - does GC have a poor texture memory? Dreamcast still does by far the most stunning textures imho - sorry, this is beginning to sound boring.
That's interesting, all the articles I've read point to Flipper as being an extremely competent texturing unit. Perhaps it's a texture compression problem? |
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Oh common this is pure GCfanboyism.
I can understand that GC owners are a bit pissed off since the line-up is a bit slow at the moment. But honestly 10/10 would mean this is the best game ever. Sure I'll bet it's a lot of fun when you're drunk. But grown men trying to hit eachothers with caracters like pikatchu and yoshi and stuff is basicly not right at all. IMHO |
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terminalterror
23/05/02 @ 11:11
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Well Wave race and Luigis Mansion both didn't, so its very likely that SSB:M doesn't have 60Hz mode.
Did someone forget to tell whoever converts Nintendo games for Europe that PAL gamecubes have 60Hz? |
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like i said earlier, i read an interview with somebody from Nintendo Europe saying that while the initial release titles were only PAL optimized, starting from SSBM all future nintendo inhouse titles will feature a 60hz option as standard.
probably the same way nintendo service centre said i dont have to pay a thing to get my gamecube repaired.. only to then go on and say you have to pay for postage and packaging yourself... huh? |
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Pirotic , when my xbox broke down, quite the same problem as you have with you GC, black screen , dvd spinning like hell, I went back to the shop and got a refund.
With that money I bought a new xbox in the same shop, wich still gave two free games when you buy an xbox. Since I only returned my busted xbox I got 4 games out of that deal. Now I am going to receive two more free games directly from M$ and a controller. But since I've got two puchasing tickets ( I did theoreticaly buy two xboxen ) I'm going to send that one also. 8 games and three contollers in total, now that's costumer service.
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Crikey - that's a bit of a different review from the usual 'fun when you're drunk but ultimately shallow' review opinions I see. Not that it isn't worth getting just for the characters alone, but I find it hard to believe it can be that deep from unlocking extras only, what with the actual play seeming so simple.
It looks like I might be pleasantly surprised when I actually get around to picking up a Gamecube. |
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Pirotic: No need to use Nintendo for repairs. It's the shop's fault for selling you faulty goods, so they're legally bound to replace or repair (usually up to a year after purchase, except for perishables). The only time you need to use the manufacturer is if they give you a longer warranty period, or if it needs to be repair, not replace (like repairing a DC so it keeps the same machine identifier for PSO).
Disclaimer: That's the UK situation as I understand it, and I am most definitely not a lawyer!
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Bad Ambassador
23/05/02 @ 12:18
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Not sure if this has been mentioned already, but the PAL version *does* have a 60Hz mode. I hold it in my hands right now, and I've seen it first hand. It asks you when you boot up if you want to display it in 60Hz or not.
EDIT: Oh, and you don't have to hold down 'B' to get it either.
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BartonFink
23/05/02 @ 12:30
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So when are $ony going to cop on and give us proper PAL conversions??
M$ can do it and Nint€ndo can do it why not $ony?? |
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