HammerGalladeBro

HammerGalladeBro

A goon that's gaming since 1996

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Re: Xbox 360, PS3 And Nintendo Wii U Are "Officially Retro", Says GameStop

HammerGalladeBro

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

retro (adjective)
relating to, reviving, or being the styles and especially the fashions of the past : fashionably nostalgic or old-fashioned

The highlighted parts are what retro means to me, but only when these conditions are true.

1. 15 years have passed since it came out.

2. Doesn't get active first-party support.

3. All (or almost all) online services, if any, are officially defunct.

4. Getting second-hand games gets increasingly hard on a local basis.

Re: They Buried My Beloved CeX

HammerGalladeBro

Surprisingly there was a CeX in my city, a city in the middle of nowhere in notheastern Mexico, one of the least likely places to have a CeX.
Sadly, it closed during the pandemic. It had a decent selection compared to what you can find locally.
Unfortunately, it was so far away I had to go with about 1-2 hours of extra time just to get there and be back not too late. I used to work from 4-7pm on Fridays, which was the day I went there.

I'll forever regret not getting Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes at 600 MXN (about $30 back in 2018) and Mario & Sonic Rio 2016 Wii U for the same price when I could.

Re: "I Can Safely Say It's B**locks" - Ex-Rare Devs Debunk Killer Instinct 'Panel De Pon' Rumour

HammerGalladeBro

@Spider-Kev The fact that said magazine refers to the game as Paneru Gopon (not sure where/how they got the Go part) throughout the article makes me believe it was indeed made up.

I cannot see Nintendo thinking back then that changing the overall tone of the game from the Panel de Pon fairies to the somewhat gory fighters of Killer Instinct would have sold the game in the west, I feel it would have made players wish they were playing Killer Instinct instead.
Silver lining would have been that maybe a KI Panel de Pon would have had more chances for re-releases than Tetris Attack.

With that said, if a ROM hack happens, it better have the KI announcer shouting "Ultraaa Combooooooo!" after x6 chains.

Re: Talking Point: What Was Your First Animal Crossing Game?

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For me it's the Gamecube game, such a wonderful game, I miss the early Acres system, made easier not getting lost, something that happened a lot in Wild World and in my little time with City Folk. I will forever miss my GC town known as "house".

Eventually I got an N64 cart of Doubutsu no Mori.

Re: "Beyond Incredibly Dumb" - The Internet Doesn't Like People Sealing Up Graded 3DS Consoles

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@sportymariosonicmixx the accident my Gamecube suffered wasn't even my fault. My sister was playing Mario Kart: Double Dash!! with her ex boyfriend, back then the system was on a shelf placed higher than the TV. He got too excited and pulled the controller so hard its cord pulled the entire Gamecube and it fell to the floor.

He never apologized for what he did. If I remember correctly, this happened circa September 2006. So I was without playing Gamecube for a few months until I got a Wii.

Back then I didn't know what had actually happened until I opened it in 2021 and saw the crack on the board over the P1 Controller port, every other controller port worked fine. Thankfully that part is modular, which means I could simply swap it with a working one from a busted Gamecube I had laying around.
If I remember where I put this cracked board, I'll post a photo of it later.

Other than that crack and the lens disajustment, everything else still worked fine before 2021.

Re: "Beyond Incredibly Dumb" - The Internet Doesn't Like People Sealing Up Graded 3DS Consoles

HammerGalladeBro

@sportymariosonicmixx did you try to get the laser fixed? My Gamecube also stopped working back in 2006. I've always assumed it was an aftermath from an accident caused by my sister's ex boyfriend, which cracked the board for the controller ports, rendering the P1 port unusable.

I ignored the system for many years until 2021 when I finally got the Gamebit screw I needed to open it and have a look myself. I had seen that adjusting a screw on the lens could fix the problem. I tried it myself and sure enough, my GC strated to work as great as it did back in 2001-2005 again.

Re: "Beyond Incredibly Dumb" - The Internet Doesn't Like People Sealing Up Graded 3DS Consoles

HammerGalladeBro

@Martin_H in that instance, I see no problem in wanting games, which I assume are already expensive, in the best conditions as possible.

I mean, I'm already paying exaggerated prices for Gamecube games and most of the time they cannot be arsed to come with the manual, let alone come in the original box or have the cover art.

@Sketcz Thanks for the video, will watch later for sure.

Re: Prices Of Second-Hand Nintendo 3DS Consoles Spike Online

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@EarthboundBenjy the eShop closure was announced on late March 2022 and took place almost exactly a year later.

I remember because the week prior to the announcement I had gotten Metroid: Zero Mission, Drill Dozer and Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures without knowing those would be the first of my last purchases.

Re: Capcom President Teases "New Releases, Remakes, And Ports" Could Be On The Way For Mega Man & Two Other Classic IPs

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@kitestar For Mega Man specifically, there's still a few games: For "mainline" Mega Man series, the only one pending to make a comeback is the Legends series. Everything else is mostly spin-offs and side "mainline" games such as Rockman & Forte/Mega Man & Bass.

If you want, you may also include The Wily Wars and the GB Mega Man series (known in Japan as Rockman World) as unavailable in modern systems.
They're available on Nintendo Switch via NSO and the former is also on the Mega Drive Mini, but they're not available as games you can purchase on any current platform.