MPT DAY

***the Octopus*** · 10-13-2009, 10:27 PM

I am likely to receive a phone call today declaring that the shipment of Metroid Prime Trilogy has arrived, and that I should pickup my preorder. I am EXUBERANT.

**Valigarmander** · 10-13-2009, 10:32 PM

OH MY GOD YOU MUST BE SO EXCITED

BRING A COUPLE EXTRA PAIRS OF UNDERWEAR WITH YOU WHEN YOU GO TO PICK IT UP

***the Octopus*** · 10-13-2009, 10:53 PM

i kno rite

seriously though I'm actually up early because TODAY IS REX MANNING DAY

Antisocial · 10-14-2009, 09:27 AM

BUT AI YOU ALREADY HAVE ALL THREE GAMES

ENLIGHTEN ME AS TO WHY YOU WOULD GET THEM AGAIN

***Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds*** · 10-14-2009, 09:42 AM

^ ...get out of my house, heathen.

Antisocial · 10-14-2009, 10:21 AM

YOU ALL CAN'T HIDE THIS FOREVER

THE TRUTH WILL BE REVEALED

Luigiman7 · 10-14-2009, 06:26 PM

juicy tidbits on the glamourous life of ai and sd

Metal Mario · 10-14-2009, 09:24 PM

Nintendo possesses the enviable power to make people buy the same game up to no less than seven times. Just look at Super Mario Bros. for proof of this truth.

***the Octopus*** · 10-14-2009, 10:32 PM

^ Haven't payed for it since the first time, and that was a free tie-in.

I really wanted it for the controls. Just picked up the game, since EB had the hulking Nintendo of Australia looming ominously over it, preventing them from releasing it the day the shipment arrived (or something like that). I'm disappointed by the lackluster packaging - sure, I get a fancy external tagboard cover. Ain't no steel case, lemme tell you. And my Metroid Prime 2 PAL copy already came with a much fancier tagboard cover, replete with holographic print. That said, I got the game for the controls. The Gamecube version worked for what they had to do, since the control base was severely limited in range compared to modern FPS titles, but it was clunky in a way that interfered with gameplay (more of the visor/weapon selecting should've been handled by quick software menus as they are now, to free up the C-stick). An analogue stick will never be a good substitute for the wii-remote, I have to say. They're two very different devices.

Anyway, time to fire this thing up.

**Valigarmander** · 10-14-2009, 10:36 PM

Don't forget, you can flip the Wiimote to do a Morph Ball bounce in MP1 and MP2 now.

Saves you some time.

***the Octopus*** · 10-14-2009, 10:39 PM

Tight, I'll try and remember that.

I can't be the only person who finds arbitrary hand-movements more difficult to remember than which button I'm pressing, btw. I don't think I'll ever have the same skill with a Wiimote movement that I have with smashing buttons on an NES or SNES pad.

***the Octopus*** · 10-20-2009, 02:24 AM

So I just beat the first Metroid Prime on normal mode. Noticed increased numbers in enemies and so on, and the absence of references to the Metroid Prime (no big deal, but it was an interesting point to the game even if it did create plotholes).

I got to thinking about a few things, so I suppose I'll make a topic or two about them.

10-13-2009, 10:27 PM	#1
*the Octopus* THE PRESIDENT OF FUN Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 27,481 Thanks: 1,974 Thanked 5,121 Times in 2,320 Posts	MPT DAY I am likely to receive a phone call today declaring that the shipment of Metroid Prime Trilogy has arrived, and that I should pickup my preorder. I am EXUBERANT.

10-13-2009, 10:32 PM	#2
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,222 Thanks: 1,611 Thanked 5,553 Times in 2,499 Posts Blog Entries: 18	OH MY GOD YOU MUST BE SO EXCITED BRING A COUPLE EXTRA PAIRS OF UNDERWEAR WITH YOU WHEN YOU GO TO PICK IT UP __________________

10-14-2009, 09:27 AM	#4
Antisocial Janitor Join Date: May 2000 Gender: Posts: 11,178 Thanks: 12 Thanked 1,102 Times in 458 Posts	WUT BUT AI YOU ALREADY HAVE ALL THREE GAMES ENLIGHTEN ME AS TO WHY YOU WOULD GET THEM AGAIN

10-14-2009, 10:21 AM	#6
Antisocial Janitor Join Date: May 2000 Gender: Posts: 11,178 Thanks: 12 Thanked 1,102 Times in 458 Posts	D: YOU ALL CAN'T HIDE THIS FOREVER THE TRUTH WILL BE REVEALED

10-14-2009, 06:26 PM	#7
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10-13-2009, 10:53 PM	#3
*the Octopus* THE PRESIDENT OF FUN Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 27,481 Thanks: 1,974 Thanked 5,121 Times in 2,320 Posts	i kno rite seriously though I'm actually up early because TODAY IS REX MANNING DAY

10-14-2009, 09:42 AM	#5
*Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds* Admin "mine.. not yours. NO. MINE." Epic Ladynerd Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Forteresse de Valois Gender: Posts: 28,199 Thanks: 1,510 Thanked 1,719 Times in 993 Posts	^ ...get out of my house, heathen.

10-14-2009, 09:24 PM	#8
Metal Mario Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Gender: Posts: 16,435 Thanks: 72 Thanked 190 Times in 127 Posts	Nintendo possesses the enviable power to make people buy the same game up to no less than seven times. Just look at Super Mario Bros. for proof of this truth.

10-14-2009, 10:32 PM	#9
*the Octopus* THE PRESIDENT OF FUN Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 27,481 Thanks: 1,974 Thanked 5,121 Times in 2,320 Posts	^ Haven't payed for it since the first time, and that was a free tie-in. I really wanted it for the controls. Just picked up the game, since EB had the hulking Nintendo of Australia looming ominously over it, preventing them from releasing it the day the shipment arrived (or something like that). I'm disappointed by the lackluster packaging - sure, I get a fancy external tagboard cover. Ain't no steel case, lemme tell you. And my Metroid Prime 2 PAL copy already came with a much fancier tagboard cover, replete with holographic print. That said, I got the game for the controls. The Gamecube version worked for what they had to do, since the control base was severely limited in range compared to modern FPS titles, but it was clunky in a way that interfered with gameplay (more of the visor/weapon selecting should've been handled by quick software menus as they are now, to free up the C-stick). An analogue stick will never be a good substitute for the wii-remote, I have to say. They're two very different devices. Anyway, time to fire this thing up.

10-14-2009, 10:36 PM	#10
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,222 Thanks: 1,611 Thanked 5,553 Times in 2,499 Posts Blog Entries: 18	Don't forget, you can flip the Wiimote to do a Morph Ball bounce in MP1 and MP2 now. Saves you some time. __________________

10-14-2009, 10:39 PM	#11
*the Octopus* THE PRESIDENT OF FUN Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 27,481 Thanks: 1,974 Thanked 5,121 Times in 2,320 Posts	Tight, I'll try and remember that. I can't be the only person who finds arbitrary hand-movements more difficult to remember than which button I'm pressing, btw. I don't think I'll ever have the same skill with a Wiimote movement that I have with smashing buttons on an NES or SNES pad.

10-20-2009, 02:24 AM	#12
*the Octopus* THE PRESIDENT OF FUN Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 27,481 Thanks: 1,974 Thanked 5,121 Times in 2,320 Posts	So I just beat the first Metroid Prime on normal mode. Noticed increased numbers in enemies and so on, and the absence of references to the Metroid Prime (no big deal, but it was an interesting point to the game even if it did create plotholes). I got to thinking about a few things, so I suppose I'll make a topic or two about them.