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Delphi Aegis
Delphi. That's right. The oracle. Ask me anything. Anything about your underwear.
posted 09-06-2007 10:13:48 AM
I'm suprised nobody made a thread about this quite yet.

However, does anyone want to swap friend vouchers? I've got like 17 or 18, and I think you only need 15 to unlock all the bonuses.

Mooj
Scorned Fanboy
posted 09-06-2007 11:41:27 AM
It really is a good game, most of us just don't care to have Maradon come in and fag up a thread about it.
Delphi Aegis
Delphi. That's right. The oracle. Ask me anything. Anything about your underwear.
posted 09-06-2007 12:14:18 PM
At any rate, my Wii number is 3888 4874 4391 4332, if you'd like to swap.
Maradon!
posted 09-06-2007 06:27:17 PM
quote:
Peanut butter ass Shaq Mooj booooze lime pole over bench lick:
It really is a good game, most of us just don't care to have Maradon come in and fag up a thread about it.

I was going to come in here and ask how it was since it's probably the first Wii game that I'm actually sincerely interested in, but FORGET. THAT.

Densetsu
NOT DRYSART
posted 09-06-2007 06:38:17 PM
I still cannot find a Wii anywhere*.


*And by anywhere, I mean locally. I know eBay and its ilk are always an option

I was in the Virgin Islands once. I met a girl, we ate lobster, drank piƱa coladas. At sunset, we made love like sea otters. That was a pretty good day. Why couldn't I get that day over, and over?
Mooj
Scorned Fanboy
posted 09-07-2007 12:20:28 AM
quote:
Maradon! had this to say about Punky Brewster:
I was going to come in here and ask how it was since it's probably the first Wii game that I'm actually sincerely interested in, but FORGET. THAT.

I am seriously and genuinely shocked. What's got you interested in it the most? I just beat it the other day.

Kegwen
Sonyfag
posted 09-07-2007 12:24:34 AM
quote:
This one time, at Mooj camp:
I am seriously and genuinely shocked. What's got you interested in it the most? I just beat it the other day.

Probably that it's the first game to use Wii controls in the way that gamers were excited about from the day it was announced (Red Steel doesn't count because it sucked)

Maradon!
posted 09-07-2007 12:33:47 AM
I've never claimed to dislike any of Nintendo's flagship titles (except certain zelda games). They're among my favorite games.

Of the flagships, Metroid has always been my favorite. Prime and Prime 2 kinda disappointed me, though. They captured much of the old metroid feel, but still felt "boxed-in" where the SNES title and earlier had a much greater sense of exploration and the potential for finding hidden tidbits.

I was wondering if the Wii title was any more open, more exploratory and less FPS-ey, and also the extent to which the motion sensing controls are actually used.

Maradon! fucked around with this message on 09-07-2007 at 12:34 AM.

Kegwen
Sonyfag
posted 09-07-2007 12:38:08 AM
Prime is much more of a shooter than its predecessors and there is less backtracking. Most Prime players find this to be a good thing.
Maradon!
posted 09-07-2007 12:41:48 AM
I find it an appeal to the lowest common denominator and a betrayal of the franchise. I'm interested in a metroid game, not a metroid themed FPS.

They're the ones selling a billion copies I guess. Then again, so are "Bratz" license games...

Kegwen
Sonyfag
posted 09-07-2007 12:49:01 AM
game companies need to make money and it's important to make things appeal to the mass market if you want to do that when you're spending tens of millions of dollars to make a game

it's just not profitable to have your big franchises only target the core market

Faelynn LeAndris
Lusty busty redheaded wood elf with sharp claws
posted 09-07-2007 01:30:46 AM
quote:
Maradon! had this to say about pies:
I find it an appeal to the lowest common denominator and a betrayal of the franchise. I'm interested in a metroid game, not a metroid themed FPS.

They're the ones selling a billion copies I guess. Then again, so are "Bratz" license games...


I don't think what Kegwen means is what you think he means. At least as far as Corruption goes anyway.

The amount of shooting in Prime3 doesn't come anywhere NEAR the amount of shooting in the original Metroid titles. The only difference being it's shooting in first person with free look as opposed to side scrolling running and gunning like what was required in the original and SNES Metroids. I mean how many of you had numb thumb syndrome/blisters from running down corridors spamming fire at sprites litterally coming out of every crack. You still have to devise enemy weaknesses, paterns, timing and the like as in the original games. It's definitely no frag-fest in the least. So unless your definition of a "FPS Themed Metroid" just means anything that requires you to shoot in first person, then no, it's not a FPS Themed Metroid. If that IS your definition, well them I'm sorry. You're missing 99% of the game you are playing.

And what he means about no backtracking isn't that you never have to go back and re-explore, (You have to re-explore quite a bit actually, and Prime 3 has FAR more secrets, hidden objectives, easter eggs, and fun stuff to seek out than either of the first two in the series.) It's just that you don't have to manually spend the 30 minutes or more running the backtracking. Gunship yay! That was always just a time sink anyway. That being said, you CAN manually backtrack a bit of it if you so desire. (Excluding space)

And as to your question, there is actually quite a bit of non-gimmicky Wii-Mote interactive content, all things concidered, that ISN'T related to shooting.

And it is DEFINITELY more open and exploratory, the only realy FPSy elements to it is free-look shooting. Of course there are settings to just eliminate that if you want, but I dunno why you'd want to. It feels less involved that way.


My LAUNCHCast Station
"Respect the Forest, Fear the Ranger"
I got lost for an hour and became god.
Delphi Aegis
Delphi. That's right. The oracle. Ask me anything. Anything about your underwear.
posted 09-07-2007 11:25:17 AM
Listen, I just wanted the screenshot tool and the other little extras. I have 21 friend vouchers at this point.
Mooj
Scorned Fanboy
posted 09-07-2007 03:24:52 PM
quote:
Delphi Aegis had this to say about (_|_):
Listen, I just wanted the screenshot tool and the other little extras. I have 21 friend vouchers at this point.

I can spare about six, I'm on my second playthrough right now, and have thus far been getting dicked around with people not sending me vouchers back.

Mooj
Scorned Fanboy
posted 09-07-2007 03:39:42 PM
God dammit, I just realized that your old Wii number and your new one don't match. FUCK. That's two vouchers off into the void...

My number is 0507 8846 2748 4494

Malbi
posted 09-07-2007 06:51:32 PM
how does this friend voucher thing work?
I Didnt ask to be Secretary of Balloon Doggies, the Balloon Doggies demanded it!
Delphi Aegis
Delphi. That's right. The oracle. Ask me anything. Anything about your underwear.
posted 09-07-2007 08:52:02 PM
quote:
Mooj had this to say about dark elf butts:
God dammit, I just realized that your old Wii number and your new one don't match. FUCK. That's two vouchers off into the void...

My number is 0507 8846 2748 4494


Fifteen coming your way.

Sorry about the wii number. I went to the Wii menu when it was loading something and all my data got corrupted, forcing me to send it into Nintendo. Got a new wii, kept my Wii points, purchased software, etc, lost all my saves and my wii number.

Delphi Aegis
Delphi. That's right. The oracle. Ask me anything. Anything about your underwear.
posted 09-07-2007 09:08:53 PM
Too old to edit. There's four, let me know when you get them, I'll send more. Make sure it's all workin' gud.
Mr. Parcelan
posted 09-07-2007 10:55:28 PM
quote:
Malbi had this to say about dark elf butts:
how does this friend voucher thing work?

You have to have friends first.

Delphi Aegis
Delphi. That's right. The oracle. Ask me anything. Anything about your underwear.
posted 09-07-2007 11:47:56 PM
quote:
Malbi wrote this then went back to looking for porn:
how does this friend voucher thing work?

Certain actions in-game net you friend vouchers. (Killing 20 commandos, killing certain enemies in certain ways... bowling for bots is my fav)

Using the internet connectivity, you then send these vouchers to your friends who are playing Prime 3 as well, and they turn them in for a friend token.

Fifteen friend tokens are required to unlock everything on one save-slot. This includes the nifty tools, some concept art and the like.

Other things are unlockable via non-friend tokens, and you get plenty of them during the game itself.

Greenlit
posted 09-08-2007 12:18:41 AM
That's pretty retarded.
Greenlit
posted 09-08-2007 12:19:20 AM
And this is coming from the guy who is so OCD about video game achievements that he is trying to 100% Saint's motherfucking Row.

Dawn of Sorrow is another tough one fucking augh

Delphi Aegis
Delphi. That's right. The oracle. Ask me anything. Anything about your underwear.
posted 09-08-2007 12:44:47 AM
Indeed. It unlocks half of the galleries, the "fun" stuff (Screenshot tool, bumper stickers for your ship) and some dioramas. Whatever they are.
Mooj
Scorned Fanboy
posted 09-08-2007 02:30:58 AM
I'm still waiting for my game to realize that yes, I have indeed changed your identity. -_- Hopefully it'll recognise it soon.
Mooj
Scorned Fanboy
posted 09-08-2007 02:35:28 AM
quote:
Delphi Aegis stopped beating up furries long enough to write:
Indeed. It unlocks half of the galleries, the "fun" stuff (Screenshot tool, bumper stickers for your ship) and some dioramas. Whatever they are.

The Dioramas are pretty cool, though they're functionally useless. They're 3D depictions of areas and beings within the game. Think along the lines of the trophies in Super Smash Brothers Melee.

Mooj
Scorned Fanboy
posted 09-08-2007 02:39:55 AM
There we go, just sent you my last five vouchers, and got the four you sent me.
Goma
Pancake
posted 09-08-2007 11:17:33 AM
quote:
Greenlit wrote this then went back to looking for porn:
Dawn of Sorrow is another tough one fucking augh

Tough only when it comes to getting NINE of every soul.

The max number is nine, right?

I've finished the game a couple times. I have all of the rare crafted weapons and I have found at least one of every soul. Only thing left to do is to get the highest number of all of the souls.

Onto the topic of Prime 3, I'm being very stubborn about actually finishing the game without having all of the pickups. I just destroyed the seed on the pirate homeworld and now I have the option to travel through the wormhole to Phaaze, and I'm still missing three pickups. I must find them!

Goma fucked around with this message on 09-08-2007 at 11:18 AM.

Delphi Aegis
Delphi. That's right. The oracle. Ask me anything. Anything about your underwear.
posted 09-08-2007 02:01:41 PM
quote:
Goma attempted to be funny by writing:
Tough only when it comes to getting NINE of every soul.

The max number is nine, right?

I've finished the game a couple times. I have all of the rare crafted weapons and I have found at least one of every soul. Only thing left to do is to get the highest number of all of the souls.

Onto the topic of Prime 3, I'm being very stubborn about actually finishing the game without having all of the pickups. I just destroyed the seed on the pirate homeworld and now I have the option to travel through the wormhole to Phaaze, and I'm still missing three pickups. I must find them!



Go to the observatory in Skytown and use the spider ball to activate all the bombslots in the area, then use the nova beam to turn on the switch hidden behind the phasite at the base of the machine and press the butan. It'll reveal all of the suit expansions on all the planets with a solid white dot. Already picked up ones will be a white X.

Delphi Aegis
Delphi. That's right. The oracle. Ask me anything. Anything about your underwear.
posted 09-08-2007 02:02:22 PM
quote:
Mooj got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
There we go, just sent you my last five vouchers, and got the four you sent me.

Do you need any more for the other stuff? Sounds like you have dioramas, so you got some. I don't want them going off into the void!

Mooj
Scorned Fanboy
posted 09-08-2007 04:26:26 PM
I could probably use about five more, but that's about it. I'm missing two dioramas, the bumper sticker thing, and a couple of the art things.
Delphi Aegis
Delphi. That's right. The oracle. Ask me anything. Anything about your underwear.
posted 09-08-2007 06:34:07 PM
See, I've sent five to you, yet have recieved none. Wii-ternet has been on all day, and it still shows you as being grey (As in, not having MP3 save data).

Did you go into the "Configure WiiConnect24" settings and set it to yes? S'the only thing I can think of that wouldn't make it work.

Mooj
Scorned Fanboy
posted 09-09-2007 03:07:13 AM
quote:
The logic train ran off the tracks when Delphi Aegis said:
See, I've sent five to you, yet have recieved none. Wii-ternet has been on all day, and it still shows you as being grey (As in, not having MP3 save data).

Did you go into the "Configure WiiConnect24" settings and set it to yes? S'the only thing I can think of that wouldn't make it work.


I did. That's something I really don't like about the strategy they've got here, there's some SERIOUS delay to this, and another bug to it as well, it seems.

I've had to quit Prime and Re-enter in order to actually receive friend vouchers for some reason. Lemme know when those vouchers arrive, 'cause I have received the ones from you.

Goma
Pancake
posted 09-09-2007 11:46:26 AM
quote:
A sleep deprived Delphi Aegis stammered:
Go to the observatory in Skytown and use the spider ball to activate all the bombslots in the area, then use the nova beam to turn on the switch hidden behind the phasite at the base of the machine and press the butan. It'll reveal all of the suit expansions on all the planets with a solid white dot. Already picked up ones will be a white X.

I already knew about the observatory thing, but I TOTALLY forgot about that little phazite window at the base of the structure. Thanks!!!

Delphi Aegis
Delphi. That's right. The oracle. Ask me anything. Anything about your underwear.
posted 09-09-2007 06:15:41 PM
I've quit out of prime and re-entered, i've re-named you in my friends (And prime recognizes the change), I've wii-mailed you, I've been able to send YOU vouchers. Yet I have yet to see your name appear black or get a single voucher. This makes me sad.

Try and send me a Wii-mail next time you get a chance, Mooj.

Mooj
Scorned Fanboy
posted 09-09-2007 11:00:55 PM
quote:
Delphi Aegis painfully thought these words up:
I've quit out of prime and re-entered, i've re-named you in my friends (And prime recognizes the change), I've wii-mailed you, I've been able to send YOU vouchers. Yet I have yet to see your name appear black or get a single voucher. This makes me sad.

Try and send me a Wii-mail next time you get a chance, Mooj.


Y'know, I think it may be because I don't keep my Wii in Standby mode... I turn it off, 'cause the damn thing gets too hot if I turn it to Standby. This'd be fine in other places, but in Vegas? That's system death, right there. Let me put the system into standby and see if that does anything for you...

Delphi Aegis
Delphi. That's right. The oracle. Ask me anything. Anything about your underwear.
posted 09-10-2007 12:50:30 AM
off? As in unplugged?

I just hit the power button on the wiimote, heh.

Mooj
Scorned Fanboy
posted 09-10-2007 01:21:06 AM
quote:
Nobody really understood why Delphi Aegis wrote:
off? As in unplugged?

I just hit the power button on the wiimote, heh.


Not unplugged, but not with WiiConnect24 on either. I power it off into the red, rather than the yellow. Hold down the power button for about five seconds or so.

I'd leave it in standby more often if Nintendo would program the damn fans to run while it's doing that. The heat buildup is awful. Probably my one complaint about the Wii.

Delphi Aegis
Delphi. That's right. The oracle. Ask me anything. Anything about your underwear.
posted 09-10-2007 01:24:29 AM
Ah. Well that actually seemed to fix it; I have your vouchers now (woot) and got your message.

How many more do you need then?

Mooj
Scorned Fanboy
posted 09-10-2007 01:57:08 AM
four more should cover me. Depending on how quickly I can get through hyper-mode, I'll probably have more ready for you by next weekend.
Delphi Aegis
Delphi. That's right. The oracle. Ask me anything. Anything about your underwear.
posted 09-10-2007 11:43:11 AM
Done. Hyper mode is a pain in the fucking ass, though. Be prepared to use your trigger finger a LOT.

Oh, and sadly enough, friend vouchers that you've already earned you won't earn again in a higher difficulty. D= Only new ones. Though, there are a bunch...

And aimed boost ball is pretty handy.

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