Andrew's views on gaming and other random junk.

• 8Dec 07

  New Firewire card = Back in action! Also Dragon Ball Z BT3 online complaints

  Well finally got a new Firewire card for my PC...which basically just means that I can make/upload videos and whatnot again. Finals are almost over (got one more, Business Law) so im looking forward to the Christmas break. However one thing has gone wrong. The INCREDIBLE amount of lag that takes place in Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkachi 3 online for the Wii. I mean offline the game is amazingly smooth, the Wii controls are vastly improved from the last game...but damn, online the lag is really aggrivating. Not to mention along with the lag, there is a strange decrease in framerate.

  However here's the thing: It's due to some sort of error or misperformance by the servers on Nintendo's side of things (according to Atari anyway, which they say they are aware of and have contacted Nintendo...which was about 2-4 days ago). Sometimes you end up getting a match up thats reasonably clear of lag and framerate glitch, and thats where the game shines. Its got a really deep fighting system now, most characters play different, and there are tons of combo possibilities/counter attacks.

  Either way, i've been trying to stir up a "fix the lag" crusade, and it seems to be working so far...gonintendo.com has reported on it, and more and more gamefaqs/gamespot members are helping out by calling Nintendo support.In one of my recent phone calls (the first actually), after talking for awhile,the techwent to talk to some higher ups. They said they were aware of the problem, and are attempting to fix it. However there is no timeframe for the repair. Anyway going to try again onTuesday to see whats up.

  • Posted Dec 8, 2007 11:13 pm PT
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• 1Oct 07

  After all these years, FINALLY Treasure's Action masterpiece, Sin and Punishment

  Man finally after all these years, Nintendo has brought Sin and Punishment: Successor to the Earth, to North America! It's actually an import of sorts, but most of the important text has been translated to english, and it already has english voice actors for the cutscenes, so no worries about not understanding japanese to play the game. Either way, this is hopefully the first in a long line of future import titles that will be translated and availible on the Wii VC/Shop channel. Heck they could even translate Mother 3 (Earthbound 2) and put that up as Wii ware, and there are tons of Squaresoft and Enix RPGs that never made it overseas. And now that even CD based games (from the Turbo DUO/PC engine) have been announced for the Wii VC, the possibilities for its library are endless! I'll try to record some more actualgameplay later on.

  • Posted Oct 1, 2007 2:59 pm PT
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• 14Aug 07

  Whoa Metroid Prime 3, Bioshock, Stranglehold and Blue Dragon all in one month?!

  This month heralds the beginning of an incredible gaming storm of which the likes has not been seen for quite some time. And even looking past Christmas time, it shows no signs of loosing strength...for all platforms! Its just a great time to be a gamer peroid, no matter what systems you own.

  Oh yeah...

  Figured i'd try my hand at a custom trailer for MP3 (just like I did for Sonic and the Secret Rings, Castlevania Dracula X Chronicles, and more) and plus MP3 can use all the hype it can get im sure....so what better place than youtube. Anyway here's my trailer (got the idea to make it as soon as I realized I was about to defeat Mother Brain on Metroid 1 NES for the first time ever. Played it on the VC...griding out your own custom map for the game is strangely rewarding...yet aggrivating at the same time).
  
  
  Oh and my Youtube username is Temjin99
  
  Here ya go:

  http://youtube.com/watch?v=Dxia9kRtSdo

  Or if you prefer, check it out right here in this embed:

  • Posted Aug 14, 2007 11:14 pm PT
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