• 8Apr 12

  Worst Videogame Item - Blue Shell

  

  Nintendo...who have brought us amazing games like Super Mario 64, Metroid Prime and Donkey Kong Country are also responsible for one of the worst items to ever be created in a videogame PERIOD.

  Before the days when gamers flamed infinity ward for adding deathstreaks which 'aided' the weak.. was a period of gaming when nintendo decided to punish skill and talent so that the weak would stand a chance against the onslaught they would otherwise face.

  

  This item is capable of turning the tides incredibly quickly in a race. About to cross the finish line in first place? See that blue shell coming for you? Well.. enjoy 7th position. This has happened heaps of times to every mario kart participant since the 64 era when the blue shell was first introduced, marking the decline in the series in only the second entry. Since then they have been in EVERY SINGLE entry, marking mario kart as one of the more recognized games where the F Bomb has been said in quick succession.

  The rage which the blue shell brings could have been remedied if only there was ANY item which can counter/nullify it, like a shield of some sort. But the only 2 things you can do to not get his is either suck at mario kart or sacrifice yourself by purposely jumping out of the track and reseting yourself. Even a complete novice who is in last place with no chance of coming first has the opportunity to **** your race up by throwing a blue shell and still not get out of 8th place.

  This item has no place in Mario Kart and has no place in video games.

  

  • Posted Apr 8, 2012 1:10 am GMT
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• 7Apr 12

  Sony Smash Brothers

  Proof that Sony has the franchises/characters has the ability to create a Super Smash Brothers Clone from a variety of games they have produced

  
  

  1st Party combatants:
  
  Ratchet

  

  Movelist:

  1 - wrench
  2 - blaster
  3 - suck cannon (Can shoot enemies out of ring)
  4 - sheepinator
  
  Clank

  

  Movelist:

  1 - the time key thing (see pic)
  2 - time bomb (slows down section which bomb gets thrown)
  3 - summon zoni
  4 - transforms into mechClank
  
  Spike (ape escape)

  

  Movelist:

  1 - stun club
  2 - hollahoop (rebounds off walls?)
  3 - Slingshot
  4 - Sky Flyer

  Monkey (ape escape)

  

  Movelist:

  1 - wild punching
  2 - banana peel (throw it , or plant on ground to make opponent slip)
  3 - rockets (long range)
  4 - machine gun (short range)
  
  Specter (ape escape)

  

  Movelist:

  1 - homing laser
  2 - shield
  3 - summon random monkey
  4 - Fly
  
  Kratos

  

  Movelist:

  1 - use weapon
  2 - change weapon (claws of hades etc...)
  3 - use God power
  4 - change God power (zeus bolt , poseidon rage etc..)
  5 - golden fleece (rebounds projectiles)
  
  Ares

  

  Movelist:

  1 - sword
  2 - flames?
  3 - summon mythical creatures
  4 - Transformed Ares (different moveset)
  
  Hades

  

  Movelist:

  1 - claws of hades
  2 - Invisibility
  3 - steals enemy "soul" , drains enemy health
  4 - summon souls (attack enemy)
  
  Zeus

  

  Movelist:

  1 - thunderbolt
  2 - levitation
  3 - teleportation
  4 - thunderstorm
  
  Nariko

  

  Movelist:

  1 - heavenly sword
  2 - changes heavenly sword form
  3 - shuriken
  4 - bow and arrow
  
  Sackboy

  

  Movelist

  1 - slap
  2 - paintinator
  3 - jetpack
  4 - copies enemy appearance and takes a move of theirs or two (similar to kirby) , we have all seen the different costumes sackboy has
  
  Patapon

  

  Movelist:

  1 - throws spears/arrows
  2 - charge attack
  3 - prayer (heals patapon)
  4 - summon pata...pi?
  
  good Cole/evil cole

  

  Movelist:

  1 - Amp
  2 - electic bolt
  3 - electric wave (pushes enemy back)
  4 - Turn Good/Evil (moveset slightly changes)

  Vampire Cole

  

  Movelist:

  1 - steak
  2 - electric shock
  3 - flight
  4 - summon electric bats? (lol dunno)
  
  Kessler

  

  Movelist:

  1 - electric bolt
  2 - ground tremor
  3 - lightning hook
  4 - teleportation
  
  sly

  

  Movelist:

  1 - cane
  2 - smoke bomb
  3- super jump
  4 - speed
  
  bentley

  

  Movelist:

  1 - wheelchair spin
  2 - crossbow (sleeping darts)
  3 - wheelchair smash
  4 - bomb
  
  Murray

  

  Movelist:

  1 - generic punch
  2 - ground slam
  3 - ball form
  4 - thunder flop
  
  Jak

  

  Movelist:

  1 - melee attack
  2 - morph gun
  3 - gun staff
  4 - eco power

  Dark Jak

  

  Movelist:

  1 - claw
  2 - dark blast
  3 - giant dark jak
  4 - dark strike

  Daxter

  

  Movelist:

  1 - spin attack
  2 - spray gun
  3 - electric bug swatter
  4 - flamethrower

  Gabe Logan

  

  Movelist:

  1 - CQC
  2 - Taser
  3 - machine gun (short range)
  4 - sniper (long range)
  
  Kat

  

  Movelist:

  1 - gravity kick
  2 - fly (limited time)
  3 - gravity strike
  4 - throw random objects
  
  Sir Daniel Fortesque

  

  Movelist:

  1 - sword attack
  2 - throw head
  3 - Golden shield
  4 - lightning
  
  Parappa the Rapper

  

  Movelist:

  1 - Dance?
  2 - ??
  3 - ??
  4 - ??
  
  Rau

  

  Movelist:

  1 - Pole attack
  2 - stomp
  3 - belly roll
  4 - power up
  
  Ultra-V (war of the monsters)

  

  Movelist:

  1 - melee attack
  2 - Long range grapple
  3 - laser beam
  4 - thrust

  Congar (War of the Monsters)

  

  Movelist:

  1 - Ape smash
  2 - Roar
  3 - Ground smash
  4 - Roll attack
  
  Sorcerer (Sorcery)

  

  Movelist:

  1 - ice power?
  2 - fire power?
  3 - water power?
  4 - summon?
  
  Fat princess solder (Changing hat / changes movelist)

  

  Movelist:

  1 - generic melee attack
  2 - range attack
  3 - fat princess cheer (boosts stats)
  4 - change hat (changes moveset)
  
  Jen (Primal)

  

  Movelist:

  1 - blades
  2 - switch demonic form
  3 - Scree summon
  4 - demonic special
  
  Rudy Roughnight (Wild Arms)

  

  Movelist:

  1 - wild punch
  2 - prism laser
  3 - summon guardian
  4 - Hand cannon
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------
  
  3rd Party combatants:
  
  Gon(tekken)

  

  Movelist: (bowser clone)

  1 - fire ball (long distance)
  2 - flame (short distance)
  3 - spin attack
  4 - ground stomp
  
  Snake

  

  Movelist: same as brawl

  
  Crash bandicoot

  

  Movelist:

  1 - spin attack
  2 - stomp
  3 - tornado spin
  4 - aku attack
  
  Spyro

  

  Movelist:

  1 - flames
  2 - head ram
  3 - fire ball
  4 - flight
  
  Anubis

  

  Movelist:

  Not sure?

  
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  Assist Trophy:
  
  Gon - shoots a fireball across the screen
  Dr Nefarious - Unleashes a laser beam from a robot he is controlling
  Captain Qwark - 2 things , either shoots a dud from his laser pistol or will "kung fu" whoever contacts him
  Killzone mech - thrusts across screen horizantally shooting rockets
  Killzone sentry bots - hovers one spot in the level and shoots machine guns
  Colossus - Slams level shaking the screen disorientating players
  Drake - Swings onto Opponent "paralyzing" him/her for a short period of time
  Chimera - 3 Grim waves , light damage to player
  Hale - shoots bullseye tag onto enemy then barrage of shots get fired (dodgeable)
  Patapon - throws spear
  Wipeout Racer - Quake (Shockwaves across the ground)
  The swarm from Resistance - player must avoid at all cost otherwise instant KO (dodgeable)
  Starhawk/mech - swoops level with light machine gun damage then transforms in mech attempting to stomp players
  Sweet tooth - hunts down players with motocycle / flaming chainsaw OR has icecream truck mech
  Gabe Logan - laser sight moves around screen randomly firing
  Demolition derby - Cars come from left and right of screen and collide in each other, causes explosion middle of screen.
  Chameleon (resistance) - Invisible (with barely visible outline) , instant KO if player touches
  Eyepet - shameful copy of nintendogs assist trophy
  Fat princess - rolls across screen (can flatten player making them impossible to jump, move fast)
  Dragon (lair) - light flame damage , damages all
  Monster truck (motorstorm) - flattens players (same as fat princess)
  Titan - slaps ground , shadow is visible to see gap where the ground wont be hit by the hand.
  
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  Levels:
  
  Race Pitstop (GT) - race happening in background...every minute or so a car will drive onto the screen for a pitstop (Causes damage if hits a player)
  Great Clock (ratchet) - Has time manipulation switch which favours player who activates it?
  warhawk/starhawk (air level) - number of war/starhawks are fighting in the air, players must jump from 1 to another not to get KO from falling
  Helghast level - hazardous air (time limit level)
  Ape escape level (monkeys in background goofing off)
  Ape escape level (hazardous level)
  Hades River styx - platforms above ground, avoid ground (which is actually the river)
  Mount Olympus - standard level (gods in background cheering/booing)
  Titan - must manoever ontop of a titan and must avoid it trying to crush you
  Shadow of collosus - similar to titan however it doesnt try and kill you...must manoever to the top
  Uncharted train level - levels moves to different areas horizantally
  Uncharted level - shambhala bridge (which gets destroyed throughout the level)
  MGS level - shadow moses island
  MGS level - snake vs liquid location (mgs4)
  LBP Level - platforming level, sackbots included?
  Motorstorm Apocalypse Level - Terrain transformation
  Resistance Level - invisible chameleons lurking the stage
  Patapon Level
  infamous - Empire city rooftop
  Wipeout Level (all neon/techno)
  Ratchet level featuring those swarms
  Sly level
  Twisted Metal stage (Heavy music / hazardous)
  Jak and Daxter Level
  Syphon Filter Level
  Medievil Level
  Destruction Derby - hazardous level
  Intellegent Cube Level - puzzle level, similar to the game
  Singstar level - musical level , music notes flying everywhere
  Coolboarders level - slippery level? hazards? snow boarders dodging
  Fantavision Level
  Fat princess level
  Hardware Online Arena - jeeps / tanks driving around shooting everywhere
  Lair level - bridge level with dragons flaming the ground
  Locoroco level - the level tilts randomly any direction
  Zone of the enders level
  Primal Level - aetha realm
  Siren Level - Horror elements... Possibly need to escape monster or instant kill, safe zones?
  
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  
  Battle Items:
  
  Spikes Stun Club - must like the 'lightsaber' from super smash bros
  Spikes hollahoop - spins around player, having a bumper car effect
  Pipo helmet (ape escape helmet) - enhance stats
  Nanotech Glass Crate - Health Pick up
  Tazer (Syphon filter) - paralyzes opponent leaving a burning effect afterwards..becomes weaker the longer its used.
  Buzz Buzzer - random effect
  Aku Aku Mask - invincibility for short period of time (20 seconds?)
  pandoras box - Reverses enemy controls OR KO opponent
  Hades Helmet - player becomes invisible
  bullseye - tag and shoot
  hedgehog grenade
  flamethrower
  splitter (resistance) - blades rebound around level
  sledgehammer
  cryogun - makes enemies move slow
  Ryno - homing missiles (most likely will KO all opponents)
  morph-o-ray - turns enemies into chickens for short amount of time
  walloper - knocks enemies way back
  agents of doom (ratchet)
  Plasma whip
  Mr zurkon - follows playing shooting lasers
  rift inducer - shoots intergalactic blackhole into level
  nano swarmer
  Modern day weapons (assault rifle/pistol) - Socom/uncharted/syphon filter

  • Posted Apr 7, 2012 3:34 am GMT
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• 16Dec 10

  Got a new 360

  Hi guys , i got a 360 (250gig slim) yesterday from my best mate as a 21st bday present with gears 1 + 2 & L4D2. Extremely happy with it and would like to share my thoughts (and compare with the ps3 whicih ive had for 2 years now)

  I wont talk about the games ive got as i havnt played much of them (only splitscreen which wouldnt be a fair way to judge them)

  Downloads - Ive been happy with the ps3 all these years and even though its slower then the 360 it gets the job done... Boy was i surprised when i was downloading add ons (gears 2 all in 1 pack)... the thing downloaded in like 15-20 minutes (700mb) with a wireless connection that is pretty impressive.. i have no idea why its soooo fast. Also all the patches ive done so far have been extremely quick as well... maybe due to the patches being like 4-8mbs long.. (why are they so short? Usually on psn they are minimum 15mb and take about a minute)

  XBL GOLD - so far i havnt played much online..only a match or 2 in the first gears... so far i cant justify paying $50 a year (80 in australia but my friend said u can get them for 50 on ebay).. i havnt bought it yet but i will soon... MS gave me a complimentary 1 free month of GOLD... which was nice.. I cant see myself using any of the features..maybe party chat but still a rip off in my eyes.. Im not that XBOX savvy so i dont know what other features gold 'unlocks' but so far no dice. Ps3 does what 360 does for free (From what ive uncovered so far) (though i will be paying for it to verse my mate and stuff)

  Which leads me to my next point.. MY GOD its soo complicated the interface... last night my mate and i spent like 40 minutes trying to work out how to chat with each other (text chat/keyboard) and there are just too many options which are not organised properly like the ps3 (sign in..invite to chat room..thats it)... is the only way really to sign into msn to text chat??

  The controller i prefer the ps3 though 360 is fine.. i dont like the analogue sticks.. they feel worse then the ps3 ones (IMO)

  Avatars - I didnt realize it was fun to create one lol i actually enjoyed making mine and i think u can create more then one if im not mistaken which is neat... The bad thing is that EVERYTHING u get charged for in regards to clothing and props for ur avatar... i couldnt find one free thing.. i mean come on...nothing?? but ah well..my guys awesome enough as it is

  the game marketplace (havnt bothered with video/music as the ps3 is pretty much my movie/music machine as well as games) Is pretty cool... i still have to get used to how much points are worth in real life currency but ill get used to it... i was surprised when i saw heaps of free add on stuff... from what i heard here , nothing was for free. Im extremely happy that most games have demos as well.

  Achievements - same as trophies but i prefer trophies and the sound they make... a + is that all games have them.. so pre-2008 (ps3/360 multiplats) will have them unlike the ps3 versions..

  Im still going to get all my multiplats probably on my ps3 as its still my console of choice and ive already made heaps of friends and have a good trophy count and all that...but ill probably check out most of the exclusives (and pc/360 games) on the 360 anyways as there are a few i have wanted to try.

  A few extra Cons of the system...

  -whats with the power brick? lol that thing is huge

  -Mic is of low quality though its more comfortable then the ps3 mic (can u use the ps3 mic with the 360? is there bluetooth at all?)

  -Unless u install all the games it sound loud like annoyinginly loud...and i thought the new slim was meant to be quieter (and yes i have / am installing all my games to the HDD cause the noise is annoying...)

  - disc tray

  -batteries for controller

  that is all lol..

  since ive made this thread i'd like to ask a few questions regarding games.

  i would like ur opinion on the following games..
  Crackdown 1 + 2? (How does it compare with prototype and infamous? it doesnt look as good as infamous but im willing to give them a shot)
  Alan wake
  Splinter Cell (never played a SC game b4..should i try and see if i can find the earlier ones or wont it matter) Thanks guys

  Also i plan on buying mass effect 2 on the ps3 (cause its got all dlc/looks better/trophies/was planning to b4 i got the 360) Since its coming out with the introduction thingy.. should i skip on playing the 1st mass effect? Cheeers..

  • Posted Dec 16, 2010 9:09 pm GMT
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