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Reply #150 - May 12^th, 2008 at 2:29pm

Hey, I've played games from all three current gen consoles, as well as virtually every major title for the PC. I like fresh, new, creative content too, but sometimes the old stuff is a heck of a lot of fun.

Since we're talking about Mario Kart Wii, let's use that as an example. I rarely buy games on the release day unless I really, really want to play them. Final Fantasy 12 and Super Smash Bros. Brawl are two such examples. Mario Kart Wii also made the list, since I'm a big fan of the series. I can't tell you how many hundreds of hours I spent playing the original Super Mario Kart for the SNES with my friends.

Mario Kart Wii is a ton of fun, missing shoulder buttons not withstanding. Sure, the basic gameplay remains unchanged from the prior titles, but in this case its not a bad thing. Nintendo has gone out of their way to polish up the latest title by adding tons of new (and old!) maps with lots of innovative quirks, and they've introduced several new gameplay elements (like performing "tricks" for speed boosts), a bunch of new weapons, a couple new and really fun battle modes, and a very impressive online multiplayer system.

Even considering that, its still Mario Kart at heart, and I'm cool with that. Honestly, I'm glad Nintendo hasn't strayed too far from the SNES roots of the series, because it's hella fun. Nothing sucks more balls than sitting down to play a highly anticipated sequel only to find that the developers have screwed the pooch by trying to be unique.

Xenosaga II, I'm looking at you!

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MediaMaster GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline Holy Xenu! Posts: 1884 Detroit Gender:	Re: Geek News Reply #151 - May 12^th, 2008 at 3:15pm @ X: MGS? RTS games? Shooters? Pretty much any game you like is rehashed from a formula that has worked before. Movies too. We still see them, still play them, and still hope for original titles. For every 1 or 2 awesome original games, theres 5 awesome rehashed games with proven gameplay and just enough new changes to make it fresh.
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X Post Whore FTP Server Offline Truth Is Treason, In The Empire Of Lies Posts: 3903 Gender:	Re: Geek News Reply #152 - May 12^th, 2008 at 5:49pm Thank you for making my point Briney! X
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spanky Post Whore FTP Server Offline Posts: 1540 Detroit-ish Gender:	Re: Geek News Reply #153 - May 12^th, 2008 at 7:17pm Sorry pat mario kart wii is a damn good game, copy or not. The only thing I don't like about the wii is about 35-45 minutes into play I lose interest and don't feel like playing with that damn controller anymore. But I only play when I head up to detroit so not that big of a problem for me.
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Geek News Reply #154 - May 12^th, 2008 at 7:49pm Wow, Stewie, even Spanky sided against you! That's gotta hurt! -b0b (...is teh winnar!)
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Reply #155 - May 12^th, 2008 at 8:05pm

There's nothing new under the sun, so in that respect, I have to agree with Master P.

It's the same with music...there are only 7 distinct pitches*, but look at what we've been able to come up with in the past few centuries.

However, a large part of creativity/originality is being able to make those tried and true formulas enjoyable again by coming up with an innovative way to present the material.

So in conclusion...I guess I don't really have a conclusion, and I guess I didn't really take a side. Just call me Switzerland!

*Well, in the Western Hemisphere anyway. I could go off on a tangent about Eastern microtones, but I'll hold back on the music geekery...

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X Post Whore FTP Server Offline Truth Is Treason, In The Empire Of Lies Posts: 3903 Gender:	Re: Geek News Reply #156 - May 12^th, 2008 at 9:35pm Like having Spanky disagree with me is some big slight! He he X
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Geek News Reply #157 - May 13^th, 2008 at 8:31am X wrote on May 12^th, 2008 at 9:35pm: Like having Spanky disagree with me is some big slight! Yeah, that's true. -b0b (...zing!)
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spanky Post Whore FTP Server Offline Posts: 1540 Detroit-ish Gender:	Re: Geek News Reply #158 - May 13^th, 2008 at 12:39pm Pfft, my opinion is all that matters!
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X Post Whore FTP Server Offline Truth Is Treason, In The Empire Of Lies Posts: 3903 Gender:	Re: Geek News Reply #159 - May 15^th, 2008 at 12:42am http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/monstercamp/trailer/ A LARPing movie!!!! NERDS! X
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X Post Whore FTP Server Offline Truth Is Treason, In The Empire Of Lies Posts: 3903 Gender:	Re: Geek News Reply #160 - May 15^th, 2008 at 10:00am http://www.dumptrumpet.com/?v=4743 This is pretty cool. It's the ACME Catalog for every ACME product from the cartoons. Geeked Out! X
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Geek News Reply #161 - May 15^th, 2008 at 11:00am Somebody has wayyyy too much time on their hands! -b0b (...remembers many of them.)
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Marie GeekCrew Hax0r Offline Posts: 291 Centreville, Michigan Gender:	Re: Geek News Reply #162 - May 15^th, 2008 at 2:00pm Patrick, you're single-handedly turning the Geek News thread into Fark. (It's still fun though!)
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X Post Whore FTP Server Offline Truth Is Treason, In The Empire Of Lies Posts: 3903 Gender:	Re: Geek News Reply #163 - May 15^th, 2008 at 3:22pm Aww you say the nicest things. http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1394377 46 Laws Of Anime
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Geek News Reply #164 - May 15^th, 2008 at 4:31pm Bahahaha, that's so true! I think every space-themed anime has at least one explosion in outer space every five minutes! -b0b (....kaPOW!)
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