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I am amazed at all the quality games that Rare have out now for the N64. CBDF, Banjo-Tooie both came out quickly, and Nintendo have put all they're attention to the GAMECUBE and GameBoy Advance but have Rare put anything into the GC or GBA? Yes. They have currently 3 games underway for GAMECUBE and 4 game for Gamboy Advance. The games for GAMECUBE are: Starfox Adventures: Dinosaur Planet, Kameo: Elements of Power and Donkey Kong Racing. These games look absolutely superb. Believe me, you have to see it to believe it. Starfox Adventures: Dinosaur Planet is the first of Rare's games to come out on GC. This game starts off eight years after Androsses defeat. Slippy and Peppy are in the game but...Falco? Where is he? At the beginning of the game Falco flys away to catch the chance of a solo career. I won't say anymore about this game. Kameo: Elements of Power is the second Rare game to come out. This game is kind of like a new Pokemon adventure. Kameo, the main contollable character, has to capture and raise the many different monsters of her homeworld. At first she can only handle the smaller creatures but her strentghes will grow throughout the game so that she can take care of the tougher beasts. The best bit about this game is that when you go into battle you have the choice of letting Kameo stand back and watch her monsters attack the ennemy or you can go into the monster's mind and play by looking through they eyes of the beast. Obviously, each different monster has different abilities. Donkey Kong Racing will be the same as Diddy Kong Racing except for some new courses, characters and courses. The games that are to be released: Donkey Kong: Coconut Crackers, Diddy Kong Pilot, Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge and Sabre Wulf. Donkey Kong: CC is basically like Tetris but on GBA and it looks so much better, this game looks great and you should check it out. Diddy Kong Pilot is exactly the same as it's predecessor. It actually looks better than Mario Kart, but that's my opinion. The courses look fab and so do the characters. Banjo-Kazooie looks ace and the story is the tops. It begins where Banjo-Kazooie left off. The story is about what would of happened if Grunty's sisters didn't help her. And Klungo is the one that rescues her. This game plays like Zelda: DX. Well, those are the games currently underway gor GC and GBA and they are all from RAREWARE. Let's hope they turn out to be excellent.
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All those lessons in English are nothing compared to reading a good book or posting a topic on here.
Grix Thraves wrote:
> I'll just point out that the nickname Monkey is already taken. Let's
> have another guess at why he called himself Monky.
Maybe it's nothing to do with our simian friends; maybe he feels a little like a Monk... hence he feels Monk-ish, or Monky...
> I'll just point out that the nickname Monkey is already taken. Let's
> have another guess at why he called himself Monky.
Maybe it's nothing to do with our simian friends; maybe he feels a little like a Monk... hence he feels Monk-ish, or Monky...
Wòókiee Møn§†€R wrote:
> I, too, am amazed.
Not at anything mentioned in the post, but at
> the alarming number of people who seem to have no grasp of the most
> basic rules of the written English language, i.e.
> Paragraphs!
Sad but true. A large proportion of people have writing skills inferior to those of a monkey (or monky perhaps). But I wouldn't go blaming the education system for that. If you ask me, I'd say that being able to write well, isn't really something you're taught - it's something you pick up gradually.
I took my English language GCSE many moons ago, (when I was 13, in fact) and I got a B. This basically means I showed that I was able to use sentences most of the time, read bi-syllabled words, and speak unaided.
Since then, I've read books, newspapers, forum posts, and other such things, and my writing has improved. It's the same for everyone. If you don't read much, you can't write well. The sad thing is, writing doesn't even require that much intelligence. I've got friends with the brain power of a goldfish, yet they can write well.
So, don't blame the education system, blame the grammatical offenders themselves ;)
> I, too, am amazed.
Not at anything mentioned in the post, but at
> the alarming number of people who seem to have no grasp of the most
> basic rules of the written English language, i.e.
> Paragraphs!
Sad but true. A large proportion of people have writing skills inferior to those of a monkey (or monky perhaps). But I wouldn't go blaming the education system for that. If you ask me, I'd say that being able to write well, isn't really something you're taught - it's something you pick up gradually.
I took my English language GCSE many moons ago, (when I was 13, in fact) and I got a B. This basically means I showed that I was able to use sentences most of the time, read bi-syllabled words, and speak unaided.
Since then, I've read books, newspapers, forum posts, and other such things, and my writing has improved. It's the same for everyone. If you don't read much, you can't write well. The sad thing is, writing doesn't even require that much intelligence. I've got friends with the brain power of a goldfish, yet they can write well.
So, don't blame the education system, blame the grammatical offenders themselves ;)
Monky eh...?!
Maybe he was going to call himself 'Monkey' BUT he hates the way Monkeys go 'eee' 'eee'.
(How do you explain the 'y')
Damn...
Game: Flawed Theory?
Maybe he was going to call himself 'Monkey' BUT he hates the way Monkeys go 'eee' 'eee'.
(How do you explain the 'y')
Damn...
Game: Flawed Theory?
I'll just point out that the nickname Monkey is already taken. Let's have another guess at why he called himself Monky.
Donkey Kong racing isn't like Diddy Kong Racing at all.
It's a much better game than that. Instead of being a Mario Kart clone, it has you riding all the animals/monsters from Donkey Kong Country from the Snes.
It's beautiful!
It's a much better game than that. Instead of being a Mario Kart clone, it has you riding all the animals/monsters from Donkey Kong Country from the Snes.
It's beautiful!
Indeed, there does seem to be something wrong... especially if we are to believe the age claims of some of the people.
I'm no snob, and it's not my wish to look down on people; there may be other issues that we don't know about. But I do find it alarming.
Just as an example, look at the difference between Cheatguru - who claims to be 15 - and M16, who I believe is 14 (but may have turned 15 by now). The difference is amazing.
I know it's not necessarily easy to remember all the rules of the language when you're typing a quick message, but it seems many people either don't bother, or just don't know.
I don't mind spelling mistakes, abbreviations, netspeak, wrong words (like their instead of there etc.), missed/misplaced apostrophe's and the like, but the basic rules are necessary, IMHO.
A post doesn't have to be a literary work of art, but it should obey the basic rules of English, if only because without them it can quickly become an eyesore at best, or unreadable at worst... and what's the point of making an unreadable post on a message board?!
I'm no snob, and it's not my wish to look down on people; there may be other issues that we don't know about. But I do find it alarming.
Just as an example, look at the difference between Cheatguru - who claims to be 15 - and M16, who I believe is 14 (but may have turned 15 by now). The difference is amazing.
I know it's not necessarily easy to remember all the rules of the language when you're typing a quick message, but it seems many people either don't bother, or just don't know.
I don't mind spelling mistakes, abbreviations, netspeak, wrong words (like their instead of there etc.), missed/misplaced apostrophe's and the like, but the basic rules are necessary, IMHO.
A post doesn't have to be a literary work of art, but it should obey the basic rules of English, if only because without them it can quickly become an eyesore at best, or unreadable at worst... and what's the point of making an unreadable post on a message board?!
It can't be right though can it?
I remember, as a kid, my mum spending time with me reading stories, teaching me to read, writing stories so I learned how to write...
It would appear that a lot of people drop their kids off at school with a "raise my child for me, I'll be back to pick it up later on in time for Eastenders", where said child goes home and gums furniture.
What a scary though, these people now might, one day, rule this country and decide how we have to live.
I remember, as a kid, my mum spending time with me reading stories, teaching me to read, writing stories so I learned how to write...
It would appear that a lot of people drop their kids off at school with a "raise my child for me, I'll be back to pick it up later on in time for Eastenders", where said child goes home and gums furniture.
What a scary though, these people now might, one day, rule this country and decide how we have to live.
Goatboy wrote:
> Ask Guru
My case is well and truly rested.
> Ask Guru
My case is well and truly rested.
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