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I've paid £75 + £10 postage for a Black Gamecube (boxed), official memory card boxed (both supposedly new), Super Monkey Ball 2 and Star Wars Rogue Squadron 3 Rebel Strike. Yeah, I know that the Star Wars game got mixed reviews but I'm a Star Wars fan and if I tolerated the Episode 1 games this should be no problem. I checked the average for both games selling seperately on eBay and both seem to reach around £20ish so I think that £75 for the lot was a good price? buying new was out of the question because I have a budget of about £130 to spend and that would have not bought a great deal of new stuff. I already have a Zelda Collector's edition disc as well...:D
Anyway, my Nintendo knowledge (apart from the fact this will be my third Gamecube - don't ask) comes from the new issue of NOM which I was sad to find has no A-Z of reviews of past games.
Hence if any one has some suggestions for good games, other than Zelda (which I'm going to get) then I'd be interested to hear them.
Also feel free to give me an ear bashing about the my criticism of Nintendo, though I still think they need a serious marketing rethink the desire to play Skies Of Arcadia and Ikaruga without paying a small fortune for them on my Dreamcast has over ridden that. Plus having seen a review of Crystal Chronicles there could well be some hat eating activity from me soon.
I've paid £75 + £10 postage for a Black Gamecube (boxed), official memory card boxed (both supposedly new), Super Monkey Ball 2 and Star Wars Rogue Squadron 3 Rebel Strike. Yeah, I know that the Star Wars game got mixed reviews but I'm a Star Wars fan and if I tolerated the Episode 1 games this should be no problem. I checked the average for both games selling seperately on eBay and both seem to reach around £20ish so I think that £75 for the lot was a good price? buying new was out of the question because I have a budget of about £130 to spend and that would have not bought a great deal of new stuff. I already have a Zelda Collector's edition disc as well...:D
Anyway, my Nintendo knowledge (apart from the fact this will be my third Gamecube - don't ask) comes from the new issue of NOM which I was sad to find has no A-Z of reviews of past games.
Hence if any one has some suggestions for good games, other than Zelda (which I'm going to get) then I'd be interested to hear them.
Also feel free to give me an ear bashing about the my criticism of Nintendo, though I still think they need a serious marketing rethink the desire to play Skies Of Arcadia and Ikaruga without paying a small fortune for them on my Dreamcast has over ridden that. Plus having seen a review of Crystal Chronicles there could well be some hat eating activity from me soon.
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You got a good deal. Rebel Strike is a good game, but you just have to overlook the utterly appaling on foot levels. Unfortunately, they've tried to mix genres but ended up with a few levels that are boring to play. Once you get into a cockpit or onto a speeder bike, the game will really come into it's own. The branching storyline's nice too, and there's an interesting training level. There's a multiplayer mode, which works better in some levels than it does others, and the entire game of Rogue Leader in co-op which is a great bonus.
Super Monkey Ball 2 is also an excellent improvement on the first, both in multiplayer and single player. Definitely worth keeping. You'll want to get Metroid Prime, The Wind Waker and F-Zero GX too. Must buys.
Oh, and see if you can grab a Wavebird or two. They're great.
You got a good deal. Rebel Strike is a good game, but you just have to overlook the utterly appaling on foot levels. Unfortunately, they've tried to mix genres but ended up with a few levels that are boring to play. Once you get into a cockpit or onto a speeder bike, the game will really come into it's own. The branching storyline's nice too, and there's an interesting training level. There's a multiplayer mode, which works better in some levels than it does others, and the entire game of Rogue Leader in co-op which is a great bonus.
Super Monkey Ball 2 is also an excellent improvement on the first, both in multiplayer and single player. Definitely worth keeping. You'll want to get Metroid Prime, The Wind Waker and F-Zero GX too. Must buys.
Oh, and see if you can grab a Wavebird or two. They're great.
Oh and download content on the Xbox is turning out to be a joke. £5 a course on Links 2004 and they plan on bringing 8 courses out between now and Autumn. £40? Ha! They are taking the piece a little, especially when you can download all you want for PC games and its all free.
Graphically there is. Graphics don't always make a game but when they are noticeably poor or suffer from stutter then they can unmake the game.
There isn't a 'massive' difference between the Xbox and PC versions of the two I mentioned but if you play the likes of Max Payne 2 amongst most other titles the PC versions are from a technical point of view better. Not that you would know of course but you always like to have a guess at which the better version is.
ÂLŠ†ÂÎR wrote:
> Agreed, that and Knights of the Old Republic which I now have on PC!
> Why have copper when you can have gold?
Pah. You act like there's a massive difference.
Xbox owners will soon have downloadable content anyway. A cheap gimmick, but better than nothing.
> Agreed, that and Knights of the Old Republic which I now have on PC!
> Why have copper when you can have gold?
Pah. You act like there's a massive difference.
Xbox owners will soon have downloadable content anyway. A cheap gimmick, but better than nothing.
Notorious Biggles wrote:
> I'm disappointed about Halo 2 being delayed. I'll just keep reminding
> myself of how MSR turned out after numerous delays.
>
> And as for that price cut, it was price cuts that resuscitated the
> Gamecube. Surely you would rather the Xbox was more successful at the
> expense of the PS2 than for it to fail?
That doesn't make up the the lack of anything interesting in-between that can't be purchased elsewhere.
As for which is the mot successful, couldn't really care and never have bothered about sales figures.
> I'm disappointed about Halo 2 being delayed. I'll just keep reminding
> myself of how MSR turned out after numerous delays.
>
> And as for that price cut, it was price cuts that resuscitated the
> Gamecube. Surely you would rather the Xbox was more successful at the
> expense of the PS2 than for it to fail?
That doesn't make up the the lack of anything interesting in-between that can't be purchased elsewhere.
As for which is the mot successful, couldn't really care and never have bothered about sales figures.
It does work though!
I've made about £70 from it in less than a fortnight. you get your own link then u advertise it and get money. and u also get money randomly.
I've made about £70 from it in less than a fortnight. you get your own link then u advertise it and get money. and u also get money randomly.
Ha, still a scam site, though more clever than usual, basically they pay someone a small fee every time you get someone to sign up for a lot more money. Plus you're not allowed to spam.
ive got every console out
Just got my hands on Wind Waker, with the bonus disc, and the Prima Strategy guide, all for 22 + 2.50 postage. I'm having a good day so far...
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