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"GAMECUBE!!!"

Today, after my Business exam, I went to town and bought the following:

Nintendo Gamecube
Smash Bros Melee
Luigi's Mansion
Official Memory Card
Super Monkey Ball
Star Wars: Rogue Leader
Magnum (Ice cream, not gun)

I've tried to get used to the controls in Luigi's Mansion, but still no luck. Methinks I can't use it effectively, ever. Just as a point of interest, how many ghosts di you all zap up the FIRST time in the training room?

I also bought the following PS2 related stuff, but you shouldn't really care about that:

Deus Ex (PS2)
MOH: Frontline
Escape from Monkey Island (PS2)
Final Fantasy X
Offical Playstation 2 Magazine (2 days before release)

Haven't even played Deus Ex, Escape from Monkey Island (£14!), Final Fantasy X and MOH yet. Oh well.

Vottanator wrote:
> Wave Race.
>
> I haven't played Pikmin but I have Wave Race. It's good. Not THAT good
> but good. It's certainly nto as good as the original and the handling
> is really tricky to get to grips with. Still, it's a good challenge
> and it's got some good courses.
>
> Anyway, my advice to you is unplug your GC, plug back in your PS2 and
> start playing FFX. Trust me, you won't plug back in your GC or any
> other game for a good 100 hours.
>
> I got Smash Bros the morning after I got FFX (got FFX on release day)
> and I have hardly played it. I got MoH:F on release day too and I
> haven't even played that once! I told myself I wouldn't until I had
> played FFX (almost) to death. It hasn't been a problem keeping myself
> away from MoH either. FFX is just SO good.
>
> I've been playing it for 80 hours now and I haven't even completed the
> main quest. It's one of the best games I have ever played. In fact, as
> I have said so many times now, the only game that comes closeto it is
> Ocarina of Time.

I've been playing Frontline for the last hour. Controls are tricky, to be honest.

Unplugging and plugging the SCART leads are really troublesome - I think I have to buy one of those multi format cables from SR.

DeltaJava wrote:
> It's the C stick, it is. I haven't got used to the reverse axis with
> the stick, coupled with luigi's constant movement in facing all
> directions.

My matesplay it he says he found it difficult at first but its a good game if a little short on longevity.

Wave Race.

I haven't played Pikmin but I have Wave Race. It's good. Not THAT good but good. It's certainly nto as good as the original and the handling is really tricky to get to grips with. Still, it's a good challenge and it's got some good courses.

Anyway, my advice to you is unplug your GC, plug back in your PS2 and start playing FFX. Trust me, you won't plug back in your GC or any other game for a good 100 hours.

I got Smash Bros the morning after I got FFX (got FFX on release day) and I have hardly played it. I got MoH:F on release day too and I haven't even played that once! I told myself I wouldn't until I had played FFX (almost) to death. It hasn't been a problem keeping myself away from MoH either. FFX is just SO good.

I've been playing it for 80 hours now and I haven't even completed the main quest. It's one of the best games I have ever played. In fact, as I have said so many times now, the only game that comes closeto it is Ocarina of Time.

Anyone else?

Pikmin

So, these are the games up for GAD nomination:
Wave Race: Blue Storm
NBA Courtside 2002
Pikmin

Which one shall I get? The one with the most votes (if any) will be my GAD.

davyboy wrote:
> Deus Ex (PS2)
> MOH: Frontline
> Escape from Monkey Island (PS2)
> Final Fantasy X
>
> Those are all very cool games .....
> warning about FF10 though my mate has already done 45hours and he aint
> half way through .

Haven't touched the thing yet. Deus Ex first.

It's the C stick, it is. I haven't got used to the reverse axis with the stick, coupled with luigi's constant movement in facing all directions.

Deus Ex (PS2)
MOH: Frontline
Escape from Monkey Island (PS2)
Final Fantasy X

Those are all very cool games .....
warning about FF10 though my mate has already done 45hours and he aint half way through .

On my first attempt at the training (and my only attempt) I sucked up 6 of those ghosts.

I still haven't got use to the controls properly, but it's a fun game to play and I'm slowly getting further and further in amongst my Monkey Balling and Meleeing