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Since I was born, holding a joystick as I exited the womb, I have always been a fan of Nintendo. Despite never getting a NES (I was too young to buy one myself at the time) I have enjoyed many a gaming moment with Nintendo's systems, the SNES, Nintendo 64, GameCube, Game Boy, Game Boy Color and even the Game Boy Advance. I have enjoyed many classics over the years, including The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Mario World and Super Smash Bros Melee, and I am still looking forward to many games, including Rare's first and last GameCube exclusive title, Starfox Adventures, and other games such as Mario Kart GC, The Legend of Zelda GC and F-Zero GC (something fishy's going on - GC). But there's something that's going to change in the future, not just yet, but sometime very soon, and it's going to change the way I game for a long, long time. I am going to start going radioactive-green, talk like Banjo and brandish a chainsaw whenever I see the X-box logo, ready to change it to say "Edgy". Why? I'm getting an X-box.
Don't get me wrong, I haven't lost any faith in Nintendo, infact I still reguard them as the best videogame developers in the world. And to be quite honest, despite using a Windows operating system on my PC (by choice) and claiming I am going to get an X-box, I hate the company Microsoft. But there are many games on the X-box that aren't appearing on the GameCube (or PC) that I would like to try, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer (well, any chance to see Alyson Hannigan whenever I like...) and Halo, as well as to see what Banjo Threeie, or whatever they decide to call it, will be like. As I said, I am not giving up on Nintendo. Infact, the GameCube will still be the main console I play on, especially when I've got high anticipation for games such as Starfox, Zelda and Mario Kart on the GameCube. But sometimes I like to try something different, and my brother already has a Playstation 2, which I'm not too fond of right now, except for the game This is Football 2003, and I've got all the games I can find available for the Dreamcast that I like to play, so the X-box is the only logical decision.
If you must know, I have always been curious about the X-box. I still dislike the controller, but I'm sure it'll grow on me, or I'll get used to it before it takes root (sorry, bad joke I know), but at the end of the day, it's a better controller than the Playstation 2 one. Ok, ok, I have probably just started Console War III but I'm only saying what I believe to be true. Sticking two analogue sticks in parallel to each other was a bad thing as Microsoft and Nintendo have learnt. Atleast, when I get myself an X-box, which will probably be nearer Christmas, I wont have to buy Memory Cards - no one else I know has got one and if they want to play on 'my' X-box, they'll have to come over my house as I'm not carting that thing around with me. I'll just need one extra controller (atleast until I start finding games that more than one person is interested in playing with me) and there are only a few games I want to try at the moment anyway, so I wont need to spend much dosh on them either.
So what is my main reason for deciding to get one? Cash. I have a temp' job and so am earning money. I work in a videogames shop and see the X-box all the time. I have even sold a couple the other day (as well as GameCubes and PS2s) and I have gotten used to the idea of having a third console on my bedroom floor next to my GameCube and Dreamcast. In a couple months time I will have earnt enough money to satisfy my wants and will hopefully have more money left over. I'm trying to save incase I don't find another job for a while anyway, plus with me having a driving test in under eight weeks time, I'm going to need some money to fund my want to drive anyway.
There is one problem though. I am getting put off by people on here:
"Ooh, Halo is great, better than that Mario Crap!"
"Haha! Lamecube, Nintendo is for Pansies, almost as good as the NOM jokes about the Fony Greystation Poo!"
"X-box is the best because it's the most powerful console!"
I know this doesn't refer to everyone here, but I don't want to become one of you! I prefer being the way I am! Happy with my games, open minded and ready to try anything once (unless it involves imminent death - in real life that is) and bascially don't want to be seen as 'cool' if pretending to be better than Nintendo fans is what being 'cool' is. Ofcourse, getting an X-box wont change me like that. My attitudes to some games may change, but I'll still be me no matter what. I'm a Nintendo fan and that's the way it'll stay.
So what do you think? Am I making the right move, or would you like to warn me away whilst you still can? I will take all opinions into consideration, but none of this crap about Nintendo being rubbish ok!
Don't get me wrong, I haven't lost any faith in Nintendo, infact I still reguard them as the best videogame developers in the world. And to be quite honest, despite using a Windows operating system on my PC (by choice) and claiming I am going to get an X-box, I hate the company Microsoft. But there are many games on the X-box that aren't appearing on the GameCube (or PC) that I would like to try, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer (well, any chance to see Alyson Hannigan whenever I like...) and Halo, as well as to see what Banjo Threeie, or whatever they decide to call it, will be like. As I said, I am not giving up on Nintendo. Infact, the GameCube will still be the main console I play on, especially when I've got high anticipation for games such as Starfox, Zelda and Mario Kart on the GameCube. But sometimes I like to try something different, and my brother already has a Playstation 2, which I'm not too fond of right now, except for the game This is Football 2003, and I've got all the games I can find available for the Dreamcast that I like to play, so the X-box is the only logical decision.
If you must know, I have always been curious about the X-box. I still dislike the controller, but I'm sure it'll grow on me, or I'll get used to it before it takes root (sorry, bad joke I know), but at the end of the day, it's a better controller than the Playstation 2 one. Ok, ok, I have probably just started Console War III but I'm only saying what I believe to be true. Sticking two analogue sticks in parallel to each other was a bad thing as Microsoft and Nintendo have learnt. Atleast, when I get myself an X-box, which will probably be nearer Christmas, I wont have to buy Memory Cards - no one else I know has got one and if they want to play on 'my' X-box, they'll have to come over my house as I'm not carting that thing around with me. I'll just need one extra controller (atleast until I start finding games that more than one person is interested in playing with me) and there are only a few games I want to try at the moment anyway, so I wont need to spend much dosh on them either.
So what is my main reason for deciding to get one? Cash. I have a temp' job and so am earning money. I work in a videogames shop and see the X-box all the time. I have even sold a couple the other day (as well as GameCubes and PS2s) and I have gotten used to the idea of having a third console on my bedroom floor next to my GameCube and Dreamcast. In a couple months time I will have earnt enough money to satisfy my wants and will hopefully have more money left over. I'm trying to save incase I don't find another job for a while anyway, plus with me having a driving test in under eight weeks time, I'm going to need some money to fund my want to drive anyway.
There is one problem though. I am getting put off by people on here:
"Ooh, Halo is great, better than that Mario Crap!"
"Haha! Lamecube, Nintendo is for Pansies, almost as good as the NOM jokes about the Fony Greystation Poo!"
"X-box is the best because it's the most powerful console!"
I know this doesn't refer to everyone here, but I don't want to become one of you! I prefer being the way I am! Happy with my games, open minded and ready to try anything once (unless it involves imminent death - in real life that is) and bascially don't want to be seen as 'cool' if pretending to be better than Nintendo fans is what being 'cool' is. Ofcourse, getting an X-box wont change me like that. My attitudes to some games may change, but I'll still be me no matter what. I'm a Nintendo fan and that's the way it'll stay.
So what do you think? Am I making the right move, or would you like to warn me away whilst you still can? I will take all opinions into consideration, but none of this crap about Nintendo being rubbish ok!
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Owning an XBOX and a GameCube gives you best of both worlds - different vibes and different types of games. Owning both makes gaming and variety the winner.
I plan on getting a GameCube as soon as my finances improve.
I plan on getting a GameCube as soon as my finances improve.
If you do get one, and still have some cash from your job, make sure you get a DD 5.1 system too.
Yeah I was gonna mention the controller S. Saw it in the States and its an excellent controller. :-)
Believe it or not Edgy, I'm open minded like you. I've practically owned every decent console thats come out. But what you said about stuff putting you off - thats exactly my feelings. I had nothing against the GC, still don't really. But it gets to me when all I seem to read is people slating the console I enjoy and making me out to be some bloody idiot for buying it.
From here I defended the console and because I've been left in that situation so many times, no doubt a few people think of me as a fanboy when I'm not.
You'll notice I don't go into the Ninty forum and start preaching because I know to expect anti X-Box topics in there and don't bother replying. What I don't like is when poster after poster comes in here doing what I mentioned earlier, then moaning and stamping their feet when I give it back.
Anyway, I'm sure you'll enjoy the X-Box, theres some excellent games out and on the way. I can send you one of those promotional DVD's if you want. It shows some of the things you can look forward to on X-Box.
;-)
Believe it or not Edgy, I'm open minded like you. I've practically owned every decent console thats come out. But what you said about stuff putting you off - thats exactly my feelings. I had nothing against the GC, still don't really. But it gets to me when all I seem to read is people slating the console I enjoy and making me out to be some bloody idiot for buying it.
From here I defended the console and because I've been left in that situation so many times, no doubt a few people think of me as a fanboy when I'm not.
You'll notice I don't go into the Ninty forum and start preaching because I know to expect anti X-Box topics in there and don't bother replying. What I don't like is when poster after poster comes in here doing what I mentioned earlier, then moaning and stamping their feet when I give it back.
Anyway, I'm sure you'll enjoy the X-Box, theres some excellent games out and on the way. I can send you one of those promotional DVD's if you want. It shows some of the things you can look forward to on X-Box.
;-)
Excellent Choice.
No list for you though edge, unless you want us to produce one....
Oh the controller - Wait until November 1, Controller S - Excellent!
No list for you though edge, unless you want us to produce one....
Oh the controller - Wait until November 1, Controller S - Excellent!
Edgy's getting an Xbox?
No you're bloody well not!
No you're bloody well not!
Great move! I aren't going through all the games as people who are into consoles etc will be aware of the amazing titles over the next few months/already out. I aren't going to go through all the "you are getting the best console" rubbish as you will see that when you play :)
Enjoy the games even though there are too many for my wallet to stretch out for.
*Pulls out wallet stretcher*
Enjoy my friend, its nice to see that not all Nintendo owners want to marry the company and pretend its humain :)
*Hugs Xbox and pledges life to it*
Enjoy the games even though there are too many for my wallet to stretch out for.
*Pulls out wallet stretcher*
Enjoy my friend, its nice to see that not all Nintendo owners want to marry the company and pretend its humain :)
*Hugs Xbox and pledges life to it*
Since I was born, holding a joystick as I exited the womb, I have always been a fan of Nintendo. Despite never getting a NES (I was too young to buy one myself at the time) I have enjoyed many a gaming moment with Nintendo's systems, the SNES, Nintendo 64, GameCube, Game Boy, Game Boy Color and even the Game Boy Advance. I have enjoyed many classics over the years, including The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Mario World and Super Smash Bros Melee, and I am still looking forward to many games, including Rare's first and last GameCube exclusive title, Starfox Adventures, and other games such as Mario Kart GC, The Legend of Zelda GC and F-Zero GC (something fishy's going on - GC). But there's something that's going to change in the future, not just yet, but sometime very soon, and it's going to change the way I game for a long, long time. I am going to start going radioactive-green, talk like Banjo and brandish a chainsaw whenever I see the X-box logo, ready to change it to say "Edgy". Why? I'm getting an X-box.
Don't get me wrong, I haven't lost any faith in Nintendo, infact I still reguard them as the best videogame developers in the world. And to be quite honest, despite using a Windows operating system on my PC (by choice) and claiming I am going to get an X-box, I hate the company Microsoft. But there are many games on the X-box that aren't appearing on the GameCube (or PC) that I would like to try, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer (well, any chance to see Alyson Hannigan whenever I like...) and Halo, as well as to see what Banjo Threeie, or whatever they decide to call it, will be like. As I said, I am not giving up on Nintendo. Infact, the GameCube will still be the main console I play on, especially when I've got high anticipation for games such as Starfox, Zelda and Mario Kart on the GameCube. But sometimes I like to try something different, and my brother already has a Playstation 2, which I'm not too fond of right now, except for the game This is Football 2003, and I've got all the games I can find available for the Dreamcast that I like to play, so the X-box is the only logical decision.
If you must know, I have always been curious about the X-box. I still dislike the controller, but I'm sure it'll grow on me, or I'll get used to it before it takes root (sorry, bad joke I know), but at the end of the day, it's a better controller than the Playstation 2 one. Ok, ok, I have probably just started Console War III but I'm only saying what I believe to be true. Sticking two analogue sticks in parallel to each other was a bad thing as Microsoft and Nintendo have learnt. Atleast, when I get myself an X-box, which will probably be nearer Christmas, I wont have to buy Memory Cards - no one else I know has got one and if they want to play on 'my' X-box, they'll have to come over my house as I'm not carting that thing around with me. I'll just need one extra controller (atleast until I start finding games that more than one person is interested in playing with me) and there are only a few games I want to try at the moment anyway, so I wont need to spend much dosh on them either.
So what is my main reason for deciding to get one? Cash. I have a temp' job and so am earning money. I work in a videogames shop and see the X-box all the time. I have even sold a couple the other day (as well as GameCubes and PS2s) and I have gotten used to the idea of having a third console on my bedroom floor next to my GameCube and Dreamcast. In a couple months time I will have earnt enough money to satisfy my wants and will hopefully have more money left over. I'm trying to save incase I don't find another job for a while anyway, plus with me having a driving test in under eight weeks time, I'm going to need some money to fund my want to drive anyway.
There is one problem though. I am getting put off by people on here:
"Ooh, Halo is great, better than that Mario Crap!"
"Haha! Lamecube, Nintendo is for Pansies, almost as good as the NOM jokes about the Fony Greystation Poo!"
"X-box is the best because it's the most powerful console!"
I know this doesn't refer to everyone here, but I don't want to become one of you! I prefer being the way I am! Happy with my games, open minded and ready to try anything once (unless it involves imminent death - in real life that is) and bascially don't want to be seen as 'cool' if pretending to be better than Nintendo fans is what being 'cool' is. Ofcourse, getting an X-box wont change me like that. My attitudes to some games may change, but I'll still be me no matter what. I'm a Nintendo fan and that's the way it'll stay.
So what do you think? Am I making the right move, or would you like to warn me away whilst you still can? I will take all opinions into consideration, but none of this crap about Nintendo being rubbish ok!
Don't get me wrong, I haven't lost any faith in Nintendo, infact I still reguard them as the best videogame developers in the world. And to be quite honest, despite using a Windows operating system on my PC (by choice) and claiming I am going to get an X-box, I hate the company Microsoft. But there are many games on the X-box that aren't appearing on the GameCube (or PC) that I would like to try, such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer (well, any chance to see Alyson Hannigan whenever I like...) and Halo, as well as to see what Banjo Threeie, or whatever they decide to call it, will be like. As I said, I am not giving up on Nintendo. Infact, the GameCube will still be the main console I play on, especially when I've got high anticipation for games such as Starfox, Zelda and Mario Kart on the GameCube. But sometimes I like to try something different, and my brother already has a Playstation 2, which I'm not too fond of right now, except for the game This is Football 2003, and I've got all the games I can find available for the Dreamcast that I like to play, so the X-box is the only logical decision.
If you must know, I have always been curious about the X-box. I still dislike the controller, but I'm sure it'll grow on me, or I'll get used to it before it takes root (sorry, bad joke I know), but at the end of the day, it's a better controller than the Playstation 2 one. Ok, ok, I have probably just started Console War III but I'm only saying what I believe to be true. Sticking two analogue sticks in parallel to each other was a bad thing as Microsoft and Nintendo have learnt. Atleast, when I get myself an X-box, which will probably be nearer Christmas, I wont have to buy Memory Cards - no one else I know has got one and if they want to play on 'my' X-box, they'll have to come over my house as I'm not carting that thing around with me. I'll just need one extra controller (atleast until I start finding games that more than one person is interested in playing with me) and there are only a few games I want to try at the moment anyway, so I wont need to spend much dosh on them either.
So what is my main reason for deciding to get one? Cash. I have a temp' job and so am earning money. I work in a videogames shop and see the X-box all the time. I have even sold a couple the other day (as well as GameCubes and PS2s) and I have gotten used to the idea of having a third console on my bedroom floor next to my GameCube and Dreamcast. In a couple months time I will have earnt enough money to satisfy my wants and will hopefully have more money left over. I'm trying to save incase I don't find another job for a while anyway, plus with me having a driving test in under eight weeks time, I'm going to need some money to fund my want to drive anyway.
There is one problem though. I am getting put off by people on here:
"Ooh, Halo is great, better than that Mario Crap!"
"Haha! Lamecube, Nintendo is for Pansies, almost as good as the NOM jokes about the Fony Greystation Poo!"
"X-box is the best because it's the most powerful console!"
I know this doesn't refer to everyone here, but I don't want to become one of you! I prefer being the way I am! Happy with my games, open minded and ready to try anything once (unless it involves imminent death - in real life that is) and bascially don't want to be seen as 'cool' if pretending to be better than Nintendo fans is what being 'cool' is. Ofcourse, getting an X-box wont change me like that. My attitudes to some games may change, but I'll still be me no matter what. I'm a Nintendo fan and that's the way it'll stay.
So what do you think? Am I making the right move, or would you like to warn me away whilst you still can? I will take all opinions into consideration, but none of this crap about Nintendo being rubbish ok!
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