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AJ

Resi was the weakest of the bunch.

Probably. I forget what they all were. I remember there was a dragon one that never got released.

Edit: wait, with the dragon one that makes five I know. Yeah, Resi was the weakest of the ones released.

optimark_prime

I had a game called Lost Kindoms, I remember enjoying it. A sort of turn based strategy involving cards.

Shout out for Billy Hatcher too, if only for the theme tune

AJ

We've got a few collectors here, how many have a copy of Doshin?

davyK

Me.

AJ

Originally, I actually just asked out of curiosity about who actually bought it, but now I'm wondering if it's worth owning as a curio. So, is it? Any novel mechanics or anything?

davyK

It's an interesting collector piece. Gameplay is based around a daily cycle - you only live for one day but your deeds leave traces behind to interact with the next day. It's kind of a light God sim - you can raise and lower land and move things like trees and rocks around and that has an effect on the population. You can be good and become more powerful with love from good deeds - or you can be bad and grow from fear.

I only played around with it a bit. Went back to it recently and while it still has charm and is presented with the usual Nintendo polish - technically it's a wee bit off re clipping and collisions etc but maybe that's forgivable when the land is fully changeable. It's a bit slow - moving around takes a while but maybe that would speed up later on with new earned abilities - can't really say.

AJ

Sounds like it's worth keeping an eye out for it under £20, but not searching for. Then it can sit with Crimson Sea and never get played.

Tempy

optimark_prime wrote:

I had a game called Lost Kingdoms, I remember enjoying it. A sort of turn based strategy involving cards.

Lost Kingdoms was a lot of fun, but it wasn't turn based - cards had burn times for use, like a backwards ability cooldown, and the rest of it was real time.

Baiten Kaitons was the turn based one I believe.

optimark_prime

Tempy wrote:

optimark_prime wrote:

I had a game called Lost Kingdoms, I remember enjoying it. A sort of turn based strategy involving cards.

Lost Kingdoms was a lot of fun, but it wasn't turn based - cards had burn times for use, like a backwards ability cooldown, and the rest of it was real time.

Baiten Kaitons was the turn based one I believe.

Ah, fair enough. It was a long time ago and I eventually traded it.

Tempy

*Baten Kaitos, even ffs.

Blue Swirl

regmcfly wrote:

I'm playing the Twin Snakes at the minute. Never played it before. It's metal gear solid1 done with the bombast of 2 so it's obviously the best

Hang on, a while ago, when I said that TS was the best MGS, you said it didn't count because it was a remake of 1. HYPOCRITE.

I'm off to feel smug now.

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ChopperByrne wrote:

Viewtiful Joe was great.

It really is. Proper old skool hard as nails.

[Deleted User]

davyK wrote:

I was all for getting Samba de Amigo and then realised the controllers are not wireless and it just put me off.

My boy is still wrapping his little mind around the wire on the GC controller. Easy to forget the magic. The ensuing explanation of light and wireless communication got his little head reeling, as did the subsequent explanation of sound.

JonB

Tempy wrote:

optimark_prime wrote:

I had a game called Lost Kingdoms, I remember enjoying it. A sort of turn based strategy involving cards.

Lost Kingdoms was a lot of fun, but it wasn't turn based - cards had burn times for use, like a backwards ability cooldown, and the rest of it was real time.

I had that, but finished it within a week so took it back to Game for a refund. Same with Pikmin.

Fun games, but not much to them.

mk64

I've got doshin

ayns

I still have a couple of Konga Bongos - great game. The Jungle Beat version was also cool. Happily wiled away many an hour on the GC version of Fire Emblem too - certainly recommend checking out the lush cutscenes at any rate.

Imported a US version of Animal Crossing, got online with PSO, local multiplayer on Final Fantasy: CC - blimey, only intended to post some brief thoughts.

Billy Hatcher! Worth playing to come up with cock jokes.

weadre

Don't think anyone's mentioned f zero gx yet. How that hasn't had a sequel, I don't know.

Diluted Dante

Because Nintendo.

retroking1981

Because X sold less than SNES and GX sold even less than X.

Blue Swirl

retroking1981 wrote:

Because X sold less than SNES and GX sold even less than X.

Which is why I've bought every F-Zero game that came out on the Wii U VC. I'd sell my gran for an F-Zero UX. (Fuck it, a 3DS version of X would do me.)

retroking1981

Good on ya, VC sales are important, its how we got Sin & Punishment 2.

weadre

I'd settle for an hd remake with online multiplayer

retroking1981

I think thats more likely than a new game atm.

Star Fox 64 was re-released on 3DS to test how much interest the franchise still held, thankfully it was enough for a new installment on Wii U.

Hopefully Nintendo do the same with F-Zero.

cindemon

weadre wrote:

I'd settle for an hd remake with online multiplayer

Would do me also.

[ quote="JonB"]

Tempy wrote:

optimark_prime wrote:

I had a game called Lost Kingdoms, I remember enjoying it. A sort of turn based strategy involving cards.

Lost Kingdoms was a lot of fun, but it wasn't turn based - cards had burn times for use, like a backwards ability cooldown, and the rest of it was real time.

I had that, but finished it within a week so took it back to Game for a refund. Same with Pikmin. Fun games, but not much to them.[/quote]

2/VS player LK gave it some legs.

ayns wrote:

I still have a couple of Konga Bongos - great game. The Jungle Beat version was also cool. Happily wiled away many an hour on the GC version of Fire Emblem too - certainly recommend checking out the lush cutscenes at any rate. Imported a US version of Animal Crossing, got online with PSO, local multiplayer on Final Fantasy: CC - blimey, only intended to post some brief thoughts. Billy Hatcher! Worth playing to come up with cock jokes.

Bah, almost like for like except PSO & Fire Emblem, you jammy feck. I still search for a semi decent price ref the cubes FE, I may just have to bite the bullet.

Scotswahey

I bought a GameCube a couple years back because it was £20 and came with Mario Sunshine. Now while I didn't really like that game I did quite fancy the Star wars one... which is ace.

But my cube has been sat on my shelf next to my Atari and PS2 unused for over a year. If I were to buy 2 games which should they be?

JonB

Monkey Ball.

retroking1981

Twin Snakes and RE Zero before they get re-released on PlayStations and give us all 2 less reasons to own a GCN.

hylian_elf

Metroid Prime is current B&B 6th gen GOTG. So that one's a definite. One of the best games ever.

Another one? Resident Evil 4. Exclusive wise? Monkey Ball is a great shout.

retroking1981

Eternal Darkness should get the nod over RE really, still an exclusive at least.

ChopperByrne

Metroid Prime and F-Zero GX

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