Well, my dad works at Nintendo and~: Console Wars Horseshit Megathread

[Trippy]

So Nintendo announced their new 3ds today, after all the trouble they have had with people not realizing the WiiU is a different console than the Wii they gave the new 3ds a nice, clear name.  It is named "New 3ds".  As in the word "New" is actually part of the product name.

Is this real or do they have some sort of April Fool's day in Japan in late August?

Very real and it's going to cause even more confusion cause there will be New 3DS games that won't work on the 3DS.

[Merusk]

You mean Super Nintendo Wii. Why didn't they call it that. Or at least the Super Wii.

Or just, gotten rid of that naming convention altogether because the Wii was and continues to be the worst named console ever.

True story: My parents wouldn't let us buy a Super Nintendo because they thought it was just a redesigned Nintendo. They thought my brother and I were stupid when we saved up and bought it ourselves, right until they saw us playing.

[Hawkbit]

How are load times on the PS4 compared to PS3?  Some of the later PS3 games take forever to start, GTA5 and Diablo3 both take a bit.

[Cyrrex]

Waaaay better.

[Yegolev]

So Nintendo announced their new 3ds today, after all the trouble they have had with people not realizing the WiiU is a different console than the Wii they gave the new 3ds a nice, clear name.  It is named "New 3ds".  As in the word "New" is actually part of the product name.

Is this real or do they have some sort of April Fool's day in Japan in late August?

Very real and it's going to cause even more confusion cause there will be New 3DS games that won't work on the 3DS.

OK, I guess I should sell my HEX GK account and buy a Vita.

[Rasix]

I'm just happy I won't have to buy a PS4 for Persona 5.  Wife is really resisting any sort of console upgrade.  Last resort is dropping the PS3 on the ground, but I'd rather it not come to that.  My PS3 collection is of very high quality.

[schild]

Compared to the PS2 the PS3 is basically a Dreamcast. 1/10th the number of games, but all of those games are as good if not better than the PS2 titles. I mean, Demon's Souls. That kinda just does it.

[Yegolev]

Don't forget Folklore.

[Rasix]

Never played that one.  May have been released during a MMO binge period. 

Out of all of the games, I still think MSGIV was my favorite on the system.  I had never really played a Metal Gear Solid game for any significant amount of time.  I played it for an hour at the f13 house and was sold on the game and the system.  Just a masterpiece front to back.  Sure the story was a bit wonky, but it was told well and the presentation was immaculate.

[Yegolev]

You can actually forget Folklore.

[Rendakor]

There's an f13 house?

[Rasix]

There was.  schild, Phildo, Ookie and DannyB lived there along with others of varying board activity.  It was about an hour and a half drive from where I live.

Place was filled with video games and cigarettes.

[Yegolev]

And black widows.

[Rasix]

That comes free with Arizona. 

[Phildo]

They form a defensive layer around the base of your house to protect you from other nasty things.

[Mithas]

Was the f13 house like Swifty's gaming house? If I donate $100, can I come hang out there for a week?

[Lantyssa]

You can actually forget Folklore.

Which is funny because it's one of the few games I got for the PS3.  (I really need to go and rip all my PS2 games so I can play them on an emulator.  Have tons of those I've barely touched.)

[schild]

It was in the first release cycle of PS3 games, so almost everyone who liked RPGs got it. It was terrible.

Edit: To be apropos, it was the Blue Stinger of PS3 games.

[Phildo]

It was better than Enchanted Arms for the 360.  Remember that pile of shit?

[schild]

They were both bad. At least Folklore was gorgeous.

[Rasix]

Did the 360 manage a single good jrpg?  They put out a lot of over hyped crap. Even the Wii had Xenoblade Chronicles.

[Ard]

Lost Odyssey.  That's about it.

edit: okay, that's not it, it also had Last Remnant, but I'm pretty sure only Yeg will agree with me on that one.

[Rasix]

I didn't care for Lost Odyssey.  I'm not sure how long I made it after the horrible hour long, no save death scene + funeral.  At some point I just turned it off and maximized my trade in value.  

Last Remnant, I didn't really give a decent chance.  My PC at the time couldn't run it for shit.

[Rendakor]

Last Remnant ran awful on 360; I really wanted to like it.

[Yegolev]

It was better than Enchanted Arms for the 360.  Remember that pile of shit?

I had this game on PS3.  Awful.

Last Remnant is the best JRPG that I can remember on 360.  I didn't get far in Infinite Undiscovery, but I think it was an average JRPG.  I have a few more but unless someone wants me to dig through the shelves, I'll just stop.

[Phildo]

I really liked the gameplay in Blue Dragon.  But the story, characters and voice acting were unbearable.

[Druzil]

Eternal Sonata was fairly interesting, Resonance of Fate was pretty good but the battle system just fell flat after awhile.   I couldn't even make it through the demo of Blue Dragon 

[Miasma]

This seems to be real and is making the rounds.  Xbox one released in Japan with mostly empty events so someone made an obvious photoshop of the terrible forza 5 2d clone crowds.  The head of the xbox's marketing thanked him.

[Trippy]

Not to mention using a racial slur.

[Miasma]

I actually became kind of transfixed for several minutes thinking about whether he meant that as a real slur, 'ironic' racism or most interestingly as an actual abbreviation, since there is a period afterwards, and you only have so many characters on twitter.  The period fascinates me.

Do all the hashtags and at links count towards the character limit?

[Rendakor]

Yea.

[Trippy]

I actually became kind of transfixed for several minutes thinking about whether he meant that as a real slur, 'ironic' racism or most interestingly as an actual abbreviation, since there is a period afterwards, and you only have so many characters on twitter.  The period fascinates me.

Do all the hashtags and at links count towards the character limit?

Yeah I had the same debate. Most kids these days don't know that "Jap" was a common racial slur in the past. On the other hand he was intentional trolling with that pic so he may have meant it as a slur and put the period there to cover his ass in case somebody called him on it.

[01101010]

Always thought the proper gaming abbreviation for Japanese was jp (and seing as how it is used in one of the hashtags). But then again I was poisoned by FFXI when I was young and naive.

As for the tweet... I assumed it was an abbreviation given the period and the character limit. Of course, probably would have been easier to chop a few of the other words. Now I am intrigued as well... damn it.

[Rasix]

Just a FYI, apparently the Dead Rising 3 port is a disaster.  Not surprising from Capcom, but early indications are that you shouldn't spend any money on it. Really horrendous performance on even the best systems and excessively long load times.

Eternal Sonata was fairly interesting, Resonance of Fate was pretty good but the battle system just fell flat after awhile.   I couldn't even make it through the demo of Blue Dragon  

Eternal Sonata was OK.  Not a surprise, it had an awesome soundtrack and the visuals were neat.  Unfortunately I remember the battle system getting old, tons of trash mobs slowing things down, and a plot that increasingly insulted your intelligence.  There was a nice 10 minute death scene of a character that you already knew betrayed you, but you apparently wouldn't get it unless they droned on about it incessantly.  

I liked Resonance of Fate, but lost interest after a point.  Game took a long time to play and there were some long stretches where you couldn't save and due to the combat system were always at risk of getting wiped.

[schild]

Jap is no longer a racial slur unless you go out of your way to make people aware you're being racist. It and JPY are pretty common abbreviations. You can probably blame Jewish women for taking the punch out of the word jap in the last 15 years.