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offline surrounded from it won't be hard anymore to li on 2003-03-11 05:49 [#00590103]
Points: 3787 Status: Regular



Well i finally did it. Yesterday i went out and bought
myself a Gamecube :-)

But i'm a little confused about the memory-card... Because
of the way it sticks out of the cube even when plugged in (i
had thought you'd be able to shove it all the way up into
that slot), and whenever you save something the game warns
you not to touch the memory-card... does that mean you
always have to remove the memory-card whenever you stop
playing with the gamecube?

I was kinda thinking (and hoping) that i could just let it
in the gamecube forever and wouldn't have to worry about it
anymore...?

Other than that, i'm loving it! :-D
The cube itself came with Pikmin for free... which i've only
played for a little while, and looked very promising. But i
also bought Mario Sunshine, and that is just taking up all
my time and concentration right now ;-) I'll come back to
pikmin after i finnish mario.


 

offline AE_King from Australia on 2003-03-11 06:00 [#00590111]
Points: 749 Status: Regular



Nice one mate, the Gamecube will provide you with many a
joyous hour :)

Don't worry about the memory card, it's meant to stick out
(think about it, how else would you get it out :P).

Looking forawrd to playing Metroid myself :D


 

offline surrounded from it won't be hard anymore to li on 2003-03-11 06:04 [#00590112]
Points: 3787 Status: Regular



"Don't worry about the memory card, it's meant to stick
out
"

ah great! Thanks :-)

"(think about it, how else would you get it out
:P).
"

hehe, that's a good point actually ;-)

I've had all the nintendo home-consoles since the NES...
wasn't sure if i would also get the cube, but now i'm so
glad that i did :-) it's wonderful!

Yeah metroid is surely one to look forward to, but the game
i'm really waiting for is definitely Zelda :-)


 

offline AE_King from Australia on 2003-03-11 06:10 [#00590116]
Points: 749 Status: Regular



hehe, yeah that game will be very popular I think :)

I'm not really a fan of Nintendo games really, I don't like
any of the franchises apart from Metroid so I really bought
the console for its 3rd party games (Super Monkey Ball I
just had to play!!).


 

offline NeoExmnist from United States on 2003-03-11 06:13 [#00590117]
Points: 1385 Status: Lurker | Followup to AE_King: #00590116



actually its not that great of a point becuz pc cards for
laptops slide all the way in but they're still able to be
takin out.

i want a gamecube so i can play metroid prime. that game
looks awesome. surrounded, you must play it. play it for
me.


 

offline JAroen from the pineal gland on 2003-03-11 06:15 [#00590119]
Points: 16065 Status: Regular



get yourself metroid prime (releasen in holland 21 march)
and zelde ofcourse!!! zelda's gonna kick my butt...eh monkey
ball is fun and the sonic 7 game collection is good well and
if you dig the game mario.. well just see for yourself...

well i had problems with my memory card, it would
spontaniously erase itself but now it works fine.. just
leave it there


 

offline Dael from the low end (Australia) on 2003-03-11 08:04 [#00590171]
Points: 968 Status: Lurker



there's only one real downfall to the (original_59) gamecube
memory card, it takes way too little time to fill up. Can
any of you american/jap players of metriod prime tell me how
many blocks it uses?, I'm betting that I'll need to get one
of those larger 256 ones for prime/windwaker


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2003-03-11 08:07 [#00590177]
Points: 23533 Status: Moderator | Show recordbag



He he- Shenmue on the DC uses up close to 1/2 a memory card
for one save!

Surrpunded, you can leave the memory card in all the time.
The "don't remove" is jsut because you can corrupt your
memory card by pulling it out mid save- don't worry, even if
you do that you could still erase it to save it...


 

offline surrounded from it won't be hard anymore to li on 2003-03-11 11:51 [#00590473]
Points: 3787 Status: Regular



Okay, thanks for all the memory-card advice everybody... i'm
just gonna leave it in my gamecube... FOREVER :-p

Actually i already noticed in the store Mario Sunshine needs
7 blocks, and pikmin needs 19 blocks... i did some quick
calculations... (...2 or 3 more games and the regular
memorycard will already be full
) and bought the slightly
more expensive 251 block MemoryCard.

"if you dig the game mario.. well just see for
yourself...
"

yeah it's great! I'm finally getting the hang of that
waterpump-thingy now... you really feel like mario can do
anything he wants in this game... jumping from one small
ledge to another isn't even half as scary anymore as it was
in mario64... the FLUDD gives you much more control :-D

I am getting a bit tired of fighting all the piranha-plants
though... i hope other enemies will pop up later in the
game.

"get yourself metroid prime"

Yes ofcourse i'll get that one, and zelda too! There is no
doubt about those, i MUST have them :-p


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-03-11 11:57 [#00590478]
Points: 10836 Status: Lurker



Hello George. I don't mean to insinuate you're stupid, but
your first post made me laugh a lot earlier today :D

The standard Gamecube memory cards are CRAP, they get full
in no time at all. I'm glad I don't buy hardly any games for
mine or I'd be well annoyed :)

Metroid Prime is actually out this week, isn't it? Or maybe
that's Super Monkey Ball 2. They'll be the first games I'm
going to get since Mario Sunshine...


 

offline surrounded from it won't be hard anymore to li on 2003-03-11 12:06 [#00590485]
Points: 3787 Status: Regular



"Hello George. I don't mean to insinuate you're stupid,
but your first post made me laugh a lot earlier today
:D
"

Lol, so you read it, and you didn't even reply to help me
out? :-p You bastard!

Well you have to understand the only consoles i've ever
played on were by nintendo... i've never had a playstation,
xbox or whatever. So i'm really not familiar with games on
discs and memorycards and such. I'm still used to good old
cartridges ;-) I'm slowly beginning to understand how this
stuff works now.

Metroid is coming out soon anyway... all over europe.
Probably this week or the next. They've made the european
version more difficult than the american versions
(less powerups, and your energy goes down faster etc.)...
prepare thyself! :-p


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2003-03-11 12:12 [#00590489]
Points: 10836 Status: Lurker | Followup to surrounded: #00590485



Heheh, no I wasn't being cruel, I can browse but not post in
my office now for some reason, so I was helpless to assist
you ;)

They usually make games really easy in Japan and then
toughen them up for the rest of the world, but obviously the
Yanks and the like can't handle the pace so they need to
easy stuff up for 'em :D Europe is hard as fuck!!!


 

offline Cabbog from Chautauqua (United States) on 2003-03-11 12:57 [#00590513]
Points: 2294 Status: Regular



Right now I've got Skies of Arcadia, Metroid Prime, Mario
Sunshine, Starfox Adventures, Smash Brothers, Pikmin, and
Ocarina of Time. Out of all of them Pikmin is definately my
favorite - never played anything like it.


 

offline afxNUMB from So.Flo on 2003-03-11 14:21 [#00590583]
Points: 7099 Status: Regular



whatever you do dont touch the memory card or take it
out.....the other day I think my gamecube was collecting my
doggy dust and it fucked up the memory card and everything
was GONE, gone I tell ya.....


 

offline -V- from Ensenada Drive on 2003-03-11 14:22 [#00590586]
Points: 1452 Status: Lurker | Followup to Dael: #00590171



Metroid Prime uses 2 blocks.


 

offline MachineofGod from the land of halo's (United States) on 2003-03-11 15:11 [#00590645]
Points: 3088 Status: Lurker



finally george! ill be getting zelda in about 2 weeks and
on the same day I go to godspeed concert; great day that
will be.

by the way cabbog, is skies of arcadia worth getting?


 

offline Cabbog from Chautauqua (United States) on 2003-03-11 15:43 [#00590682]
Points: 2294 Status: Regular | Followup to MachineofGod: #00590645



Definately. Especially if you've never played the
original..
I picked it up about a week ago and have been playing
nonstop ever since. While it lacks the technical polish
found in most of Square's heavyweights it more than makes up
for it in childlike charm. I really like the sense of
ownership you get out of managing your own pirate
ship/crew/base as well...
Wow.. I'm going to live with my mom forever aren't I?



 

offline AE_King from Australia on 2003-03-11 17:00 [#00590791]
Points: 749 Status: Regular



It must be said, as gooda s the GC is, xbox is teh
future!!1! Panzer Dragoon Orta next week, gwahahaha!


 

offline Job a boj from Land of the Lost Timezone! (Canada) on 2003-03-11 17:05 [#00590796]
Points: 498 Status: Regular



Dael, my copy of Metroid Prine currently has 2 games being
played, which both save in the same memory block, and it
only takes up 1 slot.


 

offline Cabbog from Chautauqua (United States) on 2003-03-11 23:16 [#00591073]
Points: 2294 Status: Regular



Panzer Dragoon is overrated in my opinion. Maybe if I had
played the earlier games in the series when I was younger I
would have enjoyed it more. It's not a bad game, just not
my type. I'd have more fun shooting nerf balls at birds on
a rollercoaster. Also, apart from being pseudo-nonlinear
it's got to be the biggest button masher of all time. I had
to stop playing every 10 minutes to massage my finger
tendons in buttermilk.


 

offline Cabbog from Chautauqua (United States) on 2003-03-12 12:26 [#00592059]
Points: 2294 Status: Regular



Has anyone played Black and Bruised? From the few previews
I've seen it looks like it may be really fun.


 

offline Cabbog from Chautauqua (United States) on 2003-03-13 00:11 [#00592811]
Points: 2294 Status: Regular



Nevermind, according to www.gamerankings.com it's a pile of
shit. That's dissapointing.. I hope they make a Punch Out!
for the Gamecube.


 

offline WooferAttack from Milano (Italy) on 2003-03-13 00:14 [#00592814]
Points: 12920 Status: Lurker | Followup to surrounded: #00590103



welcome in the magic gamecube world! pikmin is really funny
and supermario is a legend.

my next game will be metroid prime, resident evil 0 and
zelda.



 

offline Cabbog from Chautauqua (United States) on 2003-03-13 00:18 [#00592817]
Points: 2294 Status: Regular | Followup to WooferAttack: #00592814



That's 3 months of your social life gone. I hope you're not
employed..


 

offline AE_King from Australia on 2003-03-13 00:25 [#00592824]
Points: 749 Status: Regular



I'm finally playing my copy of Chrono Cross (borrowing a
friends mod-chipped psx), god damn it is an awesome game!
Square were in form in those days *sniff*


 

offline Cabbog from Chautauqua (United States) on 2003-03-13 00:31 [#00592831]
Points: 2294 Status: Regular



I never played it but I really liked the music. Wasn't it
some sort of modern-Celtic hybrid?


 

offline AE_King from Australia on 2003-03-13 01:52 [#00592870]
Points: 749 Status: Regular



*shrugs shoulders* I dunno dude but it's hella cool whatever
it is!


 

offline Cabbog from Chautauqua (United States) on 2003-03-13 11:14 [#00593688]
Points: 2294 Status: Regular



Hella cool?
Knuckle sandwich?
Hey, you sorta look like that girl from CSI! You know, the
murdered wife from Momento?


 

offline Job a boj from Land of the Lost Timezone! (Canada) on 2003-03-13 11:20 [#00593698]
Points: 498 Status: Regular



Man I got burnt on that GC memory card. When I bought my GC
I also picked up a used memory card, which I brought home
and used without any problem, untill I purchased NHL2K3,
which needs 125 slots to save. Now here I am with a 50 odd
slot card, wondering how the fuck I can save my game. I
later find out Nintendo has released a new memoery card with
250odd blocks...... BASTARDS.


 

offline Cabbog from Chautauqua (United States) on 2003-03-13 13:15 [#00593934]
Points: 2294 Status: Regular



Yeah, the first one is pretty worthless. You can edit them
from that gelatinous cube interface can't you?


 

offline surrounded from it won't be hard anymore to li on 2003-03-13 16:37 [#00594074]
Points: 3787 Status: Regular | Followup to WooferAttack: #00592814



well i really fucked up on pikmin :-p
I'm already at day 8, and only picked up 3 engineparts so
far... hehe... i guess i'll have to start over eventually.
But i'm mostly playing mario sunshine now...

i love this game! :-D

It's a shame they changed the swimming-technique though... i
thought swimming felt much more natural in mario64... hm.
Maybe nintendo wanted to bring back the swim-feeling from
the old 2d mario games, where you also had to keep tapping
the jump-button. Maybe... but i still prefer the
underwater-levels from mario64 ;-D

Other than that i think sunshine is better though, the
level-design in this game is incredible! There's something
entertaining to do on every square inch of the game it seems
:-)


 

offline Loogie from Oxford (United Kingdom) on 2003-03-13 16:47 [#00594077]
Points: 1371 Status: Lurker



gamecube has just dropped to £100 in uk and i'm very close
to buying one, although i do most of my gaming on the pc
can anyone recommend any arcade style scrolling shootemups
for gc?


 


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