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shawnlreed posted:The Balloon Fight challenge was awesome. It was the perfect way to create a challenge out of a game with no actual ending. fake edit: here have a video of someone surviving an insane 25 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acT_Q3wnF9g
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Do Japanese people not strike through their 7s? I thought everybody but Americans did that, or is that just a Euro thing
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:The passwords systems I hated most were the ones that used sprites or other non-alphanumeric symbols; they were always a complete pain in the arse to draw/write down, even when the passwords were short. Good lord. James Pond 3. After scrawling a bunch of teddy bears and poo poo back in the day, I come back to the game later only to discover the color of each symbol mattered too. 
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Stefan Prodan posted:Do Japanese people not strike through their 7s?
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Stefan Prodan posted:Do Japanese people not strike through their 7s? They put a little hook at the beginning of their 7s. That must be how they teach it in school, because every first generation Japanese person I know writes it like that. Calculators made by Japanese companies do that too -- they use four bars for 7 instead of three.
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zari-gani posted:That was hands down the best DVD challenge ever. Refresh my memory: which challenge was that?
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zari-gani posted:That was hands down the best DVD challenge ever. Which one was that, again, Bomberman? If so I completely agree.
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Yup, Bomberman is the DVD challenge in question. D J I Also - the Famicom Dragon Quest games all received some kind of rework and additions for the NES release. As well as battery save, later games had more elaborate title screens, enhanced graphics (even DQ I had an enhanced player overworld sprite) and the like. The changes are covered in Chrontendo as the games are reached in the timeline. Dragon Quest is at about 50 minutes in of Episode 8 - http://archive.org/details/Chrontendo_Vol_8
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:The passwords systems I hated most were the ones that used sprites or other non-alphanumeric symbols; they were always a complete pain in the arse to draw/write down, even when the passwords were short. God forbid it's one of the games with a password screen that times out.
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I just started the Balloon Fight episode and I know nothing about the Wii U. I thought it was a new black version of the Wii with a stupid controller. Now I see it's actually another handheld? So what's the point of the 3DS? It looks like a Game Gear.
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PureRok posted:I just started the Balloon Fight episode and I know nothing about the Wii U. I thought it was a new black version of the Wii with a stupid controller. Now I see it's actually another handheld? So what's the point of the 3DS? It looks like a Game Gear. The wiiu is a new console, the thing you're talking about is the controller.
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Jan 28, 2013 20:25
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PureRok posted:Now I see it's actually another handheld? A handheld that you have to be near the console to use.
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InsaneDavid posted:Yup, Bomberman is the DVD challenge in question. D J I DQ1's player in Japan could only face one way. When you picked the "talk" command or any command meant to apply to an adjacent square ("door"), you additionally had to specify the direction you wanted to apply the action in, a la really old computer rpgs.
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PureRok posted:I just started the Balloon Fight episode and I know nothing about the Wii U. I thought it was a new black version of the Wii with a stupid controller. Now I see it's actually another handheld? So what's the point of the 3DS? It looks like a Game Gear. It's exactly that level of confusion that Nintendo could have avoided if they hadn't put Wii in the things name, but here we are. At any rate the last Balloon Fight special was pretty good so I have high hopes for this one if I can ever download the dang thing.
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PureRok posted:I just started the Balloon Fight episode and I know nothing about the Wii U. I thought it was a new black version of the Wii with a stupid controller. Now I see it's actually another handheld? So what's the point of the 3DS? It looks like a Game Gear. Nintendo's confusing marketing really isnt doing this system any favors http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3507212
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PureRok posted:I just started the Balloon Fight episode and I know nothing about the Wii U. I thought it was a new black version of the Wii with a stupid controller. Now I see it's actually another handheld? So what's the point of the 3DS? It looks like a Game Gear. Do you write for CNN?
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Do they ever show who has the really distinct laugh whenever Arino screws up or tells a joke? I assumed it was Abe, but I'm not really sure.
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Director Fujimoto I believe.
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You can also see him laughing on the New year specials. Can anyone remember off-hand what episode had the TamaGe visit to a small restaurant/bar/cafe which was basically someone's living room, with Famicom and games in the cupboard drawer?
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Jan 28, 2013 22:33
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Azazell0 posted:Can anyone remember off-hand what episode had the TamaGe visit to a small restaurant/bar/cafe which was basically someone's living room, with Famicom and games in the cupboard drawer? I just rewatched that one last night... Season 6, episode 042, Adventure Quiz Hatena's Quest
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KingGiddra posted:Do they ever show who has the really distinct laugh whenever Arino screws up or tells a joke? I assumed it was Abe, but I'm not really sure. The Japanese Wikipedia entry claims that it's Kan. Take that with a grain of salt, though.
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KingGiddra posted:Do they ever show who has the really distinct laugh whenever Arino screws up or tells a joke? I assumed it was Abe, but I'm not really sure. It's Director Fujimoto, and I still think this is asked often enough that it can go in the OP FAQ.
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Shingen posted:I just rewatched that one last night... Season 6, episode 042, Adventure Quiz Hatena's Quest Thanks. I can't help but feel jealousy over the fact that they have awesome little cafés like that one in Japan. Watching the show and seeing all these various quaint shops and arcades has given me a huge urge to go apply for a starter fund for new business owners from the government and start my own café with pinball machines, arcade games and retro consoles people can play if they want to! Kan isn't really a person who'd laugh out loud like that. I remember in the Korean trip episode he gave Arino such a cold stare when he just stopped for a moment to do some window shopping...
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PureRok posted:I just started the Balloon Fight episode and I know nothing about the Wii U. I thought it was a new black version of the Wii with a stupid controller. Now I see it's actually another handheld? So what's the point of the 3DS? It looks like a Game Gear. Daaaad you're embarassinnnng meeee
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I liked the Balloon Fight challenge but man it's kinda frustrating to watch. I'm not a Balloon Fight god or anything but I bought it on VC afterwards and it took me three attempts to get the balloons to change colour twice. It reminded me of the end of the Super Mario World challenge where he dies like 100+ times on a really simple boss. Sometimes it's just kinda hard to believe that he's really that bad at games.
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KimT posted:I liked the Balloon Fight challenge but man it's kinda frustrating to watch. I'm not a Balloon Fight god or anything but I bought it on VC afterwards and it took me three attempts to get the balloons to change colour twice. It reminded me of the end of the Super Mario World challenge where he dies like 100+ times on a really simple boss. Sometimes it's just kinda hard to believe that he's really that bad at games. It's even harder to watch when he can have so much fun with Battletoads and takes it with relative ease, but Bowser and the Magikoopa completely own his soul for a few hours each. But if this wasn't the case I wouldn't be watching Arino.
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If you're more of a gamer than Arino then getting the first 10 balloons isn't that bad with a little practice. AD Matsui's pattern is pretty much the best way (though I'd add that you should bounce yourself off the "ceiling" of the screen when you first fly up there to gain a tiny bit more speed going down). After that, yeah, it's a little insane. And then there's Balloon Trip Breeze in Nintendo Land... rdbbb fucked around with this message at 23:54 on Jan 28, 2013 |
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Our beloved Kacho is about to take on Dante in the VGCW if anyone wants to watch  (edit) Nevermind, over already. Arino fuckin stomped him 
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Ok I've been scouring around the internet trying to find a work uniform like Arino's, but I can't find a place that sells them. Can anyone help me out here. I really want to do a GCCX costume for a con that's coming up.
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Sorry, but how did you manage to get two mouth icons on that Mii? VVVVVV Huh, that's the ticket. Of course now it's going to be awkward using him in games where his expression changes. StevenM fucked around with this message at 05:18 on Jan 29, 2013 |
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StevenM posted:Sorry, but how did you manage to get two mouth icons on that Mii? The lower "mouth" is actually a mustache that's been shaped a bit .
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bpc908 posted:Ok I've been scouring around the internet trying to find a work uniform like Arino's, but I can't find a place that sells them. Can anyone help me out here. I really want to do a GCCX costume for a con that's coming up. PM rdbbb.
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bpc908 posted:Ok I've been scouring around the internet trying to find a work uniform like Arino's, but I can't find a place that sells them. Can anyone help me out here. I really want to do a GCCX costume for a con that's coming up. http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/kobe-sanuki/item/80100/#googtrans/ja/en http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/kobe-sanuki/item/44301/#googtrans/ja/en Hope this helps. The pants are kind of off in color, though.
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Time to try to find those pants with the proper inseam.  e: vvv thanks. e: I have no idea what size to get. I just need Arino's size. versus fucked around with this message at 05:53 on Jan 29, 2013 |
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Aku posted:http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/kobe-sanuki/item/80100/#googtrans/ja/en The exact one is the Aitoz AZ5320 though. There's a listing on Rakuten but they don't seem to have the right color and the images aren't showing up, so it looks like using a proxy buyer on another store is still the "best" way.
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rdbbb posted:The exact one is the Aitoz AZ5320 though. There's a listing on Rakuten but they don't seem to have the right color and the images aren't showing up, so it looks like using a proxy buyer on another store is still the "best" way. This is way complicated, any easier way to buy the complete uniform?
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What's the story of Arino's uniform anyway? It seems to be a generic worker getup that a lot of men in Japan wear, but I can't really tell what type of job they have in common. I remember seeing the PM wearing one in a press conference around the tsunami, so I suspected that it was a bit of an affectation to show he was "getting on with the job" or something. It seems like maybe it's for engineers but the shirt and tie seem a bit formal for that.
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Comrade Fakename posted:It seems like maybe it's for engineers but the shirt and tie seem a bit formal for that. Garbage truck engineers maybe
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bpc908 posted:This is way complicated, any easier way to buy the complete uniform? Not really. It's how this stuff is sold. Fuji sold a real GCCX-embroidered one a while ago that included pants but that was pretty limited.
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