Points of Interest – 4/26/07
- NinjaTurtles.com has just added some new issues to their archives, Michaelangelo #1 and TMNT vol. 1 #6.
- Press the Buttons takes a sad path oft travelled by looking at how SEGA blew it after leaving the console biz.
- An interesting feature over at IGN is a series of video interviews with various creators of The Simpsons regarding various episodes.
Some fun little stuff there, good as a time-killer.
- I don’t hate Pokemon, but I’m not a rabid fanboy, either. If someone gave me a copy, I’d play it, but I’m not one to go out and buy it, either.
That said, maybe some of you who play it will get something out of this.
It’s interesting to note, at any rate, and not the first time I’ve heard of such a thing.
Some years ago, WWE star Mick Foley recalled one of his trips he’d made to Japan, wherein he had some special “Japanese versions” of his t-shirt made, and they didn’t go over so well with the fans, as having English on the shirts was the cool thing.
I guess some trends never change.
- I don’t know, is this so wrong? I mean, compared to something like EA’s “pay for it on 360, unlock it everywhere else” approach to microtransactions? A tip, regardless of where it comes from, ought to still work, right?
- I have no idea what this story has to do with this picture, but it’s sorta hot.
- My Little Pyramidhead?
- These are probably some of the best Mega Man/South Park hybrids I’ve ever seen.
Makes you wonder if Powered Up would’ve sold more had the styling been closer to this, along with the use of casual swearing.
- So recently, Disney revealed that they were going to be creating a line of Disney Princess wedding gowns.
That’s cool, I guess. At the same time, it’s sort of too bad Nintendo hasn’t had this brainstorm yet. Just imagine a wedding ceremony where the bride is Princess Zelda, or maybe something a little more Peachy? In white, perhaps?
On the other hand, I’m not sure how good an idea it’d be to attend a wedding where this could be what walks down the aisle…
–LBD “Nytetrayn”
April 26th, 2007 at 8:48 am
4. That’s cool!
By the way, in that article, Bulbasaur isn’t such a great example because it’s actually harder to get in this version than in any other. You have to first beat Diamond/Pearl, see all 150 Pokemon in your starter Pokedex in order to receive the upgraded “National Dex,” then migrate the Pokemon from your GBA game. I can see the appeal of using Bulbasaur as an example… I mean, it’s the first one on the list, so no scrolling required… But why not just go for Pikachu, which is in just about every version out there? Still a bit on the uncommon side, but much easier to get ahold of.
As for why they’re trading for our American Pokemon, yeah, the name thing sounds right. Someone in the comments points out that you do have English alphabet characters available in the Japanese version of the game, you’re limited to only five characters (of any alphabet) for a Pokemon’s name, since you are kinda getting more “bang for your buck”, if you will, by using Japanese characters. I believe the English games have a limit of 10 characters for Pokemon names.
As for region-exclusive Pokemon, there are no actual Pokemon available in one part of the world that aren’t found in another, so maybe commenters referring to that are confused about the Pokemon with region differences in the game world, where Pokemon of the same species will differ slightly in appearance depending on where it was encountered. Or maybe they are referring to Pokemon with a foreign Pokedex entry, like another commenter pointed out.
But yeah, there’s also the lottery system. You can go to a certain location in the game to play the lottery each day, and they check the number drawn against the trainer IDs of all the Pokemon you have. The more numbers that much, the better your prize, and of course the more unique people you trade with, the better your odds of winning something grand. I believe matching all five numbers is supposed to net you a Master Ball, which of course, will catch any wild Pokemon without fail.
5. I fail to see what the big deal is about. It looks like they are offering a strategy guide on how to collect items to earn an achievement, but not the actual achievement itself? How is that different from selling a more expensive printed strategy guide with more information? Is it the fact that they’re charging for this when you could just hop over to GameFAQs?
I mean, if you could just outright BUY achievements, I could see the outrage. But to me it looks like a lot of pointless whining.
6. I’ve seen the black accessories in many places. Best Buy has had them out for a while, and my friend snagged the new hard drive last Sunday. The hard drive seems to be the easiest to find, as they were at Wal-Mart and Target as well… Supposedly Wal-Mart was breaking street date on the Elite as early as the 19th, but not around here, I guess.