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tvwxman

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« on: March 19, 2010, 03:18:55 PM »
But why would they bring back a one-season syndicated show from the late 80s for today's video game market?

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« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2010, 03:35:46 PM »
If you're going to say "late 80s" and "Wipeout", could you at least link to this?
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Sodboy13

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« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2010, 04:03:46 PM »
Well, at least it's not Ludia or Destination.  But I still don't see how this translates to a gaming platform, short of a new "WiiBalls" accessory.
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« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2010, 04:19:22 PM »
[quote name=\'Sodboy13\' post=\'237876\' date=\'Mar 19 2010, 01:03 PM\']Well, at least it's not Ludia or Destination.[/quote]
Don't worry, Activision has a shovelware division, too. They're just a) better at hiding it, and b) so friggin' powerful now that they have Blizzard that they don't care about dragging the Activision name through the mud a little.
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Sodboy13

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« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2010, 06:00:47 PM »
Those buggers have had me beholden to them since River Raid and Pitfall II.
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clemon79

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« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2010, 06:38:16 PM »
[quote name=\'Sodboy13\' post=\'237887\' date=\'Mar 19 2010, 03:00 PM\']Those buggers have had me beholden to them since River Raid and Pitfall II.[/quote]
While I share your nostalgia for both of those games (especially the latter...best 2600 game ever, period), they have burned far too much goodwill across the industry over the last few years to be considered anything but a shadow of their former selves.
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« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2010, 08:27:01 PM »
There's already a Total Wipeout: Red Ball Challenge out in the UK for the Wii. I don't expect it's very good.

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« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2010, 04:57:45 PM »
This seems as bad as the Survivor PC game of a few years ago.

The "problem" is that to do it right, you'd need to incorporate the WiiFit board. Not everyone has that.
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clemon79

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« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2010, 01:39:03 PM »
[quote name=\'JayDLewis\' post=\'237971\' date=\'Mar 21 2010, 01:57 PM\']This seems as bad as the Survivor PC game of a few years ago.[/quote]
The second one was better than the first. (Yes, this is damning with about the faintest praise imaginable.)
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The "problem" is that to do it right, you'd need to incorporate the WiiFit board. Not everyone has that.
I dunno. You can do some pretty wacky things if you are creative with the accelerometers inside of a standard Wiimote.

These folks will not be that creative.
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« Reply #9 on: April 17, 2010, 10:23:15 AM »