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The history of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is now so complicated that every time I tell it I contradict myself, and whenever I do get it right I'm misquoted. So the publication of this omnibus edition seemed like a good opportunity to set the record straight--or at least firmly crooked.
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« Reply #540 on: April 03, 2012, 09:24:22 PM »
Yeah, it functions differently in a way where you're constantly involved, you can't let it "Auto-pilot" like you could in FFXII since positioning and selecting moves DOES matter.

Anyways, I don't really think that was necessarily for "wider appeal" so much as just making the game they wanted. It does seem like Nintendo gave them the freedom they were desperately trying to get for each of the prior games, plus this time gameplay was more of a focus than narrative (though arguably it's the best executed of their attempts... maybe BECAUSE of that realigned focus.)
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« Reply #541 on: April 03, 2012, 09:50:01 PM »
This comes out tomorrow, yeah?? :D

My nip--....mind is tingling!! :D
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« Reply #542 on: April 03, 2012, 10:24:20 PM »
Quote from: Dice on April 03, 2012, 09:50:01 PM
This comes out tomorrow, yeah?? :D

My nip--....mind is tingling!! :D

Friday apparently, unless they changed something due to it being Good Friday.
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« Reply #543 on: April 03, 2012, 10:53:06 PM »
I've heard they changed the release date to Thursday.
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« Reply #544 on: April 03, 2012, 11:44:21 PM »
Quote from: Aeolus on April 03, 2012, 10:24:20 PM
Quote from: Dice on April 03, 2012, 09:50:01 PM
This comes out tomorrow, yeah?? :D

My nip--....mind is tingling!! :D

Friday apparently, unless they changed something due to it being Good Friday.

I preordered at a mall that ought be closed Friday.  So yay?  Doesn't matter... I doubt I'd play much.  Tis' exam season n' all.
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« Reply #545 on: April 03, 2012, 11:57:15 PM »
Quote from: Lard on April 03, 2012, 10:53:06 PM
I've heard they changed the release date to Thursday.

Must be a Canada only thing, because it's still Friday here. Would've been more convenient for me though.
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« Reply #546 on: April 04, 2012, 12:52:08 AM »
Quote from: Dice on April 03, 2012, 11:44:21 PM
I preordered at a mall that ought be closed Friday.  So yay?  Doesn't matter... I doubt I'd play much.  Tis' exam season n' all.

I have one final on the 19th. :D

I still don't know if I'm going to graduate because of my teaching hours. D:
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« Reply #547 on: April 04, 2012, 12:56:59 AM »
i asked the other day and dude at gamestop said it was next tuesday that's why i was confused. i looked in the binder they have all the release dates in and i knew it was the 6th but i didn't realize the date didn't match.
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« Reply #548 on: April 04, 2012, 01:38:20 AM »
I guess I am salty that they dont have the same gameplay as the past titles.


also salty its on wii
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« Reply #549 on: April 04, 2012, 09:34:43 AM »
I pre-ordered mine from Nintendo online. I wonder when I'll actually get it? I won't really get into it until after I play through ME3, but I'd still like to pop it in and try it out. Plus, I have yet to order a new Wii, so I'll be dealing with a crappy a/v connection.
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« Reply #550 on: April 04, 2012, 09:43:22 AM »
Quote from: Dice on April 03, 2012, 11:44:21 PM
Quote from: Aeolus on April 03, 2012, 10:24:20 PM
Quote from: Dice on April 03, 2012, 09:50:01 PM
This comes out tomorrow, yeah?? :D

My nip--....mind is tingling!! :D

Friday apparently, unless they changed something due to it being Good Friday.

I preordered at a mall that ought be closed Friday.  So yay?  Doesn't matter... I doubt I'd play much.  Tis' exam season n' all.

A whole mall closed on good friday? You live in the vatican?
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« Reply #551 on: April 04, 2012, 11:24:47 AM »
Quote from: Eusis on April 03, 2012, 09:24:22 PM
Yeah, it functions differently in a way where you're constantly involved, you can't let it "Auto-pilot" like you could in FFXII since positioning and selecting moves DOES matter.

Anyways, I don't really think that was necessarily for "wider appeal" so much as just making the game they wanted. It does seem like Nintendo gave them the freedom they were desperately trying to get for each of the prior games, plus this time gameplay was more of a focus than narrative (though arguably it's the best executed of their attempts... maybe BECAUSE of that realigned focus.)

Agree
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« Reply #552 on: April 04, 2012, 04:53:25 PM »
Quote from: Jetto on April 04, 2012, 01:38:20 AM
I guess I am salty that they dont have the same gameplay as the past titles.

Since you keep repeating this, I think its worth mentioning that this is original IP. Other than having "Xeno" in the title, which as far as I know wasn't even the original name for the game, these games have absolutely no ties to each other whatsoever. My guess is Xenoblade got the same treatems as "The Room" which supposedly had "Silent Hill" slapped on to it to sell more copies.
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« Reply #553 on: April 04, 2012, 04:55:31 PM »
Correct, the original title was Monado. It was renamed Xenoblade 'in honor' of the series.
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« Reply #554 on: April 04, 2012, 06:39:21 PM »
Quote from: Maxximum on April 04, 2012, 04:53:25 PM
Quote from: Jetto on April 04, 2012, 01:38:20 AM
I guess I am salty that they dont have the same gameplay as the past titles.

Since you keep repeating this, I think its worth mentioning that this is original IP. Other than having "Xeno" in the title, which as far as I know wasn't even the original name for the game, these games have absolutely no ties to each other whatsoever. My guess is Xenoblade got the same treatems as "The Room" which supposedly had "Silent Hill" slapped on to it to sell more copies.



Well you might be right. but the person at the helm of this game has worked on all the previous Xeno titles.

But since you say this is entirely a different project. then alright.
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