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by Professor Machenstein
Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:43 am
Forum: News
Topic: Sonic Rush Adventure Officially Announced
Replies: 250
Views: 208500

Captain... Whisker?
by Professor Machenstein
Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:10 pm
Forum: News
Topic: New NiGHTS
Replies: 236
Views: 432422

You mean '06?

Yeah, I agree. The art is there, but the developers need to up the polygon count just a little bit. They're either trying to stay true to the Saturn game or the screenshots simply came from an early build. There's also "Air NiGHTS" to consider. I'll wait 'til I see the game in motion.
by Professor Machenstein
Sat Mar 24, 2007 1:48 pm
Forum: "Weekly" Poll
Topic: Into Dreams
Replies: 32
Views: 37923

If Ogawa's team is making it then it should be fine. Secret Rings does feel a bit similar to NiGHTS in terms of gameplay and visual style. There's also the prospect of it being on the Wii. That should seal the deal. I just hope the developers spend more time and effort on this game... if it's being ...
by Professor Machenstein
Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:21 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: Do you dream in 2D?
Replies: 58
Views: 13880

Ah, yes. The true successor of Sonic 3 & Knuckles. I say it should be sprite based. Take the graphical style of Ristar, the art direction of Sonic CD, the gameplay of S3&K, add some minor enchancements to the formula, and you have... Sonic 4. I think it could be done for the Wii, what with the class...
by Professor Machenstein
Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:16 am
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: Blatant Sonic Rip Off (With Health Conscious Message!)
Replies: 22
Views: 6004

Heh, just look at the character's design. It looks like Sonic, Ristar, Zool and Gunstar Super Red had a foursome and came up with this guy. eBee dBee, eh? All this guy needs is digitalized voice acting (courtesy of the Mega-Drive's Yamaha sound chip) and he'll be set.
by Professor Machenstein
Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:33 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: Why Capcom, WHY!!!
Replies: 85
Views: 18759

I'll always remember back in 2003 when I played Viewtiful Joe for the first time on that GameCube demo, along with F-Zero GX and a couple other games. It was around that time my interest in the gaming industry rekindled, hoping we would enter an age of innovation and creative freedom in gaming. Thre...
by Professor Machenstein
Thu Sep 28, 2006 7:58 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Sonic the Hedgehog demo on XBL Marketplace
Replies: 319
Views: 139967

Wasn't he being sarcastic?
by Professor Machenstein
Thu Sep 28, 2006 3:25 pm
Forum: Site Updates
Topic: You can stop holding your breath
Replies: 51
Views: 66343

Again, I think the demo is broken for reasons far less straightforward than "this is how it's gonna be" and the TGS demo did not nearly sound as shoddy as people make this one out to be (the 360 verision, that is). I haven't played the XBL demo but there's a TGS video at GameTrailers that seems to ...
by Professor Machenstein
Sun Aug 27, 2006 10:54 am
Forum: News
Topic: E3 Sonic Next-Gen trailer on XBOX Live Marketplace
Replies: 1171
Views: 376199

"Hardcore compare them"?
by Professor Machenstein
Sun Aug 27, 2006 10:41 am
Forum: News
Topic: E3 Sonic Next-Gen trailer on XBOX Live Marketplace
Replies: 1171
Views: 376199

I don't think the camera will ever truly be "fixed". You can make it more obedient and less spastic but you will still get a bad camera angle every once in a while whether it be stuck to a corner or it shifts to an angle on its own. You'll still have to babysit the camera, constantly adjusting it to...
by Professor Machenstein
Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:55 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Nintendo Magazine WildFire article: Yojiro Interview
Replies: 86
Views: 52260

Sonic and the Secret "of the" Rings? Mumble grumble. On the bright side, the game looks much more polished than it did at E3. The way Sonic moved and attacked the enemies flowed pretty well and it didn't seem twitchy like it did in previous footages. Speaking of enemies, there was that plant enemy a...
by Professor Machenstein
Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:02 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Sonic Next-Gen - 30 new screens - Shadow not in car shocker!
Replies: 252
Views: 139086

Overall, it's a decent story. Most of the character's have been used quite well and have decent enough personalities. Sonic's story seems a bit pointless to me. Shadow's is quite good considering his past works, much less emo now. Silver is pretty much the star really, having the best story of the ...
by Professor Machenstein
Sat Aug 12, 2006 5:11 am
Forum: News
Topic: Sonic Next-Gen - 30 new screens - Shadow not in car shocker!
Replies: 252
Views: 139086

That would be really weird. Imagine Elise running across water and hopping from pillar to pillar in that one mach speed stage. Think of the possibilities with the other characters.
One Classy Bloke wrote:Depending on how you play through her story will effect who Elisa confesses her love to.
... So Elise x anyone?
by Professor Machenstein
Sat Aug 12, 2006 2:12 am
Forum: News
Topic: Sonic Next-Gen - 30 new screens - Shadow not in car shocker!
Replies: 252
Views: 139086

So yeah, the upbeat dance music of the 80's is what kept the coolness going, Oshima knew this. Masato Nakamura. Anyway, I don't think the preview confirms Shadow's use of firearms. As far back as I remember firearms have been brought to subject with this game as far back as E3 2006, what with Shado...
by Professor Machenstein
Fri Aug 11, 2006 6:27 am
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: First One to Draw a Bouncing Penis Wins
Replies: 13
Views: 4504

by Professor Machenstein
Thu Aug 10, 2006 6:28 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: Game list for Genesis Collection
Replies: 22
Views: 6236

Dynamite Headdy too. As a matter of fact, what happened to that "Treasure Box" collection thing? Is it not going to be released outside of Japan or no? SEGA and Treasure should make deal, put what they have in Treasure Box, put it in this new collection, and there, a localized Treasure Box. I also w...
by Professor Machenstein
Thu Aug 10, 2006 5:56 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Sonic Next-Gen - 30 new screens - Shadow not in car shocker!
Replies: 252
Views: 139086

Just to lighten up the mood here, and to not let this thread decend into another "4Kids is killing Sonic" rant-a-thon, there's another preview out there from a magazine, I think PSM or something, saying they played the lastest build and said they liked it. They said while the levels felt like race t...
by Professor Machenstein
Sat Aug 05, 2006 4:54 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Sonic Next-Gen - 30 new screens - Shadow not in car shocker!
Replies: 252
Views: 139086

He's also suppose to have a complicated name that starts with an "M" or something. I'm speculating that the crystal 'hog is a shapeshifter and is taking on the form of Shadow in these screenshots. No, I don't mean the Shadow we're seeing is actually Mr. "M" here, that would be stupid. No, I'm saying...
by Professor Machenstein
Fri Aug 04, 2006 3:47 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Sonic Next-Gen - 30 new screens - Shadow not in car shocker!
Replies: 252
Views: 139086

Before Rlan linked me to the GAF thread for these shots, I happened across one a month or so ago where they essentially spent 5 pages ripping Sonic Rush to shreds for being the worst DS game ever. Basically, Imagine the GHZ forums at five times it's current size, ten times the bitter cynicism, and ...
by Professor Machenstein
Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:46 am
Forum: News
Topic: Sonic Next-Gen - 30 new screens - Shadow not in car shocker!
Replies: 252
Views: 139086

Reading the GAF thread on this makes me want to kill something. Some of those guys are some of the most elitist, snob-nosed pricks I think I've ever seen. I second that notion. On second thought, I don't know exactly how to feel about these screenshots either. There are things that excite me and th...
by Professor Machenstein
Thu Aug 03, 2006 2:47 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: SonicTeam's next DS game
Replies: 14
Views: 4535

That or Chu² DS, which would make the most sense out of anything for the handheld period.

Oh, I forgot, Brain Training -- I mean, Brain Age... whatever. Not much to say about it other than it resembling Brain Training. At least something is coming out of SONICTEAM other than another Sonic game.
by Professor Machenstein
Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:48 am
Forum: News
Topic: E3 Sonic Next-Gen trailer on XBOX Live Marketplace
Replies: 1171
Views: 376199

Okay, I wouldn't say six months ago, but I'm pretty sure the demo didn't just poof out of thin air within the month E3 started. When SEGA heard word of E3 months prior to the event they had to prepare, to set up the booth and everything. During this process they had to make a demo for each of their ...
by Professor Machenstein
Tue Aug 01, 2006 8:39 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: SF Chronicle Film Critic blasted by animation historians
Replies: 66
Views: 15036

Disney does have one on the way thanks to some prodding by John Lassetter, whom I guess has some sort of non-official position in Disney's animation department now. What I hear is that he's policing to make sure everything is at a certain level of quality and is helping to pick wether a project sho...
by Professor Machenstein
Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:52 am
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: SF Chronicle Film Critic blasted by animation historians
Replies: 66
Views: 15036

Apparently the problem is LaSalle praised the Monster House for its animation techniques instead of how they were used. This is the animation equivalent of praising a game for its lighting effects or water particles without regarding how they were used. Even so, technique shmechnique, such things ar...
by Professor Machenstein
Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:36 am
Forum: News
Topic: E3 Sonic Next-Gen trailer on XBOX Live Marketplace
Replies: 1171
Views: 376199

I don't think games start development as soon as they are announced. They probably have to take a few months of development to be previewable before anything. As for the 40% build at E3, I'm curious about that too. Who knows how far along they are with the game after roughly three months? When was t...