JKTrix

Hello, Advance Wars.

Something that folks might not notice about the vid:

Dismemberment does not equal death! Aside from head-chopping, you notice quite a few ninjas missing an arm or a leg (or both legs) still crawling around and fighting. At about 2:40 into the vid, a 1-legged ninja grabs Ryu, stabs him and then explodes.

This whole 'they ain't dead till they're dead' thing seems to be the primary idea with the gameplay additions over NG1. I read (in EGM I think) that even if you decapitate one, there's a chance they'll drop a grenade or otherwise explode. That brings about the various "obliteration techniques" that are peppered throughout the video (different from the blue tinted Essence attacks)--to make sure you kill 'em dead. That's probably the most exciting addition for me, seeing what multiple techniques you can do with each weapon and different kinds of enemies.

I thought Pokemon (June 25th) was the first online game for Wii.

Nevermind, this is a commercial for the PAL region, so I guess this WILL be their first online game.

Yuzo Koshiro is the original composer for Sonic the Hedgehog. Curious how they left that credit off the list, perhaps it was too dangeroud/risky.

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I live in Bermuda. Thanksgiving is not a holiday, but we're so close to America that there are so many of them here. There are different celebrations all over the place.

As for me, I just had a pot roast last night. Turkey Sandwich for lunch, though.

Yeah, I'll hold on to the yacht *and* the Ferrari if you like. Keep the receipt yourself!

/me lives in Bermuda.

Also Phoenix Wright 2 ships this week--in Japan.
http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-1u6b-71-hj-49-en-84-j-70-1iyq.html
It will include the full English language version, just like the previous game, and Play-Asia is selling it for $30. I've already placed my order.

This is awesome. I'm cancelling my pre-orders from Play-Asia and Lik-sang *now*.

...Actually, I'll keep my cheaper Japanese Wii, and sell my US one to someone. Yeeeeesssss.......

HOLDING THE DS LITE TIP

I have larger-than-average hands, but i quickly found a way to hold it fairly comfortably.

Don't stick the thing right up in your palms as we've grown accustomed to over the years, hold it resting in your fingers. If you normally tilt down a little while you play, gravity should take care of most of the stability so you really don't have to grip it.
If anything, you can bring your pinkie fingers below it to stabilize it if you tend hit the shoulder buttons forcefully.

Here's a pic:
http://img306.imageshack.us/img306/1376/dsgripva8.jpg

Hope it helps people!

You can also change the settings of the D-pad itself:

- Guide button
- Click top bar, with Gamerscore
- Game Defaults
- General
- Controller Sensitivity

Change it to low or high. Low will make it similar to the PS2's d-pad, high makes it more like the old Xbox's pad.

Also with those things to take your pad apart, I did something a little different back when DOA4 came out. Nothing was sanded down, but I put a few layers of paper with a doughnut hole in the middle between the plastic pad itself and the contact points. This way you don't have to press it down so much in order for it to register as being 'pressed'. It might help.

I have the DOA4 stick otherwise, and was playing it a bit this morning. The computer kicked my butt hard.