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Phoenix Wright 3 BETTER had make it state-side! I need a Mia Fey fix. And NOW.

#4 looks less appealing, with the doofy lead character design. *sigh*

I wish they would have kept and updated the Legends model rather than throwback to the deformed-styled Lara of Tomb Raider I. I loved the new Lara from Legend.

C'est la vie. I hope the game is as good as Legend!

PS3?

Price? I never have to buy a memory card again. Game prices? Remember the good ol' days when STREET FIGHTER II cost $70 flippin' dollars? I should do. Prices didn't depress UNTIL the CD format. Soon the NextGen games will depress down into the $50 range and under as well.

Size? It sits vertically on my lower desk shelf. Never an issue. I don't expect it to be portable; it is a console system. I'm not lugging my PC around creation, either. And I don't need a separate DVD player or peripheral (with cords!) to take up extra space; it's a one-stop media device.

Remote? Don't need one for movies, since the controller is wireless -- and better yet, rechargeable.

Graphics? Yes, graphics matter. They are not the be-all end-all, but they mean a lot when it comes to immersion in gameplay. Take SIMS2 over THE SIMS. Or FFXII over FFVIII. Both Final Fantasies, IMO, represented the graphical best on their systems within this franchise, and it's night and day. And when Silent Hill 5 comes out, that will be bangin'.

Give me $20 and send me to an arcade. I'd receive the same experience as the Wii.

Seriously: PS3s sitting everywhere? I went to Best Buy and picked one of these off the shelves (brand new shipment). And by the time I got to customer service and finalized the transaction, every PS3 had been lifted off the shelves. Haven't seen a single one since in Chicago.

I had a chance at the Wii on launch; I left my ticket for someone who would actually want it. My mistake? Either way, I still don't get the "innovative fun" of the Wii. My boyfriend's Wii -- fun. For 15 minutes. I can't stand the Zelda controls, and WiiSports or Trauma Center are fun in 15-20 minute spells before I'm done.

Give me $20 and take me to an arcade. I can play shooting games, racing games, dance games -- all sorts of games that involve my body movement, and they're a lot less expensive than $50 a pop for one game reliant on a single control scheme.

The fad will die. When I play (console/PC) video games, I like to sit down and zone out for a while and get immersed into the story or gameplay. I love my DSLite, too, but the stylus-heavy games are the same thing: short bursts. If they don't have a button-style gameplay, they're done after that short burst. DSLite works best when you can switch between the control schemes (Phoenix Wright, FFIII, Super Princess Peach, New Super Mario Brothers).

The PS3 will definitely pick up steam and chug ahead. Stories about PS3s sitting around unwanted are just crazy: you still cannot find them anywhere. But I sure do love mine.

Re: 45

NintendoZelda Fanboy FTW!!!

FF vs XIII is nowhere close to final production. You're comparing a TEASER trailer to the FINAL trailer (and in-game trailer -- by your own words -- nonetheless) of Twilight Princess?

Ridiculous. You can't compare a finished product's trailer to one that's in-production. Hrmph. Fanboy.

Compare FFXII's finished trailers to Twilight Princess' and FF "pisses" on the latest Zelda.

Ah, Sony will bounce back when the big boy called Final Fantasy XII is in the running.

Zelda being Critic's Choice = whack. I'll never understand how Zelda can be lauded over several other, more innovative, more epic games when really it is only so great as compared to other Zeldas.

Still no voice acting. Still incredibly slow and tedious introductions. Still no character development for our cornerstone heroes and villain. Tomb Raider: Legend was an equally good game if we go by the "standards" of Twilight Princess.

Heh. Too bad Twilight Princess makes no sense in that timeline whatsoever.

And never mind that the idea that there are two "timelines" is incredibly dumb. Sending Link back to the past to "tell the King and thwart Ganon" (which I don't remember from the game at all) would stop "Hyrule B" from ever having existed in the first place. "Adult Zelda" would have never existed as we knew her, and Ganon would still be on the loose and free.

That's why I always thought the OoT plot of "kill Ganon IN THE FUTURE and save Hyrule's PAST" never made sense at all.

I looove the constant argument that "THE DS WAS SUCCESSFUL WITH LESSER GRAPHICS; SO WILL THE WII!"

It's a bogus comparison. I own a slim PS2, and I own a DS Lite. People can pick and choose their gaming systems, just like voters can split their tickets.

They're completely separate gaming mediums. Like it or not, the gaming console is moving in the direction of a true "entertainment system." Remember the 1980s, Nintendo fanboys? The "Nintendo ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM"? It is being realized. Consoles can now double as high-def media players and are pushing further and further into the online realm.

A handheld market is a separate phenomenon. Why does the PSP fail compared to the DS? Who wants to play a game for a home console on a 4-inch screen? Not I: Why would I squint for X-Men Legends II when I can play it handily on my PlayStation2 (or even PC)? Graphics mean little when they cram them into such a small format. Super Mario Bros 3 for the GBA is just fine on that screen, though.
But on your TV screen? Whole 'nother world.

For the Wii, graphics matter. Control matters. It's a different gameplay dynamic when you're at home. You sure can put old SNES games on a handheld, but you can't throw DS games at the TV screen. Wario Ware? Trauma Center? Excellent DS games. For the Wii? Passing fad; slight fun -- like a DDR pad. Do you play DDR every day? Will you cut carrots on a TV screen with friends every day?

The Wiimote will wear off in the format, and the graphics will leave much to be desired for a home console once the XBOX360 and PS3 reduce in price. Sure, the Wii has good buzz now, and will be a quirky hot item until the luster begins to fade. It will seriously stumble as time goes on.

It's so obviously a joke. No one will follow through on that bid. It will go to the next lowest bidder or be re-listed.

#12... So true! When my boyfriend went to get his Wii reserve, this woman was with her husband, and tried to say their two kids were from different households -- they would have taken 4 of the 20 Wii reserves! Ridiculous!

Luckily, the manager didn't buy it and said the kids would not be getting reserve slips. Even though the family as a whole netted 2 reserves. At least I had some dignity. I could have had a Wii reserve to re-sell it, but I decided to leave it for someone who wanted it.

And my boyfriend did get his. ;)