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The version I had was that Tenzan legit couldn't continue due to dehydration. A shame because despite the result being a cornerstone of the IWGP/Tenzan chunder years I loved the idea both of a match ending eleven seconds from time and someone (/ a whole company) so plainly holding out for the bell.
In hindsight it's obvious. Draw is the safe choice for a double title match like this, this was Tenzan's first defence having already had two recent runs cut short, Nakamura going sixty with him next defence to prove that New Japan guys could go the distance etc. The 'greater' champion getting agro from colleagues, trying to roll to the outside and New Japan staff invading the ring to stall for time was never going to be in the script no matter the result.
Not shown here: Kojima deliberately dropping the IWGP belt on his way out and Nakamura flipping his shit in response. I remember at the time thinking it was the best acting job I'd seen in wrestling. Total bloodlust.
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You can tell gaming is a youth pursuit because every year '8-bit-style' graphics becomes increasingly bewildering to anyone time travelling from the 80s.
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What would people advise is the safest way to flog an eshop download code (UK)? I usually stick to ebay for selling but doesn't seem like that would be a good idea here.
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Not weighing in on the GOTG talk, but saw Swayze Express saying he/she was using this forum to look for Wii games to play so I thought I'd expand a bit on this thing's library seeing as it's like 90% exclusives.
WII GAMES I'VE PLAYED: SMASHING STATUS CONFIRMED
Excite Truck - Never encountered a review that said this game was great, and never encountered anyone who played this game that thought it wasn't. I recently heard some of its terrible, generic rock soundtrack in a youtube vid and by Pavlovian response my pulse quickened.
Neo Geo Everything - Anthologies for Metal Slug, Samurai Shodown and King of Fighters: Orochi Saga. SNK Arcade Classics Volume 1 and virtual console for the rest.
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition - See my post above.
Kororinpa: Marble Mania - Toy-like in a physical way that tickles different parts of the brain than the usual viddygam fare.
New Super Mario Bros Wii - The success of New Super Mario Bros prods Nintendo to get the band back together to make a proper Mario Bros.
Super Mario Galaxy - The only game I've played that felt like it was from the future. I'm saving the sequel for when I've got 30 days to live or something.
Wario Land: Shake It! - Gorgeous, serene platform puzzling made all the sweeter by previously playing a trillion inferior indy attempts at the same.
Wii Sports Resort - Rockstar take note - this is how you do table tennis.
Honourable mentions: House of the Dead 2 and 3 (haven't played 3 yet. Don't need to). Geometry Wars: Galaxies. Mario Kart Wii (cannot fully recommend with Nintendo Wi-fi no longer with us). Sonic Colors is the best 3D Sonic I've played if you like that sort of thing. Metroid Prime 3 and Twilight Princess are both average entries for very good franchises.
WII GAMES I HAVE YET TO PLAY: SMASHING STATUS PENDING
Tatsunoko vs Capcom - Marvel vs Capcom 3 before Marvel vs Capcom 3 came out, with a nuttier / cooler delete as appropriate cast of characters.
Punch Out! - Supposed to be better than Super, and Super was super.
Sin & Punishment: Star Successor - Very probably the best rail shooter ever and sadly possibly the last Treasure great.
Rhythm Heaven Fever - Rhythm Tengoku goes big screen.
Pro Evolution Soccer - Konami add the option of a control scheme where you use the pointer to control team mate movement and precision passes (and apparently works great). Am looking forward to playing a football game differently for the first time this century.
Boom Blox Bash Party - Sequel to 'that Spielberg game' that is actually meant to be really good. Also, gawk at the wonder of an EA game released on a Nintendo system that gave a shit.
Xenoblade Chronicles - is meant to be the best JRPG of the generation. Disclaimer: I still don't know whether this means it is good.
Honourable mentions: Skyward Sword. Little King's Story. Donkey Kong Country Returns (though '2nd best 2D platformer of the generation' doesn't mean much when Tropical Freeze tops it). Kirby's Return to Dreamland. Smash Bros Brawl. Guilty Gear Accent Core Plus. Rayman Origins.
Novelty picks (not greats by any measure, but might grab some interest for the jaded gamer)
Red Steel 2 - Wii swordfighting done okayish!
Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure - It's a console exclusive point and click game made in Japan!
Elebits - Use the wii remote to trash rooms by throwing everything around!
Let's Tap - Place wii remote on the official let's tap cardboard trays and tap said trays to victory!
No More Heroes - Suda51 makes you use the remote to slash up goons then jerk yourself off!
Warioware: Smooth Moves - Get friends round and drink and laugh!
Endless Oceans 1 & 2 - Serene scuba exploring!
Trauma Team - Dramatic surgery!
Deadly Creatures - Game about being a spider and a scorpion starring Dennis Hopper!
Fishing Resort - No joke I've seen a ton of people pimp this Yuji Naka fishing game that wasn't released in Europe.
Muscle March - 'Each of the game's three levels involves players chasing after a thief, who has stolen their bodybuilding friends' tub of protein powder, through a number of environments.'
A Boy and His Blob. Muramasa: Demon Blade. Klonoa. De Blob 2. Disaster: Day of Crisis. Castlevania/Contra Rebirth. Dead Space: Extraction. Flingsmash. Madworld. Bit.Trip Complete. Wii Fit. Wii Music. Pointer control Pikmin.
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My NNID won't be much use for a long while as my Wii U is perma-parked at the home of a friend who has much less of a backlog.
If Smash fever gets too much around release date I'll probably dip my toes into Brawl.
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I will inevitably pick up the Wii U version at some point.
The most moronic decision of my life was not picking up Melee until April last year. I've had a Gamecube since near-launch.
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Full cards from Stu:
NJPW, 7/21/14 (WPW/Sukachan)
Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center1. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Bad Luck Fale
2. G1 Climax – Block A: Shelton Benjamin vs. Doc Gallows
3. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Karl Anderson
4. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Yuji Nagata
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Toru Yano vs. Minoru Suzuki
6. G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi
7. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Hirooki Goto
8. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Katsuyori Shibata
10. G1 Climax – Block B: Kazuchika Okada vs. AJ StylesNJPW, 7/23/14 (Samurai! TV)
Aomori Prefectural Budokan1. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Tomohiro Ishii
2. G1 Climax – Block A: Shelton Benjamin vs. Bad Luck Fale
3. G1 Climax – Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. Yujiro Takahashi
4. G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs. Lance Archer
5. G1 Climax – Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Kota Ibushi
6. G1 Climax – Block A: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
7. G1 Climax – Block B: Toru Yano vs. AJ Styles
8. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Kazuchika Okada
9. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Karl Anderson
10. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Doc GallowsNJPW, 7/25/14 (Samurai! TV)
Yamagata Sports Center1. G1 Climax – Block A: Kota Ibushi vs. Doc Gallows
2. G1 Climax – Block B: Lance Archer vs. Karl Anderson
3. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Yujiro Takahashi
4. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Shelton Benjamin
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs. Toru Yano
6. G1 Climax – Block A: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
7. G1 Climax – Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Bad Luck Fale
8. G1 Climax – Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. Minoru Suzuki
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Satoshi Kojima
10. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Kazuchika OkadaNJPW, 7/26/14 (WPW)
Akita Prefectural Gymnasium1. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Bad Luck Fale
2. G1 Climax – Block A: Shelton Benjamin vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
3. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Minoru Suzuki
4. G1 Climax – Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. Toru Yano
5. G1 Climax – Block A: Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
6. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Lance Archer
7. G1 Climax – Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
8. G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs. AJ Styles
9. G1 Climax – Block B: Kazuchika Okada vs. Karl Anderson
10. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori ShibataNJPW, 7/28/14 (TV Asahi ch2)
Sendai Sun Plaza Hall1. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Doc Gallows
2. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Lance Archer
3. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
4. G1 Climax – Block B: Minoru Suzuki vs. Yujiro Takahashi
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Toru Yano vs. Karl Anderson
6. G1 Climax – Block A: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Shelton Benjamin
7. G1 Climax – Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. AJ Styles
8. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bad Luck Fale
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Kota Ibushi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
10. G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs. Kazuchika OkadaNJPW, 7/31/14 (Samurai! TV)
Act City Hamamatsu1. G1 Climax – Block A: Doc Gallows vs. Bad Luck Fale
2. G1 Climax – Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
3. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Yujiro Takahashi
4. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Katsuyori Shibata
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. Karl Anderson
6. G1 Climax – Block B: Minoru Suzuki vs. Lance Archer
7. G1 Climax – Block A: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Shelton Benjamin
8. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. AJ Styles
9. G1 Climax – Block B: Kazuchika Okada vs. Toru Yano
10. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomohiro IshiiNJPW, 8/1/14 (TV Asahi ch2)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall1. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Shelton Benjamin
2. G1 Climax – Block B: Toru Yano vs. Lance Archer
3. G1 Climax – Block B: Yujiro Takahashi vs. Karl Anderson
4. G1 Climax – Block A: Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Doc Gallows
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Hirooki Goto
6. G1 Climax – Block A: Kota Ibushi vs. Bad Luck Fale
7. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Tetsuya Naito
8. G1 Climax – Block A: Minoru Suzuki vs. AJ Styles
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Katsuyori Shibata
10. G1 Climax – Block A: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Tomohiro IshiiNJPW, 8/3/14 (WPW/Sukachan)
Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium1. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
2. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Toru Yano
3. G1 Climax – Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Shelton Benjamin
4. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Doc Gallows
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. Tetsuya Naito
6. G1 Climax – Block B: Lance Archer vs. AJ Styles
7. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Minoru Suzuki
8. G1 Climax – Block A: Kota Ibushi vs. Katsuyori Shibata
9. G1 Climax – Block B: Kazuchika Okada vs. Yujiro Takahashi
10. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke NakamuraNJPW, 8/4/14 (Samurai! TV)
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium1. G1 Climax – Block A: Kota Ibushi vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
2. G1 Climax – Block B: Lance Archer vs. Yujiro Takahashi
3. G1 Climax – Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Doc Gallows
4. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs. Minoru Suzuki
6. G1 Climax – Block A: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Bad Luck Fale
7. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
8. G1 Climax – Block B: AJ Styles vs. Karl Anderson
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shelton Benjamin
10. G1 Climax – Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. Kazuchika OkadaNJPW, 8/6/14 (Samurai! TV)
Takamatsu City Gymnasium1. G1 Climax – Block A: Satoshi Kojima vs. Kota Ibushi
2. G1 Climax – Block A: Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Bad Luck Fale
3. G1 Climax – Block B: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Tetsuya Naito
4. G1 Climax – Block B: Karl Anderson vs. Minoru Suzuki
5. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. Toru Yano
6. G1 Climax – Block B: AJ Styles vs. Yujiro Takahashi
7. G1 Climax – Block B: Kazuchika Okada vs. Lance Archer
8. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yuji Nagata
9. G1 Climax – Block A: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Katsuyori Shibata
10. G1 Climax – Block A: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Doc GallowsNJPW, 8/8/14 (TV Asahi ch2)
Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium1. G1 Climax – Block A: Kota Ibushi vs. Shelton Benjamin
2. G1 Climax – Block A: Yuji Nagata vs. Tomohiro Ishii
3. G1 Climax – Block A: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Doc Gallows
4. G1 Climax – Block A: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
5. G1 Climax – Block A: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Bad Luck Fale
6. G1 Climax – Block B: Toru Yano vs. Yujiro Takahashi
7. G1 Climax – Block B: Hirooki Goto vs. Lance Archer
8. G1 Climax – Block B: Tetsuya Naito vs. Karl Anderson
9. G1 Climax – Block B: Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki
10. G1 Climax – Block B: Togi Makabe vs. AJ StylesNJPW, 8/10/14 (WPW/Sukachan)
Seibu Dome1. G1 Climax Special Singles Match: Block A 2nd place vs. Block B 2nd place
2. G1 Climax – Final: Block A 1st place vs. Block B 1st place
- Jeff Jarrett (GFW) visits
- Bobby Fish, Adam Cole, Michael Bennett, Kyle O’Reilly, Bobby Fish and Maria Kanellis (all ROH) appearances
- Kazushi Sakuraba appearanceNice to see some (modest) Tenzan support, because he sure wasn't what your average puro fan was looking for back when he was actually good.
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Pipe dream time. Muto and Akiyama have a behind the scenes deal. They run Wrestle-1 and the new AJPW separately for like a year or so. Then you do the warring promotions thing with one coming out on top reforming one company.
I'm no business genius but ok maybe I am.
I was convinced Big Mouth Loud was that kind of thing, for NJPW.
Then Shibata went into MMA
Ugh, bad memories. I was the same. Luckily I didn't get into puro earlier and have to suffer the slow realisation that Zero One was a) legit and b) where Hash would spend the rest of his career.
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I've given COD4 a quick go. Not enough to form an opinion yet. Tried the single player first and found it quite hard to tolerate so quickly moved onto multiplayer, which I presumed is the meat of the pie here. It's good shooting but I'm seeing a lot of stuff behind a grindwall and I'm wondering how those things affect play. Does the 'real' game open up only after you've put the hours in or is it a bit JRPG-ey where your stats go up but so do everyone else's so it's much of the same with a different flavour? Every now and again I'll pick up a gun off the floor which is worlds better than the ones I can start with - are these found on the map or am I being clock-blocked from choosing them myself?
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Recipient deliberately walking into the debutant's finisher to pop the crowd as the announcer goes wild = suitable for a wrestling board's e3 thread.
I wasn't feeling the Pac Man reveal until I saw the game's Pac-Man / Mario / Mega Man / Sonic combination described as 'gaming's Mount Rushmore' and now it's starting to sink in.
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I hope the new company is called Wrestle-2.
I love these games. Some Japan Pro Wrestling!
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The only Zelda game I can remember dying in was the first. The later ones are easier at first, but they also tend to come with hero modes. I've got Wind Waker HD's queued up and the idea of playing through the game without heart drops sounds like playing Sonic without rings.
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All I am just saying is there's more to it than he just picked IGF that barely runs just because. You can want anyone to go wherever but he probably picked IGF for a good reason. A reason we don't know the whole story of, just like we don't know the whole story about him leaving ZERO1 which there's definitely a story there.
This is an attitude more people need to take in the real world when judging people and companies but it totally doesn't apply to the world of puro where 2019 will probably see Daichi's top and bottom halves of his body splinter in order to form Fall Japan and Pro Wrestling LOWER.
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Warioware:Smooth Moves has to be one of the more fun and comical games that I played on first impression. During the year Manning won his first Super Bowl against the Bears, we were dead at Movie Gallery, so three of us just worked our way through the different puzzles. For me, this game encompassed what was alluring about the console in its early life cycle.
Playing Star Nose for the first time with friends while drunk is the hardest I can remember laughing.
So, hey. Cave Story is really, really, really good. The OG "I can't believe this was made by one guy" game.
If you knock off two of the reallys this is basically how I described it to a friend who was thinking of getting it. I hate to go down the 'you should like it because of how much effort you presume it took to make' because that's how the budget = score mentally comes up, but yeah, one guy.
Baroque - I don't fully understand this game at all. I've played it numerous times and I think I 'beat' it but I'm not sure.
Baroque was a PS2 game originally.
And to weigh in on the re-release issue, if I were voting Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition would be a serious contender. The best kind of game-breaking, distinct from the original release, and arguably the definitive version of the original release (all the content, GC controller) either way.
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^This is why people should always use gen numbers. No ambiguity and much quicker to type.
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Love to read gamegushing so the GoW endorsement was a treat to read (though a little Tim Rogers-ey at points).
I always endorse platform agnosticism and usually make the point that the only real outcome of my aversion to Microsoft is the tragic absence of Gears of War and Cave STGs in my life.
I won't be saying that any more as this thread has prodded my memory into recalling that the original game was also released on PC. So off I go to enter the murky world of PC gaming to spend hours trying to research how to get it to run.
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This is a game you can be completely awful at and still have a good time. How many games is that really true of?
In my book, every single one that is actually good.
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LIMBO being in the top 40 even though it's an overrated piece of shit 'game.' Out of This World it ain't.
Thank you!
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2013 was crazy. I wouldn't be surprised if people look back and say it had the best system year for Gen 7 (PS3) and the best system year for Gen 8 (3DS) at the same time. And that's before even mentioning the likes of Dota 2 and 3D World.
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If you need to have multiple posters dedicated to a particular platform to make it viable then just say PS3 and 360 only. Otherwise soak up the tears like the rest of us and accept that PC and Wii are going to be the red headed step children with Apple, DS, mobile and PSP being I HAVE NO SON whitewashed from the history books.
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My first COD (4) is in the post. Should be interesting.
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Hopefully Magmatic Bustard catches on.
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2014 G1 Climax
in JAPAN
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I still haven't seen the 8/8 show from the 2004 G1 because those two top the card and I couldn't imagine anything topping it on a personal level.