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[MsRowdyRedhead]

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Anyone looking for an ereader...  For three days only, December 21-23, get a Kobo Mini for just $49.99. (Makes a great last-minute gift for a loved one. Or for yourself. Or both!)
http://www.powells.com/biblio/18-0681495000470-0

[The Truth]

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My grandma is playing Majora's Mask. And doing surprisingly well.

[Magical Girl Mimi]

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Truth: Nice. *resists urge to quote Majora's Mask*

[MsRowdyRedhead]

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My grandma is playing Majora's Mask. And doing surprisingly well.

SWEET

Also, MSRR, if you buy the Humble Bundle 7, pay enough to get Dungeon Defenders, it should be a good one for Mak, and you might even enjoy it enough to buy your own copy to play with him.

Got it!

[The Truth]

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It appears I'll need to get a Wii U after all...my Wii can no longer read disks.

[Magical Girl Mimi]

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See? Nintendo's on your side there. =P

[The Truth]

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Yeah, but there's no way I'm getting it - too expensive for a present, and there is ABSOLUTELY no way I would pay more than $150 for it.

[Magical Girl Mimi]

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Why? It's not like it's any different than the Wii when it released; and IIRC, the Wii still isn't down to 100 dollars... This is Nintendo's next generation console. Just because they reverted to their 'let's not change the name much' idea from the SNES era doesn't mean it's not. =P

[The Truth]

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Because A: there isn't a single Wii U game I want, and B: That controller, IMO, is a Very Bad Idea.

[Magical Girl Mimi]

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Take it from someone who's actually held the controller, it works a lot better than you might think. =P

And it's the launch period, of course there'll be no games right now you're interested in. Think back to the 3DS. =P Launch stuff doesn't appeal to everyone, though I know if I ever get a Wii U, I'll look forward to finally being able to play Mass Effect 3. >_>

/EDIT: Ooh; all the Sonic games are on sale; I'd recommend definitely getting some of them for Mak, they are definitely good games. Though try to avoid Spinball, simply because it's a spinoff pinball game. =P

[MsRowdyRedhead]

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Not really getting into the spirit... =(((

[The Truth]

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@MSRR: What's wrong?


Interesting..in Scribblenauts Unlimited, an Angelic Clown can beat a Devilish Butler.

EDIT: Wow...they even defined "otaku". He looks like Kamina and likes anime.

[MsRowdyRedhead]

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I just don't FEEL Christmasy at all...
not really sure why.

[mtmerrick]

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Because A: there isn't a single Wii U game I want, and B: That controller, IMO, is a Very Bad Idea.

either use the old controllers or come up with a new controller. this >word< of one person having teh new controler and everyone else using the old ones is just >word<ing stupid.

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I just don't FEEL Christmasy at all...
not really sure why.

i never do

[MsRowdyRedhead]

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At least you don't get to do all the WORK...

[mtmerrick]

no, i just have to buy all the presents >_> and put up all the lights.

there's nothing else done for Christmas this year, BTW. me and dad stood up the trees where they go, but that's it.

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[MsRowdyRedhead]

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Son brought me a tree, a bit smaller than usual but very pretty. But we had a problem getting it to stand up in the stand... I think we took too long after he trimmed the bottom... Finished decorating a few days ago ( Mak almost no help and complained... (I hate minecraft)) but noticed it is ver dry despite plenty of water in the stand =(((  It's already shedding needles...
Mak isn't back from Idaho till the 29th, this suxx

[mtmerrick]

we've never had a live tree. ever.

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[MsRowdyRedhead]

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I had an artificial tree last year... I did not feel the love. It's still downstairs.
It looked pretty enough... just didn't feel right..

[Magical Girl Mimi]

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MTM: They have other controllers that can be used, you know, like the Wii U Pro controller. The problem is; people seem to be trying to kill off local gaming, aside from Nintendo keeping it around with the old controllers, and the Pro controllers. I wouldn't be surprised if multiplayer was online-only for the PS4 and XBox 720. =/

And the reasoning behind only one or two of the tablet controllers, is, well, cost, and system cost. The system streams the content to the pad controller live; that's why you're able to switch some games to the pad to take to another room. If they were to start streaming the same content to four controllers at once, it'd very likely do a number on the processor. I mean; really. Let's say that each pad screen is 720p. That's four screens you have to individually render, since each person would likely have a different view or inventory screen. And then the final screen, the TV screen, which can go all the way up to 1080p. The system just couldn't handle that.

That said; I don't believe giving the controller a screen was a bad idea at all, unlike most of the haters. It adds a new level of gaming to the mix, just like the DS did for handheld gaming.

Also, I must admit, I do like the fact that the Wii controllers can be used(Which, by the way, is exactly the same conversation we would've had if we were in this situation 6 years ago: the Wii could use the Gamecube controllers, and the Wii controllers seemed horribly gimmicky at the time. A lot of games that actually used it correctly came out in those 6 years, though exactly how many is something that differs between people). I like multiplayer stuff; but I've never had more than one usable controller for stuff since the N64 days, with the slight exception of some PS2 stuff. Yet, now, for some games, I can actually play multiplayer with others(If I can ever get the system), since I have a Wiimote+Nunchuck, and would have a Wii U Pad whenever I get the console. Since that's the bare minimum for some of the multiplayer stuff, I can use multiplayer, though some of the Pad uses are horrible in comparison(Like, you know, acting as support for the Wiimote players in Rayman and Mario).

I'm rambling again, aren't I.