GaMag 1st Edition

[Suyo]

Hey Brandon, I wanna do an article, but I don't know how to make those pics like you do. I can edit them with paint, but when I do it'll come in an attachments box like this. How do I upload my pics without attachments?

imageshack.us

[brandoprojectm]

Or Photobucket. I use that one.

As you may have noticed I added Suyo's and Sam's articles. Thanks for the help guys. I'll write more articles, and I'd appreciate it if you could too. I'd like to have at least 4 or 5 articles, some reviews and a special feature that we'll all work on, if we can organize it. Keep 'em comin'.

[Blablob]

WII REVIEW
I can honostly say that this generation of consoles is something we will never forget. It's brought us things we never thought video games could 20 years ago: 3D graphics, wireless controllers, wi-fi connection, and much MUCH more. Maybe Nintendo had something going through their mind, or maybe they just went crazy, and vuala! The Wii is born. And at first glance, you may think "WTF?". But the Wii is so much more than that.

The newest feature the Wii brings to gaming is motion-control, in which in most Wii games you are either required or allowed to use the controller (and nunchuk in such cases) to make a command in the game, rather than the traditional button-press. However, the Wii still has many buttons to allow it for classic play, such as SSBB. While this is a very fresh new experience for some, it can be tiresome; and while I have never found it an issue, I must point out the risks when playing games that require this. You must be very careful when using motion-control games; spread out from objects and other people, and if you have a small bedroom, just forget about it.

The Wii has plenty to do other than play your loaded up game disc. It's a feature called "channels" which are modes of entertainment. Take the photo channel for example. It allows you to upload photos through your SD card, and mess around with them (which I'm not too impressed about). You can download more channels through the wii shop channel, which you must have an internet connection to use. The content available for download is more channels (such as wii shop channel), as well as previous nintendo games (reffered to as "virtual console"), and also games excusively for the wii. While all that is great, I'd only be placing my bet on the free channels (e.g. nintendo channel), and the wiiware games, since I wouldn't spend another $5 to play something I've already played, and the internet channel just sucks. Okay, maybe "suck" is too strong a word, but come on! It's slower than a normal computer, it's takes too much time to type in something (and for me, I gotta stand up to do it), and you can play barely any games on it. I would just consider buying those wiiware games, as it offers something new.

Finally, lets talk about the games. First there's something I need to get out of the way. Graphics. Nintendo. Put them together, what do you get? Yeah, just wanted to clear that (Well, to be truthful, most Wii games COULD look a little better). Anyway, the Wii has had the most amount of gaming failures I've ever seen, and all of those failures were just trying to make use of the Wii's capabilities. But it's also had some of the greatest games EVER. A few examples? SSBB, SMG, Twilight Princess, heck, even Boom Blox. These games are some of the best console-sellers I've ever seen. Also, another thing that needs to be mentioned is Wi-fi. It sucks. I wish it would just be as simple as put the code in once, and that's it. But no. Games like SSBB require you to put in ANOTHER CODE. Why or how is that nessecery? There's a lot of lagging, as well.


Despite my negative reviews on the system, there's a reason I bought the wii. It has a charm to it no other console can live up to, despite graphics or power. When it all comes down to it, it's the games. That's why I bought thw wii. For it's library of great games. But it's not just me. There is a reason the Wii is the best-selling current-gen console. It's something I can't put my finger on, but I don't care. It's an awesome console, so buy it and a copy of SSBB, sit down, have fun and shut up, no questions asked.


Features: 9/10
Graphics: 6/10
Games: 9/10
Overall: 7/10

[UsuarioTHf]

Can I comment on Samgamereview's article? If so, I will.

The video featured many gameplay segments from Yoshi Story showed on an image of a Nintendo DSi. While the user claims the video is accurate, many of the comments on the video claim that the video is a fake. No known announcements have been made by Nintendo confirming the rumors about porting Yoshi Story DS. The footage from the trailer looks identical to the original SNES version. The video can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTNLyunfS0E

*Stares at the creator of the video*
It's pretty much fake, as anyone can put a picture of an off DSi and put a random video/picture, to say"THIS IS REAL AND THIS IS PROOF".
You said the graphics look COMPLETELY identical to the SNES/N64 version, right? That proves my point. Look at other remake games, like SM64DS, Kirby Super Star Ultra, or Diddy Kong Racing DS. You notice something different from their original counterpart apart from the controls? The graphics. Nintendo wouldn't go and make a remake without new graphics, would it? Apart from that, the video didn't show Touch Screen use. It showed it black.

[Blablob]

SUPER SMASH BROS 4?

Lately there's been a lot of talk on a 4th SSB. But nobody has confirmed it, so we wait. Lucky number 3, people always say. Maybe they wanted to stop after the 3rd title, but is that what fans want? Is that what you want? NO! We can only hope a sequel is on the way, and seeing as how they have blown us away before, we would all love them to see them do it again.

So, if there was a SSB4, what do you think would be in it? A lot of people thinks its name should be Super Smash Bros. Revolution; others are thinking Super Smash Bros. Rumble, and more. But nonetheless, do you even care what the name is? Well, in some circumstances, yes. But in this case, I'm sure you're only curious to know its features.

The most important aspect of SSB is the fighting system. It is something very different from anything else, and without it it just wouldn't be SSB. It would just be Smash Bros., because there's nothing super about doing what's been done about a million times.

Also, what about the character roster? Everybody has there own hopes for characters to appear. Lets take a look back a Melee. There were many requests for Solid Snake to be in there, but the game was too far in completion. But they did the favor of bringing him to Brawl just because of the fans. Yeah, fans can hope for a lot of crazy stuff, from Toad, to Kratos, to Freakin' Mr. Incredible!

That's all I've got to say on the subject. There would be more if only it was real. It's as real as me finding a treasure chest in my closet. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go check my closet...

[megamario126]

Amazing! It actually looks like a preview for a magazine.

[Buff_]

The first one has some pretty good awesomeness attached to it.


As for blablob's Smash bros. 4, that picture was made before Brawl had even come out. That was a guess at the character roster.

[AlucardX60]

do all the articles have to be about Nintendo games? if not then i would like to make an article, I can't make one every week like you said, so this would be like a special. Anyway i would like to do and article about Castlevania Symphony of the Night, the greatest game ever(or at least the greatest Castlevania game ever) that didn't get enough attention.

[samgamereviews]

Can I comment on Samgamereview's article? If so, I will.

The video featured many gameplay segments from Yoshi Story showed on an image of a Nintendo DSi. While the user claims the video is accurate, many of the comments on the video claim that the video is a fake. No known announcements have been made by Nintendo confirming the rumors about porting Yoshi Story DS. The footage from the trailer looks identical to the original SNES version. The video can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTNLyunfS0E

*Stares at the creator of the video*
It's pretty much fake, as anyone can put a picture of an off DSi and put a random video/picture, to say"THIS IS REAL AND THIS IS PROOF".
You said the graphics look COMPLETELY identical to the SNES/N64 version, right? That proves my point. Look at other remake games, like SM64DS, Kirby Super Star Ultra, or Diddy Kong Racing DS. You notice something different from their original counterpart apart from the controls? The graphics. Nintendo wouldn't go and make a remake without new graphics, would it? Apart from that, the video didn't show Touch Screen use. It showed it black.

Yeah but its always fun to just imagine...


*EDIT* I submitted my next article, I changed it from LOZ Wii to Netflix, but i'll probably do the Legend of Zelda one in the future.

[brandoprojectm]

Righty then I added your articles. This weekly thing just won't work. Monthly it is, then.