I'm a Deadbeat

I am a total video games deadbeat. We Love Katamari has been sitting unopened on top of our TV for three weeks. I haven't started another nintendo; if I do she will hate me within the week for not playing frisbee enough, and I also don't like yelling commands on the subway. When the dogs do something cute, and I fail to have them "remember" the trick because we're crossing the Manhattan Bridge on the D train and it's too loud, the OCD side of me dies a little death. I had to stop. They reserved a Famicon Micro for me at J&L Games and I didn't pick it up - I didn't even call them back. Like I said, total video games deadbeat.

I tried, I really tried to get into Madden 2006, but it was just too hard. There were people leaving me voicemails, adding appointments to my calendars, and asking me to make promotional appearances, all within the game. It was stressful, it felt too much like work, and I had to turn it off. I did enjoy the "mini camps," but it was way too short, and it wouldn't let me go back. If Nintendo made a football game, it would be Wario's mini camps, and it would rule. Sadly we don't have that. Also, that passing cone was way too hard.

1996 was the year for perfect video games - Sega (?) NHL Hockey, NBA Jams 96 (the only Super Nintendo cartridge I held onto) and Madden 96. !0 years later the games are all harder to learn and less fun. Did you see that "passing cone" in Madden? Next year they'll probably have you compute the physics of the ball as you release it. And that may be an improvement in gameplay!

But I do love Advance Wars DS, and I manage to sneak in a few hours while riding on the subway each week. It's still complex, every bit as complex and layered as the "getting things done" mode in Madden 2006, but it doesn't require you to keep notes, and it doesn't make you feel guilty when you don't call Terrell Davis back.

But when Mario Kart DS comes out, it's on.

Comments

[CPFace]

I'm keeping up with Nintendogs out of a sense of obligation. The "new pet" glow has worn off, and now I just drop in on my lunch break to make sure they aren't going to drop dead.

I played Animal Crossing pretty consistantly for a year, then it sort of dropped off. And once I stopped, it was hard to get back into it because I knew the terrible state of disrepair my town would end up in. I'm tempted to get the DS version, but in my heart I know the same thing's going to happen.

Having a game that moves in real time whether you're there or not is pretty neat -- I'm generally in favor of ideas that can meld real life with the game world. But for a game that never ends? Y'know, sooner or later you'll want to play something else. It'd be kind of nice if the game world didn't rot in your absense.

At least I've still got Wario. He doesn't care if I'm not playing microgames every six hours.

[urumagi]

I was able to complete Katamari Damacy in about a week. It's a lot of fun. I suggest you unwrap that thing and give it a go. But as for Nintendogs... *aye* they're like high maintenance Tamagotchi. I'm like CP, I just make sure they are fed. =\

[cialis online]

I think like you because I like to spend long hours playing games I feel so comfortable being a perfect lazy man, that's rare because that's the only thing I know to do.

[Swati]

The slot is the mostly the same as the old DS so yes it will acepct normal DS games. 3DS games have an extra tab on the end that prevents them from being inserted in old DS systems.It will not have a GBA slot, but Game Boy and GB Color games will be in a virtual console store. At this point it is unclear if GBA games will also be available in the store.Many retailers will offer trade in deals. The Japanese price for the 3DS has been announced at 25000 Yen, which is $300 USD. I see you live in the Philippines though, so the conversion price is 13178 Philippines Peso. However, the price may be more or less in your market. The price for games is unannounced as of yet.

[Sko Timberland]

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