It's so bloody HOT!!

Jul 20, 2008 12:55

As those of you in Japan know, it's F-ing hot this season. My city is thankfully not as hot as
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oogami July 20 2008, 05:46:32 UTC
Zero-One (lol, get it?) is likely my favorite of the series, but the removal of SEMI-REALISTIC EXPRESSWAY TRAFFIC and replacing it with oodles upon oodles of Genki vans kind of killed the immersion factor somewhat. At least you can switch between cities, the controls are great, and the graphics are FAR better than Zero (though arguably still not as good as Two on the Dreamcast).

There's also a Shutokou Battle X for the Japanese 360, though I don't know anyone who's played it. It probably rocks. Shit, the only Shutokou Battle game that isn't at all cool is the original for the PS1 AFAIK.

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wish959 July 20 2008, 05:58:55 UTC
Hehehe, nice :)
Yeah, the "Official" vans pissed me off a bit, but the improving of the graphics, and the added cars and expressways to choose from made up for it. I've only played the first one on the Dreamcast but i loved it. The 360 one looks pretty sweet, as does "Midnight Highway Battle" (or something like that) for the PS3, but i can't justify dishing out the cash for just one game. I've never played the original one for the PS1, but i HAVE played the even older one for the Super Famicom, and that one really sucked badly :(

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oogami July 20 2008, 06:37:03 UTC
Damn, that's hardcore.

I have SB1 and 2 for the DC, have played Zero (American version) at Jaime's place back when I was an undergrad (before I met you! :O) and got Zero-One upon release in Japan. I haven't played the PS1 or Saturn SBs, and definitely not the SFC one (o.O)

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pongatari July 21 2008, 02:14:05 UTC
Damn, there was a Shutokou Battle for SFC? That's old school. New one for PS3 eh... I'm totally getting that thing when the full version of GT5 comes out!

Back when I was in middle school I was playing Super Monaco GP at my uncle's house. He said, "You know, it's harder to drive like that in a video game because your field of vision is limited and you can't feel how fast you're going." I didn't believe him, but it turns out he was right.

It was much easier to pilot the !BATSU!Mobile through the curves of Omote Rokko Driveway IRL than it was in Kaido Battle (another Genki racing game you should check out). I could even go faster than I could in the game!

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oogami July 20 2008, 05:47:16 UTC
BTW, did you ever get GOLD or DistorteD?

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oogami July 20 2008, 05:47:34 UTC
GOLD is better than DistorteD in case you were wondering.

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oogami July 20 2008, 05:48:04 UTC
Though DistorteD is better than Happy Sky in case you were wondering about that, too.

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oogami July 20 2008, 05:49:29 UTC
Though nothing is as good as 3rd Style on a rainy day, or 9th Style on a midsummer's eve.

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oogami July 20 2008, 06:39:50 UTC
Oh yes, and don't think I am being insensitive to your injury. I really do know what you've gone through. I hope you heal in a timely fashion!

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wish959 July 20 2008, 12:05:14 UTC
Thanks d00d, it never crossed my mind ;)
Btw, V2?? They actually made a sequel to V??? Damn, that'll be a hard song! Are they doing the testing at the same arcade in Ikebukuro again? Haven't been to a location test since Gold at TGS 2007 and there were so many people there i didn't even get to play dammit (>_<)

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oogami July 20 2008, 14:57:37 UTC

primalprime July 24 2008, 02:57:01 UTC
Hi Wasim!

1/ Hope you are ok!
2/ You goin to gunma to see kalani and yukes?
3/ Ive got a new (original ed) blue psp with OS 4.0. Can you help me mod it please as my original broke!
4/ Brandi split up with her latest BF and is feeling very very down. Why not post a comment or email your support for her? She just banned me! (but that's another story).

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