PixlBit

Who would watch a stream of Nintendo's event?

Anyone who's anyone will just be there to watch it his or her self.

To me, the bigger treat was seeing the Nintendo Easter Eggs in the pre-ride video. The simulator, IMO, was fair, but didn't particularly feel thrilling, and didn't simulate any sense of acceleration, but rather just direction. It did rotate upside down a few times, but that, alone, isn't very special.

There's a pit-stop option for races that only take a handful of minutes? What's it for? Changing the tires, I saw, but anything else?

I didn't exactly read into his review that way at all. It's not like 3.5 stars is a bad score, either. The game is just a different experience from the standard Splinter Cell fare.

I know we talked about the enemies shouting at the podcast, and in doing so, I was reminded of Mega Man X7's Flame Hyenard. Don't worry about watching, just listen. Yes, the fight was exactly like that.

Sure, but those are all considered "unnecessary." The Xbox 360, itself, has been very competitive in price. Considering hard drives and Wi-Fi adapters aren't geared toward attracted people to the console in the same way Xbox Live and Natal are, I wouldn't be surprised if we saw a different pricing scheme than what most believe after this leak occurred.

Either that, or Microsoft has some serious software to back Natal up with up their sleeves.

I'm having trouble believing this price. I know the leak is supposed to be credible, but I'm not sure it could be successful.

To be fair, it is less than the cost of two new Wii Balance Boards, at least. I'd imagine Natal will have packed-in software, too, to help balance things out.

I wonder if Jason Bateman plays Pokémon.

There's about a million references in the game to classic RPGs, too, mostly Dragon Quest.

In one house, a man is standing with a woman on both sides, asking if he should marry his childhood friend or a rich man's daughter. He says he likes his childhood friend, but he's leaning toward the rich man's daughter, because he likes her spell set a lot better. Then he asks you who he should marry.

It's just a fun reference to Dragon Quest 5, but I thought it was charming.

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