Other reasons to own a Gamecube

[Ryujin]

the only reason I bought soul calibur 2 was to play as Link

And that is what I don't like about Nintendo/Link fanboys. I know this is slightly off topic, but let me explain from the begining. I had Soul Edge/Blade on the PS1 when it was pretty much an unknown game and I thought it was fantastic and to this day is still the best 3D fighter on the PS1 IMO. I loved Everything about it. Even when magazines claimed that it was good but no Tekken and all this shit. Then when I was researching getting a Dreamcast, I had already made the decision to, when I opened a mag in a game shop and then suddenly BAM! SoulCalibur is being released for the DC. I was like "WTF!!?? This is the best thing ever!!".

And as I continued to read more and do more research I became more and more excited about, then when I finally got it I was blown away because it was even better than my expectations and was solidified as the best 3D fighter ever. This was an opinion shared by pretty much anyone who knew anything about gaming, constant scores of 10/10 and amazing praise was rightly shone upon the game. I Was mastering SC for 4 years when I hear that SC2 is out in the arcades and will get an eventual console release. As you can tell I was quite excited.

Then in an odd move I heard that it was comming out on the GC (which I thought was strange given the fact that recent Nintendo consoles were not exactly the home of beat em ups) but then I said "hey its SC, I don't care what its on". Then I heard what I thought was a joke or a hoax of some kind, I heard that Link was going to be in it, to which I said "WTF??". Then I heard it was going multiplatform and then every console had to have its own character, Spawn and Heihachi.

Then I accepted it and said "ok, console specific characters...whatever its SC and SC rocks!". But then the media frenzy continued, and escalated into the place where the game itself, sequel to the greatest beat em up ever, was basically redundant and all anyone cared about was these fagotty extra characters.

Now, as we know in general Nintendo fanboys are the worst of the lot (its just true). And the sales of SC on the GC proves this. A bunch of people who never played, cared about or payed attention to the SoulEdge/Calibur world before, were suddenly all going nuts over the game, and why? "Because you can play as Link!!!!!!". These are the people who only bought the game because Link was in it, only ever pick Link and ignore the rest of the game. And if Link was not in it they would ignore the game completely. And as we all know, Link has been cheese-ified beyond belief to suit the average mindless Nintendo fanboy who has not played beat em ups in years because they were not on Nintendo consoles. And THAT is why I hate the inclusion of the new characters, and hate Link being in it and REALLY REALLY despise it when people go on so much about him and the other console specific characters.

Now was this a clever marketing ploy by Namco/Nintendo to sell more copies? yes, but does that mean it was a good thing? hell no, not in my eyes anyway.

Ahhhhhhhhh....I'm glad I got that off my chest.....continue on with then topic now.