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Despite being a diehard Mario fan, in retrospect the Donkey Kong Country series were simply superior platformers. While I owned/own Donkey Kong Country, and only played 2 and 3 through other sources, they were great games. It was like being exposed to an N64 game compared to the dated platforming experience of Mario. (Probably not a fair comparison, since they are different types platformers) I'm eager to see how this compares to New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Seems they'll be a definite throwback to the NES/SNES years, as well as an advancement. Rivals in a sense.

Really? While DK64 was no Super Mario 64 or even a Banjo Kazooie, it was certainly a great game and received quite a bit of favorable reviews and scores for its time, as well as in more recent areas. What are your reasons for not liking it?

No matter what, no one would ever accept this as a good idea. Whether it's equal to or surpasses the original, people will still complain. It's just a classic. I don't really feel a remake is necessary, but a re-release via the Wii store with some updates would be nice... Imagine playing the original game with online capabilities? No need for better graphics!

Does anyone know the earliest issue in which CV&G had Pokemon coverage or mentioned it?

Yeah, I've always hated that. I believe Nintendo Power was usually more helpful prior to their reboot several years ago, but all gaming magazines seem to relish in not being helpful.

I had a letter published in a newspaper a few years back. It was a response to either an article they'd published, or another letter sent into the commentary section. Nothing big, like the New York Times, but fairly respectable paper here in California.

This is coming from the guy that said video games can't be art. He just has a dated, skewed perception of the industry. If we had the same companies we did 20 years ago, or it was the same kind of situation, I might agree. But we seem to get a switch-up of companies and the consoles they create every 10 years or so, so the industry is constantly being redefined. I might see a point where consoles become nothing more than specialized computers, or even "expansion packs" for actual computers, but there will always be a need to play at home.

Thanks. We've been working on it for several weeks, and the navigation was becoming a real issue. As this project is sociological in nature, the way we organize is extremely important. We decided to just get it up there now until she learns PHP and can more efficiently code the site. Any suggestions or questions would be appreciated. Outside perspective is especially useful, especially since we're so "into" it that we can't see it the right way anymore.

We moved everything over to our actual site, though how best to organize the project and present it via layout is a problem. Expect constant updates... The Bruno, Houou, and Doomsay & Doomsday articles should be updated within the next few days. New site: RAGECANDYBAR PokeGods Project

I usually have my log-in status set to "Stay logged in" for every forum/site I'm registered to, RetroMags included. I check by the site every day, usually about ten times over a period of 8 hours, if not more if I'm really bored. I don't frequent a lot of sites online, so I check for updates pretty often.

Well the common perception that the PokeGods were a "myth", "fake", or simply "glitches" are all inaccurate. Making it clear just what they were is one of the main reasons we're doing this, as they certainly won't any of those three. But glad some of our work could help.

So I'm currently involved in a research project seeking to document and discuss the PokeGod phenomenon and other early rumors and speculation related to the Red and Blue versions and Gold and Silver versions of Pokemon. Not sure how many of you would be familiar with this (most of you seem to be of the previous gaming generation), but it occurred to me that some of you may have some insight or perspective to offer. For that that aren't aware, the "PokeGod" phenomenon was the explosion of early Pokemon fansites and sometimes legitimate coverage sites that spread rumors on how to obtain Pokemon that weren't actually available in the games. For the most part, these Pokemon (dubbed "PokeGod" due to the widespread belief that they were far more powerful monsters than the available Pokemon) were inspired by misconceptions or brief sightings of actual Pokemon that would be in the sequels. The cartoon series, which premiered in the US concurrent to the games was a big influence on this phenomenon, as it showed several new Pokemon that weren't actually in the games. The reason for this is because the cartoon actually premiered several years after the games in Japan and were meant to advertise the sequels, which in the US wouldn't be expected so early. Many people simply assumed that these new Pokemon were hidden in the games that were already available. Essentially, this is a project similar to SNOPES in that it's tracking the origin and circulation of online rumors in a way that has distinct folkloric (and almost mythological) parallels. Much of our early research can be read here: The PokeGods: Secrets and Rumors. This page is a free-site, mostly in homage to the early fansites of which we're researching, but the information has become so in-depth and long that we're in the process of moving it to our actual project site ahead of time. Feel free to check out here in the meantime if you want a better impression of some of our (outdated) work, or a nostalgia trip. So, anyone have any thoughts on this project, or memories of the phenomenon if they were involved in it? Any perspective would offer some good discussion.

There's a few types of advertisements I may be willing to buy for that price, though I'd put them to use and not necessarily "collect" them.

$200 sounds fair to me, considering people pay thousands, sometimes hundreds of thousands, of dollars on comics.

Most of these magazines existed since at least 1990. I mostly have '99 issues, but I'm building a collection that includes older. I think a good example would be InQuest magazine, which started out as a TCG magazine but in '95 changed their name to InQuest Gamer and broadened their focus to video games, though continued to cover trading cards to a great degree.

1.) While the focus is mostly on trading cards, video games are covered to some degree (particularly those with card game-equivalents) 2.) The issues I have are between 1999-2000, so the '99 issues at least are old enough.

I have a few Becketts and other TCG magazines, so I was wondering if those fit the scope of this project? While trading card games obviously aren't video games, these magazines do have some focus on video games.

Since I first downloaded an issue of this magazine, I've been following it eagerly expecting each new one. As I said on your profile, I'm working on a research project involving old magazines. I'm fairly sure Computers and Videogames magazine has something I'm looking for. Hope to find out.