I know there's pokemon fans out there So the fact that there's soon going to be a new Poke-fest being released on Nintendo DS must have some people excited! W00t!

However, the particular point in making such a thread now is because of this newly released information i've come across concerning how Pokemon Diamond & Pearl takes advantage of Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection! What? NO WAI! Yea....

Revo-Europe.com Wrote:New details have emerged regarding the forthcoming Pokemon titles for the Nintendo DS. It turns out that the online aspect will be divided into two 'sections': The Public and the Private section.

Private section is basically you and friend codes. Battle and trade against people you know and have exchanged codes with. Fairly simple, and to be honest, we were expecting this anyway.

However, the public aspect is very, very interesting. This system will not require you to exchange friend codes. There are two systems which feature predominantly in the public aspect: the Trading System and the Battle Tower.

The trading system will allow you to search for a specific pokemon, and it will result in a list of all possible trainers who would be willing to trade you this pokemon...for the right offer, of course. You can make an offer, and the trainer will either accept the offer or decline it. If the trainer isn't online at the moment you make this offer, he or she will be notified about this possible trade the next time they come online. Pretty neat stuff.

The Battle Tower gives you the chance to upload your elite team of Pokemon to a server. You have the ability to download other people's teams of pokemon, ready for battle. However, the downside is that they will be computer controlled, rather than human controlled. Also, you will only be able to download teams that are around your level. Still, a nifty option.

The online features of this title are starting to fit together nicely. The public and private system, the already confirmed private VoIP and the fact that Pokemon is a killer franchise could soon see this game flying off the shelves!

We'll bring you more on this this as soon as we get it.

Took long enough....The list is not organized well but meh. Well not many ubers here but I dont want most of it. Legit offers please. Go?

(ut) = untekked
* looking for some decent

Xanax 166
Baranz Launcher
Amp of Yellow
Sinow Berills Arm x3
Belras Right Arm x3
God Shield Suzaku
Flowens Shield
PB/Create
HP/Revival
Sacred Cloth 4s
P-Arm Blades
Silence Claw 30H
Regen Gear
Demo Comet 20/25/25/0
Megid 25 26
Grants 26

Sleepless 131
Flower Bouquet
Secert gear
Stink Frame
Red Scorpio+1
Yas 3 +5
Fatsia 20M
Red Mechs 0/10/0/5 (ut)
Red HG 15/0/0/30
MKB 0/0/0/0 (ut)
0/0/10/0 (ut)
0/0/0/10 (ut)
P-Arm Blades +25
Inferno Bazooka +9 30/40/0/0/20
Agito 77, 01
Meteor Cudgel 0/0/0/0
Red Saber x2

Razonde 28x2
Foie 28
Gifoie 28
Zalure 28 Rabarta 28
Resta 28 Gibarta 29
Zonde 28

yojimbo 112

Gal Wind
Berserk Laser 0/0/0/45/30
Red Saber x2
Hildeblue cane
Amp of Anti, Foie, Gifoie, Rafoie, Bartax2 Gibarta, Yellow

whiteout 198
charge ripper 0/0/0/25/50
geist gungnir 0/0/0/40/45
Brionac 30H 70H
charge sawcer+3 15/0/0/0/50
DOB 0/25/5/0/15 (ut)
0/0/15/20/20
demons raygun +15 0/35/45/0/40
geist vulcan 0/45/0/0/25
LK 5/0/15/0/10 (ut)
Victor Axe x3
Yami 0/0/0/0
Red Sword 0/0/0/0 (ut)
Red HG
FS 5/10/0/25 (ut)
Twin Blaze 0/0/20/25
White Partisan* (spirit)
Marinas Bag
Flower Bouquet
Yamato 40H
Asuka x3
Ricos Earrings
Blue Barrier
Black Ring
TP/Revival
PB/Create
magic rock "Heart Key" x3
Star Amp
Amp of Barta
Red Slicer 15/0/5/15 (ut)
0/0/10/0 (ut)
Flight Fan 0/0/25/0 (ut)
Windmill
Fatsia

unbreakable 174
DOB 15/50/0/0/15
God Hand 0/0/35/0/45
Sawd 0/20/0/30/20*
Yami /0/0/0/0 (ut)
Red Saber 5/0/0/25 (ut)
Red Sword 0/0/5/0/5 (ut)
Musashi +40 0/0/0/25/25*
Red Sword 15/75/0/0/15*
Berdysh
Black Gear
Delsabers right arm
Electro Frame 4s
PB/Create
PS x8*

tungsten 51
drain diska 0/0/45/50/50
DOB 25H
geist laser 30/0/0/45/40
gush vulcans 0/0/40/0/25
LK 0/0/0/15/15
Angry fist 35H
Holy Ray 20/0/10/25 (ut)
10/0/25/10 (ut)
Egg Blaster 40/40/0/0/55
Sawds x2
Red saber x4
Meteor Cudgl 0/15/30/0 (ut)
Morning Glory 0/0/0/0
Parasite Vajulla 4s*
Sacred Guard
Amp of Foie
Easter Egg*
Red Sword 0/0/0/15 (ut)
Flight Fan 0/10/0/25 (ut)
0/20/0/0 (ut)
Asuka x5

jumbosize 144
Flame Visit 0/0/0/0 (ut)
Red Mechs +30 0/20/30/0
charge gungnir 0/0/5/0/50
hell vulcans 0/0/0/35/35
Gizonde Gifoie Zalure 28
Jellen Gizonde Rabarta Resta 29

..... 75
Black Ring
Spirit Garment
DB sheild
AAR 15/0/20/0
master vulcans 50H
Crash Bullet 30H
Delsaber left arm
Anti 7x2
Foie Rabarta Gifoie Gibatara 29

Wants coming in about half hour....

<strong>Phantasy Star Reborn for PS2 & PSP</strong> <img src="/images/Ragol.co.uk.jpg" alt="Ragol.co.uk" width="8" height="8">
<font size="1">[ Lee_yoshi - August 11 2006 - 8:26 AM ]</font>

<P><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">SEGA of America have just yesterday announced a <STRONG>new</STRONG> compilation of their classic SEGA MegaDrive titles!</FONT></P><P><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Entitled the '<EM>SEGA Genesis Collection</EM>' (Genesis being the American equivilent to the SEGA MegaDrive), the compilation will feature 28 MegaDrive titles in one package including <EM>Golden Axe</EM>, <EM>Sonic the Hedgehog</EM>, and <EM>Phantasy Star</EM>, with bonus SEGA Arcade classics to unlock!</FONT></P><P align=center><A href="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/11_08_06_03.jpg"><IMG style="WIDTH: 163px; HEIGHT: 122px" alt="Over 30 original SEGA MegaDrive classics make up a huge part of this great collection!" hspace=2 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/11_08_06_03_thumb.jpg" align=baseline border=1></A><A href="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/11_08_06_04.jpg"><IMG style="WIDTH: 163px; HEIGHT: 122px" alt="Who cannot forget the great Golden Axe, among others such as Shinobi, and of course Phantasy Star!" hspace=2 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/11_08_06_04_thumb.jpg" align=baseline border=1></A></P><P align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>"<EM>Developed by Backbone Entertainment, SEGA Genesis Collection features over 30 titles including, Altered Beast™, Sonic The Hedgehog™, Shinobi III™, Phantasy Star™, and the original SEGA Genesis version of Golden Axe™. The games in the collection have been reproduced with the utmost accuracy to the originals as possible. SEGA Genesis Collection<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>also features numerous unlockable items that delve into the soul of the Genesis including interviews with the original developers that created the games featured in the collection, a museum area with interesting facts about the games, a hint area to help gamers complete their favorite SEGA Genesis games, and SEGA arcade games from the Genesis era.</EM>"</FONT></SPAN></P><P align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>"<EM>SEGA Genesis Collection for the PSP system marks the hand held debut of numerous titles in the collection. The PSP system’s wireless function will for the first time ever, allow Genesis fans to connect with friends for a wireless multiplayer gaming experience.</EM>" - SEGA Press Release</FONT></SPAN></P><P align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=Arial size=2>Those looking to own such a great compilation of SEGA MegaDrive classics will be glad to hear the game hits stores in Autumn 2006 for PlayStation2 and Sony PSP. However, the title has only been confirmed for American release at this time.</FONT></SPAN></P><P align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>[UPDATE]</STRONG> SEGA of Europe have now confirmed that they will also be releasing '<EM>SEGA MegaDrive Collection</EM>' for PlayStation2 &amp; Sony PSP in time for Christmas this year. <A href="http://www.sega-europe.com/en/NewsStory/1239.htm">Click Here for the Story</A>! Fantastico!</FONT></SPAN></P>

<strong>Good Fortune as Universe Launches in just 20 Days!</strong> <img src="/images/PSU.jpg" alt="PSU" width="8" height="8">
<font size="1">[ Lee_yoshi - August 11 2006 - 7:50 AM ]</font>

<P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG style="WIDTH: 500px; HEIGHT: 80px" alt="Phantasy Star Universe - So Close, but yet So Far!" hspace=0 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/ragol_psulogo.gif" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><A href="/uploads/news_images/11_08_06_02.jpg"><IMG alt="Good Fortune &amp; 'Relations'!" hspace=2 src="/uploads/news_images/11_08_06_02_thumb.jpg" align=right border=1></A>Sonic Team of Japan's Director of <EM>Phantasy Star Universe</EM> Sakai Satoshi has decided to start a run of blogs on the official and recently revamped Japanese <EM>PSU</EM> website (</FONT><A href="http://www.phantasystaruniverse.jp/"><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">phantasystaruniverse.jp</FONT></A><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">&nbsp;- </FONT><A href="http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?lp=ja_en&amp;trurl=http://www.phantasystaruniverse.jp/"><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">English</FONT></A><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">).</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="PlayStation2 Japanese BETA kicks off!" hspace=2 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/11_08_06_01.jpg" align=left border=1>In his first blog he talks about the recent starting of the Japanese PlayStation2 BETA testing of <EM>Universe</EM>, the Actress of Good Fortune's 'Relations', and going on the SEGA Development Summer Vacation next week!</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">To read it all, </FONT><A href="http://blog.phantasystaruniverse.jp/"><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">click here</FONT></A><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> (</FONT><A href="http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?lp=ja_en&amp;trurl=http://blog.phantasystaruniverse.jp/"><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">English</FONT></A><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">).</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">And on the subject of the PlayStation2 BETA testing, Ragol.co.uk Forumer <A href="http://www.ragol.co.uk/forums/member.php?u=878">Tycho</A> has posted up the Introductary Opening Sequences from the game via. YouTube video in <A href="http://www.ragol.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=199323">this Ragol.co.uk Forum Thread</A>. So be sure to check that out if you haven't already too!</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Japanese must be running about like headless chickens in the run up to <EM>Phantasy Star Universe</EM>'s launch which takes place in just 20 days! Dam them!</FONT></P>

From reading a few of the more recent posts and threads, there seems to be a lot of people out there who wish to be the best at PSO. This may be a good goal, but with a game as deceptively broad as PSO it is probably not entirely possible.

PSO, when compared to World of Warcraft or similar, seems very restricted in its scope - the levels are shorter, there is no way near as many quests, there are fewer 'different' things to do within the game. Yet the area where PSO can be huge is in the combination of every aspect of itself, from the weapons to the armours, to the MAGs and even the Symbol Chat icons. There is still scope for personalisation.

I am confused as to why so many people wish to top everyone else on statistics. PSO is not a competition, unless you play Battle mode. It is not an efficiency run unless you play Challenge. PSO is a community, and I think that the best part of the game is that you can express individuality through it.

People like different things. Some people like to play Ep3, some do not. I do, partly due to the play style, and partly due to the sheer variety of the deck creation. In Ep3, I will admit that I am somewhat of an uberist - but only in the Johnny way (see Wizards of the Coast for an explanation!). My favourite decks include hideously inefficient combinations with very good results. My aim at Ep3 is to break some of the cards. Such as my combination of two sub standard cards (Gulgus and Duel Strike, which are more difficult to use on their own) to create an incredible effect - a nearly unblockable instant death effect.

But in Ep1&2, I have changed my tack. There was one time when I wanted to play PSO to be the best, but I realised that there was no way that I'd quickly reach the top, and if I did then there would also be lots of other characters at Lv200. So now, I play my characters with a personal style - and very often that involves equipping sub standard weapons and armour just for aesthetic reasons. I've also decided to raise Bhima's for my characters, just because I've seen so few. Everyone else has a Sato, why should I have one?

Currently, I cannot get online, so I also play PSO to have fun with my friends, and participate in a challenge together. While I am the strongest character, that is irrelevant. I have played the game for longer, so that is to be expected. In fact, I enjoy it when the characters I am playing with are weaker, because it gives me more of a challenge to keep them alive.

And the final reason that I play PSO? Story. I want to finally work out the entire backstory and interlinking aspects of PSO, to find the links to the early PS series and to find the links to PSU when it is released. There's no way that I'll know more about the stats than some people here, but I can specialise on the story.

'But the story is not necessary to the playing of the game?' No, no it is not. However, that is one of my reasons to play the game, so I choose to do it. I read all of Rico's messages. I know them all, but I do it anyway. I might pick up a scrap of information I'd overlooked. Plus, I use it to figure out how far I am through the levels (especially in the ruins).

That is why I play. Reciprocation would be much appreciated.

ok heres what u do name up to 3 decks per post and tell me what they are i rate out of 10 then ill see what i and other ppl who post (if they want to) help u out to make it even better!!! ill start off

charecter: relmiltos
talent: force
style: increase base stats
rating: 8/10

this deck focuses on raising relmiltos's stats and reducing cost these are the main cards

maddams umbrella (or force wep with the ability tech)
psycho wand*
evil curst
wands
mace of adaman
cane
caduecus
twin psychogun
anceint saber
vayu
mag

thats it for items now time for action cards

split boost
heavy attack*
heavy slash*
resta*
shifta
megid*
grants**
rafoie (or gifoie)
rabarta
gibarta
razonde
gizonde
guard
pateince
resist
counter
treatment
weakness

thats it for action cards now assist
stamina
dice plus 1
dice fever

*pretty rare card if you havent got replace with next best thing*
**fat chance of getting grants might aswell leave it out**

youve probably noticed over 30 cards there ive put in the good cards for use in this deck but preferbly shifta maddams umbrella are the main cards well good luck testing decks.

blah blah blah for whoever hasn't seen it yet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wciwo4ShDOY

I've asked around, and no one seems to care much what the letters on the Red weapons mean. The handgun says "i" one of them says "ff" and there are the other ones that I forget right now. Anyone have any idea what they might spell of if it's even in engligh?

When I got a hacked Red Handgun (I was a noob! I didn't know!) I was intrigued by the letters on the handle and now have set out on a quest to find all of the red weapons, decode the letters, and then tell no one of my discoveries unless I really like them. But I need help!

A common myth is that is spells out Flowen, but then why are some of them in ep1? and why is there an "i"? Stupid Appatitians...

Cubed3.com Wrote:Nintendo Rumour | Portable GameCube and Wii Release Confirmed?
IGN publish info, pull it and then 'correct' themselves...

Gaming site IGN have apparently made a rather big error and published information that should have been kept a secret. Last night, the Murdoch owned media giant ran a story on its Wii channel detailing several pieces of juicy information. Whilst it was strictly outlined as rumour, IGN soon pulled the story, only to repost it a few hours later with some rather drastic changes. However, the Internet being the beast that it is, someone over at NeoGAF took a snap of the article before it was changed, highlighting some exciting possibilities.

...

One whole paragraph was removed from the article, it stated the following:

Insiders claim to have seen final hardware. The Broadway CPU is allegedly in the 750 CL line, a continuation of the 750 GX series. IBM may be working on a revised Broadway chip with a lower clock speed for a future Nintendo handheld -- one that presumably plays GameCube discs.

IMAGE: http://www.cubed3.com/media/2006/August/...whoops.jpg

...

So basically, confirmation of a portable GameCube it would seem. The report has to have a fair bit of truth in it or IGN wouldn’t have pulled it, clearly the source was worried that the information in that paragraph would unveil their identity and asked for it to be removed. Whatever the case, it provides material for some rampant Internet-style speculation. So don’t disappoint, and respond away...

At some point in the not-too-distant future, I'll be trading for a custom S-Rank Needle (I have one person who needs only c1 and c5, still). Before anyone asks, I don't do ep2c because (a) I'm not a glutton for hard things, and (b) I don't generally have the time it takes to whip up a team for it.

Anyway. My three Ultimate-level rangers might be able to use some needle specials, but I can't decide which yet... except for Loaded Die, for whom I will get a Geist Needle. Why Geist? Because she burns a good amount of TP berserking (melee berserking, not gun berserking) and healing, which is a big part of her strategy.

For the others, I can't decide which special goes where. My restrictions are these:

• I will not under any circumstances get Berserk on a needle, end of story. It has far too much potential for misuse.
  
• Same with Demons.
  
• Zalure MIGHT work, but it depends on the character. Gorgotron (my RAcast) might be able to make use of it, but on Will (RAmar), I'm hesitant; I don't want to make him too powerful, which is the entire reason for my above two restrictions.
  
• I don't want to use the same special on the same weapon on two characters. I just find that boring.