View Full Version : Contact(DS) takes shot at Sony E3 conference.
Reality's Fringe
07-25-2006, 04:11 PM
http://gonintendo.com/wp-content/photos/060725_massivedamage.jpg
Read the black type. Oh Atlus, you jokers.
Vegan
07-25-2006, 04:59 PM
I knew that joke would go down in history.
Vinny
07-25-2006, 05:03 PM
:lol: That's pretty funny... this game better fucking own, I'm really looking forward to it.
botticus
07-25-2006, 09:38 PM
:rofl: From Joystiq:
1UP's Jeremy Parish was kind enough to post the above picture on his blog, reminding us all that the lifetime of a particularly stinging internet meme is likely to extend beyond that of a mere mortal. The depicted DS game is Contact, an Earthbound-ish RPG from Atlus, one of the few developers that can don the "quirky" tag with pride even as they bounce around a drunken cosplay party. Our first instinct was to question Tomm Hulett, the man in charge of the game's localization, regarding the whereabouts of his elbow in relation to Sony's battered ribs.
"I'll be honest, I can't really speak for the Professor. He has a mind of his own, and he's sure to say all manner of crazy things as you play through Contact. It certainly seems like he's up on his gaming news, though, doesn't it? I have heard that battles in Contact ARE based on actual battles which took place in space, though, so who knows."
Tomm confirmed the presence of crabs in the game, though didn't specify if they were of the "giant enemy" variety as commonly found in feudal Japan.
CocheseUGA
07-25-2006, 09:43 PM
Maybe it's just me, but I don't get what's funny.
dementia_
07-25-2006, 10:32 PM
Maybe it's just me, but I don't get what's funny.
What's funny is Genji 2 will outsell this obscure Suda 51/Grasshopper Manufacture/Atlus game at least 5 to 1.
Reality's Fringe
07-25-2006, 10:37 PM
What's funny is Genji 2 will outsell this obscure Suda 51/Grasshopper Manufacture/Atlus game at least 5 to 1.
Maybe, I mean, Genji 2 IS an action game that takes place in ancient Japan.
rabbitt
07-25-2006, 10:39 PM
If that is in the game, I'm buying it.
Z-Saber
07-25-2006, 10:42 PM
What's funny is Genji 2 will outsell this obscure Suda 51/Grasshopper Manufacture/Atlus game at least 5 to 1.What's funny is this obscure Suda 51/Grasshopper Manufacture/Atlus game will sell at least 5 times more due to this.
Strell
07-25-2006, 10:46 PM
What's funny is Genji 2 will outsell this obscure Suda 51/Grasshopper Manufacture/Atlus game at least 5 to 1.
Yes. Especially when it goes to 4.96 or so at Circuit City 6 months after launch because no one bought it.
Z-Saber
07-25-2006, 10:53 PM
So while we have this game in the spotlight, anyone know anything else about it? I'm interested because of the Sony jab, but I'm certainly not going to buy it only for that.
Vegan
07-25-2006, 10:59 PM
Yes. Especially when it goes to 4.96 or so at Circuit City 6 months after launch because no one bought it.
It's an Atlus game, you'll be lucky to find it 6 DAYS after its release.
botticus
07-25-2006, 11:04 PM
It's an Atlus game, you'll be lucky to find it 6 DAYS after its release.
Precisely why EVERY game will sell 5 times more.
It's a very quirky Earthbound-ish title, which is what has caused a lot of the interest to this point.
Though I think Strell was referring to Genji being on clearance.
CocheseUGA
07-25-2006, 11:46 PM
And it's still not funny...
And it's still not funny...
Would you find it funny if I were to say.....give you $599 US DOLLARS?!
CocheseUGA
07-25-2006, 11:56 PM
Would you find it funny if I were to say.....give you $599 US DOLLARS?!
http://www.astro.ubc.ca/~jonben/images/blog/avatars/zoidberg_evil.jpg
Oh no! You've guessed my secret payoff amount! I'm ruined!
SilverPaw750
07-26-2006, 01:45 AM
But does Contact have Real-Time Weapon Change?
banpeikun
07-26-2006, 01:58 AM
please explain the giant enemy crabs and the enemy weakness references kthx
TimPV3
07-26-2006, 01:59 AM
*sigh*...only Sony could look stupid enough to warrant a joke about them in a game. I need to watch the Sony's E3 in a nutshell video 7 more times.
David85
07-26-2006, 02:45 AM
A joke about them in a game several months after Sony made an ass of itself.
I think they should delay the games just to add gaint Japanese crabs.
Strell
07-26-2006, 02:46 AM
I think they should delay the games just to add gaint Japanese crabs.
I think all gmaes should be delayed to have GIANT ENEMY CRABS added to them.
It should be mandated law for all games coming out from now until the rest of forever.
David85
07-26-2006, 02:49 AM
please explain the giant enemy crabs and the enemy weakness references kthx
Please use some kind of English.
kthx
David85
07-26-2006, 02:51 AM
I think all gmaes should be delayed to have GIANT ENEMY CRABS added to them.
It should be mandated law for all games coming out from now until the rest of forever.
The law needs to be giant JAPANESE enemy crabs.
banpeikun
07-26-2006, 03:15 AM
Please use some kind of English.
kthxyou seemed to pick up on the only thing that was really questionable at all, so i don't know what was hard to understand.
furyk
07-26-2006, 03:28 AM
Considering this game was teased as a new Mother in Japan, it makes perfect sense that Atlus is teasing the American game industry the way it teased the Japanese game market.
BKPartisan
07-26-2006, 04:27 PM
No, but people will think it is real. Back in the day, everyone thought that.
But does Contact have Real-Time Weapon Change?
"1UP's Jeremy Parish was kind enough to post the above picture on his blog, reminding us all that the lifetime of a particularly stinging internet meme is likely to extend beyond that of a mere mortal."
The referenced press conference happened less than 3 months ago. A little soon to be crowning it as an immortal phenom at this point.
Anyway that screen is funny. Subtle, but if you are 'in' on the joke you'd definitely get it.
pete5883
07-27-2006, 09:17 AM
They were saying that by putting it in the game, it will become immortalized. Get it?