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Old-school gamer. I started gaming with the Atari 2600. I became an addict with the arcade release of Street Fighter II at my college. The SNES release pushed me into buying that system and a lame arcade stick. I haven't looked back since then. I still consider the 16-bit to be the Golden Age of gaming. The current generation is keeping me pretty happy, especially with the fighting game renaissance that's happening lately. And, yes, I'm old.
Proud owner of: Kiwi Gameboy Color, GBA SP, GBA Micro, PSP 3000, White DS Lite, Silver NeoGeo Pocket, purple SwanCrystal, SNES, Genesis, N64, purple Gamecube, slim PS2, Dreamcast, Wii and PS3.
Favorite Games: Last Blade 2, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Mark of the Wolves, Zelda: A Link to the Past, Zelda: Minish Cap, Dark Stalkers, King of Fighters, Mega Man ZX, Ikaruga, Macross: Do You Remember Love, Raiden Trad, Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Valkyria Chronicles, Professor Layton, Killer7
Games on my mind:
Super Street Fighter II HD Remix (PS3)
King of Fighters XII (PS3)
King of Fighters XIII
King of Fighters 2k2: UM (PS2)
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift (PS3)
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THQ has fallen short of their financial projections. In all of their infinite wisdom, they've decided to play the blame game. THQ is blaming Nintendo and music games for their shortfall. I find this very annoying. Maybe, just maybe, if THQ put as much effort into making games as they do in naming scapegoats, then their games would be better and more successful.
What really frustrates me about THQ is that they have the license to what should be one of the greatest videogames of all time - Avatar, the Last Airbender. 
The creators of Avatar have created a beautiful, vibrant world filled with heroes and villains who control the elements and are who feel like real people. Furthermore, the series has a brilliant story, incredibly choreographed fight scenes, large-scale battles and beautiful music. (breath) It's incredibly frustrating that THQ is given all of the elements of a great game and cannot even produce a decent one. Okay, THQ, here's some advice. Ax the plain 3D models and replace with cel-shaded graphics; the game will then be visually linked to the show. Play Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker, Okami, Beyond Good and Evil and Shinobi(PS2). Think about it.
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Living the dream since March 16, 2006
Not to start a flame war or bash what appears to be your favorite show, but aren't you giving Avatar a little too much credit? I mean, realistically, saying that an Avatar game "should be one of the greatest videogames of all time" might be overstating things a bit.
Yeah, it's a bit of hyperbole, but I think that if a developer had announced the world and characters of Avatar as the basis of a game instead of an animated show, gamers would have had a giant nerdgasm. When a world as unique as Avatar's is combined with martial arts, elemental super powers and huge battles, it should be perfect.
BTW, Avatar is my favorite show written by Americans; I'm more of an anime fan, with Gundam being at the top of my list of obsessions. All I want is one Avatar game that's as good as Locus of Heroes or SD Gundam Gashapon Wars.
Anyway, your complaint over the universe avatar has and the game we got makes me laugh, I thought the same thing about the transformers game, robots that turn into cars and this huge backstory to work with, what do we get? A beat-em up with timed missions and shitty driving mechanics.
Honestly, I've never given Avatar much of a chance when I saw it, so maybe I'll take a look. Is it still on?
Hmm, what is Locus of Heroes? I've never heard of that, and not much is coming up on Google (aside from something titled "Masculinities Archive," which I'm staying far, far away from).
Also music games are still something of a niche. Just who in their right mind would blame them of all people? Unless they're talking about games like High School Musical or something.