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 Post subject: This month in gaming history - APRIL
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1st
1992 - Nintendo releases The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past on the SNES in the US.
1994 - Nintendo releases Super Metroid for the SNES in the US.
1997 - Midway releases Doom 64 for the Nintendo Sixty FOOOOOOUUUUUURRRRRR in the US.
2003 - Square and Enix merge, forming Square-Enix. A lot of thought went into that name then...


2nd
1994 - Square release Final Fantasy VI for the Super Famicom in Japan. Total lifetime sales to date: 3 million.
1998 - Sony CEA sells the PlayStation number 10,000,000 in the US.


3rd
2005 - Activision release Doom 3 for the Xbox in the US. Sales of washing powder and other stain removal detergents skyrocket throughout the rest of April. Coincidence?
2009 - Nintendo release the DSi in Europe, 2 whole days before the US release. Take THAT, America!


5th
2009 - Nintendo release the DSi in the US. Way to catch up, slowcoach.


11th
1992 - Nintendo release the SNES in the UK, priced at £149.99.


15th
2002 - Capcom releases Breath Of Fire II for the GBA in the US.
2003 - Atari releases Ikaruga on the GameCube in the US.


21st
1989 - In Japan, Nintendo introduces the Game Boy. Included with the system is Tetris. 200,000 sell in the first two weeks.
2005 - Nintendo releases Nintendogs for the DS in Japan.


22nd
2007 - Nintendo releases Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl for the DS un the US.
2008 - Square-Enix releases The World Ends With You for the DS in the US.


26th
1999 - Nintendo releases Super Smas Bros for the Nintendo Sixty FOOOOOOUUUUUURRRRRR in the US.


27th
2000 - Nintendo releases The Legend Of Zelda: Majoras Mask for the Nintendo Sixty FOOOOOOUUUUUURRRRRR in Japan.
2008 - Nintendo releases Mario Kart Wii for the Nintendo Wii in the US and Canada.


28th
2001 - Sony CEI releases Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec for the PS2 in Japan. One million copies sell in TWO DAYS. Total lifetime sales to date: 15,000,000.


29th
2008 - Take Two Interactive release Grand Theft Auto IV for the PS3 and 360 in the US and UK. It proceeds to smash records by selling 609,000 copies on day one in the UK, and an amazing 3,600,000 copies worldwide day one. First week sales top 6,000,000.


30th
2002 - Terror comes to the GameCube as Resident Evil arrives on the little purple box.


31st
1982 - Good news for younger gamers as New York Superior Court judge Milton Feller declares unconstitutional a community ordinance in Garwood, New Jersey, that required video game players to be at least 18 years old.

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I wish I still had my Breath of Fire II GBA cart. :cry:

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>Smash Bros
>Link to the Past
>The World Ends With You
>Majora's Mask

For being such a slow month, there sure were a lot of amazing games released in April.

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2009 - Nintendo release the DSi in the US. Way to catch up, slowcoach.

That day changed my life for good.

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Terradude wrote:
>Smash Bros
>Link to the Past
>The World Ends With You
>Majora's Mask

For being such a slow month, there sure were a lot of amazing games released in April.


Easter holiday cash in.

and '11th 1992 - Nintendo release the SNES in the UK, priced at £149.99.'

11th? Number 1 I say sir.

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11th is the date, not the rank. And F U Terra for not noticing FF6 which kicks the crap out of all 4 of the games you mentioned combined...or Super Metroid

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fanboy19 wrote:
11th is the date, not the rank. And F U Terra for not noticing FF6 which kicks the crap out of all 4 of the games you mentioned combined...or Super Metroid


Never played either, and I don't judge games I haven't played, unless they're borderline identical to other games I have played. 8-)

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I have played FF6. FF6 will never be as good as the games Caleb pointed out.

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I have played FF6. FF6 will never be as good as the games Caleb pointed out.

and this is why you will get the banhammer ;)

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fanboy19 wrote:
The Raven wrote:
I have played FF6. FF6 will never be as good as the games Caleb pointed out.

and this is why you will get the banhammer ;)

I didn't dis FF4, FF9, FFX, FFX-2, or FF12. I'm good here.

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FF6=FF4=FF9

One of the top 3. You screwed yourself

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FF6=FF4=FF9

One of the top 3. You screwed yourself

A point. This man has one.

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I wish I still had my Breath of Fire II GBA cart. :cry:


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