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If you buy the XBLA versions of Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles, you can play Sonic 3 & Knuckles.

If you buy them for Genesis you can play Sonic 3 & Knuckles too.

I'm just expressing my befuddlement that a compilation with both games does not allow you to "combine" them.

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Ah, there's already a topic, excellent. What's Startropics, anyway?

GAH!

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Ultimate Genesis Collection is the best compilation ever (unless you REALLY love the Orange Box I guess).

It just boggles my mind that they did so much right with it but failed to enable Sonic 3 + Knuckles!

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wait, does the Ultimate collection support online?

No

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Nintendo at least had the foresight to not put Super Mario All-Stars on Virtual Console for $8 since they knew they could later sell it on a disc for $30.

Sega's greed is mismanaged!

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Next week when Impact goes live I expect a livelier chat!

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AIM: B8watchesImpact

It's the last taped Impact until September!

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Okay I see no one really wants to talk buyrates so how about HOT DEALS

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/218-pro-wrestling-wwe/62893212

All DVDs/BDs on WWEShop are on 40% sale today

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If someone told you that you wouldn't be able to walk one day, you'd be using those legs like crazy.

Um, I hate to break it to you....

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The Compendium of Final Fantasy VII: Final Fantasy VII-I

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The most real thing about is is Square-Enix selling an HD remake of ONE GAME in a full retail box when everyone else is doing at least 2.

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"WWE has a decent idea and then runs it into the ground you say? Surely you jest!"

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Let's do some quick and dirty (and likely inaccurate) Lesnar Math.

Extreme Rules 2011 did 209K buys
Extreme Rules 2012 did 251K buys

Let's for the sake of argument attribute all 42,000 extra buys to Brock.

PPV costs are $55 for HD, $45 for SD, and cheaper to some extent Worldwide, so let's be conservative and say that the mean price paid for this PPV was $40.

That would mean that Brock brought in an extra $1,680,000.

Then figure that half of that probably gets kicked back to the PPV providers, leaving WWE with an extra $840,000 profit in one night thanks to Brock Lesnar.

He's already doing good work paying off his contract!

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Yes, this is the 3rd year of Extreme Rules taking Backlash's spot.

EDIT: And yes, generally Backlash was #5, although that trend shifted to No Way Out once they put the Chambers there in 2008.

It's only in 2011 and 2012 that the post-WM spot has passed up the Chamber PPVs again.

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Hey, Punk and Bryan were both in big matches at Extreme Rules too!

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The good news for Punk and Bryan is that last year's Over the Limit did an extremely mediocre 140,000 buys.

If they can even MATCH that in the undercard even with a comedy match on top I don't think they'll be Mizzed.

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I bet that's why Extreme Rules didn't perform up to Brock's usual standards.

People intended to buy it but then saw Miz on the pre-show and bolted.

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Although this makes 2 years in a row now where Extreme Rules has outdrawn Elimination Chamber so maybe Extreme Rules is the new #5.

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Survivor Series 2011 did 281,000 buys, for example, thanks to The Rock but still.

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From: Lopen | #355
Does Survivor Series still get "big four" numbers? I'd be pretty surprised.
Not really but it's consistently Top Five every year. It's typically been getting right in this Extreme Rules buyrate range, maybe a little lower.

WM >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rumble > Summerslam >>>> Chamber/Survivor Series >>> The rest

Although oddly enough, Extreme Rules is usually on top of "the rest."

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251,000 buys for Extreme Rules

Highest buyrate for any non-Big-Four PPV since Elimination Chamber 2010 but still not some massive WHOMG success.

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From: Rad Link 5 | #349
Although Punk did say creative can't pit the two against each other anymore since they're the top merchandise sellers.
Cena vs. Rock happened.

It's a Hogan vs. Andre scenario in a way. Hogan's on this super-long run with the belt, and Andre is off in his own little sideshow world seemingly unconnected with the title picture, then one day Heenan gets in his ear and every fan around the world drops a brick in their pants.

Obviously this isn't at THAT level but it could be a poor man's version.

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That one is a ton of exposition to get to an interesting point, but the point is still interesting.

Cena and Punk really do sort of exist as the two pillars of WWE that don't overlap.

Although that just means that they're building to an eventual match between the two the right way.

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It would be a neatly seamless transition to just burn through whatever FCW episodes they've still got in the can plus whatever they tape tomorrow night, script some angle about the end and the transition, and then just start the new NXT tapings the week after that.

NXT could then be in FCW's timeslot on Brighthouse Cable but internet-only to the rest of America.

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Bingo. You already get it.

Seth Rollins says that tomorrow's set of FCW tapings could be the last though, so that paradox may be moot very soon.

And Biscuit will be out of a job!

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It would probably also behoove the concept to not have there be a week gap between the match and the judging.

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Muffin said he had no charisma so I assume he thought it sucked too!

I liked it but I like most things. I'm a pushover except when it comes to Trips and Hogan.

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It's a LITTLE kayfabe breaking in a sense too, since they openly have a developmental territory.

It should really be "Win and you're in, lose and you're not, but if you are impressive in your loss you can go to developmental"

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All I remember for sure is that the initial vote was 2 no, 1 yes, and then he cut that (admittedly pretty good) promo and then Flair changed his mind.

I'm not sure if Pritchard changed his mind as well or not.

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Didn't Bruce Pritchard vote no and made Flair the decisive vote?

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I lose the GameFox quickpost but the GameFAQs one is still there.

Oh wow that makes my old sig come back though, lol

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Who is the one person who figured out who AnonGM was (besides Vince), and could thus expose him? Chris Jericho.

Who keeps getting title shot after title shot after title shot with Ace in charge? Chris Jericho.


IT ADDS UP.

AND JOHNNY LOVES TO SEND TWEETS AND TEXTS.

OH MY GOD.

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God dammit now that I really sit and think about it, Big Johnny as the AnonGM makes more sense than anyone.

No wonder he made such a hard push to unseat Hunter. Why risk his cushy role in middle management where he was out of the way and not bothering anyone unless he already had power and lost it and coveted getting it back.

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Hell I would have accepted "John Laurinaitis is fired. Control now reverts to the last acting General Manager, the Anonymous GM"

Who would then chime in and reveal himself to be John Laurinaitis.

I could live with that!

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Well the Board did do something.

They said "Well now we're gonna fire you unless you can actually beat Cena legit somehow" and then proceeded to cover up all the potential loopholes.

But he outsmarted them.

But really they clearly WANTED to fire him anyway, just not before Cena kicked his ass, so really they SHOULD just have sent a memo on Monday firing him.

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I think I just broke the last year of WWE.

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Really he SHOULD call Johnny's bluff.

There are 2 outcomes:

1.) He CAN'T fire Cena, which then means it's open season on Johnny.

2.) He CAN fire Cena. But let's not forget what the Board thought of the last guy who wanted to fire Cena.

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Yeah, maybe Orton tweets in kayfabe too and he just means that "The Board of Directors" banned it or something.

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I would guess it's because they like to jab at each other.

In other news, this is the most "Only in TNA" story I've ever read:

-According to a source within TNA, a major issue which lead to tension between Ric Flair and TNA was the handling of the Gut Check segment on Impact featuring Alex Silva. Flair reportedly went off script when he chose Silva as the winner, which is now causing issues for TNA for two reasons. First of all Flair went into business for himself, which has upset people. Secondly, Silva is from Quebec, requiring TNA to spend more time and money getting him a US Visa if they want to use him regularly.


Flair went off-script on a TAPED SHOW and accidentally kayfabe hired someone who wasn't supposed to be kayfabe hired, and now TNA is STUCK WITH IT? LOFREAKINGL.

Unless this is some lame attempt at reality era stuff.

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Hey, Cody Rhodes once beat himself for a title.

- When a fan suggested on Twitter that Randy Orton use his "punt kick" n Chris Jericho once again, Orton responded with the following…

"the punt has been banned. 'Concussional' awareness."

Credit: Pwinsider.com

That's absurd. The punt takes people out for such a long time that it ADDS to concussion awareness.

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<p>From: Rad Link 5 | #295
But Regal's doing it, too!</p>
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Regal has done some storyline stuff on Twitter, most notably with Reks and Ambrose.

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<p>From: GTM | #293
His tshirt is a work?</p>
Yes <______<

Well I wish it was.

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<p>From: GTM | #291
I mostly said Bateman and not Watson because Bateman at least appeared on SD to get squashed by Ryback >_>;</p>
That was a tryout match he won on NXT months ago that they finally cashed in, not a promotion. <_<

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3 votes for Brodus thus far!

He's the one I'm skeptical about out of the vote-getters. I could MAYBE see him as a tag champ but I don't think they'll put a singles title on him.

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<p>From: Rad Link 5 | #288
Cody Rhodes a potential challenger for CM Punk's title, and Chris Jericho and William Regal continue to go at it on Twitter. Can someone confirm for me that they don't actually hate each other and are just having fun?</p>
Everything Chris Jericho says on Twitter regarding wrestling is a work.

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I'm counting any title as gold, even the silver ECW title!

And yes, Bateman and Percy Watson are still both technically considered "NXT Rookies"

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But now that Sin Cara is in the first group he would be your answer. Gotcha.

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It's time for another APWT Poll.

Here's a list of all the current male WWE Superstars who have not won a Championship. I'll put them in three tiers: "has had a title shot," "has not had a title shot," and "debuted in 2012" (since newbies probably deserve a bit more leeway).

You tell me who among these groups will ever hold any WWE gold

Alex Riley
Hunico
Jey Uso
Jimmy Uso
JTG
Mason Ryan
Sin Cara
Yoshi Tatsu
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Brodus Clay
Darren Young
Jinder Mahal
Johnny Curtis
Ryback
Titus O'Neil
Trent Barreta
Tyler Reks
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Antonio Cesaro
Camacho
Damien Sandow


Have at it

EDIT: Had to move a couple Sin Caras from Group B to Group A. Figures I would botch Sin Caras!

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Maybe I'm just biased because I love carnies.

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<p>From: LeonhartFour | #048
But if he was "in character" when you met him, then it's fine with me!</p>
If it was a public setting then he most assuredly was.

If Jeff Zero like went to his house to sell vacuums or something maybe not.

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