Can't wait to buy LEVEL to get one!
Asura Mini Pet
mighty xxl
WOW - that's one cute pet!
Can't wait to buy LEVEL to get one!
Can't wait to buy LEVEL to get one!
GedLongbow
It's ugly...yeah...but I'll buy it and sell it for a pretty penny in the future. Or maybe...if we buy it it might turn into Chuck Norris's mom and go on a rampage in NYC!
Sophitia Leafblade
It doesnt really fit into the world of Guildwars thats been established so far but OMG i want one its so cute
hmm is it me or does it remind me of something from another game, i cant put my finger on it but im positive ive seen something very very similar.
hmm is it me or does it remind me of something from another game, i cant put my finger on it but im positive ive seen something very very similar.
cyberjanet
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Originally Posted by Silent Coyote
They are getting ready for GW: The Animated Childrens Film, this guys gonna be the main characters side kick I hear... :P
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Cebe
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Originally Posted by The Ernada
*looks at Asuran* Eh? I see textures and colours there. There's even different hues for the skin tone. And look at the ornate clothing. What are you talking about?
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It also really doesn't look like it fits into Guild Wars...it's just...weird. Like a cat that's got no fur... 
*shrugs*...maybe it looks better when you actually see it in game.
Gun Pierson
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zwei2stein
fugly, this is just as fugly and failed attempt at cute can be ... i dont really mind it being minipet, but as playable race ... eww, why would anyone create that as char.
Halius Novadore
To all Australians reading this thread and concerned about not getting a US issue of PC Gamer for the mini....walk down to your local newsagent and see if they can get it in for you...most of them already do get it in, and only at most 2 (YES 2) weeks after release in the US. How do I know this...cos I live in a crappy 75000 person town in central Qld.
Newsagents have order codes for every major publication in the world...they can get you anything! I got my last PC Gamer issue for NF by walking in and looking on the shelf!! So if they don't have it...ASK them, and stop berating ANet in a forum for making a sales deal with a worldwide publication that's available everywhere (maybe not China)
GW2....no confirmation on a GW2...don't promote misinformation people. And in the very slim chance that there is one and that its set in the future....I hope Gwen comes back to provide timetravel for my chars!
Newsagents have order codes for every major publication in the world...they can get you anything! I got my last PC Gamer issue for NF by walking in and looking on the shelf!! So if they don't have it...ASK them, and stop berating ANet in a forum for making a sales deal with a worldwide publication that's available everywhere (maybe not China)
GW2....no confirmation on a GW2...don't promote misinformation people. And in the very slim chance that there is one and that its set in the future....I hope Gwen comes back to provide timetravel for my chars!
Exoudeous
yea those asuras will ruin the game, it will be just lik that one time when nightfall came out, and we all read in pc gamer how there would be weapon inscriptions. Man did those ever ruin the game.
...oh wait, it didn't.
...oh wait, it didn't.
Calaval
I find the choice of name interesting. Asuras were Hindu gods of the underworld opposed to the Devas, Hindu Gods of heaven.
Asura is also a God from the Conan stories.
Asura is also a God from the Conan stories.
AceeBlueEagle
IMO Ugly as a monkey's butt.
But I still gotta get one
But I still gotta get one
Captain Sarcastic
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Originally Posted by zwei2stein
fugly, this is just as fugly and failed attempt at cute can be ... i dont really mind it being minipet, but as playable race ... eww, why would anyone create that as char.
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If it were a playable race, I'd play one. I've been playing a human in GW for almost two years. A change would be nice.
Meat Axe
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Originally Posted by Livingston
All up it cost about $12 US. We actually ordered 4 extra copies of the last one, which we were hoping to sell on ebay for some decent money, but that was before we saw that the market was completely flooded with them.
Here's the link: http://www.pcgamer.com/faq/html You have to order it as a back issue, but all you have to do is wait until the next mag comes out after that one, which will probably be before the European one's come out anyway. However, they do take a long time to ship, so you probably won't get them until everyone else already has there. Livingston |
Now, on to a more important point. Which is this: Holy crap, people. Are you guys even human? How do you think Anet will feel when they read posts like this:
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Originally Posted by Celestial Beaver
Yea...but they have textures and different colours. They don't look like someone has just selected a colour in paint and used the "Fill" tool...
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Originally Posted by zwei2stein
fugly, this is just as fugly and failed attempt at cute can be ... i dont really mind it being minipet, but as playable race ... eww, why would anyone create that as char.
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Also, Celestial Beaver, you have obviously never used the fill tool in paint, or any other program. The fill tool produces a solid block of colour. Either you have a problem with seeing depth in colours (in which case I apologise profusely), or... well, I can't really think of an or. It's pretty obvious that you were just being a bit cruel, and you really hit the mark. A graphics designer hearing something like what you said about some of his work would be feeling pretty damn crap right now.
Criticism is a good thing. I'm not trying to argue that you shouldn't criticise the dev team. But this isn't criticism. You see something you don't like, so you insult the people who made it. How about adding some constructive comments (Just for the record, saying it's cartoony is not constructive. It looks nothing like a cartoon)
I also think it's not the prettiest creature ever. I mean, it's really cute in its own little way. But the thing I like about it, apart from the effort that has gone into it to make it look really awesome from a graphics point of view (the graphical aspect of it really is beautiful), is it's something unique to the game so far.
Also, finally, for all of you thinking that cutesy animals shouldn't belong in the world of GW, why not? The real world has cutesy animals, why shouldn't GW? The Asura reminds me of this little critter:
Vandal2k6
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that model is one of the best models in the game we've seen so far
sorry....but define cartoony...it isnt even cartoony at all IMO...its how the creature's supposed to look by saying that its crappy, ur indirectly insulting the art team. ArenaNet's art team is one of the best in the world (infact, after reading several comments on in being ugly, i really feel sorry for ArenaNet esp after theyve put in so much effort into it) |
By cartoony, I mean cutesy, cudely. Something that would make my daughter say "awwe cootchy coo ...". I've got a bad feeling that this, and GW2 is going to be aimed at the Asian community. This is exactly how they like their characters to look.
A few cute characters is fine, I'm just worried the whole game is going that way. This is the first sign of a design shift in the game. Maybe it's not, nobody but the dev know this, but I'm just stating my opinion.
Neo Nugget
what i wanna know is if you can just do /special and have it pop in your inventory like varesh so i can have it in prei dont want it to be where i have to have a quest to get it.....even though i cant really figure out what that would be lol.
I dont have a a subscription to pc gamer so im buying it in april when it comes on shelves on the 4th or whatever it said. So if anyone gets it sooner and can get it in their inventory it would be nice to hear whether you can or not.
I dont have a a subscription to pc gamer so im buying it in april when it comes on shelves on the 4th or whatever it said. So if anyone gets it sooner and can get it in their inventory it would be nice to hear whether you can or not.
MagicWarrior
That thing is U-G-L-Y
For some reason... when I look at it... it reminds me of Jar-Jar-Binks **blech**
For some reason... when I look at it... it reminds me of Jar-Jar-Binks **blech**
The Herbalizer
looks awful. i wonder what anet were smoking when they thought of making a harry potter dobby ripoff. doesnt suit gw in the slightest.
MagicWarrior
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By cartoony, I mean cutesy, cudely. Something that would make my daughter say "awwe cootchy coo ...". I've got a bad feeling that this, and GW2 is going to be aimed at the Asian community. This is exactly how they like their characters to look.
A few cute characters is fine, I'm just worried the whole game is going that way. This is the first sign of a design shift in the game. Maybe it's not, nobody but the dev know this, but I'm just stating my opinion. |
Jetdoc
This is the first time I've seen the community unified...
...in hate for this abomination.
At least now it will be easy to see which players in game are (1) female or (2) under the age of 12.
...in hate for this abomination.
At least now it will be easy to see which players in game are (1) female or (2) under the age of 12.
Alex Weekes
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What I don't like, is the fact that if I want that pet, I'll have to move to the UK or France to get a magazine... -.- You should've made it available in more countries, since you mention EUROPE, I expected to see at least half of the European countries listed, ok Miss Gray?
I mean, South Africa ?! Lol?! Where's Spain and Portugal? We also have lots of game magazines, and I'm sure they wouldn't refuse that... |
Now, having said that, please be aware that the list may be expanded over coming weeks as more magazines finalise their coverage of the upcoming GW news. That coverage may include offering the Asura miniature. However, I will re-iterate: the ultimate choice of whether to offer it or not is made by the magazines.
Martian
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Originally Posted by Ehecatzin FlyingCrab
have anyone considered maybe the pet its actually an Asurian child? like...Asurian Gwen? and the playable Asurians will be much taller ?
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SleetDragon
I think most of yall are taking this a little to seriously. Its just a mini-pet advertisment to get you to buy the magazine so they can get your mouth watering for the next expansion. It is nothing more than an enticement to get you to read the magazine and in agreement these magazines are gonna sell pretty fast. The mini-pet himself has both good looks and bad looks. His face is definetly a minus, however he more resembles human characteristics which people might find interesting including the emote he might do like Gaile Gray had stated. This is just an advertising scheme and I dont think it should be looked more passed that.
zwei2stein
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If it were a playable race, I'd play one. I've been playing a human in GW for almost two years. A change would be nice.
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i would welcome Tengu or Centaur avatar, those are great designs ... hell, stereotypical dwarf would be better than this. I would think that most players would rather play as theese.
redant751
Wow he is fugly as Sin.......
I love it.
I love it.
Livingston
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Originally Posted by Halius Novadore
To all Australians reading this thread and concerned about not getting a US issue of PC Gamer for the mini....walk down to your local newsagent and see if they can get it in for you...most of them already do get it in, and only at most 2 (YES 2) weeks after release in the US. How do I know this...cos I live in a crappy 75000 person town in central Qld.
Newsagents have order codes for every major publication in the world...they can get you anything! I got my last PC Gamer issue for NF by walking in and looking on the shelf!! So if they don't have it...ASK them, and stop berating ANet in a forum for making a sales deal with a worldwide publication that's available everywhere (maybe not China) GW2....no confirmation on a GW2...don't promote misinformation people. And in the very slim chance that there is one and that its set in the future....I hope Gwen comes back to provide timetravel for my chars! |
So of course check with your news agent first, I thought that would be obvious. If they don't want to play ball, then go over their heads and order it from the source. It can be done.
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For a magazine to offer the miniature there's two things that need to happen. One: that we offer it to the magazine. Two: that the magazine takes up that offer. We've made the same offer to magazines throughout Europe: if a country is not represented, then it is because that offer was not taken up.
Now, having said that, please be aware that the list may be expanded over coming weeks as more magazines finalise their coverage of the upcoming GW news. That coverage may include offering the Asura miniature. However, I will re-iterate: the ultimate choice of whether to offer it or not is made by the magazines. |
Now here's the street slang translation for all you lowmen out there
If you can't get it in your country don't complain to us, complain to your crappy magazine editors.
Thus your assignment for today if you choose to accept it:
Send one hundred letters (a day) to your most popular magazine editor with the following line of text.
ZOMG!1! U N3wbs!1! ASURA MINI PET totally FTW!!!
That'll learn em.
ChaoticCoyote
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fugly, this is just as fugly and failed attempt at cute can be ... i dont really mind it being minipet, but as playable race ... eww, why would anyone create that as char.
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evil joo
the screen shotz of the Asura Pet look so l33t~
SirJackassIII
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Originally Posted by Alex Weekes
For a magazine to offer the miniature there's two things that need to happen. One: that we offer it to the magazine. Two: that the magazine takes up that offer. We've made the same offer to magazines throughout Europe: if a country is not represented, then it is because that offer was not taken up.
Now, having said that, please be aware that the list may be expanded over coming weeks as more magazines finalise their coverage of the upcoming GW news. That coverage may include offering the Asura miniature. However, I will re-iterate: the ultimate choice of whether to offer it or not is made by the magazines. |
It's not on the official list but Gaile Gray mentioned the magazine yesterday and it also offered the Grey Giant Minipet some time ago. Just making sure.
Darksun
Heck... yeah..
Desbreko
I can't help but think of Ooccoo from Zelda: Twilight Princess when I look at the Asura pet. I think it's something about the face. Kinda creepy. . . .
black_mamba
So now that we know the name of the mini pet, has anyone typed in Asura into wikipedia.org?
One word:
INDIA!!!!!
I think chapter 4 or the expansion or w/e u want to call it, will be Indian themed!
One word:
INDIA!!!!!
I think chapter 4 or the expansion or w/e u want to call it, will be Indian themed!
Darksun
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So now that we know the name of the mini pet, has anyone typed in Asura into wikipedia.org?
One word: INDIA!!!!! I think chapter 4 or the expansion or w/e u want to call it, will be Indian themed! |
Dr. Fire
Boy, are there a lot of anal people around the world.
If you want the mini-pet, buy the magazine, if you don't like the minipet then don't buy the magazine.
If you live somewhere that you can't get the mini-pet, bad luck.
If A-net offers multiple player races and you don't like a particular race, don't make a character of that race.
This is all so simple, so just relax.
If you want the mini-pet, buy the magazine, if you don't like the minipet then don't buy the magazine.
If you live somewhere that you can't get the mini-pet, bad luck.
If A-net offers multiple player races and you don't like a particular race, don't make a character of that race.
This is all so simple, so just relax.
Exoudeous
Dr. Fire, thinking that would require some sort of rational thought process. thats not something you will find on these forums.
Alex Weekes
OK, I'm going to try to answer a few more posts / questions all in one...
For all the Aussies out there who are feeling as Roshi does, I can only reiterate what I said earlier in this thread re: magazines carrying the miniature (they need to want to run it) and what I've said in the past numerous times with regards Australia: it's a valued market for us. I'm an Aussie myself, the team over here regularly hears from me about the issues you raise. If those issues can be solved, they will be solved eventually.
PC Gameplay will be covering news about Guild Wars in their next issue due to be on shelves at the end of the month. We cannot yet confirm whether they will be offering the Asura miniature or not, I'm afraid.
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Alex, quick question: Is PC Gameplay (Benelux) offering the mini as well?
It's not on the official list but Gaile Gray mentioned the magazine yesterday and it also offered the Grey Giant Minipet some time ago. Just making sure. |
raven214
Well crap, that is one ugly fellar. He's certainly not cutesy, but doesn't look like a monster either -- looks like a walking mutant alien rabbit! I'm still undecided if I want it... I have always wanted a killer rabbit.. lol
Anyone else notice his Popeye arms? Wouldn't want to come across this dude in a dark alley.
But if he turns into a gremlin he will be tres cool!!!
Anyone else notice his Popeye arms? Wouldn't want to come across this dude in a dark alley.
But if he turns into a gremlin he will be tres cool!!!
Dr. Fire
Thx Alex, your posts have been helpful. I am a subcriber to PCGamer, so I will have my copy in a few weeks or so. WOOT!
daraaksii
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I hope hungarian magazines will include this retard-o
Loviatar
WE WILL SEE THIS ALL OVER..............
100g to put him back in inventory for an hour
200g and i take him out of this district all day
<snicker at extortion>
100g to put him back in inventory for an hour
200g and i take him out of this district all day
<snicker at extortion>
Ferret
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Originally Posted by Jetdoc
This is the first time I've seen the community unified...
...in hate for this abomination. At least now it will be easy to see which players in game are (1) female or (2) under the age of 12. |
I think the little fella will make a great pet and i'm not (1) female or (2) under 12. I'm male, married, a homeowner and in full time employment.
