Pulse interviews.

[infoxicated]

so.. i'm guessing that pulse isnt on the same island as pure?

No - the FX400 events take place all around the world.

[Rapier Racer]

Thats cool, there is still hope for that track through London then eh

[rdmx]

Heheh, STOP THIS TRACK!

[Lance]

Still hope? Prince Charles would be furious.

[Mad-Ice]

So I like to see a track though Amsterdam. And when racing, passing by the Hotel Brinker!!! That would be really funny..

[Rapier Racer]

lol Prince Charles indeed, build it right through his stupid palace so he can wake up to rocket blasts during early morning practice, I wish we could get rid of royalty such a waste of tax moneys..... moneys that could be used to build this track.



Included outside the hotel should be a bunch of crazy people with Wipeout convention shirts on

[q_dmc12]

LOL!

I am inspired to do some Photochopping

[Lance]

Actually, I'm with His Not Yet Highness on this one. He objects to skyscrapers and just generally plain ugly crap in London. So do I.

[Rapier Racer]

I object to him

[Lance]

Thought so.


Now, about those Pulse interviews.

[RJ O'Connell]

So I like to see a track though Amsterdam. And when racing, passing by the Hotel Brinker!!! That would be really funny..

Mad-Ice grandstand cameo anyone?

[Sausehuhn]

German website 4players.de interviews Colin Berry.

Afaik just available in German.
Was it actually you who interviewed him, G'Kyl?

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EDIT

I'll try to list the most important facts from the interview which weren't released before:

- better balance between crafts
- editor which allows to create own skins for your craft
- 12 teams, 8 from beginning (Feisar, AG-Systems, Assegai, Qirex, Piranha, Triakis, Goteki45 and EG-X), 4 downloadable (Auricom, Harimau, Icaras and Mirage)
- alternative routes named "Skill Cuts" = short cuts that are just useful if you really have the skill to manage them (as complicated as Anulpha Pass's chicane)
- three new weapons for eliminator mode (Leach Beam, Repulsor and Shirkan)
- AI refined
- Racebox mode = create your own races
- Race Campaign mode = career mode (Clarko explained that already I think -> based on grids)
- skill of the AI is adjustable
- profile, record and ingame-screenshot upload to official website
- not sure yet if there is region-specific content again - Colin hopes not.
- loyalty points for each team - gain these and you get team specific extras. e.g.: fly many races with Feisar and earn lots of Feisar points = many Feisar related extras
- 1st track named "Talons Junction"
- Vector cut out

[q_dmc12]

Hey Colin, I like your rubber ducky - looks like one I used to have when I was a kid...*slips into a state of nostalgia once more*

..Its now the dog's chew toy

EDIT---------------------

Can't wait to hear more of these "skill cuts"

As for eliminator weapons:

Leach beam = Energy drain
Repulsor = (probably) reflector
Shirkan = ninja stars??

And one word that would not translate: "Vorgeschmack" - some assistance Max?

[Lance]

My politically incorrect [and somewhat malfunctioning] translator program says:
Ziss baseball bat iss fur geschmackin der heads of pipple askink too many qvestions.

[Sausehuhn]

Vorgeschmack = foretase (literally)

in this context
"Eine davon, Anulpha Pass, gab es bereits in einem Download für Pure. Das war ein erster Vorgeschmack."
means
"One of them (them = skill cuts), Anulpha Pass, was already there as a download for Pure. This was a first adumbration/appearance/section of what is going to be a skill cut"

[Hellfire_WZ]

My politically incorrect [and somewhat malfunctioning] translator program says:
Ziss baseball bat iss fur geschmackin der heads of pipple askink too many qvestions.

Okay, I just spat my tea all over my bloody table!

The shuriken weapon sounds like it could be like the proton cannon that Colin mentioned earlier. And if the repulsor isn't like the reflector, maybe it could be something that forces nearby craft away from you?

[q_dmc12]

The shuriken weapon sounds like it could be like the proton cannon that Colin mentioned earlier.

Yeah, I was thinking that afterward

Vorgeschmack = foretase (literally)

in this context
"Eine davon, Anulpha Pass, gab es bereits in einem Download für Pure. Das war ein erster Vorgeschmack."
means
"One of them (them = skill cuts), Anulpha Pass, was already there as a download for Pure. This was a first adumbration/appearance/section of what is going to be a skill cut"

Ahh, thx - that clears it up!

My politically incorrect [and somewhat malfunctioning] translator program says:
Ziss baseball bat iss fur geschmackin der heads of pipple askink too many qvestions.

Colonal Klink? Shultz??

[RJ O'Connell]

My politically incorrect [and somewhat malfunctioning] translator program says:
Ziss baseball bat iss fur geschmackin der heads of pipple askink too many qvestions.

La louvre de beret a la baguette.

[G'Kyl]

Was it actually you who interviewed him, G'Kyl? :)

Yep. Even though it's hard to keep your spirits up when you get these pitiful smiles from all over the office everytime you talk about WipEout. ;-)

By the way, here's what Colin said: "We had one in the Pure download track Anulpha Pass that was an early taster."
Oh, and I knew you'd point out that Talon's Junction was the name of the first track. That's something NO one cares about except the sort of people who hang out on boards like this one. *g* Personally, I like the hint towards Talon's Reach.

Ben

[RJ O'Connell]

It'll be a Canadian industrial park track that's short and has a big sweeping curve towards the end. That's my guess anyway. (j/k)