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August 12th, 2015, 11:25 PM
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re submitting names
Just send us an email when you have a suggestion. I'll pass this one along for consideration. Thanks.
March 30th, 2015, 08:42 PM
Thread: Would you like to be a nameberry intern?by linda
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Sticky: Would you like to be a nameberry intern?
We're taking applications now—just let us know what your interests and abilities are, and how much time you would be able to contribute. Are your strengths in writing, research, name expertise,...
February 27th, 2015, 01:07 PM
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Poll: Not useful!
Please refrain from comments like this which add nothing useful to the discussion.
January 15th, 2015, 12:57 PM
Sticky: [QUOTE=rie;2715045]What's a guest blog post? Is...
[QUOTE=rie;2715045]What's a guest blog post? Is it like one of the things that you seen when you first come on the site (the articles)?
Rie--No, guests blogs are the second...
January 10th, 2015, 11:15 AM
Thread: Can we stop with the hate?by linda
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Pam and I are hating all the hating as well....
Pam and I are hating all the hating as well. Please try to tone it down and refrain from those graphic images and expressions of your dislike!!!
November 28th, 2014, 11:05 PM
Thread: So many white babies...by linda
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Thank you all
for getting on the soapbox--we just needed that little push! And we're glad you've noticed.
October 3rd, 2014, 10:48 AM
Thread: Weirdest/worst names on Nameberry?by linda
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Yes there is a well known and respected Japanese female novelist named Banana.
August 10th, 2014, 01:26 PM
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Point well taken--we will make a concerted effort...
Point well taken--we will make a concerted effort to get more diversity into the photos.
June 20th, 2014, 09:39 PM
Thread: 'Update' the 1950's top 20 girls namesby linda
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So should Pam and I start calling ourselves...
So should Pam and I start calling ourselves Linnea and Melia or Libby and Mina or Lydia and Payton? (Actually I was almost named Lydia!)
June 20th, 2014, 09:01 PM
Thread: It's a boy!by linda
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Care to share his middle name for the Birth...
Care to share his middle name for the Birth Announcement blog?
June 19th, 2014, 02:11 AM
Thread: Names Margot (Rollo) Lovedby linda
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This is so sweet, Laura...thank you. I hope you...
This is so sweet, Laura...thank you. I hope you get lots of responses.
June 2nd, 2014, 03:02 PM
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Thanks for the suggestion on the Hortense description--I have now expanded it.
May 14th, 2014, 10:56 AM
Thread: Beyond the Top 1,000 - The Girls Editionby linda
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Mischa, this is absolutely FANTASTIC!!! Thank...
Mischa, this is absolutely FANTASTIC!!! Thank you!
May 7th, 2014, 04:29 PM
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Thanks--Aliena's description has now been updated.
May 7th, 2014, 04:16 PM
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Merryn has not been changed.
Merryn has not been changed.
April 19th, 2014, 02:38 PM
Thread: We have a sonby linda
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Congratulations! How is that pronounced?
Congratulations! How is that pronounced?
We'll try to do better!
We'll try to do better!
March 2nd, 2014, 01:42 PM
Thread: I dont know how to put this but how .....by linda
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@Mischa--well put!
@Mischa--well put!
February 16th, 2014, 05:13 PM
Thread: Giving In: French But Easyby linda
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shannonshay: I fear you are begging to exhaust...
shannonshay: I fear you are begging to exhaust all these generous Berries who have offered you a ton of good suggestions, all of which you reject!
January 31st, 2014, 04:10 PM
Sticky: @caramichelle
Nephele actually did a Gilbert & Sullivan blog a while back.
January 31st, 2014, 04:09 PM
Sticky: Star Trek blog
Yes! That would be perfect for March.
January 31st, 2014, 04:08 PM
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I'd love to see a blog on Dr. Seuss names. Want to give it a try. Or you could do the list and I'd write the introductions. Just send to me at firstname.lastname@example.com. Thanks
December 4th, 2013, 10:29 PM
Thread: Welcome baby bladetteby linda
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We have missed you on the site, Blade--and I'm not at all surprised that you picked such gorgeous names!!
October 29th, 2013, 02:20 AM
Thread: Imaginary Birth Announcements!by linda
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Sticky: Thanks!
So happy that you are posting these here and not in the Birth Announcement forum!!
October 22nd, 2013, 11:31 PM
Thread: Quaint seaside names for girlsby linda
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@sodallas3: Guess what! We have a Jersey names...
@sodallas3: Guess what! We have a Jersey names blog coming up soon, including those seaside towns!
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Mina Loy's Personality
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Departing Salute - The Best of DS #11: The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
An underrated gem of an adventure.
25 15 days, Nintendo launches its 3DS handheld system in Japan, to be followed a month later by the European and American versions. While the arrival of 3DS doesn't mean its predecessor is completely dead, we're definitely moving into the DS's latter days. That makes now the perfect occasion to catch on up all the DS games you've missed. In the days leading up to 3DS's Japanese debut, I'll be looking back at the best the DS had to offer -- my favorite games for one of my favorite systems ever, and some others that I may not be totally enamored with but can respect for their general importance. This isn't a definitive list or anything. It's an op-ed column! Please feel free to voice your dissent in the comments.
Previous entries: 1. Bangai-O Spirits | 2. Brain Age | 3. Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow | 4. Contra 4 | 5. Dragon Quest V | 6. Dragon Quest IX | 7. Etrian Odyssey III | 8. Feel the Magic: XY/XX | 9. Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light | 10. Kirby: Canvas Curse
Departing Salute Entry 11: The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Developed by: Nintendo
Published by: Nintendo
Genre: Action RPG scratchin'
Date: December 7, 2009
In all the Zelda series, Spirit Tracks is the most unfairly maligned. Majora's Mask has a cult following, The Adventure of Link has its vocal defenders, and even The Minish Cap gets a fair share of love. But no one ever stands up for Spirit Tracks, which is a shame: It's a good game and deserves a little love.
Spirit Tracks, I think, fell afoul of the inexplicable psychology of Zelda fans. They demand change, but hate when the series strays from expectations. Spirit Tracks brought quite a few new ideas to the Zelda franchise, but apparently they weren't the changes that people hoped for.
Not helping matters any is the fact that Spirit Tracks is a chapter in the less popular branch of the series, the whimsical and cartoonish games that derive from 2003's Wind Waker. Here Link is cute, he commands a vehicle to travel about Hyrule, and he's controlled by stylus. Never mind that all of these elements add up to a great game; the great game they add up to doesn't quite fit the template that people seem to have established for the Zelda series. And so Spirit Tracks sits, bereft and unloved by the masses. Poor Spirit Tracks.
More fairly, though, Spirit Tracks is a welcome refinement of its most direct predecessor, Phantom Hourglass. Everything that Phantom Hourglass did, Spirit Tracks does better. The stylus-based controls are more fluid, more responsive. The vehicular map-making element is more nuanced and less tedious (and the accompanying theme is wonderful). You still return repeatedly to a central dungeon, but it's more interesting now and abandons the redundancy of Phantom Hourglass' Temple of the Ocean King. The weapons are more inventive. The dungeons are more creative.
And then there are the co-op parts. Not multiplayer co-op, mind you; rather, you have to solve the central dungeons by using Link and the ghost of Princess Zelda as a team. (Yes, ghost. She gets better, though.) These parts are absolutely the highlight of the game, expanding the well-explored play mechanics of the series in a new direction. Sure, juggling multiple characters isn't exactly a new idea, but the complementary strengths and weaknesses of the pair coupled with touchscreen-based nature of the system brings a real sense of freshness to Spirit Tracks. And challenge, too; the cooperative dungeons contain the most mentally taxing puzzles I've ever seen in a Zelda game.
When Phantom Hourglass launched, I praised the game for reinventing the series' interface but warned that I wasn't willing to settle for slogging through the same set of dungeons and puzzles and weapons in any future Zelda. Clearly, Nintendo heard my ultimatum and responded by giving us a game that expanded on Phantom Hourglass' strengths while shoring up its deficiencies. It's precisely the game I wanted from a sequel, an intrinsically DS-friendly adventure... and a relative flop at retail. Well, I guess there's no accounting for taste.
See Also
Departing Salute - The Best of DS #15: Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer
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Zelda:)Posted: Apr 21, 2011 12:00AM PST by CordDragonzord
Doesn't seem like any Zelda title ever sucked, it still looks like it has the old world feel to it.
Spirit Tracks is an Amazing GamePosted: Feb 26, 2011 12:00AM PST by soccachic11
I've played every Zelda game, and Spirit Tracks is one of my favorites. The characters are great, the music is fantastic and original, and there are all sorts of new elements.
It seems like everyone complains about the train the way they complained about the boat in Wind Waker. Neither transport ever bothered me; I enjoyed the music and the sense of adventure that accompanied travel. Fan reception for this reminds me of the fan reception of Wind Waker, so I consider it to be the true sequel to the GameCube game. Phantom Hourglass had innovative gameplay, but was in all other ways an arguably poor imitation of Wind Waker. Spirit Tracks is gold, and I agree, there are not nearly enough people who defend it.
But I likes Spirit Tracks...Posted: Feb 15, 2011 12:00AM PST by tay120n64
I love Spirit Tracks sooooooo much! Maybe not as much as Link's Awakening, Majora's Mask, or Twilight Princess, but its quite a bit for sure. It took everything BAD about Phantom Hourglass (which is the ONLY Zelda game I dislike) and made it GOOD. And it took everything GOOD about Phantom Hourglass and made it BETTER.
Really, my only possible complaint about the game is that it's Stylus-driven. And since that's kind of the point of the game... Well, I can't really complain, can I?
Incidentally, I went to GameStop a month after it came out and they gave me standee. It sits in my living room so every day I can be reminded of how much fun Spirit Tracks is. ^-^
factPosted: Feb 15, 2011 12:00AM PST by OmegaFactor
I called this the 2009 GOTY so it get a lot of love from me.
i love the legend of zelda... but not this gamePosted: Feb 15, 2011 12:00AM PST by Dragongod83
i love the visuals and thats all i love. even the controlls are week. having to manage the phantom and link at the same time sucks. the multi tasking is ridiculous! and when your not in the well dessigned dungeons, your on stupid rails! these sequences of geting from point A to Point B are mind numbing borring and tedious. the whole concept of a quest not being about the goal but about the journey is thrown away here. the journey sucks. there is no adventure, just tasks. compleete this track to get to this dungeon. than compleete the dungeon. this game has no soul no life. its just a well know charecter cut and pasted into a "train Wreck" of a game
Spirit Tracks...Posted: Feb 14, 2011 12:00AM PST by Mr.LametoWatch
the only game I may love more than Link's Awakening.
beenPosted: Feb 14, 2011 12:00AM PST by smile_kill
a fan since the beginning n has opened up many doors to other rpg...cant wait for skyward sword...still play the n64 version majora's mask was awesum
I still need to beat thisPosted: Feb 13, 2011 12:00AM PST by genresrforposers
very close to the end, though.
DamnitPosted: Feb 13, 2011 12:00AM PST by nastyn800
I picked this game up a couple weeks ago and was playing it a little here and there. I was starting to really enjoy it and just couldn't put it down... until my DS kicked the bucket on me. With only roughly a month and a half until the 3DS comes out I can't justify buying another one, but I've got to finish this game! Like I needed any more reasons to make the wait for the 3DS that much harder.
IronicallyPosted: Feb 13, 2011 12:00AM PST by ferroussoul
The game was very enjoyable...unless you had to use the DSi mic and you were somewhere noisy, such as on a train. Most of the later Songs of the Lokomos, especially the Fire Song, were impossible to play if there was too much ambient noise.
@ferroussoulPosted: Feb 14, 2011 12:00AM PST by AdvancedCaveman
You know you can just rub the microphone with your finger to trigger it in any game? It doesn't actually detect specific noises or tones, just like how the Wii remote doesn't actually detect specific motions.
A great gamePosted: Feb 13, 2011 12:00AM PST by jay_belmont
I loved this game, especially the elements introduced on the same, also the last boss was one of the most epic battles that I ever played, controlling Zelda and Link for it was pretty awesome. Zelda's personality was one of the aspects that I enjoyed more of the game, it became in my favorite character of the same, it was funny to see her acting very girly inside of the armor.
I liked the train parts, however I think that was part of the problems with the game. The train travels have their charms, but the feeling of not having an open exploration was a litte letdown, still I prefer this game over PH, specially because the touch controls were better in this entry.
I rufused to play Spirit Tracks or Phantom Hourglass because of the controls!Posted: Feb 13, 2011 12:00AM PST by AgentG
I played a demo of Phantom Hourglass and the controls were terrible! If they would have had a D-pad and buttons controls scheme I would have gladly picked up both games (and that Star Fox game also). Just having new controls for the sake of having new controls is no reason to do it.
Its notPosted: Feb 13, 2011 12:00AM PST by paranoid_kanser
"new controls for the sake of new controls", the game actually couldn't be played any other way, and if you actually play into the games and bother to progressively learn it, its easily the most intuitive and enveloping control scheme I've ever used.
I love Wind Waker.Posted: Feb 13, 2011 12:00AM PST by getbonus
Always did. I hoped, and expected, that Nintendo would give us a follow up. I'm greatly disappointed by the two we got. In short, Spirit Tracks was a good game, but a poor Zelda game.
There are two things I'd praise Spirit Tracks on. One being the puzzles / dungeons, which I agree, are some of the best and most taxing I've seen in Zelda or in any other game. The second was the interactions between Link and Zelda, which were often genuinely charming and humorous.
Then problems arise. The train is horrible. The map, and moving around it, is horrible. It serves to characterize a game that's overly repetitive, uninspired, and lacking the magic present in great Zelda games. It's completely unfair to blame fans for their cool reaction to this game -- Spirit Tracks drops the ball all over the place. Zelda should be better than this.
Stupid train...Posted: Feb 13, 2011 12:00AM PST by Pryce
The traveling ruined the game for me. Instead of a world filled with towns and dungeons, LZ:ST felt like towns and dungeons seperated by an annoying minigame. But, everything else was fantastic. Its sad that something which is (argueably) a very small part of the game could cause so much touble.
WindwakerPosted: Feb 13, 2011 12:00AM PST by ohJTBehaaave
For some reason Nintendo insisted that certain Zelda games offered a love/hate relationship because of shaky gameplay direction. Windwaker was a game I liked a lot... but the Sailing the Sea's crap became such an exhausting and NON fun chore I just ended up saying FU Nintendo and quit playing Windwaker.
agreedPosted: Feb 13, 2011 12:00AM PST by reiandcoke
biggest problem with the zelda series since ocarina: thinking that each game needs a unique "gameplay gimmick". sailing the boat, driving the train, becoming the wolf (bleh). they need to ditch the gimmicks but mix up the gameplay a little.
Maybe not the wolf thing so muchPosted: Feb 15, 2011 12:00AM PST by manoffeeling
(I haven't played TP though), but sailing and train conducting I think are AWESOME gimmicks (if you want to call them that). The mechanics could be more robust, maybe, but jumping on your boat and setting a course for the perilous unknown is really a distillation of that feeling of adventure that Zelda's all about IMHO
@manoffeelingPosted: Feb 15, 2011 12:00AM PST by Dragongod83
i agree that adventure is part of Zelda, but once you find where you need to go, or where every thing is, sailing is not an adventure any more. it than becomes a chore. and in wind waker it was way too slow! on the other hand train conducting is like an on-rails shooter compared to a FPS. the game has no adventure whatsoever! just go strait and shoot bombs. the wolf thing had its charms the same way turning into a bunny was charming in Link to the Past. it was just used too much and too dificult to control. an item like the crystal ball in LttP to allow link to be used in the twilight would have been apreciated. i hope the Skyward Sword is not a silly gimick
Totally underrated, yet not devoid of serious flawsPosted: Feb 13, 2011 12:00AM PST by AFM
Indeed, the puzzles are some of the best I've seen in the series, far superior to even some of the console entries. However, it's iffy controls and boring/bland overworld travel brought down the game. Don't get me wrong, Spirit Tracks' controls aren't broken, but as a few of you mentioned, there are moments of frustration in which you need to have precise or fast input...and touch screen doesn't keep up with your intentions. I hate it when attacks register as rolls during bosses (Phantom Hourglass had it right with the roll input, which is literally a roll motion with the stylus). I also equally loathe some of the flute sequences toward the end...I honestly thought the game was broken at some points but the truth of the matter is that you need to be really precise with the timing, and touch screen doesn't help at all with the flute. The combination of both of these factors turned the final boss to one of the most frustrating experiences I've ever had in a videogame.
That being said, it's still my favorite handheld Zelda game (yes, even better than Link's Awakening) because of its amazing "out of the box" puzzles and innovative weapons. Been a fan since the original NES game and I can honestly tell you this is the only installment which truly whips up a new train of thought in Zelda puzzles instead of rehashing and adjusting old ones.
Toon LinkPosted: Feb 13, 2011 12:00AM PST by BulletSean
If you are someone who has a problem with toon/cel-shaded/baby Link, you need to have your Video Game Membership Card confiscated. Aren't these people playing games for the wrong reasons? Parish, dial up Miyamoto, we need a barb-wire tat on Mario's arm right away. And Link no longer aquires bottles, he chugs 4 Keystones and keeps the empties. If the cel-shading is not your style, fine, but I would argue that Wind Waker was and is the crispest, cleanest Zelda ever produced.
"But no one ever stands up for Spirit Tracks"?Posted: Feb 12, 2011 12:00AM PST by WesFX
Speak for yourself. I'll defend this game any day. I truly believe it's as good as if not better than that first time you play Ocarina of Time.
The real shame is that people simply passed on the game because of Phantom Hourglass.
bull shitPosted: Feb 15, 2011 12:00AM PST by Dragongod83
Phantom Hourglass was far better than this "train wreck." yes the controlls and dungeons got some improvements but at the cost of free roaming adventure? seriously i dont want a journey to be the sum of accomplished tasks. i want an adventure. i love the wind waker visuals i enjoyed the Phantom Hourglass and was excited for this game. i just cant handle the tedium of ridding the rails
I stopped playing this one...Posted: Feb 12, 2011 12:00AM PST by octoberfleshed
I think I'm going back to it now...
I had no idea this one was underrated.Posted: Feb 12, 2011 12:00AM PST by Gleeokman
I guess I just assume every Zelda is a huge hit these days. Like the rest on here I thought it was a huge step up from PH, which had an empty, uninteresting story and repetetive gameplay. Spirit Tracks was loaded with personality, and having Zelda along to pull her weight and contribute some personality was a welcome change.
The Train Was Too Boring...Posted: Feb 12, 2011 12:00AM PST by RamenJunkie
I enjoyed Spirit Tracks other than the Train gets EXTREMELY repetitious as the game goes by. Fighting enemies with the train is irritating too since unlike Phantom Hourglass' boat to're literally "on rails".
The game was funPosted: Feb 12, 2011 12:00AM PST by ThuperThathy
But the train kicked the fun, adn exploration down a couple notches.
The dungeons were better but being restricted to a train was a dampener especially with those effing enemy trains.
This is an overstatementPosted: Feb 12, 2011 12:00AM PST by ropep0202
"And challenge, too; the cooperative dungeons contain the most mentally taxing puzzles I've ever seen in a Zelda game."
Seriously? And its not like this is the first time Zelda has had a cooperative dungeon. There are two in Wind Waker, lest you forget.
well thePosted: Feb 12, 2011 12:00AM PST by mastertmg
dungeons are a huge step up from PH, the train was only interesting the first time.
BEFORE you run into an "instant game over" enemy train. why the @#%& is there so many of these in the first area? Is this the first time in a zelda game where an enemy could kill you in one hit? If so, why start now, when you can't even dodge to the side, or use your shield?
Right after the instant death pits in Zelda II, those evil trains are easily the second worst thing in a Zelda game.
I have great taste in gamesPosted: Feb 12, 2011 12:00AM PST by Ninjimbo
I hereby decree this game is good so everyone should play it.
your wrongPosted: Feb 15, 2011 12:00AM PST by Dragongod83
and your taste in games suck
Never finished it...Posted: Feb 12, 2011 12:00AM PST by cameron_toste
I was enjoying parts of it better than Phantom Hourglass, but eventually I just realized how tedious the sidequests were becoming with the train gimmick and got bored.
I just finished this game a few days ago.Posted: Feb 12, 2011 12:00AM PST by Sephiroth001
One of the series' best if you ask me. The stylus only controls can be a hurdle for some, me included, but once you get over it (and it is a very low hurdle) you can uncover what is probably one of the best games on the platform. Great article.
I just got this game a few weeks agoPosted: Feb 12, 2011 12:00AM PST by manoffeeling
and I haven't really had time to play it but for the first real dungeon, but I loved Wind Waker, for having the most beautifully realized game world EVAR and for its sense of boundless exploration. And I loved Phantom Hourglass even more, with its tighter focus and intimate adventure story and inventive controls -- and map-making. Unlike a lot of people, I really enjoyed the Spirit Temple (or whatever it was called) portion of the game. I know everybody's complaint was, like, "Why do I have to do this OVER and OVER?", but frankly, I thought it was a lot of fun to tighten up my maps and find improved routes as I got better equipment, in an effort to shave seconds off my completion time. So I was a little disappointed to hear that that gameplay element was removed (also the "rolling" mechanic), but I'm looking forward to eventually getting into this one, too.
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This Departing Salute series has been absolutely amazing! Keep it up Jeremy!
Just on a very personal level.Posted: Feb 12, 2011 12:00AM PST by Shusuke
I recognise the fondness felt for Spirit Tracks by a great many people, and I remain glad that the Zelda series continues to affect people in such a way! But I confess that I feel such an absolute soullessness about Spirit Tracks' design that I really desperately hope Nintendo doesn't churn out anything like it ever again.
Consequence of its weighty, chunk visuals, there is an ironic dearth of attractive environmental details in dungeons or outdoors. Compared to Minish Cap, or even the Oracle games, the world and its locales come across as bland and uniform in shade and texture. Why are the towns so unimaginatively symmetrical? Why is it that layouts and arenas feel clinical, rather than dynamic or intricate? In espousing its lofted camera perspective, ST's blocky geometry feels unnatural and inorganic; I find myself wistful for the smoothed sprites of the Game Boy titles, whose simplicity invites the imagination to transmute the environmental flora and fauna into something more impressive. In those Game Boy titles, the developers could fashion great amounts of delicate detail in the environment. Interactive scenery preponderates in the Oracle games, with each individual screen being laden with curios, and even the ground itself, with its bleached portions and sandy dirt trails, feels more lavish than the uniform surfaces in ST, which are interrupted by deliberate-looking dirt tracks at best. In their relative complexity, the visuals in Spirit Tracks stifle imaginative impulses, drawing attention to the relative blandness of the graphics, compared to Wind Waker.
The visuals couple with the DS games' control scheme to distract me from whatever atmosphere the game commands. Ergonomically, I cannot enjoy any sense of comfort while having to correct the position of the stylus on the touch screen--something that controlling Link demands. I find that there is an paradoxical element of imprecision that results from the stylus; I do not feel as in control of Link as games that demand use of a D-Pad or joy-stick. There's an unwelcome sense of detachment. In effect, I don't find the stylus to be an adequate conduit between me and the character onscreen; instead of possessing Link and manoeuvring him from within, I am instead influencing him from without, controlling instead the various magnetic forces that pull him in whatever direction he rolls. I can't stomach this abdication of control, and it feels unnatural in light of the amount of heft Link possesses in this game. Leaping him from platform to platform doesn't feel quite as instinctive as other games; it's almost like throwing a rock: you have control at the beginning, but after that, its trajectory is outside of your control. The stifling control-scheme worsens the back-tracking stipulated by the game--something I would have been far more comfortable with if an analogue stick was functional. Perhaps it's a personal thing, but the strokes I make with Link--whether it be his sword-swings, movements, or directions--feel broader and less intricate with the DS titles, and I am desperately unwilling to embrace these nuances that, I've always felt, have been instrumental in rooting the player in the game world. These nuances facilitate transcendence.
Dungeons struggle to communicate atmosphere even when niggles with the control-scheme are discounted. Visually, they do little to disguise themselves as labyrinths or mazes, openly betraying the fact that they are little more than scores of bleak chambers. Structurally, this isn't far detached from what Zelda dungeons are anyway, but the perspective in PH and ST struggles to convey the impression of marching through an ancient temple or building--it's more akin to navigating the bare bones of a dungeon, the sort of similar rooms you can see when you crank out a randomly-generated dungeon in RPG Maker 2003. Repeating the same dreary, listless music for several dungeons exacerbates the feel that these labyrinths are uninspired bare-bones sketches: what happened to the eclectic array of tunes that Link's Awakening or the Oracle games enjoyed? This lack of musical diversity in dungeons undermines the locations' individuality; they feel explicitly like wearisome mazes designed to protract your progress, rather than moody or impressive structures. Puzzles don't feel like natural features of the dungeon, for example; the mazes are now transparently houses to show off a series of disparate obstacles, and so they feel jarringly incongruous. Nothing feels natural, pushing me out of the game world.
I can't find anything that engenders a sense of engrossment, neither in several of the dungeon bosses--the first three of which struggle to capture the imagination, owed to their run-of-the-mill countenances--nor with the items or collectables. Whether it uses the DS's capacities or not, I do find the Whirlwind contrived, and would have preferred use of the microphone to be limited to the pan-pipes alone. And I cannot quite articulate how much I abhor Force Gems, which I perceive as so bland and featureless. Once again, they embody so much of what I find lacking in Spirit Tracks: they serve the same sort of purpose that you would expect in a Zelda game, but they are so bare-bones in presentation. The Spiritual Stones of Ocarina are the same sort of concept, but they have elegant designs, intricate curves and shapes, and seemingly have some sort of history to them. They feel meaningful, carefully designed--not so, with the Force Gems, which are, plainly, glossy triangles.
Perhaps the greatest deterrent to engrossment is the stifling sense inflicted by the linearity of the game--yet even if the game were more open-ended, the disengaging control-scheme does not openly encourage wandering around. When I feel more in control of Link--when I feel like I am Link--I feel so at one with the controller and the character that moving around is comfortable; it's an affecting experience, and the comfort actively inspires the explorer within you to look around. When this does not occur, I find, it impairs the exploratory instincts of the player. A flat, regular game-world doesn't help cultivate the adventurer within, either.
Spirit Tracks, to me, just feels like several of Zelda's composite parts thrown together without a lick of imagination anywhere outside of the novelties. It felt like all of the traits I like in Zelda were left by the way-side in this instalment, and I sincerely hope they are not discounted in future titles. I cannot change the opinions of anyone who enjoyed the game, but I personally can't lay claim to any satisfaction from the title itself--something that I cannot change, either.
Spirit TracksPosted: Feb 11, 2011 12:00AM PST by ngamer-90
It was pretty epic for a handheld game. It was a huge leap from PH, although I never did have a problem with the Temple of the Ocean King, always kept me on my toes when I had to go deeper and re-explore the place again under the restricted time limit.
But I did love ST way more, expecially the train, since I like trains. Hopefully we see another game with Toon Link, but in a different game structure on the 3DS.
Toon LinkPosted: Feb 11, 2011 12:00AM PST by Zomber
The Toon Link Zelda games have far and away my favourite look for the series. Sad to think this might be the last of them.
I loved both DS games. Spirit Tracks gets the edge for being more polished, tighter, bigger and better, with fantastic, creative gameplay and a wonderful evolution of the meta-dungeon idea. But I missed the sea. I though train travel was fine, but I prefer the pirate vibe. Also the multiplayer in Phantom Hourglass was awesome. Incredibly fun online. And Linebeck was great.
Touch control Zelda is probably gone now, which is a shame -- I really loved the feel of it. I had hoped the next one would have planes. I always wanted a Zelda game about flying.
Love the style, like the gamePosted: Feb 11, 2011 12:00AM PST by SecretMoblin
The reason Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks were disappointments was definitely not because of the style of the games; both are pretty, fluid, and retain a lot of the charm from Wind Waker. The reason I was disappointed with them is because instead of taking a progressive, interesting approach to the Zelda formula, Nintendo instead opted to make overworld travel less interesting, dungeons less provocative, and controls less responsive.
Seriously, Nintendo? Yes, the touch controls worked fine - most of the time. But for every one hit out of twenty that didn't connect, I could have used digital controls and felt like the screw-ups were my fault instead of the touch screen's. The puzzles were indeed tougher than most Zeldas (even including the console ones, I think), but in return we got dungons that lacked the wonder and vastness of Wind Waker. Most used designs so similar a simple palette swap was all that was needed to communicate to the player "this is the ice dungeon", "this is the fire dungeon", etc.
I still prefer Link's Awakening as my portable Zelda masterpiece, and I'm quite surprised at the lack of support the Oracle games seem to get among Zelda fans; I thought they were fantastic, the story notwithstanding. I didn't really care for Minish Cap at all, but I prefer it to the two DS Zeldas. And the port of Link to the Past was great.
All of that being said, the games are Legend of Zelda games, which means they are by definition among the best games for the console. I just think Nintendo could have done a lot more with the engine.
Spirt TracksPosted: Feb 11, 2011 12:00AM PST by SimplySickSickSick
I thought this game was great, way better than Phantom Hourglass which was really good. In fact I think Spirit Tracks is my favourite handheld Zelda (not counting the GBA remake of A Link to the Past since it was a console game to start). I never knew that Spirit Tracks was unpopular, my only problem is that I'd still rather play with the d-pad and buttons for moving and attacking, but the stylus works really well.
Oh, also I prefer the Wind Waker style for Zelda.
So glad this was picked over PHPosted: Feb 11, 2011 12:00AM PST by Epic Greenman
That was the only Zelda I didn't like and despite the train being worse than sailing, everything else was great. Oh, and one of MC's biggest fans right here.
Maybe it's worth a look...Posted: Feb 11, 2011 12:00AM PST by LK4O4
I'll admit, I hated the central dungeon in Phantom Hourglass (I even ended up trading in the game, and I don't ever trade in games), so I just didn't have the motivation to pick up Spirit Tracks. I'm glad to hear that the sequel isn't nearly as annoying as it's predecessor.
"And challenge, too; the cooperative dungeons contain the most mentally taxing puzzles I've ever seen in a Zelda game." This sentence might have sold the game for me. Phantom Hourglass's puzzles were pathetically easy.
The game is pretty awesome, its just that...Posted: Feb 11, 2011 12:00AM PST by chronolink
he game is pretty awesome, its just that the train travel gets repetitive. Because, like SNKrenaissance said, you are on rails and can not explore, you just end up traveling the same tracks over and over. Maybe in practice its not that different from the sailing in the previous 2 games, but I got less frustrated with the traveling in those.
The worst part is, in my opinion, the way they handled the warp points. Instead of anywhere to set points, the way it has been since, well, NES Zelda, warps are point to point, which makes the useless most of the time.
All that said, outside of the trains this is a great game. There are new items and the single player cooperative puzzles are just amazing, some of the best in the series. We do like innovations! The game is still great despite all the negative comments it gets.
To be fair with the detractors..Posted: Feb 11, 2011 12:00AM PST by SNKrenaissance
It was the 3rd game to incorporate the same toon link look which might have put off some people not because of the look itself but because its toon link AGAIN. And the method of transportation was by trains which by definition are on rails and didn't allow for exploration (though personally I loved it).
But as you said, the dungeouns, tools, and actually having Zelda herself there is pretty awesome. all in all its a better game than Phantom Hourglass in my humble opinion.


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198 St Helens Bay is a welcoming semi-detached single storey cottage on a popular holiday development. The accommodation consists of three bedrooms - a double with en-suite, a twin and a bunks room - along with an open plan living area with kitchen, dining area and sitting area with open fire. There is also a sun room. Outside is off road parking for two cars, and a lawned rear garden with furniture. On site is a golf course, play area, tennis and basketball courts. The beach is within walking distance, making 198 St Helens Bay an ideal year-round family base.
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Oracle, VCE and Cisco dominated sales in IDC's tracker of the converged infrastructure market.
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Piston gives Cisco more muscle around distributed systems and automated deployment, in addition to adding another level of infrastructure to the Cisco OpenStack private cloud.
EMC will now consolidate converged infrastructure player VCE under its federation and buy out most of Cisco's stake in the joint venture. Other than that financial arrangement, Cisco and EMC say it's business as usual for VCE.
Cisco and Swinburne University of Technology are teaming up to leverage collaboration technology to integrate teaching practices, facilities, and technology in order to support student collaboration and distance education infrastructure.
VCE has rolled out new Vblock converged infrastructure systems that include the latest technologies from investors Cisco and EMC.
Cisco and Red Hat are expanding their partnership to focus on OpenStack integrated infrastructure.
Cisco has suggested that businesses look at security in layers, in much the way as they do when looking at adopting new infrastructure.
Cisco tapped Dimension Data for help on laying the building blocks for the hybrid cloud infrastructure and reaching emerging markets.
With Cisco, IBM, NetApp and EMC seeing anemic infrastructure spending it's highly unlikely that HP can fly through the turbulence unscathed.
Cisco outlined an architecture dubbed Application-Centric Infrastructure, which is designed to integrate cloud computing and data center management, and argued it goes beyond software-defined networking.
The EMC and Cisco integrated infrastructure joint venture VCE has made great strides since 2009, but the two companies have a combined $755 million in expenses since inception and no details about sales attributed to the unit.
Cisco has announced the acquisition of privately held cloud infrastructure provider Meraki for $1.2 billion in cash to complement and expand its networking offerings across mid-market
Cisco will buy cloud infrastructure company Meraki for US$1.2 billion
A 7,000-acre planned community in Orlando, Florida strikes a partnership with Cisco to build networked infrastructure to support healthcare, real estate, retail, education and other services.
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Dell boasts that its new Active Infrastructures platform can run full workloads in 75 percent less time than competing HP solutions.
VMware and Cisco engineering teams are preparing to work together to build for software-defined datacenters with an "unprecedented coupling" of virtual and physical infrastructure.
After more than 200,000 hours of testing, Cisco is helping launch the network infrastructure for the 2012 London Olympics, which kick off on Friday.
Torti Gallas says that overhauling your IT infrastructure doesn't need to be a big ordeal. Technologies from Cisco, NetApp and VMware were a foundation the company is using to support its growth.
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I think the fact that film has fallen off a cliff was inevitable, but in cultural industries we like to be romantics and always envision a soft landing buyer by dedicated enthusiasts and hobby industries. Sadly, there may not be enough demand for fill in photography or motion pictures to sustain any industrial roll or canister film manufacturing. There's a terrible inertia at work here.


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Comic Book Collector5.1
editor's review
Entertainment has evolved into various forms like clips and audio recordings, with some older ones still highly active even over the web. The subject in question are comic books that gave birth to fictional heroes that still roam the virtual streets to fight crime. Enthusiasts can use applications such as Comic Book Collector to keep a well-organized database of items you own.
Simple design makes it easy to use
Running the application fills your screen with the main window, which makes a rather poor impression due to elements that are not properly distributed. You can switch to a smaller window, but the impression doesn't change. However, this doesn't affect practicality, with fields and overall design being rather simple and intuitive.
There are a few examples to show you what can be accomplished. You can either include them in your collection and just add new titles, create a new one from scratch, or simply load an existing one if it's found under the CBC format.
Various details to fill in
It only takes a little while to set up all details to any type of comic book. This is because the application doesn't ask for the actual item or its location, but rather lets you add entries based on several fields. As such, you need to write down name, category, publisher, series, artist, writer, editor, purchase date, price and a few more.
Details are saved in real time, with the possibility to quickly sort through them just as you would in a phone book, by selecting the initial character from a list. However, this only highlights the first entry, with better sorting being automatically done in tabs based on category.
Add cover photos and generate reports
You can also attach a cover image of common formats like GIF, JPG and BMP, but only one picture can be added per comic. It would have been useful at least to be able to create some sort of link to the actual comic to open it directly if found in a digital format.
There's also the possibility to print labels on a sheet of paper in order to cut them to fit on audio cassettes, business cards, diskettes and a few more, with corresponding size indicated. If your collection is large enough, you can generate reports based on any of the fields you fill in, or create a custom template.
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Taking everything into consideration, we can say that Comic Book Collector doesn't really live up to expectations and is nothing more than what you can also write down in a plain spreadsheet. Although you quickly get the hang of it, the visual design is pretty rough, while the limited number of images you can add and variety of options quickly makes you look for alternatives.
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Surgical Management of Bilateral Exudative Retinal
Detachment Associated with Central Serous Chorioretinopathy
Ji Eun Kang, MD1, Hyun Jin Kim, MD1, Hee Don Boo, MD2,
Ha Kyoung Kim, MD2, Jeong Hee Lee, MD1,
Department of Ophthalmology, Mokdong Hospital, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine1, Seoul, Korea
Department of Ophthalmology, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine2, Seoul, Korea
Purpose: To report a case of bilateral bullous exudative retinal detachment in central serous choriore-
tinopathy (CSC) which was attached by vitrectomy and internal drainage of the subretinal fluid.
Methods: A 47-year-old man affected by bilateral atypical CSC with a bullous retinal detachment with
subretinal exudate. A fluorescein angiogram (FAG) showed multiple points of leakage and staining of
subretinal fibrosis. A tentative diagnosis of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) syndrome was made and the patient
was treated with systemic corticosteroids and immunosuppressive agents. However, the subretinal fluid was
not absorbed. He was then treated with vitrectomy and internal drainage of subretinal fluid.
Results: The retina was attached successfully in both eyes. Visual acuity improved to 20/50 in his left eye
but did not improve in the right eye due to subretinal fibrotic scarring and atropic changes on the macula.
Conclusions: Our case suggests that the surgical management of bullous exudative retinal detachment is
safe and necessary. Korean Journal of Ophthalmology 20(2):131-138, 2006
Key Words: Bullous retinal detachment, Central serous chorioretinopathy, Subretinal fluid drainage, Vitrec-
Received: August 29, 2005 Accepted: April 22, 2006
Reprint requests to Jeong Hee Lee, MD. Department of Ophthal-
mology, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Mokdong
Hospital, #911-1 Mok-dong, Yangcheon-ku, Seoul 158-710, Korea.
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*This paper was presented as a poster at the Korean Ophthal-
mological Society Annual Meeting, 2004, Busan, Korea
In typical central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC), serous
retinal detachment usually resolves spontaneously with the
return of visual function. If it persists, laser treatment to focal
leaks outside the foveolar area is effective in resolving the
detachment.1-8 On rare occasions, a bullous exudative RD,
usually associated with multiple large retinal pigment
epithelial detachments there are often hidden beneath a
cloudy subretinal serofibirnous exudate, may occur in patients
with CSC.4-20 This atypical CSC may be misdiagnosed as
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) syndrome, uveal effusion,
multifocal choroiditis, metastatic carcinoma, or lymphoma
because of the combined bullous retinal detachment (RD).
It is very unusual for the deposition of fibrin to be
followed by fibrotic scar formation.4,9-12,15-17,19-20 So far, 25
cases have been reported in the Korean literature in which
bullous exudative RD developed spontaneously in association
with CSC; only one of them presented with subretinal fibrotic
band formation with permanent visual loss.4-6,19
Here, we report a case of progressive bilateral bullous RD
and subretinal fibrosis associated with atypical CSC which
had been treated by vitrectomy and internal drainage of
subretinal fluid.
Case ReportCase Report
A 47-year-old man who had experienced a decrease in
visual acuity and a visual field defect at the superotemporal
side of his right eye visited our clinic. He did not complain
of neurologic symptoms, such as headaches, tinnitus, or
dysacusia. His family history and past history were unremark-
able. His visual acuity was 20/40 in the right eye and 20/20
in the left eye. While the left anterior segment was normal,
there were few pigmented cells in the right anterior chamber
and vitreous cavity. Fundus examination of the right eye
revealed subretinal fibrosis, a retinal fold, a pigmented lesion
on the posterior pole (Fig. 1A), and a bullous RD which
shifted to the most dependent location. There were multiple
alterations of the RPE in the left eye (Fig. 1B). A fluore-
scein angiogram (FAG) of the right eye revealed multiple
points of dye leakage and pooling into the subretinal space,
as well as variable blockage and staining of the areas of
subretinal fibrosis (Fig. 1C). In addition, several pinpoint
leakages were found in his left eye: this was not accompanied
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Fig. 1. Color fundus photographs (A, B), fluorescein angiograms (C, D), and indocyanine green angiogram (E, F) before systemic steroid
therapy. (A) Right eye. Subretinal fibrosis, retinal fold and pigmented lesion on the posterior pole. (B) Left eye. RPE changes in the macular
region and around the vascular arcade. (C) Right eye. Multiple points of dye leakage and pooling into the subretinal space, and variable
blockage and staining of areas of subretinal fibrosis. (D) Left eye. Multiple pinpoint leakages. (E) Right eye and (F) left eye, showing
multiple choroidal vascular hyperpermeability and focal staining of pigment epithelium.
by exudative detachment (Fig. 1D). An indocyanine green
angiogram (ICGA) of both eyes revealed multiple areas of
choroidal vascular hyperpermeability and pigment epithelial
focal staining (Fig. 1E, F). Laboratory evaluations were
unremarkable. A tentative diagnosis of VKH syndrome was
made, and we prescribed oral prednisolone (60 mg daily).
During the 2-week follow-up, the visual acuity in his right
eye decreased to 20/200, and repeated examinations showed
worsening of the exudative retinal detachment and subretinal
fibrosis, as well as development of a pigment epithelial
detachment (PED) in the macular region (Fig. 2A, C, E). In
addition to that, visual acuity in the left eye also decreased
to 20/30, and multiple localized PEDs were detected in the
left eye by fundus examination (Fig. 2B, D, F). At the same
time, human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DQB1*0303 (DQ9)
was detected as a result of HLA-DQ serologic subtypings. As
such, we were more convinced regarding the diagnosis of
VKH syndrome from this. Therefore, oral cyclosporine A
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Fig. 2. Color fundus photographs (A, B), fluorescein angiograms (C, D), and indocyanine green angiogram (E, F) two weeks after systemic
steroid therapy. (A) Right eye. Progressed exudative retinal detachment ,subretinal fibrosis, retinal fold and pigmented lesion on the
posterior pole. (B) Left eye. Multiple localized PEDs. (C) Right eye. Multiple points of dye leakage and pooling into the subretinal space,
and variable blockage and staining of areas of subretinal fibrosis. (D) Left eye. Multiple pinpoint leakages. (E) Right eye. (F) Left eye,
multiple choroidal vascular hyperpermeability and focal staining of the pigment epithelium.
(100 mg daily) was added to the prednisolone.
On the second day of combination therapy, inferior RD
extended to the inside of the inferior vascular arcade in the
right eye and the disease seemed to have progressed in both
eyes. Therefore, laser photocoagulation treatment to the
leakage points was done on two occasions in both eyes.
During the next 2 weeks, his visual acuity stabilized at
20/125 in the right eye and 20/25 in the left, and the fundus
in both eyes remained stable with focal pigmentary
abnormalities at the sites of the previous PED.
During next 2 weeks, the visual acuity in the right eye
deteriorated to hand motions, but that of the left eye was
unchanged. In the right eye, the exudative RD extended to
the fovea and a subretinal fibrotic band grew across the
macula (Fig. 3A, C, E). In the left eye, multiple exudative
flecks appeared on the posterior pole (Fig. 3B, D, F). B-scan
ultrasonography of the right eye revealed an inferior bullous
RD with a shifting of subretinal fluid (Fig. 4). We stopped
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Fig. 3. Color fundus photographs (A, B), fluorescein angiograms (C, D), and indocyanine green angiogram (E, F) at the time that oral
steroid and immunosuppresive treatment were stopped. (A) Right eye. Inferior bullous exudative RD, subretinal fibrotic band, fixed retinal
fold, and subtle intraretinal hemorrhages. (B) Left eye. Multiple PEDs and exudative flecks. (C) Right eye. Large blockage of an area of
exudative RD, variable blockage and staining of areas of subretinal fibrosis, and leakage and pooling into the subretinal space. (D) Left eye.
Multiple pinpoint leakages and poolings. (E) Right eye. (F) left eye. Multiple choroidal vascular hyperpermeability and focal staining of the
pigment epithelium.
oral corticosteroid and cyclosporine treatment and considered
surgical management for the right eye. Two months after his
first visit to our clinic, transscleral drainage of subretinal
fluid, gas injection through the pars plana, radial scleral
buckling, and focal laser photocoagulation were performed on
the right eye. One month after the operation, fundus exami-
nation showed diminution of the exudative RD in the right
eye and the new development of an exudative RD inferiorly
in the left eye. His visual acuity was hand motions in the
right eye and 20/40 in the left.
Six weeks after surgery, the retina was attached with
subretinal proliferation in the fovea of the right eye (Fig. 5A,
C); in the left eye, the inferior exudative RD, multiple serous
PEDs, and exudative flecks had all worsened (Fig. 4B, D).
The visual acuity in the left eye decreased gradually,
eventually becoming 20/200. Two months after his first visit
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Fig. 4. B-scan (A, B). showing shifting of subretinal fluid. (A) sitting position. (B) supine position.
Fig. 5. Color fundus photographs (A, B) and fluorescein angiograms (C, D) six weeks after external drainage of subretinal fluid in the
right eye. (A) Right eye. Attached retina with subretinal proliferation. (B) Left eye. Multiple PEDs and exudative flecks. (C) Right eye, Eye
absorbed subretinal fluid. (D) Left eye. Multiple points of dye leakage and pooling into the subretinal space.
to our clinic, reoperation was performed on the right eye
(including pars plana vitrectomy, lensectomy, membranec-
tomy, internal drainage of subretinal fluid, fluid-gas
exchange, and endolaser photocoagulation to leakage points).
One week later, the left eye was also treated with the same
operation maneuvers. Postoperatively, the retina was well
attached in both eyes (Fig. 5), but the final visual acuity of
the right eye was unchanged due to a remaining subretinal
fibrotic scar and atrophic change of the macula. Fortunately,
visual acuity in the left eye improved gradually to 20/200
with correction. Four months after surgery in the left eye, the
exudative detachment had not developed further, and he was


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Mammal Research
Mammal Research, formerly published as Acta Theriologica, is an international journal of mammalogy, covering all aspects of mammalian biology. Long-since recognized as a leader in its field, the journal was founded in 1954, and has been exclusively published in English since 1967.
The journal presents work from scientists all over the world, covering all aspects of mammalian biology: genetics, ecology, behaviour, bioenergetics, morphology, development, reproduction, nutrition, physiology, paleontology and evolution.
- 15 Volumes
- 61 Issues
- 712 Articles
- 33 Open Access
- 2001 - 2015 Available
Latest Articles
Original Paper
Strategy of goitered gazelle suckling behavior
D. A. Blank, W. Yang (October 2015)
Original Paper
Winter diets of reintroduced bison (Bison bison) in northwestern Canada
Thomas S. Jung (October 2015)
Short Communication
Agricultural land-use intensity and its effects on small mammals in the central region of Argentina
María Daniela Gomez, José Coda, Ivana Simone, Juan Martínez… (October 2015)
- Journal Title
- Mammal Research
- Coverage
- Volume 46 / 2001 - Volume 60 / 2015
- Print ISSN
- 2199-2401
- Online ISSN
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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