Post by: MegaByte on March 29, 2007, 05:50:48 AM
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=13241
The Office of Film and Literature Classification is the Australian version of the ESRB. Like the ESRB, rated games often appear on their site before they are officially announced.
Currently unreleased games already rated on their site include a number of hits. For the NES, Adventures of Lolo, Donkey Kong Jr. Math, Mach Rider, Mario & Yoshi (just Yoshi in the US), Metroid, Mighty Bomb Jack, NES Open Tournament Golf, Pac-Man, Punch-Out!!, Shadow Warriors, and Super Mario Bros. 2 are listed. Actraiser, Final Fight, and The Legend of the Mystical Ninja are listed for the SNES. The Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) will be receiving Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle, Alien Storm, and Wonderboy in Monster World. All games are rated G except for Shadow Warriors, Alien Storm, and all three Super Nintendo games, which are rated PG.
In addition, the ESRB has rated Mighty Bomb Jack and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link for the NES. They have also rated Final Fight and Street Fighter II Turbo for the SNES and Star Fox 64 for the Nintendo 64. Each of these games are rated E except for the Street Fighter update, which is rated T. Nintendo World Report will give recommendations for each of these games as they become available in the US.
Post by: Bill Aurion on March 29, 2007, 06:37:06 AM
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on March 29, 2007, 06:48:45 AM
Post by: decoyman on March 29, 2007, 06:51:09 AM
Ooh, and StarFox 64, that'll probably be my first N64 game I buy. I was N64-less for high school...
(I look back on it and think how strange it was that I could be totally into video games in elementary school and jr. high, then be totally disinterested in high school, only to have the interest re-kindled in college. High school is an anomoly in my history of video game playing.)
Post by: NWR_pap64 on March 29, 2007, 06:53:47 AM
On the weeks that we got more than 7 releases on the Wii we got like one classic game, or 3 lesser known ones. This proves SB and Cap's theory that they use the VC as a way to release something during game droughts.
Seriously, look back...
Before the game flood we got:
- Donkey Kong Country
- Streets of rage
- Kirby's adventure
- Ocarina of time
- Splatterhouse
- Adventure Island
- Excite bike
And many other fan praised titles.
After the flood we got:
- Some obscure Genesis games
- Romance of the three kingdoms
Notice the difference?
Post by: MegaByte on March 29, 2007, 07:00:14 AM
GI: There has been criticism that there’s not enough first-party software coming quick enough, that there’s quite a gap between big releases on the Wii. What’s your response to that?
LF: I would remind people that the console has only been on the shelves since December. We already have a lot of software and we have a strong line-up of titles and we have a lot of games on the Virtual Console. At the moment I think we have a strong enough line-up with titles like Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid. I would say that these titles - and this has always been the Nintendo policy - will be on the shelves when the director says so. If the development team says they need one more month or two more months to deliver a unique Wii experience, we’re comfortable with that.
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on March 29, 2007, 07:08:26 AM
Post by: NWR_pap64 on March 29, 2007, 07:14:34 AM
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Originally posted by: PartyBear
Didn't Reggie come right out and tell us that would happen months ago?
Which interview? I remember talking about how they would step up game releases, but nothing about VC releases.
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on March 29, 2007, 07:29:00 AM
QuoteI would add hearts to this post, but I think one will do. When does this come to the U.S.?
Originally posted by: Bill Aurion
ADVENTURES OF LOLO!
I would definately buy this game.
Post by: UncleBob on March 29, 2007, 07:29:41 AM
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on March 29, 2007, 07:38:53 AM
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Originally posted by: pap64Quote
Originally posted by: PartyBear
Didn't Reggie come right out and tell us that would happen months ago?
Which interview? I remember talking about how they would step up game releases, but nothing about VC releases.
It's this interview. MTV's news site is borked for me in two versions of Firefox and IE7, so here's the relevant quote (obtained directly from the page source):
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Readers have noted that some games slated for the Wii Virtual Console in Japan and not for the U.S. by year's end include surefire American favorites like "Super Mario World." On Tuesday, Fils-Aime addressed that point: "I do think here in the Americas we want to be a bit more strategic in how we use the titles ... If there's a month where we don't have a fantastic lineup of Nintendo-packaged software, that's where I want to release a great SNES game or a great N64 game to maintain the momentum."
Post by: nitsu niflheim on March 29, 2007, 07:54:43 AM
Post by: Kairon on March 29, 2007, 10:27:09 AM
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Post by: Magus19 on March 29, 2007, 11:40:44 AM
Post by: JonLeung on March 29, 2007, 11:42:16 AM
Post by: Infernal Monkey on March 29, 2007, 12:01:46 PM
Oh yeah, Shadow Warriors = Ninja Gaiden.
Post by: darknight06 on March 29, 2007, 01:07:40 PM
Post by: IceCold on March 29, 2007, 06:36:48 PM
Wow, I'm surprised Street Fighter 2 Turbo is up so soon after the other one. I wouldn't be too happy if I had bought that when it came out.
Also, they're saving SMB3.. it's the only Mario platformer (well, and Yoshi's Island) that won't have been released soon.
Post by: KDR_11k on March 29, 2007, 08:12:12 PM
Also I don't see any slowdown in VC releases. We just got LttP, Goemon (Kid Yin in this version...) and Punch Out.
Post by: IceCold on March 29, 2007, 08:22:59 PM
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on March 29, 2007, 08:47:15 PM
Adventures of Lolo
and as far the SFII and SFII Turbo VC releases..... I think I'll wait for the SSFIITCE.
Post by: Kairon on March 29, 2007, 08:47:32 PM
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Post by: 18 Days on March 29, 2007, 11:20:33 PM
Post by: Michael8983 on March 29, 2007, 11:33:34 PM
I'm not surprised to see Street Fighter 2 Turbo on there either. I KNEW THIS WAS COMING which is why I didn't download the first one.
Now I'll have to decide whether to download Turbo or wait for Hyper Street Fighter Championship Edition or whatever came after. I forget.
Post by: Caterkiller on March 30, 2007, 06:56:21 AM
It seems like they would just map the C buttons to the C - Stick. But then you would be pushing up one stick and either left or down on another. That seems very awkward, but who knows, I think it will turn out just fine.
Post by: MegaByte on April 01, 2007, 05:13:42 AM
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Post by: Kairon on April 02, 2007, 09:43:00 AM
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Post by: that Baby guy on April 02, 2007, 11:17:04 AM
Post by: KDR_11k on April 02, 2007, 07:12:57 PM
