Jon Lindemann's got to know we're going to get him out.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/41057/episode-442-you-got-to-have-a-fall-guy
It is a great time to be alive! RFN Season 5 is now fully up and running and The Summer of Too Hot for Games, brought to you by Nintendo of America, is over! James kicks off New Business with LBX: Little Battler eXperience. He's got some big news for fans of Capcom classics Mega Man Battle Network and Gotcha Force. That news? You probably ARE James Jones and you should look into LBX. Greg is seeing the world in a new dimension with 3D Gunstar Heroes and 3D Streets of Rage 2. Someone is still releasing classic games on the 3DS eShop; it just happens to be Sega. Guillaume has a game that many of you many not realize you already own, Woah Dave! for Wii U - which is free if you already own the game on 3DS. He also gives his early impressions of Final Fantasy VII, as played on a PSP Go(!); this show strives to be at the forefront of gaming. Lastly, Jon has reconnected with the world of Madden, with Madden 16. Is EA's game design strategy three yards and a cloud of dust, or are they spreading out their receivers?
After the break it's the first feature discussion of Season 5: a reflection on system end-of-life release lineups. The crew steps through the games released in the last 18 months of each Nintendo system (through the GameCube), and picks out their favorite titles. Along the way some curious trends show up. In true RFN fashion, nobody can agree on what the end of the Game Boy's life was, we all found the GameCube wanting, and there is yet another reference to the podcast's favorite NES trivia question.
In other news, it's that time again: we're getting ready for our next Retroactive feature. RFN is excited about the impending release of Super Mario Maker, perhaps to a fault. However, it seems like Nintendo has forgotten some of Mario's past accomplishments when putting together this tribute to the plumber in red. So, here is the topic for our next Retroactive: Games on the Virtual Console featuring Mario that are NOT represented in Super Mario Maker (i.e. Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, New Super Mario Bros.). Any use of Mario sufficient. With all that said, we aren't ready to announce a poll. We need your help picking the candidates! Send us your suggestions for the next Retroactive, your questions, your comments, or your suggestions for our ending music to the RFN mailbag. We'll announce the poll alongside the launch of Super Mario Maker, on September 11.
Yes. And the point is those games don't qualify anyway.
Games NOT represented in Super Mario Maker
I nominate Super Mario Land 2 for the Game Boy. Underrated and often hated.
The obvious choice for the next retroactive is Super Mario Bros. 2/USA. I would love to do a deep dive on that one.I second this, by chance I just started Mario 2 for the first time yesterday via Super Mario All Stars on the SNES someone was giving away, I had always had a Megadrive before this and my first proper Mario platformer would have been New Super Mario Bros for DS which put me off the franchise all together.
Does it have to be a platformer?
If not I would suggest Paper Mario!
He specifically said it has to:
- Involve Mario
- Be on a Virtual Console
He specifically said it has to:
- Involve Mario
- Be on a Virtual Console
Sorry dude, I just listened to it again if you fast forward to 2:02 on the podcast clock you'll hear James say "can you get it on a virtual console or is it available for a system that you can play right now as in could I play this on a Wii, a Wii U, or a 3DS. If the answer is yes and its not prohibitivly expensive then it's eligible"
Sorry dude Sunshine counts unless they decide that $30 is "prohibitivly expensive"
On another note, as much as I love and could see myself vote for Sunshine, I suggest either NBA Street V3 or Smash Bros 64
$30 is up there. You can nominate it and it might make the list. We might also save that for its own thing since it would likely dominate.
Keep in mind I write the article after we talked about it. So while anything that can be played on Wii U/Wii/3DS is game we are going to curate among ourselves.
Also, ANY MARIO INVOLVEMENT. Punch Out! for example, counts
