Author Topic: Official Virtual Console Mondays Thread (Read 926995 times)

Entroper · « **Reply #500 on:** February 12, 2007, 02:54:09 AM »

Wow, three good titles in one day. OK, so Ice Climbers isn't exactly AAA material, but it's at least up there with Donkey Kong.

Pale · « **Reply #501 on:** February 12, 2007, 03:11:34 AM »

Man. I could wet myself with today's update. I can't wait to get home and buy Ice Climbers and Kid Icarus.

Caterkiller · « **Reply #502 on:** February 12, 2007, 03:11:36 AM »

Yahoo! I forgot all about Kirby's Adventure! I guess im getting all 3 today, if it weren't for smash bros im pretty sure I would not be curious about ice climbers at all.

Just holding out for Star Fox 64... maybe with in a months time right?

JonLeung · « **Reply #503 on:** February 12, 2007, 03:20:28 AM »

Three NES games by Nintendo themselves starring characters popular enough to be in Smash Bros.? Wow. Okay, Ice Climbers isn't as good a game as the other two, but still! How often will we see the VC debut of three Smash Bros. (counting Popo and Nana as one) in three "series" of games in one day?

(Sure, the VC release of SMB introduced just two - Bowser and "Peach" Toadstool (Mario and Luigi were previously in Mario Bros.) and LoZ introduced three - Link, Zelda, and Ganon (if you count Ganon as Ganondorf, but not if you concern yourself with "which" Link and Zelda it is) but besides single games with multiple characters like Mario and Zelda and Pokémon, I mean.)

Today is a good day.

Would be a better day if I had my Wii back so I could buy them...I sent it out to Nintendo of Canada over a week ago for repairs (come on, it's just one province over!) which is why I don't have Super Mario World yet either. >_<

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #504 on:** February 12, 2007, 04:14:13 AM »

Looks like Nintendo is indeed stepping up with the game releases.

I still believe they should release more each Monday, but at least what we are getting is better than what we started with.

Caliban · « **Reply #505 on:** February 12, 2007, 04:55:14 AM »

I bought all 3, yet I was hoping for Zelda II to make an appearance this week.

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #506 on:** February 12, 2007, 05:17:04 AM »

I was thinking, couldn't Nintendo release one game for each console? Like one NES game, one SNES game, one N64 game, one Genesis game and one Turbografix game?

That way, they would be able to update all consoles and be varied each Monday. But I guess updating the VC list could be harder that I think, so this may never happened.

Ceric · « **Reply #507 on:** February 12, 2007, 05:26:21 AM »

From the looks of it it seems that Nintendo is a having a harder then anticipated time emulating the N64.

Artimus · « **Reply #508 on:** February 12, 2007, 05:37:25 AM »

I'm torn between Kirby and Icarus.

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #509 on:** February 12, 2007, 05:39:52 AM »

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Originally posted by: Ceric
From the looks of it it seems that Nintendo is a having a harder then anticipated time emulating the N64.

Doesn't Japan have a handful of N64 games, though?

If so, then I don't understand what the problem is.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #510 on:** February 12, 2007, 05:57:00 AM »

Nintendo's getting a lot better with their VC releases. It's good to see.

I still don't know why they're so stingy with SNES games though. There's tons of major titles on that console. The N64 didn't have that many hits so it makes some sense to spread them out but the weekly SNES releases should be nearly on par with the NES. There really is no excuse for any weeks to go by with no SNES titles.

And it's Ice Climber. No 's'. Let's just start calling it Game Boy Advanced while we're at it.

Pale · « **Reply #511 on:** February 12, 2007, 06:13:50 AM »

Don't you mean Gameboy advanced!

=P

JonLeung · « **Reply #512 on:** February 12, 2007, 06:23:38 AM »

Hey! *kicks the butts of everyone who misses the space in Game Boy*

Seriously, if I were to call the FF game series "Finalfantasy" people would go nuts that I leave out the space. It's also two words, and has been around just as long. Or how about something not around as long, like "Killerinstinct" or "Marioparty"? Looks ridiculous, right? So how is misspacing Game Boy as "Gameboy" any different?

Well, I hope you people are enjoying your "Kidicarus" and "Kirby'sadventure". Hey, did you download "Supermarioworld" last week? Maybe you didn't, because you're too busy with your "Nintendodslite" playing "Hotelduskroom215" or "Phoenixwrightaceattorneyjusticeforall"! >_<

Actually, since I mentioned "Finalfantasy", that reminds me, when is the original coming out for the "Virtualconsole"? Or is the GBA game Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn Of Souls (oh, excuse me, "FinalfantasyI&IIdawnofsouls") still selling that we will probably have to wait a long time for it?

KDR_11k · « **Reply #513 on:** February 12, 2007, 06:42:02 AM »

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Originally posted by: Ceric
From the looks of it it seems that Nintendo is a having a harder then anticipated time emulating the N64.

That's fair, I don't think there's a perfect N64 emulator anywhere on the internets.

IceCold · « **Reply #514 on:** February 12, 2007, 07:11:15 AM »

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Or how about something not around as long, like "Killerinstinct" or "Marioparty"? Looks ridiculous, right? So how is misspacing Game Boy as "Gameboy" any different?

Probably because it makes more sense than the others to have it as a compound word. Plus GameCube has no spaces in between.

Spak-Spang · « **Reply #515 on:** February 12, 2007, 07:21:11 AM »

Wow. Nintendo, I hate you...constantly taking my money from me.

I was able to hold out and wait a week for Link to the Past, but then Mario World came out...and I had to pick up Super Mario World, Link to the Past, and why the hell not...Mario Kart 64.

Now this week Nintendo was smart and released 3 single NES games with no upper level competition...but WOW what a selection. Kirby and Kid Icarus are cult classic games, and great games at that. Ice Climbers is less known but still a higher caliber NES game than what has been released.

I want all three...but that means another 15 dollars down the drain. Please, Nintendo drop the prices of your NES games before you make me go broke. You have too much stuff I want to buy.

JonLeung · « **Reply #516 on:** February 12, 2007, 08:03:11 AM »

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Originally posted by: IceCold
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Or how about something not around as long, like "Killerinstinct" or "Marioparty"? Looks ridiculous, right? So how is misspacing Game Boy as "Gameboy" any different?
Probably because it makes more sense than the others to have it as a compound word. Plus GameCube has no spaces in between.

Okay, the compoundness makes sense. But Game Boy was misspaced long before the GameCube. And I'm pretty sure its rival, Game Gear, was two words.

Anyway, Spak-Spang, which is the greater evil...too many games, or too few games?

While I'm glad about today's releases, I wonder if the well will run dry too soon if this becomes a regular thing. After the best games all come out (aren't Super Metroid and Punch-Out!! expected soon?), what will keep us interested in the VC in a couple years? Ideally, if they can get every game, then there will always be something that we haven't played that's available, but since they likely can't get every game, at this rate, all the old games will be old pretty quickly...I mean, old again. If that makes sense. And I still don't think possible VC original games will be as good.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #517 on:** February 12, 2007, 08:10:56 AM »

"Seriously, if I were to call the FF game series 'Finalfantasy' people would go nuts that I leave out the space. It's also two words, and has been around just as long. Or how about something not around as long, like 'Killerinstinct' or 'Marioparty'? Looks ridiculous, right? So how is misspacing Game Boy as 'Gameboy' any different?"

If you just heard someone say "Game Boy" spelling it as "Gameboy" wouldn't be illogical but spelling "Marioparty" no matter what would look silly and no one would assume it was spelled that way. It's like how it's officially spelled "Spider-Man" but "Spiderman" and "Spider Man" are both logical spelling assumptions even though they're technically incorrect.

I type "Gameboy" because I initially thought that was how it was spelled, I'm used to it, and it takes less time to type. Plus since Nintendo once had the gall to suggest that the offical spelling of Gamecube was "GAMECUBE" in caps I find it bizarrely satisfying to spell Gameboy wrong in protest.

And I sometimes type "Gameboy Colour".

But Game Boy Advanced drives me nuts because it's the wrong word and wrong pronunciation. My friend's brother always calls it that and continued to do so after I showed him my GBA and PROVED that he was calling it by the wrong name.

What I absolutely hate though is people using "loose" instead of "lose". Lose = not win. Loose = not tight. Normally a misspelling like that isn't too annoying (there or their) but those two words are pronounced totally differently. Thus when I read "I hope the Canucks don't loose their next game" I read it initially with the proper pronunciation of "loose" and thus the sentence is total gibberish. It would be like typing "goo" instead of "Jew" because those two words COULD sound the same even though they don't.

Arbok · « **Reply #518 on:** February 12, 2007, 08:17:58 AM »

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Hey! *kicks the butts of everyone who misses the space in Game Boy*

I'm surprised Jon hasn't ripped into this thread yet...

UltimatePartyBear · « **Reply #519 on:** February 12, 2007, 08:52:30 AM »

If you look at the official Game Boy logo, the space is barely noticeable.

JonLeung · « **Reply #520 on:** February 12, 2007, 08:58:14 AM »

I just find it bizarre that people who play video games as a hobby can misspace it, for two major reasons:

1. the Game Boy series of handhelds is the best-selling video game hardware line and has been around for nearly two decades. This is a Nintendo forum where such an accomplishment shouldn't go unnoticed.

2. people who play video games should inherently be "visual" people and should therefore see the space between the two words. This is a Nintendo forum where the proper spacing on official Game Boy products should be a common sight to people like us.

Only if the Game Boy was a product made by a company that we weren't fans of, if it was recently released and not best-selling, if the rival, the Game Gear, was spelled "Gamegear", and if our hobby of choice was entirely non-visual and we ourselves are not visual people, I could understand the misspacing.

I mean, if you're too blind to see the space, how can you even play video games? I may be overdramatic on this point, however, if video games are our hobby, I must by default expect that we are all inherently "visual", and that the majority should be able to space it correctly, rather than the minority.

Then again, I read on CNN.com one time of a blind guy who can kick anybody's ass in Mortal Kombat and Soul Calibur. And he was using a standard setup (no enhanced sound, for example). I wonder how he does it. Maybe video games are more than just visual. I love game music and keep on talking about that Video Games Live concert I went to a couple weeks ago, but that's music. Not sound. Are there really enough auditory cues in modern games that I could enjoy them even if I were to lose my sight one day (which I sure hope I never do)?

So if you could hear me, if you are an "aural" person, I'd shout "Game! Boy!" with a distinct pause in between.

Okay, I'll shut up...for now...

Anyway, there should be Game Boy and Game Boy Color (and Game Gear) games for download on the VC, but not to the Wii, but rather to the DS. I guess you'd need an official GBA/DS flash cartridge to keep them, though, which sounds unlikely. >_<

Ian Sane · « **Reply #521 on:** February 12, 2007, 09:38:26 AM »

"people who play video games should inherently be "visual" people and should therefore see the space between the two words."

But I thought visuals didn't matter in a game that thus even something with Ascii graphics shouldn't be judged until played.

Ceric · « **Reply #522 on:** February 12, 2007, 10:10:48 AM »

I'll get out my old Game Boys/Gameboys and look. But if memory serves it eventually gets squished together in the logo.

JonLeung · « **Reply #523 on:** February 12, 2007, 12:00:52 PM »

I'm sure at some point someone will say that people who play games actually aren't visually oriented. In fact, they have trouble paying attention to anything visual and therefore video games with their vivid imagery fill that deficient need. Hence, by saying so, they'd be saying that gamers have attention deficit disorder and/or are illiterate, but that's okay, they've justified their improper spacing.

Forget it. You can't justify it. You're wrong. How big of a deal that is, I don't know. I've made a mountain out of a molehill out of it. But even if I let this up that doesn't make the wrong spelling/spacing correct.

Anytime you want another rant out of me, say something totally ignorant like "the X in "Mega Man X" means 10" or that "the X in "Final Fantasy X-2" is the letter X" and you'll see me go nuts again. >_<

Kairon · « **Reply #524 on:** February 12, 2007, 12:26:19 PM »

Dear Nintendo,

Please go back to releasing one good game every other week. I'm about to spend 3000+ wii points all at once.

Thank You,
~Carmine "Cai" M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

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