Author Topic: Christmas VC Games Revealed (Read 18550 times)

Spak-Spang · « **Reply #25 on:** December 21, 2006, 10:49:37 AM »

This is amazing.

I want from this list:

Street Fighter 2,
Super Mario Bros,
R-Type,
Toe Jam and Earl,
Super Castlevania, (which I like better than the RPG Castlevania stuff)

Personally I understand wanting the Best Street Fighter 2. But I also think it is important to have the original as it is a classic that helped launch the fighting game craze.

I think after this the next Street Fighter they release should be Super Street Fighter 2 (the final Street Fighter 2)

Ian Sane · « **Reply #26 on:** December 21, 2006, 10:58:53 AM »

"I think after this the next Street Fighter they release should be Super Street Fighter 2 (the final Street Fighter 2)"

So they skip what most fans consider the best version? What are you some kind of... business man?

Street Fighter II Turbo more or less contains the original Street Fighter II. It has both Turbo (or Hyper, I don't remember) mode which has all the new changes and Champion Edition which is pretty much Street Fighter II only you can play as the bosses and both players can pick the same character. At least that's how I remember it.

Anyway, hold out for Turbo unless you're some big game historian who has to own what is pretty much an obsolete title.

TJ Spyke · « **Reply #27 on:** December 21, 2006, 11:34:41 AM »

I thought Super Street Fighter II was the best one.

I will get SMB for sure, maybe SC IV. I might get TJ&E later on, not sure about R-Type (maybe after I get bored with SSS).

Now where is Super Mario World or River City Ransom?

MANTI5 · « **Reply #28 on:** December 21, 2006, 11:41:19 AM »

Turbo is better than Super and many consider Super Turbo to be better than both. This may be why Super Turbo is still played in tournaments.

Luigi Dude · « **Reply #29 on:** December 21, 2006, 12:00:43 PM »

Yeah, Super Street Fighter II Turbo is the only one worth buying. Since it combines everything from all the other version of II.

Of course I get the feeling that version wont come out for a few years, since there starting with the first one right now. It'll probobly be a year from now they'll go to Turbo, then another year Super, and then after another year Super Turbo. So we're going to be waiting for awhile.

IceCold · « **Reply #30 on:** December 21, 2006, 12:20:18 PM »

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I was waiting for Super Mario Bros.! I haven't downloaded anything yet despite having 2000 Wii Points since day one because my brother wanted the first game to be an important one, and I agree with him

Me too! Well, I don't have a Wii yet, but that will definitely be my first download.. When Galaxy comes out, assuming SMB 2, 3 and SMW are out, I'm totally going to go through all of the Mario platformers in order.. and on one console.

segagamer12 · « **Reply #31 on:** December 21, 2006, 12:42:12 PM »

To reply to the poster who asked about Toe Jam and Earl. This game is really hard to describe. But its COOL.

Basically you have 2 aliens who crash land on earth, and have to explore different levels trying to find all your space ship parts and put it back together, the ship looks like a ghetto blaster with wings its hilarious.

The game is purley Hip-Hop/Funk themed (more funk references than anything but clearly Hip-Hop influenced as well)

You run aorund and dodge the earthlings, which are greatly exagerated which makes sense as you play the game from an aliens perspective the humans need to look alien.

The level design is friggin awesome. Its difficult to get used to at first, but once you figure things out its fun as hell.

You have to locate the elevator on each level to take you to the next area. You go up in elevetors but you can also fall down if you fall off the edges of the screans or fall down holes.

This provides extra challenege as if you fall too far you have to replay levels to get back to where you belong. The elvels are hard to describe so i reccomend checking some site sfor screan shots. You also collect presents which give you powerups and other cool stuff.

TJ and E is one of the BEST series Sega ever made and it is sad they effed it up so much on Xbox because that doesn no justice to the original.

Also it is coop all the way and split screen if your on seperate areas or single screen if you are together.

my opinion maybe dont matter much but ask anyone who has played it and they will say its one friggin awesome game. I personally think 2 is better but thats cuz I got it with My genny and played it first so theres nastalgia mixed in with it being a different type of game.

The grafix kinda suck though but its hilarious art style makes up for it.

I say that IF you can afford to get this game along with the others you really want DO IT.

Seriously this is one of the BEST games on the Genesis (not grfx but fun wise)

So anywyas I HIGHLEY recomend this game. Plese someone else who has played it defend the game. Its the shiznit fo sheezy

Kairon · « **Reply #32 on:** December 21, 2006, 12:46:43 PM »

I want ALL those X-mas games! ... except Street Fighter... well... okay, maybe that too then.

~Carmine "Cai" M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

Djunknown · « **Reply #33 on:** December 21, 2006, 12:53:46 PM »

Yeah TJ&E bring back a few pleasant memories. Its a shame it was almost lost to history until now...

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Of course I get the feeling that version wont come out for a few years, since there starting with the first one right now. It'll probobly be a year from now they'll go to Turbo, then another year Super, and then after another year Super Turbo. So we're going to be waiting for awhile.

Super Street Fighter II Turbo I believe only had one home port on the....3D0! I highly Nintendo is going to get 3D0 games on the VC anytime soon.

The Genesis version of Super Street Fighter II had a 'hidden' turbo option (just go to the title screen press right on the arcade mode and have at thee), but no Akuma. Now if MS wanted to 1up Nintendo (accidental play-on phrase intended), they'd release good arcade ports (Though they managed to botch up SFII Turbo...)

The VC is starting to come into its own slowly but surely. So we shouldn't any complaints about post-launch drought.

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #34 on:** December 21, 2006, 01:00:23 PM »

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
I like how Reggie was all "we've got a surprise for Christmas" and the surprise is the option to BUY a game that should have been available a month ago anyway.

Still this will be a Monday where GOOD games on Nintendo systems will be coming out. Plus the first titles from Capcom and Konami. I don't really care about the other third parties. When it comes to 8 and 16-bit Nintendo consoles those two third parties are everything.

Too bad next Monday is back to the usual "lousy NES games no one wants".

None of the games released on Christmas suck though. All are worth buying unless you own them already. Though you may want to hold out for Street Fighter II Turbo.

You are a very bitter person. Nothing makes you happy.

SgtShiversBen · « **Reply #35 on:** December 21, 2006, 01:28:45 PM »

Super Street Fighter II Turbo came out on the SNES and the Genesis [I have both], so they can still port it [whoever said otherwise].

TJ Spyke · « **Reply #36 on:** December 21, 2006, 03:35:51 PM »

Also, it's 3DO (not 3D0).

Majora · « **Reply #37 on:** December 21, 2006, 03:42:01 PM »

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Originally posted by: nitsu niflheim
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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
I like how Reggie was all "we've got a surprise for Christmas" and the surprise is the option to BUY a game that should have been available a month ago anyway.

Still this will be a Monday where GOOD games on Nintendo systems will be coming out. Plus the first titles from Capcom and Konami. I don't really care about the other third parties. When it comes to 8 and 16-bit Nintendo consoles those two third parties are everything.

Too bad next Monday is back to the usual "lousy NES games no one wants".

None of the games released on Christmas suck though. All are worth buying unless you own them already. Though you may want to hold out for Street Fighter II Turbo.

You are a very bitter person. Nothing makes you happy.

Lol, yeah I noticed that nothing makes him happy. However, I may just be a stupid n00b, but I reckon his posts are great!!Always funny and very true, dispite usually being negative lol.

Super Mario Bros.! YAY!!

Ceric · « **Reply #38 on:** December 21, 2006, 05:13:14 PM »

If this is Reggie's "Christmas Surprise."

It's made of PHAIL. I have yet to be impressed by how NoA has been handling things.

bigdingus04 · « **Reply #39 on:** December 21, 2006, 05:23:21 PM »

I had it on 3DO!

I barely remember that...I'm gonna go look for it now

Arbok · « **Reply #40 on:** December 21, 2006, 05:29:08 PM »

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Originally posted by: Ceric
If this is Reggie's "Christmas Surprise."

It's made of PHAIL. I have yet to be impressed by how NoA has been handling things.

Well he said it was something to do with leaving Connect24 on... but I wouldn't get my hopes up anyway

tonythekitty · « **Reply #41 on:** December 21, 2006, 06:03:05 PM »

Battletodas would indeed be great, but its a RARE game and due to the microsoft owning rare thing we may never see that one.

BUT CASTLEVANIA IV!!!!! YEA!!! my heart is soaring. I cant wait to twirl my whip aimlessly for hours. Super mario should have been out on day 1, but thank goodness its here. Too bad they didnt break up the upgraded ones from super mario all stars and sell each one of those. R-type for TG-16 is another must have!!!! TG-16 games have really been excellent so far. *knock on wood* they will release splatterhouse , galaga 90, and maybe klax.

Ceric · « **Reply #42 on:** December 21, 2006, 06:24:33 PM »

Ok actually let me rephrase. I only be impressed by VC games that the other regions weren't or haven't already gotten. (Like TMNT 1 and 2) Possibly something Christmas oriented... Shoot I settle for Nintendo sending a Christmas card to everyone connected with a picture of the main staff in Christmas get-up. Its more the point that this ain't anything special. Maybe if they were also a reduce price maybe then...

Louieturkey · « **Reply #43 on:** December 21, 2006, 06:49:28 PM »

Another thing worse about Ian is that he's complaining, yet he doesn't even have a Wii and doesn't plan on getting one until I believe SSBBrawl comes out. He just complains to complain even though his opinion shouldn't really matter until he actually gets a Wii. But he's still funny none-the-less.

Svevan · « **Reply #44 on:** December 21, 2006, 08:58:01 PM »

Let's save the Ian discussions for Ian-centric threads.

As for the VC lineup, I'm glad Nintendo pulled its head outta its rear end for one day, too bad they're going back to their old ways the following Monday. I will probably buy 3, if not 4 of these games.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #45 on:** December 22, 2006, 12:27:39 AM »

Anyway, anyone grabbed TJ&E yet (or had it on the Megadrive) and willing to share an oppinion on it? The screenshots and description don't even make it clear what genre it is. 800 points are a bit much to plunk down on something I know that little about.

EDIT: Okay, it sounded like a good game on Wiki so I downloaded it. Kinda boring to play, slow and the music is the typical Megadrive music that tries to lull you into sleep. I'm in level 6 of the fixed world game now and still bored. The manual doesn't give any description of what's good or bad among the people and presents you encounter or what your "coolness" rank does. Those VC manuals really need to get more verbose, some of these old games are pretty unintuitive.

Galford · « **Reply #46 on:** December 22, 2006, 01:22:44 AM »

Here's a quick history lesson...

About Champion Edition SF2...
On the SNES it came as part of Hyper Fighting, you could play the CE version or Turbo version of SF2.

Both Genesis and SNES received a port of Super SF2. For years the only way to play Super Turbo was on the 3D0.
On one of the Street Fighter Collection disks for the PSX Capcom put on a version of Super Turbo.
Super Turbo comes as part Capcom Classics Collection 2 for the PS2.

I'm glad to see Nintendo is using the TG16 version of R-Type, which is one of the best home versions around.
PS- Did you know on the original TG16 release of R-Type that is was released as two seperate Hu cards?

Plus yay for SC4. Good job Nintendo....

Ceric · « **Reply #47 on:** December 22, 2006, 04:21:45 AM »

Yep. This is more then Just PHAIL. This isn't special at all. I just realized that Christmas is a Monday... *grumble*

So in summary all NoA did for us was hold back games. Thanks a lot NoA, you Scrooge.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #48 on:** December 22, 2006, 07:01:50 AM »

Ha, we got our VC update today. But the only game out of those listed we got was Toe Jam and Earl, the rest was stuff like Soccer, Tennis, that TG16 famicom wars clone and Donkey Kong Jr..

KDR_11k · « **Reply #49 on:** December 22, 2006, 08:03:36 AM »

After some more playing TJ&E doesn't seem boring anymore, gets quite fun later on when you have more enemies chasing you so you actually need to use your presents to escape (which often calls for improvisation as you rarely have just what you need and there's no standard weapon). I just wish the manual was more verbose and told you about the stuff you encounter. I learned more from a shoret description on Wikipedia than the entire manual.

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Author Topic: Christmas VC Games Revealed (Read 18550 times)