Author Topic: Virtual Console Mondays: January 1 (Read 26188 times)

KDR_11k · « **Reply #25 on:** January 02, 2007, 07:13:11 AM »

... what does that mean for the European release? Should we avoid it? Is the bug limited to the US version?

vherub · « **Reply #26 on:** January 02, 2007, 08:10:38 AM »

I would have liked lower prices or online play-or at least high score tables. Even dud games like these (and baseball has some decent nostalgia value for me) would be worth it for a $1 and competing against other folks.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #27 on:** January 02, 2007, 10:16:49 AM »

I like on the Virtual Console it says something like "Carefully selected masterpieces"

segagamer12 · « **Reply #28 on:** January 02, 2007, 11:15:03 AM »

I doubt it because they were different regions so the emulators would be different I would imagine.

NWR_Lindy · « **Reply #29 on:** January 02, 2007, 01:43:54 PM »

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Originally posted by: VGrevolution
I like on the Virtual Console it says something like "Carefully selected masterpieces"

hahaha yeah. This reminds me of this CRAZY CHEAP malt liquor I used to drink back in the day called Primetime. The label claimed that it was made with "only the finest hops and barley", which made it a remarkable bargain considering that a 40oz bottle of it was selling for $1.29. Urban Champion and Baseball are the video game equivalent of Primetime - marketed as classics, but in reality they're garbage.

I don't expect Nintendo to blow their wad every week, but at least give us one decent game a week out of the thousands released for NES, SNES, and N64.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #30 on:** January 02, 2007, 02:49:53 PM »

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Originally posted by: Silks I don't expect Nintendo to blow their wad every week.

Here I thought I was crass in MY dysphemisms...

But I still agree: what the hell is Nintendo holding BACK for? Are they afraid crap like Urban Champion won't get its day in the sun if they launch better games first?

Svevan · « **Reply #31 on:** January 02, 2007, 07:04:35 PM »

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Originally posted by: vudu
These are pretty weak reviews/impressions. There's no information anywhere to be found. We all know these are subpar releases, but you guys should at least write a little bit about them--how do they play? Did anyone responsible for the reviews even play the games or are we just speculating and judging the games based on their three second portions that appear in Wario Ware?

Everyone who writes about a VC game (it's a team effort) has either played it before or has access to it now, whether that be on VC or not. We never write anything about a VC game unless we've played it. We CAN add more detail, and perhaps we will next week! Thanks Vudu.

Requiem · « **Reply #32 on:** January 02, 2007, 07:20:17 PM »

I still think Nintendo should just release there entire catalog. This weekly sh!t is getting old.

Unlike if they were to release everything, then it would become a very impressive feature.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #33 on:** January 02, 2007, 08:30:32 PM »

Urban Champion and Baseball are the video game equivalent of Primetime - marketed as classics, but in reality they're garbage.

I thought the American word for that is Bud Light?

Ian Sane · « **Reply #34 on:** January 03, 2007, 05:13:11 AM »

"But I still agree: what the hell is Nintendo holding BACK for? Are they afraid crap like Urban Champion won't get its day in the sun if they launch better games first?"

I think that is exactly their plan. NOA probably thinks that following up a major classic like Super Mario Bros with Urban Champion will encourage sales of the weaker game due to increased interest in the VC brought on by the better game or some similar weirdo logic. They probably think right after Christmas, when a whole whack of people have new Wiis, is the ideal time to sell junk because those new owners want to try out the VC.

The whole thing seems very intentional. There is an abundance of NES titles already available in Animal Crossing or as e-Reader titles or as NES Classic series games. I doubt it's a coincedence that games already available in several formats are getting released before stuff that hasn't been available since its original release.

Pittbboi · « **Reply #35 on:** January 03, 2007, 12:39:19 PM »

That's exactly what they're doing: squeezing money out of the "I have these wiipoints and I HAVE to buy SOMETHING" gamer.

adadad · « **Reply #36 on:** January 04, 2007, 12:20:12 AM »

I think you lot are missing a key points here:

Its the HOLIDAYS for most working folks. I'm not trying to justify the crapness of the choice of titles, but if they've been in Animal Crossing it'd make sense that these games would constitute the least work for the one employee not working around Christmas.

So far I've only bought 3 VC titles, and that number isn't going to go up unless some more AAA titles get released, but in my opinion most of you are being over critical.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #37 on:** January 04, 2007, 01:24:23 AM »

I don't think Nintendo starts working on the VC conversion in the same week the games get released, they could have readied some big hitters beforee launch even and gradually started releasing them.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #38 on:** January 04, 2007, 04:44:26 AM »

"Its the HOLIDAYS for most working folks. I'm not trying to justify the crapness of the choice of titles, but if they've been in Animal Crossing it'd make sense that these games would constitute the least work for the one employee not working around Christmas."

We're not just talking about one lousy week. The VC selection has been lame since day one.

Caliban · « **Reply #39 on:** January 04, 2007, 02:15:24 PM »

Super Mario Brothers, Bonk, Mario 64, Legend of Zelda...they're all lame? Are you sure Ian? Or is it just that you're frustrated because you aren't getting what you want? Man, what a control freak you are, sheesh.

Infernal Monkey · « **Reply #40 on:** January 05, 2007, 02:00:41 AM »

Of course, it's Ian's stupid, tired forum gimmick where if it doesn't appeal to him, it can only mean it doesn't appeal to anyone!

Ian Sane · « **Reply #41 on:** January 05, 2007, 04:11:54 AM »

"Super Mario Brothers, Bonk, Mario 64, Legend of Zelda...they're all lame? Are you sure Ian? Or is it just that you're frustrated because you aren't getting what you want? Man, what a control freak you are, sheesh."

I mean the lame release schedule where we often get very few games from Nintendo each week (including major neglect of the SNES and N64) and a lot of them are junk no one would ever download and the rest are classic titles that everyone already has because they've been re-released a hundred times before.

Caliban · « **Reply #42 on:** January 05, 2007, 05:58:02 AM »

Meh, I'm used to wait for whatever it is I want, and I'm not going to bitch about it unless I'm the one at fault.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #43 on:** January 05, 2007, 10:55:37 AM »

VC has a decent selection if you look at it openly. Currently I have Zelda, SM64, Ecco, Bonk, Alien Crush (never got a chance to play any TGX game before VC), Gunstar, and Ristar.

Infernal Monkey · « **Reply #44 on:** January 05, 2007, 02:59:05 PM »

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
a lot of them are junk no one would ever download

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it's Ian's stupid, tired forum gimmick where if it doesn't appeal to him, it can only mean it doesn't appeal to anyone!

wandering · « **Reply #45 on:** January 06, 2007, 07:11:49 AM »

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Like Tennis a few weeks ago, you've already got an awesome (and decidedly fierce) version of Baseball in the Wii Sports compilation. Keep your Wii Points on the bench.

Yes, but was Wii Sports baseball featured in Princess Bride? I think not.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #46 on:** January 06, 2007, 07:42:24 AM »

I'd personally think that being able to say "more that 1,000 games available for download on the VC!" is a better selling point for the Wii than trying to convince people to buy Urban Champion and Tennis by only releasing them one week.

Requiem · « **Reply #47 on:** January 06, 2007, 08:04:36 AM »

SB knows what I'm talking about....

Hopefully Nintendo will listen. They must realize that simply having a full VC would sell the console in droves (even more so then now).

KDR_11k · « **Reply #48 on:** January 06, 2007, 08:09:29 AM »

Yes but they realize they couldn't increase the Wii sales numbers by increasing its appeal right now as it's still supply limited.

Requiem · « **Reply #49 on:** January 06, 2007, 08:32:33 AM »

Well yea...

But that's not the point.

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Author Topic: Virtual Console Mondays: January 1 (Read 26188 times)