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Coincidentally, I had actually played Mario vs. Donkey Kong before I had played (or even heard of) the Game Boy Donkey Kong game. It was after the DS had launched and I got the game for a discount when the GBA was still relatively current. Since I had no frame of reference then I thought the game was okay and had some fun with it... or at least certain parts. I remember thinking the game was difficult for the wrong reasons, such as its strange controls and wonky movement. The graphics are kind of ugly as well. I didn't bother with 100% though since trying to perfect most levels was very unfun. When the Game Boy Donkey Kong was announced for the 3DS VC is when I had finally heard about the game and people were once again talking about it. I was initially skeptical about its praise from how utterly mediocre is Mario vs Donkey Kong, but then everyone seemed to say it was far superior when comparing the two. However, since I saw it had Super Game Boy features then that's one reason I tracked down a cartridge as opposed to downloading it, it's always fun to bring out that accessory. I'm glad I did because it's leagues better than MvDK, largely because it surprisingly controls better and the level design is much less annoying. On a side note, what a bizarre subseries the MvDK games turned out to be. I've got to wonder what they were thinking with some of those... Something to note about Castlevania The Adventure is that it has a remake on WiiWare, however I don't think it can be legally obtained any more and was never released anywhere else. That said, the original GB version is included in the Castlevania Anniversary Collection, if you have any interest in that. --- Quote from: Khushrenada on September 15, 2019, 11:06:59 PM ---Gallery 3 had unlockables giving a point to trying to best one's score and sometimes those unlockables were another Game and Watch game that wasn't featured as one of the main title games along with other factoids and hints. --- End quote --- The first Game and Watch Gallery still has the gallery section (it's in the name after all) which unlocks info about other Game and Watch games from reaching certain scores in all versions of all games, but it doesn't have any more games to unlock. If you just want to have one Game and Watch game, number 4 on GBA has the most playable games with 20. |
| Luigi Dude:
Wow, it looks like I was the only one to vote for Kirby Star Stacker. Of course I shouldn't be surprised since I only played the game for the first time at the very end of 2017 and I got the game as a free download from the old Club Nintendo years earlier. So I can't blame people for not noticing since I didn't even pay attention to it until one day I only had a little bit of free time to play games and I thought, well this puzzle game might give me some enjoyment for 20 minutes since I didn't want to get too invested in something. Well needless to say, after my 20 minutes were up, I was hooked and wanted to play more. I then spent the next few weeks addicted too it until I 100% the whole game. Seriously, as someone who isn't a huge fan of the puzzle stacking genre, something about this game really grabbed me. I think part of it is how engaging the gameplay is. Unlike a lot of these puzzle game where you have to keep matching certain blocks on top of each other, Star Stacker works by having Animal Friend blocks and Star blocks. To clear blocks you need the same Animal Friend blocks to match, but the thing is, they don't have to be touching each other. If there's an entire row of Star blocks, but one Rick at the top and one Rick at the bottom with all Star blocks in between, that entire row will then be cleared. The same thing for left and right. To me this makes the game a lot more engaging then other puzzles games I've played because you really have to pay attention to the entire layout of the screen since even if the entire screen is almost filled up, you can still stage some pretty crazy comebacks. So I heavily recommend this game for everyone to play. I ignored it for too long but I shouldn't have because it's a top notch puzzle game, which made someone like me who isn't normally a huge fan of the genre a believer. --- Quote from: ejamer on September 16, 2019, 07:56:41 AM --- --- Quote from: Khushrenada on September 15, 2019, 10:53:26 PM ---Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters .... Very surprised that no one has had anything to say about Kid Icarus though. ... --- End quote --- I played the original. It's another case of staying pretty true to the NES original in a slightly smaller version. If you are using the 3DS then you'd be better off just getting the Kid Icarus 3D Classics game off the eShop. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the GameBoy version of Kid Icarus... but there is also nothing that I recall that would make you choose it over the 3D Classics release. --- End quote --- It's a sequel to the original game, the level design and bosses are all completely different in the Gameboy game then the NES original. I agree that people should play the NES game, but if they enjoy it, then they should 100% play Of Myth and Monsters because it's literally Kid Icarus 2. Actually, I would argue that even if someone doesn't enjoy the NES original, they might still like Of Myth and Monsters since the Gameboy game removes a lot of the cheap BS found in the NES original and has more fair level design. Technically it might be the better choice for first time players to experience classic Kid Icarus since it's no where close to being as brutal from the start as the NES game is. This way they'll be more experienced with the gameplay and might be willing to play the NES game for more then 10 minutes, since the original is very unfriendly to first time players. |
| ejamer:
Re: Kid Icarus, you might have a point. The GameBoy game is much easier. I played enough of the NES version that the difficulty and design didn't bother me... but for someone coming in without a bunch of retro gaming experience, that might be a tough sell. I'd still recommend the 3D Classics version first, but background and experience plays a big part in it of course. |
| Khushrenada:
Good to know about Star Stacker. That makes me more excited about that purchase and trying it out. Thanks Luigi Dude. As for Kid Icarus, I'm less certain about that one. Really not a fan of NES games so I'm not sure how much I'd enjoy it even in the 3D Classic form. So, I'd be more inclined to try the GB title first but, considering how I didn't care for some of these earlier GB games, I'm not sure I'd find it that fun. Right now, the runaway winners in the poll seem are Kirby's Dream Land 2 and Donkey Kong '94. Kirby's Dream Land and Kirby's Pinball Land are in tie for third with 3 votes each. Why do people want a Game Boy Classic when there seems to be this apathy to such a large amount of Game Boy games? |
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--- Quote from: Khushrenada on September 18, 2019, 01:14:39 PM ---Why do people want a Game Boy Classic when there seems to be this apathy to such a large amount of Game Boy games? --- End quote --- I don't know if people actually want a Game Boy Classic, but if they do, I would assume that their appeal likely doesn't stem from Nintendo-published games alone. There's like a thousand GB games out there, and since a large portion of the userbase will have been children, I expect a lot of Game Boy nostalgia might be rooted in (occasionally terrible) licensed games. In fact not even every Nintendo game made it to 3DS vc. Where's my dang Wave Race 1992 port! They can't seriously expect me to keep playing my perfectly functioning cart on my perfectly functioning Game Boy can they?! |
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