Author Topic: Official Virtual Console Mondays Thread (Read 718104 times)

BeautifulShy · « **Reply #2525 on:** January 05, 2009, 10:25:53 AM »

Quote from: D_Average on January 05, 2009, 10:07:06 AM

meh

How can you say that for Kirby's Dream Land 3.

D_Average · « **Reply #2526 on:** January 05, 2009, 12:07:53 PM »

Quote from: Maxi on January 05, 2009, 10:25:53 AM

Quote from: D_Average on January 05, 2009, 10:07:06 AM
meh
How can you say that for Kirby's Dream Land 3.

I'm sure its a decent game, I could just never spend much time in Dream Land, just not my thing.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #2527 on:** January 05, 2009, 12:19:51 PM »

Kirby's Dreamland 3 sounds good. I still haven't finished Kirby's Adventure or Kirby 64, I don't have any Wii Points left and there's no way in hell I can come up with enough space in the fridge to hold it, but knowing me I'll probably buy it within the next week.

AV · « **Reply #2528 on:** January 05, 2009, 12:49:53 PM »

Quote from: Maxi on January 05, 2009, 10:25:53 AM

Quote from: D_Average on January 05, 2009, 10:07:06 AM
meh
How can you say that for Kirby's Dream Land 3.

played one kirby game you played them all. am i right ?? So I second his MEH

Ian Sane · « **Reply #2529 on:** January 05, 2009, 01:24:49 PM »

I have Dream Land 3 and it's a good game but it's really just another Kirby game. Kirby Super Star was the classic SNES Kirby.

If it matters though the graphics in Dream Land 3 are nuts. The game came out in 1997 and you won't believe it's a SNES game.

Good game. Worth it if you like Kirby. Unessential for everyone else.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #2530 on:** January 05, 2009, 01:25:53 PM »

So, how much game is Sandy Beach? Is it a non-game because it's about building sand castles? Is it a game because of CRAB BATTLE? Is it a half-game?

Tanookisuit · « **Reply #2531 on:** January 05, 2009, 03:19:13 PM »

Just watched KDL3 videos on Youtube. This game looks great! Similar to Yoshi's Island. I'll download it in the Spring when they fix the storage issue.

Luigi Dude · « **Reply #2532 on:** January 05, 2009, 03:52:22 PM »

Yes, I've been waiting for Dreamland 3 to come out. I never got to play the game since when it was released a lot of stores around where I am, stopped selling SNES games and so it wasn't around for too long.

I'll definitely be getting this one later tonight.

Flames_of_chaos · « **Reply #2533 on:** January 05, 2009, 06:36:08 PM »

Ahh I picked up Kirby Dreamland 3 gotta love the last first party SNES game!

decoyman · « **Reply #2534 on:** January 06, 2009, 12:21:16 AM »

Just before Startropics 2 was released on VC, I finished Startropics 1. I was so stoked that I decided to download 2 right away. Didn't read any reviews or anything, I just downloaded. I played and loved the original, but never had a chance to try the sequel. This was my chance.

It completed downloading, and I immediately fired it up.

COULD NOT BE MORE DISAPPOINTED. That idyllic island setting of the first, the bizarre sense of humor in the writing and unique weapons, the bizarre play control... it had all combined to make an experience that just oozed personality and was, for me, simply magical. And in the second? Gone. All of it, gone.

In place of the unique island setting and a cool submarine that we got to pilot around, we are thrust jarringly into generic/stereotypical snow, desert, etc. locations that you stay in for the shortest periods of time, developing no sort of connection to any of the potentially interesting characters with the unnecessary and also-generic gimm!ck of traveling through time. Well, whoopedy-doo. Oh, wait, we get to meet "famous characters in history" like an idiotic, pizza-eating Cleopatra? DON'T CARE. Give me the bumbling-but-perseverant, raft-rowing Baboo over any any famous historical figure you could possibly think up. Instead of his famous yo-yo, Mike gets an... axe*? And mind-bullets? Excuse me, but... Huh??? Also gone are the enemies with unique patterns and behaviors... most things just weave stupidly around at you. A few shoot projectiles of condensed stupidity.

Oh, wait, control is improved? Ah, ok! I'd kinda gotten used to the quirks of the old controls, but who wouldn't be up for "improved controls?" Oh... so the new scheme takes any sort of precision out of the equation? And I'm now required, since I have "better controls," to do trickier-yet-less-precise platforming? Yay, frustration!

Sorry guys. Sometimes lightning really doesn't strike twice. It's less puzzley, more un-fun actiony... What they've done here feels forced, and completely devoid of the magic that the first one possessed.

Huge, HUGE disappointment right here.

$:-\$

* Oh, I forgot, it's Bobo's Axe, or something like that. Like that makes it all better.

Peachylala · « **Reply #2535 on:** January 06, 2009, 02:38:42 PM »

The meh-ness of Startropics II might have something to do with it being one of the last NES games, and other Nintendo development houses were focusing more on the SNES at that time.

Now then...

WHERE THE FRACK IS MY ROCKET KNIGHT ADVENTURES NINTENDO?!!

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #2536 on:** January 06, 2009, 02:53:21 PM »

I've been playing Startropics 2 and enjoy it quite a bit, I think the humor is still quirky and quite funny. The controls are much better, boss fights are interesting still. Is it as good as the first? No mainly because it seems more streamlined but it still is a solid sequel to a great game.

decoyman · « **Reply #2537 on:** January 06, 2009, 03:01:57 PM »

Could be, True Blue... that probably makes a lot of sense, actually Regardless, I feel like a victim of bait and switch.

One of my main problems with ST2 is that it feels so generic compared to the first... oh, well. Glad you're having fun with it, GP. I think I'm actually in the minority here, judging from some other reviews I've read. But never (yes, never) have I been so disappointed in a game I was thoroughly anticipating, and whose prequel I absolutely loved.

Changing gears, has anybody heard anything about Solar Jetman? I have somewhat fond memories of that game, but there's been no word (at least as far as I know) about it appearing on VC... which is surprising, because if I recall, it received a pretty big marketing push back in the day. Is it tied up in some sort of licensing issues?

Kairon · « **Reply #2538 on:** January 06, 2009, 03:10:26 PM »

OH MY FRIGGIN GOD SOLAR JETMAN WAS MY LIFE!!!

... I also couldn't get past, like, the fourth level or something... but maybe that's why I was so obsessed with it. That was THE GAME that totally sold me on having "shops" where you could buy upgrades...

And it was also one of the games that I was forced to play "in my head" by reading and rereading Nintendo Power's maps of the levels. *sighs happily*

decoyman · « **Reply #2539 on:** January 06, 2009, 03:21:54 PM »

Glad to see I'm not the only one interested in it, Kairon!

Dang. Just looked into it briefly... I never realized Solar Jetman was by Rare... Huh. That could be the problem. Probably the same reason we won't see Battletoads either.

Flames_of_chaos · « **Reply #2540 on:** January 06, 2009, 07:30:23 PM »

http://www.wiiware-world.com/news/2009/01/planet_pachinko_out_next_monday_on_wiiware

I hope you guys like Pachinko. Planet Pachinko is confirmed for next monday at 500 Nintendo Points.

BeautifulShy · « **Reply #2541 on:** January 06, 2009, 07:49:16 PM »

I checked out the interview and it is interesting.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #2542 on:** January 07, 2009, 06:29:23 AM »

Planet Pachinko is some different genre AFAIK but I expect most people to be driven away by the name (since noone plays pachinko here).

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #2543 on:** January 07, 2009, 10:02:39 PM »

Is anyone else getting just a blank page that says "403 - Forbidden" when they try to go to vc-reviews.com and wiiware-world.com?

BeautifulShy · « **Reply #2544 on:** January 07, 2009, 10:44:59 PM »

Nope works fine Insanolord.

Spak-Spang · « **Reply #2545 on:** January 08, 2009, 12:36:20 AM »

insanolord: I just got that message, saying that the site was reported for sending malicious content.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #2546 on:** January 08, 2009, 01:43:14 AM »

I was able to get to the site just now on my phone when using the cellular network but not when using my Wi-Fi connection.

Flames_of_chaos · « **Reply #2547 on:** January 08, 2009, 04:14:16 PM »

Wiiware version of Cave Story will have DLC

Flames_of_chaos · « **Reply #2548 on:** January 08, 2009, 04:50:22 PM »

Jungle speed comes out on monday for 1000 Nintendo Points featuring 8 player simultaneously 4 wii remotes 4 nunchuks = 8 players simultaneous

Flames_of_chaos · « **Reply #2549 on:** January 08, 2009, 04:51:18 PM »

Quote

Gameloft Partners With Mattel to Launch UNO(TM) Across Multiple Platforms

Gameloft Draws a Wild Card, Skips, Reverses and Shouts UNO! to Win and Develop This Popular Title

NEW YORK, January 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gameloft, a leading developer and publisher of video games for mobile phones and consoles, announced today a worldwide multi-year licensing agreement to develop, publish and distribute the popular card game, UNO(TM). In addition to the iPhone and iPod versions currently available, UNO(TM) will now also be available across mobile phones, PlayStation 3 Network, PlayStation Portable Network, WiiWare and DSi Ware. The game will be available for these platforms in 2009.

"This agreement is the first step towards a long and successful relationship between Mattel, one of the world's premier toy companies and Gameloft, the global leader in video game development," said Michel Guillemot, president, Gameloft. "UNO is one of the most recognized card games in the world and we are excited to extend it beyond mobile and onto a whole host of console executions."

"Gameloft is a one stop shop for quality video game development and they have firmly established their excellence in this industry for years," said Cynthia Neiman, Vice President, Mattel Digital Play. "Gameloft's successful launch of UNO on the iPhone and iPod has given us tremendous confidence in their ability to continue to deliver our flagship card game to a new generation of players and UNO fans alike."

UNO(TM) is the best selling card game and is number one for family fun. Players compete to match colors and symbols. Go wild with special command cards such as "Skip" and "Reverse" and be the first to play all your cards and shout "UNO!"

UNO and associated trademarks and trade dress are owned by, and used under license from, Mattel, Inc. (c) 2008 Mattel, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Uno already came out on XBox live if anyone asks why no XBLA version.

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