Author Topic: Official Virtual Console Mondays Thread (Read 718209 times)

Kairon · « **Reply #1075 on:** April 24, 2007, 06:57:28 PM »

*gasp*

hoooooo-hoooooooooo-hoooooooooooo

*continues breathing heavily*

Oh god... I almost caved and spent another 50 bucks on VC titles despite telling myself I'm gonna hold off till my next paycheck... oh heaven help me.

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

Smoke39 · « **Reply #1076 on:** April 24, 2007, 08:50:03 PM »

Why would anyone buy Duke Nukem 64 over the unedited and more fully featured PC version?

Kairon · « **Reply #1077 on:** April 24, 2007, 10:55:10 PM »

Who's to say I haven't ALREADY got the PC version eh?

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

Smoke39 · « **Reply #1078 on:** April 24, 2007, 11:05:30 PM »

Why would anyone buy Duke Nukem 64 if they already own the unedited and more fully featured PC version?

Luigi Dude · « **Reply #1079 on:** April 25, 2007, 10:23:33 AM »

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Originally posted by: Kairon
AARRGGGHHH!!! But what about Body Harvest? Duke Nukem 64? Gauntlet 64? New Tetris? (BTW, Bomberman 64 = love)

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

Body Harvest - Developed by DMA Design which is now Rockstar North. I doubt Rockstar even cares about the Virtual Console so it's doubtful to ever appear.

Duke Nukem 64 - Duke Nukem Forever has a better chance of coming out before this game ever appears on the Virtual Console.

Gauntlet 64 - If Midway was to come on board then this game could have a good chance. But like Rockstar, Midway probobly doesn't care to much about the Virtual Console either and so it's doubtful any of their games will appear in the near future.

New Tetris - Well it was published by Nintendo so it could appear. But it was developed by H2O Entertainment so I wonder if Nintendo would have to work out any copyright issues with them. Plus they'd also have to work out a deal with The Tetris Company who owns the License to all Tetris games.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #1080 on:** April 25, 2007, 10:57:05 AM »

"Why would anyone buy Duke Nukem 64 over the unedited and more fully featured PC version?"

My friend bought Duke Nukem 64 instead of Goldeneye. His reason? "Well it's practically the same thing and Duke64 had bots in multiplayer." Oh okay then. That changes everything. I played it once at his house and hated it because the stupid game required you to use every button the controller. That's right. The game requires one to use the face buttons, the analog stick AND the d-pad. I think you're expected to use both the L and Z button as well. I imagine in magical three armed land this controller setup works like a dream but for us humans it's ridiculously horrible.

I think the guy had Duke3D on the PC as well. And if he didn't I have it and if he wanted it so bad I could have let him "borrow" it. Hell I think the full game cost like $20 at the time Duke64 was brand new and probably cost about $80 Canadian.

Kairon · « **Reply #1081 on:** April 25, 2007, 11:31:18 AM »

Well... then maybe I'm not Human?

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

Kairon · « **Reply #1082 on:** April 25, 2007, 11:32:08 AM »

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Originally posted by: Luigi Dude
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Originally posted by: Kairon
AARRGGGHHH!!! But what about Body Harvest? Duke Nukem 64? Gauntlet 64? New Tetris? (BTW, Bomberman 64 = love)

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

Body Harvest - Developed by DMA Design which is now Rockstar North. I doubt Rockstar even cares about the Virtual Console so it's doubtful to ever appear.

Duke Nukem 64 - Duke Nukem Forever has a better chance of coming out before this game ever appears on the Virtual Console.

Gauntlet 64 - If Midway was to come on board then this game could have a good chance. But like Rockstar, Midway probobly doesn't care to much about the Virtual Console either and so it's doubtful any of their games will appear in the near future.

New Tetris - Well it was published by Nintendo so it could appear. But it was developed by H2O Entertainment so I wonder if Nintendo would have to work out any copyright issues with them. Plus they'd also have to work out a deal with The Tetris Company who owns the License to all Tetris games.

/cry

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

couchmonkey · « **Reply #1083 on:** April 25, 2007, 12:07:32 PM »

H2O is long gone...I don't know if that makes it easier or harder to get New Tetris. Obviously the Tetris company confuses things further...I'd love to see it, but I've still got the ol' N64.

I could definitely imagine Body Harvest though...the thing is, VC is turning out to be quite popular, I think these companies would be foolish not to put their games on...all it costs is a bit of QA, and then instant money!

Kairon · « **Reply #1084 on:** April 27, 2007, 09:44:38 AM »

3.3 million Virtual Console titles sold.

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

vudu · « **Reply #1085 on:** April 27, 2007, 10:12:03 AM »

How many did you buy?

that Baby guy · « **Reply #1086 on:** April 27, 2007, 10:25:20 AM »

I'm surprised there haven't been more than that, considering how cheap and quickly one can buy the games. I probably have about ten. I've spent about 8000 points, too. That's a total of less than one VC game sold per console, which is somewhat disappointing. Hopefully this will change at some point, but I can't shake the feeling that people are intimidated by the possibility of extra hardware, along with the lack of the cards in stores. It's definitely surprising that more haven't been sold, though. Maybe they should advertise the feature on television. Think they'd see more results?

Ian Sane · « **Reply #1087 on:** April 27, 2007, 12:54:33 PM »

"I'm surprised there haven't been more than that, considering how cheap and quickly one can buy the games."

Well keep in mind three things:

1. Some people, usually those under 20, don't give two sh!ts about anything old even if it's incredibly ignorant for them to have that attitude. You think 10 year old kids want to play old NES games? Probably not. When I was a kid I wasn't even interested in Atari games and those were only like two years old at the time. Kids and teens only care about what's current.

2. Some people who are interested in classic games probably already own a fair amount of the VC titles in their original format and thus don't want to buy them again. I like the VC but if I had a Wii I probably would have only bought one or two games on it by now because a lot of the really good VC games are titles I either already own or I've played so many times I'm just not that interested anymore. Let's not forgot that a lot of Nintendo's VC titles have been re-released in some form recently like on the GBA or in Animal Crossing. They've gotten better but initially it was like Nintendo was just dumping all the NES Classic Series games.

3. Piracy. Some people are just going to steal all their old games because it is incredibly easy to do that.

Kairon · « **Reply #1088 on:** April 27, 2007, 12:59:36 PM »

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Originally posted by: vudu
How many did you buy?

32.

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

Smoke39 · « **Reply #1089 on:** April 27, 2007, 04:41:38 PM »

Don't forget that only 40% of all Wiis are online (i.e., only 40% of them are capable of downloading VC games).

KDR_11k · « **Reply #1090 on:** April 27, 2007, 06:41:42 PM »

I was a kid when the SNES was the current system. Having games cost 2-3 times your monthly allowance certainly isn't conductive to buying many games so I'm using the VC to grab the games I never had. Of course downloading ROMs can be pretty easy so I think most people (especially here) will do that instead of using the VC. VC cards are often sold out or priced at 25€ though so at least some people are buying.

BigJim · « **Reply #1091 on:** April 28, 2007, 02:14:15 AM »

About 1.4 games for every internet-accessible system. Not great, but not bad.

Kairon · « **Reply #1092 on:** April 28, 2007, 09:28:22 PM »

Blame non-gamers.

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

Ghisy · « **Reply #1093 on:** April 28, 2007, 10:14:53 PM »

I'm a gamer but never bought any VC games.
I don't need them, I already have all the older games I want in the original format.

Kairon · « **Reply #1094 on:** April 28, 2007, 10:41:22 PM »

Blame Ghisy.

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

Ghisy · « **Reply #1095 on:** April 29, 2007, 10:09:51 AM »

Nooooooo blaming on me!!
Blame the n00bs dude.

Rhoq · « **Reply #1096 on:** April 30, 2007, 02:11:53 AM »

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Originally posted by: Kairon
3.3 million Virtual Console titles sold.

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Originally posted by: vudu
How many did you buy?

10, so far - with at least one more purchase tonight (Castlevania).

Today, we're getting...

1. Castlevania® (NES®, 1 player, 500 Wii Points)
2. The Legend of the Mystical Ninja™ (Super NES®, 1-2 players, 800 Wii Points)
3. Shockman (TurboGrafx16, 1-2 players, 600 Wii Points)

Read the official Nintendo Press Release HERE.

Spak-Spang · « **Reply #1097 on:** April 30, 2007, 02:46:03 AM »

Great release today.

For those that want an true classic game, Castlevania is awesome.

The Legend of the Mystical Ninja is one of the best SNES games created, and its a cult classic game.

And Shockman is an obscure game that may be fun to try out.

Artimus · « **Reply #1098 on:** April 30, 2007, 03:16:32 AM »

Why would anyone buy Castlevania when Super Castlevania IV is an infinitely superior remake?

KDR_11k · « **Reply #1099 on:** April 30, 2007, 04:11:29 AM »

Because it's not a remake and Cv1 has better music?

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