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Nintendo Downloads - July 2016
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laserlaser
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EU deals stay shittin on NA
laserlaser
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Random sales. Games releasing way before NA. I get jelly more often than not seeing the EU wkly sales posted here.
TheMoon
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yea, this is all just "what have you done for me lately"-ism where everything from half a year ago and beyond is forgotten^^
This is where I point out how Rhythm Heaven Megamix came out a month ago in NA and we're waiting for three more months. (sorry for pouring salt in the wound, daydream!)
As I said many times before: one day NA gets something early, then PAL gets something early, then NA gets a good deal, then PAL gets a good deal. Tick-tock.
Still waiting for Kawashima's Concentration Training.
TheMoon
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There was no game called R-Type on the SNES. This is the TG-16 version.
My bad. My mind was thinking of Super R-Type.
....but yes, that pretty much cements the fact the US will finally get TG-16 games on Wii U. Wonder what the cost will be to "upgrade" games. I recall TG-16 games varied in points, from 600 to 900, which seems to be the case here. Bonk & NAI are both $6, while R-Type is $8, which is consistent with how much they cost on the Wii Shop.
....but yes, that pretty much cements the fact the US will finally get TG-16 games on Wii U. Wonder what the cost will be to "upgrade" games. I recall TG-16 games varied in points, from 600 to 900, which seems to be the case here. Bonk & NAI are both $6, while R-Type is $8, which is consistent with how much they cost on the Wii Shop.
I wish there were more Curve games on 3DS. Hydroventure/Fluidity is another must, even if not discounted.
Posted this on TG-16 announcement thread but also putting it here:
For the record, here's a complete list of TG-16 titles that got released in the NA Wii VC and should give us an idea of what to expect. All titles were published originally by Hudson Soft (which are now Konami titles) unless otherwise noted. Only differences between NA and EU regions is that EU never got two specific titles (noted below) and one title that got delisted in NA but not EU (also noted below).
Bomberman '93
Bonk's Adventure
Super Star Soldier
Victory Run
Alien Crush
Military Madness
R-Type (Temporarily delisted on Wii VC but currently available)
Dungeon Explorer
Soldier Blade
Moto Roader
Vigilante (Published by Irem, temporarily delisted on Wii VC but currently available)
New Adventure Island
Chew Man Fu
Double Dungeons
Splatterhouse (Published by Bandai Namco)
Dragon's Curse
Bravoman (Published by Bandai Namco, not released on EU Wii VC)
Bonk's Revenge
Battle Lode Runner
Shockman
Ordyne (Published by Bandai Namco, not released on EU Wii VC)
Ninja Spirit (Published by Irem, temporarily delisted on Wii VC but currently available)
Blazing Lazers
J.J. & Jeff
Dead Moon (Published by Natsume)
Bloody Wolf (Published by G-Mode. Fully delisted on Wii VC)
World Sports Competition
China Warrior
Dragon Spirit (Published by Bandai Namco)
Air Zonk
Silent Debuggers (Published by G-Mode. Fully delisted on Wii VC)
Devil's Crush
Drop Off (Published by G-Mode. Fully delisted on Wii VC)
Galaga '90 (Published by Bandai Namco)
Cratermaze
Neutopia
Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure
Neutopia II
World Class Baseball
Legend of Hero Tonma (Published by Irem, temporarily delisted on Wii VC but currently available)
Gate of Thunder
Samurai Ghost (Published by Bandai Namco)
Power Golf
Super Air Zonk: Rockabilly-Paradise
The Dynastic Hero
Monster Lair
Riot Zone
Lords of Thunder
Psychosis (Published by Naxat Soft)
Chase H.Q. (Published by Taito. Should now belong to Square-Enix)
Break In (Published by Naxat Soft)
Star Parodier (Delisted entirely on NA Wii VC but still available in EU Wii VC)
Ys Book I & II (Published by Nihom Falcom)
Cho Aniki
Final Soldier
Digital Champ: Battle Boxing (Published by Naxat Soft)
Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou (Published by Konami)
Bomberman '94
Detana!! TwinBee (Published by Konami)
SimEarth: The Living Planet
Fighting Street (Published by Capcom)
Street Fighter II: Champion Edition (Published by Capcom)
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (Published by Konami)
For the record, here's a complete list of TG-16 titles that got released in the NA Wii VC and should give us an idea of what to expect. All titles were published originally by Hudson Soft (which are now Konami titles) unless otherwise noted. Only differences between NA and EU regions is that EU never got two specific titles (noted below) and one title that got delisted in NA but not EU (also noted below).
Bomberman '93
Bonk's Adventure
Super Star Soldier
Victory Run
Alien Crush
Military Madness
R-Type (Temporarily delisted on Wii VC but currently available)
Dungeon Explorer
Soldier Blade
Moto Roader
Vigilante (Published by Irem, temporarily delisted on Wii VC but currently available)
New Adventure Island
Chew Man Fu
Double Dungeons
Splatterhouse (Published by Bandai Namco)
Dragon's Curse
Bravoman (Published by Bandai Namco, not released on EU Wii VC)
Bonk's Revenge
Battle Lode Runner
Shockman
Ordyne (Published by Bandai Namco, not released on EU Wii VC)
Ninja Spirit (Published by Irem, temporarily delisted on Wii VC but currently available)
Blazing Lazers
J.J. & Jeff
Dead Moon (Published by Natsume)
Bloody Wolf (Published by G-Mode. Fully delisted on Wii VC)
World Sports Competition
China Warrior
Dragon Spirit (Published by Bandai Namco)
Air Zonk
Silent Debuggers (Published by G-Mode. Fully delisted on Wii VC)
Devil's Crush
Drop Off (Published by G-Mode. Fully delisted on Wii VC)
Galaga '90 (Published by Bandai Namco)
Cratermaze
Neutopia
Bonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure
Neutopia II
World Class Baseball
Legend of Hero Tonma (Published by Irem, temporarily delisted on Wii VC but currently available)
Gate of Thunder
Samurai Ghost (Published by Bandai Namco)
Power Golf
Super Air Zonk: Rockabilly-Paradise
The Dynastic Hero
Monster Lair
Riot Zone
Lords of Thunder
Psychosis (Published by Naxat Soft)
Chase H.Q. (Published by Taito. Should now belong to Square-Enix)
Break In (Published by Naxat Soft)
Star Parodier (Delisted entirely on NA Wii VC but still available in EU Wii VC)
Ys Book I & II (Published by Nihom Falcom)
Cho Aniki
Final Soldier
Digital Champ: Battle Boxing (Published by Naxat Soft)
Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou (Published by Konami)
Bomberman '94
Detana!! TwinBee (Published by Konami)
SimEarth: The Living Planet
Fighting Street (Published by Capcom)
Street Fighter II: Champion Edition (Published by Capcom)
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (Published by Konami)
Awesome news about TG-16. I missed that console out entirely (not sure we even got it here in Singapore and I was a kid), but I played a couple of its games on the Wii VC years ago and have fond memories.
Would love to see a proper rundown of all that's worthwhile to play on it, assuming everything eventually gets released on Wii U/NX VC. And also assuming emulation is perfect.
Would love to see a proper rundown of all that's worthwhile to play on it, assuming everything eventually gets released on Wii U/NX VC. And also assuming emulation is perfect.
TheBaldEmperor
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Whoa
They should be happy, they are getting a physical version
Robin64
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And those who want digital are having to wait because of that.
Swings and roundabouts, no one region is better.
Wait and see the Curve sales. They might be excellent. Nintendo just had a big E3 sale.
No word on TG16 upgrade fees yet?
Also saw this in another thread but it looks like 3rd party N64 games could be coming from Capcom, Konami, Square Enix and... Microsoft?!?
Also saw this in another thread but it looks like 3rd party N64 games could be coming from Capcom, Konami, Square Enix and... Microsoft?!?
Pokemaniac
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If those were found in the emulators themselves, then this is not new. Those have been known about for a bit. Nintendo has a bit of a history of including references to lots of games, some of which never end up releasing in the VC emulator files.
If those were found somewhere else though, that might be significant.
Microsoft = Rare (as the article indicates) and its possible. Though unexpected.
They were found in system database updates rather than VC roms. And yes it's entirely possible it won't result in an actual release or at least releases for everything.
Mischief Makers and Goemon are there though so let me dream!
edit: For those wondering about the games in the database update:
F-Zero X
Pokémon Stadium
Sim City 64
Super Smash Bros.
Resident Evil 2
Bomberman Hero
Banjo-Tooie
Bomberman 64
Custom Robo
Star Fox 64
Mystical Ninja starring Goemon
Goldeneye 007
Mario Tennis
Excitebike 64
Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber
Perfect Dark
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer 2
Mischief Makers
Wave Race 64
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
The big e3 sale was pretty mediocre by other storefront standards. Most discounts were 30%, i think?
Meanwhile Sony also had an even bigger E3 sale, and then a bunch more in the following weeks, covering far more titles and discounting between 50-80% off.
You're completely right, but by Nintendo standards it was a solid sale. The thing is, Nintendo game values don't depreciate as quickly as other publisher's games. Unless Nintendo chooses to make a game part of a value line, like Nintendo Selects, it's generally tough to get too far below MSRP unless the game is a bomba like Star Fox (and even then once stock dwindles the price will shoot way up). So it's a double-edged sword. Your physical Nintendo games have a lot more resale value than those from other publishes, generally. But, your digital games are going to be pricier than ideal as a result, and have little resale value.
It was great!
I got 4 [FOUR] Zeldas at a fantastic price.
TheMoon
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Publishers decide what they sell their games for. Sales promos included.
It is showing up for me as a 50% discount, $3 of $6 titles and $4 of the $8 title.
Different how? Do tell!
Pokemaniac
Member
Unless I'm missing something, the Twitter conversation seems to imply these were extracted from Donkey Kong 64, not the eShop servers. Also, these files wouldn't appear on the server by themselves. They are always included with the emulator.
TheMoon
Member
Yea it's a meaningless "ignore completely" rumor. Remember Illusion of Gaia was in a similar way "found" in the Wii VC emulator.
Well, it starts up with a little chime (Hudson?) on start up, and a "pause" sound when you bring up the menu. The VC menu also has a completely different design with The PC Engine logo in the background.
In the menu you can bring up the Gamepad and TV settings separately. In each one you have Screen Mode: Default (4:3), Full (16:9 stretched), and Custom.
In custom you can manually adjust Vertical and horizontal position, screen size and screen ratio.
The emulation also seems to be very bright and clean looking (no filters), but I dunno, we probably need someone with a more discriminating eye to take a look at it.
Edit: Hmm, options for rapid fire buttons?
Ah, I see. I only read the linked article which sort of implied otherwise.
Well not totally meaningless, it just means these games were used, referenced or worked on in some capacity. Just because we didn't end up getting Illusion of Gaia doesn't mean we were never getting Illusion of Gaia. Lots of Wii VC titles were planned that we didn't end up getting for whatever reason, like Earthbound or Lufia. I'm sure it'll be the same on 3DS and Wii U.
Well, it starts up with a little chime (Hudson?) on start up, and a "pause" sound when you bring up the menu. The VC menu also has a completely different design with The PC Engine logo in the background.
In the menu you can bring up the Gamepad and TV settings separately. In each one you have Screen Mode: Default (4:3), Full (16:9 stretched), and Custom.
In custom you can manually adjust Vertical and horizontal position, screen size and screen ratio.
The emulation also seems to be very bright and clean looking (no filters), but I dunno, we probably need someone with a more discriminating eye to take a look at it.
Edit: Hmm, options for rapid fire buttons?
Well. That's awesome! I wonder if there are any coming that I don't have on Wii (no plans to do a sys transfer). Thanks for the info!
RobFox64tm
Member
TG16 emulation has some weird scaling artifacting going on that I can't seem to fix in the monitor settings. Does anyone know what the monitor size and ratio settings should be to get perfectly square pixels?
It varies by game. Most TG16 games were 256 x 240 (8:7) but I'm not sure what you'd need to adjust to in the settings to correct from the 4:3 standard setting to get square pixels?
PixyJunket
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The original hardware did not have perfectly square pixels.
It might happen. We got FFTA anyway and I bet we'll see more GBA yet too. Maybe it's the upgrade fee that's keeping their NES and SNES titles at bay?
Shame it's too late for 3DS though. I wonder what happened there.