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GBA Virtual Console for Wii U Debuts This Year, with F-Zero and more!
- Thread starter HUELEN10
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50hz doesn't exist with GBA games because they were on a handheld originally and the screens were the same across the world, unlike consoles which are tied to the TVs of the region.
It's not just limited to the NES Wii U Virtual Console games, but some of the SNES games are affected, too. (Kirby Super Star being the biggest offender, with the colours & screen brightness being toned down from the SNES original.)
Not really, they had multiple versions of the same game on the Wii VC, so they could still release both. But I wouldn't hope for the SNES version to release anytime soon.
Dead Early
Banned
Emulators have been around for almost a decade now.
Why should anyone care?
Why should anyone care?
must be legal issues.
i recall that Argonaut made that chip and there's bad blood between them and Nintendo (someone please shed some light into this if you have more info)
there's absolutely no way it isn't possible from a technical standpoint. Nintendo got emulation for _N64_ working on _Wii_. why wouldn't it be possible to emulate an earlier console than N64 in a newer console than Wii (especially with a big power jump)?
HUELEN10
Member
Because getting the hardware to dump your own ROMs, configure your controllers, and finding an emulator that plays it at 100 percent takes a lot of time and money, not to mention getting it all hooked up nicely to your TV.
Me and Iwata kept it on lowkeys. Pinky promise. Ambassador once. Ambassador for life.
HUELEN10
Member
Interesting if true...
What they need to do is go to England with some money, and come out with Christian Whitehead's Yoshi's Island, complete with 16:9 support exclusively for Wii U.
The reason it's coming to the Wii U over the 3DS is because the 3DS is not actually capable of emulating GBA games. It can do it the way the Ambassador games did by storing it in the console's RAM and running it in DS mode. However, all 3DS features are gone then. The 3DS itself cannot emulate GBA games itself perfectly.
People seem to forget that it's hard to get perfect software emulation. If they could do it, they would.
Because not everyone wants to break the law
People seem to forget that it's hard to get perfect software emulation. If they could do it, they would.
Because not everyone wants to break the law
I do hope Nintendo aren't total dicks about 3rd parties putting up their games. The Majority of Sega's GBA catalog was quality.
Sonic Advance
Sonic Advance 2
Sonic Advance 3
Sonic Battle
Sonic Pinball Party
Chu Chu Rocket
Puyo Pop Fever
Columns Crown
Astro Boy: Omega Factor
Gunstar Super Heroes
Jet Grind Radio
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon
Shining Soul
Sonic Advance
Sonic Advance 2
Sonic Advance 3
Sonic Battle
Sonic Pinball Party
Chu Chu Rocket
Puyo Pop Fever
Columns Crown
Astro Boy: Omega Factor
Gunstar Super Heroes
Jet Grind Radio
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon
Shining Soul
North America and Europe launch lineup:
Japan launch lineup:
April 3:
...I wish I knew the reason as to why Nintendo refuses to release THEIR OWN SOFTWARE in every region simultaneously. Jesus.
- Metroid Fusion
- Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga
- Yoshi's Island: SMA3
Japan launch lineup:
April 3:
- Super Mario World: SMA2
- WarioWare, Inc.
- Kirby and the Amazing Mirror
- Advance Wars 1+2
- Golden Sun
- F-Zero Maximum Velocity
- Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
- Zelda: The Minish Cap
- Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland
- Wario Land 4
- Mario Tennis Power Tour
- Metroid Fusion
...I wish I knew the reason as to why Nintendo refuses to release THEIR OWN SOFTWARE in every region simultaneously. Jesus.
They don't make sense everytime.
Doc Holliday
SPOILER: Columbus finds America
This fucking company.....
Not n64
Not Gamecube
Not DS
Fucking GBA!!!
Wii U should have every Snes, NES, Gamecube, and N64 game available
3ds should have every GB, NES, DS, and GBA game available.
Not n64
Not Gamecube
Not DS
Fucking GBA!!!
Wii U should have every Snes, NES, Gamecube, and N64 game available
3ds should have every GB, NES, DS, and GBA game available.
Lapidus' Beard
Member
Just give me the Castlevania titles. All of 'em!
They didn't even want to commit to a date or price outside of Japan.
HUELEN10
Member
Agreed. Even if they could do it by some coding miracle, they already said GBA VC games on 3DS were exclusive and for a limited time. Why does anyone not take them seriously on this one?
I'd gladly rebuy those. Konami seems to bring out a lot of the Castlevania games on VC, so I'd guess there's a high chance they will be released sometime.
Diddy Kong
Banned
Seriously. Where the fuck are the 64 titles?
Dead Early
Banned
The only thing in this post that takes any kind of effort, money, or time at all is the rom dump hardware.
Bony Manifesto
Member
Yeah, it's pretty crazy. Even now, when they're struggling everywhere outside of Japan (and even more tellingly, are actually beginning to publicly admit it), they're doggedly pursuing the same strategy of "focus everything on Japan, release a limited selection of things everywhere else".
They never announced GBA games for 3DS, so why would you buy a 3DS for that?
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Deleted member 752119
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah, I'd be much more apt to use it on 3DS.
That said, I'm pretty sure I played all the GBA I wanted back in the day, and I'm not itching to replay any of them. So more or less moot for me anyway.
Meh. I really think N64 games should be played on original hardware. As weird as that controller was, pretty much every game was designed specifically for it. It doesn't feel right to play games like Star Fox 64 on any other controller.
Only issue I have with the GBA port is the music, I think it's fine otherwise. I don't see the big deal here?
Because just maybe someone wants to own games?
Zeyphersan
Banned
I actually want a fair amount of those games, but too fucking bad I don't want to see a 240x160 game on my HDTV!
And there's no chance they'll bump up the resolution. This is such shit. C'mon Nintendo, you're better than this.
And there's no chance they'll bump up the resolution. This is such shit. C'mon Nintendo, you're better than this.
Ambassadors like me are still sitting on our ten GBA games, but I'll gladly take M&L:SS too. Come on Nintendo, emulate old consoles on your new console and old handhelds on your new handheld, should be obvious.
QFT.
Seriously guys, stop whining. At least you are getting GBA VC.
I also find it strange though that there are no N64 games yet though. For GameCube, I don't think that there'll be a VC because it'll require a sh*tload of power to emulate and, as we all know, the WiiU isn't exactly a power-house. If you need Intel Core i (or at least Quad-Cores) to emulate GC on PC, that fact alone explains a lot. If there are GC games on WiiU, they'll be HD ports like WWHD was. That seems more realistic.
HUELEN10
Member
Are.. are you serious? Have you played GBA games on an HDTV? They look gorgeous, even moreso with a scanline generator to your chain.
Well, I thought it was a logical step, in the same manner the Wii had VC games from 2 generations behind (N64). The GBA didn't have a reputation for being particularly difficult to emulate either.
This would be semi exciting if I thought they were going to release anything worthwhile or hard to find at a decent price.
They're going to do the 10 games from Ambassador service, another 10 or so for good measure and then forget about it, since nobody will be buying the boring shit they put on there. I'm a huge GBA fan but this is a joke. What a waste of time for the 10 people involved.
They're going to do the 10 games from Ambassador service, another 10 or so for good measure and then forget about it, since nobody will be buying the boring shit they put on there. I'm a huge GBA fan but this is a joke. What a waste of time for the 10 people involved.
HUELEN10
Member
https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/fttgI7OsQIB1tZqRMa5CtT45KLrmNkAY
They made their position crystal clear from the start.
ScreenSplitter
Member
What a sad attempt to get 3DS owners to buy a Wii U. One I shan't be going for.
And Genesis or Master System... I don't understand why the VC is so barren. The Wii launched wayyyy better with this
entremet
Member
Same old bullshit from Nintendo and regionally VC releases.
Japan, at least, has a very decent lineup already. We'll see what this means for the West, but at least Superstar Saga is a game I'm very looking forward to and this wasn't part of the ambassador games.
faceless007
Member
Yay Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga!
Boo no 3DS. I would give seriously ridiculous amounts of money to be able to play SS again on a portable. Still the best of the M&L series.
Boo no 3DS. I would give seriously ridiculous amounts of money to be able to play SS again on a portable. Still the best of the M&L series.
I'd celebrate if we get them at all.
Dead Early
Banned
But you don't own them in the sense you're clearly tying to invoke, they're digital.
Zeyphersan
Banned
If they end up looking good, I'll pick them up, no questions asked. But Nintendo doesn't do resolution bumps or fancy graphical stuff, they do straight emulation. That means 240x160 resolution, which then my TV (or the Wii U) has to upscale to 1080p. Sorry if I'm not confident that those games will look good.