PS Classics definitely aren't bug free and the emulation is more general purpose, at least for PS1. They do have digital manuals though.
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Nintendo Downloads - January 2014
- Thread starter tolkir
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Since they never give a schedule in advance, that's the mindset you should have for every VC game anyway.
There are a lot of creative, low-risk means to make money on the eShop. No one has figured that out yet, and Nintendo certainly isn't interested in encouraging publishers to do so.
Nintendo has been digging their own grave for years because of such timid business decisions. Shitty, stubborn Japanese business mentality. Arkham Origins runs like shit on Wii U but that machine sure is quiet!
Nintendo has been digging their own grave for years because of such timid business decisions. Shitty, stubborn Japanese business mentality. Arkham Origins runs like shit on Wii U but that machine sure is quiet!
sörine;97322132 said:
Agree on both accounts. I'd be completely fine with a cross-platform "upgrade" fee or a "pay $1-2 extra and get it on all Nintendo devices" deal during the initial purchase. I so far haven't double dipped on any VC games even though I'd like to have some on both my 3DS and WiiU.
Vane_MagicCity
Banned
It doesn't show.
I wonder if, within NoA's POV, SMB3 and ALTTP's delay is no big issue because we got stuff like Dr. Luigi first. Well, now that the game's in all territories, here's crossing my fingers for at least one of the two games next week ... Albeit at this rate, I wouldn't be surprised if they're saving it for the next Direct. "Oh, and you can download them right now!"
A big loss as of late has been the absence of sales in the Virtual Console. It was actually off to a promising start (Get Super Mario World, snatch SMB2 for half the price; pay for 2 Kirby games and get one for free, etc). But it's been oddly cooled down lately, when they could do so much more with it, and definitely something fresh every week.
Take today's release for example. From my understanding, it's Castlevania III for NES and Castlevania IV for SNES that are considered the franchise's best installments in those Nintendo systems. On top of that, I've yet to finish the latter, and I have the first Castlevania to go through, so I'm in no rush of getting today's game. BUT. What if it had come with a sale? What if they gave it to me for half the price should I already own one of the available Castlevanias? It's just smart business on their part, it'd make me check out games I wouldn't have thought of buying otherwise, they have nothing to lose and everything to win.
Admittedly, that example depends, as far as I know, on Konami being on board, not Nintendo, but just highlights how badly the VC's been treated in general (Capcom actually puts effort at times, though, recall the $2 Megaman X?)
A big loss as of late has been the absence of sales in the Virtual Console. It was actually off to a promising start (Get Super Mario World, snatch SMB2 for half the price; pay for 2 Kirby games and get one for free, etc). But it's been oddly cooled down lately, when they could do so much more with it, and definitely something fresh every week.
Take today's release for example. From my understanding, it's Castlevania III for NES and Castlevania IV for SNES that are considered the franchise's best installments in those Nintendo systems. On top of that, I've yet to finish the latter, and I have the first Castlevania to go through, so I'm in no rush of getting today's game. BUT. What if it had come with a sale? What if they gave it to me for half the price should I already own one of the available Castlevanias? It's just smart business on their part, it'd make me check out games I wouldn't have thought of buying otherwise, they have nothing to lose and everything to win.
Admittedly, that example depends, as far as I know, on Konami being on board, not Nintendo, but just highlights how badly the VC's been treated in general (Capcom actually puts effort at times, though, recall the $2 Megaman X?)
Agent Unknown
Member
Uhhhh, point still stands either way we probably only got EB due to him.
Otherwise:
I've been doing both but it's been a $1 upgrade on Wii U every time thanks to my heavy Wii VC spending last gen. If an opportunity came up where the NES game was $5 on both I think I'd just get it on 3DS since I prefer playing NES games on that.
¯\_(ツ_/¯
Well, that's nice. What game is that from?
Like the hat?
Banned
Scribblenauts unlimited finally dropped in price. $20 now. The new DC one is $40.
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
It's on the front page of the EU shop.
Ok, game just finished installing - see you on the leaderboards ; )
Linkstrikesback
Member
I think it does. Reggie was under iwatas thumb for longer than we knew, clearly. (Europe kept the best Satoru.)
iamaustrian
Member
any unepic impressions so far?
I'm not sold (yet)
I'm not sold (yet)
Week finished
Wii U | eShop Original Software, Downloadable Content and Demos
Wii U | Virtual Console
Wii U | Sales
Nintendo 3DS | Virtual Console
Nintendo 3DS | Sales
Wii U | eShop Original Software, Downloadable Content and Demos
Wii U | Virtual Console
Wii U | Sales
Nintendo 3DS | eShop Original Software, Downloadable Content and Demos
Nintendo 3DS | Virtual Console
Nintendo 3DS | Sales
Wii U | eShop Original Software, Downloadable Content and Demos
Wii U | Virtual Console
Nintendo 3DS | eShop Original Software, Downloadable Content and Demos
Nintendo 3DS | Virtual Console
Wii U | eShop Original Software, Downloadable Content and Demos
- Unepic (EnjoyUp Games | $9.99)
- F1 Race Stars: Powered Up Edition (Codemasters | $29.99)
Wii U | Virtual Console
- Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (Konami | NES | $4.99)
Wii U | Sales
- Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Capcom | $39.99 until ??/??, was $59.99)
- Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure (Warner Bros. | $39.99 until ??/??, was $59.99)
- Scribblenauts Unlimited (Warner Bros. | $19.99 until ??/??, was $59.99)
Nintendo 3DS | Virtual Console
- Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (Konami | NES | $4.99)
Nintendo 3DS | Sales
- Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl (Atlus | $19.99 until 01/27, then $39.99)
- Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure (Warner Bros. | $19.99 until ??/??, was $39.99)
- Scribblenauts Unlimited (Warner Bros. | $19.99 until ??/??, was $39.99)
- Bomb Monkey (Renegade Kid | $2.99 Permanent, was $4.99)
Wii U | eShop Original Software, Downloadable Content and Demos
- Dr. Luigi (Nintendo | 14.99 | £13.49)
- F1 Race Stars: Powered Up Edition (Codemasters | 24.99 | £19.99)
Wii U | Virtual Console
- The Legend of the Mystical Ninja (Konami | SNES *EU Version* | 7.99 | £5.49)
Wii U | Sales
- Trine 2: Director's Cut (Frozenbyte | 6.79 | £5.49 until 30/01, then 16.99 | £13.99)
Nintendo 3DS | eShop Original Software, Downloadable Content and Demos
- Mario Party: Island Tour (Nintendo | 39.99 | £34.99)
Nintendo 3DS | Virtual Console
- Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (Konami | NES | 3.99 | £3.59)
Nintendo 3DS | Sales
- Dress to Play: Magic Bubbles (EnjoyUp Games | 0.99 | £0.89 until 02/06, then 3.99 | £3.59)
- Dress to Play: Cute Witches (EnjoyUp Games | 0.99 | £0.89 until 02/06, then 3.99 | £3.59)
Wii U | eShop Original Software, Downloadable Content and Demos
- Dr. Luigi & Saikin Bokumetsu <Dr. Luigi> (Nintendo | ¥1,500)
Wii U | Virtual Console
- Mario Open Golf <NES Open Tournament Golf> (Nintendo | Famicom | ¥500)
- Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-Kun <Renegade> (Arc System Works | Famicom | ¥500)
Nintendo 3DS | eShop Original Software, Downloadable Content and Demos
- Comic Studio (Collavier | ¥800)
- VitaminX Evolution Plus (D3Publisher | ¥4,179)
Nintendo 3DS | Virtual Console
- Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict (Sega | Game Gear | ¥500)
- Front Line (Square-Enix | Famicom | ¥500)
Colonel Mustard
Banned
Fuuuuck guys. Buy UnEpic.
Great atmosphere, charming dialog, mechanically sound and the game can be hard as balls. I know nothing of D&D and I'm really enjoying the story. It really doesn't hold your hand at all. It's scratching that Castlevania itch I've had for a while.
Great atmosphere, charming dialog, mechanically sound and the game can be hard as balls. I know nothing of D&D and I'm really enjoying the story. It really doesn't hold your hand at all. It's scratching that Castlevania itch I've had for a while.
Deactivision
Member
Any sign of multiplayer?
iamaustrian
Member
ok
you just sold me on the game.
thanks for the impressions.
hard games are always welcome nowadays
terrisus
Member
Awesome. I had been really considering getting that last week. I had gotten the two for DS right when they came out, but hadn't gotten around to getting this one yet. Definitely going to jump on it now.
EDIT: Quick question though - what are the differences between the Wii U and 3DS versions, considering they're both the same price now? Any differences? If graphics don't matter to me, and portability is a convenient feature for me, is there a reason to go for the Wii U version over the 3DS one?
Colonel Mustard
Banned
Nope. There's no multiplayer option at all. :/
the answer is just a few posts above yours...
3DS versions don't have the Object/Hero Editor which is the key new thing in Unlimited and Unmasked.
Deactivision
Member
Damn, too bad. Thanks for the info. I'll still consider getting it eventually since it looks like a fun game, but with so much to play already it will be a low priority.
terrisus
Member
Horseticuffs
Full werewolf off the buckle
Well, it said "Wii u" on the initial link. True I was pleasantly surprised and thought they might be getting their shit together so I guess I really SHOULD have known better.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
Why is Millenium Girl still $39.99?
Starts 01/20
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
Cool! Thanks much!
If you've ever played the GBC version of Mario Golf you know what to expect - fantastic 8-bit adaptation of the sport with RPG elements and a full-fledged story mode with extra minigames to boot.
I fully recommend it.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
Definitely much better than the golf.
Wish the golf and tennis GBA games were released. Never played those.
I was obsessed with that game, once upon a time. Sadly one of my favourite things about it will obviously by absent -- you could export your characters to Mario Tennis 64. You'd get these ridiculously OP dudes to just wipe the floor with everyone, it was incredible.
Much better. Quite similar to console versions of Mario Tennis, particularly the N64 version.
Words can't even describe how much better it is.
terrisus
Member
This would be true if not for GBC Mario Golf.
But, either way, the top two
any format
Dr. Feel Good
Banned
GBA Mario Golf is better. Trust me.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
Mario tennis GBC does get tough later on. Rallies go forever and the CPU is relentless with it. Gets frustrating.
But as a 2D sprite-based tennis game, it's still one of the best ones I've played.
But as a 2D sprite-based tennis game, it's still one of the best ones I've played.
The Tennis rpg mode on the GBA is almost identical to the GBC version. same academy and story but there are a couple of new things like the powershots you get to choose and learn. And the minigames have changed if you train in the mini games you could learn new powershots. Haven't played gbc golf so don't know much about the difference in those games.
I'm enjoying Unepic so far. Some of the references are a bit heavy-handed, but it's a fun game. I've had one lockup while playing so far, it occurred upon turning in a quest and I didn't lose progress because of autosave, so if you're wary of that you might want to turn on autosave.
It might also be worth mentioning that this seems to only have the censored version of the dialog from the PC version, not that I've noticed much difference aside from the removal of a few swears.
It might also be worth mentioning that this seems to only have the censored version of the dialog from the PC version, not that I've noticed much difference aside from the removal of a few swears.