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Nintendo Downloads - February 2011
- Thread starter Cosmonaut X
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Nuclear Muffin
Banned
Aaand, nothing for me this week.
Mockingbird
Member
agetec is back? Their game sounds interesting.
El Pescado
Member
Treasure Hunter X sounds interesting, but I can't find any info about it other than this press release anywhere.
Mockingbird
Member
El Pescado said:
Here is the JP site: http://www.silverstar.co.jp/02products/dsi_fall/index.html
The JP title is apparently Fall in the Dark.
Davey Cakes
Member
This is why I download every demo that comes along. It feels good to have things that are only up for a limited time, even though some of the WiiWare games with demo versions are insultingly bad at times.sfog said:
Anyway, FATE and Jett Rocket are two of the best demos (for two of the best games) and I downloaded them back when they were first available. Jett Rocket in particular was fun, and I was glad that they put a demo out because now I may actually consider buying it one of these days when I'm devoid of decent 3D platformers.
cooljeanius
Member
The chick chick BOOM demo is very fun and makes me want to buy the full game now. Also, I downloaded the LIT demo from last week, and it's such a cocktease. Normally demos end the level before a boss or more often once you've beaten a boss, but here they let the intro sequence for the boss play like you were actually fighting it before ending the demo...
Mockingbird said:Here is the JP site: http://www.silverstar.co.jp/02products/dsi_fall/index.html
The JP title is apparently Fall in the Dark.
Sort of look interesting. Limited number of digs and balloons, you try to reach as much gold + the wand to open the last door. Solomon Key's type of puzzler it seems...
Hero of Legend
Member
Bomberman Hero rated by the ESRB! O_O
Mockingbird
Member
Hero of Legend said:
Nice, but why skip the first release? I never played Hero, but I loved Bomberman 64. Was hoping for that and its sequel.
Hero of Legend
Member
Mockingbird said:
Didn't Nintendo publish 64? ... And Hero? I forget...
Wasn't Hero the best received out of the three games? I also only played and adored 64.
Mockingbird
Member
Hero of Legend said:
Nintendo published Hero and 64 in the U.S. at least. In Japan, I don't know but for sure they published 64 there.
also, Hero is the one that is the least well-received out of the three, with one of the biggest complaints being the lack of multiplayer!
AceBandage
Banned
nincompoop said:
Remember: Someone, somewhere, thought this game was a good idea... And they are still alive.
Mockingbird
Member
Creepy looking baby.
Nuclear Muffin
Banned
Faxanadu it is for me!
MyEpitomeCliché
Member
I just literally gasped at Faxanadu. Guess I know what I'm doing today.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
sfog said:
they just don't get it
nincompoop
Banned
New preview for FAST Racing League: http://www.thebitblock.com/2011/02/18/fast-racing-league-new-screens-info/. Sounds like an awesome mix of F-Zero and Ikaruga.
But of course, Super Meat Boy couldn't possibly be compressed from 90MB down to 40
Zarovitch said:Remember, after you take the money from the King, spend it all, and ask him for money again
Nah, that makes it too easy and takes away some of the fun.
Btw, anyone remember how long Faxanadu is? It isnt a factor on me purchasing it, but I just remember it seeming long, but then it was one of my first RPGs I ever played.
TheUnknownForce
Member
Well, now that Cave Story's demo has gone away from the service, I have now developed an understanding for the length of demos on WiiWare's "limited" term, in the NA shop.
If the game is doing poorly or has not benefited enough from the demo:
Remove the demo after 4 weeks on the Wii Shop Channel. Some demos were not removed until enough demos were existent (see: ThruSpace and lilt line's demo, removed alongside Frobot's).
If the game is benefiting from the demo or has been rated highly on Nintendo Channel:
The demos are removed after a maximum of 12 weeks on the Wii Shop Channel. This explains why last week we lost the remainder of the launched demos and Cave Story this week.
That means, we can now gauge when, in the US, which demos are going to be removed each week from here on out, provided demos are not removed earlier for promotional purpose (see: Nintendo Week).
So: if you haven't downloaded the FLUIDITY DEMO and wanted to try it, do it this week, because it will be gone, good or not, next week. Also, Crazy Racers will be removed next week, too, as the game has gotten poor word of mouth and has not appeared on the Top 20 since the demo debut.
If the game is doing poorly or has not benefited enough from the demo:
Remove the demo after 4 weeks on the Wii Shop Channel. Some demos were not removed until enough demos were existent (see: ThruSpace and lilt line's demo, removed alongside Frobot's).
If the game is benefiting from the demo or has been rated highly on Nintendo Channel:
The demos are removed after a maximum of 12 weeks on the Wii Shop Channel. This explains why last week we lost the remainder of the launched demos and Cave Story this week.
That means, we can now gauge when, in the US, which demos are going to be removed each week from here on out, provided demos are not removed earlier for promotional purpose (see: Nintendo Week).
So: if you haven't downloaded the FLUIDITY DEMO and wanted to try it, do it this week, because it will be gone, good or not, next week. Also, Crazy Racers will be removed next week, too, as the game has gotten poor word of mouth and has not appeared on the Top 20 since the demo debut.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
nincompoop said:New preview for FAST Racing League: http://www.thebitblock.com/2011/02/18/fast-racing-league-new-screens-info/. Sounds like an awesome mix of F-Zero and Ikaruga.
But of course, Super Meat Boy couldn't possibly be compressed from 90MB down to 40
This represents a very poor knowledge of how compression works.
Some things compress better than other things. It's entirely possible to have 900MB of data that compresses to 40MB (this is not even unusual or notably excellent, text data can easily eclipse this level of compression), while someone else has 41MB of data that can't compress down to 40MB (this is not unusual or notably bad, try compressing a compressed archive file).
I suspect FAST makes use of procedural generation on quite a lot of their assets, which allows for incredible compression compared to actually including the same asset. I feel confident saying this because Shin'en have their backgrounds in demoscene work, where procedural generation is common (.kkreiger being probably the most famous example of extreme compression through procedural generation).
This technique is not necessarily possible for Meat Boy. I would guess that in particular the assets for the cutscenes and the music lend themselves poorly to compression. If FAST procedurally generates sample data for their music and then uses sequenced music, their music would likely take up virtually no space. Meat Boy's music definitely does not sound sequenced to me.
You conflate the 900MB "source data" with 900MB of final assets; it's quite likely any non-procedural assets here have not yet been scaled, let alone compressed. If you take a 1024x1024 texture and scale it down to 64x64, you're looking at a 256 times space savings assuming no change in compression. We have no such source asset number for Super Meat Boy. But even provided you take the lowest number we do have for the game, 110 megs on Xbox 360, this doesn't mean it's not compressed already. The game is in fact 260 megs on Steam and even that version has significant compression.
Looking at my Steam install, I note areas that can obviously be lopped off; naturally any included libraries (and there's about 25 megabytes of these) would not be necessary. Presumably they would drop Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Russian font support (all included in the PC version). But what remains is difficult to argue about; the game has about 150MB of music and about 90MB of texture/level/graphical assets. The music is almost certainly the sticking point as I mention above.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Faxanadu should be a couple hours for first-timers.
I remember way WAY back when I first got this game, I actually thought it was an NES port of Toaplan's Wardner/Pyros. Sure the back of the box shows the games look nothing alike but I thought that was par for the course as far as NES ports are concerned.
Good game btw. It's practically the only fun game in the Xanadu series(and definitely the most accessible one).
I remember way WAY back when I first got this game, I actually thought it was an NES port of Toaplan's Wardner/Pyros. Sure the back of the box shows the games look nothing alike but I thought that was par for the course as far as NES ports are concerned.
Good game btw. It's practically the only fun game in the Xanadu series(and definitely the most accessible one).
Cosmonaut X
Member
Sincere apologies for the lack of updates - it's been an exceptionally busy month for me, and while I've had time for posting short comments here and there, I've just not been able to find the time to sit down and sort this thread out (or rather, I have, but that time has been tied up with other ongoing projects).
I'll be setting aside some time tomorrow for it, but in the meantime apologies again.
I'll be setting aside some time tomorrow for it, but in the meantime apologies again.
One of the games I missed back in the day...
Is Faxanadu long or really difficult? Not that it would bother me, but now i'm curious about the game since my only experience is remembering the box art from the local rental place
Faxanadu can be considered a side-story of Xanadu, which is the second installment of Falcom's long-running RPG series, Dragon Slayer.
Huh, no wonder the videos gave me an Ys vibe.
Is Faxanadu long or really difficult? Not that it would bother me, but now i'm curious about the game since my only experience is remembering the box art from the local rental place
Faxanadu can be considered a side-story of Xanadu, which is the second installment of Falcom's long-running RPG series, Dragon Slayer.
Huh, no wonder the videos gave me an Ys vibe.
TheJollyCorner
Member
I'm still waiting for Soul Blazer and Populous (SNES)
Nuclear Muffin
Banned
FAAST sounds like it could be pretty fun.
There's an Okamiden demo?! (runs to his Wii)
There's an Okamiden demo?! (runs to his Wii)
Has anyone else tried Faxanadu and found the game screen seems darker overall? Even though its been awhile since Ive played the game, it always seemed more colorful and brighter in general in the past. And sure enough when viewing a Youtube playthrough recently, it seems brighter as well.
Sure, I could adjust the brightness setting of my tv, but its not something Ive had to do with any of my other games (including VC games), so it makes me think during the emulation it lost some of its brightness. But I dont know.
Anyone else notice the same?
Sure, I could adjust the brightness setting of my tv, but its not something Ive had to do with any of my other games (including VC games), so it makes me think during the emulation it lost some of its brightness. But I dont know.
Anyone else notice the same?
cooljeanius
Member
Aaaah d-pad used for movement in a 3D game... at least in Super Mario 64 DS you had the option of using the touchscreen for fine adjustments if you couldn't walk some way with the d-pad.sfog said: