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[ScreenSplitter]

C'mon Leaf Green, Zero Mission and Golden Sun!

Weirdly enough, two of my favourite GBA games were the original Broken Sword and DooM, both of which are much better played anywhere else. Put Doom on the eShop ID!

 

[Mr. Fix]

FIIIIRRREEEE EMBLEEEEEEEM!

I'm gonna echo this, because I'm sure my cartridge will die any day now. Also, Advance Wars. So many things I missed out on during the GBA era.

 

[WiiRevolution1]

Nintendo doesn't even release 1 vc game each week. Do you really think they will release 3 in ONE week. Even if its not one week, they wouldn't release three in three weeks or anything.

Even if they did, they wouldn't all be Mario games. Theres still to much to release on GB and GBC.

There are just to many things that go against Nintendo's policy of one-two VC games a month at average.

That said, if its true then I will be excited, especially since I never played Mario Pinball and been wanting to finally beat M&L but I'm not holding my breath. If they do release them, they better fucking have a sleep mode.

 

[MasterShotgun]

I wonder if they will ever go back on their promise to not release the ten Ambassador GBA games. Some of them are among the best of the GBA library and it would be a shame for a lot of people to miss out on them.

 

[enzo_gt]

I won't believe it until I see it.

Will. Not. Nope.

 

[radioheadrule83]

Having had multiple iterations of GBA ~10 years ago and still owning all of the games, I couldn't give two fucks about this. You can count the worthwhile GBA games on two or three hands, and even some of those won't be worth the extortion Nintendo will undoubtedly try and charge for them.

If this is all the new Nintendo Direct is about I'd prefer to know so I just skip over it.

 

[Seven Force]

Nintendo doesn't even release 1 vc game each week. Do you really think they will release 3 in ONE week.

It happened when Game Gear launched on the service.

But yeah, even if this does end up panning out, I hope everyone's prepared to only see a single GBA title like, every three or so months.

 

[RyougaSaotome]

If this ends up being true, I'm going to be filled with a deep, profound happiness.

 

[ScreenSplitter]

Having had multiple iterations of GBA ~10 years ago and still owning all of the games, I couldn't give two fucks about this. You can count the worthwhile GBA games on two or three hands, and even some of those won't be worth the extortion Nintendo will undoubtedly try and charge for them.

If this is all the new Nintendo Direct is about I'd prefer to know so I just skip over it.

Bit harsh, but the GBA is rather a strange system in that the majority of it's library is ports... from Final Fantasy to all the Mario games... it's pretty insane that there were zero original mainline Mario games on the GBA. I guess people were pretty enamoured with the idea of SNES games on the go, but damn.

It happened when Game Gear launched.
.

And the Game Gear's got consistent releases since then, huh?

 

[Brazil]

Just in time for Nintendo Direct.

Nice.

 

[rjc571]

Superstar Saga, huh? The best game in the Mario & Luigi series for sure. Hopefully this turns out to be true.
How would scaling from the GBA resolution work on the 3DS anyway? Would it be able to do true 2x?

No, it can only do 1.5x scaling. Though on the GBA ambassador titles, it first scales to 2x then downscales from that to 1.5x, which gives slightly better results than just upscaling to 1.5x.

 

[Colonel Mustard]

River City Ransom and Super Dodgeball Advance. I would have a heart attack.

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

Bit harsh, but the GBA is rather a strange system in that the majority of it's library is ports... from Final Fantasy to all the Mario games... it's pretty insane that there were zero original mainline Mario games on the GBA. I guess people were pretty enamoured with the idea of SNES games on the go, but damn.

Which it's funny since it's one of the more well loved handhelds, granted there wasn't really much going on in the handheld arena compared to last generation and now.

 

[Seven Force]

And the Game Gear's got consistent releases since then, huh?

'Course not. Was just saying VC platform launches more often than not seem to include at least 2-3 titles (Before promptly grinding down to a slowed pace, if not completely halted.)

 

[ScreenSplitter]

Which it's funny since it's one of the more well loved handhelds, granted there wasn't really much going on in the handheld arena compared to last generation and now.

Like I say, when I think of GBA, I think ports. Which was novel and pretty cool for the time, but for example in the case of Link to the Past or any of the Mario Advance titles, you're better off just porting the far superior and probably easy to emulate SNES versions.

 

[Henke]

I would throw so much money at GBA eShop games - I was way to poor to play more than a handful of them when the system was in full swing.

 

[GAMERG0D]

This is great but I love physical copies more.

 

[18-Volt]

GBA games? Before we got any good GBC games? Yeah, screw that. I'm still waiting Super Mario Deluxe, LoZ: Oracle of Ages/Seasons, Donkey Kong Country, Wario Land 3 and Dragon Quest 3. There are a lot of games to come, I can wait for GBA games.

 

[hardcastlemccormick]

I want them all. I would take the SNES ports even.

Watch Nintendo price these at $15.

 

[Mileena]

best version of FF6.

SNES games aren't on the eShop yet?

 

[chertipros]

SNES games aren't on the eShop yet?

No

 

[ScreenSplitter]

I want them all. I would take the SNES ports even.

Watch Nintendo price these at $15.

I imagine they'll be to GB games as SNES were to GB. So a couple of dollars more.

 

[leroidys]

The fact that this hasn't happened yet is fucking mindblowing. Anyway, I'll finally be picking up a 3DS this year, so I'm EXCITE. I own all the great GBA games, but there are quite a few mediocre ones I still want to try out, like Mario Pinball. Hopefully the games aren't more than 5 bucks.

If nintendo actually got its shit together, there could be "official" gba imports too. Now that would be something.

 

[NateDrake]

GBA games? Before we got any good GBC games? Yeah, screw that. I'm still waiting Super Mario Deluxe, LoZ: Oracle of Ages/Seasons, Donkey Kong Country, Wario Land 3 and Dragon Quest 3. There are a lot of games to come, I can wait for GBA games.

Wouldn't the DKC on GBA be superior to the GBC version?

 

[Man God]

Wouldn't the DKC on GBA be superior to the GBC version?

hold on a minute

ok


AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA NOOOO

EDIT: Oh wait, didn't notice the C in there. Yeah, it's probably better. DK Land isn't terrible though.

 

[Velcro Fly]

If it's true I'm honestly hoping for a $9.99 max price point.

I want this real bad. So many good GBA games that I'd potentially get to play but won't buy in cart form because of the massive amount of bootlegs out there.

 

[whalleywhat]

If it's true I'm honestly hoping for a $9.99 max price point.

I want this real bad. So many good GBA games that I'd potentially get to play but won't buy in cart form because of the massive amount of bootlegs out there.

Aren't SNES games $8? If they're more than that, Nintendo's nuts.

 

[hardcastlemccormick]

I imagine they'll be to GB games as SNES were to GB. So a couple of dollars more.

How to deal with NOA: assume the worst. Then everything is a pleasant surprise.

 

[brumx]

I thought the best GBA games where the 3rd party ones which will probably never see the day on it

 

[rjc571]

Hey here's an idea for Nintendo, maybe they can try determining pricing on a per-game basis rather than charging a flat rate based exclusively on what console they're on. Maybe they'd make more money that way.

 

[@MUWANdo]

GBA games? Before we got any good GBC games? Yeah, screw that. I'm still waiting Super Mario Deluxe, LoZ: Oracle of Ages/Seasons, Donkey Kong Country, Wario Land 3 and Dragon Quest 3. There are a lot of games to come, I can wait for GBA games.

SMBDX and DQ3 will never happen, and DKC GBC will probably never happen.

 

[GG-Duo]

NOE.


NOA eShop to see these games in 2014.

 

[Man God]

I thought the best GBA games where the 3rd party ones which will probably never see the day on it

Almost all of the companies that made good GBA games are still in business and it's not like the 3DS VC doesn't already have games from 3rd parties on it.

SE hasn't released shit for it yet and they have one of the better GBA libraries, but Konami and Capcom have.

 

[whalleywhat]

Hey here's an idea for Nintendo, maybe they can try determining pricing on a per-game basis rather than charging a flat rate based exclusively on what console they're on. Maybe they'd make more money that way.

:|

 

[@MUWANdo]

Hey here's an idea for Nintendo, maybe they can try determining pricing on a per-game basis rather than charging a flat rate based exclusively on what console they're on. Maybe they'd make more money that way.

Here's an idea for you: look at the prices for GB/GG games on the 3DS and then tell me that's not exactly what they're doing right now.

 

[Man God]

Hey here's an idea for Nintendo, maybe they can try determining pricing on a per-game basis rather than charging a flat rate based exclusively on what console they're on. Maybe they'd make more money that way.

You do know they do that already, right?

 

[Drago]

How to deal with NOA: assume the worst. Then everything is a pleasant surprise.

Pretty much :|

 

[ScreenSplitter]

Hey here's an idea for Nintendo, maybe they can try determining pricing on a per-game basis rather than charging a flat rate based exclusively on what console they're on. Maybe they'd make more money that way.

They... do? Have you checked the prices of GB games yet?

 

[Colonel Mustard]

I thought the best GBA games where the 3rd party ones which will probably never see the day on it

Konami has been OK with VC releases. Hopefully we get Circle, Harmony and Dawn quickly.

 

[topplehat]

I wonder how this will end up not being GBA games on the VC.

 

[@MUWANdo]

I wonder how this will end up not being GBA games on the VC.

Remember how Nintendo Australia had that one GBA pic on their page by mistake which meant there was a new "RUMOR: GBA GAMES COMING?!?!" thread every other week until someone finally yelled at them to pull it down a year later?

Until Nintendo announces something, it aint happening, kids.

 

[CLEEK]

Seeing as my current go-to game on my commute is Metroid Fusion, I approve of this. Before the XL, I would have been entirely unconcerned with this news. But having a comfortable 3DS with usable d-pad changes things entirely.

 

[Jintor]

Did they patch in 'close the lid and your 3DS won't drain of all its battery life' yet

 

[enzo_gt]

I wonder how this will end up not being GBA games on the VC.

3D box art downloads for $5 each.

eShop-approved-pricing for JPEGs.

 

[EvilMario]

Did they patch in 'close the lid and your 3DS won't drain of all its battery life' yet

Turn off your wireless, spotpass, and streetpassing feature if you really need it to last on something like a plane ride. It'll improve the charge time a lot.

 

[backlot]

Did they patch in 'close the lid and your 3DS won't drain of all its battery life' yet

No they didn't. This will probably never happen unless they actually start using GBA emulators instead of playing them in DS compatibility mode. It sure would be nice though.

 

[Box of Bunnies]

I wonder how this will end up not being GBA games on the VC.

Limited reprint being offered as Club Nintendo rewards.

 

[Plinko]

This would be amazing. Mario Golf Advance? Yes, please!

Also, I have no clue what "Super Mario Ball" is.

 

[RM8]

I've barely touched my ambassador games, so it's funny to me how badly people want them.

 

[Snowden's Secret]

GB + GBC = maybe 20 good games, tops

GBA = SO MANY IT IS GLORIOUS

That obviously means we'll never see GBA. Also, Iwata, you promised me that these Ambassador GBA would never be available for sale!