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[Ushojax]

How exactly is this a valid excuse not to sell them? The ambassador games still look great and play perfectly.

They really don't. Terrible blurring, a dim picture, it's not an enjoyable experience to play them, at least to me. I would never pay for GBA titles that look like that and they seem to know most people wouldn't either.

Honestly I find it shocking that there are people who managed to play through those Ambassador titles, 30 seconds of Yoshi's Island was enough for me. The game shouldn't look like that, even these Wii U versions are still borderline for me. The contrast still doesn't look right.

 

[Orniletter]

I literally can´t wait for Golden Sun.

And I agree with everyone who said that Nintendo should let M2 do the Virtual Console stuff, their ports are of the highest quality and they stand head to head with Hexadrive as the best port studios in this industry.

...and they are lightning fast compared to whoever was responsible for WiiU´s VC before.

 

[zroid]

Looks like M2 are responsible for the GBA games on Wii U VC.

http://www.mtwo.co.jp/2014/04/03/wii-uのバーチャルコンソールにゲームボーイアドバ/

This is amazing

 

[Zia]

What time does the shop update in the US?

 

[HeisenbergLannister]

What time does the shop update in the US?

Noon eastern, 11 a.m. Central, 9 a.m. Pacific.

 

[Zia]

Noon eastern, 11 a.m. Central, 9 a.m. Pacific.

Oh nice, thanks!

 

[urfe]

Bought Golden Sun. Man is it blocky.

 

[JoeM86]

The first three are now available in Europe.

 

[Jethro]

The first three are now available in Europe.

Huh? What about summer saving time?

I don't get it....

 

[Robin64]

Woo!

 

[terrisus]

2 hours and 41 more minutes...
Waiting, bah.

I should play my GBA while I wait.

Spoiler

Or my GBA 3DS ambassador games

 

[Robin64]

Freaky as hell..

SA-X > Dark Samus/Metroid Prime

 

[Jucksalbe]

Got Advance Wars and Superstar Saga.

Advance Wars screenshots:

GamePad (no smoothing / smoothing)

TV (full screen, no smoothing / smoothing):

TV (original resolution, no smoothing / smoothing):

Edit: Btw., turning off your GamePad screen also works with GBA games.

 

[Gonzo The Great]

How come that Mario & Luigi screenshot looks darker than the official gameplay video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWAR2ybySCI

 

[Tunavi]

off screen videos/photos please

 

[Waylon Drums]

I'm way too excited about these games. I was all set to play Superstar Saga awhile back when I bought it on eBay...I was even gonna play it on my TV with my GameBoy Player...but I held out in the off-chance that it would be released on Wii U. My prayers have been answered!

 

[KHlover]

Sweet, will buy Metroid Fusion and Advance Wars ASAP once I'm back home

 

[DaSorcerer7]

The first three are now available in Europe.

Is golden Sun one of them?

 

[Jucksalbe]

Is golden Sun one of them?

Why not read the OP?

 

[Sadist]

I kinda want Superstar Saga.

 

[Tain]

Looks like M2 are responsible for the GBA games on Wii U VC.

http://www.mtwo.co.jp/2014/04/03/wii-uのバーチャルコンソールにゲームボーイアドバ/

better experience than the Gamecube GBA player confirmed

 

[blu]

Freaky as hell..

SA-X > Dark Samus/Metroid Prime

Indeed, SA-X is freakier than any other doppelgangers from the Metroid universe. Perhaps because the others were just 'monsters' trying to resemble you, whereas SA-X is a perfect mimic where the player's sense of 'something alien' is conveyed via more roundabout ways - musical themes, the occasional closeup of the pupil-less face seen through the visor, etc.

 

[Robin64]

Original resolution no smoothing for me. It's not that much smaller on the screen and every single pixel looks perfect. Zoom in on the girl's face in the Advance Wars pics to see what I mean, at full resolution some of the pixels are taller than others.

(Sorry AW fans, I have no idea who she is!)

 

[Jucksalbe]

Original resolution no smoothing for me.

Yeah, that's the way I'm playing.

 

[hlhbk]

Any word from Nintendo on next releases after the ones today?

 

[Snkfanatic]

So excited for Metroid!!!

 

[Ushojax]

How come that Mario & Luigi screenshot looks darker than the official gameplay video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWAR2ybySCI

Probably because they didn't want to show what the games actually look like.

Still too dim for me, I'll stick to playing the carts on my DSLite.

 

[Jucksalbe]

Any word from Nintendo on next releases after the ones today?

The schedule for this month is in the OP.

 

[Gonzo The Great]

Probably because they didn't want to show what the games actually look like.

Still too dim for me, I'll stick to playing the carts on my DSLite.

Well, I'm noticing some major inconsistencies. The Miiverse screenshots look atrocious, but everything else is fine.

 

[hlhbk]

The schedule for this month is in the OP.

Let me rephrase. After this month has nintendo given any indication that they will continue to release GBA games on the Wii U? They released a batch of GBA games on the 3ds and never released another title.

I really want them to release Metroid Zero Mission for Wii U!

 

[sörine]

How come that Mario & Luigi screenshot looks darker than the official gameplay video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWAR2ybySCI

Mario & Luigi had different brightness settings for OG and SP models. That might explain it?

 

[Robin64]

Let me rephrase. After this month has nintendo given any indication that they will continue to release GBA games on the Wii U? They released a batch of GBA games on the 3ds and never released another title.

I really want them to release Metroid Zero Mission for Wii U!

I would wager that eventually every first party GBA game will hit Wii U, plus a selection of third party ones. How long that will take is another matter entirely...

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Mother 3 a possibility now?

I would wager that eventually every first party GBA game will hit Wii U, plus a selection of third party ones. How long that will take is another matter entirely...

Why would you wager that?
It's never happened before with previous VC...

 

[Bleep]

I bought Advance Wars to check out the GBA VC because I love the game. I've got to say the game looks like real garbage with the darkening filter on my TV, it looks okay when I turn the brightness all the way up on the game pad though. Enforcing the lowered brightness is still crazy to me and I don't understand how they put this out the door without an option to turn it off.

 

[Robin64]

Mother 3 a possibility now?


Why would you wager that?
It's never happened before with previous VC...

Because there aren't that many first party GBA games really.

If anything doesn't make it, it will be Pokemon.

 

[entremet]

Because there aren't that many first party GBA games really.

If anything doesn't make it, it will be Pokemon.

The Pokemon Company has been reluctant on putting anything on the VC since they want full options--trading and battling.

Unless they rework the ROM someone you won't be able to trade or battle via straight emulation.

 

[Aostia]

please please please. pics of the manuals. I could buy a couple of games just for those, if well done.

 

[Robin64]

The Pokemon Company has been reluctant on putting anything on the VC since they want full options--trading and battling.

Unless they rework the ROM someone you won't be able to trade or battle via straight emulation.

Precisely. My money's on never seeing a mainline Pokemon game on VC.

We're there even any side games for GBA? I can't recall any...

Edit: I wanna say the first Mystery Dungeon...

 

[sörine]

Mother 3 a possibility now?

Maybe? The overwhelimgly positive response to Earthbound on VC certainly didn't hurt.

Both Nintendo (Sin & Punishment) and M2 (Monster World IV) have experience with newly localized games for VC too.

 

[Berordn]

We're there even any side games for GBA? I can't recall any...

Edit: I wanna say the first Mystery Dungeon...

Mystery Dungeon Red was on GBA, yeah. Its partner game was on DS.

 

[JohnTinker]

So how does multiplayer work on these?

Or does it work at all?

Specifically Advance Wars & F-Zero?

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Maybe? The overwhelimgly positive response to Earthbound on VC certainly didn't hurt.

Both Nintendo (Sin & Punishment) and M2 (Monster World IV) have experience with newly localized games for VC too.

There really wasn't that much localization required for Sin & Punishment, to be fair.

 

[Bleep]

So how does multiplayer work on these?

Or does it work at all?

Specifically Advance Wars & F-Zero?

There is no multiplayer support. Advance Wars let you play multiplayer by passing the GBA back and forth, so you can still play that specific game that way.

 

[sörine]

We're there even any side games for GBA? I can't recall any...

Edit: I wanna say the first Mystery Dungeon...

Yes the first MD was on GBA/DS. There was also Pinball RS.

Although I think it's weird we've yet to see any of the GBC spinoffs like Pinball or Puzzle Challenge.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

Given M2 being involved I find the whole forced dark screen thing to be utterly baffling. Didn't their Game Gear emulation have settings along those lines.

Speaking of Game Gear. At least Yoshi's Island won't be as bad as Sonic 2 (the 3DS could do Master System and have the version of the game where you can actually see the first bosses attacks).

Woo!

Please tell me that is the ~80 page monstrosity? Shame we didn't get colour but at sort of length it is understandable.

I guess NOE does not host PDFs of these on their website like NCL do (possibly NOA but that might just be for recent systems in the support section).

 

[entremet]

Precisely. My money's on never seeing a mainline Pokemon game on VC.

We're there even any side games for GBA? I can't recall any...

Edit: I wanna say the first Mystery Dungeon...

Pokemon Snap was on the VC as was the Panel de Pon game for the N64. So there is precedent for side games on the VC.

 

[AntiFacebook]

Can anyone say if any of those game is good?
(except for Golden Sun which I already own for the GBA)

 

[Robin64]

Can anyone say if any of those game is good?
(except for Golden Sun which I already own for the GBA)

All three of today's games are excellent and maybe some of the finest the GBA has to offer. It's off to a great start.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Given M2 being involved I find the whole forced dark screen thing to be utterly baffling. Didn't their Game Gear emulation have settings along those lines.

Is it really that big a deal? Haven't seen it for myself but I thought Nintendo were pretty adamant on having accurate emulation, which (I assumed) is why they take so long doing it..

 

[Drago]

Mother 3 a possibility now?

We can only hope so.