Maybe this one will have, like, menus and control configs... y'know, the sort of stuff every other ROM-dump ever has had. If they expect people to play with a sideways Wiimote like the did with the Mario collection then they're gonna have to.
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Nintendo announces Kirby 20th Anniversary Wii disc
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Maybe this one will have, like, menus and control configs... y'know, the sort of stuff every other ROM-dump ever has had. If they expect people to play with a sideways Wiimote like the did with the Mario collection then they're gonna have to.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Professor Beef
Banned
Do you know how much intergalactic calls cost in this economy? Of course Samus isn't going to get a call for her greatest games.
Hopefully the Prime series wouldn't be on a Greatest Games disc.
Electivirus
Member
I own almost every Kirby game on the VC. Still gonna buy, 'cuz I'm a compete Kirby whore. :'D
Well depending on the games I'm much more likely to buy this than the Super Mario Bros 25th anniversary collection. I already had All Stars, but my Kirby Collection is pretty small; Fun Pak, Dream Course and Power Paintbrush and the one on GBA as part of the ambassador package, so there's a good chance for something in this collection that I don't have.
Coppertracks
Member
I love Kirby but have so few of his games. I think I may have to pick this up depending on content.
Nocturnowl
Member
And just this morning I rounded out my collection on the recent deluge of Kirby games this gen with mass attack then this is announced, I swear the Kirby releases are never ending.
Hopefully it will include the few games I haven't played like Dreamland 3.
Now as for you people upset about the lack of Metroid celebratory stuff at least there was the MP Trilogy right?
So you know who really got shafted here, Donkey Kong again!
Hopefully it will include the few games I haven't played like Dreamland 3.
Now as for you people upset about the lack of Metroid celebratory stuff at least there was the MP Trilogy right?
So you know who really got shafted here, Donkey Kong again!
Is that what became Epic Yarn?Why did you have to remind me ;_;
No, it's one of the many prototypes HAL worked on (and scrapped) between Crystal Shards and Return to Dreamland.
Epic Yarn was developed by another company (Good-Feel) and later became a Kirby game, but the yarn aesthetic was present from the very beginning.
I know that Epic Yarn was developed by Good-Feel. That's actually the reason I asked the question: The high-res 2D resembles very much what Good-Feel have done with Wario Shake Dimension.
Though, that HAL went from this beatiful prototype to the ugly 3D graphics is quite a sad turn.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
At the risk of being obliterated in this thread; you'll have fun with pretty much any of the Kirby games, but none of them are really life-changers and the more you play, the more you'll realize how much overlap there is between them.
Umm, the graphics are quite obviously cel-shaded 3D (well at least the characters are). Also the high-res 2D artwork of Wario Shake Dimension was actually done by Production IG, not Good-Feel internally.
I would say there are two absolute must-play Kirby games. Super Star and Epic Yarn. As you said, the others, while good games in their own right, don't bring anything else particularly new to the table (although Crystal Shards' fusion mechanic was a lot of fun).
edit: forgot about Canvas Curse, that's probably worth playing too.
AceBandage
Banned
Too bad it won't include the best Kirby game of them all.
Electivirus
Member
Too bad it won't include the best Kirby game of them all.
That doesn't look like Epic Yarn to me. :O
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
No Metroid. No Metroid. No Metroid. No Metroid. No Metroid. No Metroid. No Metroid. No Metroid. No Metroid. No Metroid. No Metroid. No Metroid. No Metroid. No Metroid. No Metroid. No Metroid. No Metroid. No Metroid.
No Metroid=The Baby
Nocturnowl
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Ivan A Nguyen
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I was at a half priced book store and saw the SNES cart for this. Sad thing is I don't have a SNES anymore or else I would have snatched it up.
hardcastlemccormick
Banned
As someone who has only played Kirby's Dream Land on the Game Boy about eight years ago, this disc may apply to me. Hopefully it has a good games to price ratio. Come on, Nintendo.
The sales of the Mario anniversary disc say otherwise
Metroid needs to actually be one of their significant franchises first
balladofwindfishes
Member
What's the chances of this having Air Ride on it?
Not very high I assume?
Not very high I assume?
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Too bad it won't include the best Kirby game of them all.
Not even the best on DS!
Mass Attack for life!
Hate to tell you this but your opinion is wrong. You've been living a lie this whole time.
Anyways, gonna pick this up. I just wuv Kirby.
Hero of Legend
Member
Air Ride with 16:9 would be worth the price of admission, but I don't expect it.
Nintendo should've re-released the Zelda collection from the GC as a Wii game, or something. Weren't there problems with the games on it?
If Nintendo actually put in playable demos of the canned GC games... *dies*
Surely the original Kirby GC game is fully playable, the trailer looked nice and polished with plenty of stages.
Nintendo should've re-released the Zelda collection from the GC as a Wii game, or something. Weren't there problems with the games on it?
If Nintendo actually put in playable demos of the canned GC games... *dies*
Surely the original Kirby GC game is fully playable, the trailer looked nice and polished with plenty of stages.
DXB-KNIGHT
Member
Kirby Canvas Curse HD needs to come to the Wii U or the tablet controller will be a huge waste.
hardcastlemccormick
Banned
Could the game work on just a Wii Remote? I was under the impression that the game uses very few controls, but it might need that analog stick.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
I agree actually, with the one caveat that Canvas Curse (which is really its own thing) is the one Kirby branded product everyone should play even if they're not looking for a platformer.
Still one of the more creative and interesting games of the last decade imho.
The animations have been done by Production IG, not the art itself. And art isn't limited to the characters on screen...
I imagine it'd have turning remapped to either the dpad or motion control, or maybe just require the chuck, especially since they took the GameCube ports out of the new Wiis, so they can't rely on a GC control scheme as an option.
They'd probably have to go in and strip out LAN mode too
It is, but not in Japan. Japan couldn't care less about Metroid. "Other M" was their attempt to make a Metroid that could appeal to Japanese audiences, and they botched it.
My guess: any future Metroid games will either be eShop downloadable titles or western-made from now on.
Too bad it won't include the best Kirby game of them all.
That is not Return to Dreamland.
R
Retro_
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I'd pay for all the old metroid games(not prime) on one disc.
kinda sucks nothing like this happened for its 20th
It's not a significant franchise in the West, either. Nintendo's top core franchises are stuff like Mario, Kirby, Zelda, Pokemon, Animal Crossing and Wii Fit. They bring in significant amounts of money and licensing fees.
Metroid, on the other hand, continues a downward trend with each new release. Nintendo fans (which I am one of) overvalue Metroid's market value, even though the games are well received critically. It's not one of their core franchises. Retro actually gets to work on franchises that actually sell like Donkey Kong now.
You're already seeing that most people sort of agree with you actually.
I myself always think "hey, maybe I'll get THIS new Kirby game" and then I never do because very few look exciting. Apart from the spin-off Kirby's Pinball Land (which is awesome), I've only ever bought 3: Kirby's Adventure (NES, my favorite), Canvas Curse (which, as original and well made as it is, sorta bored me) and a couple of days ago Return to Dreamland/Kirby's Adventure Wii because it's a full blown console Kirby game with multiplayer.
I'm not sure I'm interested in a compilation, honestly.
Please play Kirby Superstar and Return to Dreamland ASAP.
I love nearly every game in the Kirby franchise, but yes, Epic Yarn bored me. It does have amazing presentation with its graphics and music though.
Ignoring the lazy room decorating (which is completely disposable anyway), the game was near flawless.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Epic Yarn is an absolute delight to play.
Oh it will. If it's not 50hz in PAL-land, it wouldn't be authentic to the original experience...
I seriously think that's Nintendo's stance on the matter.