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Nintendo Downloads - May 2012
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Shadow Hog
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Clearly they are committed to only bringing us the best entries in the GG Sonic series.
Yay! More shitty games!
I'm really enjoying this Rayman Origins demo. I haven't played it on any other console, so I can't really make a comparison, but I'll probably end up picking this up in Game if they stock it. I've had store credit there for a while and it doesn't look as though either Revelaitons or Kid Icarus is going to be available there any time soon.
From an uneducated point of view it seems to be a good fit for the 3DS. The depth looks really cool in certain parts too.
From an uneducated point of view it seems to be a good fit for the 3DS. The depth looks really cool in certain parts too.
Phife Dawg
Member
Origins demo is better than expected. Looks a bit fuzzy but 3D looks good. Will pick up eventually.
WiiRevolution1
Member
Haven't played the Origins demo yet (tho I am looking forward to it!) but just wanted to say that next week we also get Game & Watch Gallery 2 (it says so kn NA shop)
YEA! 3DS Virtual Console is back! I'm so happy. I don't think I'll buy G&W2 either even tho I haven't played it. I only got like $40 to spend on eShop games between now and Wii U so I gotta make my choices carefully...
YEA! 3DS Virtual Console is back! I'm so happy. I don't think I'll buy G&W2 either even tho I haven't played it. I only got like $40 to spend on eShop games between now and Wii U so I gotta make my choices carefully...
nincompoop
Banned
Damn, I knew Rayman Origins running at 60 fps would be too much to ask of Ubisoft.
mario_O
Member
I think it´s only up on the UK store atm...you know u can always change your address and download it..
Colonel Mustard
Banned
Looks like I'm buying Origins for the third time.
WiiRevolution1
Member
I never played it, but there is also a video on the eShop (and obviously theres tons of videos on youtube) it looks good. Its the only one I never played...
Noone posted the US update because Nintendo has started telling us whats coming one week in advance on the eShop. (Except for the demo)
But...
Rayman Origins Demo
Kirby's Block Ball
Some DSiWare game noone cares about.
Anywayz: Played the demo and its pretty awesome. I also have a Xbox 360 & PS3 but no Via so I am unsure which system I want this for. 3Ds has portability and playtime tracking. But the console versions have trophies/acheivements. Vita has portability and trophies so I could wait a year and get that when I get the Vita.
Hhmm...
Edit: Now that I've looked around, I see Origins 3DS STILL doesn't have a release date. Wat.
I picked it up for Wii and play with friends. Only issue is that things get a bit hard to see if it zooms out too far. Otherwise, it's great fun that way.
kobashi100
Banned
As it is ubisoft I honestly thought rayman would be worse.
Sucks it runs @ 30fps but it isnt to bad. I have the 360 version but will still buy this.
Sucks it runs @ 30fps but it isnt to bad. I have the 360 version but will still buy this.
Dr. Feel Good
Banned
For those interested in Game and Watch Gallery 2: it's definitely a solid title, and much better than the original.
Donkey Kong original/remake makes it a pretty worthwhile purchase alone, but the other games are pretty fun too. I think it has five games with one unlockable. Donkey Kong, Ball, and Vermin remakes are all awesome, and Chef and Parachute are still pretty fun. The goal benchmarks make you really keep playing for secrets and whatnot, and the game obviously has a lot of replay value. It along with Tetris DX were pretty much the flagship titles for the Game Boy Color launch so there was obviously quite a bit of solid development put into it.
Highly recommended.
Donkey Kong original/remake makes it a pretty worthwhile purchase alone, but the other games are pretty fun too. I think it has five games with one unlockable. Donkey Kong, Ball, and Vermin remakes are all awesome, and Chef and Parachute are still pretty fun. The goal benchmarks make you really keep playing for secrets and whatnot, and the game obviously has a lot of replay value. It along with Tetris DX were pretty much the flagship titles for the Game Boy Color launch so there was obviously quite a bit of solid development put into it.
Highly recommended.
KirbYuuYuu
Member
Well the Origins demos makes the port as bad as I was expecting, considering who was porting it. Glad it wasn't a me thing when I felt something was off here.
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
Here in Europe, we have a lovely 3D trailer of Art Of Balance! Touch!
Looks great.
Looks great.
I played the demo expecting to be disappointed and it actually played pretty smooth. I don't get where the blurry low res comments are coming from. There are parts where it zooms in and you can clearly tell they aren't using low res textures. And to say the 3D doesn't look impressive would be a flatout denial. I'd say it's nice to see a 3rd party platformer have nice, deep, and rich 3D effects like Origins. Compared to the 3D Classics stuff (which have at least 2 or 3 layers of depth at most) its like the highest depth setting in Resident Evil: Revelations with 7 different layers of background/foreground going on. The effect, in the end, is better than using polygons. All of those nice background elements that look great in 2D just come alive quite vibrantly with the 3D on.Disappointed in the Rayman demo.Blurry, low rez and 30fps
3D doesn't make up for these.
chickdigger802
Banned
Strange that they didn't put up the gbc mario tennis game on vc. I guess they don't want to release the superior one before the 3ds one is out?
Its my favorite out of the Game and Watch series. GW3 has some cooler late game unlockables (Legend of Zelda GW!) but GW2 has the strongest set of initial games in the entire series, and the stuff you unlock is still pretty fun.
Agent Unknown
Member
So I see G&W Gallery 2 and Kirby Block Ball on the shop this morning and I think "Oh cool, two VC games I may want to buy!" Then I see that G&W isn't displaying a price and it's not actualy queued. >: (
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I reeeeaally hoope NCL exerts more control over all regions (especially NOA) for the future Wii U shop and makes the releases as universal as possible.
Thanks for the impressions, I'll keep this in mind. I downloaded G&W Gallery 1 this winter and really enjoyed it, this one looks even better.
This is exactly why I was underwhelmed when GG support was announced because I knew we were gonna have to sit through a hundred pointless Sonic re-releases before getting anything interesting. Once they stop pointlessly trying to get me to waste money on those, I really hope they release GG Fantasy Zone and Panzer Dragoon Mini someday.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I reeeeaally hoope NCL exerts more control over all regions (especially NOA) for the future Wii U shop and makes the releases as universal as possible.
Thanks for the impressions, I'll keep this in mind. I downloaded G&W Gallery 1 this winter and really enjoyed it, this one looks even better.
This is exactly why I was underwhelmed when GG support was announced because I knew we were gonna have to sit through a hundred pointless Sonic re-releases before getting anything interesting. Once they stop pointlessly trying to get me to waste money on those, I really hope they release GG Fantasy Zone and Panzer Dragoon Mini someday.
Disappointed in the Rayman demo.Blurry, low rez and 30fps
3D doesn't make up for these.
And besides all that, the sound quality in the demo is atrocious. I really hope it isn't indicative of the final product.
I agree. I thought the game looked and played great, and when it zoomed in you could definitely tell the textures were crisp and sharp.
Agent Unknown
Member
Another topic, still not having any TG-16 support is worrisome. Could it have something to do with Hudson going under/rights issues?
Were you using headphones? Because even on speakers the sound was pretty clear.
kobashi100
Banned
just watched that and very impressed!
I never played the Wii version either so a must buy for sure.
Shadow Hog
Member
It just sounded incredibly compressed from the 3DS speakers. I would not be surprised if it were in < 128kbps territory. But like Mpl90 said the demo file size wasn't very big so that could explain it.
Just played it, and its pretty clear where those comments are coming from. Anytime its not zoomed in (which is going to be 99% of the game), it looks like you're playing a poorly compressed jpeg.
I found myself not being to perform as well in the demo version as I do in the Wii and PC versions. I don't know if it was due to screen size, not being used to the 3DS port's controls, or a combination of the two.
A few minor things I noticed in the first stage that doesn't bode well for the full version:
-Despite not trying to collect lums at all, I somehow finished the stage with a little over 400. This is a count I have never experienced in other versions of the game in any stage even when Im on full collection mode.
-The first cage is dumbed down from its original version. The structure normally has about five Lividstones, here it has only two. It makes me curious what other changes have been made to game to make it easier
-If you finish the stage with at least 350 lums and trigger the disco sequence, Rayman noticeably disappears for a split second when his dance animation loops. Thats really weird and I don't understand why it happens
The 3D is pretty nice, but its not as striking as Mighty Switch Force due to how unsharp the assets look when the game isnt right up on them.
EvilDick34
Banned
The only complaint i have is the 30fps lock other than that you guys are bitching to just bitch, it looks great on the 3DS and the 3D is superb.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
What is Kirby's Block? I never heard of this old GB game.
Colonel Mustard
Banned
Box of Bunnies
Banned
It's a neato Kirby-themed Breakout type game.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
Member
Just saw some screenshots. I know there are tons of Kirby spin-offs but I never knew this existed.
Box of Bunnies
Banned
I hadn't heard of it either before it hit the PAL eShop, but I grabbed it when it did and it's pretty fun.
A bit of both then - haha!
hardcastlemccormick
Banned
I'm in the mood for a platformer after the Rayman demo. I don't have any of the DSiWare or 3DS platformers. I'm eyeing a WayForward game, or the DSiWare Rayman port. What's the favorite platformer 'round these parts?