Colonel Mustard
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Scram Kitty is excellent. I don't get why more people aren't talking about it.
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Nintendo Downloads - May 2014
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metsallica
Member
They are, just not here! http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=819433
I'm sorry, the Arc Systems game that came out today.
Rusty's is good fun too, but this one is more like a traditional game instead of drills.
We've got an OT and everything, come chat there!
ZSaberLink
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Squids Odyssey is hitting the Eshop next week 5/22 in both NA and the EU.
http://www.gonintendo.com/s/228438-squids-odyssey-hitting-na-eu-next-week
http://www.gonintendo.com/s/228438-squids-odyssey-hitting-na-eu-next-week
Colonel Mustard
Banned
Two strategy games in one week?
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
Is this one of the best months for Wii U eShop releases? This is even w/ the Armillo delay.
5/1 - Stick it to the Man
5/1 - Abyss
5/15 - Scram Kitty
5/15 - Color Zen (?)
5/22 - Swords & Soldiers HD
5/22 - Squids Odyssey
Not bad.
Taco_Human
Member
Finally beat Rage of the Gladiator. Fun game. Definitely worth 3.50 I got it for. Last boss was a complete joke though. Good punchout clone, but Punchout is still better.
Colonel Mustard
Banned
Hasn't been too bad at all. There's been a decent amount of stuff every week and the quality has been relatively high. Stick it to the Man, Abyss HD and Scram Kitty are all really good. Even Color Zen is pretty good. (Though it really should have been a $2 3DS game.)
Can't wait to play Swords and Soldiers again, I bought the 3DS version on sale a while back and it's pretty bad. (There's an update coming to fix the frame rate and add the sausagefest DLC...but who knows when that's coming.) It'll be nice to play a good version of the game and the local multiplayer should be pretty definitive with each person having their own screen.
It also seems that Ittle Dew is featured on the front page of the eShop. Being that the game is supposedly done, we'll probably see that in short order as well.
I really enjoyed Rage of Gladiator on WiiWare and 3DS. I was surprised by the quality of the 3DS port, Gamelion's work can be pretty spotty. Maybe one day we'll get a Two Tribes port of the iOS version with added WM+ support as well.
I just finished MOON Chronicles in 1h30min, I never played the original on the DS so everything was new to me.
This release includes the prologue and chapters 1 through 4. I didn't do any VR missions and i think i'll have to replay to unlock that.
Biggest chapter by far was Chapter 2, others were pretty fast, one of the chapters took less than 1min.
The 3D is quite nice, and it looks like the resolution is quite bumped up when the 3D is not on (there seems to be some AA, or it's just the increased resolution). Sound was nice too.
The one thing is that the videos seem to be quite low resolution, like i said i never played the original DS version but i wouldn't be suprised if it was the exact same videos.
Overall it could've been bigger, but a good game.
This release includes the prologue and chapters 1 through 4. I didn't do any VR missions and i think i'll have to replay to unlock that.
Biggest chapter by far was Chapter 2, others were pretty fast, one of the chapters took less than 1min.
The 3D is quite nice, and it looks like the resolution is quite bumped up when the 3D is not on (there seems to be some AA, or it's just the increased resolution). Sound was nice too.
The one thing is that the videos seem to be quite low resolution, like i said i never played the original DS version but i wouldn't be suprised if it was the exact same videos.
Overall it could've been bigger, but a good game.
ZSaberLink
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I've Got to Run confirmed for June 5th release in NA
May 16, 2014 by RawmeatCowboy
- due out Thursday, June 5th, 2014
- $1.99 USD, $2.19 CAD, 26 Mexican Pesos, and $4.50 Brazilian Reals
- EU release date to be confirmed
http://www.gonintendo.com/s/228452-i-ve-got-to-run-confirmed-for-june-5th-release-in-na
Adding to the Wii U eShop recent/future release list
4/25 - NES Remix 2
4/30 - Child of Light
5/1 - Stick it to the Man
5/1 - Abyss
5/15 - Scram Kitty
5/15 - Color Zen (?)
5/22 - Swords & Soldiers HD
5/22 - Squids Odyssey
6/5 - I've got to Run
May 16, 2014 by RawmeatCowboy
- due out Thursday, June 5th, 2014
- $1.99 USD, $2.19 CAD, 26 Mexican Pesos, and $4.50 Brazilian Reals
- EU release date to be confirmed
http://www.gonintendo.com/s/228452-i-ve-got-to-run-confirmed-for-june-5th-release-in-na
Adding to the Wii U eShop recent/future release list
4/25 - NES Remix 2
4/30 - Child of Light
5/1 - Stick it to the Man
5/1 - Abyss
5/15 - Scram Kitty
5/15 - Color Zen (?)
5/22 - Swords & Soldiers HD
5/22 - Squids Odyssey
6/5 - I've got to Run
Taco_Human
Member
Fucking hell. Nintendo I hate you so much. I bought Punch Out again cause I never beat it on the Wii. I own it twice now, and as much as I hate myself for spending money again on it, Mike Tyson (Mr Dream, whatever) is going the fuck down.
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
I'm in love with Stick it to the Man. It managed to evaporated my bad mood from this morning's encounter with the new NN ToS.
iamaustrian
Member
You know that you can transfer VC games to your WiiU for free?
Taco_Human
Member
3DS. Forgot to mention.
This week, in Europe
Wii U
Squids Odyssey €12.99 (£9.99)
Swords & Soldiers €2.99 (£2.69)
Color Zen €2.99 (£2.99)
Wii U Virtual Console
Klonoa™: Empire of Dreams (GBA) €6.99 (£6.29)
3DS
Picross e4 $5.00 (£4.50)
Touch Battle Tank 3D 2 €4.99 (£4.49)
Turtle Tale €2.99 (£2.49)
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return £19.99
3DS Virtual Console
Double Dragon II: The Revenge €4.99 (£4.49)
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Special Offers
3DS
AeternoBlade €7.99 (£6.59) until 29/05/14 23:59 local time
Secrets of the Titanic 1912-2012 €4.99 (£4.99) until 05/06/14 23:59 local time.
Wii U
Squids Odyssey €12.99 (£9.99)
Swords & Soldiers €2.99 (£2.69)
Color Zen €2.99 (£2.99)
Wii U Virtual Console
Klonoa™: Empire of Dreams (GBA) €6.99 (£6.29)
3DS
Picross e4 $5.00 (£4.50)
Touch Battle Tank 3D 2 €4.99 (£4.49)
Turtle Tale €2.99 (£2.49)
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return £19.99
3DS Virtual Console
Double Dragon II: The Revenge €4.99 (£4.49)
===========
Special Offers
3DS
AeternoBlade €7.99 (£6.59) until 29/05/14 23:59 local time
Secrets of the Titanic 1912-2012 €4.99 (£4.99) until 05/06/14 23:59 local time.
Orniletter
Banned
Herb Alpert
Banned
There will be more SNES games on WiiU? Right?
Right?
Right?
I recently made a list of all NES, SNES and GBA games, first party, that could come and couldn't depending on various reasons. We're actually running low on NES and SNES, and without third parties bringing their titles (aside from Konami and Namco), we'd run out soon enough.
Orniletter
Banned
Has there ever been an explanation for the lack of Enix titles ...even on the old Wii VC ?
I´d love to buy some of the lesser known titles like Robotrek, or the Quintet trilogy (Terranigma etc. )...but alas...
I´d love to buy some of the lesser known titles like Robotrek, or the Quintet trilogy (Terranigma etc. )...but alas...
If they run out they'll need release those N64 games, eh? Eh?
N64 and DS, yeah
Here's the list again (mostly talking EU. Some, like Mach Rider, have made it in the US)
Pretty decent week overall, but nothing for me (then again, a bit busy with last week's purchase, so I ain't complaining).
Tempted by AeterNoBlade at this price, but too much stuff on my plate at the moment...
Herb Alpert
Banned
N64 and DS, yeah
Here's the list again (mostly talking EU. Some, like Mach Rider, have made it in the US)
I hope Nintendo will work with third parties to bring them to release their titles...
I want Hagane, I want FF6 and Secret of Mana (again, cause I want to play them on the gamepad), I want parodius, R-Type, hell, there are so much good SNES titles!
The hell with DS VC, I have a 3DS, I can play DS titles! Just release them on E-shop!
This was the usual monday morning "VC sucks"
DS titles can't work on the 3DS eShop.
Herb Alpert
Banned
We can download DSiware, why wouldn't it be possible to release retail DS titles on 3DS e-shop (not talking about VC here)?
I am not a techie so sorry if what I say makes no sense.
For one, the memory allocated on the 3DS hardware for DSi downloads is small, some DS games won't fit on it.
Second, the way the saves work would have to require massive recoding to get working on the 3DS.
It's really not as easy as people think with these things. It's not as simple as putting the file up on the eShop to download
They have released as DSiWare (which I know is not the same).
Herb Alpert
Banned
thanks for the explanation!
well, let's go back play Stick it to the man! (great game!)
DSiWare is different to retail DS games.
I found it good fun. Tricky to capture all 718 Pokémon, too!
While DS games can likely work as 3DS digital downloads if Nintendo would just wrap them up as 3DS applications, releasing them as native DS programs to run like DSiWare won't work, since the DS BC mode can't load games off the SD card, and is limited to 256MB of the internal storage. That makes it hard to store more than one at a time, and many won't even fit.
But the link I posted is for Coro Pata released just last month so they can work and I'm guessing not much work was involved by LukPlus as it's not exactly like it sold a million downloads.
Starwolf_UK
Member
Like digital download of retail DSiWare has some differing save writing routines which requires the developers to do more than hand over a ROM (I'm sure there could be a firmware layer solution). There are also limitations on space. Speaking of which wasn't the Japanese release of Advance Wars Days of Ruin (Club Nintendo reward) 64 megabytes so most games would work. Unless they made it smaller by further downgrading the audio (the KHz of the CO themes is pretty low so they sound muffled).
).
I'd have a look at the VC to get an idea of who is participating. Given Komani I'm really hoping for Mega Ma...oh wait that joke only works the other way round. Given Konami I'm really hoping for Ninja 5-O as it would be nice to have a way to buy this game that doesn't cost like $100.Oh my fucking god !
3rd parties are on the way
Most people are positive. A few people however found it was not their cup of tea. It seems like the kind of game that once you "get it" you can keep the game almost perpetually (as in the difficulty peaks a bit early). It still has the occasional tricky stage (there is one that is all
Unown and you have to match 3 of each letter
Oh, I'm not saying that games that were retail DS games can't be released on DSiWare, there's already been examples of that in the past. But you have to fit it in the ~27MB limit that DSiWare has. (Or was it 16MB?)
It's 426 blocks (whatever that is).
That's 53.25 MB. It would cause your storage space to run out in one-two games.
EDIT: And many games from the later part of the DS' life wouldn't even fit at all.
Does it actually download to dsiware?
Seems that it is not. In which case it goes back to what I originally said.
The games need to be wrapped as a 3DS application, which requires a little work. (Which they should do.)
Well that's certainly more than the 27MB you quoted. (I think it's 125MB).
Yes. Coro Pata and Advance Wars are 100% DSiWare.
Do you have it? Is it stored as a 3DS game or as DSiWare? Because if it's the latter, then you would be limited to 128MB (1024 blocks of total open space for DSiWare), which is too little.
(By the way, for future reference: 1 Block = 1 Megabit, or 128 Kilobytes.)
EDIT: Oh, I see. In that case, you'd be limited to holding only 128MB of DS games that way.
See my post above. They both are DSiWare so as I said earlier DS games CAN work as DSiWare.