Not everyone is an ambassador, and there are a lot more quality GBA games than the ones ambassadors did get. It's not hard to see why people would want them badly
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Rumour: GBA games finally coming to the Nintendo eshop?
- Thread starter JazzmanZ
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Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Nintendo please:
ScreenSplitter
Member
gingerbeardman
Member
Mario Golf Advance Tour
Amazing game. And Mario isn't even in it until after you beat it once!
Amazing game. And Mario isn't even in it until after you beat it once!
Snowden's Secret
Banned
I'm already envisioning how awesome this will be. Imagine buying Golden Sun and The Lost Age digitally, having them both rest on the same SD card, and STILL HAVING TO WRITE DOWN THEN INPUT A 300 CHARACTER TRANSFER CODE because they didn't reprogram the game in any way.
Mario Golf GBA is better than Mario Golf GBC (which is an incredible game)
Mario Tennis however goes the other way.
Diddy Kong
Banned
Mother 3
Sonic Battle
NAOOOOOOOO
Sonic Battle
NAOOOOOOOO
I always thought it was a stupid, pointless promise.
The mistake you're making is trying to apply reason to anything Nintendo does.
I always thought not only was it stupid and pointless, but also insulting to the people who couldn't get a 3DS before the ambassador program went away. It's one thing to reward loyal customers, but not allowing us to purchase them?
lowrider007
Licorice-flavoured booze?
This is all I've ever wanted, I hope this is true but I don't want to get my hopes up, the GBA software library is still my favourite.
That was the whole point--they were rewards for people who paid the original RRP; giving them to everyone else at the same time would have completely invalidated the whole intent of the Ambassador rewards to begin with.
Absoludacrous
Member
Super Mario Ball is such a bad game.
The Hermit
Member
yup... I think we should bash the 3DS VC weekly so they improve it even more.
So do I, which is why I said I think they should be throwing SNES and GBA games at the 3DS e-shop.
Like the hat?
Banned
Here's hoping they update them to let you do a save state (lol)
ScreenSplitter
Member
Good lord, calm down. They have no plans to bring it to the general public at the moment. Never said never.
It hasn't even been a full year since they launched!
It comes up every time these are mentioned, but signs point to them running in hardware compatibility mode--in other words, they're not being emulated and there's not a lot that can be done to "fix" the way they run, hence why Nintendo wasn't selling them to begin with.
No, because we still would've gotten them for free but other people would have to pay for them. It would've given a tangible value to the Ambassador program.
Coppertracks
Member
Ooooh, Pokemon R/S Pinball as well. Never got to play that.
And where are the other GBC Pokemon spin-off games come to mention it?!
And where are the other GBC Pokemon spin-off games come to mention it?!
i'm betting they'll do a big upgrade since the Ambassador versions were just freebies and nintendo never spends big bucks on free stuff (remember the badly emulated Majora's Mask in the Zelda CE disc?)
haven't they upgraded the NES games with savestates and stuff so far?
When he said "people who couldn't get a 3DS before the ambassador program went away" I thought he was referring to the brief window where stores were slashing the prices ahead of Nintendo but the Ambassador window was still open. No idea why. My bad.
Oh, Ninty will open the ambassador games up to the masses- alà the Wii browser they'll even be offered for free as a penance for the new 3DS lite release so soon after 3DS XL!
But it'll be ok, because the the sting of Ambassador-ship will have long since dulled and all will be forgiven as people line up to buy new hardware and the sing praises of our benevolent overlords.
Or maybe not. Who knows, this is Nintendo we're talking about.
Also: betting we see GBA games at $10, even the SNES ports.
Where's Pokemon TCG.
Even though I'm really underwhelmed with Nintendo's emulators on the 3DS and Wii in terms of options.. I figure they'd have to upgrade the GBA emulation if they're selling the titles. It's as bore bones as it gets with the Ambassador games.
Weren't those just the upgrades already made to GBA/SNES re-electionreleases and unlockable content from other games, like SM3 and Metroid?
I'm not sure what you're talking about but NES games do have save states on eShop.
No giving them free would have been a reward, as everyone else would have had to pay for them. Keeping them exclusive just felt insulting towards anyone who bought a 3DS after.
The timeframe is irrelevant.
Hopefully, they come out at a faster rate than the previous VC games. Even if it's just Nintendo's own titles, there is still so many great ones to pick from.
Afro Gunsou
Banned
Inject Mario Golf Advance Tour right into my veins. I loved that game.
DimmuBurgerKing
Member
It was bound to happen.. it would be stupid of them not to. My Ambassador program GBA games are among the most played games on my 3DS
El Pescado
Member
Ugh... Super Mario Pinball Land is my least favorite Nintendo game of all time
which is kinda weird cause I really love Metroid Pinball.
Going by how VC usually goes, here's my breakdown of 3DS GBA VC by region:
JP - at least 2-4 GBA games a month, all of decent to excellent quality, along with a good amount of games from the other represented consoles
EU - Around 1-3 GBA games a month, mostly Nintendo's own games along with a 3rd party gem every once in a while, games from other consoles are still represented but not as much
NA - 1 GBA game every 5 or 6 weeks, with most of them being of less than desirable quality, and releases from other systems drop considerably. Will be behind other regions by about 20-30 titles by the end of 2013
I'm bitter :<
JP - at least 2-4 GBA games a month, all of decent to excellent quality, along with a good amount of games from the other represented consoles
EU - Around 1-3 GBA games a month, mostly Nintendo's own games along with a 3rd party gem every once in a while, games from other consoles are still represented but not as much
NA - 1 GBA game every 5 or 6 weeks, with most of them being of less than desirable quality, and releases from other systems drop considerably. Will be behind other regions by about 20-30 titles by the end of 2013
I'm bitter :<
considering the last direct was just about the nsmb2 dlc, I woul be surprised
These GBA games need wireless play. I want to play Mario Kart Super Circuit with some friends!
It's bad because people will buy those game because they are starved.
It's bad because people will buy those game because they are starved.
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
Get Golden Sun 1 & 2, Fire Emblem 7&8 and you will get my money Nintendo.
whalleywhat
Member
lol
Diddy Kong
Banned
Every single Game Boy game is either $3 or $4. Ooh wow, a difference of one dollar between the cheaper games and the premium games. Do you really think that's the best pricing strategy for them to employ?