I'm with Swerd_Murd. I mean, come on people- are you blind? This game is supposed to be free. And if someone (like Nicalis) comes and rings at the door to ask for money for a free game, then I say: Punch him in the face. Donating some money to Pixel to support the original is a way better idea imho.
And you don't need a high-end PC to play the original. I have beaten the game two times on an AMD K5 with 1000Mhz and 256MB RAM (with Windows Me) and it worked perfect. Gamepad is also supported.
@Omega. it's nice to support Pixel. But i think so much people are misinterpreting what Pixel wants as a support. It's nice to give him money of course, but a guy that give a game for free in the first place do you think it's all about money? Guess why Pixel supported and participated in this Nicalis project in the first place, he just wanted to bring more people to play it and have fun with it.
(PC) Purists already started to scream like little girls around the Internet, like any purist from other franchise, and i still think they are missing the point. (And some are just being aardvarks, really.) If they don't want to buy the game, no one will really care. But much people will thank the support including Pixel.
If i going to support it when it gets to Europe even if i played the original years ago? Of course i will
(Also, Omega when you say that you don't have to have an high-end PC ti play it, it's sound like your really trying to insult someone like they didn't notice the obvious.)
It wasn't directed to you or any other person that like the PC version more or have a justified negative opinion. It's just a small group of people that are really like that around the Internet.
I think being able to use a Wiimote or Classic Controller and knowing you have the same frame rate as everyone else (on the Wii) is good for 1200 points and playing it on TV. Not everyone knows about this game, but being on Wiiware is helping.
downloading the free game doesn't really financially support pixel. buying the $12 wii version does. it's not as if some other people took his game and are charging you for it, he himself took charge of the project and the wiiware version is as much his game as the original. working with a professional staff he was able to make the game look much better than he had been able to on his own, and so many extra features were added in that it becomes a new game. that's why i didn't hesitate to pay for it, even though i've beaten it already for free. if you want pixel to be happy, make the wiiware version a success. then he may even take the time for a sequel...
The original freeware pc version of the game is supposed to be free and always will be free. No one has hidden that fact. However, Nicalis made an enhanced wiiware version with Pixel's help and approval in every step and are now charging for it. It brings the game to a larger audience and allows Pixel to be compensated for his work. Other devs have done and are doing similar things like with super meat boy going from free flash game to paid wiiware and xbla game and spelunky going from freeware pc game to xbla game. Some of these are pretty much entirely new versions of the original and some like Cave Story are just premium enhance versions of the original. While it would have been nice if there was more entirely new content in this version it is nice to have the new content that is in there as well as having completely new and enhanced graphics.
Its up to personal preference whether the additions made it worth the money but we don't really need these "its supposed to be free" comments.
I thought it was excellent, so I'm looking forward to getting to play the PAL release. The graphics are nice and the music is quite good. I don't play games on my home computer unless they're old Atari or arcade games - I don't play long-involved games at all on it, so if not for WiiWare I simply would never play this game.
Paying money for a good game like this doesn't seem like a bonehead play - paying money to play inferior NES games does. Buy this instead of Mario!
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