Nintendo Rejects Intellivision Lives for DSiWare

interesting

It would be funny if Nintendo added Intellivision to the Virtual Console and sold each game at 500 points a pop.

It would be funny if Nintendo added Intellivision to the Virtual Console and sold each game at 500 points a pop.

Well if they do, they'll have to go through Keith Robinson to do so, since he owns the rights to most of the games.

Come on, the Intellivision is really old stuff. The games aren't comparable to the likes of NES, Commodore 64 and Master System. If it gets added on the Virtual Console, 400 points is the maximum for a game.

Haha, how interesting...

DSi Virtual Console is surely a given...

I agree...a done deal.

isn't final fantasy iv the after years an emulation of a snes game on wiiware?

No, because Final Fantasy IV - The After Years was a new game made for mobile phones in Japan.

Intellivision Lives DS should've been a retail game.

Intellivision has aged so poorly in my opinion. I couldn't see myself playing 5 minutes of it ever again.

I wouldn't want to play Intellivision games anyway.

A bit of a shame as I'm thinking this sort of thing is becoming a harder sale at retail (reviews by IGN etc will be like "wah, why is this retail it should be WiiWhere - 2/10") though I guess Nintendo want to control emulation by having each ROM for 500 points while this sort of package may have been that for several titles.

Nooo! Khaaaaaaan! (starts singing)"And so I play my.... Intelli-viiiision."(/singing)

Despite this setback, it would be incredible if the games were released via a DSi Virtual Console. At 200 points a game, requiring a keypad, and with a lower resolution than the DSi's screen, these games would be much better suited to the DSi console than the Wii. Let's hope this goes through in the future. Having games like Shark Shark, Astrosmash, Thin Ice, BurgerTime, Locomotion, Utopia, etc. to take on the go would be awesome!

Boo Nintendo. How dare you deny the efforts of the Blue Sky Rangers.

Dang Nintendo,what's wrong with you?

Sounds like I'll be sticking to the PS2 version.

We don't need these games on DSiWare, it's got enough good games already.

....Wait what?

Well, the collection was released for the Gamecube in the USA, so NA-based Intellivison-loving Wii owners can still play it. I picked it up and ran it through HBC and I found the Intellivision an inferior experience to the 2600, so I'm not missing it myself, but clearly any collection of this nature will need to be a full disc/cart release to get on either platform.

An 'other' category in VC with collections of games would allow this to be put on the Virtual Console.

Well, that kinda shoots down the idea of extra non-Nintendo console games making a one-off appearance, although RaviC's idea is a possibility.

@Sean Aaron
Whew, I'm glad I'm not the only one who uses the Homebrew Channel here!

But yeah, I've got this on Gamecube, and I have a real Intellivision in my closet with all the licensed games that couldn't be on it, like the TRON games. Ooh, I wanna go play Destructo-Discs again!

@Sean - Emulated Intellivision never feels quite right. (It's the keypad/disc controller that messes everything up.) If you want a good first experience, you need to use a real system. Of course, the Inty isn't really an action system. It's games are more thoughtful, so that's something to keep in mind.

@SmaMan - Yay! Another Inty user! Do you have Dreadnaught? I had to pay an arm and a leg to get it, but it's quite possibly the best game on the system; bar none.

I found a brand new Intellivision system at an estate sale two years ago, still sealed. It smelled so nice when I took it out. My old Intellivision II had just about had it, so it was good luck to find this one.

So, why did not they then propose to ask Nintendo to allow them to put up Intellivision games in the Virtual Console?

I FOUND AN ATARI 400 LAST WEEKEND!!!

Got Miner 2049er, Donkey Kong, Dig Dug.....this comment is definitely on topic ...srsly cannot contain myself though; such classic gaming and surprisingly good 2d graphic effects...god bless uneducated people practically giving things away at garage sales.

Yeah. I got that lucky.

Could it be because the Intellivision is a console and Nintendo would rather have it emulated on the Wii?

@ Swerd_Murd - I have an Atari XEGS that I play Atari 400/800 games on all the time. Love that system. But an Atari 400 is a sweet item. I had an 800 years ago, but I finally sold it when we moved. I didn't need it and the Atari XEGS. Great find though!

What the ffffff... seriously, Nintendo? Why? I haven't been this upset @ Nintendo in a while. I love the Intellivision.

If they are denying this they probably have a planned VC for the DSi because otherwise this policy seems pointless.

or allowing emulation could be an easier backdoor for hacking the dsi

@MarkyVigoroth - The Intellivision had a keypad that was critical for most games. The DSi's touch screen is a better fit for that keypad than the Wii. (You can use the touchscreen to emulate the keypad, and the top screen to play.)

Also, VC never goes below $5 a game. But DSiWare does...

Yeah, no surprise, DSiWare isn't there to put old games on, only remakes

Then why not make it a store title?

Frankly, DSiWare needs all the games it can muster right now. Dumb move.

Does this rule out GB/GBC titles? I hope not. I'd love to play Links Awakening and SMB DX again.

Yay! More crappy consoles added to the VC if this works out! The Master System was really a joy to play too!

But the Virtual Console uses emulators so that can't be the reason.

Kinda goes against the whole concept of the VC doesn't it? The Intellivision should hold it's own place in VC, up against NES, TG16, and even C64. True without the disc and keypad controller that is truly needed to experience the original Intellivision things aren't quite the same, but still the Intellivision changed the game for home consoles in the early 80s and deserves it's place in VC. Let the buyers decide its' fate!