Every one of the negative points in this article could be launched at any classic arcade game ever. Should Donkey Kong or Galaga be rated 5/10 for being repetitive? A 5/10 is a ridiculously low score for Balloon Fight, one of the best early NES titles. What a terrible review.

Alt-Play is reeaaaaaaly good.

A great week for me. SonSon is one of my favorite arcade games, Commando is good also, and Space Ace is an insta-buy for this Dragon's Lair fanatic.

Smugleaf
Pignition
Wotter
Those are, and will always be, their correct names.

As someone who loves all three games, has won multiple local Brawl and Melee tournaments (playing as Snake and Marth, respectively), and has an encyclopedic knowledge of Nintendo (been collecting for over 15 years), I happen to like the original N64 SSB the most. None of the characters are too powerful or too weak than any other, which is in part due to the huge knockback of all attacks, but that puts the SMASH in Super Smash Bros. Also, I feel that the character picks themselves are more balanced, with no series getting too much representation (some may cite the Mario series as an exception, but seriously, how can you not not include all three of Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi?). Melee's characters picks feel sort of "off". I would have replaced Ice Climbers with Pit or had both in, Dr. Mario with Wario, and removed Pichu, Falco, and Roy and included Meta Knight, R.O.B., and Diddy. IMO, Brawl had the characters spot on, though I think including Snake and Sonic changed the soul of the game quite a bit. All three are 10/10 in gameplay, but I play the first the most and think it captures the "Nintendo All-Star" theme the best.

I've owned the DVD-game collection for years. Can't wait to finally upgrade!

This and Konami Arcade Advanced are the two best arcade comps on the GBA. I give this one the upper hand for actually emulating the games perfectly though.

IMO:
2=3>5>>>4>1>6

Everyone realizes that it says RETAIL shelves, right? It doesn't look like this is for WiiWare/DSiWare.

I have to disagree with most of the comments and the review score here. This game is basically for anyone who never played through the DS version. Giving it a 5/10 just because it is a port is absurd, as the game is just as entertaining as the 8/10-rated DS one. What you people are doing here is turning newcomers to the series off from a great experience, just because you've already played it on another system and expected to be spoiled. Give me a break.

Didn't expect Excitebike that soon. Definitely getting it.

Why isn't FM sound supported? It is in the VC release of Wonder Boy II...

Now I HAVE to get a DSi. I've been waiting for something like this ever since Nintendo canceled the G&W e-Reader cards.

I already have both repro carts, but if I lived anywhere near Denver I'd totally be there.

Gaplus, Mappy, and Druaga are all amazing games. Never played Starforce, though.

I simply cannot wait for Jumpman!