having completed many times the original Ghost & Goblins in the arcade way back in the 80's i then imported this from japan to play on my super famicom and managed to get to the last level several times, boy did this game wind me up alot back then, but that was half the fun to be fair because you just knew that if you knuckled down and concentrated you'd progress, i must say though that back as this was released as one of the first snes games it BLEW me away with it presentation and sound and those fancy mode 7 levels etc wow definitely one of my favourites.

$89.50 for an extended battery utterly ridiculous when you consider you can buy yourself a Zerolemon 7000mAh for a Galaxy S3 for £30 and this is only 5800mAh for $89.50 not good if you ask me. Let alone there are various 10000 battery packs that allow many different devices to connect and draw power from for around $40 this is way overpriced im afraid. I like it but overpriced.

Does the European version run in 50hz or 60hz ?

Hope these offers come to Europe.

I think most of us know that VC titles be it on Wii, eShop or WiiU are to expensive especially if you live in Europe where it seems the conversion rate used against the $ is preposterously high making the games even worse value.

Interestingly Super Mario Kart, Chrono Trigger, Star Fox & Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island all had some form of assisted hardware on board the carts either a DSP Chip or SFX chip to improve the graphics output of the Snes.

Ive heard all the nonsense about why Nintendo didn't put one in the 3DS XL but truth is its just a plain and simple revenue stream thats all, in this day and age where many things are getting slimmer slicker etc this cumbersome device is ridiculous, needed granted for some games but ridiculous all the same.

Been here from almost the beginning i'd also say its pretty much my one stop shop for anything Nintendo,

@C-Olimar sorry should of said i have a 3DS XL.

So is escapeVektor best on the 3DS or Vita anyone know ?

I had a PC Engine Duo then sold that when most of the games i wanted came out on Wii VC so i picked up a Core Grafix 2 which i still have along with around 40 something hu-card games, have to say though this machine had a slickness,speed & fluidity to games that you didn't often see on the Snes or Megadrive it was a Sprite powerhouse.

Yeah i noticed that i think its an oversight from this guy as most games were only in 4:3 so stretching it would just look wrong, RARE games were mostly 16:9 though.

For me i think it fair to say if multiple places 7 or more say score a game 9 or more its almost certainly a Good game, now whether you enjoy that game or not is entirely another matter.

You have to respect their tweaked SMB2 game engine they used for this game still looks Great on a Big Plasma, fantastic game aswell for the Hardcore gamer thats for sure, Exactly how many more different tracks are there ?

So how would i go about getting a superior backlit model is AGS-101 from eBay then and would i be right in saying that this model would have the best screen to play GB & GBC games then ?

For me this version and the PSP version are the best by far, sluggish slowdown though on PAL machines playing this but all fine and smooth on NTSC.

O come on not this crap again Nintendo this 50hz BS all but stopped any VC purchases for me as i aint paying for a slow and sluggish inferior version of a game, i live in the UK grew up owning from 16yrs old japanese or USA versions of consoles/games as the difference is extremely noticable ie SNES Mario Kart in the UK 150cc is the same speed as NTSC versions 100cc, no thanks looks like ill be declining again then.

Does anyone know if this has the same amount of levels as the IOS version ?

Steam and Apple have the right idea when it comes to pricing digital games and they support their software with a constant Flow of FREE patches that actually make a difference aswell, everyone else is quite Frankly just taking the PISS.

Just registered my system and claimed for Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask as i reckon thats the most expensive title out of the lot at the moment, very surprised by this promotion combined with the Ambassador free Zelda 4 swords and Kid Icarus i'd say Not Bad At All Nintendo.

Why bother buying 50hz cut down slow running small screen rubbish anyway, was a BIG letdown that Nintendo did this to the European WII Vc can just hope they change it for the WiiU.

SO if im reading this right you CANT play games from the external drive just load them back into system storage to play? exactly the same as Wii then that is truly awful as someone who would download alot over time this makes it alot less appetising to make a purchase with all of the effort considering many games are going to weigh in many Gigs thus costing me time waiting to play a game, i might as well dig out my old SPECTRUM 48k then.

If the above article is going to prove true then that will completely KILL the WiiU system for many and well as the download segment on the system would prove to much effort for people to bother.

@Ristar42 thats the reason i hardly bought anything for my UK Wii on Vc Stupid Nintendo 50hz nearly all of the games making them 'to me unplayable'.

I still have my PC Engine Core Grafx 2 with about 30 or so of the premium titles that were available for it i also had a PC Engine DUO which i ended up selling as most of the best CD specific games that i had came out on the Wii Vc, what i remember was that the games had a silky fluidity to them you didn't often see on the SNES or MD it chucked sprites around with serious ease.

If you already have a Arcade Stick that plugs into the Wiimote i assume it should work with the WiiU also ?

@RupeeClock Same as me the Nyko one is far superior in every way.

DAMMMMMMMMM that soundtrack is rocking and to me Super Metroid is excellent through-out but Metroid Prime has the best music of any game ive ever played so clever and atmospheric i still haven't heard anything better..

Fact is lovely graphics can and do help a game punch above its weight in the right circumstances. For me the important thing is that its now in HD and has HDMI that alone is enough.

Damm i was always WAITING for Rare to release Goldeneye for the 360 and the rest of their N64 stuff on the Wii VC i would of bought the lot as i guess many other also.

Whats in these updates for these Ambassador games thats due ?

In my opinion this was one of the VERY best WiiWare games that has ever been released, so this 3DS version is a big interest to me.

Is this deal coming to us in Europe ? anyone know ?

Ive pre-ordered this from Tesco's today, for £25.47 so stick it Nintendo for your Ridiculous pricing for most of your digital downloads here in the UK.

I'd be interested to know what percentage of people are going to buy it digitally, ive heard all of the arguments but SIMPLE TRUTH is Nintendo are ripping you off, its not as expensive to get to your door its got NO resale value, publishers have tried all of this same GUFF with ebooks also.

I have an DS Light, DSi XL , 3DS, iPhone 4 & iPad 3 and i would say comfortably based on DOWNLOAD games that when informed and research done the quality of games on my iPhone & iPad far exceeds that of my Nintendo handhelds, the price of said games im talking about eg 69p, £1.49, £2.99 that come out on other platforms or similar games always cost FAR more, so the value and quality is EASILY in apples corner (again based on download games when researched correctly). PLUS and its a big plus i dont know of any other platform that constantly UPDATES its games adding more content like levels, characters, game modes, better graphics all for FREE like app store games do, on other platforms you almost always have to pay for such content.

@19Robb92 Pikmin was if i recall correctly the last new franchise Nintendo released and that was over 10 years ago, and yeah i dont need to play it to understand its largely the same as whats gone before which i have played and completed so i reckon based on that 9 is to high.

Their is know way in hell that this game can deserve a 9, Nintendo haven't released a new franchise in decades, they are pretty much guaranteed to sell in excess of 20 million plus units of this game and the best they WANT to come up with is largely the same game as last time, ive loved most of the 2D Marios so good game or not the majority of people reviewing this are right its not a 9. its lazy and complacent banking on existing fans.

Well ive just prepared my 3DS for trade in tomorrow ive copied all the contents from the 3DS's original 2GB Card over to a much faster 4GB card then i can do all of the system transfer stuff tethered via my iPhone on site then change over this 4gb into the 3DS XL to complete the process then just put back in the original 2GB card for trade in, job done hopefully.

As im going to the shop on Friday to pick up my 3DS XL would i need to do the NEW system update in order to do this system transfer between the 3DS & XL ?

Does anyone know if i can do a system transfer from this to the 3DS XL without having to do a system update first ?

How can it be 700 USA Points & a 1000 UK Points when UK points are more expensive anyway in comparison, consistently these price differences across all of their download services are putting me off purchasing and i reckon many others also. Sort it out Nintendo

Im in a similar position i need to trade in my 3DS for the XL but need to transfer over my stuff after the trade in, Mmmmmmm cant get the 3DS XL otherwise

What a COMPLETE rip off these games are on 3DS they are 69p 99c each for the iphone version which is the most similiar to the 3DS screen size etc and they are all under 20mb each, RIDICULOUS i say should be eshop for sure.

Can anyone tell me what size is the screen DS games will be displayed in ?

Question is what size screen will DS games be played in as it might then be worth getting rid of my DSi XL.

@18 EXACTLY the screen is way to small to enjoy properly and fully appreciate the graphics/experience.

When you say " it does full HD output for a start" so does the PS3 & 360 trouble is only a handful of games on them systems actually output true 1080p, so will the WiiU be outputting true 1080p on all games or is it going to be as is the case with the PS3 & 360 most games by far are only 720p.

This looks identical to BOOST 2 on the iphone/ipad.