No, your eyes are not deceiving you. Your favourite Virtual Console resource has undergone something of a facelift. At first glance the cosmetic changes may seem a bit on the minor side, but it would be an understatement to say that behind the scenes the site has been revolutionized.
You’ll notice there’s now a rather swish new login system (it’s up in the top right hand corner, see?) which will quite literally rock your world. First up, when you’re fully signed up and logged in you will be able to assign yourself an avatar to give your comments that truly personal touch. Secondly, you will be able to submit comments without having to wait for us to approve them. Thirdly, you can edit your already published comments should you wish to, and last but not least, all the games you’ve given ratings to are displayed on your profile. I think you’ll agree the whole thing is pretty fantastic, and as the new site evolves you can expect other cool new features to appear that take advantage of this new system.
Who do we have to thank for all this code-related goodness? None other than Ant Dickens of Nintendo Life. He’s been a friend of Virtual Console Reviews for some time now (he even hosts the site for us) and seeing as he’s something of a whiz when it comes to web programming, we obviously jumped at the chance when he kindly offered to rework and retool the site in order to make it harder, better, faster and stronger. Our heartfelt thanks go out to Ant who has invested a considerable amount of his time to get the updated site up and running.
While we’re on the subject of dishing out thanks and accolades, we’d also like to express our gratitude to Drake, who has gone beyond the call of duty over the past few months to ensure that Virtual Console Reviews remains the number one resource for all things Virtual Console related. We’d also like to thanks Tamra Ross who provides excellent support when it comes to making sure our spelling and grammar is up to scratch.
Enjoy the new site and please don’t hesitate to provide us with feedback and let us know what you think of the changes we’ve made.
Updated: by Ant
Thanks for the warm response guys, we've taken your comments on board and will start implementing them, the most frequent comment was about avatars not refreshing when you change them, this issue should now be resolved, if you still think yours isn't updating please contact us.
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Love the new site guys, great work! Can't wait to rate some more games and browse a bit more! =D
The look is neat and I'm looking forward to see what these new feaures will bring.
Thank you guys!
In particular to those that aren't inside the community and worked under secret...
Nice work.
Site looks Great. Really Brilliant. Can't wait to start rating games! Liking the Daft Punk reference in the article.
@Pocketim, we'll be adding user profile pages very soon where you can see a users game collection
this is awesome. thank you everybody for helping to make this site.
Loooooove the site! I didn't believe it could better than the old one, but you guys showed me I was wrong. ^^
Hi.
Coolio new site good jobs guys
Awesome, nice work on the website.
Nice work, chaps. Great to see the archive going from strength to strength...!
Its a-me Ma... err It's alive!
Looks good guys <3
Ah, just great. I've been waiting a long time for the use of a 'My Games' area, believe it or not. Great job.
Oh, goodie! I'm definitely looking forward to the other updates.
Ah Pegasus, always around late, aren't we?
Hello ladies,
I'm back.
My avatar wanted to leave an important message.
I like the new comment system and the inclusion of avatars. I wish my avatar had been kept in its original clean looking PNG format instead of being converted to lossy JPG though. Oh well.
I'd stopped commenting and rating games previously because several of my ratings went unposted. No longer. I have downloaded and played 70+ VC games and look forward to rating all of them.
@neuzd, Luigison
What about our poor bandwidth bill with your huge animated GIFs? okay.. will see what I can do about this.. perhaps it'll have a max file size limit instead
Sweet new site guys. Love the new user section of it. Now i just gotta get to rating the games ive purchased
There's a full range of options between "huge animated GIFs" and unpresentable JPEGs.
Really, also the banners are suffering from this.
JPEG compression is perfect for photos, a videogame website should ban jpg images.
Anyway, your interest for the matter is really appreciated.
Love the new look :=)
umm,I just registered and I love the site and all,but...I don't know how to get a picture for the forums and stuff.I put in a pic in the edit profile thingy but it's not showing up when I post
Nevermind it showed up
Would also be nice to see other people's game selection as well, but as I mentioned earlier; this is fine.
Nice update guys =D
my favorite website just got even better
You Guys are the best keep up the good work and keep thinking of ways to make the site better.
due can you add gifs as your avatar? And how long do you have to wait before your avatar is uploaded when you choose it?
does anyone know when ur avatar shows up? you do upload it from your own comp and not a website right? mine is exactly 60 x 60 is there a size limit?
@HVGN - You just need to refresh the page with CTRL + F5 and you should see your shiny new avatar.
awesome the best vc site just got better
Thanks guys! I appreciate all your hard work, and honest opinions.
Top website guys, been loving what you do for a while now
I like the upgrades, well done on the revamp!
Everything looks awsome. A few small things can make a big diffrence in appearence!
Ah, its all so pretty now! And you can see my beautiful face too! Outstanding!
Nice new look! I like it...
Hey, is HVGN really Derek?
Man, you're the only AVGN spoof that makes sense.
Your reviews are fun and educational.
Come in the forums!
Niiiiiiiice look, maaaaaan.
I approve
Sweeeeeeeeetttttttt!
Yay, real avatars! No more waiting till postings are approved And real emote smileys, too
It won't let me keep my old posts (I changed email adress since I made them)
edit: cool changes though
(...Wow. People are still posting here eh?) Yup, I agree that the real avatars are great!
OK cool!
@Yoshi175 - if you email us on the contact form with details of your old email address we should be able to assign your old comments into your new account without too much trouble.
Good stuff guys, great changes.
wow glad to see so many people joined up! The site is so much better. The just love the instant posting of my comments.
Nice work on the redesign. The site was already good, so improvement like this is just icing on the cake...
Some small comments:
(1) the genre filter doesn't work on the games page
(2) will there still be a Wii-compatible version of the website?
(3) Bomberman '93 needs to have the number of players set
@ejamer - thanks for the feedback, glad you like the new site!
1) Fixed! Well spotted
2) What do you expect to be different on a 'Wii compatable' version of the site? We tested the new site on a Wii and think that it all worked perfectly fine.
3) Well spotted again! Fixed!
Yeah I don't want the wii site any differnt, I want it exactly the same as the well computer one
I already liked this site alot ... and now it gets even better!
Very professional!
Could you add a controller drop-down for the filter? I'd like to be able to see all the games that use the Wiimote on one page.
@Luigison - There isn't really a need for that is there? As a rule most NES, TG16 and MD games.can be played on the Wiimote and generally not the other consoles.
That "rule" is not always true. On the Neo Geo: Art of Fighting, Baseball Stars 2, Blue's Journey, Magician Lord, The King of Fighters, and Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy all use the Wiimote. There are also several Sega Megadrive games, such as Virtua Fighter 2, that don't use the Wiimote.
Fair point but we don't have any space for more filters! I am afraid you'll have to click into the review page to get this info for the time being
To save your bandwidth for avatars, couldn't you let people host their own avatars?
I love VC Reviews and Wiiware World always.
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