I also have fond memories of this on the Virtual Boy. I do wonder why Nintendo have never released any Virtual Boy titles on the 3DS eShop. I know most of the games for the system weren't that great but this game, and Wario Land, were actually very good.
I haven't played Mario Kart 7 or 8, but for me the original is by far the best game. It was about 70% racing, 30% combat. The sequels have all pretty much reversed that. In later games, especially the Wii outing, I thought it was far too easy to gain ground with power ups/special items. Also, the original had very small, tight courses, where I spent a lot of time shaving milliseconds off of my best lap times in the Time Trials.
Plus, I hate the blue shell that every other game has and miss the feather!
The original Gameboy version of Tetris was one of the first things I downloaded when I got my 3DS. All of the other versions cost more and had unnecessary bells and whistles. You don't need high-definition 3D graphics to deplict blocks and the music on the Gameboy version is far better
Nintendo's whole eShop strategy is a mess. Both the Wii U and 3DS (both current-generation consoles) have a couple of new games being released on the eShop each week at most, which is pretty poor.
Prices are also too high. I appreciate the big, full-priced releases are going to cost a lot, but they need to bear in mind that they are increasingly competing with games from the Apple App Store and Google Play (I'm thinking mostly of the 3DS), where most games cost a few Dollars/Pounds.
Virtual Console really is a huge, untapped resource. Nintendo have a massive back catalogue of games, so why they choose to just drip-feed a few titles per month is beyond me. I appreciate they need to test titles before release, but surely they could speed up the process. Similarly, companies like Sega, Capcom and Konami also have extensive back catalogues and I'm sure they'd be perfectly happy to make a bit more money from their old games. If these games were priced similarly to most iOS/Android games they'd sell an awful lot more.
If Nintendo really wanted to get serious about Virtual Console they could even translate and release games that never made it out of Japan (e.g. Star Ocean on SNES or Mother 3 on GBA), or release some of the almost-finished-but-never-released-stuff like Starfox 2.
Maybe this approach wouldn't appeal to everyone, but it would definitely entice me to buy more stuff from the eShop!
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Re: Video: See the Virtual Boy's Star Fox Wannabe, Red Alarm, In 3D Via Your New Nintendo 3DS
I also have fond memories of this on the Virtual Boy. I do wonder why Nintendo have never released any Virtual Boy titles on the 3DS eShop. I know most of the games for the system weren't that great but this game, and Wario Land, were actually very good.
Re: Poll: Which is the Best Mario Kart Game?
I haven't played Mario Kart 7 or 8, but for me the original is by far the best game. It was about 70% racing, 30% combat. The sequels have all pretty much reversed that. In later games, especially the Wii outing, I thought it was far too easy to gain ground with power ups/special items. Also, the original had very small, tight courses, where I spent a lot of time shaving milliseconds off of my best lap times in the Time Trials.
Plus, I hate the blue shell that every other game has and miss the feather!
But that's just me...
Re: Two Tetris Downloads to be Removed from the 3DS eShop in Europe
The original Gameboy version of Tetris was one of the first things I downloaded when I got my 3DS. All of the other versions cost more and had unnecessary bells and whistles. You don't need high-definition 3D graphics to deplict blocks and the music on the Gameboy version is far better
Re: Talking Point: A Virtual Console Revival Could Be Just a Pricing Revolution Away
Nintendo's whole eShop strategy is a mess. Both the Wii U and 3DS (both current-generation consoles) have a couple of new games being released on the eShop each week at most, which is pretty poor.
Prices are also too high. I appreciate the big, full-priced releases are going to cost a lot, but they need to bear in mind that they are increasingly competing with games from the Apple App Store and Google Play (I'm thinking mostly of the 3DS), where most games cost a few Dollars/Pounds.
Virtual Console really is a huge, untapped resource. Nintendo have a massive back catalogue of games, so why they choose to just drip-feed a few titles per month is beyond me. I appreciate they need to test titles before release, but surely they could speed up the process. Similarly, companies like Sega, Capcom and Konami also have extensive back catalogues and I'm sure they'd be perfectly happy to make a bit more money from their old games. If these games were priced similarly to most iOS/Android games they'd sell an awful lot more.
If Nintendo really wanted to get serious about Virtual Console they could even translate and release games that never made it out of Japan (e.g. Star Ocean on SNES or Mother 3 on GBA), or release some of the almost-finished-but-never-released-stuff like Starfox 2.
Maybe this approach wouldn't appeal to everyone, but it would definitely entice me to buy more stuff from the eShop!