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@Adamant
Or a lesbian/bi-sexual female

@Ferret75
But then again, any excuse for that is a good excuse.

I don't get some of people's reactions. Those are just tits. And tits are a beautiful thing.

Give me some boobs in Beer Pong and Hockey Allstar Shootout and I'll buy them If one likes breasts in games and in real life it doesn't mean he/she is sad or lonely. It just means that he or she has higher standards fo aestethics

New Play Control: Super Mario Bros.

"You can now play the classic Mario Brothers game with a completely new way to move Mario in his quest to save the princess! Shake your remote to make Mario run. The more you shake the faster he'll run! Time your jumps right with your Balance Board while swinging the Nunchuck to throw fire balls! All this is presented in awesome old-school 8-bit graphics you used to love!"

Jokes aside, I'd really like to hear some info about new Mario and Zelda games.

@quakster

There's no egg. First there is that hourglass with a heart inside. That was easy to break. The mirror was on level 85 I recall. Anyways, I managed to break it already and got to the real ending. Although I don't know what that talk about fairies and stuff is at the ending but I guess that's just some typically weird japanese nonsense

@KDR_11k

You don't have to wait to be killed in those narrow places. I know it's very frustrating to notice that you seem to be unable to blow any bubbles as they all seem to pop immediately (It's because you can't change direction without moving a bit and the bubbles pop much more easily in this version). But if you jump around a bit and keep on blowing bubbles, eventually one or two bubbles won't pop. It takes some time but I've always been able to do so (be warned that if you're not careful you'll sometimes pop a helpoing bubble by accident in that situation and that's not funny at all). I do agree that it's a programming fault in the game and should not be like that though.

Anyways, the game is definitely one of the best titles WiiWare has at the moment. The Arrange mode levels are amazingly fun to play. I feel that they are even better than the original levels.

I'm still having one proble though.... I can't find the way to the REAL boss on the Arrange mode... I've been able to get the first item needed but I don't have a clue of what to do with that big mirror in one of the levels (well, I did have one thing in my mind but wasn't able to try it yet. I doubt it'll work though).

@Betagam7
Winter Games is mostly based on timing and rhythm. There's no need to waggle the joystick like in Decathlon. In fact, if you try to get higher speed on skating and skiing by waggling as fast as you can, the speed will be as low as possible.

That Street Racer looks great! I don't understand people who are critisizing the graphics. To me it looks great!

I like these top-down racing games. I prefer 2D to 3D. It's just like with some shooting games. I just can't enjoy FPS games but I love 2D shooting games.

GeneRally is my favourite top-down racing game ever. It has a great track editor (it would be great to have something like that in Street Racer too )

1. ...and this was the day he lived through without failing.

2. The only person in the world who can say out loud, without having to fear for his life, that the Chuck Norris facts are highly exaggerated.

3. That Zelda box is actually covering his private parts.

4. "Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes"
(Ephesians 6:10-11)

I'm surprisingly interested in this one.

It looks quite fun as it reminds me of some fun and simple C64 games Even that controlling system reminds me of playing games with a good old C64 joystick.

And with only 500 points being the price, I think I'm going to buy it if it's going to have even remotely good review.

Finnish list:

1. Tetris Party
2. Mega Man 9
3. Brain Challenge
4. My Aquarium
5. CueSports - Snooker vs. Billiards
6. Art Style: CUBELLO
7. LostWinds
8. Bomberman Blast
9. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: MLaaK
10. Space Invaders Get Even
11. Strong Bad Ep.3
12. TV Show King
13. Helix
14. Defend Your Castle
15. Alien Crush Returns
16. Midnight Pool
17. The Incredible Maze
18. Cocoto Fishing Master
19. Midnight Bowling
20. Wild West Guns

@Riverman Jacob

Although I'm not able to play the game and participate to the contest, I'm very glad about the fact that you've put this kind of a "press certain button certain amount of times" secret to the game. It reminds me of some great NES and PlayStation games. It's always great to have hidden secrets and codes in a game.

This certainly makes me appreciate your team more!

@Betagam7
While it's true that cartidges weren't as common as cassettes and diskettes, there have been carts available almost the whole life of C64 and they weren't that uncommon. Of course, the more "advanced" games such as Batman The Movie and Robocop 3 were made as carts in 1990 or so, but most of the game carts were made in 1983 or so.
Well, I guess you already knew that but I just had to write something

And yes, Head Over Heels would be great! Although more than that I would like to see Gogo the Ghost released as a VC game. That's one of my favourite games ever (and not just as a C64 game).

@Betagam7

I think Jumpman has one too.
I have Impossible Mission, Jumpman and now Mayhem in Monsterland. As I haven't used the keyboard when playing Impossible Mission, I've always thought the keyboard has always been transparent. Now as I think about it, I recall Impossible Mission had the keyboard at the bottom of the screen (and possibly not transparent) while both Jumpman and MiM have transparent keyboard on top of the screen.

Not only this game take a lot of inspiration from Mario and Sonic but the title tune sounds almost exactly like the Tiny Toons theme
And it's not just the beginning of the tune but the whole track resembles a lot of Tiny Toons. Go ahead and listen!

Finnish list:

1. Mega Man 9
2. Bomberman Blast
3. My Aquarium
4. Helix
5. Midnight Pool
6. LostWinds
7. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
8. Defend Your Castle
9. Strong Bad Ep.2
10. Wild West Guns
11. Midnight Bowling
12. Strong Bad Ep.1
13. Toki Tori
14. Dr. Mario
15. SPOGS Racing
16. My Pokemon Ranch
17. Potpourrii
18. Block Breaker Deluxe
19. TV Show King
20. Actionloop Twist

It seems like Toki Tori is more popular here in Finland than it is anywhere else

@Jazzem

I agree with you what comes to the annoying scrolling. While I so much wanted to play this game and found it's world fascinating, the unbelievably annoying scrolling was simply too much. I can't understand why on earth they chose to use scrolling like that. It shouldn't be a problem to make the scrolling happen a bit earlier.

At first I thought it was the C64 version of Enduro Racer and wondered that why would they release that as, although I played it quite a lot, it got AWFUL reviews.
I've played the SMS version a couple of times and I thought back then that it was very good.

I see the announcement happening like this:

Shigeru and Reggie walk up the stage. They are standing in the center of the spotlight. Shigeru opens his mouth and says: "Here's our solution......................... Get a life!"

The audience is silent while both Reggie and Shigeru are laughing their asses off on the stage. Then they leave.

Finnish list:

1. [1] My Aquarium
2. [3] LostWinds
3. [4] Defend Your Castle
4. [5] Wild West Guns
5. [2] Strong Bad
6. [7] FFCC
7. [6] My Pokemon Ranch
8. [8] SPOGS
9. [11] Dr. Mario
10. [-] MaBoShi
11. [13] Block Breaker Deluxe
12. [9] Cocoto Fishing Master
13. [10] Toki Tori
14. [12] TV Show King
15. [14] Star Soldier R
16. [16] Pirates
17. [-] Critter Round-Up
18. [15] Pop
19. [17] Actionloop Twist

Finnish list:

1. (1) My Aquarium
2. (4) Strong Bad
3. (3) LostWinds
4. (2) Defend Your Castle
5. (5) Wild West Guns
6. (6) My Pokemon Ranch
7. (7) FFCC
8. (11) SPOGS Racing
9. (8) Cocoto Fishing Master
10. (9) Toki Tori
11. (13) Dr. Mario
12. (10) TV Show King
13. (14) Block Breaker Deluxe
14. (15) Star Soldier R
15. (17) Pop
16. (12) Pirates
17. (16) Actionloop Twist

It's interesting to see what happens when the next WiiWare update arrives on Friday.

The most popular WiiWare titles list here in Finland:

1. My Aquarium
2. Defend Your Castle
3. LostWinds
4. Strong Bad Ep. 1
5. Wild West Guns
6. My Pokemon Ranch
7. FFCC
8. Cocoto Fishing Master
9. Toki Tori
10. TV Show King
11. SPOGS Racing
12. Pirates
13. Dr. Mario
14. Block Breaker Deluxe
15. Star Soldier R
16. Actionloop Twist
17. Pop

Finnish people seem to appreciate Toki Tori the most when comparing to other countries

I don't know if this situation is only here in Finland or is it somewhere else in the Europe too, but anyway, this is how it says in the Popular Titles here in Finland:

1. Defend Your Castle
2. LostWinds
3. Wild West Guns
4. Cocoto: Fishing Master
5. My Pokémon Ranch
6. FFCC: MLaaK
7. Pirates: The Key of Dreams
8. Toki Tori
9. Dr. Mario
10. Block Breaker Deluxe
11. TV Show King
12. SPOGS Racing
13. Actionloop Twist
14. Pop
15. Star Soldier R

@WiiloveitOnline
As it reads up there, it is an option. You can switch the flicker off from the options.

@Mike
Ok, fair enough.
You have the right to complain and I have the right to complain about you complaining

Anyway, the style people are complaining is not very fair. People are making a way too big deal of it and jumping into conclusions. I just can't understand why there's so much hate for a game company let alone for a certain person in that company.

And what's my opinion on the recent releases? I haven't bought a "new" game since Toki Tori and Impossible Mission were released. There just haven't been anything interesting for me. I've bought some older releases (The fantastic Mario's Super Picross and Comix Zone) that I've thought would be interesting enough for me to buy. There are still many games I could buy if I really really want something but right now there are only two games I'm 99% sure I'm going to buy when they get released: Mega Man 9 and Jumpman. In the meantime I'm checking out what is released in the Europe and in the USA. For me, it's always fun to read about different games and see people's opinions about them and I'm always sure that at least some people in the world are happy that Nintendo released them (even if the games are the crappy ones). I'm enjoying the fact that the amount of available games are growing higher and higher (yeah, quantity over quality )

I do wish that there would be more variety in the platforms and genres of the released games each week. You are right about the need of variety. Still, I don't see that being a big issue (which you of course are entitled to do if you feel like it).

I'll grab my holy coat at the door and get back on my high horse and ride away ahead to the future adventures

@Mike

Did I understood you right? You are telling that Nintendo has no clue how to run an online service just because the games they are releasing several times a week aren't the games you want and because they release different games than what the developers are saying?

Logic at it's finest.

(and although you don't like it how they didn't release Ys and Mega Man I know there are lots and lots of people who are very happy that they got the SMS Sonic and Splatterhouse 2. I doubt those guys and gals are thinking that Nintendo don't know how to run the service.)

"I want candy, I want candy! I want it now! No, mom, you bought the wrong kind of candy! I hate you mom!!!!"

@aphexbr
They don't necessarily know what their own schedule is as they don't necessarily have a schedule. Maybe that's the reason there isn't going to be a list for the games that are going to be released. You know, the "variables" and all that. Who knows what kind of a bureaucracy there is in the USA in this kind of things. There could be a number of papers to write and a lot to do to get the games ready for releasing. Maybe the business things in the USA are so much tighter than in Japan that they just can't promise anything too soon.

@SuperSonic1990
Why people should buy Wii Points in advance when they could do it after the games are released? What's the point in doing so? It saves time? Hardly.

Well okay, I've bought some points in advance myself. I did it because I want to have some points in my account when Mega Man 9 is released as I'll start my studies soon and don't necessarily be able to buy points for a long time. And if it for some reason doesn't get released at all, I still have the points and will be able to buy some other games or just wait for something to be released.

It's interesting to see the monthly schedule of Japanese VC games but I feel that if I'd be able to see what games will be coming each month it wouldn't take away a lot of fun from Mondays and Fridays when I'm awaiting for the update. It's much more fun to be surprised than to know beforehands what we are going to get. It's like Christmas presents. Knowing what's inside every box takes a lot out of the fun of finally opening them. Even if the presents wouldn't be great.

@SuperSonic1990

Why should they give out the release dates earlier? It would most likely just lead people being disappointed two days earlier.

I'd say most of the Wii owners who buy Virtual Console games every now and then didn't even know to expect Mega Man & co. They just check the new games once a week or once a month or once in two months etc and buy something if they're interested without getting much disappointed if there isn't anything interesting available. It's not like Nintendo is trying to make the fans feel bad. And remember, it's only a game. If your expectations grow so high with these games that when you don't get what you were waiting for you are extremely disappointed and cursing companies to hell, I just wonder how you manage to deal with life. It must be a hell of a stress.

You guys are such geeks and otakus here

@MaxPlastic
100% true.

@Link79
Why you are so angry? He is a human being and as human beings we sometimes make mistakes (especially in places filled with people and pressure).

Anyways, it could be so that the sliding ability is gained at some point but it won't be there from the start or then it could be so that there isn't that ability at all but with a certain weapon it would be possible to get items from places like on that video. Everything is possible.

You could've said your point without any unnecessary name-calling.

If the games are in order in the Popular Titles section of Shop Channel, then the European list is as follows:

1. My Pokemon Ranch
2. LostWinds
3. Pop
4. FFCC:MLaaK
5. Cocoto Fishing Master
6. Dr. Mario & Germ Buster
7. Star Soldier R
8. Toki Tori
9. TV Show King
10. Block Breaker Deluxe
11. Actionloop Twist

(Yeah, only 9 games here in Europe)

Intro & gameplay videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YlLcbHtVmA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_54GfKkRnM

I got some major inspiration from this cover so I had to make a cover too which I'm now going to pimp here with zero amount of shame

You can hear it at http://www.myspace.com/ramiairola
For a bit better sounding version CLICK HERE!

And if you want to hear the original MIDI (or to just see the notes), check this out: http://www.elisanet.fi/rami.airola/downloads/RamiAirola-MegaMan9Cover.MID

Kudos to Tanguy Ukulele Orchestra for giving the inspiration

@Dalek
I'd say use the remote and the nunchuck. With the nunchuck you move Toki Tori and with the remote you control what items to use. It's better that way as the cord between the two is long enough to make the controlling relaxed. I tend to play sitting on the armchair and letting my right arm (which uses the Remote) rest on the armrest while my left arm (which uses the Nunchuck) is on the left armrest by it's elbow with the fist pressed against my cheek. That way it's very relaxing to move Toki Tori around while trying to figure out how to solve the puzzles.

The remote+nunchuck combination is better than the Classic Controller as it doesn't force you to keep your hands near each other for the whole game and it's better than using only the Remote because it's easier to keep Toki Tori moving around while wondering what to do next (I like to move him around for the most of the time even if I didn't know what to do next and to me it's easier to do quick moving decisions with the nunchuck than by aiming the remote).

Toki Tori's success in America saddens me a bit. I'm glad he's doing better here in Europe.

I wonder if the fact that it costs 100 points more there than here makes some difference... I mean, it's a fact that people will buy a product that cost 9.99 more likely than a product that's a full 10. Although it's really not much more expensive, a game worth 1000 points feels more expensive than something that's "only" 900 points.

And when people are comparing 1000 point titles to each other it might be so that they want 3D-games more than 2D games which is quite sad...

When I read that this game could be played by two players I immediately thought it would be fun to play it with my girlfriend (I'm playing and she's giving clues, and vice versa). I downloaded the game and told her that she could help me with the second Wii Remote. She just thought that she wouldn't do it as she didn't see it important or anything like that. I asked her to at least try it. She tried and didn't think it would be of any use and found it pretty awkward to try to give hints like that.

Fast forward to the castle stages... She had been watching me play from the beginning and her interest on the game just grew and grew. I had a serious problem with one of the levels and just couldn't beat it. She had an idea on how to clear the puzzle and tried to explain it to me. It was hard for her so she almost stood up to go in front of the TV to show what she meant. At that point she just "naturally" grabbed the Remote and draw her thoughts on the screen. It was EXACTLY how the developers had thought it! I just had a huge feeling of JOY from the realization of it and the greatness of Toki Tori just kept on growing.

If I could meet the people behind Two Tribes I would shake their hands and say a huge "thank you" for giving us top notch entertainment!

I know these titles will get close to zero votes so no-one's probably going to notice them (except for Mischief Makers perhaps) but here it goes anyway:

1. Gogo the Ghost (C64)
2. Mischief Makers (N64)
3. Kickle Cubicle (NES)
4. Platoon (C64)
5. Gold Medal Challenge (NES)

Contra was Gryzor on C64.