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We hadn't seen Shadow in Green Hill since... Forces.

I am not pleased. This is not what 3D Sonic should be like.

What's worse is this isn't them reinventing the wheel, it's them piggybacking off other games.

@progx I'm aware, that's what the quotes implied. I'm talking about Nintendo keeping at least one type of 3DS available to buy --new--, to play carts with even if the eshop goes down permanently.

I wrote it that way 'cause I could go either way if they make the o3DS available to buy, or the 2DS, NEW variation, or a completely new model.

Handheld consoles are very personal devices, I don't want to buy used because of that, it has to be new.

It would be great if Nintendo released a "definitive" 3DS model 'cause my old console's too battered and I've found more uses for the 3DS recently, it's getting to the point where I avoid using the console to prevent it from breaking more, and that sucks.

I never managed to use it because of chrome issues or something.

Those names... MEGA64 INTENSIFIES

You can't go wrong with Pinball, though.

1. SMW
2. SMA2: SMW
3. SMAS+SMW
4. Galaxy 2
5. Galaxy 1
6. Mario 64
7. Sunshine
8. Mario 64 DS
9. SMB3
10. SMB2

These are the Mario games I've played enough to rank this way.
With 64 and Sunshine almost tied, but 64 winning because it has less bs design despite the worse controls.

After writing this comment I guess I've played 3 NSMB titles and somehow forgot about them, so that should give you an idea.

Remember when people whined about a random name not being in the poster? Yet, another recent video game movie (Uncharted) did something similar by not crediting who is arguably the best actor among that cast and... no one said a thing.

Sonic fans are relentless, lol.

I hated bringing people over, having them wear down my controllers just to play multiplayer.

Free online play in Brawl was one its best features.

My only regret is that I didn't use it enough for other games, I would've loved dueling someone in Yu-Gi-Oh Master of the Cards.

I dind it even more jarring that people are still confused about the closure/redownload difference.

@Not_Soos Yeah, one can count the VC updates with one hand.

• Star Fox 64 (Wii): Updated to improve classic controller's stick sensitivity, and apparently re-introduce slowdown to make the game less difficult.
• Mario Kart 64 (Wii Korea): It's nearly identical to the US version but has some tiny differences, there's not much info out there, though.
• F-Zero X (Wii U): The controller's stick sensitivity was adjusted due to complaints.

Then there's the disc version of Kirby 64 that added a widescreen border and Wiimote support.

Are they not testing games they release? This isn't the Nintendo I left.

@Serpenterror Does time really matter? When the DS game can be played on 3DS which was supported up until recently, the Wii VC version could be bought and played on Wii U also until very recent, and the Steam version is still available to buy for just $5. Game's always been available.

@Mikmoomamimocki
Wii VC - February 15, 2010
NDS - March 2, 2010
Steam - January 26, 2011

I just find it funny that people say S3&K never gets re-released but Sega released it a bunch of times in such a short span of time. It might also have been on the PS3/360 stores but I don't care enough to look it up.

Gaming is dead.

I don't intend to offend people who like this game, this is just my natural reaction to the article.

I don't think it even is a Punch Time Explosion killer.

Eh, didn't want this to be a "CN Punch Time is better" comment, but I think it simply is better, it has voice acting and a story mode, hard to beat that when you know the game itself won't be Smash level.

@AndyC_MK111 No, you're right. I did not consider the Wii U sold 13m, I suppose a new rehash is in order then.

But I find it quite funny, with this insistence that it's not accessible by replying that you have it on Wii U. So, it is accessible... to Nintendo fans..?

A hard argument for sure, meanwhile someone else will just buy a used Wii for less than $50, put TP on an SD card and call it a day.

@AndyC_MK111 Uhhh, the point of the comment isn't to assume TP is readily available to play even on your old, tattered 'Cube.

It's the fact that the title has been available consistently for years, everyone and their dog have played edgy Zelda. You can't say the same for F-Zero GX, or FE Path of Radiance.

Heck, as of this comment you can still buy TPHD on a Wii U. That's super accessible. Where can I buy TTYD new? Nowhere that's where.

The game is super accessible, there's like 6 ways to play it:

-GC - GC release
-Wii - BC
-Wii - Native release
-Wii U - BC
-Wii U - Native release
-Wii U - GC version via homebrew
-and also whatever runs Dolphin

TP is great but I don't think it needs to be released again so soon. Maybe when Nintendo struggles with Switch 2.

640x480 is reserved for pictures just like the DSi.

Video is same res as the 3DS 400x240 at 20fps, with extremely low audio quality of 16 kHz adpcm mono.

I kinda want it to fail, so we can experience once again Nintendo going through weird as heck lengths to improve it, like with the Wii U.

Or at the very least make them consider a cheaper/more portable device that has 3DS BC.

I still think about the live action trailer, so they did something right.

I played Earthbound for the first time around 2014, I enjoyed the visuals and sound but I found the battle system meh and many times it got frustrating. With a guide it became easier but also a chore.

I gotta say though, the edisnooM part of the game is my favorite. If I ever replay it I would prefer it be a dumbed down version so I can just enjoy the fun dialogue.

There is a part late in the game where the music sounds broken and it's just great, you know, the feeling it creates.

This is the last season with the classic outfits, and Misty being relevant, man. It's also the last good theme song.

Though I ironically like the D&P theme. New rivals, as you fight for survival, nothin can stop you diamond n pearl! Yeesh.

Snape: Clearly, visuals... aren't... everything.

Really want to see the Shadow stuff, I know many things will be different and that's part of the fun, but I hope they keep certain things like Maria and Shadow's motive. Sonic going to prison? Probably not, seeing how Sonic getting captured and rescued by friends was already done in this movie.

Seeing Jim Carrey play an old version of his character would be interesting but it will probably not make it into the film for obvious reasons.

I think some are quite fine. I got Melee late in the GameCube's life because I would always rent the game--fighting/party games always seemed like a one time thing, but when GC was on the way out it became obvious I needed to get Melee to play it all the way.

The boxart had a "Best Seller" stamp on it, I didn't think much of it but later I found Melee went through some revisions, and I kinda like knowing I have the latest "final" version, although sometimes newer doesn't always imply it's better.

The only other Player's Choice I have is Sonic Mega Collection which luckily looks good with the yellow background.

As someone who loves GBA, and definitely wanted a 3DS when it released, but couldn't get it before the price cut... Because honestly, it's ridiculous to go the effort of buying a DSi only for Nintendo to release a year later a pricier console. Of course I wasn't gonna buy another console so soon.

...It was impossible to get this thing back then, I always hated knowing that it could play GBA, and Nintendo gave away games for it and never used the feature again.

It really wasn't a killer feature, but simply knowing there's stuff in your expensive gadget you can't use just because Nintendo doesn't let you is irritating.

Hooray for homebrew, I guess.

Very disappointing knowing Ryan and Jason were willing to come back, this new voice sounds like another Roger, meh.

@Wexter Old console limitations should not be considered, when FE1 for Switch came out people found the original ROM and some non-NES files that consist of the translations.

This way Nintendo was able to add variable width text, which fan translations haven't been able to achieve due to limitations of the game.

Something's wrong with this list, it's missing Sonic Heroes.

1. Sonic Adventure DX
2. Sonic Heroes
3. Melee
4. SA2: Battle
5. Shadow the Hedgehog
6. Sonic Riders
7. Wind Waker
8. Mario Sunshine
9. Twilight Princess
10. Fire Emblem 9
11. TTYD

Priorities, man.

Terrible voice for Sonic.

Advance 2 is easily my favorite, the design of literally everything is just wonderful, it's definitely one of the most charming of all the Sonic games.

SA3 loosened the controls, but is around as great and straight up epic with the stage designs, Chaos Angel is simply beautiful.

I've played all of them for years, and I wouldn't easily spot a specific game being more difficult or have less platforming, it's all pretty varied, which is why I see them as 1 huge game.

I don't understand what Sega is thinking, paying so much for these games that have been available so many times in the past, they're not nostalgic anymore.

The decompilation projects as well as Angel Island Revisited overshadow this release. The one time Sega should've issued a c&d.

@Dr_Lugae If there's anything from Yuji Naka left in Sonic 06 it's probably the good stuff. He isn't even credited.

I will always be a fan of Yuji Naka for being a great developer and being involved with literally every Sonic game I like. I'm not interested in his personal affairs or work-practice.

But I honestly don't understand the criticism with sabotaging X-treme, there was nothing in the video previews that suggested it was any good.
Man did us all a massive favor.

As for the topic, of course SE did wrong, I don't doubt it for a second.

To me, the 3DS versions of Sonic 1&2 are the definite versions simply because of how good the 3D effect is.

I can't believe I went through that video, all MVG did was relay existing information.

Literally he could have just written on Twitter: there are no hints of a homebrew emulator being used, so a leak is more likely.

Table tennis is insanely good, but I like bowling and regular tennis just for the sound alone.

I think sword fighting would've been truly great if you could move your character manually, it should've been an option.

Whitehead's not involved? Which is fine, I remember when Headcannon released a demo of their engine on Wii (then called EngineO2, or something) I had never seen a fan engine so accurate to the Genesis games, so Sonic 3's in good hands either way.

@Dman10 The Wii version lets you play as Mara Jade, that's enough to make the PS3/360 versions irrelevant.

RIP the Sonic Advance series, I swear if they added Chao trading... this service would be 0.102 better.

@sanderev What you said is not wrong but the 3DS hardware is more involved in GBA mode than having much to do with DS mode.

It's weird to read 3DS supports GBA because of DS bc, when really it was just Nintendo adding the missing hardware and patching up the rest with 3DS-only hardware.

@Specter_of-the_OLED What makes you say that? 3DS' emu that was baked into the VC games could barely run anything, and the ambassador games used identical GBA hardware.

@Max_the_German That's sarcasm, right? I don't get why they're advertising that either, game was a constant 60 fps on GC last time I played it.

It's interesting that Switch and Wii U stay in sync, it goes to show that even though the emulation is different (presumably because the developers are different) the practices are still the same.

Or maybe efficient N64 emulation is janky and this will always be the result. But it really seems to be that Nintendo wants the games to feel slightly enhanced, otherwise they'd keep the original resolution.

I made an exception just for this movie and went to my local theater for the first time since Sonic 1.

I enjoyed the film very much, I didn't care much for the oh so needed human-only scenes, but I tried to have fun with them anyway.

People are saying Knuckles stole Tails' thunder but who really cares, Tails has always been more of a side character he shouldn't have to lead the film.

This new setting makes it seem like there won't be traditional Disney worlds, but maybe they could use it to adapt the awful liveaction remakes.

Suddenly I just want to see how heartless or similar enemies could work in a world based on Encanto.

We still don't have a Robin Hood world! This is where a smaller scale spinoff game would shine through on 3DS hardware or such.

I'm seeing Nintendo tends to focus on bringing games that didn't make it to VC.

Honestly, I don't understand though, since we can't buy Harvest Moon on Wii anymore.

What's interesting about Earthworm Jim 2 is that back in the Wii era and the Wii U era the VC emulators used couldn't play certain sounds in the game. They went the extra mile for this game, probably. Or... they pulled a Pokemon Yellow.

The 3DS VC emu couldn't do the Pikachu cry in Yellow's title screen, they actually didn't fix this in the 3DS release of Pokemon Yellow, instead they hook into the part where the sound is heard and then play the sound from a separate recording, how lame, yet awesome is that?