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Emerald there is nostalgia involved here, but I feel it has an upperhand due to the amount of connectivity with GameCube/Wii, and having access to basically the best Poké designs.

Oh, my eyes, I thought it was literally the thumbnail — you know, for 4 GBA multiplayer.

Still, I dig it. Visually it looks ugly but it's functional.

@johnvboy You mean Wii U? Wii VC had a total of 4 games with the dark filter, but the 3D graphics had no filter/blur, because it's a perfect 2x scale. SM64/MK64/WaveRave/CrusinUSA

Wii U has the dark filter on all titles, and they're also all super blurry.

Unless they complained because "it's Wii" and most users played with composite cables on HDTVs, which should still look considerably better than a real N64.

Brawl is without a doubt the best design, sure it's by far the least realistic, boob pockets and all but her face and hair style look really great. There's something about the size of her chest that really speaks volumes about the character y'know? It's the intended design, otherwise they wouldn't have done it like that

I didn't like what they did in Smash4, giving her those clunky heels. Ruined the design.

@IronMan30 Don't dwell on it anymore, four years later it became disgustingly easy to download anything from the eShop directly to the 3DS via CIAngel (now defunct) anyone who really wants can get them today using other methods. People even inserted their own games, few years later someone came along and even figured out how to remove the dark image and motion blur settings.

It's such a Nintendo move to add support for digital GBA games at the hardware level and then only use it to give away 10 games.

I enjoyed 3D Land, it was simple but the 3D was clean and performant.

Pokémon Puzzle League is the only one that suggests it's a custom emulator on Wii because of the way it does fmv.

But even then it's clearly based off the same software. Wii U is not much different, I'm sure if you dump SM64 into OoT it would show numerous errors, the Wii U having more memory means it can maintain profiles for the games it runs, across releases.

The reason I believe this is so, is because on Wii VC if you insert the SM64 ROM on a game without the darker colors SM64 still ends up with those darker colors anyway, so there's obviously some per-game settings remaining across releases.

The Wii had tighter memory limitations, you can tell with 32 MB games adding a loading screen to closing the HOME Menu. So these profiles are presumably removed; giving the appearance of a 'specialized' emulator for each game.

I had absolutely no idea who this Kidd was until the Wii-era. To me Ristar will always be the alt SEGA mascot.

Barok van who? I'm a bit lost with some of these characters but wow, I'm surprised by some of these, I always thought Von Karma was at least as popular as Godot. And that Trucy doesn't come close to Maya or even Kay.

But on the other hand I'm glad to not see Blackquill here kind of a lame, generic character. Honestly Gavin is the same, his theme music is just nostalgic at this point.

"The Game That Gave Us Waluigi"

And that's all I needed to read.

The mirror room music from Amy's story in Sonic Adventure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YQ6vlEE7NE

But also nothing quite like Gregorian chants before the orchestral music goes all out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Voz7AJnpBXo

And speaking of final boss themes that go hard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1it2CiuIujM

Super Mario World.

SM64 is a clear 6/10 nowadays, game recycles content, has tedious level design, controls are clunky, etc.

I have the Wii VC version of Sonic Chaos, I was surprised to find that it does have different visuals from the Game Gear version from Sonic DX.

Unfortunately these games are so simplistic that I never bothered to buy the other two Sonic MS games.

Superman 64, basically liminal spaces: The Game.

chuckles ...you mean Taekwon V?

@Scapetti I'm talking about Wii VC.

Sounds to me like the Wii VC is the best of both worlds, least input lag of them all, only has the dark colors on a few of the games (4 out of 21), minus the pause screen crackle in oot it sounds all-around correct.

Not having the suspend point for Majora's Mask sucks, though you could argue it's better this way anyway.

Gosh, it's been a hot sec since I've seen that Boom render, the Boom design sucks.

Nintendo must have some double standard then because the grunts from Peach/Daisy/Rosalina from Mario Kart and Smash Bros can be pretty diverse, down to the "blasting off" echo scream from Smash Bros.

I've definitely seen at least one video where the sounds are compiled together to make this joke. A.K.A. Snake's Harem by MALR https://youtu.be/-jkuXO-e2cI&t=2m26s

I do not cry at video games please understand. But do not watch the scenes from the 1.5 remix, play the game, suffer through the missions as if you were Roxas yerself, and only then you can properly experience the ending in all its glory.

It costs $210 to buy all 21 N64 games that were made available on Wii VC.

Realistically, no one would play all those 21 games, and would probably play no more than half of that amount.

So buying the games is more bang for your buck if you ask me, I still have Majora's Mask after all these years, and still play Smash 64 from time to time. That would be (both released in 2009) ~$1,170 to this year in the yearly NSO price model.

So, yes, this is a rip off and not worth it, even if you just want it for "quick, new experiences" eventually you'll have to quit it, or it will drain your money for just a couple of N64 games.

There are simply better things to do with money, like investing in physical media for instance.

It's always interesting when Nintendo has to write down instructions to avoid bugs in their stuff, this one's my favorite: https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/memorycard1019.jsp because it's really all on Nintendo for providing specs that would not be honored in the future.

Definitive on Switch, sure. I much prefer the look of the n64 original cleaned up by Wii's superior hardware. For a portable experience I look no further than the excellent DS remake.

"Virtual Console doesn't sell."

• Nintendo, post-Iwata

Though I think PW's depiction in AJ made things far more interesting, the overall game didn't feel as good as the original trilogy and I think the characters are to blame, everyone is sort of an ass in this game. But I will admit seeing Ema in what was basically Gumshoe's role was really hype.

AAI:Miles Edgeworth ended up being infinitely better. And I feel this bears true for the characters too, Trucy in DD is basically an overrun joke, while Kay became a lot more likeable in the sequel.

Having played the GBA Fire Emblem games, I immediately went to buy this because it had Intelligent Systems in the boxart. Unfortunately, the game never grabbed me and it's my least played GC game to this day.

Should've gotten Path of Radiance back then, much regret.

1. T&T
2. PW
3. Miles Edgeworth
4. JFA
5. AAIME2
6. Apollo
7. Dual Destinies (currently at ep3)
8. AA6 (haven't played so)
9. Layton (same)
10. MvC (same)
11. Dai Gyakuten Saiban (same)
12. Dai GS 2 (same)
13. Film

Hi, I'm not a dev, nor youtuber, but I can tell you with my knowledge of not being a dev that anything will run on anything if you sacrifice enough stuff.

1.5/2.5 will not run on Switch at full resolution and frame rate, they are not simple PS2 games. SE has even said they were built from "scratch" due to missing sources. Anyone can deduce from this that if they want to make these games available on Nintendo, they have to start hackin' 'n slashin' away at the game, reducing assets, rewriting existing code, etc. This is a time consuming process and time as we all know = money.

Do you feel enriched by my knowledge that I've generously shared with you?

It's worth noting that despite being in Japanese, the Wii VC version featured minor changes to the game. The electronic manual included was basically a guide for the Japanese dialogue, unless I'm mistaking this bit for the Star Parodier release.

I was hoping for flappy yellow shoes or some kind of zipper reference.

Reminds me of an old Wii ad, that featured a girl playing Another Code: R, and I always thought, they got it wrong, that game wouldn't appeal at all to teenage girls.

I get similar vibes from this, it's more Nintendo pushing for older women to play these types of games but I don't think it'll make a significant difference.

I remember the hype with Other M, that cinematic commercial is a masterpiece.

This is the game you brag about to your friends that you're really good at.

Oh, hey man, I'm a master at xexex. Want to go for a few rounds?

I think Smash Ultimate really bears the title beautifully. If Nintendo comes out with another Smash it probably won't reach the same amount of hype but who knows?

Even Ultimate wasn't perfect, I think not having trophies/model viewer was a huge stepdown, the overload of music is also probably unnecessary. I would've put more focus on legacy Smash features, and eliminate the "echo" fighters, which gives the game an overcrowded, cheap feel.

The possibility of a simpler story mode based on popular characters would've gone quite a long way.

Even though I won't be buying Ultimate, since I have the superior DS version with the extra boss & friends and better level design, it's nice knowing Sonic still sells better on Nintendo.

Wasn't Unleashed like this? The lousy PS2 port the Wii was graced with ended up outselling the HD version.

Might as well post some of my predictions for tomorrow.

1. Shadow The Hedgehog
2. BOTW2 ad
3. Eirika/Ephraim swap combo
4. Kirby ad
5. Pikmin 4 ad
6. Bayonetta 3 ad
7. Pokemon Arceus ad
8. Spyro The Dragon
9. Sora
10. Toon Zelda
11. Crash Bandicoot
12. Waluigi
13. Mother 3 remake/release ad

One of these I swear has to hit.

"and we can't believe we haven't ever noticed it before."

The most diehard fans don't play Sonic 1 so no one expects nintendolife to play it either.

I wasn't going to click this article, but things changed after I saw Junko in a bikini, so kudos for that.

This article is garbage, as a Nintendo/Mario fan and NintendoLife follower I am very disappointed that we still get "Sonic is terrible" articles over and over.

I play Heroes proudly knowing that it's a much better game than Sunshine was back in the GameCube's day and I still believe this to be correct.

Sonic Adventure is an incredible game to play even today, and I think anyone who enjoys exhilarating and diverse gameplay will still choose it over Mario 64.

I will gladly say Super Mario World is worlds above all the Genesis games combined. But Mario 64? Nah. And Sunshine has some bs that trumps even Sonic 06.

My favorite GC game is Interactive Multi-Game Demo Disc Version 18. That's the one that comes with a full ROM of Mario Pinball Land for GBA.

I can't speak for Wii U but the 3DS NES Remix is literally just the VC emulator with a savestate collection. The emulator is tuned for r/w the rom and ram and has advanced conditional options to add post-processing for the flashing/pattern reduction or removal.

Stuff like adding animated backgrounds is a bit more involved but if you're experienced with making cheat codes, this is the same practice, you find where in memory the timer, the money, the hp, etc. is stored and that data is obviously present in the savestate. Then you modify an existing emulator to add your hooks. I'm saying even though this takes great effort and dedication it's not insanely difficult as it may seem.

Pokemon would be a surprise, if they enable linking, it would most certainly be sold separately at a premium price and whatever extra bells & whistles. Like FE1.

But who knows? Maybe they might just consider having the base game is enough.

Sonic DX and Sonic Pinball Party are the most mature Sonic games. Take that '06 haters!

I don't understand the humor, why Happy Feet? Why download a copy? It's a DS, it doesn't have a way of storing files?

Is this one of those ok boomer things?

Meanwhile Sonic Riders X is lookin' good, and affects Colors Ultimate sales in no way because fans who enjoyed Riders dgaf about the modern lackluster games.

I noticed youtube recommending me this, meh, doesn't yt know there's a superior version with better voice acting?

The algorithm fails once more.

Hah season 1 for me, too. The latino dub gives me chills. Great voice acting.

It's of the few Netflix shows where I'm fine with them only having season 1 available.

Oh the Nintendo costumes didn't make it, so I guess that means the Wii U version is the definitive version, just like Mario Maker with the mystery mushroom! No Babymetal for you! No Kirisaki, no Mega Man, no Sonic, you get nothing!

My SNES doesn't work anymore, the rf adapter may be broken, but I tried GameCube composite cables and it still didn't produce a picture nor sound.

It did provide a lot of good memories, I recall that when I was like 12 or something a friend called saying they were moving and couldn't take their games, so I was shown this bag where I just pulled cool games after another: Batman Returns, Super Star Wars VI, Street Fighter II, Star Fox, Yoshi's Island, black cartridge Killer Instinct (did not work so we threw it away) there were some bad ones, like Batman Forever but I still have them anyway. It was like living one of those dreams where you have access to everything.

I just remember picking up the Star Fox cartridge and being like, ew this puppet thing looks creepy, but because of playing Melee I knew it had to be something interesting.

Kraid looks gross but it's one of my favorite Melee stages.

Sonic Unleashed did it, but it's not my cup of tea, I think the guitar shredding/rockin' sound of SA1 is much more suitable for a fast-paced action game.

There's also the case of some tunes sounding worse orchestrated, like the epic Secret of Mana intro.