@sleepinglion It also looks like one of those games that plays itself, like you barely do anything beyond move to the right and suddenly you have like 10 meaningless achievements. It's style over substance, and the character roster isn't compelling enough. Wario should have been a playable character, and Bowser again and again is just lazy game design.
Not a fan of the Super Mario Run art style with overly animated backgrounds that add nothing to the actual gameplay, along with the fact that the game looks too easy. I'm sure there are the predictable boss battles with the easy to learn patterns for defeating them, and adding purple gems along with the usual coin collecting doesn't push the series forward.
I can see they tried incorporating stuff from Kirby's Epic Yarn and DKC Returns, but it doesn't really work in a Mario world. Super Princess Peach (2005!) was truly the last innovative 2D Mario game. The way Nintendo took the Peach character and gave her this new internal psychology to interact with her outside world was really amazing, but unfortunately it never got a sequel.
It's important to consider a few things as an outsider. I'm not Japanese, but I have visited and study the culture.
Women are traditionally supposed to be docile and obedient despite the enormous pressures they face to raise children in a competitive culture, and for those living in cities, to maintain an expensive quality of life. Combine that with long work weeks for men and the expectations from companies like Nintendo where employees sleep under their desks sometimes, making a living and trying to raise a family is difficult for almost everyone. That is why the birthrates in Japan and Korea have dropped so drastically.
You can't ignore these issues when you talk about equal opportunities in any society. It benefits both society and companies to have males and females working in entry level, as well as manager and board level positions, not because it's politically correct, but because it helps maintain a balance in a country struggling to keep up with its own demands. America has many of the same gender and pay gap issues, not just between men and women, but between states. Look at minimum wage in California vs. minimum wage in Wisconsin. Seriously WTF is going on?
Most of the best GB games like the Mario Lands, Pokemon Red & Blue, DK Land, the Mega Man games, the Kirby games, Metroid II and countless others have been given new life in color by the fans. Nintendo basically says nah, you don't need that, pay us like it's 1989 😄
The best GameCube emulator is the Wii. It already plays GameCube games, disks and ISO backups on a USB, from any region, and you can load GameCube hacks via the Gecko app. You can't beat perfection
In Mega Man 3 for the NES, if you hold right on the 2nd controller Mega Man can super jump without Rush and jump in and out of holes. If you take damage while you are in a hole, you will lose all your health and come back out completely invincible.
In Sonic the Hedgehog, the level select code is Up A Down A Left A Right A Hold A Start.
In NBA Jam for the Genesis, at the TONIGHT'S MATCHUP screen, if you rotate the D-pad counter clockwise and press Ax13 times and hold A on the 13th press while still rotating the D-pad until the game starts, you will be able to dunk from halfway across the court.
In Double Dragon II for the NES, if you play a game in 2B mode and beat up your partner, you will earn a 1up every time you kill him.
Entering the name HELP ME in Castlevania III gives you 10 lives to start.
In the 1st dungeon of Legend of Zelda, the locked door will be unlocked if you enter, exit and reenter the dungeon.
In A Link to the Past, you can shoot bombs and arrows at the same time.
In Link's Awakening, you can steal anything from the shop as long as you don't mind being killed when you come back for more. 😄
In the Safari Zone of Pokemon Red and Blue, if you swim up and down the coast you can catch some crazy wild Pokemon and glitch your items to get 99 of each.
The unbranded wired N64 controllers from Amazon are like 2 for $25 shipped. They feel and look like the real thing, and they work with the Memory Pak and Rumble Pak.
Sonic Advance 1, 2 and 3 along with Sonic 4 on the Wii are the most fun I've had since the original Sega games on the Genesis. If you Google Sonic Retro you can also find a ton of better fanmade Sonic games than anything Sega is doing these days
Got the whole 340+ games library on my N64 Everdrive playing flawlessly with the rumble pak, memory pak and expansion pak along with 2 brand new wired N64 controllers from Amazon. All this costs about $150 and it's mine for life with no glitches or controller issues. Also you get free romhack updates like playing Kirby 64 with the joystick option and Majora's Mask with all the DS quality of life improvements.
It's still in a beta phase but damnit it's fully playable and a gorgeous view of the future. I hope romhackers bring color to the original Tetris, Batman and Kid Icarus for the Game Boy.
Both are great. Ocarina took the best of Link's Awakening and ALttP and introduced so many cool real life stuff. Just chasing chickens, wearing masks, racing Epona and shooting arrows, making frogs grow by playing different notes on the ocarina, there are some really fun things to do outside the main game. Nowadays when I play OoT, the dungeons are my least favorite part of the game since there isn't much freedom to how you can complete them.
Majora's Mask is a great game that I hated when it first came out. I was annoyed that I had to spend $40 on an Expansion Pak just to play it, but in retrospect at least I got to own it. 😄 The game had too many things I didn't get at first, maybe because I never saw the Back to the Future trilogy and realized that Link is basically Marty and the Traveling Mask Salesman is Doc. The characters are the same from OoT but in this warped reality that really forces you to not only understand their motivations, fears and desires, but brings you so close to their experiences that you actually become them. It's a very experimental game that I didn't appreciate until now.
No Alien vs Predator or Punisher
No Marvel fighting games
No Rival Schools
No Power Stone
No III or 2nd Impact
I guess that's what happens when you don't have a D-pad 😄
Just feels like a Dragon Quest for kids. Downright boring and repetitive but RPG fans love that stuff 😄 It doesn't compare to real RPGs on the SNES like Tales of Phantasia or Chrono Trigger
As crap as America is right now and has been, we don't need to go around buying football teams and video game stocks to make ourselves less disgusting. Defend your country for its natural beauty, for its people and its culture, but don't lie to us and play the victim card when we know how atrocious life can be for certain "undesirables" living under totalitarian regimes.
@TheGameSquid "and you're going to hard-pressed to find ANY device that a fork of SNES9X runs very well on"
Have you tried the latest SNES9X RX fork on the Wii? It's constantly being updated and as an original SNES owner, I can tell you it's much better than the real thing. The games look and sound crisper than they did on the official console, not to mention all the exclusive Satellaview games, fan hacks and translations you can't play on real hardware, plus fast forwarding, game genie, and save states. The only games I haven't been able to play are 2 obscure demos (Eurit is one) that never came out anyway.
Also the SNES9X 2010 core on RetroArch has super accurate emulation. ZNES should be left in the pile with your old burned CDs of Windows 98 😄
@SalvorHardin If you had a Wii with the RetroArch channel installed you could play all those games AND the full library of Atari, Williams and Midway Arcade games with zero input lag using an X-Arcade through the GC ports.
@kingbk MK Trilogy and MK VI on the N64 is the best way to play these games. Arcade perfect ports with no loading in native resoltion with a 6-button controller!! 📺🎮🤘🏽
Target has a display right now with all 3 Switches with playable demos. The OLED model is clearly the best in terms of visuals, but the Lite has the best controller. I still prefer the Anbernic 351P for its controls, user customization, and portability 😉
Saying this is the best Dr. Mario game is like saying the 77' Gremlin was the crown jewel of the series. Sure, you're technically right but it's not really an accomplishment.
Ms. Pacman Maze Craze, Bomberman Arcade, Puyo Puyo Sun 64, Magical Tetris Challenge are all far better and more interesting puzzle games. Dr. Mario is the same damn game on every console.
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Re: Feature: So, Which Zelda Games Aren't On Switch Yet?
☝ this one
The BS games
Also 4 Swords, Crossbow Training and Soul Calibur II
Re: Super Mario Bros. Wonder Has Been Rated For Nintendo Switch
@sleepinglion It also looks like one of those games that plays itself, like you barely do anything beyond move to the right and suddenly you have like 10 meaningless achievements. It's style over substance, and the character roster isn't compelling enough. Wario should have been a playable character, and Bowser again and again is just lazy game design.
Re: Super Mario Bros. Wonder Has Been Rated For Nintendo Switch
Not a fan of the Super Mario Run art style with overly animated backgrounds that add nothing to the actual gameplay, along with the fact that the game looks too easy. I'm sure there are the predictable boss battles with the easy to learn patterns for defeating them, and adding purple gems along with the usual coin collecting doesn't push the series forward.
I can see they tried incorporating stuff from Kirby's Epic Yarn and DKC Returns, but it doesn't really work in a Mario world. Super Princess Peach (2005!) was truly the last innovative 2D Mario game. The way Nintendo took the Peach character and gave her this new internal psychology to interact with her outside world was really amazing, but unfortunately it never got a sequel.
Re: Talking Point: Would A Third Wave Of Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC Have Been Too Much?
Only if they bring in Marvel vs. DBZ fighters 😉
Re: Double Dragon Collection Announced For Switch, Includes Six Classic Beat 'Em Ups
Double Dragon Reloaded is still the best because of the Hulkster brother!
Re: Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Pikmin 4?
Pikmin sucks
8.5/10
Re: Super Nintendo World Hollywood Welcomes Toad To Its Walk-About Cast
@Cashews How about some crisps to go with that salty bitter beer?
Re: Percentage Of Female Managers At Nintendo Hasn't Improved, Despite Pledges
It's important to consider a few things as an outsider. I'm not Japanese, but I have visited and study the culture.
Women are traditionally supposed to be docile and obedient despite the enormous pressures they face to raise children in a competitive culture, and for those living in cities, to maintain an expensive quality of life. Combine that with long work weeks for men and the expectations from companies like Nintendo where employees sleep under their desks sometimes, making a living and trying to raise a family is difficult for almost everyone. That is why the birthrates in Japan and Korea have dropped so drastically.
You can't ignore these issues when you talk about equal opportunities in any society. It benefits both society and companies to have males and females working in entry level, as well as manager and board level positions, not because it's politically correct, but because it helps maintain a balance in a country struggling to keep up with its own demands. America has many of the same gender and pay gap issues, not just between men and women, but between states. Look at minimum wage in California vs. minimum wage in Wisconsin. Seriously WTF is going on?
Anyway just my two rupees 😉
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (April 15th)
Super Castlevania IV
Re: Talking Point: What Do You Name Link When You're Playing A Zelda Game?
Mthfka 😄 I can't help myself
Re: Switch Online's Game Boy Library Is Slightly Different In Japan
Most of the best GB games like the Mario Lands, Pokemon Red & Blue, DK Land, the Mega Man games, the Kirby games, Metroid II and countless others have been given new life in color by the fans. Nintendo basically says nah, you don't need that, pay us like it's 1989 😄
Re: Video: MVG Checks Out "Awesome" Update For GameCube Emulator On Xbox
The best GameCube emulator is the Wii. It already plays GameCube games, disks and ISO backups on a USB, from any region, and you can load GameCube hacks via the Gecko app. You can't beat perfection
Re: Random: People Are Sharing Their "Useless" Video Game Knowledge On Twitter - Here Are The Best Ones
In Mega Man 3 for the NES, if you hold right on the 2nd controller Mega Man can super jump without Rush and jump in and out of holes. If you take damage while you are in a hole, you will lose all your health and come back out completely invincible.
In Sonic the Hedgehog, the level select code is Up A Down A Left A Right A Hold A Start.
In NBA Jam for the Genesis, at the TONIGHT'S MATCHUP screen, if you rotate the D-pad counter clockwise and press Ax13 times and hold A on the 13th press while still rotating the D-pad until the game starts, you will be able to dunk from halfway across the court.
In Double Dragon II for the NES, if you play a game in 2B mode and beat up your partner, you will earn a 1up every time you kill him.
Entering the name HELP ME in Castlevania III gives you 10 lives to start.
In the 1st dungeon of Legend of Zelda, the locked door will be unlocked if you enter, exit and reenter the dungeon.
In A Link to the Past, you can shoot bombs and arrows at the same time.
In Link's Awakening, you can steal anything from the shop as long as you don't mind being killed when you come back for more. 😄
In the Safari Zone of Pokemon Red and Blue, if you swim up and down the coast you can catch some crazy wild Pokemon and glitch your items to get 99 of each.
Re: Switch Online's N64 Update Is Live (Version 2.9.0), Here's What's Included
Stability like all damn day son
Re: Nintendo Expands Its Switch Online N64 Service With GoldenEye 007
Call me when they add Mario as DLC 😄
Re: Review: BlueRetro N64 Adapter - This Plug & Play Bluetooth Dongle Is The Perfect Match For Your NSO Pad
The unbranded wired N64 controllers from Amazon are like 2 for $25 shipped. They feel and look like the real thing, and they work with the Memory Pak and Rumble Pak.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 7th)
Bang bang shoot shoot
Re: Best Of 2022: 25 Years Of GoldenEye 007 - 25 Facts You Didn't Know (Or Forgot You Knew)
Bang bang shoot shoot 😄
Re: Nintendo Expands Its Switch Online SNES And NES Service With Three More Titles
Just throw 5hit on a wall and hope it sticks 😄
Re: Soapbox: 20 Years Later, Super Mario Sunshine Is Still The Best 3D Mario
It's not even the best 3D platformer on the GameCube 😄
Re: "Screw This Game" - Sonic Origins Modder Halts Development On Massive Patch
Sonic Advance 1, 2 and 3 along with Sonic 4 on the Wii are the most fun I've had since the original Sega games on the Genesis. If you Google Sonic Retro you can also find a ton of better fanmade Sonic games than anything Sega is doing these days
Re: Random: Talented Hackers Are Adding Vibrant Colour To Classic Game Boy Titles
The Konami games being recolored but never released in the US really sucks. And forget about ever seeing these come to Switch Online 😄
Re: Video: Here's 45 Minutes Of Sonic Origins Gameplay Footage
Copy and paste repackage and sell. The Mega Collection on the GameCube was the 1st and still the best Sonic anthology you can own.
Re: Switch Online's N64 Update Is Live (Version 2.3.1), Kirby 64 Game-Breaking Bug Fixed
Got the whole 340+ games library on my N64 Everdrive playing flawlessly with the rumble pak, memory pak and expansion pak along with 2 brand new wired N64 controllers from Amazon. All this costs about $150 and it's mine for life with no glitches or controller issues. Also you get free romhack updates like playing Kirby 64 with the joystick option and Majora's Mask with all the DS quality of life improvements.
Re: Modder Creates 'Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 DX' For Game Boy Color
It's still in a beta phase but damnit it's fully playable and a gorgeous view of the future. I hope romhackers bring color to the original Tetris, Batman and Kid Icarus for the Game Boy.
Re: Feature: From Zelda Fangames To The Real Deal, We Talk To The Ocean's Heart Developer
Zelda with horns is "beautiful" pixel art? 😄
Re: Video: Some Of Us Prefer Zelda: Majora's Mask Over Ocarina Of Time Because We're Right
Both are great. Ocarina took the best of Link's Awakening and ALttP and introduced so many cool real life stuff. Just chasing chickens, wearing masks, racing Epona and shooting arrows, making frogs grow by playing different notes on the ocarina, there are some really fun things to do outside the main game. Nowadays when I play OoT, the dungeons are my least favorite part of the game since there isn't much freedom to how you can complete them.
Majora's Mask is a great game that I hated when it first came out. I was annoyed that I had to spend $40 on an Expansion Pak just to play it, but in retrospect at least I got to own it. 😄 The game had too many things I didn't get at first, maybe because I never saw the Back to the Future trilogy and realized that Link is basically Marty and the Traveling Mask Salesman is Doc. The characters are the same from OoT but in this warped reality that really forces you to not only understand their motivations, fears and desires, but brings you so close to their experiences that you actually become them. It's a very experimental game that I didn't appreciate until now.
Re: Retro: How A Remarkable Street Fighter Port Soured The Relationship Between Capcom And Nintendo
Horrible port. Should have tried to do SFA first before SFA2.
Re: Capcom Fighting Collection Is Getting A Global Physical Release
No Alien vs Predator or Punisher
No Marvel fighting games
No Rival Schools
No Power Stone
No III or 2nd Impact
I guess that's what happens when you don't have a D-pad 😄
Re: Random: We Need To Talk About That Street Fighter 6 Logo, Capcom
It's trash. And SF V is basically a bad software update of IV.
Street Fighter died after 3
Re: Review: EarthBound - A Quirky, Cosmic Adventure Bound To Warm Your Heart
Just feels like a Dragon Quest for kids. Downright boring and repetitive but RPG fans love that stuff 😄 It doesn't compare to real RPGs on the SNES like Tales of Phantasia or Chrono Trigger
Re: The Arcade Emulator MAME Is Now 25 Years Old
My favorite MAME versions are RetroArch 1.73/1.75 on Wii, MAME4Droid and MAME4ALL which I run on my iCade
Re: 5% Of Capcom Acquired By Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund
As crap as America is right now and has been, we don't need to go around buying football teams and video game stocks to make ourselves less disgusting. Defend your country for its natural beauty, for its people and its culture, but don't lie to us and play the victim card when we know how atrocious life can be for certain "undesirables" living under totalitarian regimes.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 29th)
Going out for a jog
Re: Nintendo Switch System Update 13.2.1 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
The 💩 comes through in greater clarity 😄
Re: Wireless NES Controllers For Switch Are Currently On Sale In North America
Hey everyone, let's get in line to buy controllers for a crappy emulator that Nintendo isn't updating anymore.... said no one ever
Re: Legendary SNES Emulator Liberated Using NSA Tool
@TheGameSquid "and you're going to hard-pressed to find ANY device that a fork of SNES9X runs very well on"
Have you tried the latest SNES9X RX fork on the Wii? It's constantly being updated and as an original SNES owner, I can tell you it's much better than the real thing. The games look and sound crisper than they did on the official console, not to mention all the exclusive Satellaview games, fan hacks and translations you can't play on real hardware, plus fast forwarding, game genie, and save states. The only games I haven't been able to play are 2 obscure demos (Eurit is one) that never came out anyway.
Also the SNES9X 2010 core on RetroArch has super accurate emulation. ZNES should be left in the pile with your old burned CDs of Windows 98 😄
Re: Random: A Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Multiplayer Mod Is Now In Development
I see the angry virgins are out in full force 😄
It's just a mod you nerds, get a grip. No one is forcing you to install it on your holy Switch.
Multiplayer in Zelda is awesome, especially in games like Four Swords. These guys do what NintenWONT.
Re: Video: YouTuber Runs The Ultimate Switch OLED Burn-In Test, Left On For Over "1800 Hours Straight"
I can see grammar isn't a thing on these boards 😄
Re: The Arcade1Up Mortal Kombat Cabinet Will Support Online Multiplayer
@SalvorHardin If you had a Wii with the RetroArch channel installed you could play all those games AND the full library of Atari, Williams and Midway Arcade games with zero input lag using an X-Arcade through the GC ports.
@kingbk MK Trilogy and MK VI on the N64 is the best way to play these games. Arcade perfect ports with no loading in native resoltion with a 6-button controller!! 📺🎮🤘🏽
Re: Free Switch Online Trials Are Available To My Nintendo Members (North America)
No spanks Nintendo
Re: Cruis'n Creator Would "Love To See" The N64 Trilogy Added To Switch Online's Expansion Pack
Fun but awful, just like the best N64 games 😄
Re: Banjo-Kazooie Is Getting Jiggy With Nintendo Switch Online In January
While Nintendo is drip feeding games they can't emulate right, the hackers are taking those same N64 games to new levels. Behold the new Smash Remix
And that's just one of many awesome N64 fanhax
Re: Nintendo's Giving Away Free Trials For Switch Online, Even If You've Used One Before (Europe)
Desperation has entered the chat 😄
Re: Video: The GameCube Is Over 20 Years Old, And Blimey Do We Have Memories Of It
A.K.A NintenDONT in my house 🎮 😉
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (December 4th)
Resident Evil...Two!
Re: Video: Side-By-Side Comparison Of Pokémon's Diamond And Pearl Remakes Running On Every Switch
Target has a display right now with all 3 Switches with playable demos. The OLED model is clearly the best in terms of visuals, but the Lite has the best controller. I still prefer the Anbernic 351P for its controls, user customization, and portability 😉
Re: Talking Point: 5 Reasons That Nintendo Switch Is Still A Hot Product
Still prefer my Anbernic 351P 😄
Re: Poll: What's The Best Spider-Man Game On Nintendo Systems?
Shattered Dimensions cuz Spider-Man 2099
Re: Mini Review: Dr. Mario 64 - Diagnosis: A Bit Rubbish
Saying this is the best Dr. Mario game is like saying the 77' Gremlin was the crown jewel of the series. Sure, you're technically right but it's not really an accomplishment.
Ms. Pacman Maze Craze, Bomberman Arcade, Puyo Puyo Sun 64, Magical Tetris Challenge are all far better and more interesting puzzle games. Dr. Mario is the same damn game on every console.