I wonder who the jackanapes are that began the preorders with much of America asleep and, in Amazon's case, put it under a weird listing? 🤔
@KIREEK I got mine in because of your notice! 😃 Now, one less scalper and one more actual Nintendo fan will get a SNES Classic. Many thanks, bro! 👍🏻 I was lucky to get mine in. I wasted time at the old Amazon listing, and running searches. With my sleepy fumbling around, I probably would've come up short during more normal hours lol!
@leo13 The alerts at these sites just can't be trusted. No notice from Best Buy, or Amazon. Amazon would've been strike two here if I hadn't woke up and checked the board! Good luck to you!
A lot of good it does signing up for preorder notices when said notices are NEVER SENT TO YOU. 😐 Kiss this, Best Buy! At any rate, it begins. "May the odds be ever in your favor." 😌
Since there'll be borders for the games, I got to thinking... This being the SNES Classic, it'd be a great nostalgic shout-out to the Super Game Boy if some of its borders have been included! Especially the movie theater one, with occasional activity in the audience! 😄
@BezBot Good luck, I hope you get your preorder in! 🙂 I'm trying to become a light sleeper for the coming days, in case email notices come overnight! 😴
@BezBot They should start any day now. It was announced as the end of August, so one of the next 10 days... Probably when everyone but devoted friggin scalpers are around. 😶
@kobashi100 With this news of USFII exceeding expectations, and Capcom supposedly bringing more games to Switch as a result, it'd be a bit of a kick in the teeth if they confirm this rumored new Street Fighter Collection only for PS4 & Xbone. I'd get it on day one for PS4, being a Street Fighter fan since playing SFII: Champion Edition for the first time, but my first choice is always to get the Nintendo version of a 3rd party game. The bitter irony of it would be that USFII over-performed on Switch, while Street Fighter V has under-performed since its PS4 release.
It'd be nice for Nintendo gamers to get some reward for their support, instead of running into the same ancient "for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC" brick wall. We'll see in the coming days, maybe.
Since they see that Nintendo gamers love their Street Fighting enough to pay a premium (yes, I got my copy on release day), I'm hoping for more past entries that Nintendo systems missed over the years. How about a Street Fighter III collection, Alpha collection, and/or continuing the Ultra theme with Ultra SF IV! Those would nicely fill the post-SF II gap in series entries for Ninty gamers' SF collections. We didn't see any version of SF III. A nice bonus would be the inclusion of the original Street Fighter, celebrating the game's upcoming 30th anniversary! HADOKEN!!! 😄👊🏻💪🏻
Naturally, I left the house right around the time I received my email from Malo... er, uh, Wal-Mart. :/ I can tell this is going to be a "lovely" experience, just like NES classic...
As nice as it is having the weekly Neo-Geo releases, I'd love to see Hamster get the PS4's Arcade Archives series started up!
It would feel so right to play the arcade versions of Contra, Double Dragon 1 & 2, Gradius, Life Force, Super Dodge Ball, Bubble Bobble, etc. on a Nintendo system! Then to have their NES counterparts, when Nintendo gets around to gracing us with a VC service, would make the Switch Nintendo retro gamer Heaven!
@Kayfios I've been refreshing the search page fairly often the last couple of hours, and the SNES Classic page just showed up a few minutes ago. I don't think there was enough time between refreshes for them to sell out... Unless there are indeed like only 5 being sold, lol. And "Placeholder" is in the URL, so I'm hoping neither of us are out of luck.
I called a local GameStop here in Tulsa, and he said they weren't going to do a pre-order period. Whether this is at that location only, or every GameStop, I don't know.
Why, oh why, did Star Fox 2 have to be tied to what'll certainly be one of Nintendo's trademark infamously impossible-to-get items? Between that, and this likely causing the delay on Switch VC, I don't know if I'm happy about the Super NES Classic. Guess that depends on having better luck than I did with the bleeping NES Classic!
Because Samus is TOO FRIGGIN' BIG! She'd take up half the screen! Stage boss confir... Um, never mind. Wrong game, wrong Metroid character! Shuffles out, returns to lurking
It's nice, as a Metroid fan since 1988, to at least see a light at the end of the proverbial tunnel! This news that Samus looks to be on her way back officially makes this a God-tier Nintendo E3 in my book! My dream scenario is that it pans out like 2002, when we got Prime and Fusion around the same time... With connectivity like they had!
After how superb A Link Between Worlds was, it blows my mind to think of Samus somehow battling Mother Brain again in a Super Metroid-esque follow up (yes, I know Fusion & Other M were sequels). There has to be another planet Zebes out there, in another dimension, or something. They could think something up to bring Mama back!
Not quite the alien-related 3DS game I was hoping for. Looks like we'll have to wait until E3 2015, or a Nintendo Direct, for a new Metroid. So, its drought is going to expand to 4 years since Other M, and 10 years since a main handheld installment, Zero Mission (I know there's Prime Hunters, but...). Plus, no Ridley Smash announcement. That, and another series in Star Fox ending its drought kind of makes Metroid fans one of the big E3 losers. I'll see how this game develops before committing. I'm just absorbing the disappointment, like Majora's Mask fans.
There's a lot else I'm excited for, including aforementioned Star Fox, but poor Samus & poor fans of her's. :/
Dang, Capcom is supporting the VC service better than Nintendo itself. There are so many of these I was never able to get, so I'm excited about VC for a change! I wish my other fav 3rd parties of the past, Konami & Square Enix, would open a floodgate of NES, SNES, GB, and GBA games to VC. They barely acknowledge that anything but smartphone gaming exists these days.
If only Capcom could give us Strider HD and Ultra Street Fighter IV, but I'll acknowledge that they at least remember Nintendo gamers, which is a rarity these days (even 3DS 3rd party support is tepid right now).
I'd like to think this marks a real revival of Virtual Console, and inspires Nintendo to more VC support!
@Mega719 I wish we'd at least get Ultra Street Fighter IV, and Strider on Wii U, but I'm not holding my breath since Wii U is dead to 3rd parties as far as new releases. Hopefully we'll at least get some new-to-VC games, like Gargoyle's Quest II.
I hope our European friends here get these Mega Man games soon! :3 I've felt that pain plenty of times, from North America getting the short end of the stick so often these days.
I've enjoyed Mega May very much! I've finished MM II through IV, and working on V now! This been a great way to pass the time until flippin' fun time next Friday! I figure I'll save the Xtreme games for a Mega June (even if that doesn't have the same ring as Mega May ).
There are two negatives to Mega May. First, I'm guessing after Capcom is through with it, we'll go back to a 3DS VC drought (especially Game Boy games). Second, this just makes me want a new Mega Man game, and Capcom seems content to only re-release old games. I'm afraid we'll have to wait until Mighty No. 9 for our "Mega Man" fix!
Get equipped with Mega Man V! I've thoroughly enjoyed Mega May so far, and gotten MM II-V! It's been nice to play the remaining Game Boy MMs (even the abomination that is MM II ).
I'd like to think that it's a sign of Capcom considering a new MM game after all these years. However, this is 2014 Capcom we're talking about, and I have low expectations. I appreciate their VC support, however. There would've been your typical VC drought without them! Anyone else think there's a chance Mega May is a clue for a new Mega Man forthcoming?
These commercials are flippin' hilarious! I especially crack up over Super Horn, and the scientists' laugh! The next 13 days can't pass quickly enough. Oh, I keep waiting on piranha plant to say, "feed me."
Having ads like this beg the question: "Where were these awesome commercials to point out the positives of the Wii U in a flippin' fun way when it came out, and the year and a half since?" If they had something like these, Wii U may not be on pace to be the worst-selling of all Nintendo consoles by millions of units.
The Donkey Kong pic reminds me of Batman '89, when Joker stands in place, taunting Batman as he zooms in, targeting him in the Batwing! For Kirby's sake, I hope it ends better than it did for Batsy, as Joker had that FRIGGIN HAND CANNON on him! Except, I can't see anywhere that DK has to hide a coconut cannon to take the Dragoon down!
I miss the days when a movie-based game could be superb. The SNES version of Batman Returns was one of the best games on the console PERIOD! Now, it's assumed that a game adaptation will be a lazy cash-in. And 9 times out of 10, that assumption is correct.
Also, there should be AT LEAST 2 points deducted from this game's score for denying us the luscious Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy in HD!
I understand what he's saying, and game makers should follow their own hearts, and see a vision through! Some all-time greats, such as Prime, have been made as a result!
However, with each passing year, I feel Nintendo becomes more and more deaf to it's fans, and gives less and less of what we want. Going only by the wishes of fans would kill innovation in gaming. To generally ignore them isn't good business either.
It's ironic to read this article at a time when Nintendo is ignoring the pleas of fans to make ANY new Metroid game (plus Star Fox & F-Zero)! You can't make everybody happy all of the time, but you can try to make some people happy some of the time! I'd love to see any new Metroid right now.
Maybe high-heeled Zero Suit Samus in Smash will revive Metroid interest, lol!
OMG, Rainbow Road N64 and its theme remix are beautiful!!! I let out a happy squee of nostalgia over that, and yet it looks like it'll be a new experience! Since so many changes are being made to retro tracks, I can't wait to see how Toad Turnpike turns out. While simple, I loved it, its scenery, and especially its music in MK 64! So thrilled to hear it made the retro roster! Now, how about Yoshi Valley from MK 64?
After reading this preview, and seeing the trailer, the wait has officially become PAINFUL!!! I hope MK 8 marks the Wii U's big comeback!
Also, it's nice to come upon folks who remembers the OLD, olden days, like I do! I remember being dragon food many times in Adventure. Yup, this definitely felt like The Legend of Zelda in 1979!
Wow! The lucky, more-well-off-than-I folks who get this deserve a BIG TREASURE jingle when they hold their Zelda statue high in the air... And hopefully don't drop it.
As I mentioned in another thread, I wouldn't have so much of a problem with this if the 3DS VC received a new system, like SNES, or more varied weekly releases (though as a console/handheld purist, I'd prefer GBA on 3DS VC). However, as it is, Wii U VC will be seeing GBA AND DS games, and 95% of the time, 3DS VC only sees one repeat NES game (by that, I mean a game already available on Wii and, often, Wii U VC). That is if 3DS VC gets a release AT ALL, which it often doesn't! These moves to bring more systems to Wii U VC are the first signs of life for the VC service in a while, and I'm happy about that, as someone who reveres the good old days of Nintendo gaming! And, I have been curious about the potential for DS on Wii U since hearing the announcement of the GamePad! Yet, it appears 3DS VC will be left to continue languishing, while Wii U VC broadly expands. As a Wii U AND 3DS owner, I'd like to see more balance than this. At least give us more Game Boy and GBC games!
Actually, this Wii U/3DS divide brings up another concern: That in its bid to make Wii U more appealing to consumers, Nintendo will fail to give adequate attention to 3DS and its owners. Last I saw, aside from eShop releases, the future 3DS release schedule is pretty thin! I'm not sure if thinner than Wii U's, since 3rd party support is dead, but after Yoshi, Mario Golf, and Smash, there's not much coming from Nintendo for 3DS (of course more may be announced at E3). So, I have a great concern that 3DS is going to suffer for Nintendo's efforts to salvage the Wii U.
I'm torn getting GBA games for Wii U. I'm a purist, who wishes to play console games on a console, and handheld games on a handheld. Yet, there a couple of games coming that I don't have for GBA and want, like Golden Sun. Amazon can be unreliable in terms of used games, so Wii U is an appealing alternative. I suppose I need to relax my standards on handhelds & consoles. With things like this, Nintendo is forcing me to, lest I take my chances with Amazon.
I don't understand why Ninty can't give us a choice, putting GBA games on Wii U AND 3DS. I realize the Wii U is the squeakiest wheel getting the grease, but that doesn't mean the 3DS VC should be ignored. The thing that gets me about the GBA/DS coming to Wii U is that meanwhile, almost all 3DS is getting lately is NES games that are already on Wii VC. It would be nice to see some variety on 3DS VC, like the Mega Man Game Boy/GBC games announced LONG AGO. Some weeks don't even see a 3DS VC release in North America. Just because Wii U needs sales doesn't mean 3DS should be ignored. But, enough complaining. That's for Club Nintendo surveys (and I encourage those who agree to add their 2 cents on their surveys).
I am going to get Golden Sun, and give GBA on Wii U a chance! I need a Final Fantasy-like RPG fix.
Enjoy your first GBA game, Europe, while we North Americans "savor" the April 3rd release of NES black box Soccer!!! I'm just kidding, but don't be surprised if it becomes a dark prophecy from the great beyond!
Since this is Mario Kart we're talking about, it makes it interesting, and a tad dicey to think about Denzel Washington's "Flight" character Whip Whitaker at the helm of one of those airplanes! "BLUE SHELLS AIN'T GOT S*** ON ME!"
Welcome to the friendly skies, ladies & gentlemen!!!
I LOLed so hard at DK! His expression, and knowing what happened moments later. There's that expression about things blowing up in your face... literally, in this case! We need an "after" pic this week, looking like Mario in Super Mario World, when the castle explosion goes off as he goes to check on it. ^.^ DK got my vote!!!
@Giygas_95 Yup, a cherry-banana firecracker! Has a little bite to it.
I don't care for posters, but man would I spend a fortune in coins for an official ALBW soundtrack! Link to the Past remixes & new music alike were superb in this game, and so worthy of an official soundtrack release! I hate how passed over video game scores in general are.
Well, I may spend a buck to upgrade Renegade to VC... Or I may not, dunno. I know I'd be more enthusiastic if I ever had the choice, every now and then, of titles that have not already been available on Wii VC for years! I couldn't be much more dissatisfied with the VC service in general.
3DS VC is really getting the short end of the stick, as Wii U VC will be getting GBA & DS, while 3DS will likely continue to see repeat NES titles! I'd at least like to see some more Game Boy titles sometimes, like the Mega Mans Capcom mentioned ages ago!
I really don't like to complain, but I think I may give Nintendo an earful in Club Nintendo surveys. Not that I expect it to do any good, but just to vent.
On the bright side, at least the latest NES Wii VC repeat was gotten out of the way for both Wii U and 3DS this week! No disrespect to Renegade. Fond memories of it as a kid, and it was the father of beat 'em ups, like Double Dragon, and Final Fight! 👊
One very important question: Did Adam authorize Samus to fall in love?
Also, the exquisitely gorgeous & talented Natalie Dormer for Samus in the eventual Metroid movie! 😍 If reduced to the Zero Suit, and she'd lost her pistol, she could slay space pirates with her lethally sexy smirk!
After how they did at speedskating (and at Sochi in general), team USA can use all the blue shells, red shells, chain chomps, and any other help it can get before 2018.
"...inspired a team of underdogs to slay a giant and, as a result, birth a $60 billion dollar industry." I can't put into words what a piece of revisionist history (and crap) that sounds like. Does everybody want to dump on Nintendo right now, to the extent of even rewriting the ending of the Console Wars?
That "slain giant" is still alive and thriving! Perhaps not to as great degree as in the past, with Wii U's struggle, but The Big N is certainly better off than this story's '"underdog", which isn't even in the console biz anymore!
Next, maybe they'll say the Soviet Union won the Cold War.
"Yo, Peach, I did it!!!" Little Mac is so overdue for this, especially as SSB is a Nintendo fighting series! I can't believe it took until the 4th SSB game. He definitely looks like a go-to guy for me. So happy to see him in, as a Punch-Out player since the Tyson days!
Some observations: Evidently Mac doesn't like tall, hot chicks in space suits making fun of his size. I LOLed! Now, why didn't Mac have moved like these the 1,001 times I lost to Iron Mike? Next, I wonder if we'll get bikes, Statue of Liberty, and pink sweatsuits in SSB too? Think of it, SSB linked to New York City, USA.
That's great, but SO MUCH EVIL TURTLE NOW! How about some evil frog, as in Wart? He's been ignored for far too long now (as in over 25 years). It'd be such a surprise, and a pleasant change of pace, to bring him into Mario Kart 8, or Super Smash Bros.! Birdo from SMB 2/Doki Doki Panic has been all over the place, so why not big, bad Wart and his bubbles of death. Bring back Mouser, while you're at it.
Aside from that, dang this is looking incredible! I'm going to put some money down on it in the coming days, as I don't want to wait a day later than 5/30 to get my race on!
The only thing wrong with this awesomeness is how badly it makes me want a new classic 2D Metroid title! I'm not about to hold my breath for that at this point any more than I would for new Star Fox, or F-Zero.
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Re: Guide: Where to Pre-Order Your Super NES Classic Edition
I wonder who the jackanapes are that began the preorders with much of America asleep and, in Amazon's case, put it under a weird listing? 🤔
@KIREEK I got mine in because of your notice! 😃 Now, one less scalper and one more actual Nintendo fan will get a SNES Classic. Many thanks, bro! 👍🏻 I was lucky to get mine in. I wasted time at the old Amazon listing, and running searches. With my sleepy fumbling around, I probably would've come up short during more normal hours lol!
@leo13 The alerts at these sites just can't be trusted. No notice from Best Buy, or Amazon. Amazon would've been strike two here if I hadn't woke up and checked the board! Good luck to you!
Re: Guide: Where to Pre-Order Your Super NES Classic Edition
Here's the link to the Amazon listing @KIREEK mentioned. Seems for reals, per Twitter users who called customer service...
https://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Digital-Downloads-Trust-Entertainment-System/dp/B074XPZDQR/
Re: Guide: Where to Pre-Order Your Super NES Classic Edition
A lot of good it does signing up for preorder notices when said notices are NEVER SENT TO YOU. 😐 Kiss this, Best Buy! At any rate, it begins. "May the odds be ever in your favor." 😌
Re: Video: Check Out This Japanese Overview for the SNES Mini
Since there'll be borders for the games, I got to thinking... This being the SNES Classic, it'd be a great nostalgic shout-out to the Super Game Boy if some of its borders have been included! Especially the movie theater one, with occasional activity in the audience! 😄
Re: Video: Check Out This Japanese Overview for the SNES Mini
@BezBot Good luck, I hope you get your preorder in! 🙂 I'm trying to become a light sleeper for the coming days, in case email notices come overnight! 😴
Re: Video: Check Out This Japanese Overview for the SNES Mini
@BezBot They should start any day now. It was announced as the end of August, so one of the next 10 days... Probably when everyone but devoted friggin scalpers are around. 😶
Re: Capcom Reportedly Gearing Up for Multiple Nintendo Switch Titles
@kobashi100 With this news of USFII exceeding expectations, and Capcom supposedly bringing more games to Switch as a result, it'd be a bit of a kick in the teeth if they confirm this rumored new Street Fighter Collection only for PS4 & Xbone. I'd get it on day one for PS4, being a Street Fighter fan since playing SFII: Champion Edition for the first time, but my first choice is always to get the Nintendo version of a 3rd party game. The bitter irony of it would be that USFII over-performed on Switch, while Street Fighter V has under-performed since its PS4 release.
It'd be nice for Nintendo gamers to get some reward for their support, instead of running into the same ancient "for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC" brick wall. We'll see in the coming days, maybe.
Re: Capcom Reportedly Gearing Up for Multiple Nintendo Switch Titles
Since they see that Nintendo gamers love their Street Fighting enough to pay a premium (yes, I got my copy on release day), I'm hoping for more past entries that Nintendo systems missed over the years. How about a Street Fighter III collection, Alpha collection, and/or continuing the Ultra theme with Ultra SF IV! Those would nicely fill the post-SF II gap in series entries for Ninty gamers' SF collections. We didn't see any version of SF III. A nice bonus would be the inclusion of the original Street Fighter, celebrating the game's upcoming 30th anniversary! HADOKEN!!! 😄👊🏻💪🏻
Re: Guide: Where to Pre-Order Your Super NES Classic Edition
I'm gonna be F5-ing like Brock Lesnar today! 💪🏻 "Eat, sleep, F5, break the scalpers!" 👊🏻
Re: Guide: Where to Pre-Order Your SNES Mini / Super NES Classic Edition
@US_Gamers Cue Metal Gear Solid ALERT noise, giant red exclamation mark ! above our heads, and "Encounter" theme!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQiDzSWLIm4
Naturally, I left the house right around the time I received my email from Malo... er, uh, Wal-Mart. :/ I can tell this is going to be a "lovely" experience, just like NES classic...
Re: Video: Is this $40 8Bitdo Controller Really a Switch Pro Controller Alternative?
Can anything be THAT shiny? 😮
Re: Fatal Fury Special Is Next Week’s ACA Neo Geo Game
As nice as it is having the weekly Neo-Geo releases, I'd love to see Hamster get the PS4's Arcade Archives series started up!
It would feel so right to play the arcade versions of Contra, Double Dragon 1 & 2, Gradius, Life Force, Super Dodge Ball, Bubble Bobble, etc. on a Nintendo system! Then to have their NES counterparts, when Nintendo gets around to gracing us with a VC service, would make the Switch Nintendo retro gamer Heaven!
Re: Bandai Namco Confirms July Release for Namco Museum on Nintendo Switch
At this rate, every 3rd party is going to have "Virtual Console" (in terms of classic games) on Switch before Nintendo does! 😝
Re: Guide: Where to Pre-Order Your Super NES Classic Edition
@Kayfios I've been refreshing the search page fairly often the last couple of hours, and the SNES Classic page just showed up a few minutes ago. I don't think there was enough time between refreshes for them to sell out... Unless there are indeed like only 5 being sold, lol. And "Placeholder" is in the URL, so I'm hoping neither of us are out of luck.
Re: Guide: Where to Pre-Order Your Super NES Classic Edition
There's a placeholder page at Amazon US now, but no preorder yet.
https://www.amazon.com/Placeholder-Console-1-Nintendo-Switch/dp/B0721GGGS9/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1498529059&sr=8-4&keywords=super+nes+classic
I called a local GameStop here in Tulsa, and he said they weren't going to do a pre-order period. Whether this is at that location only, or every GameStop, I don't know.
Why, oh why, did Star Fox 2 have to be tied to what'll certainly be one of Nintendo's trademark infamously impossible-to-get items? Between that, and this likely causing the delay on Switch VC, I don't know if I'm happy about the Super NES Classic. Guess that depends on having better luck than I did with the bleeping NES Classic!
Re: A Samus Costume Was Almost in the Wii U Axiom Verge Port
@Randomname19 Oh well... The current state of Metroid makes me want to cry anyway. :/
Re: A Samus Costume Was Almost in the Wii U Axiom Verge Port
Because Samus is TOO FRIGGIN' BIG! She'd take up half the screen! Stage boss confir... Um, never mind. Wrong game, wrong Metroid character! Shuffles out, returns to lurking
Re: E3 2014: Nintendo Hopes to Share Metroid News in the "Near Future"
It's nice, as a Metroid fan since 1988, to at least see a light at the end of the proverbial tunnel! This news that Samus looks to be on her way back officially makes this a God-tier Nintendo E3 in my book! My dream scenario is that it pans out like 2002, when we got Prime and Fusion around the same time... With connectivity like they had!
After how superb A Link Between Worlds was, it blows my mind to think of Samus somehow battling Mother Brain again in a Super Metroid-esque follow up (yes, I know Fusion & Other M were sequels). There has to be another planet Zebes out there, in another dimension, or something. They could think something up to bring Mama back!
Re: E3 2014: Code Name: S.T.E.A.M., A Brand New IP, Unveiled for 3DS
Not quite the alien-related 3DS game I was hoping for. Looks like we'll have to wait until E3 2015, or a Nintendo Direct, for a new Metroid. So, its drought is going to expand to 4 years since Other M, and 10 years since a main handheld installment, Zero Mission (I know there's Prime Hunters, but...). Plus, no Ridley Smash announcement. That, and another series in Star Fox ending its drought kind of makes Metroid fans one of the big E3 losers. I'll see how this game develops before committing. I'm just absorbing the disappointment, like Majora's Mask fans.
There's a lot else I'm excited for, including aforementioned Star Fox, but poor Samus & poor fans of her's. :/
Re: Slew of Capcom Titles Announced for North American and European Virtual Consoles
Dang, Capcom is supporting the VC service better than Nintendo itself. There are so many of these I was never able to get, so I'm excited about VC for a change!
I wish my other fav 3rd parties of the past, Konami & Square Enix, would open a floodgate of NES, SNES, GB, and GBA games to VC. They barely acknowledge that anything but smartphone gaming exists these days.
If only Capcom could give us Strider HD and Ultra Street Fighter IV, but I'll acknowledge that they at least remember Nintendo gamers, which is a rarity these days (even 3DS 3rd party support is tepid right now).
I'd like to think this marks a real revival of Virtual Console, and inspires Nintendo to more VC support!
Re: Video: Capcom's Mega May Spotlight Shows Off The 3DS Virtual Console Mega Man Releases
@Mega719 I wish we'd at least get Ultra Street Fighter IV, and Strider on Wii U, but I'm not holding my breath since Wii U is dead to 3rd parties as far as new releases. Hopefully we'll at least get some new-to-VC games, like Gargoyle's Quest II.
I hope our European friends here get these Mega Man games soon! :3 I've felt that pain plenty of times, from North America getting the short end of the stick so often these days.
Re: Video: Capcom's Mega May Spotlight Shows Off The 3DS Virtual Console Mega Man Releases
I've enjoyed Mega May very much! I've finished MM II through IV, and working on V now! This been a great way to pass the time until flippin' fun time next Friday! I figure I'll save the Xtreme games for a Mega June (even if that doesn't have the same ring as Mega May ).
There are two negatives to Mega May. First, I'm guessing after Capcom is through with it, we'll go back to a 3DS VC drought (especially Game Boy games). Second, this just makes me want a new Mega Man game, and Capcom seems content to only re-release old games. I'm afraid we'll have to wait until Mighty No. 9 for our "Mega Man" fix!
Re: Nintendo Download: 22nd May (North America)
Get equipped with Mega Man V! I've thoroughly enjoyed Mega May so far, and gotten MM II-V! It's been nice to play the remaining Game Boy MMs (even the abomination that is MM II ).
I'd like to think that it's a sign of Capcom considering a new MM game after all these years. However, this is 2014 Capcom we're talking about, and I have low expectations. I appreciate their VC support, however. There would've been your typical VC drought without them! Anyone else think there's a chance Mega May is a clue for a new Mega Man forthcoming?
Re: Video: The Piranha Plant and a "Crazy Plunge" Tested in the Latest Mario Kart 8 Commercials
These commercials are flippin' hilarious! I especially crack up over Super Horn, and the scientists' laugh! The next 13 days can't pass quickly enough. Oh, I keep waiting on piranha plant to say, "feed me."
Having ads like this beg the question: "Where were these awesome commercials to point out the positives of the Wii U in a flippin' fun way when it came out, and the year and a half since?" If they had something like these, Wii U may not be on pace to be the worst-selling of all Nintendo consoles by millions of units.
Re: Reaction: Mario Kart 8 Accused Of Poor Sales Potential, Ruining Battle Mode And Racism
My reaction to all this ridiculous cacapoopoodoodoo...
Have we, as a society, completely lost out ability to simply enjoy things. and not over-analyse EVERYTHING?
Re: Philips Claims Wii And Wii U Infringe Two Of Its Patents, Seeks Ban In The United States
Here is the only piece of evidence Nintendo's defense team needs to present...
Judge: Case dismissed, with prejudice!
Re: Feature: A Week of Super Smash Bros. Wii U and 3DS Screens - Issue Thirty Seven
The Donkey Kong pic reminds me of Batman '89, when Joker stands in place, taunting Batman as he zooms in, targeting him in the Batwing! For Kirby's sake, I hope it ends better than it did for Batsy, as Joker had that FRIGGIN HAND CANNON on him! Except, I can't see anywhere that DK has to hide a coconut cannon to take the Dragoon down!
Joker: Come on, you gruesome BLEEP! Come to me!
Re: Review: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Wii U)
I miss the days when a movie-based game could be superb. The SNES version of Batman Returns was one of the best games on the console PERIOD! Now, it's assumed that a game adaptation will be a lazy cash-in. And 9 times out of 10, that assumption is correct.
Also, there should be AT LEAST 2 points deducted from this game's score for denying us the luscious Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy in HD!
Re: Microsoft's Ken Lobb: Metroid Prime Wouldn't Have Been Made If Nintendo Had Listened To The Fans
I understand what he's saying, and game makers should follow their own hearts, and see a vision through! Some all-time greats, such as Prime, have been made as a result!
However, with each passing year, I feel Nintendo becomes more and more deaf to it's fans, and gives less and less of what we want. Going only by the wishes of fans would kill innovation in gaming. To generally ignore them isn't good business either.
It's ironic to read this article at a time when Nintendo is ignoring the pleas of fans to make ANY new Metroid game (plus Star Fox & F-Zero)! You can't make everybody happy all of the time, but you can try to make some people happy some of the time! I'd love to see any new Metroid right now.
Maybe high-heeled Zero Suit Samus in Smash will revive Metroid interest, lol!
Re: Preview: Mario Kart 8
OMG, Rainbow Road N64 and its theme remix are beautiful!!! I let out a happy squee of nostalgia over that, and yet it looks like it'll be a new experience! Since so many changes are being made to retro tracks, I can't wait to see how Toad Turnpike turns out. While simple, I loved it, its scenery, and especially its music in MK 64! So thrilled to hear it made the retro roster! Now, how about Yoshi Valley from MK 64?
After reading this preview, and seeing the trailer, the wait has officially become PAINFUL!!! I hope MK 8 marks the Wii U's big comeback!
Re: This Legend of Zelda NES Demake Allows You to Experience Link's Most Basic Quest Yet
I WON!!! (y u no fight Ganon, though )
Also, it's nice to come upon folks who remembers the OLD, olden days, like I do! I remember being dragon food many times in Adventure. Yup, this definitely felt like The Legend of Zelda in 1979!
Re: Limited Edition Zelda Statue Available For Pre-Order From First 4 Figures
Wow! The lucky, more-well-off-than-I folks who get this deserve a BIG TREASURE jingle when they hold their Zelda statue high in the air... And hopefully don't drop it.
Re: Talking Point: The Logic Behind Game Boy Advance on the Wii U Virtual Console
As I mentioned in another thread, I wouldn't have so much of a problem with this if the 3DS VC received a new system, like SNES, or more varied weekly releases (though as a console/handheld purist, I'd prefer GBA on 3DS VC). However, as it is, Wii U VC will be seeing GBA AND DS games, and 95% of the time, 3DS VC only sees one repeat NES game (by that, I mean a game already available on Wii and, often, Wii U VC). That is if 3DS VC gets a release AT ALL, which it often doesn't! These moves to bring more systems to Wii U VC are the first signs of life for the VC service in a while, and I'm happy about that, as someone who reveres the good old days of Nintendo gaming! And, I have been curious about the potential for DS on Wii U since hearing the announcement of the GamePad! Yet, it appears 3DS VC will be left to continue languishing, while Wii U VC broadly expands. As a Wii U AND 3DS owner, I'd like to see more balance than this. At least give us more Game Boy and GBC games!
Actually, this Wii U/3DS divide brings up another concern: That in its bid to make Wii U more appealing to consumers, Nintendo will fail to give adequate attention to 3DS and its owners. Last I saw, aside from eShop releases, the future 3DS release schedule is pretty thin! I'm not sure if thinner than Wii U's, since 3rd party support is dead, but after Yoshi, Mario Golf, and Smash, there's not much coming from Nintendo for 3DS (of course more may be announced at E3). So, I have a great concern that 3DS is going to suffer for Nintendo's efforts to salvage the Wii U.
Re: Nintendo Shows Off April's Game Boy Advance Wii U Virtual Console Line-up
I'm torn getting GBA games for Wii U. I'm a purist, who wishes to play console games on a console, and handheld games on a handheld. Yet, there a couple of games coming that I don't have for GBA and want, like Golden Sun. Amazon can be unreliable in terms of used games, so Wii U is an appealing alternative. I suppose I need to relax my standards on handhelds & consoles. With things like this, Nintendo is forcing me to, lest I take my chances with Amazon.
I don't understand why Ninty can't give us a choice, putting GBA games on Wii U AND 3DS. I realize the Wii U is the squeakiest wheel getting the grease, but that doesn't mean the 3DS VC should be ignored. The thing that gets me about the GBA/DS coming to Wii U is that meanwhile, almost all 3DS is getting lately is NES games that are already on Wii VC. It would be nice to see some variety on 3DS VC, like the Mega Man Game Boy/GBC games announced LONG AGO. Some weeks don't even see a 3DS VC release in North America. Just because Wii U needs sales doesn't mean 3DS should be ignored. But, enough complaining. That's for Club Nintendo surveys (and I encourage those who agree to add their 2 cents on their surveys).
I am going to get Golden Sun, and give GBA on Wii U a chance! I need a Final Fantasy-like RPG fix.
Re: Advance Wars Bringing the Battle to the Wii U Virtual Console on 3rd April
Enjoy your first GBA game, Europe, while we North Americans "savor" the April 3rd release of NES black box Soccer!!! I'm just kidding, but don't be surprised if it becomes a dark prophecy from the great beyond!
Re: The Wait for Mario Kart 8 Is Filled With Sunshine in This Week's Course Update
Since this is Mario Kart we're talking about, it makes it interesting, and a tad dicey to think about Denzel Washington's "Flight" character Whip Whitaker at the helm of one of those airplanes! "BLUE SHELLS AIN'T GOT S*** ON ME!"
Welcome to the friendly skies, ladies & gentlemen!!!
Re: I Am In The Movie Hits North America on 27th March, Launch Trailer Enters Oscar Contention
If you can add the "Wilhelm Scream" to your movies, I'm sold!
Re: Feature: A Week of Super Smash Bros. Wii U and 3DS Screens - Issue Twenty Nine
I LOLed so hard at DK! His expression, and knowing what happened moments later. There's that expression about things blowing up in your face... literally, in this case! We need an "after" pic this week, looking like Mario in Super Mario World, when the castle explosion goes off as he goes to check on it. ^.^ DK got my vote!!!
@Giygas_95 Yup, a cherry-banana firecracker! Has a little bite to it.
Re: Weirdness: These iPhone Mock-Ups Suggest That Mario On Mobile Might Be A Bad Idea
Aw Hell naw!!! 'nuff said!
Re: The Link Between Worlds Poster Set is Back on Club Nintendo
I don't care for posters, but man would I spend a fortune in coins for an official ALBW soundtrack! Link to the Past remixes & new music alike were superb in this game, and so worthy of an official soundtrack release! I hate how passed over video game scores in general are.
Re: Investor Wants Nintendo To Create Mobile Titles With Game-Altering In-App Purchases
Guys, I just realized: For $1.99, we could make Metroid crawl!
Re: Nintendo Download: 27th February (North America)
Well, I may spend a buck to upgrade Renegade to VC... Or I may not, dunno. I know I'd be more enthusiastic if I ever had the choice, every now and then, of titles that have not already been available on Wii VC for years! I couldn't be much more dissatisfied with the VC service in general.
3DS VC is really getting the short end of the stick, as Wii U VC will be getting GBA & DS, while 3DS will likely continue to see repeat NES titles! I'd at least like to see some more Game Boy titles sometimes, like the Mega Mans Capcom mentioned ages ago!
I really don't like to complain, but I think I may give Nintendo an earful in Club Nintendo surveys. Not that I expect it to do any good, but just to vent.
On the bright side, at least the latest NES Wii VC repeat was gotten out of the way for both Wii U and 3DS this week! No disrespect to Renegade. Fond memories of it as a kid, and it was the father of beat 'em ups, like Double Dragon, and Final Fight! 👊
Re: Investor Wants Nintendo To Create Mobile Titles With Game-Altering In-App Purchases
...you crazy, rich b*****d!
Re: The 3DS Celebrates Its Third Birthday in Japan
yay 3DS, best money printer EVAR!!! ^.^
Re: Weirdness: Samus Aran's Metroid Backstory Re-imagined as a Love Song
One very important question: Did Adam authorize Samus to fall in love?
Also, the exquisitely gorgeous & talented Natalie Dormer for Samus in the eventual Metroid movie! 😍 If reduced to the Zero Suit, and she'd lost her pistol, she could slay space pirates with her lethally sexy smirk!
Re: Weirdness: Here's Some Olympic Speed Skating, Mario Kart Style
After how they did at speedskating (and at Sochi in general), team USA can use all the blue shells, red shells, chain chomps, and any other help it can get before 2018.
Re: Console Wars Book Paves The Way For Movie Written By Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg
"...inspired a team of underdogs to slay a giant and, as a result, birth a $60 billion dollar industry." I can't put into words what a piece of revisionist history (and crap) that sounds like. Does everybody want to dump on Nintendo right now, to the extent of even rewriting the ending of the Console Wars?
That "slain giant" is still alive and thriving! Perhaps not to as great degree as in the past, with Wii U's struggle, but The Big N is certainly better off than this story's '"underdog", which isn't even in the console biz anymore!
Next, maybe they'll say the Soviet Union won the Cold War.
Re: Little Mac Arrives as a Knockout Challenger in Super Smash Bros.
"Yo, Peach, I did it!!!" Little Mac is so overdue for this, especially as SSB is a Nintendo fighting series! I can't believe it took until the 4th SSB game. He definitely looks like a go-to guy for me. So happy to see him in, as a Punch-Out player since the Tyson days!
Some observations: Evidently Mac doesn't like tall, hot chicks in space suits making fun of his size. I LOLed! Now, why didn't Mac have moved like these the 1,001 times I lost to Iron Mike? Next, I wonder if we'll get bikes, Statue of Liberty, and pink sweatsuits in SSB too? Think of it, SSB linked to New York City, USA.
Re: Bowser's Koopalings Join the Cast of Mario Kart 8, Launches 30th May
That's great, but SO MUCH EVIL TURTLE NOW! How about some evil frog, as in Wart? He's been ignored for far too long now (as in over 25 years). It'd be such a surprise, and a pleasant change of pace, to bring him into Mario Kart 8, or Super Smash Bros.! Birdo from SMB 2/Doki Doki Panic has been all over the place, so why not big, bad Wart and his bubbles of death. Bring back Mouser, while you're at it.
Aside from that, dang this is looking incredible! I'm going to put some money down on it in the coming days, as I don't want to wait a day later than 5/30 to get my race on!
Re: Mother Brain Revealed As An Enormous Super Smash Bros. Assist Trophy
Yippie kai yay, Mother Brain.
The only thing wrong with this awesomeness is how badly it makes me want a new classic 2D Metroid title! I'm not about to hold my breath for that at this point any more than I would for new Star Fox, or F-Zero.