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I played the original game on the GBA all those years ago, and it remains one of my favourite games of all time. This however, doesn't interest me in the slightest at the moment. The art style somehow looks worse than the 20 year old original, the gameplay has been made easier, and all the new 'features' look pretty dull. Even the music in the trailer just sounded like a more depressing, parodied version of the original, which to be fair seems quite fitting given Nintendo's current stance on making sequels. To be honest right now I wouldn't be surprised if this version ended up being worse than the DS version (at least that one tried new things that weren't just big eggs).

My feelings for the game remain the same; that the franchise is overrated and was only viewed so highly because the rest of the DSiWare library is mostly terrible, so naturally I wont be buying it anyway.

People say Mario Pinball Labd is bad mostly because it's very hard. I actually enjoyed it quite a bit on the GBA abd I'd gladly buy it again on the 3DS once Nintendo stop this ridiculous Wii U only practice for handheld VC titles.

People are joining it because its a new concept and the idea sounds interesting. People preferring to play a game with thousands of other people, most of whom are trolls though? Not going to happen. It takes hours for them to make any progress in that game.

It's a little bit, it's a little bit...perverted. Sure though, if people want to buy it, let them.
@gatorboi352 - I think the blatant sexism and objectification solely of women might play a part in that.
@Nareva - Probably because one kind gets them advertising revenue. Nonetheless, I agree with you.

@element187 - Yup. Definitely not going to be buying it now.

The lack of 3D is very disappointing to me, but then again, this is still a great remake of my favourite GBC game - so I'm wishing it comes out over here. C'mon Sqeenix - be cool for once.

Nintendo, what a ridiculous idea. No one is going to buy a Wii U for paid GBA game emulation, and as a large majority of the comments here show - people would much rather have them on the 3DS, where they belong. I, like many others here wont be buying any GBA games on my Wii U. When they bring them to 3DS give me a call.

It's bad enough that they charge such large amounts for the VC without even being able to share games across the two platforms (you know - a feature that might actually make people more interested in the Wii U?), but not putting the handheld games on the handheld VC is just ridiculous. But Hey!, at least we're getting all those NES games right? Right?

Give me any of the Dragon Quest 3DS games. Any of the four already released; I'd buy any of them.

Eh. Playing the 10 GBA ambassador games, this was one of my least favorites. I can see that it's well made but it was too dull compared to previous platformers.

@unrandomsam - I do have the GBC version, but that doesn't mean I don't want the remake that is 3 generations of hardware ahead of it.

@Gold - I think you may have mis-phrased that.

Hopefully Mega Man fans enjoy this, because it looks alright, but nothing amazing.

I did love the GB version of the game growing up. If that version comes to the 3DS VC I'd get it out of nostalgia alone.

Oasis world; Beavern, Curselamp, Canal Running dry; memories, subsequent tears. I like the new scouting system that the DQM games developed, but meats for taming will still be missed.

More news on the great game we will never see. ;(
@Captain_Balko - Yup, my first Dragon Quest game too. My favourite GBC game by far.

Harvest Moon 2 and 3 for the GBC please. They're insta-buys for me.
Honestly though I think the VC will always be a disappointment. So long as they're releasing a maximum of 1 game each week on each platform, and its only an NES game (which already is available on the Wii VC) - the service isn't going anywhere.

Not enough Dragon Quest, V especially.

It is a great game. I would have gladly payed up to £6 for it.

I wonder if anyone will actually buy this game for the fighting/brawler mechanics and not just the fact that its basically just soft-core pornography. It'll be fun to watch people pretend that isn't why they bought it though.

Still dying waiting for a Dragon Quest version. But I guess getting one of those would break the new tradition of not giving Dragon Quest games to the West. :L

Art style still looks worse than the SNES version, a game that came out almost 20 years ago. Quite depressing really. Nonetheless if the gameplay actually holds up (Unlike the DS game) then I might get it once I run out of things to play on the 3DS.

Remember when the Virtual Console for their handheld system was actually about old games on handheld systems? When was the last time we saw a GB/GBC/GG game anyway?

Game Boy (/Color) version noa! >:3

@originaljohn - People were begging for Earthbound for 8 years. What makes you think fans asking for it over and over was the cause of release? The fact that it took 8 years and wasn't changed shows that the fans made little diference to its release. Also, this is Square Enix, not Nintendo. They've left DQ games unlocalised in the past, and they'll continue to do it in the future.

Simons Quest eh? Divisive is a funny word for horribly bad.

@FishieFish - Thanks. Made my day.

Yeah...Shovel Knight is the only game there I'm ever going to buy, unless Yoshi's New Island turns out to be great somehow.

I spend far too much time on this site. That's a compliment to you guys running it.

I have to say I agree with a lot of what has been said. Awakening was my game of the year, I lost interest in Dark Moon after the second Mansion, and I'm unfortunately not playing New Leaf anymore. I also didn't buy Pokemon because of the franchises reluctance to ever evolve in a meaningful way (Heh, see what I did there?...I'll let myself out)

Someone made a guess. The person making said guess had no real inside information, therefore it was just that, a guess. The chance of Minecraft being developed for Wii U is the same as it ever was. As for whether or not I'd buy it; probably not, I already own the PC version. Not much point in buying a console version of the game when you own it.

@PrincessEevee9 - Try to keep hold of them. For some reason adventurers tend to drop their cooked meats all over the place. :3

Stop taunting us Squeenix. You cant just remake one of my favourite games and flaunt it while not localising it. Listening to the old/remixed music tracks was enough to bring a tear to my eye

I'll keep throwing MeteOrb's at the game until we get it. >:3

More proof that Nicalis has something against Europe. No discounts or Cave Story releases. >:[

@ueI - £8.99 in the UK. That's $14.73 according to Google. Google probably isn't very accurate, but I doubt they're far off enough to make it significant.

@Nintenjoe64 - No, please, my wallet D:

@Stubborn_Monkey - Actually, for once, the prices actually convert to be pretty much the same.

I do find it funny how for once America is given the same price as we in Europe/UK and suddenly everyone comments on how expensive it is. It's the price of 2 NES games here in the UK, and considering this is basically 16 in one with added features its worth it.

This actually looks surprisingly good. Kind of like Warioware's retro section but as its own game. I'll probably pick it up at some point. If it was on the 3DS I'd be downloading it right now. :/

I love the original Yoshi's Island; it's one of my favourite games, but this game doesn't seem to add anything new. Granted it'll probably be better than the DS iteration (wouldn't be too difficult), but even the art style was better on the GBA/SNES version.

More people actually wasting their time accusing people of 'not being a real gamer'. It's saddening really. -.-

"Are you happy to finally see the 3DS and Wii U Virtual Console services grow in scope?"

Well, no, because we still don't have GBA or SNES games on the 3DS; the ones that people care about the most.

Since a 3DS version is probably off the table I might pick this up on Wii U having never played it before.

Everyone is the bad guy. It's ridiculous that the indie devs thought they could get away with it in the first place, but its also ridiculous that Capcom seems determined to never make new games in any of its old franchises (Y'know, the ones that people liked?).

@Kaze_Memaryu - You're in the minority there unfortunately.

In years to come, Nintendo fans will look back on The Year of Luigi and remember that it was only named so because Nintendo was releasing one game and one DLC based on the character, and remember why they therefore never looked forward to any other themed years from Nintendo.

Oh come on. This is like the third one in three days. Seriously, why the heck do all of these opinions need to become fanboy bait?

Why is this even news? Its basically saying "This one guy has his own subjective opinion as to where Nintendo should go, and he's dissing them! Get over here and join the resulting fan war".

Nothing good will be gained from such a piece.

Poor cat. :/

Damn, I was looking forward to this one. Might pick it up for cheap later down the line, but in the meantime I have plenty of other games to get off my wishlist.

No. I love games using permadeath. It raises the stakes and the tension which just makes the experience so much more enjoyable and engaging, and that's part of the reason Fire Emblem: Awakening is now one of my favourite games (especially considering it uses permadeath in the best way; not just making you start over from the beginning).

It's also the reason why I'd never reset the game after any mistake. Honestly, if you're someone who resets the game when you lose someone you like you obviously dont understand the concept of permadeath, and you might as well play Newcomer to save yourself the resetting time.