Hilanderous

This is a great game! I thought the main quest was somewhat boring though (at least at first). The sub-quests are what make this game special.

@ Post 55: Illinois, WOOOOOO!!!!!

@Post 56: I do get taxed for downloading straight from the shop channel. I have to pay my city's tax, even though it is just a download and I'm not using a Wii points card. In Chicago (where I'm from), there is a 10% tax on entertainment goods because they are seen as unnecessary. That tax already applies to digital downloads for the Wii.

Don't you pay city and state taxes already? I'm from Chicago and when I buy a game on the virtual console using my credit card a 10% Chicago city tax is added to my purchase.

This is a lot better, nice going guys!

Upon consulting Wikipedia, I see that this game was released in North America under the name Rainbowbell. So I have played this before.

Did any game in this series come out in NA? I'm watching the clip and shooting the bell brought back a serious feeling of deja vu.

The reason I hate this game is that on Level 5, which is inside the pyramid, if you die at the boss you go back to the start of the level. It is one of the most tedious things I've ever experienced in a videogame. The level itself is very boring so after one or two tries I can't take the game anymore and need a break from it which can last months. The boss doesn't even seem that hard but because he changes forms and attacks and the fight takes place in such a small place, I can't help but take a hit at least once. It just makes me mad because the game was really fun UP to this point.

I have Mega Bomberman; how is this "superior" to the megadrive one? Isn't the megadrive a more powerful system?

Personally it doesn't bother me. I'm a college student and I could never afford to buy all the great VC games already out. Growing up, I had a Genesis and so did all of my friends and I never got to play the SNES much at all, so just with that system I'm swamped with games to download. What is already out is more than enough to satisfy me. In a way, I'm relieved that the VC has slowed to a trickle.

Personally, I found LostWinds boring; even with the short length. My first time through, I finished it in just over two hours and found all the idols and still thought it lasted too long.

YAY!!!!!

I know! I wanna register some games over here!

@ Mickeymac
That comparison doesn't work; Mario and Mario 3 are completely different games. The only thing similar are the most basic things like Mario, koopas, and Goombas are in it, everything else has completely changed from level layout to bosses to powerups. Street Fighter II and 3 don't apply because of their different roster of fighters. Smash Bros kept the same list and added to it (with the loss of MewTwo, but he sucked). However, there is no reason to play the first version of Street Fighter II anymore because the later versions of that game are smoother, faster and have different characters (to be fair, I never played too much Street Fighter though).

Another problem with the original Smash Bros is that it boasts some of the worst graphics on the N64. I mean compare Mario in Smash Bros to that of Mario 64 and there is a big difference. You can hardly make out what’s going on anymore. Personally I feel that 2D games have aged better then early 3D games in this respect. For instance, in the original Mario, the game is so bizarre that the graphics have become stylized because of the lack of processing power. This level of stylization does not apply to early 3D games, either they look like what they are supposed to or they don’t. Bad 3D graphics amount to fuzzy polygons; in contrast, making Mario on the NES required him to look the way he did because they couldn’t make a realistic looking man with the systems power.

No, but I'm guessing it might be as long as after New Years. Most offices are either not staffed or partially staffed this last week and next week. They probably just got overwhelmed and want to wait until most of the problems are solved before relaunching it (for the third time).

Wasn't this game featured on Muppet Babies? The episode where Miss Piggy and Gonzo are competing in several things to see who is best.
...I can't believe this just popped into my head. I haven't seen that show since I was 4 or 5.

This game has not aged very well at all. Have any of you played it recently? It's just terrible and with Melee and Brawl being more updates then sequels, there is no reason to ever play this game again.

"Club Nintendo is currently unavailable due to site maintenance" Lame!

Couldn't you at least have put the turd in a box?

@ WarioFan63
1320? You magnificent bastard!

@ WarioFan63
And thanks, BTW

Is it fun? I read the wikipedia page, but it just left more questions than answers.

What are those Hanafuda Cards?

So...what are those Hanafuda Cards?

Do you think they'll let me register my R4?
...yuck yuck yuck

What are those Hanafuda Cards?

THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!
I'm actually as excited as a little kid right now!

Looks like it could be fun, but the price is a bit steep considering that it's a cell phone game. I mean you can buy paper mario for that!

@ACK!
Thanks! That sounds like a ringing endorsement and I too love a good (or even decent) platformer. In my opinion, the kazoo is an underused instrument. I'll definitely pick it up sometime in the future once I have gotten through my stack of games that need to be played.

@Corbie
Definitely dust of Sailing the Seas of Cheese! That's a great album and very weird (but which Primus album isn't?)
"When the going gets tough and the stomach acids flow..."

Woah this actually looks awesome! As long as the putting controls aren't as twitchy as the putting in Wii sports then we're good.

@ACK!
Is Mushroom men any good? What I'm interested in is the music since it was done by Les Claypool.

The graphics make me want to puke.

Congrats guys! Happy Birthday!

@ Damien
You mentioned Retro Gamer; don't you write for it?

I was just watching the video and spotted this; at Zero Polis which starts at 4:55, the enemies are Dom mobile suits from Gundam. Why are they in there?

I could hardly hear the guy over the pseudo-asian music. What I did pick up was that it seems that you can change any title to the color you want; then what's the point?!

I don't know...
I love the NES version of Bubble Bobble, but the DS remake sucked ass. I'm not that optimistic about a Wii remake.

@ Corbie - Except for Ghouls 'n Ghosts and 1941, there isn't much info on the other Supergrafx games on Wikipedia. Since you are the expert; what are they like/ about?

Pong Toss is STILL in the top ten!? WTF?

I feeling the burn. I'M FEELING IT!!!!

This game doesn't mess aground! I've beaten all the original Mega Mans but this is much MUCH harder. I feel like the developers are trying to overcompensate for there not being an original Mega Man game in years and make it cheaply hard. What I mean is that while the old ones are hard, if you can master the first game the rest are just variations of the same thing. In this one, I feel like you need to play the stages over and over again in order to memorize everything because things you didn't expect will kill you instantly. That's just my view. It's still pretty damn fun though.

Whoa! That's really cool of them! What a perfect way to promote the game. Anybody going to attempt this feat?

Frat Party Games™? NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
I play videogames to AVOID frat guys! They've embraced the 360 because of the macho shooters; I thought they would stop there...I was wrong! Now they are invading my innocent Wii, when will this nightmare end?

The screen shots look like they're from something you'd find for free online.

@Dazza
Thanks, but truth be told, I never really wanted to download it anyway. I was just wondering since you downloaded it by accident.

@Dazza
It looks really boring, but you're right, better not jump the gun and say it's bad until Paul's review. Who knows, underneath that dirt there might be some gaming gold.

@Dazza
You just took me for a ride on the lol-er coaster. So now that Critter Round-Up has been downloaded, how is it?

The only Metroid games I've played have been Metroid Zero Mission and the original. I found them to be..."meh". They don't hold my attention for more then a couple hours then when I go back, I'm completely lost. I hear Super Metroid is one of the greatest games ever. Is Super Metroid WAY better then the other Metroid games? Given my past experiences, do you guys think I would like it?

I'm so excited for this, you wouldn't believe it! I've never played a master system in my life. I hope the games are great! What am I talking about, this is old school SEGA, of course they are!

This game looks really boring. Would you guys actually pay for this?

@darthmix
Thanks

Cheers VCA!

Is this the same game as the arcade game "720"?