ICEknight

Betagam7 said:
"Before Sega thinks about releasing anymore games I want it to address its horrific VC PAL releases. Every one of them (bar arcade) has been 50hz bordered, slow and squashed INCLUDING THE HANABI TITLES (which makes no sense whatsoever!). Can someone at Nintendolife get in touch with SEGA and ask them why they keep doing this and why on earth they are downgrading hanabi titles to run this way when all other hanabi titles run at 60hz?"

Agreed. At least the Hanabi titles should run at 60Hz, since they were never meant to run at 50 (Nintendo always uses 60Hz for those, which makes more sense).

I'll be getting a few of SEGA's Hanabi titles (starting with Pulseman) only if they get an update to fix that.

This game's quite fun, and a classic of its genre. I don't see why it could get such a low score, even though it's a bit expensive.

Oh please, no more reviews with a "Will something-or-other...?" question in the subtitle. <=O

You guys can be more original than that.

How anybody can have hopes in this game goes beyond my imagination.

Burning Force arcade is an instant download for me. The MegaDrive port was cool, but didn't look as good without real scaling effects.

Just release Fantasy Zone 2 arcade, please.

Seriously, that game's ace, and even if it's pretty recent, it was made to run in old arcade hardware (the original was a home console exclusive).

EDIT: Oh, and Sonic CD running at 60Hz and with the European/Japanese soundtrack (or else I'm not buying), but it's not gonna happen anyway.

EDIT 2: And Outrunners arcade, not the MegaDrive trash port.

"Marcel, unfortunately your review doesn't mention the fact that despite this game being a Hanabi import title it has been downgraded for its European PAL release so that it now features borders, runs 17% slower and features squashed graphics."

WHAT? It doesn't run fullspeed in PAL consoles? Yet another game I'm not getting just because of SEGA's stupidity, jeez.

And I agree that it's very important to have this kind of info in these review. I almost get tricked this time.

"Taito has decided not to stick with the bare basics of the original arcade game - aside from the regular coloured bubbles, some stages will also have "guard blocks" and "support blocks" scattered between the bubbles"

...Those blocks are nothing new. More research needed. =P

"the Wii version was given a cartoony, super-deformed look to the characters and their surrounding world"

Erm, the characters don't have a "super deformed" look.
No "big heads" in this game.

8 dollars really seem like too much for this game. =(

Sure, you can spend the same amount of cash for something that lasts for just 2 hours but really, what's the point of that comparison? Does that mean it's a "good" investment rather than "better than something"? No.

Don't forget that you can also spend less for longer and more polished Wiiware or VC games. I'm not saying that it's a bad game, but I think it should have been priced at a more modest 500 points.

@Jiggy37
"the VC emulation will probably be a step up above what Sega managed with PSP"

...And why would that be? That wouldn't make much sense.

Also, PAL gamers who buy the VC version will get a slower game.

lol police man

=P

"46. Fignuts United States 10 Oct 2008, 05:52 GMT
Im not confused why people arnt buying, it has some seriously buggy mechanics and can get frustrating quite quick with the glitchy attacking system."

I don't think I've ever found a single "glitch" in this game, and I've been playing it from time to time since it was originally released. I'll go as far as to say that it's one of the most solid and imaginative Mega Drive platformers ever made, and it's one of my all-time favorites.

It was my first VC download, and I was indeed disappointed to see that it didn't run fullspeed in european Wiis and that it also had some sound issues, but only SEGA is to blame for those faulty emulators they're using. This game truly deserves to be bought from the Wii Shop... and then played through some other, more accurate (unofficial) emulator.

This can only encourage piracy...

Another must have.

Great game, but it shows some awful scroll tearing when in 16:9 mode.

Nothing that can't be fixed by going to the Wii options and selecting 4:3, but it's still an annoying bug for widescreen users, that should be fixed in an update.

(Note: I don't know if this also happens in the NTSC version)

I think the caption for that "No Helmet" item (at the official site) says "Hair Styling Book", instead.

I loved this game... but the Spectrum and Amstrad versions, I'm not getting this one. =(

I hope we're getting it in Europe this week.

I hope they don't swap the Jump and Fire buttons this time.

4 player co-op, as in "one player moves the character and other three can shoot stuff on screen with their pointers"?

Just rename it to Rootbeer Pong, and problem solved.
That's what they did with Tapper, back in the day.

To anybody saying this game deserves a better rating... just one question, how old are you guys?

Perhaps the project he presented was, you know, bad?

Since that guy even stated he was just making games in his spare time, I don't see why anybody would be surprised that he didn't get approved.

Aww... =/

...Are these still running at 50Hz?

@Quimby: "Of the games i own (Yoshis Island, F-Zero X, SFT2, SSF2, Pokemon Snap, King's Knight, Punch Out, Picross, and Lost Winds) I only deleted Yoshis Island. "

You mean Yoshi's Story.

My god... I hope this one's not leaving the US, either.

I doubt this will be released outside the US... fortunately.

I've never had to wait for more than a couple of minutes for an online game to start.

...I don't think I would have bought this game had I read this review before. Fortunately, I got it and I must say it's one of the best versions of Dr. Mario I've played.

Germ Buster is a pretty nice addition (not as "pointless" as it may seem), and online play is amazingly addictive.

Does the PAL version run at 60Hz? I think that kind of info should be present in every review...

"Is this the first Sunsoft game for the VC?"
This is from Namco.

Japanese games running at 50Hz? My god, SEGA...

...Wasn't the Master System version better?

"Price wise, maybe, fun wise, depends on if you like the most retarded control setups ever with no classic controller support."
It can be controlled quite nicely with the GameCube controller, even if you need to use the analogue.

I've just checked my (Spanish) copy of MSA and it's also included...

Looks interesting with its Vs. mode... and the music's fantastic. I might get this one.

So, now that's been released...
Does it run at 50Hz only, in Europe?
Does it allow to turn blood on/off, or any other options?
Does it have the original music, or is it from the Neo-Geo CD version?

Does Metal Slug run at 50Hz only, as usual?

"Lugia2 09 May 2008, 01:06 GMT: Nice job Europe!" --> lawl

Tetris Attack is one of my all-time favorites... but not with Pokémon or cute fairies involved.

I won't be getting this, and I still hope they'll be releasing "Tetris Attack" one day. With it, they managed to merge a good game with some Mario characters and environments that everybody could enjoy, not just Pokémon fans or little girls.

In the meanwhile, I'll just keep playing it in the original system and... elsewhere.

Nebulus for C64? The Amiga version would be fine, but why bother releasing a quite inferior version?

By the way, Renegade for the Master System was awesome, and not just a graphics hack of a not-too-good NES port.

...I won't be buying the same game again with a few extra levels, for the whole price.

I could have been buying Double Dragon if the SMS version was released... but not this. =(

The C64 version of Head Over Heels wasn't as good as the CPC version, and Wizball had an Amiga version...

It would stink if they're gonna be limiting us to the C64 versions of all those games.

"Is this only going to be in the UK?"
Yes, this doesn't work outside the UK.

Sonic R in Sonic Gems Collection was just a port of the PC version, just like the Sonic CD version they included (with ugly title screen and US soundtrack, but improved FMV)... So it's not emulation, like the VC does.

EarthWorm Jim Special Edition would be sweet.