Oh! I'm currently playing Turbografx anyway, having recently downloaded the wonderful Ys Book 1 & 2, and Star Parodier was always on my yet to buy list – I just could not decide between Star Parodier and Cho Aniki. Well, fearing that the first may disappear in Europe too, I may still download it...
I never really liked this game back in the day, but then I may have been too young and I only played it after I already knew MK64. And that is more than 15 years ago. So, I may in fact be interested in giving it another try, if it ever comes at a discount (different from the MK8 offer, as I'm not interested in downloading the latter anyway).
Oh, now it's even only 6.99 and not 7.99€? That's certainly tempting and far below the 2nd-hand prices of most of these titles. It makes NES and SNES games look even more overpriced, though. Sure, it would have looked strange if they had been cheaper on WiiU than on the still existing Wii VC, but when even newly developed eShop titles are regularly available for less than 8.00, I don't feel willing to spend that much for the majority of SNES titles. A game like Earthbound surely is an exception, but that shows exactly while price diversity would be an advantage. I'd love to give a game like Urban Champion a try – but rather for 1 or 2 instead of 5 euro. On the other hand, 5 euro for SMB3 seem rather fair.
Not bad! I had expected higher prices and less releases and I'm happy to see to contrary happening. That doesn't mean that 8 euro are "cheap", but as Nintendo is charging the same price for SNES titles, I'm surprised. Perhaps Nintendo has realised that what was a reasonable price at the time when the Wii was released in 2006 is not so reasonable anymore, and makes use of the introduction of the GBA VC to adjust the pricing slightly, at least as far as new platforms are concerned. This makes me hope that DS games too will perhaps not exceed 12 euro.
As to the titles, I always thought that the library of the GBA was among the weakest of any Nintendo systems. I know many think differently, but I just wasn't interested in any of the Mario re-makes, etc., and preferred to spend my money for more exciting GameCube titles. However, this also means that I missed a lot of GBA games which are good indeed, and most of them I still haven't caught up, because their used modules are fairly expensive. Thus, Metroid Fusion may be a candidate for a purchase sooner or later, and Mario & Luigi too. Advance Wars is one of the greatest games on the GBA - perhaps THE greatest - and I don't own it myself, but I played it for hours and hours. Thus I may rather wait for its sequel. Golden Sun always bored me, each Kirby is more or less the same, although good, and I own Wario Ware (next to Advance Wars for me the best the GBA had to offer). As regards F-Zero, I may also wait for the sequel GP Legend, which I never played. And then there is Yoshi's Island. I was waiting for it on the SNES VC and I'm still not sure which version to prefer. But as the GBA port will be released now, Nintendo has really no reason to hold back the SNES original much longer (which, for whatever reason, never made it on the Wii VC). I will choose once both are out.
Waiting for Zelda - Minish Cap, Kuru Kuru Kururin, Fire Emblem, G&W Gallery 4, Pokemon Fire Red / Leaf Green, and, hopefully, as it never came to Europe, Warioware Twisted!
Well, that seems to be a good chance to get SMB 2 and play it for the first time in my life (even though I don't really have time for it now). It always looked interesting to me.
And now that I know that Super Dodge Ball is a kind-of successor to the great River City Ransom, I may get this one is well. I think it's worth mentioning that it wasn't released on the Wii VC in Europe before.
I'm not interested in buying MK8 as a download for any price, but the discount is a really nice idea. I was always reluctant to buy for instance Super Mario Kart when I have Mario Kart Wii anyway, the latter making the first somewhat redundant apart from a short joy of retro feeling (unless of course one loves the game for any reasons, but for me it was just a matter of game historical interest). But this here is a very nice way of giving people something practically for free which otherwise they may not really need (same with Dr. Luigi and the NES Dr. Mario)
Well, that certainly explains why Nintendo is shutting down the whole service at once, as before it didn't really make sense that online play in a game as for instance Battallion Wars II remained forever possible while comparatively recent games which are still being played by a considerable amount of players are equally affected by the shutdown. At least the announcement seems to give the sleepy online communities a temporary boost in activity.
Btw, as GameSpy (always horrible on the PC anyway, I agree with unrandomsam) was taken over in mid-2012, this could also have been one of the reasons why Nintendo dropped the online functions in the Wii Mini, i.e. they may already have known that online play will come to an end. It's true that this saved hardware costs too, but then again it prevented people from spending money in the Wii Shop.
Wow, it doesn't happen everyday that I come across an N64-game I have never heard even the smallest bit of information about! Doesn't appeal to me, though.
CV64 is one of the few (apprx. 5 or so) N64 games that are still on my buy-list, as it surely seems interesting to me. Too bad that it never made it to the VC, although Konami was a great supporter when it came to SNES games. I'm still hoping that this may change on the WiiU if the N64 ever gets going, but I know chances are incredibly small. It would be nice though, because a safe state feature could make the game way more enjoyable.
I certainly welcome DS games if the price isn't too high (no more than 15 euro in the case of a really good game, otherwise I'd buy used copies of the originals). But for the time being, I'd be satisfied if Nintendo finally brought GBA games! And other platforms, of course... The Wii U VC surely brought some improvements with it, and with Earthbound at least one great new game, but all in all it's way inferior to the Wii VC at the same time.
I'm not a big fan of the title, but for that low price – and because it includes a PDF too, which is of much more use to me – I just bought it on Stolen Projects. Waiting for the email to arrive...
@xj0462 You are right, and Europe got Star Wars in addition. I remember that Wave Race was advertised alongside the real launch titles, though. In Europe I mean, that's why I too had the impression it was a launch title. But it was indeed released a little later, even here.
Anyway, I'd like to see a review of the original GAME BOY Wave Race! A great game also! And too bad that it hasnt yet enjoyed its re-release on the Virtual Console.
What a nonsense, but anyway, that's good news. Although even I have doubts if Nintendo will be the big winner, with Mario being the only really huge release on the WiiU. On the other hand, I think if advertised in the right manner, this Mario game could become one of the biggest hits of the Franchise so far, bringing together the mainstream appeal of NSMB with the high-value AAA-feeling of Galaxy. It's still not particularly appealing to me me myself, but anyway. If only THIS had been the launch Mario of the WiiU instead of NSMBU! But maybe there's the chance that the WiiU can take off the second time around. It's tough with the One and PS4 around, but then the WiiU is more refined than one year ago too. Bundles for everyone and cheaper price, decent library for different tastes, matured functionality and Miiverse... That a console can have a mediocre start but become a huge success later was proven by the PS3 and 3DS. Even by the PSP, and that is a thing I like about Sony, they really have a long breath and keep supporting their products. Hopefully Nintendo will achieve the same with the WiiU. Not only for Nintendo's sake and its fans, but the market in general. There should be room for a console like the WiiU aside PS4 and One.
Seems that Infinity Ward can no longer be considered as the better CoD-developer than Treyarch? Anyway, CoD BOII was the first CoD I ever played (or rather the first since the series took another route, I owned Big Red One on the GCN too) and simply a hug disappointed. So I have no interest in the series anyway.
That's weird. I can't say how representative the screens here are of the game or if just the most obvious similarities have been chosen. In any case it' seems just weird that a game which obviously has a rather big budget, a very fine technical basis and some big names involved, is at the same time so unoriginal, almost a straightforward clone. The developer was obviously capable in many ways, so why not making a game that feels truly "new" or even better than the original too? Then it could have appealed to many Zelda-fans likewise. Sevex, yes, totally right.
Miiverse is full of complaints about the online play, so I hope Nintendo notices this flaw and releases a patch. Especially as there's a free trial and the option to purchase a day pass, so it's certainly in Nintendo's interest if people are truly satisfied with the product and thus will rent it again or purchase eventually.
In any case, Tennis wasn't among my favorites in the original release while it's still perfectly satisfying when played with friends at home. Therefore I see no point in buying this imperfect version. Different story as regards Bowling. This was near-perfect in its original version and still better in Sports Resort. So while the HD re-release can hardly be anything else than a great game too, so far I see no point in purchasing it again. Wiimotion Plus was wonderfully utilized in the Sports Resort version already and in a bowling game I can hardly imagine a great increase in fun when playing it online.
Golf, depends. Could be great, but I haven't even played the Sports Resort version yet. The original was "okay". Baseball. Always like the original, hitting the ball felt absolutely great while throwing was boring and catching hardly there. However, even in Ubisofts rather bad launch title Sports Collection the catching via the gamepad's screen is such a great fun, so if Nintendo manages to offer a similar experience and other improvements, I could actually buy this. Boxing. Great game in the original but lacking precision and calling for WMP support – on BOTH hands! Well, we'll see how smart Nintendo is.
Red Steel 2 is one of my favorite games on the Wii, therefore I'm not sad that they cancelled this in favor of the game eventually released. However, I liked much of the original Red Steel too, the setting in especial, and I was always thinking that a sequel just needed some minor improvements in order to become a truly great game. I would have liked to re-visit that world too. So while preferring the actual RS2 over this cancelled version, I would have been most happy if they had released both – a thing that doesn't seem impossible to me, considering how much later than the original RS2 came to stores. An earlier sequel with less dramatic changes had certainly increased franchise awareness and the franchise may still be around. On the other hand, if a second installment in the fashion of the cancelled version had been a flop in terms of sales, like the actual RS2 was, we had perhaps never got to play the latter and thus missed a most amazing game.
Well, I've never played any of the previous entries, so I'm not exactly sure what the rating would mean for me... But for the time being there are better games coming anyway and I'm not so interested in a party game.
The demo of the first installment didn't convince me at all, so I never bought it. However, Nano Assault Neo was pretty great and a new F-Zero is nowhere to be seen, so if the price isn't too high I may very well buy this game this time.
Great discounts from Ubisoft, but I already have those games. RE Revelations is still too expensive for me, one should soon be able to get the retail version for the same price or lower. However, nice as the discount for AC III is, I had wished they would bring a discount on the DLC instead. All 3 parts of the Washington add-on will now cost more than twice as much as the main game...
Recently played the good old Dino Crisis on Dreamcast... The German translation is full of weirdness and typos too. However, typos seem to have been typical for the Dreamcast anyway, SEGA being no better than Capcom. I think in Shenmue one got a typo even before one gets to see the title screen. Great first impression!
Well, given the rather low price for the bundle, I assume that hardly anyone had chosen the download anyway, unless they had it released for an unusually low price. And then the target audience of this game is not the typical eShop consumer either. So I guess Nintendo won't lose a lot of buyers by taking a pass on the eShop here. However, as an eShop release does not actually cost Nintendo a considerable amount of money and as even with a, let's say, 30$ price tag the profit margin would've been most probably still higher, it seems weird after all.
Convincing list, although I think that a few games, like The Last of Us, must still prove to leave a lasting impression. Nice to see that Majora's Mask made it into the list, this really surprised me, rather than any of the more recent Zeldas (after all, especially WW and TP have a large fanbase too). This may be due to that this is the EDGE and not any other magazine. I would also say that Perfect Dark belongs into the list much more than Goldeneye, but I'm not surprised the see the latter included. In short, there seem to be a lot of N64 fans among the EDGE readers, while SEGA fans seem to be absent..., Shenmue anyone? Or maybe there actually were some votes for Shenmue, but they probably got divided between the first and the second game. Or maybe it just got forgotten over the years...
@MrGawain Maybe they would have been enough to solve that girl's bodily problems... ^^ "Darling, no monster meat for you today. I brought Wii Fit for you!"
On a serious note though, it's nice to see that the collaboration between both companies continues, which may increase to chance to see something more serious again in the future.
I was totally hyped for that game half a year ago, but now my anticipation has somehow faded. I will still buy it, no doubt about it, but as I don't even own Rayman and 101 yet, it may not happen on day one.
Yup, that should be possible, as AMR says. As the Wiimote doesn't even realise what you are pointing at, but only cares that it's two infrared sources.
Personally I don't care about the multiplayer, nor do I expect that it'll be any good anyway. Therefore having the game for 10 dollar less would actually be an advantage, that is for me personally. But on the other hand, I would not buy that game for full price anyway and the price may drop faster on the other systems..., which I don't have, though. So, anyway, irrespective of the lack of multiplayer, it's nice to see that one game is actually cheaper on WiiU - and not more expensive, as so many others were.
Wow, that character model looks great! Of course it's lacking the cel-shading-feeling of its original, but of course that's also necessary to create a coherent appearance among the other characters in SSB. In any case, his model seems impressive, in fact much more an improvement over the Wii-version than for instance the normal Link's model. Maybe they are still working on all the models after all, as Peach already seemed to look better than the others, too.
The discount of MH3 is a nice move, would be grat to see something like that in Europe too. However, as it's rather the hardcore and time-consuming aspects of the game which put me off, and not the pricing, I would probably skip it nevertheless.
The discount of MH3 is a nice move, would be grat to see something like that in Europe too. However, as it's rather the hardcore and time-consuming aspects of the game which put me off, and not the pricing, I would probably skip it nevertheless.
Well, Nintendo Selects remains are fairly unattractive as well as unimportant series, but at least this time it comes with some welcome additions. MK and DKC had still been relatively expensive till now, while SSBB is actually hard to find at all. So for those who don't want to buy an used copy this will be good news. I wished Nintendo would do the same with Fire Emblem, for instance. And I wished SMG2 or Xenoblade would be included, they are out long enough.
The themes of the new tables seem even more appealing than those of the original three tables. Leaving aside the quality the gameplay may offer, Return of the Jedi seems almost as good as The Empire Strikes Back (actually, for a pinball game it may even be the more interesting choice), Darth Vader is yet more famous than Boba Fett and X-Wings and Tie-Fighters are certainly way better than The Clone Wars! ^^ However, with this strong emphasis on the original movie trilogy this time and still no table on the new trilogy of films (as the Clone Wars table was merely based on the animated series), I suppose that the next pack should have a stronger emphasis on Episode 1 to 3. Podracers would be great!
Well, no surprises there. All the titles seemed "good enough" for smartphone titles, whereas it seemed weird that for instance AC Pirates should merely be a working title for a game so long known and coming so soon. AC Liberation could hardly be a smartphone title, of course, and it's slightly disappointing that it won't come to Wii U too. But then again, Ubisoft may hardly expect overwhelming sales on the other platforms either, especially with the proper AC IV coming. And for Wii U ports of the previous titles would actually make more sense. So far Valiant Hearts doesn't appeal a lot to me, but still it's a shame it isn't coming to WiiU too. But then again, the release doesn't seem to be too soon and if the WiiU does well during Christmas, this may again change.
I understand the thing about Starfox... I also understand that a lot of fans both of Kamiya and Starfox would be amazed if he made such a game, but for a creative man like him it must be really annoying if people bring along certain expectations or demands. Do this, do it like that, etc. This is certainly killing the creativity and freedom he usually enjoys. Actually, it's a problem of Nintendo series in general.
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Re: Review: Dragon Master Spell Caster (WiiWare)
Strangely, this is still in the Top 10 of the European WiiWare downloads...
Re: Star Parodier Removed From the Wii Virtual Console in North America
Oh! I'm currently playing Turbografx anyway, having recently downloaded the wonderful Ys Book 1 & 2, and Star Parodier was always on my yet to buy list – I just could not decide between Star Parodier and Cho Aniki. Well, fearing that the first may disappear in Europe too, I may still download it...
Re: Review: Super Mario Kart (Wii U eShop / Super Nintendo)
I never really liked this game back in the day, but then I may have been too young and I only played it after I already knew MK64. And that is more than 15 years ago. So, I may in fact be interested in giving it another try, if it ever comes at a discount (different from the MK8 offer, as I'm not interested in downloading the latter anyway).
Re: Nintendo of Europe Confirms Upcoming Game Boy Advance Wii U Virtual Console Releases
Oh, now it's even only 6.99 and not 7.99€? That's certainly tempting and far below the 2nd-hand prices of most of these titles. It makes NES and SNES games look even more overpriced, though. Sure, it would have looked strange if they had been cheaper on WiiU than on the still existing Wii VC, but when even newly developed eShop titles are regularly available for less than 8.00, I don't feel willing to spend that much for the majority of SNES titles. A game like Earthbound surely is an exception, but that shows exactly while price diversity would be an advantage. I'd love to give a game like Urban Champion a try – but rather for 1 or 2 instead of 5 euro. On the other hand, 5 euro for SMB3 seem rather fair.
Re: Nintendo of Europe Confirms Upcoming Game Boy Advance Wii U Virtual Console Releases
Not bad! I had expected higher prices and less releases and I'm happy to see to contrary happening. That doesn't mean that 8 euro are "cheap", but as Nintendo is charging the same price for SNES titles, I'm surprised. Perhaps Nintendo has realised that what was a reasonable price at the time when the Wii was released in 2006 is not so reasonable anymore, and makes use of the introduction of the GBA VC to adjust the pricing slightly, at least as far as new platforms are concerned. This makes me hope that DS games too will perhaps not exceed 12 euro.
As to the titles, I always thought that the library of the GBA was among the weakest of any Nintendo systems. I know many think differently, but I just wasn't interested in any of the Mario re-makes, etc., and preferred to spend my money for more exciting GameCube titles.
However, this also means that I missed a lot of GBA games which are good indeed, and most of them I still haven't caught up, because their used modules are fairly expensive. Thus, Metroid Fusion may be a candidate for a purchase sooner or later, and Mario & Luigi too. Advance Wars is one of the greatest games on the GBA - perhaps THE greatest - and I don't own it myself, but I played it for hours and hours. Thus I may rather wait for its sequel.
Golden Sun always bored me, each Kirby is more or less the same, although good, and I own Wario Ware (next to Advance Wars for me the best the GBA had to offer). As regards F-Zero, I may also wait for the sequel GP Legend, which I never played.
And then there is Yoshi's Island. I was waiting for it on the SNES VC and I'm still not sure which version to prefer. But as the GBA port will be released now, Nintendo has really no reason to hold back the SNES original much longer (which, for whatever reason, never made it on the Wii VC). I will choose once both are out.
Waiting for Zelda - Minish Cap, Kuru Kuru Kururin, Fire Emblem, G&W Gallery 4, Pokemon Fire Red / Leaf Green, and, hopefully, as it never came to Europe, Warioware Twisted!
Re: Unepic Gets a Fresh Update for Wii U
The improvements sound nice and I'm really interested in getting this game. I think I will get it once it receives some temporary discount.
Re: Review: Renegade (Wii U eShop / NES)
Still it's nice to see that the EUR VC receives some games on Wii U which for some reason it didn't receive on the Wii.
Re: Nintendo Download: 13th March (Europe)
Well, that seems to be a good chance to get SMB 2 and play it for the first time in my life (even though I don't really have time for it now). It always looked interesting to me.
And now that I know that Super Dodge Ball is a kind-of successor to the great River City Ransom, I may get this one is well. I think it's worth mentioning that it wasn't released on the Wii VC in Europe before.
Re: SNES Classic Super Mario Kart Is Racing To The Wii U Virtual Console This Month
I'm not interested in buying MK8 as a download for any price, but the discount is a really nice idea. I was always reluctant to buy for instance Super Mario Kart when I have Mario Kart Wii anyway, the latter making the first somewhat redundant apart from a short joy of retro feeling (unless of course one loves the game for any reasons, but for me it was just a matter of game historical interest). But this here is a very nice way of giving people something practically for free which otherwise they may not really need (same with Dr. Luigi and the NES Dr. Mario)
Re: Rumour: Wii and DS Wi-Fi Disconnection May Be Tied To Glu Mobile Takeover of GameSpy Technology
Well, that certainly explains why Nintendo is shutting down the whole service at once, as before it didn't really make sense that online play in a game as for instance Battallion Wars II remained forever possible while comparatively recent games which are still being played by a considerable amount of players are equally affected by the shutdown.
At least the announcement seems to give the sleepy online communities a temporary boost in activity.
Btw, as GameSpy (always horrible on the PC anyway, I agree with unrandomsam) was taken over in mid-2012, this could also have been one of the reasons why Nintendo dropped the online functions in the Wii Mini, i.e. they may already have known that online play will come to an end. It's true that this saved hardware costs too, but then again it prevented people from spending money in the Wii Shop.
Re: Matters Of Import: Wonder Project J2 Brings Masterful 2D To The N64
Wow, it doesn't happen everyday that I come across an N64-game I have never heard even the smallest bit of information about!
Doesn't appeal to me, though.
Re: GBA Titles Super Mario Ball And Pac-Man Collection Rated By Australian Classification Board
Mario Pinball is good, albeit not great. Surely it would make more sense on a handheld, though.
Re: Soapbox: A Case For The Defence: Castlevania 64
Btw, a case for defence: Escape from Bug Island
Re: Soapbox: A Case For The Defence: Castlevania 64
CV64 is one of the few (apprx. 5 or so) N64 games that are still on my buy-list, as it surely seems interesting to me. Too bad that it never made it to the VC, although Konami was a great supporter when it came to SNES games. I'm still hoping that this may change on the WiiU if the N64 ever gets going, but I know chances are incredibly small. It would be nice though, because a safe state feature could make the game way more enjoyable.
Re: Feature: 10 Nintendo DS Games We Want To See On The Wii U Virtual Console
I certainly welcome DS games if the price isn't too high (no more than 15 euro in the case of a really good game, otherwise I'd buy used copies of the originals). But for the time being, I'd be satisfied if Nintendo finally brought GBA games! And other platforms, of course... The Wii U VC surely brought some improvements with it, and with Earthbound at least one great new game, but all in all it's way inferior to the Wii VC at the same time.
Re: Critical Analysis of Wario Land 4 Now Available on Kindle, Discount Price Extended
I'm not a big fan of the title, but for that low price – and because it includes a PDF too, which is of much more use to me – I just bought it on Stolen Projects. Waiting for the email to arrive...
Re: Review: Wave Race 64 (Virtual Console / Nintendo 64)
@xj0462 You are right, and Europe got Star Wars in addition. I remember that Wave Race was advertised alongside the real launch titles, though. In Europe I mean, that's why I too had the impression it was a launch title. But it was indeed released a little later, even here.
Anyway, I'd like to see a review of the original GAME BOY Wave Race! A great game also! And too bad that it hasnt yet enjoyed its re-release on the Virtual Console.
Re: Investment Site Motley Fool Executes Spectacular U-Turn By Claiming Nintendo Will Win This Christmas
What a nonsense, but anyway, that's good news. Although even I have doubts if Nintendo will be the big winner, with Mario being the only really huge release on the WiiU. On the other hand, I think if advertised in the right manner, this Mario game could become one of the biggest hits of the Franchise so far, bringing together the mainstream appeal of NSMB with the high-value AAA-feeling of Galaxy. It's still not particularly appealing to me me myself, but anyway. If only THIS had been the launch Mario of the WiiU instead of NSMBU! But maybe there's the chance that the WiiU can take off the second time around. It's tough with the One and PS4 around, but then the WiiU is more refined than one year ago too. Bundles for everyone and cheaper price, decent library for different tastes, matured functionality and Miiverse... That a console can have a mediocre start but become a huge success later was proven by the PS3 and 3DS. Even by the PSP, and that is a thing I like about Sony, they really have a long breath and keep supporting their products. Hopefully Nintendo will achieve the same with the WiiU. Not only for Nintendo's sake and its fans, but the market in general. There should be room for a console like the WiiU aside PS4 and One.
Re: Weirdness: Nintendo of America Celebrates the Flying 3DS
I find that really funny! (and that doesn't happen so often with things coming from NoA)
Re: Nintendo Download: 21st November (Europe)
Wow, apart from the weak VC offering one of the best weeks in a long time!
Re: Review: Call of Duty: Ghosts (Wii U)
Seems that Infinity Ward can no longer be considered as the better CoD-developer than Treyarch? Anyway, CoD BOII was the first CoD I ever played (or rather the first since the series took another route, I owned Big Red One on the GCN too) and simply a hug disappointed. So I have no interest in the series anyway.
Re: Review: Uncharted Waters: New Horizons (Wii Virtual Console / Super Nintendo)
Strange that this wasn't released on the EUR VC too, never heard of it before. Maybe we get the chance this time on the WiiU VC.
Re: Nintendo Download: 14th November (North America)
Looking forward to the Sonic demo, hopefully coming to Europe soon toon! ^^
Re: Oceanhorn for iOS Seems to be 'Heavily Inspired' by Zelda
That's weird. I can't say how representative the screens here are of the game or if just the most obvious similarities have been chosen. In any case it' seems just weird that a game which obviously has a rather big budget, a very fine technical basis and some big names involved, is at the same time so unoriginal, almost a straightforward clone. The developer was obviously capable in many ways, so why not making a game that feels truly "new" or even better than the original too? Then it could have appealed to many Zelda-fans likewise.
Sevex, yes, totally right.
Re: Review: Wii Sports Club: Bowling (Wii U eShop)
One day, this might be mine.
Re: Review: Wii Sports Club: Tennis (Wii U eShop)
Miiverse is full of complaints about the online play, so I hope Nintendo notices this flaw and releases a patch. Especially as there's a free trial and the option to purchase a day pass, so it's certainly in Nintendo's interest if people are truly satisfied with the product and thus will rent it again or purchase eventually.
In any case, Tennis wasn't among my favorites in the original release while it's still perfectly satisfying when played with friends at home. Therefore I see no point in buying this imperfect version.
Different story as regards Bowling. This was near-perfect in its original version and still better in Sports Resort. So while the HD re-release can hardly be anything else than a great game too, so far I see no point in purchasing it again. Wiimotion Plus was wonderfully utilized in the Sports Resort version already and in a bowling game I can hardly imagine a great increase in fun when playing it online.
Golf, depends. Could be great, but I haven't even played the Sports Resort version yet. The original was "okay".
Baseball. Always like the original, hitting the ball felt absolutely great while throwing was boring and catching hardly there. However, even in Ubisofts rather bad launch title Sports Collection the catching via the gamepad's screen is such a great fun, so if Nintendo manages to offer a similar experience and other improvements, I could actually buy this.
Boxing. Great game in the original but lacking precision and calling for WMP support – on BOTH hands! Well, we'll see how smart Nintendo is.
Re: Take A Look At The Red Steel 2 We Never Got To Play
Red Steel 2 is one of my favorite games on the Wii, therefore I'm not sad that they cancelled this in favor of the game eventually released. However, I liked much of the original Red Steel too, the setting in especial, and I was always thinking that a sequel just needed some minor improvements in order to become a truly great game. I would have liked to re-visit that world too. So while preferring the actual RS2 over this cancelled version, I would have been most happy if they had released both – a thing that doesn't seem impossible to me, considering how much later than the original RS2 came to stores. An earlier sequel with less dramatic changes had certainly increased franchise awareness and the franchise may still be around. On the other hand, if a second installment in the fashion of the cancelled version had been a flop in terms of sales, like the actual RS2 was, we had perhaps never got to play the latter and thus missed a most amazing game.
Re: Review: Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (Wii U)
Well, I've never played any of the previous entries, so I'm not exactly sure what the rating would mean for me... But for the time being there are better games coming anyway and I'm not so interested in a party game.
Re: Shin'en Multimedia Announces FAST Racing NEO for the Wii U eShop
The demo of the first installment didn't convince me at all, so I never bought it. However, Nano Assault Neo was pretty great and a new F-Zero is nowhere to be seen, so if the price isn't too high I may very well buy this game this time.
Re: Nintendo Download: 31st October (Europe)
Great discounts from Ubisoft, but I already have those games. RE Revelations is still too expensive for me, one should soon be able to get the retail version for the same price or lower.
However, nice as the discount for AC III is, I had wished they would bring a discount on the DLC instead. All 3 parts of the Washington add-on will now cost more than twice as much as the main game...
Re: Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies Proves That Capcom Really Needs To Hire More Proofreaders
Recently played the good old Dino Crisis on Dreamcast... The German translation is full of weirdness and typos too.
However, typos seem to have been typical for the Dreamcast anyway, SEGA being no better than Capcom. I think in Shenmue one got a typo even before one gets to see the title screen. Great first impression!
Re: Wii Party U Bypasses the Wii U eShop in Launch Week
Well, given the rather low price for the bundle, I assume that hardly anyone had chosen the download anyway, unless they had it released for an unusually low price. And then the target audience of this game is not the typical eShop consumer either. So I guess Nintendo won't lose a lot of buyers by taking a pass on the eShop here. However, as an eShop release does not actually cost Nintendo a considerable amount of money and as even with a, let's say, 30$ price tag the profit margin would've been most probably still higher, it seems weird after all.
Re: Readers Of EDGE Consider Ocarina Of Time And Mario 64 To Be The Best Games Of The Last 20 Years
Convincing list, although I think that a few games, like The Last of Us, must still prove to leave a lasting impression.
Nice to see that Majora's Mask made it into the list, this really surprised me, rather than any of the more recent Zeldas (after all, especially WW and TP have a large fanbase too). This may be due to that this is the EDGE and not any other magazine.
I would also say that Perfect Dark belongs into the list much more than Goldeneye, but I'm not surprised the see the latter included.
In short, there seem to be a lot of N64 fans among the EDGE readers, while SEGA fans seem to be absent..., Shenmue anyone? Or maybe there actually were some votes for Shenmue, but they probably got divided between the first and the second game. Or maybe it just got forgotten over the years...
Re: Resident Evil Revelations And Mercenaries Are Half Price On The eShop Over Halloween
If Europe'd get that discount too, I would actually be interested in buying it...
Re: Review: Densha de Go! 64 (Nintendo 64)
I always wanted that and I still want it!
Not interested in western PC train simulators, though.
Re: Pandora's Tower Creator Ganbarion Is Co-Developing Wii Fit U
@MrGawain Maybe they would have been enough to solve that girl's bodily problems... ^^ "Darling, no monster meat for you today. I brought Wii Fit for you!"
On a serious note though, it's nice to see that the collaboration between both companies continues, which may increase to chance to see something more serious again in the future.
Re: Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut Finally Dated for Wii U
I was totally hyped for that game half a year ago, but now my anticipation has somehow faded. I will still buy it, no doubt about it, but as I don't even own Rayman and 101 yet, it may not happen on day one.
Re: New Wii U System Update Goes Live Across Europe, North America and Japan
Really glad they added USB-keyboard support (Wii-Wireless-Keyboard, woohoo!) and PDF-support; that makes the browser a lot better! )
Re: New Wii U System Update Goes Live Across Europe, North America and Japan
Yup, that should be possible, as AMR says. As the Wiimote doesn't even realise what you are pointing at, but only cares that it's two infrared sources.
Re: Batman: Arkham Origins Will Be Cheaper on Wii U
Personally I don't care about the multiplayer, nor do I expect that it'll be any good anyway. Therefore having the game for 10 dollar less would actually be an advantage, that is for me personally.
But on the other hand, I would not buy that game for full price anyway and the price may drop faster on the other systems..., which I don't have, though.
So, anyway, irrespective of the lack of multiplayer, it's nice to see that one game is actually cheaper on WiiU - and not more expensive, as so many others were.
Re: Toon Link Adventuring Onto Smash Bros. Wii U and 3DS
Wow, that character model looks great! Of course it's lacking the cel-shading-feeling of its original, but of course that's also necessary to create a coherent appearance among the other characters in SSB. In any case, his model seems impressive, in fact much more an improvement over the Wii-version than for instance the normal Link's model. Maybe they are still working on all the models after all, as Peach already seemed to look better than the others, too.
Re: Nintendo Download: 26th September (North America)
Hope the European week will offer something more interesting...
Re: Japan Getting Two New 3DS Colours, Pure White and Clear Black
So far the prettiest versions of the original 3DS. But still not wholly convincing to me.
Re: Nintendo Download: 19th September (North America)
The discount of MH3 is a nice move, would be grat to see something like that in Europe too. However, as it's rather the hardcore and time-consuming aspects of the game which put me off, and not the pricing, I would probably skip it nevertheless.
Re: Nintendo Download: 19th September (North America)
The discount of MH3 is a nice move, would be grat to see something like that in Europe too. However, as it's rather the hardcore and time-consuming aspects of the game which put me off, and not the pricing, I would probably skip it nevertheless.
Re: Four New Titles Added to Wii "Nintendo Selects" Budget Range in Europe
Not to speak of Metroid Prime...
Re: Four New Titles Added to Wii "Nintendo Selects" Budget Range in Europe
Well, Nintendo Selects remains are fairly unattractive as well as unimportant series, but at least this time it comes with some welcome additions. MK and DKC had still been relatively expensive till now, while SSBB is actually hard to find at all. So for those who don't want to buy an used copy this will be good news. I wished Nintendo would do the same with Fire Emblem, for instance.
And I wished SMG2 or Xenoblade would be included, they are out long enough.
Re: Zen Studios Confirms Star Wars Pinball: Balance of the Force DLC Pack for Fall
The themes of the new tables seem even more appealing than those of the original three tables. Leaving aside the quality the gameplay may offer, Return of the Jedi seems almost as good as The Empire Strikes Back (actually, for a pinball game it may even be the more interesting choice), Darth Vader is yet more famous than Boba Fett and X-Wings and Tie-Fighters are certainly way better than The Clone Wars! ^^
However, with this strong emphasis on the original movie trilogy this time and still no table on the new trilogy of films (as the Clone Wars table was merely based on the animated series), I suppose that the next pack should have a stronger emphasis on Episode 1 to 3. Podracers would be great!
Re: Leaked Ubisoft Games Confirmed, but Skipping Nintendo Platforms
Well, no surprises there. All the titles seemed "good enough" for smartphone titles, whereas it seemed weird that for instance AC Pirates should merely be a working title for a game so long known and coming so soon.
AC Liberation could hardly be a smartphone title, of course, and it's slightly disappointing that it won't come to Wii U too. But then again, Ubisoft may hardly expect overwhelming sales on the other platforms either, especially with the proper AC IV coming. And for Wii U ports of the previous titles would actually make more sense.
So far Valiant Hearts doesn't appeal a lot to me, but still it's a shame it isn't coming to WiiU too. But then again, the release doesn't seem to be too soon and if the WiiU does well during Christmas, this may again change.
Re: Hideki Kamiya "Would Be Honoured" If One Of His Creations Made It Into Smash Bros.
I understand the thing about Starfox... I also understand that a lot of fans both of Kamiya and Starfox would be amazed if he made such a game, but for a creative man like him it must be really annoying if people bring along certain expectations or demands. Do this, do it like that, etc. This is certainly killing the creativity and freedom he usually enjoys. Actually, it's a problem of Nintendo series in general.