I'd like to play RC Pro AM, a title I never had but I played a lot on friends' cartridges, and I second MicroMachines (MD's second title especially) and Super Mario Kart.
I'm curious about Uniracers and Stunt Race FX, also...
Besides the most wanted games that we'll probably get in any case (Majora's Mask, Super Mario Kart anyone?) I'd say these five...
-[SNES] Super Mario RPG (never released in Europe, so I'm a bit worried if this will come out) -[N64] The New Tetris -[NES] RC Pro-AM -[SNES] Stunt Race FX -[SNES] Uniracers/Unirally
I believe this is the UK Top 20, not Europe's. As I said in the other Top 20 post, I track every day the Italian Top 20 and the position of the games are completely different.
@niner - Your analysis is correct: people tend to ignore the unknown. Although I've seen some of the less known games gain quite a good popularity on the Top 20s. Sin And Punishment was a huge hit and even reached the first place here, I saw popping in the Top 20 games like Legend of Hero Tonma, StarTropics, Blue's Journey, Punch-Out!!, Magician Lord and Mario's Super Picross, which aren't that popular nowadays.
What you say about recommendation is a nice idea, and it would surely work if purchasing a game would trigger a little discount on a similar but less popular game (say, you buy the first Zelda and get a 200 points bonus for buying StarTropics or Neutopia). This very unlikely to happen, though =/
I've been tracking Italian Top 20s daily since the feature came out and clearily Mario and Nintendo games are the most appreciated here as well. Anyway, recently there's an outsider: Bubble Bobble. Since it came out, almost 4 months ago, it stayed in the Top 5. Pac-Man has almost 5 months of presence all summed up, but it floats around the 12th place in average. Street Fighter (Turbo, then Super took its place when it came out) is another game that is always in the chart, very often in the Top 10. Fighting games are quite popular in Italy, and in fact the various Neo Geo's beat'em up were able to reach high places in the past. In the past week, beside Nintendo games, Super Turrican and Adventure Island have been in the Top 10, but for non-Nintendo platforms, only Sonic and Bomberman 93 did a quick appearance at the bottom of the Top 20.
This is one of the most hardcore games I have ever played.
Don't look at me that way, I'm being serious! If you look at this game too quickly, you'll find it is a childish game for both its content and its difficulty... That's quite true, finishing the game it's really easy, unlocking all the levels is an easy task...
So, why did I write that sentence in the first line? Trial Mode. You have to collect 30 fruits for clearing a level... If you collect any fruit you come across, a level shall end immediately, but if you try and search for the 30 melons that are hidden in each level, the whole story changes here. Also, you get more points if you kill enemies of your color (and you have to change their colors first) in a row. And so on...
If you're an high score maniac, this game gives you a lot of challenge (getting all melons in the final levels is a really hard task!) and I highly recommend it. Otherwise, stay away from it.
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Re: Tetris Party
Official page now says it's out in "October" (it was "Fall" when I last checked it)
Re: Midnight Bowling
On Nintendo Channel it says it's out next Friday in Europe
Re: Get Your Groove On With Groovin' Blocks
Uhm... No clue about actual gameplay from the video, not a good news if you ask...
Re: Fun! Fun! Minigolf - Screenshots And Info
It seems a neat idea... I just hope the holes will be quite complex and that it won't cost much (7-800 Wii Points at most)
Re: Top 10 Racing Games We Want To Come To The Virtual Console
I'd like to play RC Pro AM, a title I never had but I played a lot on friends' cartridges, and I second MicroMachines (MD's second title especially) and Super Mario Kart.
I'm curious about Uniracers and Stunt Race FX, also...
Re: Nintendo Power Poll - What Games Do You Want To See?
Besides the most wanted games that we'll probably get in any case (Majora's Mask, Super Mario Kart anyone?) I'd say these five...
-[SNES] Super Mario RPG (never released in Europe, so I'm a bit worried if this will come out)
-[N64] The New Tetris
-[NES] RC Pro-AM
-[SNES] Stunt Race FX
-[SNES] Uniracers/Unirally
Re: Virtual Boy Confirmed for Virtual Console
It could be a joke... It wouldn't be a great loss, but I think I'd buy at least one game just for curiosity =P
Re: Virtual Console Top 20 - March 2008 (EU)
I believe this is the UK Top 20, not Europe's. As I said in the other Top 20 post, I track every day the Italian Top 20 and the position of the games are completely different.
Re: Virtual Console Top 20 – March 12th to March 19th
@niner - Your analysis is correct: people tend to ignore the unknown. Although I've seen some of the less known games gain quite a good popularity on the Top 20s. Sin And Punishment was a huge hit and even reached the first place here, I saw popping in the Top 20 games like Legend of Hero Tonma, StarTropics, Blue's Journey, Punch-Out!!, Magician Lord and Mario's Super Picross, which aren't that popular nowadays.
What you say about recommendation is a nice idea, and it would surely work if purchasing a game would trigger a little discount on a similar but less popular game (say, you buy the first Zelda and get a 200 points bonus for buying StarTropics or Neutopia). This very unlikely to happen, though =/
Re: Virtual Console Top 20 – March 12th to March 19th
I've been tracking Italian Top 20s daily since the feature came out and clearily Mario and Nintendo games are the most appreciated here as well.
Anyway, recently there's an outsider: Bubble Bobble. Since it came out, almost 4 months ago, it stayed in the Top 5. Pac-Man has almost 5 months of presence all summed up, but it floats around the 12th place in average. Street Fighter (Turbo, then Super took its place when it came out) is another game that is always in the chart, very often in the Top 10. Fighting games are quite popular in Italy, and in fact the various Neo Geo's beat'em up were able to reach high places in the past.
In the past week, beside Nintendo games, Super Turrican and Adventure Island have been in the Top 10, but for non-Nintendo platforms, only Sonic and Bomberman 93 did a quick appearance at the bottom of the Top 20.
Re: Yoshi's Story
This is one of the most hardcore games I have ever played.
Don't look at me that way, I'm being serious! If you look at this game too quickly, you'll find it is a childish game for both its content and its difficulty... That's quite true, finishing the game it's really easy, unlocking all the levels is an easy task...
So, why did I write that sentence in the first line? Trial Mode. You have to collect 30 fruits for clearing a level... If you collect any fruit you come across, a level shall end immediately, but if you try and search for the 30 melons that are hidden in each level, the whole story changes here. Also, you get more points if you kill enemies of your color (and you have to change their colors first) in a row. And so on...
If you're an high score maniac, this game gives you a lot of challenge (getting all melons in the final levels is a really hard task!) and I highly recommend it. Otherwise, stay away from it.