SparkOfSpirit

Crash Team Racing is better than Mario Kart 64, true.

I've always wanted to play this game. It's a real shame it'll never end up on the VC. There are too many N64 games that will never see a re-release.

It looks like the assets are updated more than the ones in Onett are.

I still hope there's a chance we can get past stages that didn't make an appearance in Brawl. If they're too difficult to get now then they'll be impossible come the next Smash game and we'll never see a return of Hyrule Castle or Fourside to the series.

If the stage creator is good enough for me to create the Smash 64 stages, I'm good.

This is a great leak. Hopefully it's hinting at a new Smash Direct and soon.

Castlevania fans are funny. So far in these comments I've heard that SCIV is garbage, Rondo is garbage, and Dracula X is garbage. Just waiting for someone to say SOTN is garbage next.

It's like you want to argue this series only has one good game in it or something.

Anyway, go easy on the reviewer. It's not like it's as bad as the Double Dragon II review.

@Ryno is right. Classic Castlevania action here.

Awesome. Hopefully the GBA versions will be put up eventually. I do like the GBA version of DKC3 quite a bit.

Now Rondo of Blood and Bloodlines to finish off the Classicvania titles, please.

I expect better from NL than headlines like this. The tweet confirms nothing; the guy clearly doesn't know if it will release here or not. Why are you putting words in his mouth?

@shonenjump86 It's still there.

This game is great. After 2, 3, and 9, this is my favorite in the classic series.

We could get Mega Man 8 and X4 Saturn if Sega would add more systems to the VC. Since the 360 could handle NiGHTS, Radiant Silvergun, and Guardian Heroes, I see no reason why the Wii U can't.

It would be nice to have re-releases of Mega Man 9 and 10, too.

Excellent game. The most underrated in the series.

Losing Lucas and Wolf for Dr Mario and Dark Pit is really lame. Also the lack of Ice Climbers is a heavy blow.

It's a good roster, I just hope there's DLC because the roster screen really doesn't look right.

The original video game crash was caused because the market was flooded with awful games that drowned out the good ones.

So things are different now because the games are $0.99 instead of full price despite flooding the market in the exact same way?

I'm not sure I'm following this.

I wasn't aware McDonalds invented the hamburger. I'm glad I came to this discussion to witness such an amazing discovery.

In other news it seems nobody remembers why the video game market originally crashed. If you think it won't ever happen again, then there's not much discussion to be had. When we get to the level of comparing re-skins to games in similar genres as if Radiant Silvergun is a ripoff of R-Type, it's clear the discussion is going nowhere.

What's going on with Disney and Capcom and why has there been no new Disney/Capcom game announced? That seems like a question that someone who has actual contacts should ask.

At this point I have so many coins that I just get whatever they offer. Free coins and sometimes points for the deluxe offer is better than just letting them sit and eventually expire.

That said, unless they offer ALL their games (they've still never offered Yoshi Story, for example, which is a game I'd never pay for) I'm eventually going to run out of games to waste my coins on.

This was a great game. It's a bit harder than the first two, but still pretty fun. The bosses get pretty easy after you master them, too. Replays give you many ways to play it from different bosses and hidden items to even a slightly different ending. I really like this one.

Not a bad review, I just don't agree with it.

@6ch6ris6 With Castlevania 2 Game Boy, Contra NES, and the Turbografx games sitting on a shelf somewhere. Konami isn't exactly known for tremendous support of the VC.

Boy, the NA Club Nintendo rewards have been garbage for a long time now. Why can't we seem to get anything new?

Adventure Island and Wild Guns will make for good updates. I do hope we actually get the other NES Adventure Island games this time.

@Senario Yeah, probs. I apologize. I guess I just wasn't haven't a very good day.

This does look pretty good.

@DefHalan Or maybe they didn't like the game itself.

Crazy thought, I know.

@Dr_Corndog Because this is the first and only Smash Bros. discussion ever on this site.

If you can go through one of these topics that doesn't devolve into an argument between both sides, then I would be rather surprised.

@Senario No, you just have to keep derailing the topic to point it out over and over. Who cares?

All the MvC games are horribly unbalanced. There is no objective "best" one.

lol.

No thanks. I'll go read a good book instead.

And now we're pretending Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 is actually balanced. Amazing.

How about we stop these anti-casual anti-competitive attitudes and, like, discuss the series instead? You know, the games themselves instead of trying to make the other side seem stupid?

And a Smash Bros. discussion is already off the rails. What a surprise.

Smash 64 is still my favorite.

Super Mario Bros. 3 is also better than most N64 games. The fact of the matter is the NES has a far bigger selection of good games than the less than 20 N64 games the VC will ever see.

I'm still waiting for Mega Man 7. No idea why they're holding back on that one.

@BearHunger No, just get it. MMX3 is a great game that gets pointless hate.

Besides, NL will probably give it a 2/10 and recommend the PSX version because.

@grumblebuzzz NES library >>>>>>>>>>>> N64 library

Unless they get third parties aboard you'll be lucky to even get 20 games on the service, not to mention "classics" like Yoshi's Story. I'd rather have the Genesis first.

This is how DLC should be. Man, Nintendo really seems to get DLC. If only more companies would get behind this kind of content.

Here's hoping Smash Bros. get similar treatment.

@speedyboris Yeah, that part was really difficult. Supreme difficulty is incredibly difficult as it is, but those instant death pits are tough on any difficulty.

@Mitsuko_Chan You might as well just read the old Wii VC reviews instead. They were frequently much more on the nose. The newer ones haven't been as strong as those.

@Ryno The same controls, less levels, dated 80s artstyle, massive slowdown, AND no final boss! Wow!

Sign me up!

@Ryno Yeah, I always liked @Corbs reviews the best.

I still don't understand some of the hate this game gets compared to the arcade version. Graphics aside, it does everything worse than this version.

The arcade version of this game is not good. Has anybody ever played it other than me? It's loaded with slowdown and the level design is copy-pasted from the first arcade game. What, pray-tell, does it actually do better than this game except have a more dated art-style? Seriously, I've never heard a proper reason from people who keep propping up the overrated arcade game.

Will never understand the hate this version receives. It does everything better than the arcade version except have flashier graphics. Or are we still in the mentality that the arcade version was always better than the console version? I would have thought Jackal, Trojan, and Bionic Commando would show people that superior gameplay and level design beats graphics every time.

Glad to see everyone here except @River3636 and his over-dramatic hate agrees. It's still a fun game nowadays.

@Giygas_95 True, but those were Metroidvanias, so I don't rank them the same way. When it comes to stage-based gameplay, they're one of the best.

I want third party compilations like Viewtiful Joe 1 + 2 and Super Monkey Ball 1 + 2.

How did you guys forget Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door? That would be a day one buy for anyone here.

@Bass_X0 Sooken as someone who has never played NBA Jam. Arcade sport games are an excellent genre.

An action platformer made by Inti-Creates is always a day one buy.

Mega Man Zero 1-4, and Mega Man 9 alone will always assure that.

A Link Between Worlds is the best game on the 3DS. It should be selling way more. Good for Dark Moon, though.

Cool, that was the last stretch goal I was hoping for them to hit. Now to wait for the game.

@MrV4ltor Does this mean the game will have crash bugs and never release in Europe now?

This game was garbage 20 years ago. Safe to say it'll be garbage now.

Good choice, but how about some Geneses and Master System games now? Sonic 2, Ristar, Ranger-X, and Gunstar Heroes deserve the honors.

@Taggsta The arcade game is a slowdown fest and a poor copy of the first arcade game This one is way better.

Wow, this update reminds me of 2008. Keep weeks like this up, Nintendo. Please.

And get Sega aboard already.

People complaining about two NES classics. Amazing.

These are the types of games that SHOULD be on the VC.

I was talking about the PS4 not doing well in Japan and the Vita not doing well here. I fail to see what I was wrong about on those fronts.