That_Guy_from_Faxana

Heeeeh Y´s is finally out! Superb! Very good week in spite of terrible Spellunker and Chase HQ.

I doubt Nintendo will "celebrate" release 250. As far as I remember they didn´t do anything special for 200, Sure Mario RPG was released as nr 250 in US, but it was pretty much their turn to have it. Would Nintendo release a game like Earthbound or Kirbys Dream Land 3 so close to Super Mario RPG? Not likely. I wouldn´t be surprised if we´ll see some less good weeks coming, so I´m enjoying this while it lasts.

Stay away from Clu Clu land, it gets boring after just a few minutes of play. Clu Clu land certainly hasn´t aged well.

Mana? That was unexpected. Well, no remakes on the way, but I thought it was a "too big" title for Square-Enix to let go.

@Stuffgamer: So VC games get better HD upscaling than games played on SNES? I´ve heared Wii don´t look very good on HDTV at all, what´s your oppinion?

Virtual Console games AND WiiWare? So it can be done, great! I´m interested in both games, but will hold on to my money for Y´s and Mega Man 9 right now.

Y´s? I´m looking forward to it! I got to loan a cart for Master System some years ago and enjoyed it.

You got ém at last. Hope we will get Y´s as well.

I actually think SMRPG outs most "serious" PRG:s when it comes to characters and dialogue. While many RPG:s just hand us the cliche´s, SMRPG adds personality to characters that never even had any! (Mario games are seldom centered around story).

It´s good that Square added own elements to the Mario universe (Geno, Malon), I miss those things in Paper Mario N64 which limits itself to using enemies as (rather dull) side characters.

Wow wow, I didn´t see that one coming! Seems like Nintendo´s playing "good cop" with Samurai Shodown II recently and now this! Getting real short of storage now, but I´m not whining because this is AWESOME!

Ha ha ha, more gore WiiWare! Probably nothing to care about, but hopefully a positive surprise in the end. Dhampir sounds lame, but the chef looks kick-ass!

@Mr Poo

Get Super Castlevania IV if you want some nice arcade action, 90´s SNES style
Get Symphony of the Night if you want free exploration of the castle, Super Metroid in a vampire cape

Both games are good Castlevanias, but they differ quite a lot. Most importantly, don´t hesitate, buy!

I was hoping for a sequel to Capcoms Sweet Home, he he he...
http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/sweethome/sweethome.htm

My hopes are on a Castlevania III style game. It would feel kind of fresh since we already have a lot of similair DS games.

Still, unlike Mega Mans Ifune, Iga didn´t produce the NES games. Hopefully he can make a good actiontitle anyway.

Hope they are rare... personally I think energy tanks have been way too accessible in every game since Mega Man II. But alright, for a harder experience, just skip them.

I had big expectations, Samurai Shodown II is good, but I can´t see what the hype is all about. The gameplay feels strange. Perhaps I´ll get used to it, but the uneven tempo with slow characters, some quick specials and slowmotion on some hits... right now my timing is completely off!

"You haven´t done this in a while!" LOL

But still, Concrete Man does looks fat, like a remake of Guts Man. A smaller head and chest would be closer to the original design, but it´s still a fair sprite version.

Can´t wait to play this and see the rest of the bosses. Hope they kick my (Mega Mans) ass.

I´d rather see a fullscale Elite 4 as a complete retail game. But of course a WiiWare Elite 4 would make me rejoice, Elite is one of the best games ever.

DLC is the new greed. No way I´m paying more than 500 points for this, I´m not sure I´m interested in the title at all. 500 for 2 levels is expensive.

@Bahamut ZERO, Bensei

Heat Man´s weapon can be charged in Mega Man 2, the developers try to make a game designed to looke like a game between MM2 and MM3. I don´t mind chargeable specialweapons, but being able to charge the Mega Buster took away a lot of the challenge. Plus it sounded horrible.

Cool designs overall, Magma Man looks as tough as he should, Tornado Man has a genuine j-design with a little bit of originality too.

I´ve done some "fake" designs on Jewel Man, Concrete Man and Splash Woman before real bosses are/ were revealed
http://bjorntecknare.com/pics/concteteman.gif
http://bjorntecknare.com/pics/splash.gif

"1. breaderer United States 12 Aug 2008, 15:04 GMT
concrete man? now we need cement man"

WORD! Cement Man would be the most unbeatable, unstopable boss ever! How could you defeat a boss that fires #&%¤ CEMENT on you?!

This vision is a lot more original then Rose Princess in my opinion. Would have loved to see it released, but I kind of understand Luc. Being a (comic) creator myself, I know how hard it is when people don´t appriciate the work you´ve put your soul in for months and years.

HURRAH, SAMURAI SHODOWN II !!!

That was an unexpected turn of events! Samurai Shodown dodged the US release of the Black Monday and ended up in europe instead! I thought we had to wait for several months, glad I was wrong! I´ll get this one of course.

Great thet the very best Neo Geo titles start to arrive, it´s about time

I don´t care too much for Goldeneye anyway. Perfect Dark is the game to play if you want deathmatch on N64. Going back to Goldeneye feels kind of empty without the lovely bots from Perfect Dark. Thinking of it... we don´t have and will never have perfect Dark on VC. That´s a shame, get a N64 console instead

LOL WiiWare is DOOMED! Crap games sell.

This is better than Alex Kid.This is better than the MD version. I´ve said it before, Sonic the Hedgehog is the best plattformer for Master System. The game, though not as advanced as its 16-bit counterpart, has much better designed levels. It´s not as hard as the MD version, but that´s becuse it´s not full of unfair elements. Music´s unique and good too. I highly recommend it to platform fans.

LOL This is just crazy! Eh, quite a cold shower compared to what was expected. Sonic is very good though.

Rockman 90:
You can buy NES or SNES to GC converter from http://www.retrousb.com/

I bought mine from Tradera, take a peek there as well ^^

Yeees! I have the SNES version of Retroport, it´ll be an OK substitute for NES controller

This game scored 5/10 in Swedish (great) magazine Level, I don´t need it. But yeah, put some pressure on the space issue!

Awww, lucky you. I´ll download this instantly if we get it too.

I expect Wild West Guns to be pretty bad. A static lightgun game with graphics that remind me of do-it-yourself program Klick and Play. Don´t look very promising, can I please have a VC game instead? No? Okay.

Death to bad games! No, death to bad games based on ridiculous ideas.

Yes, this was released for AMIGA too, it´s where I first played it.

We need a new Monster World as Wii Ware me thinks.

Hm, so you control the UFO? Apart from the invaders themselves, design lacks some class. Might be good anyway.

These releases are better than the average slew of WiiWare. I might get IK+...

Hey, congrats US! I thought Y´s was declared dead to VC...

He he he, I´d swallow a retro Castlevania, whip and all! Yes please =)

Good to know what Wrecking Crew ´98 is about! I love the original Wrecking Crew, and this looks interesting too. But now I don´t expect a similar experience.

The best puzzler ever is Konamis Quarth. It´s a fantastic little puzzle game with shooter mecanics, great music and both co-op and versus. The NES/Famicom version is very good, but I like the MSX version even better. That game would be a blast on famicom.

Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius is the game I like the least in the series. Gajoukin Parodius (Ultimate Parodius) is much more fun overall, and it has crazier boss and leveldesign. The first Parodius for SNES is more entertaining as well.

I remember Star Soldier Vanishing Earth got pretty bad reviews when it surfaced... I´m not so curious about it.

But I can absolutely second to Blasing Star, it looks gorgeous! Never heard of Sapphire, but it sure looks awesome. No Star Wing/Fox on the list? Well, I own it so I don´t mind...

Some of my picks would be
Space Manbow, MSX
Aleste: MSX
Androgynus: MSX
Power Strike II: Master System
Abadox: NES
Crisis Force: NES
Aero Fighters 2/3: Neo Geo

No kidding I´d like one of those Hope they won´t be impossible to ship to Sweden. Looks like Mega Man 9 will be just as expensive for me as the NES carts were back in 1987... sweet nostalgia

Sounds good. Targeting with Wiimote may even prove to be better than similar actiongames where you use mouse for targeting. I´ll keep an eye on this title.

Too bad Retro Gamer cost as much as an average Neo Geo cart here in Sweden. It´s a fun magazine.

I´ll stay far away from SPOGS. Pirates don´t interest me much either. Doubt I´ll get any Wii Ware at all before Mega Man 9. Anyway, now this week is over and I can look forward to some VC games next friday.

Cool stuff.

Yeah, it looks quite crappy and that´s nice

A comment is better than silence at least. I´ll wait patiently

Relax Tony, I think I actually tried this in a gamestore ages ago... It´s a golfsim, and I couldn´t care less about that genre. Here´s hoping for more Neo Geo Fighters =D (And some shooters for good measure!)

This is the last version with the "Deathmatch mode", but I´ll wait and hope WH Perfect makes it to VC anyway.

I can´t wait for this one. Really. Gimme pleease!

According to reviews this is one of the better Fatal Fury games, so I really hope it comes to Europe as well! Since we´ve gotten every Neo Geo game so far, my hopes are high.

I guess the Real Bout Fatal Fury series and Garou are even better, but since this peaks the "regular" series it´s a must buy for me!