Watched it, didn't hate it... Maybe it's because I grew up playing video games in the 80's. Like most of Adam Sandler's movies, it's a nostalgic homage to the 80's. There are TV and musical personalities from the 80's that were involved in the film as well.
Personally, I think if you are not old enough, you won't get most of the 80's references. How many people actually remember the 'Where's the Beef Lady'?
There's a target audience for the movie 'Pixels', but it's not for today's strapping young video gamers, they just won't 'get it'.
3-D technology...Touchscreens...Dual Screens...Motion Controllers...Cameras and Microphones....Steering Wheels...Pads and Boards for your feet...Zappers and Robots with Gyroscopes... ...it's all been done in the name of 'innovation'.
There isn't been much being told about the 'Quality of Life' initiative, lately. Do you think the NX console is going to be a branch of this obscure 'thing' they were talking about last year?
Not dissapointed. There's a new Starfox, a new Paper/Mario & Luigi, a cool new Zelda multiplayer (Four Swords was awesome, are you kidding? I can't wait to play this with a friend), and we finally have solid evidence of the elusive ShinMegami/Emblem game being in the works. All great stuff.
And no need to worry, Zelda(WiiU) is still coming, they don't have to keep repeating themselves.
But....Metroid....hmph....it seems that Nintendo likes to innovate, and I get that (that's even going back to NES and R.O.B. days). So...the Other:M was a stinker...and they've been shying away from making another Metroid game ever since. Maybe innovation isn't the answer. Maybe they should stick with the 'Tried and True' formulas with this one. Same thing goes for F-Zero. C'mon, Nintendo, don't be shy! You know those games were awesome back in the day, you can do it!...again.
I'm not sure if I can detract from playing Splatoon right now. So, this isn't going to bother me. But, I'm glad to see that there is some new DLC for Smash.
I think it may be possible that Rare and Nintendo are still splitting up their intellectual properties. After all, Diddy Kong was invented while Rare was developing DKC for the SNES. Too bad Rare got to keep Killer Instinct.
I am amazed at how many games I have purchased through humblebundle in the past year. I currently have over 175 games on Steam. Having an eshop humblebundle is a bit of a surprise. I have most of the games on this list. Guacamelee is my favorite, and you only have to spend one measly dollar to get it (and 2 other games). I highly recommend spending 10 to get SteamWorld Dig and all the other games. I might do that and give away the ones I already have.
Yes, I am color-blind. This is great news. It really bugged me that I couldn't play Bust-a-Move to save my life. I have a mild case of red-green color blindness. But I can even mistake orange and yellow, or blue and purple, or pink and grey. Thanks for the consideration, Nintendo!
Actually, there are some aftermarket replicas of the old NES controller in the market. I have one, and the only thing different about it is that it doesn't say 'Nintendo' in it. They also make them for USB so that you can play them with emulators gasp.
Bought it before GameStop closed last night and noticed that there were at least 50 more copies on the shelf. This game is going to be a shelf warmer, I think. I don't even think that this particular GameStop sold 50 N3DS's in the past. Maybe Nintendo's strategy was to get people to buy the N3DS with it(?).
My earliest experiences in handheld gaming goes back to the old LED/LCD games (i.e. Game & Watch and Mattel/Coleco LED games) before there were Game Boys. But I didn't go back to handhelds until the DS Lite came out. I certainly fell in love with the DS, because it brought back old-school gaming that I missed out on when there was a sea of FPS and racing games in my then-current library. It made me fall in love with Nintendo again. When the 3DS came out with its Virtual Console Game Boy titles, I realized what I had missed out on. So, for the last 4 years, my favorite thing to do on the weekends is to go to retrogaming stores and flea markets and buy these 20+ year old little cartridges for cheap. My current GB/GBC/GBA collection reached 400 last weekend. Handhelds rule!
Looks like a few of us double dipped. I like playing Shovel Knight on the Wii U when I have a friend over. We take turns. But I do like it a little better on the 3DS. It's a great well made game either way.
Been switching back and forth with Shovel Knight and Guacamelee STCE. Both games are equally awesome. I'm hoping that both developers make more games in those styles.
I know there are more than a few fans of WayForward on this website, like myself. But I find it odd that there is hardly any mention of their latest 3DS release anywhere on this website. Anyone pick up "Scooby Doo & Looney Tunes Cartoon Universe Adventure"? It came out last week.
A Zelda game made by the same company that made Metroid: Other M... Of course, I am a huge fan of both of the aforementioned franchises. But I'm having doubts on this one.
I agree with most of the review, and a fair score. But, I didn't think that the music was forgettable. Being pretty old myself, I remember perfectly well that it was the same music that they used for Pac-man's Saturday morning cartoon theme song. I believe the game is entirely based on that cartoon.
B=Left, A=Right, and any-direction-on-the-D-pad is jump! This is the same control scheme on the Turbo Graphx version. It sounds crazy, but they were trying to simulate the arcade version that only had buttons for left and right (and jump) I'll have to try the Player 2 thing, though. Didn't know that.
Ha, I just won one of these from a Winner's Cube machine. Only after the fifth try. I already own a 3DS and 2 3DS XL's (one of them is Zelda gold). Nice to add a 2DS to my collection for only 5 bucks.
NES Remix was a lot of fun, but seeing what they have on 1 and 2 so far, I don't see much going on for a 3. UNLESS they start using 3rd-party titles (I highly doubt that would ever happen, but, oh, that would be so much fun). Sure I would like a SNES or GB Remix.
Anyways, Have any of you seen Abobo's Big Adventure? That is truly the best NES 'Remix' that I've ever played. Look it up...if not, you're missing out.
I think Dracula X is quite a bit different than Rondo of Blood. The level design is not the same. It's revamped rather than remade. I have Rondo of Blood, but I would like Dracula X as well.
I do like Advance Wars and own it for GBA. My first impression was that it is a lot like Fire Emblem, except with guns, tanks, air units and medical devices, instead of swords, cavalry, pegasi, and healers. It's a different experience. But the turn based strategy and map mechanics work very much the same way. If you do like Fire Emblem, I don't see how you wouldn't like Advance Wars.
Is it still too early for the 3DS to get some SNES games? We got some Genesis games, in 3D mind you, and I don't see why not. (Unless they had some super FX chips)
Oh, England seems to be bringing more attention to Senran Kagura Burst than here in USA. If I hadn't been to this website a few days ago and seen the article with the hilarious Senran Kagura Burst commercial, I would never have known about it. I did download the game right after finding out that it was already released here in November. You guys got the hard copy, nice!
I would love for all the sequels to make it here. Hopefully the Vita games will get English translations as well. That would finally give me a reason to buy a Vita. Otherwise, I may have a reason to learn Japanese.
The A & B button swap on Mega Man Anniversary for GameCube rendered the game useless. A new collection including all 10 'Mega Man' games without the button swap would be ideal. They should include the Super Famicom version (not the GBA port) of Mega Man & Bass along with that as it is legitimately part of that series.
The Mega Man X collection on my GameCube is just fine, thus making it one of the gems in my GameCube collection. Nothing wrong with it. The only thing that could make it slightly better would be to add X7, X8, and X Command, but I find those games to be a bit undesireable.
Didn't think this was going to be available again. Very nice! Got it the first time around, but I've been wanting to play this game with my nephew who also owns a 3DSXL.
I recently purchased two LOTP/Four Swords carts and a link cable for my 2 GBA SP's, because I thought that was the going to be the only way we were going to play it together. The carts were easy to find, but that link cable wasn't (got an official Nintendo cable, too).
Had this DSiWare game been available to download, I would have never gone through the trouble of finding and purchasing those 11+ year old items.
Loved the GameCube's Four Swords Adventures, btw. A remake of that one doesn't sound like a bad idea to me...hopefully someone will think of it...I'll be like, "Yeah, Good Idea! Glad you thought of it"... O_o
I know, right? I don't remember Castlevania 2 being a bad game at all. And I didn't know anyone 'hated' it. Then AVGN came around, and almost everyone agreed with him whether they played it or not. He was really only trying to get people to laugh, and has admitted that he doesn't really hate the game.
No mention of the N64 games...lol, I guess they were so bad that they are an embarrassment.
I am a fan of the old series. The LoS series is just too different and the MUSIC just isn't as good. I'm not into the ambient/tribal stuff, bring back the melodic/neo-classical stuff.
Ok, this game is hard. It took me two months to beat it when I was a kid. But after so many times, I have it nailed and I can beat it in 15-20 minutes. It is my favorite 'classic' Castlevania. Symphony of the Night is a completely different animal, but I love it just the same.
Great news! Spent many quarters on that game back in the day. Nintendo needs more 3D classics, now. Only 6 nes games so far. By the end of this month Sega will have 8 (and they are 16 bit or better). I'm not sure why we haven't seen any mention of SNES VC for 3DS. But seeing that Sega put out some 16bit classics in 3D, I can't see why they can't put some SNES games on there (even in 2D).
I've been playing Super Hang-On on and off today. I am impressed with how well it was done. It's not a Genesis/Megadrive version in 3D, it's the arcade version in 3D. In other words; the best version yet. Big fan of the Space Harrier game, too.
I would love to see Out-Run or Afterburner done this way, or maybe the lesser known "Thunder Blade" (the Genesis version was no match for the arcade version).
It's on my Radar, and I was mislead to believe it would've been out before Christmas. That's two games, including DKC:Tropical Freeze, that I had to take off my Christmas wish list so far.
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Re: Movie Review: Pixels Proves Once Again That Video Games And Film Do Not Make Good Bedfellows
Watched it, didn't hate it...
Maybe it's because I grew up playing video games in the 80's. Like most of Adam Sandler's movies, it's a nostalgic homage to the 80's. There are TV and musical personalities from the 80's that were involved in the film as well.
Personally, I think if you are not old enough, you won't get most of the 80's references. How many people actually remember the 'Where's the Beef Lady'?
There's a target audience for the movie 'Pixels', but it's not for today's strapping young video gamers, they just won't 'get it'.
Re: Nintendo Reportedly Pitched NX To Third Parties During E3 2015
3-D technology...Touchscreens...Dual Screens...Motion Controllers...Cameras and Microphones....Steering Wheels...Pads and Boards for your feet...Zappers and Robots with Gyroscopes... ...it's all been done in the name of 'innovation'.
There isn't been much being told about the 'Quality of Life' initiative, lately. Do you think the NX console is going to be a branch of this obscure 'thing' they were talking about last year?
Nintendo...what are you up to?
Re: Poll: What Did You Think of Nintendo's E3 Digital Event?
Not dissapointed. There's a new Starfox, a new Paper/Mario & Luigi, a cool new Zelda multiplayer (Four Swords was awesome, are you kidding? I can't wait to play this with a friend), and we finally have solid evidence of the elusive ShinMegami/Emblem game being in the works. All great stuff.
And no need to worry, Zelda(WiiU) is still coming, they don't have to keep repeating themselves.
But....Metroid....hmph....it seems that Nintendo likes to innovate, and I get that (that's even going back to NES and R.O.B. days). So...the Other:M was a stinker...and they've been shying away from making another Metroid game ever since. Maybe innovation isn't the answer. Maybe they should stick with the 'Tried and True' formulas with this one. Same thing goes for F-Zero. C'mon, Nintendo, don't be shy! You know those games were awesome back in the day, you can do it!...again.
Re: Nintendo Apologises for eShop Issues Caused by High Super Smash Bros. Traffic, Urges Patience
I'm not sure if I can detract from playing Splatoon right now. So, this isn't going to bother me. But, I'm glad to see that there is some new DLC for Smash.
Re: Fresh European Trademark for Diddy Kong Cranks Rumours Into Gear
I think it may be possible that Rare and Nintendo are still splitting up their intellectual properties. After all, Diddy Kong was invented while Rare was developing DKC for the SNES. Too bad Rare got to keep Killer Instinct.
Re: Humble Nindie Bundle Sells Over 37,000 Units in Just 24 Hours
I am amazed at how many games I have purchased through humblebundle in the past year. I currently have over 175 games on Steam. Having an eshop humblebundle is a bit of a surprise. I have most of the games on this list. Guacamelee is my favorite, and you only have to spend one measly dollar to get it (and 2 other games). I highly recommend spending 10 to get SteamWorld Dig and all the other games. I might do that and give away the ones I already have.
Re: Splatoon's Iwata Asks Interview Considers Its Origins of Tofu, Rabbits and More
Mario with the FLUDD could be a nice add-on to the game...
Re: Don't Worry Colour-Blind Gamers, Splatoon Has Got Your Back
Yes, I am color-blind. This is great news. It really bugged me that I couldn't play Bust-a-Move to save my life. I have a mild case of red-green color blindness. But I can even mistake orange and yellow, or blue and purple, or pink and grey. Thanks for the consideration, Nintendo!
Re: Nintendo Submits Trademark for NES Controller
Actually, there are some aftermarket replicas of the old NES controller in the market. I have one, and the only thing different about it is that it doesn't say 'Nintendo' in it. They also make them for USB so that you can play them with emulators gasp.
Re: Reminder: Xenoblade Chronicles 3D Out Now for the New Nintendo 3DS XL in North America
Bought it before GameStop closed last night and noticed that there were at least 50 more copies on the shelf. This game is going to be a shelf warmer, I think. I don't even think that this particular GameStop sold 50 N3DS's in the past. Maybe Nintendo's strategy was to get people to buy the N3DS with it(?).
Re: Game Freak's GBA Title Drill Dozer Rated By The Australian Classification Board
Drill Dozer is pretty cool. Found a used cart for my GBA a couple of years ago. Nice little old school platformer.
Re: Fossil Fighters: Frontier Stomps its Way to Stores on 20th March
@ToniK
Wow, that was pretty deep...get it? Deep?
Re: Soapbox: Portable Gaming Forges a Special Relationship With the Player, and Nintendo is the Master in the Field
@rjejr
I had SOCCER. That goes back to the early 80's.
Re: Soapbox: Portable Gaming Forges a Special Relationship With the Player, and Nintendo is the Master in the Field
My earliest experiences in handheld gaming goes back to the old LED/LCD games (i.e. Game & Watch and Mattel/Coleco LED games) before there were Game Boys. But I didn't go back to handhelds until the DS Lite came out. I certainly fell in love with the DS, because it brought back old-school gaming that I missed out on when there was a sea of FPS and racing games in my then-current library. It made me fall in love with Nintendo again. When the 3DS came out with its Virtual Console Game Boy titles, I realized what I had missed out on. So, for the last 4 years, my favorite thing to do on the weekends is to go to retrogaming stores and flea markets and buy these 20+ year old little cartridges for cheap. My current GB/GBC/GBA collection reached 400 last weekend. Handhelds rule!
Re: 3D After Burner II Set to Jet Into Europe on 15th January
Awesome! Hope some of those are the arcade versions.
Re: Shovel Knight Digs For Victory With 300,000 Copies Sold
Looks like a few of us double dipped. I like playing Shovel Knight on the Wii U when I have a friend over. We take turns. But I do like it a little better on the 3DS. It's a great well made game either way.
Re: Giana Sisters 2 In Development, Could Be Coming To Wii U As Early As Next Year
Just bought the Twisted Bundle (steam version) off HumbleBundle.com for less than 4 bucks...STEAL. And that includes the DLC.
Re: Shovel Knight is Burying Sales Expectations
Been switching back and forth with Shovel Knight and Guacamelee STCE. Both games are equally awesome. I'm hoping that both developers make more games in those styles.
Re: WayForward Bringing GBC Classic Xtreme Sports to 3DS Virtual Console
I know there are more than a few fans of WayForward on this website, like myself. But I find it odd that there is hardly any mention of their latest 3DS release anywhere on this website. Anyone pick up "Scooby Doo & Looney Tunes Cartoon Universe Adventure"? It came out last week.
Re: First Impressions: Hyrule Warriors Is Zelda, But Not As We Know It
A Zelda game made by the same company that made Metroid: Other M... Of course, I am a huge fan of both of the aforementioned franchises. But I'm having doubts on this one.
Re: Review: Pac-Land (Wii U eShop / NES)
I agree with most of the review, and a fair score. But, I didn't think that the music was forgettable. Being pretty old myself, I remember perfectly well that it was the same music that they used for Pac-man's Saturday morning cartoon theme song. I believe the game is entirely based on that cartoon.
Re: Pac-Land and Pac-Man Collection Chomp Onto North American Wii U Virtual Console
@JCnator
B=Left, A=Right, and any-direction-on-the-D-pad is jump! This is the same control scheme on the Turbo Graphx version.
It sounds crazy, but they were trying to simulate the arcade version that only had buttons for left and right (and jump)
I'll have to try the Player 2 thing, though. Didn't know that.
Re: Poll: Should Nintendo Patch The Controversial Fire Hopping Technique In Mario Kart 8?
Snaking was fun, and I miss it. Haven't tried fire-hopping yet. That sounds like fun.
Re: Guide: Getting Started in Mario Kart 8
Isn't there a 'feather' class? There's too many listed in the 'light' class here. I suspect half of them are in that lighter category.
Re: 2DS CPU Update Looks Set to Adjust System Security
Ha, I just won one of these from a Winner's Cube machine. Only after the fifth try. I already own a 3DS and 2 3DS XL's (one of them is Zelda gold). Nice to add a 2DS to my collection for only 5 bucks.
Re: Here's an Updated Summary of Nintendo's Software Bestsellers
Technically New Super Mario Brothers 2 is the third in the series if you count NSMB Wii. It may be a typo, but there is a bit of truth there.
Re: Possibility of SNES Remix and Other Remix Titles Depends on Fan Support
NES Remix was a lot of fun, but seeing what they have on 1 and 2 so far, I don't see much going on for a 3. UNLESS they start using 3rd-party titles (I highly doubt that would ever happen, but, oh, that would be so much fun). Sure I would like a SNES or GB Remix.
Anyways, Have any of you seen Abobo's Big Adventure? That is truly the best NES 'Remix' that I've ever played. Look it up...if not, you're missing out.
Re: Castlevania: Dracula X And Mega Man 5 Hitting The Japanese Wii U Virtual Console Next Week
I think Dracula X is quite a bit different than Rondo of Blood. The level design is not the same. It's revamped rather than remade. I have Rondo of Blood, but I would like Dracula X as well.
Re: Review: Advance Wars (Wii U eShop)
I do like Advance Wars and own it for GBA. My first impression was that it is a lot like Fire Emblem, except with guns, tanks, air units and medical devices, instead of swords, cavalry, pegasi, and healers. It's a different experience. But the turn based strategy and map mechanics work very much the same way. If you do like Fire Emblem, I don't see how you wouldn't like Advance Wars.
Re: Talking Point: The Logic Behind Game Boy Advance on the Wii U Virtual Console
..and all the 3DS got last week was CluCluLand..pfft finally...
Re: Talking Point: The Logic Behind Game Boy Advance on the Wii U Virtual Console
Is it still too early for the 3DS to get some SNES games? We got some Genesis games, in 3D mind you, and I don't see why not. (Unless they had some super FX chips)
Re: Sega's Classic Shooter Fantasy Zone Is Blasting Onto Japanese 3DS eShop This Month
@MAB
You said it. Where are all the Nintendo 3D Classics? They haven't made any new ones since Kid Icarus. That was a long time ago.
Re: Senran Kagura 2's Japanese Website Bounces Into Action
Oh, England seems to be bringing more attention to Senran Kagura Burst than here in USA. If I hadn't been to this website a few days ago and seen the article with the hilarious Senran Kagura Burst commercial, I would never have known about it. I did download the game right after finding out that it was already released here in November. You guys got the hard copy, nice!
I would love for all the sequels to make it here. Hopefully the Vita games will get English translations as well. That would finally give me a reason to buy a Vita. Otherwise, I may have a reason to learn Japanese.
Re: Capcom Is Aware That We All Want A New Mega Man Collection, Thanks Very Much
The A & B button swap on Mega Man Anniversary for GameCube rendered the game useless. A new collection including all 10 'Mega Man' games without the button swap would be ideal. They should include the Super Famicom version (not the GBA port) of Mega Man & Bass along with that as it is legitimately part of that series.
The Mega Man X collection on my GameCube is just fine, thus making it one of the gems in my GameCube collection. Nothing wrong with it. The only thing that could make it slightly better would be to add X7, X8, and X Command, but I find those games to be a bit undesireable.
Re: The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition Available For Free Right Now in North America
Didn't think this was going to be available again. Very nice! Got it the first time around, but I've been wanting to play this game with my nephew who also owns a 3DSXL.
I recently purchased two LOTP/Four Swords carts and a link cable for my 2 GBA SP's, because I thought that was the going to be the only way we were going to play it together. The carts were easy to find, but that link cable wasn't (got an official Nintendo cable, too).
Had this DSiWare game been available to download, I would have never gone through the trouble of finding and purchasing those 11+ year old items.
Loved the GameCube's Four Swords Adventures, btw. A remake of that one doesn't sound like a bad idea to me...hopefully someone will think of it...I'll be like, "Yeah, Good Idea! Glad you thought of it"... O_o
Re: Nintendo Download: 16th January (North America)
@SetupDisk
I know, right? I don't remember Castlevania 2 being a bad game at all. And I didn't know anyone 'hated' it. Then AVGN came around, and almost everyone agreed with him whether they played it or not. He was really only trying to get people to laugh, and has admitted that he doesn't really hate the game.
Re: Weirdness: Alex Kidd Infiltrates The Legend Of Zelda, With Disastrous Results
Can I have those 60 seconds back?
Re: Two Tribes Development Studio Shuts Down and New, Smaller Company is Formed
Wow, now I feel bad that I bought Toki Tori and Toki Tori 2+ on Steam for a combined total of $2.50 during the Holiday specials.
(there were some insane deals on Steam at the time...90% discounts at any given moment...couldn't pass on some of those).
Re: Talking Point: Is The Castlevania Series Finished With Nintendo?
No mention of the N64 games...lol, I guess they were so bad that they are an embarrassment.
I am a fan of the old series. The LoS series is just too different and the MUSIC just isn't as good. I'm not into the ambient/tribal stuff, bring back the melodic/neo-classical stuff.
Re: Nintendo Acknowledges Network Issues and Suggests Patience
Still? hmmph
Re: Review: Castlevania (Wii U eShop / NES)
@LDXD
Bloody Tears is a great track, but my all time fave is Wicked Child (3rd Level on the original).
Re: Review: Castlevania (Wii U eShop / NES)
@Beechbone
That music is the reason why I am a musician today.
Re: Review: Castlevania (Wii U eShop / NES)
Ok, this game is hard. It took me two months to beat it when I was a kid. But after so many times, I have it nailed and I can beat it in 15-20 minutes. It is my favorite 'classic' Castlevania. Symphony of the Night is a completely different animal, but I love it just the same.
Re: Dr. Luigi announced for Wii U eShop
Anyone remember that there was a Dr. Wario as well? (It was a bonus game on Wario Ware for the GBA)
Anyways, hopefully there is enough content to justify the $15 price tag.
Re: 3D After Burner II Is Jetting Towards The Japanese 3DS eShop
Great news! Spent many quarters on that game back in the day. Nintendo needs more 3D classics, now. Only 6 nes games so far. By the end of this month Sega will have 8 (and they are 16 bit or better). I'm not sure why we haven't seen any mention of SNES VC for 3DS. But seeing that Sega put out some 16bit classics in 3D, I can't see why they can't put some SNES games on there (even in 2D).
Re: Review: 3D Super Hang-On (3DS eShop)
The review is spot on. Although if it was just Hang-on and not 'Super', it would have been boring.
Re: Nintendo Download: 28th November (North America)
I've been playing Super Hang-On on and off today. I am impressed with how well it was done. It's not a Genesis/Megadrive version in 3D, it's the arcade version in 3D. In other words; the best version yet. Big fan of the Space Harrier game, too.
I would love to see Out-Run or Afterburner done this way, or maybe the lesser known "Thunder Blade" (the Genesis version was no match for the arcade version).
Re: Out Now: Super Mario 3D World, A Link Between Worlds and Mario Party: Island Tour
Just got the Zelda/Gold 3DSxl bundle, yeah!! The two Mario games are on my Xmas list.
Re: Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures To Come to Life in March 2014
It's on my Radar, and I was mislead to believe it would've been out before Christmas. That's two games, including DKC:Tropical Freeze, that I had to take off my Christmas wish list so far.
Re: Club Nintendo Rewards are Updated for October
Glad I got a copy of Zoda's Revenge last month. I might get LOZ for my nephew's 3DS. Nothing for me.