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Relieved that this seems good. .. might have to get this for my son when he inherits my 3DS after I upgrade to a New model... @Artwark - why were you expecting a 4?

Maybe the authors know something we don't and this is all hype for an imminent announcement of N64 on Wii U VC... well, we can dream...

@unrandomsam Think FIFA 11 was the last actually new version on Wii. Pretty sure 11 was quite different than 09 on that platform.

If only Codemasters would release Sensi on the eShop, we'd have no need for any new football games anyway!

@TheClockworkB Ad hominem attacks rather than addressing the issue at hand? FWIW I have been gaming since the mid-1980s, am very familiar with the Metroid series and own Super Metroid, Prime 3 and Other M, as well as SSB Brawl. Am I allowed to have an opinion now?

Whether something is "canon" or not (and for goodness sake, this is just a computer game series, not some piece of great literature) is completely irrelevant. What IS relevant is whether this is objectifying women in order to help sell videogames to men - and it clearly is, and as a Nintendo fan I am allowed to be disappointed with that.

@DarkKirby I suggest you read up on your history. Centuries of women being kept-in-their-place through all sorts of direct and indirect social and political means, does actually require some more proactivity. There is a huge weight of history that is being struggled against.

@mastermp2 But those are not exclusively, or even primarily, for the titillation of women. They are aspirational for the men/boys who play those games / watch those shows.

So it's not even vaguely the same thing.

EDIT: i.e. men are not, in your examples, being objectified for the benefit of women.

Look. There is NO reason for Samus to be dressed in those suits other than to titillate men. None.

Therefore it is an example - agreed, only one of many, and by no means the worst in videogames - of the objectification of women for the benefit of men.

If you can't see why that is a problem, then there really is little help for you.

(Addressed to most of the commenters in this thread, not anyone in particular).

Responses to these kind of articles is the most depressing part of Nintendo Life.

Pretty sure the prices for the UK NES games are wrong, unless they really are more expensive in the sale?!

Think it must be a British thing. Growing up everyone called it a Snes (as a word) or occasionally a Super Nintendo.

@TheAdrock It literally prints money? Wow, that will be useful. What button do I need to press? And will it print in all currencies?

@fluggy How did you get SMSPlus working on the Wii U? Does the Homebrew Channel still work in Wii mode?

I loved my Master System! Wanted one through the late '80s as my wealthier friends seemed to all have one. Eventually upgraded my ZX Spectrum to an SMS... in 1992! Yeah, we weren't exactly cutting edge in our house...

Wonder if this will be much use for SNES SSF2. Don't have access to any version of SSF2T.

@Damo Yes they have - I got one a few days ago, though I've not tried it out yet.

"It gives moms and dads some fun activities – how to plan a Mario-themed birthday party. " That;ll come in very useful if they have it up in time for my son's 5th birthday in late September!

@Fandabidozi Ah, a man of taste!

And incidentally, Teddy Boy was awesome...

And before that a Spectrum, I guess that would be a fight between Miner Willy and Monty Mole?

I had an Amiga back in the day, and there were endless attempts by companies to create a mascot - Zool, Superfrog, James Pond - but none of them ever quite took off...

@DarkKirby Really? According to Wikipedia, Mario Kart Wii sold about three times as much as Super Smash Bros Brawl.

But I agree I don't think there's any bringing back major 3rd parties now...

@TeeJay This one and its prequel Super Putty were both released on the SNES, so maybe...

@unrandomsam Yes, this is the sequel to Putty / Silly Putty / Super Putty (confusingly all the same game).

With that much focus on Smash Bros, leaves me wondering how much else they've got hidden, especially for Wii U. My guess is, not a lot...

@Peach64 I expect it will be available for that much pretty soon. Nowhere except the official Nintendo site ever sells things at full RRP.

In fact the original Nintendo Land bundle is still at £299.99 on Ninty's site, presumably as that was its original price and they couldn't be bothered to change it....

@retro_player_22 Agreed, would much rather have had Pac-Man Museum and still don't understand why it was cancelled.

This was my first Nintendo console, and my only one till my wife bought me a Wii'in 2008...

@unrandomsam I don't think the Amiga was up to the X68000 though, despite having the same CPU (as did the Mega Drive and Neo Geo of course). But you're right, most conversions which appeared on it should have been much better than they were.

@TheRealThanos Oh I agree completely. Big Amiga fan here. Which is why it was such a travesty that most arcade and console ports on the machine were so awful... companies like Capcom and Konami generally farmed out conversion duties to rubbishy UK development teams and the results were usually atrocious.

Most disappointing version of Castlevania? Not even close....

http://hol.abime.net/2953/screenshot

Somewhat tangential bit of pointless trivia:

I recently discovered that Sega Europe was actually the successor company of Mastertronic, pioneers of the cheapie £1.99 budget games for 8-bit computers in the UK in the early 1980s.

True story.

"The game features events from the first two films of the trilogy, and we'd bet all of Smaug's gold that another title will follow to cash in on this years final cinema release."

Nintendo Force magazine claimed that the third film content would be in the form of DLC.

Good to see @JamieO reviewing on Nintendo Life again!

@Game-Over I think Japan's Wii U VC has PC Engine titles.

@Warruz My guess is that Yoshi's Island on the SNES used the Super FX chip, which would be a load more emulation programming work for very few games.

Whereas the GBA version of Yoshi's Island probably runs on the 'standard' GBA emulation they've developed for the Wii U. So no extra programming work required.

How does this compare to the version on Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions?

10 March is my birthday! And this year my wife, ably assisted by my 4 year old son, made me a Mario birthday cake!

If they did do this, I hope they include Mega Man 9 and 10 as well...

@Shiryu Was the Spectrum big in Portugal then?

@Shiryu I was just about to ask how this compared to the Spectrum version. Loved that game back in the day.

Nintendo or Sega? Pah, I was all about the Amiga...

Made me think of this sketch (helps if you're into philosophy a little bit):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2gJamguN04

@IceRod You mean this NES 30th round table?

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/07/round_table_lets_talk_about_the_famicom_nes

The one where four out of the six participants were from the US?!

@Peach64 Have you looked at TNT Racers: Nitro Machines Edition on the Wii U eShop? I think it's meant to be inspired by Micro Machines (the subtitle is a bit of a giveaway)? Not played it myself yet, though I used to love Micro Machines on the Amiga...

I'm still waiting for my M&L code, but only bought it a few minutes ago, maybe the sudden rush has delayed things...

Dammit, too slow to get Wonderful 101 - went upstairs to get my wallet, by the time I was back they were out of 'stock' for the download codes.

Still got Mario & Luigi for £8 though, so not all bad...

@theblackdragon

"Wisdom Tree is stuck in the past, at least from what I can see."

Agreed. It was the "in more ways than one" bit which is the unfortunate addition.

@theblackdragon The games and the concept behind them do seem laughable, agreed.

But "stuck in the past in more ways than one" at the end is unnecessary.

I'm not sure how that can be interpreted in any other way than a dig at Christianity. Unless I'm missing something?

@AcesHigh73 Agreed about the price. It's strange because while this was the same price as NES Remix in the US (both $15) whereas here NES Remix is £8.99 while this is £13.49.

Hmmm.....

To be pedantic, wouldn't it be an MD rather than a PhD for Luigi?