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You either change with the times, or become an irrelevant joke.
(See Michael McDonald->)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eii5KOr1Wps

I would probably pony up for one if it was styled more similar to the Advanced SP NES edition.

I "wasn't" considering the height of the "jump".

SMW. SM3 a close second.

Galaxy is great, but the early ones were far more innovative for their time.

blasphemy!

RBI was solid, but there is a better baseball game for the NES.

When you fill out the surveys for Club Nintendo and they ask about your satisfaction with the Nintendo online store, it's important to rate it as 'very dissatisfied', and indicate that we must have the ability to re-download purchases should a system get lost, or broken, stolen

His wiki does indeed confirm the rape arrest did not come until 1991. Guess nintendo dodged a bullet on that one.

License expired? I was under the impression Mike Tyson was dropped because of serious legal troubles.

I got physical cart from Amazon for $30 new. Good game, Golden Axe evolved.

Like most kids in the USA circa 1988 I got the box that included the Mario/Duckhunt cart for Christmas. Between that and my birthday I had a cool 50 bucks saved up and couldn't wait to go purchase my first game. 50 bucks was A LOT of money back then.

I walked into a Toys R Us that had all the games behind glass. I spent a long time looking and considering. Should I get Zelda? Contra? I knew those were awesome games that would give me hours of joy. But something else caught my eye. A purple game box featuring a muscle ripped barbarian wielding a sword. With a title like Deadly Towers how can you possibly go wrong?

As it turns out, game purchases could go very very wrong. I actually endured the game long enough to beat it, but I also learned a very important lesson in those days before the internet and 3rd party reviews. Always always always rent games first, before you plop down 50 bucks on a steaming pile of excretion.

Hope the Roots come with Jimmy when he replaces Leno. Long live Captain Fallon.

This is a problem much bigger than Nintendo. While many here seem to be appeased because everyone else is doing it, that does not make it ok.

Seems like Nintendo lacks confidence.

Over the years I've considered it my parental duty and responsibility to make sure my kids are exposed to Ducktales, Tailspin, Darkwing Duck, and Rescue Rangers. I've seen season DVD sets in Walmart for about 10 bucks.

The controller doesn't look that bad. Seriously needs a D pad over the analog stick though. Otherwise looks like a slightly larger NES controller with more contour for grip.

Nintendo made a strong showing here. Could they afford not to?

I'm a little concerned about over reliance on the Mario Bros family of games as heavy hitters. Too much of a good thing desensitizes into a very average play experience.

Much respect. He was a Chicago institution.

Well written letter, with some good points. Too many fans defend Nintendo to the end, while they drop the ball over and over again regarding everything from child labor to fair use.

I find Kid Icarus to be a very strange choice for any one's NES top ten list. It's not a bad game but there are so many other really great games.

Duck Tales is a great game but it kind of seems like people are influenced by whats in the news lately.

For me it's totally the price point to value ratio. Not even close to there yet.

Nintendo financial from the Wall Street Journal.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323701904578273120108154866.html

face palm

Well at least this news shouldn't really have surprised anyone.

Love me some Bride of Pinbot.

@Kirk I agree. That "museum' looks like my basement. Except less organized.

VC Repurchase = Deal Breaker

@ryanthehedgehog Real war isn't actually fun for anyone but psychotics. Real musicians, however, may enjoy a buffet of worldly pleasures.

Why not learn to play a real guitar. Start your own rock band. 1,000 times cooler than any video game.

Used to be fun on the Intellivision as well.

People with problems are far more likely to be vocal than people with no problems.

It should be a big problem if you permanently loose digital purchases due to theft OR malfunction.

Trine 2 is 14.99 on steam, regular price. You'll probably be able to get it for less than $5 during Holiday Steam Sales. It's bad as in terrible.

I emailed Nintendo about my concerns this morning. Either this article is incorrect, or NOA is blowing smoke up my pants.

Hello,
Thanks for writing. I can understand why you would be interested in transferring your downloaded content from your Wii to the Wii U. To answer your question, Wii U owners can wirelessly transfer content such as Miis, and WiiWare and Virtual Console games to their Wii U systems.

You will simply need to have both systems in your possession and both systems will need to be connected to the Internet. Only the Wii U will need an SD card to facilitate the transfer. The process is very similar to transferring content from Nintendo DSi to Nintendo 3DS or from Nintendo 3DS to Nintendo 3DS XL; which has been received positively by consumers. Transferred Wii content is accessible and can be played through Wii Mode, an application on the Wii U's main menu.

I hope this was helpful!

Sincerely,

Ryan P. Stoffel
Nintendo of America Inc.

My SD card slot quit functioning several months ago. I've got over 200 VC purchases. Sounds like I'll be screwed out of transferring my purchases. Wouldn't have this kind of problem with STEAM. Even the ITUNES store now allows you to re-download anything you've EVER purchased from them on a new computer. Very very very sad when Nintendo's failing digital policies make Apple's seem enlightened.

It's amazing how many people are genuinely OK with children performing quasi-slave labor for the perceived benefit of cheaper costs. No problems as long as Western civilization does not expose their children to such practices.

This title is offensive. How about 'reaping hundreds of millions in profits' comes at a cost. Contrary to what multinational corporations would like us to believe, it is possible to pay fair wages, adhere to a fair work practices, AND to make a reasonable profit.

"My job is to work with retailers, work with other business partners to create demand for the product, and have the consumer get excited."

Translation: By creating a perceived shortage, more customers will scramble to pre-order.

It's a low brow sales technique for any consumer smarter than a donkey. While I'm on the fence about pursuing a Wii U close to launch, seeing Nintendo play stupid supply games like this makes me want to back off and wait.

Those photos look for suspicious for a simple 10 day experiment. I've been blowing in some of the same carts for more than 2 decades, and the pins look better than either of those examples.

I'm not claiming it's the best option , but the blow is still a quick and reliable fix. There should be no reason to 'blow' daily. Usually the dust is only a problem if the cart has been sitting for a long time.

Of course Nintendo advised people not to blow in their cartridge, because then you wouldn't be purchasing their overpriced and unnecessary cleaning kit.

Meh, it looks like someone printed that out on their inkjet, and placed it on the shelf as a joke.

With a much larger play book to choose out of Play Action Football has more complexity than regular Tecmo Bowl. It's certainly a better game then 10 yard fight or John Elway.

I would call it superior to standard Tecmo Bowl, which gets very boring quick having only 4 plays to choose from. Tecmo Super Bowl is the best of all, but we are unlikely to see it do to NFL licensing issues.

It might be slightly tempting if we got the same quality rewards as Japan. 50 coins is pocket change and the US rewards are mostly lame.

I'm sure Nintendo would like to claim it was there on launch, but I don't believe that was the case based on real live memories of 1985.

Too bad for VC. It was the main reason I purchased a Wii, about a year after launch.

The service was mostly disappointing from the get go. Too many bad games got green lighted while not enough time and money was spent in securing so many quality 3rd party titles.

It wasn't all bad but all the best 3rd party stuff (Megaman , Sonic, Final Fantasy, Chronotrigger...) are available in so many other formats. Would have been nice to see more 'exclusives' or reviving of forgotten franchises.

Do you really think they had any planning regarding a time line back in 1986? Where do the CDi games fit? I guess those don't count just because they are crap.

Zelda is a cash cow, and while the series includes some awesome games there is little rhyme or reason to connect some kind of greater meta plot to most releases.

Hopefully this means that Urban Champion will not be one of the free Ambassador games ?!

I would be happy to download it for about 99 cents.

Not a bad bone to throw out. Here's hoping for many more classic releases.

25,000/50 = an average of 500 hot spots per state.

Some of the less populated states will have virtually none, so that will leave more for those of us near population centers.

It should be noted that this game offers two player co-op. This makes the game fun and a bit more manageable once you get the hang of it.

Sorry NOA, too little too late. I've moved on. It was nice knowing you.