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@Damo
+1000 points for the Douglas Adams reference in the tag. Particularly as i am now literally the answer to the ultimate question (having turned 42 last month).

No thanks. RetroUSB AVS is the way to go.

Half-Life 3 confirmed.

@brandonbwii
I respect that, and i enjoy a good discourse as much as anyone else. But this is not the place for it.
(Also, just as an aside, you are one of the few in this comment section who has been speaking rationally and logically. Kudos. )

@Damo
The fact that this comment section is being left open is ridiculous. We've had racist comments, Nazi accusations, and just overall general user vs. user attacks.

I guess it gets the clicks though, so that's what counts, right? Forget the fact that this is supposed to be a family-friendly site, or that political commentary is supposedly verboten.

Cheers, my friend.

@Damo
I seriously suggest you disable/close this comment section immediately.

Yeah, i too was pretty sure this was common knowledge at this point. We all figured this out when playing it back in the 80s when it first came out.

@Damo
The problem is not that the quotes are wrong, but rather that the headline implies that those quotes were specifically said by someone at Nintendo, when that isn't the case. My first thought was that it must have been Yamauchi-san, because it sounds exactly like something he would have said. But no, these are not quotes from anyone at Nintendo at all.

Kawai-san's quote is stating how he interpreted the conversation, not that "Never come back" is specifically what Nintendo said. And the "We don't want you" quote from Maruyama-san is similarly his interpretation of how Nintendo felt about situations with publishers such as theirs at the time.

There's also the (lesser) problem that the quotes in the headline (and tagline), by being implied as actually coming from Nintendo, also come off as if they were exceedingly hostile; while Kawai-san's interpretation of their relationship with Ninty at the time may have been that it was hostile, Maruyama-san certainly did not feel that way (or at least he is being polite in his recollection of events).

In all fairness, NL is not the only place that goes with a misleading headline that either misrepresents or mischaracterizes the substance of an article (either intentionally or otherwise); i see it all the time everywhere from entertainment websites to the Associated Press newswire.

I do appreciate you responding, though. Cheers.

Once again, the stellar journalism here at NL continues, including the deliberately misleading headline that actively misrepresents the substance of an otherwise interesting article.

Great job as always, @Damo.

I have no idea who this Laura Kate Dale is, nor do i care. I assume that she, like that Emily Rogers person is just some random person who may or may not have "sources".

But honestly, don't care. Meanwhile the "journalism" on this site continues to be stellar, reposting random rumors like some sort of subreddit.

Article posted as "News", not "Rumor".

Article title: "Nickelodeon Allegedly Creating Animated Film For A Nintendo Series".

Article text: "A podcast released on Nickelodeon's YouTube channel has been outed to be allegedly detailing a purported Nintendo property."

Source: Podcast not mentioning Nintendo at all.

Stellar journalism confirmed.

Neat.
I hope you guys are planning on reviewing a certain NES guide book (aka Pat Contri's Ultimate Guide to the NES Library). It's fantastic.

The effort put into this is impressive, but for my own personal tastes i think it looks horrible.

I might pick this up, but i already pre-ordered Pat's book. This may make a nice companion piece though.

Meh. I'll stick with my actual Rubik's Cube, thanks.

@Damo
Dear Nintendo Life,

Do not promote the deplorable Fine Bros. and their videos. Just. Don't.

Thank you.

@PlywoodStick Ha! I thought that might actually be the case, that it was intentional. That's pretty good, i may steal it from you.

Finally E.T. will return to his rightful place as a god-icon in video games.

Also, i never knew how much i needed a LEGO Mr. T in my life until right now.

@PlywoodStick
It's "emulate" not "immolate". "Immolate" means to sacrificially set something on fire. Just had to mention, cuz your comment to "immolate the game with the patch applied" made me chuckle.

@ogo79
Yeah, the original DSiWare game was rather good, so i'm definitely going to keep my eye on this one.

This game is excellent, and even better than that if you're a big Macross/Robotech fan like i am. I have had my eye on getting a cart of this for a while; it usually fetches a moderately high price in the usual places, but it's just a matter of time before i finally grab it regardless.

Johnny Millennium from six weeks ago says "Hai".

Neat idea, but price point is unfortunately too high. If they could price it at $100-$150, people would buy it in droves (especially at $100); at $220 for the basic model, they're only going to get a niche market of buyers (assuming it gets funded in the first place).

@LztheQuack
Because people are idiots.
Haven't i taught you that already?

@TheRealThanos Aye, brother. But us "old timers" just can't help but sharing our knowledge and love of the almighty Atari. In fact, during my last visit to my local retro shop, i spent almost an hour educating the owner about the value of some of the rare Atari games he had and on how to spot certain high-value/in-demand variants.

@ALinkttPresent
IP does usually stand for "intellectual property", however "intangible property" is also a legal term. "Intangible Property" is a larger catch-all category of property/rights, which includes "intellectual property" within it.

Article title:
"You Can Own Sid Meier's SNES Development System ..."

Article contents:
"The unit up for sale was the property of Microprose during the SNES era, and it's therefore highly likely that Meier himself used it."

A great game, definitely recommended for NES fans and especially AVGN fans.

And @Bass_X0 there are several difficulty levels, though even the easiest is a bit hard, but in a good way.

I really hope Dan goes ahead with making a third Ben & Dan game. I absolutely loved those two games; hilarious, fun, and clearly made by someone who had an absolute blast while making them.

Cool. The first one was a fun little game, i'll definitely be picking up the sequel.

I'll echo the comments of both @Klimbatize and @Phillip_J_Reed (because i agree and they are both awesome guys who share space in my brain).

This is a game i had a lot more fun with than i expected, and played it a lot more than i thought i would have going in. I'm on board for a remake, and i think the extra polish (both graphically and otherwise) should turn a very good game into a truly great game.

Also, i always choose to pronounce the title so that it rhymes with Sophocles's "Antigone". Because i'm cool like that.

I had no idea ... that people didn't know about this. I was sure it was common knowledge. Weird.

@Phillip_J_Reed
Same here. I bought it when it went on sale, then i almost felt bad i didn't support them further by spending full price.

Amazingly addictive fun. I'd buy an NES cart version just on principle. But i'd really rather see it on the 2600 ... some of the Atari Age wizards could probably pull it off (though i imagine the music would have to take a hit); there is some remarkable programming-fu that can be pulled off on the 2600 by people with the know-how.

Neat. But if the game does get funded, they're likely going to have to change the name if they actually want to release it.

@WinterWarm
Umm ... Yeah.
I commented on it back then, on the day the story was posted in 2010.
Your point?

@MegaAdam
Thank you, my thoughts exactly. Which is why i rarely bother to comment in these types of articles any more.

@ogo79
Heh, i was thinking the exact same thing — "...you'll never play.."
My own cart sitting right over there says differently as well.

Hey Lydia!
I've been subbed to your channel for a while now (those vids of you playing Condemned were hilarious), so I thought i clicked on my YouTube bookmark when i saw your pic on the NL main page.
Cool to see you here!

@Knuckles
Phil did his final NL game review last week.

ColecoVision on WiiU VC would be a perfect fit, since they could emulate the CV controller's keypad on the touchscreen (this would work equally well with Intellivision also).

One big hurdle is that a very large portion of CV's library (and most of the best games released for the system) were licensed arcade ports from other companies, so there would be the obvious legal difficulties.

Good thing i still have my CV in perfect working order (even if the controllers are rubbish )

@ogo79
True dat, bro.

This isn't Atari. Atari isn't Atari anymore, and hasn't been for many many years. It's just some company that owns the name, assets and logos and such.

Never could they once again reach the heights that produced the majesty and wonderment of E.T.

Clearly inferior to this:

Maul teaming up with Darth Talon against Krayt's Sith? I wonder how that would work, considering that Talon and Krayt's Sith weren't around until more than a century after Maul's time (although Krayt himself, aka former Jedi A'Sharaad Hett was around during Maul's time).
_{Shpy be droppin' the EU knowledge on y'all}

I loved this game. I always used to imagine the in-game text exposition (there is more between each level of the main mode, if memory serves) being spoken by the guy who did the voice-over during the opening credits of Knight Rider.

I'm still waiting for the release of Edna Krabappoly.

Neat idea, horribly stupid in reality.
Like most things gamers think of as "awesome" ideas.

Cool article. I'm actually in the middle of playing this for the first time right now (I'm up to the infamous dynamite/nitro part) and enjoying more than I expected. It certainly has its flaws, but I definitely agree that the atmosphere created by the game is great.

Such a great game. I poured many hours into it back in the day, and will certainly grab it as soon as it comes to the US. And just in case anyone doesn't know and is having a rough go with it, you can use the almighty Konami Code to get 30 lives, a la Contra.

@Rafie I could not agree with you more. It's always good to see reasonable, logical people post here. It seems they are sadly becoming a rare breed these days.

@SebCroc Thank you for your interest. In all honesty I'd rather not get into a long legal discussion — lawyerly stuff is what I do all day, and the last thing I want to do when I'm home for the night and reading my fave video game site is discuss legalities. Sorry. But I do appreciate the fact that you actually want to know more.

Just one quick legal point though: the timing of the suit is irrelevant — 7 or 8 years after the Wii was released? So what. There are statutes of limitations for lawsuits, and the fact that they exist doesn't mean that a suit needs to be filed right away. We have no idea what's gone on behind the scenes — iLife may have been trying to deal with Nintendo for years to work out a settlement and once that wasn't going to happen, iLife decided to file suit.

Sadly, I can't help but think if this exact same situation was happening but iLife was suing Sony or MS, then the same commenters on this site would be supporting iLife.

Facts are this — we don't know the full extent of this suit, its validity, or its likely outcome. iLife does appear at first blush to be something of a patent troll (though this term, more properly referred to as a "patent assertion entity", is being misused by many — it's correctly used to refer to companies who sit on owned patents to collect revenue, while creating no true products of their own), but we don't have all the facts.

Even if they are a "patent troll", if Ninty did infringe on patents that they hold, then iLife is entitled to restitution (so long as they are acting in good faith, which will of course be a large part of the argument in defense).

Meh, time to turn by brain back off and watch more Old School Raw.