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@sonicmeerkat yeah, this looks like a meh game with a couple of interesting gimmicks. Using the tablet like a smartphone and smartwatch is really cool, and I like first person games that use the wii mote
Kudos to the devs and I might give this a buy regardless.

I love the GBC Zelda aesthetic!!

I can’t believe so many people hated the controls. Teenage me thought they were perfect - the stylus gave so much precision

I played the hell out of this game and it was a glorious glitchy mess.
Shoot a rocket at your feet while moving backward into a wall - bam you pass through the wall and can shoot through it to hit players who can’t see or hit you.
Charge Noxus’ ice gun. Be far away from an enemy, but be on the same height and face them. Aim down, release. Noxus’ short range ice gun will freeze them from a distance - known as ‘shadow freeze’ back in the day.

And finally, trace and silus were the only good hunters, maybe spire because he had a small head. You could pull off some nice tricks with silus’ alt form to catch people in its 3 point triangle Insta kill trap thing.

Damn this game was sick. Shame about all the cheaters.

@Clyde_Radcliffe You're forgetting that this is an emulator and not a real console. If this feature was not possible to support, then surely adding a pak switching option should be possible, as has been the case with fan emulators for years - if they haven't worked out game specific hacks to enable both already. We know Nintendo actually applied a hack to Winback to remove a save pak nag it gives you.

The issue we are having is that we are being served an experience that is incomplete or missing functionality for a premium price that is double the standard subscription (in my country). Don't forget that on top of this, we are also getting some incomplete and otherwise poor emulation and I'm sure you'll start to see where a lot of people are getting frustrated with this.

@Clyde_Radcliffe I can't believe someone is defending having to use janky save states to save in a game, all because Nintendo couldn't add this functionality properly themselves. Ridiculous.

Just remember that this is supposed to be a premium offering, not some jank fan made homebrew.

I just don't understand why they released a premium service that could arguably called unfinished, but is undeniably inferior to fan-made emulators.
I don't think anyone would have noticed a two month or so delay.

Damn! Such a cool video. I always wonder how the original devs would feel seeing their game pushed like this. The death screen was designed to be impossible after all.

The game wasn’t that good to be honest. I really didn’t enjoy it. It was a valiant attempt, but I think the different game types weren’t really engaging and fun in the same way that say, dodging in a bullet hell is.

But hey hope the dev comes back with something bigger and better. It was a valiant first game release.

Is this entire article seriously based on some guy making a guess based on complete air

These are sick!

@NintendoWife With respect, that's completely wrong my man. In practise mode, after finishing your game, press Y to replay it. The prompt for it is in the bottom right corner of the results screen.
For multiplayer, choose the non-roulette option and you can replay the exact game over and over again, providing the selecting player elects to do so.

I definitely disagree on the content not being put together lovingly - but we won't go anywhere arguing over that. Though If I may say, you do sound a bit jaded as far as this game goes. Shame you don't like it, good luck with the rest of your games.

@Papichulo Hey bro! This got me curious so I looked it up. Looks like the last update on github was July 2020 - very impressive indeed for such a niche system, but I feel that it's a bit too generous to say it is being updated regularly while in the same breath acknowledging it has incompatibilities.

Don't get me wrong, I really like the Wii RX emulator forks. I love the interface, and I love that it can turn a cheap Wii into an emulation boss. However I feel you are being a little too kind to it - it's still inferior to anything that can run the newest Snes9x Retroarch cores (such as a raspi).

@NintendoWife You might be missing the point of this game, bro.
Big Brain Academy is not an epic adventure with new things to discover, it's an experience in which you practise and improve at the mini-games, which is fun and rewarding for many reasons.

Multiplayer with three other friends on the higher difficulties is where this game truly shines, especially when everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses in different games. Everyone agreeing to play every game on Elite difficulty really raises the stakes, and this amplifies the joy in clutching out a victory or the frustration in making a mistake.

I hope you can find friends who enjoy this game like we did, because it really is a unique treat

This game is an absolute hit at parties and I really recommend it!
After playing the multiplayer at a house party, two of my friends went and bought it for themselves so they could be more competitive next time we play, haha

I’m disappointed that the collection is not complete. This series strikes me as interesting but I’ll have to turn to PC emulation for a better experience.

The fact that most guys on here didn’t know about em speaks volumes about how this show was handled. No point having a good show if you don’t market it.

Toki tori was a sweet game! This is a good title to reproduce.

Capcom shooting themselves in the foot as you’d have to be blazed y to enjoy the new Ace attorney games

If you think about it, Hamster and Arcade Archive are doing a true virtual-console style preservation of these games. Especially hamster who typically has the most accurate emulation

Given the high price this is an excellent reason to chill out and be a late adopter after the catalogue fleshes out a bit

This looks tight! For less than a bucks you can’t go wrong.

this looks tight! I loved the scan line options in steel assault so all of this is welcoming to hear.

Collection of Mana not on sale in Australia D:
Probably a good thing so it doesnt add to my eternal backlog haha

I loved Celeste and I love games that demand you master their mechanics. This sounds tight, I'm in

can all the publishers pls stop releasing games until i've finished my backlog kthx

Looks pretty damn cool! My wii U is modded, might give this a go. Looks like a lot of polish for what is a fan mod.

This reminds me a bit of Project M, a fan made Smash Bros Brawl mod. They did a great job polishing and balancing that game over the years and eventually the devs found work as game devs. So fan projects can produce great things sometimes!

I’ll wait for a review first. Otherwise, it sure looks good

A difficult game that demands and rewards your mastery sounds right up my alley. And it’s an arcade throwback? I’m in. This sounds tight.

At this point, just buy the controllers and use them on a retropi. I know it's minor, I understand why they do it, but it just feels like corner cutting. The official experience should be the most proper, put together experience. Piracy should feel like a compromise, not the real thing.

@progx That's a very intense set of changes when you think about it! Though in my opinion, it doesn't make them any less of a money grubbing corporation than they ever were.

If there's any one significant change in N's business practises, it's the aftersale. DLC, subscription and encouraging digital software purchases over they physical, and lets not forget the expensive price of hardware - we definitely didn't see anything like this in the Wii era.

It is what it is, and we can only control our own lives. So play on my man.

Sometimes reading these comments, I feel like you guys haven't adjusted your expectations.
Nintendo COULD do so much with this platform and bring us so many cool games - this is definitely true. But it's been years and years and they haven't, nor are they ever likely to.

At the end of the day, like with all things in like, it is what it is. And for what it is, I think it's alright. I always enjoy replaying OOT and I've never had a sega, so this would be a good way for me to try some of those games too. It's nowhere near as complete a library as retropie but they've picked a few winners.

If you're not getting it, I hope you continue to enjoy video games. If you do get it, I hope it meets your expectations. Enjoy your lives guys, life is too short to spend energy getting mad at a greedy corporation.

Looks like it doesn't take itself too seriously! I can appreciate that.

I rate this one quite highly. It had a bit of a rough first impression for me, but picked up quickly. Ended up being quite a heartwarming (or bittersweet) tale for my first playthrough, and I'm really looking forward to finishing it another two times.