Why would you think I'm biased? fl0w plays based on the distance and direction from center where your mouse pointer lies. The Wii Remote will provide an identical function, so yes, it will play better from the standpoint of being true to the original game design. Sixaxis will probably use the analog stick for a more conventional control scheme. I can't imagine using its pitch and yaw tilting functions effectively in such a scenario, but then again, the game will be in 3D on the PS3, so I may be proven wrong.
Based on the pictures, I think I know what they were trying to say with all of the original warnings, except for the fourth. Did it mean "don't throw out your Wii"?
I am not very pleased with what's available for download for the Wii. I'm certain there will be many other good games eventually, but right now I am fairly disappointed. I bought Zelda for 500 points, but that's it. Mario 64 would be cool, but it's 1000 points, and I've already technically bought it twice (64 and DS).
Yeah, they don't have many goodies yet. I got Columns from the Genesis section and that's giving me some bang for my buck. I put it on easy mode just to practice, and I think I'm about about 15,500,000+ points right now. I mean, I want to end it and move up to a higher difficulty level, but I also can't just willingly hold the down key and suicide my game. At least the Wii saves it, so I can play a little each day and see how far I end up going.
You have to buy a Wii Points card. The exchange rate is 1 point for 1 penny, so a normal 2000 points card costs 20 bucks plus tax. It's also 1 yen for 1 point in Japan, meaning 2000 yen for 2000 points. At a current spot rate of 115 yen to the dollar you could make some profit through triangular arbitrage, assuming you could find a bank that doesn't charge crappy fees.
...sorry, just finished my International Finance class.
Anyway, you can either use Wii point cards, or you can just enter in a credit card number in the Wii shop channel and buy points there. Games are actually pretty expensive. I think some of the older games should only be a few hundred points. But, Nintendo is quite good at making its customers buy stuff over and over again.
Games are actually pretty expensive. I think some of the older games should only be a few hundred points.
I agree on some counts. While a game like Super Mario 64 is easily worth $10.00 (provided you don't have the original and the DS version already), something like Donkey Kong isn't really worth $5.00. It's a port of an arcade game. You play the same levels over and over and try to get a high score. Hell, wait until Donkey Kong 64 gets out for the Virtual Console, and BAM! There's the Donkey Kong you would have paid $5 for, PLUS a very large action game for only $5 more. Assuming, of course, Nintendo can sell DK64 despite the fact Microsoft now owns Rare (I'm not up to speed on how that works, but I'd assume that Nintendo owns the source code and can use it anyway).
I don't have a Wii, but the VC was going to be the killer app for me, and I am VERY disappointed so far.
Remember when we thought that Nintendo would put every obscure game ever up for download? Remember that picture we all thought was real? Yeah. We're not getting that. We're getting the same "greatest hits" we got on the GBA (at least, in terms of NES stuff). Basically the same stuff that was on Animal Crossing. That's insulting.
Oh, and they're screwing us on the releases too. There is no technical reason that Japan should have more stuff at launch, except that Nintendo doesn't care! Add to that European gamers being stuck with the broken European versions of VC games, and, you know, the prices, and all I'm seeing is disappointment.
If it weren't for the TG16 games, the Virtual Console would be a total slap in the face. I no longer believe that Nintendo will ever get around to putting up really obscure or unusual stuff. Except in Japan.
Oh, and on the subject of Donkey Kong (while I'm in rant mode), oh good! We get another copy of the NES version! With the missing level! Thanks soooo much!
They tend to release three or four games per week. The selection is... not that great right now, especially if you own Animal Crossing, the NES Classics or the original games (the first and third, in my case). Since I left the N64 with my brother when I moved out, $10 for Mario 64 is looking like a mighty fine deal right now. Or at least, when I get the sudden and dire urge to play Mario 64 again from the beginning.
If Nintendo got the rights to GoldenEye 007, and made it playable online, then I'd buy a title right away. I may pick up Bonk's Adventure, because that game was the shizzy back in the TG-16 days.
Bonk's Adventure is the best thing on the VC right now. I am super excited about the possibility of more TG16 games. I hope Hudson gets it together and puts the whole US library (plus, of course, Japanese games) online. If only for the pinball games. And Blazing Lazers. And Neutopia. And holy shit Ninja Spirit. And Pac-Land, and China Warrior, and all the other amazing Turbo games.
I've got Mario 64, because it controls better then the DS version. Legend of Zelda because I dont happen to own a copy of it. Bomberman for parties. And Bonk's Adventure because of the praise you guys gave it, it was well deserved.
Yeah, I'm very pleased to see Bonk getting a new chance at reaching a new generation of gamers. Such a well-designed platformer.
The only game I already own that I'm considering picking up in VC is Ecco the Dolphin, since the Genesis was the other system left behind (I've got the Sonic Mega Collection to cover the majority of Genesis games I enjoyed). I still haven't played that game all the way through without cheating, and the GBA version I picked up awhile back lacked the original's awesome soundtrack.
If Nintendo got the rights to GoldenEye 007, and made it playable online, then I'd buy a title right away.
I'm not saying it's not a great idea, but has Nintendo actually said anything that would even hint at altering VC games for online play? I keep hearing all over the place about all the games they hope Nintendo adds an online mode to, and I have to wonder if it's all just really wishful thinking or if Nintendo implied that they might do such things with the games.
Nintendo has not said anything like that, and considering how they've handled the VC so far (not altering anything in any way, to the point of giving Europeans the slowed-down 50Hz versions of games unnecessarily) it doesn't seem likely that they would add online play to anything.
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I am not very pleased with what's available for download for the Wii. I'm certain there will be many other good games eventually, but right now I am fairly disappointed. I bought Zelda for 500 points, but that's it. Mario 64 would be cool, but it's 1000 points, and I've already technically bought it twice (64 and DS).
What does everyone else think?
...sorry, just finished my International Finance class.
Anyway, you can either use Wii point cards, or you can just enter in a credit card number in the Wii shop channel and buy points there. Games are actually pretty expensive. I think some of the older games should only be a few hundred points. But, Nintendo is quite good at making its customers buy stuff over and over again.
I agree on some counts. While a game like Super Mario 64 is easily worth $10.00 (provided you don't have the original and the DS version already), something like Donkey Kong isn't really worth $5.00. It's a port of an arcade game. You play the same levels over and over and try to get a high score. Hell, wait until Donkey Kong 64 gets out for the Virtual Console, and BAM! There's the Donkey Kong you would have paid $5 for, PLUS a very large action game for only $5 more. Assuming, of course, Nintendo can sell DK64 despite the fact Microsoft now owns Rare (I'm not up to speed on how that works, but I'd assume that Nintendo owns the source code and can use it anyway).
Remember when we thought that Nintendo would put every obscure game ever up for download? Remember that picture we all thought was real? Yeah. We're not getting that. We're getting the same "greatest hits" we got on the GBA (at least, in terms of NES stuff). Basically the same stuff that was on Animal Crossing. That's insulting.
Oh, and they're screwing us on the releases too. There is no technical reason that Japan should have more stuff at launch, except that Nintendo doesn't care! Add to that European gamers being stuck with the broken European versions of VC games, and, you know, the prices, and all I'm seeing is disappointment.
If it weren't for the TG16 games, the Virtual Console would be a total slap in the face. I no longer believe that Nintendo will ever get around to putting up really obscure or unusual stuff. Except in Japan.
Oh, and on the subject of Donkey Kong (while I'm in rant mode), oh good! We get another copy of the NES version! With the missing level! Thanks soooo much!
And how many are they releasing a week?
If Nintendo got the rights to GoldenEye 007, and made it playable online, then I'd buy a title right away. I may pick up Bonk's Adventure, because that game was the shizzy back in the TG-16 days.
The only game I already own that I'm considering picking up in VC is Ecco the Dolphin, since the Genesis was the other system left behind (I've got the Sonic Mega Collection to cover the majority of Genesis games I enjoyed). I still haven't played that game all the way through without cheating, and the GBA version I picked up awhile back lacked the original's awesome soundtrack.
I'm not saying it's not a great idea, but has Nintendo actually said anything that would even hint at altering VC games for online play? I keep hearing all over the place about all the games they hope Nintendo adds an online mode to, and I have to wonder if it's all just really wishful thinking or if Nintendo implied that they might do such things with the games.