astrogamer
Member
Nope, they only had suspend states (as in you quit the game and it saves your place) and I don't think N64 VC even had those
Nintendo Downloads - July 2014
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Ah, I see. So the poor man's save state, really. Thanks man. I think that's what I was thinking of.
terrisus
Member
Frankly, I think that method was best.
The full savestates that the Wii U and 3DS use really cheapen the experience.
No one's making you use the save states, though. Don't worry, terry, I only used them as sparingly as possible or when I need to save some time. I'm not like, creating a save state after each fireball I pass by when facing Bowser in SMB 1-4.
terrisus
Member
Well, Wii U and 3DS still do that, lol
you don't have to use the other one
I know no one's making you and you can still do it that way.
But, having high-score or beating-the-game challenges with other people is basically worthless when anyone could be doing that without anyone else knowing.
Not quite. The Wii Shop is completely isolated from the Wii U eShop and hidden away from sight inside the Wii menu while on the 3DS DSiWare games share space and sales rankings with 3DS games. On the 3DS the DSiWare games are even linked to your NNID while on the Wii U Wiiware and Wii VC are fully tied to the system.
I'm speculating here, but I believe Nintendo is using the 3DS and the Wii U eShops to run an experiment to compare the different approaches to legacy content.
vatstep
This poster pulses with an appeal so broad the typical restraints of our societies fall by the wayside.
I appreciate the option, but I agree; I don't use them.
I don't even like the suspend states and wish they could be disabled. When I start a VC game, I usually reset it immediately so that it loads as it originally would.
Conrad Link
Member
Has HarmoKnight ever been on sale in Euro? I completely forgot the game even existed till I saw the demo on the 3DS the other day, I remembered I said "I'll wait for a sale".
Such a shame. :|
Same with Hana Samurai, come on Nintendo.
Such a shame. :|
Same with Hana Samurai, come on Nintendo.
I don't think HarmoKnight has been on sale period. A shame, because while I liked it, it could stand being priced at $10-ish to get more people on board.
As for Hana/Sakura Samurai, I recall it being on sale once or twice in the US, though no idea for EU.
Conrad Link
Member
Yea, super annoying I remembered really wanting HarmoKnight but the price made me say ah I'll wait for a sale. But yea, just realised that never happened I don't think and I completely forgot about the game instead lol.
Waited half a year for Euro Hana to come out, was really looking forward to it but by the time it finally came out I guess I was busy playing something else so again forgot about it.
A discount would have put the spotlight back on it and enticed me to purchase right then, they really should grasp that concept a bit better.
Zeyphersan
Banned
Exactly, they were basic save-states. If you returned to the home menu, it kept your place. But if you turned off the console from a VC game, no save-states. And you had control over the save/reload
Harmoknight has been on sale in Japan before it even came out in the west, so I always figured I'd wait for a sale.
It never came
terrisus
Member
While they are more integrated than the Wii VC is with the Wii U, there's still the fact that you're still limited to a very small amount of space for DSiWare games, as opposed to making full use of the memory card, which still makes them feel separate to me.
I used them for Blaster Master. No shame.
astrogamer
Member
Pirate's Curse is due at the end of summer. I'm assuming late August at earliest
Buy it on the eshop, use the 3DS save transfer tool by Nintendo to transfer your save to the digital copy, and then sell your physical copy on eBay.
Zeyphersan
Banned
Yep, do this. Did it for Mario Kart 7 since I enjoy booting it up to do a couple online races at a time, and it's great
I can't tell you how upsetting this news is to me. Who can I petition about this?
Not sure if it's technically possible.
You can only use your gamepad as a monitor on Wii mode, vWii doesn't know what the gamepad is.
Yeah that's what I'm currently doing. Have a little table on my bed and I have the gamepad on the cradle so it doesn't fall over. No More Heroes 2 looks pretty great on it. Do both the Wii and the gamepad display at the same resolution? I know the gamepad is 480p but I'm not sure if the horizontal resolution is different.
What about Wii games?
Robin64
Member
It's 640 x 480 with widescreen games stretched to 854 x 480 by the hardware but still using a 640 x 480 resolution.
A shame it's not 1:1 but it still looks a hell of a lot better on the gamepad than on my 720p set I normally use
Starwolf_UK
Member
They make one per platform then modify it for each game. Isolating each one avoids the whack a mole of fixing one bug and making more appear (which is endemic with PC based emulation). The earlier NES games don't support memory mappers used by later ones is evidence that the emulator is evolving.
For the Wii U the wrapper (UI and things like that) is changed but the emulator core is likely the same from the Wii VC.
As for the slow release. Well fuck Square Enix not caring about the west and other publishers also not caring. Also the store has very limited space on the front page and VC games are not a priority as there are few of them and think of how an indie developer would feel if their hard work is overshadowed by a re-re-release of a VC game.
Those differences make the European version sound even more inferior. Story I can't understand is better than deleted story.
That reminds me that Metroid Fusion is similar. The Japanese release has Easy, Normal and Hard difficulties (US and EU are normal). You have to unlock hard by beating the game on Normal.
Sorry if ti's been asked before but can I use the Wii U Pro Controller to play Wii games on the Wii U?
Thanks!
No, because the Wii doesn't recognize any specific Wii U controllers.
Metroid Fusion was released last in Japan, though. So it's probably more that they added these for the Japanese release than that they cut them for the Western one.
Starwolf_UK
Member
Make an AU NNID. Change country in system settings to Australia (UK NNID will complain it can't sign in because country is wrong...fine) then create a new user and NNID to go with that. You can play the redeemed game on your UK NNID (or any other user on that Wii U).
I'm out of the country unfortunately, so selling it back to my region wouldn't be worth it with international shipping. :'(
Sorry, I should have specified 3DS. I'm boned, aren't I?
dreamer3kx
Member
Which day does eshop get new releases, do they have a specific day?
every thursday
Not even using homebrew? (Thanks for the answer btw!)
It can use the Pro Controller with homebrew. Hopefully full Gamepad use isn't far off.
....So am I really the only person who picked up Wooden Sen'SeY?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=860785
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=860785
sörine;123148601 said:
Is it? Wii U Pro Controller? Last time I searched I found nothing.
....So am I really the only person who picked up Wooden Sen'SeY?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=860785
i picked it up, but didn't have time to play it yet.
Okay, that's one at least. Thank you!
Team Top Hat
Banned
....So am I really the only person who picked up Wooden Sen'SeY?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=860785
It's on my list but I know it'll be in a steam sale for crazy cheap. Why buy now?
They have limited functionality compared to native games, yes, but having to visit a completely different store which doesn't even uses the same currency (points vs cash) is on a whole another level. Wii U users won't even know the Wii VC games exist unless they bother to boot into Wii mode and fiddle with the Shop there, while DSi games were given a 2nd chance with the 3DS eShop, with an improved store environment, payment and downloading process. We still have some DSiWare games on the eShop best sellers which had nearly all their sales on the 3DS.
You're right, I was premature. From what I gather it's being worked on and Devolution supports it already but it isn't universal yet.
I wish I could enjoy HarmoKnight but my deafness prevents me from fully enjoying the game.
I stop playing it once I got to world 4 boss.
Same, it's one of those game that's better off owned digitally.
Oh I didn't know that Tomodachi life had that feature, though the game price will be pricey than the retail version.
....So am I really the only person who picked up Wooden Sen'SeY?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=860785
I picked it up but I am waiting for them to fix the double jump control, the one they chose is very clunky.