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Nintendo Downloads - February 2016

Robin64

Robin64

Member
Nah, you only need Red and Blue. A friend and I are going to spend the weekend using each other's game to store Pokemon before resetting. That'll get all the starters and all the Eeveelutions.
 
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jholmes

Member
bestpersonevar said:
is this the general consensus? not worth playing the old, original GB games?
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The main games to this day are basically glorified remakes of Red/Blue as it is, so I completely agree with Glass Rebel, don't play the Game Boy games except out of nostalgia or a longtime desire to see them stemming from a deep history with the series. The originals are graphically ugly, and basic things like moving Pokemon between boxes will be very slow. You also can't breed Pokemon in the originals. I'd say start with something GBA or newer.
 
Robin64

Robin64

Member
Always get the latest Pokemon. People love to list their fave when asked this, but really, stay where Pokemon is now.
 
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Glass Rebel

Member
bestpersonevar said:
is this the general consensus? not worth playing the old, original GB games?
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More or less, yes. There's no reason to go that far back to play a Pokémon game and even though some people have their favourites because of the specific region/features, it's generally better to go with a newer entry. I personally didn't enjoy the 3DS entries as much as the DS games tho.
 
Pokemaniac

Pokemaniac

Member
bestpersonevar said:
is this the general consensus? not worth playing the old, original GB games?
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More or less. Pretty much any of the games (aside from maybe Black 2 and White 2) are good games to jump in on. It's typically recommend to start with one of the current games with all the latest and greatest in terms of mechanics, then later, if you're curious, try out some of the older games.

The Gen I games in particular haven't aged very well, and are really more of a historical curiosity at this point.
 
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steveovig

Member
For some reason, I've been wanting to play some Fire Emblem lately but I can't afford the new one. Out of the two GBA games, which one do you guys think is better and which one is easier/less frustrating?
 
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Glass Rebel

Member
steveovig said:
For some reason, I've been wanting to play some Fire Emblem lately but I can't afford the new one. Out of the two GBA games, which one do you guys think is better and which one is easier/less frustrating?
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It's been a while since I played Sacred Stones but unlike Fire Emblem 7 you can grind whenever you want after Chapter 8, which would make it easier and less frustrating by default. There's also an easy setting.

That said, I think 7 is clearly the better game. It's pretty well balanced too and has Hector as the GOAT Lord.
 
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Agent Unknown

Member
Phoenixus said:
If you're hoping to complete your pokedexes together I'd recommend blue over yellow. Red and blue together can complete a pokedex, but yellow has different exclusive creatures to both red and blue.
Am getting yellow myself, excite! :D
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Cool, thanks for the tip. I'll get Blue then. Yellow is tempting for Pikachu following you and the minigame but it's no good if we can't properly complete our Pokedexes. I have a friend who has retained and upgraded his Pokedex since the GBA games and has everything saved in his Pokebank account, pretty crazy that the VC games' data can now be added to Pokebank too, wonder what he'll think of that, ha.
 
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BooJoh

Member
It's worth mentioning that in NA/EU, Red and Blue are in monochrome while Yellow is in color. It's Super GB quality color, but it's color just the same.

EDIT: They're up on the eShop in NA
 
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Killer Yakuza B

Member
BooJoh said:
It's worth mentioning that in NA/EU, Red and Blue are in monochrome while Yellow is in color. It's Super GB quality color, but it's color just the same.
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Yellow was a Game Boy Color "enhanced" game, meaning that the usual four shades of green of a regular GB game were substituted for four other colors when the game was played on a GBC. So yeah, like you said, it's kinda like what the Super GB did except better since the colors were by design and could even change during the game instead of how it usually was on Super GB for regular GB games.
 
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donny2112

Member
Glass Rebel said:
It's been a while since I played Sacred Stones but unlike Fire Emblem 7 you can grind whenever you want after Chapter 8, which would make it easier and less frustrating by default. There's also an easy setting.

That said, I think 7 is clearly the better game. It's pretty well balanced too and has Hector as the GOAT Lord.
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Agreed. Fire Emblem GBA is the better game, and Sacred Stones is easier due to the ability to grind whenever you need some extra levels.
 
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Boney

Banned
Glass Rebel said:
More or less, yes. There's no reason to go that far back to play a Pokémon game and even though some people have their favourites because of the specific region/features, it's generally better to go with a newer entry. I personally didn't enjoy the 3DS entries as much as the DS games tho.
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I'd rather replay black or any other game than play X again.

Also, playing the originals you can appreciate the ambition and how they pushed the limitations of technology.
 
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BooJoh

Member
Killer Yakuza B said:
Yellow was a Game Boy Color "enhanced" game, meaning that the usual four shades of green of a regular GB game were substituted for four other colors when the game was played on a GBC. So yeah, like you said, it's kinda like what the Super GB did except better since the colors were by design and could even change during the game instead of how it usually was on Super GB for regular GB games.
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Yeah, it's clearly a GBC "black cart" game. I've always just assumed that during localization they got the idea to colorize the game to promote GBC, and rather than reworking the entire game to fully colorize it ala GS they mimicked the Super GB pallets from Red and Blue. It was pretty obvious to me even when I first played it on GBC since I spent a lot of time playing Red on Super GB.

It's amazing how many people I've seen before that argued that Yellow wasn't a GBC game though, insisting that I was just remembering the GBC's auto-pallet select feature that it used for Red and Blue on bootup (I'm still bitter that they didn't keep the GBC's pallet-select feature for VC.)
 
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Stinkles

Clothed, sober, cooperative
Is there a cheap, good fighting game available as digital download? Tekken, SF etc.? My daughter wants to play a "kung fu" game.
 
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GulAtiCa

Member
I'm just hoping Wii U audience is still active for rest of year. Got 2 big games in the works for summer/fall and at least 1 budget style game for spring.
 
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PtM

Banned
Stinkles said:
Is there a cheap, good fighting game available as digital download? Tekken, SF etc.? My daughter wants to play a "kung fu" game.
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Street Fighter is. It should be 20, it's been on sale for 8 a few times. The game card is cheap as well, at least in Europe.


I might as well just ask here: Is it normal that my Mario Advance 4 cartridge says "Gameboy Player" on startup?

Thanks BooJoh, I thought I had gotten one of those shady fakes from ebay.
 
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Umibozu

Member
Stinkles said:
Is there a cheap, good fighting game available as digital download? Tekken, SF etc.? My daughter wants to play a "kung fu" game.
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For wii u there's Tekkn tag tournament 2 for $19.99 assuming you have the space for it.
Plays well, has over 40 characters, extra modes, and Nintendo themed costumes for each character.

3ds has a dead of alive game, a tekken 6 lite game, and street fighter 4. I don't know if they're all available on the eshop, but I think street fighter is available on it.
 
TheMoon

TheMoon

Member
Stinkles said:
Is there a cheap, good fighting game available as digital download? Tekken, SF etc.? My daughter wants to play a "kung fu" game.
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should've said what system you mean.

If you're talking Wii U, just get Street Fighter II Turbo or Super Street Fighter II (flip a coin) on Virtual Console. Cheap and good.
 
Pokemaniac

Pokemaniac

Member
PtM said:
Street Fighter is. It should be 20, it's been on sale for 8 a few times. The game card is cheap as well, at least in Europe.


I might as well just ask here: Is it normal that my Mario Advance 4 cartridge says "Gameboy Player" on startup?

Thanks BooJoh, I thought I had gotten one of those shady fakes from ebay.
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Super Mario Advance 4 was Game Boy Player enhanced, which is why it displays that message. It would admittedly make more sense to only display that when playing it on a Game Boy Player, but that's how they decided to implement it.
 
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Stinkles

Clothed, sober, cooperative
TheMoon said:
should've said what system you mean.

If you're talking Wii U, just get Street Fighter II Turbo or Super Street Fighter II (flip a coin) on Virtual Console. Cheap and good.
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Oops, sorry, should have said WiiU. I was hoping for something a bit more 3D/modern. We have OG fighting games on 360, this is for her purple corner.

She's never played Smash Bros, and I think she'll like it - what's the best bargain digital route here?
 
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Man God

Non-Canon Member
Stinkles said:
Oops, sorry, should have said WiiU. I was hoping for something a bit more 3D/modern. We have OG fighting games on 360, this is for her purple corner.

She's never played Smash Bros, and I think she'll like it - what's the best bargain digital route here?
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TTT2 is 20 bucks and is the best 3D fighter on the system.

Injustice is a bit rougher but its usually pretty cheap...also twenty bucks right now but goes on sale pretty frequently.
 
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also

Banned
Boney said:
I'd rather replay black or any other game than play X again.

Also, playing the originals you can appreciate the ambition and how they pushed the limitations of technology.
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I think 99,999% of people would appreciate a run button and a Pokemon storage system that's not slow and frustrating waaay more. And being able to forget HMs and use them without going into the menu. And being able to breed Pokemon. And...

The originals are dated and you're much better off playing one of the more modern ones. I personally recommend Black&White or Heart Gold/Soul Silver. X&Y were ok and introduced some neat ideas (wonder trade) but ultimately felt like a step back in terms of story, world design and post game content. Haven't played ORAS because I was never a big fan of gen 3 and no Battle Frontier was a deal breaker for me.
 
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RiggyRob

Member
GulAtiCa said:
I'm just hoping Wii U audience is still active for rest of year. Got 2 big games in the works for summer/fall and at least 1 budget style game for spring.
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Spring 2016? I'd say people are still holding out for Zelda Wii U, but once that drops and the NX console gets released the audience will drop off a cliff, I'd imagine.
 
Simbabbad

Simbabbad

Member
Just beat the adventure mode of DK : Jungle Climber on the Virtual Console, and wow, that game has really been overlooked!

DK : King of Swing was fun but didn't really work, the level design and gameplay being tailored for an arcade experience and the map and saving structure being that of a mascot platformer. Because of that contradiction, the game ended being way too devoid of challenge apart from a few spots, and way too short.

Here, the gameplay is a lot smoother and quicker and the level design and philosophy have been straight ripped from Donkey Kong Country, and it works beautifully. It's exactly like a Donkey Kong Country sequel where the platforming mechanics would have been replaced by the Clu Clu Land evolution of King of Swing - very weird, but very fun! The game is long and challenging, but I only used VC checkpoints on the two last bosses, completely over the top.
 
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tolkir

Member
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Nintendaan said:
Nintendo eShop (Wii U)

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (Nintendo, available March 4) - €49.99/£39.99
Travel between the worlds of light and dark to save the land of Hyrule in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD for Wii U. This definitive edition of the beloved adventure game for Nintendo GameCube and Wii features revitalised visuals that will further immerse players in its stunning landscapes and epic story. You play as Link, a farm hand who is chosen by the gods to free the kingdom of Hyrule from the clutches of the King of Shadows, Zant, who has cursed the land with a perpetual twilight. To help him take on this new menace and break the curse that has transformed him into a wolf, Link will team up with the mysterious and mischievous Midna, a creature from a corrupted dimension called the Twilight Realm. Use the Wii U GamePad touch screen to equip items and view maps without pausing the game, aim your Hero’s Bow and more using intuitive motion controls, or enjoy all the action on just one screen with Off-TV Play.

Chasing Dead (2020 Venture) - €29.99/£24.99
The game begins with a strange phenomenon in which another Earth appears in our skies. Curiosity and fear of a doppelganger planet initiates multiple missions in order to make contact with the duplicate Earth. A team of agents, astronauts, and scientists were sent 955,600 miles across space by NASA and the US Military, however all contact is lost a few hours after their arrival. You play as a marine named Jake, who is sent on a mission to retrieve any research and data left behind by the original survey team while fighting off hostile forces. As Jake, you must traverse the zombie-ridden lands of the alternate Earth as you battle endless hordes of the undead, frightening mutants and insane soldiers.

Grumpy Reaper (EnjoyUp Games) - €4.99/£4.49
Grumpy Reaper is an arcade-style game that includes elements of skill in different playing modes. Death's granddaughter has stolen the keys to the Underworld to unleash creatures on the world! Take on the role of Grumpy, mow the lawn and find the lost keys to help Death solve this problem through multiple time trial, nocturnal and survival levels! Death has not left you on your own! Improve your lawn mower to turn it into a lethal weapon against the monsters. Control tornadoes, turn yourself into a Zombie, wear armour to survive and restore peace... if you can...

U Host (Bear Box Media) - €9.99/£8.99
Have you ever wanted to create your own Game Show? Well now you can! Grab up to 4 friends or teams, and throw them head first into the game show of your making! Host your own Quiz with a choice of over 1000 questions from 10 categories, or better yet, create 2 custom categories with the in-game question creator! Got an up-coming event, such as a party, baby shower, or birthday? Write some personalized questions, and add that extra touch to the event. The fun doesn't stop at quizzes though! Play all sorts of multiplayer mini-games, and be as nice or as mean as you like. Remember, it's your Game Show! You're the Host!

Advance Wars: Dual Strike (Nintendo, DS VC) - €9.99/£8.99
Confront the deadly Black Hole Army's invading forces, in tactical battles that play out across both of the DS' screens. New Commanding Officers join familiar faces - with a total of nine new characters, now you possess even more options in battle. Taking full advantage of the DS' capabilities, there are two kinds of battle, Normal and DS. In Normal mode the battle map appears on the touch screen while you use the top screen to keep tabs on key information about your units and your enemies! DS Battle mode lets you take a more all-encompassing view, using both screens to display the action as you and Black Hole clash in mortal combat.

Special offers
Resident Evil Revelations (Capcom) - €9.99/£7.99 (Ends March 17, normally €49.99/£39.99)
BLOK DROP U (RCMADIAX) - €0.35/£0.30 (Ends March 31, normally €1.49/£1.29)
TABLETOP GALLERY (RCMADIAX) - €0.70/£0.65 (Ends March 31, normally €2.99/£2.69)


Nintendo eShop (3DS)

Lego Marvel Avengers: Season Pass (WB Games, Add-on content) - €9.99/£7.99
Lego Marvel Avengers: Avengers Adventurer (WB Games, Add-on content) - €0.99/£0.79
Lego Marvel Avengers: The Thunderbolts (WB Games, Add-on content) - €1.99/£1.69
Avengers Assemble! The best-selling LEGO Marvel videogame franchise returns with a new action-packed, Super Hero adventure. Join the LEGO Marvel’s Avengers team and experience the first console videogame featuring characters and storylines from the critically-acclaimed film Marvel’s The Avengers, the blockbuster sequel Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, and more. Play as the most powerful Super Heroes in their quest to save the world.

Musicverse: Electronic Keyboard (Abylight) - €7.99/£7.19
Share your musical genius using Musicverse: Electronic Keyboard! Record the melody stuck in your head wherever you are and show it to the world, no limits with Miiverse, Facebook and Twitter! Listen and play the creations of Miko in Japan, John in Canada and Magnus in Europe... Everyone just a note away! Both if you are an expert or playing for the first time, Musicverse guides you easily through all the possibilities just at your fingertips in your Nintendo 3DS.

Parascientific Escape Cruise in the Distant Seas (Circle Ent.) - €4.99/£3.99
Hitomi Akeneno is a 16 year old high school student with a little secret - she has not one, but two psychic powers! After receiving an invitation, she boards a luxury cruise ship with her friend, Chisono Shio. As soon as she enters a suite room, a loud explosion sounds…and she finds herself stuck, unable to get out. Is this an accident? Or something far more sinister…? The only way to find out is to escape with the help of her powers.

Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight: Treasures Untold (NIS America, Add-on content available March 4) - €1.99/£1.79
Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight: The Original Sin (NIS America, Add-on content available March 4) - €2.99/£2.69 (Free until March 11)
Experience a brand new story with a fixed party, voiced dialogue, and animated cutscenes in the new and incredible world of Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight. Or, revisit the original Etrian Odyssey 2 with updated graphics and a full roster of classes. Whichever path you choose, there will be exciting dungeons and frightening enemies!

Special offers
Resident Evil Revelations (Capcom) - €8.99/£7.49 (Ends March 17, normally €29.99/£24.99)
Resident Evil The Mercenaries 3D (Capcom) - €3.49/ £3.10 (Ends March 17, normally €9.99/£8.99)
4 Elements (MSL) - €2.99/£2.69 (Ends March 24, normally €11.99/£10.79)
Azada (MSL) - €2.99/£2.69 (Ends March 24, normally €11.99/£10.79)
Hidden Expedition Titanic (MSL) - €3.99/£3.59 (Ends March 24, normally €11.99/£10.79)
Jewel Quest 4 Heritage (MSL) - €3.99/£3.59 (Ends March 24, normally €11.99/£10.79)
Jewel Quest Mysteries 3 - The Seventh Gate (MSL) - €3.99/£3.59 (Ends March 24, normally €11.99/£10.79)
Jewel Quest The Sapphire Dragon (MSL) - €4.99/£4.49 (Ends March 24, normally €11.99/£10.79)
Luxor (MSL) - €3.99/£3.59 (Ends March 24, normally €11.99/£10.79)
Mystery Case Files Dire Grove (MSL) - €3.99/£3.59 (Ends March 24, normally €11.99/£10.79)
Mystery Case Files Ravenhearst (MSL) - €3.99/£3.59 (Ends March 24, normally €11.99/£10.79)
Mystery Case Files Return to Ravenhearst (MSL) - €4.99/£4.49 (Ends March 24, normally €11.99/£10.79)
Secret Mysteries in London (MSL) - €2.99/£2.69 (Ends March 24, normally €11.99/£10.79)
Adventure Bar Story (Circle Ent.) - €3.99/£3.19 (Ends March 17, normally €4.99/£3.99)
Castle Conqueror Defender (Circle Ent.) - €3.49/£2.79 (Ends March 31, normally €4.99/£3.99)
Fairune (Circle Ent.) - €1.99/£1.59 (Ends March 17, normally €2.99/£2.39)
Parking Star 3D (Circle Ent.) - €1.99/£1.69 (Ends March 31, normally €2.99/£2.49)
Quell Reflect (Circle Ent.) - €2.99/£2.39 (Ends March 31, normally €3.99/£3.19)
Cubit The Hardcore Platformer Robot (Coderchild) - €1.99/£1.80 (Emds March 31, normally €2.99/£2.69)
Zombie Incident (Coderchild) - €1.49/£1.35 (Ends March 31, normally €1.99/£1.99)
10-in-1: Arcade Collection (Gamelion) - €0.99/£0.89 (Ends March 31, normally €1.99/£1.79)
Crazy Kangaroo (Gamelion) - €0.99/£0.89 (Ends March 31, normally €1.99/£1.89)
Hazumi (Gamelion) - €1.29/£0.99 (Ends March 31, normally €2.69/£1.99)
League of Heroes (Gamelion) - €1.99/£1.79 (Ends March 31, normally €3.99/£3.59)
Monster Shooter (Gamelion) - €1.99/£1.60 (Ends March 31, normally €4.00/£3.20)
Pick-A-Gem (Gamelion) - €1.49/£1.29 (Ends March 31, normally €2.99/£2.69)
PIX3D (Gamelion) - €1.99/£1.79 (Ends March 31, normally €3.99/£3.59)
Rage of the Gladiator (Gamelion) - €3.49/£3.09 (Ends March 31, normally €6.99/£6.29)
SpeedX 3D (Gamelion) - €1.49/£1.29 (Ends March 31, normally €2.99/£2.69)
SpeedX 3D Hyper Edition (Gamelion) - €0.99/£0.89 (Ends March 31, normally €1.99/£1.79)
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Glass Rebel

Member
Fuck, I forgot that Twilight Princess HD is coming out this week. And I still haven't bought Bravely Second either.

Also, Advance Wars Dual Strike
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That game is legit
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edit: nvm, I was thinking of Black Hole Rising, which is already on the eShop
 
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GulAtiCa

Member
RiggyRob said:
Spring 2016? I'd say people are still holding out for Zelda Wii U, but once that drops and the NX console gets released the audience will drop off a cliff, I'd imagine.
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Yeah, I figured I should still be good for rest of 2016. Maybe bit in 2017, if NX doesn't launch this year. Will also of course depend on when I can get a NX devkit as well.
 
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foltzie1

Member
GulAtiCa said:
Yeah, I figured I should still be good for rest of 2016. Maybe bit in 2017, if NX doesn't launch this year. Will also of course depend on when I can get a NX devkit as well.
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Hopefully porting isn't too difficult since BC options have been less than ideal.

Nintendo has always offered great BC, but at a weird cost, both Wii Mode, DS on 3DS, and the GBA Ambassador games are stuck in a weird limbo since they are walled off and require sacrifices to the core system to actually use.
 
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GulAtiCa

Member
I'm hoping Nintendo Web Framework is NX compatible. I'm sure it will be, else I'll need to learn Unity again. Porting some previous games to it might be neat, depending on the time. Will also depend on what control types there are for it. Both ZaciSa and Drop It are both touch based, so those might be hard to port to controller based only gameplay. But Rocket! could easily be ported (or maybe just moved depending on when it's finished)
 
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KingWool

Banned
foltzie1 said:
Hopefully porting isn't too difficult since BC options have been less than ideal.

Nintendo has always offered great BC, but at a weird cost, both Wii Mode, DS on 3DS, and the GBA Ambassador games are stuck in a weird limbo since they are walled off and require sacrifices to the core system to actually use.
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I believe this was due to Wii and DS being heavily hacked...but still they are horribly walled off. The NX better be B/C with 3DS and Wii U.

March thread?
 
K

KingWool

Banned
UbiSoft Sale:

Wii U

Assassin’s Creed III – $10 (was $19.99)
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag – $10 (was $19.99)
Child of Light – $3.75 (was $14.99)
Cloudberry Kingdom – $2.50 (was $9.99)
ESPN Sports Connection – $12.50 (was $49.99)
Just Dance 2015 – $15 (was $29.99)
Just Dance: Disney Party 2 – $27.99 (was $39.99)
Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth – $7.50 (was $29.99)
Rabbids Land – $12.50 (was $49.99)
Rayman Legends – $10 (was $39.99)
Splinter Cell: Blacklist – $10 (was $19.99)
Watch Dogs – $15 (was $29.99)
Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2013 – $12.50 (was $49.99)
ZombiU – $14.99 (was $29.99)

3DS

Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars – $7.50 (was $29.99)
Gravity Falls – Legend of the Gnome Gemulets – $20.99 (was $29.99)
Petz Beach – $9.99 (was $19.99)
Petz Countryside – $9.99 (was $19.99)
Petz Fantasy 3D – $7.50 (was $29.99)
Poptropica Forgotten Islands – $9.99 (was $19.99)
Rabbids Travel in Time 3D – $7.50 (was $29.99)
Rayman 3D – $7.50 (was $29.99)
Rayman Origins – $7.50 (was $29.99)
Splinter Cell 3D – $7.50 (was $29.99)
Tetris Ultimate – $9.99 (was $19.99)
The Smurfs – $20.99 (was $29.99)

All of these deals are valid through March 13.

Someone might want to make a thread. I'm in for Just Dance 2015. Awesome game to play with the GF for a good work out :D
 
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