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Nintendo Downloads - June 2014
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I am Christina Aguilera
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Pac Man Collection GBA and Pac Land NES are on the NA eShop, nice surprise. And they're on sale too! $4.89 for Collection and $3.49 for Pac-Land.
How are they? Thinking of picking them up because of Smash Bros hype
All of the GBA Namco/Pac-Man collections have reasonably good renditions of the Pac-Man games given their available GBA resolution. Feels more like the arcade versions than stuff like the NES, GB, GBC ports did, at least.
That said, Pac-Man Collection and the other Mass Media-developed compilation only give you the options to have the game scroll through a small GBA screen-sized chunk of the original arcade resolution or to show full screen with teeny, tiny little sprites, so be aware of that in advance.
The Digital Eclipse-made one, Namco 50th Anniversary, was probably the best GBA option for Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, etc. It uses an NES Classics-style approach to crunching the original arcade screen resolution onto a GBA screen, and it gives you tons of options for doing so, including scrolling the full resolution like the other version, more or less using the full-sized sprites, but calculating the vertical vs. horizontal physics accordingly so that it matches up with the arcade versions' timing, or, and this was kind of a cool option, rotating the game so that it displays closer to the original resolution vertically, and you use the D-pad so that right becomes up accordingly. You can even switch between the different scaling options with a press of a button in the middle of the game! Unfortunately, you guys aren't getting that one, or not yet, at least.
NES Pac-Land, I agree, is pretty lame versus other available versions. The sprites are much smaller than arcade or TG-16, the backgrounds look blockier, it sounds crappy, and it really just isn't much fun to play. It definitely looks like a circa 1984 Famicom game, and not in a good Balloon Fight way.
abstract alien
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I want the 3ds version for 1001 spikes, but is there a benefit to having the Wii U version instead.
The 3DS version has 3D visuals and more of the playfield visible onscreen. However, some levels of the 3DS version have a bug where the traps are slightly brighter than other blocks, which lowers the difficulty for those levels. Similarly the 3D effect sometimes makes hidden passages very obvious. There's also no multiplayer at all.
The Wii U version has an extra Arcade Mode called The Golden Vase in which there's a time limit and a vase onscreen and picking it up causes it to spew out coins. It feels similar to the old Mario 3 multiplayer stages and seems very multiplayer-oriented, probably why it's missing from 3DS. There is no off-TV play yet. It's going to be patched in, but who knows when. We haven't even gotten the patch to fix the game freeze bug (which is in both 3DS and Wii U versions and occurs when completing 1-6 and possibly other levels with certain unlockable characters.)
Overall both versions are really solid, so you should base your choice on multiplayer, 3D visuals, portability, and controller comfort and how important each of those things is to you.
Based on the pics BooJoh has posted from the 3DS version in terms of the easier difficulty, I'm really glad I opted for the Wii U version. The game would still be obscenely difficult, but part of the fun is figuring out the traps for yourself. FWIW I'm loving the game and having a great time with it.
Conrad Link
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Zero Mission is one of my most fav games ever, sooo soooooo good. <3
Can't believe we haven't had a 2D Metroid since. I remember the age of Fusion then Zero Mission and its like oh gawd they're gonna keep giving us these aren't they???
At least we still had Prime.
But oh nevermind, now we don't even get anything.
I tell you, I don't even hate Other M I just hate it in the sense that its probably the reason they threw a wet blanket over the series for an unknown amount of time.
Can't believe we haven't had a 2D Metroid since.
I remember the age of Fusion then Zero Mission and its like oh gawd they're gonna keep giving us these aren't they???At least we still had Prime.
But oh nevermind, now we don't even get anything.
I tell you, I don't even hate Other M I just hate it in the sense that its probably the reason they threw a wet blanket over the series for an unknown amount of time.
that's relatively fast.
although it's gonna be 2 extra weeks or more for america..
Snkfanatic
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Will buy day 1. Knew it had to be coming but I am glad it is official now.
abstract alien
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Hmmm...I suppose I'll wait for the patch. Thanks for the info.
I'm leaning toward the Wii U version since the 3d is unoptimized.
The Mega Man and Pac-Man games already count for that right? Otherwise we'd be seeing a major eShop update in about half an hour.
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Oh, I hope the normal Cave Story is also part of this sale.
They totally discounted Ikachan because of Splatoon.
Wanna try Cave Story 3D one of these days, but it stays around $30-ish which is rather expensive compared to the downloadable versions that're about $10.
& not sure if it's fitting to ask here, but I might as well ask. I was wanting to show my friend a WiiWare game that I had transferred over from my Wii to Wii U, but it was saying that the game wouldn't work on that system. I did the Transfer Channel to move all my saves & games over. Is it because I'm trying to read them off the SD card and need to actually re-download them all again?
Wanna try Cave Story 3D one of these days, but it stays around $30-ish which is rather expensive compared to the downloadable versions that're about $10.
& not sure if it's fitting to ask here, but I might as well ask. I was wanting to show my friend a WiiWare game that I had transferred over from my Wii to Wii U, but it was saying that the game wouldn't work on that system. I did the Transfer Channel to move all my saves & games over. Is it because I'm trying to read them off the SD card and need to actually re-download them all again?
NamikazeBurst
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$10 for Inazuma Eleven is amazing. I knew I was correct in waiting.
Starwolf_UK
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Given level5ia is the publisher in Europe too (everywhere but the UK because British dub for British people) I wonder why there was no sale here. Maybe they are skipping it because IE Go is about to come out here.
ActStriker
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Inazuma Eleven is so bought now.
listen to this man.
What's the game like? for $10, I guess I might bite.
Waylon Drums
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Good lord Nintendo is bad at having an online storefront.
Team Top Hat
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Yeah...nothing for me this week either. What a waste.
eh... the sad fact is that, quantity wise, there isn't a ton on either store than is "omfgneedneedneed". The Wii U eShop got off to a slowish start and is less than two years old.. and the 3DS eShop got off to a REALLY slow start even though that is three years old. So if they just put the strongly desirable titles on sale, basically those titles would be rotated into a sale every few weeks causing people to hold off on buying any of them until they go on sale.
don't get me wrong.. it sucks..
but until both shops mature it's going to continue to be rough.well that and Nintendo's utter refusal to discount ANY first party titles except for the absolute oldest and already best sellers. Nintendo needs to realize that MS and Sony offering year old titles in a sale for $20 or even $12 is a good thing for their platforms, not a bad thing.
NamikazeBurst
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It is a Soccer RPG. You control a small team of players for random encounters and a full team for real matches. You use the stylus to control and players have special moves.
Wish NoA would give us NPFC though
Want that a whole lot more than Inazuma
Yeah, I'd really like to play that. Inazuma on the other hand was just....not good.
Wish NoA would give us NPFC though
Want that a whole lot more than Inazuma
Thats the only game i want on my 3ds (and smash bros)
Here's the deals for the Nicalis games for 3DS:
- Cave Story (3DSware version) ($5.99, was $9.99)
- VVVVVV ($3.99, was $7.99)
- Ikachan ($2.50, was $4.99)
- NightSky ($4.99, was $9.99)
Strangely, Cave Story 3D isn't on there, though it's not available for download, so guess it was a typo.
As someone who only played the WiiWare version at launch, is there enough stuff to warrant getting the 3DSware version? I wanted to check out 3D, but again, just is too expensive considering the other versions are normally $10.
- Cave Story (3DSware version) ($5.99, was $9.99)
- VVVVVV ($3.99, was $7.99)
- Ikachan ($2.50, was $4.99)
- NightSky ($4.99, was $9.99)
Strangely, Cave Story 3D isn't on there, though it's not available for download, so guess it was a typo.
As someone who only played the WiiWare version at launch, is there enough stuff to warrant getting the 3DSware version? I wanted to check out 3D, but again, just is too expensive considering the other versions are normally $10.
loling at anyone who downloads NES Soccer due to WORLD CUP FEVER
Themed or not, a shit game is a shit game. NES Soccer is a shit game.
Completely forgot that Super Punch-Out is released today. I still have some credit from my MK8 bonus game's NNP points, but I wanted to wait to see what E3 brings.
Well, E3 brought nothing and now I'm trying to decide between Super Punch-Out, Uncharted Waters and Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Well, E3 brought nothing and now I'm trying to decide between Super Punch-Out, Uncharted Waters and Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
