Official bitching about Hudson abandoning VC support. [VC/WiiWare = lost cause]
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infiniteloop
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Just went to the shop and got a 'You must do a system update' message. I last browsed yesterday. Did the update, but didn't look any different?
JoshuaJSlone
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I'm pretty sure if they ever were to change that, it would need to be done on a game-by-game basis since they're all self-contained channels.fugimax said:
Well sure, they could show it at any resolution or ratio they want. If it's a widescreen 480p game, that's about as close as they can get to showing what it looks like on TV. They could give a ~640x480 anamorphic video that people would have to stretch themselves, but that's not quite something people are used to doing with video downloaded from the web.TheWolf said:
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3155548
Japan Virtual Console Release Dates Unveiled
New TurboGrafx games, pricier SNES games announced, too.
by John Ricciardi, 11/29/2006
Japan Virtual Console Release Dates Unveiled
New TurboGrafx games, pricier SNES games announced, too.
by John Ricciardi, 11/29/2006
Is there anyway for US players to download these from the Japan servers somehow?
ant1532 said:
See, now that is what a Virtual Console launch line-up should look like, Nintendo 64 title(s) aside. There's a wide range of titles across a wide range of genres from a wide range of publishers, and the result is something that looks more like a library than an overpriced classics compilation.
They will pull that in North America, guaranteed. Do you really think Chrono Trigger is going to be 800 points when it hits? It'll be 1000 points at the very least, and I'd be pretty surprised if it's anything less than 1500. I didn't see anyone flipping cars over due to Genesis titles being 200 points higher than the Japanese price, either...Maxrpg said:
Illuminati
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Arrrrggg, like a punch in the gut.
All they need to do is up Contra, SuperC, and Hard Corps (which I never completed). It will be madness.
All they need to do is up Contra, SuperC, and Hard Corps (which I never completed). It will be madness.
imastalker co.
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Virtual Console line up in the US feels like a kick to the teeth.
DjangoReinhardt
Thinks he should have been the one to kill Batman's parents.
Military Madness, please.
Community Forum
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Does anyone remember Trampoline Terror (Genesis)?
Man, I loved that game. Great music too.
Man, I loved that game. Great music too.
Space Runaway
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SHOTEH FOCK OP said:
Yeah I have it. There was a billion levels and they seemed to have made every type of stage pattern the game was possible of creating. I agree about the music though it took like 10(or whatever number) stages to hear a new song. Lame that they were too cheap to color the cartridge cover sticker.
Segata Sanshiro
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900 point SNES games... 
Pretty sneaky, sis.
Pretty sneaky, sis.
HeadsUpSevenUp
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Kaeru said:
This was quite excellent for a Junior Member. I applaud you!
This one will go far.
AdmiralViscen
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Wait, so the already bloated VC prices are going to be increased for the hot titles? Lovely. Nintendo could have done that if the core pricing structure was $3/5/8, not 5/8/10.
It's 800. I had the sequel, and I love it.
BorkBork said:
It's 800. I had the sequel, and I love it.
Tornado Condor
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i hope F-zero X comes out in the VC soon
i want it so bad
i want it so bad
donkey show
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It needs more Bionic Commando.
JoshuaJSlone
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I admit I have no way of seeing exactly what resolution it is being rendered at. But if it were, I would wonder several things:TheWolf said:
Why does it (and the Wii menu) not appear to be sharper than every other anamorphic widescreen game?
Why did noone catch and report on this advancement, especially considering how much attention Wii's lack of resolution increase has seen?
If the Wii has the same frame buffer size as the GameCube, and on both GameCube and Wii many games use 16-bit color rather than 24-bit color to fit into memory better, how are they now pulling off 33% greater resolution?
I don't mean to single you out, Morts, but the thing has been out 12 days. We only know the lineup until the end of the year. We don't even know what's coming in January. I think it's a bit early to be TOO down on the lineup.Morts said:
Doogington
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JoshuaJSlone said:
It is after seeing Japan's list.
AdmiralViscen
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JoshuaJSlone said:
I disagree.
soul creator
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JoshuaJSlone said:
and a lot of the games people are looking for (with no changes, just the straight emulated versions) have been out for 10-20 years. So uh, yeah. lol
EphemeralDream
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I'm pretty disappointed with NA VC right now and I'm worried if there might be any repercussions from it. Although the word is that VC games are selling good, if it were doing bad I wonder would they put even less effort into it? If it doesn't shape up after all the expected launch stuff shows up (the other channels and Opera) and the console is available worldwide, then I'm going to get really nervous. Right now they have the "just launched" excuse, but as with online, they can't use that forever.
As of now, there doesn't seem to be any really major titles on there that were only available on 1 console. The closest would probably be F-Zero or Gunstar Heroes (which isn't available yet anyway). Launch would've been a great opportunity for something like Super Metroid, SMRPG, a JP Fire Emblem, basically games that never surfaced on other consoles and therefore were in high demand. An opportunity to test the waters. Right now there's nothing like that though and I can't imagine casuals being that impressed with it either.
Despite the current status, if Nintendo can actually keep to a 100-150 VC games released per year and maintain that for 4+ years, it could end up pretty impressive. Surely a number that big will allow Nintendo to extinguish its shovelware releases and get on to the really great games. Sure these consoles had huge libraries when they were around, but when you take out major licensed properties and the many Japanese games that no one wants in America, that library size is greatly reduced. Virtual Console has tremendous potential and Nintendo would only be fighting themselves by not taking advantage of it.
As of now, there doesn't seem to be any really major titles on there that were only available on 1 console. The closest would probably be F-Zero or Gunstar Heroes (which isn't available yet anyway). Launch would've been a great opportunity for something like Super Metroid, SMRPG, a JP Fire Emblem, basically games that never surfaced on other consoles and therefore were in high demand. An opportunity to test the waters. Right now there's nothing like that though and I can't imagine casuals being that impressed with it either.
Despite the current status, if Nintendo can actually keep to a 100-150 VC games released per year and maintain that for 4+ years, it could end up pretty impressive. Surely a number that big will allow Nintendo to extinguish its shovelware releases and get on to the really great games. Sure these consoles had huge libraries when they were around, but when you take out major licensed properties and the many Japanese games that no one wants in America, that library size is greatly reduced. Virtual Console has tremendous potential and Nintendo would only be fighting themselves by not taking advantage of it.
the androgyne
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I know they will end up doing 100+ titles a year, by why do YOU want 100+ titles a year? Are you going to buy them all? I mean, looking at the SNES lineup for Japan, thats awesome yes, but to me that's like 20% of all the best games on the system (and therefore those which i'd actually buy).
Regardless of how you think it's going right now, there is no way that whatever they're doing now, is anything but completely intentional, its not going to flop over and die!
Regardless of how you think it's going right now, there is no way that whatever they're doing now, is anything but completely intentional, its not going to flop over and die!
the androgyne said:
I want 100+ titles more quickly than they're being provided because that means a much higher chance of the many, many, many games I want being in that list.
Let's say I want 30 or so games total.
I will never, ever get the games I want if they're releasing them at this rate.
Another person's going to want 30 different games from the ones I want. The more games there are available, the more diversity and variety there is, the more people get satisfied and spend money.