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Official "Free" NES/GBA games for 3DS thread of Nintendo's guilt
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MasterShotgun
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Mexx said:
The games will start releasing September 1, not August 1.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
The only bad thing about free Zelda 1 NES is that it means the game probably isn't getting the 3D Classics treatment. 
If it means anything, Amazon has two different ASIN's for each of the systems. There's one for the $250 system, and a second one for the $170 system (for both colors of the system).BannedEpisode said:
This is for each system too. They aren't simply dropping the price, they're replacing the product entirely. We'll have to wait till they hit the stores though to see for sure, but if most retailers are taking pre-orders for the cheaper system and not simply doing a price-drop, a new SKU seems more likely, given the evidence anyways.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
Zelda 1 still probably my favorite. I replay it every 2 years or so, still holds up for me though it's much harder, stiffer, open and less forgiving than the post NES-games.Futureman said:
Yeah, there's 8 dungeons. Plus an entire second quest once you beat the game or using a name code, which unlike OOT MQ also remixes the overworld.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
I'm afraid this is probably true. Adding NES to 3DS Virtual Console sort of put the writing on the wall.NEO0MJ said:
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
lunchwithyuzo said:
huh? What do the 2 have anything to do with one another?
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
Originally: 3DS will get NES games via 3D Classics remakes. Games like Kirby's Adventure, Mega Man 2, Castlevania, Metroid, Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros. 3 and others were shown off.LovingSteam said:
Now: 3DS will get NES games in the Virtual Console. Turns out there are only six planned 3D Classics, and they take way more work than expected. Have fun with stuff like Excitebike or Urban Champion.
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
It's not really. Nintendo's indications for 3D Classics a year ago versus a month ago were pretty different.Roto13 said:
Besides, Aonuma's already talking about Zelda Wii U and Majora's Mask 3DS.
And all the NES games being released are getting upgrades before the end of the year. We get them free early but they'll be upgraded in the future with multiplayer and whatever Nintendo adds to them. Saying 3D Classics are dead based is foolish. Who is to say the NES games they are releasing won't get some kind of 3D enhancement?lunchwithyuzo said:
Turnstyle
Member
The announcement of the free games saved my 3DS from going on eBay.
Job done Nintendo.
I've never played GBA Mario Kart. Is it like the Snes version? I absoultely played that to death back in the day.
I can't play MK these days thanks to the hideous rubber band AI, so I'm hoping the GBA version is a little fairer.
Job done Nintendo.
I've never played GBA Mario Kart. Is it like the Snes version? I absoultely played that to death back in the day.
I can't play MK these days thanks to the hideous rubber band AI, so I'm hoping the GBA version is a little fairer.
Electivirus
Member
Thoraxes said:
...The Gamecube used the E-Reader? O_O
Box of Bunnies
Banned
Electivirus said:
Only for Animal Crossing (and, I think, Pokemon Colosseum in Japan).
Yes. There's a station for it in the Post-Office.Electivirus said:
It's not because of the hardware changes: There aren't any. Remember how Nintendo is doing a price protection plan for all retailers? That's probably what it's there for. So they take inventory on how many of the old SKUs are in store stocks, they tell that information to Nintendo, and then the retailer receives a refund for the amount of systems corresponding to the old SKU. Since they do the shipments all the time, chances are that this is the easiest way for stores to use a computerized system to get all the information much quicker than it would be to scan each system by hand.Cactus said:
Also it's a hell of a lot easier saying "Hey we got 30 3DS systems in the back, get our refund. I don't know how many are the old systems."
Electivirus
Member
Thoraxes said:
why do I always miss these things jesus christ
I only found out about it because I got money from being a "soccer league senior" and decided to get one. It's really weird how these things come about.Electivirus said:
Also my teen years... I had an unhealthy obsession with Animal Crossing. I even used to keep a day-by-day journal and wrote my impressions.
Nuclear Muffin
Banned
imthemaid said:
Well, display resolution rather than rendering resolution, but yeah it's perfect. It's also the perfect resolution for SNES, MD/GEN, TG16 and N64 games too!
DarkWish said:
Unexpected! I would've thought that they would avoid releasing these ones since the 3DS won't be able to support the e-reader features or multiplayer until the service (and the actual GBA emulator) gets released!
I guess anything other than Yoshi's Universal Gravitation and Wario Ware Twisted are fair game then (since the games will be running in DS mode, there's no way for the games to use the 3DS' internal gyroscopic motion controls - making them literally unplayable)
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Wrestlemania
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Street Pass enabled eReader card swapping, please.
To Far Away Times
Member
Early adopters had good games to play like SSFIV, DOA, Resident Evil Mercs, and Legend of Zelda. Plus they got free Excitebike, and are getting 10 free NES and 10 free exclusive (temporary?) GBA games. They aren't getting screwed over at all.Bear said:
Nuclear Muffin
Banned
TyRaNtM said:
They could have you scan cards using the 3DS' camera. They already have object recognition libraries in use on the 3DS (as seen in AR games and Kid Icarus Uprising), all they need to do is just chuck those APIs into the GBA emulator. Hell they could even release more cards, like they intended to originally. Would be valuable for Nintendo to have another game that showcases the 3DS' AR capabilities!
Of course, we won't be seeing support for that until the service actually launches (since these releases aren't actually using an emulator yet, but instead are just using the DS BC Mode)
Wrestlemania
Banned
I think having a new card sent to you daily and allowing trades with friends and strangers using streetpass would be far more interesting than actually releasing cards.Nuclear Muffin said:
plagiarize
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I still can't believe that they are giving us THESE titles. They are all ones I would have bought.
It is crazy!
It is crazy!
Allan Holdsworth
Member
Javier said:
Nope.
If they add the the e-reader levels I'm getting it for sure. Doubt it'll happen though.
Princess Skittles
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Fusion is pretty awesome is you like an awkwardly text heavy, linear Metroid.sfried said:
I'm kind of disappointed that Super Mario Advance 4 is one of the games. I doubt we'll have access to the new levels and stuff. I'd rather just have the NES version....
I'm glad to see Kirby and the Amazing Mirror, though. I haven't played much of that game and I already have Kirby's Adventure on my Wii.
I'm glad to see Kirby and the Amazing Mirror, though. I haven't played much of that game and I already have Kirby's Adventure on my Wii.
Fusion was a fun game. It's just not as good as Zero Mission. But seriously. Just give me Pokemon Emerald, Mario Tennis, and Advance Wars =( All will be forgiven!
The GBA one is the closest to the SNES version. I'm sure there's still rubber band AI. I didn't play it much as I didn't have my own copy but it's my racing-game-fan friends' favourite Mario Kart.Turnstyle said: