It was a reward last May I believe.Will continue to hold out for Super Metroid.
It was a reward last May I believe.
Nice. $7.99 each for the 2 WiiU rewards. Looks like I will finally my next $5
Gave in and and exchanged some coins for Kirby's Pinball Land since it's been a reward so often and I'm in a Kirby mood. Not impressed so far, honestly.
Has the first Metroid game been offered as a reward for the 3DS yet?
At least twice, if I recall. I just know it hasn't been up yet for console.
What a load of dogshit games. Get it together Nintendo.
Nah, man, come on. Take a step back and think about it for a bit. You just called Pilotwings and Metroid 2 dogshit games. The first is in a lot of people's greatest of all time lists and Metroid 2 definitely is in mine, while some of the others are at least interesting. Maybe not for you for whatever reason, but definitely for other people. Maximum Hyperbolia is a contagious disease that doesn't do anyone any good and I don't wish it on anyone.
Maybe they'll have good rewards next month.
Vegas Stakes was made by HAL? Is there like a campaign of any sorts, or do I just play slots until I hit it big?
But it's so embarrassingly poorly written... OK!KYB, you should post your treatise on Metroid 2, perhaps that'll convince some peeps to pick it up!
Metroid 2 plays somewhat differently from the rest of the series. Instead of exploring a huge map, retreading your way after getting new items and power-ups to find previously unavailable passages, this game has a relatively more straight-forward map, which doesn't mean at all that there's no exploration. In order to advance, you must hunt down and kill the different kinds of Metroid in each area before before moving on to the next. A counter at the bottom of the screen lets you know how many Metroid you have left and seeing it slowly go down throughout the game until only 1 remains is very satisfactory. There are more Metroid types than in the other games, from the classic round thing to some really freaky and scary looking creatures. As expected, the atmosphere is superb and the extermination twist on the Metroid formula does wonders for the usual horror theme the series has going on. Things can get quite scary and tense, maybe more so than in the rest of the series. Sometimes just finding the discarded husk of a Metroid cadaver is enough to raise the tension in preparation for the incoming boss fight.
Most of the usual power-ups from the Metroid series can be found here, some of them for the first time: high jump, different suits, space jump, screw attack, missile expansions, bombs, jump ball, and so on, with the addition of the awesome sticky ball or whatever it is actually called (me and my friends called it the fried egg when we were kids). This one lets you stick to the walls and even the ceiling when in ball form, leading to some "interesting" exploration sessions.
To top things off, the graphics are great, particularly the Samus and different Metroid sprites. The music, by Ryoji Yoshitomi, who later worked on the Wario series, is just plain awesome if a bit scarce. If the song from the beginning doesn't get you itching to kick some Metroid ass, I'd check for a pulse, and the title screen music is downright beautiful. The whole final part of the game is particularly well done, with a great final boss and a nice ending sequence that leads directly to the Super Metroid intro.
Music samples: Title Screen / SR-388
If you like Metroid and haven't checked this game out, you owe it to yourself. All in all, it feels like a much modern game than Metroid that advanced the series towards the fan favorite, wonderful Super Metroid. Metroid 2 Return of Samus is also available on Virtual Console.
Whoa, crazy timing!GAF, how's Metroid II?
So I just cashed in for the 3 Poster set. my first physical reward.
was this a good idea or should i have hold off on something else?
After watching the Giant Bomb Quick Look, I can't not get Tokyo Crash Mobs.
Maybe they'll have good rewards next month.
Is Pilotwings any good? I never liked simulator games on Snes because the weird pseudo 3D, but im willing to try it out.
It's a really relaxing game. Lovely music to fly around to. There are a variety of challenges you take such as jetpacks, hangliders, planes, skydiving, including an epic final mission which is very different than the rest. I think fondly of this game as I do of F-Zero or SMW. Maybe it's just SNES launch nostalgia but I think Pilotwings is still fun today. Worth getting if you haven't tried before.
It can get pretty challenging since you have to reach a certain rank to be able to pass each test. You can't just flub your way through each challenge. I prefer this one to the 3DS game actually, but it's not as good as the N64 one. There are 8 levels each containing several challenges (ie: 1 jetpack + 1 skydiving + 1 hanglider = 1 level). There are also 2 "special" challenges that have youflying a helicopter doing bombing missions
Err.. why does the screenshot for the digital rewards spell December as "DEZ" ??? Has that been fixed now?
So I just cashed in for the 3 Poster set. my first physical reward.
was this a good idea or should i have hold off on something else?
A shame they don't ship them out once you register both. It's gonna be a pain to wait 4 months for them to be sent out.
Yeah, I figure they would rather know in advance how many CDs they need to print & send out by getting everyone's registrations in instead of constantly having to make some, send them, then make more. They basically learned their lesson from the OoT 3D OST fiasco.I think they want to get as many registrations in as possible before they start the print run. Makes sense I guess. These are looking to be a limited print run. No one should be denied a copy, after registering within the time frame, because Nintendo didn't have enough.