Wii Virtual Console Releases Thread

[Veggita2099]

I didn't remember the 2nd one being so hard... till last night. I broke down and bought Golden Axe 3 and in doing so I had an extra 500 points left over. So I used the remaining 500 points to buy Castlevania 2. After getting wooped in Golden Axe 3 (the giant blanca looking dude sucks!!) we played a little bit of CAstlevania 2. Used a password to give all items and decided to beat the game real quick. Finnally muddled through it but yea there was a lot of things in that game that would be hard to figure out. I know back in the day we had no problem with it, but then again I am sure somebody had a guide that I looked off of, etc.

WE did beat the game though finnally. Final boss is pretty easy just attack and throw holy water while standing in the left corner.

[Dew]

11/05/07 US Releases

Super Mario Bros. 3 - NES - 500 Points
Alien Soldier - Sega Genesis - 900 Points
Power Golf - TurboGrafx-16 - 600 Points

I'm gonna get SMB3 once I get out of classes today. That is a must have!

[Vlad Tepes]

Yep. The lack of clear direction was the reason I disliked Simon's Quest. Without a guide, you could easily walk around forever and never figure out what you're supposed to do. I didn't mind the day/night cycle, and I thought the controls were good. Not knowing where to go was pretty frustrating.

I'm pretty excited about SMB3. I'll be downloading that tonight after dinner.

[Dew]

They released SMB3 a week before Mario Galaxy, so what will they do next week when Mario Galaxy actually comes out?

I think the only ones they haven't done that would be likely are Mario Kart, Mario Paint, and Mario RPG.

[DaMadFiddler]

Mario RPG.

That would be awesome. It was one of the relatively few RPGs I actually enjoyed, and I never did get a chance to finish it.

[|darc|]

Mario RPG.

That would be awesome. It was one of the relatively few RPGs I actually enjoyed, and I never did get a chance to finish it.

Never finished it? Damn. It was an amazing game.

[DaMadFiddler]

Mario RPG.

That would be awesome. It was one of the relatively few RPGs I actually enjoyed, and I never did get a chance to finish it.

Never finished it? Damn. It was an amazing game.

I have a very low tolerance for RPGs. The genre in general doesn't really excite me; when I was growing up in the 80s and 90s, playing a console RPG seemed akin to playing with Windows for hours on end. Slowly move things around, and click through a hundred text menus

Oddly enough, though, I loved adventure games. I think it has to do with the writing...jRPGs seemed to have the same sort of cliche stories that other video games contain, but adventure games were more like interactive books: entertaining and cleverly written, even if the gameplay itself is nothing to write home about.

I've since become a little more interested in them, but it really takes something special to draw me in. I enjoyed ChronoTrigger. I had fun with the various Mario RPGs (Mario & Luigi, Paper Mario, etc.) because of their goofiness and the more visceral feeling of the integrated platforming and reflex-enhanced battle system. I also enjoyed Grandia 2, due to the uniqueness and strategy built into its hybrid time/position/turn based combat...though a large part of the reason I finished that game is because I was very seriously ill at the time and spent a couple weeks in bed with little to do.

But yeah. I'm looking forward to giving that game another shot.

[melancholy]

I want SMRPG on the VC for one reason: proper sound emulation. No emulator in existance can emulate the sound effects in SMRPG properly. I still break out the original cartridge just to play the game, but using a SNES on an HDTV is not as great of an experience as an emulated version on my Xbox output at 720P. If they would release the game on Wii, I would have the best of both worlds and be infinitely happy.

[Veggita2099]

Early RPG's from the 80's and early 90's for the most part were usually pretty bad IMO. Was a couple of good ones, but the bad ones could easily turn a person away from the whole genre easily. Dragon Warrior for the NES turned me against for a long time. That was a god awful game. IT was so bad I remember them actually giving it away with 3 proofs of purchase from certain cereal boxes.

[Juan]

Alien Soldier is an awesome game, don't overlook it.

[|darc|]

Early RPG's from the 80's and early 90's for the most part were usually pretty bad IMO. Was a couple of good ones, but the bad ones could easily turn a person away from the whole genre easily. Dragon Warrior for the NES turned me against for a long time. That was a god awful game. IT was so bad I remember them actually giving it away with 3 proofs of purchase from certain cereal boxes.

Pffft, I loved Dragon Warrior as a kid. Played it all the time, even if I didn't understand the concept of having to level up and I would never leave the city much because I didn't want to be attacked by the hard enemies up North.

You know what was a god awful game? Final Fantasy. No, I can't actually say that with any authority, but the UI was so slow to me that I always just turn it off.

[Dew]

Early RPG's from the 80's and early 90's for the most part were usually pretty bad IMO. Was a couple of good ones, but the bad ones could easily turn a person away from the whole genre easily. Dragon Warrior for the NES turned me against for a long time. That was a god awful game. IT was so bad I remember them actually giving it away with 3 proofs of purchase from certain cereal boxes.

Pffft, I loved Dragon Warrior as a kid. Played it all the time, even if I didn't understand the concept of having to level up and I would never leave the city much because I didn't want to be attacked by the hard enemies up North.

You know what was a god awful game? Final Fantasy. No, I can't actually say that with any authority, but the UI was so slow to me that I always just turn it off.

FF was good but I do agree, it moved very slowly. I found though that many of the problematic and tedious rpgs are much more enjoyable with a fast forward option. I do miss not having it on the VC, it has spoiled me rotten.

[Veggita2099]

Yea the original Final Fantasy ranked right in there with Dragon Warrior IMO. I have to say after playing it some more Castlevania 2 is one of those games that didn't hold up well over time. I remembered it being a bad ass game back in the day. I have tried to play it and I just can't be bothered. Whats worse is if I had waited 4 days I could have gotten Mario 3 with those extra points.

[DaMadFiddler]

Yea the original Final Fantasy ranked right in there with Dragon Warrior IMO. I have to say after playing it some more Castlevania 2 is one of those games that didn't hold up well over time. I remembered it being a bad ass game back in the day. I have tried to play it and I just can't be bothered. Whats worse is if I had waited 4 days I could have gotten Mario 3 with those extra points.

It's more or less Zelda 2: Simon Belmont Edition.

I still like it, but it is definitely one of the weaker entries in the series.

[Mattiethomas]

US releases for 12/10/07:

Pokemon Snap ............... N64
Ghosts'n Goblins .............. NES
BASEBALL STARS 2 ............. NEOGEO


Eh, finally another decent N64 game released. I liked Pokemon Snap a lot as a kid, a fun but short game; trying to beat the scores in the players guide is where I found a lot of challenge mixed with fun.

I just want Super Mario RPG sometime soon..

[Veggita2099]

Top Hunter (I think) Neo Geo 900 points

Friend of mine bought this game last night. It is kind of like a Contra game only it is more kung foo then shooting. You can use moves similar to moves from Street Fighter II such as chun li's rapid kick, ken's fireball, etc. I don't know that I would recommend it for 900 points as it is a pretty short game, but we enjoyed playing it for most of the night. We never could beat Captain Klap though. The entire game could probably be beaten in about a hour and a half if you are good enough, maybe less.

[melancholy]

Alright, Donkey Kong Country 3 has been released on the VC. Though technically the worst one of the series, for some reason, it is always my favorite one to play.

[Veggita2099]

StarTropics 500 Points

King of Fights 94 900 Points.

Startropics was a pretty good game for the time. a lot like a Zelda game only a lot harder IMO.

[|darc|]

January 14
Pac-Attack - SNES
Riot Zone - TurboGrafx

January 21
Adventures of Lolo 2 - NES
Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers - SNES

January 28
1080° Snowboarding - N64

[melancholy]

This week we only get one? I know it's a good one, but that's still really disappointing. Why did they stop releasing 3 a week? It's not like they are running out of things to port.