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AngryCaterpillar posted:I don't know why so many of the G&W games have never been re-released. Like Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros. and that game that was just called ZELDA are nowhere to be found. If you're talking about the physical G&W games, then I dunno why unless they know that a lot of Club Nintendo members won't have enough coins to buy those. Although the whole point of Club Nintendo is to get people to buy/register as many Nintendo products as possible to gain coins, so putting up one of the Mario or Zelda G&W systems would want to make hardcore Nintendo fans want to go buy more games or systems to get enough coins for the G&Ws.
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RMZXAnarchy posted:I've got cartridges of both so I don't really feel compelled to be rebuying either (Except for Metroid when it comes out on the Wii U VC.) I've got cartridges of both as well, but I bought them on Wii VC anyways. Because I am dumb as hell. (I am also going to buy Super Metriod for thirty cents I have no shame) And yeah, the G&W Ball repro is nice. It's the closest thing I have to an actual G&W handheld. Considering all the other old hardware and crap I own, I'm surprised I don't have at least one. And yet, I have an R-Zone. 
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Mercury Crusader posted:I've got cartridges of both as well, but I bought them on Wii VC anyways. Because I am dumb as hell. (I am also going to buy Super Metriod for thirty cents I have no shame) The only version of Kirby's Adventure I don't own at the moment is the original NES Cart. But that's because I never owned an NES. So I get where you're coming from. Also regarding the G&W Ball, does anybody know how long that battery is going to last?
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PAL update (week of April 11):quote:WII U RETAIL DOWNLOADS NA update (week of April 4): quote:WII U RETAIL DOWNLOADS (No price for the Dillon sequel on the press release, anyone wanna help me out?) PaletteSwappedNinja fucked around with this message at 14:59 on Apr 11, 2013 |
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Apr 11, 2013 14:50
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:(No price for the Dillon sequel on the press release, anyone wanna help me out?) It's up for $10.99
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The next Fire Emblem DLC, which is also the first of Series 2, is also out. -Death's Embrace (Est, Difficulty *****) - $3.00 -Challenge Pack (Includes Est, Catria and Palla, all maps ***** Difficulty) - $6.50
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Detune have announced that the latest in their series of apps to turn Nintendo handhelds into musical tools, the Korg M01D, will hit the Japanese eShop next month, and the rest of the world this summer. No word on price yet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb4fg2esPvI
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Heads up for PAL 3DS Ambassadors - Nintendo has finally updated the remaining NES Ambassador games, but you can't download the updates the usual way... you have to boot the eShop, go into the settings menu, pick "Titles You've Downloaded", scroll through the list and manually update each title. I don't know why you don't get a prompt upon booting the eShop like you would with other updates, or why they don't show up when you hit "Available Updates" or whatever it's called, but the updates are definitely there.
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Apr 14, 2013 04:31
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Heads up for PAL 3DS Ambassadors - Nintendo has finally updated the remaining NES Ambassador games, but you can't download the updates the usual way... you have to boot the eShop, go into the settings menu, pick "Titles You've Downloaded", scroll through the list and manually update each title. How many were there left for PAL? I know the US just has Balloon Fight left to update.
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Apr 14, 2013 05:23
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Mario & Yoshi, Balloon Fight, Wrecking Crew and... Ice Climber? I've already forgotten.
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What are the updates?
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Waldorf Sixpence posted:What are the updates?
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Sounds like a prelude to releasing them on the eShop and/or updating existing eShop games to allow multiplayer play via Download Play.
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Speaking of updates, did the Swapnote -- excuse me, Letter Box -- one ever showed up in Europe? I think I have occasionally checked the eShop for updates in the past two weeks or so without anything popping up.
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Saoshyant posted:Speaking of updates, did the Swapnote -- excuse me, Letter Box -- one ever showed up in Europe? I think I have occasionally checked the eShop for updates in the past two weeks or so without anything popping up.
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Nah, the update still isn't out in PAL-land, even though they announced it first.
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Seriously? I'm receiving notes using new features which I can't even see properly. What's Shibata doing? He was all "let's make Nintendo Europe work" and now we can't even get basic software updates simultaneously?
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PAL update (week of April 18):quote:WII U eSHOP 3DS dudes, note the new sales - Virtue's Last Reward, plus the three Guild01 games. Wii U dudes, I have no idea what's up with Injustice - it's supposed to be out on the 19th in Europe, and it's getting a day-one digital release in NA, but it's not on the press release. Also, regarding Kirby's Adventure: quote:This is the European version of the game, which was optimised originally by the developer to offer gameplay and music speed similar to the US version. Demos and animations may run at PAL speed. The aspect ratio has been corrected for this release. PaletteSwappedNinja fucked around with this message at 11:13 on Apr 15, 2013 |
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Saoshyant posted:Seriously? I'm receiving notes using new features which I can't even see properly. What's Shibata doing? He was all "let's make Nintendo Europe work" and now we can't even get basic software updates simultaneously?
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Also, regarding Kirby's Adventure: Welp, it was nice while it lasted.
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Saoshyant posted:I'm receiving notes using new features which I can't even see properly. We can still receive US notes, but what's weird is when you open a letter the thumbnail pages can be in different colours, but the game will still only display the actual full sized letter in 1 colour for all pages. Box of Bunnies posted:Welp, it was nice while it lasted. The press release states this game was actually optimised for PAL by the developers. That is unlike 99% of games from that time period, so maybe the difference isn't going to be a problem this time.
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Sorry if this is a stupid question but why don't they use the US version?
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Balcony posted:We can still receive US notes, but what's weird is when you open a letter the thumbnail pages can be in different colours, but the game will still only display the actual full sized letter in 1 colour for all pages. I noticed that, but there's also something new with pics and those pics only show up on the thumbnail. Either way, I guess we are to blame Reggie for jumping the gun on this one? jtm33 posted:Sorry if this is a stupid question but why don't they use the US version? It's a semantics thing. Why use the US version when the EU one is better or the same? I'm glad they are using the American versions when it's justified.
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The Guild01 sale is also going down in the US from the 18th through May. Liberation Maiden and Crimson Shroud are $5 and Aero Porter is $3.
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Balcony posted:The press release states this game was actually optimised for PAL by the developers. That is unlike 99% of games from that time period, so maybe the difference isn't going to be a problem this time. Most of the NES games that were "optimised for PAL" still ran at 50HZ but the music was sped up so that it'd sound identical to the 60HZ version. I don't know if that's the case with Kirby as I haven't played the NES original, but the press release seems to suggest that's the case. The problem with these sorts of games is that you can't simply run them at 60HZ like with regular PAL NES games because it'll cause the music to run extra fast. The version of Ufouria on the NA Wii VC is a good example of what I mean - the NA version is an emulation of the PAL ROM running at 60HZ, but because Sunsoft had originally optimised the music to play at 50HZ it not only plays too quickly but it's also out of pitch due to the way they programmed their bass. Of course, they could just give us the NTSC 60HZ version of the game like they did with F-Zero and Punch-Out!!, but that seems far too sensible.
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Reading up a bit on the PAL conversion of Kirby and found the following:quote:In the PAL version, the music is identical to the NTSC version, with correct pitch and tempo. The main game engine seems to run with the regulat 17% slowdown, but the odd thing is that Kirby still moves with the same speed as he does in the NTSC version (in other words, Kirby is faster relative to everything else). So yeah, while it's better than the standard PAL slowness, they should just be putting the US version up.
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^^Oh, so they retimed Kirby himself but left the rest of the game world running at a reduced speed? Weird.
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They are just saying that PAL gamers are babies. 17% to be exact.
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So my Wii U is finished with repairs and will be back tomorrow. Just in time for me to get Punch-Out before it goes away. Nintendo Delivers. e: Turns out they just gave me a new console with my settings and such ported over. But they listened to an email I sent them and gave me Punch-Out. Thanks Nintendo! RMZXAnarchy fucked around with this message at 21:02 on Apr 16, 2013 |
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Yo Wii U dudes - the first of the two promised system updates will be out next week, and the upcoming Nintendo Direct will outline what it actually does beyond improved load times.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Yo Wii U dudes - the first of the two promised system updates will be out next week, and the upcoming Nintendo Direct will outline what it actually does beyond improved load times. Hopefully this is the VC update. I didn't really use it on the Wii, but the 30 cent deals have got me loving playing old games on the tablet.
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I still bet the VC update is June so they can announce it at E3.
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Quest For Glory II posted:I still bet the VC update is June so they can announce it at E3. It's already been "announced". Everyone knows what it is and how it works, it's not something that warrants E3 drama.
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Everyone knew a year old port of Arkham Asylum was coming to Wii U too but they still spent 20 minutes of their E3 keynote talking about it.
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Quest For Glory II posted:Everyone knew a year old port of Arkham Asylum was coming to Wii U too but they still spent 20 minutes of their E3 keynote talking about it. There's nothing new to announce regarding the VC. NES, SNES and GBA games, button configuration, gamepad play, that's all there is to it. Unless they're announcing unexpected games that have never been on the service before.
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The European Club Nintendo is now letting you register things you've downloaded from the eshop. You just have to fill in a short* survey for 50 stars. This includes free downloads such as Nintendo Video (3DS) and the freemium TANK TANK TANK (wii U). So you can download these with no intention of playing them and get free stars. However, in typical Nintendo fashion some games I have actually paid for can't be registered e.g. Zen Pinball 3D can't be registered, whereas Marvel Pinball 3D and Zen Pinball 2 (Wii U) can. Still, I've just got easily another 500 stars closer to that classic SNES controller. * = tedious
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Balcony posted:The European Club Nintendo is now letting you register things you've downloaded from the eshop. You just have to fill in a short* survey for 50 stars. This includes free downloads such as Nintendo Video (3DS) and the freemium TANK TANK TANK (wii U). So you can download these with no intention of playing them and get free stars. However, in typical Nintendo fashion some games I have actually paid for can't be registered e.g. Zen Pinball 3D can't be registered, whereas Marvel Pinball 3D and Zen Pinball 2 (Wii U) can. Still, I've just got easily another 500 stars closer to that classic SNES controller. Just got a bunch of stars doing this, thanks.
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Earthbound is officially coming to the Virtual Console, according to Nintendo Direct. I thought this day would never come.
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