Haven't done a restoration work like this myself, but I guess I'll take it as a compromise. As long as a system works, I don't care what it looks like if it's just for sparkles.
@kitestar For Mega Man specifically, there's still a few games: For "mainline" Mega Man series, the only one pending to make a comeback is the Legends series. Everything else is mostly spin-offs and side "mainline" games such as Rockman & Forte/Mega Man & Bass.
If you want, you may also include The Wily Wars and the GB Mega Man series (known in Japan as Rockman World) as unavailable in modern systems. They're available on Nintendo Switch via NSO and the former is also on the Mega Drive Mini, but they're not available as games you can purchase on any current platform.
If they can go back to mainline Classic Mega Man looking like Mega Man 7; I'll be on board. But Capcom probably would rather do another 8-bit style Mega Man.
With that said, where have Zack and Wiki, Falcon/Fokker and Viewtiful Joe been all these years?
@PKDuckman I wonder if that's the reason there's an empty slot in the Marvel side of the Character Select Screen where Norimaro is in the Japanese version.
I've been playing a lot of Marvel Vs. Capcom Fighting Collection these days and it's one of the things I wondered when I booted up Marvel Vs. Capcom 1 the first time.
Once I played the first FPS segment of Banjo-Tooie, I immediately thought of GoldenEye 007, mostly due to both games being from Rare more than anything else.
About Conker's Pocket Tales, can you toggle between Color and DMG versions? I heard that when you play the game on a DMG Game Boy, the world has a different layout or something to that extend.
@Tropicallo You mean the Virtual Console version? Cannot find any concrete proof, but I found that the European Wii Virtual Console had a serious bug where the game froze after clearing Stage 1.
The publisher of that version, Commodore Gaming, were aware of it but it was never resolved and forced Nintendo to give refunds.
This is a game that occassionally pops up in my area, next time I see a copy I'll get it. I've always been interested in it out of principle of it being Tekken.
Hearing that it shares a lot in common with Tekken Tag Tournament now makes it a future purchase.
@Lanmanna back then I was still very new to gaming, and I believe I hadn't played Diddy Kong Racing when I saw the figures and my experience with Mario was relatively sparse that I didn't connect the dots that it was the same Mario from Super Mario World. But yes, silly 6-7 yo me was a fool that rejected a free toy.
I will forever regret not getting either the Banjo figure from the Diddy Kong Racing line or the Mario one from Mario Kart 64 when my mom openly asked me if I wanted one for no reason.
I miss the Acres system of the original, made it easier to not get lost in the town. I have never been able to memorize any of my Animal Crossing towns, no joke.
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Something similar happened to me once but not to the same extent. In 2017 a video game store in my city was selling a CIB copy of Pokémon Black for just 30 Mexican Pesos (about $2.50 at the time). Even the employees were surprised that the system was throwing that price. The funny thing is at the same time they also had a CIB copy of Pokémon White for 500 Pesos (about $25 at most).
Of course I bought it and still have it to this day.
@smoreon thanks for the summary of Viva Piñata. Despite fact I don't have an Xbox or GamePass, one day I'll play it along with Rare's other MS games, particularly Sea of Thieves.
The DS game often pops up in my area, so I might finally get a copy next time I see one.
@Broosh @BulkSlash
The games I can think of are
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Press the Sacred Crest (top screen symbol) on the Sea Chart (touch screen map) to transfer it) and
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (when Milla faints and you have to close the DS to give her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation)
Another Code: Two Memories / Trace Memory (close the lid just enough to not put the system on sleep mode to reveal a code via the reflection of the screens)
The cases of Zelda and Hotel Dusk are requiered to progress.
On the 3DS and Wii U Virtual Console versions, pressing HOME treats the DS game as if it was put on Sleep Mode.
I remember watching Viva Piñata in TV, it did have a Latin American Spanish dub. However, how much does it connect with the game? As in, the events of the show are in line with those of the game? I haven't had the chance to play it or the DS game.
I feel a Banjo cartoon could've worked if done in a style similar to Sonic Boom: Having Banjo, Kazooie and every other character living their lives while Gruntilda just messes around with everybody but does so in a hilarious way and doesn't feel angry or bad when her plans fail.
I know I would've watched that.
I've never met anyone that had owned one, but from various videos I've seen all of them pronounce it as Ah-mee-gah, which is how I'd pronounce it given Amiga is the feminine of friend in Spanish, as mentioned by others.
I feel bad for Slope's Game Room, some of the Youtube content I actually enjoy. I hope his case gets resolved to his favor.
However,...
Not only was I unaware of what was in this public WhatsApp group,...
You just don't join a community where you have no idea what is going on.
One thing he could've done if the Whatsapp group was in Spanish was to either Google translate a few comments or have someone do it for him to get the gist of what was going on instead of downloading the whole thing without knowing.
Sorry, but my New 3DS XL isn't going anywhere. That little machine made 2017 the best year I have had. Just last February I found a copy of Metroid: Samus Returns and on April a sealed copy of Mario & Sonic Rio 2016 (though it's given me an error and doesn't boot up).
I got a Switch in the last days of 2019 and to this day I still wonder if I should've skipped it (but still get games).
The Switch is the only system I've bought out of peer pressure and not because there were games I truly wanted to play apart from the then-informally announced Metroid Prime 4. It took me until 2022 when I played Metroid Dread and Kirby and the Forgotten Land to start to be glad I got one.
Now, I've enjoyed the Switch as much as I could, but I feel something is missing (due to a lack of better word) from it compared to the 3DS or even the Wii U. I also feel like, for better or worse, I'm reaching a point where I'm starting to grow over gaming. I've come to accept that the Switch 2 might be my final system ever.
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Re: 30 Years On, Namco's Smash Bros Precursor 'The Outfoxies' Is Finally Coming To Consoles
Makes you wonder if any of the staff in The Outfoxies was involved in Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U and/or Ultimate.
Not sure if at launch, but this one is definitely going to my Arcade Archives collection.
Re: "THIS IS THE END" - The Man Behind The Infamous SuperSega Console Finally Admits Defeat
https://youtu.be/IVXJmfd3cmg?si=TaOUlpNf7xLmtDwi
Jokes aside, the real loss is the insane stories this SuperSaga brought with it.
Re: The Company Behind Arcade Archives Is Teasing Something Big For Its 500th Release
Random guesses:
The Simpsons
Tekken
Popeye
VS. Mach Rider
VS. Duck Hunt
Mario Kart Arcade GP
A virtual recreation of Namco's Wani Wani Panic
Re: "Retrobrighting" Might Actually Cause More Harm Than Good To Your Yellowing Consoles
Haven't done a restoration work like this myself, but I guess I'll take it as a compromise. As long as a system works, I don't care what it looks like if it's just for sparkles.
Re: Capcom President Teases "New Releases, Remakes, And Ports" Could Be On The Way For Mega Man & Two Other Classic IPs
@kitestar For Mega Man specifically, there's still a few games: For "mainline" Mega Man series, the only one pending to make a comeback is the Legends series. Everything else is mostly spin-offs and side "mainline" games such as Rockman & Forte/Mega Man & Bass.
If you want, you may also include The Wily Wars and the GB Mega Man series (known in Japan as Rockman World) as unavailable in modern systems.
They're available on Nintendo Switch via NSO and the former is also on the Mega Drive Mini, but they're not available as games you can purchase on any current platform.
Re: Capcom President Teases "New Releases, Remakes, And Ports" Could Be On The Way For Mega Man & Two Other Classic IPs
If they can go back to mainline Classic Mega Man looking like Mega Man 7; I'll be on board. But Capcom probably would rather do another 8-bit style Mega Man.
With that said, where have Zack and Wiki, Falcon/Fokker and Viewtiful Joe been all these years?
Re: Here's Why Marvel Vs. Capcom Swapped Out Iron Man For War Machine
@PKDuckman I wonder if that's the reason there's an empty slot in the Marvel side of the Character Select Screen where Norimaro is in the Japanese version.
Re: Random: Now You Can Smell As "Good" As Snake With These Official Metal Gear Solid Delta Toiletries
I'd like to smell like Naked Snake, but not necessarily being in that state while smelling like him.
Re: This One-Of-A-Kind Sonic Arcade Machine Could Fetch Over $50,000 At Auction
Now, if only SEGA released it on consoles as much as they re-release SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis games.
Re: Former Rare Designer Reveals What Shigeru Miyamoto Thought Of Banjo-Kazooie's N64 Sequel
The Miyamoto doodle could fit in as a character from It's Mr. Pants.
Re: Random: Tommy Tallarico Got Bodied So Badly He's Now Using A Fake Name
Sammy Salazar's mom is not proud of him yet.
Re: Here's Why Marvel Vs. Capcom Swapped Out Iron Man For War Machine
I've been playing a lot of Marvel Vs. Capcom Fighting Collection these days and it's one of the things I wondered when I booted up Marvel Vs. Capcom 1 the first time.
Re: "That Was A Strong Influence" - Rare Legend Explains GoldenEye 007's Impact On Banjo-Tooie
Once I played the first FPS segment of Banjo-Tooie, I immediately thought of GoldenEye 007, mostly due to both games being from Rare more than anything else.
Re: "A Very Emotional Project" - Fang The Sniper Creator Reunites With Sega To Create New Sonic The Hedgehog Merch
Let me have Fang, Trip, Ray and Mighty, please.
Re: Review: Rare Collection 1 (Evercade) - 12 Classics From A Legendary British Studio
About Conker's Pocket Tales, can you toggle between Color and DMG versions? I heard that when you play the game on a DMG Game Boy, the world has a different layout or something to that extend.
Re: Random: These Ghoulish Super Mario Bros. Figures Show A Different Side To The Mushroom Kingdom
Who is the ghost supposed to be?
Re: Random: Consider Yourself Lucky You Didn't Get This Nintendo DS For Christmas
So, it's a FDS or DSF
No, not Famicom Disk System, but rather Frankenstein Dual Screen/DS Frankenstein.
Re: Taito's First-Ever Flight Sim Comes In For Landing On Modern Consoles Later This Week
Don't show this to the AVGN, it'll trigger Top Gun plane landing flashbacks.
Re: "Not Interested In Selling It To Haters" - An Intellivision Amico Just Sold On eBay For Over $2,200
@HoyeBoye Don't forget "Mattel Electronics Presents: BeE sEvEnTeEn BoMbEr".
Anyway, I'm sure Tommy Tallarico's mother is very proud of him for the one sale of a console he kickstarted.
Re: McDonald's Is Teasing Something Street Fighter-Related, But Only In Japan
If it doesn't have a McNuggets-flinging Ryu in the same way as a Hadouken, I'm not interested.
Re: "Nintendo Has Made Serious Objections" - Last Ninja Collection Delayed On Consoles
@Tropicallo You mean the Virtual Console version? Cannot find any concrete proof, but I found that the European Wii Virtual Console had a serious bug where the game froze after clearing Stage 1.
The publisher of that version, Commodore Gaming, were aware of it but it was never resolved and forced Nintendo to give refunds.
Re: SNK Shadow-Drops Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 To Debut Its New 'Premium Selection' Label
Of the three Real Bout games, I think this is the one I've played the least despite having the ACA NEOGEO release. I should really give its due time.
With that said, I hope this one also comes to consoles.
Re: After 35 Years, Sunsoft's PC Engine 'City Hunter' Game Is Being Revived For Modern Platforms
More PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 games on modern systems are never a bad thing.
Re: Fans Are Remaking This Nintendo Wii Sonic Game For The PC, And There's A Demo You Can Try Right Now
They better not mess up the song "The Palace That Was Found"
Re: Italian Museum Uncovers Blueprints To Historic Lost Sega Game From The 1970s
@Guru_Larry first thing that popped in my mind.
Re: Taito's Early Lemmings-Like Construction Game 'Steel Worker' Is Coming To Arcade Archives
If I didn't know any better, I'd say that screenshot is from a ZX Specteum game.
Re: The Making Of: Tekken Advance, Namco's Unexpected GBA Conversion Of The Classic Fighting Game Series
This is a game that occassionally pops up in my area, next time I see a copy I'll get it. I've always been interested in it out of principle of it being Tekken.
Hearing that it shares a lot in common with Tekken Tag Tournament now makes it a future purchase.
Re: "Can You Believe We Got Away With This?" - The Complete History Of Toy Biz's Video Game Superstars Line
@Lanmanna back then I was still very new to gaming, and I believe I hadn't played Diddy Kong Racing when I saw the figures and my experience with Mario was relatively sparse that I didn't connect the dots that it was the same Mario from Super Mario World. But yes, silly 6-7 yo me was a fool that rejected a free toy.
Re: Shinobi: Art Of Vengeance's Joe Musashi Is Voiced By Someone With Real Sega Pedigree
SHIIIINOOOBIIIIIIII!!!
Re: "Can You Believe We Got Away With This?" - The Complete History Of Toy Biz's Video Game Superstars Line
I will forever regret not getting either the Banjo figure from the Diddy Kong Racing line or the Mario one from Mario Kart 64 when my mom openly asked me if I wanted one for no reason.
Re: "My Favourite Was 'Animal Acres'" - Ex-Nintendo Localization Director Recalls The Difficulty Of Naming Animal Crossing
I miss the Acres system of the original, made it easier to not get lost in the town. I have never been able to memorize any of my Animal Crossing towns, no joke.
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Re: Random: "That's Wild" - The Fact That Two French Devs Didn't Play Nintendo As Kids Appears To Have Upset Some People
Americans discover there are other countries outside with different tastes.
Re: "Rarest" Nintendo Famicom Game Found In US Retro Store For $12
Something similar happened to me once but not to the same extent. In 2017 a video game store in my city was selling a CIB copy of Pokémon Black for just 30 Mexican Pesos (about $2.50 at the time). Even the employees were surprised that the system was throwing that price. The funny thing is at the same time they also had a CIB copy of Pokémon White for 500 Pesos (about $25 at most).
Of course I bought it and still have it to this day.
Re: "Breaks My Heart" - Development On Banjo-Kazooie 'Grunty's Revenge Redone' Mod Is Ending
Thank you for your hard work.
If ever get the chance to try the mod, I would. Even going as far as try to have it on an actual N64 cart.
Just played Grunty's Revenge for the first time about 2 years ago and it definitely feels a bit like a hiddem gem.
Re: Commodore's Ill-Fated Amiga CD32 Is Getting Another Chance To Shine Via This "Plug And Play" Mini Console
No paint can add-on?
Re: "The Higher-Ups Did Their Pitch & It All Just Stopped" - Banjo Kazooie Almost Got A TV Show, Here's Why It Didn't
@smoreon thanks for the summary of Viva Piñata. Despite fact I don't have an Xbox or GamePass, one day I'll play it along with Rare's other MS games, particularly Sea of Thieves.
The DS game often pops up in my area, so I might finally get a copy next time I see one.
Re: The Making Of: Chibi-Robo - How Miyamoto Saved A Cult Hit From The Scrapheap
@Broosh is that patch a fan translation of the Japanese release or is it based on the western GC localization?
Re: Review: MagicX Zero 40 - Come For Nintendo DS Emulation, Stay for TATE Coin-Ops
@Broosh @BulkSlash
The games I can think of are
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Press the Sacred Crest (top screen symbol) on the Sea Chart (touch screen map) to transfer it) and
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (when Milla faints and you have to close the DS to give her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation)
Another Code: Two Memories / Trace Memory (close the lid just enough to not put the system on sleep mode to reveal a code via the reflection of the screens)
The cases of Zelda and Hotel Dusk are requiered to progress.
On the 3DS and Wii U Virtual Console versions, pressing HOME treats the DS game as if it was put on Sleep Mode.
Are there any other examples?
Re: "The Higher-Ups Did Their Pitch & It All Just Stopped" - Banjo Kazooie Almost Got A TV Show, Here's Why It Didn't
I remember watching Viva Piñata in TV, it did have a Latin American Spanish dub. However, how much does it connect with the game? As in, the events of the show are in line with those of the game? I haven't had the chance to play it or the DS game.
I feel a Banjo cartoon could've worked if done in a style similar to Sonic Boom: Having Banjo, Kazooie and every other character living their lives while Gruntilda just messes around with everybody but does so in a hilarious way and doesn't feel angry or bad when her plans fail.
I know I would've watched that.
As an aside, 4Kids worked on Chaotic?
Re: "When I Was A Kid There Was Nothing Bigger Than Pac-Man" - Pac-Man Voice Actor Confirms Return To Role After Almost 20 Years Away
In my mind, the fact they got Pac-Man's voice from World 3 for World 2 Re-PAC kinda confirms that World 3 Re-PAC will occur eventually.
Re: Poll: How Do You Pronounce "Amiga"?
I've never met anyone that had owned one, but from various videos I've seen all of them pronounce it as Ah-mee-gah, which is how I'd pronounce it given Amiga is the feminine of friend in Spanish, as mentioned by others.
Re: Rumour: Seller Of Undumped GBA, DS, DSi And 3DS Beta Carts Raided By British Police
@Sketcz
Given how crazy some Sonic fans can be, I wouldn't be surprised if your guess turns out to be true.
Re: BBC Recently Covered The Rise Of Retro Gaming - See If You Can Spot The Problem
I'm more amazed by the fact someone crammed an NES cart on an SNES.
Re: Metal Gear Guidebook Containing Scans Of Hideo Kojima's Brain Has Been Scanned For Your Viewing Pleasure
Scans of scans? Doesn't that deteriorate the quality of what was scanned?
I'm just kidding. It will be an interesting look.
Re: 50 Cent Appears To Confirm He's Balrog In The Upcoming Street Fighter Movie
"My prize money!!!"
Re: A New Dig Dug Game Has Just Been Released, But It's Only Playable For 2 Weeks
I love Dig Dug, it's my favorite of the Namco Legendary line, but who came up with this?
Re: Digital Eclipse Sounds Keen On Doing A Sega Saturn Fighting Game Collection
Can I have Fighters Megamix on a modern system, please?
Throw in Sonic the Fighters and I'll throw money at you (not literally).
Re: "I Am Petrified" - Retro Gaming YouTube Channel Slope's Game Room Is At Risk Of Deletion
I feel bad for Slope's Game Room, some of the Youtube content I actually enjoy. I hope his case gets resolved to his favor.
However,...
You just don't join a community where you have no idea what is going on.
One thing he could've done if the Whatsapp group was in Spanish was to either Google translate a few comments or have someone do it for him to get the gist of what was going on instead of downloading the whole thing without knowing.
Re: Random: This Decade-Old Nintendo Handheld Is Now Worth Almost As Much As A Switch 2
Sorry, but my New 3DS XL isn't going anywhere. That little machine made 2017 the best year I have had. Just last February I found a copy of Metroid: Samus Returns and on April a sealed copy of Mario & Sonic Rio 2016 (though it's given me an error and doesn't boot up).
I got a Switch in the last days of 2019 and to this day I still wonder if I should've skipped it (but still get games).
The Switch is the only system I've bought out of peer pressure and not because there were games I truly wanted to play apart from the then-informally announced Metroid Prime 4. It took me until 2022 when I played Metroid Dread and Kirby and the Forgotten Land to start to be glad I got one.
Now, I've enjoyed the Switch as much as I could, but I feel something is missing (due to a lack of better word) from it compared to the 3DS or even the Wii U. I also feel like, for better or worse, I'm reaching a point where I'm starting to grow over gaming. I've come to accept that the Switch 2 might be my final system ever.
Re: Anniversary: Sega Has Reached Retirement Age
@NinChocolate
SEGA:
https://youtu.be/sMr0Ax_RA4o?feature=shared