@Guru_Larry Holy hey. This and "we have higher priorities than sending out lost items" from @Right_Said_Brett story sound worse than EA's "Deal with it!".
Makes me glad I haven't given them any of my money, as much as I would've liked to have physicals of Omega 6, Tetris Effect: Connected and Tetris Forever.
I don't know. That sounds a bit more like Tomodachi Life than Animal Crossing to me, at least from that snippet. Granted the only things at stake there are the Miis emotions, though.
Is this the one I said in Nintendo Life that made me think Samus and Snake had a girl and decided to follow her father's line of work? I completely forgot about it.
Surprisingly there was a CeX in my city, a city in the middle of nowhere in notheastern Mexico, one of the least likely places to have a CeX.
Sadly, it closed during the pandemic. It had a decent selection compared to what you can find locally.
Unfortunately, it was so far away I had to go with about 1-2 hours of extra time just to get there and be back not too late. I used to work from 4-7pm on Fridays, which was the day I went there.
I'll forever regret not getting Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes at 600 MXN (about $30 back in 2018) and Mario & Sonic Rio 2016 Wii U for the same price when I could.
@Spider-Kev The fact that said magazine refers to the game as Paneru Gopon (not sure where/how they got the Go part) throughout the article makes me believe it was indeed made up.
I cannot see Nintendo thinking back then that changing the overall tone of the game from the Panel de Pon fairies to the somewhat gory fighters of Killer Instinct would have sold the game in the west, I feel it would have made players wish they were playing Killer Instinct instead.
Silver lining would have been that maybe a KI Panel de Pon would have had more chances for re-releases than Tetris Attack.
With that said, if a ROM hack happens, it better have the KI announcer shouting "Ultraaa Combooooooo!" after x6 chains.
For me it's the Gamecube game, such a wonderful game, I miss the early Acres system, made easier not getting lost, something that happened a lot in Wild World and in my little time with City Folk. I will forever miss my GC town known as "house".
@sportymariosonicmixx the accident my Gamecube suffered wasn't even my fault. My sister was playing Mario Kart: Double Dash!! with her ex boyfriend, back then the system was on a shelf placed higher than the TV. He got too excited and pulled the controller so hard its cord pulled the entire Gamecube and it fell to the floor.
He never apologized for what he did. If I remember correctly, this happened circa September 2006. So I was without playing Gamecube for a few months until I got a Wii.
Back then I didn't know what had actually happened until I opened it in 2021 and saw the crack on the board over the P1 Controller port, every other controller port worked fine. Thankfully that part is modular, which means I could simply swap it with a working one from a busted Gamecube I had laying around. If I remember where I put this cracked board, I'll post a photo of it later.
Other than that crack and the lens disajustment, everything else still worked fine before 2021.
@sportymariosonicmixx did you try to get the laser fixed? My Gamecube also stopped working back in 2006. I've always assumed it was an aftermath from an accident caused by my sister's ex boyfriend, which cracked the board for the controller ports, rendering the P1 port unusable.
I ignored the system for many years until 2021 when I finally got the Gamebit screw I needed to open it and have a look myself. I had seen that adjusting a screw on the lens could fix the problem. I tried it myself and sure enough, my GC strated to work as great as it did back in 2001-2005 again.
@Martin_H in that instance, I see no problem in wanting games, which I assume are already expensive, in the best conditions as possible.
I mean, I'm already paying exaggerated prices for Gamecube games and most of the time they cannot be arsed to come with the manual, let alone come in the original box or have the cover art.
@Sketcz Thanks for the video, will watch later for sure.
@EarthboundBenjy the eShop closure was announced on late March 2022 and took place almost exactly a year later.
I remember because the week prior to the announcement I had gotten Metroid: Zero Mission, Drill Dozer and Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures without knowing those would be the first of my last purchases.
Sorry, but my New 3DS XL is still not going anywhere. Not until I get play Kirby: Planet Robobot, WarioWare: Gold, the two Mario & Luigi original games (the remakes are ok to skip) and Metroid Prime: Federation Force (yes, really).
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.
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Re: "We Know Trust Is Something You Earn Over Time" - Limited Run Games Reveals "Renewed Fan-First Focus"
@Guru_Larry Holy hey. This and "we have higher priorities than sending out lost items" from @Right_Said_Brett story sound worse than EA's "Deal with it!".
Makes me glad I haven't given them any of my money, as much as I would've liked to have physicals of Omega 6, Tetris Effect: Connected and Tetris Forever.
Re: "We Know Trust Is Something You Earn Over Time" - Limited Run Games Reveals "Renewed Fan-First Focus"
@Guru_Larry
Wait, what?
Re: Xbox 360, PS3 And Nintendo Wii U Are "Officially Retro", Says GameStop
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
The highlighted parts are what retro means to me, but only when these conditions are true.
1. 15 years have passed since it came out.
2. Doesn't get active first-party support.
3. All (or almost all) online services, if any, are officially defunct.
4. Getting second-hand games gets increasingly hard on a local basis.
Re: "War Is Not A Video Game" - White House Social Media Post Mixing Iran War Footage With Nintendo's 'Wii Sports' Triggers Outcry
Either the social media manager is a Nintendo fan or the White House has run out of PR.
Re: Move Over, Mario Tennis Fever! Mega Man's Japan-Exclusive Tennis-Themed Spin-Off Has Just Got A Fan Translation
Is it better than Mega Man Soccer? Honest question.
Re: Shigeru Miyamoto Predicted Animal Crossing's Appeal Over A Decade Before It Launched
I don't know. That sounds a bit more like Tomodachi Life than Animal Crossing to me, at least from that snippet. Granted the only things at stake there are the Miis emotions, though.
Re: Spy Drops Gaiden Might Just Be The 2D Metal Gear Spiritual Successor You've Been Waiting For
Is this the one I said in Nintendo Life that made me think Samus and Snake had a girl and decided to follow her father's line of work? I completely forgot about it.
Re: They Buried My Beloved CeX
Surprisingly there was a CeX in my city, a city in the middle of nowhere in notheastern Mexico, one of the least likely places to have a CeX.
Sadly, it closed during the pandemic. It had a decent selection compared to what you can find locally.
Unfortunately, it was so far away I had to go with about 1-2 hours of extra time just to get there and be back not too late. I used to work from 4-7pm on Fridays, which was the day I went there.
I'll forever regret not getting Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes at 600 MXN (about $30 back in 2018) and Mario & Sonic Rio 2016 Wii U for the same price when I could.
Re: "I Can Safely Say It's B**locks" - Ex-Rare Devs Debunk Killer Instinct 'Panel De Pon' Rumour
@Spider-Kev The fact that said magazine refers to the game as Paneru Gopon (not sure where/how they got the Go part) throughout the article makes me believe it was indeed made up.
I cannot see Nintendo thinking back then that changing the overall tone of the game from the Panel de Pon fairies to the somewhat gory fighters of Killer Instinct would have sold the game in the west, I feel it would have made players wish they were playing Killer Instinct instead.
Silver lining would have been that maybe a KI Panel de Pon would have had more chances for re-releases than Tetris Attack.
With that said, if a ROM hack happens, it better have the KI announcer shouting "Ultraaa Combooooooo!" after x6 chains.
Re: "I Came Up With An Ingenious Solution" - How Sonic Mania's Unofficial Dreamcast Port Is Handling Those Tricky 3D Stages
@X68000 I'm surprised it's being ported to the Dreamcast first since it was envisioned as a Saturn sequel to the Mega Drive/Genesis games.
Re: Hallelujah! The Dubious Quest To Find Monkey Ball's Lost "Adult" Levels Is Complete
The day that DLC was announced was the day AiAi's banana matured.
Re: Talking Point: What Was Your First Animal Crossing Game?
For me it's the Gamecube game, such a wonderful game, I miss the early Acres system, made easier not getting lost, something that happened a lot in Wild World and in my little time with City Folk. I will forever miss my GC town known as "house".
Eventually I got an N64 cart of Doubutsu no Mori.
Re: "Beyond Incredibly Dumb" - The Internet Doesn't Like People Sealing Up Graded 3DS Consoles
@sportymariosonicmixx the accident my Gamecube suffered wasn't even my fault. My sister was playing Mario Kart: Double Dash!! with her ex boyfriend, back then the system was on a shelf placed higher than the TV. He got too excited and pulled the controller so hard its cord pulled the entire Gamecube and it fell to the floor.
He never apologized for what he did. If I remember correctly, this happened circa September 2006. So I was without playing Gamecube for a few months until I got a Wii.
Back then I didn't know what had actually happened until I opened it in 2021 and saw the crack on the board over the P1 Controller port, every other controller port worked fine. Thankfully that part is modular, which means I could simply swap it with a working one from a busted Gamecube I had laying around.
If I remember where I put this cracked board, I'll post a photo of it later.
Other than that crack and the lens disajustment, everything else still worked fine before 2021.
Re: "Beyond Incredibly Dumb" - The Internet Doesn't Like People Sealing Up Graded 3DS Consoles
@sportymariosonicmixx did you try to get the laser fixed? My Gamecube also stopped working back in 2006. I've always assumed it was an aftermath from an accident caused by my sister's ex boyfriend, which cracked the board for the controller ports, rendering the P1 port unusable.
I ignored the system for many years until 2021 when I finally got the Gamebit screw I needed to open it and have a look myself. I had seen that adjusting a screw on the lens could fix the problem. I tried it myself and sure enough, my GC strated to work as great as it did back in 2001-2005 again.
Re: "Beyond Incredibly Dumb" - The Internet Doesn't Like People Sealing Up Graded 3DS Consoles
@Martin_H in that instance, I see no problem in wanting games, which I assume are already expensive, in the best conditions as possible.
I mean, I'm already paying exaggerated prices for Gamecube games and most of the time they cannot be arsed to come with the manual, let alone come in the original box or have the cover art.
@Sketcz Thanks for the video, will watch later for sure.
Re: Prices Of Second-Hand Nintendo 3DS Consoles Spike Online
@no_donatello Come to think of it, do you know how Another Code: Recollection did that particular puzzle?
Re: Prices Of Second-Hand Nintendo 3DS Consoles Spike Online
@EarthboundBenjy the eShop closure was announced on late March 2022 and took place almost exactly a year later.
I remember because the week prior to the announcement I had gotten Metroid: Zero Mission, Drill Dozer and Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures without knowing those would be the first of my last purchases.
Re: Prices Of Second-Hand Nintendo 3DS Consoles Spike Online
Sorry, but my New 3DS XL is still not going anywhere. Not until I get play Kirby: Planet Robobot, WarioWare: Gold, the two Mario & Luigi original games (the remakes are ok to skip) and Metroid Prime: Federation Force (yes, really).
Re: This Classic Game Boy Tiny Toons Adventure Is Now Available In Colourised 'DX' Form
This game had no right to be as good (albeit short) as it was.
@Najlosiji
That would never happen today unless someone was that addict to either chocolate or cigarettes. For the former, see Hey Arnold!'s Chocolate Boy.
Re: Review: Arcade Archives The Outfoxies (Switch 2) - Namco's Smash Bros. Forerunner Finally Comes Home
Wish this one was #500, as the actual #500 doesn't feel that special when it is already available in other ways.
On the flip side, not being #500 means I can play it sooner rather than later.
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.