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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Apr 16, 2007 14:31:13 GMT -5
This is the greatest day of my life. Punch-Out!!...never thought I'd say this...is ON THE VIRTUAL CONSOLE! And who gives a who-who dilly if Tyson isn't in this one? It's still the same game pretty much.
I wish Sega would get the Saturn on the VC. I want to play Virtua Fighter 2 and Virtua Cop and Nights and Clockwork Knight and Bug! and about a million other games I haven't played in a decade on the VC. Is Virtua Fighter 2 on the Genesis as good or nearly as good as it was on the Saturn?
EDIT: On a side note, I'm glad I can finally pause the damn Punch-Out!! game without using an emulator on my computer. Thank God for that Home button...
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Post by superamare on Apr 16, 2007 16:42:48 GMT -5
As long as I get my Soda Popinski fix, no Tyson is fine by me.
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Post by iwaspushed on Apr 16, 2007 23:11:40 GMT -5
If there are ever any shooters on the VC, will we get a gun? Or will any GameCube gun controllers (is it accurate to call them controllers?) work on the Wii/VC?
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Post by Happy Pizza on Apr 16, 2007 23:17:11 GMT -5
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Post by Wantallfigures™ on Apr 16, 2007 23:33:26 GMT -5
I'm thinking of getting Prince Of Persia, I never played any before. Should I get it ?
And what is Paper Mario ? Like the NES Mario ?
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Post by Hervine on Apr 17, 2007 7:42:23 GMT -5
Anyone got pics of the 3rd costume in twilight princess?
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Post by blackcherry on Apr 17, 2007 12:21:33 GMT -5
? that's reasonably old dude. They need to put that bad boy in production
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Post by christian1cage on Apr 17, 2007 16:05:31 GMT -5
My friend just got a Wii and is wondering about the virtual console. He has a wireless router in his house. Does he need to buy anything additional, or does the Wii have wi-fi?
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Apr 17, 2007 16:42:39 GMT -5
Wii has wi-fi built in. If he has the wireless router, he's set.
My birthday is coming up this May 3rd. At the top of my games list? Super Paper Mario! I can't pass this one up after seeing the commercial and reading about it. I loves me a good side-scroller. I have God of War 2 and Hotel Dusk on my games list, too.
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Post by Mole on Apr 17, 2007 17:02:23 GMT -5
Unless you want to beat the game 100% my friends are saying that it's a rental. I'm currently stuck on world 4, but considering I have a total of 6 hours and it's only an 8-world game...
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Post by Joe/Smurf on Apr 17, 2007 17:07:25 GMT -5
...? You think 6 hours on the first three levels of a side-scrolling Mario game is short?
Interesting. I took the same amount of time and thought it was pretty long.
And it's 9 worlds long, I am pretty sure.
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Post by Mole on Apr 17, 2007 17:10:40 GMT -5
Well, considering at least 2 of those 6 hours was just me trying to figure out (unsuccessfully) how to get through 4-1, no I don't think it's too long.
Unless the EGM review is wrong, it goes from 1-1 to 8-1.
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Post by Joe/Smurf on Apr 17, 2007 17:17:36 GMT -5
Hmm... I'm probably wrong then. I thought I counted 8 worlds in Flipside and one in Flopside, but I must have miscounted.
And yeah, 4-1 sucked.
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Post by Mole on Apr 17, 2007 17:34:01 GMT -5
Maybe there is and the EGM guy never counted Flopside.
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Post by iwaspushed on Apr 17, 2007 20:58:10 GMT -5
? I saw a similar thing from another company. It was basically the same thing only it was smaller and all white. It's only a prototype and there still aren't any reports to any game that would support it. I doubt any GC games would support the Wii remote anyway.
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Post by ET had AIDS on Apr 18, 2007 18:09:17 GMT -5
I just bought a Wii.
I've read some reviews and already know I'm going to purchase Paper Mario, Twilight Princess, & Wii Play, but based on longevity, overall fun factor and everything else, what do you guys recommend I should purchase as a 4th game?
(Also, I've read in this thread Paper Mario is somewhat short, but honestly, I don't play games very quickly. So that's 8+ hours is bound to last me awhile.)
I've been looking at Wario Ware. Is it worth a buy? If not that, any other good games that I should check out?
Usually I'd just go to gamestop or IGN for these kind of questions (which I did already actually), but with a new system I'm also turning to some of you guys for these questions.
Thanks!
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Apr 18, 2007 23:43:16 GMT -5
Sonic and the Secret Rings is a lot of fun. I recommend that one. The multiplayer is decent enough for a few play-throughs, and the single player mode feels great with the Wii controls (although it sometimes can be a pain).
WarioWare...lots of fun. As a full game purchase? I wouldn't recommend it at the price it's at. It doesn't take long to unlock everything, and when you do there isn't much bringing you back when you're playing alone. It's definitely worth at least a rental or two, especially if you're planning to have a night with a few friends. Just be forewarned that the multiplayer is turned base, but as a plus to this it can allow over a dozen different players.
Wii Sports is always a ton of fun, but that comes with the console anyhow. The Virtual Console carries a ton of worthwhile games that have kept me on the system at least every other day. As I've said a few times already on this board, later this year is going to be KILLER if Nintendo and the other developers keep things on track. We have Mario Party coming out in a few months, and later this year we'll see a new Nights game (finally!), Super Mario Strikers, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Bros., RE: Umbrella Chronicles, and hopefully a few of those new IPs from Nintendo.
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Post by ET had AIDS on Apr 19, 2007 0:01:36 GMT -5
ZERO, do you know if/when actual online play will be in the works? And will it feature voice?
I'm just curious, I haven't followed anything to do with the Wii. But I've always hoped a Nintendo console would wind up with multiplayer online play with voice. That'd be so awesome.
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Post by DZ: WF Legacy on Apr 19, 2007 2:09:57 GMT -5
Nintendo are actually prohibiting developers from making online functional by simply not telling them how to do it.
The first online game will be Pokemon Battle Revolution, which comes out this summer. It's reported to use friend codes.
There's no set date when the Wii will be going online for sure (third party and all), but it will be by the end of this year. As far as voice chat goes, I wouldn't rule it out since Nintendo enabled it with Metroid Prime: Hunters on the DS. I think it'll be awhile before we see anything like that, but who knows, the new Metroid very well might have it.
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Post by Crimson Arrow on Apr 19, 2007 3:09:35 GMT -5
I just bought a Wii. I've read some reviews and already know I'm going to purchase Paper Mario, Twilight Princess, & Wii Play, but based on longevity, overall fun factor and everything else, what do you guys recommend I should purchase as a 4th game? (Also, I've read in this thread Paper Mario is somewhat short, but honestly, I don't play games very quickly. So that's 8+ hours is bound to last me awhile.) I've been looking at Wario Ware. Is it worth a buy? If not that, any other good games that I should check out? Usually I'd just go to gamestop or IGN for these kind of questions (which I did already actually), but with a new system I'm also turning to some of you guys for these questions. Thanks! Warioware is short and while fun, its only worth it if you play multiplayer. Honestly, I think The Godfather is the best game out for it at the minute. Sonic and the Secret Rings was crap IMO. I was so excited for it and it let me down. The controls were so unresponsive.
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