Just as a warning to y'all - Wonderboy III: Dragon Trap is already on the Wii VC in superior form. It is called Dragon's Curse for Turbografx-16. Exact same game, but of course the Turbografx one looks better and doesn't have any flickering or anything. #wiiware
In retrospect, though, Electroplankton feels like a cheap iPhone app. A really cool cheap iPhone app, but a cheap iPhone app just the same, so Electroplankton just feels right at home lending itself to this business model.
@(Starman) Cookie_Monster: Nintendo had a chance to rock us all with the Virtual Console, and they pissed it away. As far as cult fan favorites go, we got Sin and Punishment and Ys Book 1+2. No Terranigma, no Mother 2. XBL and PSN go all out to make their users squeal with delight by getting HD updates for games and fan favorites from a couple of generations ago. Nintendo just wants to take the path of least resistance: whatever they can make money off of the quickest without having to go out of their way to add a fan-cherished game to their collection. At this rate, I think I might not even care enough to get Cave Story HD when it hits in 2036. #wiiware
@mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta: While the graphics are not in HD, the Wii has the best offering of retro games, period. If I recall the games that were on consoles before the advent of 720p were pretty good. #wiiware
@ProfWho: I think you missed the point. It's got nothing to do with graphics and everything to do with Nintendo's nonexistent willingness to go that extra mile for their user base, as opposed to Microsoft and Sony. This was about Nintendo squandering the opportunity they had to make amends for the treatment of their fans for the previous several years. You see, a large library does not a good library make. Nintendo knows full well what games (unless they really are that braindead) its community would like to see, and if you look at game developer's communities asking them if they plan to add 'X' in their installment, they'll play coy or maybe toss the fans a tidbit. Nintendo just flat out says "NO", "there are no plans", etc.
The Virtual Console was a chance at recapturing the fans that left for greener pastures by flashing bits of nostalgic digital skin. Instead, they didn't even turn the red light on. They missed an easy layup with this one.
@mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta: But besides Earthbound and Super Mario All-Stars I cannot think of too many retro games that are not available.
Also, yes a large library does equal a good library. The Wii has more quality retro games on it than does the PS3 or 360. And on an added note, the PS3 and 360 retro games (either Xbox originals or PS1 ports) have no new features adn are straight ports as well. #wiiware
@mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta: Yeah, because Nintendo has complete reign over what comes out on VC. Oh wait they don't.
They have plenty of awesome games on there. Get over it. They didn't kill your dog by not putting Terranigma on there, which you only know about and enjoy because you've already played it via emulator so I'm trying to figure out why you even care anyway. #wiiware
@Ueziel: Maybe if you took the time to read my profile page, you'd know that Nintendo already killed my dog, Boney! They gave me this needy blob as compensation, and I'm still angry about it. I don't even LIKE jellybeans! #wiiware
@mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta: It should be noted that, unlike Sony and MS, every Virtual Console game on the Wii works without any game-breaking glitches(not supporting N64 Pak data aside).
Meanwhile, I get to play Wild Arms without any summons at all. That's quite a chunk of the battle system's fun. D:
Nintendo goes out of its way to ensure the experience is just the same, which does limit how many games come out so soon.
Oh, can't forget licensing issues with some games. #wiiware
@DrakeDatsun: It came out in Japan like two weeks ago. It can't possibly take that long to translate, it has like five lines of text in the entire game, and the voice acting is already in English. #wiiware
@Showmeyomoves!: Falcon, between this and you not knowing there were two Brians on Kotaku last week, I'd like to let you know you've earned a new follower. I just laughed so hard at this ^^^ !!!
@Showmeyomoves!: ;_; Hey now...It's sort of obvious that English isn't his first language. I'm getting a search engine translation from it. At least he's trying to post in English, dood. Then again, that is some good advice you gave him.
@Prinny1God: Trust me, not even Babelfish comes up with "translations" like that. There is no language I'm familiar with that has that kind of grammatical construction.
I'm fairly convinced he or she is actually a native English speaker trying to be funny... (and being quite succesful at it too, I might add).
@Prinny1God: By the way, if it turns out you were right and Tails is actually just really, really, really, really, really insanely bad at English, I'll apologize to him/her.
@wintersault: Laputa: Castle In The Sky (the first Studio Ghibli film I ever watched 20 years ago now, wow...), closely followed by Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Kiki's Delivery Service. :)
@wintersault: Princess Mononoke by far, but if Nausicaa had followed the story of the manga, it would have been the best one, no doubt. The Nausicaa movie was such an undercutting of the source material. Pretty much every freakishly awesome thing in the manga was left out. The entire Dorok population (save for the two guys piloting the hovercraft dangling the Ohmu near the end, though no one usually questions their presence), the God Warrior thinking it is Nausicaa's son, the forest people, the immortal Heedra, all the blood and gore, the ending that surpasses anything else I have ever seen... just to name a few. Torrent it or something. I own the books myself, but it was a lofty price.
@Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair): I also didn't like Princess Mononoke as much as well, probably as it was so surprisingly and viscerally/bloodily violent for a Studio Ghibli film (see Showmeyomoves! comment above).
@Maxyboy13: For any of you Miyazaki fans out there, last month's Empire magazine (called the September Issue, with Robert Downey Jr as Sherlock Holmes on the front) featured a 10-page article with him talking about his films.
Don't know how easy getting hold of back issues is though.
@hot_heart: I read Miyazaki and Sherlock Holmes in the same sentence and almost thought they were re-releasiing "The Great Dectective: Sherlock Holmes", AKA, Sherlock Hound.
@Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair): It is. Just look at the pose. And in the movie, it's Pazu in back, I forget the girl's name, though. Laputa/Castle in the Sky isn't my favorite Miyazaki film. ...Although, it's not anywhere near being as bad as Ponyo.
@orijimi: Hey Laputa was awesome. It had the Joker in the dub. True story, the subtitled version was so poor (they were Hard of hearing subtitles) that I quickly switched to the dub, and recognised the Big Bad's voice. So I decided to read the credits.
"Right, now to check Online to see who this Mark Hamil guy is..."
@orijimi: And also had Hard Of Hearing Subtitles...
Gah, I was so annoyed to watch it, and find in a totally silent scene subtitles randomly popping up.
And by the time we got to Mononoke, I think Disney or something had taken note of his works, and they went full on with the marketing on it.
Of course, the bastards thought to put the Japanese on the Disc, but no Translation on the disc.
@Cptn.PaxtonAstypalaea(Corsair): Oh, I had fun with hard of hearing subtitles on Sonic Adventure. It's where I learned that "Aaaaaaah!" was Japanese for "My plane!" for instance.
@bobtheduck: I love this comment... I am strongly considering nominating it. I think it works well enough by its own. It must have been a comment like this that got you your star...
"Shooting, Bombimg, [sic] and Popping" sound like a bunch of drug metaphor verbs to me.
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I was ecstatic for 2 seconds, before rereading it. #wiiware
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Excitebike crosses the finish line first this week, too.
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Gimme a break.
In retrospect, though, Electroplankton feels like a cheap iPhone app. A really cool cheap iPhone app, but a cheap iPhone app just the same, so Electroplankton just feels right at home lending itself to this business model.
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At least they're releasing a new WiiWare ExciteBike game...
And jeez, there's not really anything going on in VC anymore... #wiiware
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The Virtual Console was a chance at recapturing the fans that left for greener pastures by flashing bits of nostalgic digital skin. Instead, they didn't even turn the red light on. They missed an easy layup with this one.
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@mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta: There there, minty, there there.
At least we still have emulators to play with! ^_^ #wiiware
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Also, yes a large library does equal a good library. The Wii has more quality retro games on it than does the PS3 or 360. And on an added note, the PS3 and 360 retro games (either Xbox originals or PS1 ports) have no new features adn are straight ports as well. #wiiware
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They have plenty of awesome games on there. Get over it. They didn't kill your dog by not putting Terranigma on there, which you only know about and enjoy because you've already played it via emulator so I'm trying to figure out why you even care anyway. #wiiware
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Meanwhile, I get to play Wild Arms without any summons at all. That's quite a chunk of the battle system's fun. D:
Nintendo goes out of its way to ensure the experience is just the same, which does limit how many games come out so soon.
Oh, can't forget licensing issues with some games. #wiiware
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Case in point: Every comment you ever made.
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I'm fairly convinced he or she is actually a native English speaker trying to be funny... (and being quite succesful at it too, I might add).
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How is babby formed?
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@Tails: Ow. My head. It's like the linguistic equivalent of the devils tuning fork.
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how about you? =)
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Even the Lupin the Third film I think he directed.
Even the Sherlock Holmes TV Series he did, where everyone was dogs.
Spirited Away, Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Nausica, slice of life or epic.
I think my least favourite of his works I have seen is Princess Mononoke, surprisingly.
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@wintersault: Not a very hard question to answer, since there is only one Miyazaki movie where people get decapitated by flying arrows.
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That film is simply incredible.
Also, I can't wait to try Ghibli's DS Game, The Another World.
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Don't know how easy getting hold of back issues is though.
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TOTORO <3 i am just a sucker for fellgood movies
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Seriously, the whole movie is really awesome. Has a very old school Adventure Movie feel to it.
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I want to know what gender butt my eye is being drawn to...
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Also, who set us up the bum?
Hmm, that did not sound as bad in my head...
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"Right, now to check Online to see who this Mark Hamil guy is..."
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Gah, I was so annoyed to watch it, and find in a totally silent scene subtitles randomly popping up.
And by the time we got to Mononoke, I think Disney or something had taken note of his works, and they went full on with the marketing on it.
Of course, the bastards thought to put the Japanese on the Disc, but no Translation on the disc.
I Detest You Hard Of Hearing Subtitles!
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I knew videogames were going to destroy the youth--I just didn't know videogame blogs were going to play such a huge part in destroying the minds of innocents.
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