[Wii Shop] Super Star Wars, NyxQuest, Rock N' Roll Climber, Brain Age Express

SteevL

This is the Wii Shop thread. You might remember it as the Virtual Console thread. There was a time when Virtual Console and WiiWare games were meant to be discussed in separate threads, but that time is now over. This thread is for the discussion of games released on Virtual Console, WiiWare, and DSiWare.

Videos included in spoiler tags when available!

Latest NA releases: (new releases every Monday)

Virtual Console:
Super Star Wars (SNES, 800 Wii points)

WiiWare:
NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits (1000 Wii points)
Rock N' Roll Climber (800 Wii points)

DSiWare:
Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters (800 DSi points)

Latest EU releases: (new releases every Monday, to be filled in when I get more info)
Virtual Console:
WiiWare:
DSiWare:


Game Lists:

North American VC Release List
Europe VC Release List
Japanese VC Release List
Australian VC Release List

List of WiiWare games released in North America
List of WiiWare games released in Europe

List of DSiWare games

SteevL

It's slightly more complicated than that. If they run into you, you'll get hurt. It's usually better to run into them from the side and not ram them into a wall too.

Raybies666

SteevL wrote: »

Shadowfire wrote: »

Aoi wrote: »

I'm really really curious. How many blocks does Ys take up on the Wii? And is it everything? Cinematics, voicework and all?

I think the cinematics are there, but I'm not positive... I haven't heard any voice work yet, but I'm only up to the shrine at this point.

It takes up somewhere around 270 blocks.

Since all the CD quality music is still intact, I'd be surprised if the voice acting isn't in there. I didn't wait for the introduction narrator to start his spiel about "Ys....a utopia"but from what I remember, that was actually contained within the original game's CD track. I think you could actually put the game CD into a standard CD player and listen to all the voice acting.

This is awesome.

So is SMRPG. Thanks once again PA - your fanaticism has served me well. Fools. Every day the awesome in my collection grows stronger.

And soon, it will consume you all.

shutz

fodderboy wrote: »

I have very fond memories of Y's Book I & II.
[snip]
If anything it is way better then most of the crap TG CD-ROM games that came out (it pains me to say that).

There's one TG CD game I'd love to get, even though it's been released for the PSP (which I don't have): Castlevania: Rondo of Blood.

I had a chance to play it, and it's one of the few non-metroidvania Castlevanias that I really enjoyed (the two NES games are just way too frustrating... and Simon's Quest is a nonlinear metroidvania precursor)

Voth

SteevL wrote: »

It's slightly more complicated than that. If they run into you, you'll get hurt. It's usually better to run into them from the side and not ram them into a wall too.

Right, if you run headlong into the enemies, they will do more damage. Coming at them from slightly above or below will reduce your damage, also. They don't just stand around and let you walk into them. They'll move quite a bit.

The_Spaniard

I wonder if that alien pinball remake is going to be any good. I like me some good pinball.

Somestickguy

Is this the thread I go to to complain about unnecessary apostrophes?

Cos blargh people

Y's? Really? Are you suggesting that the title means Y its/his/hers?

Shadowfire

Somestickguy wrote: »

Is this the thread I go to to complain about unnecessary apostrophes?

Cos blargh people

Y's? Really? Are you suggesting that the title means Y its/his/hers?

Are you one of those people who joins discussion threads on news posts to correct grammer/spelling, as well? Really?

The game is fun as hell... it's not like gaming isn't full of completely made up words anyway.

Somestickguy

Shadowfire wrote: »

Somestickguy wrote: »

Is this the thread I go to to complain about unnecessary apostrophes?

Cos blargh people

Y's? Really? Are you suggesting that the title means Y its/his/hers?

Are you one of those people who joins discussion threads on news posts to correct grammer/spelling, as well? Really?

The game is fun as hell... it's not like gaming isn't full of completely made up words anyway.

Uh, my point was that's not the title and that people apparently adore sticking an apostrophe in any word that ends with an S.

Sorry, it's a pet peeve.

Godfather

PeregrineFalcon wrote: »

jack eddy wrote: »

Is this where I go to complain that we did not get Mario RPG?

I haven't been keeping up with these threads, but why the flying fuck did they decide to release it in Europe but not America?

Xagarath

Godfather wrote: »

PeregrineFalcon wrote: »

jack eddy wrote: »

Is this where I go to complain that we did not get Mario RPG?

I haven't been keeping up with these threads, but why the flying fuck did they decide to release it in Europe but not America?

Because something like that was long, long overdue.

Godfather

Something else that's long overdue?

Majora's Mask.

Especially considering the fact that Nintendo has nothing lined up for the hardcore crowd.

Xagarath

Godfather wrote: »

Something else that's long overdue?

Majora's Mask.

Especially considering the fact that Nintendo has nothing lined up for the hardcore crowd.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=225555

Godfather

This doesn't solve my Majora problem

SteevL

shutz wrote: »

fodderboy wrote: »

I have very fond memories of Y's Book I & II.
[snip]
If anything it is way better then most of the crap TG CD-ROM games that came out (it pains me to say that).

There's one TG CD game I'd love to get, even though it's been released for the PSP (which I don't have): Castlevania: Rondo of Blood.

I had a chance to play it, and it's one of the few non-metroidvania Castlevanias that I really enjoyed (the two NES games are just way too frustrating... and Simon's Quest is a nonlinear metroidvania precursor)

Yeah, I've been clamoring for Dracula X: Rondo of Blood since the Virtual Console was announced. It might actually come out over here; it's been put out in Japan, I believe.

Shadowfire

SteevL wrote: »

shutz wrote: »

fodderboy wrote: »

I have very fond memories of Y's Book I & II.
[snip]
If anything it is way better then most of the crap TG CD-ROM games that came out (it pains me to say that).

There's one TG CD game I'd love to get, even though it's been released for the PSP (which I don't have): Castlevania: Rondo of Blood.

I had a chance to play it, and it's one of the few non-metroidvania Castlevanias that I really enjoyed (the two NES games are just way too frustrating... and Simon's Quest is a nonlinear metroidvania precursor)

Yeah, I've been clamoring for Dracula X: Rondo of Blood since the Virtual Console was announced. It might actually come out over here; it's been put out in Japan, I believe.

Lords of Thunder and Ys are available, so I don't even really need a Turbo Duo anymore. I still -want- one, mind you, but I don't need it.

Shadowfire

So yea, apparently I don't remember this game that well.

FUCK THE GOD DAMN BAT BOSS IN HIS GOD DAMN FACE.

That is all.

Kris

Maaan, I've had Super Metroid on my Wii since it came out, and I've played maybe an hour of it. I am a bad person.

Peewi

Kris wrote: »

Maaan, I've had Super Metroid on my Wii since it came out, and I've played maybe an hour of it. I am a bad person.

Yes you are. Super Metroid is too good not to play.

I really wish Nintendo would realize how retarded region locking games is. Especially for digital downloads. Apparently they have a rule that WiiWare games has to be not only in English, but also in German and French. Honestly, fuck Germany and France. Those fuckers should just learn to use English like the rest of the world.

Rotam

My major beef with the Shop channel is that it doesn't except a Maestro Card. That kinda annoys me.

Also, in other news, I bought Super Mario RPG last week and I've played it twice.

What the hell is wrong with me?

Arceus

Peewi wrote: »

Kris wrote: »

Maaan, I've had Super Metroid on my Wii since it came out, and I've played maybe an hour of it. I am a bad person.

Yes you are. Super Metroid is too good not to play.

I really wish Nintendo would realize how retarded region locking games is. Especially for digital downloads. Apparently they have a rule that WiiWare games has to be not only in English, but also in German and French. Honestly, fuck Germany and France. Those fuckers should just learn to use English like the rest of the world.

Or we could all just learn Japanese so that nothing would ever have to be localized ever again.

With Pokemon it's especially excuciating since it usually takes up to a fucking year and a half before it finally gets out of Nippon. Utterly ridiculous.

Conan-san

Rotam wrote: »

My major beef with the Shop channel is that it doesn't except a Maestro Card. That kinda annoys me.

This. It's a real pain in the arse that I can only use my (Largely maxed out) credit card as apposed to my Maestro Bank card which I do 99.9% of my other online purchaces with.

Peewi wrote: »

I really wish Nintendo would realize how retarded region locking games is. Especially for digital downloads. Apparently they have a rule that WiiWare games has to be not only in English, but also in German and French. Honestly, fuck Germany and France. Those fuckers should just learn to use English like the rest of the world.

I agree to a point. And it's going to get to a point where someone's going to create a PAL-ENG region and be done with it. I meen there's absolutly no reason why I can't have a UK version of FF4 DS now as apposed to buying a US import (Which, it has to be noted, will probably be cheaper @ £32 than the domestic price), none what so ever.

Godfather wrote: »

Something else that's long overdue?

Majora's Mask.

I would like to think that Nintendo R&D are working on geting the emulation on the 4mb expantion pak working properly before they bring out MM or any other of the 4mb pak's games. The Gamecube Disk version was a joke.

Xenogears of Bore

Gamecube version is fine. I never had any of those bugs, and the game looks amazing in 480p.

SteevL

Somehow, my Virtual Console thread got both the [BRACKETS] treatment and managed to keep "Virtual Console" in its own set of brackets. Odd.

edit: got rid of [BRACKETS] in the title

fodderboy

shutz wrote: »

fodderboy wrote: »

I have very fond memories of Y's Book I & II.
[snip]
If anything it is way better then most of the crap TG CD-ROM games that came out (it pains me to say that).

There's one TG CD game I'd love to get, even though it's been released for the PSP (which I don't have): Castlevania: Rondo of Blood.

I had a chance to play it, and it's one of the few non-metroidvania Castlevanias that I really enjoyed (the two NES games are just way too frustrating... and Simon's Quest is a nonlinear metroidvania precursor)

Castlevania i'd love to have the orginal. It never made it stateside.

Vasteel is one i really wanted, a pseudo sequel to military madness, but it had an action component similar to Archon.

Dungeon Explorer II: I think the orginal was great and had fantastic music, i'd love the super cd version.

Lords of Thunder: I just need to buy it.

But other then those, none of the CD games are: OMG GOT TO HAVE.


It really sucks that nintendo kinda screwed NEC with third parties and NEC picked some of the crappest games to import.....


On the original audio.

The TG CDs I think were Red Book audio compliant so the audio tracks would play in a standard CD player. The Working Design games had a one of there game characters give a warning about doing this as the first track - in case the player tried to playing the data.

Cherrn

I'm a huge Castlevania fan, and I bought the first one... but it hasn't aged as well as, say, Megaman 1. I can do without Simon's Quest, but get CV 3 out here, for God's sake. It's still fantastic.

h8b1llg8ts

Shadowfire wrote: »

Lords of Thunder and Ys are available, so I don't even really need a Turbo Duo anymore. I still -want- one, mind you, but I don't need it.

This is my problem right now. I'm loving the simplicity of the Wii so much vs the pain in the ass set up for each of my NES, SNES, GEN, Turbo, NEO, ect that the thought of a huge Ebay sale is really looking more intriguing everyday. I'll still hold on to the essentials for sentimental sake but did I really need 6 copies of Sonic 1?

Also, on a side note, why doesn't Nintendo have a Wii Console Release Updates? Everything I find is just TBD ...

Blueknight78c

Cherrn wrote: »

I'm a huge Castlevania fan, and I bought the first one... but it hasn't aged as well as, say, Megaman 1. I can do without Simon's Quest, but get CV 3 out here, for God's sake. It's still fantastic.

My thoughts exactly!
Although I know it won't happen, I really wish we'd get the Japanese version. IMO it's a much better (& easier) than the US version. Same goes for CV1.

darren66

Cherrn wrote: »

I'm a huge Castlevania fan, and I bought the first one... but it hasn't aged as well as, say, Megaman 1. I can do without Simon's Quest, but get CV 3 out here, for God's sake. It's still fantastic.

CV1 and CV2 were released on Halloween, If I believe... Therefore I have hopes of CV3 this Halloween.

Crashmo

Screw you guys. Simon's Quest is tops.

Elendil

Xenogears of Bore wrote: »

Gamecube version is fine. I never had any of those bugs, and the game looks amazing in 480p.

I'm sure you had the audio skips and shit; I think that stuff was non-negotiable.

The freezing was spottier, but MM is not a game that responds kindly to that sort of thing, so when it happens, it sucks hard.

It's not the worst thing ever, but it's far from perfect, too.

Elendil

I fucking love CV1. I'm terrible at it, I've never gotten past the second stage of level 4, and it's frustrating, but it's bizarrely compelling nevertheless.

It helps that the soundtrack is amazing.

SteevL

Castlevania 1 is excellent, and I played the hell out of it when I was a kid. I'm not sure how long it took me to beat it, but looking back it felt like months. It literally took me hours to figure out that Dracula's weakness was his head. At one point I thought I just had to sit there and endure his attacks until the time limit because maybe that's when sunlight will fill the room and kill him.

I wish I could go back in time and see the look of disappointment on my face after successfully whipping Dracula's fireballs until the time limit ran out and I died.

SirUltimos

SteevL wrote: »

Castlevania 1 is excellent, and I played the hell out of it when I was a kid. I'm not sure how long it took me to beat it, but looking back it felt like months. It literally took me hours to figure out that Dracula's weakness was his head. At one point I thought I just had to sit there and endure his attacks until the time limit because maybe that's when sunlight will fill the room and kill him.

I wish I could go back in time and see the look of disappointment on my face after successfully whipping Dracula's fireballs until the time limit ran out and I died.

That would actually make for a really cool boss battle in some kind of game.

dragonsama

fodderboy wrote: »

shutz wrote: »

fodderboy wrote: »

I have very fond memories of Y's Book I & II.
[snip]
If anything it is way better then most of the crap TG CD-ROM games that came out (it pains me to say that).

There's one TG CD game I'd love to get, even though it's been released for the PSP (which I don't have): Castlevania: Rondo of Blood.

I had a chance to play it, and it's one of the few non-metroidvania Castlevanias that I really enjoyed (the two NES games are just way too frustrating... and Simon's Quest is a nonlinear metroidvania precursor)

Castlevania i'd love to have the orginal. It never made it stateside.

Vasteel is one i really wanted, a pseudo sequel to military madness, but it had an action component similar to Archon.

Dungeon Explorer II: I think the orginal was great and had fantastic music, i'd love the super cd version.

Lords of Thunder: I just need to buy it.

But other then those, none of the CD games are: OMG GOT TO HAVE.


It really sucks that nintendo kinda screwed NEC with third parties and NEC picked some of the crappest games to import.....


On the original audio.

The TG CDs I think were Red Book audio compliant so the audio tracks would play in a standard CD player. The Working Design games had a one of there game characters give a warning about doing this as the first track - in case the player tried to playing the data.

Well there is Cosmic Fantasy 2 and Valis 2 and 3 that were pretty good on the T-16 CD

Aoi

Ys 3 made it over here on Super CD, too. Vasteel was garbage though, don't bother with it if it ever does come out. On the other hand, the actual cd based sequel to Millitary Madness, Neo Nectarus, I would love to see happen. The cd version of Bonk 3 was nice, but the CD version of Air Zonk was complete garbage. Sim Earth got a decent translation over to SCD as well. OH! And the point and click style Shadowgate sequel wasn't bad either.

fodderboy

fodderboy wrote: »

shutz wrote: »

fodderboy wrote: »

I have very fond memories of Y's Book I & II.
[snip]
If anything it is way better then most of the crap TG CD-ROM games that came out (it pains me to say that).

There's one TG CD game I'd love to get, even though it's been released for the PSP (which I don't have): Castlevania: Rondo of Blood.

*snip*

The TG CDs I think were Red Book audio compliant so the audio tracks would play in a standard CD player. The Working Design games had a one of there game characters give a warning about doing this as the first track - in case the player tried to playing the data.

Well there is Cosmic Fantasy 2 and Valis 2 and 3 that were pretty good on the T-16 CD

CF2 is okay - painful, painful random encounters. Walk 10 secs, fight, walk 10 secs fight, repeat till end. The only thing i thought was great about it, was the ending. It was the first game i beat where the ending was not only a surprise but genuinely sad.

Spoiler:

At the start of the game you are thrown 20 years into the future so the big baddie can let you suffer in his world. Because, killing you would be too easy. And after spending hours if not days of game played of trying to rescue your now 20 year older GF - she dies, right after you defeat the final boss.

Valis 2 and 3....ick. Play Legendary Axe 1 or 2 - way better.

Exile was ok - a step above the genesis version due to the music and cut scenes.

Most of the TG-CD games where just chip games with CD music and the occasional poorly animated movie.

My Personal 'thumbs up' TG game list:

Air Zonk - love this shooter
Dungeon Explorer
R-Type
Cotton - excellent shooter
Ninja Spirit
Bomber man 93 - the kids love it
Blazing Lazers
Star Soldier
Aero Blasters
Parasol Stars - love bubble bobble
Military Madness - computer is predictable, but still fun

CD
Y's I & II - just for nostalgia
Gates of Thunder - not as good as i remember

fodderboy

Aoi wrote: »

Ys 3 made it over here on Super CD, too. Vasteel was garbage though, don't bother with it if it ever does come out. On the other hand, the actual cd based sequel to Millitary Madness, Neo Nectarus, I would love to see happen. The cd version of Bonk 3 was nice, but the CD version of Air Zonk was complete garbage. Sim Earth got a decent translation over to SCD as well. OH! And the point and click style Shadowgate sequel wasn't bad either.

Thanks for the Vasteel info, at the time i thought Working Designs could do no wrong and it sounded awsome.

SteevL

According to the wikipedia page, today's Europe releases are:

Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (NES, 600 points)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UyVWD68L7w

I had not heard of this game, but it looks like it came out on the VC here in the US back in June. Looks kind of neat.

Dig Dug (NES, 600 points)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51ct9oYQfS4

Xenogears of Bore

Hey look, it's the same crappy New to you VC imports we got awhile ago. The first game is actually kinda fun.

But how about some more fun?

Upcoming TurboGrafx-16/Turbografx/PC Engine games in September:

US:
-Cho Aniki (No specific date)
-Final Soldier (No specific date)

EU/AU:
-Chase H.Q. (Sep 5th)
-Ys Book I & II (Sep 5th)

JP:
-The Ninja Warriors
-Nekketsu Kōkō Dodgeball Bu: PC Bangai Hen (The Kunio dodgeball game, which Japan also already has on NES)
-Final Blaster
-Mizubaku Adventure

The rest of the Japanese games in September are:

Famicom:
-Tantei Jinguuji Saburo: Yokohama Minato Renzoku Satsujin Jiken
-Wagyan Land

Super Famicom:
-Seiken Densetsu 2 (Secret of Mana)
-Space Invaders

N64:
-Mario Golf

Mega Drive:
-Sorcerian
-Forgotten Worlds
-Hokuto no Ken

Urape gets Ys next week. Oh and Mario Golf and SECRET OF MANA are coming to Japan. Three player the game is amazing, and I bet many of you have never played it that way. Now you have no excuses besides your friendless existence.

Cherrn

Xenogears of Bore wrote: »

Now you have no excuses besides your friendless existence.

Well, and the likelyhood that none of us will see it for at least six months.