Official Virtual Console Sales Thread

madsimon

Sonic
Super Mario 64
Gunstar Heroes
Bonk's Adventure
Super Star Soldier
Mean Bean Machine



Looks like Bean Machine isn't getting much love.

LCDXX

Sonic the Hedgehog
Bonk's Adventure

Variable

sonic
altered beast


will probably get LoZ and mario64... maybe ice hockey.

Gino

I've bought.

Mario 64
Bonk's adventure
Ecco the Dolphine
Gunstar Heroes
Bomberman 93'
Ristar

Vyolynce

madsimon wrote:

Looks like Bean Machine isn't getting much love.

After playing it for the first time last night, I can sort of see why. It's pretty primitive, even for a puzzle game. Plus I'm sure there are better, more recent versions available.

Bob The Monkey

So far I have Sonic and Altered Beast.

Wise from your gwave!

kupo

madsimon wrote:

Looks like Bean Machine isn't getting much love.

I think that's because everyone already has it on XYZ collection. :?

imbalanced

I bought Gunstar Heroes, Sonic, Ecco, Fzero, and Super Star Soldier, Bomberman. Virtual Console, let me count the ways.

Svevin

I think the sales numbers of The Legend of Zelda gives us some insight on how many more adopters of the wii there are that skipped out on the gamecube. Considering that most people with a gamecube got Zelda 1 free with their preorder of windwaker.

Gino

kupo wrote:

madsimon wrote:

Looks like Bean Machine isn't getting much love.

I think that's because everyone already has it on XYZ collection. :?

not to mention like 10 versions of puyo pop. I mean seriously I don't have to have it on every console ever.

TheySlashThem

Thus far:

Wario's Woods
Super Mario 64
F-Zero
Bomberman '93
Bonk's Adventure
Gunstar Heroes

StriderEdge

Gino wrote:

kupo wrote:

madsimon wrote:

Looks like Bean Machine isn't getting much love.

I think that's because everyone already has it on XYZ collection. :?

not to mention like 10 versions of puyo pop. I mean seriously I don't have to have it on every console ever.

While I like Puyo Pop I'd rather get the 8 player DS version that sells for $10. Sadly the only thing missing from that version would be Scratch and Grounder...

Chart

I bought :
Bomberman '93
Gunstar Heroes.

Zorak15

Bonk's Adventure
Super Star Soldier
Gunstar Heroes

Man, $20 really seems to go quick on the VC. But when I imagine walking into a yard sale and finding those three games for $7 each, in mint condition . . .

Pooch

Svevin wrote:

I think the sales numbers of The Legend of Zelda gives us some insight on how many more adopters of the wii there are that skipped out on the gamecube. Considering that most people with a gamecube got Zelda 1 free with their preorder of windwaker.

They got Ocarina of Time (and the Master Quest of it) with their preorder of Wind Waker.

They could get Zelda 1 along with three other Zelda games on the collector's disc by registering stuff or subscribing to Nintendo Power.

Unless it was different in other countries.

mntorankusu

Zorak15 wrote:

Bonk's Adventure
Super Star Soldier
Gunstar Heroes

Man, $20 really seems to go quick on the VC. But when I imagine walking into a yard sale and finding those three games for $7 each, in mint condition . . .

For me, buying games on the VC is like finding them in a working-condition, heat-deformed cartridge with no label.

They have no collector's value whatsoever.

StriderEdge

mntorankusu wrote:

Zorak15 wrote:

Bonk's Adventure
Super Star Soldier
Gunstar Heroes

Man, $20 really seems to go quick on the VC. But when I imagine walking into a yard sale and finding those three games for $7 each, in mint condition . . .

For me, buying games on the VC is like finding them in a working-condition, heat-deformed cartridge with no label.

They have no collector's value whatsoever.

True, but I can play the games on my plasma tv without the weird issues i get when hooking up my nes or snes to it. Thats worth it to me really.

Kor

NES Pinball (yes, I bought it for my mother to have a nostalgia trip)
SNES Fzero
T-16 Bomberman '93
t-16 Super Star Soldier.

jclast

mntorankusu wrote:

Zorak15 wrote:

Bonk's Adventure
Super Star Soldier
Gunstar Heroes

Man, $20 really seems to go quick on the VC. But when I imagine walking into a yard sale and finding those three games for $7 each, in mint condition . . .

For me, buying games on the VC is like finding them in a working-condition, heat-deformed cartridge with no label.

They have no collector's value whatsoever.

It's not necessarily about collecting.

Would I like to have a pristine copy of Gunstar Heroes? You bet your ass I would, but if I can play it and enjoy the hell out of it for $8 I'm certainly going to do that.

I buy games to play them, not to display them.

Harlingtox AD

Pooch wrote:

Svevin wrote:

I think the sales numbers of The Legend of Zelda gives us some insight on how many more adopters of the wii there are that skipped out on the gamecube. Considering that most people with a gamecube got Zelda 1 free with their preorder of windwaker.

They got Ocarina of Time (and the Master Quest of it) with their preorder of Wind Waker.

They could get Zelda 1 along with three other Zelda games on the collector's disc by registering stuff or subscribing to Nintendo Power.

Unless it was different in other countries.

Very briefly included with new cubes as well.

Zorak15

mntorankusu wrote:

Zorak15 wrote:

Bonk's Adventure
Super Star Soldier
Gunstar Heroes

Man, $20 really seems to go quick on the VC. But when I imagine walking into a yard sale and finding those three games for $7 each, in mint condition . . .

For me, buying games on the VC is like finding them in a working-condition, heat-deformed cartridge with no label.

They have no collector's value whatsoever.

Nevertheless, I collect games that I enjoy playing, not games that someone else assigns value to. And while I do miss the tiny TG16 HUcards and the little black system with one controller port, I prefer having an imperishable digital copy to digging out an old system/cables.



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jclast wrote:

I buy games to play them, not to display them.

Well said.

mntorankusu

I was just saying, buying a game on the VC is nothing like finding a copy of the same game in mint condition.

That doesn't mean VC games are worthless, just worthless as collector's items. For games I have no interest in collecting, the VC is fantastic.

Mai-Kero

Super Star Soldier
Mario 64
Gunstar Heroes

Zorak15

mntorankusu wrote:

I was just saying, buying a game on the VC is nothing like finding a copy of the same game in mint condition.

That doesn't mean VC games are worthless, just worthless as collector's items. For games I have no interest in collecting, the VC is fantastic.

I'll concede to that, then. Show me yours. I'll show you mine: http://club.ign.com/b/list/custom?lid=100018&owner=scottj15&mode=vown

slash000

I like VC games because some old carts are hard to come by, some are hard to come by and are expensive, and some of these games I prefer to just have on my Wii, which is hooked up and being used all the time, where I can just turn it on with the press of a button and load up a game right quick without having to rehook/wire things and insert a cartridge etc.

Especially for games like the Gen or TG16, which I didn't have much access to back in the day. I mean, I can't imagine a better way to have access to Ristar and Gunstar Heroes, and they're inexpensive to boot.





It's a matter of a lot of gaming goodness at extreme convenience at a reasonable price.

Svevin

Harlingtox AD wrote:

Pooch wrote:

Svevin wrote:

I think the sales numbers of The Legend of Zelda gives us some insight on how many more adopters of the wii there are that skipped out on the gamecube. Considering that most people with a gamecube got Zelda 1 free with their preorder of windwaker.

They got Ocarina of Time (and the Master Quest of it) with their preorder of Wind Waker.

They could get Zelda 1 along with three other Zelda games on the collector's disc by registering stuff or subscribing to Nintendo Power.

Unless it was different in other countries.

Very briefly included with new cubes as well.

Got it mixed up a little, but you get the idea. Most people who had a gamecube have the game on gamecube. So lots of people buying zelda can be related to a new userbase than the gamecube had. That's all I was saying.

Backlash

Svevin wrote:

Harlingtox AD wrote:

Pooch wrote:

Svevin wrote:

I think the sales numbers of The Legend of Zelda gives us some insight on how many more adopters of the wii there are that skipped out on the gamecube. Considering that most people with a gamecube got Zelda 1 free with their preorder of windwaker.

They got Ocarina of Time (and the Master Quest of it) with their preorder of Wind Waker.

They could get Zelda 1 along with three other Zelda games on the collector's disc by registering stuff or subscribing to Nintendo Power.

Unless it was different in other countries.

Very briefly included with new cubes as well.

Got it mixed up a little, but you get the idea. Most people who had a gamecube have the game on gamecube. So lots of people buying zelda can be related to a new userbase than the gamecube had. That's all I was saying.

It still goes for $35-40 on ebay, so I'm sure there are still a lot of GC owners who don't have the disc.

coryj

Backlash wrote:

Svevin wrote:

Harlingtox AD wrote:

Pooch wrote:

Svevin wrote:

I think the sales numbers of The Legend of Zelda gives us some insight on how many more adopters of the wii there are that skipped out on the gamecube. Considering that most people with a gamecube got Zelda 1 free with their preorder of windwaker.

They got Ocarina of Time (and the Master Quest of it) with their preorder of Wind Waker.

They could get Zelda 1 along with three other Zelda games on the collector's disc by registering stuff or subscribing to Nintendo Power.

Unless it was different in other countries.

Very briefly included with new cubes as well.

Got it mixed up a little, but you get the idea. Most people who had a gamecube have the game on gamecube. So lots of people buying zelda can be related to a new userbase than the gamecube had. That's all I was saying.

It still goes for $35-40 on ebay, so I'm sure there are still a lot of GC owners who don't have the disc.

Sold mine for $78 about 2 months ago in anticipation of VC.

Taya

I bought Pinball for NES. Update me. :^:

slurpeepoop

Backlash wrote:

Svevin wrote:

Harlingtox AD wrote:

Pooch wrote:

Svevin wrote:

I think the sales numbers of The Legend of Zelda gives us some insight on how many more adopters of the wii there are that skipped out on the gamecube. Considering that most people with a gamecube got Zelda 1 free with their preorder of windwaker.

They got Ocarina of Time (and the Master Quest of it) with their preorder of Wind Waker.

They could get Zelda 1 along with three other Zelda games on the collector's disc by registering stuff or subscribing to Nintendo Power.

Unless it was different in other countries.

Very briefly included with new cubes as well.

Got it mixed up a little, but you get the idea. Most people who had a gamecube have the game on gamecube. So lots of people buying zelda can be related to a new userbase than the gamecube had. That's all I was saying.

It still goes for $35-40 on ebay, so I'm sure there are still a lot of GC owners who don't have the disc.

Animal Crossing has it too.

Samphis

slurpeepoop wrote:

Backlash wrote:

Svevin wrote:

Harlingtox AD wrote:

Pooch wrote:

Svevin wrote:

I think the sales numbers of The Legend of Zelda gives us some insight on how many more adopters of the wii there are that skipped out on the gamecube. Considering that most people with a gamecube got Zelda 1 free with their preorder of windwaker.

They got Ocarina of Time (and the Master Quest of it) with their preorder of Wind Waker.

They could get Zelda 1 along with three other Zelda games on the collector's disc by registering stuff or subscribing to Nintendo Power.

Unless it was different in other countries.

Very briefly included with new cubes as well.

Got it mixed up a little, but you get the idea. Most people who had a gamecube have the game on gamecube. So lots of people buying zelda can be related to a new userbase than the gamecube had. That's all I was saying.

It still goes for $35-40 on ebay, so I'm sure there are still a lot of GC owners who don't have the disc.

Animal Crossing has it too.

If you have an Action Replay, then yes, it does.

Evander

normally i'd refuse

but why the hell not?

i got altered beast

Joeslop

I've bought Bomberman '93.

mattclem

Are you intending on keeping EU purchases distinct from other regions (to avoid the inevitable "Where's MY Donkey Kong Country, eh?")?

EU purchases of:

Bomberman '93
Super Star Soldier
Bonk's Adventure
The Legend of Zelda
F-Zero
Mario 64

Qorzm

Zelda, Bomberman, Golden Axe, Gunstar Heroes

algorhythm

Put me down for Ecco.

I got it for my girlfriend and now she tells me she's only mentioned the game because she got so pissed at it as a kid.

mayor cigar face

Super Mario 64 ($10)
Super Star Soldier ($6)
Bomberman 93 ($6)
Gunstar Heroes ($8 )

Gonna wait for the opera browser and some other games before I spend any more points. I'm loving how it saves where I left off for most games, especially helpful with Gunstar Heroes and Super Star Soldier even if I'll be perpetually stuck in level two for SSS...

Gunstar Heroes is amazing.

mntorankusu

I bought Gunstar Heroes.

theclam

Sonic
Mean Bean Machine

RainOPain

Sonic
Ristar
Super Star Soldier
Gunstar Heroes