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Wii Virtual Console

103 replies · 16,775 views · Started 02 November 2006

Nicholas Steel 13 Nov 2006, 12:09

you cant view virtual console games by system type. -.-' kina bad thing not to have especially if you have every game for each system....

Dart Zaidyer 13 Nov 2006, 13:56

Consider the following, however: Most of the classic hardware for these old games is essentially in various states of decay or ruin, especially after 15-20 years.
I don't know about the rest of you guys, but a lack of online play is not enough to scare me off the idea of the Virtual Console. To me, this represents a much needed opportunity to retire some of my favorite cartridges and acquire some games I've never been able to play or own before. The "used" market has commanded far too high a price for classics like Earthbound, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario RPG, and so on and so forth. The Virtual Console levels the playing field, and even gives us a chance to replace that old mushy controller, or dusty NES, or Zapper, or maybe even that battery hog, the Super Scope.

punkonjunk1024 13 Nov 2006, 18:06

Cloral wrote:Those screenshots just prove the point that KDL3 loos better than KSS. KSS's graphics aren't bad, but they look a lot more generic.

KDL3 was pretty gorgeous, but no where near as fun as KSS. Superstar was just awesome, no question about it. They should port it to GBA. 😞

MottZilla 13 Nov 2006, 19:30

Breaker wrote:we're probably better off sticking to ROMS then until they get a clue.

The sad thing is it would have been so easy for Nintendo to create something awesome by truely embracing emulation. The Wii is certainly capable of emulating near all of the classic systems wonderfully. But instead they seem to be half-assing this thing. Considering how homemade/freeware emulators for PC populate the Windows PC platform with great performance and netplay features, it can't be hard for them to pay some talented coders to bring it to the Wii.

AtmaWeapon 13 Nov 2006, 22:24

MottZilla wrote:The sad thing is it would have been so easy for Nintendo to create something awesome by truely embracing emulation. The Wii is certainly capable of emulating near all of the classic systems wonderfully. But instead they seem to be half-assing this thing. Considering how homemade/freeware emulators for PC populate the Windows PC platform with great performance and netplay features, it can't be hard for them to pay some talented coders to bring it to the Wii.
I'm pretty sure that no matter how many people are upset that they can't play games that never had online play online, they will be offset by the people that remember never using 2 player mode anyway because people didn't play video games in the 1980s and 1990s with their friends.

You played them due to lack of friends :/

MottZilla 14 Nov 2006, 05:57

AtmaWeapon wrote:I'm pretty sure that no matter how many people are upset that they can't play games that never had online play online, they will be offset by the people that remember never using 2 player mode anyway because people didn't play video games in the 1980s and 1990s with their friends.

You played them due to lack of friends :/

In the 1980s, 1990s, and even into 2000 I was always console gaming multiplayer with friends. Contra, Contra 3, Mario Kart, Double Dragon, Street Fighter 2, Mortal Kombat, and the list goes on and on and on. Some of us actually did use 2 player mode.

Matteo 14 Nov 2006, 09:12

MottZilla wrote:In the 1980s, 1990s, and even into 2000 I was always console gaming multiplayer with friends. Contra, Contra 3, Mario Kart, Double Dragon, Street Fighter 2, Mortal Kombat, and the list goes on and on and on. Some of us actually did use 2 player mode.

Agreed.

When I was younger, it easier for me to find people to play console games with. There was always someone who was willing to play whatever the game of the day was. Later on in life, It was easy to find gamers living in college in a dorm, as there was always people who wanted to hang out and game. Also after college, living in a house with guys, playing was easy to come by. But now I am married and live with my wife and barely have enough time to see my friends, let alone play video games with them. That is why online gaming is so appealing to me. Its a shame because a big part of Nintendo's nostalgic market is guys like me who grew up with the NES and SNES and who can't often get other people to get together to game with. I am the kind of guy who despite owning almost all the VC games already on the original systems, will still want to download/purchase them for the sake of simplicity.

It is such a disappointment that Nintendo is ignoring the online features. The amount of added hype the VC would get if it included online play? Alot more, thats for sure. Heck, the xbox360 just released an arcade port of Contra thats playable on Xbox live. The game is horrible, and people aren't pleased. If Nintendo would get off their ass and release an online capable port of the NES version, gamers would choose it over a crappy arcade version for XBLA, because all I hear on the xbox360 message boards is how people wished it was the NES version. I have tried it and it is indeed pure crap.

People crave the NES and SNES games. And they also crave being able to play them multiplayer. Alot of these players are older and don't have the kind of lives that make it easy for them to game with friends. They all want online multiplayer to replace this. Give it to us Nintendo!

Nicholas Steel 14 Nov 2006, 10:19

Mottzilla remember that most freeware emulators are GPL'd which means they cant be sold for $$$ in part or whole thus Nintendo cant use them for the wii.

i think thats right -.-

Warlock 14 Nov 2006, 16:03

franpa wrote:Mottzilla remember that most freeware emulators are GPL'd which means they cant be sold for $$$ in part or whole thus Nintendo cant use them for the wii.

i think thats right -.-

Why on earth would Nintendo use a random user-made emulator? They can make their own -_-

And anyways, you're talking about an application that is *technically* dealing with illegal stuff to begin with, so GPL is not really a concern.

MottZilla 14 Nov 2006, 20:51

mattwdr wrote:People crave the NES and SNES games. And they also crave being able to play them multiplayer. Alot of these players are older and don't have the kind of lives that make it easy for them to game with friends. They all want online multiplayer to replace this. Give it to us Nintendo!

Exactly. It's obviously not a big issue when you are younger and constantly in contact with friends. But when you get older, online play is a must-have. And playing games like NES Contra online is just awesome.