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When Nintendo quietly announced the Virtual Console Arcade, I was excited. Yes, finally, arcade games that never quite made it or the arcade versions of games that were superior to their console versions on my Wii. With the new storage solution, it could only mean good things. But then, I thought about it some more. Nintendo never acts without reason. But why would they do this? I thought for a whole 5 minutes over that question after it popped into my head. The answer perhaps startled me: they may be prepping to release the legendary Vs. arcade games in the future. Why? Well, not all the games were simply two player versions of Nintendo classics. Several had major tweaks that changed the game's difficulty or game play a bit, making those ideal candidates for Virtual Console re-releases. Plus, there's the fact that they still are a bit buzzworthy, thanks in large part to the Omegathon's final game from PAX 08, Vs. Excitebike. So, one might wonder if interest+newness=profit in Nintendo's mind, and that this arcade announcement is just laying the framework for something bigger. I think, at least, that could very well be the case. If that is the case, I know I'd definitely be interested in a few of the Vs. arcade games, including Vs. Excitebike. How about the rest of you?
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I still remember playing Super Mario Bros. Vs., and finding out they took the Minus World trick out. I'd love to get ahold of some of these.
That's something I want.
Yes sir, you are correct. It was released in Japan as a full-fledged title, but only made it to the U.S. via the Vs. arcade and PlayChoice-10 cabinets.
If you mean the NES excitebike but with online then no, nostalgia is all well and good but I would much rather have something new and many games you think off fondly now have probably not aged well, the genesis collection taught me as such.
I'm not interested in playing a 25 year old game just because it now has online play and excitebike was the very first game I EVER played so its got a special place in my heart but still, I would rather have something new.