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DSiWare Game & Watch games go down under photo

I grew up on Nintendo's Game & Watch titles. Living in Japan at the time, it didn't take me long to pull a "I need that" with my parents, especially since all the Japanese kids were carrying these around. I had them, loved them, and sometimes wish I still owned them.

Little 200 DSi Point download versions have been released in Japan this year, but we've been left hanging. We're still kind of hanging, but Australia isn't. Australian COB ratings all but confirm that the Game & Watch titles are coming. For them. According to GamerBytes, nine of the many G&W titles have been released in Japan: Ball, Flagman, Vermin, Judge, Helmet, Chef, Donkey Kong Jr., Mario’s Cement Factory and Manhole. I assume these will be the same to hit Down Under.

None of the dual-screened ones yet, for some strange reason. Give 'em time, I say.

I'm going to remain hopeful for the US release of these titles.


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ScrapmetaL's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2009 17:33
ScrapmetaL
I bought a working dual screen Greenhouse for 2 bucks a few years back, it's a nice object, but it's better to keep the magic memory than to replay these old games now, the gameplay is very clunky. Unless you can get the original hardware cheap, I wouldn't recommend spending money on these.
Leathersoup's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2009 18:28
Leathersoup
This is probably one of the few games that can actually be sold in Australia. Although the guys in the cement factory do get hit by buckets of concrete if they fail.
w4ffles's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2009 18:29
w4ffles
I still have my dual-screen Donkey Kong in my desk drawer. It still works too.
Endstiem's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2009 01:26
Endstiem
[i]This is probably one of the few games that can actually be sold in Australia. [/i[

Your ignorance is blinding me.
Chuzzle's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2009 09:00
Chuzzle
I had that handheld game when I was younger... wow...
Leathersoup's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2009 09:03
Leathersoup
@Endstiem - Hi there. Let me introduce you to sarcasm. Some feel that it's important to place [sarcasm][/sarcasm] quotes around any comment they make in said mode of communication but I hope to assume that most people would be able to figure it out for themselves.

When I made my previous comment, I was hinting towards the current trend of so many games being denied classification and as such not being able to be sold through regular outlets. I'm sorry that you were unable to make that connection and I will do my best to ensure that any time I comment in the future I try to remember that you will be reading the comments and dumb everything down for you.
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