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I've been wanting GameBoy downloads on the Virtual Console for quite a while now. Seeing as how I don't own or plan on getting a DSi, I still want old GameBoy games on the VC, damn it! Yeah I have a working GBC, GBA SP, DS Lite and Super GameBoy, but I'd still buy some for my Wii.
I dont care. It would make it convenient to have all of your games available right on your DSi (although if you know other 'ways', you can do that already).
Can't you already play old games on an R4?
It's a much more admirable use of the R4 than straight up pirating, and I don't like seeing Nintendo or Microsoft getting money for stunts like this.
It's a much more admirable use of the R4 than straight up pirating, and I don't like seeing Nintendo or Microsoft getting money for stunts like this.
I would love to see this happen for the DSi, butI wouldn't download games I already own. My Wii is full to the brim with N64 and SNES games I have physical copies of, but that just shifts the hassle of getting those old consoles out and fiddling with wires to get them running. I don't have that with the GBA, having at least two consoles on my desk which can play the games, and a drawer full of cartridges...
Regardless, I would willingly fall for Nintendo's scheming if it promises seamless switching between those old Donkey Kong Land games I dont have!
Regardless, I would willingly fall for Nintendo's scheming if it promises seamless switching between those old Donkey Kong Land games I dont have!
Does this confirm that mess Nintendo covered up a while back at Kombo?
http://ds.kombo.com/article.php?artid=7007
http://ds.kombo.com/article.php?artid=7007
This would make total sense, but I'm with Discarded Couch Sandwich. I've got 2 original GBAs, an SP, and a Micro lying around somewhere, so if anything this would be a chance to try out some I didn't get around to the first time.
I move to amend the following:
"Removing a system's functionality and then offering the incompatible games as download worked out quite nicely for Microsoft"
according to
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm
all games available as Xbox Originals are backwards compatible, and therefore not "incompatible games" I think that if non-BC games were made available on Xbox Originals they would more than likely be made disc based BC as well. Nontheless, like Microsoft, Nintendo will MAKE MONEY with a service like this. I wish there would be a way to buy these games without a DSi for the lite.
"Removing a system's functionality and then offering the incompatible games as download worked out quite nicely for Microsoft"
according to
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm
all games available as Xbox Originals are backwards compatible, and therefore not "incompatible games" I think that if non-BC games were made available on Xbox Originals they would more than likely be made disc based BC as well. Nontheless, like Microsoft, Nintendo will MAKE MONEY with a service like this. I wish there would be a way to buy these games without a DSi for the lite.
I'd like to see original Game Boy games, but not GBA, especially since I kept my DS Fat for that reason.
I always said I'd only get a DSi if this were to happen. Thanks Nintendo, you may very well force my hand...to relinquish its tightly gripped cash.
I like this news. Buying downloadable GB and GBA games and storing them on your DSi sounds cool, and is something I would definitely pay for assuming the price is right. The only thing that could make it better: wireless (or online) multiplayer options built into their DSi emulation software.
However, let's remember how the Wii Virtual Console downloads work. Maybe we could expect a single GB and/or GBA game each week? It'll just be a trickle of games coming in, and we won't have any say in when/which games get released. So keep your expectations low and don't hope for an entire library of games to suddenly become available...
However, let's remember how the Wii Virtual Console downloads work. Maybe we could expect a single GB and/or GBA game each week? It'll just be a trickle of games coming in, and we won't have any say in when/which games get released. So keep your expectations low and don't hope for an entire library of games to suddenly become available...
If they offer SNES games as well as Gameboy and GBA games I might actually be interested in getting a DSi.
Did you guys throw your old GBA away when you got your DSi or something? Or you don't feel like carrying two handheld consoles? Anyways, I'll go see what my emulator has to say...
Well as Nintendo usually releases better versions of their games later on I'll probably give this a miss. Except if Mother 3 comes out... HELL even Mother 1 + 2. Anyone remember PK Siege? After all the screaming and death threats (You know who you are) anyone who even glaced at Mother 3 without paying for it afterwards would be lower than human scum. Oh and yes I realised that even if this does come out they still won't realease with more BS ala EarthBound but I'm done eating Sundades dammit!
It's great to know Nintendo is still tricking their customers into buying games they made years ago (and the customers have ALREADY BOUGHT).
*goes back to owning all three copies of Resident Evil 4*
*goes back to owning all three copies of Resident Evil 4*
There is absoloutely nothing wrong with this. The industry is moving toward digital distribution and this is far more convenient than lugging around carts. The original DS never played original Game Boy games so this is clearly worth it.
I hope nobody really assumes that the sole purpose of this system would be to get people to pay for things twice. For me the virtual console has been the place where I get to experience great games I missed out on.
This can't come soon enough.
I hope nobody really assumes that the sole purpose of this system would be to get people to pay for things twice. For me the virtual console has been the place where I get to experience great games I missed out on.
This can't come soon enough.
Well, GB games haven't been playable on any of the DS systems. They're also not readily available through chain stores anymore, I think the only stores that still carry them at all are Play N' Trades. So for those, I'm actually pretty happy, especially if it means I'll be able to play Link's Awakening again.
The GBA thing is bull unless they give us things like Mother 3.
The GBA thing is bull unless they give us things like Mother 3.
Please let this be true. My mum barely bought me any games for my GBC and I never had a GBA, and this missed out on a lot of great games.
One thing to add: I rarely used to play GBA games on my old DS because I thought it was uncomfortable using the A and B buttons on the very edge of the console. I'd hope they stick the other face buttons as a replacement control scheme if this goes through.
This would make me actually care about the DSi. I don't have any of my GB/GBC games anymore; and I only have a couple of GBA games. Why? That's none of your damn business; but I'm interested in this.
@ Perri
That's a really good way at looking at it. I really don't think Nintendo expected you to really buy all of your games again but really wanted to be able to play classics
@ DLZ
Coming from someone who used to pirate (I've deleted all games besides the Earthbound series now I've heard of this) I think that one of the few LEGIT reasons to pirate is if the company can no longer profit from it and used games don't help the developer in any way. But just because you don't feel like paying! That is really screwed up. If they're giving you a chance to get the game legit I suggest you reconsider purchasing it or at least go without it or have you bought the games on an older system and don't want to purchase the same thing twice? That's alot more understanable
That's a really good way at looking at it. I really don't think Nintendo expected you to really buy all of your games again but really wanted to be able to play classics
@ DLZ
Coming from someone who used to pirate (I've deleted all games besides the Earthbound series now I've heard of this) I think that one of the few LEGIT reasons to pirate is if the company can no longer profit from it and used games don't help the developer in any way. But just because you don't feel like paying! That is really screwed up. If they're giving you a chance to get the game legit I suggest you reconsider purchasing it or at least go without it or have you bought the games on an older system and don't want to purchase the same thing twice? That's alot more understanable
It evidently is baffling to some people that some of us don't hold onto all of our old shit for decades; crazy, I know, but I tend to move along. Paying an extra 5 bucks to download a game I have a sudden urge to play again, that I had way back in the day and sold because I moved on, is a minor inconvenience at best. Considering the option is (probably) going to be available, I don't see the big deal. If you still have the old cartdridge, then congratulations, you have the game already...I would assume in that case you have the old system too, right? I mean, having one and not the other would be pretty stupid. Also, what perri said.
If they can find a way to transfer downloaded VC titles from your Wii to this, that would be a goddamn sweet deal (not sure if N64 would be possible, but the others should be).
@DiscardedCouchSammich: Totally agree on the face buttons with GBA games. Pain in the ass, really.
Forums will be back by E3, I trust?
If they can find a way to transfer downloaded VC titles from your Wii to this, that would be a goddamn sweet deal (not sure if N64 would be possible, but the others should be).
@DiscardedCouchSammich: Totally agree on the face buttons with GBA games. Pain in the ass, really.
Forums will be back by E3, I trust?
i haven't bought a dsi but I use my ds more for gb/gbc and gba games than i do ds games
i'm playing zelda links awakening right now
go r4
i'm playing zelda links awakening right now
go r4
I'd be down for this were it not for the fact that I prefer physical media. Downloads don't show well in a collection.
If true then perhaps Metal Gear* can finally come to the DS!
:D
Anyway, I think it would be a great idea to have downloadable GB and GBA games. I never owned a GBA, so it would - potentially - be an easy way to catch up on classics. As for the GB, I own a handful of games (Tetris, etc.), but there are plenty I missed out on.
(*Ghost Babel owns.)
:D
Anyway, I think it would be a great idea to have downloadable GB and GBA games. I never owned a GBA, so it would - potentially - be an easy way to catch up on classics. As for the GB, I own a handful of games (Tetris, etc.), but there are plenty I missed out on.
(*Ghost Babel owns.)
@ JLanphear: Well said. Downloads will never give the tactile pleasure you get from a physical game, complete in the package, in mint condition.
Still no buy for me. Wanna know why?
Because nintendo gives us these things and then doesn't give a damn about what content goes on there. So Super Mario Land shows up. Will we get Gargoyles Quest? Not for a long fucking time.
How long will Nintendo make us wait for metroid fusion? Or F Zero? Or how long will I be waiting for Final Fantasy VI?
They can announce their intentions all they want but the library support will ultimately fall through and we won't get but a sliver of the content we can dream up to go on this service. Nintendo's last three years with the Wii all but back me up in that they really could care less about securing good downloadable games outside of their own games.
Hell, you need further proof that they don't care?
Earthbound and Mother 3.
If either title shows up on American shores ever in this generationg I'll reverse my thinking.
Because nintendo gives us these things and then doesn't give a damn about what content goes on there. So Super Mario Land shows up. Will we get Gargoyles Quest? Not for a long fucking time.
How long will Nintendo make us wait for metroid fusion? Or F Zero? Or how long will I be waiting for Final Fantasy VI?
They can announce their intentions all they want but the library support will ultimately fall through and we won't get but a sliver of the content we can dream up to go on this service. Nintendo's last three years with the Wii all but back me up in that they really could care less about securing good downloadable games outside of their own games.
Hell, you need further proof that they don't care?
Earthbound and Mother 3.
If either title shows up on American shores ever in this generationg I'll reverse my thinking.
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