Gaming Cafe Diem Baby: The Nintendo Wii U Discussion

GBA games will be appearing on the Wii U shop sooner than expected…

 

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That's great for Australia and Europe, but I wonder if the US will get the same release dates.

Also, I wonder if they will make these games playable on the Nintendo 3DS?

 

Roughly the same release dates. Since Australia is pretty much a day ahead, just minus a day from what Australia has listed.

However, I am not sure if our lineup is the same as the US… will double check.

EDIT: Looks like the lineup is the same except the US is also getting Super Mario Bros. 3 on the 17th April.

 

I wish they would release Metroid Zero Mission instead of Metroid Fusion again so soon (Though I guess a lot of people had missed out on getting the Ambassador version of it for 3DS so I guess it makes sense going for Fusion again). Missed out on the GBA version, was very hard to get and the only place had the box but the game cartridge was Fusion and they didn't understand the difference. *Sigh* At least I will be able to try out Golden Sun this time around.

There are benefits to the VC version like the save feature and more readily available from the menu though it depends on the progress you had put into the original one.

 

Hm, gotta load up on Nintendo points soon, so many GBA games to pick up, looking forward to playing Superstar saga, I've heard good things about it.

 

I've borrow Superstar Saga off a friend once. The game was good, quirky humour too. I might get it so I have my own copy.

F-Zero GP Legend and Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow has been revealed by the Aussie Classification board as two titles to come to the VC sometime down the track.

 

With Retro Studios done with Tropical Freeze, they said they are working on a new Wii U game. What are the odds that it's a new Metroid game?

 

I don't want to jinx things but the odds are good that the next game they will do be different from Tropical Freeze… unless they plan to do a trilogy like Rare did with the original DKC SNES games. Though what if a third DK game would change the style from a side scrolling platformer to a more 3D realm to explore, a better take than the DK64 game. Maybe down the track….

For now, I love to see either something new from them either as an original IP or a return to the Star Fox/Metroid/et al universe. But in the end, I know that I'll be getting it regardless as the quality of their titles are outstanding.

EDIT: Here looks like a good explanation for why we are not getting any GBA titles for the 3DS VC anytime soon.

 

Well, maybe, if you're referring to the bit at the end where they fess up that the real rationale is just:

That's it. Technical handwaving is just handwaving. They can hem and haw about emulator "accuracy" but VC emulation is notoriously inaccurate by scene standards, because at the end of the day the files are just ROMs with a super basic emulator package wrapped around them. But, no, let's pretend it's about fiddling with CPU runtimes and sleep mode, despite demonstrable evidence to the contrary from the groups actually pulling these files apart.

 

I don't have a Wii U yet, but my 3DS XL would love some of that GBA glory!

 

The 10 NES games as part of the ambassador program were in the same state until they did an update at a later date for the rest of the features. So there is still a possibility for the GBA titles to come to 3DS beyond the 10 we got from that ambassador program, just will take a while longer till.

Also this happened and is probably over too at the time of posting this post.


Could be a good proof of concept for how to do a Pokemon title on the Wii U, a spiritual successor to Pokemon Snap and use that panorama video gyro features with the gamepad and such. Also makes me want another Endless Ocean!

 

I have "Metroid Fusion" for the GBA. Got it back in 09 and finished it in a few weeks. Not the fastest time, but completed none the less.

 

The first batch of GBA VC titles are out. Metroid Fusion, Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga and Advance Wars. M2, whom did the great SEGA 3D Classics on 3DS, worked on the GBA titles conversion to VC so I know that the quality be good as with some of the additional features like different resolutions and the original instruction manual.

Now to debate with myself whether to get one now or wait for more later.

At least Mario Kart 8 still looks great.



Be sure to uprez the video quality.

 

Agreed. It looks like it is taking place over a town or city… maybe the Mushroom Kingdom during the star bit festival from Galaxy?

I also love that all of the Koopa Kids are back and the character animations too.

 

I can beat that. It took me ten years to be "Super Mario Bros." I had trouble understanding what I was doing wrong with 8-1 and then 8-2. Plus, getting distracted by others games.

 

Nintendo Direct tomorrow featuring Super Smash Bros. at 3 PM PT / 6PM ET / 11PM GMT. I wonder if they will announce a release date.