Best Nintendo Games

Wurly

Hi there.

So we've just rigged up our wii and we want to get retro games for it. I'm looking for recommendations.

We have mario world and Donkey Kong. What else is great?

o1s1n

Super Metroid
Chrono Trigger
Earthbound
Zelda: A Link to Past
Secret of Mana
Super Double Dragon
Yoshi's Island
F Zero
Super Castlevania IV

Some of the best games ever made there

Dozen Wicked Words

Zelda Ocarina of Time
Paper Mario

I quite liked the super Star Wars games too.

DonallFitz

Conker's Bad Furday, its a real gem.

Kinski

Shadowrun! Zombies Ate My Neighbours. Pilotwings. Contra III. Shadowrun!!(All snes titles.)

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

I quite liked the super Star Wars games too.

That has not aged well.

Tweej

Super Mario World
Super mario RPG

Myrddin

Kinski wrote: »

That has not aged well.

The mode 7 levels no, but the other aspects of those games are still brilliant. They're balls hard at times though, not for the faint hearted

@o1s1n, I don't think Earthbound is on the Wii VC is it?

Mr.Saturn

EnterNow wrote: »

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@o1s1n, I don't think Earthbound is on the Wii VC is it?

It's not. Though, Shigesato Itoi made vague rumblings about it recently.

Myrddin

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

It's not. Though, Shigesato Itoi made vague rumblings about it recently.

Surely that'll be the Japanese VC & not the US/EU one?

Mr.Saturn

EnterNow wrote: »

Surely that'll be the Japanese VC & not the US/EU one?

Most likely, but if they're okay with the NTSC-J release, and assuming they've jettisoned the more copyright-baiting elements of the original version, then there's hope that we'll see Mother 2 this side of the planet. They can shut up a hearty contingent for a few weeks, 'til they start getting calls to officially release 1 and 3.

As you know from experience, people are very willing to pay for it. I mean, it says a lot about a game when so many people aren't happy just cracking away at a ROM. Why don't Nintendo like money? Granted, it ain't gonna propel them into a trillion-dollar company, but there's profit there to be made.
I mean that for the whole trilogy. Just commission Mato's already finished translation of 1&3.

Myrddin

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

Most likely, but if they're okay with the NTSC-J release, and assuming they've jettisoned the more copyright-baiting elements of the original version, then there's hope that we'll see Mother 2 this side of the planet. They can shut up a hearty contingent for a few weeks, 'til they start getting calls to officially release 1 and 3.

There's definitely something fishy about NoA & the cageyness surrounding Mother 2/EB...

I wonder if it did indeed see a wider release, would it affect the value of the real carts? Likely wishful thinking on my part

Mr.Saturn

EnterNow wrote: »

I wonder if it did indeed see a wider release, would it affect the value of the real carts? Likely wishful thinking on my part

I'd hope so. I'd buy 100. 1 for me, and 99 to throw at Fils-Aime's head for taking so long to pull the finger out.

Myrddin

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

I'd hope so. I'd buy 100. 1 for me, and 99 to throw at Fils-Aime's head for taking so long to pull the finger out.

Seen a complete in box one on ebay.com today, with the strategy guide for a BIN price of $650/$700...ouch!

Myrddin

Here it is - http://www.ebay.com/itm/EarthBound-Super-Nintendo-SNES-rare-RPG-in-with-strategy-guide-complete-in-box-/230944488936?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item35c55d3de8

Unboxed & loose about $250 seems to be where the mark is.

Mr.Saturn

EnterNow wrote: »

Here it is - http://www.ebay.com/itm/EarthBound-Super-Nintendo-SNES-rare-RPG-in-with-strategy-guide-complete-in-box-/230944488936?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item35c55d3de8

Unboxed & loose about $250 seems to be where the mark is.

Ouchies. I've seen it go for more, but that seems the painful average. Some jambay on Racketboy made out with a CIB copy for $215 just a couple of days ago. Which is about as far as you can stretch the definition of a bargain, funny enough.

Your man's ad you posted stuck 'rare' on top. Earthbound ain't rare. It's anti-rare. It was overproduced and it undersold, which is why it was considered a flop. Keep in mind, it sold 140,000 copies at retail in the US. Beyond the bizarre and expensive ad-campaign that Nintendo ran, can you imagine how many shipped copies didn't sell for Earthbound to be considered a disappointment? I know it ain't helping that a lot of people own about 5-to-10 copies, but there are still loads out there. It's just got a dedicated, but unfortunately exploitable fanbase.

Deano7788

Because they somehow haven't been mentioned yet, Super Mario Bros 3 (some people rank it above World, I'd go with just below it) and Zelda: Majora's Mask

machiavellianme

DonallFitz wrote: »

Conker's Bad Furday, its a real gem.

Is that available on the VC?
A truly epic game that I'd love to play again (curse you n64 controller turning to dust).

Retr0gamer

Play it now, time has not been kind and now that I'm a bit more mature it was never funny to begin with.

wtlltw

DonallFitz wrote: »

Conker's Bad Furday, its a real gem.

While classic, sadly it didn't age well.

Goes for silly money these days, so it helped pay for a large chunk of my WiiU.

o1s1n

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

Ouchies. I've seen it go for more, but that seems the painful average. Some jambay on Racketboy made out with a CIB copy for $215 just a couple of days ago. Which is about as far as you can stretch the definition of a bargain, funny enough.

Your man's ad you posted stuck 'rare' on top. Earthbound ain't rare. It's anti-rare. It was overproduced and it undersold, which is why it was considered a flop. Keep in mind, it sold 140,000 copies at retail in the US. Beyond the bizarre and expensive ad-campaign that Nintendo ran, can you imagine how many shipped copies didn't sell for Earthbound to be considered a disappointment? I know it ain't helping that a lot of people own about 5-to-10 copies, but there are still loads out there. It's just got a dedicated, but unfortunately exploitable fanbase.

Sums it up alright. You know a game isn't rare when you check ebay and there's always a glut of 10-20 copies at once.

It's just become hyper inflated.

Worth keeping in mind that due to the stupidly overpriced figure it's going for lately, apparently it's turning into a game that's up there on the bootlegger's list.

Have read of people thinking they have a legit copy, only to open it up and see a tsop adapter.

Myrddin

o1s1n wrote: »

Have read of people thinking they have a legit copy, only to open it up and see a tsop adapter.

Given how easy it is to do it, I'd be very wary about buying a real EB cart now. Pics of the pcb would be a must

Mr.Saturn

Mother 2/Earthbound is actually popping up on the NTSC-J VC on March 20th. Itoi teased that it's the first of many things to come, and tweeted the following the US-based Starmen.net.

All you people who play MOTHER, thank you. I really appreciate it. People of Starmen.Net too… thank you very much. I hear all sorts of enjoyable rumors). SENTIMENTAL

Granted, if you've been a follower/fan of the Mother series for longer than 20 minutes, you'll have scoped how accustomed one must get to disappointment.

I do hope Enternow's theory/wish of the digital release driving down the cost of physical proves true. The only proper example I can think of is Marvel vs Capcom 2 on the PS2, which had its 'new' price slashed considerably upon its digital re-release.

Myrddin

I hear all sorts of enjoyable rumors

Now thats just teasing from Itoi! I'd say the Starmen forums are alive with talk over this are they?

Mr.Saturn

EnterNow wrote: »

Now thats just teasing from Itoi! I'd say the Starmen forums are alive with talk over this are they?

They never seem to stop from what I've seen, this announcement must've battered their servers.