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New Ninty Gets!

CiDeRmAn

Sorry to the most awesome mod in these parts for starting such a thread.
And I acknowledge the overlap between this forum and the retro game forum.
But I think Nintendo fans out there who love their WiiU and Wii, maybe love their new 3DSXL, should be aware of the Ninty fresh goodness out there and purchases of same.
Perhaps expanding knowledge and encouraging awesome spending on Nintendo gems they might never have come across.

Today I got three things of interest.

First was a lovely mint Gameboy Micro, dressed in black.
This console is a real peach, and hosts a tiny form factor and a small, crisp screen.
This is probably my 4th GB Micro over the years and a fabulous piece of kit.
No Nintendo owner who loves the company's output should be without one.
Like the GBA and GBA:SP it is compatible with the entire GBA back catalogue, but unlike those other machines the GB Micro won't run your Gameboy or Gameboy Color library.

I also picked up Boktai and Boktai 2, both made by Kojima, the gent behind Metal Gear Solid and Zone of Enders, very nice GBA rpgs they are too, using actual sunlight to power up your weapon.

So, a few very nice Nintendo gets there.
I can't recommend picking up Nintendo hardware enough, it is almost all worth having, aside perhaps for the badly made Wii Mini, piece of sh1te that it is.

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CiDeRmAn

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom shipped on the 4th of this month, missed it because of the spam filter.
Hopefully have it by Christmas!

CiDeRmAn

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom shipped on the 4th of this month, missed it because of the spam filter.
Hopefully have it by Christmas!

Woo Hoo!
Just opened the letter box to find Monster Boy waiting for me, all the way from Canadia!
Fan-dabi-dozie!

RobbingBandit

€15 eshop card endless possibilities awaits

CiDeRmAn

My Flip.Grip arrived this morning, very nice it is too!

CiDeRmAn

Ikaruga is amazing on it, in Tate mode.
Donkey Kong is another one.

RobbingBandit

Ikaruga is your Citizen Kane

CiDeRmAn

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Ikaruga is your Citizen Kane

I really need it on the Dreamcast, to go along with the copy for the GameCube, not to mention the digital editions I have on the Switch, 360 and the XBone.

iamtony

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Ikaruga is amazing on it, in Tate mode.
Donkey Kong is another one.

I play ikariga on a dreamcast with an lcd TV on its side:cool: I want this though, how many games does it work with?

Banjo

I bought ikaruga a while back on Switch, can't see what the fuss is all about I'm afraid. Same with Cave Story.

CiDeRmAn

iamtony wrote: »

I play ikariga on a dreamcast with an lcd TV on its side:cool: I want this though, how many games does it work with?

I play the Gamecube version like that, also the dodgy DC version, look amazing.

On the DC?
There are a good few vert shooters that can be used in that mode.
Watch out for the likes of Strikers 1943 and it's sequels, not to mention anything else from that sub-genre.
The PS2, GC and Saturn have a good few titles that will also work in that orientation, not to mention the 360, which is a great source of shmups, though you may need a VGA or similar AV adaptor to plug it into your display.

RobbingBandit

Merry Everyone hope you all got lots of ninty goodness waiting for you

Me got Ocarina of Time for my 3ds (again

) this time it's for keeps

CiDeRmAn

Birthday today so I now have NSMBUDx!
Nice port of the great WiiU game, I have resisted also buying Toad but I probably will, it's better suited to the Switch and the WiiU has ascended to the gamesroom so probably won't be played again for a long time.

CastorTroy

Happy Birthday!

Have both Mario and Luigi on the Wii U. Still need to play the Luigi one

Mr E

Happy Birthday, Cidey!

CiDeRmAn

Thanks lads, the big 47... Only 8 years to retirement!
Hurrah for being a nurse!

Star Lord

Happy birthday, ciderdude! Hope it was a nice one!

CiDeRmAn

It really was, trip to the National Gallery yesterday and family around today, cracking!
Oh, and a few new Switch games along the way!
Look forward to seeing you at a Beers in the coming months, hope you aren't too busy!

TitianGerm

Has anyone gotten one of the Chain Chomp lamps in GameStop? Are they really plasticy? Just passed another exam so I'm thinking of picking it up for the games room because I deserve it :pac:

RobbingBandit

Bought a cheap 2ds bundle on adverts over the weekend with a mind to repair my original 2ds from a few years back that has my ambassador profile on it. Paid peanuts for it so I can kill it if I want.

Belated happy birthday to CiDeRmAn.

WeleaseWoderick

This wonderful device arrived today

8Bitdo G Bros. Wireless Adapter for Nintendo Switch (Works with Wired GameCube & Classic Edition Controllers) (Nintendo Switch//) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07JLF9PVG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_RpCsCbMRBHDY1

Originally was looking at it for using a GameCube controller with Smash but I've gotten used to the Pro controller at this stage.

It does however support the NES and SNES classic controllers and works perfectly with the NES games on the Switch (and other 2D platformers). Hopefully those rumours about SNES games being added to Switch Online come true soon.

Corholio

Got this nifty little cart holder for the Switch from Japan. It's a plastic holder that slots on to the back of the dock and can hold 28 carts (4 rows of 7) in individual slots. My Switch is kept above TV level so it's handy to switch between carts with ease. It also doesn't interfere in any way with docking/undocking.

CiDeRmAn

Just got Atari Flashback Classics for the Switch from the SA eshop, despite the changes there it's still €7 cheaper.
Oh, and totally not worth it.
None of the 2600 I remember are there, from Pole Position to River Raid, from Space Invaders to Galaxians.
Not even the sh1t version of Pacman!
The Atari arcade stuff is much better, and I am an Asteroids and Tempest fan, but it's still got lots of other tripe even then, would Stunrunner, Blasteroids and Xybots have been so difficult??

UberPrinny_Baal

Corholio wrote: »

Got this nifty little cart holder for the Switch from Japan. It's a plastic holder that slots on to the back of the dock and can hold 28 carts (4 rows of 7) in individual slots. My Switch is kept above TV level so it's handy to switch between carts with ease. It also doesn't interfere in any way with docking/undocking.

That looks pretty sweet man. Any purchase link or english words we can google to get one for ourselves?

Corholio

UberPrinny_Baal wrote: »

That looks pretty sweet man. Any purchase link or english words we can google to get one for ourselves?

It was under 'Gametech' products on eBay US but I don't see it listed there at the moment. It might pop up again there soon.

It's also on Play Asia's site:

https://www.play-asia.com/game-card-storage-stand-for-nintendo-switch-black/13/70br9h?affiliate_id=2820547&tagid=2820547.

There is a separate listing for one on ebay US here:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-28-pcs-of-Switch-Game-Card-Protective-Storage-Holder-for-Nintendo-Switch/233071674409?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3D98c4b338f255437e908a981a33a3e71a%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D233071674409%26itm%3D233071674409&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A698f4c0e-2097-11e9-815c-74dbd180a6a1%7Cparentrq%3A84d8d5441680a860ef4acbc6fffe8f9c%7Ciid%3A1.

Seller seems new though.

Fysh

UberPrinny_Baal wrote: »

That looks pretty sweet man. Any purchase link or english words we can google to get one for ourselves?

Looks like this is it on Amazon Japan (link found via this article). No sign of it elsewhere that I can see, but according to that article Amazon Japan does international shipping (though who knows at what rates...)

CastorTroy

For this year's birthday purchase, I decided to get Mario + Rabbids. Of course they've stopped the gold edition in Smyths

CiDeRmAn

CastorTroy wrote: »

For this year's birthday purchase, I decided to get Mario + Rabbids. Of course they've stopped the gold edition in Smyths

Happy Birthday!

WeleaseWoderick

My order from Amazon.de's 3 for €110 offer arrived today (Super Mario Party, Mario Tennis Aces and NSMBUD).

Played a little bit of Tennis so far and it is very enjoyable so far.

Also played one round of Mario Party with my wife. She was thoroughly unimpressed throughout so not sure it'll be something that will get played all that often.

CiDeRmAn

I got a nice little doodad today, my brother made an adapter cable for my Famicom, allowing me to connect my NES arcade stick, which I bought from Retrobits, up to my Famicom via the front extension port.
It's fantastic!
The stick is simple but very effective, and while I have a good few NES games I have far more Famicom titles, so getting the stick to connect to the Famicom was essential, however there was no ready made adapters available.
Turns out building one isn't too hard, well not for someone who has the skills, using a Famicom and a NES extension cable.
And it works a treat.
Just played some 1942 and Metal Storm with it... Outstanding!!

RobbingBandit

I'm back baby Let's go Eevee switch bundle check Legendary Fishing for €10 from Smyth's check tomorrow I go for one of Smash Bros Skyrim or Zelda

The decals in the switch and dock are pretty. 20 months since I've had one it still feels as good as the first time.