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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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Corholio

Some gets lately.

cloud493

WhiskeyGoblin

cloud493 wrote: »

Where did you get BD and how much?

cloud493

marko93 wrote: »

Where did you get BD and how much?

Littlewoods. 35 quid with 20% discount.

CastorTroy

Got the Gamecube adaptor in argos. Cheers for the notice Ciderman

CiDeRmAn

CastorTroy wrote: »

Got the Gamecube adaptor in argos. Cheers for the notice Ciderman

Yeah, I have to slip into Argos myself tomorrow and collect mine, I'm not sure I'll use it, I'm not a Smash Bros fan at all, but I'll get it, just in case Ninty make it work with Mario Kart 8, you never know!

CastorTroy

Well I do have a pc with dolphin so could try that.

And just got my inkling boy and girl from Germany.

MilesMorales1

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CiDeRmAn

Nice one on Chronotrigger, it is possibly the best RPG ever made, I have it on the Snes, it's glorious, and the DS conversion is supposed to be pretty brilliant.

MilesMorales1

I was very pleased with the find. I was in gamestop to get the Metal Gear Solid V limited edition PS4, but that made my day.

baldshin

Managed to get a boxed, with receipt, new 3ds xl with Batman Blackgate, Amazing Spiderman and Green Lantern games on DoneDeal for....wait for it.... €120! Delighted! It's mint condition too!
Huge upgrade from my regular old 3ds!

Star Lord

Posted this in the Arcade and Retro forum, but guess it kinda belongs here too!

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OwaynOTT

What's that, Flashdance in the background?

Star Lord

Hah! No, it's Flashback!

OwaynOTT

Star Lord wrote: »

Hah! No, it's Flashback!

A likely story.

Myrddin

Some Ninty goodness I've picked up recently

Twin Famicom

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Mario 1 & 3

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Zelda (original)

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PAL Snes (I've had the US one a few years now)

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CiDeRmAn

Show off!

Pac1Man

The US really got the raw deal with the design of their SNES, especially the controllers.

OwaynOTT

Pac1Man wrote: »

The US really got the raw deal with the design of their SNES, especially the controllers.

U.S. console is far sexier, kinda like a G1 transformer. I will concede that the controllers look like washed out smarties holders.

Star Lord

You gotta be joking, looks more like a crappy Go-Bot than a cool Transformer.

A slightly disappointed looking Go-Bot at that.

Myrddin

Pac1Man wrote: »

The US really got the raw deal with the design of their SNES, especially the controllers.

I actually like the US Snes. Wouldn't go as far as to say it's nicer than the PAL/SFC version, but there's something nice about it when you see it in the flesh. The controllers are poor. At least now I've both so I don't have to defend each side

OwaynOTT

Star Lord wrote: »

You gotta be joking, looks more like a crappy Go-Bot than a cool Transformer.

A slightly disappointed looking Go-Bot at that.

It's the blockyness of it that I'm talking about. I like things to be square and blocky more so than curved.
I also think the US carts look nicer and are more practical with labelling.

Star Lord

I'd be the opposite, I prefer the more compact EU/Jap carts, but the labelling that goes onto the top edge is definitely a better design choice! Front-only labelling makes life more difficult when you've got a collection of carts sitting together!

OwaynOTT

Star Lord wrote: »

I'd be the opposite, I prefer the more compact EU/Jap carts, but the labelling that goes onto the top edge is definitely a better design choice! Front-only labelling makes life more difficult when you've got a collection of carts sitting together!

Stacking the US carts is more stable than their EU/Jap cousins. Some of the artwork on the US ones is atrocious though but there are some nice ones like the Mexican variant of Zombies.
So I suppose we can agree that I'm right so?

CiDeRmAn

I've had both SNES variants and they both have merit.
The bigger one was finding the US console could fit any cart from any region, meaning I would not have to dremel the thing after region mod.
In the end though I sold it on and region modded a PAL machine, plus took a craft tool too the cart slot so I could play US titles.
Works a treat now.
The US carts are easier to stack, but who stacks carts?
Haven't played the SNES in a good while now, must dust it off.

OwaynOTT

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I've had both SNES variants and they both have merit.
The bigger one was finding the US console could fit any cart from any region, meaning I would not have to dremel the thing after region mod.
In the end though I sold it on and region modded a PAL machine, plus took a craft tool too the cart slot so I could play US titles.
Works a treat now.
The US carts are easier to stack, but who stacks carts?
Haven't played the SNES in a good while now, must dust it off.

Snes cart stacking coming to the Olympics in 2020. Looks like all the goods will be going to the Americans.

CiDeRmAn

I think there's some collectors in the UK who have been training with multiple NTSC copies of Rise of the Robots.

_Godot_

Was checking out the new Cex here in Drogheda the other day and picked this up. Later the same day, I ordered a motion plus and Yakuza 4 online, just been dispatched.

CiDeRmAn

More Zelda action here!
This time Zelda II, The Adventure of Link for the NES.
I think I only need the first one on the NES, Four Swords for the GC and LoZ A Link Between Worlds to have everything.

Myrddin

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

More Zelda action here!
This time Zelda II, The Adventure of Link for the NES.
I think I only need the first one on the NES, Four Swords for the GC and LoZ A Link Between Worlds to have everything.

Surprised you hadn't got them already Cidey. Four Swords for the GC is next on my list too, I've a few more to get (and am looking to collect every Zelda game CIB eventually, except those non canon cd-i monstrosities). I've only a few oddities left really:

Four Swords (Gamecube)
Zelda 2 (NES Classics GBA)
Links Awakening
Links Awakening DX

I may get repro carts of the BS Zelda games (never released in physical form, so one of the rare situations where a repro cart is justifiable), & after that, just whatever new stuff comes out