Nintendo: General Discussion

Joshua J · 03-09-2017 1:54pm

So the niece is turning 7 and she has an interest in Pokemon, been playing GO on her fathers phone. So was thinking about getting her introduced to the games proper and wondering where the best place to start was?. I'm not really up on the games but the little bit of research I've done I was thinking of a 2nd hand GBA SP with FireRed/LeafGreen as these are the original games right?. The backlit SP (101) seems to be a premium, is it worth the extra over the frontlit one (001)?. Or would you guys go a different route/console?. Any advice welcome.

Ace Attorney · 03-09-2017 2:08pm

If you are going that route, you could buy a nintendo ds lite which could play nintendo ds games as well as gameboy advance games giving her access to more of the pokemon series on the DS aswell. i asked a similar question about the 101 in A&R and they suggested the DS lite screeen is somewhere in between the 101 and 001.

Joshua J · 03-09-2017 2:12pm

Ace Attorney wrote: »

If you are going that route, you could buy a nintendo ds lite which could play nintendo ds games as well as gameboy advance games giving her access to more of the pokemon series on the DS aswell. i asked a similar question about the 101 in A&R and they suggested the DS lite screeen is somewhere in between the 101 and 001.

I didn't know the DS would play GBA games that is definitely a good option thanks.

CiDeRmAn · 03-09-2017 3:13pm

Joshua J wrote: »

I didn't know the DS would play GBA games that is definitely a good option thanks.

Just make sure it's a DS lite, the original DS is fugly and the DSi drops the GBA slot.
You should pick up a DS lite for less than €40,

https://ie.m.webuy.com/search?sPage=1&stext=DS lite&sortOn=sort_by_relevance&sPgSize=25

with a massive catalogue of GBA and DS games out there. Adverts is a great source of such games.

Joshua J · 03-09-2017 3:17pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Just make sure it's a DS lite, the original DS is fugly and the DSi drops the GBA slot.
You should pick up a DS lite for less than €40,

https://ie.m.webuy.com/search?sPage=1&stext=DS%20lite&sortOn=sort_by_relevance&sPgSize=25

with a massive catalogue of GBA and DS games out there. Adverts is a great source of such games.

Nice one thanks.

Banjo · 03-09-2017 10:32pm

Only thing is... She's seven. You get away with that **** when they're 6 but now she's all grow'd up and knows everything. Don't dig yourself a hole that only a new 2ds and Ultra Sun can dig you out of!

Actually, with the price of the ds games, that might work out cheaper! Plus there's red/blue on eshop

sligeach · 04-09-2017 2:59pm

Mario Is Officially No Longer A Plumber

http://kotaku.com/mario-is-officially-no-longer-a-plumber-1799118840

Mr E · 04-09-2017 3:08pm

Slow news day.

Pac1Man · 04-09-2017 3:41pm

That was the longest apprenticeship I've ever seen.

Only good for the shop run that lad.

sligeach · 04-09-2017 3:46pm

He plumbs Peach instead now.

CiDeRmAn · 04-09-2017 4:07pm

sligeach wrote: »

He plumbs Peach instead now.

:eek:

While Daisy watches....

RobbingBandit · 04-09-2017 7:56pm

Somewhere someplace Bob Hoskins is kicking the ****e out of dead nintendo reps for not doing this 25 years ago.

sligeach · 29-09-2017 8:00am

Wii Shop channel ending in 2019

Nintendo have just announced that the Wii Shop channel service will be ending on January 31st, 2019. You're able to add funds to the channel until March 27th, 2018. You'll no longer be able to buy games through the Wii or the Wii U after this date, however.

http://nintendoeverything.com/wii-shop-channel-ending-in-2019/

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/support/information/2017/0929.html

CiDeRmAn · 29-09-2017 9:05am

sligeach wrote: »

Wii Shop channel ending in 2019

Nintendo have just announced that the Wii Shop channel service will be ending on January 31st, 2019. You're able to add funds to the channel until March 27th, 2018. You'll no longer be able to buy games through the Wii or the Wii U after this date, however.

http://nintendoeverything.com/wii-shop-channel-ending-in-2019/

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/support/information/2017/0929.html

Kind of inevitable, and one of the curses of electronic shopping on consoles.
I raised this a number of years ago, that all those purchases will be of little consequence once the servers come to a stop.
You are then relying on the company in question to allow you to carry those purchases from format to format, as with Sony and MS in most cases, and so far not at all with Nintendo, one of my biggest gripes with the company.
It chafes somewhat to download for free a title on the XB1 that I had bought for the 360, but I am expected to rebuy Shovel Knight a third time for the Switch, despite owning it, digitally, on both the 3DS and WiiU.

29-09-2017 9:09am

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Kind of inevitable, and one of the curses of electronic shopping on consoles.
I raised this a number of years ago, that all those purchases will be of little consequence once the servers come to a stop.
You are then relying on the company in question to allow you to carry those purchases from format to format, as with Sony and MS in most cases, and so far not at all with Nintendo, one of my biggest gripes with the company.
It chafes somewhat to download for free a title on the XB1 that I had bought for the 360, but I am expected to rebuy Shovel Knight a third time for the Switch, despite owning it, digitally, on both the 3DS and WiiU.

Tbf Sony and MS still have active stores for the 360 & PS3 and are essentially cross platform with PS4 / X1
The 3DS store is essentially the same thing, I don't buy that excuse that's inevitable

CiDeRmAn · 29-09-2017 2:15pm

Well, that's fine, but I've got games, carts, that are from the 70's.
I can still play them, on original hardware but, should that hardware die, I buy another and off I go.
With a digital storefront, and your console should snuff it in a couple of years, you might be hard pressed to download it again, assuming the title is no longer available.
To give both Sony and MS their due, so far the PS3/360 stores are there, chugging away.
Even games that are out of licence, the likes of Outrun 2, is available to those who bought it at the time, as I discovered to my glee recently.
That said, for how long?
In another 6 or 7 years it's possible that a lot of this content will be lost as the servers are closed, and then that'll be that, you'll only have it on the consoles it lives on for their lifespan, and given the internals of those consoles aren't the most reliable, I would expect to not yet be finished replacing my PS3 and 360 consoles, I have to hope that the digital storefronts remain available for some time to come, just in case.

764dak · 08-10-2017 1:05am

Who's watching the Nintendo World Championships?

CastorTroy · 08-10-2017 1:16am

Me. I was planning on just watching bits and pieces but have now been watching from the beginning.

manual_man · 11-10-2017 8:19pm

Someone name me a better year than 2017 for a Nintendo fan

CiDeRmAn · 11-10-2017 9:06pm

manual_man wrote: »

Someone name me a better year than 2017 for a Nintendo fan

The mid 90s were pretty awesome....

RobbingBandit · 11-10-2017 9:12pm

1998 Ocarina of Time nothing tops that first time stepping into Hyrule field, or seeing Darunia dance for the first time.

OwaynOTT · 11-10-2017 9:17pm

1992, the year I got my gameboy.

manual_man · 11-10-2017 9:22pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

The mid 90s were pretty awesome....

One single year though. I can't think of one. This year BOTW, Mario Odyssey, MK8 Deluxe, Arms, Splatoon 2, Mario + Rabbids, Doom and Skyrim. And a tonne of great indies. All on the go. Add in a Super Nintendo frickin Mini, Samus Returns on 3DS. Great year

Banjo · 11-10-2017 9:41pm

Remember back in 1896 when the switched the Napoleon on the Daitouryou deck from facing right to facing left and EVERYTHING changed. It was electrifying stuff, like a steroided quicken....oh I've said too much.

CastorTroy · 11-10-2017 9:45pm

So with all those games out this year, what can we expect next year?

RobbingBandit · 11-10-2017 9:48pm

Banjo wrote: »

Remember back in 1896 when the switched the Napoleon on the Daitouryou deck from facing right to facing left and EVERYTHING changed. It was electrifying stuff, like a steroided quicken....oh I've said too much.

Tiny french man was tiny

CiDeRmAn · 11-10-2017 11:53pm

Great year alright, Angry Birds on the Analytical Engine was fantastic.

CiDeRmAn · 11-10-2017 11:57pm

manual_man wrote: »

One single year though. I can't think of one. This year BOTW, Mario Odyssey, MK8 Deluxe, Arms, Splatoon 2, Mario + Rabbids, Doom and Skyrim. And a tonne of great indies. All on the go. Add in a Super Nintendo frickin Mini, Samus Returns on 3DS. Great year

It's pretty great alright.
But Sligeach still won't buy a Switch!

Banjo · 12-10-2017 1:02am

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

It's pretty great alright.
But Sligeach still won't buy a Switch!

Sligeach *is* a Switch. He's been gone a while cause his owner returned him for a left joycon issue. Remember, when he gets back if the Zelda save is gone and he won't rise to amiibo-baiting or take a free juicy-fruit, smother him with a pillow and throw the nearest toilet through the window.

CiDeRmAn · 12-10-2017 7:19am

You need to avoid amphetamine use before posting Banjo.
Just a word of advice following 27 years working in mental health services.

kwalsh000 · 16-10-2017 10:40pm

super_furry wrote: »

Huge fan of her work, saw here live a couple of times now and she's brilliant.

Saw the fliers for the expo at Dublin Comic Con at the weekend and wasn't sure about it as an event but know that she's performing and that's there's a significant Arcade and Retro section has me sold.

Sorry about the random quote, just seen this. Those fliers were for Games Expo Ireland which has its own large retro section aswell as Nintendo actually supporting with a presence. Sorry just wanted to clarify as they were not playerxpo fliyers at DCC

Mr.Saturn · 17-10-2017 10:36am

sligeach wrote: »

Wii Shop channel ending in 2019

Nintendo have just announced that the Wii Shop channel service will be ending on January 31st, 2019. You're able to add funds to the channel until March 27th, 2018. You'll no longer be able to buy games through the Wii or the Wii U after this date, however.

http://nintendoeverything.com/wii-shop-channel-ending-in-2019/

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/support/information/2017/0929.html

Bit late to the party, but it might be worth picking Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth as the Wii shop is still the only place to get it. Sure, Konami might eventually get around to porting it elsewhere, but that'd assume they're interested in anything other than pachinko machines.

DADDYBEAR10 · 18-10-2017 2:47pm

hi
I don't know if im in the right place ,
just looking for a bit of advice,
if I bought Nintendo 2dsxl in America with games would irish bought games work on this ?

tia

Mr.Saturn · 18-10-2017 2:51pm

DADDYBEAR10 wrote: »

hi
I don't know if im in the right place ,
just looking for a bit of advice,
if I bought Nintendo 2dsxl in America with games would irish bought games work on this ?

tia

I'm afraid not, the 2DS (and 3DS) is region-locked.

ERG89 · 20-10-2017 11:18pm

CiDeRmAn · 20-10-2017 11:36pm

I need to get the Breakout Color TV game!
I have everything else, bar the iQue, Satellaview and the 64DD.

CiDeRmAn · 26-10-2017 8:19pm

Prepping my stuff for a convention at the weekend, I realise I have the makings of a Goldeneye tournament!
I've found six N64 controllers so I'm hoping only 2 are duds, then it should be all systems go!

OwaynOTT · 26-10-2017 8:28pm

Where's the convention cidey?

CiDeRmAn · 26-10-2017 8:33pm

I don't want to shill, though I'm a non paid contributor to this one.
So Google PlayersXpo to see the details.
I'm producing a retro display

CastorTroy · 26-10-2017 9:34pm

Wasn't there something about Nintendo supporting or having an attendance at that expo for the first time?

OwaynOTT · 26-10-2017 10:27pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I don't want to shill, though I'm a non paid contributor to this one.
So Google PlayersXpo to see the details.
I'm producing a retro display

Best of luck with it! Are you having 8 player double dash.
I'd love to go but it's a bit pricey and I'm tapped out for the rest of the year.

Gunmonkey · 26-10-2017 11:40pm

CastorTroy wrote: »

Wasn't there something about Nintendo supporting or having an attendance at that expo for the first time?

Well its the first year its being put on so...maybe. Would be kinda cool if they did, give us potato-folks a chance to play some Ninty stuff ahead of release without traveling to Gamescom/EGX.

CastorTroy · 26-10-2017 11:53pm

After googling, any articles I find just say about trying existing games. Unless they have a few surprises. But what unreleased games are shown at expos. Until now it was Mario.

On that note, what's the next big game after Xenoblade?

dunworth1 · 27-10-2017 10:11am

CastorTroy wrote: »

Wasn't there something about Nintendo supporting or having an attendance at that expo for the first time?

there are two gaming expos on soon player expo this weekend and games expo (run by the same guys as DCC)

nintendo are supporting games expo as far as i can make out

CiDeRmAn · 27-10-2017 4:42pm

It's released games only, unfortunately.

Star Lord · 27-10-2017 5:02pm

Make unreleased retro games your new thing...

And I'm not talking retro-style, like Shovel Knight and the likes.

CiDeRmAn · 27-10-2017 5:50pm

I've spent the past five hours trying to set up 31 monitors and an array of retro consoles, not all mine though!
Exhausted!

Andrew76 · 27-10-2017 6:35pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I've spent the past five hours trying to set up 31 monitors and an array of retro consoles, not all mine though!
Exhausted!

Fingers crossed there's a good turn out so!

kwalsh000 · 27-10-2017 10:31pm

You are right, Nintendo are officially supporting the Games Expo one, they Nintendo have it on their twitter and fb sponsored posts

dunworth1 wrote: »

there are two gaming expos on soon player expo this weekend and games expo (run by the same guys as DCC)

nintendo are supporting games expo as far as i can make out

buzzinb · 29-10-2017 12:14pm

kwalsh000 wrote: »

You are right, Nintendo are officially supporting the Games Expo one, they Nintendo have it on their twitter and fb sponsored posts

Nintendo are at the PlayersXpo event also. Dedicated zone.

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