More Classic NES Titles For GBA Announced

Thanks to Nintendojo for its list of the latest NES titles to be re-released on the Game Boy Advance in Japan. Though "it remains to be seen if any of these particular games will make it to North America", highlights include "Super Mario Bros. 2 [Japanese version], Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, Metroid, Kid Icarus, [and] Castlevania." We've previously covered earlier NES Classic iterations - in a similar vein to a recent GameSpy article, how many dollars would you actually spend on these NES re-releases for GBA?

I'd pay the average full price...

[Wyrmw00d]

If they were bundled as a 5 game cart.

About a hundred bucks

[(trb001)]

in a similar vein to a recent GameSpy article, how many dollars would you actually spend on these NES re-releases for GBA?

Around $100 USD...enough to buy a decent flash ROM and linker. I owned all these games, I'm not buying the exact same game again. I rebuy VHS on DVD because a) the quality is better, b) I always hated rewinding. I don't have that problem here.

--trb

Overpriced

[Bastian]

With Phantasy Star Collection, they crammed the first three Phantasy Star games onto one GBA cart, and had to write two emulators (Sega Master System for I, Sega Genesis for II and III.) For three great games, I spent 20 bucks.

Nintendo, on the other hand, wants me to spend 30 bucks apiece for these games. I find that hard to swallow considering that, even if some of these are amazing games, this series is still just shovelware.

Re:they're compatible

[AndyBusch]

It's probably not legal. It may be if you dump the ROM from your own NES cart, but downloading it from elsewhere isn't.

However, it is ethical, in many many eyes.

The Nintendo produced carts do have some sprite work done on them, so they look a touch better, but it's not major.

Re:I'm all set....

[YaRness]

more importantly, a GBA SP is costlier to replace when you hurl it across the room.

i already have a feeling i'm going to mess up the hinge from shaking it in frustration trying to beat that damn spider boss in metroid fusion.

Re:They are too expensive

[DaveCBio]

Agreed, it's way too much for an old game. Nintendo is cashing in on nostalgia. Can't believe they have the balls to chastise the industry for the state of games when they live on remakes and re-releases.

The price is ridiculous

[Hwaguy]

I work at a used video game store, and the price on these classic NES games is nothing but a joke!
It is quite funny to see a new copy of Pac-Man World (or whatever they call the collection of six or seven pac-man games) sitting next to "Classic NES Pac-Man" for the exact same price!

Also, someone also pointed out Metroid Zero contains itself AND Metroid, what would compel someone to buy JUST Metroid? I cannot believe that Nintendo can sell these games, the only one worth buying is the Legend of Zelda one.

Finally, even if the games were priced correctly (in my mind, that would be somewhere around 8 dollars, or a four on a game pak for 20 dollars) they still dont feel like the NES. The screen proportion feels a bit off, and the controls seem just a little bit sloppy. I would just suggest shelling out the 30 dollars for a NES deck and the pocket change for the games. Not only will you have more fun, but isn't "retro" cool and hip these days?

Irony, Emulation, and Piracy

[blueZhift]

I think's it's somewhat ironic, that emulation and piracy probably had a big hand in Nintendo's current love affair with NES rereleases. Few have fought harder to fight piracy and emulation than Nintendo, but one can argue that emulation and piracy proved the existence of the market they are now happily mining. I don't think they'd have been as willing to risk this without that proof.

This is no endorsement of piracy, but I suspect that piracy rates are just another tick on the marketing meter for measuring a game's popularity. As for the price of these classics, well $20 isn't too bad, but they should IMHO be more like $9.99 unless they come with some decent extras.

Re:Overpriced

[I_Love_Pocky!]

If you don't think the GameCube is a good console, you probably haven't used it.

20 Dollars

[Anonymous Coward]

How many dollars would you actually spend on these NES re-releases for GBA?

$20 for 20 Games per cart