New PS3, Wii, 360 Downloadables Announced 151
360 gamers have Lost Planet to look forward to this week, but PS3 and Wii owners have things to smile about as well. Today's virtual console game releases feature the Hudson classic title Dungeon Explorer, as well as the shmup Gradius and the sidescrolling shooter Soldier Blade. PS3 owners will get six great downloadable titles sometime 'in early 2007', courtesy of Midway and Sony Online Entertainment. "The six games announced in the deal are Mortal Kombat II, Gauntlet II, Joust, Rampage World Tour, Rampart, and Championship Sprint. Sony Online said those titles were chosen specifically for their multiplayer components, as the company is adding online play for all six." Update: 01/08 22:32 GMT by Z : Oops. Missed Ms. Pac-Man on XBLA this week.
Argh!! (Score:5, Interesting)
Mario, Mario, wherefore art thou a game that Nintendo dost sit upon?
Re:I predict (Score:3, Interesting)
Actually it's kind of a nice price. I got Crash Bandicoot for the PSP for about 6 bucks and Grip Shift for the PS3 for about 10 bucks. I'm glad all the new consoles are offering downloads like this. It probably doesn't make sense to sell a disk consisting of a single old game for a cheapo prices, but it makes a hell of a lot of sense for a download. I pay more for two people to eat at Burger King than I did for Crash.
TW
Almost never heard of.... (Score:4, Interesting)
Well, i've never heard of Dungeon Explorer or Soldier Blade, but DE seems like an interesting game, I might download that one. However, I'm still waiting for my Baseball Stars and Tecmo Super Bowl. =) I already got my Toe Jam and Earl, but I'm still crossing my fingers for Metal Warriors and waiting for Super Mario World (SNES).
Boy, Nintendo is surely making a killing on these (expensive) download games ($5-10 for what? Converting a ROM?)
Cheers,
Fozzy
Re:Argh!! (Score:3, Interesting)
Preventing cannibalization; emulator bugs (Score:2, Interesting)
Because Nintendo is still selling Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 for Game Boy Advance and the Nintendo DS's GBA compatibility mode.
Nintendo is selling N64 titles on the Nintendo DS.
Could be part of it. I've read reports of sound being off. If the emulator used for NES games in Virtual Console is anything like the emulator used for NES games in Animal Crossing Population Growing for GameCube, then it appears that bug-for-bug compatibility isn't Nintendo's first priority. Specifically, the "killed by spark" sound on emulated Balloon Fight isn't nearly as buzzy as the sound on the NES cartridge version; it's more like a hum. If Nintendulator, Nestopia, and FCE Ultra on a comparably powerful PC (PIII 866 MHz, 128 MB RAM) can get it right, then why can't Nintendo's own emulator? Furthermore, Nintendo wants to avoid the problems that Konami has had where the two players on Contra for Xbox Live Arcade have got out of sync.
Turbo Grafix-16 (Score:3, Interesting)
No turbografix for Australians (Score:2, Interesting)
But you can get the games by changing your region to UK and then download. But the consumer shouldnt have to do that.
Re:Some quality spin there (Score:3, Interesting)
Anyway, that's still the Wii's release vs the PS3's announcement with no firm release date.
An idea for Nintendo... (Score:4, Interesting)
15-20 years worth of games/consoles adds up to one hell of a lot landfill space.