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Joined: May 22 2008 Location: Goshen, VA Posts: 6544

It was just announced during a Nintendo Direct. I'm sure Earthbound carts all over the world just dropped in price ridiculously.

Posted: Apr 17 2013 11:11 am

Not necessarily. Final Fantasy 4/6 are widely available on a variety of platforms, SNES carts are still valuable.

But hooray. Now they just need to bring us Mother 3, which I totally haven't already played a fan translation of.

Posted: Apr 17 2013 11:16 am

Okay, I'll be that guy: One new franchise announced this Nintendo Direct. At least it's something.

Posted: Apr 17 2013 11:19 am

I was far more excited by A Link to the Past 2 than by the opportunity to spend money on a game I've already beaten perhaps half a dozen times.

Joined: May 22 2008 Location: Goshen, VA Posts: 6544

Syd Lexia wrote:

Not necessarily. Final Fantasy 4/6 are widely available on a variety of platforms, SNES carts are still valuable.

But not Earthbound valuable. I see II and III in game shops all over for like 20 or 30 bucks. That's not valuable, that's dirt cheap compared to 100 bucks or more for an out of box SNES cart.

I remember copies of Final Fantasy VII were like 60 or 70 bucks at one point, and when it was released on PSN, the price dropped all over. I see it regularly out at game shops for about the same as the others, 20 or 30 bucks. I'd say a digital release will at least bring the demand and price down some.

Posted: Apr 17 2013 01:11 pm

LordHuffnPuff wrote:

I was far more excited by A Link to the Past 2 than by the opportunity to spend money on a game I've already beaten perhaps half a dozen times.

THIS. i was way more excited about this LttP 2 & the fact they are releasing the Oracle games on eShop.

Posted: Apr 17 2013 01:21 pm

With this, I'll have a legitimate reason to add Mother to my Powerpak, like I did for the first two Ys games when I got an Ys III cartridge.

Posted: Apr 17 2013 01:26 pm

I have mixed feelings about LTTP2. If it's following Nintendo's general sequel Zelda strategy and/or portable Zelda strategy, that means no Ganon. Also, the art style is pretty meh. I mean, I'll BUY it, but I really wish it was sprites. Ever since the 3DS came out, I've been imagining what LTTP would look like in sterescopic 3D, especially the Lost Woods. GUESS I'LL NEVER FUCKING KNOW.

I'm getting kinda sick of this bullshit. There is ZERO reason that a game that uses a 2D perspective needs to have 3D character models, especially when sprites will look MUCH crisper on the 3DS screen. This bugs me about the NSMB games as well.

Posted: Apr 17 2013 01:49 pm

heres the full video

Posted: Apr 17 2013 10:15 pm

Very impressive, as I had believed the copyright concerns (music, et cetera) would prevent this from happening. Hooray, I say! Also, A Link to the Past 2 looks interesting, I will miss the sprites but I'm sure the game will be solid.

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JoshWoodzy wrote:

Syd Lexia wrote:

Not necessarily. Final Fantasy 4/6 are widely available on a variety of platforms, SNES carts are still valuable.

But not Earthbound valuable. I see II and III in game shops all over for like 20 or 30 bucks. That's not valuable, that's dirt cheap compared to 100 bucks or more for an out of box SNES cart.

I remember copies of Final Fantasy VII were like 60 or 70 bucks at one point, and when it was released on PSN, the price dropped all over. I see it regularly out at game shops for about the same as the others, 20 or 30 bucks. I'd say a digital release will at least bring the demand and price down some.

They released Aero Fighters for the Wii Virtual Console, but I still see that cartridge going online for about $100.

I snagged a copy for fifty cents at Roses. Cool

Posted: Apr 18 2013 01:30 am

Syd Lexia wrote:

I have mixed feelings about LTTP2. If it's following Nintendo's general sequel Zelda strategy and/or portable Zelda strategy, that means no Ganon. Also, the art style is pretty meh. I mean, I'll BUY it, but I really wish it was sprites. Ever since the 3DS came out, I've been imagining what LTTP would look like in sterescopic 3D, especially the Lost Woods. GUESS I'LL NEVER FUCKING KNOW.

I'm getting kinda sick of this bullshit. There is ZERO reason that a game that uses a 2D perspective needs to have 3D character models, especially when sprites will look MUCH crisper on the 3DS screen. This bugs me about the NSMB games as well.

im not digging the art style either. i would prefer sprites as well, but i still welcome a new portable entry into the zelda universe. as long as it doesnt have stylus controls like phantom hourglass or spirit tracks, then im in.

i am rather excited it will take place in the same universe though:

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Posted: Apr 18 2013 12:53 pm

I hope the Dark World or its equivalent is even darker for this game.

Joined: Sep 17 2007 Location: The Opium Trail Posts: 3475

That art style can blow me.

Posted: Apr 18 2013 09:53 pm

Get in line.

Posted: Apr 20 2013 11:46 pm

I wonder if Nintendo did this as a response to the rather lackluster sales of the Wii U.

Still, this is great news because now it'll be possible for average Americans (and Europeans) to play the game without having to resort to either emulation or shelling out $100+

...Unless Nintendo really screws this up over legal issues by making so many changes and omissions that suck the flavor out of the original game.

On the topic of LttP 2, yeah I'm not too thrilled about the new 3D graphics either. I would've preferred good old 2D SNES graphics. I'll still keep checking on it though.

Posted: Apr 26 2013 05:14 pm

I'm very much glad that it's coming to the Virtual Console. Earthbound has to be the most obnoxiously overpriced game ever. Seriously, go to eBay and search "Earthbound" and "Mother 2" separately. The Japanese version, complete with box, manual and original plastic wrap is still cheaper than the American version with no box. It's highway robbery!

Posted: Apr 27 2013 12:46 pm

Nintendo could find themselves in a bit of trouble. It's surprising to me that they didn't meet their expectations with their sales so far. Now the Playstation 4 is on the horizon and from everything I've gathered so far it seems like they are handling things very well, which is a vast improvement from how they handled the release of the PS3. Maybe I'm just paranoid, but I'm beginning to feel a trickle of unease when I think about the big N's future. I hope its nothing, but I'm starting to wish they would have just held off on trying to be the first next-gen console released to the public and took some time to develop more 1st party titles and possibly create something more revolutionary as they did with the Wii.

I grew up with Nintendo as a huge part of my life, and I suppose my fears at this point are probably irrational. However, if something doesn't make the Wii U more appealing, the PS4 will most likely take over the industry. I believe this generation of the console wars will belong to Sony...

Posted: Apr 27 2013 12:55 pm

Nintendo fell behind Sony in the '90s. They didn't collapse then and they won't now.

Joined: Apr 17 2013 Posts: 28

Oh look, a topic by JoshWoodzy, let's spam it with derailing comments like he does for everyone else.

Joined: May 22 2008 Location: Goshen, VA Posts: 6544

Aw, poor little thing.

Posted: Apr 28 2013 08:42 pm

I just worry about Nintendo, God knows why though. I guess because I grew up loving their consoles and game I would just hate to see them befall the same fate as Sega. Granted, Sega fucked up bigtime, but these days the console wars are different. Also, now Sony and Microsoft seem to be following Nintendo's lead by trying to appeal to a wider audience by adding more innovations aside from better graphics.

I know it's way too early to be making such hasty judgements, but I really thought the Wii U would sell much better than it has so far. Perhaps I'm not seeing all the variables though.

Posted: Apr 30 2013 06:55 am

A fanmade Mother 4 is currently scheduled for release in August: http://mother4.andonuts.net/

You know, until Nintendo sues and stuff.

Also: the group responsible for the Mother 3 English fan translation has offered to let Nintendo use their translation for free to try and entice them to put the game on the 3DS eShop.

JohnnyBenz wrote:

I know it's way too early to be making such hasty judgements, but I really thought the Wii U would sell much better than it has so far. Perhaps I'm not seeing all the variables though.

Wii U has outpaced what PS3 and 360 sold within similar time frames, but are nowhere near Wii sales. Wii was a fad though, a con, a grift, and no home console will ever sell as fast as that did ever again.

When PS4 and 720 debut, at reportedly higher prices, except equally slow sales.

Posted: Apr 30 2013 06:09 pm

The Wii did sell a stupid amount of units.