1st August 2006, 5:06 PM
And not just other franchises but a lot of one-shot games that are recorded as "awesome" by the diehard nerds as well.
I'm a little surprised at a lot of these because Nintendo did make it clear they only intended on including "the most popular games" on the system. Hopefully that translates to EVERY SINGLE GAME THAT ISN'T ARSE.
Still, what's up with the hocky mask guy? I know there was a Friday the 13th game on the NES (as well as Rare's Nightmare on Elmstreet game, which had an interesting waking world/nightmare dynamic which would have been great in a better game), but I wasn't aware anyone actually liked that game.
If they really do toss every game I could ever want on there, then wow, I might actually consider selling off my old collection as payment for the "upconversion" (maybe not, there are other reasons I might keep the old and just ignore the Wii collection). But, there are certain issues to consider. Part of me wants an ultimate singlular awesome computron device I can play all my games on, but part of me knows the technical limitations.
Also, 512 MB is nice but downloadable content can get pretty big. Map packs alone tend to take up 10's of MB each. The SD card is also nice, but the real issue is how fast these things can be accessed and the cost. Hmm... If at any point a 20 GB SD card with speeds comparable to a 5200 RPM hard disk is made affordable, this becomes great, but the issue is I doubt that'll happen during this upcoming generation.
I'm a little surprised at a lot of these because Nintendo did make it clear they only intended on including "the most popular games" on the system. Hopefully that translates to EVERY SINGLE GAME THAT ISN'T ARSE.
Still, what's up with the hocky mask guy? I know there was a Friday the 13th game on the NES (as well as Rare's Nightmare on Elmstreet game, which had an interesting waking world/nightmare dynamic which would have been great in a better game), but I wasn't aware anyone actually liked that game.
If they really do toss every game I could ever want on there, then wow, I might actually consider selling off my old collection as payment for the "upconversion" (maybe not, there are other reasons I might keep the old and just ignore the Wii collection). But, there are certain issues to consider. Part of me wants an ultimate singlular awesome computron device I can play all my games on, but part of me knows the technical limitations.
Also, 512 MB is nice but downloadable content can get pretty big. Map packs alone tend to take up 10's of MB each. The SD card is also nice, but the real issue is how fast these things can be accessed and the cost. Hmm... If at any point a 20 GB SD card with speeds comparable to a 5200 RPM hard disk is made affordable, this becomes great, but the issue is I doubt that'll happen during this upcoming generation.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)