28th January 2012, 7:36 PM
Saturn
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Willy Wombat - $12, from ebay, complete (no spine card) - this is an import Japanese Saturn game from Hudson and Westone that was only released there. Oddly enough, though, even though the game was only released in Japan, all of the voice acting is in English. It's native English speakers too, though the acting is iffy. The story is generic, but it's great, though really weird, to be able to understand it fully in this import-only release. It's like Sin & Punishment in that regard. And also, the title -- "Willy Wombat" is pretty awesome, and the art is great cartoon-style stuff too. Yeah, this was just about a must have.
As for the gameplay, it's definitely fun as well. The game's an isometric-ish 3d platform-action game. You run around levels defeating enemies, jumping between things, collecting stuff, etc. There are some puzzles here and there, usually involving switches or obstacles to avoid, waves of enemies, and more You do need to rotate the camera a lot (this is done with the shoulder buttons), which is a little annoying, because the camera isn't very automatic and your view will often be obstructed if you don't rotate frequently. I guess in 1997 that concept was still somewhat new, but it's kind of annoying. Oh well, the game's quite fun anyway. This was well worth getting and is something worth looking into.
As for your post, huh, so the Ball Game & Watch remake uses a CR2032 instead of the two small buttoncells the old versions used? That's nice, I have my one old G&W (Octopus), but haven't had any batteries for it in years so I can't be certain that it works...
While that is of course a cool idea, two issues: 1) I don't think Nintendo would do it. That's a much larger and tougher thing to make than a Game & Watch. 2) You want a new system model? Yeah right... seems quite unlikely (though really, a NES 2 with AV out is all that'd be needed...) 3) Earthbound? I don't expect NOA to ever release anything relating to Earthbound ever, pretty much.
And finally... can you imagine how many Club Nintendo points something like those ideas would require?
It'd be like "this is awesome, but you'll probably never have one", pretty much...
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Willy Wombat - $12, from ebay, complete (no spine card) - this is an import Japanese Saturn game from Hudson and Westone that was only released there. Oddly enough, though, even though the game was only released in Japan, all of the voice acting is in English. It's native English speakers too, though the acting is iffy. The story is generic, but it's great, though really weird, to be able to understand it fully in this import-only release. It's like Sin & Punishment in that regard. And also, the title -- "Willy Wombat" is pretty awesome, and the art is great cartoon-style stuff too. Yeah, this was just about a must have.
As for the gameplay, it's definitely fun as well. The game's an isometric-ish 3d platform-action game. You run around levels defeating enemies, jumping between things, collecting stuff, etc. There are some puzzles here and there, usually involving switches or obstacles to avoid, waves of enemies, and more You do need to rotate the camera a lot (this is done with the shoulder buttons), which is a little annoying, because the camera isn't very automatic and your view will often be obstructed if you don't rotate frequently. I guess in 1997 that concept was still somewhat new, but it's kind of annoying. Oh well, the game's quite fun anyway. This was well worth getting and is something worth looking into.
As for your post, huh, so the Ball Game & Watch remake uses a CR2032 instead of the two small buttoncells the old versions used? That's nice, I have my one old G&W (Octopus), but haven't had any batteries for it in years so I can't be certain that it works...
Quote:It's probably the most "mint" retro thing I've yet received, and one of the better Nintendo Fun Club rewards I've seen over the years. I hope Nintendo does more of this style of reproduction. They could make limited quantities for the smaller base of people that would be after something like this, only selling it on their online store to take distribution costs out of the picture. I'd love to get a newly minted NES, for example. It could either be based on the Famicom with a "universal" cart plug or based on the original NES but altering the cartridge slot to be "true" ZIF, where pressing it down actually presses two sides of the contacts around the cartridge pins, instead of just shoving it into a spring slot. Imagine a reproduction SNES and Earthbound for sale. Not only would lawsuits not be a problem at that point (no way they could claim a format shift and thus a "new" work), but prices on eBay would be murdered in their sleep, so no more $4000 Earthbounds being sold (the prices on those things are getting ridiculous).
While that is of course a cool idea, two issues: 1) I don't think Nintendo would do it. That's a much larger and tougher thing to make than a Game & Watch. 2) You want a new system model? Yeah right... seems quite unlikely (though really, a NES 2 with AV out is all that'd be needed...) 3) Earthbound? I don't expect NOA to ever release anything relating to Earthbound ever, pretty much.
And finally... can you imagine how many Club Nintendo points something like those ideas would require?
It'd be like "this is awesome, but you'll probably never have one", pretty much...
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