Quote:In this case, I think that ABF has gotten so used to arguing with OB1 that he actually is doing, for the very first time, the things that OB1 has always accused him of. It's like some weird psychology stuff only lazy could explain to us.
Oh believe me, this is far from the first time he's done this. FAR from it.
Quote:Well okay if that's not enough for you then you could check out the games I didn't list. I only listed the ones I've actually played because I thought that would be enough to remind you of why that system was so succesful. I mean, it didn't sell because of popularity alone right? If that's all there was to it, the GG would have totally beaten it due to how popular that was... at first...
First off, I should say I really wasn't trying to insult you, so no need to be sarcastic to me. I know you are in a fight with ABF but I'm just trying to offer my opinion here based on what I've played, and I liked what I played.
What other games have I heard of that were reasons to own the GB... Hmm... There was the Final Fantasy Legends series of games, which was a nice RPG series so I've heard (never played it), and the first 4 Megaman games were apparently pretty good too (though apparently the 5th, the only one I've played, is the best of the lot).
Thing is, for every system I've played, there are only about 20 or so over the course of the system I really think are "must haves". At least, that's the pattern I've seen. It's been broken this generation I think though... There's been an explosion in the past two or three years of awesome games the likes of which I never saw before. I mean, I can only really list about 20 or so games that defined the Super Nintendo experience. About 8 are RPGs (Final Fantasy, Earthbound, Breath of Fire...). Outside of that core experience, most SNES games just aren't worth owning, to me anyway. Again, I'm very picky. I didn't list modestly fun games like Bugs Bunny's Crazy Castle because, well, it's just moderatly fun, something that's fun to play but I really wouldn't pay full price for it... ever...
So yeah, I would say the GB had an awesome assortment of great games. Should that assortment have been bigger given it's lifespan from 1989 to 1999-ish? Yeah, it probably should have, but it was still definitly a system worth having. Certainly, I'd say that anyone who didn't get it missed out on a large number of great games. I really think that games like Link's Awakening, Tetris, Wario Land, and Donkey Kong are ones that people should play.
That's all... I mean, if you don't think those were very good games or anything, that's okay, but I loved them.
Now, if you want to bring up the disappointing lineup of Gameboy Color games, go for it! That had... well honestly only 4 games.. TOTAL... were worth my money. Those being, Super Mario Bros DX (A remake of an awesome game, including a neutered version of another awesome game, hard to call it an exclusive...), the Oracle games (good and original games, but honestly, not as good as the Zelda games before it, still, they are the crown jewels of the GBC), and finally, Zelda LA DX, which isn't really a GBC game so much as a GBC enabled GB game. Honestly, the improvements are nice, but an extra dungeon and a photo hunt, the latter of which can still be done on the original Gameboy, is not exactly a good reason to get a GBC. Oh, there's a 5th game I guess. There's Pokemon Crystal, a part of the "Metal" game series that, for reasons unexplained, can only be played on a GBC (while Gold and Silver were only GBC enabled and could still be played on the original GB, meaning they are part of the GB line of games), but um... that's not worth getting a GBC over. Yes, I would call the GBC a failure, except that it sold so inexplicably WELL, namely due to the system's existing popularity in the orignal GB.
DJ, I respect your opinion, but can you really say that most of these Gameboy games were anything but pale imitations of their big console brethren? Aside from Zelda and DK (and maybe one or two more), just about every single "great" GB game is only great when you look at the horrible quality of the average GB title. Mario Land is by far the worst 2D Mario sidescroller ever. Mario Land 2, while being much better than 1, was still just a pale imitation of Mario 3/World. Mario Land 3 is probably the best of the bunch, but still... pale imitation. Other pale imitations? Donkey Kong Land... check. The Final Fantasies... oh man CHECK. Even Metroid II was by far the worst Metroid game out there. You can do this with just about every single so-called "great" GB game. Compare that with the Gameboy Advance which is full of SNES ports, but still, stuff like the Castlevanias, Advance Wars, Fire Emblem FF Tactics, Sonic, etc., are all great original titles. The GBC had a good lineup for how long it lasted.
Quote:PSP is different, it's a system launch... and it's been delayed. I'm sure Sony didn't choose to release it in spring!
As for other games, Jungle Beat isn't a AAA title. Others? As I said, a few a month. Your list there doesn't contradict it. Honestly, don't argue this. It's impossible, as it is a very well known fact that the highest quantity of good games comes out around chistmas. Oh, others come in around the year, but not in large numbers and not consistently. It's a sad fact brought on by how dominant the christmas season is on the year's game sales. And that's why Nintendo, as always, is backloading its schedule so the best stuff comes out around then. For the DS as well as the GC.
Jungle Beat is a terrific game. Maybe not AAA, but it's a GOOD game. And GT4 and DMC3 were just a few titles I chose. Let me continue:
Mercenaries, RE4, Oddworld Stranger, Tekken 5, Project Snowblind, Republic Commando, Minish Cap, and Star Fox Assault. Lots of great games that got pushed to early 2005 because hoiliday 2004 was too full.
Quote:Film to DVD is just cleaning up the picture, though... home console to portable is more than that.
Muh? You have no idea how the process works, do you? Film has infinitely greater "resolution" than dvd can handle, so a LOT of picture information is lost when it gets tranfered to that medium. A LOT. If you didn't notice it on dvd you won't notice it with PS2 to PSP.
Quote:PSP: buttons, controls, screen. DS: touchscreen and microphone. And games that use it. That means more innovative control systems and more innovative games. It'll take some time for the best uses of them to come out, but we already see some with stuff like WarioWare and Yoshi...
Yeah thanks for not paying attention to what I said. Please list conventional and unconventional GAMES for the PSP and DS.
Quote:Virtual Boy had twelve games, period. GB has a huge library.
Again, thanks for not paying attention. I said "save the VB", which means EXCEPT for the VB.
Quote:Okay, want a list of good to great GB games?
The fact that you included such mediocre titles as Mario Land, Final Fantasy Legend, and Contra kind of ruins your list there, guy. Mario Land was the first mediocre Mario platformer ever, the FF Legends were half-assed versions of the homeconsole games, and the same goes for Castlevania (even though II was pretty good for a GB game, it still paled in compared to the NES games), Contra, and almost any other "great" GB game you can mention. The only good GB games that I can think of that didn't pale in comparison to the home console versions are Link's Awakening, Donkey Kong, and the Kirby titles. That's pretty much it.