15th March 2005, 5:18 PM
Well what I mean OB1 is games that are reasons to buy the system, the must have exclusives. Yeah, they add to the library, but if they aren't exclusive, then they aren't on my list of the system's defining games. Because, like, I may already have them, like Donkey Kong Country. I mean, sure Metal Gear Solid 2 adds to the library of XBox games, and those who only own one are certainly going to appreciate that, but if you don't have an XBox, then that game isn't a reason to get one because it's also on the PS2. That's what I was saying. Not that it doesn't add to the lineup, just that it doesn't add to it's list of exclusives, which is how I decide if I want to get a system. I still wouldn't have a GBA if it really didn't get anything but Super Nintendo ports. I couldn't justify spending so much money on games I already owned when I could spend it on games I didn't own. However, having already GOT a GBA, yes getting an occasional Super Nintendo port is something I do. Usually, when I don't own the original or if the game comes with another game I don't have, or if it's completely and totally redone to the point of not even being the same game any more.
My bad, I sorta thought that was part of the argument, the idea of what games the system EXCLUSIVELY has more than just what games the system ALSO has. Okay then, never mind. In that case, yes, DKC is a good part of the lineup.
Sorry ABF, I never played a Bionic Commando game, ever. Mega Man? There was a Megaman game for the GBC? Wait a sec, oh yeah, those special X games. Warlocked.... hmm... nope never heard of that one. I did play Kirby Tilt and Tumble, and at the time I was really basically just mad at Nintendo's trend to sheer gimics. Didn't enjoy it at all because I was set out to hate it from the start probably.
As I said, I tend to be pretty picky about the games I get. I only saw like a few games worth even getting for that system, and I really had no intention of getting games I already owned just because they were portable. I've never found the "it's a portable version of that old game you loved" a compelling selling point for a game. Sure, being portable is nice and all, but not $30 nice.
All in all, there are some games I apparently missed out on for the GBC I guess (though Turok is NOT one of them, that was the first I got and one of the few games I do NOT regret immediatly getting rid of, in that case taking it back to the store misteriously shrinkwrapped... in a sandwitch bag over a stove... to exchange for a good game, the only one I even wanted being... LA DX. I looked around the stores at the time, and what I saw were games that just didn't interest me at all, and seemed cheesy. Playing Tetris DX was a bit of a letdown. Sure, it added a lot, but nothing... "real" I guess but it was the start of removing classical music from the Tetris series, a move I really hate that they ever did. Also, after playing Perfect Dark for it, I really just sorta gave up on it. That game was a pretty big let down to me.
But, perhaps I just consigned it to being a let down too soon. I'll check out the GBC library at some used game stores some time and see if there's something I want. Sure, I'll give it another shot.
My bad, I sorta thought that was part of the argument, the idea of what games the system EXCLUSIVELY has more than just what games the system ALSO has. Okay then, never mind. In that case, yes, DKC is a good part of the lineup.
Sorry ABF, I never played a Bionic Commando game, ever. Mega Man? There was a Megaman game for the GBC? Wait a sec, oh yeah, those special X games. Warlocked.... hmm... nope never heard of that one. I did play Kirby Tilt and Tumble, and at the time I was really basically just mad at Nintendo's trend to sheer gimics. Didn't enjoy it at all because I was set out to hate it from the start probably.
As I said, I tend to be pretty picky about the games I get. I only saw like a few games worth even getting for that system, and I really had no intention of getting games I already owned just because they were portable. I've never found the "it's a portable version of that old game you loved" a compelling selling point for a game. Sure, being portable is nice and all, but not $30 nice.
All in all, there are some games I apparently missed out on for the GBC I guess (though Turok is NOT one of them, that was the first I got and one of the few games I do NOT regret immediatly getting rid of, in that case taking it back to the store misteriously shrinkwrapped... in a sandwitch bag over a stove... to exchange for a good game, the only one I even wanted being... LA DX. I looked around the stores at the time, and what I saw were games that just didn't interest me at all, and seemed cheesy. Playing Tetris DX was a bit of a letdown. Sure, it added a lot, but nothing... "real" I guess but it was the start of removing classical music from the Tetris series, a move I really hate that they ever did. Also, after playing Perfect Dark for it, I really just sorta gave up on it. That game was a pretty big let down to me.
But, perhaps I just consigned it to being a let down too soon. I'll check out the GBC library at some used game stores some time and see if there's something I want. Sure, I'll give it another shot.
"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)