15th March 2005, 5:49 PM
Quote: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.
The GBC did have some ports, especially from the NES, that is true... but there are a lot of GBC games that aren't ports. Metal Gear Solid isn't a port. The Zelda games aren't ports. Bionic Commando isn't. Stuff like DKC, Dragon Warrior, Crystalis, etc. are ports, true, but hey... GBA also has a lot of ports, except from SNES, and it's a great console...
Quote: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.
Exclusives count for more than original titles, but ports count too.
Quote: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.
If you ever see either Bionic Commando for NES, Bionic Commando for GB (it's unfortunate that they used the same name for the GB game, as it IS a new game), or Bionic Commando: Elite Forces for GBC, GET THEM! Awesome games. Somewhat misunderstood, but awesome... (What I mean by that is things like IGN's review of BC: EF -- they complained that there is no jump button! But that's the POINT: There isn't a jump button and a jump button would have no place in Bionic Commando. It's all about the bionic arm and letting you jump would mess that up. If you hate the bionic arm, of course, you won't like the series, but I like that control a lot, so...)
Anyway... the GBC Mega Man titles are a lot like the first four GB Mega Man games: Old bosses rehashed into a new package with new boss levels and stuff. Except with X instead of normal Mega Man. I always wanted one of those two games, but never got one... :(
Warlocked: Extremely simplistic, as I said, but hey... it's the only one like it and it's competent, so I won't complain too much...
Tilt n Tumble: Why would you start out wanting to hate it? I don't get that... gimmick? Slightly, but not really. It's just a different method of controls and it makes the game noticably different from any other console games I know of (I said 'console' because there have been PC tilt controllers and games designed to work with them... but mostly for racing games, not platformers like this...). I liked the game a lot. The only problem with the game is that it's too short and easy, but it's fun enough along the way that I didn't mind TOO much about that. But really, if it's a gimmick game this is the best kind of 'gimmick'.
Quote: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.
I agree... I wouldn't re-buy a game I already own just because it's got some new feature. That's why I didn't get Link's Awakening DX. But the GBC has far more than just that... as for being picky, that's fine, but don't keep it from letting you try some new things... (like Warlocked, Tilt n Tumble, or Bionic Commando...) I got Bionic Commando: EF kind of by accident, as I wanted a GBC game to play on the trip we were about to take and they didn't have anything I REALLY wanted, so I got this one... but it's one of the best accidental purchases I ever made, for sure! I immediately loved it, and still do. Which is why when I saw Bionic Commando GB used last December I got it immediately. :)