#virtual console

[retrogamingblog2]

#nintendo #gaming #video games #virtual console #eric andre #adult swim #funny #lol #humor #meme #roms #wii #3ds #wii u #switch #nintendo switch #gameboy #nes #snes #n64 #gamecube #gba #retro #ds #retrogaming #emulators #emulation

[kornyea-broth]

Mother 3 Localization Hell

#mother #mother 3 #artistic #artists on tumblr #digital art #art #earthbound #mother 2 #mother series #lucas mother 3 #nintendo fanart #nintendo switch #nintendoswitch #nintendo #super smash bros #smash bros #wii u #virtual console #cmon reggie #mother 3 lucas #mother 3 duster #mother 3 claus #mother 3 fanart #kumatora #claus mother 3

[n64retro]

Wii Virtual Console N64 List (USA)

#nintendo 64 #nintendo wii #wii #N64 #nintendo #virtual console #wii virtual console #USA #retro gaming

[transgirl-gaming-thoughts]

Something odd that Nintendo didn't utilize with the GBA-compatible DS models was multiplayer. I know the DS basically use the stock GBA software to play those games, BUT I still think it would have been cool to run it via an emulator of sorts, and allow the DS wireless to emulate the GBA link cable, or at the very least the GBA wireless adapter. If this was the case, the DS/DS Lite would be one of the best ways to play GBA games today! This was also something underutilized in Virtual Consoles, both GBA and others. Kinda wish Nintendo had done more with this, but I suppose hindsight is 20/20 in a lot of ways.

#assorted gaming thoughts #nintendo #virtual console #gba #gamboy advance #nintendo ds #nintendo ds lite #ds lite

[retrogamelovers]

I wanted to find a way to preserve the Wii U eShop Virtual Console. So this past weekend I screen captured EVERY trailer for every game that had one! Already started to upload them to the YT channel for all to enjoy and will be posting more batches throughout the week. This was a fun challenge and a blast to rewatch all those trailers! 🍿

#wii u eshop #virtual console #nes #snes #n64 #nds #wii #nintendo #retrogaming #retrogamelovers

[atomic-cat]

I have no idea why but i discovered a weird glitch where the audio distorts when i change inputs on my TV, and its possible to record it. This only happens with NES games on the switch to my knowledge.

if anyone else can recreate this or figure out why this happens let me know, its so fascinating to me but i have literally no clue why it happens.

edit: i also just tried this on my roommate's TV and this doesnt happen, very strange.

#nintendo switch #nintendo #nintendo switch online #NSO #zelda #legend of zelda #NES #nintendo entertainment system #virtual console #emulation #glitch #audio glitch

[pompompinkdandelions]

I beat Pokémon Crystal for the first time!

As i played through Pokémon Crystal for the first time, I simultaneously felt regret at not having grown up with the pokémon series and overwhelmed at how different the older games are!

I enjoyed the music and delightful 8-bit pokémon designs. There's something very charming about the overall presentation. Importantly, I was so happy to play as a female character! It was a lot of fun discovering this region for the first time, even though it was difficult at times to change my play style to accommodate this older title.

I have played games with HMs before, but I guess its been a while. And playing this just really feels like constantly having a doduo peck at your head... reminding you incessantly how annoying HMs are. Almost as annoying as HMs are the waaaaayyyy too frequent phone calls! I was happy at first to see a way to rebattle and earn more money and xp, but by Arceus did I not yet realize how often the trainers would call. It's so bad It makes me question if it was ever playtested at all. It's so disruptive!

This is my first game without the fairy type, and without experience share. So that's been a learning curve as well. I feel quite spoiled by the newer games in how much less grinding is required to have a decent team. Of course, I always support the players that want a more challenging experience, but for me... I don't want to go back to the grind fest lol. Admittedly, I had to spend a lot of time readjusting my team as I learned some differences with this older game, and that inflated my playtime. Fortunately, it wasn't that bad. I did a lot of mindless grinding on Victory Road while walking on the treadmill or watching documentaries, so it didn't feel like I was really wasting my time lol.

Given the tech this was originally released on, the chip music is delightful and the Pokémon sprites look great. The encounter music in particular stood out to me and some of the pokemon have such expressive little poses! I swear Graveler never looked cuter. Meganium didn't really serve me particularly well as my partner pokemon, but Sweetpea was cute so oh well lol. I always disliked Jynx, but I got a shiny Smoochum in my odd egg. She ended up being my MVP big time. Thank you, Belinda. I'm sorry I was ever harsh with you! Pupperoni the Arcanine also served me well. And Spicey Gee, my shiny gyarados was welcomed into my party as well. Ms. Pidgey was nice to have in a pinch, and Last Hope the Lanturn was a last minute addition to help with my battle against Lance. I actually took very little damage and never used any potions so I guess I did alright lol.

I have to admit I don't often dabble in pokémon postgames, but I suppose I'm not experiencing the full game if I stop now. So I will fight the urge to move on and see what Kanto has in store for me! Plus, I have to catch the legendaries at the very least.

I do have some complaints with my experience on virtual console. A lot of optional features in Pokémon Crystal were meant for the Gameboy Printer, and while obviously they couldn't support that, they absolutely COULD have tweaked those and other features to work on 3DS, including online trading. None of that matters now though, as Nintendo has shut down support for the 3DS anyway, but STILL. It is a bit of a bummer I can never complete my pokedex if I wanted to.

So with this Johto experience behind me, the only other region I have never visited is Unova! The next pokémon game I play will probably be Black or White!

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For clarity, my Kanto experience was Let's Go Eevee and I have never played R/B/Y or FR/LG. I own Red on VC.

My Hoenn experience was Omega Ruby, and I first explored Sinnoh in Shining Pearl.

In the future, I'd love to play SoulSilver and Platinum.

#pokemon crystal #gen 2 #johto #meganium #gameboy color #virtual console #Brittany plays Pokémon

[korechuuu]

happy pokémon day!! i felt like playing a classic today to celebrate 💛

#pokemon #gaming #nintendo #pikachu #nostalgia #90s #game freak #3ds #game boy #virtual console #pokemon yellow #pkmn #txt

[bro3256]

Predictions for Nintendo Switch Online

I think it goes without saying that the Nintendo Switch Online (or NSO) service has been controversial to say the least. The fact that we now have to pay for what used to be free online and the lack of benefits you get to subscribing has led to this service being received very poorly at least at launch. It's been about 5 years since NSO launched and a lot of that controversy has seemingly dried up either by new additions to the game library or simply the fact that we're just used to it at this point.

Now don't get me wrong there are still detractors to NSO, but it seems as if this service has been accepted for what it is despite its flaws, although I do have to agree with some of the things said by folks regarding how the service launched and how it currently is.

Now that we've gotten that out of the way, I want to lay down some predictions regarding the future of this service as I've seen some wild things being proposed by fans that sound completely unrealistic and nothing Nintendo would ever regularly do. Starting with the obvious, what future platforms will Nintendo add to the game library?

First things first, GameCube is not going to happen at least for a long time. I suspect Nintendo may add it once the Switch's successor is out but at this very moment it is laughable to consider GameCube right now. The biggest main issue is the fact that Nintendo themselves has been rereleasing GameCube games as full price Switch games. Metroid Prime Remastered and Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door come to mind. I know for the most part the whole "things releasing outside of NSO means it will never come to NSO" myth has more or less died at this point but GameCube tends to be a special case here since these games still feel modern enough to resell as new games.

Another thing is to completely throw out any consideration of any mainline Pokémon games appearing on the Game Boy apps. The spinoffs sure, but actual mainline games is a bit silly. If they were somehow to be added they would need to do a lot of backend stuff to get these games properly working and so players don't cheat with the regular tools NSO offers such as rewind and restore points. It's not impossible but I see this as too much work to be worth it if simply putting these out as digital eShop releases sounds much easier. Besides if every version was put out on NSO then you'd lose the magic of Pokémon just like that, and that wouldn't be fun would it?

Okay so what do I actually think NSO is gonna add to its game library? Well unless Nintendo puts out a Virtual Boy or a Game & Watch app then I suspect we will probably see more third party apps. One consideration I don't see a ton of people talking about is the PC-Engine and TurboGrafx-16.

Games from these consoles have appeared on Virtual Console in the past on Wii and Wii U and a very limited number of PC-Engine games did release on 3DS only in Japan. I wouldn't doubt that Nintendo would add this as apart of their Expansion Pack, heck maybe even regular NSO if we're lucky. I would just love to see more NEC love (or well Konami love now).

But why stop there when the Mark III and Master System could be added too? Sega is already on board with NSO with their Mega Drive and Genesis apps so this would be a great addition especially since these games have not been given enough love even by Sega. SG-1000 would also be cool but that might be a bit too niche for a service like NSO but who knows.

As for games, while there is quite a bit already on the service there are certainly omissions that are quite baffling so let's get some of the more obvious ones out of the way and in no particular order.

Gomoku Narabe Renju, Mahjong, Golf, Urban Champion, SimCity, Mario Paint, Super Smash Bros., Ridge Racer 64, Banjo-Tooie, Super Mario Land, Qix, X, Balloon Kid, Mole Mania, Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, Pokémon Pinball, Densetsu no Stafy 1-3, Mother 3, and Rhythm Tengoku just to name a few.

So lets start with one that might not be interesting at a glance but would be a great addition to the service.

Tetris for the NES (no, not the Tengen version) is one of the more iconic versions of this beloved puzzle game, but why go back to this version specifically? I mean we already have Tetris on the Game Boy app and plenty of other Tetris games on Switch so what's the deal here?

Well for one, this version has never seen any kind of rerelease... kind of. This version in terms of how it played was ported over to Tetris Effect: Connected as a side mode but unless you knew about it I'd imagine not a whole lot of folks have dabbled with it and it's still technically not the original game.

But secondly, the main reason why this mode even exists and also why I personally would like to see it on NSO is purely to make the game accessible to a wider audience considering the competitive scene of this specific classic version of Tetris.

Being able to play this on NSO would mean a ton more people get to experience how this version plays and more importantly gives players another option of playing this without resorting to unofficial PC emulation. Obviously pro players are going to stick to original hardware but if you just wanted to practice or wanted a taste of this version then it's no wonder that having it on Switch would be a dream. Hopefully with the Game Boy version already being on the service this will increase the chances of this one happening.

So this next one is already planned to release for NSO in Japan but there's no word on it releasing internationally but regardless...

...Kaeru no tame ni Kane wa Naru or as its unofficially known as The Frog For Whom the Bell Tolls. It's an action RPG that's often compared to Link's Awakening to the point where in said Zelda game there's a cameo appearance featuring Prince Richard from Bell Tolls. This is one of the more well known Nintendo developed games that never left Japan and as of writing has never seen an official English localization of any kind and unfortunately there seems to be a trend with international NSO releases having Japanese games that have not been translated. So the likelihood of this not only releasing outside of Japan but getting a new localization for NSO is very unlikely but it's more than possible given Nintendo puts in the work to translating this in English. I'd imagine a remake of this game being far more likely to getting an international release if that were to happen and hey if it's in the style of the Link's Awakening remake that would be pretty cool.

So let's move away to one that might actually happen.

This one's pretty straight forward and don't be scared by this being Japan exclusive as outside of some story cutscenes this one's perfectly playable as its mainly a puzzle game. It has seen rereleases in the past on Virtual Console and if it were to release on NSO it's very likely that it would release internationally since the benefit of Nintendo not putting in effort to localize these games means they can just drop this on the SNES app no problem. Also good time to mention that this also includes the original Wrecking Crew so it would be funny to see Wrecking Crew on the service twice.

So let's end this game prediction saga with one that probably will never happen but if it were to happen I'd be curious how it would be implemented.

So let's get this out of the way, this is an M rated game. For a while it was believed that Nintendo would shy away from more mature games from appearing on the service but GoldenEye 007 on N64 at least in Japan indicates that Nintendo's solution is purely to bump up the rating of the overall app. So I'd imagine if this were to drop on NSO we'd not only see a rating bump for the N64 app but hopefully some kind of parental control option to stop players under 17 from playing this one. While it would be cool to see this on NSO in terms of being able to play it on a Nintendo platform again, I purely would like to see this get added just to see what they'd do to the app in response to this M rated addition to the service.

And there are my NSO predictions as of November 2023. I do wonder when the next Nintendo platform releases if we'll see an uptick in support for the service but its likely that this slow trickle of games will continue as usual. I'd normally would wish for more platforms to be represented on NSO but the problem is that some of the ones already on the service are very lacking especially Game Boy and Game Boy Advance. Hopefully those libraries get beefed up soon.

#nintendo #nintendo switch #nintendo switch online #nso #virtual console #prediction

[shinigami-striker]

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga | Friday, 11.17.2023

The very first Mario & Luigi RPG game, Superstar Saga was released on this day 20 years in North America exclusively on Game Boy Advance!

#mario and luigi #mario and luigi superstar saga #mario & luigi #mario & luigi: superstar saga #alphadream #nintendo #nintendo mario #nintendo luigi #game boy advance #gba games #wii u #nintendo switch #nintendo switch online #virtual console #turn based rpg #mario bros. #20th anniversary #north america #on this day #flashback friday #protagonists #playable characters #video games #antagonists #november 17 #november 2003 #november 2023 #retro video games #fawful #cackletta

[pikaychuwu]

everyone meet pumpkin, my pikachu •⩊•

#gameboy color #pokemon #yellow #pikachu #virtual console #90s nostalgia #3ds #nintendo

[ur-not-real]

lucky paralysis coin flips have got me this far

Can The Worm Kill The Dinosaur

goodness me caterpie did actually take down the kangaskhan

#pokemon #gameboy #pokemon tcg #trading card game #rpg #tabletop rpg #3ds #virtual console

[michaeldagaymerx]

Redownloading old Wii Virtual Console games to my SD card with more storage and it’s making me feel nostalgic 😊🎮

#nintendo wii #wii #virtual console #old school games #retro games #retro #video games #videogameaddict #videogamers #wii shop channel #wiishop

[brickgirl1993]

Made a Bingus Bongus for tomorrow morning!

#bingus bongus #bingus #nintendo #nintendo direct #Zelda #totk #Mario #predictions #splatoon #virtual console

[retrogamelovers]

ALL Wii U eShop Virtual Console trailers are now posted! Number of trailers per system:

NES - 67

NDS - 2

N64 - 5

Wii - 14

GBA - 34

SNES - 35

157 trailers in total! ❤️

#virtual console #wii u eshop #nes #nds #wii #n64 #gba #snes #retro gamer #retro gaming #retrogamelovers

[blackknight300]

Just turned on my 3DS for the first time in over like five years and saw that I had a virtual Pokémon crystal already completed decided to start over the game and wanted to get some input on my starter Pokémon and Gender

Character Development 

#pokemon poll #pokemon #pokemon crystal #virtual console