A local trip to the local flea market yielded interesting observations. Aside from a couple quick pick-ups for myself, I noticed one of the vendors had a working Vectrex console on sale for three-hundred bucks. Unfortunately, it’s out of my price range and probably not a worthwhile investment at this point, but man, talk about bad luck. I’d love to get my hands on one of those babies… oh well.
(2024 Update: Oh, 2012 Dave. Just wait another decade and your dream will come true.)
For anyone who may or may not know, Nintendo recently announced the release (in Canada only at the moment) of the Wii-Mini Console, essentially a budget version of their original Wii console which costs about a hundred bucks, lacks Gamecube support, lacks Internet access, and looks to be a top-loading game console.
Honestly? This isn’t something I’d be interested; I’m perfectly content with my 2008 Wii that has Internet access (that I use for WiiWare and Virtual Console) and Gamecube support (that I never use), but I could certainly see this as a nice little budget alternative for those wanting to get into gaming. Of course, the fact that there are no more Wii games coming out means that it’s basically a system dead on arrival, considering the mass majority of Wii games are… let’s just say, anything but memorable. There’re some gems, some decent titles, but a mass lot of games that isn’t worth the time and money.
Then again, you could probably say that about any gaming console.
Original Article: http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/11/20/nintendo-not-developing-wii-titles.aspx
Not surprising that Nintendo isn’t going to be developing any more Wii titles, considering they have a brand spanking new console on the market right now. I’m pretty sure they’ll still sell the things for another year or two and it’s a nice, cheaper alternative for those looking for a new console. So I guess the Wii is now a “retro” game machine.
I wonder if I should mod it now or later…
So I’ve managed to unlock everything in WWE ’13… I think that’s a first for me where I was able to go through the whole deal. Quite a feat… then again, I’m digging this game’s Universe mode and the customization options. It’s not as deep as the stronger consoles are, but what’s there is enough to keep me enthralled for hours on end. How long has it been since a new release for the current generation of consoles kept me going for hours on end? Very few.
Somebody had posted a comment on my Street Fighter II (MS-DOS) review, telling me that if I thought that port was bad, I should check out the two Mega Man games on MS-DOS, because those are worse.
Somehow, I was able to resist the urge to inform kindly YouTuber who meant well that I already reviewed those games… and hence, have no desire to revisit them.
Yay, me.
Currently gathering footage and refreshing my memory for the eventual video review, but I can sum up my initial thoughts with the peek-chure above.
Did a little review and submitted details to this Review A Bad Game Day site yesterday morning… as of 10:44 AM EST today, my sacrifice was not reflected on the site.
Oh well… doesn’t really matter. It was a fun project and hopefully, they’ll do another one of these next year. There’s no shortage in crap games out there, so why not?
…why there is an online campaign to raise money to produce copies of a game that is virtually unplayable and completely worthless despite its high collector’s value? So that more people will get reproduction copies of this one crappy game? Do we really need that sort of thing here?
Interesting little something I noticed while I was visiting the local EB Games/Gamestop thing; they had a whole stash of copies of Metroid: Other M for $9.99. I didn’t get an exact count, but there could have been more than a dozen copies on the shelf. Unloved.
I guess giving Samus a personality that repelled gamers is the kiss of death for your franchise… I’d feel bad for all the shelf space it was occupying that could’ve been filled with games that were worth a damn. Too bad I didn’t have a camera on me.
$9.99… I’m almost tempted to pick up a copy… but decided on a Baconator combo from Wendy’s.
They make good burgers.
Good night.
Source article here: http://www.gamespot.com/news/street-fighter-x-tekken-sales-blamed-on-cannibalism-6376795
So, cannibals are to blame for Capcom’s lack of success with SFxT as far as sales goes? Are you sure it’s not because of the fact that you stored away locked content on your discs and are only selling codes to unlock that content and that people are pissed off because of that sort of shady business acumen?
Other than Mega Man 9 and 10, I’m so glad I don’t have to deal with that kind of bullshit.
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