Wii Shop Thread: ***FINAL FANTASY 3 IS OUT ON THE VC***

No VC games

WiiWare

Cave Story
Publisher: Nicalis, Inc.
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Mild Cartoon Violence, Mild Language
Price: 1,200 Wii Points™
Description: Cave Story takes you into a rare world where a curious race of innocent, rabbit-like creatures called Mimiga run free. You wake up in a dark cave with no memory of who you are, where you came from or why you're in such a place. Uncovering Mimiga Village, you discover that the once-carefree Mimiga are in danger at the hands of a maniacal scientist. Their only hope rests squarely on the shoulders of a quiet, amnesiac boy who can't remember his own name. Take control, learn the origins of this world's power, stop the delusional
 
[quote name='Ryukahn']No VC games

WiiWare

Cave Story
Publisher: Nicalis, Inc.
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older) - Mild Cartoon Violence, Mild Language
Price: 1,200 Wii Points™
Description: Cave Story takes you into a rare world where a curious race of innocent, rabbit-like creatures called Mimiga run free. You wake up in a dark cave with no memory of who you are, where you came from or why you're in such a place. Uncovering Mimiga Village, you discover that the once-carefree Mimiga are in danger at the hands of a maniacal scientist. Their only hope rests squarely on the shoulders of a quiet, amnesiac boy who can't remember his own name. Take control, learn the origins of this world's power, stop the delusional[/QUOTE]

That ... that's the full list? That's pretty pathetic if so
 
On three, begin the 1200 points is too much for a game that is legitimately free on PC/Mac.

I'll start. :) It's too much for a game that is free on the PC and Mac. I still might pick it up just because I've got a lot of cheap points, and these folks do deserve some money, but I do think it should have been priced at 500 points. They'd get a lot more sales that way.
 
Interesting note on Cave Story. There will be no DLC as that stuff is now included into the price of the original game. So it makes the price a tiny bit easier to swallow. But not by much.
 
My problem with it isn't the 2 bucks, but rather that it would leave me with 800 points. I only buy WiiWare ... and most things I am interested in are 1000 so 800 is an awkward number to have.

I would likely buy it at 1000 points.

Not really fault of the game, Nintendo should let me buy points in whatever amount I want online.
 
[quote name='Kaoz']My problem with it isn't the 2 bucks, but rather that it would leave me with 800 points. I only buy WiiWare ... and most things I am interested in are 1000 so 800 is an awkward number to have.

I would likely buy it at 1000 points.

Not really fault of the game, Nintendo should let me buy points in whatever amount I want online.[/QUOTE]

Maybe Art of Balance (800 points) would fit the bill? I'm probably going to pick this up after watching this (pretty annoying) video. The game isn't annoying, the people doing the video are. In spite of that this video makes me want the game.
 
[quote name='KingBroly']Hmm...top and bottom of the screens are cutoff.[/QUOTE]

Using a 4:3 TV? It takes up an entire 16:9 TV. If you're talking about Cave Story that is.
 
[quote name='crunchewy']Maybe Art of Balance (800 points) would fit the bill? I'm probably going to pick this up after watching this (pretty annoying) video. The game isn't annoying, the people doing the video are. In spite of that this video makes me want the game.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I was thinking about that as a possibilty, (I thought about driiftmania but top down racers aren't really my thing)

Nintendolife gave art of balance a pretty glowing review.

Blonde haired guy in that video is annoying as hell. Caused me to mute it fast.
 
I did go ahead and buy Art of Balance tonight and a few hours later I'm quite happy with it. It's a physics puzzle game with great controls that keeps me wanting to try the next level. It's not going to last forever, but it's definitely a lot of fun. So I think it's a worthy use of 800 points ($8). I'm going to show it to my wife as she may like it as well. It's a nice change of pace from MM10, that's for sure.
 
Very cool. I've never played any of the Ogre Battle games, but had been intrigued by it given the high price of the real N64 cart on ebay. Probably it isn't my type of game though. If the cart price comes way down as a result of a VC release I'll buy it (the cart), as that I can always turn around and resell.
 
This week, Europe got 2 VC games and 2 WiiWare games, Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber - N64/1200 Points, Fatal Fury Special - Neo Geo/900 Points, Art of Balance - WiiWare/800 Points, and Diner Dash - WiiWare/1000 Points.
 
I'm not interested in much of anything on the shop right now nor do I have time to play video games in general but anyone who wants the code here it is:

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Yeah it's free. I need to update this thing.

I only finally got back into downloading stuff with A) Cave Story release and B) codes from Club Nintendo. Spent an hour last night downloading everything I own to an SD card. 64 channels, which is at least 40 more than I thought I had.

Also I really want to play Princess Tomato. Wanted to forever.

Cave Story is very, very good. Spent the last two nights with it and I'm really enjoying it. Story is straight brutal.
 
Yeah, I just started playing Cave Story, I never played it on the PC so it is all fresh to me. I'm enjoying it quite a bit as well, I find it hard to stop playing actually.
 
I'm not going to get Cave Story unless they fix the audio problems (drum tracks missing and other stuff wrong with it, and the sound effect volume is way out of whack). You can lower the sound effects to 1/3 (as suggested by one of the developers) and use the original soundtrack, but if we're going to pay $12 for this thing it ought to be right. It's really going to suck if Europe gets the fix (which apparently they will be once it's released there) and we are left out. I wonder how much of a problem Nintendo's process will be in getting an update out, or if they'll even bother.
 
Crunchewy, that's officially a worse reason to be mad at a game than Yakuza 3 cutting out 1% of game content in the form of useless trivia games. (Note: Y3 fans, shut up, I don't care, I'm exaggerating for a reason.)

I wish I could support these guys MORE right now.
 
Question for all you Nintendo fans. I just got matched for Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door on Goozex, is it a direct sequel to the 64 version? Or is it more like Final Fantasy 7 to 8 to 9 etc etc. Also, even if they aren't direct sequel, would it be worth my time to check out the 64 version on Virtual Console? I have heard that the two games are so similar that you really only need to play one or the other, but wanted to get some opinions from CAGs.
 
They are like the FF series, where each has elements of the other games, but none are directly related. Basically a Mario RPG game has active timing elements in the battles and some minor overworld interaction (jumping puzzles, etc). The Superstar Saga on portable systems falls under the same umbrella.

Anyway, Thousand Year Door is straight one of the best GC games ever. It's superior to the N64 release in every way - better interface, more streamlined, the graphics are BEAUTIFUL, and has lots of memorable characters and places to see. If you're a completionist, you could play the N64 version first, if only to see where the Paper series got its start. But you could easily drop right into the GC version and be completely fine.

So yeah - TTYD is awesome, and hugely underrated.
 
You do not in any way need to play the 64 version. It's been ages since I last played either, but there's really no carry-over between the two. Maybe a throwaway gag or something, but... really, there's dick all to connect 'em plot-wise.

And as good as the 64 version is, Thousand Year Door rawked it like some sort of hawk.
 
Cool thanks for the input, I think I will be skipping the 64 version then. I was interested in ttyd last gen, but having never played the first one I didn't really know. Always regretted skipping it, 200 Goozex points (10 spacebucks) seemed like a good price to grab it at. Also grabbed Mario Sunshine for 250 points ... which I wrote off as being a gimick and have regretted skipping.
 
[quote name='Strell']They are like the FF series, where each has elements of the other games, but none are directly related. Basically a Mario RPG game has active timing elements in the battles and some minor overworld interaction (jumping puzzles, etc). The Superstar Saga on portable systems falls under the same umbrella.

Anyway, Thousand Year Door is straight one of the best GC games ever. It's superior to the N64 release in every way - better interface, more streamlined, the graphics are BEAUTIFUL, and has lots of memorable characters and places to see. If you're a completionist, you could play the N64 version first, if only to see where the Paper series got its start. But you could easily drop right into the GC version and be completely fine.

So yeah - TTYD is awesome, and hugely underrated.[/QUOTE]
That reminds me - I loved Paper Mario, but I still don't have TTYD. :bomb:
 
[quote name='Kaoz']Also grabbed Mario Sunshine... which I wrote off as being a gimick and have regretted skipping.[/QUOTE]

This is a sore point for me, because I feel that SMS is fuckin' brilliant. But it's largely NOT the opinion according to anyone anywhere online, which I feel is a shame. I won't belabor the point or engage the discussion, but it is underrated. The pure level of free movement you can do rivals all sorts of games, because you can pull off any number of moves/jumps in any order and the game just lets you do it.

It's like how Smash Bros just doesn't care if you alter up move sequences, or if stuff collides in the air, or whatever. It's just entirely kinetic.

So yes, I
 
[quote name='Strell']This is a sore point for me, because I feel that SMS is fuckin' brilliant. But it's largely NOT the opinion according to anyone anywhere online, which I feel is a shame. I won't belabor the point or engage the discussion, but it is underrated. The pure level of free movement you can do rivals all sorts of games, because you can pull off any number of moves/jumps in any order and the game just lets you do it.

It's like how Smash Bros just doesn't care if you alter up move sequences, or if stuff collides in the air, or whatever. It's just entirely kinetic.

So yes, I
 
I like SMS better then Mario 64 as well, but there are levels in SMS that are way too f-ing frustrating. Don't let that turn you off to it, though, because there's also just a ton of levels to play. Still, though, I prefer 2D Mario. Also both Paper Marios are awesome and I can't imagine skipping either if them - get both!

Back on topic, though... umm... don't really have anything on-topic. Ok, maybe get Art of Balance - i've played more including coop with my youngest and it's a great game, and cheap at 800 points.
 
Points are dumb. The only advantage is that occasionally you get them for sale/on clearance, but even that is rare.

Really they need to centralize the whole damn thing, have one account instead of console vs portable, and then offer up various promotions and sales. But I doubt this will happen, if ever.

At least it's another route for advertising their online components. I hope they continue to increase that kind of presence.
 
Nice week for Wii DLC

WiiWare

WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief, Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points™
Description: The frantic fun of WarioWare is available for the first time on the WiiWare service! WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase shows off all the different elements found on the WarioWare: D.I.Y. game for the Nintendo DS family of systems. The WiiWare software includes microgames, music and four-panel comics – all with simple controls using only the Wii Remote™ controller. Use the Game Blender and its many modes to play microgames featuring Wario™, ninjas, animals and even classic Nintendo franchises. Check out the Music section to hear or play a selection of songs using a character from Balloon Fight™. In addition to the bevy of preloaded products, you can also receive content from friends, play with products made using WarioWare: D.I.Y. or download games from the NinSoft Store. Let your creativity run wild – even Wario would be impressed with the possibilities for new content!

Diner Dash®
Publisher: Hudson Entertainment
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Use of Alcohol
Price: 1,000 Wii Points
Description: Diner Dash, a popular PC action-puzzle game, has landed on the WiiWare service. Guide Flo, an office worker-turned-restaurateur, as she builds up her empire over four unique diners. Go online to face players in head-to-head. If you feel up to the challenge, join up with a friend or another player online for a Team Dash game where your team will take on six other players to see whose diner is the best in town. (Broadband Internet access is required for online play.) Players take direct control of Flo as she runs around to seat patrons, take orders, deliver food, take payment and bus tables as efficiently as possible within the time allowed. Players who are fond of traditional control schemes may also use a point-and-click style with hotkeys to aid Flo in her quest for customer satisfaction, which is reflected in a heart meter that empties as customers lose patience. If the meter empties completely, then the customer will leave the restaurant.

Virtual Console

Ogre Battle® 64: Person of Lordly Caliber™
Original platform: Nintendo 64™
Publisher: Square Enix
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: T (Teen) – Mild Language, Mild Violence
Price: 1,000 Wii Points
Description: Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber is a tactical RPG originally released for the Nintendo 64™ system. Featuring a gripping storyline with many possible endings, plus a genre-defining character class system, this strategic epic has rightly retained its place in the hearts of tactical RPG fans for more than a decade. The game tells the story of Magnus Gallant, a recently graduated officer of the Palatinean Army who is assigned to the troubled southern region of his native land. There he witnesses the plight of the lower classes – the victims of a tyrannical ruling elite whose only thought is for the preservation of its own lofty status. With civil war brewing, Magnus is faced with a terrible choice: to betray his own noble origins in the name of liberty, or to turn a blind eye to the evils of his rotten society.
 
[quote name='Ryukahn']WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Comic Mischief, Mild Cartoon Violence
Price: 800 Wii Points™
Description: The frantic fun of WarioWare is available for the first time on the WiiWare service! WarioWare: D.I.Y. Showcase shows off all the different elements found on the WarioWare: D.I.Y. game for the Nintendo DS family of systems. The WiiWare software includes microgames, music and four-panel comics – all with simple controls using only the Wii Remote™ controller. Use the Game Blender and its many modes to play microgames featuring Wario™, ninjas, animals and even classic Nintendo franchises. Check out the Music section to hear or play a selection of songs using a character from Balloon Fight™. In addition to the bevy of preloaded products, you can also receive content from friends, play with products made using WarioWare: D.I.Y. or download games from the NinSoft Store. Let your creativity run wild – even Wario would be impressed with the possibilities for new content![/QUOTE]

Does anyone know how the games control? "all with simple controls using only the Wii Remote controller"

Is the IR pointer in place of the stylus, or what?
 
[quote name='Strell']They are like the FF series, where each has elements of the other games, but none are directly related. Basically a Mario RPG game has active timing elements in the battles and some minor overworld interaction (jumping puzzles, etc). The Superstar Saga on portable systems falls under the same umbrella.

Anyway, Thousand Year Door is straight one of the best GC games ever. It's superior to the N64 release in every way - better interface, more streamlined, the graphics are BEAUTIFUL, and has lots of memorable characters and places to see. If you're a completionist, you could play the N64 version first, if only to see where the Paper series got its start. But you could easily drop right into the GC version and be completely fine.

So yeah - TTYD is awesome, and hugely underrated.[/QUOTE]

I will add its better than its wii counterpart as well. I was anticipating the Wii release and was let down. Its not bad, just no where near as good.
 
[quote name='Snake2715']I will add its better than its wii counterpart as well. I was anticipating the Wii release and was let down. Its not bad, just no where near as good.[/QUOTE]

It is a different type of game... but I do agree.

I loved the whole 2D/3D mechanic though.

I would love a sequal to Paper Mario TTYD and Super Paper Mario.
 
[quote name='botticus']Why am I remembering Atlus as the original publisher?[/QUOTE]

Because they were the publisher for North America. I had no idea that it was actually a Square Enix game.

Edit: Actually, the wiki says it was developed by Quest/Nintendo, so since SE bought/merged/whatever with Quest, that is why they are listed now.
 
[quote name='flameofdoom666']Does anyone know how the games control? "all with simple controls using only the Wii Remote controller"

Is the IR pointer in place of the stylus, or what?[/QUOTE]

Anyone know???
 
Well got Showcase and it isn't too bad even on it's own. There's a good number of games and there's already a few you can download too. Of course Warioware D.I.Y. for DS is the real game and this is almost like an addon to it. Can't wait for my copy to come tomorrow.
 
It hasn't been posted, but Grill Off with Ultra Hand is live on Club Nintendo. You purchase a redeem code that you enter on the Wii Shop Channel.
 
This week, Europe got 1 VC game and 2 WiiWare games, Super Mario Kart - SNES/800 Points, Chronos Twins DX - WiiWare/700 Points, and Family Mini Golf - WiiWare/500 Points.
 
Can everyone post their top 5 WiiWare games? I want to see everyones opinions (I also want to make sure I have all of the great titles on WiiWare!).

Here is my list:

1) World of Goo
2) Lost Winds 2: Winters of Malodias
3) Cave Story (I am in the middle of this now, but am LOVING it! It may get bumped up to slot 2. Nothing tops World of Goo though! :whistle2:D)
4) Lost Winds
5) NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits
 
Nyxquest
Lost Winds 2
Excitebike World Rally
World of Goo
Lost Winds

All 5 are very close to interchangable though, really liked all of them.
 
[quote name='flameofdoom666']Can everyone post their top 5 WiiWare games? I want to see everyones opinions (I also want to make sure I have all of the great titles on WiiWare!).

Here is my list:

1) World of Goo
2) Lost Winds 2: Winters of Malodias
3) Cave Story (I am in the middle of this now, but am LOVING it! It may get bumped up to slot 2. Nothing tops World of Goo though! :whistle2:D)
4) Lost Winds
5) NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits[/QUOTE]

Nyxquest
Lost Winds 2
Excitebike World Rally
World of Goo
Lost Winds

I am a sucker for platformers, especially ones that use the wii remote pointer functionality :D
 
Anyone looking for an excellent srpg should pick up Ogre Battle 64. One of my favorite N64 games ever alongside OOT, PD, and SM64. Branching storylines, multiple endings, lots of weaponry and unit management, and a memorable soundtrack. This game is at least 50 hrs long and deserves to be played.
 
WarioWare D.I.Y Showcase is a fantastic stand alone game. I just got it, and played through the minigames. It is really fun (if you like WarioWare games... which I do). I can't wait for more minigames to become available. Now I need to get the DS version to make some too!
 
[quote name='The Crotch']How does it compare to the SNES version? I had a very love-hate relationship with March of the Black Queen...[/QUOTE]

I'm only like 3 hours into OB64 but thus far, it's pretty similar. Move little groups of 3-5 characters around a big map, intercepting enemy armies, liberating cities, and ultimately beating the goal for the stage. I do think the mode 7 stuff from the SNES game is more charming than the fugly polygon overworlds of the N64 one.
 
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