Last Gen Bargain Game Console Recommendations

PigLick on 7/2/2014 at 05:20

If you want retro gaming with modern perks, then the Wii (or possibly WiiU) is totally the best option. The wii's virtual console has pretty much all the best NES,SNES and Megadrive games available, and the WiiU is gonna end up with most of them as well (eventually). The real bonus with the WiiU is the ability to play it on the gamepad alone, which is freakin awesome, and also restore points, which takes a lot of pain out of some of the more difficult games (Landstalker, Im looking at you).

-also according to reports I have read, Nintendo are going to be adding DS games to the Wiiu VC as well, and the only way i can see that working is having the gamepad as the lower touch screen while your tv is the upper screen. THAT WILL BE AMAZING.

Mr.Duck on 7/2/2014 at 10:36

The Virtual Console has SOME of the best games of older generations, a lot of filler games and a lot of great titles still missing...

Wish Nintendo actually just uploaded their entire back catalogue, also? Gameboy Advance games, please...

Jason Moyer on 7/2/2014 at 10:45

Or you could just hack the system, which takes maybe 30 seconds and lets you run all kinds of emulators on it. I still buy stuff on VC when it's available, but it's nice being able to play Baseball Stars or Tecmo Super Bowl on my Wii as well.

PigLick on 7/2/2014 at 11:10

Quote Posted by MrDuck

nah dude pretty much most of them
every mario game
ffV1 chrono trigger
majoras mask
paper mario
donkey kong country
super metroid
link to the past
various megaman games
LANDFUCKINGSTALKER
Earthbound
Secret of Mana
and the list goes on

my son is currently playing zelda oracle of seasons - oracle of ages is next, plus links awakening, plenty of gameboy titles.

Jason Moyer on 7/2/2014 at 11:18

It also has the PC Engine version of Ys I+II, which is a must play.

Zerker on 7/2/2014 at 21:57

Quote Posted by PigLick

nah dude pretty much most of them
donkey kong country

Not anymore!

Though I wasn't a huge fan of DKC to begin with.

Some notable missing games:
GBC:
Metal Gear Solid (aka Ghost Babel)

N64:
Doom 64
Goemon's Great Adventure

NES:
Batman
Bionic Commando (weird that the GB version is available though)
Crystalis
Any Dragon Warrior game
Gargoyle's Quest 2
The Guardian Legend
Metal Storm
Power Blade
Shatterhand
Metal Gear

SNES:
Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, Terranigma
Demon's Crest
The Magical Quest Starring Mickey Mouse (+ Sequels)
Disney's Aladdin
TMNT 4: Turtles in Time
Tetris Attack/Panel De Pon

Genesis:
Castlevania Bloodlines
Contra Hard Corps
Ranger X
Rocket Knight Adventures
Sol-Deace/Feace

Multiplat:
Lost Vikings 1/2
Blackthorne
Flashback

Though I have to admit, they have a good selection of highlights.

PigLick on 7/2/2014 at 23:26

Yeh I forgot they removed some games, which is a bit of a dick move really.

june gloom on 8/2/2014 at 00:26

Doom 64 is playable via Doom 64 EX anyway. I just went through it myself and it's damn near perfect.

Jason Moyer on 8/2/2014 at 03:39

Like I said, if it's available on the VC then buy it there, if it's not you can always just play it on an emulator. In particular, the NES emulator for the Wii is based on FCE Ultra and is fantastic.

I'm pretty sure this is the route I took to softmodding my Wii, and it was completely painless:

(http://lifehacker.com/5830367/how-to-hack-your-wii-for-homebrew-in-five-minutes)

Zerker on 8/2/2014 at 12:48

Well, there's always the option of downloading roms. Just like there's always the option of pirating PC games. I believe the important distinction here is that these games are now widely and legally available again.

By the same token, Doom 64 EX is great project, but it still legally requires a copy of Doom 64 and a device to extract the rom from it. Any other setup is just pirating Doom 64.

In other words, the project to upgrade the game doesn't on-its-own make the original game more available.