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I'm am from the NES era so I do love some of those old games, but I
think the way Nintendo went about doing this series was fairly poor.
The only thing I think it really cool about this NES celebration is
the special GBA-SP designed to look like an old NES controller.
Here's what I just don't like about the series:
- The Gameboy is a portable device so making it convienent to use is
essential. Putting all of these games on separate cartridges is just
a waste of space, especially considering all of them could easily have
been put onto 1.
- Donkey Kong: Perfect example of wasted potential. Why didn't they
throw in the mythical "pie factory" level? I understand the reason
why. The point of these games was to give people their old NES
experience, and since the NES didn't have that level then the Gameboy
version should not either. That's a pretty poor excuse for making a
$20 less than what it could be. Another problem with this game is
that it should have included all of the old Kong games on one pack,
this would include Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong 3, and Donkey Kong Jr.
Math (I actually found that one fun in multiplayer mode).
- Pac-Man: Bad choice. Pac-Man is not a game associated with the
NES, it wasn't even released until the SNES was celebrating its 2nd
birthday! Pac-Man is something bigger than Nintendo. Another reason
it shouldn't have been included is that it has already been released
on the GBA! I don't know the name, but I have a Namco title that
already contains several of the old Pac-Man games. The original Pac
Man can even be played on a single screen or on a scrolling screen
that maintains the original graphics. I don't think that's even an
option in the new version!
- Super Mario Bros: A definate classic but wasn't this already
rereleased on the Gameboy Color? Didn't that reissue even include
extras that were not found in the GBA version, like the Japanese Super
Mario 2?
- Legend of Zelda: Another definate Nintendo classic, but would it
have killed them to include The Adventure of Link on there as well?
- Ice Climber: Did anyone ever like this one?
- Excitebike, Bomberman, & Xevious: I seem to remember these being
popular titles, but it sure is ashame that you'd have to carry around
an entire gameboy cartridge just for each of those tiny titles.
I really like that Nintendo is recognizing its past, but I just don't
think they went about it in the best possible way. I'd love to see a
GCN disc full of their old titles so that I can easily play all their
old games. Had Nintendo gone that extra step I would have snapped up
these games.
I'm am from the NES era so I do love some of those old games, but I
think the way Nintendo went about doing this series was fairly poor.
The only thing I think it really cool about this NES celebration is
the special GBA-SP designed to look like an old NES controller.
Here's what I just don't like about the series:
- The Gameboy is a portable device so making it convienent to use is
essential. Putting all of these games on separate cartridges is just
a waste of space, especially considering all of them could easily have
been put onto 1.
- Donkey Kong: Perfect example of wasted potential. Why didn't they
throw in the mythical "pie factory" level? I understand the reason
why. The point of these games was to give people their old NES
experience, and since the NES didn't have that level then the Gameboy
version should not either. That's a pretty poor excuse for making a
$20 less than what it could be. Another problem with this game is
that it should have included all of the old Kong games on one pack,
this would include Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong 3, and Donkey Kong Jr.
Math (I actually found that one fun in multiplayer mode).
- Pac-Man: Bad choice. Pac-Man is not a game associated with the
NES, it wasn't even released until the SNES was celebrating its 2nd
birthday! Pac-Man is something bigger than Nintendo. Another reason
it shouldn't have been included is that it has already been released
on the GBA! I don't know the name, but I have a Namco title that
already contains several of the old Pac-Man games. The original Pac
Man can even be played on a single screen or on a scrolling screen
that maintains the original graphics. I don't think that's even an
option in the new version!
- Super Mario Bros: A definate classic but wasn't this already
rereleased on the Gameboy Color? Didn't that reissue even include
extras that were not found in the GBA version, like the Japanese Super
Mario 2?
- Legend of Zelda: Another definate Nintendo classic, but would it
have killed them to include The Adventure of Link on there as well?
- Ice Climber: Did anyone ever like this one?
- Excitebike, Bomberman, & Xevious: I seem to remember these being
popular titles, but it sure is ashame that you'd have to carry around
an entire gameboy cartridge just for each of those tiny titles.
I really like that Nintendo is recognizing its past, but I just don't
think they went about it in the best possible way. I'd love to see a
GCN disc full of their old titles so that I can easily play all their
old games. Had Nintendo gone that extra step I would have snapped up
these games.
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