1UP's Retro Round-Up Rounds Up Retro
Just a pointer, since you might not have spotted - 1UP's latest issue of its Retro Round-Up news has been posted, grinning happily: "Military Madness isn't the only insanity happening this week."
Firstly, teh Parish comments: "We've heard Nintendo is prepping an amazing Virtual Console surprise for Christmas -- and they'd certainly better be doing something awesome next week, because the December 18th VC selection was... what's the word? Oh yes: Crap. Only three games, and of those only one [the aforementioned Military Madness] is actually worth any money." Fortunately, since the 1UP article was posted, Nintendo has confirmed Street Fighter II, Super Castlevania IV (yum!), Toe Jam & Earl and R-Type for its Xmas day debut. But with no networked multiplayer or achievements, I'm still a bit underwhelmed in general. Though it's definitely _cool_.
And then, there's the 'Virtual Selection' wishlist item for Virtual Console - Dragon Warrior/Quest IV for NES: "So what's the appeal of Dragon Warrior IV? In a word, the story. The game was divided into three scenarios featuring different characters with unique objectives, including a merchant named Taloon (aka Torneko); at the game's end, a fourth scenario pulled them all together into an adventure that wrapped up the game's various threads. It was without question the biggest, most epic and most impressive 8-bit RPG, besting even Final Fantasy III, and would definitely make for a must-have VC download." Are you listening, Nintendoooo/Square?
Comments
ToeJam & Earl = awesome... but I've said that like a dozen times already.
For my money, Dragon Warrior/Quest III easily beats IV, which is too linear for my taste in the later portion of the game, and also has an obnoxious battle system in the entire huge last chapter which takes direct battle control of all characters other than the hero away from
the player.
Posted by: John H. | December 24, 2006 6:30 PM
I can agree that having online multiplay with some of these vintage VC titles would be quite nice, but I continue to fail to understand the whole "achievements" thing entirely.
As for DQ, I'd still like to go back and play through 4, and a VC release would be one way of encouraging me to do so.
If I had to pick any DQ for release though, it'd have to be getting an official translation of DQ5. Absolutely brilliant game, one of my few favorites in the console RPG world, with an amazing storyline that plays havoc with a cliche or two in it's wake.
Posted by: J Arcane | December 25, 2006 12:10 AM
I kind of imagine the achievements as like Last.fm for beating games.
DQ series would be nice if it came to VC.
Posted by: Red_venom | December 25, 2006 4:14 PM