Some good DS games

I've managed to find a recommendation guide for DS games. Here's what it is. I added to it, however.

Action/Adventure

Arkanoid DS
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Chibi-Robo! Park Patrol
Contra 4
Dragonball Origins
Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
Elebits: The Adventures of Kai and Zero
Freshly Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland*
GTA: Chinatown Wars
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Lost in Blue (Series)
Lunar Knights
Metal Slug 7
Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword
Resident Evil Deadly Silence
Scurge: Hive
Spiderman: Web of Shadows
Wario: Master of Disguise

Adventure/Visual Novel

Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth*
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars
Flower, Sun, and Rain
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Phoenix Wright: Justice For All
Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations
Secret Files: Tungaska
Theresia
Time Hollow
Trace Memory

Fighter

Bleach: Dark Souls
Bleach: The Blade of Fate
Jump Superstars*
Jump Ultimate Stars*
Ultimate Mortal Kombat

Music/Rhythm

Daigasso Band Brothers DX*
Elite Beat Agents
Kork DS-10 Synthesizer
Ouendan*
Ouendan 2*
Rhythm Heaven

Platformer

Donkey Kong: Jungle Climb
Exit DS
Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure
Kirby Canvas Curse
Kirby Squeak Squad
Kirby Superstar Ultra
The Legendary Starfy
Mario vs Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis
Megaman ZX
Megaman ZX Advent
N+
New Super Mario Bros
Sonic Rush
Sonic Rush Adventure
Soul Bubbles
Super Mario 64 DS
Super Princess Peach
Yoshi's Island DS
Yoshi's Touch & Go

Puzzle

Bomberman 2
Magnetica
Meteos
Mr. Driller: Drill Spirits
Peggle Dual Shot
Picross 3D*
Picross DS
Planet Puzzle League
Professor Layton & the Curious Village
Professor Layton & the Diabolical Box
Professor Layton & the Last Time Travel*
Professor Layton & the Specter's Flute**
Puchi Puchi Virus
Scribblenauts**
Tetris DS
Touchmaster
Touchmaster 2
Touchmaster 3**

Racing

Asphalt: Urban GT
Asphalt: Urban GT 2
Diddy Kong Racing DS
GRID
Mario Kart DS
Race Driver: Create & Race
TrackMania DS

Roguelike

Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja
Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team

RPG

7th Dragon*
ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat*
Avalon Code
Blue Dragon Plus
Chrono Trigger
Custom Robo Arena
The Dark Spire
Digimon World: Dawn/Dusk
Dokapon Journey
Dragon Quest IV
Dragon Quest V
Dragon Quest VI**
Dragon Quest IX*
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker
Etrian Odyssey
Etrian Odyssey 2
Final Fantasy III
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time
Golden Sun DS**
Infinite Space*
Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days*
Knights in the Nightmare
Legacy of Ys
Lost Magic
Magical Starsign
Mario & Luigi 2: Partners in Time
Mario & Luigi RPG 3*
Megaman Starforce
Megaman Starforce 2
Megaman Starforce 3
Nostalgia*
Orcs & Elves
Phantasy Star Zero*
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum
Pokemon Heartgold/Soulsilver**
Pokemon Ranger
Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Rondo of Swords
Sands of Destruction*
Sigma Harmonics*
Soma Bringer*
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
Soul Eater: Medusa no Inbou*
Suikoden Tierkreis
Super Robot Taisen OG Saga
Super Robot Taisen K*
Super Robot Taisen W*
Summon Night: Twin Age
Summon Night X: Tears Crown**
Tales of Hearts*
Tales of Innocence*
Tales of the Tempest*
The World Ends with You

Shmup

Bangai-O Spirits
Big Bang Mini
Geometry Wars Galaxies
Ketsui Death Label*
Nanostray
Nanostray 2
Space Invaders Extreme
Space Invaders Extreme 2*
Star Fox Command

Shooter

Call of Duty 4
Call of Duty: World at War
Dementium: The Ward
Metroid Prime: Hunters
Touch the Dead

Simulation

Animal Crossing: Wild World
Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times
Nintendogs
Rune Factory 1
Rune Factory 2
Rune Factory 3**
Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise


SRPG

Disgaea DS
Final Fantasy Tactics A2
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
Luminous Arc
Luminous Arc 2
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey**
Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume

Strategy

Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
Advance Wars: Dual Strike
Age of Empires: Age of Kings
Age of Empires: Mythologies
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Front Mission DS
Lock's Quest
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution

Other

Brain Age (series)
Clubhouse Games
Game Center CX: Arino no Chousenjou 2*
Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits
Metroid Prime Pinball
Retro Game Challenge
Trauma Center: Under the Knife
Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2
Warioware: Touched
Worms Open Warfare 2

*- Not released in NA yet
**-Not released in any regions yet.

A list of 3rd party games exclusive to Gamecube

This is just a list of 3rd party games that're only on the Gamecube. It'll probably be incomplete, but whatever.

Resident Evil 2002 remake (Capcom, 2002)
Disney's Magical Mirror Starring Mickey Mouse (Capcom, 2002)
Resident Evil Zero (Capcom, 2002)
P.N. 03 (Capcom, 2003)
Gotcha Force (Capcom, 2003)
Disney's Hide and Sneak (Capcom, 2003)
Mega Man Network Transmission (Capcom, 2003)

Bloody Roar: Primal Fury (Activision, 2002)
Lost Kingdoms (Activision, 2002)
Lost Kingdoms II (Activision, 2003)

Super Monkey Ball (Sega, 2001)
Virtua Striker 2002 (Sega, 2002)
Home Run King (Sega, 2002)
Beach Spikers: Virtua Beach Volleyball (Sega, 2002)
Super Monkey Ball 2 (Sega, 2002)
Sonic Mega Collection (Sega, 2002)
Skies of Arcadia Legends (Sega, 2003)
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (Sega, 2003)
Amazing Island (Sega, 2004)
Phantasy Star Online Episode III: C.A.R.D. Revolution (Sega, 2004)
Bleach GC: Tasogare Ni Mamieru Shinigami* (Sega, 2005)

Mr. Driller: Drill Land* (Namco, 2002)
Family Stadium 2003* (Namco, 2003)
Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean (Namco, 2004)

Bomberman Generation (Hudson Soft, 2002)
Boboboubo Boubobo Dassutsu! Hajike Royale* (Hudson Soft, 2005)

Darkened Skye (Simon & Schuster, 2002)

Captain Tsubasa: Ougon Sedai no Chousen* (Konami, 2002)
Muscle Champion* (Konami, 2002)
Disney Sports Skateboarding (Konami, 2002)
Disney Sports Football (Konami, 2002)
Disney Sports Soccer (Konami, 2002)
Disney Sports Basketball (Konami, 2003)
Hikaru no Go 3* (Konami, 2003)
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Falsebound Kingdom (Konami, 2003)
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (Konami, 2004)
Rave Master (Konami, 2005)

Spirits & Spells (Dreamcatcher Interactive, 2003)

Shrek Extra Large (TDK Mediactive, 2002)
Tonka: Rescue Patrol (TDK Mediactive, 2003)

Road Trip: Arcade Edition (Takara, 2003)
Special Jinsei Game* (Takara, 2003)
Duel Masters* (Takara, 2003)
BeyBlade VForce: Super Tournament Battle (Takara, 2003)

Backyard Football (Atari, 2002)
Big Air Freestyle (Atari, 2002)
Zoids: Battle Legends (Atari, 2004)

Mutsu Tonohohon* (Tomy, 2002)
Zoids Vs.* (Tomy, 2002)
Zoids Vs. III* (Tomy, 2004)
Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! 3* (Tomy, 2004)
Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! 4* (Tomy, 2005)
Zoids: Full Metal Crash* (Tomy, 2005)
Naruto: Clash of Ninja (Tomy, 2006)
Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 (Tomy, 2006)

Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles (Square Enix, 2004)

Dragon Drive* (Treasure, 2003)

Tube Slider (NEC Interchannel, 2003)

Medabots Infinity (Natsume, 2003)
Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life (Natsume, 2004)
Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful Life (Natsume, 2004)
Harvest Moon: Magical Melody (Natsume, 2006)

Army Men: Air Combat - The Elite Missions (3DO, 2003)

Mary-Kate and Ashley: Sweet 16 (Acclaim, 2003)

MC Groovz Dance Craze (Madcatz, 2004)

Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure (Kemco, 2001)

Kiwame Mahjong DX2* (Athena, 2002)

Ohenro-San* (Pin Change, 2003)

Gakuen Toshi Vara Noir Roses* (Idea Factory, 2004)

Space Raiders (Taito, 2004)

Charinko Hero* (Banpresto, 2003)
Super Robot Taisen GC* (Banpresto, 2004)

Swingerz Golf (Eidos Interactive, 2002)

Go! Go! Hypergrind (Atlus Co., 2003)

From TV Animation: One Piece Treasure Battle!* (Bandai, 2002)
Ultimate Muscle: Legends vs. New Generation (Bandai, 2003)
Shaman King: Soul Fight* (Bandai, 2003)
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Ace Pilot* (Bandai, 2004)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Z Gundam* (Bandai, 2004)
SD Gundam Gashapon Wars* (Bandai, 2005)

Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena (THQ, 2002)
WWE WrestleMania X8 (THQ, 2002)
WWE WrestleMania XIX (THQ, 2003)
WWE Day of Reckoning (THQ, 2004)
WWE Day of Reckoning 2 (THQ, 2005)

*-Only released in Japan.

Nintendo's response to somebody's email.

http://gamebag.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/email-response-from-nintendo-of-america

Here's what Nintendo of America says (I changed the person's name in the email) :

"Dear X,
We understand your concern about the lack of service on the VC as of late. Due to sales numbers being far greater recently on Wiiware than on Virtual Console, we have decided to steer in the direction of WiiWare.
Also, we in America have NO plans to update the Internet Channel or the Nintendo Channel. We hope you understand”

Wow. So now Nintendo has officially said that Wiiware is a bigger priority than the Virtual Console. Not that's a bad thing or anything since they favor Wiiware over VC since last year so it's nothing new.

That person who emailed Nintendo was not me.

Teenage Mutant Touretts Turtles

Blue Ocean Strategy

What's a Blue Ocean strategy? According to one of the videos here, it's a method to make competition irrelevant by creating a leap in value for both the company & it's customers. Nintendo has successfully used it with the Nintendo DS & the Wii. Yes, that means that the competition can do little, if anything to rival Nintendo. Not even Microsoft's Natal will stand much of a chance.

Upcoming Wii-Exclusive Line-Up

The upcoming list of games that're exclusive for the Wii. There's a couple of missing ones such as Gladiator A.D., Bleach: Versus Crusade and Naruto: Clash of the Ninja 3. All the games in the video look pretty awesome though. :)

Toy Story Touretts Guy vs. Christian Bale

What happens if the Touretts Guy & Christian Bale were to fight each other? You shall finally find out!

Vad som händer ifall den Touretts Guy och Chrisitan Bale vore till slagsmål varandra? Du ska äntligen ta reda på!

Every North American N64 game.

Mop_It_Up, a person I know of from the N64forever forums has just gotten every North American N64 game except for the prototypes obviously. It took him 12 years. The hardest game for him to get is International SuperStar Soccer 2000 since it's so rare. You gotta click on the pictures to see the images fully though, sorry about that.



Picture 1- Here's the games he's collected. How many can you indentify?



Picture 2- This is all the N64 systems he has.



Picture 3- This is all the N64 controllers he has.



Picture 4- All his N64 game boxes



Picture 5- All his manuals



Picture 6- All his N64 stuff



Picture 7- All his N64 stuff from a different angle

http://s9.zetaboards.com/Nintendo_64_Forever/topic/7112609/1/#new

INVENTORY
Games:
296 unique
15 dupes (1 JPN)
Total: 311

Boxes: 50

Manuals: 52

Systems:
2x Charcoal Gray
Fire Orange
Grape Purple
Ice Blue
Jungle Green
Smoke Black
Watermelon Red
Total: 8

Controllers:
3x Gray (1 not pictured)
Black
Blue
Green
2x Red
Yellow
2x Atomic Purple
2x Fire Orange
2x Grape Purple
Ice Blue
2x Jungle Green
2x Smoke Black
Watermelon Red
Gold
Extreme Green (w/ box)
Millennium 2000 Edition (w/ winning notification letter)
Hori Pad Mini
Total: 25

Accessories:
4x Expansion Pak
Expansion Pak Ejector Tool
Nyko Hyperpack
Nyko Hyperpack X8
Official Controller Pak
Official Rumble Pak
Performance Memory Card
2x Performance Memory Card Plus
2x Transfer Pak
Tremble Pak (generic Rumble Pak)

Cords (not pictured)
8x AC Adapter
4x A/V Cable
S-Video Cable

Last day of school.

Today is pretty much my last day of school. For the past 2 days & today, I've been working hard to pass the final exams & today, I've just finished the last few of them. :) The reason why I'm at home so early is because on the last day, whoever finishes all their finals early can go home early if they walk home regularly. I managed to leave at around 10:30 A.M Central time & It's almost 11:00 A.M Central. :) Looks like I got a whole summer to relax.

To start things off, I think I'll go to Videogames etc this weekend which is at Norridge, IL (I live at Elk Grove Village, IL.)

IF you want to know how good VG etc is, check out my review in my other blog, "Station Obsolete."

The Neo Geo story.

This is a story of me & my sightings of the Neo Geo. Please read it, & tell me what you think about it, do you have any experiences with the Neo Geo?

The earliest sightings I can remember are going to this arcade that I think is called Superjust Games which I'm pretty sure is around Deerfield, IL back then around either really early 1998 or really late 1997 when I had moved to Elk Grove Village, IL. I remember seeing some Neo Geo MVS cabinets (I don't know if they're 2-slots or 4-slots) & I think I played the games on there a couple times (I don't know what games they are now). This was around back then when I was 3 or 4. I think Superjust games is now called Nickel City isn't it?

4-5 years later...around early-mid Summer 2002 when I was 8, I was traveling to Wisconsin & me & my family stayed at this hotel & I'm pretty sure they had a MVS 2-slot with Bubble Bobble & some sports game I don't remember. I didn't know at the time how it works though.

Early 2004, I went to Pizza Hut & I saw Metal Slug 2, my older brother got excited as if he knew about the series. (I think he did.) So both of us got a couple quarters & started playing it for a little bit. I was 10.

Early 2006 is when I really started researching the Neo-Geo. I originally thought the Neo Geo was only a home system, & I was confused seeing how it has games for it coming out for so long before retiring back in 2004 until I found out about the MVS & it's success. I was 12 at the time.

Time of this writing...I'm debating whether or not to get either an AES or an MVS 4-slot later in my life.

I don't remember much unfortunately.

A very big video game collection!

This collection isn't mine. It belongs to one of my acquaintances Corbie Dillard, you can find out more about him on this site:

http://corbiesgameblog.com/about/

Denna samling är inte min. Det tillhör till en av min vänner Corbie Dillard, du kan ta reda på mer om honom på denna webbplats:

http://corbiesgameblog.com/about/

Let's take a look at the photos in this blog entry, should we?

1st- An Atari 2600 & a couple of other consoles during the late 70's, early 80's are present. There's also a Yar's Revenge poster to the left of the photo. It's clear that it's either a narrow bedroom, or it's a closet

2nd- 2 candy cabs are present. One of them is a Japanese Neo Geo 25 MVS 4-slot while the other one is a Japanese Taito Egret II candy cabinet. There's also some posters of KOF 2002, the Last Blade, etc. I'm guessing that room is probably his bedroom.

3rd- Another closet :). This has some of Corbie's SNES games present as well as a SNES & a couple of other systems below the TV & an Xbox 360 box. Posters here are of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Breath of Fire, either Donkey Kong Country or Donkey Kong Land.

4th- A couple of SNES, Genesis, & Super Famicom games are present. However, the real deal are some of the PC-Engine games on the right of the photo.

5th- Some of Corbie's DS, GBA, GBC, & PSP games are present, as well as a DS Lite, GBA SP, & a PSP.

6th- The candy cabinets are present once again. You can see Garou: Mark of the Wolves being played in the Neo Geo MVS 4-slot that's in the left of the photo. The game being played on the Taito Egret II is Ibara.

7th- An Xbox 360, Wii, & PS3 are present as well as some games of those respective systems, there's also some PSX, PS2, & Nintendo DS games present.

European version of Kizuna Encounter now on Ebay!

http://cgi.ebay.at/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220421390119

Hurry up! Don't miss your chance to get one of the rarest games of all time!

Skynda upp! Don't sakna din chans att få en av den sällsynta spel av alla tid!

Auction not made by me.

Auktion inte gjorde av mig.

Toy Story 2 Touretts Guy

Detta är vad som händer när du kombinera den Touretts kille och Toy Story 2. :)

This is what happens when you combine the Touretts guy & Toy Story 2. :)

No Neo Geo games on VC since December.

If there's one thing that really bothers me, it's that there isn't a single Neo Geo game that was released on the Wii Virtual Console. I wonder what's taking SNK Playmore so long to bring out the Neo Geo games on the vc. The only reason I could think of is that they arn't putting out anymore until either World Heroes 2 or Fatal Fury Special comes to the VC. World Heroes 2 & Fatal Fury Special are both rated by the ESRB (vc versions). I've been waiting to play King of Fighters 2003 & Sengoku 3.

(Will translate later.)

190 PC ENGINE CD-ROM GAMES!! OH MY!

Around 190 PC Engine CD-Rom games, how many can you identify?

Runt 190 PC Engine CD-ROM spel, hur flera kan du identifiera?

Marvel Super Heroes Sega Saturn version

Date of release: 1997

Facts: Is compatible with the Saturn 4mb RAM pak that allows for more frames of animation. One of the few 2D fighting games on the Saturn that managed to be released outside Japan.

Datum av släppa: 1997

Fakta: Är kompatibel med den Sega Saturn 4MB RAM Pak det där tillåter för mer ramar av animering. En av den få 2D kämpar spel på den Saturn det där förvaltas till vara släppt utomhus Japan.

I did not create or owned the video.

I gjorde inte skapa eller ägda den video

Just to let you know.

From now on, all of my future blog posts will be written not only in English, but also on another language. Maybe 2 other languages. I'm still deciding what foreign languages to use though.

OR, I might make a foreign version of this blog. It'll probably have the same posts as my english blog, but obviously in a different language.

My opinions on N64 & PSX.

I shall be giving my opinions on the PSX & N64, 2 of the 3 primary competitiors of the 5th generation. The 3rd main competitor is the Sega Saturn though that's another story. Anyways, the PSX was released in Japan on 1994 while it was released the following year in the rest of the world. The Nintendo 64 was released in Japan on June 1996 while it was released in North America 3 months later & in Europe in another couple of months. The N64 & PSX fought against each other without mercy. Saleswise, it was clear the PSX had surpassed the N64, but why? Thanks to Sony's decision of using CD's, they were able to secure a lot of games, CD's were cheap to make & can hold a lot of stuff. The N64 on the other hand, uses cartridges instead of CD's which really limited the amount of 3rd party games. Cartridges were quite more expensive to make than CD's & couldn't hold a lot of data, however, as time went on, developers slowly increased the size of N64 games. As of 2001, the N64's biggest games were around 512 megabits, the megabit size was still a lot smaller than the PSX's, but it was at least bigger than a lot of Neo Geo games.

Having said that, I'll now give my opinions of the N64 & the PSX.

N64

Pros: Has some of the best games ever made, controller really works well, has much better graphics than the PSX's, cartridges can take a lot of damage, revolutionized 3-D gaming in general, made FPS's popular on home systems, 1st console since the Atari 5200 to use analog sticks.

Cons: A lot of games were kinda expensive back then, 2D fighters & Rpg's are under-represented, it's 2D power was largely untapped, usage of FMV's & CD quality music were few & far.

PSX

Pros: Has a lot of RPG's, the music was quite awesome, controller is really good.

Cons: The bad game to good game ratio was pretty large, system doesn't look as awesome as N64, PSX's 2D power is really weak (go play X-Men vs. Street Fighter on the PSX to see what I'm talking about.), graphics are horrible on a lot of games, many games don't even use analog controls.

Let's see what the genres of video games each system does better at.

RPG's: obviously the PSX due to using CD's

FPS's: N64 obviously, there were a ton of great FPS's on the N64.

2D Fighting games: It's really a draw, the PSX has more 2D fighters, yet, PSX's 2D power is really weak so that typically means quite a bit of missing frames of animation. The N64's 2D power is stronger, yet, there's not many 2D fighters on the system to demonstrate the power.

3D fighters: PSX wins due to having Tekken 1-3. However, N64 has a few really good 3-D fighters too however.

Racing games: PSX has Gran Turismo & Twisted Metal, oh...boy. N64 has Mario Kart 64, Beetle Adventure Racing, Star Wars Ep. 1 Racer, F-Zero X, World Driver Championship, F-1 World Grand Prix, etc.

Platformer games: N64 wins due to having Super Mario 64, Donkey Kong 64, Banjo-Kazooie & Tooie, & much more. PSX has Crash, Spyro, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, Jumping Flash!, etc.

Sports: It's pretty much a draw for now as I don't know the N64's & PSX's full amount of good sports games.

As you can see, I clearly prefer the N64 over the PSX, don't get me wrong, I would like to get a few PSX games such as Street Fighter Alpha 3, Mega Man Legends 2, Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special: Dominated Mind (JPN only), Jumping Flash!, & maybe Tekken 3. I still like the N64 much better than PSX.

HOLY SHIT, IT'S BILLY MAYS!!!111!!11!!!!!

I THINK ONE OF THE GADGETS THAT HE'S SHOWING IS ENOUGH TO MOVE HIS FULLY LOADED, 80,000 lb ASS.






Video not made nor owned by me.


P.S. The reason why I made my last 2 blog posts nothing like my other ones is because I'm bored.

NOW THAT'S JUST ASININE

JOE JACK IS ON SOME KIND OF CRACK & HE KEEPS ASKING ME HOW HIS ASS IS FITTING.








Video not made nor owned by me

Why the long wait, Nintendo?

If any of you haven't noticed yet, the Commodore 64 & Arcade games were added to the Wii Virtual Console this year. Yet, it's been over a month since the North American Virtual Console got it's last C64 game & 4 weeks since the last time the NA VC gets arcade games. Why the long wait, Nintendo? The additions of C64 & Arcade to the VC opened up a whole new world of possibilities. Yet, Nintendo is still putting out 1 game on the VC per week.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Virtual_Console_games_(North_America)#Virtual_Console_Arcade

World Heroes 2 PC Engine

The PC Engine version of World Heroes 2 is a really good home conversion of an Neo Geo game of the same name, but how? The graphical power of the PC-Engine itself is somewhat weak when compared to the SNES, & sometimes (but probably not often) the Genesis, & obviously the Neo-Geo. What Hudson did is made an Arcade card that, once you insert it, added quite a bit more RAM into the PC Engine similar to what the N64 expansion pak & the Saturn RAM packs did. The Arcade Card & the PC Engine CD ROM Unit accessory are required to play the games that use the Arcade card. The music for the games ported from the Neo Geo had been greatly improved, some of the music has been decreased in quality, but still sound great. You might want to import a PC Engine, a PC Engine CD Rom unit, an arcade card, & some games if you're intrested in the PC Engine & have the money.

I didn't make the video nor do I own it.

Buyers guide for last generation games

http://kotaku.com/5126059/a-buyers-guide-to-a-console-generation-past?skyline=true&s=i

I feel that it's a really good read. It talks about the good & bad points of each last gen system as well as the price of the systems, the recommended peripherals, & some recommended games to get. The only thing I don't like about that guide is that the Dreamcast isn't on there.

Also, the reason why I buy primarily last gen & retro games is because I don't really like spending $50-$60 on a new game. The only new games I buy are from the DS & the Wii.

Tell me if the link isn't showing up.

A new arcade?

http://www.paulsarcade.com/

Eh? A new Arcade?! Arcades are a rare species for a few years now. Not only a new arcade went in business, it managed to be alive & well even today. The arcade? Simply called "Paul's Video Arcade." it opened up in 2005 & still in business today. Which got me thinking, how can a new arcade open up these days & still be successful? Ok, I admit I was dramatizing a little bit. Still, I have a few questions.

What's the average start up cost for an arcade?

Arn't more arcades at Wisconsin* than Illinois? (Quite a naive question.)

*-The arcade I was talking about is at Regency Mall in Racine, Wisconsin.

Arcade games I would like to see on the VC pt. 2

Sorry for the long wait. Here's pt. 2 of the top 10 arcade games I would like to see for the Wii Virtual Console. These games are in no particular order.

5. Donkey Kong (1981)


I said in pt. 1 of my top 10 list that Donkey Kong probably won't be on this list, well it is on there now. All of you should know how the game plays by now.

4. King of Fighters '99 (1999)



I would really like to play this game, but unfortunately, it's not on a compilation, the Neo Geo AES version is too expensive, there're quite a bit of missing frames of animation for the PSX version, so that leaves me with either waiting for it to come out on Virtual Console, or buy the Dreamcast version. Btw, I don't really know if this should count because Neo Geo games came on the VC before the other arcade games did.

3. Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)



One of my favorite arcade games when I was little. You obviously shoot at raptors, the poison spitting dinos, compys, & much more. Don't shoot at humans or you will get hurt, but save them & you'll be rewarded.

2. Arctic Thunder (2001)



So many racing games take place on the road & off-road, but a few games, like Arctic Thunder take place on the snow & ice. You come across items while racing that can either help you or hinder your opponents. Really fun game.

1. House of the Dead (1997)



Also one of my favorite arcade games. By now, you should probably understand how the game plays.


So that's the end of my list. I still have some runner ups, but I'll edit them in later.

Top 10 Arcade games I would like to see for the Wii Virtual Console Arcade pt. 1 (not in any particular way)

If you've been keeping up with the news on the Wii Virtual Console lately, then you'll probably know by now that Arcade games are now available for the Wii Virtual Console. If you don't know that already, then here's the link to the news:

http://vc.nintendolife.com/news/2009/03/sd_card_game_launching_plus_arcade_games_available_on_vc_now

Anyways, it wouldn't be long until people started making wishlists on what they want to see on the Wii Virtual Console Arcade, I'am also making a wishlist of the top 10 arcade games I would like to see, but keep in mind that it wouldn't have the usual stuff like Marvel vs. Capcom 2 or Donkey Kong.

Well, here's the list:


10. Dynasty Wars (1989, Capcom)




This game is kinda like Dynasty Warriors, the differences are that you're always on horseback & can't fight on foot, it's 2D obviously, you can only play as 1 of 4 characters, it's made by Capcom instead of Koei, etc. It's still very fun, however, especially with 2-player co-op.

9. Gauntlet: Dark Legacy (2000, Midway)




This game is basically like most other Gauntlets, you hack, slash, & maybe use magic to progress throughout the levels while finding secret items, & money to purchase powerups, your health is always diminishing slowly, so you either gotta find food, or insert more coins to get more health. Not much more to say about it though.

8. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (1996, Midway)



Well, it's Mortal Kombat. It's ultimate, & has more content than Mortal Kombat 3, don't know much else to say about. Oh, I know I can get it on XBLA, but the 360 controller isn't really good for fighting games.

7. L.A. Machineguns: Rage of the Machines (1998, Sega)



Basically what you do is that you fly around & shoot enemies. You can't fly freely though, but you have a machinegun fortunately which is enough to get through thosee pesky guys with jetpacks & on land, the guys on the flying jetski things, missle launchers, & more. Played it a few times, it's really fun.

6. Rampage: World Tour (1997, Midway)



Taking control as 1 of 3 monsters, you must destroy all the buildings to advance to the next stage. However, you can get flags to get to other countries to smash their cities too. While destroying buildings, vehicles, & eating civilians, you'll come across items found in buildings. Some of them help you, but others will hurt you, so be careful. Has 2 & 3 player co-op.

Well, that's pt. 1 done. Pt. 2 will be released later. I didn't make any of these videos.

Namco Bandai reveals list of upcoming games for Nintendo's Wii Virtual Arcade

http://www.bngi-channel.jp/virtual_consolearcade/

The list of games that Namco Bandai plans to bring to the Wii Virtual Console Arcade are:



Assault (1987)
Burning Force (1989)
Cosmo Gang the Puzzle (Remade into Pac-Attack outside Japan) (1992)
Cosmo Gang the Video (1991)
Cyber Sled (1993)
Dragon Buster (1984)
Dragon Saber (1990)
Dragon Spirit (1987)
Finest Hour (1989)
Galaga '88 (Ported to the TG16 as Galaga '90) (1987)
Genpei Toumaden (This is the predecessor of Samurai Ghost) (1986)
Hopping Mappy (1986)
Knuckle Heads (1993)
Mappy* (1983)
Marvel Land (1989)
Numan Athletics (1993)
Pac-Mania (1987)
Phelios (1988)
Rolling Thunder (1986)
Sky Kid (1985)
Splatterhouse (1988)
Starblade (1991)
The Tower of Druaga* (1984)
Wonder Momo (1987)
Xevious (1982)
Youkai Douchuuki (1987)

*Already released in the North American Virtual Console Arcade

The total amount of games is 26. Wow, they must be stong supporters from the start.
I won't be surprised if they also plan to bring Tekken, Ridge Racer & Time Crisis too later on.

Here's a list of upcoming games that're to be released for the VCA that isn't made by Namco Bandai:

Space Invaders (1978) (Taito)
Space Harrier (1985) (Sega)

Game Developer's Conference 2009.

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/03/25/joystiq-live-from-nintendos-gdc-2009-keynote/

The things Nintendo has unveiled are:


-How the "Death Spiral" works. Financial Pressure + Less time + Poorer Sales + Poorer Quality = Death Spiral

-How the "Upward Spiral" works. Ideas are Everywhere + Personal Communication + Prototype Stage + Small teams + Multiple Projects + Trial & Error + mass production = Upward Spiral. Also called "Miyamoto's Way"

-How random employee kidnappping works. Read the article for more info.

-The creators of Warioware: Touched & Warioware: Twisted teamed up to work on a Rhythm game.

-Wii system version 4.0. You arn't limited to 1GB & 2GB SD cards anymore. The biggest SD cards you can use are the 32 GB cards. You can also download the content straight to the Wii's SD card & use them directly off the card with just a short loading time for both of these. The update can be downloaded today.

-Two Wiiware games: "Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord" & "Final Fantasy IV: The After Years" will be coming to Wiiware soon. Final Fantasy I, II, III, IV, V, & VI will be available for download on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan while the North American Virtual Console will get Final Fantasy I & IV. No word yet if Final Fantasy II, III, V, or VI will come to the North American virtual console.

-Two DSi games, "WarioWare Snaps", & "Moving Memo" will be coming to the Nintendo DSi store soon.

-Arcade Games will be coming to the Virtual Console. Mappy, Space Harrier, Star Force, The Return of Ishtar, Gaplus, Emeraldia, Solvalou, & The Tower of Druaga will be the 1st ones. Mappy, Star Force, Gaplus, & The Tower of Druaga are already available on the North American Virtual Console Today.

-A new Legend of Zelda game will be available for the DS later this year. It's called "The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks" though the name might be changed later on.

"Fragile" the video game, in western territories Petition

"Fragile" the video game, in western territories Petition


I didn't create nor own this petition in any way, shape, or form.

An interview with Maddox.

http://www.mygamer.com/index.php?platform=&publisher=&developer=&game=&page=interviews&mode=viewinterviews&id=49

I really think that Maddox has a good point throughout the interview.


I agree with this the most:







"The Wii is the best thing to happen to gaming since the original NES. And if you don't like the Wii, then this is really going to piss you off: Nintendo has single-handedly saved the video game industry. No other company is bothering to move gaming forward like Nintendo is. There are only a handful of genres in gaming, and clearly Sony and Microsoft don't give a shit about any of them except for sports and FPS. I'm so sick and tired of sports and FPS games, and if it were up to Microsoft & Sony, they'd keep milking these tired genres dry and run the entire industry into the ground. I mean, I get it that the industry goes through trends and a few years ago it was RPGs, 2D fighters, shooters, platformers, etc. But this FPS craze has been going on basically since Quake came out on PC. On the Wii, we not only see a representation of every genre of gaming, but we see new genres that didn't exist before the Wii came along (surgery, cooking, balance, etc).

Nintendo took the novelty of a motion-sensing controller and turned it into a solid gameplay element in a lot of their games. Before it came out, people couldn't imagine how to play games with a controller that looked so stupid, and now, people can't imagine playing certain games without it. I can't go back to tapping a button to make someone punch after I played the boxing game in Wii Sports. Fishing games are so much more satisfying with the Wii controller. World of Goo would suck without the controller (playing it with a mouse just isn't the same). Now Microsoft and Sony are scrambling to duplicate it with their own versions. The Sixaxis controller seems like an afterthought, whereas the Wii was designed from the ground-up with the gameplay in mind."



I didn't conduct this interview, own it, nor own nor create the website is which the interview came from.


Do you agree with him or not?

Dear Cybknight:

How much is the trade-in value for Mario Kart Wii with the Wii Wheel?


Thank you if you can answer my question.

What a typical argument in blogspot sounds like.

The sad thing is that it just might be true.


I didn't make this video nor do I own it in any way, shape, or form.

I made a new blog

http://vgreviewcenter.blogspot.com/



Sorry if I'm late, but a few days ago, I made a new blog. It's called "Vg Review
Center." The link is at the top of this post. The name sounds very generic, but I might change it soon. if you don't know already, it focuses on video game reviews. There'll surely be more reviews soon.

Last, but not least, the new title of this blog will be called "Green of Forest." See if you can correctly guess where the reference originally came from.

Edit: I changed my 2nd blog's name to "Station Obsolete"

King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga

I have gotten The King of Fighters Collection: The Orochi Saga at Gamestop for only $20 on Sunday. Here's my thoughts on each of the games on the collection.

KOF '94- It's pretty hard even when you turn the difficulty setting to 1 (easiest.) I'll probably play this again. I might change my mind

KOF '95- Very hard even on the easiest difficulty setting. I don't know if I'll play this again anytime soon. probably not.

KOF '96- The challenge has been toned down quite a bit. Haven't played it much, but from what I had seen, it's pretty great.

KOF '97- After playing this game, I really liked this game, best game on the collection I've played thus far. Difficulty is just right.

KOF '98- Haven't played it yet.

I liked how you can unlock artwork, arranged & original music to listen to anytime, & even secret characters! Unfortunately, there's no option to listen to the arranged music while you play a game on the collection.

Overall a great collection. Here's some gameplay videos of the games on the collection.

KOF '94



KOF '95



KOF '96



KOF '97



KOF '98




Keep in mind that I did not make any of these these videos & I don't own any of these videos either.

My opinions on Xbox 360

Some of you probably know that I like the Wii. I think this year is a great time for a Wii owner (see "Wii Games I'm planning to get on this year." Some of you probably will ask me what's my opinion on the Xbox 360.

Well read on:

My initial impressions of Xbox360 when it 1st came out weren't really good. I keep thinking that it was "all good graphics-not much good gameplay". Well, my impressions have changed a lot, but even now, I still don't like it that much, but for completely different reasons.

The 1st thing that bothered me about the 360 is that its backward compatability is pretty bad. A lot of Xbox games arn't compatible with the Xbox 360, & even if they are, most of them have glitches & slowdown. I was planning on getting SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom Chaos, & Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay when neither of them were compatible with Xbox 360. Oh well, not going to buy an Xbox just for those 2 games.

I haven't used XBLA, how good is it? I'm planning on getting TMNT: The Arcade game & Mr. Driller online.

I haven't really used Xbox Live that much, but from what I seen, it's pretty good. I personally prefer PC for online gaming though.

One thing that really bothers me however, is that the range of software for it doesn't cover a lot of genres that much. Sure, there's a ton of FPS's, Racing, Sports games & Strategy games, but what about JRPG's, fighting, etc? It might change later in the 360's life though.

Last, but not least. I think the controller is pretty good. It's D-pad however, is really atrocious in design.


That's all I can think of for now. I may update this post later on.

My favorite King of Fighters intro.

Almost worth owning for the intro alone.

I also like this intro:




Sorry for going off topic a bit, but I'm not old enough to put adsense in my blog yet. (Don't you have to be 18 or older to put it on your blog?) So don't expect to see it anytime soon.

Wii Virtual Console rant.

The Wii VC is a very good concept, but it's not executed that great in my opinion.



Starting things off, I hate how all the Wii point cards in retail stores only have 2000 Wii pts. ($20). I would've liked to see 1000 pt. cards ($10), 1500 pt. cards ($15), 3500 pt. cards ($35), & maybe even 5000 pt. cards ($50) along with the 2000 pt. cards ($20) in retail stores. Just a nuisance in my opinion.



Another thing that bothers me is that a lot of games on the European Wii Virtual Console run only in 50hz which results in a overall much slower game (around 17.5% more than 60 hz) The only games I could think of that run in 60hz in there are some JPN-only games & maybe the TG-16 & the Neo Geo games. These days, pretty much almost every game released in Europe is 60 hz instead of 50 hz. Nintendo seems very lazy, arn't they?

Let's also not forget that you can't change the controls of any games you bought in the VC AT ALL. The closest you can get to is that some games give you a choice if you want to use a Wii Classic controller, gamecube controller, or in some cases, a Wii remote. The problem becomes apparent when you download a VC game & the controls arn't good in your favor. So you pretty much have to buy at least either a classic controller or a gamecube controller, or delete the VC game, realizing you wasted $5-$10 all because of bad controls to you and the inability to change them.

I thing I find most bothering is the Wii's pathetic storage, around 2000 blocks. Sure, NES games on VC take up only 30 blocks or under, SNES games take around 30-90 blocks, Genesis games take around 30-50 blocks, & TG-16 games take around 30-50 blocks. Not so bad, eh? Try saying that when you're downloading a few Neo Geo games, TG-16 CD games, & N64 games. Those take around 150-300 blocks! Some Wiiware games take up 300 blocks! The Wii channels also take up alot of space. If you plan on downloading a lot of games on the Wii Shop channel, keep in mind that the space will fill up really fast. Sure you can use 1 & 2 GB SD cards, but you can't play directly from them. You have to move the games from the SD card to the Wii's system memory if you want to play them & it could take a while which ultimately ends up terribly inconvenient.

The Wii VC is ok, it's just that there's a few things that really bring it down though.

What should I do?

I've been thinking about putting up adsense in my blog, but should I do it now, or should I do it later when this blog becomes more popular?

A tale of two animals.

One day while looking at somebody else's blog before I had a blog, I see a post which talks about a member who was constantly making rude comments in the blog. I took a peek at the replies & some sort of flame war was happening. Well, it wasn't really a flame war, it was more of an angry user constantly insulting & yelling at the other blogger. What was the origin of this conflict? I 'll simply call them "Animal 1" & "Animal 2". Here's how I picture this conflict:

One day, before the whole conflict started, Animal 1 was viewing Animal 2's blog. 1 had some criticism & advice to say to Animal 2. Little did 1 know that it'll just start the whole conflict. 2, having saw the criticism had suddenly flipped out & started saying nasty things to 1. The struggle had continued until 2 had mysteriously dissapeared.

I can say that the whole conflict was like 2 animals fighting each other. 1 was fighting for it's life. While the other wanted to eat it.

In my opinion, Animal 2 should either listen to the advice, or ignore it if it wants to. Flipping out at somebody's advice & criticism is like a customer giving a suggestion to the manager & the manager suddenly cusses him/her out of the store.

Unfortunately, the kind of conflict that somebody flips out after reading the other's advice & criticism has happened a lot in Blogspot.

Somethings a little weird in my blog.

When I took a look at my 2 other blog entries. Some of the images I put on there are missing a little portion of the right side of them. I know you can make the images smaller, but how do you adjust the width of the space for text & images?

Some Wii Games I want in 2009

It's only February this year, & the Wii has already gotten great games in North America such as Tenchu: Shadow Assassins, House of the Dead: Overkill, & Deadly Creatures this year. That's not all, there's still many more games that're going to come out for the Wii this year. Here's what I would probably get.

1. Monster Hunter 3 (Capcom)

release date: 2009?

I haven't really heard much about the series, but it looks pretty cool so I' am actually getting once it comes out. I could see myself becoming very addicted to this game. Basically what the Monster hunter games consist of is that you slay monsters (duh), get money for killing them, use the money to buy more powerful items & weapons, & this cycle pretty much repeats throughout the game. I also heard that Monster hunter 3 is originally going to be on PS3, but it got cancelled & instead will probably be a Wii exclusive. Sorry about that PS3 owners.

2. The Conduit
(Made by High Voltage Software, published by Sega)
release date: Q2 09? (for North America)

I never really play FPS games that much anymore unless it's Counterstrike: Source. Hopefully, this would probably rekindle my interest in them. The Conduit has very good graphics for the Wii & the online is also impressive for it (can't really compare it to Xbox Live or PSN. Oh well.) I'll probably get this.











3. Madworld (Developed by Platinum Games. Published by Sega.)
release date: March 09

An ultra ultra violent beat em up that can be compared to some grindhouse movies in terms of violence. After reading a few hands-on previews about this, I' am definitely going to get this.













4. Muramasa: The Demon Blade (Developed by Vanilla Ware. Published by Xseed games)
release date: July 2009?

This was made by the same people who made Odin Sphere & GrimGrimoire for the PS2 so it should be also just as great, if not better, as the 2 other games. This game has awesome 2D graphics. In fact, screenshots arn't enough to admire it, you'll probably have to see some gameplay videos on Youtube to see what the hype is about.

5. House of the Dead Overkill (Made by Headstrong Games. Published by Sega)
release date: Already released in NA & Europe. Australia gets in on 2/19/09

Well, I' am a big fan of House of the Dead, so I'll probably get this. Not only that, but I might even get it on my bday party. (that's today!) Gameplay is basically like all other House of the Dead games which are all Lightgun games.

6. Deadly Creatures (Made by Rainbow Studios. Published by THQ) Release date: 2/10/09 for NA. 2/12/09 for Australia. 2/13/09 for Europe

It may sound like a documentary, but Deadly Creatures is surprisngly a great game. You play as a Spider & a Scorpion. You fight other bugs, wasps, spiders, mice, lizards, snakes, & even a human! I' ll probably get this once it comes down in price.

7. Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon (Made & published by Namco Bandai games) Release date: 1/22/09 for Japan. Don't know for North America, Europe, & Australia.

I don't really know much about this game except for that the gameplay is similar to Zelda's. Another thing I know is that Xseed might be looking towards bringing this game to other countries. Email them at comments@xseedgames.com to let them know you want to see the game come out in other countries.

Games I would like to see on the Wii Virtual Console this year.

It's still early in the year, & the NA VC has already gotten MUSHA, Kirby's Dream Land 3, Castlevania 3, MERCS, Sonic Chaos, etc. Impressive, eh? Here's some games I would like to see for the Wii vc later this year.


1. Bomberman '94 (PC-Engine)

Well, the NA VC already had Bomberman '93 like at the beggining of VC. So why not Bomberman '94? After all, the Japan VC has it since launch. There's some new things in this game, one of them being able to ride a Rooey & using it as a shield (Basically the Kangaroos you see in Bomberman games.) Do you know that Mega Bomberman for the Genesis is really just a port of Bomberman '94? Well I'll take the PC Engine version anyday, especially with it's 5 player support!

2. Earthbound (SNES)

Come on, you expect it to see it on here right? Well, yeah. Not really much to say about it, but I wanted to play this game since I was 7. Wii VC is finally giving me a chance.

3. Art of Fighting 3 (Neo-Geo)

Yeah, Yeah. I know what you're thinking: "OMG! Another crappy Neo Geo game!" Well it's not. It actually looks pretty awesome. I could get the Art of Fighting Anthology for $15, but I don't really care about AOF 1 & 2 so I' am getting 3 once it comes the VC.

4. King of Fighters '95 (Neo Geo)

Yeah yeah. Another Neo-Geo game. At least it's also another great game. Since King of Fighters '94 came to the NA vc last year. I don't see why this won't be released this year. Well, at least KOF '95 is the 1st game that has a team edit mode, that's for sure!

5. Fatal Fury Special (Neo Geo)

OH NO! NOT ANOTHER NEO GEO GAME! Shut up, it's also a great game. FFS has additional characters, stages, music, & graphics that Fatal Fury 2 didn't had! The additional characters include: Billy Kane, Axel Hawk, Laurence Blood, & Wolfgang Krauser. It also brings back Duck King, Tung Fue Rue, & Geese Howard from Fatal Fury 1. Yes, I know I could get Fatal Fury Battle Archives Vol. 1, but I' am only intrested in FFS so I' am getting it for the VC.

The Runner ups include, but not limited to: Pulseman (JPN-only, Genesis), Samurai Shodown III (Neo Geo), Hagane (SNES), Beetle Adventure Racing (N64), Castlevania Dracula X: Rondo of Blood (PC Engine, JPN-only), etc.