Metalwario64

My Dad overheard me talking to my sister about the 3DS on the phone, so for my birthday, he decided to buy me the 3DS XL with New Super Mario Bros. 2. I love the system itself. I have eye problems, but surprisingly, the 3D works perfectly for me (though there's a tight viewing angle horizontally for the 3D. I really have to be sure not to move it left or right, or the 3D effect is lost). Me and my brother both agree that the 3D really helps immerse the players in the games, and he was always impressed with the 3D visuals in even NSMB2, as was I. One interesting side effect to the 3D that I initially had was that my eyes were trying to see every 2D object on my computer screen in 3D for a week or so. It was really odd, and I'd have to refocus my eyes to see them in their correct, flat ways. It hasn't happened since though. My unit also doesn't have any dead pixels, nor screen scratching issues, though it has a warmer top screen than the bottom, resulting in some clashing on all white/grayscale images, but it doesn't bother me too much, and I have had a couple of DS systems with the same problem. I find it really comfortable to hold, though I still hate the thin and flatness going on. It's more comfortable in terms of size, but I still have to have my fingers more pinched to grip it. I'm really looking forward to the XL Circle Pad Pro to rectify that. My brother also loves the system, as it corrects the issues he's always had with portables: the small screens and small size. He'd always play my DS-Lite, but after a while his hands would get cramped, and his eyes would get strained, and he says this system is much more suited to him. I'm really wanting to check out a lot of the 3DS' library, and still there are many upcoming games I'm interested in. I feel like it's still underrated in the library department, as I still see plenty of people who still claim that there are "no games" for it. I find the amount of games I'm looking towards to about the same in number to how many I was looking towards at the corresponding point in the DS' lifespan. I have other things to buy, but I'm going to slowly start building up my library of 3DS games whenever I have the cash to do so.

I got an XL on launch day, and I'm convinced the people with "scratches" on their top screen are either being rough with the system, or theirs are defective. There are two bumpers on the top of the top screen that prevent the two screens from making contact, and when I close the system, I can see a space between the two screens. Also, I've opened and closed mine tons of times, and I have no scratches at all on mine.

Has to have Wario Land 3. Best Wario game in my eyes, and is to the Game Boy Color what Super Mario Bros. 3 is to the NES. One of my favorites of all time. I know you said stuff like Super Mario Land is obvious, but a lot of people just mention the first Wario Land, and I feel the two GBC sequels are superior, especially the third. For something more obscure, Mole Mania is one off the top of my head, and maybe Adventures of Star Saver. If I think of others, I'll post them as well.

Wily 1 and 2 is definitely a really good song, and one of Mega Man 2's better tracks. However, I'm just getting sick of how prevalent and sorta overrated it has become. Any time I'm watching a video that ends up having any NES Mega Man reference at all, I can expect to hear this song, or one of it's bajillion remixes to be played. I'm growing weary of hearing it over and over again. Kinda the same thing with Mega Man 2 as a whole. I love it, but that's mostly out of nostalgia because it's the one I played back when I was a young kid. After having played 3, I definitely believe objectively that it's where the classic series really hit its stride. Though, that's not to say that Mega Man 2 is bad; it's still one of the best, but it has been surpassed I feel. Having said that, I'm not sure which I'd pick as my favorite from Mega Man 2. I can't decide between Air Man, Bubble Man, or Wily 1 and 2, despite the overexposure I've had towards it lately. Though, I think there have been better songs than the best in this game. I usually see the top MM2 songs listed as the greatest in the entire franchise, but there are better out there, in my opinion. Even Mega Man 1 had some really great tracks.

The thing is, I don't get why anyone would want to strip it away in the first place. I would only use an abrasive like Brasso or very fine sandpaper if there was heavy oxidation and other corrosive defects on the contacts that other, less destructive methods could not correct; as a last resort, in essence. icemanxp300 may be referring to heavily corroded contacts that they use Brasso on, but because I don't think it wasn't stated, I just wanted to throw that out there.

Mmmm.... Spaghetti and NES cartridge connectors.... Yum...

Yup, you're right. I was pretty tired. Forgive me.

That's a good way to ensure that system will not last in the long term. Brasso is a strong abrasive, and using it on plated contacts such as on the NES and games will strip away the plating, making oxidation a ticking time-bomb. I speak from experience too. I tried using Brasso once years ago, and it stripped off much of the gold plating on one of my NES carts, leaving me with faded, silver tinted contacts. Do not use Brasso on plated contacts on NES systems and cartridges, unless you want them to be useless in a few years. Instead, I'd recommend Q-tips with rubbing alcohol, and (preferably white) erasers. Here's information to back me up: http://nesdev.parodi...1c0aa9c8d#42565 http://www.nintendoa...&threadid=26600

If I recall correctly, that's due to a form of copy protection Nintendo instated on the classic NES series games (or just games around that time). Also, Nintendo's stock emulator used on the classic NES series is pretty useless on its own. It only supports mapper 0 games, so it only supports a small number of games. I'm not up to date on which games used what mapper, but if any games were released which used any other mapper, it was because the emulator was partially rewritten for that specific game.

Yeah, yesterday when I was at the site, there were two pages worth of threads that their servbot was duplicating every 10 minutes, and reply counts on the pages of he forum weren't updating, meaning you had to click a thread to see how many replies it actually had.

Yeah, that's a great tune. I like the c64 version the best: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUT12F3nzCU

Yeah. The closest used games store sells loose carts (even ones with severely ripped labels) for $20, so when I saw a good one on eBay for $20 CIB earlier this year, I had to pick it up. The game itself is in great shape (much better than the used one I got a few years ago with nasty looking brown spots on the label, which is why I wanted to get another copy). Athough the box was complete, it had the previous owner's name lightly etched in the corner of it, seemingly by a pen without ink, but you have to look at it from certain angles to see it, so I'm still pretty happy with it.

Wow... Wasn't the standard Wii + Mario Kart bundle already at $150?

Haha! I love how they misspelled Nintendo as "Nintend", and the picture is of a kid playing the original Game Boy Advance instead of the NES Advantage.

No, it is in fact, very real. The coder took a decompiled source from Super Mario, ran it through an ASM converter and ported the rest of the code by hand, so it is literally running most of the same code. It doesn't work on real hardware unfortunately... Despite a few minor glitches with background elements, a few physics problems and a non-functioning "world -1" (more than likely due to rearranged level data), it's still miles above those cheap pirated versions. Here is the original release post which is also in the Kotaku article.