MagitekAngel

Gotta be the virtual boy one! Wario Land II is also excellent; hell, they're all great.

Certainly nothing involving PlayStation Move

Good idea. You're absolutely right - the Playstation Store is an un-intuitive mess and overall pain in the ass. I miss the old storefront back when the world was young and we were still all butthurt by the decision to cut backwards compatibility out of the original Slim.

Pokemon games have been about as consistent as Law & Order for the last 15 years. You can pretty much set your watch by them. Not that that's a bad thing when the base game is so damn good. I'm playing through Y right now and enjoying it thoroughly. These remakes will use the same graphical engine as X and Y to update the Ruby and Sapphire content. There will probably be some postgame content added for when you defeat the Elite Four (a new area like the Sevii islands from FireRed/LeafGreen, along with some kind of high-level battle area), as well as opportunities to catch other monsters from Gens I-V, likely including some of the past legendaries, in an effort to reduce reliance on transfers from the Gen V games. As far as the incremental changes that Game Freak does see fit to put into the new games, it would be nice if they got rid of HMs, as has been speculated recently. Now that TMs in Gen VI are re-usable, there is no practical reason to saddle your team with low-power moves that can only be deleted by that one guy in every game. Over the years I played the hell out of Blue, Yellow, and Silver. I skipped the GBA games, played Pearl and SoulSilver, and skipped Gen V before picking up Y. I'll probably get these "new" ones when they come out. It's easy to be cynical about the children's merchandising juggernaut Nintendo has carved out over the years with these prolific, incremental updates, but the games at their hearts are really solid RPGs that scratch that min-maxing itch in ways that no other series can. Furthermore, Game Freak hasn't gone down the release-a-broken-game-and-maybe-get-around-to-patching-it-when-enough-people-bitch road like Bethesda, nor the nickel-and-dime-a-season-pass-fee-with-content-already-programmed-into-the-physical-game approach of Capcom. For a series that has been about connectivity from the very beginning, Pokemon has ironically managed to avoid the pitfalls of DLC-Hell. Nintendo's Pokemon Box service has me a little nervous, but for the time being, Pokemon remains a top-class video game in an era where we aren't entirely sure what that term even means any more.

Spider-Man 2 is a great open-world-style game, if one that hasn't aged particularly gracefully. You'll enjoy it. Ultimate Spider-Man, previously recommended, flew a bit more under the radar, but continues in the same gameplay style with much more appealing cel-shaded graphics, a better story that isn't some forced movie tie-in, and better voice acting. Shattered Dimensions is a different kind of game. It's a fun, if somewhat mindless action-brawler, and won't invest you for as many hours as the other two. It's fairly consistently entertaining, however, and it is neat to hear so many TV show veterans returning to voice the different incarnations of Spidey. Shop smart and you should be able to get all three for around $20 total. No harm in a little variety.

Also, these days usually when you buy a cross-buy game on your PS3, it will automatically download a Vita-version (shows up in a bubble) which can be transferred to the Vita.

Pretty sure it goes for 20 Euros.

Currently playing me some delicious Mercenary Kings. Bought Strike Suit Zero most recently, but haven't played it.

Coo, thanks.

I'll split my vote between a hacked PSP 2000 or a DS Lite with an R4. The DS, when running a flashcart, can emulate NES and GBC really well, but I don't actually know what an R4 runs for these days. Plus, if you never got on the DS bandwagon, you're looking at a staggering number of really good games in virtually every genre.

Arkham Horror

Bought VX Ace in one of the Steam sales as well. Haven't used it yet, but hope to get into it in the coming months, and hopefully use it for a school project (yeah, really).

I think OP is shopping for a new laptop. In which case, they can probably get by on integrated graphics - the latest Haswell chipsets run older games pretty decently. So, I guess pretty much any laptop on the market now that isn't a netbook or a chromebook.

What do you need a VCR for? There are much simpler ways to hook up an Atari, with a cleaner signal: https://atariage.com/howto/connect.html Rather than paying someone to do a mod, I would suggest that you just get yourself an F-Type adapter (works on any TV with coaxial, so you shouldn't need to pack one of those either), no more than a couple bucks at Radio Shack or wherever. Edit: Didn't notice the bit about the mixing board! But in all honesty, how clear to the beeps and boops need to be?

Personally, nowhere else on the internet has enough CORN for my tastes.

I'm not really sure why the YouTube app on Wii U is so awful. Quality is terrible and the video stutters. My router is literally a foot and a half away and my PS3, which runs the same version of YouTube, works like a champ. I have noticed in general that the Wii U seems to have slower download speeds. I have no idea why.

Already picked one up when I noticed the sale. Just make sure you've got a PS3 controller handy for when it arrives.

I have an AV Famicom, and a handful of games for it. Was a gift from my girlfriend when she went to Japan.

My account's worth nothing. If you read the fine print, they're all "borrowed" games, after all.

My XL, bought when they came out, is still in rock-solid shape. No complaints.

-I gather you don't like the Castlevania games, but you should definitely give Metroid Fusion/Zero Mission a shot. They play faster than the Castlevania games, are more platform-focused, and don't have the leveling fluff to which I anticipate you object. -Definitely play the Mega Man Zero games, particularly 1 and 2. Give Mega Man and Bass a shot if you like the classic games. -There is a really kick-ass Astro Boy game on GBA -Gunstar Super Heroes sounds tailor-made for your preferences. -Duke Nukem Advance is an original game and definitely the best FPS on the system. Decent framerate and solid controls as long as you are comfortable with life before dual analog. -Wario Land 4 is an excellent platformer and unlike the Mario games on the system, is exclusive -The WarioWare games are great pick up and play games and you really should try them. -Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland is a great remake of Kirby's Adventure, but I'm not certain whether Kirby games in general might be too slow for your tastes.

There's something to be said for a 9 year necro-bump when the bumper is the OP. Also, this game is still frigging awesome.

I got a $35 Nintendo Network Gift Card for Christmas so I took the plunge and bought NES Remix. I'm enjoying it, and I'm always down for unlocking stuff, but I have noticed one problem: latency. For most of the games it's not a big deal, but it makes Super Mario Bros. more difficult for me to play. I have a hard time pipe vaulting and bounding up the stairs to the flagpole without dropping speed, because the timing isn't correct. It's not my TV either - I can pop SMB into my NES - hooked up to the same screen - and the latency is low enough that I don't have any substantial trouble. I would also appreciate it if Nintendo would patch in the ability to use other controllers. I have a perfectly good Pro Controller here that I would rather use, not to mention a pile of Wii Remotes.

Right now, I get all the living room experience I need by hooking my PC up to my TV and enabling Steam's Big Picture Mode. Only downside is that I don't really have a dedicated spot to stick my PC, but all the Steamboxes with comparable hardware would entail the same problem.

Too bad it was just a technical error. Bought the Anthology on PC and haven't looked back. That being said, the new batch of consoles should have enough RAM in 'em that Bethesda games should run on them without invariably slowing down and crashing after an hour and a half. Would be nice to see an Anthology come to consoles, for both Elder Scrolls and Fallout while they're at it.