BydoEmpire

Wow, that's impressive.

Works on my 2 port 5200... must be a dead cart?

I generally prefer retro sports games. Not my favorite genre, but I do like them. The only modern sports game I play is Madden, because I like the NFL and pro football. Don't play it that much, but it's still fun.

Very cool - I love the "house rules" options!

Too bad the demo didn't teach you that. I would expect it to be fairly obvious - find monster, slash, kill, repeat. The game looked nice, though.

Played the demo of Monster Hunter 3, had no idea what I was supposed to do to kill or capture the monster. Gave up after 20 minutes and never turned it on again. It looked good, there's probably a good game in there somewhere, I just don't have time to mess around and figure it out.

Haven't played anything on 360 in a while, but I might have to pick these up. Thanks for the heads up!

For what it's worth, I just sold my Wii-U. I don't see myself ever playing it, and the 'extra' functionality doesn't seem worth it. Wanted to get it out before the price drops.

I don't know, I don't have a problem with them displaying classic consoles as part of the visual appeal of the store. Seems like they're just trying to create some ambiance. If it piques the interest of someone who's never seen an Atari or 3DO and gets them interested in classic gaming, all the better. I'd rather see that in a store than another Call of Duty poster. If they're really trying to sell the system, well, regardless of price it's nice to find classic consoles for sale at retail stores. I'd also rather have them displaying a non-functional console as a piece of art than throw it in the trash because it's broken.

Buck Rogers Countdown to Doomsday was released for PC, right? A quick check of GOG.com... can't vouch for any of these (I think I played Starflight I back int he day), but maybe they'll pique your interest: http://www.gog.com/gamecard/starflight_1_2 http://www.gog.com/gamecard/outcast http://www.gog.com/gamecard/fallout_tactics http://www.gog.com/gamecard/fallout http://www.gog.com/gamecard/fallout_2 http://www.gog.com/gamecard/septerra_core_legacy_of_the_creator

Cool, how do you do that? I thought I'd heard it was an option, but I don't know how to get it into that mode.

Not yet, anyways... we'll see...

I've enjoyed XBLA titlies on my 360 more than the retail titles. In fact, I got the console about 6-12 months after launch and to this day I haven't bought a full-priced retail game for it. Pac Man CE, Bomberman, Outrun Arcade, that Jeff Minter Tempest-style game... I've enjoyed those at least as much as Gears of War and Dragon Age.

Played the demo of Monster Hunter 3. Looks nice and I loved the art style, but couldn't figure out what I was supposed to do to kill the monster I was hunting. Camera was annoying, accidentally getting pushed into the the next zone in the middle of a fight was annoying... as was coming back into the old zone and end up with the monster behind me. Put in 20 minutes and turned off the console. Seems like the kind of game fans of the series will dig, but I'm not going to spend $60 for it in hopes I *get it*.

I loved Wind Waker on the GameCube, but I don't want to play it - or buy it - again. As was said, what are they going to do to a cell-shaded game to make it that much better? Certainly wouldn't make me spend $300 on a console (or in my case, make me want to hold onto it).

It's hard to find an iOS game that isn't cutsey and cartoony.

I don't see the Wii and Wii-U in similar positions at all. The consoles are different, the competition is different, and the market is different. The Wii looked and felt very different from the get-go. Regardless whether or not the controllers lived up to the imagined potential, one could easily picture the possibilities, and Wii Sports was simply fun. There were great games in many genres, and it had some unique features like the Miis and the Virtual Console games. It was also relatively cheap. 3rd parties didn't flock to the Wii, but since dev costs were relatively low, you at least got some support. Most importantly, the Wii appealed to a huge range - traditional gamers had Marios, Metroids, Zeldas, Resident Evils... "New" gamers had a host of mini games, Dance Centrals, Cooking Mamas, etc. Enter the Wii-U - there's nothing there traditional gamers couldn't get on 360 or PS3 (or haven't already played two years ago), and it'll have to compete with the 720 & PS4 soon. The "new" gamers that bought the Wii have no reason to buy the Wii-U, because it's a 'regular' console. And a complicated one at that. I've been playing games for 35 years and the Wii U's variety of menus, buttons, system updates, and crashes left me confused. I thought "how is Joe Consumer going to deal with this?" 3rd parties don't have any reason to put out Wii U versions. Gamers don't have much reason to buy one. It's going to take Nintendo longer to put out 1st party games, because it's a generation ahead of the Wii. I think their only hope is for some big hits in Japan to pick up sales, then maybe they can translate that over to increased dev support, more games, and then success in US & Europe. It's a long process, though, and the clock is ticking. I don't see it happening. There's also a lot more pressure from mobile games, as well as Steam and FTP that makes the $60 game model tougher. I browsed the eShop channel and it was a little hard to swallow $20 downloads when I know i can pick up the same thing on Steam for cheaper, or just buy a $0.99 iOS game to kill some time. Don't get me wrong, there are some good things about the Wii-U. I hope things turn around and we see some great games coming out. Realistically, though, I don't see it gathering much steam. We'll see what's announced at E3.

I was just thinking it would have been cool if the Wii-U had a slot for DS games, and you could just play DS carts on a combination of the tablet & TV. Wouldn't make any economic sense for Nintendo, but it would have been a neat gizmo. The Wii-U is already a kind of kitchen sink anyways... The DS has such a great library. Had my Wii U for one weekend, and I've probably never had such a bad first impression of a console. Multiple system & app updates, lots of things crashing and locking up, terrible, confusing interface, lots of waiting, the whole Wii->WiiU data transfer was a PITA and I ended up cancelling at the last minute... Didn't like the few minutes I actually got to play in Nintendo Land. Hoping some other games change my mind, I grabbed a couple demos and I'll give a few a rental. I love Nintendo, but this system is a mess. Probably why I was thinking "it'd be neat to have this as a DS Player."

Congrats!

Depends where the games are. If there are 720 games you want, get that. If there are PS4 games you want, get that. If there are PC games you want, get (or stick with) a PC. Its not about hardware, it's about the games released on each platform. I'm not that interested in big console titles these days, so I'm happy w/ Steam & GOG.com. I can see other folks wanting to play the next Halo or Gears or Uncharted will be interested in the console that plays them.