travo said:

Have you never played it before?

Nope, i didnt know anything about it.

Dvader said:

So Leo think I can find an early copy of Zelda somewhere here in NY.

Prolly not. Are you going to be around on Sunday? The Nintendo Store is having a special launch party!

phantom_leo said:

Dvader said:

So Leo think I can find an early copy of Zelda somewhere here in NY.

Prolly not. Are you going to be around on Sunday? The Nintendo Store is having a special launch party!

Maybe he could find someone on the street selling it.   That launch party looked pretty cool.  I wish I could go.

phantom_leo said:

Prolly not. Are you going to be around on Sunday? The Nintendo Store is having a special launch party!

Nope, leaving saturday.

Ravenprose said:

Wii and Wii U are white because it leads to broader appeal, says Miyamoto

Miyamoto said:

Based on my background as an industrial designer and Nintendo and my background in creating entertainment, I’ve always wanted to make greater use of color in our hardware. If you look back on things like the Famicom and the original Super Nintendo, they were a lot more colorful from a hardware perspective. What we found over the years when we included a lot of different colors in our hardware is people would kind of point to that and use it to paint us as more kid-oriented. So really what we looked at is what are some ways from a design perspective that can make the system appeal to all ages. One of the ways that we found to best do that is to minimize the use of color. In that process we asked if we’re going to do that, what’s the best way to go? We found that rather than going all black - all white seems to have a broader appeal to people.

FFFFUUUU!!!

Which makes perfect sense seeing as how this is the best selling console of all time:

phantom_leo said:

Hey Everybody! Guess what game came out for the 3DS Virtual Console today! Donkey Kong!!

...but it's not what you think! This is the GameBoy Donkey Kong!! If you don't know what that means, watch a few videos!

This game was AWESOME! and comes very HIGHLY recommended!!

PS: Does the guy narrating the video remind you of anyone? Hmmm... Who could it be?

This was one of the few GB games I saved alongside the Mario Lands and the Wario Lands and Metroid 2 and a few others ... then I had my entire collection stolen

It's a wonderful game.  I love it so much.  And so is the first Mario vs Donkey Kong on GBA, a worthy successor to this one ... before the DS sequels became more like Lemmings

edgecrusher said:

Ravenprose said:

Wii and Wii U are white because it leads to broader appeal, says Miyamoto

Miyamoto said:

Based on my background as an industrial designer and Nintendo and my background in creating entertainment, I’ve always wanted to make greater use of color in our hardware. If you look back on things like the Famicom and the original Super Nintendo, they were a lot more colorful from a hardware perspective. What we found over the years when we included a lot of different colors in our hardware is people would kind of point to that and use it to paint us as more kid-oriented. So really what we looked at is what are some ways from a design perspective that can make the system appeal to all ages. One of the ways that we found to best do that is to minimize the use of color. In that process we asked if we’re going to do that, what’s the best way to go? We found that rather than going all black - all white seems to have a broader appeal to people.

FFFFUUUU!!!

Which makes perfect sense seeing as how this is the best selling console of all time:

Typical racist japs.

PS3 battlefield

BF3 PC

phantom_leo said:

travo said:

Dvader said:

The neogaf thread and your post has convinced me to buy it... right now actually.

It wont suck like Super Mario Land right? Holy shit Land sucks so much ass.

Have you never played it before?

It came out around the same time as the Super GameBoy attachment for the Super NES. I think Nintendo actually used IT to market the Super GameBoy to the SNES crowd. I played it, loved it, but something happened where I gave it up very quickly. I dont remember what exactly.

I tried to get it a few years later and it was just GONE! It became a very RARE game! I was incredibly shocked to see it featured this morning on the Nintendo Download announcement. I don't know why exactly; I guess I figured it was rare in cartridge form and it wouldn't be made this easily available as a download too!

Link's Awakening and Donkey Kong...! WOW!

Now we just need Metroid 2! I can't believe it's literally been decades since I played these games!