All first party Nintendo games FREE on Revolution!

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2005-06-02 06:51pm

The only downside to this could be that it's unlikely that they'll translate the Fire Emblem series into English for download via thia service. Though maybe if we're lucky, they might support a few fan translation projects.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2005-06-02 06:56pm

Buy all the modern Fire Emblem games and write them letters.

Actually, just buy Fire Emblem anyway.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-06-02 07:17pm

Hmm, regarding that, I wonder if this kind of deal covers both sides of the Pacific, and if you could play downloaded Japanese games on Western systems.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2005-06-02 07:44pm

YES! Free ROMS! Hello, Metroid collection. Hello, Zelda 2.

McNum · Post by **McNum** » 2005-06-02 09:15pm

This sounds great! I want me a copy of Super Mario Bros. 3, Starfox, Starfox 64 and Mario 64 for sure. I have the Zelda Collection disk for GameCube so I'm good on Zeldas for a while. Might get me A Link to the Past, though.

Also this move is a brilliant move from Nintendo. They've said that they fear that Microsoft or Sony would copy the controller if they revealed it at E3, so they instead revealed one thing that niether Sony nor Microsoft have a chance to copy. Way to go Nintendo!

Anarchist Bunny · Post by **Anarchist Bunny** » 2005-06-02 10:04pm

This announcement excites me, but in on way affected my purchasing decision. I knew I was gonna by the next Nintendo console as soon as I heard of the Revolution.

Not because the name captivated me or anything, just because I'm a shameless nintendo fanwhore.

Post by **The Wookiee** » 2005-06-02 10:40pm

Anarchist Bunny wrote:This announcement excites me, but in on way affected my purchasing decision. I knew I was gonna by the next Nintendo console as soon as I heard of the Revolution.

Not because the name captivated me or anything, just because I'm a shameless nintendo fanwhore.

Join the club, bud.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2005-06-03 01:43am

I demand Turtles in Time.

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2005-06-03 07:15am

One thing I've been thinking of recently....we already know that it's possible for other developers to release their own legacy NES/SNES/N64 games for download (though most likely for a small fee each in their cases)...but would it be possible for Sega to release some official emulation software for its old systems on Revolution, and make those games downloadable also?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-06-03 07:33am

Oh, shit, imagine playing Sonic CD on a Nintendo box...

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2005-06-03 07:40am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Oh, shit, imagine playing Sonic CD on a Nintendo box...

Somewhere, showhow, there is a Sega exective turning over in his grave at the though of the latest Nintendo playing all the old... Sega classics

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2005-06-03 07:47am

Imagine Goldeneye on the Revolution. No more massive framerate drops because of 200 prox mines detonating at once.

...I hope.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-06-03 07:51am

Sadly, Rare and Nintendo's ugly split could easily prevent that from happening, which sadly also means no Donkey Kong Country 1 & 2...

DarkSilver · Post by **DarkSilver** » 2005-06-03 07:51am

as morbid as it may seem.....

What makes you think someone at Sega hasn't already thought of that?, and come to find out, Sega as a third party developer, will release thier old games for PbD (Play by Download) on the Revolution?

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2005-06-03 08:23am

If someone at Sega hasn't thought of that, their marketing department at the very least needs to be put against the wall and shot.

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2005-06-03 11:18am

Only one thing I can say (and I do hope that Nintendo takes this as a slogan);

Vive la Revolution!

VF5SS · Post by **VF5SS** » 2005-06-03 11:31am

Darth Yoshi wrote:YES! Free ROMS! Hello, Metroid collection. Hello, Zelda 2.

Zelda 2 is hard... Link can also turn into a pretty fairy for some reason.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2005-06-03 11:51am

Zelda 2 is the fucked-up sidescrolling one. It's probably the worst of the bunch.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-06-03 12:13pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Sadly, Rare and Nintendo's ugly split could easily prevent that from happening, which sadly also means no Donkey Kong Country 1 & 2...

Well, Rare has been making games for the GBA even though Microsoft owns them so...we'll see.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-06-03 12:13pm

DarkSilver wrote:as morbid as it may seem.....

What makes you think someone at Sega hasn't already thought of that?, and come to find out, Sega as a third party developer, will release thier old games for PbD (Play by Download) on the Revolution?

That'd be awesome. Nintendo games free, Sega games buyable (or you earn them by buying Sega games).

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-06-03 12:23pm

HemlockGrey wrote:Zelda 2 is the fucked-up sidescrolling one. It's probably the worst of the bunch.

On the contrary, Zelda II is an often-overlooked classic.

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2005-06-03 12:33pm

never liked zelda2, especially compared to zelda1

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2005-06-03 12:40pm

Zelda 2 was like Mario 2 in that it seriously fucked with an already-winning formula. There was no reason for that.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2005-06-03 12:42pm

Master of Ossus wrote:Zelda 2 was like Mario 2 in that it seriously fucked with an already-winning formula. There was no reason for that.

Then again Mario 2(US) wasn't really Mario 2.

But from the looks of things...Revolution looks to be the biggest bang for the buck.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2005-06-03 12:44pm

Master of Ossus wrote:Zelda 2 was like Mario 2 in that it seriously fucked with an already-winning formula. There was no reason for that.

at least mario 2 has an excuse for being so screwed up (though i actually enjoyed that game). since it originally wasn't a mario bros title. at all, but nintendo needed something to use, so they took an existing game, slapped in some mario bros. sprites and viola.