Virtual Console: The Most Wanted Comments by Dan Whitehead

Last Blade 2 would be a dream come true...such a wonderful game.

RE: Goldeneye
'we'd much rather it be on a native Nintendo platform than via Xbox Live'

why? it would be the same game as 10 years ago, at least the XBLA version would be enhanced in some way

unless you're realy fond of the spinning nintendo logo at the start

I believe the Turrican entry is missing the title.

Good article.

Ahhhh Amiga, I can see it happening, maybe not that soon but I could probably just off the top of my head, even this early in the monring, think of 20 games I would want to download straight away. Golden time of gaming for me, the thought of playing Chaos Engine or Hired Guns makes me all happy inside! Bring it Nintendo!!!!

Fletche +1

-1 for not including terranigma

Terranigma!!! If they released that with Punchout and Mario kart, then I wouldn't need anything else from the SNES section of the VC.

Of course, I still have the cartridges and could play them right now...

My original xbox played mariokart perfectly, surely the wii can manage it. Get a wriggle on nintendo.

Road Rash! yeah that would be cool.

How about Flashback, Golden Axe, Gunstar Hereos, Revenge Of Shinobi, Mickey Mouse Castle of Illusion. Dunno if any of those are already on VC as I sold my Wii a while back.

Golden Axe is already on VC.

I just want Secret of Mana. I'm so cross that it's out in the US and Japan and I can't get it here.

on the most wanted platform, I think the MSX2(+) should be there as a first really. It has a myriad of games that are begging to be replayed (and not just Metal Gear but almost all NES ports were inferior really)

Atari ST FTW!!!

Legends of the Ring?

NINJA MASTER'S (with gore enabled) - that, sir, is the most wanted Neo Geo beat/slash'em'up. Forget about The Last Blade. Toke!
P.S. Cheating and unbalanced, yet still captivating. The Last Blade can barely polish Ninja Master's katana in terms of brutality and atmosphere.

I'd love to see Shadow of the Beast and Gods, next to the already mentioned Hired Guns. Defender of the Crown would be nice as well. Might even get me over my allergy for point schemes...

The VC is the only reason i would consider getting a Wii..

Some SNES Pilotwings would be nice as well.

Heck, a VC Pilotwings game giving us more of the military missions would be a must buy.

Hang on, Rock n Roll Racing is missing from that list as well, another -1

But if GoldenEye, the brilliant Bond shooter that showed consoles could handle an FPS, does get a downloadable re-release we'd much rather it be on a native Nintendo platform than via Xbox Live.

That may be the most stupid thing I've ever read. So given the choice of keeping it exactly as it is, or upscaling it to HD, sorting out the massive frame-rate drops and including an online multiplayer on a service that works you'd choose the former just because it was originally released on a Nintendo console??

Also, re Dreamcast, unless they allow the use of USB hard drives for storage this would never, ever work. And I doubt there's a hope in hell of a Wii being able to emulate a Dreamcast in software, it hasn't got the balls.

Could I add Super Smash Brothers and Donkey Kong 64 to the N64 list? I know my son would love them there :)

The Jaguar was 32-bit, they cheated by counting the CPU and GPU seperately (both 32 on their own). It had 64-bit components, but wasn't really a 64-bit machine. But it was that controller that put me off, since it was like it had a phone attached to the bottom.

That bit about Mode 7 being hard to emulate might be true, but the fact is plenty of PC emulators do it no bother. If Nintendo just asked for help, in return for not bring sued for trying, they'd have it done easily.

EDIT: Once for spelling, once for fact-fixing.

upscaling it to HD
Screw the upscaling. Emulators could actually render N64 3D games in high resolution before Xbox 360 was even named. That's a decent emulation.

Lol @ the GE comment.

I mean, why upscale something you can just render in HD with anisotropic filtering and antialiasing? By the way, I am very disappointed by Sony's idea of backward compatibility in this so called HD Era. The very idea, not to mention the realisation.

I adored Another World but as I remember it only took about 2 hours to finish it, which was a major problem when it was reviewed at the time..
The sequel, Flashback, was ace too...

I adored Another World but as I remember it only took about 2 hours to finish it, which was a major problem when it was reviewed at the time..
The sequel, Flashback, was ace too...
Flashback was Another World's spiritual successor at the best. Sequel is called Heart of the Alien.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_th...

they seem to have forgotten Yoshi's Island, a disgrace!

and +1 for the Target Renegade shoutout.

I don't get what the problem with the Mode 7 on Mariokart is; PC-based emulators have been able to handle it for years...

Amiga should definately be on there; theres a mountain of classic games on that machine- and I still play a lot of mine though emulation, too. Dogfight ftw!

And Unirally... oh god, I loved that game.

I'm sure they are holding back the GB/GBA games for the DSi.

How can they have missed the best Neo Geo title ever?

Viewpoint!!!!!

I would so love this on the Wii.

I would also add "Eliminator Boat Duel" for the NES. It was awesome.

Secret of Mana please.

Chrono Trigger would be nice but I'll probably just get it on DS.

Excellent list. Amiga would be very nice indeed also! So would ScummVM ^_^

Some of the games on my wanted list:

Final Fantasy III/VI (SNES)
Silicon Valley (N64)
Flashback (SNES)
Cannon Fodder
Turrican 2
Lemmings (I know, isn't going to happen but would be great on the Wii!)

@ Obiwanshinobi

I have never heard of that game at all. Seems like it would have been pretty good though...

Dreamcast but no Saturn? How could you, Eurogamer! We can keep dreaming, anyway...

rocketnight adventure was amazing :) i bought it on impulse very cheap. still have it in the loft somewhere. so many other fondly remembered megadrive platformers that need adding too!

I would love to see Garou: Mark of the Wolves on the VC. Absolutely stunning Neo Geo game and easily one of the best 2d fighters ever made. Also, doesn't F-Zero run ok on the VC? Isn't that a full mode 7 game or does Mariokart do something different with mode 7?

I want:

Star Control (megadrive)
Micro Machines 2 (SNES)
Archon (or sequels)

And if it could emulate an Atari ST, I'd love to see Carrier Command :)

No Majoras Mask?

Killer Instinct on the N64..

I love them combos.

@Cadence

That was exactly the point I was going to make about mode 7. Aside from F-zero, I also believe Super Metroid used mode 7 for some of the huge bosses and that game's up on the VC too. Its probably something to do with how mode 7 is used or how much of it the game uses.


@tachikoma

Yeah, I don't understand why the Saturn doesn't deserve a place on the VC. The size of the games can't be that big and let's face it, Sega must know that some of the best games on the system didn't get the exposure they deserved the first time around.

It would also be great to see Desert Strike, Sidepocket, Castle of Illusion and some older Gameboy/Gameboy colour games on there such as Link's Awakening, Resident Evil Gaiden or MGS: Ghost Babel. Bit too soon to be re-releasing GBA games though I think.

I've been waiting for Mario Golf for ages. That it's been out in Japan and North America for a month or more makes me even more bitter.

Me wants the Saturn on the Wii, along with the following games from various formats (some of the MD games might already be on, I haven't checked the VC lists for a while)...

Jet Pac
Cannon Fodder
Sensible Soccer
Castle of Illusion
Ranger X
Rolling Thunder
EA Hockey
GoldenEye (obviously)
Revenge of Shinobi
Lemmings
Road Rash
Desert Strike
Super Monaco GP

re: Daikon.

Cannon Fodder is a good call. Only if it still has the theme tune though.

Didn't Sensible Soccer come out on the SNES as well?

Starfox/Starwing over Stunt Race FX any day in my book ...

Regarding MSX2, this is actually emulated in Japan so why no games over here (including the true original of Metal Gear).

I disagree with the speccy wish list, playing the original version of Jetpac on the 360 was a rude awakening and I can't imagine the other spec games with their godawful sound (or lack of) and flicker would work well on the VC. They wouldn't even know what the Speccy was in Japan.

Atari ST though (cruely forgotten) wouldn't be a bad idea if they emulated the Amiga. And if we're going to go slightly irrational on this wishlist (Jaguar?!) why not the Atari 8-bit list that actually lend themselves more to console emulation than a lot of C64 games being cartridge based. Dropzone was originally programmed for this system and was much superior to the C64 version, as was Rescue on Fractulas and The Eidolon.

Even the smallest Saturn games will probably weigh in at close to 50% of the onboard storage.

The Saturn has been notoriously hard to emulate due to it's complex architecture. It's only in the last few years that PC's have been able to emulate the Saturn, and in a lot of games definately not perfectly. I doubt the Wii has the technical grunt to be able to emulate the Saturn.
Would be nice to be able to play Panzer Dragoon Saga, Shining Force 3, Radiant Silvergun etc, etc... without having to pay exorbitant prices.

Didn't Sega re-release some of the Saturn's games on the PS2 in Japan? If they can't put them on the VC, they could at least release a compilation in the style of the Megadrive collection. As it is, I have to look around on ebay for Saturn games and I shudder at some of the prices.