Tanooki

I usually see like 3K a year for some years now, but with that idiotic thing last year giving you a couple hundred bucks in advance for 6mo I know it will be less since that aggravatingly came from that.

Square has done physical for everything, if you could the asia-english region, but if you leave there it's hit and miss. FF10-2 and FF12ZA got a US release on card, but the FF7-9 games didn't. I Am Setsuna didn't, but the follow up game did in limited figures through their website only. Various others from the FF franchise/spinoffs like Maxima, World Of... they were digital in this region only, physical in asia-english spaces. They're more into hosing the english market with rental releases, so you have to go through playasia and yesasia to get the goods. Live a Live and Chrono Cross/RD I'd buy them, but not as digital, especially on a closed platform, so that would end up being worst case scenario a Steam buy.

Pokemon Arceus, beyond that it's hard to remember really. Most of what I've had around that are all online grabs for Switch between LRGs long run delay tactics on shipping and presents.

Rating it in the bubble of its time that game is a pretty solid 8. It's no street fighter 2 because it just didn't flow as smoothly, had some cheap stunts in there they could have done something about too. But given the attention to detail with the digitized characters, the audio, good use of color, and obviously the well over the top gore with the finish him fatalities it was a stand out solid rival to what capcom put up as well (and early SNK too.) The game was good, but it wasn't excellent, very easy to recommend it (and it's first sequel) too as you really had to learn it... you had no choice with a screwy block button. That game was a bit more tactical about how to win or lose on it unlike 3 and after which turned into lame button mashing twitchy nonsense.

My turn to post a gem, enjoy this. So, can we get into the minds of these two and wonder what??

Strange reminds me more of an overlay I saw Nintendo did in the day primarily remembered for the NES controller stickers we oddly call skins now.

Unless I'm forgetting some strange circumstance after the fact I think other than the old Deluxe/preDeluxe Set and SMB3 in the challenge set there really weren't CIB games thrown inside the console box itself. Maybe on the Gameboy side, but console I think that's about it unless you jump in time up to the disc era. At that rate you did get a pack-in or so for Gamecube, Wii(sleeved games largely), etc.

Nintendo Direct was a wow moment, some of the pop ups out of that blew me away they got it working on there, such as No Man's Sky, it's not a tiny game, but I have that on PC so ...no. Well for me a decent show as it more often than not is, not a let down. I was going to list things, but...getting long. Personally shocked and surprised to see what Square-Enix offered up with LiveALive, Front Mission, and Chrono Cross on real media, laughably middle finger to them for cloud steaming rental only for KH series. I never played any of those 3, no interest in FM(genre) but the other two oh yeah very interested. Surprising to see the quality there on No Mans Sky(have it on PC), but also other hot franchises like Starwars and AC collection. Cool to see Taiko making a US appearance on Nintendo as well. Splatoon 3 looks nice, but any single player? I avoid MP only, leaning heavy games. What I saw looked like one could play a full single player game alone with ai team/bots whatever you want to call it. Nice to see STrikers back too, it's expensive on gamecube so the demand is definitely there. Cute to see Wii sports back as Nintendo Switch Sports, can't say I'd pay much for that, but nice. Kirby and Klonoa wow. The Dread update is nice for those who need help to those really good at it, replaying it. Very nice drop of both Earthbound games(bet they never do #3) Getsufuumaden looks sweet, that's a possibility. I'm sure the Xenoblade fans are happy for #3.

This got me thinking of his comment on the introduction thread, throw that Tyson cart in here those shams at WATA called a fake. I'm curious to see what the real experts here opinions are on that one. They right, or just too confused and called if fake to get it out of the way?

Yeah the ranking isn't just a literal is what it is, there's some reasoning behind putting stuff in place, clustering some, separating others. It's almost like you could argue a lower game (or higher game) easily fits on its own isolated merits elsewhere, but this is more of a totality of rankings than which gets the 9.8 vs the 9.6 or whatever near the end. Also wow... BEST products. Shopped there enough (Fedco too) in those days (largely the 80s, early 90s.) BEST is where I got my copy of the original Zelda when it came out.

Wow impressive, crazy stuff with the appearance of a one off even if they aren't. But that tyson game, with WATA, I'd get a second opinion.

Wow...ignore, seriously? I can only imagine what I did. Real mature either way broadcasting that and doing it.

Given the sports games tend to be a dead give away, it looks like 1997 because NHL and NBA 98 are there, and the year before was when they came out dated for the following. Also other late ones like Final Fight 3 and Pocky & Rocky 2 are on there.

That's possible looking at that. I saw some note about it when i started to dig after being curious, and you're seemingly confirming what others feel was the case too. At one point people really felt that power pad would take off, just I guess, wasn't the right time or audio capability yet. I mean like look what a PS1 era generation did for the same type of mat but for dancing with DDR. Who knows what if the NES had some wicked chip tune audio going, dozens of tracks, and then some 8bit DDR seizure worthy visuals going on? That could be fun.

Remember back in 2019 when a few weeks or so apart there was this one goodwill I hit the motherlode on with the virtual boy and sealed pokemon red? It has been a stain since, nothing there, but rarely and usually delusional bad too such as $160 for a broken DMG in a generic case with a stack of maybe $30 in GB game commons. That changed today. If it wasn't right near my kid school I wouldn't bother, and hadn't in weeks, maybe I have a gamers psychic spidey sense but avoided half price and went there instead to spot an odd metal case on the shelf, looked and saw the tag, and asked to see it, and it was this... VERY happy. Any wear to the SP is largely those few thin lines on the outer shell you see and a select few hairline scuffs to the lens inside, that's it. I only own Chu Chu Rocket of those games and outside the skate one, seemingly they're not crap looking them up. The odd parts some are garbage (blue ones) but the rest seem useful too. Going by the SIMS2 save data, guessing mid-older teen/early adult who cared better for this thing. I didn't need another 101, but I'll always hold onto one for use given how expensive and awful things are now, a spare is a spare.

Maybe it was perfect I listened to, the art I think had a giant cross out of it and remember some reds and blacks to it. Either way I've heard a few over the years, usually dumped on youtube in some sketchy way to check the stuff out and it was a nice background filter.

@avatar! Trust me I'm very very well aware. I was being non-critical of it in the bubble of the US market only and what piddling crap Konami has allowed, it's big, and only for that reason alone. I would love nothing more to have Akamajo Dracula Best 1 and 2, but sheeit...they get expensive when fanboys find them on ebay so I just largely don't bother to remember to look anymore. Game soundtracks have become more toxic as a side effect along side of the games too. What LRG/Konami did allow here is a nice if not very very abridged selection of quality pieces as a gimme in a game package. If this were a sale item on its own I'd be peeved that's how little they'd think of US consumers in that case.

@Reed Rothchild I can understand that, relatable really. Like I think going by personal knowledge and unfairly so comparing to the PC, while I would probably want to rate Wing Commander probably a little better than you did, because largely it is intact, there are gaping issues too. While I'd want to put it in one spot I'd easily slide it 50-100 lower because of the not silky smooth turning and the idiotic password system. Your boost of Brandish I'd compare with my total agreement (mostly assumed since you wrote nothing basically) with moving SF Alpha 2 over the others. Why? It's basically intact, a technical achievement, and really it is the best fighter on the system as far as characters, mechanics, moves possible. Sure it has the 4sec decompression of audio after it yells 'FIGHT' before you move, and that is sucky, it's not game breaking either. It is even more intact in many ways than the PS1 version with a very poorly rendered movie vs actual game content driven opening demo, less sparks (-1 to -2) when hitting people, and other weird bits which makes it all the more impressive.

I got another package earlier that was found in the wild that popped up on the original area map. I think they're auto transported back to the owner because when you go into the menu (items, saving, etc) one tab is for lost goods/internet gimmes and it was lit up, and when I clicked the name of the person I returned stuff to, I was given a reward. I also finally got KOd in the wild too, dropped 4 items, now they taunt me on the same screen but I don't see a way to clear that or return them to me which stinks.

Anyone else here get the collection I did with the mid-tier extras? That audio CD has a fantastic selection of tracks on it, and interestingly enough it emphasizes the Famicom expanded audio choices on CV2 and CV3 vs the NES ones. They do repeat those few tracks on the end of the CD for the American purists though. The packing on that thing was not well done, the box is so overly stuffed it's impossible to get much in and out without doing some damage to the box unfortunately. I'm curious if anyone else here is enjoying some of those Castlevania goodies. What have you done with the weird dust sleeve? How about the big poster? They also had thrown in the box another fold out which is sort of a mini magazine I guess, I never could get it to unfold well to read it it's so stiff. If anyone is curious here's a scan of the disc and track list on the rear of the sleeve.

For both I spell it out, but I also will say NES or NIntendo at times for the original, and call the other the SuperNES or Super Nintendo. If you see old promotional video from the company that's how they intermix it too so I feel that's the right way and only intelligent way to say such things. Usually though Nintendo would just say the full name since it's branding, but I was thinking in side talk caught on video at shows etc. What gets me as it's like nails on a chalkboard is when the others are used, especially calling the older the NEZ or the other the SNESS or SNEZ. I've corrected people before on it because it's so grating, and if I catch someone being a fount of intelligence on youtube and they utter it, I'm done...it goes off. I put it at the level of stupidity as someone calling Pokemon PO-KEY-MON. There is a reason that line is over the E fool Pokémon

Around here the old game sellers don't make it only their bread and butter, whether it's the faux little guy yet oddly national reseller like half price books, to the legit local ones from misc shops to pawn I tend to treat it largely the same and that includes to a point even free donation places too. If the price is the same as online I'm not buying it. I don't care if they have a warranty or I can see it first. I value my time, money, and general wear and tear on the car etc going from A to B. If they want online prices, just put it online, and if they want higher than online...I laugh and walk away. Currently my half price has the Ocarina of Time 3DS guide for $105, easily bought with no effort for under $50 on ebay. They also have a $200 PS2 game (SMT Devil Summoner 2) in average shape for $300, you can buy it new with the big box plushie for that. $100 for a standard used PS1 and $110 for a black gamecube?? You know why I still go there? They slip, but also because it's between here and my kids school right off the road with zero effort made or I'd stop. The actual mom and pop in town I did quit because they're even more deluded and have the same games on the shelf now for over a year now getting dusty (but their other non gaming stock moves.) The mom and pops around here they don't just do games, it's a part of a larger whole that'll do old toys, comics, music, movies, board games, pen n paper, trading card games, etc...so they don't get a break on it as largely the other stuff helps with that overhead too. When it comes to the national stuff like half price not much can be done they price larger if they use the computerized sticker vs the local little white ones... if they're 20% off ebay average or better I'm in, if they're not... screw em. That's games, anime, books, audio, other movies... if you're not going to be reasonable I'm not going to waste my time and money. But I've also changed track and 95% of what I buy anymore has been local only, and do I really 'NEED' it or just want it? Yeah so there's that too.

I wholly could not agree more on that statement. Dracula X on SNES takes so much unfair crap just for existing. In Japan they were clearer about it, sensibly calling it a gaiden basically, a side story to the CD game Dracula X and as such call it Dracula XX (double X) there... which for idiot westerners looks like dracula porn. The SNES clearly has no CD capability for audio let alone storage of assets, clips, etc. SO the game isn't that, it's a side story scaled back but not crappily minimized adventure. It's pretty high quality Konami, and in a SNES bubble, it's one of their better releases too. It's sadly by dumb westerners picked on for being garbage and pegged with irrational unintelligent arguments why it is. I feel largely the same on the clustering of the Vikings and SF titles, it needed to be as much as they're sequels and spinoffs more than entirely unique games and being so core similar beyond your usual sequels it fits. Same reason why SFA2 needed to be broken off and put higher, it's a larger game, more technical achievement too, and a true ground up sequel unlike the SF2 trio which are patchy upgrades at best. I don't get the love for ZAMN either, it's good, but not top 100 lose your mind excellent either. So far largely I've agreed with most of where this list of them all has ranked stuff. Very pleased to see a rational good point made about Final Fight 3 too as it gets stupidly bagged on as well.

If you're asking if I was making a replacement for the hidden API or whatever people were using to track ebay data, no that was not me but it was being done by someone else.

I so far only have had the 3 original missing packages in the game, and I had no issue just clicking them to return. After that stuff shows up in that menu where you have some reward to tap on and you get something for doing the hunt. Basically if you go where it says it is on the map, it's a very very small package and it I found blends in almost too well depending on the terrain. But either way it should be there, if not, I'd be worried.