if you want new games, buy or help the GCN ports

hear me out, "oh $30 is too much for a cheap update with motion controls and new levels or nothing!"

encourage you're fellow non-gamers to buy these on Wii. Pikmin 3 is being made, maybe. a new DK platformer is being made, maybe. a new Mario tennis, maybe

Mario Tennis, Pikmin, DK Jungle Beat are all GCN games, that haven't appeared on Wii and need new installments nintendo is seeing if this new audience wants them, if they do like them, say to the tune of 500k or 1 million we could get new installments in those series

of course they want money too, but why not throw mario party, mario sunshine, melee, wind waker in there? it'd be just as cheap AND the name alone would make those sell more than the other GCN ports, but metroid never sells super well to the nintendo buyer, neither did chibi robo and they are getting ports

you see what i'm saying its all testing to see if nintendo goes through with projects they are already partly underway with, except they may be at the stage where they can still cancel a pikmin game, or something if say the pikmin wiimake sells like 40k or something terrible

c'mon its got to mean something that they aren't porting the most popular GCN games on the Wii, coz they don't need to test those at all

I imagine if Pikmin sells well, Pikmin 3 could be shown at either E3 in June, or Nintendo World Conference in October.

i mean nintendo is already taking chances for the hardcore, publishing Fatal Frame IV in japan, buying monolith soft for Disaster: Day of Crisis and to have a good RPG studio (they made the Xenosaga series i believe) and making Punch Out Wii and Sin and Punishment 2

honestly PO and S&P2 have been gone for generations, what honestly, with a user base not of hardcore users, would encourage a business to think spending money to make these sequels would be anything other than a suicide move? because THEY DO care about the hardcore and they want to see the casuals get in on the hardcore stuff like, pikmin too but also to see if YOU the hardcore Wii consumer will support Pikmin, DK, Chibi Robo, Metroid more than you've supported Okami, Boom Blox, Zack & Wiki on the wii so far. don't get me wrong, those games sold well enough, but nintendo has got to want more of a splash than thinking maybe, maybe they're games more for core and niche gamers will sell 300k or so. of course they want to test the market

guys, support these games, you don't have to buy them just encourage their purchases

and you say, no if people buy these we'll get more remakes than new games. no. if this is true why isn't sunshine, melee, double dash, wind waker getting the same treatement?

I already own all my favorite GC games and they run just fine on the wii as they are so you can count me out!

As for purchasing these games to encourage new installments in these series, who knows, they might just end up encouraging more GC ports :/

I already own all my favorite GC games and they run just fine on the wii as they are so you can count me out!

As for purchasing these games to encourage new installments in these series, who knows, they might just end up encouraging more GC ports :/

kenakuma

like i said, if they're meant to encourage more ports, why not port easily marketable, and more marketable smash bros melee, mario kart double dash, mario sunshine, zelda wind waker?

the lack of ports of their high selling GCN games leads me to believe they're simply testing the waters for future potential releases

if they wanted to sell cheap GCN ports why wouldn't they start the GCN ports with a big name like Zelda, or Super Mario? no, they started it with smaller titles like Pikmin, and Chibi Robo and DK (smaller in terms of recent sales on GCN and Wii)

I missed out on Pikmin, so I'm definently buying that. And they're only $30?:oGoomba_Lord37

[QUOTE="Goomba_Lord37"]I missed out on Pikmin, so I'm definently buying that. And they're only $30?:oTheColbert

Yeah, I'll probably buy both the Primes if they come out. I never got around to finishing Echoes lol.

[QUOTE="kenakuma"]

I already own all my favorite GC games and they run just fine on the wii as they are so you can count me out!

As for purchasing these games to encourage new installments in these series, who knows, they might just end up encouraging more GC ports :/

darth-pyschosis

like i said, if they're meant to encourage more ports, why not port easily marketable, and more marketable smash bros melee, mario kart double dash, mario sunshine, zelda wind waker?

the lack of ports of their high selling GCN games leads me to believe they're simply testing the waters for future potential releases

if they wanted to sell cheap GCN ports why wouldn't they start the GCN ports with a big name like Zelda, or Super Mario? no, they started it with smaller titles like Pikmin, and Chibi Robo and DK (smaller in terms of recent sales on GCN and Wii)

I remember hearing from Jasonguy that the whole reason they are doing this is because Ninty felt that these games were overlooked last gen (as their sales show) and they want to give players a second chance at purchasing and enjoying them. That would explain why bigger title's like SSBM and WW and not getting this treatment!

[QUOTE="darth-pyschosis"][QUOTE="kenakuma"]

I already own all my favorite GC games and they run just fine on the wii as they are so you can count me out!

As for purchasing these games to encourage new installments in these series, who knows, they might just end up encouraging more GC ports :/

kenakuma

like i said, if they're meant to encourage more ports, why not port easily marketable, and more marketable smash bros melee, mario kart double dash, mario sunshine, zelda wind waker?

the lack of ports of their high selling GCN games leads me to believe they're simply testing the waters for future potential releases

if they wanted to sell cheap GCN ports why wouldn't they start the GCN ports with a big name like Zelda, or Super Mario? no, they started it with smaller titles like Pikmin, and Chibi Robo and DK (smaller in terms of recent sales on GCN and Wii)

jasonguy didn't tell you something

ok, so nintendo wants to remake these coz they didn't sell well, get recognition when they were released on the Cube, why release them just so they can get a few more sales? why? just to say to the world they deserved better than that? NO. to test the market for Wii VERSIONS people.

if they wanted money, they'd port the heavy hitters and they aren't. (i mean they want $ they just don't go for the best amount of $) so, unless Nintendo has been holding a gruge and wants to spend thousands of dollars on shipping, packaging, and re-coding just to prove a point that isn't relevant anymore, i think its safe to say these ports are the testing ground for Mario Tennis, more Metroid, Pikmin, Chibi Robo, DK, on the Wii

thats why you should help them, don't have to buy them but RECOMMEND THEM to new gamers, and maybe we'll see a DK platformer.

Nintendo is giving you guys, the hardcore Wii consumer an oppurtunity to buy the closest you've gotten to a DK platformer with traditional controls, and if you turn them down don't whine about how they didn't give you a new Donkey Country for the Wii.

I remember hearing from Jasonguy that the whole reason they are doing this is because Ninty felt that these games were overlooked last gen (as their sales show) and they want to give players a second chance at purchasing and enjoying them. That would explain why bigger title's like SSBM and WW and not getting this treatment!

Or Nintendo will realize it's easier to cash in on cheap ports rather than make new games? :?

Seriously, I'm not going to buy a GC game with tacked on motion controls when I can probably find the same game in a bargain bin for $5.

I'm buying them. It was never even a question for me.

*As of right now on Amazon.com, Mario Power Tennis has more pre-orders than Killzone 2. I was pleasantly surprised by that.

jasonguy didn't tell you something

ok, so nintendo wants to remake these coz they didn't sell well, get recognition when they were released on the Cube, why release them just so they can get a few more sales? why? just to say to the world they deserved better than that? NO. to test the market for Wii VERSIONS people.

if they wanted money, they'd port the heavy hitters and they aren't. (i mean they want $ they just don't go for the best amount of $) so, unless Nintendo has been holding a gruge and wants to spend thousands of dollars on shipping, packaging, and re-coding just to prove a point that isn't relevant anymore, i think its safe to say these ports are the testing ground for Mario Tennis, more Metroid, Pikmin, Chibi Robo, DK, on the Wii

thats why you should help them, don't have to buy them but RECOMMEND THEM to new gamers, and maybe we'll see a DK platformer.

Nintendo is giving you guys, the hardcore Wii consumer an oppurtunity to buy the closest you've gotten to a DK platformer with traditional controls, and if you turn them down don't whine about how they didn't give you a new Donkey Country for the Wii.

darth-pyschosis

Yes Jasonguy DID tell me something and here is what he said on this matter:

"Nintendo already said they're doing this because they feel that they didn't sell enough last gen. This move is only to cover their costs, nothing more."

Heres the link where he says that:

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26747926&tag=topics;title

Like he says, "wii-makes" are just a way to cover costs from last gen, and regardless of how they do we WILL get a new pikmin, we already have a new metroid, and we will probably get a new DK in the future!

New games in the series will come out. It doesnt matter how well these sellalexh_99

Agreed, and proven as work on pikmin 3 is already underway, not to mention the wii already got a metroid prime which proves that these "wii-makes" are not intended to "test" the market for future games as the wii has already got new installments of these games before the "wii-makes" have even been released!

if i see any games that i missed out on while i had a GC then i will certainly pick them up. but im not rebuying any game i already have or had.osan0

i will not pay 30 for tennis or pikmin but i will be picking up prime 1 and 2 hopefully mariokart will be re released, oh never mind lol i already have mariokart -thats mariokart wii lol 15 years ? name one console besides snes that had remakes of oldertitles,

i thought so ,

you cant include hand helds because well their different ,

because you cant take a nes /snes n64 gc or wii with you and play while -lets see walking

so this is definatelly the first time since snes , nintendo remade anything, and no i dont believe its laziness, i just believe its because the success that is wii , never happened with gc so by putting those on wii, it would more then likely double the sales,

of these existing titles, lets face it even though the gc version are cheaper-not by much , but their used, scratched and so on , who wants that,

2 motion controls will help them be better, especally sports t itles and the primes,

guys, support these games, you don't have to buy them just encourage their purchases

and you say, no if people buy these we'll get more remakes than new games. no. if this is true why isn't sunshine, melee, double dash, wind waker getting the same treatement?

and you say, no if people buy these we'll get more remakes than new games. no. if this is true why isn't sunshine, melee, double dash, wind waker getting the same treatement?

darth-pyschosis

1. Because Nintendo hasn't tested the waters yet to see how many suckers are willing to by remakes

2. Most of those games are getting the same treatment. Nintendo of Finland has polled people asking what they'd want to come next. F-Zero GX, Luigi's Mansion, Super Mario Sunshine, Wind Waker, and WaveRace: Blue Storm are all likely coming. http://gonintendo.com/?p=68783

lol 15 years ? name one console besides snes that had remakes of oldertitles,

i thought so ,

you cant include hand helds because well their different ,

Nintendo has been re-releasing games for 15 years.Rocky32189

Not in the same way they're doing now.None of the re-releases were playable on the same system as the original version.You can't play the SNES version of aLttP on the GBA; you can play the GC version of Pikmin on the Wii.

I missed out on Pikmin, so I'm definently buying that. And they're only $30?:oGoomba_Lord37

Nintendo isn't "testing" us. They know that these games will sell. They are releasing these games so they don't have to create a new Mario Tennis or a new Donkey Kong game. Nintendo has been re-releasing games for 15 years. It's just a cheap way of making easy money to fund their high budget titles. If anything, buying these games will just encourage Nintendo to be even lazier in the future.Rocky32189

I'll only buy them if they support the gamecube controller webbut

Nintendo isn't "testing" us. They know that these games will sell. They are releasing these games so they don't have to create a new Mario Tennis or a new Donkey Kong game. Nintendo has been re-releasing games for 15 years. It's just a cheap way of making easy money to fund their high budget titles. If anything, buying these games will just encourage Nintendo to be even lazier in the future.Rocky32189

It's more likely that Nintendo is trying to kill two birds with one stone. One: release games with low overhead to increase profits, and two: 'test the waters' to see how well underperforming (by current Nintendo standards) GameCube games can perform with a new Wii audience.

Metroids, Pikmins, and Mario sports titles don't need to be market tested, they are successful and sequels are inevitable.

I never played Pikmin 2, so I'll be tempted when it releases, but in the end I don't think I can justify $30 on a last generation title.

[QUOTE="Rocky32189"]Nintendo isn't "testing" us. They know that these games will sell. They are releasing these games so they don't have to create a new Mario Tennis or a new Donkey Kong game. Nintendo has been re-releasing games for 15 years. It's just a cheap way of making easy money to fund their high budget titles. If anything, buying these games will just encourage Nintendo to be even lazier in the future.Thiago26792

[QUOTE="Rocky32189"]Nintendo isn't "testing" us. They know that these games will sell. They are releasing these games so they don't have to create a new Mario Tennis or a new Donkey Kong game. Nintendo has been re-releasing games for 15 years. It's just a cheap way of making easy money to fund their high budget titles. If anything, buying these games will just encourage Nintendo to be even lazier in the future.Skie7

I wouldn't put All-Stars on the same level as these up-coming "wii-makes".

[QUOTE="Rocky32189"]Nintendo isn't "testing" us. They know that these games will sell. They are releasing these games so they don't have to create a new Mario Tennis or a new Donkey Kong game. Nintendo has been re-releasing games for 15 years. It's just a cheap way of making easy money to fund their high budget titles. If anything, buying these games will just encourage Nintendo to be even lazier in the future.Skie7

He's right though. Know someone who missed the GC? Know some ones who is one of these wii non-gamers? Show them the way to these ports. Show them how much fun pikmin, DK, and metroid are. Nintendo will have all the more reason to keep supporting these franchises.goblaa

[QUOTE="goblaa"]He's right though. Know someone who missed the GC? Know some ones who is one of these wii non-gamers? Show them the way to these ports. Show them how much fun pikmin, DK, and metroid are. Nintendo will have all the more reason to keep supporting these franchises.raahsnavj

If they wanted to play with a GC controller, they would have gotten a GC. These new gamers are here for the wiimote.

[QUOTE="raahsnavj"][QUOTE="goblaa"]He's right though. Know someone who missed the GC? Know some ones who is one of these wii non-gamers? Show them the way to these ports. Show them how much fun pikmin, DK, and metroid are. Nintendo will have all the more reason to keep supporting these franchises.goblaa

If they wanted to play with a GC controller, they would have gotten a GC. These new gamers are here for the wiimote.

I'll only buy them if they support the gamecube controller webbut

[QUOTE="goblaa"]

[QUOTE="raahsnavj"] Or you could show them how to purchase a $20 GC pad (which they probably already have from SSBB) and show them the used game rack at gamestop... Like I said, the only people interested in these are suckers and people that just happen to live in the rarest of locations that don't have these used games or are afraid of ebay.raahsnavj

If they wanted to play with a GC controller, they would have gotten a GC. These new gamers are here for the wiimote.

Except the wiimote does all that. If I had never played MP or Pikmin before, Id want it with the superior wiimote too.

metroid prime was the sh*t im buying it if they remake it and the first pikmin. i had it at GC launch but i sold it shortly after :(

and ya i see ur point TC but id rather not buy wiimake unless its gonna be way better for the game like metroid prime or if they up the graphics a little too or something.

and with the wii's userbase now the sales of these GC classics will sell alot more than they did on the GC simply because the GC barely had any userbase for it.

i explained that on another topic i believe

I'll only buy them if they support the gamecube controller webbut