When I first read about Virtual Console I thought "This is great! Now people can play all the games they never got to play, like some really rare ones, or ones that didn't make it to their country!".
Well, seems that's not what Nintendo had in mind. They're pretty much following the original release plans for all of these titles so far. New Zealand didn't get anything from Turbografx-16, and purists seeking games in their original versions have to deal with localizations (I really wanted Contra III with the humans, but I had to settle for their robot counterparts in Super Probotector), some games won't make it to some countries because they weren't released there in the first place... despite the fact that VC games are relatively cheap to produce.
This strategy just doesn't make any sense. It can't be that hard to recreate these games, so why aren't Nintendo just giving people what they want? Just because some games weren't released in our country about a decade ago, that doesn't mean we don't want to play them. Things have changed and most of those games are in much greater demand these days. Stop shutting people out like this :(
It gives people something to do while they wait for these "good ones." Nintendo has been releasing games that seemingly flew under the radar; if they released Ocarina of Time, Mario RPG, etc. right off the bat, what reason would someone have to buy the more unknown games that they've been releasing? Just a hunch.
It gives people something to do while they wait for these "good ones." Nintendo has been releasing games that seemingly flew under the radar; if they released Ocarina of Time, Mario RPG, etc. right off the bat, what reason would someone have to buy the more unknown games that they've been releasing? Just a hunch.Superlink517
Well that I can understand. But I think the regional locking is inexcusable, everyone should be able to enjoy the games, regardless of what regions they were released in originally. I know there's always emulators on PC, but the purist in me is really aching for these games to get the recognition they deserve but never got.
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