general gaming topic

arkarian

2015-05-26 08:45:29 pm

red chamber dream

yeah but it's more like, why is there combat like that in the game at all

i just want another super metroid

Toozin

2015-05-26 08:48:16 pm

Not impossible

just highly unlikely

It goes along with the luchador aesthetic.

You can't make the game be super stereotypically Mexican and not make the lead a luchador, and you can't make him a luchador without having some kind of melee combat. That's just the rules of the universe. Read A Brief History of Time, it explains all that somewhere I'm like 95% sure.

arkarian

2015-05-26 08:49:23 pm

red chamber dream

true, just means another game i don't have to pay attention to heh

Turtle

2015-05-26 09:15:18 pm

I like turtles.

I'm gonna hold out until I see what other games have been added. The only one that really tempts me right now is Mighty Switch Force, but as it is I've got a huge backlog to play already.

arkarian

2015-05-26 09:17:33 pm

red chamber dream

mighty switch force is definitely worth a dollar

Turtle

2015-05-28 12:18:12 pm

I like turtles.

Anyone know where I can find a Zero Mission cart for maybe a bit cheaper than what eBay users seem to want ($20-25)? I've been wanting access to a physical copy for a while.

arkarian

2015-05-28 12:38:23 pm

red chamber dream

amazon

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00012BSJ4/ref=sr_1_1_twi_1_gam_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1432831086&sr=8-1&keywords=zero+mission

it's usually cheaper than ebay. ebay kinda sucks lol

Opium

2015-05-28 12:42:58 pm

That still seems high, but I'm guessing it's because the game isn't available on VC in NA. I have on physical copy that I bought in Dover, England and one Japanese copy that I bought on ebay. Can't remember what I paid for either.

arkarian

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arkarian: 2015-05-28 01:32:45 pm

2015-05-28 01:32:35 pm

red chamber dream

it's not high for first-party nintendo games. they hold their value like no other company's games

frankly $16 is cheap for a popular gba game

Turtle

2015-05-28 08:37:05 pm

I like turtles.

I've got a $15 auction (so far) on eBay but I'm sure the guy who has met my max bid and not gone higher yet is waiting to snipe that in another day and a half. Even Amazon is kind of high thanks to the shipping costs, so I guess I'm looking at more or less the same price tag anywhere. I do have a gift card for the latter that I haven't used...

Opium

2015-05-29 12:07:26 am

Yeah it looks like the $20-$25 assessment you made is the best you're going to find. Worth every penny though, imo.

arkarian

2015-05-29 12:11:07 am

red chamber dream

if it makes you feel any better, when i bought my copy 6 years ago it cost about $20 too

like i said they don't really get any cheaper after a certain point

Turtle

2015-05-29 12:28:34 pm

I like turtles.

It's an example of the power of branding right up there with groceries that have double the price tags of their cheaper alternatives. I mean, I'm still going to buy it, but I might end up having gotten the DS Lite I'm gonna play it on for less money.

arkarian

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arkarian: 2015-05-29 01:00:07 pm

2015-05-29 12:59:35 pm

red chamber dream

i don't think it has much to do with branding. it's all supply and demand, right? maybe branding has something to do with people not wanting to sell their copies (fanboy love for nintendo?), but i think it's more that nintendo makes good, high quality games that people want even years after release. i mean you want a copy of zm because it's a good game, not because it's made by nintendo. many other people feel the same way. so there's high demand and little supply, which means costs go up.

Turtle

2015-05-29 01:03:39 pm

I like turtles.

That's very true, it's more about that for most people. I guess I just meant from the perspective of an eBay seller who knows he can charge higher for it. Of course, it is worth that much in this case, I'm just cheap with everything.

Poision Envy

2015-05-29 06:34:59 pm

Club 27 Goals

also makes me wonder if it somehow influenced nintendo to not push for downloadable games sooner, since their games hold value for so long.

on the other hand, I think it took nintendo an extra 10 years to learn how the internet works anyway, but still.

arkarian

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arkarian: 2015-05-29 07:31:53 pm

2015-05-29 07:31:46 pm

red chamber dream

that doesn't make any sense - nintendo makes $0 off every used game sale. i would think they'd rather have downloadable games up as soon as possible so they could continue charging people full price for new copies.

but nintendo doesn't understand the internet so

Poision Envy

2015-05-29 07:33:41 pm

Club 27 Goals

oh yeah, didn't really think of that.

I mean I can't imagine Nintendo ever has a surplass of game carts for their first party games, not even sure why they'd stop making new ones to begin with, clearly there's still demands for them.

Seems like it wouldn't be hard to just have a factory that continously prints their first party games, and even if retailers like gamestop stop selling them for some reason, just sell them directly.

Poision Envy

2015-05-29 07:33:56 pm

Club 27 Goals

I'm sure theres all sorts of dumb legal reasons why they can't do that though.

arkarian

2015-05-29 07:52:45 pm

red chamber dream

the market's not there. most people would rather buy used copies of old games i think

ryu

2015-06-01 07:27:20 am

The number of people interested in buying games from decades ago is probably not as high as one might believe.

Also, selling roms digitally is way cheaper for them lol

Opium

2015-06-01 09:32:26 am

Quote from ryu:

The number of people interested in buying games from decades ago is probably not as high as one might believe.

Also, selling roms digitally is way cheaper for them lol

I've often wondered how big the retro gaming scene is, and the thing that makes me wonder is all these retro gaming stores in my town. Some of them are huge. They don't sell roms of course, they sell carts for everything from colecovision to PS2. They do sell new stuff, but very little of it. They have to be selling a lot of games because they do buy a lot. There's a bunch of these stores in my suburb alone.

In other news, I took advantage of that humble nindie bundle deal. It's still on for another 8 days. I paid $1 and I got Guacamelee, Mighty Switch Force, and Woah Dave.

Poision Envy

2015-06-03 10:27:30 pm

Club 27 Goals

hypeddd

arkarian

2015-06-03 10:40:01 pm

red chamber dream

yeah safe to say i cannot fucking wait

e3 should be fun this year

arkarian

2015-06-03 10:41:08 pm

red chamber dream

also was that nolan north? <33