Christopher Buffa (Modojo): Nintendo delivered on its promise to fill the Wii’s Virtual Console with a plethora of retro games, and the publisher continued this on Wii U with such classics as Super Mario World, Super Metroid and most recently Earthbound. Players no longer need a box filled with cartridges. Instead they can download their favorites to a single device.
"30 years after its launch, however, Super Metroid for the SNES remains the undisputed king of the franchise in terms of its atmosphere and tone. " - Ollie Reynolds | NintendoLife
Fusion did a great job at it. Really love that horror feel with metroid. I mean you are completely alone on alien planets filled with horrific monsters and toxic environments.
The 2024 Game Anniversaries include some major titles including Half-Life 2, Uncharted 2, and Minecraft.
IGN writes: Mother 3 is one of the most hotly-desired RPGs ever, having never received an official translation in North America despite the cult popularity of its predecessor, Earthbound. But over all these years, series creator Shigesato Itoi has never weighed in on the discussion - at least until now."
A translated version of this game on Switch Online would be nice, and it would add a lot value to the Expansion Pak service.
I would love to see an Earthbound game just redone with 3D-ish models and characters. Just having a remaster for Switch Online would be awesome!
Did you ever see the Earthbound 64 concept/materials? That actually looked really good, but I'd also take a HD-2D remake as well.
Nintendo seems very whimsical about what they give they're fans, sometimes they'll give them a bone (e.g. Mario RPG, Thousand Year Door for the Switch), and other times, they just give them little to nothing (agh, the Zelda anniversary).
When you consider the cost of gaming back then and even now, no excuses when costs are involved.
I still dont get why the American Snes was so different looking from the SNES in Europe and the Super Famicom in Japan.
Donkey Kong Country (and Killer Instinct) really surprised me to see that a game could look THAT amazing back then. Even if it's pre-rendered, it must have been mindblowing for those who had it when it first came out.
Edit: Also Yoshi's Island. That game's animations were as smooth as butter. Sure beats the low frame rate of many 2D games we see now (especially the many that use flash)
Working on doing this with PS1 games.