The Virtual Console is at its best when it's offering a ton of value for your money, and for the price of ten bucks you're just not going to beat the sheer amount of depth in Ogre Battle 64 -- and it's just bonus that it's also a game that holds a small place of prominence in the annals of Nintendo history.
Presentation - 8.5
Graphics - 9.0
Sound - 8.5
Gameplay - 9.0
Lasting Appeal - 9.5
Overall -
Star Wars Rogue Squadron. That’s the list. You can all go home. I’m just kidding, of course. The N64 had a lot of unforgettable titles throughout its run.
Quest 64, while simple and short, would certainly fit on this list. So would a few others.
Lol Mario Kart 64. That's the perfect example of nostalgia blinding people from seeing how badly a game has aged. Great at the time, but the controls are abysmal now. People ripped on Double Dash at the time, but it aged much better. Unfortunately for people my age N64 is so attached to their childhood that any criticism of any game is taken like an insult to their family honor or something.
I guess to each their own. But I still think Mario Kart 64 is good all these years later.
I still enjoy playing N64 games, the only ones that truly haven't aged well are the FPS games : Goldeneye and Perfect Dark. Although the Turok games have aged well as it uses a better control scheme (move with C buttons, aim with control stick)
Wave Race 64 is absolutely fantastic. Racing games are my jam, but I remember this game being really tough because the rough weather and strong waves were pushing my jet ski around slamming me into obstacles haha. I wish I had an N64 so I could replay it.
Duke Nukem 64 and Doom 64. Also the recently english translation of Shiren 2 looks and plays great
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Nintendo 64 games have finally arrived on the Wii U Virtual Console! Sure, I could have played the many N64 games that were released on the Wii Virtual Console, but then I’d be missing out on cool features like Resume Points. The modern Wii U Virtual Console experience is much more preferred these days, at least for me. Super Mario 64 is out now, with Donkey Kong 64 and Paper Mario due out by the end of the month. But what happens after that? I decided to list five games I would like to see released on the Wii U N64 Virtual Console. The odds of some of these titles listed below actually getting a Virtual Console release are slim, but I think they are worth mentioning anyway.
how does Conker work now? I mean does Rare not own the IP? We saw the original Perfect Dark remastered and released on Xbox Live (for the 360). Not to mention Xbox had the original Conker: Live and Reloaded version.
I would love to see the original Conker on the VC though, total nostalgia trip.
Yeah, I am pretty sure Rare owns the IP, and since Microsoft owns Rare that won't happen. On the flip side most of Rares dream team has moved on, and are making a Banjo Kazooie spiritual successor.
MS own Conker along with Perfect Dark and everything else Rare made that wasn't an ip that was created by nintendo.
That means we're really unlikely to see Conker, Banjoe Kazooie or Perfect Dark on the VC.
The two Zeldas are all I really need on there. Paper mario, diddy Kong racing, and goldeneye would be cool too. But Mario party 2? I remember being so underwhelmed when I started that game up and it had half the content of the original game. That and cowboy hats annoy the hell out of me.
Oh he hasn't played it and that's why it's on the list. Thinking of n64 just reminds me how awesome rare used to be and then I think of that egoraptor video with rare on a chain at e3 lol.
In this edition of Scattered Showers, Oprainfall takes a look at the longest-delayed games in Europe.
I would sure hate to have my country controlled by an undemocratic EU Parliament.
irrelevant...? they don't actually control video game
industry or something like that
I haven't been looking to deeply into Virtual Console in quite sometime, but I suppose now would be a good time to look into a few of these gems. From what I've read this seems to be quite an interesting RPG.