Famicom Mini Series 2 Reviewed Following Series 1 U.S. Debut

Thanks to 1UP for its reviews of the second batch of Famicom Mini (NES Classic) series for Game Boy Advance, since "Japanese gamers... are already enjoying their second batch of remakes", following this week's release of eight of the portable conversions from the NES in the States. Intriguing second-batch picks from the almost-complete review set include Ghosts 'N Goblins ("The return of the game that made masochism fun"), Balloon Fight ("Has a simple, universal appeal"), and Adventure Island ("...may well be the most fun you'll ever have running in a straight line from left to right"), and a stuttering IGN has also started coverage of Series 2.

Comments

Did you miss E3?

[Inoshiro]

FF1 and 2 are being remade (again) for the GBA. To encourage you to buy a game you probably own 3 copies of, they're even throwing in a new dungeon that has bosses from newer games in FF1 (you can fight the Phantom Train from FF6!), and FF2 is getting a new story via the 'Soul of Rebirth'

This has been reported everywhere, both in Japanese and English! How'd you miss out?

Don't forget also River City Ransom EX, Virtua Fighter Quest, RE 4, the Mega Man collections for GBA and GCN, and Shinning Force coming to the GBA! It's not the horrible Shinning Soul dungeon crawler ;P

Re:Dr. Mario

[Gothic_Walrus]

Just one warning: the Dr. Wario version of the game is single-player only.

If you want the multiplayer support, go for the Classic NES version, as it's the only one with it. If it doesn't matter to you, go with Wario Ware instead.