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More Classic NES Titles For GBA Announced

Posted by simoniker on from the won't-rest-til-all-nes-titles-resurrected dept.

Thanks to Nintendojo for its list of the latest NES titles to be re-released on the Game Boy Advance in Japan. Though "it remains to be seen if any of these particular games will make it to North America", highlights include "Super Mario Bros. 2 [Japanese version], Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, Metroid, Kid Icarus, [and] Castlevania." We've previously covered earlier NES Classic iterations - in a similar vein to a recent GameSpy article, how many dollars would you actually spend on these NES re-releases for GBA?

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  1. Why Metroid? by DragonPup · · Score: 4, Informative

    You unlock the classic Metroid when you beat Metroid Zero for the GBA already.

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  2. Re:Nintendo == evil money whores by JeremyVS · · Score: 3, Informative
    A graphically-updated version of Mario Bros. was included with every single GBA game with Mario in it(well, the Mario Advances and M&L Superstar Saga) and that didnt' stop Nintendo from re-releasing that.

    i was under the same impression, until i actually got a gba, and bought a few of the mario advance games...in fact, the mario game included on all of those cartriges is "mario classic". it is not Super Mario Bros. from NES, but is (apparently) an old arcade game, more in the lines of the old Donkey Kong. so when they came out with SMB1 for gba, i was quite happy to drop $20 on it.

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  3. Re:Nintendo == evil money whores by Svenheim · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's Mario Bros., like the parent poster said. Super Mario Bros. and Mario Bros. are two completely different games. Mario Bros. was an arcade game, that also was released for NES.

  4. Re:Huh? by Eggman27 · · Score: 2, Informative

    The reason it's not in there is cuz it's already being rereleased for the GameCube in the Mega Man 15th Anniversary Collection.

  5. Super Mario Bros != Mario Bros by Spleener12 · · Score: 5, Informative
    Yes, and the old arcade game that was in all the Mario Advance games was originally called Mario Bros. (no Super,) which was subsequently re-released as part of the NES classic series despite a superior version being availible for $10 more.

    Super Mario Bros 1, on the other hand, has only seen four major releases on any system (NES, SNES(Mario All-Stars), GBC(Super Mario Bros. DX), and GBA(NES Classic).) They probably haven't been whoring it as much due to the fact that it doesn't really stand up as well in this day and age next to later games. Not that I'd be surprised if the next Mario Advance game was a port of the All-Stars version of SMB1.

  6. Re:Overpriced by cbirdsong64 · · Score: 4, Informative

    The NES Classic series is only $20 each. Still too much, though.

  7. Re:Something better than a GBA... by KDR_11k · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think what you're searching for is the GamePark GP32. It's completely open. There are native games for the system, but from what I heard most of them aren't worth bothering. The 133MHz ARM9 makes the system good for emulation and its open structure allows for lots of ports (ScummVM, Doom engine, etc).

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  8. Animal Crossing... by wikthemighty · · Score: 2, Informative

    Don't forget that Super Mario Bros. appears in Animal Crossing on the Gamecube along with a few other NES games. Note that the game can be downloaded onto a GBA using the link cable.

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  9. Re:Huh? by KDR_11k · · Score: 2, Informative

    The NES rereleases support the wireless adapter. Hold L+R before choosing multiplayer to open the "conection method" dialogue, IIRC.

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