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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. I'd pay the average full price... by Wyrmw00d · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If they were bundled as a 5 game cart.

  2. About a hundred bucks by (trb001) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    in a similar vein to a recent GameSpy article, how many dollars would you actually spend on these NES re-releases for GBA?

    Around $100 USD...enough to buy a decent flash ROM and linker. I owned all these games, I'm not buying the exact same game again. I rebuy VHS on DVD because a) the quality is better, b) I always hated rewinding. I don't have that problem here.

    --trb

  3. Overpriced by Bastian · · Score: 3, Insightful

    With Phantasy Star Collection, they crammed the first three Phantasy Star games onto one GBA cart, and had to write two emulators (Sega Master System for I, Sega Genesis for II and III.) For three great games, I spent 20 bucks.

    Nintendo, on the other hand, wants me to spend 30 bucks apiece for these games. I find that hard to swallow considering that, even if some of these are amazing games, this series is still just shovelware.

  4. Re:they're compatible by AndyBusch · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's probably not legal. It may be if you dump the ROM from your own NES cart, but downloading it from elsewhere isn't.

    However, it is ethical, in many many eyes.

    The Nintendo produced carts do have some sprite work done on them, so they look a touch better, but it's not major.

  5. Re:They are too expensive by DaveCBio · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Agreed, it's way too much for an old game. Nintendo is cashing in on nostalgia. Can't believe they have the balls to chastise the industry for the state of games when they live on remakes and re-releases.