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A generation (or more) behind - The smart way to game?
Doom:
--- Quote from: Vt102 on December 28, 2007, 07:50:08 PM ---Sad thing I cry about is the fact the I threw "YES THREW INTO THE GARBAGE!!" my NES, SNES and 2600 (not at the same time)... Including all the games... (I was young and stupid)
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Wow... I think the worst I did was loose Pokemon Red. :P
wshbrngr:
--- Quote from: Doom on December 28, 2007, 07:14:35 PM ---Super Mario Sunshine (not as good as Mario 64, but still nice. I still don't own it, I borrowed it from a friend and beat it. I'd own it, but used GC games are still expensive)
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Yea, What's up wth that? I want to get Twilight Princess to finish my collection, but its still like $44.99 (used)
and only $39.99 for the Wii.....
--- Quote from: Vt102 on December 28, 2007, 07:50:08 PM ---Sad thing I cry about is the fact the I threw "YES THREW INTO THE GARBAGE!!" my NES, SNES and 2600 (not at the same time)... Including all the games... (I was young and stupid)
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So I was not the only one to throw out a perfectly good Atari 2600.....
It was my ex-wife's idea to throw it out.... got rid of her, wish I had the 2600 back ;D
Snowcone:
Given that I run a gaming site in addition to TCP, I have to keep all the current consoles on hand. I do hate the cost of these systems and games.
KaiserWAVE:
I'll go out on a limb and dare to say that the majority of Wii owners got their Wii because of the new control scheme and new kind of gaming experience and didn't want awesome 360-esque graphics. When they played through all the games they were interested in they had to wait for the next big Wii hit or buy Gamecube games. The Wii is fully downwards compatible and, quite honestly, Gamecube games look about the same as the majority of Wii games so it won't matter to them. When lots of people want Gamecube games the demand and price rise. Something I don't like either since I got a few GC games left on my shopping list until my collection is complete :)
Why Zelda TP for GC costs more than the Wii version is above my head though :)
As an addition to Doom's improvised list I'd add the Rogue Squadron games. They are a Star Wars fan's wet dream. They're far from perfect and pretty hard (still have one level to unlock in RS3) but with added fanboy bonus they're a blast.
Kinda makes you think how Factor 5 could screw up Lair since it's practically a carbon copy of Rogue Squadron with dragons instead of Tie Fighters???
I hope they make another Rogue Squadron for Wii someday, or even a remake with Wii controls added, till the day I die, flying through the Death Star trench will never get old for me :D
UncleBob:
The downside is that you risk missing out on some games because by the time you can get them they're Out of Print and hard to find... or, at least, it's harder to justify spending $50 on a used copy of Mario Tennis for the 'Cube...
What I've done for the Cube, Wii, GBA and DS is I buy them at launch, then slowly pick up games when I can get a good deal on them (and pick up occasional first party titles at launch if I know they'll be good). Thanks to CAG, I can get this-gen games for last-gen prices on a fairly regular basis.