GC games are kind of bonkers in price right now. You really have to be picky with what you want to play. You might be best trying your local games reseller to see if they have what you're looking for. The "classics" (anything Mario, Smash, anything Zelda) are going to be pricey, but the game play will be worth it.
Yep, he's big into anything Mario, Zelda, or Sonic. Prices are crazy right now so I'm looking to maybe pick up some lesser known titles that are enjoyable.
I haven't checked for the prices. But remembering how I was as a kid, I think I'd rather have ONE great Mario or Zelda game (probably rather Zelda) than some also great games, but that I have not dreamt of getting. I think if you get the others later and first one big name title, your kid will probably be happier. I mean, why buy a Nintendo console and then not getting the games that are exclusive on Nintendo and which are the main reason you buy a Nintendo console? That's like going to McDonald's and ordering a salad (although their salad actually tastes great). I mean, you could explain to your kid why you didn't get the pricier titles, but they will really only understand it when they are much older. How many times my parents explained to me why we couldn't have this or that. Until you pay your own bills, you will never fully grasp what they tell you and be always a little disappointed. Even if your parents did the best they could. Money is just too abstract for kids to really, really understand.
I felt robbed after paying RRP for Sunshine when it was new, absolutely no way would I advocate paying inflated prices for that game. Don't listen to the Gamecube nostalgia kids who keep trying to make out that it's an underrated game or that it's undergoing some sort of critical re-evaluation. Definitely get LM and TYD if you can get them for reasonable money though.
It's funny, I rented Super Mario Sunshine back when it was new and I thought I was in the minority when I considered it "meh". I guess I wasn't the only one who felt that way.
I mean, Super Mario Sunshine is good IMO. Better than most 3D platformers from anyone that isn't Nintendo, even. But compared to 64, Galaxy 1&2, and Odyssey, it's the least good. I wouldn't pay inflated prices for it.
I will admit that it wouldn't have seemed out of place if it was a third party game with a different IP, but it was a shocker coming from arguably the best series and developer in the business as the sequel to one of the most seminal games of all time. On the up side, I wouldn't be surprised if that was the title that made Miyamoto so hardline about not shipping games that aren't up to standard.
Sunshine's fine, I just wouldn't call it a game changer like Mario 64 was for the N64. And I would hate to be the team to have to follow that game up with anything. It just goes off the rails a little and relies a little too much on the water gun. Luigi's Mansion is great but really short. I think I got everything in under 10 hours, which may be great for a young kid but I was left hanging a little. I remember getting my Gamecube bundle in the mid-aughts off ebay which I got with Wind Waker and Metroid Prime. That sold me on the little machine and I tracked down a few more. But GC games were a little more affordable then.
You might want to try shopping around at thrift stores. Two summers back I found a complete copy of MarioKart DoubleDash for five bucks at a local thrift store. I bought a copy of F-Zero on the SNES yesterday from my local gaming store. Support your local small businesses, right?
Technically not old games but I’ve been playing sonic mania a bit lately and I think I’m getting close to the end and definitely thinking of getting that Tony Hawks 1 & 2 reissue when it comes out for addictive nostalgic reasons. I’m also thinking of getting that samurai showdown reissue collection to play online but I’ve never properly tried to play a samurai showdown game competitively before and I’m wondering if anyone here could tell how accessible or not these old games are? They seem relatively simple games but with high damage from the little I have played of them but if there is a severe input barrier or steep learning curve to understand the basics of playing the games I might either not bother or wait until the compilation is reduced. I’ve heard this reissue compilation has additional content and I’m wondering if anyone here is aware of whether any of this additional content teaches you anything about how to play these games competitively or not and if they do how effectively does it teach someone the basics of playing a samurai showdown game if they are already familiar with playing other fighting games like street fighter?
Learning a retro game is like learning a new game, but you have to provide for allowances of for the sound and graphics, and the controller, if you're playing on a retro console and not an emulator or a virtual console.
I wouldn't do that personally, if you want to play SamSho competitively then you'd be better off with the latest game. If there is a scene for the NG-era titles, it's more likely to be on Fightcade then an official release with dodgy netcode.
You guys got me all riled up about Megaman X i went and bought the first one today from a local shop, man good times! I think im mixing up the first and second one a little, the memory is rusty but loving playing througu this again the same way I did back when it first came out. Good ol yellowed SNES and a shitty CRT tv. Haha such happy password screen music. Forgot about that. I also found another gem I havn't played in like 20 years. Rock N Roll Racing. Man we played this all the timez the music was great, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, etc.
Who really knows why games for certain platforms gain value so quickly while others don't. SNES and N64 games have been going through the roof lately. I've been keeping track of my game collection on VGCollect, but I recently discovered GameValueNow, where you can enter your collection and it automatically calculates value based on completed eBay sales. It used to only be available for a few consoles but now they've expanded to include most consoles, but it's technically still in beta (and they don't include PC games yet). Yes, I'm aware eBay probably still isn't the best judge of true value, I still find it fascinating. On each console's page there's a graph showing fluctuations in average game value, and SNES and N64 have gained a lot in just the last couple months. What's amusing is seeing how much the value goes up by just having a game's manual. I've been entering all my manuals and think my copy of Mega Man X3 went up by $100 just from that
My Mega Drive games also went up in price, I was actually happy to sell them then, except for a few I wanted to keep (and all the Mega CD games). As I also have an Ever Drive Pro, I rather wanted the money, then having the cartridges take up room. Although I loved the look of my collection. But I played them too seldom and with games I rather want to play them. It's not like Transformers where you can have them stand on your shelf and still be cool just by looking at them. Looking at cartridges is not as fun as playing them actually
