Revolution - Downloadable Games!

[Dances in Undergarments]

Worthy of its own thread, I think


The system will offer a "free Internet-based player-matching service, similar to Xbox Live." The service will also offer downloadable versions of classic Nintendo games, such as Donkey Kong and Super Mario Sunshine.

cube.ign.com/articles/615/615019p1.html


This is going to be the greatest thing ever - downloadable games was something I suspected may happen, but for it to include GCN games aswell?

Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow.

[nocturnal YL]

That's GREAT!

Downloadable Sutte Hakkun, Downloadable Tetris, Downloadable Zelda 1, Downloadable *Insert a Rev title here* for free!

[Fryguy64]

Woah, woah... Nintendo hasn't yet said what games will be available, and whether or not some will require payment. I imagine classics will get by just fine, but Mario Sunshine? I see a small charge in line for that one.

I wonder if Nintendo will be coming out with writable media for the Revolution and DS so people can save these games permanently.

[nocturnal YL]

Fryguy64 said:

I wonder if Nintendo will be coming out with writable media for the Revolution and DS so people can save these games permanently.

That will only encourage ROM dumping.

[Fryguy64]

Yes it will... but if Nintendo makes their classic games free, then ROM dumping will be a bit pointless... as they'll be free!

Also, sure, we have all these DS demos available at E3 and so on... but they will disappear as soon as the system is switched off. Writable media will allow people to collect and keep the demos.

Besides, it's not like Nintendo hasn't worked with writable media before. Look at the Disk System and SFC/GB Nintendo Power systems.

[Blueberry_pie]

Hm, Super Mario Sunshine a classic Nintendo game?
Sure, it's a great game, but I would've picked something like Super Mario 64 or something...

Still, this is awesome news ;D
Makes me want this console even more...

[Fryguy64]

Conference news: Iwata has just talked about redefining "backwards compatibility" - called Revolution a "virtual console" that can download the last 20 years of Nintendo content.

Every NES, SNES and N64 game ever made... he says. That's a lotta game!

Hmm... intriguing!

[Blueberry_pie]

Fryguy64 said:

Conference news: Iwata has just talked about redefining "backwards compatibility" - called Revolution a "virtual console" that can download the last 20 years of Nintendo content.

Every NES, SNES and N64 game ever made... he says. That's a lotta game!

Hmm... intriguing!

All I can say about this is: wow.

[Dances in Undergarments]

Revolution = Winner. This is amazingly awesome.

[mrmolecule]

This could mean downloadable updates of games...AWESOME!!!!

[The Almighty Narf]

Sounds spiffy cool. I just wonder how much games will cost, and if this'll include all the 3rd party games too.

[Dances in Undergarments]

I assume they'll be free. But if there is only 512MB memory, you'll probably have to buy the expansion cards to get enough room, which is probably how they'd make some money from it.

I guess the next question is - will you be able to play them online? That would be fantastic. Hell, I'd buy the Rev even if I never bought an actual game for it if that was the case. Hell, I'd buy it even if its not supporting online for the classic games.

[TrustTheFungus]

This is super awesome cool. But what about games like Duck Hunt? Are they going to make a light gun for the Revolution? And if they do that what about R.O.B.? I will buy three Revolutions if they make a new R.O.B.

[Yamato.EXE V2]

The said:

Sounds spiffy cool. I just wonder how much games will cost, and if this'll include all the 3rd party games too.

I know guy!, but i still want to if there is, a controller GB connectivity, because of Mario Tennis 64, Mario Golf 64 and Pokmeon Stadium 1+2, with these we don't have to share the memory just like the cartridges.

[Wildcat]

From what I've been reading lately, the downloads are not free...

From IGN:

IGNcube: Can you talk about Revolution's download service? What games will we be able to download?

Shigeru Miyamoto: We have not set a price or determined a list of software for the Nintendo Revolution download service. But, we're looking at this as a consumer service and not so much from the business end. What we want to do is provide the product that is going to make the Revolution the console that people want in their homes. So it actually might be driven from the consumer end rather than from us. You know, the games that they most want might be the ones that we do. From a technological point, we can do any of them. It's just, we haven't determined which ones we'll do yet.

Article: cube.ign.com/articles/617/617000p2.html

Iwata did say ALL games, though...the interview was from Wednesday, so I'll guess we'll see.

Gamespot also mentions that the games will have a fee...

One of the surprising announcements made about the Revolution during E3 was its ability to download and play games from Nintendo consoles as far back as the NES. More surprising was that Iwata revealed to Reuters that Nintendo is in talks with third-party game publishers about including their portfolios in the Revolution's downloadable game library as well.

Iwata added that the pricing method for these downloads hasn't been decided, though there are two possibilities: to charge users per game as they download them or to sell prepaid cards in stores. He also said that Nintendo might give some games away as part of promotions.

www.gamespot.com/news/2005/05/20/news_6126195.html

However, the third-party deal would make me quite happy. So...it would appear that the games would not be free. However, with any luck, they'll be as cheap as the failed e-reader cards...or less!