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Post by Ex on Feb 27, 2021 11:18:42 GMT -5
I agree Nintendo doesn't need to chase graphics. Not when they can port games from generations ago, mildly update the resolution, and sell millions of copies.
Also to be clear, I for one am not driven to purchase by graphics. For me nice graphics are icing on the cake, but the cake is the actual game design itself. I'd play a good game with bad graphics, before I'd play a bad game with good graphics. (Obviously a good game with good graphics is preferable.)
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Post by Xeogred on Mar 4, 2021 19:18:27 GMT -5
Another Blaster Master Zero!? I'll take it! I still need to play 2 and will keep playing more.
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Post by Sarge on Mar 4, 2021 19:46:36 GMT -5
Was popping in to post this. I'm on board. I really enjoyed the first two.
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Post by Ex on Mar 6, 2021 13:42:05 GMT -5
That's great to see, thanks Xeogred. I've only beaten the first one, and loved it. I still need to play the second one (makes mental note for this year). Certainly down for a third, as trilogies are a great stopping point.
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Post by Xeogred on Mar 6, 2021 14:58:00 GMT -5
Never in a million years would I have expected Blaster Master to have a nice resurgence thesedays. I haven't played 2 yet either, but if it's anything like the first then these are probably the best entries since the NES original.
That said, I guess it would be hard to think of any really bad entries. The Genesis game is weird and not my ideal sequel, but I've been wanting to give it another look.
1.1 RoboWarrior - need to give this a look 1.2 Blaster Master - Legendary 1.3 Blaster Master Jr. - need to give this a look 1.4 Blaster Master 2 - need to give this another look 1.5 Blaster Master: Enemy Below - very curious about this one, wonder if it's like a remixed port of the original. 1.6 Blaster Master: Blasting Again - good stuff but I never finished it. Was a weird $10 budget game at release, late PSX era game. 1.7 Blaster Master: Overdrive - this one looks bad in retrospect. Anyways, this is lost history since I think it was only on the Wiiware. 1.8 Blaster Master Zero 1.9 Blaster Master Zero 2 1.10 Blaster Master Zero III
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Post by Sarge on Mar 6, 2021 15:13:21 GMT -5
I mean, RoboWarrior really isn't Blaster Master, and neither is Blaster Master Boy, which is basically a reskinned RoboWarrior for Game Boy. Blaster Master 2 is... not good. It was developed by Software Creations.
I haven't put much time into Enemy Below, but yeah, it is a remixed version of the original. Blasting Again is fun, and I remember picking it up for that $10 back in the day. Overdrive definitely looks budget, but it's honestly pretty good. Quite a bit better than Blaster Master 2, although it clearly doesn't hold a candle to BM Zero.
You can always emulate Overdrive in Dolphin.
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Post by Xeogred on Mar 6, 2021 17:36:59 GMT -5
I mean, RoboWarrior really isn't Blaster Master, and neither is Blaster Master Boy, which is basically a reskinned RoboWarrior for Game Boy. Blaster Master 2 is... not good. It was developed by Software Creations. You can always emulate Overdrive in Dolphin. Well blame Wiki on that one. I guess it uses some same sprites and such, heh. Never knew of such a connection until now though... but yeah it sounds like kind of like a stretch.
Oh, I guess some Wiiware stuff has been dumped online?
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Post by Sarge on Mar 6, 2021 17:44:42 GMT -5
I think pretty much all WiiWare stuff is dumped online.
(You probably won't need help finding it, but I always check a particular archive myself.)
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Post by Ex on Mar 6, 2021 22:25:07 GMT -5
Yes getting hold of WiiWare ROMs isn't difficult. Overdrive however, wasn't so great for me. It's punitive in some bullshit ways. Maybe with savestates it'd be bearable. The production was okay though.
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Post by Sarge on Mar 10, 2021 14:12:12 GMT -5
This could be cool.
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