MeleeMonk
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Post by MeleeMonk on Sept 29, 2017 9:49:00 GMT
I figured I'd ask, since I heard a rumor a good while back that GC games were coming to Switch's virtual console, which means the younger generation would have a chance to experience the legendary greatness that is Melee.
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Sept 29, 2017 19:45:52 GMT
Those here who own a Switch already can feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but the Virtual Console isn't online yet, afaik. The VC will go live at the end of the year when Nintendo's whole online service is rolled out for realsies.
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MeleeMonk
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Post by MeleeMonk on Sept 29, 2017 23:12:37 GMT
Those here who own a Switch already can feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but the Virtual Console isn't online yet, afaik. The VC will go live at the end of the year when Nintendo's whole online service is rolled out for realsies. Damn, Nintendo is slow! I mean, it's been more than half a year since the Switch launched and they still haven't done Virtual Console yet? |
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Post by stratogustav on Sept 30, 2017 3:35:55 GMT
Who knows if they will any time soon, I guess they are kind of doing a little bit of what PlayStation did this generation, the whole Greatness Awaitss, nothing was really happening but they always had some big title to announce.
Although the Switch is already everything I need right now, I became really excited for the Arcade Archive VS Nintendo Arcade games. That was a huge announcement for me as I always wanted to collect those.
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Sept 30, 2017 7:47:25 GMT
Those here who own a Switch already can feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but the Virtual Console isn't online yet, afaik. The VC will go live at the end of the year when Nintendo's whole online service is rolled out for realsies. Damn, Nintendo is slow! I mean, it's been more than half a year since the Switch launched and they still haven't done Virtual Console yet? Yeah. But if we're honest, you were never going to get one anyway. So this doesn't affect you in the slightest. |
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MeleeMonk
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Post by MeleeMonk on Sept 30, 2017 13:35:45 GMT
Damn, Nintendo is slow! I mean, it's been more than half a year since the Switch launched and they still haven't done Virtual Console yet? Yeah. But if we're honest, you were never going to get one anyway. So this doesn't affect you in the slightest. Oh, but it does. Melee is a game I feel everyone should experience. It's what I consider a masterpiece. Think of all the people out there who are dying to try Melee but can't afford a copy because it's too expensive. I really emphasize with them, and I want to help them. |
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Sept 30, 2017 16:03:07 GMT
Yeah. But if we're honest, you were never going to get one anyway. So this doesn't affect you in the slightest. Oh, but it does. Melee is a game I feel everyone should experience. It's what I consider a masterpiece. Think of all the people out there who are dying to try Melee but can't afford a copy because it's too expensive. I really emphasize with them, and I want to help them. I think they'll survive another six months. |
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Post by MeleeMonk on Oct 1, 2017 11:13:06 GMT
Oh, but it does. Melee is a game I feel everyone should experience. It's what I consider a masterpiece. Think of all the people out there who are dying to try Melee but can't afford a copy because it's too expensive. I really emphasize with them, and I want to help them. I think they'll survive another six months. Yeah, I suppose. I'm just hoping they don't alter the gameplay (or other aspects) of the port in any way. Don't fuck it up, Nintendo! |
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Oct 1, 2017 13:00:20 GMT
I think they'll survive another six months. Yeah, I suppose. I'm just hoping they don't alter the gameplay (or other aspects) of the port in any way. Don't fuck it up, Nintendo! I didn't see any changes to other Virtual Console releases. |
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Post by MeleeMonk on Oct 1, 2017 13:55:05 GMT
Yeah, I suppose. I'm just hoping they don't alter the gameplay (or other aspects) of the port in any way. Don't fuck it up, Nintendo! I didn't see any changes to other Virtual Console releases. Melee isn't like their other games to them. Nintendo hates Melee, so much so that they even took down links to the fan mod Project M, which was a Brawl mod based on Melee's gameplay. So I worry that they'll try to streamline the gameplay mechanics like they did to Brawl & Smash 4, to give the game "universal appeal". |
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Oct 1, 2017 17:59:21 GMT
I didn't see any changes to other Virtual Console releases. Melee isn't like their other games to them. Nintendo hates Melee, so much so that they even took down links to the fan mod Project M, which was a Brawl mod based on Melee's gameplay. So I worry that they'll try to streamline the gameplay mechanics like they did to Brawl & Smash 4, to give the game "universal appeal". Isn't it possible that they took down the fan game in order to protect their intellectual property and not out of hatred for Melee? |
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Post by MeleeMonk on Oct 2, 2017 20:33:14 GMT
Melee isn't like their other games to them. Nintendo hates Melee, so much so that they even took down links to the fan mod Project M, which was a Brawl mod based on Melee's gameplay. So I worry that they'll try to streamline the gameplay mechanics like they did to Brawl & Smash 4, to give the game "universal appeal". Isn't it possible that they took down the fan game in order to protect their intellectual property and not out of hatred for Melee? Well regardless they definitely hate Melee. Just look at how much they neutered the gameplay mechanics in Brawl and Smash 4, and the fact that Nintendo does not sponsor Melee's competitive scene at all, despite the fact that Melee is unarguably one of the most popular competitive fighting games ever made. This is why even the top Melee players can't make a living off of playing the game competitively. |
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Oct 3, 2017 16:18:11 GMT
Well regardless they definitely hate Melee. Just look at how much they neutered the gameplay mechanics in Brawl and Smash 4, and the fact that Nintendo does not sponsor Melee's competitive scene at all, despite the fact that Melee is unarguably one of the most popular competitive fighting games ever made. This is why even the top Melee players can't make a living off of playing the game competitively. I see. Does Nintendo sponsor many of these competitions involving their older games? |
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Post by MeleeMonk on Oct 3, 2017 18:51:19 GMT
Well regardless they definitely hate Melee. Just look at how much they neutered the gameplay mechanics in Brawl and Smash 4, and the fact that Nintendo does not sponsor Melee's competitive scene at all, despite the fact that Melee is unarguably one of the most popular competitive fighting games ever made. This is why even the top Melee players can't make a living off of playing the game competitively. I see. Does Nintendo sponsor many of these competitions involving their older games? Not sure, but probably not. I don't think many of their games are even played competitively, aside from the Smash games, with Melee being their most popular title for competitive play. Usually the only types of games that are played competitively are fighting games, FPS games, and real time strategy games, and considering that Nintendo has never developed any multiplayer shooters or real time strategy games, and only developed one fighting game series, it's safe to say that none of their IPs are really suitable for competitive play, outside of speedruns. |
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Post by spidershinobi on Oct 5, 2017 8:03:17 GMT
Nintendo has this seemingly hate for Melee because it has an incredibly toxic fanbase* that regularly tries to rob sales and attention from current Smash Bros. games. It's 100% not because of the game itself.
*You know thuggery? Nintendo wishes Smash Bros. had that problem instead.
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