Is It Any Wonder Nintendo Hates Homebrew

[____anders____]

goldenye is fun

but one of the best N64 games ever imo is Vigilante 8 second offense..
i think every *cough*rom*cough* out there are bad dumps, so the only way we can get it on the wii would be the nintendo way...

but i guess it won't happen

[Auriman1]

I still think the Virtual Console emulation is a rip-off. Charging people for games that they already have/had, and ones that the company has been recycling for years, almost seems cruel. Original developers of the games probably don't see a cent of that money, either, and it just gets absorbed into the higher-ups' fat pocketbooks.

Also, I understand that only releasing a few games at a time on the Virtual Console is an attempt to boost their sales in the long run, but not offering a complete collection for the console (at least the first-party titles to start, then working off from there) is just asking people to find other ways to access them; most people aren't patient, especially when they aren't given release dates. Another common complaint is lack of space on the console's memory. I know Nintendo's "working on something," but it's a problem at this time.

They could at least try making a subscription service; that way, people could play all the Virtual Console games available for around $20 per month, which seems more reasonable than what they're charging per game. The game could be saved in a sort of cache memory, with the saves still being put onto the Wii; then when they play a new game, the cache is flushed out and the new game is inserted, taking care of the space problem. It could keep the most recent game in the cache after turning off the Wii to save on downloading, too.

WiiWare is a different story, however; developers are receiving a commision for every copy of their game that's sold, and the titles offered have a great deal more effort put into their production. I hope to buy some games off of there once I have the money, to support the industry, if nothing else.