[Wii] Virtual Console Rip-off

Originally Posted by Lukage

You have something that you're supposed to pay for. You didn't pay for it. Not only is it stealing, but it's additionally breaking laws and warranting fines. If you're so keen on your piracy, give us your information so we can submit it to the RIAA.

I sure do hope that you never did download anything from any of the FTP servers hosted by the members on this site. I mean, that would be stealing too, according to your definition of the term. I won't choose to argue semantics with you, but I sure do hope that your hands are stainless before you start casting accusations about.

I'm just sayin'.

As for the Wii Virtual Console, I will be getting into it. I may not buy an enormous amount of titles, because I still have a sizeable collection for the older Nintendo consoles. Most of the games I care a lot about have been bought and paid for. I might pick up a few titles for the VC that can't be found for a reasonable price, especially if they can't be emulated either. That would mostly be a few selected N64 titles, and it is contingent on Nintendo offering a quality experience. If it's not working quite right, then it's certainly not worth paying for... with N64 titles, there is always the controller to consider too. GameCube controllers are no real substitute on a lot of titles.

Really, my collection contains most titles that I care about that much, and the ones I can't get hold of aren't certain to be included on the VC. So it's very much an uncertain proposition for me right now. I'm not about to pay again for games that I already have on cartridge. I don't see a good reason to.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Conan-the-3rd

On an similar note of ripping off, reports are coming that the European VC games are all "PAL BORDERS AND SPEED DOWN'D" with the exception of Super Mario 64.

Some casual gamers will be glad of this. I was round a friend's house yesterday trying to show them some of the prizes of my collection. No dice. Their TV doesn't do NTSC.

Besides, it's no worse than we've always been used to. Yeah it sucks, but I'll stick with my imports then. There are very few titles I will need from the VC in any case. The ones that are important enough to pay money for, I already did.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Prime Blue

His TV just doesn't support PAL60, though most of the TVs can display that standard nowadays (ok, it doesn't support NTSC either, but that's not the problem).

These games were actually American PS1 and PS2 imports, so I had thought that the problem was actually NTSC. I also took my consoles around, ya see. His TV is not recent. It's a 21" 4:3 TV that must be the better part of 8 years old, and wasn't expensive when purchased. I just forgot to take that into account.

Actually, with some degree of messing around I got a picture out of it... but it was in monochrome. Kind of takes away from the experience just a little.

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It's a shame that Nintendo doesn't go all 60Hz for the VC games. I won't pay for a single one until it's assured that they'll be running smooth.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.