Totally agreed! The collections are near perfect too! Except for MM7, which had to have the ending cut out (pity), I really fail to see how people can not love these collections. Seriously, you get 8 complete (well 7, if you take out MM7) games, and 2 bonus games, and bonuses!! Just wait until these become OOP, people will pay top dollars for them down the road...

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Err... I thought Ocarina of Time was up for the VC in all regions?  Personally I'm still waiting on Majora's Mask (and Pilotwings 64.  And Beetle Adventure Racing.  ...pretty much I want all my N64 games rereleased so I can play them at a decent resolution).

Yeah, both you and Ryu are right. Why blow money like that when for maybe $15 I can snag Anniversary Collections?

Should've specified. It's the one I want most next, like the one I will most likely buy next, as opposed to most of the other ones I mentioned that haven't even made it to VC. Sorry for sounding vague.

Definitely looking forward to Majora's Mask, Tetrisphere, and - gotta have more Treasure - Mischief Makers (plus Bangai-Oh was an N64 game in Japan?).  I feel masochistic enough to give the N64 Castlevania another try (and its sequel a first try).  I guess Rare will put the Banjo-Kazooie games on the XBLA, so I think that pretty much wraps up the N64 games that I'm waiting for release on VC.

The only N64 game I really want to see released is Ogre Battle...
don't know what the chances of that happening are, but it would be awesome!

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Personally I'd like to see Blast Corps released, I loved that game but never bought a copy. Dunno if that would happen since it was a Rareware game (does Rare still retain the rights to games it developed for Nintendo?).

Let's not forget that the Cube version of MMAC has the borked controls where you have to use B to jump.

I have Ogre Battle 64 complete with box, instructions. I played it maybe twice after realizing it wasn't my kind of game. I must've purchased it a few months after it released and it's been closeted ever since. I'd be willing to sell it, but not at a thrifty VC price...

This is off topic, but I can't help it as I'm very curious!  I've read that the N64 games on the VC are now in much higher resolution then the native N64.  And I'm wondering... is that a good thing?  I've read that Star Fox 64 and F-ZERO X look worse now then before, with odd colouring and graphic glitches.  But I haven't seen anything myself... obviously lack of a Wii to compare makes it a bit hard!  So I'm wondering for those who have played both N64 and Wii VC, is there a difference and if so, is it a good one?

While I think Mario 64 looks pretty much the same as I remember it, I find Mario Kart 64 to be a HUGE improvement over the original.  I can actually tell that the question mark blocks are question mark blocks!  Basically all of the 3D polygon graphics look much sharper and lose a lot of the blur that the games had on their native hardware.  However, any 2D sprites (ex: shells in Mario Kart) or prerendered backgrounds (ex: outside the Temple of Time in Zelda: OoT) look a little bit weird and fuzzy because they couldn't accordingly bump up those resolutions.  Personally despite any little quirks, I find the virtual console versions a lot easier on the eyes these days.  I hope people who avoided N64 games because of graphics back in the day try out some of these classics.

I have a sealed copy.  Still don't know why I bought that.

You only say that because you're used to the original controls. Trust me, B for jump is not a big deal after after you play for a little bit. For the record, I loved Mega Man on the NES, so it's not like I haven't played the originals. I do agree, it would have been really nice of them to let you assign controls to specific buttons, but still no big deal. I still claim that the Mega Man Collections are worth their weight in gold

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My N64 has been handed down to my buddy Zane! Thus, I'm only interested in a VC version of Ogre Battle and at a thrifty VC price

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I have no problem with the X Collections.  Those're good.  But the Atomic Planet shit-on-disc I cannot forgive, so I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. :-)

Sorry, that was just way too much for my brain to wrap around.  I tried to play the cube version - I really did, but it was still just wrong.  Ended up trading it in for the PS1 version where for some reason they didn't screw up the controls.  Granted, it's me, the person who downloaded a save game patch for FF5 when it came out on the Playstation to allow circle to be accept and X to be cancel LIKE IT STILL SHOULD BE, SCEA WHY DO YOU CHANGE IT FOR AMERICA?  Uhh... right.  Move along, nothing to see here, etc.

Just downloaded and did a back-to-back playthrough of Lords of Thunder.  (Sorry, "LORDS OF THUNDER.")  Damn, what a ridiculously fun game; I did a Water Armor and Fire Armor Normal run, and I'm already itching to do an Earth and Wind one.  It's just too bad that the voice-overs are still cut from this version. 

First thing tomorrow, though, I'm going out and buying a Classic Controller; the Gamecube pad just isn't cutting it for these types of games.  My only worry is the questionable diagonals that seem to plague a select number of Nintendo's new d-pads.  Has anyone had any problems with their CCs?

The only game I've played with my Classic Controller is Sin & Punishment which doesn't really use the d-pad, so I can't comment on that.  However, I will comment on how insanely annoying it is having to have it connected to the Wiimote.  I have to try to balance the Wiimote in my lap while playing since the cord is too short to lay the Wiimote down on the floor and the Classic Controller has no way of physically attaching itself onto the Wiimote.  For a system with such elegant design, I'm really surprised Nintendo let this happen.

The classic controller has the best d-pad that Nintendo has made since... well, the SNES, I guess (the 64 one might not be bad but I don't ever remember having a chance to use it for much).  Also I just put the wii remote next to me when using the classic controller and don't really understand the problems people have with it being attached (I'd prefer it be detached, but meh, whatever).

Preach on, Brother Qui Gon! Can I get an amen?

Amen!

I really prefer Gamecube controller (Wavebird) for S&P. I tried it with the Classic controller, but the analogue sticks feel somewhat weird and hard to use. Good thing with Wavebird is that it doesn't have to be connected to the Wiimote, although I don't have a problem with that.

I hope CC gets use for all the d-pad games, because that's basically why I got it. So far I have no VC games to test it with (gonna get Lords of Thunder soon though), but to me it feels pretty much like the DS Lite d-pad, only bigger.

My list is pretty basic

Gunstar Heroes

SuperStar Soldier
Soldier Blade
R-Type

Mario Kart 64
Star Fox 64
F-Zero X
Sin & Punishment

I'm considering Lords of Thunder because the music rocks my face off.

Ys Book I & II looks to finally be out on U.S. VC today.  Anyone biting?

*Adol gets the Classic Controller*

Totally.  It's almost like a required play just to appreciate the roots of a certain genre/series.