Too many shmups on the Wii VC?

durias · Post by **durias** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 3:36 pm

What do you think about this article I found?

Asherdude · Post by **Asherdude** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 4:07 pm

I've been thinking that there's not quite enough shmups on the VC. Like how could a collection be anywhere near complete without any versions of Darius or Thunder Force? Geeze man!

Fenrir · Post by **Fenrir** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 4:11 pm

They still don't understand that Nintendo is trying to make available as many "hit & run" games as they can. RPGs are too long and they grab too much attention from players, expecially if they're very well done. If players play too much with a game, they will lose interest in other games - - - whereas shooters are good for a laugh or two, and then the average user will try and buy something else.
This is good for us, of course

Anyway, I would love a couple of standard RPGs there. Even average ones like Lufia, or strategic a-la Feda.

Danny · Post by **Danny** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 5:53 pm

Reason why there are not as many RPG's is because Nintendo are aiming the Wii at the non-gamer market. Non gamers are going to find playing most SHMUPs easier to play then most RPG's. Also in some countrys like Europe translating the games in to the many differnt languages might be a problem while it's not a problem for a platformer or a SHMUP.

scrilla4rella · Post by **scrilla4rella** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 7:07 pm

really though, Nintendo has only cracked the surface of MD shooters. Also, I really hope that they do eventually begin to localize games that never came out in English.

And when the fu.ck is MAgical Chase comming to VC?

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 7:17 pm

Frankly....theres not enough, yet. Many of the "younger skateboarder generation" haven't really been exposed to shmups. They need to know how fun they are, possibly re-awakening the genre if we're lucky.

Most important...most new console releases (from Nintendo and Sony) start out as japanese machines/software which is later ported to the U.S. and other places. The shmup genre still lives and breathes in Japan....so it really makes sense that VC would feature lots of shmups.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sat Jun 16, 2007 8:52 pm

How can you have too many? Don't like them? Then don't buy them.

Same can be said for the popular-modern-game-that-shmups.com-members-hate-clones that everyone loves to blame for putting shooting games on life support.

That being said, VC needs Wild Guns. Even though I have a cart running on my SNES right this very moment.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 1:01 am

how can you be awful at blazing lazers i don't quite understand

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 1:14 am

I agree with everyone so far except for the original thread creator. Some Megadrive/Genesis shmups would be nice. That system had many.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 3:00 am

Fenrir wrote:They still don't understand that Nintendo is trying to make available as many "hit & run" games as they can. RPGs are too long and they grab too much attention from players, expecially if they're very well done. If players play too much with a game, they will lose interest in other games - - - whereas shooters are good for a laugh or two, and then the average user will try and buy something else.
This is good for us, of course

Anyway, I would love a couple of standard RPGs there. Even average ones like Lufia, or strategic a-la Feda.

I would like to see some Square and Enix RPG's start showing up. But too many shmups on the VC?? Quite the opposite, IMO. They need to release more from all the consoles that the VC covers.

Perhaps Nintendo should take a different approach to the VC; like one week you get shmups, another week you get a different genre, or do the same thing with the consoles.

Bloodreign · Post by **Bloodreign** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 7:58 am

Too many shmups on VC? Hell , add more, expose more people to the genre, maybe wake up the genre in the US again.

Battlesmurf · Post by **Battlesmurf** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:45 am

haha..this post seemed like a troll attempt to me : P While I own a wii and a very small handful of d/led titles (the obligatory bomberman : P) I still appreciate what is there- I would love to hear some kid in Wal-Mart talking about this cool "R-Type" game he played...

Lol..or a streets of rage 4 : ) (off topic)

But yeah, hopefully this wii thing will make some of the old series get some new life to them

Erinu · Post by **Erinu** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 1:37 pm

I think the site looks awful and has a terrible name, that's what I think

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:51 pm

You can NEVER have too many shmups.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:12 pm

It would help if Nintendo would stop being so cheap-arse about the VC, and quit releasing crap like old NES sports games and the like that aren't worth five cents, let alone five bucks. There some great games available on the VC, but there's a disproportionate amount of crap, IMO. There were plenty of great NES shumps, where are those, Nintendo?

DJ Incompetent · Post by **DJ Incompetent** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:34 pm

All other forums probably wrote:It would help if Nintendo would stop being so cheap-arse about the VC, and quit releasing crap like shoot-em-ups and the like that aren't worth five cents, let alone five bucks. There some great games available on the VC, but there's a disproportionate amount of crap, IMO. There were plenty of great __*genre*__ games, where are those, Nintendo?

If Mario 1 is still the #1 seller, we be in trouble...

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 9:50 pm

Specineff wrote:You can NEVER have too many shmups.

Yeah, I mean, the question of this thread is pretty much rhetoric considering the genre our forum is dedicated to.

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 10:01 pm

It's from a site called "nintendowiifanboy". Do we even need to talk about it?

Zach Keene · Post by **Zach Keene** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 11:40 pm

DJ Incompetent wrote:If Mario 1 is still the #1 seller, we be in trouble...

As of June 1, the top 5 downloads globally were Mario, Mario, Mario, Mario, and Zelda.

durias · Post by **durias** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 11:44 pm

Zach Keene wrote:
DJ Incompetent wrote:If Mario 1 is still the #1 seller, we be in trouble...
As of June 1, the top 5 downloads globally were Mario, Mario, Mario, Mario, and Zelda.

My boss is an Italian plumber.

JusteZero · Post by **JusteZero** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:05 am

Well, 'too many' is kinda relative. For the guy who wrote the article, yes probably there are too many. For me, a guy who doesn't have a Wii yet, it's a big selling point.