Tag: snes

Long Lost SNES Game ‘Socks The Cat’ Claws Its Way To Kickstarter!

by The_acz

If you remember growing up with Nintendo Power magazine in the 90’s, you might remember seeing ads for an odd looking SNES starring former president Bill Clinton’s cat, Socks.socks-gameplayThe game was completed, being bug tested, and was set to take the Super Nintendo by storm for the fall video game season of 1993. Everything was going fine until the game suffered multiple delays, and never got released due to publisher Kaneko closing down shop. The game is often regarded as one of the biggest pieces of lost media due to the fact that the only copy in existence was owned by a collector who refused to dump the game online.socks_the_cat_continue_screenAll seemed lost, until another collector ended up buying the prototype from him, and this time, the current owner was on a quest to make this game see the light of day. He assembled a group of people and began work, fixing bugs, improving graphics, and obtaining the rights to legally release it.(don’t worry about the bug fixes and graphical upgrades, the original game is still being preserved.) Now the devs ask for your help. With enough support (and $30,000), not only will they be able to release the game digitally, but also provide collectors with physical boxed version! Cartridge, manual,etc.  Check out the link below if  you’re interested.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/481884736/socks-the-cat-the-video-game-based-on-the-clintons?ref=nav_search

Nintendo Direct: SNES Games Hit 3DS Virtual Console TODAY!

by Shane O'Hare

Nintendo is bringing a huge update to the Virtual Console platform for 3DS. Gamers will be able to play classic SNES titles as soon as today!

You can get your hands on Pilotwings, Super Mario World and F-Zero today! More titles will be released later this month, and even more early April.

The SNES on 3DS will feature a “pixel perfect” mode, which guarantees that games will play/display in their original formats. Staying true to the retro titles we know and love.

Celebrate The 20th Anniversary Of ‘Donkey Kong Country 2’ With Some Behind The Scenes Facts!

by The_acz

Happy 20th anniversary Donkey Kong Country 2!

Who would have thought  back in 1995 that a sequel to one of the most popular SNES games of all time would go on to be even more acclaimed than the original? In honor of Diddy and Dixie’s journey to rescue DK, producer, and one of the main designers Gregg Mayles, has decided to unearth some previously unseen info. In his twitter posts he was able to dig up many interesting facts including Dixie’s original name as well as some alternate titles for the game. To see more, Hop on into this DK barrel that’ll magically transport you to Gregg Mayles twitter account.  What are some of your favorite Donkey Kong Country 2 memories? Sound off below!

‘EarthBound’ Is Wii U Bound, Coming This Year!

by Derek Kraneveldt

Aside from the eShop release date of The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages finally being revealed, today’s Nintendo Direct presentation was ripe with plenty of other awesome news for Nintendo fans.

Arguably the biggest, most exciting, and most surprising aspect of the presentation was the revelation that EarthBound is finally coming to the Virtual Console. The game originally released on the Super Nintendo in 1995 to very poor sales, and has since become a valuable collectable that few have had the opportunity to actually experience. Critically, the game was a great success, and the cult classic status that EarthBound has garnered over the years means that I hear about the game on a weekly basis, but have never had the chance to actually play it.

A release date has not been set, but EarthBound will hit the Wii U Virtual Console later in 2013.

After all these years of begging for it, I guess Nintendo finally heard us. What do you think of the news?

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The ‘Wii-Mini’ Has Been Revealed! BUT ONLY FOR CANADA!!!

by Shane O'Hare

You read that right kids. The Wii gets a facelift, err well uhhh more like invasive fat removal surgery. Take a look at the little guy below!

That does look pretty slick, doesn’t it? Under the hood we have a drastically different machine. All GameCube compatibility has been torn out, WiFi removed and a new top loading disc drive (think portable walkman CD-Player) Nintendo has been able to scrape out most of the cost off the console. At $100 you get a Wii, Wii-Mote Plus and Chuck and that’s it.

The most interesting part of all this is that is a Canada exclusive. December 7th our friends to the North (East for me) get this little guy. At first I was confused, but looking into the though process behind it, everything makes sense. A lot of the Wii’s already out there have just devolved into a Netflix machine and Netflix not being as popular in Canada like it is here in the USA makes it the perfect place to do some retail level market analysis.  Who knows, this may be crazy successful and be sold in the US shortly.

Nintendo has a history of releasing compact versions of consoles at the end of their life cycles. Top loading NES, SNES-2, GBA-Micro and GameBoy Pocket are all prime examples of their logic.

So the world will wait, see what Canada does with this device. Hey, Derek, why don’t you enjoy this rare opportunity to have some delicious exclusivity.

December 7th the lovely Canadians can pick this up along side a stack of Tim Hortons treats. Lucky bastards.