Revolution - Looks like virtual console games will be charged for

If you look at this article (http://cube.ign.com/articles/665/665952p4.aspx) at IGN where Reggie Fils-Aime talks about Nintendos plans for the future and the industry in general, you' ll notice that one of the things he says hints that downloading retro games to the virtual console will probably be charged:

" Virtual console is a direct pipeline to new, simplicity-seeking, blue ocean customers. And these are proven, high-quality game experiences that we an, of course, make available at a far more affordable price than current hits. "

It' s not an official statement, but one would guess that this means there will be a fee. What do you think?

of course you will be charged for games you download, it is already official i just forgot where i read that (many times) cus it was a long time ago....

The fee was known back when the downloadable feature was announced. No surprises there, I certainly didn' t expect them to be free

Terry Bogard - currently the most Unhelpful member of the Kikizo forums.

Yes,i was expecting fee for games made by companies other then NINTENDO,but themself?
Thought it could be a good marketing way to self of the revolution...if it was free for all Nintendo games(obs i mean games nintendo made or published).

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

I find it kinda silly to pay for games that i might have played on the NES, its really stupid, especially for people who still own the games.

I dont know, unless its beneath 5£ per game, i think its too steep.

It' s for people who don' t own those games.
The cost is said to be as low as 2$ for some - Jim Merrick said that.

i don' t see the service very useful if it' s not free... emulators are everywhere with good to very good qualitites so why bother ??

With retro-gaming being so popular, it only makes sense to make these games available - if even for a modest fee.

I' m onboard with the whole concept...and will probably be first in line on launch day!!!

Videogaming is the contemporary interactive pasttime.

I' ll probably just end up emulating if there' s a fee. My SNES and N64 are over in the US as I lived there once upon a time...

Using emulators is illegal if you do not own the original game! Keep that in mind you damn thieves! Criminals, that' s what you are. They should put all of you in jail where you belong. Now I' m off to play some Nes and Snes emulators, and yes, I actually own the original games bwahahaha!

They might do a pay-per-game or unlimited dl for a flat fee type thing. Like napster charge 10 quid a month for unlimited dls or 79p a track. If they set up a good service for it, I' d say that was reasonable. Emulators are a faf imho!

ginjirou please shuuuuuuut sue me , there are people who already pay fortune in their games they won' t bother with " extra fees" just to play Golden axe while it is free on internet, those games are just for nostalgia and to remmember the old time, lot of people around the globe use emulators and those people are honest so don' t judge people by futile matters...

i' m being realistic if you don' t like it , who cares anyway

I can get a emu and games for all nes-n64 games without problem,emus doesnt suck,the psx emu shown that for ex.
Its just perfect.
I dont wanna support emus but,...well you know what? i do,i love emus,im not gonna lie,i dont like going to the wardrobe and getting down my old machine and start it,its a nice retro feeling,but i rather play a game at my pc at my 19 tft and save whenever i want.
However,i would never play a mario nes on a pc ofc :)

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

I' ll probably end up buying it for emulation purposes mainly. While emulating SNES, NES and earlier consoles is quite easy and has been perfected, N64 emulation leaves much to be desired - and when my 64 broke, I tried very hard to play the games I could no longer play. Sure the good emulators out there will emulate most games, but they are far from perfect.

I' m quite happy to pay a few dollars for perfect emulation of old favorites.

Id love a chance to play the Original Perfect Dark, which i never got around to, and even Mario games, since the only Mario games i have played other than Mario Kart is Mario 64 DS.

I never had a nintendo back in the day, Cry!

Using emulators is illegal if you do not own the original game! Keep that in mind you damn thieves! Criminals, that' s what you are. They should put all of you in jail where you belong. Now I' m off to play some Nes and Snes emulators, and yes, I actually own the original games bwahahaha!

You gotta receipt for all those games?

Videogaming is the contemporary interactive pasttime.

Quite a few people these days even download modern day games via emulators.

I don' t mind playing retro emus, but modern ones are a whole different story. It' s not nice to download games that they still make money from. There might even be Revolution emus where you use the mouse and keypad...

It is a service that I would be willing to pay for certainly. Even still, if I find a re-release of a classic game that I loved from NES (such as bubble bobble) I will still pick it up for $10 today. There is something different about playing a game on a console with a controller (and with the revolution controller, you have the built in original NES controller) than playing a game on an emulator on a computer.

Yeah but some people will never understand that difference ...sux to be them

ORIGINAL: DaRoosh65

Using emulators is illegal if you do not own the original game! Keep that in mind you damn thieves! Criminals, that' s what you are. They should put all of you in jail where you belong. Now I' m off to play some Nes and Snes emulators, and yes, I actually own the original games bwahahaha!

You gotta receipt for all those games?

No, I stole the games but I still own them

Actually it' s still illegal to download Roms EVEN if you do own the original game.

I already own the Neo-Geo cartridge version of Magician Lord but I still downloaded the ROM to play on my laptop. So that makes me teh pirating criminal mastermind!!1!

Terry Bogard - currently the most Unhelpful member of the Kikizo forums.

what a shame!!! one of kikizo staff , terry bogard , iiiiis doing piracy !!!!! don' t say that man keep it low!!! people like ginjirou might send you to jail

I did not dl ff4 to a GBA Emu last night...
Btw that game is great.

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

Did I mention I work with the FBI? Im part of the The SUPER (Speciall Unit against Pirating Elderly Roms) squad. I dind' t? Oh well, sucks to be you. Expect Mulder and Scully to be knocking on your door in a not to distant future.

that mulder and scully should first pay you a visit for paranormal phenomenon lol

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a317/QuezcatoL/ff7grafik.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a317/QuezcatoL/ff888.jpg

psx emu....


http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a317/QuezcatoL/FF44.jpg

GBA emu...


The problem with revolution emu or what to call it,is that all the previous titles heck even Gamecube games are not big,we see games from just a few mb to max 1gb,its not hard to dl now is it?
...I hope their fee is like dl 10 games for bla bla sum,then charge you creditcard separtely and take time...and not cost so much.
Or else people will just go into mininova.org and dl their games as it is now.

ps! those stripes are not there when you play,have no idea why they show up after the pic,very bizzare.

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

I can' t play FF games on PC with keyboard - it' s just so unplayable.

I have some roms of Neo Geo games and SNES ,N64,PSX games but all for my Xbox and played on Sony' s Dual Shock 2 controller :)

Like someone said before those games are not perfect -you can play them till 60% and bam some shit goes wrong and you can' t finish the game.

I want to have all my retro experience on one system with slightly upgraded graphics (that' s what they said) - I think better color palettes and higher resolutions are what they had in mind.

Perfect Dark on Rev is almost impossible I' m affraid ... I still have that game - even after I sold my N64 I couldn' t make myself to give it away :)

It' s sad that some people never played Super Mario Bros 3 , Super Mario World , Super Mario World 2 : Yoshi' s Island, Ocarina of Time,Goldeneye,PD - for them rev is a perfect way to experience the greatest in a very cool way.

Anyone played Beetle Adventure Racing? -it' s the first game made by EA BIG (SSX) people (they had different name back then) and it' s so F*&^%N' COOL :)
I hope to play it on REV