/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.8613386]

Earthbound is on Switch now. No need to pay $400 for the privilege, you can just subscribe and play it right now. Do it.

[Anonymous No.8613438]

https://www.retrogames.cz/play_882-SNES.php?emulator=js

lmao it's not REAL enough unless I blow money on it

[Anonymous No.8613442]

I bought the GBA port with the first two games. It was a bit pricer than I expected, but still better than paying the EOP tax.

[Anonymous No.8613445]

>>8613438
>pirating video games
Fuck off, scumbag.

[Anonymous No.8613465]

>>8613386
But I don’t own a Switch. It WILL cost me $400 to play Earthbound. False advertising is illegal, OP.

[Anonymous No.8613482]

>>8613386
i mean i can already emulate it but like did they add it to the normal online service or do you have to pay extra like with the n64 online?

[Anonymous No.8613486]

Condition:Acceptable
Price:US $289.99

[Anonymous No.8613489]

>>8613482
Both EarthBound and Beginnings are no extra charge if you have the basic online subscription. You don't need the deluxe.

[Anonymous No.8613492]

>>8613486
Meanwhile a MOTHER 2 cartridge with the box and manual costs a fraction of that price.

[Anonymous No.8613493]

>>8613492
I bought a copy last year for $45. Yeehaw

[Anonymous No.8613496]

>>8613486
Soul. I’d pay more for that battle-worn cart than a pristine one.

[Anonymous No.8613498]

>>8613489
oh alright well that's pretty nice then. kinda been wantin to replay those games anyway it's been too long, so ig that's as good an excuse as any.

[Anonymous No.8613527]

>>8613492
>>8613493
What's the fucking point if you can't play it?

[Anonymous No.8613538]

>>8613438
>using web emulators

[Anonymous No.8613547]

>>8613527
Speak for yourself.

[Anonymous No.8613568]

>>8613527
できないの?

[Anonymous No.8613970]

>>8613386
Why does Frank like a massive homosexual?

[Anonymous No.8613975]

>>8613970
*look like, but the question still may apply

[Anonymous No.8613985]

>>8613386
Why would I pay for a digital copy of a ROM?

[Anonymous No.8614003]

>>8613985
It blows my mind. People will literally throw money at anything these days.

[Anonymous No.8614036]

Zoomerbound has been available for 0 dollars for over 20 years.

[Anonymous No.8614039]

>>8613386
resellerscum-bros, how will we ever recover from this

[Anonymous No.8614051]

>>8613445
CONSOOOOOOOOOM

[Anonymous No.8614057]

>>8613538
whats that source image from? isn't it like an album cover or something?

[Anonymous No.8614061]

>paying for games

[Anonymous No.8614071]

>>8613496
You can't be fucking serious

[Anonymous No.8614083]

Honestly cannot believe an emulated 25 year old game was the Nintendo direct. Wow this company sucks

[Anonymous No.8614091]

>>8613975
he shaves his face

[Anonymous No.8614108]

>>8614057

[Anonymous No.8614141]

>subscribe

because it has been impossoible to play for years at no cost

I still pirate newer shit, but I'll be god damned if I ever pay for any game over 20 years old.

Sucker-ass mongs

[Anonymous No.8614143]

>>8613386
>not using an original snes hooked up to a CRT with a flashcart
peasants, all of you!

[Anonymous No.8614237]

>>8613386
no seriously i don't get retards like you at all
>SNES emulates perfectly for 20+ years
>plays even on phones too
>can even play emulators in your browser
>want it on real hardware? get a SNES and a flashcart (or a repro)
>"oh no i can't play Earthbound, I wish Nintendo published it, it's so expensive"
>said Earthbound meanwhile comes out on Virtual Console on several Nintendo consoles
>tards still complain EB is expensive
>2022, EB comes out on Switch, yet another $300 Nintendo machine
>"OH MY GOD FINALLY WE CAN PLAY EARTHBOUND"
are you mentally challenged or something? is that what Nintendo does to your brain?

[Anonymous No.8614973]

>>8614003
People are paying for convenience. Not everyone is fine with using janky fan made software to play glitchy versions of games. Most people don't even know what an emulator is and have no interest in emulation.

[Anonymous No.8614992]

>>8614973
bsnes is more accurate than Nintendo’s emulator and it’s free.

[Anonymous No.8614996]

>>8614992
>free shit made by literally who is more accurate than professional software
lmao'ing right now

[Anonymous No.8615007]

>>8614996
>>free shit made by literally who is more accurate than professional software
sad, isn’t it

[Anonymous No.8615027]

>>8614237
The series' fanbase is full retard because it's so small it doesn't have any functional people to balance it out.

[Anonymous No.8615035]

>>8614057
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyU6QP_zeJ0

[Anonymous No.8615052]

>>8614973
Kys

[Anonymous No.8615083]

>>8613445
LOL

[Anonymous No.8615093]

>>8614996
>professional software
>professional
kek
It just as much fanmade than any other. Nintendo just promoted it to official status with the VC shit.

[Anonymous No.8615101]

>>8614996
It was literally made by a furry loner autist for more than 20 years. That level of fanaticism is going to be better than an official Nintendo product, yes.

[Anonymous No.8615152]

>>8614996
don't underestimate the power of autists

[Anonymous No.8615172]

>>8613386
>Taking your SNES mini out of the packaging and turning it on.
ngmi.

[Anonymous No.8615356]

>>8614996
Lel
This guy is funny.

[Anonymous No.8615379]

>>8614996
>professional software
i usually dont expect good humor from /vr/ but thaks anon, you made my day

[Anonymous No.8615480]

>>8613445
You know Nintendo don't make money off the second hand market either.

[Anonymous No.8615704]

>>8613445
Nice bait

[Anonymous No.8616108]

>>8614036
>sold by nintendo
even worse than that. On Wii/WiiU/3DS you might have bought overpriced ROMs, but at least you were able to BUY those ROMs. With the Switch it's just some gamepass "you vill own nothing" rental bullshit.

[Anonymous No.8616119]

>>8615027
I think EBcucks all have stockholm syndrome. They buy expensive-ass original carts, and also repro carts, and also buy the game every time nintendo puts it a new system's virtual console despite already owning it a million other ways, all as some sort of feeble attempt to "vote with le wallet!!!" and convince nintendo to do an official localization of Mother 3.

[Anonymous No.8616865]

>>8613386
what kind of translation is this

[Anonymous No.8617148]

>company sells emulated roms of their own games
>literally poorly ripped roms some intern found on the internet
>running on an open source emulator that they attempted to sue multiple times in the past

[Anonymous No.8617174]

I've yet to see a valid reason to move on from flash carts and emulation on my Wii

[Anonymous No.8617181]

>>8617174
There isn't one for you. The Wii is a pretty sick emulation machine, plus it can play GameCube and Wii games.
I like owning multiple retro consoles because I like having a tiny museum in my house.

[Anonymous No.8617279]

>>8617174
eventually all crts will die then your analog consoles will be useless

[Anonymous No.8617281]

>>8613386
>No need to pay for the privilege
ftfy

[Anonymous No.8617282]

>>8617279
All you need to do is keep some extra CRTs in the garage and you'll die before running out of them.

[Anonymous No.8617284]

>>8617279
>computer, replicate 27'' PVM and copy of Earthbound CiB mint condition

[Anonymous No.8617291]

>>8617279
I'll recap my CRT if it ever starts to die. It's going to out live you.

[Anonymous No.8617293]

>>8617284
>computer, gift wrap that and transfer it to the holodeck, prepare a simulation of christmas morning when I was 8 based on digitally backed up vhs recordings

[Anonymous No.8617305]

>computer, run program Deanna troi, increase bust size to 500%, increase gluteal tissue size and density 1000%, instill an urge to stuff me into its anus in Deanna troi and them slacken sphincter by 30%. thank you computer

[Anonymous No.8617310]

>computer, deanna troi's poop, hot

[Anonymous No.8617375]

>>8614091
Being cleanshaven is not gay (look at a large amount of proud bearded s oys, for example), so the question remains.

[Anonymous No.8617425]

>>8617279
That's why I have multiple CRTs as backups. I have more than enough to last a lifetime, especially when they're only being used for old games rather than being used constantly as part of a workstation or on for hours a day like when boomers used them to watch TV in their living rooms.

[Anonymous No.8617696]

>Subscribing for VC games
Wii can do better.

[Anonymous No.8617757]

>>8613445
Exactly. Support Nintendo with your money and maybe we'll finally give Mother 3.

[Anonymous No.8617782]

>>8613489
Yeah fuck that, the switch needs the vc back or atleast an option to 'buy' the game outside of the shit subscription service. Ive got it on a shit chink gba cart with fuck you translation that makes it impossible to play. Origins is stuck on wiiu and that fucking thing drops its signal worse than the switch.

[Anonymous No.8617865]

>>8613486
That’s honestly not that bad of a condition. If you’re mentally capable (and don’t care about value) you can easily replace that label with a replica. The cartridge itself looks to be in good condition otherwise.

[Anonymous No.8617871]

>>8617279
I doubt I'm going to outlive my CRT. If I do, I have an upscaler I could use my old hardware with

[Anonymous No.8617879]

It was always free to emulate, or put on a flash cart.

[Anonymous No.8617890]

>>8613445
Fuck you and fuck Nintendo, the only downside to pirating Nintendo games is it doesnt directly contribute to bankrupting them.

[Anonymous No.8617892]

>>8617279
A) theres plenty of options for coverters, RCA to HDMI is extremely common
B) as long as demand for CRTs exists someone will manufacture them. They might become an expensive specialty item but they'll exist.

[Anonymous No.8617930]

>>8617865
Yeah but if someone is going to charge hundreds for that, they can fuck right off

[Anonymous No.8619308]

>>8613386
Earthbound is easily the best RPG on the SNES, I'm glad it's more accessible now.

[Anonymous No.8619394]

>>8613386
Im good, but thanks for letting me know, friend.

[Anonymous No.8619697]

>>8613386

[Anonymous No.8619703]

>>8619697
Wow. Wow! I just lost a few IQ points

[Anonymous No.8619708]

>>8619697
>>8619703
anon, do you have autism? they're obviously taking the piss. being unable to identify sarcasm is a sign of mental disability, you should get tested

[Anonymous No.8619738]

>>8613386
I emulated years ago and hated it. If I'm going to play old RPG's I never gave a chance back in the day, I'll go SMT, DQ or FF. I never played any RPG's until I emulated Chrono Trigger in '98 and I haven't had much of a taste for anything older than KOTOR since that came out.

[Anonymous No.8619790]

>>8619708
Of course I can, mostly I took psychic damage from reading it because I have encountered real (autistic) people that would agree with that unironically

[Anonymous No.8619801]

>>8619697
guaranteed these people own NFTs

[Anonymous No.8619814]

>>8613386
I tried, and actually disliked it, despite being a fan of Undertale. Beginnings is very ugly and obtuse, it feels like a low-budget beta build of a game that was never released. Earthbound, on the other hand, is vastly superior visually, but it manages to fall into every 90s JRPG pitfall and then some. These games were obviously carried entirely by their story, but said story has been spoiled to me ages ago, and feels like a watered down version of Undertale.

[Anonymous No.8620313]

>>8619814
filtered

[Anonymous No.8620392]

>>8613445
nothin personal kiddo

[Anonymous No.8620423]

>>8619308
Better than Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VI?
>>8619394
Nice

[Anonymous No.8620530]

>>8613386
>NINTENDO you cannot do it I paid $2500 for my earthbound copy it's not FAIR

[Anonymous No.8620550]

>>8617279
So I'll get an upscaler
Besides it's a PVM it probably has at least 10 years left in it

[Anonymous No.8620552]

>>8619394
it's too bad Earthbound Beginnings didn't get a fancy shmancy boxed set the way that the Fire Emblem translation did
I actually prefer Earthbound Beginnings to Earthbound Proper

[Anonymous No.8620554]

>>8613445
I mean he's buying them on Piratebay. >>8620392

[Anonymous No.8620557]

>>8613445
add me

[Anonymous No.8620653]

>>8614996
This post should make people grasp that we don't live in a meritocracy, in case that wasn't obvious already.

[Anonymous No.8620659]

>>8620653
you can't really look at what Nintendo's doing and expand that out into any sweeping judgements on the rest of the world
Nintendo is fucking weird

[Anonymous No.8620731]

>>8619814
>it feels like a low-budget beta build of a game that was never released
lol, if only you knew
https://web.archive.org/web/20180809114437/https://datomatic.no-intro.org/index.php?page=show_record&s=45&n=0646

[Anonymous No.8620735]

>>8619814
>despite being a fan of Undertale.
Your opinion does not matter.

[Anonymous No.8620747]

>>8617148
I'm honestly surprised how many people don't know that the Switch virtual console games are free to anyone who owns a Switch and has an online subscription (which you need for most other games on the console). You can't actually buy them.

[Anonymous No.8620803]

>>8617148
>>8620747
The "roms were found on the internet" rumor was debunked ages ago.
But yeah it's kind of shitty.
I think Nintendo doesn't know what the fuck to do with it's back catalog because I think the Wii, 3DS, and WiiU Virtual console didn't really set the world on fire in terms of sales. Like I don't know what the average VC sales were per unit sold but I'd imagine it was probably less than $10. So even if every Wii owner bought $10 of VC titles, which I still think is a bit generous, that's about $1 Billion in gross revenue. Which is a lot, but that's eaten away by all the licensing agreements, setting up the emulation, maintaining the storefront for almost 10 years.
And then on the other hand you have something like Super Mario 3D All-Stars which sells 9 million copies in 6 months, effectively pulling in more than half a billion in gross revenue with effectively no licensing or long term overhead.

So I think if you're Nintendo you're in a little bit of a predicament
People SAY they want a VC and want to be able to buy games as they please, but the reality is those people are a super small minority and a lot of those people are just pirating anyway.
Then people will show up in droves to buy an official remaster, like with Skyward Sword and Links Awakening but there aren't enough development resources or even release windows to remaster everything. Plus it's pretty hard to remaster something for the NES/SNES and justify a $60 price tag

So to me the NSO model isn't that surprising, because they can have their cake and eat it to; They can be collecting some revenue on their back catalog but if they choose to remaster something people won't feel like they've paid for the same game twice.

[Anonymous No.8620818]

>>8620803
I do think, if Nintendo does follow through with the Switch with a Switch 2 (which they'd be retarded not to, but Nintendo is Nintendo) they should approach their back catalog in a slightly different way.
Keep the NSO as is, it's a solid value add for a lot of people.
Then they should reprint certain games under the Nintendo Selects banner, sell them for $30.
Then they should go through their back catalog and group 2 or 3 games together and ship them under a new Nintendo Classics banner.
One per month, $40 each. Digital or physical, but the physical games would probably have to be ordered online because like I said, these are kind of niche.

Stuff like
Pikmin 1 + 2
Paper Mario, TTYD, SPM
Wind Waker + Twilight Princess
Ocarina of Time + Majoras Mask
Wario Land 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
Luigi's Mansion 1 + 2

and so on. Then make the physical editions have reversible covers so the spines line up like the old nintendo powers did.

That way people couldn't grumble about not actually owning the games they pay for, you take advantage of the coomlectors who would want a complete set, but most importantly
The Switch has kind of a problem with sequels, there are lots of games where you can't easily play the prequels to them. Like Luigi's Mansion or Pikmin 3 for example. So by having the one two punch of selects and then the classics, you lower the barrier of entry for these series by a lot, and I think that's how you keep these brands healthy.

Anyway thanks for reading my blog.

[Anonymous No.8622519]

>>8613386
This might be a misleading headline since the reporter might not consider him playing on emulator to be "actually playing the game", or might interpret "I've played it on emulator but not the real thing" as playing a fake version or bootleg and therefore not Earthbound.

[Anonymous No.8622642]

>>8622519
How can you not recognize an Onion-style headline when you see it?

[Anonymous No.8622660]

>>8622642
I knew it wasn't real, but sometimes journalist stupidity can know no bounds.

[Anonymous No.8622682]

>>8613445
>pirating
>games that are decades into the secondhand market
Anon, I…

[Anonymous No.8622683]

I don't want to subscribe. I want to own or at least semi-own (digital copy) the fucking games. I was expecting a physical release with EB Zero, EB AND Mother 3 localised

[Anonymous No.8622712]

>>8613445
Seethe harder, Nintendie.

[Anonymous No.8622718]

>>8613568
>できないの?

やってみます

[Anonymous No.8622726]

>>8613386
I emulated it 10 years ago and quite enjoyed it. Most people did.
This meme that no one ACTUALLY likes Earthbound is a huge fucking cope

[Anonymous No.8622837]

>>8622726
the meme isn't that nobody likes it, it's that most of its fans haven't even played it.

[Anonymous No.8623550]

>>8622837
Which is a huge cope

[Anonymous No.8623793]

>>8614996
Yes, that's almost always the case

[Anonymous No.8623804]

I played it via ZNES in like 2000 and it was kinda shit.

[Anonymous No.8623862]

>>8622837

[Anonymous No.8623891]

>>8613386
Could have just played it on 3ds, like I did.

[Anonymous No.8624939]

>>8620552
Im pissed it wasnt on the NES Classic and hoping with low expectations they do another one of those Game&Watch anniversary systems like they did for Mario and Zelda and it has all 3 games localized on it.

[Anonymous No.8625782]

>>8617890
>>8620392
>>8622712
Kys scum.

[Anonymous No.8625809]

>>8620552
the boxart they created for Earthbound Beginnings is so weird, how come they didn't just recreate the original Japanese one but with the english title?

[Anonymous No.8625820]

>>8625809
>6 year old me waiting for the babysitter to stop bouncing on dad's laps so i can tell them i drank the gatorade under the sink

[Anonymous No.8625828]

>>8619814
>it feels like a low-budget beta build of a game that was never released
shit opinion but your technically not wrong since it was intended to be localized but didnt until the wii-u era

[Anonymous No.8625854]

>>8622726
>>8622837
It's true though
If you listen to people who claim to be huge Earthbound fans virtually none of them have played through all three games
And it's like, you're such a huge fan that you couldn't be bothered to play just three games? Compare that to how many freakin entries Final Fantasy, Ys, DQ, or Megaten has. Hell, you can tell a lot of these same fans have probably played through a dozen different Pokemon games. But when it comes to Mother discussion, there's always a qualifier.
>I never actually played Earthbound Zero
>I'm waiting for Mother 3 to be localized
>I started this game, but never finished it. I'll have to someday, though.

And then a ton of people who only have played Earthbound never even made it past Moonside.
90% of the fan art and fan discussion is from the first half of the game, because tons of "fans" just straight up don't recognize Scaraba or Deep Darkness.

And then the people who HAVE played through all three games are way more likely to have the stance of
>Yeah, they're fine. They're not the best RPGs out there but they have some fun ideas.
because those are the people who will actually dive into a bunch of different series without hesitation, so deifying Earthbound just seems fucking weird
t. Played through all 3, Earthbound Zero is my favorite

[Anonymous No.8625867]

>>8625809
Because the Japanese cover is literally just the word "Mother". They were probably afraid people who weren't too familiar with the series would think they were too lazy to do a real boxart mock-up for it, so they threw proto-nes on there.

[Anonymous No.8625880]

>>8617930
How much should they charge? $20? fuck off lmao. the game itself still works fine, the label just sucks. It only takes off about 10% value max. I'd value at 350 minimum in that condition

[Anonymous No.8625895]

>>8625867
>proto-nes
dont u dare disrespect CHADten around here got that?

[Anonymous No.8627163]

>>8613445
This is the only thing more cringe than emufags never shutting the fuck up

[Anonymous No.8627602]

>>8627163
Well maybe if Nintendo gave a fuck about the series enough to bring them to the west during the GBA-era, or even to Wii, maybe they wouldn't rightfully be miffed.

[Anonymous No.8627667]

>>8625809
Jesus, I would call that fanart-tier, but your average fan artist could do better than that.

[Anonymous No.8628832]

>>8627163
I wouldn't emulate if the paid products were better than emulation.

[Anonymous No.8628853]

>>8613386
my garbage-dick Celeron could emulate it flawlessly twenty years ago. this means nothing to me.

[Anonymous No.8629023]

I mean... I got mine on the Mini SNES

[Anonymous No.8629536]

>>8614039
>NOOO YOU CAN'T JUST SELL YOUR POSSESSIONS FOR FAIR MARKET VALUE NOOOO!!

[Anonymous No.8629565]

>>8625854
I got filtered by that beeg truck. Angry Truck or whatever the fuck. I think I save scummed my way through that fight. Then I gave up shortly after Magicant, but only because I didn’t like playing on my phone.

[Anonymous No.8629571]

>>8629023
That’s how I played it for the first time. Comfy. And there was the save state, if I didn’t want to find a phone.

[Anonymous No.8629575]

>>8625880
Jesus you're terrible with money, I spent $180 on mine.

[Anonymous No.8630047]

>>8614237
I'd be surprised if someone buys a switch just to play earthbound. I subscribed to the online service so I could play games with my friends, not to emulate the consoles and games I already have. Playing puyo puyo 2 snes with my friend from my hometown is a bonus

[Anonymous No.8630051]

>>8619394
The ladies must love this display

[Anonymous No.8630057]

I started it on the snes mini and then ended up playing it through on real hardware. Just make sure you look up a pdf of the guide that would've originally been included.

[Anonymous No.8630191]

Started with beginnings. I just got Lloyd in my party. Feel pretty burnt out already though. Should I stick with it?