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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: abrader on January 13, 2008, 06:03:41 AM

Title: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: abrader on January 13, 2008, 06:03:41 AM
Has anyone compiled a list of potential VC games that we are pretty sure will never see the light of day due to licensing issues?

I would like to know what NOT to expect.

I cant imagine things like early Genesis Technosoft greats will make it to the VC (Herzonq Zwei - DROOL) because that fukkin pahchino company bought the IP and then went bankrupt or some such....

We all know about things like RARE/Goldeneye..........but is there a web published or known list?

Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: treythemovie on January 13, 2008, 07:29:36 AM
-anything that involves a outside license
-anything with alot of text to translate
-anything that you really want
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: Himu on January 13, 2008, 07:35:08 AM
chrono trigger
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: Beezy on January 13, 2008, 11:59:41 AM
Goldeneye
Perfect Dark
The BattleToads games
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: TakingBackSunday on January 13, 2008, 12:00:24 PM
chrono trigger

:(
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: Himu on January 13, 2008, 02:38:23 PM
chrono trigger

:(

ya i know it hurts :(
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: CurseoftheGods on January 13, 2008, 02:40:12 PM
chrono trigger

:'(
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: demi on January 13, 2008, 02:43:09 PM
-anything that involves a outside license
-anything with alot of text to translate
-anything that you really want

Some still may have a chance.  The Ninja Turtles games are a good example.  I pray that Capcom's Disney titles get released someday as well.


Games? They only put the shitty ass first one on there, PLUS it's 600 points compared to 500
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on January 13, 2008, 02:46:25 PM
(http://www.segagagadomain.com/megadrive2/mcdonald-instruc-1.jpg)
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: bluemax on January 13, 2008, 06:31:10 PM
They put the original Tecmo Bowl up, but I have to wonder if they'll ever put TSB up as it had actual teams.
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: The Sceneman on January 13, 2008, 07:51:25 PM
when the fuck are they releasing Earthbound
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: The Sceneman on January 13, 2008, 08:11:32 PM
when is that? is there a date yet?
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: treythemovie on January 13, 2008, 08:27:51 PM
when is that? is there a date yet?

It's tentively dated somewhere between Hell freezing over and the End of the world
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: The Sceneman on January 13, 2008, 08:55:33 PM
I have no idea why Nintendo didnt translate Mother 3 officially, its actually a crime agaisnt humanity

Such an amazing game, easily one of the greatest rpgs ever created, totally profound, bizarre, hilarious and heart wrenching all at the same time

That fan translation patch should be done now, no?
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: abrader on January 14, 2008, 06:18:02 AM
I better get the entire Konami Catalog - that includes CastleVania 64 and Hybrid Heaven!

We can get Guardian Legend and Deadly Towers right? (NES titles - Broderbund I believe)


Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: Rman on January 14, 2008, 12:30:42 PM
-anything that involves a outside license
-anything with alot of text to translate
-anything that you really want

Some still may have a chance.  The Ninja Turtles games are a good example.  I pray that Capcom's Disney titles get released someday as well.

Yes.

I would love to see Rescue Rangers, Ducktales, (Moon music OMG) Little Nemo, not disney but similar license issues.
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: tiesto on January 14, 2008, 02:56:25 PM
I better get the entire Konami Catalog - that includes CastleVania 64 and Hybrid Heaven!

We can get Guardian Legend and Deadly Towers right? (NES titles - Broderbund I believe)




Guardian Legend is IREM/Compile, and there are other IREM and Compile games on VC so I say yeah, it's definitely an eventual possibility. And as for S-E, there are several S-E games out in Japan - Hanjuku Hero and King's Knight... we of course have Actraiser. You'll see some S-E games on the VC but we probably won't get the mainline series until they're done whoring the hell out of them.
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: MCD on January 14, 2008, 03:04:42 PM
chrono trigger
I'd rather have it on XBLA, Sakaguchi and all.
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: Rman on January 14, 2008, 03:48:27 PM
chrono trigger
I'd rather have it on XBLA, Sakaguchi and all.

He doesn't own the ip rights, though  I think SquareEnix has it locked down. Yuji Horii from DQ and Akira Toriyama of Dragonball fame also played a big role in that game as well. 

Blue Dragon has two-thirds of the main supervisors from CT.
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: MCD on January 14, 2008, 03:50:18 PM
no idea, and when i said Sakaguchi, i meant Mistwalker in general.

this is probably like N64 Goldeneye, a fucked up case.
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: y2kev on January 14, 2008, 03:53:50 PM
It's definitely more straight forward than that. With Goldeneye, you have at least three groups with legit claim to the game-- Nintendo, Rare, Activision.

Mistwalker has no legit claim to Chrono at all.

If Chrono is truly dead, then they'll release it sometime late in the VC cycle.
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: ToxicAdam on January 14, 2008, 04:28:08 PM
I will probably own a Wii at some point this generation (I like to pick up Nintendo consoles after 4 years, post-launch). I was really hoping they would be smarter with the Wii and teh VC. Instead of releasing Star Tropics, release Star Tropics 2. A game many people may have missed back in the day. In fact, release all those good games that came out from 1991 on. Many people had moved on to the 16 bit generation by then.

Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: Oblivion on January 14, 2008, 05:00:17 PM
It's definitely more straight forward than that. With Goldeneye, you have at least three groups with legit claim to the game-- Nintendo, Rare, Activision.

I don't think Rare has any say at all in the matter. They just coded it.


And not bringing Mother 3 over here was one of Nintendo's better decisions.
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: y2kev on January 14, 2008, 05:02:04 PM
Wouldn't Rare own the code, Nintendo the rights to distribute, and Activision the license? Or does Rare truly own nothing?

And not bringing Mother 3 here made perfect sense-- it's a GBA game, Nintendo was trying to kill the GBA.
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: Oblivion on January 14, 2008, 05:05:14 PM
Wouldn't Rare own the code, Nintendo the rights to distribute, and Activision the license? Or does Rare truly own nothing?

I may be completely off, but from what I understand, the code may belong to Nintendo, but they can't alter it for another game or anything like that. Other than that, yeah, I don't think Rare owns any part of that pie.
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: MCD on January 14, 2008, 05:06:26 PM
Keep in mind though, PDZ has some PD1 maps.
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: Oblivion on January 14, 2008, 05:09:55 PM
True, but Rare self published PD, so it's okay.
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: Eduardo24 on January 14, 2008, 05:18:34 PM
Yes, Nintendo owns the code.  AFAIK, they only need Activion`s permission to publish the game.

Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: The Sceneman on January 14, 2008, 08:07:39 PM
Wouldn't Rare own the code, Nintendo the rights to distribute, and Activision the license? Or does Rare truly own nothing?

And not bringing Mother 3 here made perfect sense-- it's a GBA game, Nintendo was trying to kill the GBA.

It doesnt make sense from a gamer's perspective, becuase its an amazing experience that no-one should have to miss out on. Have you played Mother 3?

Nintendo need to at least make it available for download on the Wii, fucking cunts
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: The Sceneman on January 14, 2008, 08:08:33 PM
It's definitely more straight forward than that. With Goldeneye, you have at least three groups with legit claim to the game-- Nintendo, Rare, Activision.

I don't think Rare has any say at all in the matter. They just coded it.


And not bringing Mother 3 over here was one of Nintendo's better decisions.

how so?  :maf
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: y2kev on January 14, 2008, 08:13:59 PM
Wouldn't Rare own the code, Nintendo the rights to distribute, and Activision the license? Or does Rare truly own nothing?

And not bringing Mother 3 here made perfect sense-- it's a GBA game, Nintendo was trying to kill the GBA.

It doesnt make sense from a gamer's perspective, becuase its an amazing experience that no-one should have to miss out on. Have you played Mother 3?

Nintendo need to at least make it available for download on the Wii, fucking cunts


No, my Japanese is not good enough.
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: The Sceneman on January 14, 2008, 08:17:42 PM
My Japanese is pretty ass, I knew enough to suss out the battle/ menu commands and get the gist of what was going on, I read through a translation guide after a play session to get the full story and dialogue, it sounds like a shit way to play but It really wasnt! The game was still fucking amazing, a testament to its quality
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: HyperZoneWasAwesome on January 14, 2008, 08:20:46 PM
Little Nemo might not be impossible.  The property is old enough that its public domain by now, the only problem I can foresee, is that I'm pretty sure the game was a movie tie-in.

I'm not sure on which side the rights lie, but its still more likely then any of Capcom's superlative Disney games to come out.
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: y2kev on January 14, 2008, 08:33:21 PM
There's no way I would play it unless I could fully understand it. It's Itoi...it's almost missing the point.
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: Vizzys on January 14, 2008, 08:34:37 PM
mother 3 would have bombed in America

gba was dead by the time it would have came out

it has a very loyal fanbase, sure, but it would have been glazed over by everyone else not familiar with the series

earthbound on vc will happen, 99% certain
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: abrader on January 17, 2008, 02:08:19 AM
Goonies II NES game by Konami?

Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: Joe Molotov on January 17, 2008, 02:10:13 AM
mother 3 would have bombed in America

gba was dead by the time it would have came out

it has a very loyal fanbase, sure, but it would have been glazed over by everyone else not familiar with the series

All they had to do was give it a quickie port over to the DS.
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: Vizzys on January 17, 2008, 02:16:24 AM
I dunno if that would make a difference. Sure it would please fans but would it have been worth the money to do?

How hard is it to market a sequel to 10 year old game on snes? Id say pretty hard. Wouldn't sell much imo. A compilation of all three makes more sense but is still pretty unlikely.

Plus they sold off their translated mother carts, which means they might have to redo the translation if such a thing were set into motion.
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: RevenantKioku on January 17, 2008, 08:04:30 AM
No, my Japanese is not good enough.
You won't get better at playing games in Japanese by not playing games in Japanese.
Title: Re: VC games that arent gonna happen
Post by: CajoleJuice on January 17, 2008, 06:36:49 PM
lol earthbound