NA GBA Ambassador Titles are out!

[kthnxshwn]

Some anus faced gibbon decided to install some backwards-ass internet security system here at my local library, so even though I'm entitled to wi-fi access with my ID card, my 3DS refuses to connect properly. Nice job, Nintendo. Now if I want to get my Ambassador games I have to walk about 6 miles to the house I was at before I moved to the hostel and steal their wi-fi signal. Fuckin' ace...:/

Who are you blaming? Nintendo for abiding by security on WiFi points or the guy for wanting to protect the network?

Nintendo for making the 3DS web browser so backwards and limited, and the library for not just securing their wi-fi with a WPA key like normal people and instead making us jump through hoops by having to enter a password on a specific web page, which the 3DS is incapable of displaying properly because the web browser is so utterly useless. If the library had a standard security procedure, or the browser was actually capable of simple tasks, then I wouldn't have to walk all the way to the other side of town just for a fuckin' wi-fi signal >_<

Sounds like you're lazy.

 

[Deleted-236924]

Some anus faced gibbon decided to install some backwards-ass internet security system here at my local library, so even though I'm entitled to wi-fi access with my ID card, my 3DS refuses to connect properly. Nice job, Nintendo. Now if I want to get my Ambassador games I have to walk about 6 miles to the house I was at before I moved to the hostel and steal their wi-fi signal. Fuckin' ace...:/

Get over it.
Nintendo doesn't have to take the blame for every single thing that happens in your life.
They give you 10 free NES and GBA games and then you blame them for you not being able to connect to the Wi-Fi at your library?
That's gotta be the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
(Kids these days... No damn respect.)

 

[Overwhelming]

Will these games appear in the eShop for people who are not part of the ambassador's program? I would be willing to buy the Fire Emblem game.

 

[zerolinks]

Will these games appear in the eShop for people who are not part of the ambassador's program? I would be willing to buy the Fire Emblem game.

Currently they are not available for everyone, I believe Nintendo has stated they currently do not have plans to release these games for all 3ds owners. But I could be wrong.

 

[Deleted-236924]

I assume that Nintendo will release Virtual Console games to the public somewhere in the future; No point in letting them rot when Big N can make money out of it.

And they did say they currently have no plans to release them to everyone, but the keyword is "currently"

 

[silly_z45]

Some anus faced gibbon decided to install some backwards-ass internet security system here at my local library, so even though I'm entitled to wi-fi access with my ID card, my 3DS refuses to connect properly. Nice job, Nintendo. Now if I want to get my Ambassador games I have to walk about 6 miles to the house I was at before I moved to the hostel and steal their wi-fi signal. Fuckin' ace...:/

Get over it.
Nintendo doesn't have to take the blame for every single thing that happens in your life.
They give you 10 free NES and GBA games and then you blame them for you not being able to connect to the Wi-Fi at your library?
That's gotta be the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
(Kids these days... No damn respect.)

hardly 10 free nes and gba games.

 

[test84]

Got 'em! Love 'em!

 

[Kioku]

hardly 10 free nes and gba games.

What? What does that even mean? Hardly? 20 free classic games... Hardly? I'm so confused..

 

[ferofax]

Some people WILL feel left out, and therefore pissed. Some more so than others. For what it's worth, let's just hope everybody gets to enjoy them as well, as buyable GBA VC titles.

This way, these Ambassador titles will pave the way for more, better, GBA titles, like the Pokemon titles, Golden Sun, Advance Wars, Tactics Ogre, FFTAdvance, the whole shebang.

 

[Deleted-236924]

hardly 10 free nes and gba games.

What? What does that even mean? Hardly? 20 free classic games... Hardly? I'm so confused..

Well because people had to pay the full price for the 3DS to get those games.
But those 20 games more than make up for the $80 difference in price.

Besides, some people have bought an Ambassador 3DS off eBay at a regular price, so they're getting the games for free since they paid the regular price instead of full price.

 

[DiscostewSM]

Well, from the look of it, the GBA games do not seem to be running under emulation. They seem to more or less run under virtualization much like DS games do. Remember that the ARM11 CPUs can run ARM7/ARM9 code natively. That would explain a few things.

No sleep mode via closing the lid (because GBAs didn't have that feature).
No suspend mode via the Home button.
No save states.

One other thing though. Virtualization means minimal emulation if any, so expect these games not to drain your 3DS as much as Virtual Console games (like the GB or NES titles), or even DS games.

 

[ferofax]

Well, from the look of it, the GBA games do not seem to be running under emulation. They seem to more or less run under virtualization much like DS games do. Remember that the ARM11 CPUs can run ARM7/ARM9 code natively. That would explain a few things.

No sleep mode via closing the lid (because GBAs didn't have that feature).
No suspend mode via the Home button.
No save states.

One other thing though. Virtualization means minimal emulation if any, so expect these games not to drain your 3DS as much as Virtual Console games (like the GB or NES titles), or even DS games.

...um, does that mean no eventual support for those features? I mean, at least for the NES titles, these features were promised, weren't they? It won't be too farfetched then to assume that they might as well do it for the GBA titles. but that'd mean emulation, and more battery drain? I hope they can maybe just update the firmware to natively support these features ON TOP of being able to run them natively.

 

[xile6]

Here n tx. Its around 11am friday here.

 

[bowser]

How do I download these all at once?

 

[ferofax]

How do I download these all at once?

just try to download it. it'll ask you to download them now, where you wait in real time as the download trickles in, or download them later, where they all download using Spotpass. try doing it overnight. they're all sure to be there by the time you wake up.

but no, I don't think you can download them all at once at the same time. even spotpass downloads them one at a time according to queue order. it just allocates everything in the queue (they show up as glowing faded gift boxes in the Home menu).

EDIT: actually, it may be downloading them all at the same time. i just looked and everything else is finished except Fire Emblem, despite me queueing it first before everything else.

 

[Schlupi]

People feeling stupid for buying the 3DS early... don't. You KNEW the price would drop eventually. Don't be pissed because it's sooner rather than later. And besides, if you're not willing to accept 20 free (21 including Four Swords) games that'd run you at LEAST 80 in the difference, I don't know what to say. Perhaps you should find a different hobby if price drops make you rage. At least Nintendo offered something to make it right, and it's a hell of a something too. These are some of the greatest titles form the NES and GBA library.

 

[amptor]

Cool I'll load mario kart gba version onto my 3DS but guys, why is everyone nuts over this? It isn't like I couldn't already play all of these games lmao. I still have emulators for NES on various nintendo handhelds, a GBA, a DS phat, flash carts, and a DStwo.

It would have been pretty impressive if they gave 3D remakes of classics for the ambassador program. All of these games are 2D

Call me a complainer if you wish, however I am only pointing out the obvious here guys.

 

[bowser]

@ferofax
Awesome, thanks!

 

[wolffangalchemist]

stayed up to 3AM last night to get them and all in all i'd say i'm pretty happy with the GBA games.
this is a MUCH better selection then we got for the NES titles and will take up a great bit of my time.

why is everyone nuts over this? It isn't like I couldn't already play all of these games lmao. I still have emulators for NES on various nintendo handhelds, a GBA, a DS phat, flash carts, and a DStwo.

It would have been pretty impressive if they gave 3D remakes of classics for the ambassador program. All of these games are 2D

Call me a complainer if you wish, however I am only pointing out the obvious here guys.

That's because these games are all on one system for Free and you don't need to carry around a DS and or a 3DS and pay for a $40 flash cart for emulation to play them all, iit's really quite simple while people can still buy these games for the original system and or pirate them it's always a bonus when they are given away legitimately for free, there is also a special feeling that comes along with (willing given) free things that also somehow enhances the enjoyability of them for most people.
Also waiting for a 3D remake of 20 different games for two different systems would have been inconceivable and much more time consuming, we would have been waiting till the middle of 2012 to get them all.

 

[ferret7463]

stayed up to 3AM last night to get them and all in all i'd say i'm pretty happy with the GBA games.
this is a MUCH better selection then we got for the NES titles and will take up a great bit of my time.

why is everyone nuts over this? It isn't like I couldn't already play all of these games lmao. I still have emulators for NES on various nintendo handhelds, a GBA, a DS phat, flash carts, and a DStwo.

It would have been pretty impressive if they gave 3D remakes of classics for the ambassador program. All of these games are 2D

Call me a complainer if you wish, however I am only pointing out the obvious here guys.

That's because these games are all on one system for Free and you don't need to carry around a DS and or a 3DS and pay for a $40 flash cart for emulation to play them all, iit's really quite simple while people can still buy these games for the original system and or pirate them it's always a bonus when they are given away legitimately for free, there is also a special feeling that comes along with (willing given) free things that also somehow enhances the enjoyability of them for most people.
Also waiting for a 3D remake of 20 different games for two different systems would have been inconceivable and much more time consuming, we would have been waiting till the middle of 2012 to get them all.

Not to mention they finally fixed the "A" and "B" position problems i had with both the DS and DStwo emulators.