Gaming Ocarina of Time on VC!

[Opium]

2 VC updates for today (Australia):

Kid Icarus
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Finally

I'll be picking up Ocarina of Time seeing as how I must be the only person around that hasn't played it yet. I wasn't a Zelda fan till I played Twilight Princess. Hopefully it still plays well after all these years.

 

[Deadmon]

I'm on the same boat as you Opium...only started to like Zelda after playing TP!
But I won't be downloading this when it comes out for North America...(looks at hardly opened Zelda Collector's Disc)

 

[Wanque]

Awesome. It looks like it's out here too.

The only other copy of OoT I own is the N64 cart, and I haven't played it since I completed it... how ever many years ago that way.

Strangely, we're still waiting for Link to the Past...

 

[science]

2 VC updates for today (Australia):

Kid Icarus
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Finally

I'll be picking up Ocarina of Time seeing as how I must be the only person around that hasn't played it yet. I wasn't a Zelda fan till I played Twilight Princess. Hopefully it still plays well after all these years.

Never played it either. Never even owned a 64

 

[Hadrian]

Apparently OoT should look the same visually as the GC version.

Anyone in PAL regions got Kid Icarus yet? I hear its slower and not much fun, its a game I wanna buy (as it never came out here) but I don't want an inferior version to what the NTSC folks get.

 

[Wanque]

Every NES game on the VC (with the exception of Super Mario) runs too slowly, as do all the Mega Drive and most of the SNES releases.

Thanks Nintendo!

 

[.TakaM]

Apparently OoT should look the same visually as the GC version.

 

[gitkua]

I'm not so sure OoT is the exact same version as the version on the Cube Wind Waker bonus disk. I might be wrong due to playing Twilight Princess too much, but it seems more "choppy" and not so clean as the cube version was. Also, I believe the VC version is running way slower than the Cube version. Anyone else noticed this?

 

[Dirtie]

I'm not so sure OoT is the exact same version as the version on the Cube Wind Waker bonus disk. I might be wrong due to playing Twilight Princess too much, but it seems more "choppy" and not so clean as the cube version was. Also, I believe the VC version is running way slower than the Cube version. Anyone else noticed this?

Very possible. If you went and played it on a N64 you'd probably notice that it's a little choppier than the GC version as well.

Software emulation vs hardware

 

[Nevin007]

Wow I'm always amazed to here that people haven't played this game. Especially those who regularly play video games. You guys are in for a treat. That game is truely amazing. And yes it does play well after all these years, I just beat it for a second time a few months ago.

 

[Disturbed1]

"Every NES game on the VC (with the exception of Super Mario) runs too slowly, as do all the Mega Drive and most of the SNES releases.

Thanks Nintendo!"


Funny, I haven't had any speed issues with any of the 5 games I've gotten =-/ .

 

[sdoc96]

Funny, I haven't had any speed issues with any of the 5 games I've gotten =-/ .

That is because you are from 60Hz NTSC land, not 50Hz Pal land. Take off 17% speed for Pal.
Slow games suck, IMHO. There should be a choice - I remember I had a switch installed on my Aus SNES to run games at full speed if I wanted to.

 

[Presto]

im gonna get this right when i get home

 

[jonm]

where's my Link to the Past?

 

[Presto]

where's my Link to the Past?

who needs link to the past

 

[DarkLink]

where's my Link to the Past?

muahhaa you dont get it but i do

ill trade you for Zelda 2

then i can have Almost all console Zeldas on one Console! well.. then id need Majors mask.. but no i mean cause i can get em on the Collectors Bonus disk but still... you know what i mean?

 

[jonm]

you guys didnt get zelda 2? haha! I feel a little bit better now

I was pissed to see OOT on VC though as I've been waiting for LttP since I saw it on IGN and it's actually the first game I thought about re-buying from the VC (although I would have bought Mario64 if I hadn't played it to death on the DS as well as the N64).

Don't nintendo know that Zelda fans already have the collectors disc! I already have 2 versions of OOT for the Wii (albeit via GC), I dont want another one!

 

[SlCKB0Y]

Apparently OoT should look the same visually as the GC version.

Anyone in PAL regions got Kid Icarus yet? I hear its slower and not much fun, its a game I wanna buy (as it never came out here) but I don't want an inferior version to what the NTSC folks get.

I cant believe it did not come out in the UK. I had the PAL version here in Australia for the NES, and in the 80's we were quite backwards with really delayed release dates.

 

[SlCKB0Y]

Funny, I haven't had any speed issues with any of the 5 games I've gotten =-/ .

That is because you are from 60Hz NTSC land, not 50Hz Pal land. Take off 17% speed for Pal.
Slow games suck, IMHO. There should be a choice - I remember I had a switch installed on my Aus SNES to run games at full speed if I wanted to.

I think when discussing this we need to make a distinction between slow processing (choppy) and the slower pal refresh rate. This will manifest itself in a noticeably different way. Besides, I had no problem playing the NES pals originals in the 80's.

 

[Harsky]

I'm sure Kid Icarus did come out in the UK. But it was probably overlooked.