Gaming The OTHER 10 free games?

[loco365]

If they include Ruby and Sapphire, they'd better make it capable of multiplayer. Or else I will be raging.

 

[rufus83]

I found this of interest, (ripped from the press release on Nintendo.com):

Starting Sept. 1, Nintendo 3DS Ambassadors will be able to download 10 NES™ Virtual Console™ games at no charge and before they are available in the Nintendo eShop to the general public. These games, including Super Mario Bros.™, Donkey Kong Jr.™, Balloon Fight™, Ice Climber™ and The Legend of Zelda™, are slated to become paid downloadable games, but Ambassadors get them early for free. Once the paid versions of the games are posted to the Nintendo eShop later in the year, the updated versions will be available to Ambassadors for download at no cost.

Notice near the end where it states that "Updated" versions of these games will be free for ambassadors when they are released to the public. What exactly do they mean by "Updated" I wonder? Are these games scheduled to become 3D Classics perhaps?

 

[machomuu]

I found this of interest, (ripped from the press release on Nintendo.com):

Starting Sept. 1, Nintendo 3DS Ambassadors will be able to download 10 NES™ Virtual Console™ games at no charge and before they are available in the Nintendo eShop to the general public. These games, including Super Mario Bros.™, Donkey Kong Jr.™, Balloon Fight™, Ice Climber™ and The Legend of Zelda™, are slated to become paid downloadable games, but Ambassadors get them early for free. Once the paid versions of the games are posted to the Nintendo eShop later in the year, the updated versions will be available to Ambassadors for download at no cost.

Notice near the end where it states that "Updated" versions of these games will be free for ambassadors when they are released to the public. What exactly do they mean by "Updated" I wonder? Are these games scheduled to become 3D Classics perhaps?

Then they wouldn't be Virtual Console.

 

[rufus83]

I found this of interest, (ripped from the press release on Nintendo.com):

Starting Sept. 1, Nintendo 3DS Ambassadors will be able to download 10 NES™ Virtual Console™ games at no charge and before they are available in the Nintendo eShop to the general public. These games, including Super Mario Bros.™, Donkey Kong Jr.™, Balloon Fight™, Ice Climber™ and The Legend of Zelda™, are slated to become paid downloadable games, but Ambassadors get them early for free. Once the paid versions of the games are posted to the Nintendo eShop later in the year, the updated versions will be available to Ambassadors for download at no cost.

Notice near the end where it states that "Updated" versions of these games will be free for ambassadors when they are released to the public. What exactly do they mean by "Updated" I wonder? Are these games scheduled to become 3D Classics perhaps?

Then they wouldn't be Virtual Console.

OK, So what does it mean then? Are we getting beta versions or something? Why would we have a need to download "updated" versions later otherwise?

EDIT: Well I called Nintendo to find out. They put me on hold for like 10 minutes haha. I guess almost nobody there knew, but they asked 1 person who had some information. They told me that we aren't getting completely "full" versions of these games at first. I don't know if it will be demos, or just incomplete versions, but that's what the "updated" was all about. We will eventually have to download the "final" version of the games once they are actually released.

 

[machomuu]

I found this of interest, (ripped from the press release on Nintendo.com):

Starting Sept. 1, Nintendo 3DS Ambassadors will be able to download 10 NES™ Virtual Console™ games at no charge and before they are available in the Nintendo eShop to the general public. These games, including Super Mario Bros.™, Donkey Kong Jr.™, Balloon Fight™, Ice Climber™ and The Legend of Zelda™, are slated to become paid downloadable games, but Ambassadors get them early for free. Once the paid versions of the games are posted to the Nintendo eShop later in the year, the updated versions will be available to Ambassadors for download at no cost.

Notice near the end where it states that "Updated" versions of these games will be free for ambassadors when they are released to the public. What exactly do they mean by "Updated" I wonder? Are these games scheduled to become 3D Classics perhaps?

Then they wouldn't be Virtual Console.

OK, So what does it mean then? Are we getting beta versions or something? Why would we have a need to download "updated" versions later otherwise?

They probably mean "updated" as in free. This is possible, as previously the say "paid versions" when referring to the versions they are to sell.

 

[camus24]

I found this of interest, (ripped from the press release on Nintendo.com):

Starting Sept. 1, Nintendo 3DS Ambassadors will be able to download 10 NES™ Virtual Console™ games at no charge and before they are available in the Nintendo eShop to the general public. These games, including Super Mario Bros.™, Donkey Kong Jr.™, Balloon Fight™, Ice Climber™ and The Legend of Zelda™, are slated to become paid downloadable games, but Ambassadors get them early for free. Once the paid versions of the games are posted to the Nintendo eShop later in the year, the updated versions will be available to Ambassadors for download at no cost.

Notice near the end where it states that "Updated" versions of these games will be free for ambassadors when they are released to the public. What exactly do they mean by "Updated" I wonder? Are these games scheduled to become 3D Classics perhaps?

Then they wouldn't be Virtual Console.

OK, So what does it mean then? Are we getting beta versions or something? Why would we have a need to download "updated" versions later otherwise?

EDIT: Well I called Nintendo to find out. They put me on hold for like 10 minutes haha. I guess almost nobody there knew, but they asked 1 person who had some information. They told me that we aren't getting completely "full" versions of these games at first. I don't know if it will be demos, or just incomplete versions, but that's what the "updated" was all about. We will eventually have to download the "final" version of the games once they are actually released.

I read that the update versión would be a multiplayer version, at first the embassador will get the normal one player version, later in the update Nintendo will include a multiplayer version, which teh ambasador will download for free...

 

[Slyakin]

If they include Ruby and Sapphire, they'd better make it capable of multiplayer. Or else I will be raging.

Some of the GBA/NES games they're offering are confirmed to have multiplayer.

So it's totally possible.

 

[sergster1]

GBA List:
Pokemon Emerald (they should be able to do this since Nintendo owns a decent amount of game freak)
Kirby's Nightmare In Dreamland
Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga (I played this game to DEATH)
Wario Ware Twisted (if they did this I would love you nintendo even more

)
Kirby and the Amazing Mirror/Minish Cap (Im still deciding on which |: )

 

[lithium210]

i would love to have startropics as an nes choice!!

 

[MG4M3R]

Warioware Twisted would be REALLY awesome.

 

[Izzy011]

The should add The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, seeing as it's the 25th anniversary of the series.
Also Metroid: Zero Mission, because it's better than the original.

 

[Zarxrax]

I got an email from nintendo customer service which states that Kirby and the Amazing Mirror will be one of the GBA games.

 

[Slyakin]

I got an email from nintendo customer service which states that Kirby and the Amazing Mirror will be one of the GBA games.

Image please?

And I would love for this to be true.

 

[Zarxrax]

Image please?

And I would love for this to be true.

http://i.imgur.com/IPJ7V.png
For some reason it listed kirby instead of Mario vs DK

 

[Slyakin]

AWESOME! Super Mario Bros 3 and Kirby Amazing Mirror!

YESH

 

[Zarxrax]

Oh, I didnt even notice that the mario was different than what was announced earlier... Hmm.

 

[Deleted member 473940]

lol No Pokemon so far

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[Nathan Drake]

I think they are only picking games directly developed and/or published by Nintendo.

 

[Slyakin]

lol No Pokemon so far

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Chances are, they're gonna release Pokemon for the GBA VC after the Ambassador Program ends.

They'll get more money if people actually pay for it.

 

[Deleted member 473940]

lol No Pokemon so far

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Chances are, they're gonna release Pokemon for the GBA VC after the Ambassador Program ends.

They'll get more money if people actually pay for it.

Of coure.
It would sell pretty well.