The Shrine

I missed the news that this was released a week or so ago. I never played the original or heard much about it besides that 'its good'. Is it worth $10?

PS1 Classics (and RPG's in particular) on the PSN keep getting better and better. My PSP could seriously turn into a 'games i didnt play on the PS1' portable machine only. Being able to simply DL and play makes it all the easier. Whatever new DS comes next really needs to step it up and get DL games/content.

Wish they'd Alundra to the US PS1 Classics store

The DSi has downloadable games, they're just not good. As far as I know, it's technically possible for the DSi to support both Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games (same processor architecture; no emulation needed), so I'd really like to see a VC-like service for GB and GBA games. But I'm not expecting to see it.

Kupek wrote:The DSi has downloadable games, they're just not good. As far as I know, it's technically possible for the DSi to support both Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games (same processor architecture; no emulation needed), so I'd really like to see a VC-like service for GB and GBA games. But I'm not expecting to see it.

I'm amazed Nintendo hasn't already done a DSi VC considering how much money they make off the Wii's VC. Maybe it's 'cause the on-board memory is so small? Guaranteed it'll be in the DS2.

Again, it's probably because Nintendo hasn't be playing it smart with their microtransaction market.

The DSi has that SD card slot. Even if they didn't want you playing games straight from that, they could let you easily swap games back and forth and play whichever ones were stored in memory at the time.

I would also love a Virtual Console shop for GB and GBA games.

Flip wrote: Whatever new DS comes next really needs to step it up and get DL games/content.

You just seem incapable of figuring it out.


Anyway, Grandia and Grandia 2 were nothing special. They're sort of like the games you play when you've already exhausted everything down to the last of the Breath of Fire series.

Julius Seeker wrote: You just seem incapable of figuring it out.

You're right. Its the whole lack of wi-fi, infrastructure, download play button that doesnt do anything, and payment system thats throwing me off.

Grandia 1 is an extreme grinder. I think it took 60 hours or so to beat the game just doing all the essential stuff, often without visiting the same screen more than once.

Grandia 2 had a decent story at times but it was probably an accident looking at the history of the Grandia franchise. Certainly, nothing later in the remotely matches the brilliane of the Eye of Valmar arc.

Flip wrote:

Julius Seeker wrote: You just seem incapable of figuring it out.

You're right. Its the whole lack of wi-fi, infrastructure, download play button that doesnt do anything, and payment system thats throwing me off.

No. This has been explained to you adequately multiple times in the past. Either way here's a link that will help you with your problem.

Kupek wrote:The DSi has downloadable games, they're just not good. As far as I know, it's technically possible for the DSi to support both Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games (same processor architecture; no emulation needed), so I'd really like to see a VC-like service for GB and GBA games. But I'm not expecting to see it.

I cant agree with that entirely. The ArtStyle games have been a lot of fun, espically Pictobits and Precipice. WarioWare Snapped is also a lot of fun. The rendition of Dr. Mario out on DSiware is well done also.

What game would recommend on DSiWare, Mac? I have points to spend.

M'k'n'zy wrote:I cant agree with that entirely. The ArtStyle games have been a lot of fun, espically Pictobits and Precipice. WarioWare Snapped is also a lot of fun. The rendition of Dr. Mario out on DSiware is well done also.

If I'm going to spend time on a game, it had better be really, really good. I got 1,000 free points when I bought my DSi, and I downloaded Dr. Mario, and later Bejeweled Twist. Dr. Mario just made me want Tetris, and Bejeweled Twist made me want the original Bejeweled. So both of those were a bust. All of the other offerings have not enticed me enough to both spend money or go through the hassle making it possible to spend that money on the service.

I then compare that to what I know exists on the Wii, XBLA and PSN. So that's where I'm coming from when I say the DSi Ware's downloadable games are not good.