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it's shameful no one has mentioned this yet.  the number one port that didn't need to be made due to bankrupting THQ...



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oniyide said:
DarkTemplar said:
Great list!

Can I go old school?

StarCraft on the Nintendo 64, I cannot imagine how someone can properly play the game using a traditional controller.


thanks and sure you can, holy crap i forgot that game was on n64, i didnt even know anybody actually played it. 

Matter of fact if we're talking N64, pratically any late port that came out for that system, dont know why RE2 came out almost 2 years later on that system

Actually, RE2 was pretty good on the N64, some of the in game graphics were better and it had more then a few extras, even if the cinemas weren't exactly converted cleanly in some instances. Heck, most of the later RE2 ports I hear are based on the N64 version, but speaking of those... yeah EVERY cheap RE port that landed on the GC after the great remake of the first game was unnecessary.

I will also throw out...

- the gimped Street Fighter Alpha 2 they put on the SNES after the N64 already released

- Nintendo porting over Fatal Frame/Project Zero 2 onto the Wii in 2012

- Dead Rising: Chopped till you drop, I know it was mentioned before but I can't STRESS how horrible this port was, especially given Capcom just ported over RE4 with better graphics based on the GC game with the PS2 extras. If they weren't even going to try to make it look better then a launch PS2 game why bother?

But late ports to new systems appears to be something Japanese publishers and EA REALLY like given what I've seen these past few years.

 



 

Seriously, what was the point of this one?



kitler53 said:

it's shameful no one has mentioned this yet.  the number one port that didn't need to be made due to bankrupting THQ...


Someone mentioned it pretty early on.  Then the OP said that it was the winner of the thread.



75% of the Vitas library.



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attaboy said:
kitler53 said:

it's shameful no one has mentioned this yet.  the number one port that didn't need to be made due to bankrupting THQ...


Someone mentioned it pretty early on.  Then the OP said that it was the winner of the thread.

i swear that post wasn't their when i was posting...  sigh.  due diligence fail.



kitler53 said:
attaboy said:
kitler53 said:

it's shameful no one has mentioned this yet.  the number one port that didn't need to be made due to bankrupting THQ...

 


Someone mentioned it pretty early on.  Then the OP said that it was the winner of the thread.

i swear that post wasn't their when i was posting...  sigh.  due diligence fail.


Well, in your defense, you did pick a winner!



Chandler said:
75% of the Vitas library.


I hope that doesn't include Persona 4 Golden! That is an awesome port



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No More Heroes made me finally realize that some games are rated positively simply because the audience doesn't know any better. The game is sooooooooo bad, I was shocked at how highly the original Wii version was rated after playing the demo.



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adriane23 said:

No More Heroes made me finally realize that some games are rated positively simply because the audience doesn't know any better. The game is sooooooooo bad, I was shocked at how highly the original Wii version was rated after playing the demo.


At the time of release, the style and story were enough to carry the game. Sadly as the sequel's performance (which plays a bit better) would show, you can't live on that forever... at least when it comes to Wii games.