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The Legend of Zelda (NES) - Living the life of luxury! added to NES Switch Online game
- Thread starter Serebii
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Neat idea, but kind of a poor initial execution. Hopefully further iterations explore stuff like what's being done in the Randomizer hacks.
OK thanks. Been a while since I've checked the listings. I hope they aren't ever going to count "SP" games toward the monthly allotment, or we will be stuck on NES forever lol.
The phrasing in the OP is ambiguous imo:
If SP Metroid has map and full health/ammo upon restart, I'll be so excited. Even just the latter would be fine.
Longshot is an upgrade you find
Longshot is an upgrade you find
It's live now, by the way.
I speculate that most SP's will be hacks to make games easier/less frustrating for modern audiences. Not a bad idea at all. I know with Gradius and Double Dragon I'm suffering (though I'm not trying to cheese thru with save state exploits).
Mild annoyance (looking at OP's picture): The title. 'Living the life of luxury!' should really have capitalization. This version of the game should also be called The Legend of Zelda SP.
I speculate that most SP's will be hacks to make games easier/less frustrating for modern audiences. Not a bad idea at all. I know with Gradius and Double Dragon I'm suffering (though I'm not trying to cheese thru with save state exploits).
Mild annoyance (looking at OP's picture): The title. 'Living the life of luxury!' should really have capitalization. This version of the game should also be called The Legend of Zelda SP.
Great idea, but I don't like the way it's actually implemented here... When you start this "game", there's no title screen or file select; it literally just loads a savestate of someone that collected all the items and money they could in the game without going into any of the levels. The game even starts with the music in mid-loop, lol.
I wish the put in the effort to make a proper ROM hack for this, as it would have been a much better experience. At this point, I highly doubt the 2nd Quest starts you off with the same items...
I'm sure some of the other games will have a better treatment, though. I mean, what savestate could you load for Dr. Mario to make it a "SP" version?
I wish the put in the effort to make a proper ROM hack for this, as it would have been a much better experience. At this point, I highly doubt the 2nd Quest starts you off with the same items...
I'm sure some of the other games will have a better treatment, though. I mean, what savestate could you load for Dr. Mario to make it a "SP" version?
Holy crap, you're right. I thought it was odd when I accidentally booted and was already in game.
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Eh, a bit lame that's it's an easy mode. Takes a lot of the fun out of the game.
Game's like Metroid could use an upgrade though because they had technical limitations; Your health doesn't refill after restarting for technical reasons and that's a blatant design flaw.
Game's like Metroid could use an upgrade though because they had technical limitations; Your health doesn't refill after restarting for technical reasons and that's a blatant design flaw.
From the impression above, this seems more like a "let your big brother give you a headstart" kind of deal.
Maybe the next "SP" games will be a bit more interesting.
Maybe the next "SP" games will be a bit more interesting.
Yeah. I'd rather have a harder version of the game or a third quest or something. An easier version of the game is useless to me.
That's a weird, unexpected turn. I guess it's a welcome change for people who find NES difficulty levels a little steep, or preferred getting all the items off the bat in Breath of the Wild?
Wow, how f'n cheap. Every rom hack has more work put into it than this shit.
That's interesting! So the SP versions are ROM hack editions of the games?
There's potential here! Hopefully the future releases will be more interesting. NES Remix had some interesting concepts that I'd love to see them explore further; so hopefully we'll see some wacky stuff in the future!
Edit: Oh it's just a pre-made save state? Oh well that's a lot less interesting...
There's potential here! Hopefully the future releases will be more interesting. NES Remix had some interesting concepts that I'd love to see them explore further; so hopefully we'll see some wacky stuff in the future!
Edit: Oh it's just a pre-made save state? Oh well that's a lot less interesting...
SP Metroid start with all upgrades and full e tanks
SP SMB1 start with 99 lives and maybe replace all mushrooms with fire flowers?
SP SMB3 start with 99 lives, full inventory of good items including 3 warp whistles
SP Double Dragon start with max lives and have unlimited continues
SP Gradius always have max power and start with max lives
SP Dr Mario is ??? Add a rewind function? Make the game only 1-2 colors of virus instead of 3? No idea how you make this work
Not really a design flaw. It was never an issue for me because there's lots of "enemy generators" that let you keep blasting them for energy refills until your full again.
This is a good idea. Lots of the old games could use this sort of thing. I don't know if i would have given THAT much of a buff though.
Save states makes AoL very beatable and a surprisingly solid and well paced game for all the flack it typically gets.
If they just give you upgrades to start that's not out of the question. You can extend your range in the actual game.
Personally this is the most exciting thing they could do besides random online. NES Zelda may actually be playable now! :D
What would have been more interesting is an extra layer accessed through the emulator that would hold, say, a real world map that shows in detail screens you've visited or decrypts the old men's hints when you hear them. I assume that not knowing where to go is a much bigger obstacle than damage (received/given) for newcomers. I also don't see how having lots of many can make level 9 easier for you?
What's interesting is that they retained the "SP" branding, yet gave it the specific subtitle "Living the Life of Luxury!". It leaves the option open for different subtitles, and therefore different approaches for each game. Does anyone have the schedule of when each game was getting an SP version?
This was the original schedule that quickly disappeared from the UK site
October:
- Double Dragon (SP)
- Gradius (SP)
- NES Open Tournament Golf
- Solomon's Key
- SUPER DODGE BALL
- Super Mario Bros. 3 (SP)
November:
- Dr. Mario (SP)
- Metroid (SP)
- Mighty Bomb Jack
- Super Mario Bros. (SP)
- TwinBee
December:
- Adventures of Lolo
- The Legend of Zelda (SP)
- NINJA GAIDEN
- Wario's Woods
I just poked around and this is more basic than I expected. It looks like it literally just loads a save state when your start up the game; there's no file select and the music doesn't even start from the beginning. Dying and going to the title screen without saving reveals a file named "Link" with no items. Seems they just maxed on everything you can get without doing a dungeon and save-stated lol.
Not what I expected but pretty interesting all the same. I was hoping for some hacked in co-op instead but it should be interesting to see what other variations on games they will make from here on out.
Let's get a crazy version of Mario 2 where all four characters can co-op on one screen at the same time.
Let's get a crazy version of Mario 2 where all four characters can co-op on one screen at the same time.
On the contrary, I'm not even sure what SMB can be, unless they're just very boring and give you tons of lives (which I'd be a little surprised at, since the game can't even display double digits properly). I wouldn't be shocked if SMB 3 just has the 28 P-Wings though.
If Metroid is just a save state of something you could get from a password input I'm gonna laugh.
Ehh. Even if they start you at max level with access to every spell, the final dungeon will still destroy people. Even with maxed out everything it's the most difficult thing in any Zelda game IMO.
Underwhelming. NES Remix style hacks would have been great.
I hope the future SP editions aren't just Easy Modes.
I hope the future SP editions aren't just Easy Modes.