Yesterday Nintendo had a mini Nintendo Direct, where they were covering some of the games that are coming out in the next month or so. They covered Pikmin 3, Wonderful 101, the new Mario & Luigi and some other little things related to the Mii Plaza on 3DS.
Then at the end they revealed that Earthbound was coming out on the Virtual Console that very day. Needless to say I lost my mind just a little bit, much like many a Nintendo fan. Earthbound first came out in 1995, and I remember taking it out of the local video store in my hometown and played it a great deal. Sadly I never owned it, and over the years it has increased in price on the secondary market. I really dislike downloading games, both from a moral viewpoint and also I just dislike playing ROMs on a keyboard. The fact that they have finally re-released this classic game and I can play it on the Wii U is fantastic. Also, I was under the impression that it wasn't coming out until the end of the year, so the fact that this is out now is great.
So recently Nintendo has put out Game & Wario, which is a decent game collection, and now Earthbound and then Pikmin 3 in a matter of weeks, as well as some other downloadable goods. Looks like there is some life on Nintendo's platform yet and hopefully things really start to pick up.
For now though, Earthbound!
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