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Nintendo sees nothing when someone buys a Super Mario RPG cartridge at a local shop instead of downloading the ROM.Ģ) Their list is small comparatively to their vast catalog of gamesģ) Removing the only outlet some people have to play certain titles! Used games don't count because that is not money Nintendo sees.

These are games that can still be played using hardware you can buy in the store RIGHT NOW, but there is nothing to do about it. So pirating a game is quite literally not affecting the income they can generate for specific titles, because they don't bother to sell it!Įven "recent" titles for the DS or Advance are already off the shelf. That said, I find this pretty silly, because Nintendo isn't even selling 90% of their back catalog anyways. I don't want people to pirate games if it costs someone money, game companies are much different (and better than) Hollywood. It was all sparked by those first few ROMS I got from Coolrom. On top of that they've earned an obsessively loyal fan with money to spend. Nintendo has made at least $1,000 dollars from my personally as a result. She is buying me a bunch of Wii U and 3DS games for Christmas. Just this week I purchased her a 2DS ($99) and several games ($200). Within a few months I bought a Wii U ($329), 15 Wii U games (~$400), then a 2DS ($99), and another 10 3DS games (~$300). It sparked my love for Nintendo into high gear. I couldn't believe I had missed out on these amazing games and I absolutely re-fell in love with Nintendo. Long story short I was able to get it to work and I got to play some amazing titles that I had missed (Pikmin 1 & 2, Super Mario Sunshine, etc.). The early generation Wii's had full GC compatibility. I started researching other ways to play these games and found a ton of great information online, specifically about the Homebrewing community and the Wii. Super Mario Sunshine relied heavily on the actual GC controller. There were several games that didn't play well when emulated on the PC though. It felt like I was a kid again counting the minutes until I could get home and play Nintendo. It had that magic, that spark, that I had been missing for the last few years. What an amazingly well done game! Beautiful too. I started playing through Paper Mario and the Thousand Year Door. I wanted to play some of the great GC games I had missed back in the day. I decided to download a GameCube emulator and a few games.

I was starting to wonder if I wasn't into gaming any more (I am 31 after all). I had abandoned Nintendo in the early days of the Wii and had been gaming on other consoles for several years. I was sad to see this post but I understand the "why."īack in 2013 I was burned out on gaming.
