Random Gaming Thoughts

[o.pwuaioc]

Oh and a top down 2.5d Zelda on 3DS

Maybe its just me but I really don't like the art style of this or the new Yoshi game. Why do they look like minorly souped up DS games? Bleck.

I'm not crazy about the 3DS Zelda look, but I don't really have much to complain about.

It's inferior in that it's not exactly like the SNES version.

[MrHealthy]

Its evident upon opening Tingles Rosy Rupeeland that it is indeed due to manual size.

I wonder what those triangles in Nintendo games are. All of my Wii games have them, in diffrent colors too. I first thought that they would match the age restrictions, but there was no correlation what so ever. Some 16/18 games had a green triangle and some 3/7 games had a yellow/red triangle.

Im pretty sure the triangles have something to do with the languages on the case/in the manual/in the game. Certain colors are sent to certain regions that require said languages.

[ExedExes]

Im pretty sure the triangles have something to do with the languages on the case/in the manual/in the game. Certain colors are sent to certain regions that require said languages.

Correct!

[Flake]

While we're on the subject of coloring patterns on Nintendo products, did anyone ever notice the weird label edge and font color schemes on North American SNES games depending on if the game was 1st party, 3rd party, or re-release? Only, it was not really all that consistent. And what was with the concave game carts vs convex game carts?

[AppleQueso]

While we're on the subject of coloring patterns on Nintendo products, did anyone ever notice the weird label edge and font color schemes on North American SNES games depending on if the game was 1st party, 3rd party, or re-release? Only, it was not really all that consistent. And what was with the concave game carts vs convex game carts?

We actually know the answer to this one. The "notch" there originally was to prevent you from being able to remove the game with the power turned on. People would yank the games out anyway, breaking the tab in the console that was supposed to hold it in, so they changed it from a notch to a "sloped" design.

Something like that.

[Hobie-wan]

While we're on the subject of coloring patterns on Nintendo products, did anyone ever notice the weird label edge and font color schemes on North American SNES games depending on if the game was 1st party, 3rd party, or re-release? Only, it was not really all that consistent. And what was with the concave game carts vs convex game carts?

We actually know the answer to this one. The "notch" there originally was to prevent you from being able to remove the game with the power turned on. People would yank the games out anyway, breaking the tab in the console that was supposed to hold it in, so they changed it from a notch to a "sloped" design.

Something like that.

The slope would push on the locking mechanism and turn the console off too if you had a model 1. Later SNES and of course the mini didn't have the locking mechanism at all. For the carts, yeah it is generally a red stripe on the upper right of the cart label for 1st, purple for 3rd, and gold for the Ninty 'million seller' ones. I've seen a few that didn't follow the rule as well.

[ExedExes]

As I said somewhere earlier in this thread or someplace else on the forum, those "notch" carts were great for the Game Genie, which that was originally designed for.

Nice observation on the SNES cart stripes indicating where the source was from. I too noticed the red, purple, and gold colors and never thought anything else about them. Between the notches, the colors used and even the back warning labels either having a sticker or molded in the plastic, SNES carts sure can be conversation starters

[BoneSnapDeez]

"Is the Commodore 64 as powerful as the Nintendo 64?"
-My wife

[Opa Opa]

"Is the Commodore 64 as powerful as the Nintendo 64?"
-My wife

A: Duh!

[BurningDoom]

"Is the Commodore 64 as powerful as the Nintendo 64?"
-My wife

Well obviously the Commodore 64 is more powerful, it's bigger.