Anyways, no real reasons as to why Nintendo did it.
From Retro Game Network:
While it is unfortunate that the games have been removed from the services in North America, one must wonder why the US audiences were not given any warning of the removal of the games, while European players were given advanced notice. In that part of the world, a message shows up on the Wii Shop Channel, giving the notification, while American players were completely in the dark. Rare FandaBase had contacted Nintendo directly to inquire about a possible reasoning behind the trilogies removal, and Nintendo had this to say in response:
“Thanks for letting us know how much you enjoy the Donkey Kong Country games…I know this isn’t what you were hoping to hear, but we do not have any information about why these classic games were removed…While I can’t guarantee that these games will get added back in the future, we take all feedback into consideration.”
It seems that Nintendo themselves are either out of the loop internally, or that they do not wish to make the reason or reasons publically available at this time. There has been a lot of assumption of the cause of the games removal running rampant over the last few days. The story that is spreading like wildfire online is that there are conflicts in rights between Nintendo and Rare. While Rare is the developer of the classic trilogy, Rare was purchased by rival Microsoft just over a decade ago. However, since Nintendo owns the rights of the actual games and characters outright, it makes the entire situation confusing. (Of course, this hasn’t been confirmed as of yet.)
Xeogred wrote:The obvious answer is that it's time for the Dreamcast 2.
darthmunky wrote:I didn't think the order mattered.
It does. It's Month/Day/Year. Obviously I knew what the guy meant, but someone in editing should have caught that.
I'm pretty sure the USA is about the only country that uses that format. Unless it was an article from the US, then they would be doing it the correct way.
darthmunky wrote: Did you know here in Canada we're supposed to pronounce the letter Z as "zed"?
You mean THIS isn't the only zed in town? I kid, but I think "zed" is the Commonwealth English pronunciation, like how CE spells "color" and "flavor" with u's before the r's.
But seriously, that pisses me off, since the DKC trilogy won't work on my Super Everdrive. But I think I already DL'ed the first one.
I really liked the way Lord Zedd looked. It had that cheap, B-feel to the make-up, but he actually came off as evil looking, rather than goofy and entirely unintimidating looking like the rest of the Power Ranger villains back then.
It's pretty annoying to look at the day/month/year format. Every time I see it, it doesn't make any sense to me for the first few seconds. But I'd imagine the people that are use to it feel the same way when they look at the month/day/year format. I've been playing Xenoblade Chronicles, which wasn't localized for the USA, and every time I see the date on my save file I go, "Wha-Ohhhhh. Right."
But on topic... Perhaps it was pulled because some sort of collection will be coming out. Is there a round number anniversary coming? There's the Kirby collection, but I don't know if any of those games were or still are available on the VC.
Ziggy587 wrote:But on topic... Perhaps it was pulled because some sort of collection will be coming out. Is there a round number anniversary coming? There's the Kirby collection, but I don't know if any of those games were or still are available on the VC.
I'd love a collection. But then I double checked the dates and got a little confused. The original Donkey Kong came out in 1981 and Donkey Kong Country came out in 1994, meaning 2013 would either be the 32nd anneversary or the 19th, respectively. So if there is a collection coming, I doubt it's going by those dates. However, Donkey Kong didn't get ported to the Famicom till 1983, making 2013 the 30th anniversary. So if they're basing a collection on console release dates, then they might be going by that.
equalsign wrote:There's no reason to pull the games because a collection is coming out.
Makes perfect sense to me. If you can already get the game by other means, then why buy the collection? By pulling the Virtual Console versions, it would make the collection more sought after which equals higher sales.
equalsign wrote:There's no reason to pull the games because a collection is coming out.
Makes perfect sense to me. If you can already get the game by other means, then why buy the collection? By pulling the Virtual Console versions, it would make the collection more sought after which equals higher sales.
They probably have a higher profit margin for digital sales. Downloaded games cannot be loaned or sold. Nintendo didn't remove the Kirby games when they released a collection. There isn't even a Donkey Kong collection announced. If it does come out, I doubt it would be for the Wii.
But I'd imagine the people that are use to it feel the same way when they look at the month/day/year format. I've been playing Xenoblade Chronicles, which wasn't localized for the USA, and every time I see the date on my save file I go, "Wha-Ohhhhh. Right."
