@Jargon

I played similarly. I think if you're breaking your back over rainbow stuff (especially with games you CAN'T STAND) it would be wise to move on, and come back later. I rainbow'd a few awesome games before advancing, but I sure as heck don't want to get PO'd over Clu Clu Land after getting PO'd over Clu Clu Land..

Should we bunch up the sequel in this thread? Anyone pick it up yet? Championship Mode seems pretty fun so far and I believe it changes daily.

Ah, it's out today? I'm off of work and bored... might give it a download.

VofEscaflowne said:

Should we bunch up the sequel in this thread? Anyone pick it up yet? Championship Mode seems pretty fun so far and I believe it changes daily.

Amazing if true.

If not... then it's the same 3 sections forever for 6 minutes

Nintendo's trying to steal my name!

@rebonack

You stole my picture!

@VofEscaflowne

Jeez, just knock me off my horse why don't you.

@VofEscaflowne NOOOOOOOOOO each game has its own thread! Did anyone start the thread for the sequel yet?!

@Zero

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooope

I just finished this game up with three stars in everything. It was an interesting idea but it could have used more challenges that mixed things up, like the remix stages for example. I don't think I'll be going for the rainbow stars or the stamps though, as I can't stand games like Ice Climber and Golf. The stamps require too much grinding as well; since most of the bits come from completing challenges for the first time, it would take a long time to reach 99,999. Even if I went for all the rainbows (which I already had gotten about half just from beating the games), I doubt it'd be enough to get max bits.

This game seems to be presented for people who have played little or none of the games though, so maybe it just wasn't meant for me. I do kind of wonder about that though... Do Nintendo think a lot of Wii U owners aren't people who had/played an NES?

I have most of the games in this in some form, with the ones I don't have being Clu Clu Land, Donkey Kong 3, Tennis, and Urban Champion. Since I'm here, I might as well rank all the games:

These I like:
Donkey Kong
Excitebike
Mario Brothers
Super Mario Brothers
The Legend of Zelda

These games are okay:
Balloon Fight
Clu Clu Land
Donkey Kong Jr.
Donkey Kong 3
Wrecking Crew

These games stink:
Baseball
Golf
Ice Climber
Pinball
Tennis
Urban Champion

Mop it up said:

Do Nintendo think a lot of Wii U owners aren't people who had/played an NES?

I do. It's been a long time. I bet a decent amount of people here haven't played most of these games and most of us are at least adults. Add in all the kids with Wii Us and it's an even bigger group.

Although I think that's true of Wii, I have a feeling the Wii U is mostly selling to the hardcore Nintendo fan right now. It's tough to say though, and I don't know if there are any numbers on the demographic right now.

@Mop it up

Just based on Miiverse it seems to me that a pretty decent percentage of the ownership is kids.

@Jargon Ah, that could be a reasonable observation. I don't spend much time on Miiverse meself, and when I do, I just check out friend activity.

@Mop it up full disclosure: I have never even seen a NES in person. *hides in shame*

@Mop it up

Nice write-up. I'm currently working on 3 stars and rainbows myself (got about 3/5ths rainbows of the ones I've done so far). I rather like this game, though, with its only real flaw being in the quality of some of the games, and the fact that I would've loved to see way more x character in y game remixes (like in the credits sequence). Oh, and the lag issue, but that's more of a wireless/HD problem.

Here's how I'd rank the games in terms of enjoyable challenges:

Great:
-The Legend of Zelda (couldn't get enough of these, nostalgia overload and nice variety)
-Super Mario Bros. (good fun, would've been exceptional if it weren't for the lag)
-Wrecking Crew (I love this game and it works even better in bite-sized challenges)
-ExciteBike (holds up pretty well, actually, and works nicely in the context of NES remix)

Good:
-Donkey Kong (rather good variety and solid controls. I miss the arcade version's pie factory)
-Donkey Kong Jr. (gameplay-wise, this game's at least as good as DK)
-Balloon Fight (good, although the controls are a little wild)
-Mario Bros. (this is around the point where the controls start affecting my enjoyment, otherwise good)
-Donkey Kong 3 (weird game and stupid concept, but it plays well enough)
-Ice Climber (I have a soft spot for this one, even though the controls are lousy. I still enjoy its challenges, though)

Bleh:
-Clu Clu Land (just too unintuitive in how its controlled)
-Pinball (really really basic. A little music would've gone a long way)
-Tennis (interesting how you can see the seeds of Mario Tennis here, but the racket is swung soooo slowly)
-Baseball (so slowwww)
-Urban Champion (like Double Dragon, if Double Dragon was totally uninteresting and clunky)
-Golf (this just feels like guesswork to me. How am I supposed to have an idea of how far each club hits the ball?)

All that said, I'm a fan of NES Remix and it's sequel, and I'd be down for more of these in the future.

What aboouuuutttt Kid Icarus??

thefly said:

What aboouuuutttt Kid Icarus??

That's in Remix 2, which definitely has the better set of games.

@Zero NES remix 2 seems way too similar to the first game to warrent it's own thread, something which Nintendo itself seems to agree with given that I believe the two games share miiverse communities, perhaps take the Pokemon Y approach but then have a link on this one so that I can go to the locked nes remix 2 page and register it to my library.

Which reminds me.