Virtual console art.

**Cravdraa** · 08-07-2006, 08:13 AM

I've seen this floating around on a few sites. I think its promotional art for the Wii's virtual console, but whatever it is, it's cool.

Valentine · 08-07-2006, 08:42 AM

That rocks. Sega and Nintendo in harmony.

Koga · 08-07-2006, 09:38 AM

Really cool.

I also noticed Dr Wily and Protoman, so if this is really virtual console art I think the Mega Man games are confirmed.

Minister of Silly Walks · 08-07-2006, 01:15 PM

I was with my brother pointing out a lot of stuff.

Metroids, no Samus.
Lotsa Mario and Mario 2 things, no Mario.
The artist must be a huge Mario 2 fan, because there's a ton of references.
LOLO!
Ganon's there, and the Link's Awakening Egg, but no Link.
Protoman is either kidnapping or rescuing Princess Peach...
Luigi seems to be on a date with Roll.
Dr. Wily, Dr. Robotnik, and some other doctor apparently built R.O.B.

It's just so much fun to look at and point out all the different things you notice. Like DK chucking a barrel at an Octorock, and (Is that Mr. E.A.D. from F-Zero?) is jumping over to get 100 points.

***Ace Mercury*** · 08-07-2006, 01:16 PM

Oh man, that is awesomesauce. Roll and Luigi sharing a ride? Kirby Belmont? This is ridiculousness.

Codiekitty · 08-07-2006, 02:09 PM

This has got to be fan art. WTF are Firebrand, Sonson, the Goemon second player, Sir Arthur, Kid Dracula, that DigDug enemy, MIGHTY BOMB JACK, a Gradius Moai head, MASTER HIGGINS, THE BURGER TIME GUY, RICK TAYLOR, the Parodius cat ship, THE ROCKIN' KATS HERO, a Darius enemy, MAPPY, A HIGEMARU PIRATE, Dragon Warrior slimes, some people I don't feel like listing, and a bunch of people even I don't know who they are doing on here?

What really tells me that this is fanart is the Rockin' Kats hero. Has anybody EVER cared about that game?

Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there!

Frumious B, · 08-07-2006, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by CodieKitty

This has got to be fan art. WTF are Firebrand, Sonson, the Goemon second player, Sir Arthur, Kid Dracula, that DigDug enemy, MIGHTY BOMB JACK, a Gradius Moai head, MASTER HIGGINS, THE BURGER TIME GUY, RICK TAYLOR, the Parodius cat ship, THE ROCKIN' KATS HERO, a Darius enemy, MAPPY, A HIGEMARU PIRATE, Dragon Warrior slimes, some people I don't feel like listing, and a bunch of people even I don't know who they are doing on here?

They've been on Nintendo Consoles. Atleast most of them.

Koga · 08-07-2006, 03:14 PM

I think the guy jumping over the barrel is from Mystical Ninja. I can't remember his name, though.

Codiekitty · 08-07-2006, 04:16 PM

^ Goemon = Mystical Ninja. I looked it up, and his name is Ebisumaru.

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Originally Posted by Frumious Bandersnatch 64

They've been on Nintendo Consoles. Atleast most of them.

Oh wow, so because they've been on Nintendo Consoles in the past, that's proof this is official artwork, and they're all getting games for the Wii.

The only Nintendo game Rick Taylor's been in wasn't even released in America. If Sonson and the Higemaru Pirate have ever been in a Nintendo game, they've never been released in America either (and Pirate Ship Higemaru was never available in America until Capcom Classics Collection).

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***Ace Mercury*** · 08-07-2006, 04:50 PM

^ I was under the impression that this was Japanese, for Japanese, anyways.

**KirbyBoy2000** · 08-07-2006, 04:53 PM

I really like this, especially some of the little details thrown in. (Ice Climbers on the side of the Mountain of the Wind Fish, Mr. Game and Watch panicing that Diskun(?) is in a burning building.)

I'm guessing they decided to show lesser known characters for it, I mean, everyone pretty much knows the main characters of the more popular Nintendo games, so they probably decided not to bother.

**Cravdraa** · 08-07-2006, 05:04 PM

I don't know, CK. I think it looks pretty legit. As an advertisment for the virtual console, I think it's fairly perfect.

The biggest selling point of it is the nostalgia factor. What better way to promote that than to dig up as many older, obscure characters as they can. Even if the games themselves weren't that great, people remember the characters fondly. The whole thing looks like it's designed to make people say "Oh yeah... I remember that!"

I think it's the very fact that many of the characters are so obscure that proves it's real promo art. I've been into video games almost my whole life and I can only name about two thirds of the characters. I doubt that anyone on this board could do much better. That's significant, because it shows just how far they went to include characters. Without doing a decent amount of research, chances are that no one person would actually be able to name every character.

They even went so far as to actually avoid the most popular characters (Mario, Link, Samus, Sonic, and Mega Man) despite strong showings from their respective series because the presents of such strong icons would overwhelm the theme they were going for. That's shows quite a bit of fore thought went into it.

Finally, as Ace said, I believe this is targeted at Japan.

Codiekitty · 08-07-2006, 05:41 PM

Since I seem to have confused "Wii" with "Virtual Console", I guess I should ask something:

What the hell is the "virtual console"?

Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there!

**KirbyBoy2000** · 08-07-2006, 05:53 PM

Its this feature on the Wii that lets you download and play games from the old Nintendo systems... and also some of the Sega ones, and the Turbografix or whatever. It's kind of like an emulator, only run by Nintendo and it costs some money to download the games. Thats what I heard about it atleast.

**Cravdraa** · 08-07-2006, 06:39 PM

Yeah, basically you'll be able to download any older Nintendo game, from the N64 back, (I've heard some GCN games will be available too) plus the games of any third party companies that get into the act (many have already signed on), for a small fee. Nintendo recently signed a deal that'll include Sega and TurboGrafx-16 games as well.

Codiekitty · 08-07-2006, 09:11 PM

Yeah, I know what that is, I just didn't realize that's what they were calling it.

But sheesh, they're choosing to advertise this service with Rockin' Kats and Mighty Bomb Jack? Nostaliga or not, don't those games suck?

Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there!

DELICIOUS POISON · 08-07-2006, 09:11 PM

Beat carrying the Dig Dug monster - w00t.

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Originally Posted by CodieKitty

But sheesh, they're choosing to advertise this service with Rockin' Kats and Mighty Bomb Jack? Nostaliga or not, don't those games suck?

I've never played them. Although, it's safe to say you've vocalized more negative opinions about decent games than positive- while liking obscure and somewhat mediocre classics. I'm sure there were people who liked the games. And are those seriously the only characters you can focus on in the whole image?

Also, I'd like to point out the Trademark symbol next to the Wii logo. Why would a fan bother including that?

Codiekitty · 08-07-2006, 09:25 PM

There was copyright information on that picture with the cat, triceratops, and kangaroo Pokemon, and that was fake. Maybe I'm just being extra pissy about believing anything because of that.

It's not that I can only focus on those ones, it's just those ones get me the most about questioning this picture.

It's not that I don't appreciate those obscure characters, I just find it hard to believe Nintendo would put out something like this since their mentality is always "OMG, MARIO!"

Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there!

DELICIOUS POISON · 08-07-2006, 09:40 PM

Yes, but I'll take the optimistic route and assume that maybe they're getting better - and realizing Mario alone won't bring in more revenue than they're already making.

***CaptHayfever*** · 08-07-2006, 10:50 PM

^Maybe there's a partner picture with the big leads on it: Mario, Link, Sonic, Mega, Samus, etc.

Gotta say, the topic title sounded like this would be digital renderings of an NES or something.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

08-07-2006, 08:13 AM	#1
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08-07-2006, 02:09 PM	#6
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08-07-2006, 09:25 PM	#18
Codiekitty Just Another Face in Red Jumpsuit Join Date: May 2001 Location: Lemmingland Gender: Posts: 19,143 Thanks: 121 Thanked 174 Times in 120 Posts Points: 51,257.72 Bank: 3,021,450.74 Total Points: 3,072,708.46 Donate	There was copyright information on that picture with the cat, triceratops, and kangaroo Pokemon, and that was fake. Maybe I'm just being extra pissy about believing anything because of that. It's not that I can only focus on those ones, it's just those ones get me the most about questioning this picture. It's not that I don't appreciate those obscure characters, I just find it hard to believe Nintendo would put out something like this since their mentality is always "OMG, MARIO!" Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there! Last edited by CodieKitty; 08-07-2006 at 09:31 PM.

08-07-2006, 08:42 AM	#2
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08-07-2006, 09:38 AM	#3
Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,095 Thanks: 104 Thanked 186 Times in 117 Posts Points: 109,316.07 Bank: 25,861.92 Total Points: 135,177.99 Donate	Really cool. I also noticed Dr Wily and Protoman, so if this is really virtual console art I think the Mega Man games are confirmed.

08-07-2006, 01:15 PM	#4
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08-07-2006, 01:16 PM	#5
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08-07-2006, 03:14 PM	#8
Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,095 Thanks: 104 Thanked 186 Times in 117 Posts Points: 109,316.07 Bank: 25,861.92 Total Points: 135,177.99 Donate	I think the guy jumping over the barrel is from Mystical Ninja. I can't remember his name, though.

08-07-2006, 04:50 PM	#10
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08-07-2006, 04:53 PM	#11
KirbyBoy2000 Roleplaying Mod Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: NY,USA Gender: Posts: 5,024 Thanks: 1 Thanked 26 Times in 24 Posts Points: 47,894.24 Bank: 161,556.93 Total Points: 209,451.17 Donate	I really like this, especially some of the little details thrown in. (Ice Climbers on the side of the Mountain of the Wind Fish, Mr. Game and Watch panicing that Diskun(?) is in a burning building.) I'm guessing they decided to show lesser known characters for it, I mean, everyone pretty much knows the main characters of the more popular Nintendo games, so they probably decided not to bother.

08-07-2006, 05:04 PM	#12
Cravdraa VGF RPG Mod Join Date: May 2001 Location: It's round on the sides and high in the middle Gender: Posts: 5,925 Thanks: 54 Thanked 210 Times in 141 Posts Points: 29,921.23 Bank: 2,004,930.94 Total Points: 2,034,852.17 Donate	I don't know, CK. I think it looks pretty legit. As an advertisment for the virtual console, I think it's fairly perfect. The biggest selling point of it is the nostalgia factor. What better way to promote that than to dig up as many older, obscure characters as they can. Even if the games themselves weren't that great, people remember the characters fondly. The whole thing looks like it's designed to make people say "Oh yeah... I remember that!" I think it's the very fact that many of the characters are so obscure that proves it's real promo art. I've been into video games almost my whole life and I can only name about two thirds of the characters. I doubt that anyone on this board could do much better. That's significant, because it shows just how far they went to include characters. Without doing a decent amount of research, chances are that no one person would actually be able to name every character. They even went so far as to actually avoid the most popular characters (Mario, Link, Samus, Sonic, and Mega Man) despite strong showings from their respective series because the presents of such strong icons would overwhelm the theme they were going for. That's shows quite a bit of fore thought went into it. Finally, as Ace said, I believe this is targeted at Japan.

08-07-2006, 05:41 PM	#13
Codiekitty Just Another Face in Red Jumpsuit Join Date: May 2001 Location: Lemmingland Gender: Posts: 19,143 Thanks: 121 Thanked 174 Times in 120 Posts Points: 51,257.72 Bank: 3,021,450.74 Total Points: 3,072,708.46 Donate	Since I seem to have confused "Wii" with "Virtual Console", I guess I should ask something: What the hell is the "virtual console"? Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there!

08-07-2006, 05:53 PM	#14
KirbyBoy2000 Roleplaying Mod Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: NY,USA Gender: Posts: 5,024 Thanks: 1 Thanked 26 Times in 24 Posts Points: 47,894.24 Bank: 161,556.93 Total Points: 209,451.17 Donate	Its this feature on the Wii that lets you download and play games from the old Nintendo systems... and also some of the Sega ones, and the Turbografix or whatever. It's kind of like an emulator, only run by Nintendo and it costs some money to download the games. Thats what I heard about it atleast.

08-07-2006, 06:39 PM	#15
Cravdraa VGF RPG Mod Join Date: May 2001 Location: It's round on the sides and high in the middle Gender: Posts: 5,925 Thanks: 54 Thanked 210 Times in 141 Posts Points: 29,921.23 Bank: 2,004,930.94 Total Points: 2,034,852.17 Donate	Yeah, basically you'll be able to download any older Nintendo game, from the N64 back, (I've heard some GCN games will be available too) plus the games of any third party companies that get into the act (many have already signed on), for a small fee. Nintendo recently signed a deal that'll include Sega and TurboGrafx-16 games as well.

08-07-2006, 09:11 PM	#16
Codiekitty Just Another Face in Red Jumpsuit Join Date: May 2001 Location: Lemmingland Gender: Posts: 19,143 Thanks: 121 Thanked 174 Times in 120 Posts Points: 51,257.72 Bank: 3,021,450.74 Total Points: 3,072,708.46 Donate	Yeah, I know what that is, I just didn't realize that's what they were calling it. But sheesh, they're choosing to advertise this service with Rockin' Kats and Mighty Bomb Jack? Nostaliga or not, don't those games suck? Where are these lemmings going? The Super Nintendo Super Shire! Hop in line and follow them there!

08-07-2006, 09:40 PM	#19
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08-07-2006, 10:50 PM	#20
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