J-Foo Plays Punchout!!! Wii Teaser.. I'M GONNA WIN!

Here is a small Teaser for a play through J-foo wants to do soon!

Virtual consoles expanded for the Wii U

Hey Folks, J-Foo here! I'm here to talk about Virtual consoles! I have several virtual consoles games, Ranging from "Super Mario World" to "Super Smash Bros." and I love playing each and every one of them! I especially love the Japan only releases. But... This is where I become conflicted... As you may know... I'm a big retro gamer... I love my retro games... I love the cartridges, I love how difficult they are to get to work, and I love how I have to essentially cough up a lung blowing into the game to mysteriously get it to work.

But does that mean Virtual consoles aren't worth it? I mean the price of the virtual console version of a game is about the same price as the physical retro copy USED!... Well the benefits and the disadvantage become clear when I put my nostalgia aside for old gaming tech.

Pros to virtual consoles:

It's pretty obvious that virtual consoles are pretty handy to have. You can play them on your Wii/U/3DS at any time. Being a big punch out fan, I love that I can play that game on several different consoles. ALSO, you don't have to change out the cartridge, and on top of that, it saves space having to store bulky cartridges. And having to hunt down a psychical  copy of a game that actually WORKS, and the console or clone console, and they ultimately have a shelf life. Where as for virtual console games, the shelf life is as long as the system lasts. And finally, you get access to games that weren't originally available in America.

Cons to virtual consoles:

So as for what is WRONG with virtual console games, is that if your console bites the dust, the that's it, or at least for the wii. If your Wii went belly up, and had to get a new one, you have to buy them all over again. I think Nintendo solved this with the 3DS and WiiU, but I'm not 100% on that. You also lose that priceless nostalgia of the good old days, unless that was before your time and are a horrible person. And if you already own said games, but just want to be able to play it on your console, you'd have to pay for it again (I've done this, and it's a small trade off since my games get played a lot).

conclusion:

From what I can gather, virtual consoles are amazing and convenient, and allow us to relive good old times, minus some nostolgia. But that isn't to say retro games aren't worth having. Each one has their place in our hearts. Retro games to relive the beginning, and virtual games to remind us how it all started, and in the end, we're still playing great games either way. 

SMASHING UPDATE: NEW CHALLENGERS APPROACH!!! LUCARIO! KING DEE DEE DEE! AND!!!!!!!!

LUCARIO!

KING DEE DEE DEE

AND...

LITTLE MAC!!!!

NINTENDO FINALLY HEEDED MY WORD! I wanted Little Mac in the last Smash Brothers SO badly, and he was... as an assist trophy... BUT now he finally gets the RESPECT he deserves as a tried and true PLAYABLE character in the new smash brothers!... this may be enough for me to forgive Nintendo for not announcing Shiek when they announced Zelda.

So the roster is now as follows!

Little Mac (Punch-Out!!)
King Dee Dee Dee (Kirby)
Lucario (Pokemon)
Zelda (Legend Of Zelda)
Rosalina and Luma (Super Mario Galaxy)
Marth (Fire Emblem)
Sonic (Sonic the hedgehog)
Peach (Super Mario)
Luigi (Super Mario)
Mario (Super Mario)
Bowser (Super Mario)
Olimar (Pikman)
The Villager (Animal Crossing)
Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong)
Megaman (Megaman)
Link (Legend of Zelda)
Toon Link (LoZ: Windwaker)
Wii Fit Trainer (Wii Fit)
Samus (Metroid)
Kirby (Kirby)
Fox (Star Fox)
Pikachu (Pokemon)
Pit (Kid Icarus)

Gaming Fun with J-Foo: Punch out!!: The fall of a champion

Hey folks! J-foo here! Finally snagged me a decent capture device for console gaming, so here is the first recording I did with it! Mike Tyson's Punchout! I really love this game, and have since I was but a child folks. it's been on my favorite games list since I could play games! hope you enjoy!

SJBC Classic Gaming Tournament of Champions!

Well, Nerds Socialize (J-Foo and Mr. Cucoon) managed to find ourselves a the SJBC Classic Gaming Tournament of Champions! It's a retro videogame tournament held by the community in which we live. this year was the 5th annual tournament. J-Foo attended the 4th one and almost made it to the finals, but got eliminated at the last minute.

The rules of the tournament were simple. there were 6 games:

Marble Madness
UN Sqaudron
Super Punchout!
Pac-Man
Hogan's Alley
Minecraft

There was a time limit of 3 minutes for all games. For most games (all but minecraft) you had to get the highest score possible in 3 minutes. J-Foo managed to get two high scores. He smashed the scores on Marble madness and Super Punchout!. J-Foo's scores were up there for most of the event. Mr. Cocoon managed to get the high score on UN Squadron without even trying to get one. and as for minecraft, the goal was to build something awesome in 3 minutes. Eventually, J-Foo's Punchout score was beaten, but no one even surpassed his marble madness score. So J-Foo and Mr. Cocoon made it to the finals. the final test was Dual tetris. Clear as many lines as possible in three minutes as a team. They some how pulled off 2nd place! so much awesome today. J-Foo really needed this today, for he has been having personal issues as of yesterday, so congratz!

Heres the break down of the play by play:

J-Foo chose two games he knew he would be good at. Punchout he thought he would go undefeated since he's played that game since he first started playing games. He's played it on ever console imaginable, even hacked ones.



He then chose Marble Madness. He wasn't exactly sure if he could maintain the high score on it, but it's a game he's owned since childhood, and he needed a second game to get a score in to ensure his spot in the finals. He then set high scores in both games for the longest part of 2 hours.






Then the unthinkable happened! Someone beat his punchout! score of 36190 at 41710. So he stepped back up to the plate and tried again. This time J-Foo practically doubled his score from last time with a wopping 78,310. and it stayed like that for most of the day. and only one person got close enough to almost beat his marble madness score of 19,240, and all failed to do so. eventually though, J-foo's Punchout! score was beaten again by the same person with a wopping 87,410. Luckily he kept his marble maddness score:

                                         

(A wild Mr. Cocoon has appeared!)

So the team of Mr. Cocoon and J-Foo made it to the finals for the ultimate tests! a test that only FOOLS attempt! to fall into the good graces of the Tetris god! in.... DUAL TETRIS!!!! a team sits down and plays Tetris for the N64 on marathon mode for 3 minutes. then you add up the total lines cleared and that's the teams score! Lucily J-Foo and Mr. Cocoon were in the Tetris Gods good graces and set the highscore... until our hopes of first place were DASHED in an instant when our score was beaten by 11 points.

WHY TETRIS GOD!? WHHHHHHY!!!!! We'll never acheive Tetris Nirvana now.... BUT there was a plus side... out of all the trophies... second place looked the coolest!

This will do nicely on J-Foo's mantle next to Mario and Luigi! INFACT! it already does!

We had so much fun! Thanks to all the people running the event! it was a blast and I look forward to it next year. if you wanna participate next year, I'll try to keep you informed on the event. it's nothing big, just a small gathering and it's free to enter, and there is lots of free food! Hopefully more pics to come soon guys! See you on the other side!