Leland

King Hippo!

I'm simply thankful that life seems to be turning around towards a positive direction for me.

Its hard to not pick the US Megaman 3 or 6. 3 was the first Megaman I ever played - and 6 was the only one I owned for the LONGEST time.

Europe's #1 looks like he's in the middle of a dance and song routine, IMO. But I think I'll have to go with the US's Megaman 1 box art. I mean, I really hope that this wasn't a high budget, professional artist 'cuz its just terrible!!!

Little Nemo YES!!!!!!!!! I would love to see something like this come back!

I would also love to see this game released on the VC.

Hmm, my first comment seemed to disappear. So I'll try again (watch it show up twice now)

Anyways, I believe that advertising has a lot to do with it. This generation Nintendo is focusing a lot on "recruiting" new gamers - people who have never been into video games before.

What are these new gamers seeing? Ads for first party games (aka Wii Fit, Mario Kart, etc). How many of these new gamers are going to look for 3rd party games? Probably not a lot. Why? Because they're not fanboys! They aren't hard core into video games yet!

They see the ads and think "ooh that looks like fun!" I personally had several friends who aren't gamers who wanted to buy Wii Fit just because they saw the commercials all the time.

So I'm sure these "new gamers" are a large part of why 1t party games are selling so much better on the Wii than anything else. It doesn't seem like the 3rd party people are giving any thought to this.

Now, I also have to agree with the comments about quality of 3rd party games. Zack and Wiki, IMHO, is the only 3rd party game so far that's worth the money. The other ones need some SERIOUS improvement to be worth anyone's time.

I agree with the advertising comments. Advertising plays a huge role.

I also agree that a lot of 3rd party people, IMHO, haven't been putting in enough effort in their Wii titles. Lazy ports, bad controls, etc.

Going back to the advertising bit - We all know that Nintendo has focused majorly during this console generation on "recruiting" new people to become gamers. So, why should 3rd party game makers expect people who are new to gaming - who probably aren't reading sites like this one or researching what's out on the market - to just automatically know about their games if they're not advertised????

I'm sure a lot of the sales for Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii were new gamers who happened to see the butt loads of advertisements on tv and thought "ooh that looks fun!" So, I'm sure, Nintendo's first party games have an advantage in sales because they are getting money from people outside of PS3's and Xbox's circle of buyers.

Right now all I have with me is my Wii, my Gamecube, and my Ps2. I guess my fav after the Wii is the Ps2. And currently I'm replaying through Final Fantasy VIII for the Ps1.

Oh, I forgot to mention, my favorite Sailor girl was Sailor Venus. I have no idea why.

Anyone else care to share their favorite?

I also watched this show back in the day...religiously. I don't know what it was but I guess a chick throwing her tiara at someone and "punishing" them in the name of the moon was just awesome.

I, too, now have the song stuck in my head. Wonderful.

Ahhh yes the Soulstorm Brew. Made from Mudokkon bones and tears. That one would be interesting.....