Downloadable Nostalgia

So I mentioned in the previous post that I got my grubby little mits on a Classic Controller for the Nintendo Wii, something I've been meaning to pick up for the longest time. My main motivation for getting it was being able to play some oldschool games via the Wii's Virtual Console. The Virtual Console has been around as long as the Nintendo Wii, but I've only recently been obsessed with the system when Nintendo uploaded Super Metroid for purchase. I loooved that game when I was growing up. Even though the Super NES is no longer with us (my brother gave it away to some relatives in Arizona), I still have the original cartridge. :D It's such a great game, if you haven't played it you should do yourself a favor and buy a Wii just so you get the opportunity... it's one of the greatest games of all-time. ;) Anyway, being a Super NES title meant that the game required playing with more buttons than the standard Wiimote could deliver. I bought that one piece of hardware so I could pick up that one piece of software. :) Best $20 ever spent in the history of the world. ;)

I just started playing the game a few days ago so I haven't made much progress... at least I don't think I have. I've forgotten a lot about the game. :P Well not too much... but the fact that Metroid Fusion borrowed so heavily from Super Metroid makes keeping track of certain things confusing. It all seems familiar, and at the same time it doesn't. Anyway, I'm having fun... and I have all the time in the world to fall in love with it again and learn it inside-out.

Along with Super Metroid, I picked up some NES titles that I've been dying to get my hands on. Things from my childhood... things that I never got to know on a personal level. For the most part, a lot of the classic titles out there I only remember as games my brother played through and beat. My brother was a master gamer, and at the time I was too young to really do anymore than watch. Now that I'm older though and I'm a more competent gamer, I've been dying to get a crack at a few games that hold this sacred space in my memory. These titles seem mythic... or legendary. Thinking of them brings me back... back to that mindset... brings me back to being a little kid. So it's sorta weird... overcoming this fear I have with them, 'cause I feel as though there's no way I can possibly beat any of them. :P But I don't know, we'll see how that goes.

I picked up Donkey Kong, which wasn't one of those games but just a game I've been dying to own. It's so classically classic and it plays a very integral role in the history of Nintendo, how could I not get it? Then I picked up Kid Icarus, which absolutely is one of those games. I know my brother's beaten it... though, I doubt I could. I gave it a test run the other night... it seems easy enough, but I hope it's only a matter of patience and perseverance. :P And the main NES title I picked up was Zelda II - The Adventure Of Link! :D The only major Zelda title I've yet to beat. I know it's a bit of a doozy, but I think I can beat this one. My brother has... and I remember it being a real bitch. Here's hoping I'm a better gamer than my brother ever was. :P

Anyway, just wanted to update you on all the titles I'll be losing myself to in the next several months. :P I love the Fall. :D

DS333, time travelling.