Before I started today, I was a little stuck as to what to talk about. Then I went to the bathroom and it came to me. I really want to play Castlevania II: Simon's Quest. I can't say why this thought popped in my head while I was standing above the toilet, but it did and that got me thinking. Not only thinking about the Castlevania franchise, but about Nintendo's eShop on the 3DS and all the games that I would like to see in the shop that just aren't there.
My most recent eShop purchase was The Castlevania Adventure and I'll be doing a First Impression with it soon. Those born after 1989 may not remember this Gameboy release, but when I saw it crop up in the eShop, I got really excited and purchased it. I never played it in its original Gameboy release and this gave me the opportunity to put it with all the other Castlevania games that I have and can't beat; although that list isn't very long. Right now I'm hoping that Nintendo and Konami will release the rest of the the Gameboy Castlevania's, of which there are a total of three: The Castlevania Adventure, Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge and Castlevania Legends. The point is, Nintendo and Konami really should consider releasing not only these three Gameboy games, but also the three NES Castlevania games as well. I was really excited back in 2004 when the first game was released on Gameboy Advance and sad when they didn't continue to release the other two. I am aware that all the NES Castlevanias were released via Wii's Virtual Console, but I don't have a Wii. And besides, these games are perfectly suited for a 3DS eShop release. Especially with Castlevania: Lord of Shadows: Mirror of Fate being released on the 3DS in early March.
Castlevania aside, there're a couple other games that are available via the eShop, one of them being Night Sky, which is somewhat of a simplistic puzzle game visually akin to LIMBO, but with a different color palette. I've played Night Sky on my PC with keyboard controls but playing on the 3DS with a touch screen would be perfect. In the game you're moving an orb through a level fraught with. . . well, pits. It's a game that I'd really like to play on the 3DS, but since I'm cheap, I'm not ready to spend the $9.99 for a game that I already own on another platform.
On the other side of the price spectrum, is a game I just saw called Gunman Clive which is priced at a paltry $1.99. Now, you could just look at the pictures from the game and be "meh'd," or you can watch the video and be "awe'd" and greatly amused:
What immediatly comes to my mind, is Elevator Action and Contra, and those two games together, sound like they'd be awesome.
~JWfW/JDub/Jaconian
Starring Clive Owen
Gunman Clive looks neat! and all the better at $1.99
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