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LEAVE THE BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY ALONE (thelemmy.club)
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Nintendofans defending the honor of their billion dollar company from the evils of Internet piracy
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[–] 54 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (14 children)

Charging $20 for a 20+/- year old ROM file is wild.

Like holy shit, not even a remake or anything (I guess it wpuld be a remake of a remake?).

Pokemon Infinite Fusion is free.

Honestly one of the final nail in the coffin for me wanting anything to do with Nintendo was their shitty little ROM subscription service. Like not only are they charging you money for access to ancient ROMs, they have the gall to make it so you lose access the moment you stop paying. Gross. Obligatory "all games companies suck and do this." But man, fuck Nintendo. Pirate, emulate, fuck gaming companies. They've enshittified past the point of return now.

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  • [–] 26 points 6 months ago (10 children)

    I was like wait, FireRed/LeafGreen is a remake, it's not...

    Oh god this remake is a 20+ year old rom nl-despair

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  • [–] 25 points 6 months ago (9 children)

    I'm sorry kitty-cri

    You want to get really mad? Look up how much a genuine copy of the original cart is going for now

    agony-shivering

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

    Damn, I think I've still got a copy of pokemon Yellow in my cupboard somewhere. Good to know it can pay (a bit of) my rent for a week if I sell it on eBay I guess.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

    Yeah dawg that shits worth like... $100AUD if you replace the internal battery.

    I was talking about Fire Red and Leaf Green though, those are worth even more for some reason, like $300AUD

    It kind of sucks though. Used retro game carts used to be dirt cheap. I kind of miss getting a shitty old cart and restoring it, you know?

    I guess there are always flash carts for the physical media lovers. Thank god for piracy.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah, it really sucks. I didn't know the gen 1 games had internal batteries, I thought that was from gen 2 onwards. It really is awful how the "video game collectors" ruined retro gaming by treating old games like an "asset" to accrue wealth instead of ever actually wanting to play them.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    Yeah all Pokemon games pre-DS had a save battery that dries up in 15 years or so. Your Yellow save is probably long gone, but replacing the battery is pretty cheap and simple and there are lots of guides.

    But yeah, screw investor bros.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Who cares about "retro gaming" when emulation is a better experience in every way?

    If there is something I don't care about bourgeois fucksticks inflating the price of, it is legacy media with a fully functional digital replica.

    If you do really want physical, are there not flash carts for GB/GBC/GBA?

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    £20 for fire red ehehe

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Oh you wacky British owls and your pounds and pence and your tea and crumpets

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Me playing romhacks which are just the original roms except with a single pixel changed in the title screen so I won't be called a pirate

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