Ep - 114 All good Shops must come to an end!

Introduction

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Housekeeping

Sam: Streaming to return….sometime

John: On Topic Retro: Pokemon X & Y wrapping up May 15th, On topic Modern Unicorn soon?

FilmLogic: Fallout ep 1 review

RetroGroove: High Five - Top 5 Hollywood actors turned musicians

Star Wars Dads launching May 4!

 

What We’ve Been Playing

Guest - 

Sam - , Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights, Dark Arms: Beast Buster 1999, Metal Slug 1st Mission

John - Assassins Creed Black Flag, Pokemon X, and Spider Man 2 on hold finished the Fallout series

Shannon - Unicorn Overlord, LoZ:Four Swords Adventure, Stitched, Cryptrio

 

The Price Is Retro 

If this is your first time playing Price Is Retro, here’s how we play. I’m going to list off 4 or 5 games and everyone has to guess how much the lot is worth in total. Whoever is closest to the actual value wins that round! Everyone has a list and everyone guesses on each other's list. At the end, the player that won the most rounds wins the episode! But watch out for for our trio of automated competitors: The Ghost (Polterguest), the Robot (Deus Guess Machina), and the Dinosaur (???Retrosaurus???)  They each make their own guess as well!

Sam’s list

John’s list

Shannon’s list

Trivia Card

Show Topics  36:10

Online Shut Downs

• DS 

• April 1, 2016: The day it was announced that the Nintendo DSi Shop would close in 2017.

• September 30, 2016: The last day to have purchased points in the Nintendo DSi Shop using a credit card or to have redeemed Nintendo DSi Points Cards in the Nintendo DSi Shop.

• March 31, 2017: The last day to have purchased software in the Nintendo DSi Shop.

• Photo dojo, Dragon Quest Wars, Dark Void Zero, SteamWorld: Tower Defense, Pyoro, Mighty Flip Champs!, A Kappa's Trail, WarioWare: Snapped!, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition

-Wii

-   September 29, 2017: The day it was announced that the Wii Shop will close in 2019.

• March 26, 2018: The last day to have purchased points in the Wii Shop or redeem Points Cards in the Wii Shop.

• January 30, 2019: The last day to have purchased software in the Wii Shop.

• Adventure Island: The Beginning,Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth, Contra ReBirth, Excitebike: World Rally, FAST Racing League, Gradius ReBirth

- 3DS

• As of May 23, 2022, it is no longer possible to use a credit card to add funds to an account in Nintendo eShop on Wii U or the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.

• As of August 29, 2022, it is no longer possible to use a Nintendo eShop Card to add funds to an account in Nintendo eShop on Wii U or the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.

• As of April 3, 2023, it is no longer possible to redeem download codes in Nintendo eShop on Wii U or the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.

• As of March 11, 2024, it is no longer possible to combine the Nintendo eShop fund balance between a Nintendo Network ID and a Nintendo Account

Crimson Shroud, Rusty's Real Deal Baseball,  Ace Attorney Dual Destinies,  Ace Attorney Spirit of Justice, Pushmo, Crashmo and Stretchmo, Attack of the Friday Monsters, Box Boy, Box Box Boy, Bye Bye Box Boy, Liberation Maiden, Harmo Knight, Sakura Samurai Art of the Sword, Rhythm Heaven Megamix, Nintendo Badge Arcade

-Wii U

Dr. Luigi, Affordable Space Adventures, 

-Xbox 360

- The Xbox 360 Store and the Xbox 360 Marketplace (marketplace.xbox.com) will be retired on July 29, 2024

Eric Plunk

I think Microsoft has done the best job out of anyone on backwards compatibility and preservation of their Xbox library. 630 out of 2,155 360 games and 60 out of 998 original Xbox games have been made available on the Xbox One & Series X. While this softens the blow of the 360 marketplace’s closure there are still a massive amount of games being left behind. Physical copies of these games will and in some cases already have seen an increase in value. Digital only games like Rush ‘N Attack Expatriot, Rez HD, Vigilante 8 Arcade, and all of the Arcade Kinect games will be largely left to time, piracy notwithstanding. Here’s hoping that the recently rumored renewed focus on backwards compatibility from Microsoft comes to fruition.

 

 

- PS3

-While Sony had previously announced in 2021 that it was shutting down its PS3 digital storefront, the company reversed its decision after a backlash from fans. Both the PS3 servers and store remain in operation in 2024.

 

Thoughts -

 

Community Couch  

 

JosiahP.

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04/22/2024 10:21 AM Super Mario Maker for the Wii u hit me hard- do you think that revival services like RiiConnect24 or PriiTendo are a good option for revival projects?

Eric Plunk

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04/22/2024 10:40 AM

I wish I had the foresight to download the Konami Rebirth series of games from WiiWare before the Wii Shop closed down. Every company should make a better effort to preserve and make these games available on future hardware.

 

adam

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04/22/2024 2:21 PM

don’t have a story to tell, but instead a meme to share! but it’s wild to me that games like the crew can get delisted.

 

Presto

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04/22/2024 2:48 PM

What's your favorite WiiWare game?

 

Mike Writes

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04/22/2024 4:09 PM

Xbox 360 store is going offline in June. It might be your last chance to Ms. Splosion.

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