Saturday 4 November 2023

More Rare Gems from the Bargain Bin


The Commodore VIC-20 was not as fondly remembered as the Commodore C64, but it definitely deserves some respect for being the precursor to the iconic C64.

Poor Luigi. He just cannot get enough of the injustices Nintendo is doing to him. Just because he is merely a similarity, does not mean you have the right to make him suffer. Then again, it was his fault that the Year of Luigi made Nintendo lose $456 million, which justifies Nintendo's vindictive disdain towards Luigi. And if anybody wants to find a special Wiimote in a bargain bin, you will most likely find Luigi Wiimotes in the bargain bin.

Was it necessary for Nintendo to come up with a Wii Mini? That version of the Wii was disappointing compared to other versions of the Wii. Therefore, finding the Wii Mini inside a bargain bin would be justifiable.

As if Luigi wasn't the only person Nintendo likes to mistreat, his purple arch-rival Waluigi is being mistreated by Nintendo even more than the green guy. If you are looking for Super Mario series T-shirts in the bargain bin, expect to find mostly Luigi or Waluigi T-shirts.

Normally, Data East games wouldn't end up in the bargain bin, but unlike SNK Arcade Classics, Data East Arcade Classics isn't as fondly remembered, but we should delve deeper into the history of Data East. It will help G-Mode, and perhaps Paon DP, reawaken nostalgia for Data East franchises, many of which have been dormant since Data East's demise.

Apparently, the 3rd edition of the Sega Genesis should have more respect since it was a Sega console that was on the market during the time period between the discontinuation of the Sega Saturn in North America and the North American release of the Sega Dreamcast. Basically the 3rd edition Sega Genesis was the stop-gap solution Sega's North American operations desperately needed but it was one that was sidelined by the Sega executives amid the Sega Saturn's shortcomings and the imminent launch of the Sega Dreamcast.

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