GBA <> GC linkup thingy

[NumberSix]

Genuine question.

I've heard much talk of the exciting things that will happen when I link my GBA to my GC, but so far the only release I've come across that's done anything half decent was Metroid.

Are there any gems I'm missing?

[Beertiger]

Tingle Tuner! Tingle Tuner! Best use ever.

Rayman 3 has some kick ass multi-player modes that use it.

Sonic Team games support it really well with downloadable games like NiGHTS and Chu Chu Rocket.

[NumberSix]

Tingle Tuner! Tingle Tuner! Best use ever.

Rayman 3 has some kick ass multi-player modes that use it.

Sonic Team games support it really well with downloadable games like NiGHTS and Chu Chu Rocket.

Hmm. Was quite unimpressed with the Tingle Tuner, to be honest. A novelty that was fun for a bit, but that was about it.

Ooh. Not played any Sonic stuff in ages. I'll take a look, ta.

[Cyhwuhx]

.::: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles makes 'good' use of it (although a Secret of Mana-like ringsystem would have been far better).

It's a severely underused feature though. Just like mini-games for your VMU.

[shirubagan]

Kapp'n! The Pattern Creator! The Island! Chao Garden! Erm... Formation changer in Rogue Leader. Hmm...

[DarhkFox]

It has its uses.

Problem with the tingle tuner, i seem to "have to" use it when I play Wind Waker. Especially in the dungeons, to find the statue.

Anima Crossing used it to good effect too.

[Systemshock]

I liked Kap'n in Animal Crossing but the link up allowed you access to another main game area there. I hated the tingle tuner because using a plain old GBA when I prefer playing games in a more dark than light room means that I couldn't really see the GBA. An SP would be better but generally speaking this link up thing was a tactic of Nintendos to incentivise GBA owners to buy the cube. even if the tactic worked with some people I bet even they don't use the feature. The GBA as a controller in FF:CC looks more important but that annoys me too for the same reasons coupled with the fact that I have only one GBA and three normal gamepads.

[Stroker Ace]

Pac Man Vs. is the best thing ever. As great a multiplayer game as Bomberman.

The Tingle Tuner made Zelda into a game for two, rather than one and provided myself and friends with plenty of entertainment.

The GBA link up is great when used creatively, no question. It's rather crap when it's just used a means to unlock stuff, though (Metroid Prime, I'm looking at you).

[kensei]

.::: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles makes 'good' use of it (although a Secret of Mana-like ringsystem would have been far better).

It's a severely underused feature though. Just like mini-games for your VMU.

No, it wouldn't work, because it pauses the screen for evryone.

After playing Sword of Mana I have went right off the ring system. Far, far too many rings makes it fiddly.

[Stifler]

Splinter Cell made good use of it...The radar and Remote bomb thingys were nice little extras to an already sweet game

I'm looking forward to Four Swords Plus too...hopefully it'll be as much fun as the GBA version.

[Alex W.]

At the moment, it's lame. MGS: TTS was going to make it great. But they've cut that bit.

Crystal Chronicles apparently makes good use of it, but that's not out here until the heat death of the universe.

[Aust]

I liked Kap'n in Animal Crossing but the link up allowed you access to another main game area there.

As much as I like the Kap'n, I wish I didn't have to do that 'connectivity' thing each time I wanted to go to the island. Because of it I rarely go there, and I have to refer to the manual every time. Though that could just be because I'm stupid.

[bomber]

Rayman 3 and Pacman VS are the best uses for it, although I expect Pokemon Colloseum to be good as well.

[Beertiger]

At the moment, it's lame. MGS: TTS was going to make it great. But they've cut that bit.

Crystal Chronicles apparently makes good use of it, but that's not out here until the heat death of the universe.

what did MGS:TT have then?

[Stroker Ace]

Mini Map, same as Splinter Cell, I believe.

Would have cleaned up the screen, quite nicely.

[DJ Sack]

And also meant you'd have to hold the GBA in your hands and look away from the action.

[Alex W.]

what did MGS:TT have then?

They never revealed, but it got cut because they had a choice of including something that was kinda crap, or leaving it out entirely. So my guess would be a mini RADAR screen.

[Stroker Ace]

And also meant you'd have to hold the GBA in your hands and look away from the action.

No tables in your house?

[Uzi]

ah, so its still a bit of a pointless novelty? Im just glad four swords can be played thru without it now, considering a SP costs more than a standalone cube

[Cyhwuhx]

.::: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles makes 'good' use of it (although a Secret of Mana-like ringsystem would have been far better).

It's a severely underused feature though. Just like mini-games for your VMU.

No, it wouldn't work, because it pauses the screen for evryone.

After playing Sword of Mana I have went right off the ring system. Far, far too many rings makes it fiddly.

.::: Yes, it would. After having completed FFCC there isn't anything as pressing you need an entire screencovering menu for. They could have just set the useable-items in one ring and the equip items in another for exmaple. The only thing the GBA is actually needed for is the map (which only one of the players gets and thus promotes verbal communication). But it's use was practically zilch to us as we just walked and 'mental mapped' like in any other mapless game.

But the rest could easily be done via the Mana ring-system.

Which they should have done as FFCC is more SOM than FF anyway.

BTW: The final boss is a bitch.

[DJ Sack]

And also meant you'd have to hold the GBA in your hands and look away from the action.

No tables in your house?

I sit in my huge bean bag when playing a game, not as if im about to have dinner

[Stroker Ace]

I'm way to manly, hard, sexy and cool to sit in a bean bag.

Stick it on your bloody knee!

[Alex W.]

I had this problem myself, the damn thing kept falling off my knee or sliding about the couch. A good idea, mind, especially if you have a pyromaniacal mate around.

[Kryptonian]

I still want it to be used as some sort of surveilance device in a FPS, ie you set up some sort of camera and you can see what's going on in that area using the GBA screen.

Would be good for a online CTF game, if the GC had one that is.

[NumberSix]

I still want it to be used as some sort of surveilance device in a FPS, ie you set up some sort of camera and you can see what's going on in that area using the GBA screen.

That's exactly the kind of thing I was thinking of. Everything I've seen has been a rubbish bolted-on extra. Your suggestion would be perfect, 'cos it adds something significant to the gameplay.

I know those without GBA would moan, but it'd be easy enough to arrange it so the function was useful rather than essential to the game.

Up to this point I've taken a look the first couple of times I've played the game, and ignored it from that point on. I want something integral.

[DarhkFox]

when i played Zelda WW, i usually lied down on my bed, with the GBA half folded (like a laptop) sitting on my bed. Dead easy..

[DJ Sack]

I still want it to be used as some sort of surveilance device in a FPS, ie you set up some sort of camera and you can see what's going on in that area using the GBA screen.

That's exactly the kind of thing I was thinking of. Everything I've seen has been a rubbish bolted-on extra. Your suggestion would be perfect, 'cos it adds something significant to the gameplay.

I know those without GBA would moan, but it'd be easy enough to arrange it so the function was useful rather than essential to the game.

Up to this point I've taken a look the first couple of times I've played the game, and ignored it from that point on. I want something integral.

that wont happen as the GBA's data transfer is so slow. Although rayman 3 had some great ideas, such as the GBA player having to place down a race track before the GC played flew off the end.

[ryodi]

I think the worse use of the link up I have seen is on Madden 2003. It was just the electronic scoreboard. Which you could see on thre television anyway.

[Alex W.]

What, MINI-JUMBOOOOOOTROOOOOOON?

I thought that let you view the action in a vaguely JUMBOOOOOOTROOOOOOON style manner too.

JUMBOOOOOOTROOOOOOON!