# Talk:Classic NES Series

It would be awesome if we could include a photograph of the NES-themed GBASP. Hbdragon88 06:06, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Donkey Kong - Jeff Gerstman wrote that removing the Pie level made for an incomplete experience. [1].  Just because the title says "Classic NES Series" doesn't mean that it hasn't been criticized for lacking the pie level.
The lack of the levels in Super Mario Bros. is still an issue and has been critized even if, again, the title says "Classic NES Series."  Gamers don't stop to think, "Oh gee, because it says 'classic NES' it means that it had to be faithful."  It has been criticized precisely because it has been faithful.
You could add that the criticisms don't fit because they are supposed to be faitful ports.  The Donkey Kong entry has noted that it wouldn't make it faithful. But they are still criticisms and are perfectly valid even if they clash with the series title. - Hbdragon88 07:28, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
I also don't think his criticism on Bomberman fits either. I don't see how he can expect it to have multiplayer when it never had multiplayer when it was on the NES.

A good rule of thumb I have seen elsewhere on Wikipedia is to only list criticism which has an independent source, not just your own nitpicks or pet peeves. This eliminates a lot of conflict because you can say "A says that..." instead of just making claims which by themselves would violate NPOV. Someone who knows more about this subject should examine the currently unsourced claims to see which ones can be verified externally. (ESkog)(Talk) 22:32, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
I did a quick check on reviews from a couple big name game sites (IGN & Gamepro namely) and what Hbdragon88 is saying seems to hold water.  The reviewers all mention the missing levels, so the criticisms do exist.  It's not our place to decide the merit of these criticisms, but perhaps the best way to solve this is with a revision of the text that acknowledges Nintendo's reasoning for excluding these levels. --GunMetal 22:34, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

I don't like that Super Mario Brothers 2 wasn't released in the United States, whereas it was released in Japan. True, it isn't as popular as 1 or 3, but it's fun to play anyway. Also, Super Mario Brothers 3 would've been nice, as Super Mario Advance 4 updates it by adding stupid quotes. Such as when Mario acquires mushrooms, fireflowers, etc, he says, "Oh-ho! Just what I needed.", or when you start a level, "Let's-a go.", or when you start the game, "Let's-a-go. Super Mario.". So lame. A more accurate version would've been nice.

>These issues have driven many nostalgic players to questionably legal methods, such as using the PocketNES emulator with infringing copies of games.
I removed this comment since "nostalgic players" were using the PocketNES emulator quite some time before the Classic NES Series was released.

Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
Tetris

Here's what I'd like to see for the 3rd series.
Super Mario 2- The Japanese got it, but we have to put up with the annoying voices in Super Mario Advance. The original should be rereleased.
Super Mario 3- Super Mario Advance 4 is 97% true to the original, but I'd rather not have the voices thank you very much. It was also a very innovative game, bringing inventory as well as the frog suit and famous raccoon suit.
Tetris- How can you provide Dr. Mario without bringing the legend it's based on? If not for the mastery of Tetris, Dr. Mario would've never existed.

The website is gone.  Recently Nintendo has deleted the whole thing.  The Way Back Machine will not load this site.  What should we do now??  Fortenium (talk) 04:43, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

JPN: 14.02.2004 / 21.05.2004 / 10.08.2004
USA: 02/07.06.2004 / 25.10.2004
EUR: 09/10.07.2004 / 07.01.2005
Japanese dates for all 3 series are mentioned on official Japanese page, European date for series 2 can be found on official European page (German page says "Ab dem 7. Januar in den Läden!", while it's "In stores now!" in English), and all sources I found gave the same date for the US release date for series 2.
Sources:

www.ign.com/articles/2004/03/27/its-official-classic-nes-series writes "will launch on June 7th in the US", www.ign.com/articles/2004/04/02/classic-nes-series-2 "will initially ship with eight games on June 7th" and e.g. www.ign.com/games/bomberman/gba-627901 for Bomberman "Release Date: June 7, 2004". => 07.06.2004 for series 1 in US
www.gamefaqs.com/gba/919777-classic-nes-series-the-legend-of-zelda/data & www.gamefaqs.com/gba/920688-classic-nes-series-bomberman/data => 02.06.2004 for series 1 in US and 09.07.2004 for series 1 in EU
www.amazon.de/The-Legend-Zelda-NES-Classics/dp/B0001ZZNME (& www.amazon.de/Zelda-The-Adventure-Link-Classics/dp/B0002Y67QA/ref=pd_sim_vg_1 ) => 09.07.2004 for series 1 in EU (& 07.01.2005 for series 2)
www.amazon.com/The-Legend-Zelda-Game-Boy-Advance/dp/B0001ZZNME/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391243681&sr=8-1&keywords=Classic+NES => 07.06.2004 for series 1 in US
www.zeldaeurope.de/spiele/tloz/classics.php (Mix of German an English, known as "Denglisch" in German) => 10.07.2004 for series 1 in EU and 07.07.2004 in US - most likely they retardedly mixed up June (Juni in German, 6th month) and July (Juli in German, 7th month).
So it should be 09.07. in Europa for series 1; but for series 1 in US 2 sources say 07.06, one says 02.06; of course not counting wikis. So: It should be 07.06 in the article - or some other sources shall be given - or it should be both dates connected with "or". -93.196.229.55 (talk) 09:11, 1 February 2014 (UTC)

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Classic NES Series/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Nominator: Cyberlink420 (talk · contribs) 03:14, 22 August 2025 (UTC)
Reviewer: TarkusAB (talk · contribs) 17:19, 25 August 2025 (UTC)
I saw this article a while back when Nintendo Classics was renamed, and thought it needed some work. Glad someone took it up. TarkusABtalk/contrib 17:19, 25 August 2025 (UTC)


### Overview
You give the price in Europe in Pounds but shouldn't it be in Euros? Or have the Euro price too?
I'd like to, but I haven't been able to find a source that stats the price in Euros, only Pounds. I can change that from Europe to the UK if that works better, especially now that I've found the Australian price.
Would be nice to get a few more technical details if available:
Are the games emulated or ported? I think emulated but this isn't mentioned anywhere (except the lead, but no source).
Emulated, per IGN sources cited on the page. ([2][3][4][5]) I've added explicit mention of that to the page now.
You mention that the aspect ratio needed to be changed for the games. Did they change the aspect ratios significantly (stretch to fill the whole screen), or did they just need to fit within the given resolution as close to original as possible? I know the NES was 256x240 and the GBA was 240x160. Curious if they just stretched the games horizontally or tried to keep the ratio as close to the original as possible with black bars on the sides and mismatched pixels of course. Any more detail here would be nice if available.
Per the cited GameSpot review of Super Mario Bros., they are stretched to fill the screen. You can see the end result in the included screenshots. I've modified the sentence to make that bit more clear. (Obviously not a usable source, but a video I watched on the subject explains that the emulator doesn't render every fourth horizontal line, creating the games' "squished" appearance, with some sprites also being redrawn to account for this. These are technical details I'd love to add if I could find a reliable source for them, but c'est la vie.)


### List
A total of 32 games were developed. Idk is "developed" is the right word here. The games were already developed in the 1980s. Maybe just "released"
Changed.
Are these alternative available versions (e.g. from Animal Crossing) the same versions as the Classic NES Series games? Like, you mention that some of the GBA games have enhancements like being able to save progress. I wonder if these other versions have those enhancements too (I don't think they do). Maybe these enhancements are not significant because it seems critics also simply said "these games are available elsewhere", without indicating any differences, but just something I was thinking about.
The save and multiplayer enhancements are part of the emulator shell used specifically for the Classic NES Series games, so they aren't present in the other GBA versions; other releases listed in the notes tab are just other capacities in which the NES/8-bit games were released on GBA, since it was a common point of criticism. (Truthfully, I think it might actually be the same emulator in Animal Crossing and the e-Reader cards, but they don't include those features either because they hadn't been developed for the emulator yet or because of the nature of how they're accessed — since NES games played through Animal Crossing and the e-Reader are only temporarily stored to the GBA until the power turns off, there's no point in saving progress. But that's ultimately both speculation and a moot point since they still fulfill the core criticism of "there are other ways to play these NES ROMs on GBA".) If you think there's a better way to convey that, I'm all ears.


### Reception
No comment


### Lead
No comment
Let me know your thoughts. TarkusABtalk/contrib 19:47, 26 August 2025 (UTC)

Responded to each point; I'm interested to get your opinions. -- Cyberlink420 (talk) 20:57, 26 August 2025 (UTC)
Pass. Yes I think saying UK instead of Europe is more appropriate there. You just don't have the Euro price so just don't mention it then. I don't have a better way to convey mentions of the alternate GBA releases, so we'll stick with what you wrote. TarkusABtalk/contrib 03:28, 27 August 2025 (UTC)