Author Topic: The game that made you buy a console  (Read 2295 times)

doafan

The game that made you buy a console
« on: March 20, 2015, 01:10:26 pm »
Do I have to say more ?, guess that the title explain it all so let's begin  8)

NES: Mega Man 2 and Contra, these two were part of my childhood and purchased them as an adult.
Game Boy: Gargoyles Quest and Robocop 2, both were a gift from my cousins when they did't want them anymore.
Super Nintendo: Not quite sure if it was for the Street Fighter Alpha 2 or the Samurai Shodown.
Playstation 1: Mega Man 8, I am a big fan of the blue bomber and wanted to see him at the new generation console.
Playstation 2: Silent Hill, 2 cause I first bought the PC version but my graphic card wasn’t enough for it.
Nintendo 64: Super Smash Bros but in the ended playing the Mario Kart 64 and Cruis’n USA.
Game Cube: Resident Evil 4, saw the game at a friend home and totally felt in love with Rebecca’s leather costume.
Nintendo DS Lite: Final Fantasy III, took me a time but this one was the chosen one, yes I love RPG games.
Dreamcast: Project Justice, after kicked a lot of butts at the Arcades want to practice even more at home.
Xbox 360 : Gears of War and Dead or Alive Xtreme 2, chainsaw, blood, big boobs and bikinis, do I have to say more ?
Wii: Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars, when I heard that this one was going to be an exclusive for this console. 
Game Boy Advance SP: The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, this one was a funny story I tested this game at a Best Buy store, guess that I was playing for at least one hour so one of the workers told me that the game was at sale, told him that if he was able to found it at the store I will purchase it (before I started to play didn't find a copy at the display), after almost 30 minutes later he came with a copy of the game, they had one at the warehouse so I purchase it even when I didn't had the console yet.

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kashell

Re: The game that made you buy a console
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2015, 02:19:07 pm »
Eh, I'll bite. I'm bored at work right now.

Super Nintendo: Mega Man X. I mean, come on.
Game Boy: I think it was for Final Fantasy Legend.
Game Boy Color: Crystalis.
Game Boy Advance: Castlevania: Circle of the Moon. More like Circle of the New Moon because that game was so hard to see. ZING!
DS: Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
3DS: The ambassador program. No...really.
Game Cube: Tales of Symphonia and Skies of Arcadia Legends.
Wii: Tales of Symphonia 2. *sigh*
PlayStation: Breath of Fire III, of course.
PlayStation 2: Ephemeral Fantasia.
PlayStation 3: Valkyria Chronicles.
PSP: It didn't matter. My first game for it was Legend of Heroes: A Tear of Vermillion, but I quickly got rid of it because that game was garbage. I just wanted a PSP since it was the latest, greatest thing.
PS Vita: I bought it for Ys IV, but my first game for it was Shinobido.
Dreamcast: Record of Lodoss Wars.
Sega Saturn: A tie between Albert Odyssey and Magic Knight Rayearth.
Xbox 360: Tales of Vesperia. As if y'all didn't know that.
Retron 5: I just got it so I could start collecting import SNES titles and so I could begin replaying Secret of Mana.

ffxik

Re: The game that made you buy a console
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2015, 02:38:20 pm »
I did things in reverse.  I wanted the console.  Then I would see what it had to offer in the way of games. 


soera

Re: The game that made you buy a console
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2015, 03:15:28 pm »
There are very few times I bought a system for a game. My DQ PS4 however is one ... and it was for DQ heroes itself. So happy it got a western announcement.

I plan to buy a Saturn eventually to get Magic knight Rayearth again.

turf

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Re: The game that made you buy a console
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2015, 03:22:42 pm »
I bought a GameCube so my soon-to-be ex-wife could play Animal Crossing.

Most of the time I just buy a system and hope I can find some games I like.


Re: The game that made you buy a console
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2015, 03:24:09 pm »
There's never ONE game that made me purchase a system, it's usually there are a few that are adding up and then one finally releases that makes me go "Well, now is the time." Though I did buy a Wii at launch which was certainly helped by having Twilight Princess on it, even if I didn't like the controls lol

On Xbox 360 it was Dead Rising.  It had a few games out by then I was interested in, but an awesome looking zombie game like that completely sold me.  Right now, the PS4 is building up to this.  Rock Band 4 has possibly pushed me over the edge, since I'm not getting an Xbox One.

Re: The game that made you buy a console
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2015, 03:26:37 pm »
I didn't buy the console, I got it for Christmas, but the commercial for Super Mario Land made me get the Gameboy. 

gf78

Re: The game that made you buy a console
« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2015, 03:30:07 pm »
Just systems I bought myself and I'm throwing the NES in which I bugged the crap out of my parents for!  I'm also going to list more than one game if there was more than one that I just had to have!  Systems I didn't buy at or near launch are not included.  Handhelds like the DS and 3DS which I didn't originally buy for myself but my kids are not included.  Some systems, I bought ahead of the release of that "big game" because I knew it was coming.  For example, not that I needed the extra push, but the promise of Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec for the PS2 was mouth-watering for me!   :P

NES  Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda
GameBoy  Tetris
Sega Genesis  Sonic the Hedgehog and Altered Beast
SNES  Super Mario World and Super Castlevania IV
GameBoy Advance  Castlevania Circle of the Moon
PlayStation  Rayman, Street Fighter Alpha and Ridge Racer
Sega Saturn  Nights Into Dreams
Nintendo 64  Super Mario 64, Zelda Ocarina of Time and Banjo-Kazooie.  Loved Banjo...hated the other two.  Least played system for me.
Dreamcast  Soul Calibur and Sonic Adventure
PlayStation 2  Tekken Tag Tournament, Onimusha and Zone of the Enders
PSP  Ape Escape and Darkstalkers Chronicle
Gamecube  Luigi's Mansion and Star Wars Rogue Squadron II Rogue Leader
Xbox  Halo, Oddworld Munch's Oddysee and Dead or Alive 3
PlayStation 3  Resistance Fall of Man
Xbox 360  Dead or Alive 4...and knowing a new Halo would be coming.
Wii  Wii Sports and The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess
PS Vita  Uncharted Golden Abyss
Wii U  New Super Mario Bros. U
PlayStation 4  Killzone Shadow Fall...and knowing all the great upcoming titles
« Last Edit: March 20, 2015, 03:34:21 pm by gf78 »
Currently playing:  Last of Us Part II Remastered, Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate Edition
Currently listening to:  Iron Maiden & Ghost
Currently Watching:  Cyberpunk Edgerunners & Last of Us

burningdoom

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Re: The game that made you buy a console
« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2015, 04:38:08 pm »
NES - Super Mario Bros.
SNES - Super Mario World, Super Mario All-Stars, Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past, AND Super Metroid.
Nintendo 64 - Uhh, I'm still not sure why I bought it.
GameCube - Metroid Prime
Wii - New Super Mario Bros. Wii & Metroid: Other M
Wii U - Super Mario 3D World, Hyrule Warriors, Pier Solar and the Great Architects, and New Super Mario Bros. U

Sega Master System - Cloud Master and Space Harrier
Sega Genesis - X-Men 2: The Clone Wars and the Sonic games.
Sega Saturn - Panzer Dragoon, Shinobi Legions, and Virtua Cop 1 & 2
Sega Dreamcast - Resident Evil: Code Veronica & Marvel vs. Capcom

PS1 - Resident Evil 1 & 2
PS2 - King's Field: The Ancient City & Resident Evil 4

Xbox - Morrowind
Xbox 360 - Oblivion & Halo 3

redblaze57

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Re: The game that made you buy a console
« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2015, 05:37:58 pm »
I bought a 360 and PS3 due to the Tales series. Though I think that series is more of a tipping point for me

Re: The game that made you buy a console
« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2015, 05:41:10 pm »

For the systems that a single game was responsible for me buying it.

Sega Saturn: Nights into Dreams
Sega Dreamcast: Sonic Adventure
PS1: Final Fantasy VII
PS3: Motorstorm
XBOX 360: Project Gothem Racing 3
Nintendo 64: Super Mario 64
Gamecube: Resident Evil
Wii: Zelda Twilight Princess
Wii U: Mario Kart 8

Re: The game that made you buy a console
« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2015, 09:19:04 pm »
Parents bought these:
Atari 2600
Intellivision

Systems I bought for that one game:
NES - Super Mario Bros.
Genesis - Strider
Turbo Grafx - Splatterhouse
SNES - Super Mario World
Atari Jaguar - Aliens vs. Predator
Playstation - Mortal Kombat 3
Gamecube - Legend of Zelda Collectors edition promo disc
Gamecube Gameboy player - Castlevania Circle of the Moon
Xbox - Counter Strike
DS - Brain Age (wife wanted it)
Wii U - Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze

Bought at launch for no particular game:
Playstation 2
Playstation 3
Playstation 4
PSP
Wii
Xbox 360
Xbox One
« Last Edit: March 21, 2015, 11:24:22 pm by betelgeuse »

stealthrush

Re: The game that made you buy a console
« Reply #12 on: May 21, 2015, 04:39:59 pm »
All of the consoles were purchased at/1-year official (NA) release date. Crossed consoles never purchased.
I admit most are unorthodox

Nintendo Entertainment System: Super Mario Bros.
Nintendo Super Nintendo: Super Mario World.
Nintendo Game Boy: Battle Arena Toshinden.
Nintendo Game Boy Color: Never interested.
Nintendo Nintendo 64: Never interested.
Nintendo Game Boy Advance: Never interested.

Nintendo DS: Bangai-O Spirits
Nintendo 3DS: Never interested.
Nintendo Game Cube: Gotcha Force
Nintendo Wii: Never interested.
NEC PC-Engine: Mr. Heli.
NEC PC-Engine CD: Valis III.
Sega Mega Drive: Gunstar Heroes.
Sega Dreamcast: Power Stone.
Sega Saturn: Die Hard Arcade.
Sony PlayStation: Trap Gunner.
Sony PlayStation 2: The Adventure's of Cookie & Cream.
Sony PlayStation 3: Never interested.
Sony PSP: Talkman.
Sony PS Vita: Never interested.
Microsoft Xbox: Never Interested.

Microsoft Xbox 360: Street Fighter IV.

maximo310

Re: The game that made you buy a console
« Reply #13 on: May 21, 2015, 04:59:29 pm »
I've only gotten the Gamecube and Wii at launch. Everything else was bought at least a year(+) after its original release
NES- Super Mario Bros.
SNES- Super Mario All Stars ( mostly for Lost Levels)
N64- Super Mario 64 ( can't exactly remember)
Gamecube- Star Wars:  Rogue Squadron II
Wii- Metal Slug Anthology
Wii U- New Super Mario Bros U+ Super Mario 3D World
PS1- Final Fantasy 7 + Ridge Racer
PS2- Maximo: Ghosts to Glory
PS3- Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi
Xbox-Panzer Dragoon Orta
Xbox 360- Blue Dragon
GBA- DBZ: Buu's Fury+ Pokemon LeafGreen
DS- New Super Mario Bros+ Dragon Quest IX
3DS- Mario Kart 7
Sega Saturn- Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness+ Vampire Savior
Sega Dreamcast-Marvel vs. Capcom 2
PSP- Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles
And soon(hopefully)...
Vita- Ys: Memories of Celecta

krelyan

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Re: The game that made you buy a console
« Reply #14 on: May 21, 2015, 05:23:14 pm »
GBA - Castlevania: CotM
DS - Castlevania: DoS
3DS - Etrian Odyssey 4
PSP - Final Fantasy Tactics, Disgaea
Vita/Vita TV - Persona 4 Golden
GameCube - Wind Waker, Smash Bros. Melee
Wii - Twilight Princess
WiiU - Super Mario 3D World
PS1 - Final Fantasy 7
PS2 - Don't even remember, think I just wanted to be able to be  "next gen" and continue to play the PS1 franchises I enjoyed... and the DVD player...
PS3 - Metal Gear Solid 4, Disgaea 3
PS4 - Bloodborne (despite not being out yet when I purchased)
X360 - Rock Band 2 (switched over from PS3 to play MP with buddies)


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