The Caffeinated Penguin

Posted By matt on November 27, 2007

To Whom It May Concern:

I've recently had the unfortunate experience of downloading the SEGA
Title Super Thunder Blade, for my Wii. Unfortunately, it would seem
that nostalgia had me jumping at the chance to play the game again,
but age seems to have made my memory fuzzy. To wit – this is NOT the
game I thought it was. Thus, I find myself in the situation of having
spent 800 Wii Points (equivalent to $8 US) on a game which is complete
and total garbage, yet I cannot return.

Now, while I realize that this is exactly what would happen were I too
have bought a game at a store (once it's open, you own it because most
stores won't accept returns), I can't really claim that the Virtual
Console concept is flawed – it merely takes the current physical game
model into the virtual, with the same limitations.

However, I cannot help but wonder if it could be better. Suggestions:

(1) A time limited window where one can return Virtual Console games

   after some reasonable amount of time - perhaps 6 hours.

(2) A demo version of Virtual Console games containing the first few

   levels.

(3) A demo version of Virtual Console games which allows time-limited

   play (only works for an hour then requires that you buy it, etc.).

I'm sure the technology could be added with a firmware upgrade, and I
think that this would present a better value for
customers. Personally, I am now hesitant to download any other Virtual
Console games with which I am not intimately familiar. Thus, I will
not be spending money on games which might be good, or which I heard
were good, but will instead be limiting my purchases only to games
which I am certain are good. Since I never played anything on Neo Geo,
SEGA, or many of the other consoles represented, I will not be looking
at those categories for Virtual Console titles, lest I make this same
mistake again.

Thank you very much for your consideration,

Matthew Caron

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