Tiny Diggers – An iPad Construction Truck Game for Kids Age 2-5

The more feature-rich Brawl becomes, the more impressed I become. This particular feature is kind of a strange one, but those who pick up the game will find a number of hidden time-limited versions of games that are available on Virtual Console. The games are tied into the characters in Brawl, and while the developer blog says these are the characters’ “greatest battles,” they aren’t necessarily the first, as Super Metroid is represented (the third game in the series) while Metroid does not appear to be. The reason I point that out is, while we have at least one (and probably two) character from the Mother series, it’s probably a safe bet that Mother won’t make it onto the disc, but perhaps Earthbound (Mother 2) will. Wouldn’t it be nice to see Mother 3 instead? Of course, that would mean they’d not only have to localize an entire RPG, but they’d have to put GBA games on the Virtual Console, something they’re not likely to do, at least not while the games are still on shelves.

So you start up the game, play it briefly and the time runs out, like on those in-store demo kiosks we all despised for their pushiness back in the day. Games mentioned include Super Mario Bros, Kid Icarus, Legend of Zelda, Super Metroid, Ice Climber, Kirby’s Adventure, and Star Fox 64. I expect we’ll see Sonic the Hedgehog and Metal Gear as well.

Note that Animal Crossing on Gamecube had full versions of a large number of NES games built right in as items you could find and then play emulated within the game. That was a clever and surprising little bonus from Nintendo back in those days, and uncharacteristically generous when compared to the current VC pricing.

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