After playing the game for a few hours last night, I can say with complete certainty that blowing £200 (about $315) on a European red Wii just so I could gain access to the above-mentioned level would have been an awful waste of my hard-earned money.
Why? For starters, the pie factory is the game's weakest level. Sure, the stage's conveyor belts and cement pans (sorry, they're not really pies) can be a bit of a challenge, but after you've played it a few times it can be cleared in seconds.
Even if said level were the game's strongest, though, it wouldn't make it worth $315. Subtract about $300 from that total and you'll see what I think a digital version of Donkey Kong: Original Edition is worth (although I have to admit I'd personally pay up to $10 for it).
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I played that level the other day at the arcade. They've got a "Donkey King" machine that someone just GAVE them, and it's got that level, so I actually got to play it. It kicked my ass.
Well, crisis averted, then.
Don't get me wrong -- it's a great game overall and I'm glad Nintendo released it (albeit in limited quantities at this time). Still, I don't think people are missing all that much if all they have access to is the Famicom/NES version. IMO, if they had to remove one stage from the game, the pie factory one was it.
BTW, it's great that you have access to an arcade! I'm jealous...
Oh, yeah. We've got a great little arcade in town. It's super tiny and cute, but it's all about old games. LOVE IT.
www.starworldsarcade.com
Oh, that's cool. I wonder if there's anything like that in Seattle? I know there's one of those huge Sega arcades downtown, but that's not really the same thing...
I was in Seattle once and they had a pretty big classic arcade on some street corner. I don't remember which street, and this was also 15 years ago, so...
Hmmm, I'll have to check it out, Zigfried. I have to imagine the Sega mega-arcade isn't the only one in the city...
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