Alright…well…while I can’t elaborate too much more than the title did, I have just got to ask,

Where does IGN get off rating games that have already been out?

The Virtual Console gives you access to classic games. That’s the point. Why are they re-rating them? Of course, the ratings will all go down, because the games have no been modified in any way. Also, while many have stood the test of time, many have not survived so well. So, naturally, some virtual console games will be less impressive.

The point is you are buying classic games to:

i) Wallowing in a pit of nostalgia, getting high off of your memories of “simpler, better days” OR ii) Play the classic games that you never got a chance to.

So, you should know that the games are not as good as modern day games…but this is no reason for IGN to lower the ratings. A lot of solid games (Ecco the Dolphin, Donkey Kong) are getting ratings around 7.0 or less because they are virtual console games.

It just seems unfair to rob people of Ecco the Dolphin. That game amazed me as a child, and pretty much up until our Sega broke.