@Mathieu94 I am enjoying it so far. I have only just got to the fire area though so haven't got far. been playing other stuff too. But it's better than it's predecessors I though.

@shgamer For a series called arcade archives it would be nice if they included some history about each game instead just here's how to play it some of their releases have been amazing, and there are games have that "one more go" I won't lie but some of these releases like Space Invaders and other 70s games for this price is silly especially when capcom does it at 1/4 the price and honestly has a better presentation, even Atari has been doing a better job and more fair price, the dlc for the Namco arcade games,Atari ports is the same price as this one arcade archives release... lastly why the heck does Space Invaders and other 70's arcade games need a Switch 2 version? That isn't a free upgrade either... I know it's not the most powerful handheld in this age, but seriously? This isn't Zelda breath of the Wild it's a B&W 1970s arcade game...

'The Invaders... A Quinn Martin Production!' On no, that's a different one. I have the Space Invaders collection on Switch so suppose I am covered here, but a good one for them to commemorate in the excellent Arcade Archives series, I've bought quite a few and am sure more I'm interested in will be forthcoming. Great that Hamster do this and unusual titles like Kangeroo, which I played on the 2600 originally, are just not games you'd see rereleased anywhere else.

@nhSnork Not necessarily your point, but can we get that Xbox 360 era Final Fantasy XIII Switch 2 port?

@Lizuka I'm having trouble imagining this happening, but if it did, I would jump back in. Honestly, the other games are just filler upon replay.

@Doctor-Moo it'll just be a Stellar Blade skin

@MontyCircus A disk doesn’t have to be bad the 8bitdo m30 is the best pad for street fighter that I have found. (I use it over a £200 hori fight stick because it’s too heavy to put on my lap.)

@PinderSchloss AI images are bad references tools for artists in the same way that Wikipedia is a bad source. Even if your brain tells you it 100% correct, you need to know how you know that. You need a photo to verify with more certainty that what you're looking at is based on reality.

Using photos from a newspaper as a reference (like your ju-jitsu example) has never been a significant ethical controversy. Tracing is only an ethical controversy when it's utilised to deceive others in a given context. How an AI figures out how to generate an image of a fighter, is an ongoing ethical controversy.

It does suck that there is nowhere that reviews all the Arcade Archives releases. (This site originally was known for reviewing all Wii ware and VC) It seemed as if they paid for them all as well which made the content more credible to me. (Maybe that isn’t true.)

Yeah, I really wish the Joy-Cons had a proper D-pad. If Nintendo won't do it, hopefully an accessory manufacturer like Hori does it. And hopefully it includes all the standard Joy-Con features so it can be an outright replacement. One of the crappy things about the Hori left Joy-Con was it didn't support wireless, so it couldn't be used to play shmups with a Flip Grip.

Maybe a Dirge of Cerberus remaster?

@molkom My day job is animation and yes; generating loads of angles of an object you took IS far off from when animation went digital. The point of art IS the manual labour process. The end product is new and fresh and interesting BECAUSE of the manual labour involved. My favourite parts of my job are when I get paid to do things that are difficult and not strictly necessary for the company's end product, but strengthen my understanding of the craft and help make the end product look that bit more fresh and interesting. My least favourite bits are when I have do get out of the driver's seat and mindlessly click buttons and let the computer do all the manual labour. Like, art is not just about having the coolest ideas that pop into your head. Ai doesn't lead to better artistic output simply by virtue of letting you get the idea out faster.

It's always clear to me that the people who make arguments in favour of AI citing "less work for artists" don't make art of their own and don't take it seriously. And that's okay, I don't cook but like I'm gonna take my food opinions with a grain of salt when I'm talking to a chef!

I'm beginning to think that DQXII had been rebooted. I think it would be wise if they figured out making DQ more Western since that's not working out too well for Final Fantasy.

@RiasGremory Unfortunately, they have started censoring and banning games in the US and EU over the last year.

Here's a recent article about how the game Brave x Junction had to be censored only on Switch to release outside of Japan. Playstation and Steam versions were not censored (Nintendo Everything).

Xseed also recently announced that they had to cancel the release of the Corpse Party Tetralogy Pack outside of Japan due to "current platform guidelines" (Nintendo Life).

Last year, Idea Factory announced that they had to cancel the western release of the Neptunia trilogy and Death End re;Quest: Code Z due to the content of those games "not complying with Nintendo Guidelines" (Nintendo Life).

Last year, the developer of the bullet hell shmup Redneg Allstars announced that his game "has been restricted in Europe and the U.S. due to expression restrictions" (Nintendo Life).

Nintendo has done a total 180 from their laissez-faire approach in the early Switch years. They are now aggressively censoring and banning content that their Council of Karens find offensive.

@Kiyata Had they used gen AI in recent Pokemon games, they would actually be better than they are. Because they wouldn't be crunching and would actually have enough time for quality control and polishing.

The download isn't available in the UK yet?

I had a PS3, a DS, 3DS and a Wii, a PS4 and a Switch. Just bought a PS5 but won't be also buying a Switch 2, the combination just costs too much for me at present. It's a point where the value proposition to have access to Nintendo's games may have to skip a generation as I did with Wii U. Plus the unique qualities the DS and 3DS are rather lost post Switch, so 3rd party games are typically just less proficient versions of PS5 / PC games, the bonus being seamless portability. I'll certainly still be using my OLED for games like Terminator T2D and The Last Ninja Collection where nothing is lost in the Switch port, so still be buying those games there.

Important qualifier I don't believe I've seen before.
1st party exclusives are great, as in, the company that owns the hardware platform making games exclusively for that platform to support it makes sense from a hardware sales standpoint.
3rd party exclusives, as in Electronic Arts and Square Enix, which aren't made to support a hardware platform, are silly and only reduce total potential sales.

It'd be neat to see FF14 on Switch 2, since they've expressed a bit of interesting in bringing it over. It'd likely open it up to a large new audience and since it's an MMO, mouse controls would be lovely.

Sometimes I do wish Nintendo would release some of their games on PC at least, especially during the Switch's life cycle, when games could run real choppy because the hardware was outdated by the time it released (that's not to say it was a bad system; it was the first handheld console hybrid). Games like Another Code: Recollection, Princess Peach: Showtime!, and a good few Pokémon games, to name a handful, all struggled on the original switch, and at the time, it made me wish that these games just got a PC release as well. In the end though, we did end up getting a backwards compatible system that runs these games a lot smoother. Do I think Nintendo is better off not releasing any of their games on PC? Not really, but I think the Switch 2 does alleviate that need a bit.

@electrolite77 My point was why both platforms continue to sell well. If you want Nintendo 1st party exclusives you have to buy Nintendo hardware but if you want Sony's 1st party games and/or the big 3rd party support you have to buy PS if you want a console.

If Nintendo lost their exclusives, I think that would drive more people to PS because PS would pretty much have everything at that point but that's not the case for Nintendo. Meanwhile the heavily rumoured dockable PS6 handheld covers those who want an experience similar to Switch.

@sportymariosonicmixx Time Extension has better information about them but it is still not that great. Mystic Warriors/Mazinger Z/Cotton and Sunset Riders are probably my favourites. (Mazinger Z is really good and definitely worth its cost due to the license.)

@foursider lol, hang in there

I’ll dl as soon as I see it available, maybe this time I’ll actually start playing 🤔

I think we had enough dragon quest remasters, and the never ending milking off the success of nier automata. Maybe make something new and awesome like e33.

Square Enix seems to be becoming another lazy corporate-like developer these days.

AI wouldn't even be possible if we weren't so predictable already (remember, it draws from us). Like art hasn't been about making money for a good while now... The only difference is AI churns out the crap faster, that's all.

I'm assuming the UK version isn't live yet? An update went down for the S1 version but it'd been a while since I've played

It would be a much bigger problem, actually. That would mean Playstation is the only console left and Sony are happy to go down the Atari stagnation route. It would be 1983 all over again.

Downloaded the update. Didn't see any immediate upgrades, realized I still need to get married but can't decide between three, and shut it off. Story of my life.

The reason Sonic started appearing on Nintendo consoles was because Sega weren’t making enough money from their own consoles.

The reason Halo started appearing on other consoles was because…

Keep the budgets down and the sales up and there is no reason to change a winning formula.

tactics 2 and a remake of vagrant story most likely..

@ZombAid82 P4 would be the odd duck out at this point out if P3 and P5 have a modern Atlus JRPG look and P4 doesn’t. P1-P2 doesn’t exist in their rear view mirror before someone brings them up.

P4 is popular enough to justify it since it was the most popular Persona game before P5. P4 did the “give them a bunch of spin-offs” before P5 jumped on that train.

P4 at the end of a day was a PS2 game that came out decade+ ago. Golden added content/QoL, but visually was still a PS2 era game.

I get lot of people are impatient for P6, but people need to remember the gap of P4 and P5 dropping first.

@RoboCube The Arcade Archives releases do come with some extras though: comprehensive manual included with each game (which can be a God send imo); free leaderboards (no NSO subscription needed - and it's part of the fun trying better your scores imo); you often have several versions of the games (US, japanese etc. - Space Invaders for example comes with OG b&w version, color version and b&w version with background graphics); there are several different modes available with each game (the Switch 2 versions of the games have an added 'Time Attack' mode and is a bit more expensive); there are tons of options to fiddle with (screen filters; reassignable buttons etc. - there could be more I admit - actual buttons/stick setup support for the Tate modes please).

But in the end it comes down to picking the games, that has that "one more try" aura to you personally. So definitely do some research before you buy.

Of course Inazuma Eleven is good mostly in Japan. I always need to play it online when it is 3 AM over there. That's the only time during the day when I actually win.

@UltimateOtaku91 They had a lot of 3rd-party exclusives back in the day, but that was mainly because Sony paid them heavily to make them exclusive. Now the payment for exclusives just isn't enough.

@missingno_fgc Oh, I'm not denying Space Invaders impact and I'm grateful it is available for those who just want this game and not entire collections. What I'm saying is that, as ACA #500, it loses its "boom" (lack of better word here) since it is already available by other means on modern systems.

@Sindayl Sorry I wasn't clear, I meant between Playstation and Xbox. I agree Playstation were very aggressive back during the PlayStation 1 with third party exclusives although I kinda don't blame them as they didn't have any first party studios of their own apart from the guys behind Gran Turismo, so that was their option to make a name for themselves.

Nintendo is able to survive on just their games and their platforms. Sony and Microsoft cannot. First it was mainly needing 3rd-party support, but now, 3rd-parties aren't enough, and they themselves have to branch out to PC and competing platforms to pick up some extra cash. Nintendo getting 3rd-party titles is just icing on the cake, and honestly imo, the Switch 2 is going to have a thickening of that icing because both Sony and MS are making, or have made, decisions that will benefit the Switch 2.

MS already began with the Series S, which devs must make a version for when making a Series X version. According to leaks, Sony is set to release not just the PS6, but a PS6 Portable which is expected to play PS6 games, and those same leaks suggest its specs are not all that much higher than Switch 2, in both portable and docked mode. Essentially, MS and Sony have or are making platforms that devs must take into account, allowing those same devs to go making versions for Switch 2.

@Grumblevolcano not to mention that many third party games plummet in price 6 months or so after launch on PS/XBox. I love my Switch but the cost of games is bonkers (though if I traded some of my Switch games in I’d at least get some decent returns for my money).

@progx that's true. It just feels a bit odd in this game considering there are multiple characters talking directly to her.

This is a great time to do this, since Expedition33 is doing as well as it is. Personally, FF worked best when there were other titles SE worked on and other developers were making their own great RPGs.

It’s a chance to get back to their roots and rebuild from there. Make the games self-contained again while not chasing themes similar to TV shows. Mess with combat mechanics that isn’t just a quicker MMO style.
But also,
Make other games with varying mechanics. Parasite Eve, Brave Fencer Musashi, Xenogears, Vagrant Story.

Super Mario on PlayStation? Never gonna happen. Sony IP on Nintendo consoles? Well that’s already happened and likely to continue.

@LikelySatan you're not, I've seen lots of comparisons to OoT

@AlleyCat tell your joking...more over priced Space Invaders?! There's barely anything different in "part 2"

@Gamecuber @electrolite77 I don't think it's about power. Switch 2 is missing out on loads of 3rd party games at the moment meanwhile Xbox is a very unstable platform. If you want to play the big 3rd party games, you pretty much either have to buy a PS5 or have faith that Switch 2 will get it in the future.

@shgamer We live in a world where Street Fighter 2 is $2 with a 3D arcade machine to play it on along with the dip switches and cheats, background art, while Space Invaders is $8... No extras, no 3D arcade, no backgrounds.. just a rip off, what's next? $8 for Pong?

@Teksette Sticking a rom of a well known game on a emulator isn't hard work... Honestly feel like there copying Nintendo with pricing and the drip feed.

@Waluigi451 It's a ridiculous price to pay, when you could get a handheld that plays Space invaders for that price, it was kinda worth it to get the arcade versions of Donkey Kong and Mario Bros, Vs Super Mario Bros stuff that's never ever re released on anything till the Switch, but Space Invaders has been available on so many systems often as collections with the backgrounds and alternative versions, including the game boy version which has a whole snes ROM hidden in it's cartridge, it's a single screen, once you lasted one round you basically seen everything, it's not the late 70s or early 80s anymore, for $7.99 it's a rip off.