@Viator_ The reason is in the article, and it has nothing to do with space on the cart.

Digital Eclipse: "MK4 did not make it to the Switch cart in time for physical release. The Switch build had to be submitted for production far in advance of the release date, and MK4 was just not ready. All other platforms have MK4 included."

Another reason to lay off preorders, unless from a site that lets you refund e.g. Amazon.

I did preorder Final Fantasy Tactics though, but waited almost a week for any reports of this kind of BS before opening the shrinkwrap.

I recommend others practice the same.
Otherwise, as someone else mentioned a while back, you're just an unpaid playtester.

Because of the execution of the awards show, we already knew when it was being announced that it was either DK Bananza or Clair Obscur. Silksong had already eliminated Death Stranding 2 for best action adventure game, and Clair Obscur had already beaten Silksong and Hades 2 for best indie game. Then Clair Obscur beat Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 for best RPG. DKB hadn't yet lost and so could have been the winner still in theory.

DE is gonna have to explain if there's some underlying reason why MK4 has to be downloaded, because the exclusion of an N64 game on a 64GB cart seems really funny to me. The whole collection is only 12GB, too.

Considering that the physical releases were already delayed so that the digital version could be released sooner, this is inexcusably pathetic, made worse by the fact that they lied, but "tee hee", blamed "internal comms fumble" for their shameless deception instead of, oh, I don't know, delaying the physical release instead of knowingly sending unfinished s*** to the assembly line.

And all for the inclusion of a tiny decades old ROM. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Higher game prices would be excusable if not for constant BS like this.

Looks like they cared more about stuffing all of that useless tat in the physical box than the one thing that an actual game collector ought to give a damn about: the actual game on the supplied media.

How hard could it have been to include an N64 game? They are not exactly large by modern storage standards.

Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection Switch 1 & 2 Physical Release Does Not Include Mortal Kombat 4 **in the cart**

It's still included if you buy the game, but needs a download.

I know, I know, the subtitle says it, and the article says it, but it sounds like an alarmism title about these versions not including the game at all.

@Aki77

I shall be accountable for limping phrases and Wordtrises.
I speak Nintendo better than I do English or American, neither (out of three) being my native Donkey Kongue.

It's KO to make pun of me.

@Costanza

You cool.
Me likey.

Most anticipated game is He-Man!!!!!!!

@CRASH64 thumbs up for Metamorphic Force!

...I know he said no dlc or expansion, but...was hoping for at least some small content updates. :c

Lots of essential titles.

@LikelySatan sadly, all I've got is a Wii and a Switch 2 (and the Wii is at my parents house lol). If they ever put it all on a cartridge, though, I will totally try it out!

@NintendoBMA I want to see Konami do a Beatemup Collection with X-Men, Simpsons, Metamorphic Force etc. Liscensing will be a BIG issue tho.

All these games are good except Ultimate Alliance. Sold my copy years ago with no regrets.

Awkward Flex 😆 At least he'a gonna work on sometjing new sooner than later.

Japan for sure. It accurately depicts the game. NA always trying to sell some dynamic movements & new accessories (see MMX2). Megaman in the Red Accessory color is just 🤢

Fallout 4 is coming as well. I'm really really really hoping oblivion gets a port.

I way prefer the Japanese one, lot more fond of that art style.

Its japan, no contest.

Cool I guess if you're a massive Sonic fan but I never saw the desire for a themed keyboard.

@NintendoBMA Nintendo published it in NA. Don't think Rare got their logo on the front for their Nintendo published games on the NES, either, for instance.

Edit: Interesting bit of trivia from Wikipedia - Capcom chose not to publish the game outside Japan. Instead, Nintendo of America published it in March 1994. Before the NES era in North America was about to end, Nintendo of America made a plan to help sell it along with Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II and the NES version of Wario's Woods, which were also published by Nintendo in North America during the same time. Their plan was to release the top-loading NES-101 for a retail price of $49.99 to attract consumers to buying the updated version of the original NES along with one or more new titles for the console, including Mega Man 6.

Would be nice if Konami can release the X-men Arcade game on Nintendo Switch.

Do find it interesting how there is no Capcom logo branding on the western box art. Makes it seem that the game is by Nintendo. Just very odd.

I really wish Ultimate Alliance 3 got more love. I think it did OK sales wise, but I feel like many gamers (even fans of the originals) don't even know it exists in the first place

I literally convinced two of my friends to get a Switch so we could all play MuA3 together. We had all played the two X-Men Legends and first two Ultimate Alliance titles as a group, so we "got the band back together" for part three. And it did not disappoint!

Gotta love the massive roster, and the Tecmo re-designs of all of the characters. The bonus costumes had so many nods to the past, as well. I always had Old Man Logan and Mohawk Storm on my team. And it is nice to have a legit game where I can play as Spider-Man or the Guardians of the Galaxy without having to buy a Playstation console - or be stuck with a cloud version

@Serpenterror ...Mutant Apocalypse was great. I personally thought the Genesis X-men games were pretty overrated.

@Mikeg1965 @AussieMcBucket there are original lego properties that have gotten their own tv series ninjago being the most popular one

Which got 4 games the first one being a DS RTS game which was completely different to every previous lego game the other 2 games were handled games (3ds) and the third one was a nintendo switch game (which i haven't played) that was based on the ninjago movie instead of on the series i don't know if that one was good but i assume not cause people don't talk about it

The lego handheld games don't tend to be as popular as the console games cause don't have the same quality due the hardware limitations

Lego chima was another original lego property the toy figures were weird cause
they had regular with an animal head helmet over them instead of being fully sculped
i don't really know why wasn't that popular considering the furry fandom out there that tends to jump to whatever franchise that has any type Of anthropomorphic animal,
that franchise only got a handled (3ds) exclusive game

Lego nexo knights was another original property that got a tv series and toys

I don't really know why there was never a proper lego nexo knights game only a mobile f2p thing
A game with an open world, like lego marvel and lego lord of the rings where you collect nexo powers would have been really cool

Lego dreams is a recent an original series that would have been perfect for a game with a good story and a lot of freedom where a kid with a green slimething fight nightmare demons in the dream world in never finished that series

There's also lego monkey kid something that is not 100% original since is an based on the public domain tale of the monkey King i haven't seen that one series but is 2d style instead of the usual 3d heavily inspired by asian anime

Considering that Megaman 6 takes place in a robot tournament with different robots representing a variety of countries, I feel showing them all is the best representation of that. I know showing all characters spread in the cover can feel a bit tiresome. However this is classic japanese style which I would not expect to be different from a classic game made in Japan.

@CaleBoi25 GotG is waaaaaaay better than I expected. You should snag it if you have a PS5 etc.

I would rate X-men vs Streetfighter alone over Cosmic Invasion. Great game, but those fighters are legendary.

FYI, Lego Batman will be launching after 29th May on Switch 2. The date is still tbc.

While I enjoyed Cosmic Invasion, the enemies are bland in design and the flying ones are just annoying.

There's no excuse for the poor ports when you see Cyberpunk, Star Wars Outlaws, Split Fiction, ACS, SF6 and WWE 2K25. This was a poorly optimized, rush job.

Ultimate Marvel Alliance 3 was just ok. Very PS2 like graphics. And I loved the 1st two games

P1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

2. Super Mario Odyssey

3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

4. Animal Crossing: New Horizons

5. Splatoon 3

6. Fire Emblem: Three Houses

7. Xenoblade Chronicles 3

8. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

9. Metroid Dread

10. Luigi’s Mansion 3

11. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

12. Kirby and the Forgotten Land

13. Octopath Traveler

14. Hollow Knight

15. Celeste

16. Dead Cells

17. Hades

18. Stardew Valley

19. Minecraft

20. Terraria

21. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

22. Cyberpunk 2077

23. Elden Ring

24. Dark Souls III

25. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

26. Bloodborne

27. God of War (2018)

28. Horizon Forbidden West

29. Spider-Man (PS4/PS5)

30. Spider-Man: Miles Morales

31. Ghost of Tsushima

32. Red Dead Redemption 2

33. Grand Theft Auto V

34. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

35. Battlefield 2042

36. Fortnite

37. Apex Legends

38. Valorant

39. League of Legends

40. Dota 2

41. Overwatch 2

42. Resident Evil Village

43. Resident Evil 2 Remake

44. Resident Evil 4 Remake

45. DOOM Eternal

46. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

47. Far Cry 6

48. Skyrim

49. Fallout 4

50. Dragon Age: Inquisition

@Ooyah
Ya, I can't stand the boring predicatble JPN box art with every title in the traditional series. There's no fun dynamic set pieces, or anything uniquely interporited and creative at play. Just stock art work with Robot Masters & Mega Man lined up and slapped on the front and that's that, with a different colored boarder for each sequel.

Best NA Mega Man covers imo, would be 2 & 5.
4's is the worst. Call me crazy, but i prefer 1's with that iconic 80's Capcom Tron-styled boarder surrounding the actual cover art, which actually saves it imo.

3's is excellent minus Mega Man's goblin-esque durpy weird expression on his face, while 6's is just...Ok. I remember seeing all of these boxes overtime at my local Mega Videos back in the late 80's and earlier 90's too. 2's is easily the most nostalgiac and iconic. It hit hard when i saw it for the first time when I was around 5-6 years old. It truly captures your imagination, and I always usually prefered the interproted outlandish funkier NA art work from those times that did their own thing.

@Stormcloudlive
Could of sworn RE4 on NS2 was said to run at 1080p with a locked 60fps, and included optional Gyro aiming months ago.
I'll have to check YT out to make sure.

PS4 version can already do 2 of the 3 things above, but i can't stand using a Symetrical-stick layout to play it. Feels so much more natural with a Switch 1 or 2 Pro Controller, because it's closer to that of the GameCube controller.

Doom Eternal is still not fixed, tho.

@Serpenterror The question is how many of those are by the same companies? The only reason the Cowabunga Collection and MvC Collection happened were because all those games were made/owned by the same companies.

@Friendly Apologies for the delay! You've covered all the main differences in your comment, it comes down to graphics, framerate, load times, and building numbers. In terms of how the number of buildings affects gameplay, the amount of 'main' buildings is quite a bit below even the Switch 1's max cap and won't lead to any diminished experience in that regard--last gen players will primarily feel the difference in being more limited in how much they can customize their town, it's my understanding that even very basic decorations count as a 'building'.

The NA for me on this one, you can tell there was some care to make this one pop and give a glimpse what you can expect from the game, and showing off the Jet Adapter was a good choice. The JA one to me looks incredibly generic, and lacks personality.

@Stormcloudlive
Didn't say I saw it, i mentioned that the NS1 version needs to be upgraded for NS2 to make it perform and look as good as the PS4 version. Most of Capcom's Resident Evil games received enhancements, no reason why MM11 can't.

It really is a short list! But some decent games for sure.

I’m really looking forward to Cosmic Invasion, when the physical edition arrives in March. Just the fact that we’ve got Silver Surfer and Beta Ray Bill in a beat em up is enough to excite me!

I put a lot of time into Ultimate Alliance 3 and would snap up a sequel to that.

@Oppal21 You understand a "better machine" isn't really possible at £400 and with good battery life. Like seriously i get around 2 hours max battery life at full brightness as it is.

@Duncanballs I dunno i think its fair to expect the game to match the og PS3 version at the very least. God forbid some people don't want to settle for less. Tell me if Xenoblade X was visually worse then the Wii U version would you have defended that?

I had to think this one over a bit. As others have said, the composition for NA is better, at least for many of us. The Japanese might be one of the weaker of the Rockman Famicom covers. Still, I like the art style of the Japanese version more. The robot bird looks great on both. In the end, I chose the art style as the deciding factor, so Japan got my vote. But nice to see the NA covers looking decent after a shaky start.

@darkswabber When I tried it last, right after the scene at the beginning where everyone goes to bingo night, and then I believe Hunnigan calls you, when you're supposed to be given back control of Leon, the screen would go ***** crazy and flash btween black and a frozen view of the village for me.

The controls would respond, and you could move Leon but not see what you're doing.