Best Nintendo Switch Collections And Compilation Games

Castlevania Anniversary Collection had some potential but I'm bummed that it only included the original Adventure instead of ReBirth which was the vastly superior game

And for some reason Symphony of the Night is like fated to never appear on a Nintendo system and Rondo of Blood only got an untranslated emulated port to Wii. I wish that collection covered just a bit more of the series' beginnings up to the start of the Metroidvanias.

Great compilations indeed.

@TheFrenchiestFry I concur. A Igavania Collection With SotN, the Sorrow duology, OoE, CotM, HoD and PoR sounds like a no-brainer on the Switch

Genesis/Mega Drive input lag collection

I liked the Castlevania collection and have played it more than the Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle, I feel like that needed more everything.

I feel like the Street Fighter 30th collection is one of the best collections I’ve downloaded personally.

I’d love to see a SNK fighter collection but I’ve already got a great start on my own with the ACA Neo-Geo releases.

@SeantheDon29 I'd imagine they would do a second Collection just for the Igavanias and then possibly a third for the 3D non-Lords of Shadow Castlevania games like CV64/Legacy of Darkness, Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness

I doubt they'll ever acknowledge Lords of Shadow ever again after how terrible LoS 2 was

Spyro and Mario are great collections. Spyro is the better made one, but Mario has the better games.

Pretty much all of these look good.

That Megadrive collection is awful on Switch with the Sonic games in particular virtually unplayable due to the awful input lag

The Castlevania collection is a thing of beauty though

Looks like there just aren't enough good tower defense games on Switch to qualify for a genre.

I heard the Sega Genesis collection has terrible input lag, making it unplayable. That has kept me away, instead I bought the Sonic games separately

@carlos82 beat me to it haha

@Slowdive Do you suppose Square Enix will ever get around to releasing the other two Dragon Quest "trilogies", to say nothing of the 8 and 16-bit Final Fantasy games? It has been nearly four years since the Switch released. Surely these would be profitable moves, especially in the case of the FF games...

@Jmjfrank haha, things like Shining Force are fine to play on it but Sonic was completely unplayable for me.

Took it back the same day I bought it

might have included Metro Redux, but an otherwise great list.

Castlevania and mario take the cake

Castlevania and Megadrive collection are so good.

I really wish Konami made another Castlevania collection, they may not be able to make games anymore but I'd like them to make their catalogue better available at the very least.

Konami arcade classics

Take off sega collection plz 🤮
Waste of money and I got it on Black Friday.

Gotta get those Mario 3D all stars clicks.

SNK, Namco, Konami, Sega, and Capcom always had the best collections out there. Hope we get more for Switch in the future.

The Knights of Pen and Paper collections are great.

I am the only one waiting for a Castlevania Collection 2 that includes the awesome and underrated “Lamment of Innocence”?

I've got most of the compilations. It's great to have access to some of the greatest games of all time to play either at home or on the go.

I do wish there was a Midway/Atari (from the mid 80s) collection. The Switch has a solid selection of arcade hits, but we've seen nothing from WB Games for these classics. I'd love it if they either published something or gave Arcade Archives the rights to publish these games. Defender, Robotron 2080, Paperboy, Marble Madness, Roadblasters, Tapper... it would be awesome to be able to play these on my Switch.

Also, time for Microsoft to port over Rare Replay. If they are friendly with Nintendo, then let the Switch play games where 90% of them started life on a Nintendo console.

The Mega Man collections being on here hurts me. I used to like those, but after I started to actually become a fan of the franchise, I realized how bad they were. I already did a massive rant on these over on gamefaqs, and I'll edit that in once I find it, because that rant was a long one.
Edit: Here's the rant: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/189706-nintendo-switch/78752774?page=2

I have most of those and they are banging

I finally decided to pick up the Crash collection since I was a lifelong Nintendo fan and stuck with Mario throughout the 90s (didn't invest in a Playstation until close to the PS2 release), and really enjoyed playing the original... until I hit that Road to Nowhere level and it was like hitting a brick wall. Now I know why Mario 64 won that fight..that level is senselessly difficult to the point of ruining my enjoyment of the entire original game.

I'm going to move on to giving Crash 2 and 3 a try (I bought the series because Crash 4 looks like fun, and I finally wanted to give it a try), but Crash 1 may remain unbeaten for awhile. I've beaten and destroyed some of the most difficult games during my youth (NES Batman, Battletoads, Ninja Gaiden, etc), but I'm pushing 40 now and apparently don't have the patience for brutal difficulties anymore.

@kingbk Yes! I am still hoping for this

Pretty good list. I would also add Mighty Switch Force Collection.

Where’s overcooked one and two? .

Oh, and doesn’t Super Smash Brothers Ultimate count as a collection, since it’s more or less a museum of gaming history?

Darius Cozmic Collection is my favourite- incredible care and impeccable quality.

Mario 3D All-Stars is my least favourite. It's an emulated ROM-dump with no special features and mucked up controls + weak performance.

What about Bioshock collection???

Another compilation that is not to be missed is Metro Redux, which surely didn't make the list because it has 2 games on it, but excellent versions and full games on the cart if you go physical.

I really enjoyed all Mega Man Collections and Mario and Mana Collection (they could put the GBA remake of the first game instead of the GB version). But I really want a Kingdom hearts, Castlevania (GBA + DS), Batman Arkham, MGS and Tomb raider reboot collections. And of course a Zelda, Metroid, DK and Fire Emblem collections

Collection of Mana is a worthwhile addition to the list. Developed by M2 and pretty spot on.

Sega Genesis Collection is a mixed bag, but overall I'd say not worth it. Too many games have input lag and while you CAN play Sonic, if you've played Sonic before you basically have to relearn how to play as it requires pushing buttons slightly before you normally would. basically Sonic jumps when you let go of the button as opposed to when you press it. Spinball and Ristar are unplayable. Even the Shining Force games are weirdly slow. I find myself missing the entranceway because I needed to take my finger off the D-Pad earlier.

Then other games are quite playable: the Vectorman games, and Gunstar Heroes is arguably better here than on the Mini. BUT the few games that work are not worth it and can be found elsewhere. Its just disappointing to see such a large library and only want to play 1/4 of them due to the emulation. I bought it on sale and the joy of getting so many games for such a low price was overshadowed by these problems.

Too bad because D3 did a fine job with the Shenmue games.

The japanese exclusive NAMCOT COLLECTION has auch an amazing presentation. I wish Nintendo would do the SNES app like this. Or even the homescreen.

It's hard to explain but it is basically a shelve that you can design yourself with the original packaging of the games. Including the original spines!

Super lovely and makes you feel the love for their games.

@ShiroiTaka That’s there, at the top of the second page.

I adore compilations but will never forgive the SNK collection’s lack of tate (portrait) screen mode while playing on TV. It’s handheld only!
I invested in a rotating TV mount and enjoy other games in tate mode (Pinball FX, Stern, Downwell, and some Arcade Archives) so SNK’s limitation is such a disappointment.

Snk collection is nice for the way it finally makes ikari warriors games dual stick. Technically I think the SNES app is the best collection on the system.

Sega Mega Drive Collection is not included, perhaps because the Switch version has input lag and it lacks the best Mega Drive game... 🤔

@TheFrenchiestFry rondo of blood is dracula's curse on snes.

I love love looove Collection games. That many games for the price of one, or better half is awesome! Admittedly, I only bought the SNK Collection for Crystalis.

These collections are really hit or miss. The street fighter collection left out the best version of alpha 3, upper. The Castlevania one left out the games I was most looking forward too (legends and kid Dracula Gameboy). Only first party pickings on the sega Collection no Power Rangers the Movie or Valis the Fantasm Soldier!

Tell me why we can’t just buy games ala VC and just transfer them from gen to gen from here til the end of time! Cough up money for our online service and you may or may not get to play the games you wanted but hey you can play the ones we are sure you’ll enjoy. Yeah right!

@Dirty0814
Dracula X is a stripped down port of Rondo. Dracula’s curse is the third nes game.

@GameOtaku my bad ye dracula x. As far as stripped down any of them ported from Japan are stripped down period. That goes for most games.

Baldur’s Gate I&II and Planescape Torment/ Icewind Dale are all excellent. I’m making good progress through Baldur’s Gate for the third time.

It's great to finally have BioShock and Borderlands on a Nintendo platform and have em all on a portable device is icing on the cake.

Well, Borderlands 2 was on Vita....but yeah, that port sucked. I still find it very impressive to have these PS3 looking games on a portable device, without any downgrades compared to the PS3 equivalents.

@kingbk 'Also, time for Microsoft to port over Rare Replay....'

I can see Microsoft porting over Rare Replay to the Switch (or the next Switch) maybe Xmas 2021.
The new Xbox will be out a year by then, and the Xbox one will be a distant memory in Microsofts mind by then.

Or, they will carry the port over to the series X and it will never come to Nintendo

These collections are great for the Switch.
I hope more companies do loads more.

Only problem with some are the prices.
I'm happy to pay between €10 and €20 for a collection (retro, not Bioshock, Spyro etc). Anymore than that, and I give them a miss.
They do go on sale though on the eshop, and thats when I pick them up.

Those Darius collections are priced why too high. And when on sale, they are still way to high lol.

Hahaha, no Assassin Creed rebel collection? Granted, I've only played some black flag and haven't even finished that so I get your point

Darius Cozmic Collection is the best.

Being a sucker for this kind of compilations, I gotta say I skipped the Mega Drive one, although it was my first home console and I absolutely love it, because it lacked the 2 Wonder Boy games that were available on Xbox One and PS4. Impossible to understand and forgive, especially when Wonder Boy: Monster Lair is a game that usually doesn't come in any Wonder Boy collection. A real shame.

But it looks like aside from emulation issues (they say there are a lot on Streets of Rage titles and sound ones on Sonic) there is an awful input lag too, and that's on Switch and doesn't happen on other platforms. So the idea is good, but these mistakes are hard to forget.

Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle is the one that does it for me. The mid-'80s to mid-'90s was just the best time in arcade gaming.

@carlos82 I keep hearing this. Given that the common games run great on my 15 yr old psp, it is a pretty ***** effort.

Treated myself to the castlevania and contra collection, fantastic bargain at £3.99 a pop on a eshop sale

@Dirty0814 No. Dracula X is its own game. It's radically different from Rondo of Blood in terms of stages, bosses and even how many maidens you have to rescue

I don't consider it at all to be the SNES version of Rondo of Blood

That'd be like saying Mega Man and Bass was the SNES version of Mega Man 8

@masterLEON

I just bought that game on sale and I’ve noticed input lag. Not on every game; Altered Beast, Revenge of Shinobi, and the RPGs were fine. Beyond Oasis (or Story of Thor for Europeans) had a ton of input lag; it was the worst of the games I tried.

But Sonic 1 and Sonic 2 aren’t even playable for me due to the input lag. Haven’t tried the Golden Axe titles yet.

@Markiemania95 lol I hadn't even noticed the second page.

Does the Mega Drive Collection also have input lag on Xbox? I've heard that only the Switch version has input lag.

The Street Fighter collection shouldve included the PsP version of SF Alpha 3.

Please stop advocating for the SEGA Mega Drive Classics collection. Your review, which prompted me to buy it, left out the horrible input lag. Pop on a Sonic sometime, hit jump and see what happens. And Sega being Sega has never patched it.

Borderlands collection for 20€ - 30€ is dirty cheap, Borderlands 2 alone with its DLCs is worth 100€ of fun gameplay

@TheFrenchiestFry
Hold up…. aint you that weirdo from twitter who was like "ooh horny people are bad" or somethin? 🤣
(yeah I remember an account named TheFrenchiestFry with a Joker Persona 5 pfp saying that and also about how George Floyd was a pornstar….very very odd…. 😐)

I feel like the Atelier Dusk and Mysterious trilogy collections should be on this list. Each includes 3 beefy RPGs.

Heading into the future I hope to see at least one of these collections below on the switch:

Konami Gradius Collection

Or At The Very Least Konami Arcade Classics 2 (Gradius III, Gradius IV, Jackal, Lethal Enforcers, The Devastators)

Taito Legends

Midway Arcade Origins

Midway Arcade Sports Pack

Midway Arcade Racing Pack

Namco Tekken Arcade Collection

There is also the Kunio-kun collection and that Grisaia collection.

Disney. Afternoon. Collection.

Someone make it happen...

It's so weird that you can have all these great collections, but Nintendo's own legacy content is locked behind a paywall.

@Tobiaku : That’s already listed under its localised title.

@Silly_G Is the Double dragon & Kunio kun bundle the same as the Kunio kun the worlds collection? (or whatever it was named?

I’d be all over the Bioshock Collection if it supported gyro aiming.

Capcom announced months ago they'd be adding more games to Arcade Stadium, hopefully they still follow through with this.

Man, I wish that Shadowgate/Deja Vu/Uninvited collection that is on XB/PS/Steam would come to Switch.

There are so many games you can play on the Switch. Love it!

I am looking forward to what Nintendo will do with the Switch 2. These retro games and all ports from older systems will not sell as well on the next system, since most people that want them have already bought them for this Switch.

Mega Drive Collection was amazing for its RPGs - namely Phantasy Star and Shining Force, but for all the action games like Sonic, it's awful. The input delay is unforgivable.

@Friendly
I agree 100% - I’m overwhelmed with games to play on the Switch!
I sincerely hope when Nintendo does bring out a successor, it’s completely backwards-compatible with all the carts and eshop purchases we’ve made. They can really build on this platform - really there’s no need to scrap it for something new.

Now time for Square to stop being ridiculous and bring over the Final Fantasy I-VI collection to the Switch. Why is that only on PC and mobile?

I loved the Yomawari Collection, Metro Redux, and the Assassin's Creed Rebel Collection (but I wouldn't have loved it much less if it was just AC4). There's some more collections physically available that I really enjoyed, like Cat Quest 1+2, Banner Saga Trilogy,... and they can mostly be had for great prices if you look for them. Collections on cartridge at great sales just make the deal so much sweeter. 60 for a new game that may or may not become a classic, or maybe 20 for several classics, remade or not, old or quite 'recent'...

@Tobiaku : Short answer, yes. Kunio-kun was released in December 2018, and while the software/interface contains English support, 11 of the ROMs are only available in Japanese, while seven of them contain English support.

The Double Dragon/Kunio-kun bundle (released in February 2020) is the Western release of the Kunio-kun Worlds Collection, and it contains translated versions of the 11 games that were previously Japan-exclusive for the very first time.

The previous release is considered a separate unit of software and was not updated to include English translations for the Japanese ROMs.

@kingbk Perhaps because it's trash. They should just release the original Final Fantasy (and Dragon Quest) games untouched.

@TheFrenchiestFry Lords Of Shadow 2 was actually a great game. The fact that you travel through a modern city and your memories pop back and pull you to what the place used to be when you were recovering g your memories was really well done. The combat was great too. Don’t see any reason why would anyone complain so much-except for some artistical differences which Kojima added to the first game, I think the second game is better in many regards.

Picked up the Castlevania and Contra Anniversary Collections this week since they are each on sale for $5US. Both are really great, especially if you have nostalgia for these series.

So many good video collections! Such great value too!

@Papichulo Yes, but no. The Genesis Collection had a glitch were saved data could not be loaded making it the worst Genesis collection ever made. You also forgot Activision Anthology, the second best port after the Remix edition on PC. Intellivision Lives however was terrible compared to the Plug and Play Controllers, DS port, and AT Games console, though far better than the PS one port.

i wouldnt call mega man and X collections great wen crapcom put one collection on cartridge while the other downloadable which is dumb.

I hope more collections come to the Switch such as Konami Arcade Hits, Konami TMNT Collection, Konami Sports Collection, Epyx Collection, Intellivision Lives, Midway Arcade Treasures 1-3, CastleVania DS Collection, EA Collection, & Final Fight Collection featuring Final Fight 1-3 for SNES, Final Fight Guy, Final Fight CD, Fight Fight One, Mighty Final Fight, Fight Final: Street Wise, & the Final Fight fighting game.

I never had a problem with the Genessis collection. I did only play the RPG though. I’ve never experienced any lag or anything like what people are saying. I think the best collection is Genessis collection. It had Phantasy star two through four. It had Shining Force 1 + 2. They all had an easy quick save and load mode.

No love for the Gunvolt Striker Pack: how disappointing.

I'm waiting on Doom: The Classics Collection from LRG right now 😎

@ShiroiTaka Hell yes.. I have it on Switch and PS4.. It's on this list

Not surprising that that they'd include the Mana collection and ignore the SaGa one.

Especially if you grew up during the GameBoy era, SaGa I-III (branded as Final Fantasy Legend I-III in NA) was pretty epic. The games are understandably more compact, but cover big adventure in the way of time travel, Innerspace-style shrinking into a body, and (of course) banana (opium) smugglers.

COLLECTION of SaGa FINAL FANTASY LEGEND is not only a great bit in its own right, but also a nice introduction to the sort of wackiness you'll encounter later on in SaGa Frontier Remastered on Switch. Definitely the best RPGs on the OG GameBoy. Dated a little, but still fun if you love old school Square JRPG.

Baldur’s Gate I&II and Planescape Tormemt/Icewind Dale. 100’s hours of D&D goodness right there that have never been bettered.

Edit: It’s a me from 2023. 😉

@Silly_G Oh cool, I did not know that

I would love more Namco Museums. (One with Ridge Racer, Tekken, CyberSled, Starblade, Soul Edge and Air Combat would be lovely.)

@TheFrenchiestFry LoS1 was amazing i cant even understand how bad LoS2 was and how that happened

I feel like Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series should be on here too

@Expa0 @partisan Konami made a lot of collections the past 2 years. Castlevania, Contra, Arcade Classics and TMNT. Hopefully they keep going

So where's the wonderboy collection or the Ori one? Hell even oddworld collection is a good buy.

The ones I have from this list are:

*Mega Drive Collection
*Street Fighter Collection
*Capcom Beating Collection
*Turtles Collection

@masterLEON haha!

no atelier series?

Hey Konami,
Some of us have all the Parodius games on older consoles and/or emulation boxes - and we STILL want to luzz money at you for a collection on the Switch! Same goes for the Otomedius games too!

@R_is_KC someone mentioned in another thread it’s down to a split in Atari. Some games went with the other half which isn’t involved with that collection - that’s why there’s no Paperboy, Klax, Xybots, Roadblasters or Marble Madness.

It's a shame they pretend eShop deals don't exist for the sole purpose of hoping you click their link and buy from Amazon so they get their finders fee.

A lot of these games like the Bioshock collection go from "ehh" to "ohh nice" as a good deal when you put into perspective it goes for $10 on the eShop and says $50 on here but is actually over $60 when you click their linky link.

Y U no love Lost Vikings and Rock N' Roll Racing?!

I have all of them except:

• Aleste - waiting it to be released in the West
• Neo Geo Pocket - not interested in early handheld games (i.e. pre-Game Boy Advance)

@MontyCircus Do the cozmic collections at least have the ability to put more coins in as you want/ free play? They’re on sale now and if that’s the case I’ll probably pick them up
(I asked this earlier but since you have them I figured I’d ask you)

For a few more modern-going-on-retro options, there's the Naruto UNS Trilogy, Trine Collection, Assassin's Creed Ezio Collection, as well as a larger Assassin's Creed bundle with everything between 2 and Rogue, DOOM Slayers Collection, Serious Sam Collection, and Crysis Trilogy. Shovel Knight Treasure Trove and Monster Hunter GU also deserve at least an honorable mention. Honestly, I'd take any of these over most of the actual list.

I feel this is a very underappreciated part of the Switch library, since I see every day people crying for the death of virtual console, and yes I agree when it comes to first party games there could be more and better distribution, but when it comes to third party these destroy Virtual Console in every way, more games at a better price, with more options and most of the time with better emulation. Virtual Cons-who?

@Oscarzxn
Yeah i definitely love the amount of retro collections and remasters we have seen, with some of them going above and beyond with extra (like that atari 50 one)

i really would love to see Nintendos franchises get that kind of treatment since i enjoy nintendos legacy content but am not a fan of the whole subscription-only model or the limited release stuff (as in delisting digital games after a few months)

For example imagine something like a 2d mario collection with various versions of the games available (such as the all stars and GBA versions with e-reader content on SMB3)

Street Fighter 30th collection is the best collection.
I like Crash Bandicoot trilogy too!

Atari, Sega, Konami, and Capcom made the best collections ever. Here's hoping we see more coming soon. Can't wait to pick up the Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection and Suikoden 1& 2 Collection next year. Still crossing my finger for the Final Fantasy: Pixel Remastered Collection.

I noticed that you put 2 jokes in this collection of collections - Mario 3D All-Stars (which should be burned at the stake like a witch from Salem) and The Spyro Trilogy : Reignited. It's so bad I don't even have a comment for it.

Street Fighter 30th Collection FTW!

Hours upon hours diving into this beast with my Nintendo SNES Switch controller.

What are some upcoming collections? Any rumored ones?

The Atari 50 Celebration so richly deserves its spot in the list - I just started playing this weekend, and was blown away by all the extras, interviews, and gorgeous presentation. I played so much Atari VCS as a kid, and many of their cabinets in the arcade, so the collection is such a treat! My only negatives are the lack of proper peripherals (paddle, trackball) to play the games authentically, and the total absence of all the great 3rd-party games that helped make Atari’s old consoles so memorable.

Capcom Arcade Stadium 2 really should have made the cut in this update, too. If I didn’t have too many games already, I would have bought it by now. I loved Magic Sword and Sidearms back in the day.

@Dman10
The Megaman Battle network collection is coming out early next year iirc.

Im still hoping for some kind of FF collection of those remasters they released on mobile/pc a while back, though i imagine they will be sold individually they could have some big anniversary special edition or something (again this is just a hope)

@Teksetter
Yeah its one of those cases where i didnt really have any nostalgia for the games since i grew up during the master system/megadrive era but i could feel the amount of love put into it. As for the capcom arcade stadium, that kind of model would have been my dream method of how nintendo could have handled the virtual console for switch, having the games on a single app, being able to purchase and keep the games, maybe even selling bundles or giving full access for NSO expansion users for those who would rather go for the service option. again looking at that and things like the atari collection makes me wish nintendo handled its legacy content with that kind of love since they have a strong legacy.

The Castlevania Advance collection is indeed carried by Aria of sorrow but both Circle of the moon and Harmony of Dissonace are still very much top-tier games.

The darkness of the visuals of CotM are no longer a burden to it yet the music of HoD is still below Castlevania standards due to it's lacking quality.
The compositions are great though.

@MontyCircus nothing pre GBA? You're missing out on some great games, especially Zelda, and the Mario and Wario Land games.

@Corvus96

Maybe they're better without the tiny motion-blur, pea-soup, green/yellow screen that can only be seen directly under lamp light?

I always looked at them as vastly inferior experiences when compared to large, full-colour, full sound, home console TV alternatives.

Put an ungodly amount of time into the street fighter 30th ann collection, although online has wound down quite a bit by now.

Funny about the castlevania advance collection is I've only speedrun Dracula x so far. I get that Rondo is superior in a lot of aspects and X wasnt a step forward back in '95, but I always thought it's a perfectly fine addition and one of my favorites. It's like an enhanced CV1 (in my terrible opinion)

With the exception of the below, Switch has pretty much everything I want. Having skimmed the collections in the article, this system is just a TREASURE TROVE for gaming. If the next Nintendo console really is fully backwards compatible and the some of the below games are on it, then I will have less first world problems. They're still problems!

• Sony exclusive games
• Elden Ring
• Starfield
• Mass Effect Legendary
• FTL
• RDR2
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Crusader Kings
• Diablo IV
• Anno 1800
• Dead Space Remake

@JohnnyC If we are talking merit just based on presentation - Atari 50 is hard to top.

@a_brave_new_geek Instead of waiting years to find out you can always purchase one of the other consoles. That's what I did.

Genesis/Mega Drive Classics?

Don't you mean Genesis/Mega Drive Lag-ics?

"We've stuck to bundles which include a minimum of three games"

::Cries in Pikmin::

Capcom Fighting Collection has Rollback and the unreleased Red Earth on it. I think that it deserved a spot on the list since it's the superior way to play Darkstalkers without being on PC and using Fightcade.

Thanks for putting together this list! I'm petitioning to have Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster added to the list.

Update: And now it's there!

@dartmonkey I think you could add final fantasy 1-6, advance wars 1+2, pikmin 1+2 en bayonetta 1+2 to the list?

And turtles cowabunga of course.

In my recent hunt for cheap(er) physical games, I have bought the Klonoa games for €15, the Spyro trilogy for €15, Tales from the Borderlands (downloadcode) and New TftB (on cartridge) combined for €18, and came across some other decent sales like the original Life is Strange collection and some others.

My goal is always to pay less then €15 per game "physical" (but I do count included downloadcodes of separate games as separate games), and less than €5 for download games. So compilations where each game justifies the price on its own are great. The downloadcodes included also give me enough points to buy some more games on deep sales, I like that.

And on that note, but kind of off topic, I also bought Olliolli World as a code in a box (something I normally never do) but it was €5, and I got 150 points for the download, so €1,5 back in eshop credit. Kind of a nice deal. It can buy me one of those older good indie games of €15 on a 90% discount, of which there are several on my wishlist at most times.

Budgetgaming is a better hobby than expensive game collecting.

The TNMT collection was such a trip down memory lane, I spent about as much time just staring at the added bonus content as playing all of the games.

The 3D Mario was really fun too, first time I finally beat Sunshine and completed it 100%. What a satisfying moment seeing the ending of that one.

The Crash Bandicoot trilogy was also the opportunity to get the confirmation of how hard these games were back in the days. Stormy Ascent was a nice and pretty spicy challenge to top it all.

Looking forward to the Batman Arkham trilogy, hope they don't butcher the ports too much...

@Shambo aha, you should come to Holland, what you call a hobby is here just a normal habit.

I sometimes do the same for games are think are overpriced/overrated.

@a_brave_new_geek I'm looking forward to Elden Ring and Sekiro being ported to the next Nintendo system. Funny how I'm not the only one thinking about this kind of thing.

@Yalloo I live in Belgium, but I'm moving to Spain actually, because there i could buy a large plot of natural land in the mountains for a budget unheard of here (8ha for the same price I paid here for 1200 square meters of forest). And because I'll be much further away from human society and the climate (both meteorologically and politically) is much better where I'm moving to.

But yeah, I remember a time where Belgians and Dutch people had jokes about each other, and those about the Dutch were about how cheap and greedy they are assumed to be I call being "cheap" a way of being smart (I personally don't care for money or status or whatever), as all those who easily spend a lot chasing an idea of wealth or status end up poor even in what they value.

No love for the Final Fantasy 1-6 Pixel Collection?

@Shambo Good for you man. I'm working on a plan to get myself out of the big cities as well, but that is for the coming couple of years hopefully.

Regarding being cheap, I just really couldn't resist the joke, living in Holland this is a daily astonishment for me. But cheap = clever I would not agree. It is a valuable activity but the time spent on saving is not spent living your life. And for example leaving a tip, which would be the opposite of being cheap, can actually sometimes have unexpected priceless returns.
But yeah, different point of view. I would say it's in any cases a harmless activity.

Space Invaders Invincible Collection
Terra trilogy

I would have included Disney Classic collection also as it have both the Snes and Mega Drive version od aladdin, The liong King and the 2 quite different versions of Jungle Book.

Soon to add Batman Arkham Trilogy and Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1

Hopefully these turn out to be yet another great Collection set on Switch

You guys forgot the best compilation Danganronpa Decadence

@Yalloo I actually do agree, and understand your point of when it is no longer clever, it's not really "being cheap", it's not being stupid with your spending. I'm not always calculating everything, but I don't have to either given that I don't spend anything on truly stupid things. If I need domething expensive, I can most of the time just get it where my "richer" friends can't. If one of my friends has financial problems, I can often help them out, while I'm considered the "poor" one (but the only one who actually "owns" land, in several countries, and has enough money on the side to continue my current lifestyle for multiple decades without income (in the unlikely event that they stop raising all the prices all of the time and don't find a way to digitalise all money and put an expiry date on digital currency "to keep the economy alive"). I couldn't support anyone else's lifestyle for over a year probably though, but hermit / gipsy life in my own forest, WITH a pack of big dogs, 15 years at least no problem, 25 if I really try. And I don't go places where I could leave a tip in the first place, I've really had it with human society, but yeah, to each their own. I only wish THEY ("society") could leave ME be in harmless peace and quiet...

I'm just really easily satisfied. What I love most is free (if you refuse to pay false debts for it to false authorities) (sunshine, water, nature, the company of animals, a walk, a siesta in my hammock, fruits will be when I get my fruitforest growing in Spain, electricity I get from solar energy mostly... So some cheap games for my Switch are actually my form of decadent spending, and getting as much good game for as little money as I can is part of the game buying myself and the dogs a big watermelon feels like five christmasses at once, while I never felt "poor" eversince I CHOSE "poverty", and constantly did when I chased some kind of riches).

Success with your plan!

We’re missing a modern Midway collection. I know the rights are still up in the air but some of those old midway hits would be perfect and they’ve been done well on other consoles. Gauntlet II, Roadblasters, Tapper, Super Sprint, Joust and others would be great on Switch.

Are we not counting the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster collection? I know most people are picking them up piecemeal, but together they make a really nice collection series.

@Shambo Banner Saga physical is incredible value for money. Also plays really well on Switch.

I still have to buy Capcom's Fighting Collection, which is the one with all those Datkstalker.gamesand Red Earth. It was not on this list, if i'm correct.

@Shambo Thanks, man. That's nothing like being cheap at all, it's more about life choices and priorities.
And I do get your point. Unfortunately it's like everything else, there's pros and cons with everything, also with the societies we live in. One of the pros though is to get a Nintendo Switch and plenty of cool games. That wouldn't happen without us all living together.
So if you can manage limiting the cons as much as possible and it suits you, well kuddos to you. Hope you can manage for a long time. Everyone should be happy in their lives.

Now it's time for Mother collection

having an aleste collection without super or musha is like having a burrito that's just lettuce and cheese tbh.

Also i advise anyone who sees this to stay away from the darius cozmic collection console, its shockingly barebones and lacks even basic features like rewind or stage select on top of not having even a quarter of the pc engine games.

There is one collection missing and that is the Blizzard Arcade Collection.
The games on there are all gems and after the release they added Lost Vikings 2 and the prequel to Rock 'n Roll racing.
Kind of a shame that this is not on the list.
They added licenced tracks to Rock 'n Roll racing multi-player support etc.
I get the the Disney collection is not on there because it started out with only 2 games and their gb counterparts and had 2 more added with expensive dlc.

@AndrewR I have that one in my "backlog", so already in my collection, thanks for the reminder and the confirmation, it does push the game forward. It looks amazing and a lot of game for the price I paid. For some reason I haven't played it yet, but I was thinking about starting a new turn based strategy game soon.

The KOF series should get a collection. I don't know why SNK hasn't done it yet.

I desperately wish the Castlevania Advance Collection was on a cartridge or disc. Selling a bunch of ROMs on a digital platform in which ownership rights stay with the seller is a bad business decision from the consumer's perspective (imo).

Did Sega ever fix the Mega Drive Collection?

Given this site likes to put most high profile examples of games in a given genre or type in these lists, I'm surprised the Mighty Switch Force! Collection was overlooked

@Chocobo_Shepherd Seems like Konami is really half-assed with their physical collections. The TMNT Cowabunga Collection got one really quickly, but the Castlevania Annivesary Collection only got one years later via LRG, and the Contra Anniversary Collection remain digital only.

I run a weekly retro video game poll on Reddit. The Atari Era and NES/Master System Era have been completed. Here are the Bally Midway, Williams, and Atari Games titles that have made those lists so far:

• Defender
• Tron
• Discs of Tron
• Spy Hunter
• Joust
• Rampage
• Paperboy
• Super Sprint

@PeterAndCompany is that the level with the bridge?
If so there is a easier way to beat it.
If you carefully jump onto the rail at the side you can walk the way, it made it tons easier for me.
You do have to move slow and get the jump right but at least it helped me to finish off the level.
Hope that helps.

I really hope in the future Nintendo do a collection with the first 3 paper Mario games on it. Would be amazing to play those.

I was pretty disappointed in the wonder boy collection. very bare bones for a classic series. and on top of that i think you had to buy the collection a second time if you wanted all the games. kind of dirty they did that. The Jajamaru collections were kind of the same. bare bones menu etc. classic series deserve more. that's why I'm always a fan of M2 or city connection. The Double Dragon & Kunio collection was great.

@Beefcakeyamato Yep ININ are really scummy with their double dipping. They also did the same with Space Invaders and Turrican, offering a stripped down version initially then the "complete" version down the line, and not even informing customers and not offering loyalty discounts. Seems like they wanted to the same with the Rayz collection but relented and offered both the complete and stripped down versions due to backlash.

As for City Connection, I'm really annoyed with them since they delayed the Batsugun digital rerelease because LRG wanted it to be released the same day as the physical, even though it's already out in Japan and screwing PC and Xbox owners too as they aren't even getting the physical release to begin with.

I have nearly all of these that are available physically. Shmups and Kunio are not my bag, but nearly everything else here is in my library. Nothing sweeter than a collection of collections.

I would put the Oddworld collection on this list too, fwiw.

@Darthmoogle Good spot on the Danganronpa omission, definitely warrants inclusion here.

Feel like there might be others I'm forgetting too, but there's just so many it's hard to keep track.

I think Capcom needs more credit for making all these compilations with all these games available in modern platforms, add to that they always do physical releases, for me it's a joy to get these games in a neat package because back then I couldn't.

On the other hand we have Konami which can't be bothered with making their collections in physical and are very barebones in general, plus as mention before why is the Castlevania Rondo of Blood + Symphony of the Night collection not multiplatform? Even Square said "screw it!" and released FFVII in a CARTRIDGE in an Nintendo console.

No offense, but these lists would have actual weight if it was an actual best of list, and not just like all of the ones you can think of.

@PKDuckman Ah I see. yeah they seem like a shady company or mismanaged anyway. Sounds like city connection gave in and let them do what they wanted. but I think as a dev they are great. but I always liked Jaleco.

The Street Fighter Anniversary Collection is crap.

Don't update the article!
Make / copy/paste a new one.
Everyone hates going through months/years old comments!

Plus the fact that many of these are no longer in Print/Production!

Final Fantasy x / x-2
Final fantasy 1-6
Knights of the Old Republic

Super Mario 3D All-Stars:
I'd like to know WHICH shelves we can still find copys on!

Baldur’s Gate 1&2

@Fizza Given how big of a Capcom fan you are (same here) I think you'd enjoy the Mega Man series, or at least the X subseries. Out of curiosity, have you tried any of the FFs?

Metal Gear Solid
Batman
Ninja Gaiden

Hotline Miam 1&2 anyone!?

I wouldn't recommend the SNK 40th Collection, it has frequent crashes even when browsing the menus.

Danganronpa Decadence should be on the list, it’s an amazing collection (i will never understand why they put “summer camp S’ instead of “ultra despair girls’) but the 3 main games in 1 cart is an amazing offer.

@PKDuckman Strange, I've never had that problem at all. Perhaps you were unlucky enough to get a messed up cartridge?

No Pac Man whatever it's called Museum ? It's awesome, there is so much in there and the presentation is exceptionally top notch too.

I gotta say... Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 was a big letdown compared to the first one. I don't know why they decided to skip over every intro.

Of the collections I have that aren't on the list, I would add the DOOM Slayer Collection and Pac-Man Museum+.

Missing the other ace attorney collections, especially with the upcoming collection down the line

I only played one out of the 4 Castlevania games in the latest collection. And I feel like i nearly got my 20 pounds worth already!.

Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 is garbage. High input lag(Mega Man feels like he's jumping around with a ball and chain), desaturrated ugly lifeless colours(NES emulation tens to always have this issue), and the CRT/TV filter is trash. Newcomers are getting a poor representation of how these games actually play and look.

Mega Man Legacy 2 however is worth buying solely for 9 & 10. They aren't emulated. They're the actual Wii Shop digital releases. No additional lag, and the colours are normal. 9 is one of the best in the classic series, and in this day and age holds up better than the rest I'd say.

7 & 8 have obvious input lag, but 7 may still be worth while for those unwilling to spend $350 on an official cart.
And as expected, the Mega Man X Legacy has obvious input lag. I mean why even bother when it completely hampers the fun? X controls like a tank. I got rid of my physical copy, and deleted my digital copy, and went back to official carts/discs for X1 & X4 for SNES & PS1. So much more enjoyable to play with no added lag, and they look much nicer being played on a Sony WEGA CRT.

Mana Knight approved.

no mention of the atelier dusk and mysterious trilogy collections..

I recently got Castlevania Anniversary Collection, my first foray into the series because I want to see if I can get into the series the same way Mega Man did. So far my only complaints are
-No rewind feature?
-Where are The Adventure ReBirth, Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night?

@Mana_Knight seems very familiar. Any relation to blood_ninja?

@TYRANACLES nope!

I’d also add to this list, advance wars collection and pikmin 1+2.

Doinksoft Collection says hello.

@HammerGalladeBro
Just started the series, and already asking for a Symphony port? You're acting like a true Castlevania fan already!

I’ve kicked for the Last Ninja collection that System 3 are running, but not for those games - for the two International Karates that are being bundled in. Didn’t go as far as the IK++ disc, because I’m not doubling up just for a demo that I can’t even play (Mac-based).

But we still need a Parodius collection too.

All three Castlevania collections are pure gold.

The Blizzard Arcade collection is definitely deserving of a place in here. The collection is filled with quality, with different versions of the same game, the presentation is very nicely done and they even remade Rock n Roll Racing specifically for it, complete with licensed music tracks.

I love compilations, have about 95% of what's listed above. I have to say because I know it takes a lot of heat, the Sega Genesis collection has always played good for me? I hear people and believe they are getting horrible lag, but honestly I don't? With that said, it's basically the list above that has made the Switch my number one console of all time. I love being able to relieve all the classics in both handheld and docked on one machine. It's a match made in heaven.

@HolyGeez03 7+ years later. Still no Disney Afternoon Collection on Switch. ☹️

At this point, bring it to Switch 2.0 (unless backwards compatibility is confirmed).

Switch 2 - Bundle Release
Final Fantasy VII Remake Trilogy
Final Fantasy 13 Trilogy
Resident Evil Remake Bundle 2,3,4
Resident Evil 7,8,9
Monster Hunter Trilogy - World,Rise,Wild
Kingdom Hearts Master Bundle
House of the Dead Remake Bundle
GTA Bundle 4,5,6
Red dead 1+2 Bundle
King of Figther 14,15,Garou
Street Figther Bundle 4+5+6
Grandblue Fantasy Relink + Versus
Legend of Zelda BOTW remaster + TOTK HD
Cyberpunk 2077 + Witcher 3
Fatal Frame HD + 1,2,3,4,5
Devil May Cry Bundle
Bayonetta 1,2,3
Astrail Chahin 1,2
Dragon Ball Ultimate Bundle - Xenoverse 2 ( Master ver ) , Figther Z , Kakarot , Sparking Zero
Battlefield Reboot Collection 2,3,4,5,2042
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2019 Trilogy
Yakuza 0 - 7

You know what I wouldn't mind? And I know it'll never happen, but I would love to have a Switch cartridge exactly like the bootleg 31 in 1 Multicart NES cartridge that I had a long, long time ago.

There was something extremely magical about that. A hint of illegality, which for a young boy was somehow kind of tantalising, but mostly it was a collection with games that one would NEVER find in stores, so there was this exotic feeling as well, mysterious. The art on the cartridge was MAGICAL!

My goodness. Karateka, Mappy, Battle City. Fond memories.

I had a friend with a different cart with even more exotic games on it. Sometimes I feel like revisiting them, but I forgot the names of almost all of them.

@Cipher36
Input delay might not be noticeable if you're not familiar with the games or don't have a comparison point. The input delay in the collection was so bad it made Sonic unplayable for me, but a few of the other games were more bearable since I don't have the same familiarity, even if the delay is the same. And for RPGs the delay was not a problem - so in the end, I primarily used this collection as a Phantasy Star IV launcher haha (seriously that game is so good, it's worth getting the collection just for it alone)

If you're interested, try booting up Sonic Origins or Sega Ages Sonic 2 and jumping around a bit, and then go back to the Mega Drive Classics collection version of Sonic and compare how it feels. Even if it's a fraction of a second difference, that difference is noticeable to Sonic fans and makes the fast-paced platforming significantly more annoying to play.

Collections is a huge huge reason why the switch is so great! Every generation of gamer can experience new and old. Nostalgia galore! Pretty soon you'll have 50 percent or more of every Nintendo game ever made amongst other companies on the platform and that's a huge deal!