NAM-1975 is Out This Week on the European Nintendo Switch eShop

Any word on a whole "This week on EU Nintendo eshop" roundup?

I might get this, still unsure. I like this kind of game (so many C64 games like this) but with so much Zelda to play.....

Wonder why the United States aren't getting these?

Yeh also surprised we haven't had an Eshop releases list this week . Been very curious to find out what's on its way

Great, another game that no one is waiting for.

Hamster have acknowledge the colour and sound problems of the Neo Geo games released last week and will hopefully patch them in the next week or so.

These games seem ok for the price tempted to try metal slug 3

@Yasume You must like sex and travel coz I am grabbing this. I love anything Cabal-esq

@GrailUK: Ha, I was thinking Operation Wolf or Mechanized Attack, but regardless, I'd grab it . . . NOA, please get on this!

Yes awesome.love these snk games. Played a lot of schock troopers already on my switch.

Played this on actual Neo Geos at conventions. Quite fun and great pick up and play in short bursts arcade title.

Likely to grab.

heres hoping for mutation nation

@lemonjellydude I picked up MS3 on launch day. The default control scheme mapping is awkward till you get used to it (or change it) but it basically plays like you expect it to. In both positive and negative ways (same slowdown as the original arcade/neo geo since they're just ports. Also the switch in game options menu runs horribly) so it's the same old MS3 you know and love.

The neo geo games have lots of screen filters to choose from, including various scan lines. However, they boot up with a screen filter by default that softens (looks more like a horrible smear imo) the edges so I personally recommend using no filter to get that lovely, pixelly retro neo geo look we all know and love.

@Yasume I am no one?

Its released on Xbox One in North American, so it will probably come out here on the Switch at some point.

@faint You are in his deranged fantasy land.

I blame the brownies.

Actually looks kinda fun, didn't expect it to

@ThomasBW84 You know Hamster Corporation has a youtube channel with trailers, right?

https://www.youtube.com/user/HAMSTERCorporation/videos

Reminds me a lot of Cabal. Would be good if they added pointer controls, then it may play like Operation Wolf / Thunderbolt.
Please bring back Virtual Console Arcade, all the 3DS 3D Classics, but as HD Classics

@BJQ1972 Glad to hear that they have acknowledged the problem. Where did you read this by the way, I haven't been able to find any info🤔

Great game. Hard and fun!

Another Neo Geo game to look forward to. It was a real money eater back in 1990. I love the sound and music from it. I can also see references from Stanley Kubrick's 'Full Metal Jacket'.

I'm hoping these Neo Geo titles hit NA. My Neo Geo AES stopped working and all I have is my MVS board now. It would be fun to play with leaderboards.

Disappointed we didn't get our usual Monday update. Hope they're not gone for good...

@Ducey Twitter https://twitter.com/HAMSTER_Corp?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

How does it work for download updates in EU? There wasn't one on Monday right??

@Pahvi "From what I know, this isn't one of the classics, but Blazing Star I'd buy in a heartbeat"

^THIS !
One of the few Neo Geo games im actually interested in.
Metal Slug 3 is a close second, but just feels "alone". Im crossing my fingers the Anthology will make its way over to the Switch

As usual North America gets screwed! Probably all Reggies fault!! We didn't even get the first 3 Neo Geo games!! 😡

When are we the people across the pond getting these NeoGeo games!! 😩

@BJQ1972 cheers👍

So, ACA is short for "Arcade Archives"? That's a typically bad Asian abbreviation if that is the case. And ACA Neo Geo doesn't really have a nice ring to it, but that's just my personal opinion..

Why not simply call them MVS titles? Those were already Arcade versions, as opposed to AES Neo Geo titles, which were the home console versions, so to me, calling them "ACA" games is looking like a solution to a problem that wasn't there in the first place...

But having said that, straight arcade versions are always better than Nintendo's VC titles, so good on them for bringing this.

May not be for everyone, but the general consensus should be the more titles, the better. Just because you personally don't like a title or a game, doesn't mean that it can't be interesting to somebody else, so don't go and bash it just for your own selfish reasons...

P.S.
The people that are wondering why they aren't getting this game: are you forgetting that the Switch is region free? Besides the fact that it could still come to your region of choice later on, you will still be able to play it if it isn't, so either way, you'll have access to this game.

@ThanosReXXX

The Switch is region free. However, I rather not download a version of the game meant for a different region. Plus there will probably be foreign transaction fees and don't want to create a fake account just to download imports.

@Yasume It's not a bad game, just because you don't want it doesn't mean everyone shouldn't buy it. I know you're free to speak your mind but some people are actually happy that some these games are coming to the Switch.

@Don Well, you may not have to, but I was just suggesting an option. I like to look at solutions instead of looking for obstructions or problems. So, worst case scenario, you still have that option left.

And creating a second account is a breeze, so there shouldn't be any resistance to doing that. Exchange rates don't apply for online downloads for foreign versions, since you would be doing that on that other region's account.

@Einherjar Agreed, Blazing Star and The Metal Slug Anthology is more then enough reason for me to buy the Switch.

No offense to NAM, but in all honesty I think the big highlight of this week would be that my favorite Nintendo 64 game ever Bomberman 64 is releasing onto the Eshop, I really hope we don't have to wait too long to get it over here on the North American Eshop, I'll power the Wii U back on for this.

Eshop Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEJS2d7NJm4

@TreasureFan If the Metal Slug Anthology should come over to the switch, lets just hope they wont just port the PS2 version again.
As ive heard, the PS4 release had the exact same framerate / frametime issues...

Count me as annoyed. May open up a French Account.

@ULTRA-64 @cmk8 I read earlier that the updates will be arriving on Thursday's now,same as NA.

That trailer gave me intense Vietnam flashbacks.

@Einherjar Yeah, if we ever see something like that on here, it probably wouldn't be from the PS2 port, because of legal issues. But you're right about the frame rate issues being a problem, what makes even worse is that it's $20 on PSN. I know the Metal Slug Anthology on PS2 is rare and all, but they've could have at least done something with the frame rate in order to make it worth that much.

I loved Nam 75. damn I remember buying that Neo Geo for 600 bucks and then also springing 200 bucks a piece for the games. Good times, thank God we were painting fools back then and the money was flowing in like wine.

I still love booting up my old Wii version of Metal Slug Anthology and SNK arcade classics on my WiiU because I have the Tatsunoko vs Capcom fighting stick reminds me of the golden arcade age. Hopefully they manage to bring the whole NeoGeo catalogue to the VC.

@TreasureFan Its a lazy port of their usual PS2 to PS4 game line.
Pretty much every game has emulation issues. Ironically, from what ive heard, the Metal Slug Anthology is one of the few which emulates perfectly...but that means the same issues the PS2 version had are back as well

The Wii version didn't have these framerate issues, maybe they could port that over. Oh well, lets wait and see ^^

Its not like Zelda and Shovel Knight are giving me wiggle room for more games anyways at the moment

Hrmm...

Anything else?

It was the one vc game I downloaded that I just didnt like. It has awkward controls compared to other games like it. I wanted to like it but it was really frustrating.

@OorWullie cool, thanks 😁

@Captain_Gonru True, it should indeed simply be a question of going to the relevant page in the eShop without having to "switch" accounts, but you can have a total of eight on one Switch, so unless there's more than four people in your family and provided ALL of them want multiple accounts, I think most of us will do just fine.

I already had double accounts on my Xbox 360, so to me it's nothing new or complicated.

@ThanosReXXX The ACA includes other classic arcade titles on it's launch platform, the PS4, starting back in 2014. It recently Started up on XBOX One and will hit the PC next month, but so far only the NEOGEO games are confirmed for those platforms (and my suspicion, the same thing will happen on the Switch). Considering the lineup of other arcade titles they've put out already (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcade_Archives) I think that the NeoGeo titles would probably sell better, IMO.

I might buy this only because I never finished it in the arcade.

@Einherjar Yeah, I shouldn't be surprised by how poor the emulation on PS4. Heck, Wild Arms 3 used to crash during enemy encounters and needed a patch to fix it. But time will tell to see what other Neo Geo gems come to the Switch, but Blazing Star and Metal Slug are on top of my list, that's for sure. If they're released.

Loved this game. I too had it on my Neo Geo back in the day, complete with phonebook sized cartridge and case!

I want to know about lag people!...L...A...G...because I can safely say that the UI and playing Neo Geo games on the switch is a less responsive experience than on the Ps4 and on the Shield Tv and than on the Wii..so can this be fixed?

so its just this game and blaster master released on the switch eshop this week. better than nothing but I hope the pace picks up a bit in the next few weeks.

@masterLEON Yeah, I've already seen that list: I Googled "ACA Neo Geo" to find out what the heck it stood for, and I still think it looks and sounds stupid, regardless of how great the games are.

That's why I said in my original comment that I don't understand why they didn't just leave the original label MVS, at least for Neo Geo games, since MVS already means that it's the Arcade version.

@Captain_Gonru Oh, totally agreed, as I already said, so the conclusion is that it COULD and perhaps SHOULD have been easier, but having said that, it really isn't all that much of a hassle to make a second account, and of course this is only applicable for those that would want to play games of other regions.

And if you have to do a little bit of extra effort in exchange for being able to play these import games, then that seems a fair trade-off to me...

Good point/idea about data mining to see which titles are popular, though. Then again: we're still talking about Nintendo here, so if they would be savvy enough to do such a thing definitely remains to be seen. I also don't think that this is the purpose of giving us a region free console.