Retro Rules As Nintendo Switch's ACA Neo Geo Library Hits 1 Million Sales

Is that good? I don't have any idea what they expect or what the cost is to get these titles on the Switch but they have a ton of games so sales wise per game we aren't talking about a ton......still a million sales at $7.99 a pop is a decent figure

How many titles are on there? It's got to be 50 minimum?

Edit: I counted 52 including today's release.

http://www.hamster.co.jp/american_hamster/arcadearchives/switch/title_list_neogeo.htm

So that's an average of about 20,000 sold per title.

Good for them. I'm sure if there was more variety in their releases we would be far further in sales.

Hope we see more Non NEO GEO ones too, they do a great job with the ports.

They got 6 sales out of me: Metal Slug 1, X, 3, Shock Troopers, Aerofighters 2, and Double Dragon.

What I want now is a folder to put all my ACA games in. I don't like them scattered all over my home screen

Next target : SEGA Saturn, Dreamcast VC.
Wanna see X-Men vs Street Fighter on Switch.

"We're a big fan of the growing library of ACA Neo Geo titles on Nintendo Switch, especially with the series' such as Metal Slug and Art Of Fighting getting a new lease of life on a popular new platform"

There's something wrong with this.

These are solid ports, but for me, I could do with promotional material galleries, better backgrounds, a music gallery and just a general interface spruce for the price.

Fair play to them for bringing (some) of these old "classics" back for modern audiences, and especially for filling the gap while Nintendo sits off faffing about with the easily implementable virtual console....but I hear RetroPie is pretty good at this kind of stuff too........so i'm told.

EXCELLENT NEWS! This means the retro goodness will keep coming!! I STILL can’t believe companies like Sega, Capcom, Konami, Taito Atari, Warner Bros, etc etc haven’t jumped on this train?? You guys just missed a slice of an $8 million pie!!! 🤦‍♂️

I wish they'd have a separate category for the Neogeo titles when you're using the eShop. Good news though and hopefully this will encourage Nintendo to bring their own VC releases soon.

Hooray for Hamster. I agree improvements with the general menu and border (game art would be nice) presentation could be made but nevertheless, I'm grateful for these arcade releases on Switch. Happy to hear they are proving financially successful for the company. Like implied above, I do have access to hundreds of arcade games (Neo-Geo or otherwise) via emulation on RetroPie but I prefer to have these games on the Switch and am happy to pay for them.

Good, I bought maybe around 20 Neo Geo games. Still more I want to get. I wanna see Iron Clad on there.

@joey302
Wait, Taito is still exist ?!
What are their latest games ?

@joey302 Konami and Taito ACA games are on PS4 if that helps. Maybe someday they will hit Switch.

@Anti-Matter Taito and its entire huge lovely classic library is owed by Square Enix 😊

@shonenjump86 just picked up Front Line the other day lol

Cool.

Hope arcade archives is getting love as well

With the help of Windjammers, the number could go up to 2 million.

@Biff_ARMStrong
Yeah the no folders issue is very annoying. Hopefully it'll get added like it was for Wii-U.

I picked up a few, but I wish some games like king of monsters would be cheaper than others. It’s good but not as good as the fatal fury series for example.

So glad these are available. A little variation in pricing would be welcome I think. A sale would certainly loosen my purse-strings on a few of these titles.

@Lroy
hear, hear! I'm with y' buddy. You can't beat the thunderous sensations of playing Metal Slug X on the bog!

@HauntedNostril Ha! Ha!

@joey302
Ehhh ?!
So, Puzzle Bobble, Minna no series (used to for NDS games) , etc now owned by SquareEnix ??

So what's coming on the horizon for Hamster and the Arcade Archive releases? I love to build up my anticipation by looking ahead. Does anyone know what is coming our way in the coming weeks and months?

Titles I know are coming next week and beyond are Samourai Shodown II and Baseball 2020. But other than that, no clue.

I'm kind of shocked by this but I guess they are bound to get some sales due to the volume. I do have a couple of them I want to pick up.

Good, HAMSTER keep up the good work. As a NeoGEO aficionado this has been nothing but great tidings for me.

I haven't purchased any, but I've been considering 2 of them (basketball and soccer)

What’s the best fighting game they released in term of graphics and gameplay? Recommend one please..

@H_Hunter Garou: Mark of the Wolves or King of Fighters '98 in my opinion. YMMV.

@Anti-Matter yup space invaders, operation wolf, bubble bobble, rainbow islands, jungle hunt, arkanoid, ninja warriors, sagaia, etc etc lol

And yet there are people who say Nintendo shouldn't spend time and resources on Virtual Console...

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Exactly, and an average of about 19,230 sales per title is pretty damn good for old NEO-GEO titles. There's surely many titles on WiiWare, DSiWare, and eShop that have never sold so many copies. Imagine how many more sales of retro Nintendo entries there would be if Nintendo had revamped and relaunched the Virtual Console to coincide with the originally planned online infrastructure release date of Autumn 2017...

Yeah, nintendo's virtual console can wait a bit longer.

They're the best value thing on there! It's great to have a library of 16-bit perfection - the real arcade games. I'm not sure how many of these Hamster would handle, but please can we have Bubble Bobble, Gauntlet, Bad Dudes, Sly Spy and Two Crude Dudes.

@MetalKingShield only one there that’s not possible is Gauntlet....unless Warner Bros hops on board the retro train! I’m hoping they do! Paperboy, Hydro Thunder, Defender, Joust, Robotron 2084, Tapper, Sinistar, Rampage, Roadblasters, Marble Madness, San Francisco Rush etc - the list is big!

See this is why Sega needs all their retro games back to Nintendo, we need those Genesis, arcade, Sega Master System and Dreamcast love for Switch. C'mon Sega this is easy money for you. I would buy Streets of Rage, Golden Axe Warriors, Shenmue, and even Sonic Adventure again if those ever hit Switch as HAMSTER release.

I've bought them all. Perfectly happy with my Switch doubling as the ultimate Neo Geo machine. If the Switch had of been released by SNK instead of Nintendo, and its only purpose was to play Neo Geo games, I would have still bought it. As someone who could never afford the original Neo Geo in its day, having access to all of these games at home or on the go is amazing (beating out any other option that's ever existed including the Neo Geo Gold X and Nvidia Shield). I already have the entire Neo Geo ROM library fully accessible via my Raspberry Pi 3, but the Switch is the best and ultimate option for Neo Geo games so I'm happily purchasing the entire library as it's released.

My Switch is littered with Neo Geo games. It's been my main focus at times. Surprises like shock Troopers which is awesome, and games I've wanted for years like KOF 99 which never had a UK release. Never in a million years would I have thought Nintendo would be THE place for SCHUMP's and fighters.

Oh good, I’ve been buying them like crazy to support their efforts because the arcade catalog is awesome and needs to get out of the arcades for those of us who will never play these machines

I’ve purchased most of them. There great fun and when i host Switch hangouts we always hop between games and just have so much fun!!

Throw enough darts, gonna hit the bullseye sooner or later

Still need to pick up a Metal Slug or 2...Sega/Capcom/Konami take note: people want these old arcade games.

@crackafreeze I have been waiting for a sale since the first title hit the e-shop, so this is a good idea.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE very good numbers imo, no wonder they keep releasing games. I swear that almost every week there is a new one; not complaining though.

Glad to see it's success. These $8 ACA games have been a dream come true for people who always wanted a MVS console but couldn't justify the expense. My entire ACA collection has cost about the same as a single game on ebay.

"Do people even buy this stuff?", "Who's gonna buy this when they can get emulators for free?", "No one wants this!"

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Now imagine how much Nintendo themselves would have sold had they had Virtual Console JUST with their own games!

Interesting. It's almost as if Switch owners might like a Virtual Console type deal.

@retro_player_22 omg Sega!! I agree with you 3000% and been saying it forever! I don’t understand it at all!! There’s almost nothing from classic Sega i wouldn’t buy!! Smh 🤦‍♂️

@SuperWeird I’ve been hunting eBay for a Pi 3 but got derailed when I scored an Snes mini instead with 2,600 games. Just about the entire U.S. libraries from the Nes, Snes, Genesis and 50-60 games from the T-16/PC Engine!! Lots of imports too! Absolutely Unbelievable and blowing my mind! 😂😆

@gatorboi352
And so what if they like Old games from Neo Geo ?
Even old games like that sold better than some new games today.

Great to see all these Neo Geo classics coming to the Switch, hopefully the cross over stuff makes it too. With Capcom releasing the complete Street fighter package shortly it would nice if Capcom vs SNK was released to merge these two 2D fighting worlds

I'll def pick some up once a joy con with a D-Pad is available.

This is pretty easy money for them. Once they've written the Neo Geo emulator, you just have to add the ROM and release it.

As a 2D fighting fan i'm delighted to see that the Neo Geo releases are doing so well, it can only mean good things for the Switch's retro future

Retro rules. That's why we need Virtual Console. Please Nintendo!

They need to bring Taito's Darius to the Switch, with an option to play on multiple Switch screens.

That raises (again) the same old question : what the hell is doing Nintendo with Virtual Console ? What kind of strategy is that ?
It would be EASY MONEY for the company, fans would be happy, it would be a WIN WIN situation.
Almost ONE YEAR of existence and still nothing, not even an announcement ? Come on !!

@FinalFrog bought the colecovision version for $45 back in 83-84. Was obviously an amazing port back then but not perfect. Ps2 version obviously perfect and first time I’ve seen the game come home in a long time....it may have been included in the Taito classics discs on ps2?? Which I own both volumes but just don’t recall. I’ll assume now that it’s on PS4 it will find its way to Switch along with many other classics!!
EDIT: yes I always enjoyed the game and like most older games, the challenge is there!

I enjoy these arcade titles the most. I hope they can bring more.

@SuperWeird I saw this awesome looking miniature arcade cabinet someone made to hold your Switch tablet while you play. It was a red neogeo cabinet. Loooked awesome.