EA has revealed that FIFA 19 will soon be treated to a 'Best Hits' release in Japan, giving customers the chance to simultaneously pick up the game at a lower price point and immediately figure out how they're going to avoid displaying that case.
The release is reportedly scheduled for a 6th June launch and will be priced at ¥3,024 (a very decent saving on the current price of ¥6,264). Just like the Nintendo Selects range, EA Best Hits offers full retail games at a lower price once the game has been on sale for some time; you can see some earlier releases below.
Unless we're mistaken, this is the first time that EA Best Hits has made its way to Switch - we've seen the range on earlier systems, as you can see above, but FIFA 19 appears to be the first for Nintendo's lastest machine. Perhaps we'll start to see more EA titles receive similar treatment going forward?
Sadly, despite the appealing price point, we simply cannot get over that box design. Who decided that having a giant yellow border around the entire thing was the way to go? Ugh.
[source japanesenintendo.com]
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I'm guessing that "Best Hits" makes more sense in Japanese than it does in English?
EA's Best Hits for Switch
FIFA 19
FIFA 18
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That's all folks.
Wow is that box art ugly.
Also, what is the player on the far right doing with his hand?
At first glance, I thought it was was a Sega 32X game
Shouldnt EA think about actually releasing some good games before having a "best hits' series on the Switch?
Starting and Ending with.......
So you don't want to pay full price, eh? Ugly box art it is for you then, Mr Cheapskate!
and people thought a banner at the top of FFX's box art was bad
EA are never again getting so much as a single penny from me ever again.
@FullbringIchigo Yeah, what's a Best Hit that requires a download going to look like?!
So they release a new range with a grand total of two titles. Worth it
@mist I've given them none of my money since Mass Effect 3 on ps3 and that will continue to be the case
EA “Only Game on the console” range.
@LuciferOnReddit For me the last good EA game was Clive Barker's Undying. A true masterpiece!
But that was in 2001.
I want to see this game from EA on Nintendo Switch.
EA does what Nintendon’t.
All I want from EA is madden, is that too much to ask for?
@FullbringIchigo Thumbs up because your avatar gif is so amazing.
@koekiemonster
Hello, don't forget Nintendo Select.
That Red Border tho....
@Folkloner are you suggesting he's had it up neymars butt?
@Anti-Matter : Have you considered YouTubers Life OMG? There is a physical version of that in Europe, and it looks a lot like MySims with a lot of life simulation elements, including marriage.
Definitely a contender for worst boxart of all time
As for EA, vote with your wallet on a case-by-case basis. Unravel 2 is a good port of a great game. If they're doing crappy ports of games (FIFA), don't buy 'em. Of course I might as well be talking to a scarecrow due to how popular football is. I'll wait for Mario Strikes, thanks.
Why not just permanently bring the price down instead of ruining the box art? In situations like these, I'd rather pay a premium to spare myself from having such a hideous box. The design/colours are just garish.
And seeing as EA has only issued two physical releases for Switch (as far as I am aware), they may as well have called it EA Only Hit.
@Zerocritic madden and NHL would be very nice.
@Folkloner My guess is he’s talking, ‘cause that is appearantly how professional football players talk in 2019.
Madden, please!!!!
@Sinton Heh maybe.
I figured he'd misread the name as Big [S]Hits and had covered his nose for the photo shoot
@Silly_G
I have bought Youtubers Life OMG Switch version on 28 April 2019. 😀
@Folkloner His name is Paulo Dybala. Plays for Juventus. It’s his goal celebration.
The Argentine says he transforms into a gladiator upon finding the target, with his warrior spirit helping to carry him through times of struggle.
Yeah so that’s why. Football is a gladiator game where people try to kill each other by targeting the shins of everyone else. Because that’s where it reeeeeally hurts on football players!
Also best hits is stupid since they only have four games in total...
Dybala had a miserable season, often staying among the substitutes. De Bruyne is a good player, but is always injured. Neymar just punched a fan after loosing the French Cup Final to a waay waay weaker team. EA really can pick them!
PS: Best Hits comprised of Fifa 18 and FIFA 19 seems like a joke..
"Best Hits"
Really, that's what they named it? They wanted it to sound like a Trump tweet? 😝
Extremely Awful
@FullbringIchigo your avatar goes absolutely perfectly with your comment
@Anti-Matter if it's anything like the console port it will suck, unless they used the touch screen to emulate mouse controls
When I fired up Titanfall 2 on my PS4 after getting it for £3 in a sale, I honestly was surprised at seeing the EA splash screen logo for the first time in like 10+ years.
I'm someone who is fan of budget range covers. To me it symbolizes that this game sold well or people like the game but other times games like this for example not so much if the game not good.
The Sims 2: Survival XD
Shouldn't that be Best Micro Transactions?
@ryancraddock I know, that yellow border doesn't match the brilliance Konami had when reprinting Dawn of Sorrow for the DS: You get a photo of the original release.
That's double the logos!
https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/821723-xzibit-yo-dawg
@KingMike I think my mind has purposefully removed all memory of these cases. It would take something astronomically hideous to beat that! 😨
@StephenWolf came here to comment that. Was immediatly what I thought.
@Anti-Matter now show the Switch versions
Doesn't matter how terrible a company they are. They own too many easy to flip ips that every casual in the world will buy. Namely sports games.
Blame our peers for what's bad in games. It's their fault. Blame the dumb kid that wants a new call of duty every year. Blame the soccer mom who unwittingly bought Anthem for their kid. Blame the idiotic tv spots that prey on children and parents ignorance. Blame shill media for scoring bad games well. The list goes on. Gaming isn't crap because of EA etc. It's crap because there's too many uninformed consumers willingly giving them money.
The yellow border isn't that bad. It actually reminds me of my 32X boxes.
Someone's gotta Port the EA skate trilogy to switch ,
Battlefield 1?
EA being EA as usual. Nothing new here. They're going to call this their newest release on Switch, because of their "unprecedented" partnership with Nintendo.
Lol I kinda like the box art reminds me of old Sega Genesis games.
You complain about the box art but when Nintendo does it via Selects it's fine.
I do miss the old EA Classics label.
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