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Delighted at the great reviews, but best 2D Mario since the SNES ain't a high bar to reach! 😆

I am tempted by this on Evercade, but full (Evercade) price for one game just pushes it outside insta-buy. May wait for a Switch sale (and I've already got the Evercade Delphine cart pre-ordered to keep me going).

Replying to this year's later and nobody will see this, but out of the dozens of shmups I have on Switch one of my favourites was a 99p game, Q-Yo Blaster. Not too difficult but heaps of fun and a really nice, almost Cuphead-like, graphical style. It's always super cheap in sales, worth a look.

I don't think the original was half as good as people seem to 'remember' it was. I played it back in the day and the game was a pain in the ass even then!

Great review as always, PJ. Added to my wish list as soon as it came out. If I'd not played it through again on Xbox only last year (and it looks great on the Series consoles) it would have been a day one. As it is, I'm currently replaying RDR2 and plan to pick this up to carry on the story when I'm finished. Hopefully by then it'll be at least a few quid off the asking price.

@russell-marlow It's fine if you don't think it deserves a 10. I think it does. If this was just original Quake II released exactly as it was back in the day, I'd be inclined to agree, but as a whole package and taking in to account value for money, I think it deserves the score it got. Like I said, it's all subjective.

@russell-marlow Context is everything. When this came out there were very few FPS games around. The genre has evolved, sure, but it's unfair to compare it to modern games. It's very of its time and probably appeals more to people who played it the first time around. It's still a brilliant game in my view.

@WaveBoy Quake actually uses the gyro in the screen itself for motion controls in handheld. I know this because gyro still works with my Hori Split Pad attached which does not have gyro. It annoys me really that if Quake can use the screen gyro why can't other games! Play Zelda with the Hori pad and gyro aiming does not work, or in most other games too.

@Link-Hero No need for an Xbox release. The original is backwards compatible and looks better than this remaster with all its upscaling and enhancements.

@smithyo Yeah I loved Quake 2 on PS1. My friend and I would play deathmatch with a piece of cardboard taped down the middle of the TV screen so you didn't know where the other person was, except we got to know the maps so well you could still tell where they were from the tiny sliver of screen you could see under the cardboard divider. 😆

@russell-marlow "meathead shooters"? Yeah, if they deserve top marks I'm sure he will. What a ridiculous comment. Christ... 😂🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻

Picked this up last week in a sale for about £10 on Switch and have managed to cram about 20 hours in so far, I love it! Even doing the laundry is fun in that mindless 'watering crops in Starview Valley' kind of way. I've expanded my laundry three times and have loads of Arcade games available to play now. They're not all of the same quality but some are really fun to play. The game has a really addictive hook to it and I can't see me stopping any time soon.

I'd love to see Kula World, Silent Bomber and Ape Escape come to Switch.

Just grabbed this for £1.99 in the current eShop sale. Enjoyed it on Vita and ready to play it again!

Have a rest, Hello games. You've done enough.

Picked this up recently in a sale for about £3. I've only ever played Quake 2 before on the PS1, but this is an amazing package, especially for such a low price. I was also delighted by the fact gyro aiming still works when using my Hori Split Pad in handheld, which does not have gyro. It must be using the gyro in the screen itself which begs the question, why don't the likes of Zelda and Mario support this too instead of locking all the gyro use to the joycons.

Just reading this review now in March 2023 and it made me laugh where you commented on The Witcher 3 and Dark Souls, followed by "not that you'll be seeing either of those on Switch".

Haha, that didn't age too well!

Stumbled across this game whilst searching for 'best rally games on Switch'. Gave the demo a quick try on Android and it seems great (aside from touch controls) so planned to pick it up on Switch. All the comments here seem to suggest the game is £4.99 though and it's not, it's £11.99 which is slightly less of an 'impulse buy' price. Added to wish list though!

@kosterix Possibly the worst comment I've seen on this site, and given the utter dross most comment sections are full of, that's saying something. Assuming nobody who enjoyed the game actually played it? Well I did. You're just what the internet needs less of: arrogant, sneering toxicity.

Picked this up for a couple of quid in a Switch sale recently and absolutely loved it. The puzzles, the atmosphere, the Bjorkalike narration, it's just such a nice, relaxing game. Would recommend to anyone, but if you see it in a sale it's really a must have purchase. Haven't really seen any talk of this game online since it was released which is a shame, because it's an absolute gem and deserved more attention than it seemed to get.

@dimi It's not available free with subscription on other systems. There are none on Gamepass, and possibly GTA 3 on PS Plus if it's still there. San Andreas left Gamepass ages ago, and either way the trilogy has never been on either service.

@Silly_G What you on about? The game has been in ongoing development since it was released. They just mean that they will continue to add new features and updates, not that the Switch port won't be ready and will release half done.

Uh, a Puyo-Puyo reskin? The NES shooter looks interesting at least.

@AG_Awesome There is one, isn't there? I'd rather play them in their original, pixelated state though, much prefer that to fake smoothing.

I just think these SP versions are so pointless. Who's actually playing them? I don't. I bundle them all together and put them at the bottom of the list. Such a weird waste of time to even put these things together and upload them to the service. 🤷

@syrupdash I can 100% guarantee that it will not also include the games from the first Megadrive mini.

@BrazillianCara They can't really, because everyone would just import them from really cheap countries in bulk.

@zool It's 9.5p a day, are you thinking of the family pass?

@Magrane Ah no, you know what, you're right! I forgot there were two. They were both 2D brawlers, but TMNT was definitely the better of the two. It had quite a different graphical style, almost cell shaded sort of.

@Magrane It was just called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Looks cool, but I'd be happy losing the NES version of Tournament Fighters to make way for the excellent GBA game. Hopefully it's added as DLC later?

@GrailUK Why? Did you stop listening after launch day --- over 5 years ago?

@WallyWest No it doesn't, it runs absolutely perfectly on a standard PS4.

@Medic_Alert Genuinely amazed! It's like ten times faster, improves the game so much!

The song is called I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - not '...Close My Eyes'.

Anyway, just picked this up for a couple of quid in the sale. Seems OK, but is the whole game at night? That's disappointed me more than it probably should.

The Split Pad Pro is brilliant in handheld, but I just use my PS4 pad when it's docked.

@Bunkerneath Same here man. It's gone from 100% day one purchase to 'I'll wait for a sale". I think the Switch port could look better, and the fact all the games aren't on the cart is disappointing too. Just not a brilliant deal for Switch owners. Might just play SA on Gamepass for now.

Physical releases are becoming more and more obsolete, but the trouble is the preservation of digital titles is nowehere near good enough yet to make this OK.

So...a little pricier than I'd have liked, but pretty much what I was expecting, and I'm still there day one. Can't wait to play these games again, and in handheld!

@Mobiusman No you can't.

Why are there already 4 user reviews with an average 8.8 rating? I mean, why do you let users review a game they've not even played yet? 🤷‍♂️

Picked this up in a recent sale for around £3 on Switch, despite having previously owned it on PC, iPad and Android. Never actually put much time it over those three systems though, and this seems great so far on Switch.

Looks like they've smashed the kickstarter now, $56000! Well done, guys!

@anoyonmus They did yeah, Simon Cardy reviewed it and simply reprinted his previous review, saying "When EA release a new version, I'll write a new review". Was pretty funny 😆

@NintendoWiiDS I really enjoy the NBA 2K games and play them on both Switch and PS4 - saying they have almost identical graphics is a stretch. The PS4 version looks far, far better than the Switch one, and runs at 60fps vs the Switch's 30. I genuinely think the Switch versions of those games look great, but there's no way they compare to PS4/Xbox.

@EmmatheBest Haha yeah, although that was a bit different in that the Dreamcast could ridiculously just play burned games straight out the box! Unbelievable really!

All these people listing their games and file sizes in bizarrely specific replies that nobody needed.

Paraphrased translations are better than word for word Google translations.

Just saying.

I think this looks cool. Hope it's got a jazz-noir soundtrack. Get some Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore on there...

@sikthvash Ah my bad, apologies.