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In the Simpsons episode where Sideshow Bob has a "no, that's German for 'the Bart, the' " explanation about his "Die Bart, Die" tattoo, when they dubbed the show into German the localisation team surmised that no amount of translational trickery would be able to make the joke work, so they left the line intact, just in German.

Just leave it as it is and put it down to a quirk of the era from when the original game released.

Maybe Prince was a closet Pokefan

"None, let them die" — harsh!

I'd be very keen to play FireRed/LeafGreen, but for the love of god, put both games on there — it boggles my mind that they're still pulling the whole "two versions of the same game" thing decades later

@breach187 but spare a thought for the poor starving license holders who need to feed their wee licelings

Nah, not with the meagre single player offering — I'll stick to Topspin 2K25 thanks

Yeah sorry that's a pretty solid pass from me; the single player mode in Aces was distinctly slim and I was hoping they might have gone all out for this one.

I'm sure there will be a lot of tiresome rage-bait articles about the censorship (or rather, the inability to remove it), but given that a more technically "complete" (and likely cheaper) version of the game exists on PS5, I'll likely end up picking Dispatch up on that — which is a bit of a shame, as I was holding out for the Switch version.

@BulkSlash I always thought they might call it "FFVII: Reverse", because the Japanese pronunciation for "Rebirth" and "Reverse" is so similar — and the game could centre around trying to "reverse" said plot point.

Frankenstein was the YouTuber, not the console

Well Switch 2 is noticeably stripier

For a static costume test it seems perfectly fine, but I'd need to see her moving and talking before I'm truly sold; unfortunately I've yet to see Sophie Turner in anything where she plays a character that's anywhere near as charismatic as Lara

@Jade37 Ah, grand — i mean it was only a free trial anyway, so I would likely be starting over having not played it in so long; I just wouldn't want it to have locked me out just because I have an existing account on another system

@Discostew where did you hear that? I would have assumed that you'd just be able to sign in to your SE account and pick up where you left off on Switch 2. I'm kinda in the same boat (have it on PS5, barely played it, but reckon I'd give it more love on Switch - and most likely just roll a new character anyway), and hoping that's the case. Is there no cross-save between PS5 and PC?

Just happened upon this article in my search for the NL review, as Grand Bazaar is currently on sale — cheers for the heads up! Been looking for something cute and cosy alongside Guardians of Azuma, which I still intend to nab

I'm assuming the UK version isn't live yet? An update went down for the S1 version but it'd been a while since I've played

Not strictly a tradition, but I do remember getting Street Fighter Special Champion Edition on the Mega Drive of Christmas 1993 and being super excited and playing the ever-loving snot out of it daily for about a year straight — it's a game that I will fire up for a quick arcade/campaign sesh and it never gets old

Eric, why are you working on Christmas day? Have a break, mate

@cyrus_zuo I dug it

Ah, grand! Didn't see that coming

@Paraka I really enjoyed the gameplay of the Survivor trilogy but I couldn't in good conscience tell you a single thing about the plot of any of them.

Spotify: "Here's your December 2024-to-November 2025 review" doesn't quite have the same ring to it.

I mean it's neat that it's available for Switch owners and/or anyone who's never played it (it's a great game), but it does routinely go on sale on PS4 for about a fiver.

As for DF, they're clearly good at what they do (and I rather enjoy their retro retrospectives), but as a console person I tend to zone out whenever they start talking about graphics cards.

Seems like a small but nicely formed little game — the shortness doesn't bother me (if anything it's something of an incentive when so many longer games vie for attention), feels like it'd be a nice palette cleanser between more weighty games

They only postponed it. Terminator 2D: No Fate is inevitable.

@punchout87 You have to hold (-) to pause? What happens when you tap it?

Ah I bowed out of Animal Crossing long ago, round about the time they introduced swimming. After trying much slicker, better-designed games like Stardew and Rune Factory I don't know if I can go back to something so fundamentally limited and sedate.

@Antraxx777 What did you do with the third copy?

They really need to just create an upgrade option for owners of this and Galaxy 1&2 so they can include all four games in one place.

I really enjoyed my time with RF4, and very keen to give 5 another go now that it apparently runs much better on Switch 2.

As for Farnia Village — as nice as it looks, ironically I'm actually the kind of person who likes to finish a game and then move on; it's unlikely I'd stick around for too long after the credits have rolled, unless they were continuously adding extra content to it.

Oh I had no idea about this series — and I'm a huge fan of those old school isometric puzzle/adventure games — instant wishlist!

Absolum I'm actually about to pick up a physical copy of, Ball x Pit is very high on my list to play after Lunar - it does look very moreish

Hell yeah, it was the best — I do remember playing and loving World Warrior on SNES but I never owned a SF game until SCE on the Mega Drive, must have played that every day for well over year after getting it for Christmas!

I had my fill of NES games in the Virtual Console era — I don't think it was ever really a big presence in the UK; there was a Playchoice 10 arcade in my local leisure centre and occasionally we'd see them appear on the last day of school but outside of that I had little nostalgia for it. SNES/Mega Drive and PlayStation were much more my vibe

Having Bubsy appear on the SNES app feels like that time U2 forced their new album upon everyone's iTunes library.

I usually receive bigger, more full-price games for Christmas/birthdays, but I'll buy a smattering of smaller, indie games every month or so, it's so sporadic it's hard to put a number on it

Oh hell yeah, more beer over here!

I know they're not the same dev/publisher, but can whoever the powers are that be PLEASE sort out releasing the original Monkey Island games on Switch?

Nah, I doubt I will — I've already got 3D All Stars, and both Galaxy games on Wii, plus an extensive backlog of games that come at much higher priority.

@Daniel36 Bug fixes and patches are fine and all, but adding extra content and features does discourage me from picking games up on launch. If I'd already finished the game by that point, I'm unlikely to revisit/replay the game that soon.

Just started the demo of this yesterday — really digging it so far, and will likely make the plunge with the full game once I'm done.

@AlanaHagues Cheers — yeah I'm not sure if I was playing it wrong, but I found that the enemies in Hades 1 to be a little spongey and unresponsive; like they don't really "bounce" off your attacks so you could easily get overwhelmed if you get too stuck in. I do like the idea of playing it a bit more ranged

@AlanaHagues While I really enjoyed Hades 1, I did find it to have a pretty severe difficulty spike from the point at which Theseus/Asterius show up. And by the time I get to actually face off against daddio, I'm basically hanging onto life by a thread. And I've maxed out all my stats as well - does Hades 2 have the same level of difficulty or is it a bit more balanced?

Also, aren't they all just actors anyway?

While it's fun to point out the weird inconsistencies, does anyone genuinely care that much? Surely if you have to start having to take 40+ years of "continuity" into account, it kind of narrows the scope for creativity in your game about a landscape smashing ape and his little human sidekick?

I'd check them out if playing them didn't require the peripherals

These truly are the Days of Our Lives.

@Synecdoche The one that Yumia wears looks like it'd induce severe boob-ache after walking around with it on for more than five minutes.

I honestly didn't see this DLC coming, especially so soon — I feel like I already got what I wanted out of the main game, and while I might eventually return to it at some point, it won't be for a while.

I feel like I'm falling so behind with Atelier — still haven't played Ryza 3, haven't even acquired Yumia yet, and now there's another new one? Jeepers, they're cranking them out

I'm genuinely surprised they didn't just make this a paid upgrade for 3D All Stars, and/or just a re-release of that game with SMG2 included.

Still a bit torn whether to pick this up on PS or Switch — knowing it'll probably run better and cost less, it's not necessarily a game I'd want the option to play handheld.