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I loved Duke Nukem Forever and Balan Wonderworld, so there's always hope for me to enjoy a panned game.

Cyber Shadow was my game of the year this year.

Awesome. Gruntila's Lair, Freezeezy, Mad Monster Mansion, and Rusty Bucket Bay are all particularly well done. I hope they do a vinyl release of this.

Why are people being pressured into apologizing for their art? It’s your art, your story, your characters, you can make it whatever you want. I welcome variety. This ***** reminds me of Newspeak in 1984 - y’all really want everyone to be a perfectly respectful clone with no vocabularic freedom. I welcome all opinions and creeds. There are “disrespectful” people in the world, so why wouldn’t the world’s art reflect that?

The whole world is practically addicted to porn at this point so we are just fooling ourselves when people act like they’re offended by this stuff.

@GoblinKing86 Game developers should respect their original vision. You don’t see From Software patching Dark Souls to make it more easily palatable. If a game’s premise is to be hard, I don’t think they should sacrifice that ideal. The enjoyment comes from toppling an “impossible” obstacle. I don’t have super talented reflexes nor are they required to beat the Impossible Lair. All you need is the determination to not give up. But if people want their hand held, I guess that’s cool too.

The game is literally called The Impossible Lair... I don’t know why people got so upset when the game delivered its promise.

Defeating it is one of my proud accomplishments. They should turn off the achievement for people who beat it this new way.

They’ll go the skin route (Bowser Jr) for sure, but I hope Helix is one of them.

I am a Warriors series mega fan and always will be. This game has perhaps the best combat in the Warriors franchise, yet it’s interrupted by exposition far too often in the story mode. Every time you get into a flow with the combat, there is a nonsensical cutscene. I still love it, but wish it just went with the open battle system e.g. Warriors Orochi.

I’m hoping it’s more like Pirate’s Curse. The last one was a big step back for the series in my opinion.

None of these Twitch Prime skins have ever worked for me. Tried getting them on Apex and customer service is non-existent.

Listen he’s not joining as CEO or VP lol he’s joining the board

Oh yes and #3 would be Lords if Shadow.

Order of Ecclesia (best gameplay) followed by Circle of the Moon (best castle) for me. They are all really good, though. I’ve played em all except 64.

It’s really unfortunate that Konami isn’t reviving the game IP in the golden era of the genre it helped create.

The more the merrier. Bring it on.

I wanted to love this game but I just couldn't stand it. I remember the interface being very unfriendly and frustrating.

Hey, I get it, it's kind of lame for somebody to make money off of someone else's idea, but I'm never going to pass up the opportunity for more of what I love. Cuphead was the last 100/100 game for me, so I'm honestly thrilled that there is something to hold me over until a (hopeful) sequel comes out.

Same thing with any other indie game that riffs on older ideas - I can't tell you how many Castlevania and Metroid clones I've played that are derivative as all hell but also very fun. If it's something I love, I don't mind the copying.

Such a frustrating dungeon.

Great article

1/2 Genie Hero was pretty disappointing, so hopefully this is a step up.

Surprised to see he’s not demanding royalties.

I agree with his sentiment. All the best fighters in history (Turbo, 3S, Melee +) have a handful of characters that are dominant. Like everyone else said the excitement and drama comes from those who choose to play lesser characters.

I think it looks cool and the core gameplay looks totally different from BOTW. I don’t see how people could be upset over sharing some similar environments when we all draw inspiration from the same Earth.

Does anyone else have trouble with COOP play on the Anniversary collection? It won’t let me play coop on Contra 1, but it will let me for Hard Corps. I can’t scroll to the 2 Player option, and both Joycons control one player in one player mode.

It was very stylus-dependent, so I’m curious as to how they’ll revamp it.

I can’t get co-op play to work on this collection? It doesn’t let me scroll down to 2 Players for some reason on any of the games.

I would much rather they don't look like the actors from the movies. I would prefer this game to have its own identity as opposed to being tied to the movie franchise. I think Thor should look like Thor, not Chris Hemsworth, etc.

First game was amazing despite a lackluster final world. I have high hopes and I’m excited. People who have been pining for a new BK experience yet hate on this very loyal continuation of BK should be ashamed.

I love games like Akai Katana and Deathsmiles- I wish the companies that made those series would publish some titles on the Switch.

PS2 Shinobi is my second favorite game ever released.

Hard to believe, but there was a time when differing opinions were embraced regardless of how “controversial.”

No, thanks. Why would I be interested in buying a players guide for an online multiplayer game that will be patched repeatedly after it is published, significantly changing the game and invalidating the book? [2]

My experience with their games has been subpar to say the least. It would be one thing if the story or dialogue in them was any good, but they're not.

Yooka-Laylee and Mega Man 3

Good to see a nice review about this one. I've had my eye on it for a bit. Seems like the perfect game for me and my younger brothers to play, so I'll buy it next time I'm over there.

@Mr_Zurkon no 3DS ports allowed, stinky alien.

I can't wait for this. ASG was one of my favorite games of 2014.

I think this will be my first gaming purchase of 2016.

Awesome news! Easily one of the best games of the year, and some of the best boss battles.

My favorite video game franchise.

Yoshi, Freedom Planet, and Splatoon were my Top 3 this year.

I've played a couple games, some with my family and some alone, and it's a decent board game. Obviously the amount of content here is laughable, and there is no actual gameplay, but it's a decent way to relax after a long or stressful day.

I bought eight of these games, and I'm thinking about two more.

@Andremario Pirate's Curse was my first Shantae game. There were some references that I didn't get, not having played the other two, but it was still one of my favorite games of last year.

An iPhone game is their GOTY? There goes all the credibility.

Had a blast playing this for a couple hours with my little brothers today. Obviously there isn't much to it, but it's great family fun.

This would have been awesome. I've been wanting a Golden Axe and Altered Beast reboot.

Rodea is $59.99 for the physical copy.

Love me some Ratchet & Clank. Picking up a PS4 for this and Street Fighter.

I'm really getting hurt by the current state of game development. All of my favorite game series and studios are closing, or choosing to not make games because of expenses and the modern consumer's ridiculous expectations.