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This list is exactly why I just don't feel guilty about emulating dead consoles on my PC.

I remember this game looking... way better as a teenager. Hahaha!!

I can't wait for Inscryption to come to the Switch and instantly be added to this list and permanently stay.

"Commemorative Art"
That's cute. 🙄

To me, the crux is art direction. Take Inscryption for example. It has far from the best graphics, but damn, that art direction is top tier for creating the atmosphere they specifically intended. Now take Call of Duty: Vanguard. It's almost photorealistic, but it looks like every other pew-pew army game on the market.
Personally, I don't think Pokémon's graphics are all that great and the environments can be distracting, but the art direction is part of why Pokémon has lasted 25+ years and why it's worth $109 billion.

@KateGray Is this like when Super Mario 64 became playable in a web browser about a year ago or is this something different?

We don't talk about Sea Bass, no, no.

This guy is a halfwitted selfish buffoon of a human being. Think of all the good that could have been done with that money.

I am not going to get hyped until I see the actual frame rate of this thing. This has the potential of being an fps nightmare.

Gosh, I sure hope not. I was chatting about this with a friend last night, coincidentally. Nintendo is riding the biggest wave they've ridden in possibly decades. I could see Nintendo releasing a console that is more apt to run current-gen games, but ditching the Switch altogether would be, frankly, idiotic, even in two or three years from now. There are countless people where the Switch is their very first console, much like how the Wii was many people's very first. Seeing as how the WiiU was a commercial flop, Nintendo would best not screw this up.

Nintendo may have some of the best first-party games ever created, but accessibility is where Sony and Microsoft beat Nintendo in spades. The Last of Us Part 2 and Forza Horizon 5 have some of the best accessibility options that have ever been put in a video game. Microsoft's adaptive controller is a work of genius.

Nintendo's games and UX don't even come close.

I mean... that sure is a list alright.

Retro game prices really do suck, honestly. I broke out my Wii to play Guitar Hero. One of my guitars is a little junky. I found out that it would cost hundreds of dollars to replace the guitar. It's kind of absurd.

My inner 10-year-old is losing his little mind. I can't wait for this.

Don't drink tap water at Jerry Garcia's.

I know this isn't a Switch game, but I think my favorite games of 2021 might be Inscryption. That game is one of the most immersive games I have ever played.

I just bought Inscryption on PC. I started playing the game last night and I thought I had only been playing for maybe an hour or so. I checked the time and it was 3:00 am... I woke up and I can't stop thinking about it. This might be my personal game of the year.

Does Project64 count?

@nessisonett I am literally a professional graphic designer, and I second this.

@Pod You will not regret it. It's sublime.

I began playing this game about a month or so ago and I have loved every moment of it. It's a quiet masterpiece and I couldn't be more thrilled for this new update. What an incredible development team and work of art that they have created.

This is the cutest nudey glitch I've ever seen. Hahaha!!

@UglyCasanova Basically, all the crappy fighters got buffed and the new fighters that were a little overpowered got nerffed, making the game even more balanced.

Nintendo, if you're not cowards, release this Roblox update.

Who's the Pokemon?!

Scrubs to the end of the video
It's Jynx!

But... why? It's the same blooming game. I must be missing something. 🤷‍♂️

It's a shame Tropical Freeze isn't on this list. I'd jump on this deal in a heartbeat if it was.

As long as there isn't a little x shaped anus on these then I'm fine with this.

That Ring Fit Adventure ad was highly unrealistic. Ain't no one allowed to be in the room with me when I'm playing that game. I'm a hot sweaty mess by the end.

@Bolt_Strike So, there's this magical computer program called Dolphin...

Hell yes to DK Junglebeats. That game is easily the most underrated DK game ever made. It's was a blast from start to finish. I played it when I was a teenager and it blew my adolescent mind.

I love the Shantae games, but I've held off on getting this one. $30 is kind of steep if I'm being completely honest.

@JoeSooper I wouldn't be mad if it did. Hahaha!!

Unfortunately, I think Deathloop will win, which is a bloody shame.

Why is Sakurai riding on that giant bottle of glue?

Deku Deals is game changing (no pun intended).

Where's Vanillish, Jynx, Klink, and effing Klefki?... Did they get left off this list and end up on the list of Pokémon that are an utter abomination?

Nintendo is quite literally dominating the handheld gaming market (not including phones). Steam is about to release the Steam Deck and is going to give Nintendo some major competition. Sony's PS5 is about two generations ahead of Nintendo in terms of hardware power; if they tried to compete now then it might be a losing fight for a generation. Microsoft is taking the lead on streaming games. I think it would be idiotic for Nintendo to leave the Switch's market. They have a REALLY good thing going right now.

I find it interesting that this game got knocked down a peg for not using true black. Here's the thing. I work as a designer and I almost never use actual true black in my work. True black design often looks sunken and optically makes thing look smaller than they are. I commend these designers for their art direction with color and understanding these design principles.

Okay, in all honesty, where does gaming even go from here in terms of hardware? I feel like there's this massive bubble that's needs to burst. Game development is more expensive than ever. If games become too expensive then the devs won't make a profit. The latest consoles can run basically any game at a consistent 30 fps or 60 fps, many times while running in 4k. With AI upscaling looking to be the norm in the near future, basically everything will be able to run at least at 1440p 60 fps, where do we go from here? In terms of power, today's consoles will be able to run games for the next 10 or 20 years due to development costs keeping visuals more simple in games. I don't know. I think about this a lot. If Nintendo made a "Switch Pro" that could hit 4k 60fps then why would anyone need a new console for the next, like, 10 to 20 years?

@Gwynbleidd I both agree and disagree with this. If people are pirating games that are still sitting on store shelves, whether that's a physical store or digital store, then I think that that's absolutely wrong and is stealing from the publisher... but where it starts to get grey is when people emulate games that haven't generated revenue in literally decades from games that have been effectively discontinued by the game company. When Nintendo releases an online service like NSO to experience older games and generate revenue for themselves but then they release vastly inferior versions of the game that don't create the original experience, then would the NSO online version of the game be considered the same as ROM you can download and still have that original experience that isn't broken? If you go on eBay and buy a used discontinued game then the original publisher never sees a dime of that sale anyway.

Gaming as a medium is really new and weird in the grand scheme of forms of media. Books are either made digital, reprinted, or go into the public domain and can be read at basically any time. Movies and music move to streaming and the money is still going into the publisher's pockets. Games just fade with time if the publisher just doesn't re-release the games on current hardware.

What I think is going to get really crazy is when games start going into the public domain in about 30 or so years from now. Will just the characters and story go into the public domain or will the entire source code for the game? Will online distribution for those games become completely legal to distribute, download, and emulate? It's going to be crazy when that happens.

@mikegamer
Nintendo: I'm sorry.
Nintendo fans Kratos' voice: Do not be sorry. Be better.

@johnvboy Sure, it does look better than the WiiU's emulation, but NSO doesn't hold a candle to Project64's emulation capabilities. I think Nintendo really missed the mark on this one.

@Gerald That makes me so sad, honestly. OoT is one of the greatest games ever made. I played it countless times as a kid and I love it so much. It makes me so sad that some people are going to experience this game for the first time in its broken state with NSO.

I love Nintendo, but I tend to agree with the dislikes for this video. Having to pay $50 a year for 25-year-old games with broken texture emulation and terrible online play is just a crime. This should have been an extra $10 at most. I know Nintendo doesn't want to devalue the price of their games by offering them for low prices, but the very least they could do is take some notes from other emulators on how to do it right and to drop that awful price tag.

Anyone else used to let Slippy die on purpose? I did almost every time.

I played this game to dead as a kid. I played it a week ago and it was kind of disappointing. There's just so little to the experience that it's kind if a bummer.

Does anyone know how and where to play Laplace no Ma? I could find most of these online except this one?

Yeah... I'm... I'm good...

Ring Fit Adventure is such and incredible gem of an experience. Nintendo should add DLC to this game; I'd buy it in a heart beat. (Bu-dum-tss!)