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Re: You'll Be Able To Buy The Borderlands And Bioshock Games Separately On The Switch eShop

BanjoPickles

As much as I’m excited for these games on Switch, 2K has to realize that they’re sort of setting themselves up for failure if they think they’re going to see success from full price compilations, years after the fact, while making the (poor) decision to make the majority of each of them downloadable. There is no reason they couldn’t have fit these games on cards. I’m going to be buying a new memory card very soon, but I really don’t want to have to name it the 2K sd card.

Re: Super Mario 35th Anniversary Rumours Intensify

BanjoPickles

@mesome713

“Trust me, collections are scum of the earth.”

Says you. In a rush to beat them so they can discuss it with friends? That logic makes no sense. Me, personally? I love collections because they’re easy on my wallet, on space, and I don’t have to juggle cartridges.

Drip feed sucks, plain and simple.

Re: Super Mario 35th Anniversary Rumours Intensify

BanjoPickles

@mesome713

Your opinion makes no sense, though. “Overwhelms the player?” Well, buying the games individually overwhelms my wallet. I’d rather pay $60 than $200+.

Why would you be overwhelmed? Play one game at a time and when you’re done, move on to the next one. Easy.

Re: Rumour: Sony Could Be Raiding Konami For Castlevania, Metal Gear And Silent Hill IP

BanjoPickles

@Alucard-XII

Thank you, my friend. I remember being so excited about Shattered Soldier, when it was first announced. At first, I hated it.....but then it grew on me. Contra 4, on the other hand, had me from the get go. It felt fresh, yet familiar, and it struck all of the right notes.

Don’t get me wrong. I would love to see a Castlevania that was on par with Castlevania III, IV, Rondo, Symphony, Aria, or Dawn. The problem is that Konami seems incapable of doing it. It’s to the point where there are more average-to-bad entries than good-to-great:

Average

-Dracula X (SNES): nothing about this game stood out. The music was cheesy, the level layouts were awful, with some of the most ridiculously hard jumps in the series, and a Dracula fight that was cheap.

-Lords of Shadow: this game had so much potential, but I hated how much it aped God of War.

-Legacy of Darkness
-Curse of Darkness
-Lament of Innocence

Bad

-Castlevania: the Adventure
-Castlevania Judgment
-Castlevania: Legends
-Lord of Shadow: Mirror of Fate
-Castlevania 64
-Lords of Shadow 2

Granted, these are only my opinions. The Castlevania series is one of my favorites, but Konami has let it die, and doesn’t seem interested in resuscitating it, which sucks.

Re: Rumour: Sony Could Be Raiding Konami For Castlevania, Metal Gear And Silent Hill IP

BanjoPickles

Honestly, I’m okay with Castlevania and Contra being left in the past. There hasn’t been an indisputably great entry since Aria, maybe Dawn, and IGA isn’t coming back. I would love to see a return to the series’ roots, but I doubt that will ever happen.

Contra has seen two good entries in twenty-five years: Contra 4 and Shattered Soldier. The latest was bottom of the barrel. The series deserved so much better!

Honestly, though, with games like Blazing Chrome, Hollow Knight, and so many other run and guns/Metroidvanias, does the world really need another piece of crap like Mirror of Fate, or Rogue Corps?

Re: Guide: Every Arcade Archives Game On Nintendo Switch, Plus Our Top Picks

BanjoPickles

What’s really awesome is that, apart from a number of licensed titles that will probably never see the light of day, I have my entire childhood arcade experience on Switch in the form of the Konami arcade collection, Namco Arcade, Johnny Turbo, Arcade Archives, and Sega Ages.

If we could somehow get the following, I would have every arcade game I’ve ever cared about:

-Crazy Taxi
-TMNT
-The Simpsons
-X Men
-NBA Jam (not a chance)
-Die Hard Arcade
-Virtua Fighter
-Pit Fighter
-Super Punch Out
-Kangaroo

Re: Feature: The Most Jaw-Dropping Nintendo Switch Ports Of 2019

BanjoPickles

Games I would love to see in 2020:

-GTA V (after playing Witcher III, I believe it’s possible)
-The Shenmue Collection
-Dark Souls II and/or III
-licensing deals for The Simpsons Arcade, TMNT, X-Men, and so forth. Will it happen? Not a chance!
-HD remasters of select GameCube games.
-Red Dead Redemption 1

Re: Talking Point: What's Happened To Switch's NES And SNES Games, Nintendo?

BanjoPickles

@WiltonRoots

I agree. Even if I took out the fact that I have a full time job, a family, and school, I’d still be falling behind on all of the games I want to play. 20 snes games dropped in September, right? Many of those games take at least a few hours to complete—Link to the Past, Mario World, Super Metroid, Yoshi’s Island, Earthbound—and those are just the games that come with the online service. In the past few months, we’ve seen Luigi’s Mansion 3, Pokémon Sword/Shield, Fire Emblem, Dragon Quest XI, Astral Chain, Witcher 3, and countless great games come out on the eshop.

There is more than enough to play!

Re: Talking Point: What's Happened To Switch's NES And SNES Games, Nintendo?

BanjoPickles

Well, let’s look at this logically:

1). Super Castlevania IV is out, due to its inclusion on the Castlevania collection.
2). Contra III is out because of the Contra collection.
3). Secret of Mana is out due to the Mana Collection.
4). Mega Man 7 is out due to the collection.
5). X 1-3 are out.
6). Square Enix would probably release Chrono Trigger, FF IV and VI on the Eshop individually.
7). Wild Guns is out due to the remake.
8). Sim City is out due to copyright issues.
9). TMNT IV copyright issues.
10). Final Fight 2 and 3 could eventually be released.
11). Act raiser 1 and 2 haven’t seen a single rerelease.
12). Zombies Ate My Neighbors could eventually see a release.
13). DKC 2 and 3 could see a rerelease.

Re: Switch's NES And SNES Games Will No Longer Be Added Monthly

BanjoPickles

@Mallow

Absolutely! Even if Nintendo didn’t release another game for the SNES online, we now have more than our money’s worth! This service shouldn’t be the centerpiece of the Switch’s library, but people are making it out to be.

Also, when SNES games were just a rumor, how many did you think we’d get at launch? Five? Maybe ten? No, they gave us twenty! They gave us almost every first party title in the original launch window (Pilotwings, Mario World, F-Zero), and three of their very best games of all time (LttP, Super Metroid, and Yoshi’s Island)! Apart from the DKC trilogy, Super Punch Out, Earthbound, and a few others, they essentially gave us most of their SNES games in one day! Unlike the NES offerings—many of which were also great—the bulk of these games will take time to plow through!

So, where do we go from here? Bring on the N64 games! What, no Goldeneye?! This service is such a ripoff!

Re: Switch's NES And SNES Games Will No Longer Be Added Monthly

BanjoPickles

Honestly, I don’t see it as a big deal. If you just signed on for a full year, you get, what, sixty-plus 8/16-bit games, many of which are classics? There are also a lot of games that simply aren’t going to appear on the service because they’re available in separate compilations (Castlevania, Mega Man, Street Fighter II, Contra).

Also, given the sheer volume of games that are coming out in the immediate future, snes games are somewhat of a low priority. I can’t keep up!

Re: Elder Scrolls Online Director Says The Nintendo Switch Isn't "Powerful Enough" To Run The Game

BanjoPickles

@Kinpatsu

I’m overwhelmed, brother! I mean, Astral Chains on Friday, Mana Collection next Tuesday, Link’s Awakening in a few weeks, Daemon X Machina less than two weeks later, followed by Witcher 3, then Luigi’s Mansion 3, then Pokémon, Doom Eternal......and I still haven’t gotten around to playing Fire Emblem, Wolfenstein Youngblood, Mortal Kombat 11, Friday the 13th (my favorite horror franchise, so I’m excited to play the game), Warframe, and so many others!

Argh!

Re: Reminder: Two More NES Games Hit The Switch, Plus Another Special Version Of Gradius

BanjoPickles

Annoying opinion: if it isn’t Super Mario 3, Punch Out, Zelda, or Kirby, it’s garbage that I don’t want.

VPD is actually a really fantastic game! Come on, already! Step out of your constant demand for things that have been rereleased a million times, across several platforms, and try something new! By doing so, you’re sending the message that hidden gems are appreciated, and that will have a positive impact on their inevitable SNES releases.

Re: The Witcher 3 Switch eShop File Size Revealed

BanjoPickles

@Tasuki

Then buy it there. Why do people assume that porting a game across completely incompatible platforms is as easy as copy and paste? Thousands of hours probably went into porting the game, and the perk is being able to carry the game anywhere you go.

$60 is very reasonable, considering it includes all DLC. What, were you expecting them to invest all of the time and resources only to release it for $20?

Re: Feature: Super Nintendo Games We’d Like To See On Nintendo Switch Online

BanjoPickles

Games you won’t see:

-FF IV-VI
-Secret of Mana
-Secret of Evermore
Chrono Trigger
-Actraiser 1 or 2
-TMNT, or any of the awesome licensed Konami games.
-Sim City
-Mega Man anything
-Castlevania IV/Dracula X
-Contra III
-Any of the Street Fighters

Mega Man, Contra, Castlevania, and Street Fighter have collections available. Square Enix is not going to allow their SNES library to be given away for nothing, and they also have a Mana Collection.

No offense, but some of you are being laughably unrealistic.

Re: Switch SNES Controller Confirmed, Nintendo Switch Online SNES Games Next?

BanjoPickles

Sorry to be THAT guy, but......big deal? If you want SNES games on the go, dust off your 3DS, which has games available that will never hit the Switch online service (Super Castlevania, Dracula X, Mega Man X 1-3, Contra III). You also have the option of the SNES Classic, the Wii U VC, etc. SNES games on Switch isn’t really all that major. Now, if they offered N64 or GC games, THAT would be something!

You’re basically begging for something that is readily available.