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Interesting. I've never played these games myself, but I always heard that Violent Storm was the best entry in the Crime Fighters trilogy.

This is a decent list. The only glaring omission for me is Motocross Maniacs 2 - genuinely one of the most addicting games I've ever played.

Boktai really shouldn't have been omitted.

Cool. If it's half as fun as International Track & Field, I'm in.

@chardir it's not just this site though, but @roadrunner343 's explanation makes sense.

Why is so much importance placed on UK sales all the time? The whole European market isn't even anywhere as big as the US one.
Are UK sales indicative of Western sales in general or something?

I love the SNES classic line-up, but a few more 2 player games would have been great. Off the top of my head, I'd add:

Pocky & Rocky
Final Fight 2
Super Bomberman
Legend of the Mystical Ninja

Very interesting. I remember reading somewhere that Synopsys owned the rights to the Super FX patent after they acquired Argonaut's parent company.

I'm no tech expert, but this game runs on the FOX Engine which the Switch doesn't support. Isn't it up to Nintendo to approach Konami and make it happen - just like they did with Unreal and Unity?

@Octane How do you know that the cutscenes consist of 2D shots? They skipped every cutscene in the treehouse demo and according to articles they're "Saturday Morning Cartoon-styled cutscenes" with "extensive voice acting". The whole game is even 4GB.

No doubt, there should be more of a difference between this and a game like Zelda, but I'm still baffled by these prices you mentioned. The typical retail price of 3ds games is $39.99 - in some cases $29.99 I guess - and yet this should be even cheaper?

I think $39.99 would be OK, but at the end of the day it's Konami's fault for not showing off all the contents that would justify that price point. Most of what we've seen so far were the early levels.

They created a brand new engine for this, incorporated professional voice acting and lots of animated cutscenes, so expecting it to cost as much as an indie game is a little silly.

Not defending the price though - I had hoped for $40.

If he picks 'Sin & Punishment 2' for a song title, Nintendo will just have to make a third one, right? If so, then I'm all for it.

@Captain_Gonru They announced it last month I think. It's called 'Cruis'n Blast' and is coming to arcades in January 2017.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/10/cruisn_usa_sequel_coming_to_arcades_in_2017

So we're getting a new Cruis'n game from Nintendo AND a new Daytona from Sega? The 90s kid in me approves!

I honestly couldn't care less about the lack of stereoscopic 3D...I only have it turned on when it's absolutely necessary.

So this isn't even optimised 50 Hz? From what I understand most of the 50 Hz releases thus far have been optimised to run at a speed that's similar to 60 Hz. That would be a shame, because I still like the N64 version much better.

Well, you can't really blame any journalists for jumping on this story. He's the official PR guy for a major developer after all and German 'humor' is...hard to discern.

I'd buy it in a heartbeat if they release it for Europe. Seems like PAL gamers are getting the shaft with a lot of recent 3DS games...

I gotta admit I'm happy about this, even though it definitely wouldn't have been a deal breaker for me. I love the idea of more heroines in video games and would also support demanding more female protagonists, but choosing a gender for an established character like Link just never felt right to me...doesn't matter how many times people keep saying he's just a blank slate.

So scary how there's still so many Americans who believe the bombings were justified...

Oh no...if there's really voice acting in the game I hope it's Midna-esque babble. An option to turn it off completely would be great, too.

So x86 architecture means that Wii U backwards compatibility is impossible, right? Can any tech expert out there clear that up?

@Grumblevolcano Well, all I know is that if Nintendo makes another console based on PowerPC, you can kiss 3rd party support goodbye again. If recent rumors are to be believed though and the NX is easy to develop for and port games to, then it's pretty much guaranteed to be x86. I think Nintendo fans will just have to bite the bullet in exchange for progress this time. That said, maybe they could do the kind of BC like on XB1, but I doubt they will.

@Grumblevolcano Why is that? I thought everybody agreed that the NX can only succeed if it moves away from PowerPC and (finally) embraces x86...which would mean backwards compatibility is out of the question.

Seriously, how do we get Nintendo & Konami to release Ninja Five-O for the Virtual Console...I'm not gonna spend $200 for that cartridge.

@Dankykong Well, the break is still going on...but I hope I'm wrong. It just seems like Nintendo is all in on WarioWare which has overshadowed the later Wario Land games saleswise.

It's so sad that there probably won't be any new Wario Land games. I've always thought that the WL & Sin and Punishment games were Nintendo's most underrated franchises.

Wow, this looks awesome! This is exactly the type of game I'd enjoy playing on the go.

A big reason why this game is so great is because of Yoshiaki Koizumi who also wrote and designed Majora's Mask. I wish Nintendo would let him make another Zelda game.

Tbh, even if I was interested in the game I wouldn't wanna support those kind of developers :/

Great news. Now if only somebody could convince Konami to put Sunset Riders and Gradius III on SNES VC...boggles my mind why we haven't gotten those yet.

OMFG this might be the best rumor so far! I played the first one on PS2 and it's one of the greatest games I've ever played.

@OneBagTravel I agree 100%. Yoshiaki Koizumi should have taken over the Zelda franchise; every Zelda game he was involved in is a masterpiece.

His patreon support is already over $1000 again. So sad how there's people defending and enabling IP thieves like him. I know it's always easier to take the little guy's side over the big company, but he's so clearly in the wrong here, just like the Pokemon bar owner from a couple of months ago.

This is gonna be a trainwreck of epic proportions...and I have to see it!

@japongt That will be the deciding factor for me as well. I wish Nintendo would realize that we're sick of being babysat.

@EmmatheBest It's called 'Xak III: The Eternal Recurrence', a PC Engine game that was never released here; there are fan translations for it though.
Here's a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d-SrgqESoY

WOW! Hard to believe Nintendo would allow a game like this on their console.
Out of all the 16-Bit RPGs I've seen, I'd say the only one that's even more violent than this is Xak 3.

It should definitely launch with a sports/racing game, something like Wave Race or F-Zero. I also want the Wario Land series to make a comeback.

@IceClimbers That would make more sense to me...for all regions though, especially since they keep saying that they will continue to support the 3DS.

@Luffymcduck Funny you should mention WW Twisted. It was also localized by NOE and then canceled at the last minute for the same reason as Drill Dozer. It was supposedly due to safety concerns with the mercury in those special cartridges...or at least that's what I read on the internet...

Psyduck, calling it now!

Probably the most underrated Nintendo franchise next to the Wario Land series, it's so good. I'm still hoping Star Fox turns out great, but after seeing that underwhelming gameplay footage I wish that Nintendo collaborated with Treasure instead of Platinum.

@SakuraHaruka I'm not sure, but from what I understand Konami's change for the worse is fairly recent. Their new CEO Hayakawa just doesn't see a future for console games and wants to focus on mobile games instead.
If they ever get new leadership they might become a great developer again which is why I'm not joining the Konami boycott.

@KingMike The gamepad does support rumble + the Japanese VC release of Drill Dozer supports rumble as well, so I'm pretty sure we're getting it, too.

I haven't jumped on the Konami hate bandwagon, but this is the one thing that bugs me. If they at least sold Hudson's IPs to an active games developer I would be happy.

@OorWullie I think it will support rumble

The poll should have been "What's your most anticipated Wii U game of 2016 other than Zelda?"

@AlexSora89 Why are you so sure about that? According to this article they're strongly considering making the NX region-free:

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/05/nintendo_currently_investigating_the_idea_of_a_region-free_nx

I would be surprised if Nintendo is the only video game company that still region locks their consoles in 2016...but yeah, it's totally possible that they will disappoint again. I'll try to stay somewhat optimistic though.

There are only 2 things that I really want from the NX:

• NO REGION LOCKING - seriously, if Nintendo does it again I'm going back to Playstation
• It has to accept physical media.
  That isn't too much to ask for is it??