BrianJL

Blast Corps is awesome!

Nintendo has been "DOOOOOMED!" since about 1994. Their approach clearly works, and even with the ocassional hiccup like the Wii U, they have enough banked up to weather the storm.

More and more I like the look of this game, but I still want to really know what the gameplay is like? The action/platforming stuff ooks good, but is it a major element? They have not done a great job at conveying that.

What a great job they have! "We're hanging out at Universal today. For research!"

I love the visual style of this game for sure. I am not 100% sold on the gameplay yet as it seems to be all over the map. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing, e.g. WarioWare, but I just want to know more details before I commit to this one.

I am having trouble finding Another Code at stores here. Granted we had a big snow storm, but looking online, store locations just don't seem to have it at all.

I still have both GS 1 & 2 with complete save files and all Djinn. I never quite got into the DS game, but I do have it.

The Golden Sun games are great! I highly recommend them if you like that 16-bit style RPG.

@MSaturn I loved the songs. "Dash-Dash-Dash!"

@MSaturn I mean the first one on N64 - I believe it is called "Mystical Ninja starring Goemon" in the West. There's also a Game Boy game of the same name, but I mean the 3D one with Lord Dancin' and the Peach Mountain Gang - man, what a great game! The 2.5D one, Goemon's Great Adventure was good too, but the western release stripped out the songs, which is such a shame.

@Mana_Knight Yeah, I do love me some Sparkster, but Goemon is awesome! Mystical Ninja 64 is one of my all-time favorites.

I'm not even watching trailers for this game. I already know I am all in. The original on DS was such a great experience and now I can finally play the sequel too! Day one for me.

@Hwatt I think the "have a meal" statement is a bit tongue-in-cheek. He's not seriously saying that he can't afford food.

I like Kamiya's games - I'd like to see him land somewhere.

I agree with everyone that collections should NOT be included in these lists. Why do you all do that? It makes no sense.

Also, I want to say that it goes:
-MEGAMAN 2
-All the rest

I loved Trace MEmory and was always disappointed to not get the Wii sequel here in the US. This one is a must get for me!

I think Shinobi has the most potential.

@Zaruboggan The B-52s rule!

@OstianOwl Well, Ska is awesome! I'm more of a Madness/English Beat kind of guy, but the Bosstones are cool too.

@mr12calvin Yes, or something along the lines of Diddy Kong Racing. That would be a nice evolution for the series.

@Croctopus I am hoping to snag this one for Christmas. The update sounds pretty cool too.

@Druidsbrook Metroidvanias are still the superior style of game, 2D or 3D!

Ehh, freedom isn't everything. Some games benefit from more structure. Both types of games can be great. I don't mind if they continue to make them open-world, but I would like more traditional style games as well, even a return to 2D. There is no reason to dismiss those kinds of games as strictly "nostalgic."

@JJtheTexan Oh yeah, the US manuals made a mess of things. It's nice though that they try to include some of that. Even seeing the Probotector stuff is cool.

@JJtheTexan In the Japanese story "Red Falcon" was always a front for the alien invasion. The alien leader itself was not named that. The US instruction manuals made a lot of changes or mistranslations, including changing the names of the main characters. They kind of cleaned this up in Contra 4, and it looks like WayForward is doing more of that and some new world-building too.

This ia looking great. I love the inclusion of the Probotector. WayForward really thinks about this stuff.

Odama is a really interesting game. I have it, and while I did enjoy playing it, it is very challenging and comples. I just remember shouting into the microphine, "PRESS FORWARD!" to command my army.

@EarthboundBenjy Some of the latter-day Atari 2600 games are pretty good, like Solaris, which could almost be an NES game. You are right though that most won't hold one's attention too long. Some of the best games were ports anyway that have much better versions that you can play today. Why play 2600
Pac-Man when you can play an arcade perfect one? That said, I think Atari has the right mindset. Just do what they do and keep it classic. It seems to be working.

My Scarecrow Song was Smoke on the Water. I can't remember excatly how I played it, but just the simple riff. Da-Da-DAH, Da-Da-Duh-DAH. I tacked a note ont he end too because you had to.

JFG is a GREAT game! It's awesome. Get ready to do the collecting though - just when you think that you don't have to, you do!

I voted for the original game, but it's really because that can be most easily molded into an original story, which is really what they should do. They can tell that story - of the kidnapped princess and chosen one in a very broad sense, and fit that to what it needs to be a cinematic experience. Everything else would just get too convoluted.

The casting of the young versions is heavily contingent on who is playign the older versions - assuming they are even doing a story that would have both. That said, they should go with relatively unknown actors, maybe someone well-known for Gannon. Link and Zelda definitely have to be on the younger side. Some of those choices for "Young Link" above should really just be playing actual Link!

@Alpha008 This is exactly right. Live Service games are a commitment and there is only so much time in the audience to go around. I never even got into Splatoon 3 due to time, and that's one of the most innoccuous live-service style games around!

They did the same with Hollywood blockbusters too. It was one thing when one or two a year came out - people would go see them. But when 12 movies a year all have budgets of $500 Million plus and are expected to break $1 Billion to be considered profitable, many of them are going to fail to do that. There is only so much wallet-share out there.

@anothergamer100 I agree. It takes place in the WarioWare world and uses the characters, but the gameplay is totally different - it's a spin-off. It's not bad either, but it lacks that certain special quality that most WarioWare games have.

@MaxPlastic I agree. I just played it a little and was refreshing my memory before I spoke. The "trap room" candles do in fact look different so it is easy to tell what they are. Also, the game is fine - the level design isn't super creative or anything, but it's decent enough for a playthrough.

Legends - nice. I didn't hate that game like a lot of people seem to. I mean, it's decent enough. It was a shame that Konaimi had basically disowned it. I look forward to playing it.

They don't really bothe me except for Shining Falls dude - that I didn't care for.

Honestly, Ultimate was pretty, well, Ultimate. I think the next iteration should really be something different. Threre's just no need for anything "bigger" at this point. I think they should just let it be for a while and push into a different direction, like an adventure game with crossover characters or even Super Smash Kart, which there are already seed sof in MK8/Deluxe.

@HammerKirby Exactly. There IS a non All-Stars version of "The Lost Levels" out there. There is really no reason to be pedantic about it eeither - we all know the game we're talking about.

Most of them aren't terribly difficult overall, but they will have difficult elements in them. If you want to 100% you will find challenge in most of them. That said, The Lost Levels is just downright cheap!

This looks cool - I may have to check it out. I just maxed out my SD card and transferred to a bigger one, so I'm all set.

@Member_the_game I am on World 2 as well and trying to get everything before I move on. I also think that hte game is GREAT - so fun and addictive. I enjoyed the NSMB series, but this one feels a little extra special.

While the later verisons were objectively improved, the original is still the one I will go back to play again and again.

The flowers add a lot of personality. Sometimes they say something really funny or kind of messed up. I would never turn them off.

Wait - Sonic games have a timeline?

Okay, so I expected teh game to be good, but maybe it was being overhyped. After a couple of hours with it, WOWIE ZOWIE! It really is spectacular. It's like SMB3 and SMW had a baby. It's got everything and then some. Those battle arena levels where it sets each stage with the musical queue from Mario Bros. - They thought of everything!

@Goofonzo Nice thing on this one is you can play in the 16-bit pixel art mode if you want. I do like when they include that.

I love Gargoyles and have been re-watching it on Disney+. I may have to grab this game as I never got to play it back in the day.

@Vexx234 Man, Extreme GB was great though and was in-continuity with the Real Ghostbusters. Man, when the guys made a cameo I was in heaven!

I played the demo at Target the other day. I'm not surprised as it felt great. It's more 2-D Mario, but with some twists and surprises, just as it should be. I am looking forward to it!

JP box is too busy, but NA box is too sparse. I agree with many that neither is very good at all.