@Pigeon .... people don't buy pants?? O_o ^_^

Physical. media. for. LIFE!

They are trying to kill the physical market outright. Hopefully gamers won't stand for it. I will never support this practice.

If they won't sell me the game, I won't buy it. I might still play it though — your move, game industry.

physical = buy!!

Pocketpair should just make original character designs and let everyone move on with their lives. That's all this is really about.

LOVE IT. See you again in another 30 years or whatever it was, Paul!!

@TheColorRed

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thanks!!!

Localize it and takeMyMoney.gif

This was awesome! I love that they did it!!

Physical copies when??

Game looks bonkers good to me. My body is ready!!

Please stop running articles like this without emphasizing the context that much of this a top-down result.

The game industry wants all-digital for revenue reasons, but many consumers would still love to buy physical if GIVEN THE OPTION.

If more games were offered physically, more people would buy them physically. Yes, consumers are getting more and more comfortable with trading the convenience of digital for the ownership of physical. However, a lot of people would still buy physical IF they had the option. And that's important context to knowingly exclude from all these "the numbers are down" stories.

@RupeeClock woo! thank you!

I am super ultra excited for this game, but I hope it is either less difficult than the NES originals or has some kind of difficulty option. As an adult, I don't have time for eagles pushing me off cliffs and getting sent back multiple levels.

I'm sure many of you can relate.

Please share with us commoners, game journalist!!

put it on a disc or cartridge and I'll buy it

No playable Rose, no purchase!! lol

Stick it in my veins asap!!!!

Standard Edition it is!!

I really WANT to like SF 4-6 but.... the art styles are .... barf. Really weird body proportions, grotesque uncanny valleys, fun new fighters but at the expense of old favorites. It's tough to get into these last few decades of Street Fighter.

I love this silly musou Zelda titles! They're so fun!!!

"Tiger Isn't Fond Of The 'has stripes' Description"

Japan is just sitting there looking at the rest of the world like "can you please just let us sell you this cool stuff??"

Yea, I'm really excited for Switch 2! I hope the launch and price doesn't get messed up by international dumbness -_-

I was hoping the higher price meant no paid DLC, but, we'll see.

Remember people, if you only buy true physical media, it won't die. Vote with your wallet!! We should have put our foot down 20 years ago, but we have to do it now before it's too late.

Sure, some indie games could never have afforded physical, so that's fine to support them. But if it's a title from a big enough studio, hold out and voice your demand for physical until it comes!!

(Heck, even some small indie games get physical releases via LRG, etc.)

Yea, obviously you gotta make sure the game runs well before you worry about framerate of your live-stream buddies.

I'm very glad you can use whatever camera you want. Options are nice!!

And cheap but fun versus boring but quality seems like a fair trade-off for those interested.

In Nate Bihldorff we trust!!!

That seems pretty rad!!!

@ElkinFencer10 This. Thank you for typing it for me.

When digital distribution first hit the scene everyone gobbled it up because they were like "surely it'll be a lot cheaper!" And, it is for things like indie titles or the thousands of Steam titles that can be sold for a dollar. But, for full retail games digital was basically just surrendering ownership for convenience.

At least now you can save a few bucks if you don't care as much about the ownership aspect*.

*and code in box games are just the absolute worst of both worlds.

Yea, I mean, who can understand every weird pricing decision, but, this should 1,000% have been a pack in.

Yep. This one wins.

I like the DKC design better, but this design isn't new. It looks more like his original design which also looks more like his movie design. So, yea.... context.... history.... knowledge.

Gotta get those clicks, huh?

In the '90s, game prices had not settled into a norm. Some games were $90 back then (adjusted for inflation that would be $188 today). And that didn't "ruin the industry."

In addition, I feel like Sony, MS, and PC hardware have been making needlessly expensive tech and passing that cost onto consumers for 20 years now. Nintendo joins their trend and it's them who might "ruin the industry"?

C'mon, people. Use your brains.

YESSSSSSSSSSSS

Stick it in my veins!!!!!!

I'm OK with it. I'll gladly pay a premium for physical media if that's where we're at.

I can't waaaaaaait!!!!

Headphone jack would be HUGE for me. Seriously.

And that's why the game bombed in the West .... oh wait, no, it was a huge success. I guess maybe even the West doesn't have much of a """Western audience""".

@juliobrand woowwww that's so cool!! Thank you very much for that info!

I was big into Marvel in the early 90s. That was my peak era, but I clearly didn't read much with Nova. 2000 ~ 2010 I sort of took a break from comics. So that explains how I missed that version of Captain Marvel.

Very exciting though!! I love the direction they are going with this game!!

@DynamoDouglas you win the internet. the thing I was gonna say is not nearly as good as this.

@N00BiSH yes! Chibi button!! instantly swap the entire art style of any game to adorable chibis! =P

At risk of losing my Marvel Fan Card, what version of Nova has flowing red hair? And is that Captain Marvel with the sword? Same question: when was that a thing??

@Bizzyb I have such a backlog these days, the wait is OK with me ^_^

I actually had some orders from Strictly Limited that I cancelled because they were like TWO YEARS OLD with no actual delivery in sight O_o

Thank goodness for LRG. I keep hearing rumors that they are not great people? (I honestly don't know the story). But they are keeping physical games alive, and for that, I am super grateful.

Also, thank even MORE goodness for Play-Asia, the true heroes we all deserve, or need... whichever one is better.

I'm not a sneaker guy, but these look cool!

Zero Escape, Somnium Files, RainCode, World's End Club, these are some of my absolute favorite games from the last 20 years. I desperately hope this studio, or at least these creators, are able to keep doing what they love as the years go on.