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They left so many coins behind in the trailer 😭

Highlights covered in the video referenced above, today at 7am PST:

-Berzerk, Berzerk 5200 version, and Berzerk 2600 voice enhanced version.
-Frenzy
-Off the Wall
-Desert Falcon
-Avalanche
-Destroyer
-Red Baron

I miss the days of cool preorder bonuses (I'm looking at you, Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam)! Came with decent-sized paper craft Mario, Luigi, goomba, and koopa troopa.
No but really, any preorder bonuses are cool, just some are clearly better than others! Would love that French bonus with the steel book but my OCD is too wild knowing there is a non-US case in my collection. Makes it feel like a bootleg in my mind. 😩Don't get OCD, kids.

@LinktotheFuture …GBA you say…?

That’s news to me, I will be looking into this — thank you!

@LadyCharlie not sure what you saw but I’m looking at both the steel book AND regular non-steel book expanded edition on Amazon as I type this.

If Enduro is included I’ll be buying this.
I don’t recall seeing that game available, maybe ever, outside of the original cart. It’s my favorite game on Atari. Not holding my breath since it was an Activision game but one could hope!
EDIT: preordered just because I can’t pass this up. It’s reads like a playable documentary and I’m a sucker for mixed media.

@Mana_Knight it’s basically reduced to a mere sound bite at that point haha

I saw someone walking around with a gameboy camera one day downtown. It had one of those big modded lenses on it so I think it was probably taking some cool photos. I wanted to ask them to see some of the shots so bad but I didn’t feel like getting up and running outside.

@Truegamer79 I preordered mine on QVC. They were running (may still be) a deal where I got $25 off. It cost me $40 with shipping!
EDIT: Try promo code: KCLQVC25

Like, how can they act all blasé about the whole thing. Dude(s), you know what you did and now it’s time to pay the piper.
…Do people still say that?

I hate the whole "...but man if this is the real thing it’ll be disappointing this got out first" comment. Like why add that... Why start sprinkling contagious negativity in? What value does that' add?
I'm excited... The price will be the determining factor for me though. I just very recently got my hands on a Switch Lite which has been stellar for handheld play. Finally feels like a portable (as opposed to my launch Switch which feels massive and not as comfortable.)
Anyway, not in a huge rush for a switch 2 but when it announces/launches I'll be very happy!

The NES version of battletoads/double dragon in my mind is superior to all other versions.
That being said, I will 100% play through the SNES version and try to prove myself wrong. I can’t believe they added that to the service! That’s pretty big…

Unfortunate but I always thought 30 is more cinematic anyway so that’s fine with me. 60 looks great with some games but honestly I don’t prefer it in most. I think it sometimes gives games a cheap feel or is too video-gamey.

If we were including non-Nintendo platforms, Might Morphin’ Power Rangers the Movie for Genesis is my favorite…

Nintendo themselves needs to step in and make this some kind of publishing violation or something. Amend the publishing policy and stop this from happening on the next console. It’s infuriating.

I was expecting the master edition to come with a freaking helmet. Oh well.
I might actually pick up the standard edition! You know, for nostalgic reasons.

I’m 100% buying it. I waited too long to get the 10% discount and now I’m sore about it and don’t want to pay full price. Still, I’m definitely buying it, likely tomorrow evening. I asked for the game to be localized so now it’s my turn to make good on my promise.

I play (not necessarily beat) this game every year around Xmas on original hardware. As soon as the intro started just now I got swept away to laying on the couch by the glow of the Xmas tree. Just open the app, boot the game, and back out.
I got my icons!

Dear Eclipse,
I was already buyin’ the game. Once you’ve made the sale, stop sellin’.

EDIT: although, that does suck pretty bad that all the rangers have the EXACT same move set. I was hoping they’d at least do the thing they did on Sega’s Power Rangers Movie where they at least have their respective weapons or whatever else. Who knows, like another said, I just want the release date so I can give my wallet a heads up. He’s still whining about that recent eshop sale.

@TopazLink Holy crap you are like next level Castlevania knowledge LOL. For you and others with questions about touch controls: I have been playing Ecclesia and haven't started the others yet but I can say that you move the "touch pointer" around the screen with the right analog stick. I believe you hold R and then you can move it around the screen. Kind of acts like a mouse pointer. You can click the right stick down to change the speed at which it moves at 3 different settings (slow,fast,very fast). If you're playing handheld, the Switch screen is just a big touch screen so you can use your finger too.
It's a little cumbersome but haven't had any issues yet. That seal mechanic in DoS is going to really be the test but I'm saving that game for last.

@dustinprewitt YES PLEASE.... I was really hoping they'd announce a new round of N64 games on that direct yesterday (I mean, we got the Tetris announcement) and that Castlevania 64/Legacy of Darkness would be one of them. I guess it's still possible to just drop them before October but who knows...
I'll officially retire my N64 if we get Mystical Ninja and Castlevania on NSO.

Now THAT is how you do a release trailer. That was really well done!

I’m so excited for this!

@GamingFan4Lyf I agree… this is a spoiler! Really regretting reading this article.
Keeping that under the radar until a few weeks after the movie released would’ve been smart.
Still… that’s pretty cool to know. Glad that someone who knows the source material is the one pulling the strings.

UPDATE: I’ve seen the movie and didn’t notice 1 phone so I feel this didn’t really ruin anything knowing this “spoiler”. For those who haven’t seen the movie, you’ll really have to be looking for phones to have this be a spoiler which means you wouldn’t really be watching the film.
Also, I thought the movie was AWESOME.

OMG FINALLY!!
Day one buy for me!

Honestly this is the best possible news for me. Only other big heavy hitter news would be Castlevania 64 releasing on NSO.

I’m probably buying this. It’s hard for me to say no to having all these on one cart. I probably should just buy them digitally but come on… I’m a collecting-type human.

I've only ever tried Wings of Madoola but never even heard of the others. I'm tempted to buy this solely because I love Sunsoft and I want to support them as much as possible. They are like neck and neck with old-school Konami to me, both releasing killer games with killer soundtracks back in the day.

This gives me Shadow Complex vibes and it sounds like this maybe plays similar to that? I thought that was stellar back in the day and even now. Looking at the screenshots and stuff it makes me want to give this a fair personal try.

…speaking of, I cannot believe we never got Shadow Complex on Switch; Even PlayStation got it!

Played and beat the game way back on Switch when it was released. Probably had 2-3 hard crashes where the game quit. Luckily I had saved often so it wasn't a big deal to jump right back in. No other complaints from me...
Always did want to try it on newer hardware though, purely for the better graphics (Ala, Shin Megami Tensei V Apocalypse).
This is truly a great game and I can't wait for the next entry...if that ever comes.

Thanks for the review!! I had completely forgotten about this game even though it’s on my list. I’m definitely getting this game. I can’t wait to boot it up while the wife is around so I can watch her react like “WTF IS THIS?!”

@Pillowpants I’ve said the same thing… I got burned with the latest games. Shocking.
I should’ve known when I saw that Pokémon become bicycles… that’s whacky when you really think about it.
Really though, just solid performance is what we all want and what we’ve grown to expect from them over the years. I can look past a lot of other things and just have fun but those latest games wouldn’t even allow that. Ooooof

Looks like they’re (re)using Blaster Master Zero’s engine for the top-down “dungeon” gameplay.
Not a bad thing but I see you, Inti

If I had this game, and I damn well likely will some day, I’d be choosing Blaster Master as m’favorite.

No thanks on cloud versions. Forever.

I’ll stick with 3D dream drop on 3DS.

The hate around Bloober is so inflated and bandwagon-y.
I’ll agree that some of their games are not perfectly on the nose but they’re no worse than a lot of other devs. The Medium was genuinely well-done and atmospheric 👍… Silent Hill 2 is looking incredible… I think I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt here especially being backed by Nintendo.

The most over-engineered cereal bowl

Holy moly this looks really cool haha
As a huge Top Gear Rally 1 and 2 (N64) fan, I'll be picking this up; it checks all my boxes.

@Ulysses lol oh boy well now I feel like I have to watch episode 1 haha
Seriously though, good to know about the anime being good. Lots of positive comments in here too so I guess I’ll be checking this out then.

Never watched the series but I think someone on this site had what I think is the goblin slayer in the armor with the red eye as their avatar. Always thought that looked cool and this game does too. I see this is pixel art, turn based strategy and now I'm all but sold.
This is now on my calendar!

There are a few titles on here that I am utterly shocked haven’t made the jump to Switch, but one in particular, Samus Returns, seems like it would do extremely well. They’d be smart to release that or the other Primes before Prime 4 if only to simply build hype.

For as much as I love, and loved, MGS, Death Stranding has really come full center for me. It’s an incredible game and story that I can’t wait to see fleshed out more.

What I’m saying is that I’ve moved on and so has Kojima. Yes, MGS is beloved and cherished but I would much rather Kojima keep pushing boundaries and making new things rather than revisiting and rehashing. He’s one of the only creators making actual new content and innovating. Revisiting MGS at this point is like that sad weird 30-something going back to their high school after they graduated and telling kids “I was amazing back in the day!”

I love the M&L art over the years. It’s honestly the perfect shade of red and green for the brothers and it is so tasty and pleasing to the eye.
The M&L games seem at home on 3DS, likely biased because that’s where I’ve played most of them, and this art looks right on the money. It would be soooo cool if Nintendo put this on a white Switch case instead of the standard clear.

This is awesome!!
This game wreaks of GameCube/PS2 but I’ve played the “port” on PS4/5 over the years and it’s still fun. Definitely clunky and maybe a tad obtuse but it’s so fun once you get your grips with the quirks. I’ll be buying this knowing there are some improvements, even if they’re slight, and deleting that port off the competitor’s console

I chose “it’s fine” but I’m also in the “it should be less” group because let’s face it… I’m buying it either way. It’ll look nice next to Tropical Freeze in my collection (which was also a port and was also $60-this is nothing new)

Wild….
I’m seeing this as Mario 64 being reduced from being played with 13 buttons and an analog stick on N64, down to 10 buttons and a touch screen on DS, down to 8 buttons on GBA.

What’s next, controlling Mario with 1 button: your mind?
STOP IT, stop it right now, that’s a terrible idea.

I don’t have any issues with the NSO FPS games and that’s probably because I grew up with them.
I only wish Nintendo would implement a dual stick control option because I found these to be mostly unplayable without the N64 controller. let’s get real here, I’m not about to go portable and bring my N64 controller with me so I can play in tabletop mode.

Controller stuff aside, I’ve had no issues with anything else really. Plays just like I remember and that’s pretty great.
Nintendo: if you’re going to add save states as a modern feature, follow through and please also add modern dual stick controls options.

All the double-dipping and full price for DLC stuff aside, the actual game is incredible.
I was really into the original but this new version is just so much more enjoyable.

They’re different price points of course but how did ya’ll feel when you got Pokémon Red/Blue back in the day only for them to release Yellow one year later? This Vengeance upgrade at least released a few years after. The jump from red/blue to yellow was ~1 year

Not to be that person but I’ve been playing it and I haven’t had any personal issues with it. Like, it plays like I remember but it looks nice and crisp and all that. I really don’t see why this person is saying it’s unplayable. I’m playing it every night..?
Controls are a little tough (with aiming, because of the analog stick, in particular) but I’ve been having a blast.

Anyway, hope this stuff gets patched so the hecklers can finally get some sleep.

I've been checking all day for Turok and Perfect Dark and I JUST REALIZED it's a whole other new app I have to download. Yes it says it above but I think I was not taking it at face value that I have to go and download a whole separate thing. My OCD is screaming that this is not in the existing app.
Anyway, look out, Carrington! MOMMA'S HOME!!

...Came here to start eyeballing if I want to go all in on that Zelda Switch lite that was just announced... 👀

I can never give up TV gaming but having a second, more portable system, would be nice. I never take my OG switch out of the house, it's just not "portable" to me. But a Lite is... and it's tempting...

I LOVE Turok but it's so strange they released it while there is arguably a better version of it already available Switch. And uh.. one where you can BUY it and not have to sub to play it. It even has an "original graphics" mode if I remember correctly.

Oh well, not appreciative, I can;t wait to play it, but it's just weird.

if there was a "bucket list" for my games, this would be it. I've been wanting this to happen in the worst way but always thought it would never happen because of the exclusivity and stuff. If this happens I'll purchase it ASAP. It looks phenomenal and doesn't deserve to be locked behind a subscription service.