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Being someone who was heavily invested in the Xbox ecosystem, I'm glad I made the move to distance myself when they raised GamePass up to $30 a month. At this point, it's just Microsoft doing Microsoft things, sorry to hear for the actual people who will be affected along the way.

Been a while since I played this game. Never finished it so maybe now is a good time to

All of this a big reason why the Neogeo aes+ will be my next system. I’m honestly over modern gaming.

@idkmyname I mean if you're going to be fair about it. There are a few certain places in the world that have absolutely horrible human rights issues, yet sell the rest of the world their stuff all day every day... and we buy it.

Ordered this day one with the shipping saying it’s on the way. It’s going to look good sitting next to my other three SNK books

@Bunkerneath Where are you seeing it say it's a switch 2 game? I think they are saying the switch 1 release in October of 2025.

Not gonna lie, it made me giggle.

@jsty3105 That's a very fair analysis and most likely the reality. I was simply point out that there is a market for one. Heck a lot of people buy switches and don't like playing them in handheld. They just want the next Nintendo system to play their Nintendo games on. In this case as it would be much cheaper system to build, but not eat into game sales as the games would be compatible with both Switch and whatever you would call the Switch TV as named here. Regardless... I'd love it and have wanted a Nintendo console since the switch was released.

@jsty3105 I would love a Switch TV, I'd use it side by side with my Switches. Why, because while I can dock my switches I don't really for a couple of reasons:
1. They run hotter, sometimes a lot hotter. And heat is the enemy of electronics. With a docked only model it would be much easier to build in a more efficient heat solution. Some might even say you could up the power a touch at no cost.
2. I love to have my switches in cases that don't fit in a dock and I hate having to remove the case just to play it on a tv.
3. Less hardware means cheaper to make and sell.
4. While I like having the option of docking my system, I'm much more of a handheld player. But if I could easily do it with the cross saves then I would much more often I'm sure.

I'd probably buy two right away, one for my living room and one for my office.

Sometimes I just like to sit back, take a breath and see how stupid things can get. Well played Bethesda, well played.

Guardian Heroes on the Saturn was a great game, Sega didn't make it though, only published it. Treasure was behind that game.
I'd be happy with collections for Phantasy Star, Golden Axe, VF and streets of rage. Probably would need to combine the SoR and GA games to make a full cart though.

As my friend Robbie who's a wedding singer would say "Geez, you know that information might have been a little more useful to me yesterday"

In observance of GKC's everywhere, I just spent $1,000 on the NEOGEO AES+ Ultimate yesterday. Modern gaming makes me miss the games of the 80's and 90's even more. In this case, it's a waste of plastic.

Not really feeling it for her as Lara...Par for the course on modern movies though, so at least they are consistent.

@Bunkerneath Was just going to say the same thing.

@DennisReynolds I ended up just getting on the Xbox Series X as well. I would much much rather have the Switch 2 for the play anywhere factor, but for now that one is gonna just sit in the sealed case I guess.

It's one of my absolute favorite series, sadly just like MHS2, I may have to wait until the following generation to play it. I loved 2 when it came out on the switch, but had to wait to play it until the switch 2 for the stable frame rates otherwise I get to feeling a bit ill. Seems like 3 is doing the same thing to me.

It's honestly sad that when I read "Physical edition confirmed", my first thought was it's a Key Card.

MHS is one of my favorite franchises so I'm getting it no matter what. With that said, MHS2 on the switch has such poor frame rate as to be almost unplayable at times. I waited until the Switch 2 came out to really dig in, where I put in roughly 130 hours to date. I really wish companies made games that ran well on the systems they are designed for and not well here it is, wait till next gen to really get the performance out of it that it deserves.

@Madao Almost kinda sorta agree. I have a no GKC policy unless it's one of a very small handful of games that I truly have to have, or I get it at on sale digital price. Ie... I will not buy an average game in the GKC format, but I'll still get them when they actually have a value based on the criteria above. I knew going into this generation I'll end up with 10 GKC's or less compared to the roughly four hundred and fifty games I have on the Switch 1.

Being a supporter of xbox since day one, I'm honestly done with them at this point.

It honestly looks terrible. I haven't even watched it, and I want my money back plus a little extra for emotional damage.

I've owned at least 4 3DS (Recently sold a day one). Currently have the 3DS XL Year of Luigi and a New 3DS XL Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. The MH4 Ultimate is my go to over anything I've owned.

VF is at the top of my fighting games list, so this is a match made in heaven... Nevermind, it's a Game Key Card. Sadly I'm on the edge of dropping support of my Switch 2. Remember the good ole days when Nintendo said GKC's were an option, but not all games would be GKC's.... (Yeah, I didn't believe them either)... well here we are where pretty much all the 3rd party games are GKC's. This generation has been a colossal disappointment.

Wish there was a physical copy coming. Here's to hoping one of the companies that shall not be named picks this up for a release.

Looks good, I'm in. It's a key card, I'm out. This generation has been a disaster for physical collectors. On a happy note though, maybe I'll pick it up on Steam for $10 bucks at some point, I'm not completely opposed to digital, just have to pay the right price for not actually having the game.

Hasbro is an absolutely atrocious company. They have single handedly destroyed some of the best brands of the 70's & 80's in the last 5 years in my opinion.

This is why I have around 450 Switch 1 games and only 2 Switch 2 games. Going to have to buy some books to fill in the spot on my shelf I had reserved for this generation.

Really does look like cosplay

@snil4 Agreed, they definitely are making a big push towards digital this new generation.

@Nep-Nep-Freak Right there with you, I've purchased 2.5 Switch 2's and I am completely satisfied with what I've paid. Mind you I have always looked at them as a Switch Pro, so I get lots of use from mine. The .5 is in that I paid for half of my sons, the other was for my wife.

The +20% on trades means nothing when the trade value can go up and down day to day. Ie, a store near me closed and the coupon says I can get an extra 20% trade from 1/15 to 1/30. What's to stop Gamestop from reducing the trade value by 20% the day before and keeping it low during this period? So the feel good bonus could mean nothing, also as trade is based on inventory if everyone is trading at this time that would lower the value as they top off the inventory.

Hopefully a better quality control than some of their other offerings (X5s broken left trigger).

Here's to hoping since it's such a small footprint and been out forever it won't have the issue that NEOGEO Selections Vol 9 just had, which is a day one 202mb download. Defeats the purpose. Either way, I think I own these collections in at least 2 or 3 formats... but I'm always down to buy it again if it's actually physical.

I recently got the NEOGEO Selections Volume 9, and it has a day one download of 202mb.... of all 10 that have come out, I believe this is the only one that has a day one download... so, what's actually not on the cart? Whatever it is or isn't... it's an arcade archives cart, so you'd think they would have gotten it right before it went to print.

@Anti-Matter Totally agree, all the games I thought I would be excited to purchase kind of went....... meh. I have now purchased 2.5 Switch 2 machines and have yet to buy a Key Card. I'm simply not interested. Mind you I'm happy with my Switch 2 as it provides a great way to upscale my large collection of physical switch 1 games.

@Dark-Luigi I'm seeing it at number 11?

@Debo626 My steamdeck and I were talking yesterday, and it mentioned that it doesn't have a problem reading graphic intensive games off of its good ole standard SD cards. Said to really think twice if Nintendo is saying otherwise.

So there is still hope that I'll have a Switch 2 collection by the end of the generation... Happy Holidays indeed.

If only 8Bitdo would make that Dreamcast one at their normal $90 to $100 range.

@ArcadeSixties
I disagree. I'm an adult and here are some facts:
1. I don't resell, so I really don't care how much something is worth. Hell, I have a $9k comic I found in a box that I now have sitting somewhere on a shelf, which I really don't care either way. I didn't buy it because I was investing, I bought it because I liked it and for that reason I keep it.
2. I enjoy physical media for the sake of physical media. Anything less and it's just not the same and defeats the purpose of owning anything at all.
3. I love to have a lot of games available to me at any given time. One of the things I hate most about modern gaming is "wait while this downloads".... I just want to play the damn game now, not tomorrow. Having to delete this to make room for that, download... oh wait there's a patch... Wait, now I want to play that game over there, delete this game, download that game...Oh wow, I'm at 3tb on my internet this month.
4. What's even worse than adults complaining about wanting what they pay for, people complaining about adults complaining about wanting what they pay for.
5. The reason MS and Sony get away with it... well, it's the reason I pretty much dropped them and went to Nintendo. They just followed suit with the crappy practice now. They were the last bastion of modern day physical media gaming that people like myself look for.

@Anti-Matter Honestly, I feel exactly the same. Even when I see a game I'm interested in I'm only excited until I see it's a GKC. At that point I find another console to buy it on.

@Jeronan Kinda crazy when you think about it, the easiest way to reliably play a game in 2025 is to dig out the system you had in 1986 and play it.

@ozwally While I don't disagree, I trust my ability to pick something up and actually do it without issue even more than I would trust others like DF. I don't need the weather man to tell me if it's snowing outside I'll simply look out the window, so Nintendo saying they "need" the faster transfer speeds doesn't make sense. More like, they would "like" the faster transfer speeds and not bothered by the consumer paying for it.

@ozwally Which is crazy when you consider that my Steamdeck as well as a lot of other handheld systems don't have a problem with data transfer speeds even with a normal SD card.

It's a good thing those SD EX cards are so cheap already and only getting cheaper.

@Galaxy2IsTheGOAT Well, I've owned a switch 2 since day one, even bought one for my wife (to play old games better), and I've yet to purchase a single Switch 2 game beyond Fast Fusion for $15. I purchased roughly 450 games during the switch 1 generation, mostly physical, and now I'm thinking I may own 10 or so this generation.. I guess I'm doing my part.

@Debo626 Honestly, other handhelds that are even more powerful and play games better don't even use EX cards, so really it does feel a little slimy when you add it all together.
1. New more expensive memory format
2. Higher priced games games in general
3. Almost no physical games sold, so you need that higher priced memory card to store their games.

So what do we get, we pay more for not owning anything, and then we pay a premium for the storage to put it on.
Yeah I get what that person was saying.

@jfp The problem is when you pay that much for a game, you like to load, play.... play something else, play something else, come back to it and play it more.... wait you had to delete it to play those other games.... delete other games, load, play.... But you knew that.

@Lizuka What do people do or say that makes you think they think Stardew is the only farming game that should be allowed to exist?