@Pirate1 Company of Heroes needs mouse support.

@SillyG If this happened I would be beyond ecstatic, but I don't think it will. I have the 3 main Taito and the 6 NEOGEO (2 on order) as well as probably 20 other old timey compilations. It's mostly all I care to collect anymore.

@killercereal I guess so, but I find that those people are a decent representation of the overall attitude that people either have now or will once it sinks in or the experience it first hand. Personally I know a total of 4 people including myself who intended or were looking forward to the Switch 2's release. Of those 4 people, I'm the only one still intending to buy one at release.

@Duncanballs I hear you, I've gone past that point myself. I think it's because after so long people were hoping Nintendo really wowed them. With all the missteps and changes I think they done a lot of damage toward the good will they built up in the Switch 1's lifetime. To me it's just what it is, but I also have to be honest and say that I'm far from impressed with what they have done.

@Duncanballs In my opinion, that's not really fair to say because it's the whole point that we should be a generation past the Switch 1. It's like saying if this was an Atari 2600 list people would be losing their minds with excitement. Yes, I suppose they would.

I love DK, but the more I see the game I can't help but see a lot of ugly cheap looking levels with particles flying everywhere to cover that fact up. Maybe it's just me, but once you really note that most of the game is just stuff flying at you or explosions of particles, it just becomes much less appealing.

Looking at this list, I'm much less excited than I was. I'm getting a Switch 2 basically for whatever it can do to make my switch 1 games feel like they finally got the switch pro. I'm sure over the course of the 2's lifetime there will be a handful of games, but I'm pretty sure the Switch 1 is the end of my game collections.

@obijuankanoobie Exactly what I was thinking. I was more excited before I saw the list because I assumed I probably missed some good stuff. Looking at that list gave me a bid yawn, as the best stuff that I'm looking forward to looks to be Switch 1 hang overs.

Loved the first one, just deciding on whether to picks up the import or wait out a US physical release.

@NintonicGamer I think there are a lot of people who are not willing to pay $80 for the new Mario Kart.

@axelhander what if I wore my akajo windbreaker to the ceremony?

@axelhander I don't understand the reference here? I know what an ACA Joe Windbreaker is but I don't know how that ties to NEOGEO?

I guess I'm in the vast minority here, but I love these collections. While I own I think 8 systems for NEOGEO games, and about 20 digital on Switch. I still want this collection as a whole as it's NEOGEO/Switch which is the perfect modern day combination to me. Already have the first 4 and will be buying them until they stop putting them out.

After collecting roughly 400 switch games, I'm going into the next generation with these rules:
1. Only buy physical: if it's $60 or under, or a top tier game I plan to get at least 40 to 50 hours out of.
2. Only buy Key Card if it's one of a handful of games, and it's only available on key card, and it's $60 or under
3. Limit physical/KC game purchases to 20 or less games for the switch 2 generation.
4. Digital games if they are $20 or less. Prefer $10 or less as I did in the switch 1 generation.

Honestly, this is the criteria I'm going to try and hold myself to so that I can enjoy the next gen while not rewarding Nintendo too much for their greed.

Honestly, I'm not sure if I'm more offended or amused that any company thinks this is a good idea or even just ok. Can't wait to get my switch 2, to play my switch 1 games.

If I have to pay for and provide the storage can you at least reduce the price on the games. Seems like devs are getting the best of both worlds on this deal.

@Kwyjibo_Kitsune I'm not talking about the software lock, I'm referring to the second paragraph and running at set frame rate by brute force as well as high end of dynamic resolution as you mentioned. I've followed along pretty well and almost no one discusses this, and the truth is that the switch has a lot of games that would benefit from this immensely.

The number one thing I want to know about the switch 2, is it going to make my library of roughly 400 Switch games play any better? I'm not paying more than $70 for any game unless it's on my very small list of must haves, so I mostly just want the Switch 2 if it will smooth out framerates for my existing game collection.

At one time my interest was as high as you could go, and I planned to buy two at launch with no questions asked. Now I'm actually considering not buying one at all and having the switch be possibly my last Nintendo console. Nintendo is gonna Nintendo, as time goes by it seems like they just might be doing it without me. Honestly, this has been a colossal failure of a launch so far.

@LikelySatan Looks like it would be a blast.

Not sure the comparison does much good without all the screens on. Beyond that what's the purpose of comparing to something like a clam shell GBA?

Being someone I would consider on the higher end of collectors, roughly 400 games and seven switches. Yes the magic has seemed to fade due to recent events. I’m pretty sure that at this point all that has happened has made me decide that while I’m still most likely to buy a switch two, I’m no longer going to be a collector this generation and will instead use the switch two for whatever non paid enhancements it will give to my current library plus the occasional game. Number one, I’m a physical collector because it’s my hobby to collect, and if Nintendo is going to distance themselves away from true physical collections that’s not good for me. number two it does seem that greed is sneaking in even more for Nintendo and this seems like as good time to start weening myself off the collectors mentality. Nintendos going to do what they feel is right for them, and I of course will do the same for me. I waited for years as has a lot of people to finally get the next switch, it’s kinda sad that it went down like it has.

@GOmar not familiar with that controller, but comparing it to the Nintendo pro controller it’s it's roughly the same size but a little lighter. My wife just got one for herself and likes it.

Just got the dark blue one in the mail yesterday. I like the feel in hand more than I like my pro controller. 8bitdo makes some nice controllers and fightsticks, and I’m a sucker for them, so I keep buying.

For those that may not be aware, you can buy 4 Neo Geo compilations which come 10 to a cartridge over on Play Asia. Personally, I prefer physical so these are great in my opinion.

Loved the first one. Really looking forward to diving in to this one when it gets here.

@RedWolf
Yes play Asia gets it in tomorrow.

Bought the digital version of Ender Lilies on a whim...It hit the right cords so I ended up looking to play-asia for a physical copy of both that and Ender Magnolia. Just counting down the days until they arrive at my doorstep.

I have a Steamdeck with around 400 games, I find I use it very rarely. I do play my switch at least 3 times a week though including some family time games.

I'm pretty sure one of the big reasons for the decline in physical sales is that stores don't have the physical product to sell anymore. I've gone to a Best Buy and seen a total of like 8 Xbox games on the shelves, I've gone to Target and saw 5 of the same. This goes for PS as well, although it's slightly larger. Over the last few years I've switched to almost exclusively buying physical switch games, but even that's getting harder to do. This leaves Amazon usually and now more than ever Play-Asia. So it's ironic they talk about declining sales when they don't sell the product on the shelves. Once physical is gone I'm no longer a collector and will most likely be a handful of games type of gamer.

Company of heroes

Gave it a four. If they had announced and shown it before the internet did it for them I would have given it a six. If they would have shown at least three games for twenty to thirty seconds each I probably would have did a seven.

@ozwally Thanks for the good news. I'm still waiting on a my order. It was set to be shipped by Jan 1st and then it moved to Jan 18th, so we'll see if they actually ship out or not.

.Got the physical edition on preorder a couple weeks back.

@ozwally I’m 90% sure it will. DLC is usually the thing you can have issues with.

These pre-orders didn't just go live as I pre-ordered around a week ago. Placed two orders Ender Lilies SNK sel. 1&2 and wizardry and an order with SNK Sel. Vol 3&4 with Freedom Wars Remastered. As stated above on both orders I got the 3 for $100 deal which is why I actually added in Wizardry to qualify on the first order. Can't go wrong with SNK games.

Have the physical on pre-order for about a week now with Ender Lilies and the first two NeoGeo Selections. I'm sure I'll be picking this up for the US in digital as well.

Physical release date?

Sadly mine is across the country, now with a big "shipment delayed" from Best Buy. All of yesterday it had the "arriving today", even though when you went in you could see it was actually set to arrive on 11/26.... I love modern day conveniences like having items shipped to you instead of just walking into a store on launch day. Took a nice 4 day week-end with thoughts of enjoying this game.

@msvt It is supposed to, yes.

@bransby Same here, I would be interested in seeing what they offer for the reason of simplicity. As I've gotten older I enjoy ease of use over fidgety complicated systems more. Don't even care if it's the most powerful as long as it's easy to use and fun. I just want to play the games, nothing more. I'm currently down to two systems I actively support: Nintendo (physical) and Xbox (Gamepass). If MS can give me a quality portable system for Gamepass I'd be all in. My steamdeck is fine, but it's more a holdover from decades of PC gaming.

After all this time, it looks like we finally may meet face to fact this week-end. I hope I'm not disappointed, after all, I've heard some things recently.

@hel105 Thanks for the heads up, I've gone and checked it out on LRG and will get ordering this and Val. Chronicles 4, although that one seems expensive for what it is. Thanks again.

@Gatorclops
I highly doubt it's "more likely" as the current meme trending is "aint no party like a Diddy party"... considering it's probably the most popular meme right now, I'd be hard pressed to believe they are referencing a 25 year old song that is totally irrelevant in 2024. Even if it were, it's in bad taste at this moment in time given the current trending meme and its disgusting meaning.

@HotGoomba Remember this the next time you see someone's comment removed here for a difference in opinion to what some feel is acceptable or not.

Wow, I'm not sure I will ever look at a Nintendolife censor on comments the same again after reading this articles title. Looks like someone needs to do a little soul searching at the good ole NL.

$20 hits my threshold of how much I'll pay for renting a game. Not sure this one has enough meat on the bones for that price.

@EarthboundBenjy Totally understand what you're saying, but for whatever odd reason it doesn't bother me and I don't really feel it. I'm very familiar with the games as I'm old and grew up on them as well as having them on the Genesis still today. Totally get using it for Phantasy Star 4, I think I solved it the first week it came out and loved every minute of it. One of my top 5 games on the Genesis.

Wow, that video was a banger. :/

I love compilations, have about 95% of what's listed above. I have to say because I know it takes a lot of heat, the Sega Genesis collection has always played good for me? I hear people and believe they are getting horrible lag, but honestly I don't? With that said, it's basically the list above that has made the Switch my number one console of all time. I love being able to relieve all the classics in both handheld and docked on one machine. It's a match made in heaven.