@Splodge the direction thing with Fusion was part of the story though, with Samus herself questioning the motives behind those giving her these orders. Not to mention the 2nd half of the game where you are asked to go to one sector but end up somewhere else completely and getting alot more upgrades and 'Adam' scolding Samus for going too far. Else yeah bit less hand-holdning would be nice. I found ZM had a good balance of free exploration while also giving hints on where you should go next.
sure, Fusion was more linear than Super Metroid. However I found Fusion alot less linear than Samus Returns since you went back and forth between the six sectors plus the main area while in Samus Returns once you were done with one area you never really went back unless for the near-end optional item collecting (thus no storyline reason to ever go back). One of the things I didn't like about Samus Returns.
Quite surprised by this one. Thought this one was long gone after the two DS games and their main focus going 100% into Fire Emblem. Hopefully if this sells and does well that maybe Dual Strike, Days of Ruin and maybe a brand new Advance Wars game can become reality.
Love the GBA, also because I love the SNES and always found the GBA to be a portable SNES with more power, but smaller resolution and slightly worse soundboard.
@TheFullAndy its still a very Nintendo relevant 3rd party franchise, seeing as 8 of the 11 mainline MK games have been on Nintendo consoles (exceptions being 8 (MKvsDC), 9 (MK9) and 10 (MKX)). Multiple MK spin-offs have also been on Nintendo hardware.
I'll prolly buy this game once it gets some nice discount. Now, if they were to do a remastered version of SaGa Frontier 2 however, then its gonna be good!
Atleast Game Freak shuts down the critics who complain that they dont dare to challenge the gameplay in future titles. The gameplay did look kinda choppy yes, but I kinda feel this was some very early build that normally wouldn't have been shown but they kinda had to due to Pokemon 25th anniversary. Some of the field pokemon animations was easy to see being placeholders and not something they remade for this game. They did say early 2022, but wouldn't suprise me if they delayed this until summer 2022 or maybe early fall if they don't feel ready for a spring 2022 release (if that is what they mean by "early") I hope this game will deliver, so we can have this be the new faithful spinoff series of Pokemon, alongside the main generations and the generations remakes. What could be future Legends games? Genesect for gen 5? Deoxys for gen 3? Zygarde for gen 6? (finally he gets some deserved lore love). Heck i'd love for the lightning doggy Raikou to be selected for Gen 2 since both Entei and Suicune hugged the spotlight in the past.
Love this game, despite it's more quest driven. However it has alot of customization and replayability. Remember spending hours reading stuff at GameFAQs about how to make proper weapon/armor, getting the rare fruits/vegetables and raising the pets in the best way.
The "Receive all Pokémon" Wonder Trade feature is really nice. No more sitting and waiting for each session to end before you move onto the next one until all 10 are done.
@Dezzy FF6 has already received a remake on smartphones (which wasnt very loved to say the least). I'd LOVE a remake of FF6 (and other 2D FF games) with a style like that, but doubt SE will do another remake when they have other less known classics like SaGa Frontier that has never been touched since its original release. And seeing how "mixed" the FF6 remake was, I think that is one of the reasons why that version of FF6 (and FF5 too) was not ported to the switch. I loved the FF4 2D remake on the PSP and hope they would port a HD enhanced version of it on the switch and maybe FFT WotL aswell.
I've played through the majority of the second game (SaGa Frontier 2), but never tried the original. Was even considering playing the original not so long ago, but now I'll definitely play this one next year.
Hope they continue with this remaster trend of the classics from the 90's/early 2000's!
another microsoft character. inbefore more MS chars comes to smash, or we get something like Dante, Crash Bandicoot and then the final DLC char to be Master Chief himself. Imagine Master Chief as dlc for smash. Internet would explode even more than Cloud announcement haha.
Another Microsoft exclusive to come on the Switch. Me like. Still haven't played the first Ori game, but I enjoy metroidvania titles so prolly gonna try this one too.
"Broadly speaking, no reason not to play the NES versions". Totally disagree. SMAS is the reason to not play the NES versions unless you really want to try the games in their original format and looks. I still believe after all these years and despite us being in 2020 that SMAS is one of, if not the, best compilation game of all time. I love the 16-bit graphics and love both the sound and especially the music. I actually wish they added the 16-bit versions of SMB1 and SMB3 onto Super Mario Maker 2 in some way.
It's still one of the best compliation games ever made, and personally I actually prefer these 16-bit versions to the NES versions both in terms of graphics but also music.
I wish Super Mario Maker 2 had an 16-bit All Stars version of SMB1 and SMB3 themes.
@Grandiajet That's the new Harvest Moon game who said that. No screenshots or other media of that game still. This game here, is Story of Seasons, as in the "old" HM series (and the good one too)
@8bitSquid Yeah I cleared cache and it made a few ones get registered. However still some missing. I wonder if there is a bug with Pokemon that has multiple "forms" like Unown, Basculin and Deerling. I have atleast one of each yet they all remain unregistered. Perhaps only certain versions of them gets registered, which is certainly not intended.
Yeah it's annoying when several pokemon I sent from bank to home still shows as unregistered in the Pokemon Home Pokedex. Hopefully this maintenance will fix this.
@darkswabber the pokedex is buggy indeed. I have 6 Ekans in my Pokemon Home storage, but Pokedex shows blank for Ekans in the Pokemon Home Pokedex. Same with other pokemon for me like Charmeleon, Glameow, Durant etc.
Glad we finally have an actual Imp pokemon. Always wanted one of those cute little devil tricksters. Just need a fork and a pointy tail now (maybe its evolution will have?)
Regardless which side one supports in politics, it's totally wrong for the president of Brazil or anyone else for that matter to use video game material for political usage/profit.
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Re: Feature: "Samus' Adventure Will Continue" - Metroid Dread Producer On The Series' 2D Revival And Future
@Splodge the direction thing with Fusion was part of the story though, with Samus herself questioning the motives behind those giving her these orders. Not to mention the 2nd half of the game where you are asked to go to one sector but end up somewhere else completely and getting alot more upgrades and 'Adam' scolding Samus for going too far.
Else yeah bit less hand-holdning would be nice. I found ZM had a good balance of free exploration while also giving hints on where you should go next.
Re: Feature: "Samus' Adventure Will Continue" - Metroid Dread Producer On The Series' 2D Revival And Future
sure, Fusion was more linear than Super Metroid. However I found Fusion alot less linear than Samus Returns since you went back and forth between the six sectors plus the main area while in Samus Returns once you were done with one area you never really went back unless for the near-end optional item collecting (thus no storyline reason to ever go back). One of the things I didn't like about Samus Returns.
Re: Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp Reimagines The Classics On Switch
Quite surprised by this one. Thought this one was long gone after the two DS games and their main focus going 100% into Fire Emblem. Hopefully if this sells and does well that maybe Dual Strike, Days of Ruin and maybe a brand new Advance Wars game can become reality.
Re: Best Game Boy Advance (GBA) Games
Love the GBA, also because I love the SNES and always found the GBA to be a portable SNES with more power, but smaller resolution and slightly worse soundboard.
Re: DariusBurst: Another Chronicle EX+ Blasts Onto Switch Soon
Remember playing Darius Twin on the SNES a long time ago.
Good times. Glad the Darius series still lives on!
Re: Square Enix Is Releasing A Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake For Home Consoles
Hope Square-Enix realise how beautiful this looks and make the HD-2D studio recreate more oldschool 2D JRPG games in the future.
Re: Japanese Fans Voted For Their Favourite Animal Crossing Villagers - Do You Agree With The Ranking?
Need more love for my boy Filbert
Re: Mortal Kombat Movie Comes Out Fighting With A $22.5m US Box Office Opening
@TheFullAndy its still a very Nintendo relevant 3rd party franchise, seeing as 8 of the 11 mainline MK games have been on Nintendo consoles (exceptions being 8 (MKvsDC), 9 (MK9) and 10 (MKX)). Multiple MK spin-offs have also been on Nintendo hardware.
Re: Review: SaGa Frontier Remastered - A Cracking Update Of An Infuriating Cult Classic
I'll prolly buy this game once it gets some nice discount.
Now, if they were to do a remastered version of SaGa Frontier 2 however, then its gonna be good!
Re: Introducing Pokémon Legends: Arceus, An Open-World Prequel To Diamond And Pearl
Atleast Game Freak shuts down the critics who complain that they dont dare to challenge the gameplay in future titles.
The gameplay did look kinda choppy yes, but I kinda feel this was some very early build that normally wouldn't have been shown but they kinda had to due to Pokemon 25th anniversary. Some of the field pokemon animations was easy to see being placeholders and not something they remade for this game.
They did say early 2022, but wouldn't suprise me if they delayed this until summer 2022 or maybe early fall if they don't feel ready for a spring 2022 release (if that is what they mean by "early")
I hope this game will deliver, so we can have this be the new faithful spinoff series of Pokemon, alongside the main generations and the generations remakes.
What could be future Legends games? Genesect for gen 5? Deoxys for gen 3? Zygarde for gen 6? (finally he gets some deserved lore love). Heck i'd love for the lightning doggy Raikou to be selected for Gen 2 since both Entei and Suicune hugged the spotlight in the past.
Re: Square Enix Is Releasing A Legend Of Mana Remaster On Switch This June
Love this game, despite it's more quest driven. However it has alot of customization and replayability. Remember spending hours reading stuff at GameFAQs about how to make proper weapon/armor, getting the rare fruits/vegetables and raising the pets in the best way.
Re: Talking Point: What We're Hoping To See In Today's Nintendo Direct
would love remake of Fire Emblem 4 (Genealogy of the Holy War) and 5 (Thracia 776) under the Fire Emblem Echoes banner.
Re: Reggie Shares His Favourite Memories From Working At Nintendo
The many gif's of reggie

Re: Nintendo Direct To Air Tomorrow, Wednesday 17th February
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Re: Pokémon HOME Mobile Update Adds Language And Poké Ball Search Filters
The "Receive all Pokémon" Wonder Trade feature is really nice. No more sitting and waiting for each session to end before you move onto the next one until all 10 are done.
Re: The Pokémon Company Has Started To Send Out Zarude Codes Via Email (Europe)
@SimoneBelmont sadly it does not, but would have been quite funny if it did.
Close Combat - Power Whip - Swagger - Snarl
Re: Square Enix Announces SaGa Frontier Remastered, Launches On Switch In Summer 2021
@Dezzy FF6 has already received a remake on smartphones (which wasnt very loved to say the least).
I'd LOVE a remake of FF6 (and other 2D FF games) with a style like that, but doubt SE will do another remake when they have other less known classics like SaGa Frontier that has never been touched since its original release. And seeing how "mixed" the FF6 remake was, I think that is one of the reasons why that version of FF6 (and FF5 too) was not ported to the switch.
I loved the FF4 2D remake on the PSP and hope they would port a HD enhanced version of it on the switch and maybe FFT WotL aswell.
Re: Square Enix Announces SaGa Frontier Remastered, Launches On Switch In Summer 2021
I've played through the majority of the second game (SaGa Frontier 2), but never tried the original. Was even considering playing the original not so long ago, but now I'll definitely play this one next year.
Hope they continue with this remaster trend of the classics from the 90's/early 2000's!
Re: Minecraft's Steve Revealed As Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Next DLC Fighter
another microsoft character. inbefore more MS chars comes to smash, or we get something like Dante, Crash Bandicoot and then the final DLC char to be Master Chief himself.
Imagine Master Chief as dlc for smash. Internet would explode even more than Cloud announcement haha.
Re: Ori And The Will Of The Wisps Launches On Switch Today
Another Microsoft exclusive to come on the Switch. Me like.
Still haven't played the first Ori game, but I enjoy metroidvania titles so prolly gonna try this one too.
Re: Review: Super Mario All-Stars - All That Glitters Isn't Necessarily Gold
"Broadly speaking, no reason not to play the NES versions".
Totally disagree. SMAS is the reason to not play the NES versions unless you really want to try the games in their original format and looks.
I still believe after all these years and despite us being in 2020 that SMAS is one of, if not the, best compilation game of all time.
I love the 16-bit graphics and love both the sound and especially the music.
I actually wish they added the 16-bit versions of SMB1 and SMB3 onto Super Mario Maker 2 in some way.
Re: Super Mario All-Stars Is Now Available On Nintendo's Switch Online SNES Service
It's still one of the best compliation games ever made, and personally I actually prefer these 16-bit versions to the NES versions both in terms of graphics but also music.
I wish Super Mario Maker 2 had an 16-bit All Stars version of SMB1 and SMB3 themes.
Re: Watch: Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase July 2020
Japanese version had some other stuff, incl Atelier Ryza 2 and some Yo-Kai game.
Re: Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase Airs Later Today
@vyseofhr my thoughts exactly. Hopefully they end todays mini with an announcement of the next mini coming very soon.
Re: Pokémon Unite, An Online Team Battle Game, Revealed For Switch And Mobile
so much for the gen 2 plushies tease from last week eh? 😂
Re: Story Of Seasons: Friends Of Mineral Town File Size Revealed, 10 New Screenshots
@Grandiajet That's the new Harvest Moon game who said that. No screenshots or other media of that game still.
This game here, is Story of Seasons, as in the "old" HM series (and the good one too)
Re: Super Mario Maker 2's Final Major Update Arrives April 22nd, Adds World Maker Mode, Frog Suit, And Koopalings
Nice, always wanted this game to get a World Maker.
...only thing I wish was added aswell, was the 16-bit versions of SMB1 and SMB3 from All-Stars.
Re: Streets Of Rage 4 Switch Release Date, Pricing And File Size Confirmed
@Steel76 I'm so gonna use "Go Straight" from SOR2 on loop, along with the boss theme "Never Return Alive".
Re: Nintendo To Remaster 'Most Of Super Mario’s 35-Year Catalogue' For Switch in 2020, New Report Says
Can't lie. After reading this article I got a huge smile on my face. Now I really want to know more!
Re: Pokémon Home Will Be Temporarily Down This Week To Fix Pokédex Glitch
@8bitSquid Yeah I cleared cache and it made a few ones get registered. However still some missing. I wonder if there is a bug with Pokemon that has multiple "forms" like Unown, Basculin and Deerling. I have atleast one of each yet they all remain unregistered. Perhaps only certain versions of them gets registered, which is certainly not intended.
Re: Pokémon Home Will Be Temporarily Down This Week To Fix Pokédex Glitch
Yeah it's annoying when several pokemon I sent from bank to home still shows as unregistered in the Pokemon Home Pokedex. Hopefully this maintenance will fix this.
Re: Pokémon Home Gifts Users Poké Ball-Coloured Magearna, But It's Not Appearing For Everyone
@darkswabber the pokedex is buggy indeed. I have 6 Ekans in my Pokemon Home storage, but Pokedex shows blank for Ekans in the Pokemon Home Pokedex. Same with other pokemon for me like Charmeleon, Glameow, Durant etc.
Re: Feature: So, Who's Next For Super Smash Bros. Ultimate?
Waluigi, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Tails, Shantae, Sora, Heihachi, Sub-Zero, Phoenix Wright, Zero, Rex, Toad, Lloyd/Yuri, Isaac, Bomberman
Re: Turok 2 On Nintendo Switch Doesn't Include Multiplayer
Just give us Turok Rage Wars remaster w/multiplayer and it's all fine!
Re: Nintendo Download: 13th June (Europe)
Collection of Mana was such a quick insta-buy.
Re: Nintendo E3 Demo Reveals Brand New Pokémon For Sword And Shield
@ThatNyteDaez yeah forgot about that one, thought always found it to be too "nice" for an actual mean little demon imp.
Re: Nintendo E3 Demo Reveals Brand New Pokémon For Sword And Shield
Glad we finally have an actual Imp pokemon. Always wanted one of those cute little devil tricksters.
Just need a fork and a pointy tail now (maybe its evolution will have?)
Re: Nintendo E3 2019: What Are You Hoping For?
Collection of Mana.
It wasn't shown at Square-Enix's conference, but I'm still believing!
Re: Here's Your First Look At Pokémon Sword And Shield's Champion, Rival, Professor And More
@Kalmaro It's based in the UK though and soccer is by far the most popular sport there and in Europe in general. Makes sense.
Re: Square Enix Has Just Filed A Trademark For Collection Of Mana In Europe
over 20 years of waiting for an official western release of SD3 a.k.a. Secret of Mana 2.
If they announce this at E3 then I will be overjoyed.
Re: Super Famicom Logo In Super Mario Maker 2 Has Fans Speculating
hope its a hint about Super Mario All-Stars theme versions of SMB1 and SMB3.
Re: Will Nintendo Add More Game Styles To Super Mario Maker 2?
Hope it is Super Mario All-Stars/Advance versions of SMB1 and SMB3 (+ SMB2 if that were to be added) or that this would be some unlock in the game.
Re: Random: This Monster Catching RPG For PC Looks Exactly Like Pokémon
reminds me of the Keitai Denjū Telefang games that you could get as fake and pirated names of "Pokemon Jade" and Pokemon Diamond" for Game Boy Color.
Re: Mortal Kombat 11 Reveals Kollector, A Proud Servant Of The Outworld Empire
Wonder if Cetrion looks to be Tremor's girlfriend.
Re: Nintendo Download: 14th March (Europe)
grabbed Yooka-Laylee
Re: Nintendo Of America Deletes Tweet About The Gyms In Pokémon Sword And Shield
That's one thing, but can we finally get a dark gym this time?
Re: Feature: Things We’d Love To See In Super Mario Maker 2 On Switch
16-bit versions of Super Mario Bros 1 and 3, as in their Super Mario All-Stars versions.
Re: Game Freak Director Junichi Masuda Thanks Pokémon Fans For Their Continued Support
Been 23 great years. Hopefully the next 23 years will be even better
Re: Nintendo's Mobile RPG Dragalia Lost Is Now Available In The UK, Australia, Canada And More
Still not available for us "northerners" in Scandinavia. Hope they add even more countries very soon.
Re: Random: Brazil's President Just Used Sonic The Hedgehog Music In A Video Message
Regardless which side one supports in politics, it's totally wrong for the president of Brazil or anyone else for that matter to use video game material for political usage/profit.