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@Coalescence I’m hoping for those as well, but I’m not holding my breath for Beetle Adventure Racing. Being an EA game and requiring the VW Beetle license at that I just don’t see it happening. I really hope I’m wrong though as BAR was one of my favorite N64 games and possibly my absolute favorite racer on the console outside of Mario Kart 64. I’m probably just going to give in at this point and buy a cartridge online. I swore I owned it but can’t find it anywhere. It must have been one of those games I rented so much back in the day that my memory has tricked me into thinking I owned it. I do think Body Harvest has a chance to make it to NSO eventually. I’m pretty sure we got all the “important” games out of the way so I’m hoping we can get more of these lesser talked about hidden gems

Looking forward to digging into this game again. The N64 was truly a unique console that gave us some fun weird experiences. I’m hoping more of these N64 gems will come to Switch online. Sure it’s known for Mario 64, Zelda OoT, Star Fox 64 etc, but I want to see stuff like Body Harvest, Mischief Makers, Space Station Silicon Valley, Hybrid Heaven, Snowboard Kids, and especially Beetle Adventure Racing (which I know is a long shot due to licensing and EA but a man can dream) come to Switch Online. N64 was at its best when it was at its weirdest

Ok, the KotoR games are on the Switch, now the classic Battlefront games are coming. Most of the fan favorites are here. Now can we please get the Rogue Squadron trilogy??? These are my favorite Star Wars games and the ones I’ve been hoping for since the legacy games started getting ported. Also throw in Battle for Naboo while you are at it, it was a Rogue Squadron game in spirit

@illmatic20xx not trying to defend this practice or rereleasing these “complete editions” but Royal could not be simple dlc. It wasn’t just a new scenario tacked on, there were many changes made to mechanics, dungeon layouts, boss fights, confidants, the way some characters were handled specifically… etc. it went well beyond additional content that could be dlc. If they do as much with this as they did with Royal I’ll consider it, but I’m not particularly happy, would’ve much rather had a brand new game set in SMT V rather than getting an enhanced version even if it’s much improved the way Royal was for P5

@Cathalm I’m hopeful for the same. I thought P5R was fantastic and many of the tweaks and additions were great, though some changes over corrected like getting ammo back for guns after every fight. That was a bit op imo, but I digress, I really don’t want to have to buy SMT V again, but I would happily buy something more like SMT IV Apocalypse

As cool as this is, just like with the 3/4 scale Arcade 1up I can’t justify the price when the Cowabunga Collection exists. I already have the Star Wars and Golden Tee Arcade 1up machines and really want either the X-Men or Simpsons one. I know licensing is a thing but I do wish they would just make a cabinet with both those games, and throw the Turtles games in too considering they are all Konami games anyway. Fact is it’s not just cost that stops me but space as well. If I could get one cab that had those games together even if it cost more I would definitely consider it

@SwagaliciousJohnson @Rhum17 We all know the Zelda games are only a matter of time. Nintendo likes to hold these remasters/remakes back to fill the gap between new Zelda releases. I’m more interested in seeing Xenoblade Chronicles X get announced to be ported as that is not a guaranteed release

I’ve been saying for years the NES Remix games should come to Switch. Those games were fantastic and it’s not like it would take much effort to port them. Also as another poster commented above me we should get more Remix games. GB and/or GBC, SNES, GBA, even N64 and GCN, with the latter being more of a Switch 2 thing

@IceDomino ok I’ll explain football to you. Bunch of big 200+ pound guys run into each other attempting to either protect or knock down usually smaller man with ball and give each other concussions… there I think I summarized it fairly well lol

Some of these tread far closer to remaster than remake imo. Star Fox 64 3D is a remake? Really? I even have a hard time considering the Zelda 3DS games remakes. What makes those remakes but Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD are not? Both OoT 3D and MM 3D are just visually cleaned up a bit with minimal changes in mechanics. Heck if we are going by this list’s standards of what makes something a remake then Mario Kart 8 Deluxe certainly deserves a spot here as it has one of the most meaningful mechanics changes with returning the ability to hold two items at a time and bringing back proper battle mode.

Never played the original Tomb Raider games before. I’ve always been a Nintendo kid growing up and the GameCube/PS2/Xbox generation was the first gen that I was old enough to have a job and be able to buy all consoles. I went back and bought a few of the PSone games I missed out on like Legend of Dragoon, FF 7, 8, and 9 (though I already had the pc versions of 7 and 8) and various other jrpgs and some of Square’s more interesting games like Einheinder, but I never got the Tomb Raider games. One thing I’ve loved about Switch is how many of the classic PSone games I missed out on that are now playable here. Being able to see what all the fuss was about over Crash, Spyro, and now Tomb Raider. Hoping it’s a good conversion and that they go ahead with a second collection for the remaining games. I’ll be showing my support for this collection

I used to love Chip’s Challenge on my Atari Lynx way back when I was a kid. I’m tempted to pick this up

@Aurumonado I heard the puzzles are different/reworked so those that played the originals won’t know the solutions from old play throughs. Not sure how accurate this is though

@Swooce it’s less about our standards being high and more about how Famitsu doesn’t know how to grade and critique games. They throw 9’s and 10’s out like they are nothing. Most games score at least in the mid 30’s from them so anything less is actually considered low by the standards they set. That said I think most of us have learned to take Famitsu scores with a large grain of salt at this point. Personally, as somebody who missed out on Trace Memory on the DS I can’t wait for my preordered copy to come in on Friday

It depends on several factors. Will compression techniques be as good as they are for the Switch, because Nintendo has great compression even when you look at multiplatform games the size differences are often extreme between a Switch version and even a PS/XBO version.

Another factor is will Switch 2, for lack of a better word, games be all digital? I’ve heard rumors that even if it has a cartridge reader that it will only be used for backward compatibility. If we are forced to buy all our games digitally we will need more on board storage.

And finally will physical games be forced to fully install as they do on PS and Xbox.

I would say low ball 256gb but if we are going to an all digital generation, or mandatory installs, or poor compression 1tb minimum would be necessary

@Don Galaxy 1 & 2, Odyssey, and Wonder were all terrific and right up there with those classics.

I’ve had this preordered on my Amazon account for what feels like forever. The first one was one of my favorite PSP games. What is taking so long to port these??? I consider myself a fairly patient man but looking back this was announced April 2022 for a summer 2023 release and now delayed to Fall 2024… if these were new games I would understand it, but for some enhanced ports this seems like an unusually long development time. At this rate we may get the Switch successor before we get this game.

@twowingedangel “more people complain about Nintendo's Switch's performance problems (because in many cases, it's not the developers problem, it's the Nintendo Switch performance being older than Hyrule), the less games you Nintendo babies will get.”

This statement is simply not true. Yes the Switch is underpowered, even compared with previous gen it has less raw power to work with. We have also seen some truly outstanding ports. The hardware is not the problem. The problem is developers not taking the time to actually make the compromises necessary for the ports to run well. Perfect example is Hogwarts Legacy. That game had a great port from what I can tell. It was compromised by sectioning off the open world but the game runs surprisingly well. It took an additional 10 months for it to come but it’s at least a good port. This game practically runs off a mobile game engine. It has no excuse to run as poorly as it does, and the performance issues I was referring to was actually more based on the fact that the game still constantly crashes. My girlfriend has it on her Switch and she plays it every day. Often times it crashes at least 3 times in her play session. I’ve never seen such an unstable Switch game. I’m not saying it isn’t time for new hardware, but at the same time we should be letting developers get away with blaming “hardware limitation” for glorified mobile games not running well

It’s surprisingly decent so far. I was looking for a relaxing chill game to play and I refuse to give Disney/Gameloft any of my money for Dreamlight Valley with all the awful practices they have been doing (promising ftp then dropping it while doubling down on micro transactions, making free addition content that you are literally unable to progress in without paying for the new expansion pass, not fixing the broken performance on the Switch version) so this seems like a nice alternative

@Vyacheslav333 Thank you for mentioning Danganronpa Another Episode: Absolute Despair Girls. I honestly don’t understand why it was neglected from the collection. I might just take that survey to spread the word that we want this game to have the complete Danganronpa story

Downloading this asap! I missed out on the original Trace Memory but I’ve heard it was great. I preordered the physical copy of this as soon as it became available. I’m glad to get the chance to try it first though before actually buying it

Never liked Fortnite, don’t care at all for Battle Royale games. I did give it a fair shake when it launched on Switch, deleted it after 3-4 matches. My storage space is too valuable. That said I’m intrigued by Rocket Racing. I love Rocket League. Just kind of annoyed that it can’t just be stand alone

Nothing for me, going to continue playing through Fire Emblem Engage since I decided to restart it 2 weeks ago and really need to get back on TotK, only one dungeon down focusing mostly on side quests and adventures, and finally got my new house and need to make some more money to build it up. Also looking forward to my free copy of Asgard’s Wrath 2 on my Quest 3. Got plenty to occupy my time leading up to Christmas

@abbyhitter after the awful cringe and lame announcements I sat through this year that doesn’t fill me with much confidence. It feels like every year gets worse. They had one or two decent years but it is not a suitable replacement

Anybody know how robust the story mode is? The article seems to focus mostly on the online play. For anybody familiar with the previous release would this be worth getting for single player content? Or is this more of an online multiplayer game with a short single player campaign tacked on as an afterthought?

I would love to see a MK with a track builder option with a full suite of elements and themes, as well as robust hand crafted tracks. Think something like the criminally overlooked Modnation Racers on PlayStation, mixed with the ease of building from Mario Maker. Make it super easy to share creations online. I would love to see other Nintendo IP thrown in the mix to make a “Super Smash Kart” but realistically I see it sticking more with Mario and perhaps the occasional cameo like how we have Link and a Hyrule course, Blue Falcon kart and F-Zero courses, etc. but if it stays with a single IP I think the Mario Kart Maker option would be best

I love my Wii U. My original launch console crapped out on me last year and I had to get a replacement. Was able to get my account transferred and redownloaded everything. I hope this one lasts for years to come. I’m not leaving this one unplugged as I’ve heard that can cause the nand to corrupt, which I think is what happened to my original console. I still have it sitting around in hopes that one day the nand can be properly fixed/replaced as more and more people look into preserving the hardware finding solid fixes for this. Also I had no idea Game and Wario goes for so much money. I have a copy but never really got around to playing it much. Might pull that out this weekend and really give it a go

@ModdedInkling definitely agree on Sega CD and especially 32X games. I would like the chance to try Knuckles Chaotix finally and Star Wars Arcade. 64DD I can’t see anything really that would be worth the effort to emulate. The Mario Artist series would be useless on the Switch, don’t know how import friendly Doshin the Giant is. The F-Zero expansion to create courses would be cool, but what else really is there? I imagine even though it’s an add on to the N64 it would require a whole new emulator, can’t see that much effort going into emulation for it

@justin233 Beetle Adventure Racing was such a great N64 game back in the day! I could’ve swore I owned it but I can’t find it anywhere I must’ve rented it a lot back in the day. I would love for it to hit NSO but I have a feeling the license will prevent that from happening sadly. I wonder if it still holds up today. I’ll have to keep an eye out for picking it up at a good price

@-wc- Bangai-o was a fantastic game. Still have my Dreamcast copy and the DS version that I guess was a sort of sequel? I remember it being noticeably different from the DC version. That would be a nice import to get on the US NSO since the story is really inconsequential it should be pretty import friendly

@JohnnyMind @KingdomTears this has happened to me as well, I thought it was intentional. What I thought was happening was if got a purple coin, then got to a checkpoint then died it stay marked as collected but if I got a purple coin and died without getting a checkpoint then I still have to get it again. That was my understanding at least. Personally I don’t like the idea of the coin staying collected if you die because there are some coins that are put in a dangerous place that take some actual skill to get without dying, kinda takes a lot away from that if you can just grab it and die on the attempt and still keep it

@OctolingKing13 Odyssey is always worth it. Played it back when it released, and currently replaying it again and just was reminded of how incredibly fun the game is. Granted with how old the game is and how many copies are floating around you might be able to get lucky enough to get a used copy on eBay for less than the sale price perhaps

@GalaxicGlobe I want to try that game but I’m concerned about how the performance is. If you end up picking it up please let me know if it’s worth it

Not really seeing much that’s catching my eye that I don’t already own or is really worth going in on. I wanted to pull the trigger on Assassin’s Creed Ezio Collection and I would have gone for that had I not just found the physical release (yes I know AC2 is the only game on the cartridge) for $1.00 cheaper as part of Best Buy’s early Black Friday deal and picking up my store pick up order once I get off work in an hour. I found it amusing that Borderlands Legendary edition, handsome collection, and game of the year edition are all $9.99… not sure what’s going on there but I already have the legendary edition from the last time it was dirt cheap. Might be interested in Baten Kaitos but it’s still kinda pricey since it’s new. I’m sure I can hold out for a better sale in the future

@Uncle_Franklin That’s my favorite track in all of Mario Kart. The only track I’ve been actively asking for. Love the dlc but can’t help being immensely disappointed as well

Really wish they would stop wasting resources on this game. I’m sure it has its fans but most of us could care less about it. The concept itself was just a bad idea from the start. How about we get some news on Tenkaichi 4/Sparking Neo/ Tenkaichi Neo or whatever they are choosing to call it. That’s what the fans really want. It’s been how many months since the initial teaser announcement?

@TDCinFL she spent her money but she is supposed to contribute towards the household as we live together and for the entirety of September and October she hasn’t given anything towards the bills and almost nothing towards groceries so I’ve been supporting the both of us on my pay alone. So yeah we had to have a talk to say the least… I told her this will not happen again I can’t afford it. So yeah I may have a bit of a personal grudge against this game and predatory games like this in general

Ghostbusters The Video Game Remastered is way too low on this list. I haven’t gotten to play Spirits Unleashed yet so I can’t say if it’s better than that or not but I remember when this game first came out it was hands down the best game ever offered in the franchise. So what if it’s not really much of a remaster the game already looked great when it first released. It’s still the same great game and should easily have been in the top 3

@sanderev it already has microtransactions. the only difference now is that you have to pay for the privilege to play a game that was always designed as ftp.

So it’s no longer going to be free to play but still keeping all the free to play monetization… got it. So glad I didn’t fall for this. Unfortunately my girlfriend did and has wasted so much money on the premium shop (money that should have gone into the household and groceries mind you not just her personal spending money) glad I have an excuse to continue not playing this game as I did promise her I would give it a try once it went free to play but I refused to pay money for it

@marcelominucelli what I would give for a HD remastered collection for the Rogue Squadron trilogy! Still to this day my favorite Star Wars games! Shadows of the Empire hasn’t aged particularly well but I would take that as well. Though that would perhaps be better suited for Switch Online Expansion Pass if Nintendo can work out the licensing

Hopefully Jedi Knight gets the same treatment. It’s going to be weird having the first, third, and fourth games in the series on Switch without having the second one. Still, I’m looking forward to returning to this classic.

How is the AI in this? I’m not big on online multiplayer, my girlfriend and I might get this for our Switch’s and play local multiplayer, but it’s really going to be dependent on how enjoyable it is playing with/against the AI. Also with this now available on Switch and Rise of the Ghost Lord coming later this week on Quest 2/3 and PSVR 2 it’s a great time to be a Ghostbusters fan.

“Keeps things relatively gentle in terms of challenge“

That’s disappointing. I miss 2D Mario that has some decent challenge. I get that Nintendo wants to keep their games accessible, especially with Mario, but why are they so scared to challenge the player? We don’t need something as punishingly challenging as SMB2 Japanese (Lost Levels) but even Mario 3 and World had some decent challenge tucked away, and heck they could give us some real challenge like they did with World by making hidden nonessential levels that have the challenge ramped up. I just don’t know when or why it was decided that Mario games can’t have high levels of challenge anymore. I’m still going to play it and I’m sure I’ll love it. It seems incredibly charming, but I’m sure in the back of my mind I’ll be thinking back to those classics and wishing this brought Mario back to his former glory

@HandheldHaunter I would love that. Also port Budokai HD collection while they’re at it. Wouldn’t mind having Budokai 3 and BT 3 on the go

@Snatcher Dan Dan Kokoro is a great theme song but hardly underrated. The song and Super Saiyan 4 design are about the only things most Dragon Ball fans actually seem to agree on that GT got right lmao. Also just for the record not a GT hater here, no it wasn’t great but I still stand by it had some really good ideas just unfortunately poor execution. Baby and the Shadow Dragons both should have been so much better than they were and the less said about Super Android 17 the better

At this point the 3 things I still want from Switch that are somewhat realistic requests;

A true new F-Zero (no F-Zero 99 doesn’t count) or F-Zero GX port/HD remaster

Xenoblade Chronicles X port because this game was too good to die with the Wii U. I mean all the other important Wii U games have been ported let’s get this over as well

Fire Emblem remakes of Genealogy of the Holy Way and Thracia 776. I’d also like the other games that never got official English releases but since rumors have pointed to Genealogy possibly in development I think it could be packaged with Thracia

@gazamataz and if people were effected by this and already own everything that was being offered then what? I get that it’s “just $15”. At this point it’s not about the money it’s about the principle. This wasn’t dlc announced after the release, this was marketed as a selling point for the game. The original announcement trailer made sure to promote it. Now do I put 100% of the blame on Aspire? No, I truly believe that Disney/Lucasfilm got involved and it became an issue over rights. That said they over promised before they knew they could deliver and sold the game on that promise. I think they should be held accountable if for no other reason than to send a message. The more these companies get away with things like this the worse it’s going to get

Couldn’t get the Noah/Mio 2 pack. Guess I’ll have to do what I did with Pyra/Mythra and wake up ungodly early on the morning of release and keep an eye on Best Buy and Target to see when in store stock goes live to order it for pick up. It’s really annoying to see the TotK amiibo are so easily obtainable while the Xenoblade ones sell out in minutes. Has Nintendo learned nothing??? Clearly they are under producing these.

As others have said I’d rather have One’s Justice 3, or they could go the Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 route and simply continue to support OJ2 with additional fighter and story dlc and completely ignore the need for a sequel. But honestly what I really want is a MHA action rpg. It could simply have you follow Midoria’s story, but MHA lends itself so well to original content. An rpg where you play the roll of a student freshly accepted into the hero course, it could be something like an anime version of Hogwarts Legacy. Get a robust character creator where you get a wide range of quirks to assign. I suppose that might be a bit too ambitious and high effort for an anime licensed game but that kind of game would be my dream MHA game

Ok fair enough, you have my money now