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Finding with a lot of third parties I can get elsewhere now because of the Switch tax (and fact that a few are released later) I'll go elsewhere. Was certainly the case with Rime and Yooka Laylee, think it will be here too. Shame the manufacturing costs impact digital too with them having to match what goes on the store shelves, could easily be convinced to download if it was the same as the other consoles that way.

@Shiryu nice work, I'll be sure to head to your Bandcamp page when it releases.

Bought Binding of Isaac for the third time now, though each version has been a slight addition each time. Rebirth on 3DS, Afterbirth on PS4/Vita and now this.

@Shy_Guy I'd love to see those too, REmake is still my favourite in the series. The remasters hit PS3/360 as well as the current gen so no real reason they couldn't run on Switch I'd say.

Got the special edition of Samus Returns on pre-order and keeping my fingers crossed it turns out well, can't wait to see some screens/footage for Prime 4 as well. Federation Force was a let down so hopefully these games will get the series back on track and it'd be great if they could also attract a larger fanbase.

Surprising that the rumours were true, odd choice but as I missed it first time round I'm certainly interested. More likely however to pick it up on PS4 but curious to see how it performs on Switch.

Interesting, hopefully it does well if that means No More Heroes 3 gets made as a result. The Hotline Miami link with this one already got my attention.

Really should link my account then, nice. Does anyone know if it has to be one item over £20 or several that make up to that in one go?

Quite unexpected! I remember the original being decent, forgotten a lot of the sequel though.

Seems more likely a complete (rather than episodic) port of the Pocket Edition would be what will head to Switch. The main game I'm sure would take a lot of compromise to look/run well so I'm not sure it'd be worth the effort.

Unexpected release but that's cool, definitely fine with more of this sort of thing. Still need to beat it on Vita so won't be double dipping.

Good for him, regardless of what you think about the legality etc of AM2R it's obvious he's a talented guy.

This reminds me I still need to go back and finish the original on the Vita. Should be a good fit for Switch and as others have said it's not bad even if you're not into Minecraft.

Glad it's finally got a release date, was going to pick it up on Switch but saw it's currently £18 on PS4 so will likely go there. Soundtrack does sound great from what I've heard but I dare say it'll pop up on Bandcamp or something later if I want to buy it.

That's a really nice unlockable, wish more remakes would do this.

Well that was unexpected, might be interested in this but need to go back and finish the first one at some point before that. Bit of a blowout for Persona spin-offs today as I saw two more rhythm games got announced for PS4/Vita based on 3 and 5.

Might give 2 a download as I still have the first on 3DS, my Vita memory was too full to fit the sequel and never got round to it on PS4 either. Be great if they ported the remaster of the GC remake too, that came to PS3 so no reason they couldn't really.

Interesting, heard a lot of good things about this and almost bought it on PS4. On Switch in handheld form I'd imagine it'll be like a murderous little diarama.

I liked season one with its twists on the usual Batman backstory stuff. Good news for Nintendo only gamers who are also a Batman fan. I won't double dip though as season two starts very soon and as usual your choices carry over.

Ratchet & Clank, Metroid Prime and Turok is quite a range of influences! I like the bold minimalist art style, will definitely keep my eye on this.

One of my favourite indies so I'd definitely buy again to support the developer. Fantastic art style and soundtrack.

Don't know how this one completely passed me by, definitely interested and I can certainly see Hyper Light Drifter being an influence which is no bad thing at all. Will give this a go for sure.

Managed to get one there after trying yesterday with GAME, only got a response from them a little while ago saying the error message that popped up after I'd all but paid was due to it being out of stock but it was still listed as available at the time.

That's a nice addition to go with all the options available with the soundtrack, like some of the others here I'm more excited for the multiplayer update though. I think I should've waited for the EU version but I imported on the cheap anyway from Amazon as I wasn't sure if ours would come with the cd or manual.

Good news, and kind of expected given how positive the reaction to it has been along with that ending. Glad it's being extended to a longer season next time as that'd be my main criticism that the first was very short. Great overall though.

I don't think I've seen one quite so brazen as this before to use an entire trailer wholesale, amusing in a way. But obviously yeah, they should take it down.

@CreamyDream that's how I read it too, immediately obvious he's not saying that killed him in the literal sense. He's pretty blunt in interviews sometimes and could certainly benefit from choosing his words more carefully but arguably has some points here and is entitled to his opinions even if the more hardcore of the fanbase disagree. He doesn't speak for everyone in his dev team too, it won't stop me buying the Abes Exodus remake as New n' Tasty was great.

@HSuzumiyaVI oh sure, don't get me wrong the portability is a great feature. Just it does seem that going that route is limiting the potential support it can get. Shame really but I guess it makes sense to them as the handheld side of things has been more consistent sales-wise.

That's a fair reason really. I'm interested to see how well it'll run on a base level PS4 as the story/setting seems intriguing.

Even though it'll likely just delay the inevitable it's good to see them try something to discourage scalpers.

Some quite defensive kneejerk responses here, seems they're not saying it's a bad console just they wish it was more capable which is fair enough really. I'd have preferred that over the portability but hey, hopefully if the popularity continues perhaps third parties will consider producing exclusives for it over having to try and compromise with ports.

If it happens fantastic, I'll support it for sure. Picked it up in the recent Steam sale and very much enjoying it, would absolutely double dip for a portable version.

Better late than never, eh. Intrigued by what the 'bonus trinkets' might be unless they just mean the stickers /manual. Will likely get this as even though I've got the game on a couple of platforms now there is new content and I don't own a physical copy. Ordered the US copy of Cave Story+ recently as I wasn't sure the European one would get the extras but may cancel that now.

Obviously take anything like this with a pinch of salt but a port of 1/2 wouldn't be too unrealistic, I'd definitely be interested in 2 especially as I never bought a WiiU. Very much doubt a third game would be Switch exclusive after the re-release of the original on PC did well.

@antster1983 thanks for the heads up, assuming as it's the same publisher Cave Story+ will have a similar delay too.

Quite tempted by Gonner, do like Roguelikes/lites and it's pretty cheap. Wasn't Binding of Isaac supposed to be out by now? Not in a desperate rush as I've got it on PS4/Vita and 3DS anyhow but may still get it for Switch at some point, especially if Europe gets a version with the manual etc like the US.

I don't see why a lot of these features would be hard to implement so fingers crossed they're on the way soon(ish). Still find it so odd you couldn't at the very least back up saves to the SD card at launch.

Hopefully they'll localise it eventually as I never played the third game in the collection. I still need to go back and finish Adventure of Mana on the Vita come to think of it, around 3/4's through.

I had to click on this when I saw 'inspired by Zelda, Silent Hill and Dark Souls', three of my favourite series. Not sure I see the Souls influence (or LoZ for that matter besides being top down) but definitely a hint of Silent Hill in there and the pixel graphics also remind me of Lone Survivor. Looks interesting, will keep an eye on it.

The delay is fine with me, not in a desperate rush to play the sequel. Did really enjoy the original so this time to polish might be best filled by me finally getting round to Steamworld Heist, heard nothing but good things about it.

Presumably this is why VC has barely been mentioned recently then. Star Fox 2 is certainly an interesting inclusion (and will make it a real target for scalpers) as is Mario RPG. Definitely more tempted by this then the NES Mini. Hopefully they've learned from the stock issues for this time round...

Always interesting to see behind the scenes like this. It's a shame they never got to produce their original vision but I suppose this is better than nothing for them. I'm curious to see more of the new IP and whether the ideas in that would've been a good fit for Metroid.

@jsty3105 I guess, just obviously it's out now and can still be downloaded (though not directly from the main site) so in terms of 'protecting the IP' and 'shutting down' the project it was kinda ineffective to wait imo. He was transparent enough about the development process for anyone to see it was going to get finished and I'm sure they could've contacted him earlier at the very least before engaging the legal team.

Don't know if I'd want to play through the whole thing again on hard mode after putting so much time in already doing all the Shrines but might give the Master Trials a go closer to when the story DLC arrives. Phantom Armour does look cool, will suit the two handed weapons nicely I think.

As someone who got into gaming with the NES this makes me feel old! Still have my N64 and it still works, great console. Will always be one of my favourites from Nintendo.

It's understandable AM2R was hit with a C&D but what I don't get is why they waited so long to do so, surely they knew about it years ago. Don't really see how it was 'kind' of them to let the developer work on it for all this time only to attempt to shut it down so soon after release, if they'd stepped in earlier he could've changed it to a new IP but instead they let him put years into it before going after him. I get they want to protect the IP of course (and it's right to do so) but the timing seemed too much of a coincidence that it was getting more buzz than Federation Force at the time. Also AM2R didn't stop me from buying 2 again on the VC and hasn't stopped me being interested in the Mercury Steam remake, the developer even encouraged fans to buy Metroid VC games. Don't really think he was hurting Nintendo as much as people are suggesting here personally.

I don't think the BotW style approach would work particularly well for a Metroid game unless that is limited to the overworld and venturing below the surface retains the tight design the series is known for. I'm sure it's tempting given the success of the Zelda reinvention but I'd rather not see a 'X but like BotW' approach to a load of games now. Kind of like when Deadpool was a hit and loads of rumours popped up of other comic book films possibly going 18 rated to try and follow suit.

This looks pretty good, the steelbook looking like the original GB cart I had back in the day is a nice touch. As someone who will (hopefully) get this though I do still agree with the others that this should be available elsewhere. Region specific special editions shouldn't be a thing. I know Nintendo have to try harder here but that should be more in localising on time etc then exclusives imo.