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For those that registered interest in the UK, check your email as it is now available to pre-order.

Taking inflation into account, games in late 80s and early 80s were equivalent of £80 in today's prices. They had smaller development teams and less to worth with.

Taking that into account, games are still cheaper than they were 30 years ago. But they need to release unbroken games. Still shoddy they charge so much for an unfinished game.

The Nintendo Store have not sold them yet, if you register your interest here and set your notifications to send and receive emails and get pinged when Nintendo email you, then you may have a chance https://store.nintendo.co.uk/en/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom

No Man's Sky, Sonic Frontiers and possibly this is starting to show the absolute limits of a switch port from third party developers.

Why I understand the desire to port a game from an insanely popular franchise to a system well with a massive install base, the developers need to decide ti eitherr create a seperate game for specifically to tailor the system or don't create games for it at all.

All very well wanting a stronger system, but the switch sells well still Japan, whixh is the market Nintendo always targets.

While I don't doubt Nintendo are working on the next console, they will want to balance battery life with processing power and performance.

A sensible approach will be power between zbox one/PS4 and xbox series X/S/PS5. Maybe 1080p unldocked and potentially 4k docked if they can manage it.

Managed to pre order mine.

I never imagined a Sonic film would be more profitable than a film from the Harry Potter franchise.

Both Sonic 2 and Secrets of Dumbledore took similar amount in revenue but Dumbledore had double the budget of Sonic 2!

I'm not happy with Sega's business practices. We are getting less with this collection than we did for the mega collection. However I have pre ordered it and it is pre downloaded on my switch, so I am clearly part of the problem.

What makes it worse is I have been looking forward to this collection since it was announced.

After last year's announcement, I was counting down to more info. Then I counted down to being able to pre-order then after it pre downloaded I am counting down to being able to actually play it. Despite playing it in various guises since the original mega drive days.

@GravyThief thanks for the heads up. I pre ordered from shopto

@GravyThief who is releasing shredder's revenge in europe

I did not know this. That's a nice touch.

As much as I want to, I don't think I'll be getting this on the switch. There will be some heavy downgrade on this so will probably get it for PlayStation (as long as I can get one from John Lewis).

I don't think this is that much of an early build. I think this is going to be as good or nearly as good as it will be.

The pop ups so close to Sonic is a bit concerning, but Sega normally want to hit a date, as opposed to delaying it to polish it properly, but I could be wrong and they are indeed sorting out tweaks in time for release. Will have to see.

There is an argument to turn off devices on standby directly from the mains.

One device on its own may not make much of a difference but as many as possible can may a bit of a difference.

That will take a lot of discipline as we have all got used to leaving devices on standby.

However, it won't be enough to reduce bills that will make a significant difference. The rising fuel caps is busting a lot of people hard. That is not even taking into account gas prices for the winter, which will go up again by around 40% in October.

@Pandy-the-Panda I noticed that. Yet below it still says available on Switch

@Specter_of-the_OLED yry3 they are but I've always found the lag between pressing the button and the game responding to be terrible in the mega drive collection yet it is far better on NSO.

I'm getting this, mainly because it is the first time in over a decade that Sonic 3 and Knuckles will be available on a home console. but would be nice to play the widescreen editions on a telly and notn use my phone.

I don't like the price point structure thought, particulaly when it seems like Sonic 1, CD and 2 are essentially theb Christian Whitehead ports for anniverary mode. I imagine though you have to get the music pack to have the original music for some of the Sopnic 3 levels. Jackson estate no doubt getting a cut of that.

Also in anniversary mode, they seem to have done away with lives and focused on coins for some reason.

I understand the game being set in the 19th century. The technology in the world won't be affected and you stay out of the Grindewold and Vomdermort stories. Plus probably avoiding a lot of image rights issues.

I also can understand how it will run. The game is meant to be playable on the PS4 so it is not a true next gen game so it will probably be a slightly reduced version of that.

Unless they indeed go for the cloud but then if so why show the box art.

@Mattock1987 that article was from back in July. It's not happening.

Stuff that! I am not playing a game where if I pause to grab a drunk, I risk have a bloody Weeping Angel in my front room!

If they stop having the game and Fi telling you the same thing and have it so only either Fi or th4 game gives you instructions that will help.

Also maybe make Fi less.... robotic.

Sonic 2 is not perfect. It has decent levels such as emerald Hill, chemical plant, casino night but has some levels I find frustrating or boring such as oil ocean, hilltop or mystic caves.

Plus when you get to super sonix he is certainly not as controllable as when you play him on Sonic3&k.

An open world Sonic Game could work. I hope it is not just a big forest though and the world is split into different zones you can transverse through.

If they do this right then this may be the jolt Sonic Team needs.

I hope they take the testers advice on board and they keep the essential components of whata good Sonic game should be.

@Flashlink99 watch it again, across the snippets of Sonic 1,2 CD and 3&K there is a caption on the bottom right saying "original gameplay",

Plus it has been confirmed that 3&K will be in wide-screen. This will not be just a ROM dump but they are reworking them.

Sold out on Amazon UK now. I think Amazon will get some in stock again. Also I can see them dropping the price from £29.99 to £24.99 by the time it is released.

Sonic 1-3&k, spinball, Sonic CD, Adventure 1-2. Generations and Colours would do me.

I was able to pre order them from Smyths on 30th March. I just hope they get enough stock to be able to fulfil all of their pre orders.

I was not going to buy one because I couldn't justify the price considering I have access it on my Switch and Wii U but at £29.99 that just made it worth it.

I purchased mine in January. Then set it to one side. After the pandemic hit and the following lockdown I started to use it be cause I could no longer cycle to work.

I have been playing regularly since roughly 4-6 times a week. according to my switch I have sunk over 150 hours into it since launch and considering I have done approx 45 active minutes on it each time which equates to 90-120 minutes playing time, it's safe to say I have noticed the difference.

Drageux from Ring Fit Adventure

What has Miyamoto got to do to get 100%? Walk on water? Cure cancer? Stop the world's poverty, disease and war?