Edd-O

Great work on F-Zero and Starfox from Imamura san. F-Zero, F-Zero X and Starfox 64 are all fantastic games that I've put a lot of time into over the years.

Fingers crossed for a new F-Zero game in 2023, or a re-release of Star Fox Zero on the Switch.

@Daimando This x 1000

Ganbare Goemon 2 on the SNES finally getting an English translation after nearly 30 years, OMG it would be great.

Football Manager Touch 2023 came out recently and is meant to be a big improvement, any chance of a review of it please Nintendo Life?

How's about a review of Football Manager Touch 2023 on Switch please Nintendo Life? Judging by the only review of it on Metacritic so far it's a big improvement on the last few FM Touch Switch outings.

Now this would be great for a physical release double pack alongside Retrobowl. Someone like Super Rare games would be ideal I'd think?

Heads up for anyone who wants to get the physical version, Limited Run Games' RSG pre orders end tomorrow (13th November).

I've gone and ordered the Collectors' Edition partly due to the game's legendary status (which I already knew of), and partly because of Tom's excellent review.

I like LRG but the $95 markup here from the ‘Classic’ to the ‘Ultimate’ edition is really quite ridiculous.

@Jayenkai Yep look at all the forty somethings in the comments, poll please Nintendo Life!

42, love the Switch, almost up there with the SNES for me as my favourite console.

Enjoyable game, as someone said above it would be cool to have a physical version like Tetris 99, which I’ve played loads (100+ hours) compared to Pac-Man 99 (about 5 hours).

No US or European physical release is a disappointment, hopefully they release it physically in Asia like they did with Maiden of Black Water.

Well the Nintendo store now has a link for buying Bayonetta 1 physically, but with a line through it as in it’s already sold out? 🤔 🤦‍♂️

https://store.nintendo.co.uk/en/bayonetta-70010000006762

‘Even passing up the likes of Sonic the Hedgehog and Minecraft in raw sales.’ That sentence makes no sense, the word up should be deleted.

@Edd-O well 3/12 ain’t bad. Legend of Tian Ding is also being released physically by Neon Doctrine, which is cool.

Not bad overall. Will get Espgaluda II, DoDonPachi Resurrection, Doom Eternal, TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge (hopefully it won’t get a cheaper physical release in Europe soon afterwards the same as Streets of Rage 4 did 🤔), Tetris Effect: Connected and Konami Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection.

Also interested in Rendering Ranger and Bladerunner.

Hoping for Castlevania Advance Collection soon 🤞🤞🤞

Having bought several games from LRG my gripes would be 1) The long waiting time with a severe lack of updates (been waiting about a year for my Switch Castlevania Anniversary Collection Ultimate Edition) and 2) A couple of the games I’ve bought have arrived with damaged cases/boxes. Not ideal when you’ve paid upfront and then waited months only for the product to not be in perfect condition.

@Bayjax Most of their games have an open pre order for between a month and 6 weeks.

Hoping for plenty of physical release announcements:

Tetris Effect: Connected
Ghosts N Goblins Resurrection
Actraiser Renaissance
DoDonPachi Resurrection
Epgaluda II
Castlevania Advance Collection
Steel Assault
The Legend of Tian Ding
Chicory
SNK vs Capcom: Card Fighters' Clash
Retro Bowl
OlliOlli World

If they give us a few out of that dozen I'll be happy.

Still hoping for that review.

Square Enix need to sort out a physical release for this, would enjoy adding it to my original copy of Actraiser on the SNES.

NA hands down, pretty sure it’s by Tom DuBois who also did The Legend of the Mystical Ninja, Contra III and other iconic box art for Konami in the US/EU.

My life in gaming did a very good piece about him a couple of years ago, worth checking out on YouTube.

This finally comes out today, hoping for a Nintendo Life review soon!

@romanista The Netherlands qualified for the last T20 World Cup late last year, sadly they underperformed and lost 3 games out of 3.

They are also playing in the World Cup Super League (50 overs) alongside the 12 test teams, as the 13th side. The 50 over Cricket World Cup is going back up to 14 teams in 2027 so hopefully they'll be back in then, as well as making the T20 World Cups later this year and in 2024/2026 (the T20 World Cup is expanding from 16 to 20 teams for 2024 and onwards).

@HamatoYoshi yep it had 44 characters compared to Arcade's 39.

Famous last words but I'd be more hopeful of a physical release for this, as it has a Street Fighter game in it. We got a physical release in the west for Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection after all (and I've been playing it ever since).

@HamatoYoshi is SF IV Arcade edition better than Ultra SFIV?

Will be great to play a Dark Stalkers game finally, also had my eye on a copy of Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo on the GBA so nice to be able to play it on the Switch instead. And all 10 games online with rollback net code, Wow!

It is a shame that Madden isn’t on Switch but Madden these days is FAR from the game it was 15 years or so ago.

On the PS2/Gamecube/Xbox the games were incredibly deep with superb franchise modes. Nowadays it’s all about Madden Ultimate Team and ‘pay to win’. The decline can be seen in the difference in Metacritic averages. Most of the PS2/Gamecube/Xbox games have Metacritic scores between the mid 80s and mid 90s. Nowadays the last couple of Maddens have been in the low 60s.

Hence why even as a big fan of the NFL I’d rather play any of the Maddens 2005-2008 or NFL 2K5 than Madden 22.

Shout out also to all of the people who pointed out how popular cricket is worldwide. Due to the number of fans in India/Pakistan/Bangladesh it can claim to be the second most popular sport in the world. Looking forward to Cricket 22 coming out on the Switch at the end of March (hopefully it’ll have ironed out most of the bugs that plagued the PlayStation, Xbox and PC versions when they launched last November).

Really like the look of this. Looking forward to a review soon and if it’s a 7/10 or better then a physical release would be 👌

If you already have Switch online then the expansion pak is £17 a year extra. Good value if you ask me, especially with the excellent emulation for the Megadrive games (which no one seems to have mentioned because they're all busy moaning about a few iffy graphics in Ocarina of Time). Looking forward to finally giving Majora's Mask a proper go, as well as Paper Mario and Sin & Punishment.

How disappointing. Thank the Lord I’ve still got them all on the PS2.

@Kanbei Would love that, Ys Books 1 & 2 in particular as the soundtrack is amazing.

Looking forward to Bayo 3 and Advance Wars 1 & 2.

Still hoping against hope for a new F-Zero, Wave Race, 1080, or Excitebike. Hell I'd even take a Starfox Zero Remaster!

@Funneefox Gynoug/Wings of Wor is coming out on 12th November apparently.

Great news, hope there is a physical version on switch with an actual cartridge rather than a plastic box with a download code as they did for Cricket 19. Disappointing that it’s releasing on Switch two months after the PlayStation and XBox versions though.

Decent list but Excitebike 64 and 1080 Snowboarding are both worthy of places in the top 20, and F-1 World Grand Prix and Ridge Racer 64 should have made it into the top 50 too.

Not a bad list but Super Mario Kart is way too low at 20 (should be top 10) as is F-Zero at 34 (should be top 20).

Also having 15 RPGs/Adventure games in the top 50 is a bit excessive. I’d have taken a few of them and the original SFII out and would have replaced them with Gradius III, R-Type III, Pilotwings, Super Tennis, Cybernator, Super Ghouls ‘N Ghosts, and Kirby’s Ghost Trap/Avalanche/Super Puyo Puyo.

It still smarts that 4 of the top 10 were never released in Europe until the Wii/Wii U virtual consoles.

@Chrysologus I guess because FFV was never released for the SNES in Europe or the US, and didn’t make it to the Wii or Wii U shop either?

@Gaviin Looks like for a few games they’ve included the Wii Shop Channel release date instead of their SNES release date. Which makes sense for games like Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy II (IV) and III (VI), Earthbound and Super Mario RPG that never made it to Europe, but definitely not for Actraiser and Sim City!

Ha ha great idea for a game.

The Puma Tetris trainers released around this time last year were very cool too. Sadly I have massive feet and Puma stop doing half sizes past a 12 (UK). The 12s were too small for me and the 13s too big 😭😭😭😭😭

‘The sound is nothing special’ ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One of the best SNES soundtracks going, looking forward to getting it on Vinyl.

Up there with Axelay and R-Type III for me as one of the best shooters on the SNES, I’ve had it on the Wii VC for 13 years and have only just beaten it on ‘Hard’, now to beat ‘Arcade’ difficulty.....

Loved Mystical Ninja on the SNES, also played through and enjoyed the first N64 game soon after it came out.

Finally managed to get hold of Mystical Ninja 2 on N64 (via eBay) last November, great game and need to finish it soon.

Have ordered the Vinyl from Amazon UK @ottospooky, £46.

Loved Rock Band 3, had the guitar, pro guitar, keyboard and microphone and put in well over 150 hours into it on the Wii (mainly on guitar, which i wore out/broke and luckily found a brand new replacement for on eBay).

Looking forward to getting this, the SNES is still my favourite console and IMHO along with the PS2 has the greatest library of games of any system.

Ordered the physical edition from LRG way back, still waiting for it to arrive in the post 😢

I got one guys (UK Nlifer here), have been checking every day for a fortnight and finally saw they were up to buy around midday, got the order in before Nintendo UK sent out their tweet.

Good luck to everyone else, hope they can sort the website and stock issues out quickly 🤔!

Ordered mine but the shipping cost is ridiculous. Hoping that delivery is nearer to 2nd October than the 11th! 🤞

For all UK Nintendo Lifers, the SNES Switch controllers are finally up for sale, just ordered mine. Postage is pretty extortionate though at £8.90!

Also delivery could be anywhere between 2nd and 11th October according to their website.

@delt75 I’d enjoyed watching NFL highlights for years but only when I bought Madden 64 did I actually learn the rules!

Hopefully a cricket game could do the same for you?!

'It's reasonably priced, comes with two excellent pads (which you can use while sitting on the coach thanks to those massive cables)', those cables really must be massive if you can use it on a coach! 😜

Starfox Zero, Zelda U and SMT/FE are enough for me on Wii U this year. With it outselling PS4 in Japan and doing decent numbers in the US (less so in Europe), and with 3DS still selling well everywhere, do we really need NX for Christmas 2016? I'd rather see Nintendo stretch the Wii U's lifespan with late 2016/early 2017 releases for a new F-Zero, a new Metroid and a new Wave Race/Pilotwings/1080/Excitebike.

Assuming Zelda U comes out in late 2016 this then gives them a year to create a stellar line up for NX's launch (SMG 3, new Mario Kart and new Smash Bros) for Christmas 2017, as well as some crazy new IP that I'm sure Miyamoto will be working on.