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I've honestly never heard of this game until now. Looked at Vita gameplay and it reminds me of God Eater. Don't think I'd buy it but it's cool to see Vita exclusives finally being released to other systems.

I really like the Great Fairy design. It's simple but I've always preferred the traditional fairy look we saw in the old 2D games before Nintendo went with the more wacky designs in the 3D games.

Sony has abandoned it's home market ages ago. With the price hike and lack of availability to even purchase the PS5 it's no wonder Japan is fed up. In a sense Sony has forgotten it's roots and really only cares about the Western market nowadays.

The PS5 Pro costs $959.99 Canadian and that's without tax, with Ontario sales tax included it becomes over $1000! There's no I'd pay a grand for a home console that's absolutely insane. I already own a PS5 Slim so I see no reason to purchase an overpriced mid gen upgrade. With how expensive everything is nowadays there's no way to justify spending that much money on a home console that doesn't even include a disk drive.

@Roibeard64
It's always a double edged sword. The Emio review on here was a perfect example the first comment you see is someone complaining about a lack of Star Fox and F-Zero or someone saying it was a waste to release a new FDC game lol

As for Fire Emblem that series deserves the attention it's receiving after years of struggling to find an audience in the West.

Hopefully we get a single player Phantasy Star at some point. The series has so much potential besides being an MMO. Sakura Wars and Shining Force would also be cool to see.

A bit weird he said he didn't know maybe it was the producer of the game or someone else internal that gave the ok from Falcom. The footage had to be submitted from Falcom to Nintendo for approval.

Pretty sure Reggie will just keep the collection or pass it to one of his kids. I still remember buying my friends entire N64 Collection for $50. It came with the Jungle Green Console, plus controller and 16 games.

It really is nice to have Sakaguchi reunite with Nintendo and Square Enix. I'm definitely thinking of picking this one up.

Only wish the Last Story would get an HD remaster since it's a great game that a lot of people missed out on.

This is my most anticipated game so far this year. The 2D Zelda's are always a special treat since we don't get too much of them anymore and this is looking like it's gonna be a fun game.

I'm not too concerned with the frame rate since LA's was way over blown and honestly didn't effect my enjoyment of it. Plus this looks like this is made in house rather than Grezzo taking the reigns. Now if only Nintendo would give us an HD release of ALBW.

Might pick this up later on when it's on sale. The animation looks kinda stiff though especially when you see her running.

Emio wasn't exactly the easiest game to find and it definitely has a limited print from what I can tell similar to Another Code Recollection. Here in Canada the only big retailers selling it are Amazon and Gamestop. Then you have small dedicated game stores like VGP and PNP games that had limited stock as well.

Honestly it's about time they gave us Link's Awakening icons. Not sure why this didn't happen 5 years ago when the remake came out but better late than never I guess.

I haven't beaten it yet but really enjoying it so I gave it a solid 8/10. Story is very interesting, soundtrack also has some great tunes and love the creepy atmosphere of the game as well. The art style is gorgeous it's honestly one of the best looking anime type visual novel/adventure games out there.

A lot of cons that I read online did not effect my enjoyment at all. For me it's one of the gems of 2024 that I've played.

I've never played an Atelier game before but always heard good things about them. This looks pretty cool. Just wish Koei started dubbing Atelier again or at least have the option to pick between English and Japanese like most modern JRPGs.

It saves money I get it but more options is always a good thing.

I still own the original copies of the DS Castlevania's and anyone who has never played these should pick this up. Only minor complaint I have is they should had packaged Castlevania Rebirth alongside it since there's no legal way to play it nowadays.

Honestly the cons in the review never really affected my experience with the previous two games but I can see where the frustration lies. Regardless I'm looking forward to this one, always love a good mystery murder visual novel to dive into.

Would love to see Konami localize Tokimeki Memorial. The retro 90s anime art style looks sweet and even though I don't normally play dating sims I'd be willing to try it out since how influential the game is.

Lots of JRPG goodness in the partner showcase. Trails in the Sky Remake, Atelier, Castlevania, Rune Factory and Suikoden were the highlights for me.

Also hope Konami will localize the Tokimeki Memorial remake even though the chance seems slim. It's part of gaming history and it would be cool to finally see it released in the West.

Well looks like I have no excuse to not jump into this series now. Never played a single Trails game before but the remake looks great. Makes me wonder though if this will also end up on Switch 2 since it has a generic 2025 release window.

Honestly I'm more interested in that Trails in the Sky remake that they casually threw into the highlight reel.

The DS Castlevania games were always my favourite. Great to see Konami finally re-releasing these after all these years and I'll definitely pick this up.

Absolutely I already have it pre-ordered. Played the first two games and loved them so this was a no brainer for me. Plus ever since I played Ace Attorney I've become a fan of the Visual Novel genre especially the mystery murder type ones.

I've never played the Xenosaga games but have always been interested in playing them due to my experiences with the Xenoblade franchise.

I find it a bit strange they claim that Xenosaga wouldn't generate enough interest to warrant the cost of a remaster and yet they went ahead with an HD Release of Baten Kaitos which is even more niche than Xenosaga.

But honestly looking at their past recent efforts I'd be worried to see how Bandai Namco would handle a Xenosaga remaster. Tales of Symphonia HD was as lazy as it gets, Baten Kaitos HD was also a poor effort by Namco where they even removed the English dub of the game for no reason.

I'm pretty excited to get a chance to play through this. Seems like this will have a bit more of a horror feel compared to the first two games which isn't to say the first two didn't have a creepy atmosphere at some points.

This will need to be updated to include the Fate Stay Night Remastered version and include the Muv-Luv Trilogy which has a really interesting but depressing story.

I still have my old SNES laying around and the original copy of Doom that had that bright red cartridge. I might pick this up but I wonder how much better this port is.

@-wc-
Luckily each game in the Collection let's you swap to the classic soundtrack from each respective game.

As a fan myself I totally get what you mean, for example I love the SNES soundtrack of FF IV but dislike the remake soundtrack. Sometimes things just don't translate well when you go from 16 bit sound to real life orchestra.

@speedracer216
You can swap and play with the original SNES soundtrack. In my opinion this is the best way to play FF VI in terms of staying true to the original game

@BodkinDQ
That's the one mechanic that I hated in both BoTW and TOTK. Especially in ToTK where the Master Sword has been recharging for thousands of years to strengthen it and it's still as fragile as ever lol

The Ontario position looks to be in Ajax which actually isn't that far from where I live. Going to the GTA then heading home would be a pain for me though lol

@Vivianeat
It's most likely Shigehisa Nakaue who's been the main 2D artist for Mario for decades. However Yoichi Kotabe originally drew the classic Mario art style back in the 80s and 90s.

"Which Series would make you buy Switch 2?"

Kinda wish this question had an option to select multiple answers. For me Zelda, Mario, Fire Emblem and Metroid are all franchises I would buy a new Nintendo system for.

For me TOTK was by far the better game that it's not even close for me but BoTW had more of that shock factor since it was a brand new Zelda game and the hype towards it's release was insane.

BoTW is also cheaper so that's probably the biggest factor right there. Especially during times like this where every dollar counts with how expensive everything is nowadays.

That is still a very strong lineup of first party games. Emio, Zelda, Mario & Luigi and Metroid Prime 4 are all on my to buy list.

Really is a cool piece of video game history and it explains the close relationship HAL and Nintendo have with eachother. Makes me wonder though if Nintendo and HAL would try making a remake of Metal Slader Glory in the future.

Famicom Detective Club and Another Code Recollection kinda proved that they're willing to remake cult classics.

As a long time fan honestly I love both games but I give an edge to Three Houses due to the Blue Lions route. Engage has the weaker plot but better gameplay.

Both games are great for different reasons. Three Houses is much more serious and the social sim aspects can be fun but also time consuming. But the overall experience is amazing it's one of the best games on the Switch in my opinion and deserves the praise it gets.

Engage feels more like a big celebration of the franchise as a whole and I had a dumb smile on my face whenever I saw old characters like Lyn or Marth. It was a clear call back to the original FE story from the first game where you have an evil dragon and you gotta kill it. The gameplay was also great the fusion and special attacks you could do in the game were fun to use.

I'm still using my Switch daily and have so many games to go through including my other systems that I own like the PS5. So I'm not in a rush at all to buy a new Nintendo console just yet.

But like with everyone else I'm excited to see what's next and what Nintendo has stored up their sleeve.

The collections are a positive sign that Capcom at least knows the games have a dedicated following still. A collection of Legends and Star Force would be the next logical thing to make.

But if we exclude the collections it's still not great in terms of new games. Since 2010 there's only been 1 new game in the entire franchise in that 14 year span. I don't count the mobile games since that's a whole different category.

Would love to see Mega Man X and Battle Network get new entries. But as of now I don't have much faith Capcom is making anything Mega Man related anytime soon. The primary focus is RE, Street Fighter and Monster Hunter nowadays. Everything else is an after thought.

@Classic603
The series has also been hit or miss with me. I enjoyed Symphonia and Abyss but thought Xillia was very mediocre when I played it on PS3 years ago. Dropped Xillia 2 and couldn't get into it. Played Graces and also thought it was meh.

They also used to make these games yearly which watered down the quality.

Love the 90s anime look. Inti Creates usually makes pretty fun games so might check this one out

This is a welcome suprise I loved playing Famicom Detective Club. Looks like the games sold well enough to warrant a sequel which is great. I know some people will be disappointed but I'm gonna grab this one when it comes out.

Guess that Emily Rogers rumour was true. They stated Nintendo was working on a new FDC years ago and low and behold we have one now.

Octopath Traveler was a game that I really enjoyed even though I didn't finish every character storyline. The HD 2D style was beautiful and Square knew they struck gold with it. The battle system and music were great.

Like people mentioned it's probably only the beginning of the game where he fights Ganon in the trailer or Zelda summons an echo of Link at some point.

I haven't played any of the spin offs but if I were to rank the ones I played it would be

1. Persona 5 Royal
2. Persona 4 Golden
3. Persona 3 Reload
4. Persona 3 Portable

Persona 4 has my favourite cast, while Persona 5 has the best gameplay and Persona 3 has the best story.

As a Karate Kid fan I'm definitely gonna pick this one up. The beat em up revival is in full force now

@AfroMario
It's definitely up there with the best consoles. For me it's my favourite modern Nintendo console and SNES would be my favourite retro one.

The two consoles share a lot of similarities in the sense that both had good 3rd party support, strong lineup of first party games and both are home to great JRPGs.

Really excited to try this one out. I've only ever played DQ 11 and this looks beautiful.

Really random and out of no where. They caught my attention and I wanna know more about this horror game.

I beat Paper Mario TTYD for the first time ever and I can't believe I missed out on such a great game for so many years. Never had a GameCube as a kid so I'm glad I got a chance to experience this classic.

Hopefully Nintendo takes note of it's success and returns Paper Mario back to it's traditional turn based gameplay style.