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I’ve recently snatched a copy of System Shock on PS5, while my wife got Persona 5 Royal on Switch.
The System Shock remake on PS5 is even better than I originally expected, knowing it has a more PC-oriented control scheme.
Besides Persona, I got the Doom 1+2 combo on Switch and might I say that this is the definitive way to play these classics (they still missed Final Doom from being totally complete). The new soundtrack is even more badass than the tracks from the 3DO port, so hopefully we can finally rest easy and say that port is 100% crap now

I wish Nintendo of Europe would extend into Central and Eastern Europe… it would be easier to get special edition games and controllers from MyNintendo as well

Whenever Capcom starts talking about their legacy franchises, I hear three dreaded words in my mind: “the Capcom test”…

Look, Smithers! Elmo is coming!

@MirrorFate2 Yup, it solved the lagging problems as expected. I suspect that initially it didn’t correctly install the update on the SD card and it did mess up the data access as the game loaded, even menus or the Codec.
Thanks for the help!

@MirrorFate2 Thanks, I recently reinstalled the game on my SD card as it also happened with LA Noire when I changed cards (from a 128 to the 512 GB Sandisk card I have now) and it worked then.
I’ll test it later tonight, wish me luck guys 😬

Edit: it worked, it’s as smooth as it was before the update 👍🏻

Is it just me or the recent 1.5.1 patch on MGS3 broke the fps on Switch? It feels much laggier than before in certain scenes, dipping under 30 fps, and it’s annoying

@Steel76 I’d say you try the MP1 remaster on Switch, you’ll see that they clearly used the MP4 engine as it also has visual features close to the trailer for Beyond

@Hyrulewarrior I think this means that the remaster of MP1 we got on Switch was actually built on MP4’s engine, maybe as a test to see how much they can push the graphics on the console.
As for the Switch’s successor, I think the OG Switch games will be boosted (kinda like how MS does with old Xbox 360 games on Series) hence skipping the need of re-releasing/re-buying the games, while enjoying the old Switch games at higher fps or resolution

This game is Butters-approved

A Zelda game where you play as Zelda, and not produced by Phillips??? I’m sold on the idea

@Itachi2099 didn’t know Midori is my uncle working at Nintendo, until I see Twilight Princess & Wind Waker HD on Switch, I call every leak a bluff

Can’t wait to hear about how this game gets about 3-4 years of development before Microsoft unceremoniously cancels it

I would if it would be sold in my country

Missed the opportunity to say “Takes two studios down”. God, big publishers really hate players…

Great article, as someone who grew up in the tumultuous early 2000s in Romania, I remember when people were either gaming on PC and Internet Cafes, or had some Famiclone. I had a Terminator when I was very young at my grandma’s house for a brief period of time, and I underline brief because they were of really crappy build quality and broke easy. Rich kids had relatives who bought older consoles like PS1 from the West and brought them as gifts, or smuggled them from Yugoslavia as they were more widely available there.
When they started selling legitimate consoles here, they were pretty expensive and they became more mainstream after 2005-2006 I believe. A PS2 for example would have cost a bit over 200 dollars in 2003 (when the monthly wage here was around 100).
While those clones’ existence seems “disgusting” nowadays (they still are numerous in certain parts of the world), they served as an introduction to the world of gaming for many people

I wish for DK64, Conker and Body Harvest to appear on the N64 app. Those games would make the collection complete, at least for me.
Also I hope they add Puggsy on Mega Drive ✌🏻

@Kekshook I understand your point, however the way things are now with the whole gaming industry, a reset would be welcome. I haven’t been interested in the AAA gaming for almost 10 years, as the more recent trends didn’t appeal to me the way many games in the 2000s or early-to-mid 2010s did. AAA gaming landscape has become less and less diverse, oversaturated with open-worlds, remakes and live-service games.
I miss the times when game devs actually tried to innovate in terms of mechanics and not only making the graphics more realistic. For example, HFW is, in my view, one of the best looking games I have ever played, but I don’t intend to beat it as it BORES me to death. The story is way too twisted and uninteresting compared to ZD, and don’t get me started with how preachy and obnoxious Aloy can be. Sure, not every modern game is Horizon, there are worse sinners out there.

@Kekshook that’s actually a good thing, many great games in the last 30 years came from small teams, as it encouraged more creative thinking. Fewer came from sweatshops like the Assassin’s Creed teams or others that make blockbusters

@WiiWareWave I agree, I’m mad that collections like MGS and the GTA not-so-definitive editions are allowed to exist in their present form on the eShop. Devs and publishers everywhere get greedier by the day and want maximum profit for minimum effort.

@MysticX I was joking, like many people here on NL, I too am concerned of Nintendo’s lethargy. More and more third party games either skip the Switch due to its low power, or they get released in an unplayable form. Sure, some of those games get patched later but it is still a sad sight to behold.
A Switch successor is much needed and Nintendo does absolutely nothing but hoarding money, while leakers write clickbait after clickbait just so they get their paycheck/attention.
It’s so sickening that I think we could see a repeat of the Wii U days

Oh man…
I hope this won’t make them delay the long-awaited masterpiece: The Grand Theft of Animal Zelda: The Last of Earthbound Elden Rings 🥺😔

@cchhaasseerr I think it has to do with money-laundering in most cases. I wouldn’t be surprised if this “Moldovan” company is actually some bootlegger from separatist Transnistria with access to internet

At this point, it’s more plausible that Nintendo waits for Switch to surpass PS2’s lifetime sales and become the best console since Jesus Christ, rather than actually focusing on a successor console

@K1LLEGAL Yeah, it’s not that I hate Xbox (360 was GOAT). I’m happy for Xbox players and I wish we would get certain games released elsewhere

@K1LLEGAL id Software games used to be multiplatform before you know? I understand if it were about a new Halo/Forza or whatever first-party franchise from Microsoft, but I simply can’t understand why I can’t play newer entries from franchises that I used to enjoy on Nintendo or PlayStation

@LikelySatan Good for you, I already spent money on a PS5+Switch combo a few years back and I don’t intend to enter the PC arms race. My budget is not limitless and the economy is already in a bad situation so I don’t intend to grab another box just because Microsoft wants to monopolize the gaming industry

Cool, I’m ready for Microsoft to announce it as an Xbox exclusive and never play it…

This is starting to become the indie equivalent of Duke Nukem Forever

@jorel262 yeah, except a few texture touches, slightly better resolution and a bit more stable framerate. For these reasons I am fine with RDR’s release on Switch

@Chlocean I have no idea of other King Kong games, but at the time I remember the great reception Peter Jackson’s movie received (I also loved it) and that Michel Ancel of Ubisoft Montpellier lead the development of the game. For the time, it was a really good adventure game with tidbits of horror like the 2005 movie and felt great, no matter if you were playing it on PS2, GameCube, Xbox 360 or PC. The portable versions are quite interesting, each having its quirks. PSP and DS tried to replicate the FPS aspect of the console & PC ports, to different degrees of success, but the GBA version wins it for being the most unique of the big three and plays well to the limitations of the platform. I recommend it to anyone who loves Kong and Zelda clones (with nice Kong beat-em-up segments, including a neat NYC level which the DS ommits)

@Chlocean it’s a nice little movie-based game. It’s not the masterpiece that is on home consoles and PC, but a neat Zelda-clone. Also, it is one of the few weird occasions where a GBA game trumps its Nintendo DS counterpart

I think I’ll stick to Peter Jackson’s King Kong game on GBA

It could either be the next Metroid Dread or end up being a DNF-like fart. Either way, I expect it being released for Switch’s successor as well

Am I the only one who thinks the art direction looks worse than WindWaker’s style? The main character looks like a kindergartener designed it

@IronMan30 couldn’t resist tbh 🤣😅 that catchphrase got stuck in my mind thanks to Dunkey

Now that’s a rare doodah

My uncle who worked at Animation Magic confirms this as well

@nocdaes True. I used to play it on my best friend’s GBA and I enjoyed it a lot more than Super Mario Kart, felt a lot smoother and not like driving through mud all the time. Still, when playing on Switch I’d choose MK8 over any previous MK, mainly due to local multiplayer and variety of tracks.

@N00BiSH I would recommend the expansion only after Metroid Fusion makes the cut. As of now, I only play Minish Cap, with the intent to try finish WarioWare after that. There aren’t many options so far (not a huge fan of the Mario & Luigi rpgs)

@N00BiSH there is a filter in the settings to enable the scanlines, to make the games look like they were on an OG or SP GBA. Disable that and you’ll get a crisp image. Personally I like to use the scanlines as they make the games look more fluid in performance. Tho on TV they can be an eyesore so I disable the option in such case

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare is a good survival horror game, THE PS1 VERSION that is!
Why did Nintendo decide of all GBC games to give us a mediocre port is beyond me… might as well have gotten the crappy GTA 1 & 2 ports or the Oddworld Adventures games.

@Fizza Only a handful of N64 games had support for widescreen TVs, mainly from 1997 onwards and not one of them being made by Nintendo (Rare doesn’t count). It can be enabled in settings on the wrist clock and make the game letterboxed.

In MGS on PS1 while being with Meryl in the Basement 1 hallway in the Nuke Building (right before the battle with Psycho Mantis), Snake can make Meryl blush by staring at her (by holding Triangle for first-person view). Her skin gets more red with every remark of hers.

A Sonic Origins physical release would be enough for me

Wish I could have voted for the reformed Orthodox Rabbi Bill Clinton

@AliceInChains Thanks for the heads up! i wish Rockstar would continue patching the trilogy, it deserves a whole lot more, but seeing so many missteps in the last 2 years made me feel cynical towards the company

Does anyone know if they patched the broken audio in the intro fmv of all three games (it sounds like a 10-year old was playing with the audio mixing randomly while the music played) and the glitchy background when changing the weapon/radio station?

Got a rare doodah right here

Ah yes, UK as usual wants the latest f00tie game

No deers, no sell