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I’m not really excited for either. I was hoping for a definitive version of P3 and it looks like that’s never going to happen. You have to buy a PS2 to play the answer and the journey and you have to play portable for the female protagonist. Should have been included in the remake.

I’m not a fan of the art style. Gameplay looks solid though if only the characters looked better as in the other games in the series.

@danemord
Well that’s just dumb. They had the perfect opportunity to create a definitive version combining FES and 3P. If they were recreating it anyway why not give their fans what they wanted?

@UltimateOtaku91
Has that been confirmed that it isn’t combining elements from FES and 3P? I would assume this would be the definitive version.

Boo! Boo! Hiss! Hiss!

Still no option to just buy these games instead of renting them.

@RadioHedgeFund
Or they could just offer the virtual console as an alternative service to switch online. They should treat it like gamepass in that you could rent and buy.

Too bad Nintendo doesn’t offer an alternative service so consumers can have easy access to buy or rent classic games and keep them moving forward on future Nintendo hardware!

It should be ports of twin snakes, substance, and subsistence.

I still say we need the option to purchase these individually.

I always wanted the Pokémon watch. I remember the commercial where the watch had animations and voices from the show. “The Pokémon time is……. It’s team rocket….we’re here for your Pokémon…..Pikachu I choose you…..it’s evolving into Raichu….I don’t want to end up as cat food….Pokémon catching sure makes you hungry!

No it’s not going to alter the fast growing cloud gaming market because cloud gaming is not growing fast. Seriously guys cloud gaming is not going to be the way of the future.

@Lysanderxx
No we need to nip this price hiking in the bud now or before too long they will start charging it across the board regardless of the amount of bells and whistles they add. They did a full visual upgrade and recorded new music for Live A Live and charged $50 not $100. For these 6 games we need to compare similar collections that have been released and the fair market price has been between 40-60. Not to mention I was able to secure my copy of LAL through a local brick and mortar unlike this which was only available for one day for all of 20 minutes.

And no the Cowabunga collection has a ton of new features added . The museum mode required a ton of research. The gameplay videos were also time consuming. The addition of a strategy guide and scans of the manuals. Online play for most games day one. New music on the title screen.

7 was my first FF I played but 1 was the first I completed.

@-wc-
I just feel they overinflated the price (plus the shipping don’t forget so you are looking at around $100 for a copy either through PlayAsia or the SE store) compared to recent comparable collections that are sold for much cheaper. That and how the whole physical copy fiasco has been handled is really putting me off the collection. I was looking forward to having most of the FF series available at my fingertips on Switch so this is really a hard pass. Had it been $60 and available at my local brick and mortar I would’ve bought it day one.

@samuelvictor
It would be nice if the other street fighter games other than 2 got more ports. The superior Street Fighter Alpha 3 Upper and Alpha 2 Gold haven’t gotten rereleased since the Alpha collection on PS2.

@samuelvictor
Thanks for clarifying that. The point still stands though you can still get the game on other collections and services on switch.

@-wc-
The battle network collection has 10 games for 60 and they are of arguably comparable length to the FF games on offer for $15 less and is widely available in both physical and digital.

@YANDMAN
It’s a port of championship edition so it’s the same.

@-wc-
But as I mentioned earlier the Cowabunga Collection has more games in its collection for considerably less price as well as a multitude of extras. $75 is mighty steep considering the age of these games and they are far from the definitive expanded ports that have been previously released. So what if they had a new orchestral soundtrack?! They are probably just reusing what was recorded during the distant worlds tour that happened several months ago.

@Wheatly
The Cowabunga collection had more than 6 games and was (correct me if I’m wrong) less than $50 for the whole collection.

@Ralizah
It’ll cost even more through Play-Asia (and it won’t even ship until June or July) and you can’t even get gold coins since it’s a different region. As popular as the FF series is and how badly they botched the physical they are sure to do a proper retail release.

I’ll wait for the inevitable major retail physical release at a smaller price point. SE royally screwed up with the physical release.

@YANDMAN
Yes championship edition is in the SF anniversary collection. Just not the Genesis port. The og arcade.

@JohnnyMind
If you aren’t getting the most out of the service then the savings of going in on a family plan is not really a savings. Myself I’m only interested in the games and nothing else. I’d rather buy them like I could with VC and forget all about the online service and the dlc that I’ve no use for.

The service is still not worth it. We need more options to play these these games rather than subscribing. I honestly see no reason why they can’t sell individual games. They are making money either way so what’s the big deal?!

How about all the above. They shouldn’t complain about consumers emulating them if they aren’t going to make them available to actually make money off of.

It’s a shame this collection is missing some games in the series. What about Network Transmission and Battle Chip Challenge?

They need to restock the physical games and have them available elsewhere than online only.

The best way currently is the Game & Watch. You pay for it only once, you can play it anywhere and anytime you want whether you are subscribing or have internet connection at all, have lost levels and ball included not to mention it doubles as a clock.

@Roibeard64
Other morally and most likely illegal alternatives you mean. There are still plenty of VC games that are now lost. New fans of these games are missing out on great games because of poor planning and corporate stupidity. “Oh this Steamworkd game on Switch has other games on other platforms that could enrich and enhance my newfound joy for this series?! Too bad I’ll never experience it since the only way to get it has closed even if I can buy a used (often very pricey) console it’s impossible.”

What if a great fire destroys countless priceless books and works of art? Maybe they weren’t digitized or copied would your argument still be it’s no great loss and say to move on that it wasn’t important?

@Roibeard64
You mean beyond the fact that now there are many games that are going to be lost probably never to see the light of day unless they fly under the Jolly Roger.

@Itakiteacher
Apple, Sony and Microsoft all offer both.

@InTree
You are forced online to keep access to the games every seven days.

But what if you weren’t interested in Winback? There are many games both popular and niche on nso I enjoy and a lot that I would never touch. But they all take up precious memory space! $50 a year for games and services I’d never use is not money well spent. At least with VC you can buy only the titles you want many times on a discounted price. NSO is a good alternative but it shouldn’t be the only option available.

@Tyranexx
I don’t understand it either. Why not just sell them individually? They’d make money either way.

@InTree
I’m sure Winback has its fans and many of them would prefer to play it offline and not subscribe.

Myself personally I don’t play online, neither do I have a constant readily available internet service nor do I have any of the games that have dlc given free through the service so I can’t justify paying $20 let alone $50 a year. I would be better off just buying the individual games that I want instead.

I’m a fan of the NA cover art but the Japanese art just blows it out of the water!

@InTree
I’m shocked beyond all imagination that popular games are well……….so popular! Of course popular games that lots of people enjoy would sell really well. But that’s not saying the other niche games haven’t done well. Most of them have been laying dormant for years not making any money at all then vc comes along giving them the ability to be enjoyed once again.

@Moonlessky
I don’t think you can purchase 3ds vc on their website.
@Nua
I’ve heard it from many that it can do it. Maybe not as well as the New but to a competent level anyway.

Someone explain why we can’t purchase the snes vc games on a og 3ds. We should be able to purchase them and download them later if you can manage to get a new 3ds (although we should be able to play them on a og no problem) or hopefully they will implement vc on switch with Crossbuy being offered.

It’s only been since June last year that any new games were added to the nes/snes libraries. Good grief what is taking them so long? I hope VC comes back!

The mighty switch force theme is the best hands down!

@BenoitRen
I’ve not noticed any lag at all and I own the original carts for most of them so to me they play just like they did.

@Funneefox
Really?! Their decision to keep the Disney Afternoon Collection off of switch is still baffling. In fact the way Capcom handles their collections is questionable.

@WhiteTrashGuy
That may be true but it’s still part of a trilogy story so it probably has a unsatisfying ending and who knows when the other parts will release. It’s one of the biggest reasons I’d rather they would’ve just held off and just put out all of it.

@WhiteTrashGuy
Thing is I know it’s only a third of the story and I’d rather have access to the full story rather than play it and be without the other two parts.

I’m kinda split if I’ll pick it up or not. On one hand I’ve never played a Metroid Prime game before so this is a great opportunity. On the other hand it’s part of a trilogy so I might be better off to just wait until after the Trilogy is remastered and just get all three then.

@Mgalens
Bravo, Bravo very well said!

I don’t subscribe to NSO but a poll yay! Seriously we need more options to play these games rather than subscribe to an online service for these offline games. Add in the ability to transfer purchases like crossbuy/cross play and purchase individual titles like gamepass.

I’m not going to say the game didn’t lack polish. Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuut, it was definitely a game I remember well and I got enjoyment out of it. It was a game you had to understand since it was different every time (which meant I could play it multiple times and not have the same experience twice). I even remember the other games that my dad picked up in a lot with this including Chip and Dale, TMNT 1&2, Videomation and Little Mermaid off the top of my head. Saying they don’t deserve to be on the shop is a very strange thing to say given the amount of actual shovelware on it.