GamerGrandpa

An official one would have been nice. I bought a 3rd party one and car power adaptor back then for my son so he could take it with him and play on long car rides and vacations, etc.

@Axecon
That's what I was thinking. If it is a first-time Switch owner, they are definitely gonna buy Mario Kart at some point anyway.

@syrupdash
I agree. If they had made the console red and then maybe blue joycons or something they would have had huge response, especially even from current Switch owners. Oh well.

@Vexx234
That's what I was thinking! A little more than an homage. When I saw those stills... looks like practically a "reskin". But, who knows, it may turn out to be fun.

My son already had the original GBA at the time. I ended up getting 3 SP's so that me and both kids could play Four Swords with the Gamecube. I wasn't a huge portable gamer at the time, but I soon became one with that SP and all of the great games. Fun times.

@MontyCircus
That's cool to see. I can probably agree with that. There were a LOT of great NES games (and Master System too) and Contra, like others on here have said, is close to perfect for what was expected of a 8bit game back then. And, of course, Super Mario Bros 3 does stand in a tier above all by itself.

Yeah Mario Kart 8 will not slow down much until either everyone who has a Switch has bought it, or they make a new game. It is generally always one of the primary games chosen when a person buys a Switch for the first time.

Hmm. That is disappointing. I guess I haven't really played a rally game in a long time though anyway. I did love Sega Rally. First game I bought with my new Saturn back in the day.

@fox_mattcloud
Yes they need to. I actually bought a 32X back in the day when it released, but I never got to play Knuckles Chaotix and would love a chance to.

@MysticX
You’re right. But it was a Metal Gear game on a nintendo console. Kojima didn’t have anything to do with the first NES either I believe.

@Olliemar28 @GameOtaku
I was thinking the same thing. I figured Snake's Revenge would at least get mentioned? It is technically a sequel to the NES version of Metal Gear.

I think I'll give Kaiju Wars a go. Seems like a fun, unique strategy game.

Yeah I agree with most on here. Not sure I'd call it a classic either. It was a decently fun game. Also, it wasn't like there were just huge, constant stream of game releases for the N64 back then like we enjoy now. I bought it back then, my son was just turning 3 years old. He got some good enjoyment out of it as one of his earliest game experiences.

Definitely am excited, if we get the actual games and not cloud versions. I enjoyed the games on Wii and on Wii U, especially the Wii U ones where you had the awesome ability to play couch multiplayer with one person using the gamepad screen and the other using the TV.

I remember lots of gamers being so excited about the prospect of Minecraft on Wii U, and then we find out it doesn't have gamepad inventory management or anything. I guess Microsoft were afraid it would be the definitive console edition of the game.

@TheBigK
Yeah I can't believe they haven't yet. This is the generation to do it. At least do the titles that have sold over 10 million? That would be, what, 12 titles or so not counting Ring Fit.

@Vivianeat
Yeah I remember when Sableye and Spiritomb had no weakness, before the fairy types were introduced. I remember it making that one champion battle in Pokemon Diamond (I think?) tougher because of Sableye.

I'll definitely be getting this.

They should at least give us more Sega Ages games from different consoles. Like others have said, there are MANY games that need to be available to gamers. Knuckles' Chaotix, Fahrenheit, Kolibri, Sega Rally Championship, Astal, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Shining Force III, Clockwork Knight, Silpheed....

What Dead Hand or whatever it is called in Ocarina of Time. I remember that being creepy the first time I saw it. And I was in college when that came out!

Yeah I agree with others on here. Why do these cloud versions if they are gonna run so poorly? Just to say it is on Switch? I'm old and I am not an IT guy, but is there not a way to make these cloud games run good on Switch? I understand the hang-up of them being cloud versions in the first place and people being hesitant to spend money on them knowing they will be unplayable in the near future, but I would be likely to give many of them a try if they even just ran slightly decent.

I enjoyed Wario World. Not a bad game. Maybe they could do a new one.

@victordamazio
That makes sense. I could definitely see that with Atari games. You were definitely not getting anything that looked close to what was featured on the box art most of the time. Of course us gamers who started with Atari 2600 knew what to expect with games. It took a certain level of imagination to go with the gameplay.

Yikes. That is a fairly creepy looking game? I don't think I'll care to... "explore the world in whichever order they see fit, piecing together bits of the narrative along the way." I guess absurd is a fitting descriptionn

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@Waluigi-Donut
Yeah this is pretty cool. More developers should do this. Great way to breathe more life into some older games and franchises that the company has virtually no intention of doing themselves.

Nice! I'm excited to try this out. Never had a chance too before now. Hopefully they'll get it sorted out and back on the eshop

Hmm. I would have thought New Pokemon Snap would have done a little better than that. Still not bad I guess

@Dman10
That's what I was wondering? How are the loading times for the Sega CD games?

Wow! I forgot about River City Saga. So I guess I need to get it, Live a Live, and Dragon Saber.

Combat on Atari 2600

@StarPoint
Me too. I guess they do it to help with funding the development or something? But then you run the risk of putting people off of the game and not buy it all, even if it is eventually patched to where it is good.

Looks like RABIO LEPUS and Spidersaurs for me

@Royalblues
Yeah it's nice having a dedicated video games store. I understand people not liking their pricing on used games, etc. Hopefully Best Buy can hang on at least. I will have to be dragged kicking and screaming to Walmart for my gaming needs (or Amazon for that matter) even if they are a dollar or two cheaper on new games.

What about Wario World? I remember me and my son having decent fun with it back then. It was obviously kind of short and fairly easy. Maybe a new one to remedy some of that? But I do also love the Wario Land games too.

Man. I need to get these. Never played them. I have done many CYOA books in the past though.

Nice! I'll definitely give it a try.

@Tasuki
Yeah he was a little overly-harsh in the review. It's a decent game. Obviously not on par with Final Fight, but decent fun especially with two players.

@Pillowpants
Yeah I think your point on Nintendo combining their handheld and home console is one their best decisions by far. They only have to make games for one platform instead of two now. Other developers looking at the huge install base for 3DS compared to Wii U were gonna spend more resources on games for 3DS virtually every time. Now they just need to go with more power to get some of those AAA multiplatform games that either won't work feasibly on Switch or require too many downgrades. Doesn't have to be top of the line and go toe to toe with new Xbox and Playstation, but definitely needs to be closer than Switch was. It started off behind the Xbox One and Playstation 4, much less the Series X and 5!

I think the only part of that from me is $10 to download the full game of Mario Run when it came out.

@BlubberWhale
Ha! Yeah. I forgot about that one

Billy Hatcher.... another game that would be cool to have a remaster for Switch. I remember me and my son having a lot of fun with it back then.

Hmm. I'll definitely give these a try.

@StarPoint
Yeah I didn't think about the Wii and DS being backward compatible with Gamecube and GBA. Plus, as you said, the Wii had most of the best games from NES, SNES, N64, Sega Genesis...on Virtual Console.

Nice! Have never gotten to play this.

@HawkeyeWii
It's funny. It took a lot of word-of-mouth with friends and classmates (some of whom had access to a magazine or maps that give hints and which direction to proceed) to beat those games back then. Same with Dragon Warrior/Quest. My copy of the game actually came with a guide. I used it as sparingly as I could. The games were thoroughly enjoyable back then. You had use a certain amount of imagination with them. I can definitely see where younger gamers today maybe would not enjoy those early games very much.

Is PS5 getting easier to find? At least in some places I guess. I have never seen one in a store or even in stock online. I get the emails from Gamestop telling me when they will have some online (usually bundles), but the few times I have tried they are gone instantly.

@gaga64
That's what I was thinking too!

Hmm. Several I'll probably get this week. Chrono Cross, Big Bang Pro Wrestling and the Arcade Archives games, and maybe the House of the Dead.

@Ogbert
Yeah for 30th anniversary it should've been retro Sonic.

Oh well. I didn't play this originally when it came out, so I'll give it a try.