@Eggs
Bravo - spoken like a true consumer.
However, I like to entertain the idea we're still customers.

@Eggs
The issue is not the trivial preference of digital or physical but ownership itself.
It's "a kick in the nuts" for everyone who likes to keep whatever they've paid money for cause corporate servers are a fickle and fleeting thing.

@DrDaisy
Haha, yeah it's a technical issue. I believe the correct term for it is "milking the customer by stretching this series over 10 volumes".😅
Also, can we please stop pretending that this is still TAITO? It's Square-Enix and it shows.
On a more positive note, Hamster does a bang up job with Arcade Archives.🥰

@molkom
But the prerequisite of becoming a CEO is that you drop that silly "person"-thing you speak of, because all you care about is money and power innit.

@moonblastx
Exactly. If Blizz insists on forcing us online, they can go straight to...well, hell.😈

Meanwhile over at Phony, they're celebrating Lawyer Appreciation Day. Also a very special way of saying thank you.🙃

VRR is awesome, but 120 Hz in 1440p on my LG C3 TV is still unsupported, even after this update. 1080p looks a bit naff.😵‍💫

Squeenix can go $#%& a fat one, if they keep asking previously loyal customers to double dip for an uprezz patch with 60 FPS.

I'm about to finish Trails Through Daybreak, then immediately continue with Daybreak 2 and still won't wrap up Beyond The Horizon before the remake of Trails In The Sky 2nd Chapter hits in less than two weeks.😅
Falcom, SEGA-Atlus and Squeenix are getting all of my attention these days.

A "remaster" of a game that's older than a quarter of a century running at anything below 60 FPS gets a direct gtfo from me.
Not sure what they're smoking over at Bamco.🙈

Spontaneously makes me wanna listen to Star Trekkin'.🤪
Medical update, Dr. McCoy!
It's worse than that, he's dead, Jim, dead, Jim, dead.
There's Klingons on the starboard bow, scrape 'em off, Jim.

@Kochambra Well, ackshually... EA was fantastic in the '80s. Their game boxes prominently featured the designers' names on the front cover, similar to vinyl albums: Bill Budge, Dani Bunten, Jon Freeman & Anne Westfall.
But then, corporate greed happened.🙈

Looks fantastic. Impressive scope and I like that Intelligent Systems brought back the dungeon excursions from "Shadows of Valentia".
I'll grab Fortune's Weave somewhere down the line, but Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter has my full attention on September 17th.

@Dunan @AgentGuapo Yup, you both have a point.

I haven't turned my Sea of Stars physical into a free digital Switch 2 copy yet. Not sure I can be arsed to go on social media for that though.👀

@Noone2025
Of course it's for me, as I always prefer my action games at 60 FPS, TYVM. But under the given circumstances only for 10 bucks, rather than 50.
That said, do you have:
a) reading comprehension issues?
b) no principles?
c) no backlog?
d) all of the above?

When it comes to Squeenix and SEGA on Switch 2, please speak with your wallets and wait for a 75%-off-sale years down the road. It's not like our backlogs wouldn't last us an entire lifetime anyways.

@Pawsebutton
Thank you. That's some very important info, as I was on the fence about Ninja Gaiden.
Hamster's ports/emulation quality seems to vary wildly.
Rastan and Rygar are so good, they can almost replace my arcade cab, while Vs. Super Mario Bros and other NES-based titles suffer from input lag straight outta hell.😮

Yeah, sure. There’s f****d up, but then there’s also f****d up and controlled by an evil Saudi prince and Jared Kushner, like EA.

DQ VII happens to be my favourite PSX-game. This fantastic demo ticks every box for me on Switch 2.
I tried the Switch 1 demo on an OLED model right after and although I always scoff at people, who are content with 30 FPS gameplay, even that version felt smooth enough.
Not sure what sorcery Squeenix is performing here, but it means I'll grab a physical Switch 1 copy.🎉

Lovely! I can’t wait.
Falcom nailed the art direction with their new engine for Sky FC and the game will never age, thanks to the timeless look of cel-shading. Storytelling, world building and music were already in a league of their own anyway.
The “Daybreak”-games were still bogged down by their old engine’s stiff animations and clumsiness, but Sky FC and SC are as close to perfect, as they have to be.
The Switch 2 version is fantastic. Not just in the aesthetics department, but even more importantly, gameplay-wise. The combat is way too much fun and it’s all running at a smooth 60 FPS.
So Sky SC is already my GOTY 2026, right there and only DQ VII will come close.

Well, I'll never buy a game from Owlcat anyway, cause their "dear leader" is wreaking havoc on Europe. Not a hint of support for that, if I can help it.😤

Linearity, simplicity and especially an arcade mode, without cutscenes is a huge plus for me. Shinobi Art of Vengeance was over encumbered with unnecessary mechanics and lost track of what defines a great arcade game.
I also find it essential for a review to provide technical information, as to how gameplay feels, due to the framerate.

IF capitalism ❤️ profit
THEN Chrono = profit
GOTO Chrono remake coming soon, TM.

Genius, innit?

@JohnnyMind Wow. What's your other job? xD

I beat Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow and went for new game+.
The Dominus Collection is such a wonderful Halloween treat, filled to the brim with yummeh gameplay.

Development must've been a lot "smoother" than the lousy 30 FPS gameplay of the demo then.🤪
Atlus could've sold Persona 3 to me a fourth time, but they'd have to actually make an effort. 40 FPS on the Switch's 120 Hz display was the bare minimum, but since they can't be arsed with that, I won't bother either.🤷🏻‍♂️

@Dogorilla The thing is, Ogre Battle 64 is not primarily an RTS game. Although it says "Real Time Battle System" on the back of the box.
You're supposed to plan ahead of combat, by choosing your units and setting up your troops. Kind of similar to programming your party in Final Fantasy XII, so they act precisely the way you want them to during the auto-combat sequence. You should give it a go or try ATLUS' excellent spiritual successor, Unicorn Overlord.

Ow, PJ. That searing, political zinger at the end.😮
Ogre Battle 64 has been sitting on my shelf for the past 25 years. Unplayed, mind you. Hopefully I'll get around to playing its tribute, Unicorn Overlord, at least.

@rallydefault
Appreciate the quick update, thank you.
Yeah, docked demo gameplay was smooth on Switch 2, but it tanked in handheld mode.
From what I’ve heard, you can expect a range from 40 to 60 FPS across the board, if you decide to upgrade to Switch 2. It will look much better, but I guess if you do plan on playing only docked, you might wanna omit the update and stick with the Switch 1 version.

@rallydefault
Can you please elaborate on whether it runs at 60 FPS in both modes? The demo's framerate was awful in handheld mode, which is why I grabbed it for PS5 instead.

@ro-kurorai
Surely you meant⭐️estellar⭐️

@Sidewinder172
The scientific fact is that you'll experience a slightly longer period of input lag at 30 FPS, after pressing a button. Which directly translates to gameplay feeling less immediate. Why would there be such a thing as a "bandwagon of hate"? Each to their own.🤷🏻‍♂️

Here's some dissent from a diehard G&G fan:
The perfect way to celebrate is to beat Ghouls'n Ghosts on my MVS candy cab, hooked up to a MiSTercade.🤩
Resurrection was utter ***** tbh and I'll think twice, before purchasing the next entry in this series.😮

@Cyberbotv2
Of course average gamers don't care about FPS.
Otherwise they'd be refered to as core gamers.

A higher framerate with lower input lag always translates directly to better and snappier gameplay. Whether you value that is up to you.

Now, EA has hard data on their FC target audience and it says that they're overwhelmingly football fans first and average gamers second.
EA marketing also knows precisely, that they have a monopoly on football videogames. So they can get away with 30 FPS, as long as all the superficial stuff, like stadiums, fancy graphics, player names, club jerseys, etc. is in place.

@Denoloco Supah Mario Galakshi, available soon for Switchi Tsuu🤪

@kmtrain83
Who's to say digital won't outlast physical? My own experience, for starters.
All my physical media, CDs and cartridges, still works just fine after 35 years.

Whereas some of my digital purchases from Sony, Nintendo, Apple and Amazon were either purged, discontinued, had their servers shut down, ran into licensing issues or had some other shenanigans come up.

Who's to say digital storefronts won't need to be supported for longer?
The fact that capitalism is about profit only.
If you think customers have the upper hand vs corporations, you can think again.
Money talks, so corporations lobby our lawmakers and create the most favorable conditions.

But feel free to FAFO for yourself, cause it's none of my business to tell you how to spend your hard-earned dosh.

We've established that all servers will go offline eventually.
So when purchasing digital-only, we're basically renting a product.
Accordingly, publishers will never get more than a 10 bucks renting fee per game from me.

@timtimtim Woah, a 4.1 GB patch for physical cartridges is more than a little disappointing to me, considering the available storage on Switch 2 is already puny.

Warner Bros: "Imagine if we owned a beloved 85-year-old IP with gorgeous embellishments by artists like Neal Adams or Jim Aparo".😮
Also Warner Bros: "Right, let's publish our umpteenth, tired LEGO Batman game then".🙄

@Noelemahc @BeefCatStudios
Nightdive should definitely let us know then. They did announce kb/m for PS5 System Shock, which was false advertising.
I bought it based on that feature and it turned out to be a flat out lie. Their marketing and PR department is doing a naff job tbh. Fantastic coders and artists, but awfully weak communication.

Quake II saw Nightdive implementing keyboard/mouse controls and LAN support, which to me are top priorities in boomer shooters. They've dropped both features here, so I'm not biting.

60 FPS-games take only half the time of 30 FPS-games, to translate button pushes into on-screen action. Therefore gameplay is objectively worse at 30 FPS and that very much matters in any action game.🤷🏻‍♂️
Pretty confident though, that at least Switch 2 will run Ninja Gaiden at 60.

@Friendly
I can tell you why, based on my own experience:
Becoming rich is comparable to putting on Tolkien’s “The One” ring. The more money you have, the greater the fear becomes to lose it. It started messing with my character and destroying my empathy.

Only 12 felony charges? If he thought he’d be president with such low criminal energy, he can think again. We all know it takes 34 felonies for that.

In other news: Water is wet and corporations solely exist to squeeze all the profit they can get away with out of consumers.🤷🏻‍♂️

Apples and oranges, I know, but I’ve already lost an ungodly amount of my purchases for Apple iOS.
“Sword & Poker” is an amazing game, but over 80% of what I’ve “bought” is now gone. I’ve learned my lesson on digital distribution well.

@Coalescence Oh my goodness, so many truth-bombs.😮
You peered right through all of their bs.😅

@Jester676 Yes, that’s exactly the point - I’ve looked at my Steam library and listed the best exclusive games, that I appreciate most.
Hence the Nintendo exclusives further down for comparison.

Let’s be honest, it’s all about the games. So here’s a different perspective. My Steam Deck runs what Nintendon’t (yet):

Alice: Madness Returns, OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast, Batman Arkham Origins, Wizardry 6, 7 & 8, Dragon Age Origins, Heroes of Might & Magic III, Drakensang I & II, Ys 1, 2, 4, 6 & 7, Divinity II Dragon Knight Saga, The Saboteur, Binary Domain, Fallout New Vegas, Baldur’s Gate III, Mass Effect Trilogy, Chrono Trigger, Virtua Fighter 5, GTA IV & V, Red Dead Redemption II, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Yakuza - Like a Dragon Zero - 8, Bionic Commando & Rearmed, Strider, Metal Gear Rising, MGS V, Persona 3 Reload, Tales of Berseria, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Trails of Cold Steel 1 & 2, Deadpool, Transformers Cybertron 1 & 2, Sacred Gold, Judgment & Lost Judgment, Dead Space Trilogy, Nioh 1 & 2, Sekiro, Armored Core VI, Granblue Fantasy, Scarlet Nexus, Spider-Man, God of War, Ratchet & Clank, Uncharted and other Sony IP.
Halo, Diablo IV, WoW, Fable, Forza, Age of Empires and other Microsoft IP.

VS.

Bravely Default HD is the only Switch 2 launch game I want.
Looking forward to: Metroid, Zelda, Mario, Fire Emblem, Kirby, Wave Race and F-Zero. I’m lukewarm on Bananza and MK World.
Will ignore: Animal Crossing, Splatoon, Luigi’s Mansion, Pokemon Z - A.

@Jack_Goetz I don’t mean to belittle you. I’m just genuinely surprised, there are people who still think that any corporation prioritizes anything - let alone fans - over profit.

@NeoGee Will do. Thank you so much for going through the trouble of opening your cab.
Been happy with my Egret3 for years.❤️ I just don’t perform as well with a Nintendo controller, as I do with a Sanwa arcade panel.😅