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@Anti-Matter Like I said last week, it takes a little bit more time, Famitsu charts the top 10 first and then a few hours later or the next day at most they have the top 30.

Of course, it'd be great if NL updated the Japanese charts once the top 30 are available. If not, here's the link: https://www.famitsu.com/ranking/game-sales

We'll see where/if Metroid Prime 4 charted in the top 30 in a few hours, tomorrow at most. But realistically, I'm only expecting the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition to chart.

EDIT: See below.

For those wondering, apparently the NEX Playground is essentially a $249 Kinect system.

Not sure if it's worthy of mentioning, but it seems this update is western exclusive. The Japanese N64 NSO apps (the regular and the Mature ones) didn't update. Neither did any other NSO app.

@Robot99 Ah, I see. I forget there are actually 2 "Hurry Up!" variants here, one faster when the timer hits 99 seconds left and the fastest one when there are 49 seconds left.

With that said, it is a crime the Kingdoms songs aren't used more often. Especially Chai Kingdom with all the Chinese motif they've been using recently such as Dragon Road and Dragon Palace in Mario Kart.

33 songs? Didn't think the original Super Mario Land had that much music.

Yes, I'm aware it may also include jingles and fanfares, but even then I thought it was like 20 at most.

I'm ready to do my part and buy Metroid Prime 4 this week. Hopefully by the end of the week I'll get it.

What was the issue with Miitopia?

Not being the biggest Marvel fan out there, I'm fine with just Marvel Vs. Capcom Fighting Collection. Maybe one day I'll give Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, secondhand physical copies are not hard to find here in my area.

About Fatal Frame II

Making its Nintendo console debut in 2026. Fatal Frame II is often considered one of the best in Koei Tecmo's long-running horror series.

Ummm, didn't it come out on the Wii back in 2012?

Also, in Dragon Quest VII

Physical?
Yes, on Switch 2, Game-Key Card on Switch 2 (and no upgrade path)

How can it be physical and have a Game-Key Card on the same system?
And yes, I'm aware it's a mistake and it should say it's physical on the Switch 1 but a GKC on Switch 2

Physical Copies are plenty in my area, but for that price, it's hard to resist it. Guess I'll get it digitally and then see what price I can get it physically later. Kind of like what I did with Puyo Puyo Tetris.
In fact, I'm expecting a similar price outcome to that one.

@Dman10 any game that gets Latin American Spanish or Brazilian Portuguese localizations should be highlighted. A lot of times companies are content by simply dumping the European variants localizations on the American copies, which are not 100% representative of how we speak over here. Who the hey says "bocata" instead of "sandwich" or "emparedado" in Latin American Spanish?

SEGA is one of the worst offenders in this regard. Or at least they seem to be trying these days, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has Latin American Spanish texts but no verbal speeches, they still use the European Spanish voices, which don't really match the LatAm Spanish text.
But as of Sonic X Shadow Generations, they still had European Spanish crammed in the American copies.

"Hasta la vista, LJN"

-AVGN, probably.

Side note: The article doesn't mention which character 50 Cent plays, which is Balrog/M.Bison.
EDIT: Now it does.

Actually, this has me thinking: for the Japanese release, will they follow the Japanese naming conventions of SF or will they pull a Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game and call them with their western names even in Japan?

Will be there for sure. Hopefully by then I would have played Mega Man 8, 9, 10 and 11.

@Otoemetry beats me what it means, hopefully someone that reads Japanese could chime in.

In any case, the sales chart has been updated with the top 30, revealing the Switch 1 version of Metroid Prime 4 at #15 with 7,586 sales.

@Otoemetry Famitsu themselves post it at the end of the source, on the red text that says ゲーム販売本数ランキングページ.
Here's the link, it currently has last week's top 30: https://www.famitsu.com/ranking/game-sales

They usually post the top 30 a day or two after posting the top 10.
Unfortunately, I don't know if someone posts them in English.

I'm gonna cheat a bit in my order because I like more than one game equally as others, but for me it's

1. Prime Trilogy
Let's just lump them all together, I like them all equally.

2. Zero Mission / Fusion / Hunters / Samus Returns
No real comments on these ones.

3. Dread
It only needs some more music, but what little it has I enjoy as background noise. And it has, in my opinion, the best Power Suit with that light blue color. I'm considering addind it to the #2 group, though.

4. Super / Other M
Sorry, Super. As much as I do believe you're a great game, your controls kinda ruin it for me going back, that's also what really ruins Other M for me. I've said this before... twice, come to think of it, but Samus' human side won't be unappreciated by me.

5. OG Metroid / II: Return of Samus
These games are not bad per se, but if I can play the remakes over the originals I will.

Cannot speak for Federation Force and Prime 4 as I haven't played them. Ranking Pinball (which I have played) with the same bar as the other games just doesn't feel right to me. That's like trying to rank, I don't know, Smash Bros. as an Animal Crossing game? Maybe?

It's interesting to see that it's the Switch 2 Edition of MP4 the one that charted. We'll see how the Switch 1 version fared by tomorrow.

The only good thing about this is a potential "Jaws Revisited" AVGN episode.

@SplatRay001 let it play for about 50 minutes every once in a while.

I agree this is Charles Martinet's best Wario performance, those screams when he falls off in the sky sections have stayed with me all these years.

If possible, play the Japanese version to have access to the true final boss.
In the international versions, it doesn't have any changes throughout the fight, but in the Japanese version the Black Jewel has a second phase after you deplete half his health, it is also where the otherwise unused Wario World Main Theme plays. Said song was used in promotional material and was later remixed for Mario Power Tennis.

@Suketoudara I do remember Ubisoft being a little more prominent on the Game Boy Color, at one point I was also confusing Earthworm Jim as a Ubisoft IP for some reason.
Hopefully other Ubisoft games from other systems can join these two.

Side Note: Weirdly, as of the time of this comment, NCL haven't announced what Japan will be getting.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't these the first Ubisoft games added to NSO systems?

In any case, I'm here for Rayman 2. More Rayman cannot be a bad thing, right?
Tonic Trouble will be a first for me.

@Dev-N True, I tend to forget about the Tikis because Returns is the DK game I've played the least. But yes, a battle between the four (and maybe Void Kong) is something I'd pay money to see.

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond for me at some point before the year ends. It'll be the physical Nintendo Switch 2 Edition cart played on a Switch 1, and maybe on my sister's Switch 2.

Some games in my area are also on sale, I might get a few of them and call it a day (a year?). Then by January, I'll get the NS2E of Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

It is a dream of mine to one day see a fight (maybe a war) between King K. Rool, Ghastly Kong and Lord Fredrick, just to see who gets to steal DK's Banana Hoard.

Wow, I didn't think Paramount would retaliate. Now it all comes down to "which one (Netflix or Paramount) is the lesser of two evils?"

The moment I saw a Hot Wheels scalper harassing two employees at a supermarket is when I said out loud "I'm glad I'm not into (hardcore) collecting beyond amiibo".

@Gamemoose hopefully they won't be like EA and tell gamers to "Deal with it".

I'll go with Japan for this one. The western one makes it look like if Samus herself is playing a pinball arcade.

Years ago, I read somewhere that the Japanese version sold 0 copies during launch week. Since then I haven't been able to find where I read that.

Cartridge art:
North America (shared with Europe)

Japan

(Photo with better lightning)

That's a lot of money for a game where the wheels don't even animate when you turn and the cars look more like someone is moving the track rather than the cars actually moving on the track (look at the split screen segment to see what I mean).

This is one thing I like about the Japanese Nintendo website, they usually offer some sort of printable pamphlet (not necessarily a manual) that you can store in a game's case.

The WarioWare: Get It Together! one is narrated from Wario's prespective, or at least I think it is.

What a s***show the whole Warner Bros. Discovery merger has been.

Ok, SEGA. (Super Monkey) Ball's in your court to make me trust you on good AI use for machine learning with human input to the results and not as an excuse to dispose of human staff/release AI slop.

And by the way, that sAInic has a "double ring", which nobody mentioned. But then again, I suppose this is how he looked in Sonic '06 in-game. And yes, this last part is a joke, if it flies over your head.

Not this week either, but Metroid Prime 4: Beyond before the year ends. 8 years of wait are finally over, just a little bit longer for me.

@canaryfarmer that actually gave me a much needed chuckle. Thanks a lot.

Quite the difference between top selling hardware and #2, isn't it?

Press F in respect for those 172 souls who bought an Xbox, unless they legit wanted one.

We'll see next week how Metroid Prime 4: Beyond fares in Japan, a territory where Metroid is even more niche than it already is in the west.

My biggest question about this game: Does Samus unmask herself, revealing her face, or show up in the Zero Suit in this game?

No spoilers, please. Just answer yes or no.

I love how the exterior of the Metroid Gadget Organiser Case is based on the Power Suit while the interior is based on the Zero Suit.

Starting to listen to the Main Theme as I type, I have to say, parts of it kinda sound like Metroid X 90s Killer Instinct.

I'd watch it only to see how they butcher speeches, but unfortunately I'll be busy that day.

I really don't know if people are doing this on purpose or not, but once again: You can play the physical Nintendo Switch 2 Edition cart on a Switch 1, only without the enhancements and extra contents. The cartridge itself already has the upgrade in it, no more downloads needed apart from patches/updates.

In other words, you can use a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition cart to play the game on a Switch 1, as intended for the Switch 1, while you get a Switch 2 and be ready with the upgrade from the get-go by the time you get one.

This is true for all first-party releases that have had NS2Es, which means it will also be the case for the upcoming NS2Es of Animal Crossing and Mario Wonder.

And if physical NS2Es being actually Switch 1 carts with the upgrade is a compromise to have them also playable on Switch 1 in lieu of them being actual Switch 2 carts (which would mean faster load times but being unplayable on Switch 1s), I'll take it.

@Sindayl Why is that a problem?

As it is, the physical NS2 Edition is a Switch 1 cart in red and with the upgrade on it, just like every other first-party NS2 Edition. This also allows it to be played on a Switch 1, only without the enhancements and extra content.

Trust me, if it were on a Switch 2 cart (thus, not allowing it to be played on a Switch 1), it would've created a bigger outrage for changing the playground that was already established for first-party NS2 Editions.

EDIT: Reading your comment below, I realize what you mean, but even then, if the physical NS2E didn't have the NS2 contents on the cart and needed to be downloaded, I think outlets (including NL) would've mentioned that on their reviews. I assume this upgrade prompt is only for versions (be it physical NS1 cart or digital) played on NS2 that haven't bought the upgrade digitally.

@The_Nintendo_Expat maybe as a sort of remaster or pseudo-remake, as in, have the SNES game as is (graphics and all) with the DS extras and the PS1 cutscenes (and optionally its soundtrack, I'm aware the song Boss Battle 1 is slightly extended in the PS version but I don't know if others are different as well). I really don't think it needs the FFVII Remake or HD-2D treatments.

Anyway, about future Chrono developments, I'm sure they can come up with something good, but without Akira Toriyama, the original Dream Team won't be together again for another go.

Cool, one day I'll get Chrono Cross.

With that said,...um...Chrono Trigger, please?

The NS2 Edition cart also works on your original Switch

Thank you very much for confirming what a lot of people were questioning me on a Facebook group.

@Duncanballs Apology not accepted.

All jokes aside, I hope this is just the Black Friday sales and not that it has dropped out of the top 40 for good.

It better be about the Chaotix trying to just do their job to pay the bills, oblivious to whatever Sonic and Eggman are up to.

Indeed it is. Holding (in vain, I know) on the hope that either Nintendo or Playtronic buys the IP rights from Microsoft.

Jennifer Hale didn't deserve any of the hate she got. She was just filling a role that needed to be filled. Or would you rather have a silent Bayonetta?

Slightly off-topic: Do we know if her Samus grunts return in Metroid Prime 4?