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@nomadforlove yeah and if I stop paying the $20 a year (or I go offline for longer than a week, which happens often with a portable device) then I can't play them. I want to own my games.

Oh yeah, I forgot I preordered the deluxe of this.

Still think they should include the full games, ain't nobody speedrunning 20 second parts of games. Heck I'd pay $60 for a physical Switch cart with every first party NES game.

Not a surprise at all, surely they're cooking up something Revenant in the Shadows...

Ehhhh I mean it's a good game but it is $20 more than the game it's a remaster of. I don't think that remasters should cost more than the original, remakes maybe but a remaster that, as far as I know, adds literally nothing to the original experience shouldn't be much more in price.

7/10 because I don't include the price in my rating but even then it is a lackluster remaster of a decent game.

Yeah I'm not buying it now. I can't justify it when I can buy a Wii and a copy of the game for less than $60.

I have the deluxe preordered but man it's honestly incredible how they don't have the actual nes roms to play, for $30 you would expect it.

@Mario500 Well if you haven't played Atari 50 today, it's probably the best collection of retro games out there, and I really just enjoy playing it every once in a while or watching the interviews. Maybe it's just me, but if the DLC is $10, maybe 5, I don't mind paying extra for another steel and all the games on one cart.

And I didn't even realize they got berzerk in there now, that's pretty sick. Would really like more Jaguar and Lynx too

Well, looks like I'm buying this game's Steelbook edition AGAIN.

Which I'm honestly more than ok with; they've hinted that they would do a "complete" physical release at some point down the line but I wasn't expecting it this soon. Looking forward to it and especially with the Intellivision stuff, they got right on that

@Kirbyo Nah the game barely runs at all on Steam Deck, I can't imagine how it would run on a Switch.

Still a very fun game though, would love to see it on PS5

"God-awful soundtrack" talking about Marvel 2 is insane.

But yeah, this was the biggest announcement for me. I have the Arcade1Up Marvel Countercade with MSH, XvSF, MVC, and the Punisher and I have Marvel 2 on my Steam Deck, but I'll be getting this physically on Switch and on Steam day 1. There is so much time to be found even in the early Marvel fighters, then you throw MVC2 in there and I'll definitely be putting hundreds of hours into this.

I'll be buying on Switch physical and Steam day 1.

Actually, this is probably the best Nintendo direct ever for me. Not just MVC2, but a whole Marvel COLLECTION on Switch, DQ3 AND DQ1+2 hd2d remake, DKCR on Switch (hopefully $40 or less), new MARIO AND LUIGI, new Mario Party, Metroid Prime 4, and a Zelda game where you actually play as Zelda???

Like yeah those are heavy hitters but I'll probably get all these day 1 and normally in a direct I'm only interested in 1 or 2 games. Oh yeah and Metal Slug and NSO

Two Metal Slug games in the year of our Lord 2024?? I'm down for it but yeah they just need to make Metal Slug 8

This was my highlight

Surprised it took them this long to announce it. Demo dropped a week ago, physical preorders as well.

Definitely will be getting tho, Yars Recharged can't satisfy the need

I find it weird with them saying that Nier wasn't on Switch soon enough when Kazuya was added... yes he definitely deserves to be there but there isn't a Tekken on Switch besides Pokken. Same with Joker although P5R came much later.

Maybe it's because Joker had a game on 3DS and Tekken was on Wii U? Who knows

I want to see GameCube, DS and Wii games in NSO. The entire reason I bought a Switch was so I could play my favorite Nintendo games on the go and they never added them (with the small exceptions of Mario Galaxy, which is honestly one of my most played games on it) so I got a Steam Deck. That thing is my Mario Strikers Charged, Star Fox Zero and Wind Waker HD machine.

Heck, they should make a vertical grip for the Switch and then it could play DS games perfectly.

I just want a new Darkstalkers, I've bought the games on Switch twice, PC twice, on an Arcade1Up cabinet, and on the PSP.

Surely Darkstalkers are not dead!

18th is definitely the direct lol

On the Metroidvania/Roguelike discussion, I always find it funny when people defend calling games Metroidvanias, but the moment you call a platform fighter a "Smash clone" people are like "nuh uh it's is own thing don't compare it to Smash."

But on the game itself I am personally very much looking forward to this, Yars' Revenge is one of the best 2600 games.

I'll believe it when I see it when it comes to Xbox. Haven't touched my game pass in forever even though there's cool games there.

@Maubari You can read my other comment just above but I've personally had a Wii U pretty much brick, a Switch cartridge die after a few months, and multiple Joycon with drift, and one even had a problem I've never seen before; which means it's not a problem with the parts, it was an error in production (which I personally think is worse). So it's not an "opinion" it's over $500 worth of hardware from the past decade just failing. Not broken due to a drop, battery leak, whatever. Hardware failure. Never had a problem with an Xbox or Playstation controller, game, or system and to be honest, those controllers get tossed around in my box. My Joycon stay on the switch or even in their own case for Pete's sake and they still break.

@WiltonRoots My Wii U got the nand failure long before anyone else, wouldn't play certain courses in MK8 and other games wouldn't even boot. My copy of Super Mario Maker 2 has corrupted data and completely stopped working on any Switch I've tested it on even though the contacts look good and I took care of it. I've had two Joycon with drift and another one with a faulty ribbon cable placement meaning it was slowly tearing over time unbeknownst to me, and finally broke after the warranty expired.

Don't get me wrong when I say I love Nintendo, I also have a Gamecube and all that good stuff but I've never had a game or system or even a controller fail from any other company. Nintendo's got it all set in the games, I mean Sony can barely convince people to buy a PS5. But when it comes to the hardware and the legal side of things, the company definitely struggles.

@Maubari You have A LOT of respect for Nintendo??? I mean I get it on a Nintendo site but this is the company that's openly against fanmade content, they refuse to make older games accessible, and they continue to release hardware that is known to fail.

Your welcome for it on game pass, as I just bought it on PC a month ago

And the funny thing is, (and I'm not sure if someone's already mentioned it or not) but in Banana Blitz HD at least Sonic was available in game as a secret character. This feels scummy

@_Figo_ I know right? I saw "Sega Pass" and was expecting Ichiban Kasuga or Akira in a ball

Geoff is literally telling people to lower their expectations, that they're not going to see any "one more thing" reveals.

Imagine showing off your game here and the guy running it says that 😭

Frankly, I'm tired of people pushing agendas or inclusivity in their games, it shouldn't be a priority. The priority should be to make games fun.

With that being said I paid the full $60 for the ttyd remake because it's a fun game, but characters like this should not be created to satisfy a certain minority audience.

@Arkay there's a joke to be made here but I'd rather not be banned lol

Eh, representation isn't a priority, if you can write the character and their transgenderism into the story, sure but just creating characters BECAUSE of what gender they want to be affirmed as almost undermines what makes them a character in the first place? Like if that's your ONLY reason for the character to exist then I feel like that's more insulting.

They got me excited with the arcade artwork only for me to learn that it's just sprites...

At least I still have my Lucas

This and Metal Slug Tactics are two games that I'm really looking forward to. Departures from the IP's gameplay wise but overall a love letter to the series and the company itself.

I've been waiting on this game for YEARS and fall can't come soon enough

@somnambulance My local Pizza Hut still offers the $10 large with three toppings

The craziest part about this is him saying that the prize of a pizza is $15/$20

Personally, I haven't paid more than $30 for a game in a long time, you can get any game for $30 within 6 months of release.

Whether that's a sale, storewide discounts, the local used game market, the only time I pay MSRP for a game is if I know it won't be available cheaper (Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Deluxe Edition).

Now with that being said, these remasters should only be $40. From what I understand, TTYD doesn't add much to the original experience, SMRPG at least adds some post-game stuff.

Maybe it's because I already have these original games on original hardware or emulated but I see no reason to pick these up at $60, especially if they don't add anything.

I'd pay $30 for Mario RPG and $20 for TTYD.

Still waiting on Metal Slug Tactics :tubepost:

@bananamal I've been to San Fran and these people are being nice here lol

One of the biggest examples I see people using as a Remake is Final Fantasy VII Remake, but Remake is not a remake, it's a sequel. Completely different from the first game and exists outside of it.

But besides that, the way I look at it is "is this game intending to completely replace any need to play the original?" If yes, it's a remaster. A remake implies that there is enough being changed to warrant a "new" game, so you could still play the original and have a different experience, while a remaster is meant to replace the game by leaving no reason to play the original; it looks better, might have a few more qol features, and turns an 8/10 game to a 9/10 (if done properly). A remake can turn a 4/10 game into a 10/10 game.

I already have it on Steam Deck so nope

I can honestly see a big announcement trailer for the Switch 2 featuring just a TON of big third party titles all crammed into one showcase where it switches through the box art so fast that it goes through multiple per second.

Final Fantasy VII Remake (maybeeee Rebirth?), Persona 3 Reload, Baldur's Gate 3, whatever else the kids are playing these days "On the Go". Maybe some more games that the Steam Deck struggles with but the Switch 2 will be able to run, assuming it's more powerful than the Deck, of course.

But with that being said, I don't think a Switch 2 will match the install base of the current Switch, so it definitely makes sense to invest in more ports as the system winds down, especially since the Switch 2 will have them with backwards compatibility as well.

Unfortunately, Atari 50 has ruined most of these game collections for me lol. This will be, what, $40? Not worth it until it drops below 10

This anime was so interesting, it spawned its own subgenre of romance anime and there's an endless amount of merchandise of its characters, but the original author only wrote enough manga for two seasons and half a movie, then he was done.

It's a decent watch, a very short guessing game really. I don't know much about the games but I'm glad they're finally getting Western releases. Not paying $60 for them tho

@Diowine Only time I've preordered was the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Deluxe Edition and that's still going for $150 on ebay

I would comment that I'm looking forward to this but some friends I know IRL have already deciphered that this is me so I won't be doing that

I picked up Octopath Traveler II for $36 on Steam Deck Oled recently, my first Squenix game that isn't something "big" like Final Fantasy, DQ, Nier or Kingdom Hearts.

And it's incredible, the art style has been used a good amount by them recently but it's so pretty and the rpg elements are hit right on the head. But I had that feeling playing it that it was a "dying genre" almost. Hopefully we could see more of these titles from Square but I honestly doubt it.

I love the little green timer in the bottom right but I just know that the actual games won't be playable here in their entirety because Nintendo

They just love putting steelbooks on the games that could use them the least.

I think we'll see some big stuff like Prime 4, maybe another Mario spinoff game, and then it's permanent price drops and ports galore and I'm more than ok with that, pretty much all I've ever wanted from the Switch was "my Nintendo games anywhere" and they still haven't done that yet so now I own a Steam Deck Oled.

@WheresWaveRace I might be wrong here but I'm pretty sure most 1st party games with online have that since you can buy NSO through the game. It might be random DLC tho