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"After all, the 2011 3DS version did a pretty good job at updating the 1998 original, and so I'd operated under the assumption that it wouldn't be a thing again for a long, long time."

You say that, but the 3DS version will be closer in time to the original than it will be to this remake.

Time is funny like that!

People complaining don't remember the bad times, when you could count the number of new releases coming in the next year on TWO HANDS! And no that's not an exaggeration.

We are SPOILT for games coming to S2. Great direct.

Ouch. Bad for gaming, regardless of what hardware you already own. The more people get priced out, the more studios go under. Developers suffer. Players suffer. Anyone in the industry sees their potential audience shrink. No one should be celebrating this. It is not the norm and we should advocate for a solution, not just accept it.

This is cool, but I'm waiting for a proper sequel.

McMegaman X-tra Large.

Comparing this to Yoshi is like cheese and chalk.

"Goes on a bit" is a good summary of how I felt after playing this on PS4.

I'm with others saying U is underappreciated and a really good 2D Mario, better than some of the classics.

I hope we get more 2D Mario in any guise soon.

The most interesting part of this poll is the high percentage of people who already have a Switch 2

NL... It's only been out 1.5 days. Give us a chance! It's not even the weekend yet.

Sonic Frontiers 2 & Knuckles

Resident Evil: Big Face Edition

I had a good time with the demo. Just waiting for a little discount.

They're both nice, but the western one is best.

More Mega Man is always welcome.

Boltund for me! He's a good boy. An excellent puppa.

"We want the option to buy the games!"

Nintendo: "ok"

"NO! NOT LIKE THAT!"

But seriously, I'm glad they went with these over the originals as the extra polish and QOL stuff added at the time make them easier to play in this day and age. I'm sure those who've enjoyed speed-up functions on emulation won't be able to cope though! But I suspect they're less fussed about buying them officially anyway, I assume.

Leafeon forever!

It's interesting how much goes into these machines. It's more than just flippers, bumpers and flashing lights.

I've got some of their posters in the past using points. I can vouch for their quality.

I'll try the cardboard version at some point, out of sheer curiosity.

Very good, for a partner direct. Feels like they were holding back some things for a full direct maybe? This was great though, lots of 3rd party support.

Final Fantasy VII Part 3: Remake 2.

THANK YOU Tanabe.

WHO'S THAT POKEMON?

IIIIIIIITS MAILADYMAN!

I thought he was fine and the game is great in general. Not a big fan of Sol Valley but didn't ruin the whole experience.

You can really pinpoint those comments from people who didn't play the game and just watched on YouTube... anyone parroting the word "constantly" for example...

@molkom I'm near the end and enjoyed the whole experience. Yes there are some less good bits, but they are minor and not the bulk of the game. The core game, the "stages", are awesome. It feels like a Prime game, so if you loved the other games, you'll like this I think. If you've never played a Prime game, you might be in for a shock. This isn't like an FPS you get anywhere else.

@Moistnado I suppose we could justify this by assuming the Federation didn't know about the additional Metroid's Sylux and the Pirates had taken captive at some point, but it would be nice for some clarification. This "statement" sounds like they've thrown it out there with no real thought. Maybe they just wanted to say something more interesting than "Prime 4 is after Prime 3".

Personally, I don't care much either. Prime 4 is great wherever it sits.

A console with a player base as big as the Switch 1 won't lose support for years yet.

Well I think Prime 4 is great. Merry Christmas.

It's quite possibly Prime 4 for me, but not sure yet.

All this list highlights is how many 2025 games are in my backlog.

I'M OUTRAGED!*

*He was in fact, not outraged.

I think I'd be more excited for this if we hadn't had at least two other high profile racing games on S2 already. But I'm sure that won't stop others having fun

Another sale, another NintendoLife list with 13 Sentinels at the top! It's like a tradition at this point.

But seriously, hope everyone finds a cool new game.

Had my eye on this for a while and from these samples, it's not a disappointment. Exciting!

Too close to MP4 release to shadow drop 2 and 3 now. I suspect 2 will make it to NSO in 2026. 3 might have to wait until they get around to releasing Wii games on NSO. Which sounds unlikely before DS games so... 2027 maybe?

My wife loves these games and was looking for more so this is great news for her.

I'm interested in trying it one day but not rushing out to buy an expansion pass and peripherals.

Looking forward to trying this out on Playstation Plus. If I like it enough I might get the Switch version for convenience.

I wonder if he financed this latest update with the money he got from licensing this for PS+? I assume that's how these things work.

Looks good to me gameplay wise and that's more important than character design. Who plays this kind of game for the characters anyway? They look ok to me, better than some of the slop live service games are pushing.

I'm enjoying it overall. I hadn't even thought about the lack of a map so obviously not that big of a deal to me anyway.

I've had precisely one crash and one instance of clipping out of the level. Concerning, but not "broken" and actually kind of weirdly authentic compared to games 20 years ago.

My biggest gripe are the bosses. Boring, damage sponges.

I don't know how Sega could look at the very positive reception for Mania and decide not to do a follow up. Superstars was fine and I commend them for going all in on an all new 2D Sonic, but they should have trusted Whitehead and co to make it, it would have had that extra magic that Mania had.

@LazyDaisy Every game ever made gets playtested. Many times. They're just not normally public events like this one.

The article misses one more important reason: there's only a few million Switch 2's in the world so far.

Were these third parties expecting to sell 10 million on a console with an install base of 3-5 million?

New Megaman game pretty please?

@AstroTheGamosian Those games have a studio of people behind them. Stardew is one guy.

The dude is a lone developer. He should do whatever he wants and not be hounded for doing so. Making games is hard enough without having to deal with entitled pr*cks on top of that.

50/50 after 1009 votes. I think that's fair as this was a tough one. I went with the US/EU one just because the colours are bit more vibrant.

The Megadrive box arts always bring on a wave of nostalgia. Ahhh.

I preordered mine from Amazon UK last week. They've been available from other retailers for days...

Aaaaaand they're sold out already.