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My original copy of Persona Q stopped working last year. After contacting Atlus about it, they said it was a known issue with that batch of games. But since I’ve had a habit of buying both physical and digital version of certain franchises, I wasn’t in any trouble. Also, backups are fairly easy to make or find as long as you’ve chosen to break a warranty that’s far expired.

Struggles to put on glove...
“If the glove don’t fit, you must acquit!”
Slides glove off without effort.

Saying a game that came out almost 20 years ago has outdated level design is... I don’t have words for that. I get it, it doesn’t have modern considerations to UX, but come on, this was the first game in the series. It was a game that really put Wayforward out there, to which they could then start considering what they could do better.

I guess it’s like going back to late 90’s/early 00’s movies and saying the set design is outdated rather than the CG they were using at the time.

I’m glad Salamander/Life Force showed up in there, it’s sound track is better than Gradius. But no Contra or Boktai? The code is probably most well known from NES Contra/Probotector. And probably least well known for Boktai. I only say Boktai because not only does it use the code, but it is a personal favorite with a great soundtrack.

Fun Fact:
In Japan, they call it the Konami Command

Breath of the Wild: 2econd Coming

And I just finished 5. Here we go again! I swear, this series is most of my gaming time.

Looks great, but that rogue bit screams at me to stay away. I hope they aren’t implementing it to be lazy at designing the levels.

Is the whining a dying fan? I replaced that on my original. That is probably also the cause of it being too hot or warping the shell. I didn’t get the cracks though, but the backing is easy to replace. The rest of the shell takes much more effort.

Spirit Tracks has a special place in my heart.

Having vivid memories of riding the Yamanote line, I think I’m gonna have to get this one.

I get that all these are great games and all, but zero Boktai games? You are all whack.

Explosionade you say? Yes, please, keep these coming!

My close Arby’s just closed this year. Now I have to find another one and hope it’s still open.

I’ve got the original, and while not the best game ever, I’m gonna get this one too. But why can’t Harmony Gold market anything? Would be cool to know this was coming up. A little marketing would maybe draw attention to the only thing they do and have to their name that they will never give up or let the rest of the Macross franchise release outside of Japan.

@henrysbloggin this is my guess. Mario 35 goes for another month. I don’t remember, but did Nintendo start the Mario anniversary late as well? These all lead me to believe that there are more Zelda announcements to be made this year.

I’d at least like a physical edition of any kind for this.

This set is tailored for me. Would hope we get it in the west, but I wouldn’t count on it.

Got that hot hot soundtrack!

@PoopScoop that’s because they are both done by Kaz Ayabe!

I read the Crayon Shin Chan game was made by the guy that made the My Summer Vacation games, Kaz Ayabe. Was also the designer for Attack of the Friday Monsters. So expect that style of game. Now I really want to get that and pray, hope, whatever, that it somehow makes it’s way outside of Japan. I’m at least going to import it.

@Beatrice thihihihis! Thanks! 4 Swords Adventures could definitely work on the Switch. No need for gba link cables!

This is my thought as well. The 35th anniversary for Zelda hasn’t even started yet. I expect a Wind Waker/Twilight Princess double pack in the fall. And maybe the anniversary will end with BOTW2.

Fffffiiiiinnnnnnaaallllyyyyy!!!! Been waiting a long time for these.

Soooo... he laughs like “HauHaw” in Japanese... This means we are getting The Simpsons Nelson Muntz! Or... HAAHAA!!! I got it! Waluigi is the WINNER!

It’ll be fine. They do this all the time. They’ve been merging since 2005. Also a part of me wants to believe this is their 2021 April Fool’s joke.

Contra Hard Corps and Snatcher have 2 of my favorite soundtracks in all of gaming.

Is there a voice actor union issue, or someone at Sega did something not agreeable?

Oh I need this, even though the music just plays in my head all the time anyway.

Some of these descriptions make me be like Jackie Chan going "Whaaaaa----?"

@TJC04 That’s a good question. The age rating is ESRB Teen or PEGI 12. If I remember correctly, the first 2 Predator movies are rated R, maybe the 3rd, but I’m not sure about the most recent movie, which might have a lower rating.

Now, it’s been a while since I’ve submitted anything to ESRB but it used to be that additional content added to the game needed to stay inline with previously rated in-game content. There was also a slight hole with the online interactions not being rated by them, but that was just to cover them from you playing with jerks.

The other part of an ESRB rating deals with advertisement. You have to stay in your lane an advertise to the target demographic. You also have to put the dang rating on said advertisement, even if it is a promotional preorder poster so it ruins the poster. Kinda lame.

So I’m guessing the in-game content doesn’t change the rating (no added blood/gore/nudity/language/violence). And I’m not sure about cross promotion, but it seems like it doesn’t matter. I as a kid loved Aliens/predator/other violent or scary movies, and bought the toys for them meaning rated R movies were targeting kids attention back in the 80’s. The toys weren’t violent (well, that part required imagination), but they were advertisement s for the violent movies.

Fortnite is definitely targeting kids with a section of the toy aisles dominated by the toys. Kids can’t shut up about it, even the ones that don’t play it.

Maybe the combination of the game content staying in-line with the original rating, and maybe the latest movie being a lower rating (possibly? I didn’t look) allowed for this to happen.

@AZD1222 i agree. Haven’t had one in 6 years, but I remember. I remember.

I’ll take some more B. Jenet, please.

How bout that mouse (frog?)?

Aw man! Envy is my fav ex of the movie. And best song in the movie too.

I didn’t even know about the event and I’ve been a loose fan since the beginning, who only reads about video game news everyday. I guess their marketing didn’t reach me.

What?! I really enjoyed the news and insights he provided. I didn’t know him personally, but it was clear he had a passion and dedication, and when he humbly asked for help during a rough patch, it was a no brainer and had to help him out. He’ll be missed and won’t be forgotten.

@UmbrageHill their first game is available for purchase in rom and windows formats, as well as physical (but that is sold out), so I assume they will do the same for this release as well.

Pie in the sky wish: Zelda II remake in full 3D with the detail and lighting of a Fromsoft Soulsborne game. Hell, commission Fromsoft to make it for Nintendo.

@tseliot well, they do do that, but as a multi-faceted company they have the means to do many more things too, which I’m happy for too. For me, having the ports means I have those games portably since nearly 100% of my gaming is on portable consoles. My 3DS can play nearly every Zelda game save 4 of them (OK, there’s a few more) With Wind Waker being my favorite, I’d love to have that on a little game card and to be able to play that everywhere.

This generation (PS4/Xbox One) has been full of ports and remasters. A lot of companies slowed down on the amount of new games they were pumping out in previous gens while the focused on their tentpoles. And filled in the gaps with easier projects and that was mostly porting. I’m fine with that for many reasons. It gives new players an experience that might have been closed off to them if they were late to the game. It promoted gaming history, not just by keeping these cross-generational, but also prompted game companies to archive their stuff and continue to profit off it (I was at one of those companies when they realized maybe they should have been archiving earlier). And I dunno, this got kinda long and I forgot where I was going, hahah.

This may sound like port defending, and I guess it is. The ideology behind releasing ports is not so they don't have to make new games. They clearly are always working on new games. It's just that new games take more time and cost more money to make. Everybody wants more detail, higher rez textures, higher poly count. That crap takes much more time and money. Ports fill in those gaps between those big releases and take a significantly smaller budget to make, in all departments. They aren't taking away from the dev teams working on the next big thing. If they focused on only their next big thing and stopped with the ports, they'd release a new game maybe every 3 years? They'd be Rockstar? (not saying being Rockstar is a bad thing, only that they release games not very often)

But anyway, looking forward to the year of Zelda, and hopefully (please?) Year of Metroid!

But what does the cart label look like?

Dizzy wasn’t a big thing here in the US, but I’m actually excited for this. All I’ve ever played in the series was Adventure Island Dizzy on the gold 4 Quattro Action cart.

Stop putting your consoles in confined spaces! And certainly don’t complain the system died because you let it over heat.

So... lets see, For 2021:

Winter amiibo are cat mario and peach
Summer amiibo are monhan stories 2
Fall amiibo are these 3 Smash fighters

What will be the Spring amiibo? Zelda?

They’ll most likely also have various rereleases throughout the year.

I rather liked these weird games when they debuted on the Xbox Live Indie Games platform, simply because they were weird.

Won’t it just unlock a weak version of the sword that you are just going to use as craft fodder or toss for better weapons after the first battle anyway? That’s how Musou/Warriors games work.

I don’t know when it happened, but it seems to be out now (US eshop).

$19.99
1.1GB
1-4 players
All the usual languages

@nessisonett it really is. Many hold 64 dear strictly to nostalgia, but its directional and camera controls have not aged well. They make the simplest task extremely frustrating.

The music is a big high point for the game. From title screen to end of year celebrations, it’s just fantastic music, and for me, extremely nostalgic. I love this soundtrack.

Well, as long as they haven’t banned “spaghetti cormorant”...