JJtheTexan

What can I say? I'm a sucker. I buy a lot of games from Limited Run, in spite of their abysmal practices... because I collect physical Nintendo Switch games, and LR gets exclusivity to an awful lot of them.

Now I get to play the exciting game "Which Comes First: Nintendo Switch Successor Announced, or My Copy of Castlevania Advance Collection Arrives in the Mail?"

I love this. It looks really interesting! I'd buy it

I have grown weary of Nintendo's inability (or refusal) to provide sufficient product to meet demand. It is -slightly- more understandable with respect to hardware; complex things like consoles and controllers do require parts from various supply chains, which can be disrupted. But for things like amiibo and Special Edition games - which are mostly plastic, paper, and cardboard packaging - it's hard to believe Nintendo isn't trying / doesn't care about meeting demand.

NA1 seems like it might be a reprint, with the IGN review quote on it. Regardless, I just like the nice balanced logo for the EU version.

I really appreciate this feature! I hope NintendoLife and its sister sites will be able to implement it on older reviews and game profile pages as well.

I saw Metal Storm X on the list and I was delighted... until I looked up the game and realized it has no connection whatsoever to the NES game of the same name.

We are spoiled for choice with retro racers on Nintendo Switch... and yet all I really want is the HD port of Daytona USA lol

I will almost certainly be adding this one to my collection.

I played Witcher 3 on my Switch when it came out and loved it, for all its faults. I re-played it on PS5 when the new update came out last December, and it really does make the game better in many small but meaningful ways. Quick-casting is especially welcome. The "forgotten armor" (Netflix DLC) is pretty cool too

@PJOReilly just want to say I really like the new "Accessibility Features" sidebar widget thing. I haven't noticed it in previous reviews, but I will look for it from now on!

I did hear about the Minus World quite literally on a school playground in the late 1980s, but the method described to me for getting there was not at all accurate. If I recall correctly, some kid claimed he had gotten there by deliberately jumping in one of the holes in 1-1 and hitting the side blocks at a specific angle. Of course, I tried this many times, to no avail, and wrote it off as an urban legend until many years later when I discovered the Minus World, like the One Piece, is REEEEAAALLLL

Thank you for publishing my letter! The best idea I have for a way to curate the eShop without straight up arbitrarily blocking releases based on perceived quality might be to create a separate "Re-releases and Extra Editions" tab for all the riffraff. Just reserve the "New Releases" section for actual, original games that clearly had some effort put into them.

I would love to see the publisher lean into this and make an anti-accolades trailer to promote the game:

"No redeemable features whatsoever... the worst game we ever reviewed" -Digital Foundry

"Seriously, don't bother" -NintendoLife

"Brief, boring, and broken. 0.5/10" -The Jimquisition

"Unfortunately, we cannot give zero stars. 1/5" -Eurogamer Germany

This actually looks like it could be quite good. I'll wait for a review, for sure, but I'm optimistic they can retain the "charm" (cough) of the CD-i games while also providing something that's fun to play.

This is a great way to release a historically-significant but badly-aged game like Karateka today. I imagine most modern players would find Karateka to be sluggish and clunky. Making it available as an interactive documentary is a much more appealing way to experience it!

Greatest game of all time.

Seriously, I laughed so much at this. Great post!

I imported this game from Playasia a couple of years ago, and it is very playable in spite of the Japanese menus. The games in the collection are arcade-perfect and have lots of great touches from M2.

The JP version is still available, though it has gotten fairly expensive, so the Limited Run option is there if you're interested and don't mind waiting about a year to receive your purchase.

Oy, I literally defeated the final boss and completed my run just hours before this dropped. Oh well! I never encountered any bugs, and I prefer to play without "extra items" from amiibo, channel rewards, or item duplication glitches, so it doesn't matter, I guess.

(To be clear, I don't think it's wrong or bad to use amiibo or even item duplication! If that makes the game more fun for you, go nuts. Do pour one out for the TotK speedrunners, though, as they have to start all over again every time a new patch drops.)

@Olliemar28 please consider writing an official review! It would be fun to read your tortured reactions in detail, and maybe get a front-runner for "Worst Switch Game of the Year" on Metacritic. Even Loop8 doesn't deserve that.

"By November 2018, Switch had installed itself on Wii U's resting place, plucking the flowers that grew there and pressing them into Deluxe editions for its own catalogue"

This is outstanding writing. Love it xD 10/10

I'm a little confused by this "announcement," as Xtreme Sports for Nintendo Switch was announced in February by Limited Run. They already sold out the pre-orders for the physical editions months ago. (Edit: never mind, I guess this is just the release date for the digital version being announced.)

I wouldn't say I'm particularly excited about any of them, though of course I do welcome all the new racers.

My unpopular opinion: I still want "Smash Kart" with lots more non-Mario / 3rd-party characters.

Strong agree with everything here, though I think your dates may be off: Sonic 3D Blast and Super Mario RPG both released in 1996, not years apart.

I have around 40 hours of Vampire Survivors played on Steam, and I only set it aside because I was so confident that it would come to Switch, which is where I *really want to play it. Very happy about this announcement! I can't recommend VS enough. A fantastic value at twice the price!

I'm pretty sure the entire point of the name is to get gaming news websites to report on it, for free publicity. In that light, it is apparently a very successful name.

I need an option of "I'm actually near completing it, I think!"

130 hours in, probably 75% of quests and primary objectives complete. I can go to the final (?) area anytime I want now, but I'm still aiming for all shrines and lightroots, and finishing most quests.

Features: "A PORT THAT DROVE THE TEAM CRAZY"

Wonder which console that was. I do wonder, indeed...

I am 115 hours in. Still only three of the "Regional Phenomena" quests completed, around 115 shrines, and about 60% of the Depths mapped via lightroots. I can honestly say there isn't anything I wish I had known sooner. The joy of discovery in this game, from abilities to new places, cannot be overstated. I find something new every single time I play!!!

I'm clearly in the minority here, but I just really like the EU version's clean approach.

Reminder: last June, Fanbyte's Imran Khan reported that this game was in development but "shelved indefinitely" after it tested very poorly internally. He got 100% of the other details correct, including the horsehead mask guy and participation with smartphones.

Hi @Liam_Doolan, looks like the copy says 31st March, but the tweet says May 31.

Honestly, I just want to be able to explore a pre-Calamity Hyrule... a complete and shining Hyrule Castle and Castle Town; more vibrant towns and villages; a populated and well-kept Great Plateau. Basically just before the events of Age of Calamity.

Several others beat me to it, but this device is not a GameCube by any definition. It is a GameCube emulation device with at least some authentic GameCube parts.

This is not a knock on Macho Nacho - they do great work and some really impressive mods! I just object somewhat to the suggestion that this is a GameCube. Heck, an Analogue NT has more claim to being a Nintendo Entertainment System, since it uses real hardware and plays original Game Paks.

"Aggressive monetization" in a $60 game is enough for me to not even consider its merits.

It could turn out alright if Square Enix supports it properly and sells it like a standard game. If they make it F2P, overload it with microtransactions, or launch before it's had enough time in the oven, they could have another Babylon's Fall on their hands.

But yeah, watching the PSS live, I immediately said "Oh, it's Splatoon but with foam"

Happy to see this! I already preordered the physical version since I love Puzzle Bobble / Bust-a-Move games, so I am pleased to know it delivers.

I skimmed through all the videos, and the game that interests me most is Agent 64... it seems like a perfect fit for Nintendo Switch, but it's only announced for Steam right now. Maybe we'll get a port down the road!

@Teksetter I did the same, then bought it on sale a couple months ago, so of course a physical release gets announced now

I'm around 25 hours in, still feels like I have 100 to go, and I can confidently give it a 10. If there is some horrifically bad late-game stuff, I guess that could change my mind — my feelings about The Minish Cap got worse the longer I played it, and I ultimately did not like it a whole lot — but my gosh, this is an incredible game so far.

I still play Pac-Man 99 every so often, but the online community has been pretty dead for about a year now. Matches take the full 99 seconds to find online players, and usually 60 - 80 of the participants are bots.

That said, I absolutely love this game, and it's very disappointing Nintendo and Bandai Namco are pulling the plug. How expensive could it be to leave a server active for online play?

The worst part is I never got Pac-One -_-

The first time I used one of Purah's towers. I was grinning from ear to ear the entire time. Absolutely brilliant.

Now that I've played a fair amount into the game, I admit that while it is extraordinary in its scope, the performance issues do give me some concern. Imagine 1080p at a locked 30fps - modest by many standards, but it would make TotK even more incredible

Gunvolt is probably the only series that I really love and thoroughly enjoy despite lacking the skill level to complete all the games. I just cannot get past the final bosses in Gunvolt 1 & 2, or Gunvolt Chronicles 1, but I had an absolute blast playing regardless. The Mighty Gunvolt spin-offs are excellent as well.

I'm disappointed Inti Creates is taking a break from GV, but we have seven games over the last decade or so; that's a real accomplishment! Whenever they're ready, I will be waiting to play the next title.

I'm going to wait and watch the video until after I have several hours in the game, but I guess the visual and performance issues were not a bother at all to reviewers, given the universal acclaim.

I do hope that, if anything, the fact the game is perhaps designed with stronger hardware in mind hints at backwards compatibility for the Switch successor!

It could be a Switch successor. It's also possible it could be the rumored PlayStation streaming handheld, as others mentioned, or even an unannounced Xbox competitor to the Steam Deck.

Pre-ordered via Amazon. I thought about taking the day off work on Friday, but since I don't know when it will actually be delivered, I guess I'll just do my job. This is the sacrifice I make as a physical-first collector...

My first RPG period was Super Mario RPG, which has more than a few nods to FF in it, especially the Culex fight. It inspired me to try FFIV, and I got hooked from there.

@HammerGalladeBro also still missing Smart Ball / Jerry Boy for the SNES. I've never played it, but I'd love to see it come to the online service.

Another semi-obscure Game Freak gem is Mendel Palace for the NES, which is included in the Namcot Collection / Namco Museum Archives on Switch. Some of its characters bear a clear resemblance to later Pokemon. It's one of my favorite NES games!

@Anti-Matter Nintendo is not involved at all. The circuit boards inside the cartridges can be manufactured relatively inexpensively these days. As for the carts' outer shells, those are custom-made (they can't have the words "Game Boy" or "Nintendo" on them, legally) and are very similar to the originals. You can buy empty "replacement" game cartridge shells right now on Amazon and elsewhere for almost any older console.

I want to be excited about this, but every screenshot and video I've seen of this running on Switch, so far, appears to be "stretched" into 16:9 rather than the original, authentic 4:3 aspect ratio. The images also appear softened, instead of displaying sharp pixels. If that's really the case, and there's no way to display the games in 4:3, it's a nonstarter for me, certainly at the asking price.

Do you have any idea how high rent is in Brooklyn these days? It's not much of a stretch at all for Mario and Luigi to still live with their parents in a rent-controlled apartment.