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Considering games are especially expensive in Africa, Oceania, and other Asian territories like the Middle East and South Asia, this is very impressive. Switch has managed to break into markets that other companies have struggled to for years now.

It's amazing how Xenoblade once went completely unknown with NOA initially refusing to localize it because they assumed Western players wouldn't be interested in a JRPG to now having a massive cult following thanks to its amazing gameplay and unique English dub thanks Nintendo UK handling the localization for the main trilogy. Having Shulk and Pyra/Mythra in Smash also helped a ton.

Now it's to the point where Xenoblade 3 was nominated for GOTY at The Game Awards, making it one of two JRPGs to ever have this distinction. The other one? Persona 5. That's how big Xenoblade is now.

Those are shockingly low numbers for a Sonic game. Especially compared to Call of Duty. Really hope Sega doesn't write it off as a failure because I want more characters to be playable in Sonic games again.

Finally we have a date! Can't wait to play as my favorite SNK team!

Cool but can we talk about how Daisy's new VA crushed it as well? I can barely tell a difference.

And people wonder why Sakurai said we're never getting another Subspace Emissary story mode for Super Smash Bros. This is exactly why.

I hope their engine gets put to use in other Nintendo games like Pokemon and Star Fox. It would do wonders for those IPs.

That aside, I can't wait to see what they do next. Every single Xenoblade game has been a banger. I just hope the next game goes back to having amazing villains like Xenoblade 2 had. The Moebius weren't as good as Torna.

Yahna not being on this list is a tragedy. 0/10!

This would never have happened if they just made Red Steel 3!

Happy 25 years to my favorite gaming studio of all time. Pyra and Mythra are still my favorite female leads in gaming to this day. Can't wait to see what they have in store for the next system!

Another Game Mill game is bad? Next you'll be telling me the sky is blue.

But seriously, their company name says it all. They are quite literally a mill that pumps out licensed games of questionable quality just to get people to buy them. They're practically wearing it in their sleeves. May as well be called, "The Game Company of Questionable Quality."

I see Level-5 got its announcement skills from Atlus. They revealed this game way too early and now I'm concerned that there will be no hype by the time it actually releases. Shame because I was excited to play this...

So happy to see this. It's proof that new gaming IPs in 2024 can be successful. Here's hoping they make a sequel.

Yahna best girl btw.

I'm interested in this because it looks like a game with anime girls and guns. That's all I've ever wanted in life.

Here's hoping it doesn't die off like Omega Strikers did. Cautiously optimistic.

@World
You're missing out then. The Rabbids' mannerisms are actually completely toned down to the point where they act almost like regular people in the shape of rabbits. The gameplay is honestly so much fun and immersive that you almost forget what you're playing.

Doubly so in Sparks of Hope which features voice acting for the Rabbids characters as well as Edge who doesn't even feel like one. It's absolutely worth playing.

@Fighting_Game_Loser
I see. Well all I want in a fighting game is an easy time to smack the AI around with flashy moves. I play Smash Bros offline solo for this reason because going online in fighting games is just not fun for me. I play the Capcom Collections and UNICLR the same way.

It sounds like Strive at least has a decent amount of characters to keep me busy but I think I'll try XX first to see if I'll enjoy it. Thanks for the tip. I really only care about Baiken tbh. I had never heard of GG but I know her and she's beautiful.

@mariomaster96
Yeah unlike some companies that release old games at nearly full price (looking at you Rockstar with RDR) Sega seems to be the only company that cares about pricing their older games accordingly. Persona 3/4 and Valkyria Chronicles 1 are older games published by Sega and they're only listed at 20 dollars on eShop as well. They're rather good about this.

Meh, I'll take it. Considering it's just 20 bucks instead of a full 60 it's better than not getting Yakuza at all.

@demacho
I don't care either way since I don't play fighting games online. I'm very much a casual player that's perfectly content with fighting nothing but the CPU 100% of the time. I enjoy Smash and a bit of the Capcom Fighting Collection but I don't go online.

Strive looks fun and hopefully there's a decent amount of offline single-player content.

Blessing in disguise honestly. Players on other platforms won't be impacted by Switch players on Wi-Fi and Switch players won't be curbstomped by people who have already been playing Strive for 3 years.

It's a win-win.

Nice. Always good for more female characters to be on the roster. Girls (and guys who want to play as girls) deserve to have more options when playing.

This is hilarious considering the creator of the series has gone on record saying that Yakuza Switch ports are unlikely because the Switch is "for a younger audience".

https://www.thegamer.com/yakuza-creator-toshihiro-nagoshi-says-nintendo-switch-is-for-kids-and-teens/

Guess Sega realized that Switch money is too good to pass up on lol.

Man I just wanted a proper Spyro 4 that continues with the same style as Re-Ignited but I guess that's not happening if they cancelled Crash 5...

@Serpenterror
I'm torn. I'd love remasters of VC2/3 but I also want VC5 as well. The developers behind this series (MediaVision) are working on Last Defense Academy which will be their first new game in 7 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media.Vision

@SillyG
I'd wager it was the opposite. The movie was likely meant to drum up hype for BL4 itself. It'd make sense seeing as (not counting spinoffs like Tales and Wonderlands), the last proper Borderlands game--3--came out five years ago at this point so they needed to drum up some sort of excitement and marketing for it.

Just a shame the movie was so bad that it might actually hurt 4's sales.

Here's hoping Dark Ages actually releases on Switch 2.

@jump
And people wonder why Nintendo has distanced themselves from most Smash tournaments.

This is why.

Man this is just sad to see people acting so childishly over skin color in this day and age. Get mature. Be better.

@JalapenoSpiceLife
At least we still have Smash. Hopefully the upcoming new Fatal Fury doesn't fall victim to this stuff.

With MK1 being their worst-reviewed game this is no surprise. The folks at the bottom always suffer losses before those at the top.

Port Ultimate MVC3 while you're at it!

Funny how people are saying this is a Battle Cats clone when Metal Slug Defense (the prequel to Attack) came before Battle Cats.

Loose lips sink ships.

@Noelemahc
Yeah it's kinda surprising honestly. Kids love Nintendo and Marvel so you'd think it would've happened before now.

Maybe that's why Capcom waited for the Nintendo Direct to reveal this because they know Nintendo fans are the most likely to buy this since we've never had these games and kids are the most likely to jump on the hype train for Spidey and Mega Man if they play Lego Marvel and Smash on Switch.

The fact that MVC has actually never been on a Nintendo console before is especially what makes this notable. As a big fan of Spider-Man and Darkstalkers, I'm hyped that I'll finally be able to get into these games for the first time!

@Polvasti
It's still ironic that Blackheart was playable in MVC1 and MVC2 but Ghost Rider didn't become playable until MVC3 and Infinite which didn't have Blackheart.

Bro got scared and left the series when Blaze showed up lol.

I'm gonna go buy this at launch to support them. I love the premise and gameplay structure. Shame that games like this and Unicorn Overlord cause developers to go broke.

After the absolute travesty that was MVC Infinite, it's nice to see both companies bring back the games in the series that are actually good.

Now it begs wondering if we'll ever get a modern port of UMVC3.

@sanderev
Sadly it's what prints money. Chasing trends is the current state of the industry. I wouldn't be surprised if this game shuts down within a year of its release like Omega Strikers did and I loved Omega Strikers.

Can't wait. Just hope they up the max ammo count back to how it was in 2016. Eternal's lower max ammo made the game sluggish in comparison. (In 2016 you had 60 shotgun shells at max but only 24 in Eternal for example).

Easily my favorite game in the series. Happy to see this.

Hope this means big things as far as ports go for the Switch and its enhanced model.

I love Shoka so I'm down for this!

As others have said, I don't expect much other than ports/remakes/remasters to pad things out until the next big system arrives.

Would be a great time for that rumored Fire Emblem 4 remake.

@sanderev
They announced MP4 for Switch. No way would they suddenly tell nearly 150 million people they can't buy it.

Willing to bet Pokemon ZA and Metroid Prime 4 are going to be announced as cross-gen games for both systems.

@TheExile285
Edna Mode from The Incredibles helped them with a design change last-minute.

Good. Now gimme a Spyro 4!

Absolutely. I would love another game set in the same world but on a different continent with new characters like Fire Emblem Gaiden.