John_Koshiro

This article's tagline reminded me of Steel Diver: Sub Wars. It could be a pretty nifty Switch Online exclusive if Nintendo were to port it over.

Man, Nintendo straight up butchered Coconut Mall. That was the primary reason why I was interested in getting the Booster Courses but they just had to temper with it.

I'll probably just ignore all of the waves if other tracks end up like this.

Must be bittersweet for the former staff members quoted in this article.

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I have played both recently. I would have to say that the original beats the remake, mainly because the gameplay and physics is DOOM at its core.

Although, I heard that the HD version was originally a fan project, which is impressive with that in mind.

Both games are pretty short. They can be beaten in about 2-3 hours. I hope extra content is being planned to justify this $5 pricing.

Looks interesting. It's nice that Atari is trying out new games rather than relying on constantly re-releasing Asteroids and Pong.

I think this is shaping up to be one of the best Pac-Man compilations Namco has put out.

Compare this to Namco Museum on Switch, which was essentially a menu screen that only had a handful of games. The level of customization and activities here put that to shame.

It sucks that there Ms. Pac-Man isn't included, but, given the legal circumstances surrounding her, it's somewhat understandable. Maybe she'll be offered as DLC in the future.

It's funny that they announced this, considering how I was just listening to the Tempest 2000 soundtrack last night. The music in these games are top tier.

It's nice that this includes amiibo support but I kinda wish they would give them functionality that's more meaningful than just giving players in-game items.

Smash Ultimate gave you the ability to train a CPU fighter from your figure and using the Wolf Link amiibo in BOTW lets players summon him to tag along on your journey. Both of these examples are also optional and don't lock away significant content or features from the players while allowing data to be carried over to/from other games.

There is a suitable middle ground between games like Kirby offering superficial support by providing in-game items and a game like Skyward Sword HD where a quality-of-life mechanic is tied directly to the Loftwing amiibo. I bet designing balanced and personalized gameplay for figures isn't generally the easiest route for amiibo support but it's really neat when Nintendo game have them.

R.I.P. Matt. Like many of the people here, I also think that these new avatars are totally uninteresting. If they wanted to bring back the Sports series, why relegate one of its most iconic aspects to being secondary characters in game full of generic stand-ins?

Lego Sonic The Hedgehog Set: featuring Lock-On technology!

@noobish_hat I just read that he originally wanted to be one but he injured his knee during a training session and he became a coach instead.

@KayFiOS Ha, I just came here to say that.

This is sweet. Remastered games getting updated with a brand new mode isn't something you see very often.

@quinnyboy58 Because Rockstar didn't care. They already had a relationship with Grove Street which made them the most convenient company to hire for "remastering" these GTA games.

@The-Nate I'd imagine that it's brought up to show that Pac-Man had such an impact when it came to America, that it managed to get one of the biggest animation studios, at the time, to produce a TV series back when video games adaptations were unheard of.

@The-Nate If memory serves me right, I think it mainly covers the first Pac-Man game but it will touch upon other aspects of the franchise as well.

Tim Lapetino is a cool dude. I ask him a few questions about some Pac-Man history and he always seemed pretty happy to answer them. I'm going to have check this book out some time.

I would personally like to the see this guy in my profile picture to get in. After the flop of Zip-Lash, he could certainly use it.

Finally, a 3D Kirby game for the modern age. Let's just hope it's not Star Allies levels of easy.

Kinda weird to see a Sega-branded controller being specifically tailored towards a Nintendo service. Oh well, that rivalry is distant past at this point.

@Pod Well, 3D Realms' founder, Scott Miller, is still involved with the company as Chief Creative Officer.

I'm a bit biased when I say this, but I think a Wario Land series would be a better idea than Warioware.

The adventure aspect of those games has more potential in a television adaptation, in my opinion.

Plus, I'm sick of Warioware being the only solo representation of the character in recent times.

Imagining playing The Game Of Life with Yoshi. He would probably be just as trustworthy at that game as he is with paying taxes.

Pac-Man as the Jay Garrick version of the Flash is a brilliant touch.

@Toy_Link Both of those shorts were directed by Greg Ford. He's also a cartoon historian who came to personally know some of the old-school Warner Bros. animators.

This guy is an example of someone who actually cares about Looney Tunes with a good understanding of its characters.

@Knuckles I heard about the retro fighters but I assumed they only included ones for the characters who returned.

As indicated by my lack of knowledge, Streets Of Rage 4 is in my backlog right now. I went out of my way to get a LRG bundle so I'm definitely going have to play it soon.

That's great to hear that Skate is at least in the game. However, even with the admittedly reasonable logic that Skate was excluded because of the time gap and the effect it would have on his playstyle, I would still love to see him back in action.

I have come to accept that the first Space Jam will be looked upon fondly by those who have grew up with it. I actually grew up watching it numerous times so I have some understanding of what it was like and what it meant to people.

With that said, nowadays, I really can't see it as anything other than a thoughtless misuse of Looney Tunes characters. They're pretty much there just to be plastered on to lunchboxes and T-shirts.

I mean, the character of Lola was created solely because the production team of the first one didn't think Bugs Bunny's classic love interest, Honey, was marketable enough.

When Looney Tunes animator Chuck Jones was criticizing this film while attending a party at Warner Bros. celebrating his tenure there, he was escorted out. It kinda just goes to show the blatant disregard Warner Bros. has for their own talent when they kick him out of his own party.

They couldn't even bother animate the characters in a fairly traditional manner. Instead, it's just typical low effort CGI for the sake of convenience and appearing modern.

One of the most common defenses I hear is that these movies are for kids and they're just meant to be guilty pleasure fun. So I guess we have gotten to the point where the quality of entertainment can be excused depending on its target audience. It just patronizing and cynical to make bad products just because children will consume them.

So, unsurprisingly, this sequel lived up to the mindset of its predecessor and then some. Probably even worse since it's a soulless cash-in of a beloved film, which itself, was also a soulless cash-in of Looney Tunes and Jordan's celebrity status.

Space Jam 2 is basically a creatively inbred feature-length ad trying to capitalize on the metaverse nature of entertainment today.

I hope Skate can come back. His walk cycle, or, roll cycle, was one of the most entertaining I've seen in a beat'em up.

@Azuris These ports actually go just a tad beyond vanilla as the limits have been raised.

Thanks to this, we can play No Rest For The Living and Sigil without any problems.

Yeah, Goodwill sucks. A friend of mine who worked there says that they destroy pretty much any item they deem to be worthless, such as gaming magazines and VHS tapes, and that management is highly patronizing to employees.

Odd of Sega to give the almost two year old Team Sonic Racing an anniversary edition over Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.

Does Metal Sonic attack you in a Mario Kart-esque fashion during the Rival Rush mode?

If so, I might be interested in getting this.

I remember the original designer for Miracle World talking about how the play testers hated the luck and gotcha elements of his game but he ignored them since he liked them even though nobody else did.

I guess the remake team here really channeled his game philosophy when working on this game.

If I remember correctly, Itoi has also been searching for some long lost treasure that apparently belonged to his ancestors. He is absolutely insistent that it is exists despite never finding anything.

His treasure quest is sometimes joked about in Japanese media. For example, in the anime Samurai Champloo, there's an episode featuring a crazy treasure hunter obsessed with finding his ancestors' fortune who fanatically never wavers in his belief that the fortune is buried underneath a mountain.

@Noid I would love to see SEGA do something in the vein of Sonic Utopia.

It's understandable why the original Adventure games on Dreamcast avoided it but, given all the years that have passed in addition to advancements in hardware, it really seems like the logical thing to do.

It would add much more depth to gameplay while making it more appealing to the old school, 2D crowd.

@Papichulo Ha, I remember seeing this on RomHacking.net. I have to check it out some time.

This was the best E3 Nintendo Direct in the past 5 years, however, I thought the ones before were kinda mediocre.

I would give this one a 6/10 (I voted for C but I would prefer to say "decent" rather than "average"). We got a lot of neat reveals but nothing grand like a new Mario Kart, Star Fox, or Donkey Kong Country.

Although, part of the reason I probably feel this way is because my taste in games is rather unique. If they announced a new Chibi-Robo or Steel Diver, I would have given this a 7 or maybe even an 8. I'm a sucker for these little franchises.

I would say that Metroid Dread was the highlight here. We already seen a bit of BOTW 2 so the impact isn't as strong this time, although, the stuff that they did show was still pretty cool. Finally, I'm also glad we're getting another one of these Game & Watches. Fingers crossed that Nintendo will make another one.

I would rate it 6/10 which is higher than the last few E3 Directs we have had.

Those scalpers are even more nefarious than the Space Pirates.

I'm impatiently waiting for the NA pre-order pages as we speak. The black Game & Watch packaging looks sleek and it comes with three games that have triple the content of any of the NES Mario games.

$50 would honestly be a fair price in my eyes.

It's funny how Nintendo left out the actual Game & Watch Zelda game like what they did the Mario one. Regardless, this is brilliant and it looks set to surpass the last one and then some.

I hoping for an epic battle where Link is commanding Loftwings against Guardians.

This is nice considering that Tekken X Street Fighter game is still M.I.A..

If this sells well, will Nintendo be willing to make another Wario Land title?

Not that it's a deal breaker if it isn't, but, is this canon?

Phallic shaped tracks are inbound.

@jump I was hoping somebody would reference this.

$50 for a new WarioWare game? No. $50 for a new Wario Land game? Absolutely. Heck, I would even pay $80 just to see it happen.

@Azuris Impressive to see this, however, it is missing Heretic II and Hexen II: Portal Of Praevus, which were published under Activision. I guess those ones are going to be M.I.A. for an indefinite amount of time.

I should get around to installing Zdaemon. I've been playing Doom solo on Switch (and recently Chocolate/Crispy Doom) for a bit too long.

@shgamer @doctorhino Sorry guys, but re-releases of the Heretic and Hexen games are unlikely.

id Software and Raven Software had held co-ownership of the franchise. Since Activision bought out Raven Software in the late 1990s with Bethesda's parent company buying out id Software in the late 2000s, it means, through some legal nonsense, that one of them has to forfeit their stake in ownership in order for a game to be developed and/or published.