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@Warioware My question was what part of the world you are in. Because in my part of the world, all the magazines back then understood that this was a successor to the Shenmue series and evaluated it as such.

@Serpenterror
„ this is actually the second Musou game in the series and the best one at that since Dynasty Warriors 1 is a fighting game and Dynasty Warriors 2 is the first in the Musou franchise“
Not quite correct. DW2 is the first Shin Musou game, aka „real“ Musou.
Even the first one was called Musou in Japan, just nit Shin Musou.

@Warioware
„not the unfair GTA comparison they initially received“
Where did that happen? In my part of the world, Yakuza was from the start seen as a successor to Shenmue. No one ever compared them to GTA.

@HingryHuppo
That’s true. The exchange rate was rather different back then.
Still, it’s nice to hear that you got different prices between different DS games. I think here they were indeed all priced the same, no matter how light on content they might have been.

@TrueWiiMaster
„But this is a $70 game with online service for less than a year.“
2 years

@HingryHuppo
„My copy was £18 at launch and most full priced DS games were about £25 ($30 US) in the first year or so.“
Sounds like UK got lucky. Here in Germany they were all €40.

As a lifelong Mega Man fan: nah, it‘s not a good time. This is just another rehash, and Dual Override looks really rough.

Interesting to see everyone gushing about Klonoa here. I only care about Mr Driller 2 in this update. ^^

@suika Really glad to hear I could help.

@atmb82 It happens. ^^

@atmb82
„But I remember Tiny Toons game for Genesis (Mega Drive) was beautiful.“

Developed and published by Konami. Acclaim was nowhere near that game.

@Tom-Massey So that‘s your entire reply when people point out an objective mistake? Alrighty.

@Tom-Massey
The collection does not contain all versions of classic Bubsy games. It‘s missing the improved PC port of the first game, called Super Bubsy.
Really should have been mentioned in the review.

@JJtheTexan How is it weird? Those games define themselves through being a giant crossover of different brands.

On topic: I first thought of Rockman Xover. Terrible mobile game I played at TGS 2012, but the pronounciation of the X is quite clear here, as it’s „cross“.

Any nobody thought of BMX XXX?

@DollyrotsFan1 „The 'Wonderboy' games were what they now call Metroidvania before Metroid even existed but nobody called Metroid a Wonderboy knockoff.“

Sorry, but that’s just completely wrong. Metroid and the first Wonderboy both released in 1986, but Wonderboy was just an arcade platformer.
The first Wonderboy with Metroid-like elements was Wonderboy in Monsterland, released in 1987, I.e. a year after Metroid…

@FishyS „There are a zillion vampire survival clones on the eShop“

Well, VS is a blatant clone of Magic Survival… ^^

Man, the negativity here in the comments is off the charts.
People just immediately decided to hate on it.
Looks decent for what it is.

I am honestly surprised by the negative comments towards the Western Cover. It is not the best cover in the history of gaming, but it’s quite fine IMO. The JP one on the other hand is a complete mess. My eyes cannot even comprehend where one thing ends and another begins.

@Daniel36 Actually we spent one day there, and we did everything we wanted to do.

@Daniel36 German here. We loved Efteling when we visited it with our son about 2 years ago.

@slaine That was just a grey import done by the shop. A shop in my area did the same back in the day.
Virtual Boy was never released in Europe.

At first glance I thought the US cover looks amazing, but then I looked closer and…the positions and perspective of the sword and the monster’s arm really make no sense at all. How could they mess up that badly?

Really far up his own arse, this lad. You did nothing insane. You just took a well-established concept.

@NeoGee I‘d argue that Chrono Trigger is vastly overrated.
Different people, different tastes.

Best game on SNES.
Fortunately I am European, so I got to buy and enjoy it back in the day.

@The_Nintendo_Pedant
„the most anyone has come up with is jungle beat and smash, both spinoffs. one is an ill regarded experiment that was left to rot on gamecube“

I know I am late, but this comment has me scratching my head twice.
Jungle Beat is also on Wii, and where did you get the impression it was „ill-regarded“? I have never seen anybody talk about it negatively. Sure. It was an experiment and not exactly a mass market game, but anybody who played it did like it. Maybe it was not commercially successful, but I‘d reckon „Ill-regarded“ is an entirely different matter and does not fit this game.

It’s really not a game for me. I am not the best at music games, but this one is impossible and annoying to me.

Nice. The only good game in the series. The Wii one was the last game I ever preordered. It was abysmal. It only relied on those annoying supershots.

„Nintendo has reportedly stated that it will respond to Procon-SP's complaint within 20 days, so we'll be sure to provide an update on the case as soon as we're able.“

90+ days later: You sure you‘re sure?

@Sylamp Japanese companies rarely fire you, but they will make you leave.

@LastFootnote Ah I see. Thanks. Would love a Legends collection.

@LastFootnote
„sure would be great if Capcom would redo Mega Man Legends Collection.“
Wait, there was a Legends collection? Or do you mean the MM Legacy collection?

@Sylamp You skipped the most important step: Fire Inafune.

US looks so, so bad. How is it getting this many votes?
EU is also terrible, but at least it has a much nicer logo.
JP is the least bad, I guess…

@KayFiOS „and the Mega Man Legacy Collections seem intent on never reviving content that was exclusive to the Dreamcast or PSP“

Mega Man on Dreamcast?

@Kilroy Oooh, thanks a lot for the investigation. I would have never guessed that, because, while, yeah, you can pronounce "2" as "zwo", you cannot pronounce "zwei" as "zwo", if you get what I mean. If we write "zwei", then we already decided to pronounce it that way. So, yeah, not Alana's best...

„Zwei-back“? I don’t get it. Do I have to read the zwei in some English way to get the pun?

„As a first sample of FromSoftware's world, and the vibe the developer wished to convey, “
Wouldn’t that have been Demon Souls?

Nintendo is just going to BotW-ify more and more games, and that's not a compliment. I am just glad that this time around more people seem to look through the shallowness in Nintendo's design.
An empty world just for the sake of it, without properly filling it with meaningful content? Yup, sounds exactly like BotW, but for some reason that game was beloved by most.
Nintendo is absolutely losing me. Signed, somebody you bought every one of their systems (including VB and Pokémon Mini and e-Reader) since the NES.

Was a 6/10 in 2017, and probably still is.

„ In a way, this change lessens the experience, because the game can be beaten by visiting only six worlds.“

You only need to beat 3 worlds.

Was a 6/10 in 2006 and still is in 2025 (replaying it currently).

@antdickens I see. In that case you got a bit unlucky there. But it might have been better to plan with more buffer knbetween train and flights. But what do I know - it might have been your only option that day.

That sounds lovely. Would love to meet up with some people from the golden days of Rare. At least I made sure to walk by the old farm and the original location of Ultimate Play the Game.

@antdickens I did, but I believe you took a train to MUC? (It doesn’t specify in the article as far as I can see)
Trains between Cologne and Frankfurt are usually less of an issue due to the short distance and the frequency.
Taking a train across half the country will set you for disaster. That’s for certain with our Deutsche Bahn.
Oh, Nlife is based close to Ashby? That’s pretty cool. I hope you have some sort of connection also to Rare, then. ^^

@antdickens
Next time, better eat at the Press Center. They have decent sausages for a lower price, and lots of seating opportunities.
Also, welcome to GC. I have attended every year since 2003, most of them as press member.
And funny to hear that you came from BHX, as I occasionally land there on business trips to Ashby. My advice: Don’t have a stop over in Munich, but land in Frankfurt and then take a train to Cologne.

@Medic_alert The Internet isn’t all that bad in all places. Gamefaqs is still a great place for well-written guides of all kinds.
Sincerely,
somebody who has written several guides there himself in the past.

Am I really the only one who thinks this looks terrible? Everything looks so flat, stilted, empty and just lazy.
It’s just like when everyone praised the late 2D Rayman games, even though they had super lazy animations. Everything was basically stills that just morphed and bent.

It’s so funny how butthurt people here are.

@JakedaArbok „Rare redesigns“? Plural? What else besides DK did Rare redesign? Diddy for example was their creation.

@SoIDecidedTo Both the US and EU cover use the same picture, but the US cover cuts off the picture on the sides. You can see more of the picture on the EU cover. Thus, the EU cover is clearly the better one.
Also that quip about the 70 mini games on the US cover is just tacky as hell.