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@Guitario I'm disappointed that it took until the 17th comment for someone to mention that, lol. Who still has their tree up in May?

@ChromaticDracula Out of curiosity, did you grow up with the SNES games or only get to them recently?

For me, the list goes:
10. Guard (never got around to playing)
9. Starlink (never got around to playing)
8. Adventures
7. Command
6. 2
5. Assault
4. OG
3. 64
2. Zero
1. 64 3D

Top 3 are more or less tied, 64 isn't next to 64 3D because of stereoscopic 3D, graphics and no more N64 controller.

@Kage_M You might want to reread the article entirely (before the actual list) before making judgement because no single "person" made this list, lol.

@sixrings Minority or not, it doesn't change the fact the majority of people are in fact lazy and will find anything to complain about rather than try to enjoy what life offers so they can discredit an entire product. Zero and Adventures should be swapped.

@Daniel36 From Princess Farmer: "The story is played in episodes, much like magical-girl anime,"

What? Googling this keeps giving me back results for the game and not an anime. So again, what? Lol.

Looks good, but can't say the name makes sense. I was thinking Radiant Silvergun's sword mechanic taken to a new level before watching.

@Shiryu 46 shmups for me, lol. I haven't made time for more yet.

Hadn't even heard of this game until this article, lol.

I was planning on buying Sol Cresta until they offered Day One DLC, turning the complete package of the game into a $50 purchase. Can't think of any reason why a publisher would need to release Day One DLC, especially for a shmup, unless the game is free to play and Day One has a long history of being a red flag for a game. No thanks, waiting for a nice sale on that one... maybe.

@FuriousGeorge Good luck having garbage emulation and bootleg copies then, lol.

@Cooliofunk https://en.psprices.com/region-us/index?platform=3DS This seems to be a good site that rounds together what's on sale. It also shows the history of sales for each game and you can set reminders for when it goes on sale.

I don't understand the love for the NES Remix series. I played through the first one and was extremely disappointed at how mind-numbingly easy and boring the whole game was, including the Remix levels. Half the game felt like micro-tutorials to show you how the games worked. For everything I read about Remix leading up to buying it, I was expecting whole levels with crazy changes akin to what modders do to any and all games they sink their teeth into, not WarioWare-like micro games with no depth. Also felt like Remix's target audience was people who have never played NES games before which, again, everything I read about Remix did not give me that impression before I bought it.

@RupeeClock Interesting. Any local multiplayer I did was actual racing and never cared for battle mode, so I just assumed there were always exclusive courses.

@FuriousGeorge Yes. This is why emulation and game preservation are becoming more and more important as an increasing number of digital storefronts are closing. Technically illegal, but there is a (very) slow movement in the industry to create an avenue that is legal for everyone. Microsoft being a big proponent in this.

@victordamazio A couple points. 1) I actively avoid buying things on Android (don't use iOS) because the platform is far more volatile than any console has ever been. Not only are both platforms updated just about yearly, but devs on mobile have a bad habit of not updating their games to be compatible with the new system updates. It's very easy for games to leave a mobile storefront for various reasons, much moreso than on a console.

2) Nintendo is not the only company to do this. Sony is as well. Boycotting is hardly the answer, that's just going to confuse them and discourage them from putting more things on the store, not the other way around. I'm not sure what the answer is, but it's not to stop supporting the storefronts you want them to keep open...

@KateGray That's fair.

@BanjoPickles I'm surprised they went with 29. Very odd number especially considering how big the quality side of the eShop is.

@RupeeClock Very curious what made you include Mario Kart 8 Deluxe when it included the DLC from the Wii U game at no extra charge and the announced DLC that's going to start arriving in a month was announced nearly five years after the game came out.

I understand where you're coming from, but try to learn the difference between a 1.0 feature complete game with optional DLC and a beta disguised as a 1.0 that was rushed out the door.

@AlexHarford 265 hours in the game for me, just recently got back into it. Looking at Hero's Path, there are still tons of places I haven't been to and didn't know existed, including actual labelled locations. The game just keeps on giving.

Some other notables from my own collection:

• The entire AiRace series
• Legend of Kusakari
• Kersploosh
• Fractured Soul
• Tetris Axis
• Night Sky
• 99 series
• Bomberman Blitz
• Electroplankton
• Pinball Pulse
• Flip the Core
• Kokuga
• Summer Carnival '92 RECCA
• Mighty Switch Force series
• Nano Assault EX
• Metal Torrent
• 3D Fantasy Zone II W
• 3D Afterburner
• 3D Thunder Blade
• Dementium I Remastered
• Chicken Wiggle (Hatch Tales (the remaster) is set to release before closure)
• ATV Wild Ride 3D
• Moon Chronicles
• Bomb Monkey
• Mutant Mudds (plus Super Challenge)
• Xeodrifter
• the Mii Plaza games
• Demon's Crest (might be the only permanent way to purchase it)

Ah, I haven't seen the bookshelf in a long time! Thank you for the smile.

Awesome. I already beat 0% Hard mode, which gives one hit kills in the second half of the game, so this completes that idea. So far it's very fun, but EMMI are still just as slow as ever. That gives reason to still play the Hypermode mod.

Made several other fixes to improve playability and enjoyment of game. This concerns me a little bit though. Hopefully the speedrunning community isn't hindered at all by this update.

@GeneJacket Yeah, I can see that.

@GeneJacket Really have to disagree here. The acting in RER never struck me as some of the worst in gaming. Have you played 4 and witnessed anything Ashley said?

You guys didn't disappoint with the headline. Well done.

Pretty much 100%'d it on 3DS, bought it on Switch, but have barely played.

@Troll_Decimator So, word of mouth outside of Twitter = Twitter? I had two instances of non-Twitter sources telling me about Wordle; a person inviting me to play (they don't even use Twitter, btw) and a meme. Does that mean I'm living under a rock if I didn't already see Wordle tweets every day in my timeline?

I passed on this, trailer made it look like a glorified mobile game, tbh.

And seeing this article after the Mina Kickstarter just makes me want to really question what Yacht Club is thinking. Online play and PC-only mod support as paid content is ridiculous. Mina looks fun af, but this is Yacht Club we're talking here, it's not like they're hurting for money.

@DarkTron Dead Cells makes you pay for at least several of their DLCs.

@Nico07 Oh wow, I completely forgot some SNES games cost that much! Ha ha. Back then, $60-$80 also felt more expensive, at least to my younger, not-yet-working self.

Yeah, uniform pricing would have to move the bar up or Sony and the others would adapt and push promos of some kind to help sway $70 purchases. I think either future is possible because there will always be people who won't buy unless there's a deep discount, those who just wait for the first sale, impulse buyers and the likely richer folks who don't care and just want to play Day One no matter the price.

@Nico07 Even so, my point was that Sony is not the only company do it. Most companies have been increasing their prices through DLC and MTX, as I mentioned earlier. Sometimes, it is Day One DLC that was probably going to be part of the base game until someone made the decision to be greedy. Sometimes, we get betas released as 1.0 versions and see DLC (and patches) six months or a year down the line that finally make the game feel complete.

The fact $60 has been the base price for most of the last ~40 years for console titles is less impressive when you factor in the advent of DLC and how much a game truly costs when you include those packs (ignoring MTX because it's mostly used to feed FOMO and impatience, not make games feel complete). So, that being said, $70 (vs $60) is negligible when you can easily wait for a sale, but that $10 increase is right in your face as opposed to hidden behind a DLC mask. This is an industry-wide trend that has been happening for almost two decades, but I don't see as many people chastising companies the way they're chastising Sony for $10 when they have the option of waiting for a cheaper price.

The cost of games will increase no matter what, it's just a matter of how and how well it's conveyed to the public.

Take Metroid for example. In the time between Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (2006) and Samus Returns (2017), Nintendo basically puked out two Metroid games that were very divisive and widely considered awful games, not in the spirit of what Metroid is known for. Also between that time, the gaming world saw releases like AM2R and Axiom Verge to fill the void, among other games. Even after AM2R when Samus Returns released, people were more than happy to play another Metroid style game (ignoring that it's Metroid itself here because I'm pointing out the genre).

Genres have evolved since the 80's, that's why I don't think the crash that happened back then will ever happen again. It might happen for a different reason, but not because of most games being of poor quality and same-y because the world knows better now.

@Dirty0814 Do you see the market hurting, do you see gamers crying out for something that is different so they have something, anything to play that isn't of poor quality? The market is exponentially larger than what it was in the 80's and just because there are hundreds of shmups or metroidvanias or FPSs to choose from doesn't mean they all play the same. Sure, there are tons of shovelware out there, that has literally never changed from day one, but what has changed is the increasing amount of games that are actually good.

Meanwhile, people saying they don't know what to choose because there's so many seem like they don't know how to do their own research and rely on the storefront's description and nothing more. Plenty of sites out there to tell you what to play, just have to look and not rely on a single storefront source.

@Dirty0814 Maybe, but these companies offer variety. The last crash saw companies puke out the same games with different names.

I can tell you right now I wouldn't have 200+ hours on Pinball FX3 if I had to be glued to my TV or PC monitor and also wouldn't have bought the dozens of shmups for Switch that I have if it wasn't portable.

@blindsquarel They are, actually. Portability + a way to play most third parties and indies is absolutely a combo of reasons why people buy the Switch. Switch isn't just for Nintendo IPs, but for travelers, people who can't use the TV because of others in the household like if they have kids so they're busy watching kids shows or have to watch them in certain rooms where the TV isn't or it's just easier to play in any room they want.

Hell, even if prices continue to climb (historically in gaming, base prices have been stagnant for literally decades and I predict bases of $70 will be very slow to creep further in), there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING stopping consumers from waiting for sales to buy games. It's the people who can't wait to buy at full price that encourage this behavior, so no one to blame but yourselves if you are the ones doing it.

And if everyone waits, that means more and more content will have inflated pricing through DLC and MTX, like it has been since DLC and MTX were first introduced so many years ago.

@Stocksy I'm not the one claiming to know the future. Could you link to where Phil Spencer or someone else from MS is disputing what I said? I'll gladly retract it. Tell me to behave, but you tell us to stop being ridiculous, lmao.

Looks like Madden 22 also has the MSRP at $70

@BloodNinja Admittedly, I was slightly misled. Some of the $70 tags have added bonuses, but 2K specifically has their standard edition on Xbox Series X at $70.

@Nico07 Please don't single out Sony with the $70 price tag, several different companies not even affiliated with Sony price their games at $70 as well.

@Stocksy Not only has MS not said these series will be exclusive, but they've also proven through actions that some of what they make reach other systems. Stop with the fear mongering and misinformation.

@Bolt_Strike Then explain games like Among Us, Hollow Knight, Shovel Knight, Bloodstained, SteamWorld series, Fall Guys, just to name a small few. Quite a few many indies are doing just fine.

@Rainz Oh no, whatever will people do with their f2p games that are a dime a dozen if Zynga has their games secured on... mobile? Websites? Lol.

@Bolt_Strike I don't know. It's not like there will never be more indies to pop up or employees of a company leaving to go elsewhere. The devs at DICE who made Battlefield 2042 are mostly not the same devs who made the previous Battlefields, so the brand recognition isn't even there from game to game on many occasions. And where did those old devs go? Either to make a different game for the parent company or left to create their own studio. Look at Rare as well. All of this is cyclical.

@Burning_Spear There was a time when AAA multiplatform games largely didn't exist and when they did, each version was significantly different, moreso than what we're seeing today with Switch ports. No one batted an eye then and accepted that they wouldn't be able to play all the games they wanted. Now? The internet pushed the 'I want everything on everything all the time' mentality and that's just not how business works, nor life in general for that matter.

We're in a capitalist society where competition breeds better products through creativity. I think we're fine where we are.

@BloodNinja @Dpishere Microsoft's Gamepass is extremely popular and Sony is trying to come up with a way to revitalize PS Now. Nintendo has also dipped their toes in the water. There's an audience for both markets, some players will use both, some will only do one or the other, but neither one will destroy the other. Too many people on both sides to let that happen.

Damn, that price is astronomical, even taking into account the many ways it can be used. I'm curious what a 2K version of that would cost because at that screen size, 4K isn't doing you many favors vs 2K. Plus, as others have said, you can buy much, much cheaper equipment to rotate your PC monitor and some TVs can even be set up this way as well.

Demon's Tilt! Fantastic fantasy pinball.
@noobish_hat I'm not the author, but nothing to write home about.

202 mil on Normal
219 mil on EX
7,894,800 on Hardcore

@PenultimateOtaku77 It's a common misconception that seasons should be capitalized. After all, days of the week and months of the year are, so it's easy to assume that seasons would be as well. Still, this author has been writing for a long time, probably should've known that.

@kurtasbestos 100% agree! I had to stop playing OG Diablo II if I wanted to continue college, lol.

@kurtasbestos Welcome to the World of Backloggery, where you will never finish your backlog and learn to be content with never being content.