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A new 2D Metroid did come out in 2017... Did everyone forget?

Sure, it was a remake, but it has barely anything from the original. It's pretty much a new game.

I'm kinda digging this. Only because now it has the second set of multiplayer stages unlocked for Dream Course. Something that's kind of difficult to do. I have done it on the SNES, but now I have an easier way to play them with my wife on the Switch. Dream Course has seriously one of the best multiplayer modes like ever, and it's a very underrated gem of a game as well.

I'm hoping for a price cut on Kirby Fighters 2 already. It's never been on sale, and it's a bit expensive at 20 euros for me. But I want to get it, I have every Kirby game ever, other than that one.

...Okay, I don't have the Satellaview ones or the e-Reader card, but be reasonable.

Eh. There first one was incredibly mediocre for the most part. I hope this one is better.

@moodycat And kind of the opposite is true as well. New Pokémon Snap was the most oacked, lovingly made, high effort Pokémon game in many years... Yet it sold much less than the others. I can understand why Arceus sold so well, but why the minimum effort, barely-more-than-port gen 4 remakes?

This kind of saddens me. I mean sure, games do look awesome on shelves. But then again... games are made to be played. I buy quite some games, but I only get ones that I intend to play at some point. This was my very reason to start studying Japanese many years ago, and it remains to be possibly the strongest reason: there are just too many interesting and exciting Japanese exclusive games out there that I would really like to play.

@Fizza What a coincidence, I just beat Goemon Mononoke Sugoroku last month after having it for like 7 years. It has its very apparent problems, but it's an enjoyable enough game for what it is.

How are people not happy about Congo's Caper and Umihara Kawase? I'm starting to think that people here don't even like retro games... but then why do you care?

I think I might have to stop reading the comments under these articles, because they just depress me.

@EarthboundBenjy It's actually been a part of the series since the GameCube days.

I have Ganbare Goemon: Karakuri Douchuu for the MSX2. I don't think I will ever have an MSX2... But gotta have all Goemon games, so... yeah. This is also one of the rarest, and most expensive games in the franchise.

XJ9 or Jimmy Neutron would be cool, if we're talking about labs. Jimmy is much more likely though.

@Don Probably because they cost money to make, and usually they now don't reflect each country's supposed difference of taste in art styles, but just the actual graphics and aesthetics of the game itself.

I have and played the Famicom version, and it was quite a fun and unique game. Might look into this version as well.

I'm hoping for a Kirby Fighters 2 sale...
It's never been on sale, and the 20 euro pricetag is a bit too steep for me.
If it does happen, I don't really see it dropping more than by 5 euros, but I would take it at that price... I mean I do have every single Kirby game there is, so I have to get this one as well.
...It's Kirby's 30th birthday tomorrow, after all.

I misread Chris-san as Chris-chan.

@Pod Fortunately not. She would just spoil everything.

Already preordered it from Strictly Limited. It just looks so amazing.
Also loved the first SNES one... and this pretty much looks like that but with even more stuff and more visual flair.
I've also downloaded the GBA title Pocky & Rocky with Becky for the Wii U VC, because it's absurdly expensive in physical form... And if you're at least somewhat interested in that one, you'd better download it as well, because it's definitely not worth anything close to the physical price... The download price is pretty steep for what it is as well. It's a pretty lifeless, lazily thrown together game.

@NintendoWife Yes, there was a 2D Kirby on Switch before this, and while it was too multiplayer focused for its own good, it did have some great gameplay ideas, looked and sounded good, had tons of fanservice and hidden lore, and it had the absolute best "Arena" the series has ever seen - which might not mean much for most people, but they are one of the high points of Kirby games for me.

As for Woolly World - I think it had great level design, charming visuals, a great soundtrack, and some genuinely fun and creative ideas. My only real gripe was that they kept reusing some bosses. Crafted World was pretty similar, but it was a bit more focused on visuals, while the soundtrack were much inferior, and the level design was a bit less creative as well in my opinion.

And I think it can have some great results if they let other companies handle older IPs. For example, Retro Studios' Metroid Prime and Donkey Kong Country games are very much well-loved. So is the previously mentioned Kirby's Epic Yarn by Good-Feel. And if you ask me, last year's New Pokémon Snap by Bandai-Namco became easily one of the best Pokémon spinoff games, even though the company did not have much experience with the franchise.

@NintendoWife The gigantic Kirby fan might be speaking from me, but I have to disagree - I think most Kirby games were great or even amazing with very few "okay" titles throughout the entire 30-year history of the series.

Yoshi, however, I agree with. Island and Woolly World were fantastic, Story and Crafted World are pretty good, but everyting in between was just okay at best.

@HammerGalladeBro Well, Robobot was a late 3DS game with the platform already having a quite similar Kirby game on it.

Okay, so it's exactly like Zelda.

I mean... I do have all the Kirby games ever released, including remakes and collections, so why stop now?

...Okay, I lied. I haven't downloaded Fighters 2 yet. It seems a bit expensive for what it is, and it was never on sale! Maybe this year with the anniversary and all?

I'm not into TMNT, beat 'em ups, or fighting games, but man, this is one sweet collection.

This just looks incredible.

@Link_of_Hyrule Yes. It was kind of weird how they didn't make one with the Castlevania, Contra, and Arcade ones...
If they had chosen a different kind of line up, I could have totally dug a collection with the Mr. Goemon arcade game, the first two Famicom games, Sarawareta Ebisumaru for the Game Boy, and the 4 SNES games. Even though the PS1 and N64 games would've been nice as well.

What do you mean, Paper Mario just got released on the Switch a few weeks ago.

...anyway, Chrono Trigger is awesome as well.

What a day to be alive! Banjo Jango is finally back!

@fafonio The Smash Bros. version was already pretty jazzy.
Anyway, a great song from one of the best games ever.

Oh, somebody already beat me to it. Well then.

@LexKitteh Yeah, some Pokémon have pretty much English words as their Japanese names, so they couldn't really be written in kanji, but if we really want, these guys can be.
Bulbasaur is Fushigidane, which could be written as 不思議種, with 不思議, fushigi meaning mysterious, and 種 tane meaning seed.
Charmander is Hitokage, which could be written as 火蜥蜴, with 火 hi meaning fire, and 蜥蜴 tokage meaning lizard.
Squirtle is just Zenigame... Which is actually a Japanese word, 銭亀, meaning a young pond turtle.

But all Pokémon are officially written in katakana in Japanese, so an actual kanji clothing line would not really make any sense.

I've only played the first 5, but interestingly enough, Apollo Justice is the one I think I liked the most, even though it's far from a fan favorite. I'm torn between 1 and 3 being the second best. 5 was the weakest in my opinion, even though it was still great.

Interesting opinion about the first Rhythm Tengoku being the best in the series. Even though it is an undeniable masterpiece, I felt that it was a series were each new game was even better than the previous one.
From the WarioWare series, the first one is actually the best in my opinion, but almost all are great.

IF this ends up being true, I wonder if we will get the Goemon games. I mean the N64 has a relatively small library, and people seem to agree that the first Goemon game is a highlight on it, especially among games that were not made by Nintendo and aren't tied to an existing franchise. But it's kinda weird that no Goemon game was released in any region in either console pack. Come on Konami, release the Goemon collection you've been sitting on for years.

How is the Harp of Ages not even mentioned?

My money is on Aang and Korra.

This just breaks my heart, as Sakurai is probably my favorite game developer ever.
Not only does he make Smash, which really bursts with content every time and I keep being amazed how well he makes them, but he is also responsible for my second favorite game ever, Kirby Super Star.
Not to mention the other games he made: Kirby's Dream Land is a great part of my childhood, Kirby's Adventure is just a fantastic game all around that really pushes the NES to it's limits, Kirby Air Ride is easily the best Kirby spinoff game (is what I would say if Dream Course didn't exist, those two are really close), Meteos is one of the most fun puzzle games I've played, and Kid Icarus Uprising is also a great game with more personality, humor, and ideas than two other games put together.
Sure, if he doesn't feel he's feeling great doing what he does, I absolutely support his retirement, but man, I wish he just kept making new games, he really understands what I like in a game.

It might just be that I'm getting old, but TikTok seems to me like the worst mainstream app/website currently on the Internet.

Never heard of the movie, but this posters look pretty cool.

@Joeynator3000 WarioWare Gold was really fun in my opinion. Rhythm Heaven Megamix is in an entirely new league, though. I want a new RH as well.

@TDRsuperstar2 Even if that kinda is the case, the base game has already so much packed into it, and was made with such care and understanding what made the original Snap good that it felt like more than a complete experience.
Just like how Mario Kart 8 or Smash Ultimate already had tat least as much content as the previous record holders in the base game, their DLC didn't at all feel like something that was missing from the get-go. Sure, they were paid DLC for the most part, but still.

Animal Crossing New Horizons on the other hand... That one should've included everything in the base game that was added later.

I can hardly believe this.
New Pokémon Snap has already beaten my wildest expectations, and has easily become one of the very best Pokémon spinoffs ever.
This is some amazing looking stuff. Stuff that I would have been happy to pay money for. And you're telling me that all of this is free?
Just... Thank you.

Other than the obvious ones, I really hope it will have someone from Action League Now. That show was amazing.

This just looks lovely. I'll keep an eye out for it.
Attack of the Friday Monsters was an interesting experience. It had amazing atmosphere, and not much else, but I'm absolutely glad I played it.

@60frames-please Interesting, I have the original Famicom Wars cartridge on Famicom, and found it incredibly slow, to the point that I didn't even have fun with it. Nice to see that it actually does have its fans, it's a really good concept.
And you are the best for mentioning Kirby's Dream Course. It's genuinely an incredible and very creative game, and it's criminally underrated. It might be due to the fact that it's probably the Kirby game that's the hardest to get into for new players.

My absolute favorite is Kirby Super Star. There are some other absolute bangers as well, though.

@Deepdoop You should really try one of the games, they are tons of fun. Every one of them is great, but the very best one might still be the first game on the GBA. The one for the Wii has the best multiplayer, though.
And I think you have the wrong idea about the game, it's nothing like Clubhouse Games. Warioware is about a quickfire of games each being just literally a few seconds long, each with wacky premises, where the real challenge is figuring out what you should be doing and actually doing it in just a few seconds. Then when you play for long enough, those few seconds become like one second, and things really get intense.

Yeah, sure, I love WarioWare.
You know what I would be willing to shell out double that amount for? A new game in its sister series: Rhythm Heaven. Now that series I really-really-really love.

@PickledKong64 I mean sure, they are Nintendo libraries, right?

@PickledKong64 What about the Virtual Boy? N64 DD? DSi?

@Screen @ObeseChihuahua2 @abdias Crystal is obviously better, as it's an enhanced version of the other two, but it actually adds just a little more content and was sold as a full-price game. Sure, I grew up with Crystal, and loved it to bits, but look at it this way: when Gold/Silver came out, they were absolutely incredible games, in themselves or compared to the first generation. Then Crystal came out a year later, and it was much less exciting, as it was pretty much the same game with some minor stuff added. The achievements of Crystal are pretty much just the extra stuff, but we can thank everything else we love about gen 2 to G/S.