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I think the actual weirdest omission in this set is the GBC version of 4 given Digital Eclipse made it. You'd think it'd be there just for the curiosity factor and the chance to reflect on themselves a bit, even if it is awful.

Yeah, this update will probably be a pass for me based on what they've shown off. Don't care at all about multiplayer and honestly I don't think Wonder holds up well on repeat playthroughs anyway.

It was okay. Only things I was really excited for were Galaxy 2, the MK date, Danganronpa, and Fire Emblem, but that's four more things than some Directs. I'll give it a 6.

I'll definitely get it though got a convention a couple of weeks before that which might impact whether or not I get it at launch.

Really hope this does well enough that they do a second collection for the PS2 games, that's the one I'd really want.

About time on Galaxy 2, definitely getting that. I'll reserve judgment on Mario Tennis and Yoshi given 1), my primary hope out of the former is that unlike the last one you can actually play a full game of tennis, and 2), Yoshi games are wildly inconsistent in quality with some great and some terrible so I'm not inclined to trust them at face value.

Don't care at all about multiplayer or the movie or their museum or whatever and really wish they'd leave that stuff out of the general Directs.

I might check it out since the controls are the biggest reason I never could develop a taste for it, but even then I think I'd struggle with how I also just really dislike the game's aesthetics.

Not super interested in ZA but I'm glad to see Raichu getting some love at least.

I'm willing to pay $40 for Galaxy 2, but it does make me quite happy I don't have to pay the same for Galaxy 1 due to already having it.

So weird this isn't even the first Pokemon Minecraft knockoff.

Wonder if this is what that network test thing was about, looks pretty similar.

At least personally even on a gameplay level I didn't like Engage and really have no idea what people see in it. There's absolutely nothing about that experience I want to see carry over to future games other than maybe, "Please make a knockoff of Yunaka that actually has other characters that are even mildly interesting to interact with."

@Kazman2007 Top of my head the only years since 2000 to not have at least one Kirby game are 2001, 2007, 2013, and 2024.

@Kazman2007 Really the only time they've ever released spinoffs in particularly close proximity to each other is Heroes and Warriors both coming out in 2017, and seeing as the former's a free-to-play mobile game really not sure that should count.

Really glad this one seems to be going full steam ahead on being more Three Houses. So, so much prefer that being the blueprint for the series going forward than Engage.

Really I just want the 4 remake but I'm sure it'll come eventually.

@HugoGED I feel like personally I'd probably give that distinction to Emio, but it's definitely a lot more than you'd expect out of a Mario game.

I really don't tend to like how Dedede looks in the actual Kirby games. Feel like the Smash Bros. version of him is more how he should look.

No interest whatsoever in the Mario movies but if it gets us some kind of rerelease of Galaxy 2 I'll take it.

@Coversnail I wouldn't be super shocked if we get an announcement of a Switch 2 version of one of the Xenoblade games at least. Hoping especially for 2, it needs it the most and it's my favorite of them.

Some releasing soon-ish Switch 1 game I can use my voucher on, a Chrono Trigger port (NOT a remake), something new with Fire Emblem (preferably either a Three Houses Switch 2 version or an Awakening port), a RE4 remake port, and maybe a Mario 3D All-Stars 2 are the top of my hopes that I could at least somewhat see happening.

I'll settle for hoping for something that'll be out by January that I can use my sitting voucher on and a Chrono Trigger port.

This never means anything and they already announced a new Tomodachi Life anyway so whatever.

The whole concept of being able to patent game mechanics is completely absurd.

Been a long while since I've played it, they hadn't even added the Phantom, Noisemaker, and Tracker last time I did. Honestly the huge expansion of the number of roles makes me kind of reluctant to get back into it, know you can turn this stuff off but feels like for just diving into random lobbies it just runs the risk of overcomplicating things.

I'll never, ever understand the, "Artistic vision!" nonsense with things like this. Yeah, sure, a painting can only really be done one way unless you produce multiple of them. Video games aren't paintings. Literally nothing is compromised about the core intended experience of a game by also having a, "But this option does half as much damage," mode or something. The original vision can remain completely unaltered, you're just making it so more people can enjoy the work. It's not like you have to pass some kind of arbitrary skill check to watch a TV show or read a book even if you aren't necessarily picking up on all of the subtleties of it.

Every single game should have difficulty options. All of them, without exception.

Every single game should have difficulty options. Difficulty should never keep you from enjoying something, not everyone wants to beat their head against a wall all day. No game has ever been made worse by being more accessible.

Never been able to develop much of a taste for Golden Sun as a game but it's always had a killer soundtrack.

@EarthboundBenjy I mean just like every other GBA game ever, I wouldn't really think anything of it.

@UltimateOtaku91 Not super far in but so far my take on it's been that it's pretty fun but I can see why some people have described it as a bit meandering. Been combing through the Ministry of Science route and it's been enjoyable but there has been some notable downtime in places and it does feel like it can sometimes take a little too long to get to its point. Also the translation's mostly pretty good but there is some odd grammar in spots.

And also I have the Switch version and it seems to be running fine but apparently the Steam version is currently a total mess that barely functions so worth keeping that in mind.

All in all I'd probably recommend it but so far it feels very distinctly, "Might be better than or around the same level as Rain Code, weaker than Danganronpa and Hundred Line," and I think its super charming art style is doing a lot of the heavy lifting. Though being fair I don't think it's helping that I watched Akudama Drive for the first time like two days before it came out so I might be a little Kodaka-ed out at the moment comparatively. Good show incidentally.

Shuten Order's my top priority, maybe some Grand Bazaar around it.

I really need to start up a backup file or two to grab some spares. Game's so slow to start I kind of just don't want to have to sit through how belabored its intro is.

Shuten Order for me.

None of them really on my radar, but a, "Close enough," is that I bought Grand Bazaar today and am waiting for Shuten Order to come out. Silksong's not at all on my radar, never played the first one and don't particularly want to.

Think it looks like a fun concept but yeah, the Kickstarter being off to such a sluggish start isn't a great sign.

This was one of the blurred box arts in that video a month or so back, might bode well for DK64, Smash Bros., and Glover.

Be nice if this makes its way to the US, mine's due for renewal next month.

I desperately want Switch ports of Awakening and Fates and have for a long time.

You could also do Echoes I guess, don't care as much, never developed a taste for it.

Tried it out and yeah, I like this a lot more than I do MKW, might go ahead and end up picking it up.

I could see them doing a 3D All-Stars 2 that has Galaxy 2, 64 DS, and 3D Land, along with reissuing the first one. Latter would particularly make sense for the fact that they bothered to patch it multiple times recently when they really could've not bothered.

I also wouldn't be shocked to get an NSMB Wii remaster at some point, but I don't think it'll be this year. The fact Wonder hasn't had a Switch 2 patch while so much other stuff did is a big red flag that there's something in the works there.

@Tibob It's happened before, and Nate has a very solid track record. Also not the first leaker who's claimed September 12th as a possible date.

Really hope we actually get a good one soon. Feels like all year long I've been begging for Nintendo to announce something I'm actually hyped for it and it kind of just has at no point actually happened.

I do wonder why Harvest Moon games of this time period liked to flip the art for overseas, Back to Nature and GBC 2 also did that for some reason.

The European one's just so weirdly moody that I've always loved it.

Been kind of on-and-off juggling Ocarina of Time, the original Mario RPG, and the Silent Hill 2 remake, probably will focus in on one of those. Kind of mostly just killing time for Shuten Order.

@fenlix Feel like this site can be overly harsh on visual novel kind of stuff sometimes. One that always comes to mind for me is how they gave Raging Loop a pretty low score and never include it on any of their recommended lists when personally I think it's fantastic.

I figured it'd be like a third of that length.

Either way, I'm there for it.

I might pick up another set just in case, but kind of reluctant to since I've got one I picked up back in January I still have yet to find a use for as it is (originally intended to use it on Xenoblade X, then decided I wasn't super interested). Might just see what gets announced between now and when they stop selling them.

I've wondered about picking the game up and if I do it'll be physical not because I especially care about the key card thing and more just because I don't necessarily trust that I'd like it and thus wouldn't mind the option to sell it and get some of the money back.

I can only even tell the difference between 30 and 60 seeing them side-by-side, so long as it's stable I don't care.

Really never been at all interested.