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Persona 3 Reload mostly, kind of quickly fell out of playing it on the Xbox but decided to pick up the Switch 2 version and making more of a concentrated effort to focus on it.

I really hope that means we sooner rather than later finally get something new with Kid Icarus, it's incredibly overdue.

That's down 700,000 from Arceus. Nothing to sneeze at but between the way longer gap between games and increased marketing I'm definitely sure they were hoping for much stronger.

I picked up Persona 3, will probably get Mortal Kombat next week and that's pretty much the last game on my radar until Mario Tennis.

Might give the demo a look to see if it sells me on it, didn't care for the original so not been paying much attention to this one.

I wish they weren't just doing these for NES games. Even just moving up to SNES games you'd broadly have so much more interesting of art to work with.

@the_beaver Wouldn't count on TP being any time soon, given they already announced Sunshine, Path of Radiance, and Pokemon Colosseum and XD but didn't announce it. Though really in general the rate they're releasing these is frustratingly slow, especially the fact they didn't even bother with one last month for some reason.

@Friendly They did port Xenoblade X, and Mario Paint, Zero Mission, and the original WarioWare are also already on NSO.

Also I'd say a pretty notable one never ported from the Wii U is Color Splash, but also I don't think there'd actually be much demand for it.

@lovesushi I'd definitely more recommend Royal if you haven't played either. Persona 5 has a lot of quality of life and refinement stuff over its predecessors and while Reload does integrate some of that it also keeps a lot of stuff that feels really archaic or half-baked by comparison. Feel like it's a better, "Once you're sure this is for you," kind of experience while 5 is a lot more newcomer-friendly, especially Royal.

Really weird they didn't stick in Wiping All Out but either way pretty welcome. Reload's takes on the music are good but I generally prefer the originals.

@AussieMcBucket The Hidden Mansion is the game's New Game Plus. The initial release the only differences are that Luigi takes more damage and the Poltergust is 50% stronger, meaning it isn't really a particularly different experience and is arguably an easier one.

The PAL version on the other hand has a lot of additional changes. There are more ghosts around, bosses have more attacks and the Boolossus fight is reworked, there are barely any hearts to be found, and there's more money to be found and tying into that they raised the cost to get an A rank making it only possible to get one there.

Not been very long since I played through it but I'll probably do another run, helps it's a very short game. Might do the PAL version so I can try out its superior Hidden Mansion.

It's a turn-based RPG so I really can't see what difference it makes.

Even with a bigger digital split it's surprising it'd be that much lower than Arceus given Arceus 1), didn't really do like super huge numbers by Pokemon standards anyway, 2), had to compete with a better-selling Pokemon game coming out two months before it compared to ZA coming after the longest wait between installments in the franchise's history, and 3), didn't really get anywhere near the marketing push ZA has.

I got most of them but missed Blaster Master.

Neither's exactly great but I think the amount of clutter on the NA one is actually what tips it to that one for me since it much more clearly communicates the microphone part of things.

Feel like there are only so many you could really reasonably do it with. Tails, Knuckles, and Amy are probably about the only other ones with the cultural cache of Shadow. Maybe Metal Sonic?

That said I do expect they're probably going to do a big Amy push when the next movie comes out.

Without Pokemon can't really think of that many standard DS games I'd be dying for that aren't already available on the Switch in some way - Hotel Dusk, Super Star Ultra, Pokemon Conquest, and maybe NSMB and 64 DS are about it - but I'd lose my mind if we could get 3DS games someday.

It's been time for absolutely ages, especially if they're going to keep doing drawn-out cutscenes of just characters yammering about nothing. Not everything needs to be voiced but at least some key scenes should be and there should be some grunts here and there, the games feel so cheap trying to do these cinematic segments while being totally silent the whole time.

@HammerGalladeBro Even weirder on that is that Mega Latios and Latias were in the data but completely unobtainable. I don't think you can even trade the stones over from ORAS.

Seems pointless to even try to me. You'll probably have to have already beaten the game to even have a chance of getting them and since you can't trade them you can't really use them for an actual run through so why even bother?

Find it kind of doubtful I'll ever play Splatoon again - not touched 2 in years and consequently decided not to get 3 - but I'm glad they're making efforts to keep stuff like this supported when they really don't need to.

Seems like really weird timing to be doing this right before P3R comes out, kind of feels like advertising an old product at the expense of a new one.

Captain Toad's fun but I'm kind of content with there just being the one of it. Though it'd be nice if they'd patch the 3D World levels back in given they're still in the data anyway.

First one since gen 3 I'm not buying.

My roommate picked it up so I'll probably at least give the game a look, but it's the first Pokemon game since gen 3 I'm not buying myself. Just really not much appeals to me with this one.

I've always found, "But no one will be able to read if there's voice acting!" to be a completely detached from the actual point argument given 1), you'd still need to be constantly reading to engage with the battle mechanics anyway, and 2), I don't think anybody's asking for literally every single line of dialogue to be voiced. Just not having stupid crap like Piers singing an instrumental or heavy camera focus on Drayton's mouth in a cutscene while he's not actually audibly saying anything would be nice.

Since I didn't like Arceus very much in the first place sounds like a skip then.

@EVIL-C It's a promotion they're running at the moment with the Switch 2 and Xbox versions of the FF7 Remake where if you buy them digitally before January 31st you get the original game for free. On Xbox the free game is available immediately but on Switch 2 it isn't until the day Remake itself comes out.

I'm sure it's just due to the nature of how Nintendo handles their preorders, but at the very least you could make it so it unlocks a week prior when they actually charge for it.

I picked it up when I got the Switch 2 but not had the chance to really dig into it yet, glad to see they're supporting it at least. Probably should get to it soon, been wanting to replay it since before they even announced the port but it's a hard game to make time for.

Already got them digitally but neat for people who are interested in physical, though kind of makes the fact people who preorder 7 Remake only actually get the original game free the day the remake comes out even dumber.

Weird, I was just thinking like two days ago that Mario & Wario should be up sometime.

My guess is it's probably for some kind of Pikmin spinoff or a Switch 2 edition of 4, think it's a bit too soon for them to be doing 5 just yet.

I'll get Mortal Kombat and I might get Persona, not much else on my radar at the moment.

I wouldn't be shocked if one of the announcements ends up being a Silent Hill pack. They've done a couple of Konami crossovers already and between the release of F, the likely news in the next few days of 2 ports, and it being Halloween season it'd be very timely.

@HammerGalladeBro The lineup on those is...

• Mario with his arms up from the box art
• Luigi getting hit by a Spiny
• Peach holding a couple of keys
• Daisy swinging a bat
• Waluigi holding a Piranha Plant
• The Millennium Star
• Tumble

All very recognizable old renders for the game, kind of surprised they didn't include the one with Yoshi holding a giant crayon.

I'd probably pick it up but would wait for a sale. Game's very good but I've got to be in the mood for it, it's kind of just too slow and too bloated to be as pick-up-and-play as the first one is.

Feel like probably should actually include 13 Sentinels in the list proper. It and Hundred Line probably have similar ratios when it comes to the tactical RPG / visual novel split except 13 Sentinels has more involved side content devoted to it.

If it gets ported I'll probably pick it up but will likely wait for a heavy sale. It's a great game but after getting it on Steam and then later on PS5 I don't really want to spend too much on getting it a third time.

At least per the demo I liked Sonic way more than Mario Kart World. Latter just does nothing at all for me, really doubtful I'm ever going to redownload it.

Galaxy 2 was always going to be a definite for me, picked it up without hesitation.

Wish they'd do Nier Automata, I probably would've bought it the other day when it was on sale if it were Switch 2 compatible.

Nothing this year's topping Hundred Line for me.

Galaxy 2 mostly, need to get back to Silent Hill F. Wondering about picking up Urban Myth Dissolution Center.

@AG_Awesome This is separate.

@Deljo His name's mentioned over 40 times in the Vince lawsuit. He's a predator.

@VoodooTrumpet It's poorly phrased, they actually announced the shutdown will be in March 2027.

Lesnar being in it makes this pack a must-skip for me. I'd maybe shell out for the pack otherwise just for Basic Thuganomics but Brock should never, ever have been brought back.

I'm probably going to pick it up either when the Switch 2 version comes out or when it's got a decent discount, whichever comes first. Probably the latter given 1), Christmas season, and 2), it's Sega.

I know how this goes, you go around collecting the Kamidogu and then Scorpion yells at you.