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One of my favourite all-time arcade racing games. Delighted it is coming to Switch. Criterion make such fun racing titles. Will be ideal for my Xmas list.

@JSDude1 What region you in? If I recall correctly, I did get gold coins back off the UK physical cart release. Not that, that scheme is even worth it. Like 45p back for a £45 spend. One notch above meaningless in terms of reward scheme value.

“Hot Pursuit, lest we forget, was a PS4/Xbox One launch title.” - I don’t think this is factually correct. NEED FOR SPEED: HOT PURSUIT was 360/PS3 and even got an inferior port to the original Wii.

Most importantly, Hot Pursuit was bloody brilliant back in 2010 and I’ve even sunk 20hrs plus into the game again on PS3 this year alone. Pre-owned copies can be had for less than £5. The online servers are still up although suspect this remaster will sound the death knell to that.

Either way, delighted this Criterion racer is coming to Switch and am enjoying the recent BURNOUT PARADISE: REMASTERED on Switch too.

Would’ve loved to see the original PLANTS VS. ZOMBIES come over along with DEAD SPACE, DANTE’S INFERNO and MASS EFFECT. Hopefully, in 2021/22.

If this had been given a physical release in the UK I would have already bought it. Pre-ordered it without hesitation. Instead, now i’m still torn over paying £40 for a digital only release. My own issues I appreciate but it just baffles me why the other two 2K ports (BioShock and Borderlands) got physical retail releases and Xcom 2 did not?

2K: Get a physical release of XCOM 2 Collection up for pre-order in the UK. No physical release planned for UK, EU? Also bring over XCOM: ENEMY WITHIN while you’re at it.

Is this getting a physical release in the UK? Pre-orders are up at 2k website but digital option is only one offered for United Kingdom. North America has both digital and physical pre-orders open.

SLAY THE SPIRE discount has finally shown up on UK eShop. Fiver off = £15.

So, is the mention of SLAY THE SPIRE being discounted in the above article a mistake or what? Still not seeing any evident discount on the game from the UK eShop. What a tease, lol!

@citizenerased In UK. No discount on SLAY THE SPIRE here either (as of when I checked last).

Can’t see any discount at present on SLAY THE SPIRE. Still showing as £19.99. Is this an error by NL or is this game going to be discounted later?

Must say, Nintendo never fail to disappoint with the meagre discounts they offer on first-party games. I deliberately held off buying anything in this current sale to see if they might actually offer 40-50% off but no. Of course not.

Likely proceed and spend the cash on Nindies instead. Got my eye on WARGROOVE, BATTLE CHASERS: NIGHTWAR and the aforementioned SLAY THE SPIRE if it gets a price cut. Already bought DARKSIDERS WARMASTERED EDITION for Wii U as it was £2.99!

@nessisonett The Pro Controller also has a design issue due to the materials used and this leads to drift as well. Save your money and buy a leading brand alternative to any of Nintendo’s Joy-Con or Pro Controllers. Ludicrous that this is the situation but hey ho.

For a decent D-Pad, I recommend the HORI Pokken Controller. It can be had for less than £20.

For a controller with joysticks, I have pre-ordered the new 8-Bit Do Pro+ it’s gotten good reviews online. That one was pricey £40 approx but I am simply not prepared to shell out for a second Pro Controller from Nintendo.

You have been warned but good luck and hope you find a more reliable controller to enjoy your Switch again.

@Spoony_Tech Yeah, I’ve got enough controllers here to have a crack at fixing some myself and if I can get Nintendo UK to repair the others, I will.

@Otoemetry I am talking about my experience to date with the Nintendo UK support website. I will be trying again to see if I can find someone else to speak to.

@beazlen1 I’ve had two sets since launch. So they would be outside the 12 month warranty I assume amazon uk and Argos uk offer? Nintendo aren’t interested because I didn’t buy them from Nintendo UK store.

I then have a Pro Controller bought from Sainsbury’s in Nov 2017. Again, suspect now outside any warranty period offered by that supermarket. My other set of Joy-Con came with the second Switch console I bought in Spring 2018. Again, from Sainsbury’s. So again, outside warranty.

Because I didn’t buy them from Nintendo directly (why would I at the extra cost?) and because they are not covered by Nintendo’s UK store warranty of 24 months as a result. The person I spoke to simply wouldn’t help me.

I’ll be contacting Nintendo again and see if their stance within the UK has changed at all.

It baffles me why the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller keeps being omitted from the discussions about ‘drift’. The analogue sticks on the Pro Controller are also blighted by a similar design flaw and develop drift also. Not too mention the fact the D-Pad often registers incorrect inputs too.

All 3 of my Joy-Con sets have drift to varying degrees and my Pro left analogue stick is the worst offender for it.

To date, Nintendo UK have done absolutely nothing to offer a repair service. Unless you bought your hardware/controllers direct from Nintendo themselves (which I would imagine the vast majority of Switch owners do not, Amazon etc being considerably cheaper) they simply say not our problem.

Whole scenario stinks and has soured the otherwise overwhelmingly positive experience of being a Day 1 owner.

I’ll never buy another Pro Controller or set of Joy-Con from Nintendo unless this design and manufacture flaw has been explicitly stated as being fixed.

If anyone can recommend a non-Nintendo alternative for both the pro controller and the joycon, i’m all ears. Rather give my money to someone other than Nintendo when it comes to controllers now.

Wish Camelot and Nintendo would add more additional content for the single-player campaign. The core gameplay is great but there’s very little actual game content in which to use it. Bought this at launch and have currently less than 15hrs gameplay logged. So not worth the asking price in my experience but I haven’t utilised the online tourneys or online multiplayer as much as I could. That’s the only way I can see myself getting some more value out of the game for the cash I paid.

Unless, I have missed it in the options, you can’t even replay through the story mode with a different character without having to wipe your save file. Daft.

Very happy to hear Taito is bringing this one to the West. Had to import DARIUS COZMIC COLLECTION. More Taito arcade games on Switch please!

@sfb @Zach Thank you. Hadn’t had a chance to check myself.

After the post-launch support SUPER BOMBERMAN R got, the announcement of a brand new CONTRA game and now these updates for the Anniversary Collections, looks like Konami are making small steps back into positivity among gamers. Is it confirmed we have TATE mode for these collections as an option too?

Own two and intend buy all three of the Anniversary Collections. Hopefully, we’ll get some more especially of Konami’s 90s arcade output.

Oh yes! Definite buy.

@FX29 Thank you for your help 👍

@FX29 How do you get it to work? I’ve little to no experience with how to add a fan translation patch to a game rom. I have a modded SNES Mini and the game installed but how do I then apply the patch?

Apparently, GALS PANIC is developed by Kaneko with Taito actually serving as publisher not developer on some of the series entries in Japan.

Enjoyed reading this review. Amusing observations sprinkled in with the evident seething scorn.

Such a shame. Recall some pretty definitive noises coming out few years back that CHILD OF LIGHT 2 was coming. Bizarre such remarks would be made - several tweets from not just this person - if production had never even began on a follow-up.

Gutted, this and THE WOLF AMONG US never got the sequels they deserved.

Doesn’t suggest anywhere near the same level of quality as PLANTS VS. ZOMBIES but I’ll wait and see what reviews say before I dismiss it entirely. Much rather we got PvsZ on Switch. Damn you licensing devils!

@KingdomHeartsFan Cheers, will do. If I can convince the Mrs. to treat me to one for a special occasion 😂

@KingdomHeartsFan Erm, okay. Can you at least give my the initials of the company. If I buy something from them, it’s on me to do the research before I hand over any cash. Just interested to find out more.

@KingdomHeartsFan You got a link for this company’s website?

@roadrunner343 Thanks 👌

@Cosats How easy is it to set this up? Does the Pro Controller get recognised by your computer and Steam itself or are drivers and other button configuration files required? Thanks.

Ah man, must confess. Less hyped if it is indeed a plug and play peripheral (sp?) Already spent £115 on an arcade stick for the Switch. Not sure my pockets are deep enough for another £200 stick purchase. Shame as some of the potentially included titles sound incredible.

@shonenjump86 Is there a thread on here for the Capcom Beat-em-up bundle? I know people are still playing it and FINAL FIGHT is even a survival NL arcade community challenge for this month.

Super hyped. Absolutely adore Capcom arcade games. Honestly would be flawed if they gave us ALIENS VS. PREDATOR. Talk about holy grails of beat-em-ups. Come on SEGA bring REVENGE OF DEATH ADDER to Switch and Konami we want all your beat-em-ups and SUNSET RIDERS and MYSTIC WARRIORS while you’re at it.

I played through the story and have never gone back. I keep meaning too as some of the new online co-op missions look cool, I just wish they weren’t timed events tied to online. I’d like them to just be extra modes that stay in the game forever and allow you to play them whenever you feel like it and have time. I’m actually already so fatigued by limited, special event style content in games nowadays. I often just avoid them altogether. So please inform me if I have misunderstood how this extra content that gets rolled out for this game works.

Plus, it would be nice to actually get some kind of animation for whatever is supposed to be in the treasure chests you open in the story mode.

The core-tennis gameplay is great in MARIO TENNIS ACES but I do feel the surrounding game content around it was actually a bit of a let down.

@JayJ I imagine the Zen original tables might not actually work as intended anymore if they implemented these new physics? Don’t get me wrong, I’d love the ‘deep’ engine to be applied to every single Zen table but would imagine that would require going back and even redesigning, altering some of the tables. I would hazard a guess it is far more complex than just ‘flicking a switch’ to implement this.

@holygeez03 I think the Marvel tables will come to Switch in this same manner as STAR WARS PINBALL.

Yes, I agree going back to Zen’s fictional tables with their more video game physics is jarring but doable. But quite honestly, I pretty much play the Williams Volumes 99% of the time if i’m playing PBFX3.

I’ll still buy all the tables Zen put out, including the physical release of STAR WARS PINBALL, as I want to support Zen as I would love to see them continue to produce these digital creations of real-world tables and go on to secure more licences in addition to the Williams/Bally ones.

@Tirza Have you played the new Williams/Bally tables in PINBALL FX 3? ‘Deep’ one of the brain-boxes over at Zen has created an entirely new physics engine and it is hands-down the most realistic game-play you can get in digital pinball.

EDIT: Play the Williams or Bally tables in classic/arcade or if you’re really hardcore classic/tournament settings. Absolutely phenomenal. Zen have gone from having fantasy, floaty physics lagging behind FarSight’s (TPA/Stern) gameplay to now being the gold-standard of gameplay realism in pinball.

Bought STAR WARS PINBALL 3D on 3DS recently and delighted this more expansive collection is coming to Switch. Physical edition too! Super work Zen.

Pre-ordered the Mega Drive Mini. I’d buy every Sega Mini console system too. Saturn top of the list but I’d take a Master System one next year for sure.

Obligatory, I would love for BAKU BAKU ANIMAL to be released on a Saturn mini but in the meantime get it out on SEGA AGES for Switch.

Here’s footage of this awesome puzzle game.
https://youtu.be/DaDZZze4w20

Definitely want one. Delighted M2 are handling the emulation. Excited to see the full game list (and hope more can be added through modding like the NES/SNES minis). Love these mini systems. N64 mini next please or PC-Engine mini.

@nhSnork Found it.

https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-DSiWare/Puzzle-Quest-Challenge-of-the-Warlords-860567.html

Looks like the same version that was released on cart for the DS. I’ve actually already played this version, might even still own it. It plays fine but does lacks some of the (admittedly now dated) sheen graphics wise of the PSP and Steam versions.

@PhantomJedi Thanks for the tip, I’ll look into SOLGARD(?)

EDIT: Installing Legend of Solgard on iOS now 👌

@nhSnork I never knew the original PUZZLE QUEST came to DSi ? I own it on Steam and PSP on Vita but I’d buy it again on 3DS for sure. Will have to check to see if the DSi store is even still accessible on 3DS. I did buy that Steam World Tower Defence game off the DSi store for 3DS but that was a good few years back now.

@XenoShaun GEMS OF WAR is definitely channeling a lot of PUZZLE QUEST 2 in terms of aesthetic. Although on initial impressions it actually looks uglier than PUZZLE QUEST 2 which is surprising given its age now.

@XenoShaun Thanks for sharing that information. Not heard of CLICKER HEROES myself. But I get what you’re saying about not needing to spend cash to play the game properly. I’ve got it downloaded and gave it a go yesterday. I’ll certainly stick with it and see how I get on. Just really miss PUZZLE QUEST 1 and 2. Hoping this can live up to that strong legacy for these types of games.

Oh and someone needs to get a port of MIGHT & MAGIC: CLASH OF HEROES onto the Nintendo Switch. Undoubtedly, the absolute pinnacle of puzzle/RPG hybrids. A fantastic game on Nintendo DS. There’s a spruced up version on PSN and other platforms too but the DS had the benefit of no load times.

From some of the folks behind the brilliant puzzle-match3-RPG games PUZZLE QUEST 1 and 2, so definitely worth a shot for free. However, I have heard some mixed comments about the game on mobile due to the in-game transactions. Basically, wish there was a way to strip all that out and just play PUZZLE QUEST 2 on Switch, lol!

@Heavyarms55 This may have already been answered in the comments here, but you can create a Japanese account for your Switch/My Nintendo. Just needs a dedicated email address. You can then access the Japanese eShop and download the Famicom Switch Online app. Then open that app with the Switch account (you mentioned North American) you have linked to the Online Service Plan. It should still boot up the Famicom app and play just fine but alas, no English support as far as I’m aware? Not really used it much myself but do have the NES and Famicom apps downloaded and running.

BEAST BUSTERS! So happy that has made it into the collection.

Really excited for CIV on Switch. One of my all-time favourite game series. Will feel like ‘coming home’. Fond memories of CIV II and III in particular.