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DRAGON BLAZE Day 1 or @Meppi64 will excommunicate me from the NL Switch arcade community 😂

Great to see the modern classic that is MARIO + RABBIDS: KINGDOM BATTLE come in 5th. I would have had it higher but still impressive ranking and well deserved.

Ah sweet nostalgia. I too cut my gaming teeth on Sega's wee Master System. The first console I ever was given as my own. Oh how I love you 😍

This post and the comments have been awesome to read on my tea break. All power to the Switch arcade and its community here. Wonderful reading all those stories that also capture my own experiences as an arcade mad child and home computer, console enthusiast. Great tag line: The "Switch: Arcade Perfection" (or at least moving in that direction with each new retro release. Please bring Sega, Capcom, Konami, ToaPlan, Cave, Taito and company along for the ride too). Thanks to all for sharing.

Limited funds will likely dictate I can only buy one full retail 1 on 1 fighter for Switch this year and I think it'll be Capcom and STREET FIGHTER COLLECTION unless folks can convince me SNK's Babe Battler is the better option?

Wonderful news! I'll be adding this to my healthy Switch arcade library for sure. Really hope the Arcade Archives series, Nintendo titles or otherwise, become weekly or more bi-weekly at least. So much gaming joy resides in the history of the arcade era. Multiple arcade releases to Switch a week is pure heaven for me. Can't think of another time I've enjoyed gaming so much as the advent of the Switch and these releases.

@ThanosReXXX 👌

@ThanosReXXX The weekly arcade high-score challenges have been but one way I've met like-minded gamers for conversations about all manner of games. It is just one aspect of my interaction on this site and of my gaming hobby. We seem to have become embroiled in a larger discussion about gaming that I never intended nor do I have any strong opinion to express or share about it. If you're cool, I'm cool. It's now past midnight and I'm off to bed. Have a good one 👍

@ThanosReXXX I agree with a lot of what you say. High scores aren't 'my thing' or anything like that. Achievements have never been a concern for me as I'm almost exclusively a Nintendo system owner. I just meant it has been fantastic to build a community on NL of likeminded arcade gaming fans around the Switch and these releases - there is a thread in the forum about it. The weekly challenges we have been doing on these games has seen me make some great gaming buddies. We play for fun chasing our own scores and improving as players by sharing expertise and tips. We also as a new group of friends play a lot of other games together. So it has really brought us together and enriched our enjoyment of the hobby rather than be some kind of abstract barrier or arbitrary badge of honour. The arcade games on Switch are probably my personal highlight of buying the system.

@ThanosReXXX Yeah, I played these games the same way but it is great having them on Switch with leaderboards.

@The_Pixel_King Cheers mate. Nice length

@neufel @oorwullie Cheers for getting back to me. OUTLAST wasn't on my radar at all but I just happened upon some footage and it kept me watching. I'm a HUGE horror film and literature fan but never really played that many 'horror' video games. I think the latter is largely because I play games with and often alongside my wife and children. So not suitable to share with them. However, might make for an interesting change of pace for me in terms of a game I can play with headphones in handheld mode late at night solo.

@ThanosReXXX Yes, it was that early release NINJA COMBAT game I was referring too. Thanks for the response, I'm hoping NINJA COMMANDO comes to Switch too as I love me some SHOCK TROOPERS 👍

@OorWullie How did you get on with OUTLAST 1. Roughly how long does it take to finish?

Already downloaded the new Switch game demos as is my custom. Might even get round to playing one of them (e.g. The saucy one 😉).

Will add DARK SEAL aka GATE OF DOOM, that GBA beat-em-up 'Kintaro's Revenge' and the Psikyo shoot-em-up SOL DIVIDE to the wishlist. Possibly MOON PATROL too as its music is a major ear-worm.

@RetroGamerAndrew Oh of course, if you are throwing Capcom and Konami into the mix then yes, the Neo Geo beat-em-up library cannot compete. What Capcom and Konami did in the early to mid nineties was amazing in terms of constantly '1-upping' the other with their respective beat-em-up games. It would be absolutely incredible if we could get these games onto the Switch. Please, please, please someone make this happen. I want Capcom and Konami arcade games on the Switch and soon!

Is SENGOKU 3 the best side-scrolling best-em-up on Neo Geo? Must confess, I'm struggling to think of a better one: MUTATION NATION, ROBO ARMY, BURNING FIGHT, SENGOKU 1 and 2. Not bad games and I own most of 'em on Switch but SENGOKU 3 tops the lot. What other beat-em-ups does the Neo-Geo have? There's that NINJA one but I forget its name. Hopefully, that'll come to Switch one day.

@DABYX Not entirely sure I understand your concern? The Neo Geo MVS arcade hardware and the Neo Geo AES console hardware are practically identical from a software stand point. The games play near identically in a substantial number of cases. What am I missing?

Just when I think I can put my wallet away, Hamster and ZeroDiv deliver this killer one-two punch. The Switch arcade gets ever stronger. Gaming bliss.

I'm curious enough to stick it on the wishlist and wait for a sale or a spending spree.

@kocazerzei Ha! Ha! Seconded 👌

Pleased to get the chance to play this series. Strategy games on Switch are a winning combination. We need more of them.

Never played this before and it has my interest on Switch. That's one of the good things about how the Switch library has developed - despite a lot of the naysayers - for us folk who don't own every system, play every game, read every piece of games news, reviews, watch every YouTube video et. al. - old games can be brand new experiences for us.

Not totally convinced by the SHINOBI comparison as this seems to be a very different type of game. However, anything evocative of Sega's masterpiece series will certainly be considered for purchase.

A one-on-one fighter with online coming to Switch is always welcome. Looked very nice too.

Looks utterly bonkers but in a 'might just work way'. Will look out for how it reviews come release.

@Perryg92 Another thumbs up for COSTUME QUEST. Loved both 1 and 2. Would love a collection on Switch.

@Shiryu Wow, that RIVER CITY RANSOM game looks terrific. Reminds me a bit of the aesthetic of SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD which came out on PSN a number of years back. Did this 'Underground' game come to a Nintendo platform? 3DS?

Wait, this Nindies Showcase is on at 4pm in the U.K.? I thought it was late evening. Thanks for the heads-up. I would have missed it ☺️

Very impressive 50s visual filmic aesthetic. Plane looks a tad cumbersome but again that's probably not too unrealistic, lol!

Wishing him a speedy and full recovery.

Much like the shoot-em-up genre, you simply cannot have 'too many' beat-em-ups on the Switch IMO. Also really looking forward to SENGOKU 3. The graphics on that game look superb and it is the only one from the series I have never really had much experience with. Will rectify that when it hits the eShop in a week or so.

Wish the Data East library had gone to Hamster as their Neo-Geo emulation is very good. I will still buy this game in the hope Flying Tiger can up their game if shown support e.g. ZeroDiv's support of their Psikyo titles has been commendable. They have patched most games and I hope they continue to do so and add online leaderboards like Hamster. Hell I hope Hamster recognise they too can still improve and give us some of the supplements that the NAMCO MUSEUM collection has on Switch: artwork borders, game manuals/instructions, plethora of audio visual options and filters.

Anyway, love this game. Would have a place in my own personal dream arcade, right next to Data East's ROBOCOP.

@Stocksy I'm trying to play online a bit more, arranging a few game nights with fellow NL Community members. Been good so far, adds value to the games we've all spent hard earned cash on.

By the way, if you check the Adult Switch Gamers thread. We are having a MK8 Games Night next week.

Good news, I've enjoyed the past Nindies showcases. Always pique my interest in a few titles.

YES!!! I love Data East, bring as many of their arcade games over as possible 👌

When is the DLC coming for this month? New character, new world, I want to jump back in. MARIO + RABBIDS: KINGDOM BATTLE was probably my personal number 1 fave game of 2017.

@MrVariant Yeah, that's the one.

@Shiryu Of Course. The abandoned, direct sequel to BAD DUDES, was being mooted in the early 2000s I believe?

There was a sequel planned and one of the BAD DUDES had aged in a manner not dissimilar to some of us ☺️ Think there are images of the panned project floating about?

@Stocksy Hit me up with your friend code and we can play online together 👌

@20wonders Yeah. Cool, click on my name to bring up my profile and my code is there. Otherwise, it is in my forum sig.

@Rubbercookie @Stocksy Yep, that's it fairly summed up in a nutshell. Unless of course, you are that one person on my friends list who has now clocked over 900hrs on this game.

I really need to get more value out of this game. Bought it at launch and played through the story in local co-op and the extra world that was free DLC. Handful of online games but still only about 10-15hrs game time.

If anyone fancies a game, let me know and we can arrange for some matches.

Been spending a small fortune lately with DANMAKU 3 UNLIMITED my latest purchase. Still on the fence for KIRBY so will hold off for now. AERO FIGHTERS 3 is a certainty but really need to try and wait to curb my rampant expenditure these past few weeks and months ☺️

@Stocksy Ha! Ha! Same here.

@Stocksy Cheers!

@Stocksy Hmm, not sure I have. Will have to take a look into that. Cheers.

@Shiryu YES! Glad to hear those Data East titles are coming to Europe.

Look forward to seeing the finished product and price. @oorwullie I like those little sit down table top arcade style designs. Also those standing arcade cabinet cardboard DIY kits which were doing the rounds. Like playing a mini MVS cabinet 😍