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I am so hyped for this game. I've a huge fan since the original released on the Xbox 360.

I would buy this if they didn't mess up the sprites so badly. Until they offer an update that allows you to use the original sprite artwork, this has to be a pass from me.

This is heartbreaking.

Ha ha, it's similar to a Dark Souls/Elden Ring Basilisk.

@Miu Because a good game is a good game regardless of the source material. You don't have to be a fan of the source material to enjoy a good game and review it on those merits. It legit blows my mind that some people just don't understand that.

@Vortexeo I played the first two Sky games, and I agree that you should skip the first one. It's aggressively average. The second game is much better.

One of the biggest issues I had with Sky 1 is that you spend massive portions of the game without a full party (maybe 70% of the game if I remember correctly), and the enemy encounters are not tuned based on the size of your party, so battles end up being a slog.

Regarding the story being slow, that part didn't actually bother me as much, simply because it was fun to spend time with these characters.

Always has been cool.

I still have my copy of issue 1. It's not in great shape though, because I read through that thing like 500 times when I was a kid. Still have every issue of Nintendo Power actually since I was subscribed from day one to the end.

Has a bit of the SquareEnix HD-2D look. Only without some of the lighting/texture effects. I'll keep an eye out for this one.

Already have it on my Xbox Series X, so hopefully they do something more with this version to justify me buying another version. Otherwise I'll just stick to the version I already have.

Blue Storm is easily the best in the series. As a huge fan of Wave Race 64, Blue Storm only improved on it in every way. I'm genuinely shocked how many people are voting 64 over Blue Storm.

What a massive letdown for the western version. None of the heavy hitters for Sega CD that people want.

The original NES game. It was the first video game that I ever bought with my own money. Been a huge fan ever since!

@somnambulance You can remove the boarder thankfully.

My most anticipated game of the year! Can't wait for Friday.

Seeing that it has multiple endings actually makes me not want to give this game a try. I just don't have the time to play through RPG length games multiple times anymore, so that's a deterrent for me personally.

I really didn't like the first game. So this is a pass for me. It feels like we will never get a worthy F-Zero replacement.

If he is going down the stairs, he is falling down them because of his position. Also, if he was going down, the window is sideways. So he is obviously going up the stairs.

No idea. I've been playing games since before I can remember. It must have been an Atari 2600 game like Combat, Fishing Derby, or Pac-Man.

A masterpiece of a puzzle game series. It's right up there with Tetris as the best puzzle game series of all time.

Taking the Sonic series narrative to a new height is a pretty low bar to cross...

Stupid is as stupid does.

Mischief Makers and Bangai-O are my favorite Treasure games. Particularly the Dreamcast version of Bangai-O.

The visuals are absolutely stellar in this game. Fantastic pixel art and animation that out does most of the classics.

That said, I also think the one credit thing is a really bad design choice. And the game has some super cheap stage hazards, which only makes the single credit issue even worse. I was in stage 4 on my last life and with full health, and then suddenly a huge crate drops on top of me out of nowhere...instant death...game over...start at stage 1 again. Ugh...

Yikes. Huge red flags there.

A real shame the Switch version is a mess. PS5 version it is then. Retro style games like this should run perfect on the Switch.

@Rambler Seemed fine to me, and I was absolutely one of those beat 'em up addicts back in the early 90s.

Grandmother

I may still give this one a go. I usually enjoy laid back 2D action RPGs like this.

@ArcticEcho When they gave it a positive review and didn't mention a thing about its performance issues, yes I did expect it to be good. It's not rocket science.

@SteamEngenius I mean, in this case it is literally Nintendo related because the article is about a Flipnote Studio player app. Is that really so hard to understand?

If only my Playdate would ship! I'm in group one, but still no word on when mine will ship.

@solidox If it runs at 60fps most of the time, I'm completely fine with that. Occasional drops aren't a big deal to me.

How is the frame rate? I've become extremely hesitant to buy games like this on Switch lately due to being burned by games with poor performance. Wife Quest was an unplayable mess.

Thank you so much for pointing out the importance of the frame rate issues. Something that the Wife Quest review completely ignored, despite being one of the worst performing games I've ever seen. It was game breakingly bad.

In my opinion, Xenoblade 2 is absolutely the best single player game on the Switch. A masterpiece of a game.

I had a feeling that this one wasn't going to be up to snuff. I'll just stick to Virtua Racing.

Will definitely need to wait and see how the Switch version runs first. Games like this tend to run absolutely horrible on Switch, but every now and then you get one that runs flawlessly. Really just depends on the commitment of the developer/publisher. If it runs fine, I'll get the Switch version, if it has problems, I'll get it on PS5.

I still hate it. The old logo had way more personality.

@RadioShadow There is no Wii version. The House of the Dead has only ever had a Saturn home port. You're thinking of The House of the Dead 2 and 3.

One of the best games of the last couple years. Absolutely loved this game on PS4. Every time you think the game has dealt its narrative hook to you, you soon discover that things still aren't what they seem. Amazing stuff.

Does the game have analog control support? SquareEnix seems to love removing it in their PS1 RPG ports (FF8 and FF9 both had it removed), making for some absolutely terrible world exploration.

Thankfully I still have my original SNES cartridge. This game will never see a rerelease outside of Japan.

@TomySakazaki They changed it at the top of the article. When I made my post, it said that the North American version was reviewed. They probably changed it because of my post.

When does it actually release? It says that North American version was reviewed, but it only mentions a Japanese release date.

@Moonsorrow999 I've put 120 hours into the PS5 version of Elden Ring, and it has severe frame rate issues. It's constantly dropping frames throughout, which is very distracting.

That said, from what I've seen of Rune Factory 5, it's waaayy worse in that game.

@ATaco Yeah, whenever you open a few chests, the frame rate absolutely tanks. And there was an auto scroller like section near the end of stage 2 that ran so poorly it seriously compromised the gameplay experience. Even beyond those parts, the game almost literally never hits 60fps. It makes Actraiser Renaissance look smooth in comparison.

Bought the game, and this review is super generous. The game's performance on Switch is beyond unacceptable. The frame rate is literally never consistent, and even drops into the single digit frames at times. One of the worst performing games I've ever played on the Switch, and that's saying a lot.

Finally! I've seen footage of this game on PC, and have wanted a console version ever since.

Elden Ring, Elden Ring, aaaand...Elden Ring. That game has stolen my soul. Send help.