MontyCircus

A beefy 10.5 GB file size...but it doesn't look like it's getting a (Western) physical release?

3 player arcade racing in 1986 was unheard of!

Me, my dad and sister had so much fun together when we came across one.

@PKDuckman

Thanks for clarifying!

Of the 7 listed, only Thunder Fox is yet to be released through Arcade Archives.

I already had Champion Wrestler. Oh well, not too much trouble for me.

Just deleted from my wishlist:

• Rainbow Islands
• Rastan Saga
• Cadash
• Growl

I asked for this article, so I'm glad to see it happen!

Definitely:

• Braid: Anniversary Edition
• Lorelei and the Laser Eyes

Maybe:

• Paper Trail
• Please Fix The Road

I saw Indie Game: The Movie 12 years ago, and now with Braid's release, finally all 3 games featured are on Switch (along with Super Meat Boy and Fez).

Well, it looks more fun than Big Brain Academy.

Though yes, it does seem pricey.
And of course, NSO-wide trophies and achievements would be SO much better.

But the party mode is the only way I'll ever see my mom enjoy SMB1, 2, Metroid and Zelda. And all in just a few minutes.

Its current "90" rating makes it tied (with Balatro) for the highest-rated (new) Switch game of the year on MetaCritic.

(I disqualified Pentiment as it originally came out last year on other platforms)

Good new stuff:

• Little Kitty, Big City
• Animal Well

Good old stuff:

• Arcade Archives RASTAN SAGA
• Braid: Anniversary Edition

And a former Japan exclusive:

• Rainbow Cotton

Good week!

Ice Climbers is awful in a: "I never want to play this again" sort of way.

So, bite-sized speedrunner challenges for classic NES games. That's cool. But what I REALLY wanted to see were trophy accomplishments NSO-wide.

For example:
1.) Beat Super Mario Bros.
2.) Beat Super Mario Bros. without warping or using the infinite lives trick.

Stuff like that would be fun as hell!

Former Japan exclusive = instabuy!

SWITCH 2 CONFIRMED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A while ago I googled for lists of the best Sega Genesis games. I looked for long lists each at least 50 games long, that were ranked. I assigned points based on rank and added them all up. I was left with 16 lists, 396 unique games and 1,465 total entries.

Rocket Knight Adventures ended up the #14 best Genesis game.

IGN ranked Sparkster the #87 best SNES game.

It got an early access "9" from IGN, saying:

"...it already has just about everything I want from a sequel to one of the best roguelite action games of all time."

"Hades 2 feels impossibly huge and unbelievably polished by any standard, much less an early access game."

"...its just unbelievably feature packed with twice the content of the first."

A friend of mine has never seen a Tarantino movie saying:

"i've never been much into 'artsy movies'."

He went on:

"EVENTUALLY I will watch Pulp Fiction because it's a movie that I have on my shelf to watch just to say "i did watch it", even if it's not my cup of tea."

He owns it. Hasn't seen it. It's maddening.

I've always wanted to play the original championship cartridge.

That would be great!

Well...I think we've found the most unique game of the year!

It's like a perfect Leisure Suit Larry level.

Arcade Archives NUMAN ATHLETICS - it's like a 4-player version of Track and Field!

Cyber Citizen Shockman 3 - I've got the other 2 already, and this is a former Japan exclusive, which I collect obsessively.

And maybe the Pac-Man one if it reviews well.

I have 4 pair, so ideally it would be best if they still work.

But hopefully the new Switch supports controllers with analog triggers! Most useful in serious racing games.

Over 600 Steam users rate this "Overwhelmingly Positive", the highest possible rating tier.

There are tons of racing games not on Switch, because of the lack of analog triggers, needed for proper nuanced accelerating and braking. On Switch, driving a car is like alternating between slamming the pedal to the floor and then slamming the breaks. Back and forth.

Some of them are on Switch, but every review says "best on other platforms...because...analog triggers".

If I were to have a "Switch 2" wishlist, it would be for:
1.) Backwards compatibility
2.) More power
3.) Analog triggers

I saw Indie Game: The Movie 12 years ago. Happy that with Braid, finally all 3 featured games will be on Switch! (the other 2 are Fez and Super Meat Boy).

Already have:

• Skul: The Hero Slayer
• Tents and Trees
• Lost Words: Beyond The Page
• Shadows Over Loathing
• Smile For Me

Added to wishlist:

• Deadbolt
• G-MODE Archives25 Topolon (currently 40% off, nice)

I'm all over this as long as:

• it's quality
• it performs well on Switch
• it is as user friendly on console as mouse and keyboard.

Arcade Archives EMERALDIA because it's a Japan exclusive
The Epyx Collection: Handheld because California Games on Switch will be a good time!

@sd7232

Yeah same here. To me it was a blurry, pea soup green screen that can only be played under direct lamp light.

I thought of all handhelds as inferior to what I could play on tv, so outside of recess or bus/car rides, it didn't seem worth it to me.

But I mean to try out some of the high ranking ones here, in a non-blurry condition, to have a peek at what I missed out on.

A few other '86 classics:

• Rampage
• Solaris
• Jackal / Top Gunner
• Alex Kidd in Miracle World
• Renegade / Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun
• Super Sprint

BZZZT is the only game in the direct that we already know is quality (it launched on PC in November).

It's got a MetaCritic "91".

An old-school, intense, precision platformer. It's short and can be beaten in only a couple hours. But you can ramp up the difficulty and go for flawless level runs to extend the fun.

It goes for $12 USD on Steam, and is on sale now for $7 and change.

Must burn every bush
In first Legend of Zelda
Or just use a guide

I subscribe to their weekly e-mail newsletter, it's called:
"Pushing Buttons".

If you have an extensive physical Switch library, then yeah, it has to be digitally AND physically backwards compatible. Or else it will piss off millions of fans.

@MarcusIsCool

I suppose that's in the eye of the beholder.
Personally, I had never heard of it before, prior to this re-issue, so I searched around for context of how it was received.

A decade ago, this was #59 on IGN's list of the "Top 100 First-Person Shooters".

I embrace all of the curios! The weirder the better!

My motto is: a game bought today is one less you have to buy tomorrow!

I hope you use DekuDeals.com and wait for sales. Everything goes on sale, usually pretty quickly (except for 1st party Nintendo games and Hamster's Arcade Archives/NeoGeo games).

It not only alerts you when games on your wishlist go on sale digitally on the eshop, but also when major retailers discount them physically.

And you can catalogue your collection, etc.etc.

It's a real godsend.

And you already have it if you have the
Namco Museum Archives Vol. 2 collection.

Japan exclusives must be mine!

On our solar eclipse walk today (in Canada) we saw some guys having baseball practice in the park.

On closer inspection, they were practicing cricket.

Depends on reviews, especially here, because the ability of the Switch port to perform properly, or as well as other platforms, is in question.

Pre-ordering is for suckers.

There's a new Frankenstein movie in the works titled: The Bride!

The video game that came to mind was Capcom's NES game
Yo! Noid, which I remember enjoying at the time.

Freedom Planet 2 is on a launch sale for the next week.

And the Arcade Archives Volfied looks like Qix on steroids, so I'll get that when it goes on sale (possibly in a few years?)

I'm a pixel art t-shirt fan. No concept art for me.

I haven't played it. But I recently googled the same thing and the page of responses looked something like this:

• No.
• NO.
• Hell no!
• etc. Like, a lot, a lot of that.
  and:
• It improved, but it's still got so many problems that it's nowhere near worth it and never will be.

That was the gist of the replies.

@MeloMan

I was going to say "only Pepper Grinder definitely this week", but then I saw your post!

HEBEREKE Enjoy Edition Ohhh that's the first Ufouria game for NES, that was never released in North America! Yes, definitely getting that now as it is minorly discounted. Thank you for alerting me to this!

Arcade Archives SURPRISE ATTACK Yeah, this one looks just okay. I even vaguely might remember it from back in the day? Not sure.

EGGCONSOLE Xak PC-8801mkIISR Just making it clear that the EGGCONSOLE games are all in FULL JAPANESE!!?! (with bare-minimum English menus) This is an action-adventure, so I'm not sure how much text there is, but I'm sticking to their action games for the time being. Maybe it would make a good article or something: "These are the EGGCONSOLE games that we recommend as a.) being good and b.) not too impacted by language.

MLB Show Me the Patchy

More children's game trailers should end with a shot of a noose and gallows.

Rated "E" for Everyone!

If I were to score this, I would have a point system for:
"Good" games (80-84)
"Great" games (85-89)
"Games of the Year" (90-94)
"All-Time Classics" (95-100)

And ignore the "meh" and the stinkers.
I would also eliminate re-issues, remasters and remakes.

Yeah, it's a tough thing for educated adult critics to analyze children's entertainment. Movie critics regularly give lots of animated films high scores. I doubt these adults are actually enjoying them. I think they are trying to imagine if children would like them?

It's weird.

Crypt Stalker looks like a Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon type of thing. Would love to see some reviews.

"It's on sale for under $3" you say. Yeah well, I'd still like a review!