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These are the 8 of the 20 on Switch:

• Dragon Quest 3: HD 2D Remake
• Unicorn Overlord
• Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
• Balatro
• Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island
• Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story
• No Case Should Remain Unsolved

People complaining about the eShop instead of simply using DekuDeals is like listening to people complain about their AskJeeves results instead of simply using Google.

Guys! DekuDeals! It's all that you want! It's right there!

Whenever someone says "was exclusive to Japan", I appear, with credit card in hand.

This is one of 64 games to make the Shmups Forum's Annual Top 25 Shmups of All Time list in their 20 year polling history.

In other words...it's a very good one!

Getting as long as it plays well on Switch:

• Universe For Sale
  (got a perfect "100" from AdventureGamers for PC)

I would get Quilts & Cats of Calico, but I'd rather have the actual board game (which is just called Calico)

And Super Spy Raccoon is a one-screen early-80s style arcade game, which always interest me. But Steam users say in its current state it's just too damn hard.

A while ago I googled for lists of the best Neo Geo games. I looked for ranked lists at least 25 games long. I ended up finding 7 qualifying lists with 132 unique games and a total of 413 separate entries.

What I would call a "top Neo Geo game", the top 50 or so, of these 10-game collections, Vol. 3 has 5 "top Neo Geo games" and Vol. 4 has 4 "top Neo Geo games". So about half of each collection are "must-haves".

If you are interested in games from the full Neo Geo library (i.e. "all Neo Geo games are good games!"), or you're really into collecting physical editions, then these collections are a good deal.

But if you just want the "top games", then it's probably better to get them individually, especially from those oh-so-rare Hamster sales.

It currently has a "Mixed" rating from users on Steam (that's very bad!).

On MetaCritic the critics rate it in the "60s" on PS5, in the "70s" on PC and in the "80s" on XBox. So, thanks a lot critics...

A common complaint is all the characters "play the same", and does not compare to Shredder's Revenge or Streets of Rage 4, but those are high bars to clear.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Muppets/comments/1hd6j8g/all_of_statler_and_waldorfs_scenes_at_the_game/

Reminds me of Jurgen Klopp saying other great managers' teams are like an "orchestra", but he prefers "heavy metal" football.

The common review sentiment was "it out-Marios Mario!"

Nothing wrong with that. Just means Nintendo will be forced to raise their game in the future. To the benefit of we the gamers!

Steel sharpens steel.

Will get:

• Antonblast
• Arcade Archives City Bomber
• Archer Maclean's DropZone: 40th Anniversary Edition
  (the closest we'll get to Defender on Switch apparently...)
• RIKI 8Bit GAME Collection
• Snowman Story

But will it play well on Switch:

• Chernobylite Complete Edition

8-bit gamestyle? Interest piqued.
After looking at developer's track record? Interest unpiqued.

Do you mean spoiler tags?

You put the word spoiler between square brackets [ ]
And then finish with a /spoiler between square brackets [ ]

It's got 3 GUSHINGLY positive MetaCritic reviews for PC so far (including a perfect "100" from TheGamer).

I'll get it on Steam. A little launch sale too.

Downside for me is they heavily favour British-made games.

"Support our own!" seems to be the general idea.

"Pfff, what does Nintendo know about making games?! I'm out!"

I also immediately thought of Sakurai's extremely picky revision examples.

I also think of the Mark Twain quote:

“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. ’tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”

DoDonPachi SaiDaiOuJou is one of 64 games to make it onto Shmups Forum's "Annual Top 25 Shmups of All Time" lists over their 20-year history.

It was an "Honourable Mention" this year.

A delayed Croc Remaster is bad eventually.
But a rushed Croc Remaster will be bad immediately.

In 20 years of voting, it is one of 64 games to make it on the Shmups Forum's "Annual Top 25 Shmups of All Time" lists.

Reviews so far make it sound like a slightly improved version of an interesting failure. And that a remake would have made more sense.

Getting:

• FANTASIAN Neo Dimension
  (a complex JRPG from the creator of Final Fantasy)
• Arcade Archives FANTASTIC NIGHT DREAMS COTTOn
  (the classic "cute 'em up"!)
• Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered
  (the original 1999 Playstation game got a "91" on MetaCritic, a "9.3" from IGN. The sequel got a "9" from IGN for PS2)
• RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic
  (it's RCT 1&2!)
• Taito Milestones 3
  (Bubble Bobble! & its sequel Rainbow Islands! Rastan finally! And 7 other games!)

Waiting for reviews:
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind

I haven't played it, but here is a sampling from Reddit:

"I have just tried it on handheld and it's definitely better, but still laggy and not good enough for a Soulslike"

"On Switch? Still abysmal. Started a fresh save and it starts out promising, then slowly devolves into a low fps fest."

Sounds like it's still: "Best played on other platforms."

I think the "consoles going away" idea is that they will be replaced by televisions via streaming. You won't need a box at all.

Right now you can get an Amazon firestick, plug it into your TV and you have an Xbox. By all accounts, it doesn't work very well at the moment, but a few years down the line...

NL users rank it the #21 best Game Boy game.
The original is #27.
Donkey Kong Land 2 is #18.

One note, we'll actually be retiring the monthly Reader's Choice part of eShop Selects from 2025.

BOOOOoooo!!! HISSSSssss!!!

I just added Rise of the Golden Idol to my wishlist because of the feature you are throwing away...

Looking forward to starting Mission in Snowdriftland, the video game advent calendar tomorrow!

Getting:

• Dungeons of Dreadrock 2 (they say better than the first!)
• Mission in Snowdriftland (a video game advent calendar is too cool to pass up!)
• The Epyx Games - Sports Collection

I'm interested in the EGGCONSOLE games but wish there was somewhere that picked through them to recommend which of them are:

• good and fun
• the lack of English doesn't matter (they're all in Japanese)

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.

Vectorman ended up tied for #46 best Genesis game.
Toejam & Earl 2: Panic on Funkotron was tied for #76.
Mercs was tied for #117.

Vectorman and Toejam & Earl 2: Panic on Funkotron were already included in the Sega Genesis Classics collection, which is being delisted forever on December 6th by the way, better snatch that up while you can!

This Genesis version of Mercs is new to the Switch. The Japanese version of the original arcade game is available in the Capcom Arcade Stadium collection, as others have mentioned already.

NL users ranked Donkey Kong Land the #27 best Game Boy game.
Donkey Kong Land 2 is even better, at #18

And a launch sale that ends in 2 days?

Aaaaaaand...purchased.....

@Gryffin

I haven't played it but I've read a lot about it. Unlike previous installments, this one has all the features, but "plays best on other platforms". I believe NL said it's the best soccer/football game on the Switch. So it depends on your expectations and available consoles you have.

Most people play Monopoly with house rules, where money (like taxes, etc.) get put into the middle of the board and are "won" by anyone who lands on "Free Parking". This pumps more money into the economy, making it much more difficult for anyone to go bankrupt and be eliminated. That is the main reason why Monopoly is horrible and never ends (though there are others of course, it is a 120 year old game after all).

2TB SanDisk micro sd cards are out now.
$210 USD

That's the limit that's possible for storage on the Switch. Only problem is, we don't know anything about memory storage on the Switch 2 yet. Will it even take micro sd cards? etc.

Slim pickins this week. But probably getting these:

• Loco Motive
  ("86" on MetaCritic for PC)
• Nine Sols
  (Rated "Overwhelmingly Positive" on Steam, the highest possible rating, from nearly 14,000 users)

I also already have all of the Shockman games.

My motto is: "A game bought now is one less you have to buy later."

Elden Ring won in 2022.
Let's say Elden Ring: Shadows of the Erdtree wins this year.
Then they say, "hey, we're on a roll, why stop now?" and they add more expansions.
Elden Ring: Fires of the Crystal Shore wins in 2025.
Elden Ring: Swamps of the Dreaded Fate wins in 2026.
Elden Ring: Caves of the Wretched wins in 2027.
Elden RIng: Guys I think we made a mistake wins in 2028.
Elden Ring: Maybe we should have had a DLC category? wins in 2029.
Elden Ring: Or maybe DLC should be in 'Ongoing Game' or something? wins in 2030.

Here are all the Switch games nominated:

• Balatro (Game of the Year, Game Direction, Independent Game, Debut Indie Game, Mobile Game)
• Neva (Art Direction, Games for Impact, Independent Game)
• Life is Strange: Double Exposure (Best Performance, Games for Impact)
• Tales of Kenzera: Zau (Games for Impact)
• Animal Well (Independent Game, Debut Indie Game)
• Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (Independent Game)
• The Plucky Squire (Debut Indie Game, Family Game)
• Fortnite (Ongoing Game, Community Support)
• No Man's Sky (Community Support)
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Action/Adventure Game, Family Game)
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Action/Adventure Game, Innovation in Accessibility)
• Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics (Fighting Game)
• Princess Peach: Showtime! (Family Game)
• Super Mario Party Jamboree (Family Game, Multiplayer)
• Unicorn Overlord (Sim/Strategy Game)
• EA Sports FC 25 (Sports/Racing Game)
• NBA 2K25 (Sports/Racing Game)
• Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (Anticipated Game)

A while ago I googled for lists of the best Neo Geo games. I looked for ranked lists at least 25 games long. I ended up finding 7 qualifying lists with 132 unique games and a total of 413 separate entries.

Rage of the Dragons ended up the #106 best Neo Geo game.

It's known as a very good "B-tier" fighter. But now NintendoLife has given it the same score as 5 other Neo Geo fighters:

• Garou: Mark of the Wolves
• The King of Fighters '98: The Slugfest
• Samurai Shodown II
• The Last Blade 2
• The Last Blade

All 5 of those games made the Top 11.

Getting:

• Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake
  (they want us to play this one first before I & II, because III is a prequel to the first 2 games, and they have added story elements that make playing III first the best way to tackle the trilogy)
• Arcade Archives VS. The Quest of Ki
  (Former Japan exclusive alert!)
• Irem Collection Volume 2
  (includes 2 early run 'n gun games by the team that would go on to make Metal Slug! And another, Air Duel a shmup that has never been released outside Japan before!)

Waiting for Reviews:

• Stray
  (It doesn't look like the visuals on Switch will hold up at all, but let's see...)

Alright, I'll bite on a physical edition of the trilogy (the file size is absolutely enormous).

What? You don't like all the "NSO IS A SCAM! THEY'RE NOT GETTING MY MONEY! I WANT TO OWN MY GAMES NOT RENT THEM!" comments? Under every. single. NSO. article?

"New games added to the NSO today!"

"SCAM! OUTRAGE! SCREW YOU NINTENDO!"

I raise you Turbo with the racing wheel and accelerator pedal!

• Mario & Luigi: Brothership
• Tetris Forever (Another Digital Eclipse museum collection! Includes 15 games, some never before released outside of Japan, and includes the original Russian computer version!)
• Angel at Dusk (rated "Overwhelmingly Positive" by nearly 1,000 users on Steam, the highest possible rating)
• Arcade Archives RIOT (An incredibly unique-looking shooting gallery game, where your character is in the middle plane, and can shoot forward to the next plane, but also BACKWARD towards the screen at enemies that pop up in the foreground! It's so cool!)

Doja Cat's Instagram post:

Flower with giant tits from Conker’s Bad Fur Day 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️🐿️

@MeloMan

Nope. All those classic Activision games, the ones everyone immediately think of when they hear "2600", are not here.

These are (I think) all Atari-developed games.

From Reddit:

hey folks, dev here! there's a patch coming soon for auto-saving on the switch. and another that'll be submitted after that improving general performance.

patches for consoles have to go through a formal review process so they can take a little longer to get live than on PC!

And, when asked if the Switch physical edition will include the upcoming patches:

Yep! That's why it's not shipping until next year. We're waiting until the builds settle before manufacturing

In case anyone's wondering, Inti Creates is the developer of these series:

• Gunvolt
• Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
• Blaster Master Zero

Yes. It's not so much "That was a great game!", as much as it is a recent wave of "Hey! I remember that game!"

"I'm not paying to rent music I want to OWN the music blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah"

Everyone says it plays great, but the multiplayer modes are so lacking. Then they announced more modes will be added drip-feed style.

Waiting for a day where "multiplayer is good now!"