MontyCircus

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!"

I had to! Playing Super Mario 64 with a Pro Controller, and having to constantly use the shoulder button to do anything, it just doesn't make sense or feel right to me.

Other platform review scores indicate it is a good game.

This review is helpful though, by stating it is a pretty darn good port. So I will buy!

I'm in for all Digital Eclipse museum documentary games.

So cool.

They're...all on the list?

If you don't like the new game then rate it low.

If you haven't played the new game...well...

Okay, so they made a good Smurfs game.
But does it have a giant skull in it?

@LikelySatan

"A Good Walk Spoiled" as they say. And playing the game you don't even get the good walk part.

An IGN reviewer ranked all the Sonic games (26 of them).
She put Sonic Superstars at #10
Sonic Generations at #3
Sonic X Shadow Generations she ranked the #1 best Sonic game ever, ahead of Sonic Mania Plus.

@jesse_dylan

Cursed to Golf has a below average rating by users on Steam, with reviews like this:

"...for a roguelike it takes WAAAAAAAY too long for a run, looking at several hours per run, maybe even a day if your unlucky, and worst of all it really feels like you never make any progress, even when you do"

Will get:

• Super Mario Party Jamboree
• Neva
• ASTLIBRA Gaiden: The Cave of Phantom Mist
• RetroRealms Arcade

Waiting to hear the Switch port is good:

• Wildermyth: Console Edition

For anyone confused about the free Arcade "hub" download, the 2 separate games, the same games as add-ons, and the 2 DLC characters, this should help:

"We're happy to announce that the RetroRealms Double Feature Digital Launch Bundle, including both Halloween & Ash vs Evil Dead games plus Laurie Strode & Kelly Maxwell character DLCs, will be available for a limited time across all platforms on launch day, October 18, for $49.99!" (that's USD)

Did you play it with people? Or alone?

Solo it looks like it would be about as much fun as playing Mario Party by yourself.

It reminds me of people that "don't see the point" of classic arcade games (Pac-Man, Asteroids, Defender etc.). The high score was the thing. Competing with others was the whole point. Getting a couple of friends in the same room together to try and outdo each other's high scores will always be fun.

I said "waiting for reviews", but everything so far sounds fantastic.

And I'm an easier sell when it comes to couch multiplayer games than solo games, so chances are very high that I'll grab it.

Got VIII
Skipped IX because of reported Switch poor performance
Will get X

Weird that they didn't bother fixing IX....