Moroboshi876

I don't think 7 quid is an issue, games don't have to be cheaper because they're old, and honestly people that want them almost for free and scoffs at legendary titles doesn't really want to pay for games at all and probably doesn't, they're probably the kind that says "I don't need it, I have an Anbernic".

But I also think that Hamster shouldn't charge 15 for any release, Namco System 22 or whatever, and they should do regular sales across their titles, not only once in months and from a very reduced group of games. After all these years, though, if they didn't change their policy that means that it works for them.

I have the original Skyrim Switch physical version. If I understood it correctly, if I want the Switch 2 Anniversary version I just have to cash 9,99 out?

Can it be done in foreign stores too or it has to be done in-game?

I'm still waiting for a significant price drop, but this particular collection is always 45 euros to 60+.

Inin's explanation doesn't make much sense. Switching wouldn't be necessary if they had released the game on a proper cartridge to begin with.

As for the size of the carts, big publishers are the ones who don't want to spend a cent on actual carts, not indie ones. But yes, not making several sizes available from start was a bad call.

I hope the rumour is true, but it's too late for some major releases.

They should have warned about this sooner, that was an ugly move.

But I think I'll get it on Switch or Switch 2 (I need to know if games run better on Switch 2 or something, but not paying extra for support reasons only) anyway, because I don't want to play Game Gear games on a big screen on PS5.

Besides, Digital Eclipse has said if more games' emulation get sorted out there will be DLC anyway, so it's not that the collection would have always been 100% in a cart / disc.

For now I'll wait. Two things are probable and can happen together, given Digital Eclipse history after seeing what they did with Atari 50: huge price drops and better editions down the line. In the meantime, they have bugs to fix anyway.

Great news, and I see that it's a shadow drop. That's why I didn't even know it was coming LOL

Anyway, it's a good opportunity to try it, because the original's price skyrocketed despite the mixed reception it got back in the day. It's funny that people remembers it now with more love.

I still don't know if I can upgrade my first Skyrim Switch version to the Anniversary one without having to purchase the game again.

I don't quite get this part "With an enormous effort, everything has been rebuilt so that Players can switch seamlessly between the original and the new R-Type III at any time, offering both nostalgic authenticity and a striking modern reinterpretation."

Isn't this what they already did with Dimensions? This time around they do it again with R-Type III, don't they?

It's not a new game, it's a recreation (let's hope a faithful one) of the third entry with switchable graphics.

Anyway, good news.

Not so the fact that the physical versions come from SLG. I'm sick of them too @Teksette, they said they were going to reduce production times but they seem to have prioritized acquiring more and more licenses, so the waiting time has extended even more. No coupon or surprise free purchase giveaway (which I won with Steel Empire Chronicles back in 2024, still waiting for them to produce it) can make up for it.

@Olliemar28 Thank you very much!

@Olliemar28 As someone who has been holding for a while before the purchase of Metroid Prime 2 on GameCube -I own the third entry on Wii- just in case 2 and 3 got the remaster treatment, do I need to worry plotwise about playing 4 before 2 and 3? Thanks

So I'll have to buy it, but it would be great if they shared their plans with next kiwamizations, because I want to know if I have to get rid of Yakuza Remastered Collection before I start with those entries.

The moment I grab a copy of this game it will get the remake treatment, don't worry. It happened before.

@Markiemania95 I see, but imho the original sounds and jingles would be more nostalgic.

Cool, but this was unnecessary:

"the sound when booting up the Game Boy - Nintendo Classics app has also been changed from the Game Boy boot up noise to a coin block sound from Super Mario Land."

They should have used a more elegant art, but the device looks interesting. I was thinking recently that I'd love to put my Switch or Switch 2 inside a bartop-like thing in order to play the dozens of arcade titles in my collection, and the wooden cabinet that came with Toki Collector's Edition is meant to be used -if at all- with the joy-cons detached. The cabinet experience must be enjoyed with built-in controls.

Maybe if this gets rereleased in other art variants I might get it on a sale.

This will eventually be released physically, no doubt about it. I'll hold. In the meantime it can be on a sale anyway. But disappointed that it doesn't match PS4 and Xbox One versions on Switch 2.

@IceClimbersMain But then you're paying for part of the same content several times, aren't you?

@Burning_Spear I mean I had the first edition and luckily hadn't unsealed it because of backlog, then sold it, bought the steelbook one with everything, and something inside me said "don't unseal it unless you're going to use it immediately", and then they announced the DLC months ago. Now, as William Wallace once yelled, "hold!"

@Krambo42 What I meant is that I already have what was the definitive edition, and now it's not. If they release another physical and more complete edition I would like to know in order to get rid of the current one. If not, I'll just buy the DLC in the first price drop.

I've seen reports that the Atari 2600 version of Pac-Man has different colors for every one of the ghosts, which wouldn't be accurate. Any info about that?

Anyway, I most definitely want this DLC, but I wake up in the middle of the night covered in sweat because I fear that there will be yet another Atari 50 retail edition with everything in it. And it would be nice to know if they're planning to do it. I don't want to double dip.

Dammit, I completely overlooked it. Another game to the wishlist.

"Once again, the physical version will include the "full base game" on a 64GB cartridge."

What? It should be "exceptionally". And with 16GB storage requirement... That's surprising. That's the reason publishers give for releasing game key cards: not taking advantage of the full 64GB cards.

It's nice that it keeps track of individual sessions, but the overall time spent in games is 1 hours or more and 5 onwards, like the Switch 1 did before the Switch 2 came. Heck, even the Parental Control app keeps track in more detail than this.

Besides, doesn't show my playtime in 3DS and Wii U even though I linked the old Nintendo Network ID to the current Nintendo account.

Yet another physical edition in 3, 2...

@FrowardCoast440 This I know. But as a buyer I want to know if that extra money is going to give me something that I don't have with the Switch 1 version.

@FrowardCoast440 I was talking about physical, of course. Well, I'm glad it's not a GKC, but 10 extra bucks have to be for something, and in this case it can't be better performance. That's why I was asking.

Now we need to know the difference between Switch 1 and 2 versions. There is a price difference, but performance-wise is it justified? I mean... These are titles that OG Switch can handle.

By the way, they explained in an interview the absence of N64 and Dreamcast games: they simply can't emulate those consoles... Yet.

@Tom-Massey Sorry, I meant traditional as in one stick! It's way more comfortable for me.

It would be nice to know how the Switch 1 version turned out. Because many of us want to go real physical with this release.

Plus, Switch 1 version on a Switch 2. I mean... It has to be slightly better than on original Switch, right? Even if it's not 60 fps.

I've heard people say DQIII on Switch was "unplayable", which has to be an exaggeration, but I guess the game on Switch 2 must perform better.

Gonna get it for Switch as a real physical release, but depending on the performance reports (I suspect they are going to make the Switch 2 version way better in order to lure is into the GKC s*it), I may jump to PS5 versions of III and I-II. I haven't bought III yet because I have never seen it on sale, which is weird for a non-Nintendo game.

It's a good thing that I-II has new story content, the fact that they come together shows how short they were (they really were), but I guess they needed a little bit more to justify full price.

@Tom-Massey I agree, it's a little cumbersome, and I can't help thinking that the developers made the game with the twin stick controls in mind, but I went for traditional after realizing that my scores (and my survival chances) were higher this way. Made me feel a little like the small dog of the meme, but had a lot of fun.

I have to admit that didn't even try the custom controls.

@ShingoTamaiX It's three, I don't know if there is a way to unlock infinite, but I for sure haven't found it.

I've tried for reviewing it myself and not being any good at gallery shooters or shooters in general I must say it has been a blast and I've been able to clear it with the maximum of 3 credits that it allows.

Really varied, and once you get used to the controls it has the one-more-go factor that is as enticing as any arcade game from the era it evokes.

I really really liked it.

Thanks guys, the last time I read about this it seemed like wishful thinking. Now it all depends on the performance.

So it was not in order to make a proper physical release after backlash from other Sega Switch 2 releases. The rumour wasn't true then. PS5 it is.

What still troubles me the most isn't as much the price (Nintendo doesn't rerelease its past games as budget games) as the fact that this release lessens the value of 3D All-Stars as a cartridge to play. It makes it a 2 game cart for existing owners. Weird move, especially when Galaxy 1+2 is a Switch release, not Switch 2. So could've been done the right way (4 games) years ago.

I'll say it again. Too late, they started releasing these collections so many years after the digital releases that nobody expected this, so we already have most of the games. It's a shame.

A game like this, for the importance of the series alone, should have been released physically, Capcom should have put on pause their digital only policy this time, the same way they did with other releases. All these years later and still it's trapped in digital storefronts.

Anyway, I started with the Mega Drive entry, I love it despite its difficulty, but the original entry is brutal. Coincidentally I played it yesterday on an arcade bar in Barcelona, didn't even get to the river. So hard...

@LastFootnote Bad timing then. "Hey, you have to purchase Super Mario Galaxy 1 again, but don't worry, there are 2 additional pages. By the way, we are releasing the actual book, but of course, without those additional pages".

Big news... if it gets localised, of course.

Let's address the elephant in the room: two additional pages who are underlined as a big incentive for the double-dip, but they didn't manage to put them in the physical book, which nobody asked for anyway.

So, what's the reason? Did they come up with the 2 new pages after manufacturing the book or what?

Didn't they say that the Switch 2 version was delayed because they changed their mind about it being a game key card after the backlash of titles such as Sonic x Shadow and Yakuza 0? Why are there no news about this? And what about the rumour about Switch 2 cards in smaller storage sizes being manufactured at last, thus opening the door for third-parties to put their games in more affordable and fitting cards?

Aside from the price, I can't shake off the feeling that this SMG version is what should have been in the first place. And then there's the fact that 3D All-Stars owners will have one game duplicated in our collections, and no reason to play SMG in 3D All-Stars anymore, which in practice leaves that collection with only 2 titles.

This release seems a half-baked way to please 3D All-Stars owners with the game that collection lacked and new adopters, which will get the best possible way to play Galaxy and Galaxy 2... but without 64 and Sunshine.

Still on the fence, but this time they haven't said it's a limited thing, so we have time to think about it.

So it's not a problem of actual cards being too expensive because they only come in 64GB form, huh? They don't do it right because they don't freaking want is all.

The same they announced for DQ I+II, and it sucks.

You can be against but at the same time understand that they use GKC because normal cards are too big and expensive, that's on Nintendo, but doing this **** is on Square Enix. Shame on them.

They're definitely more expensive than ever. All of them. DK and Pauline was too, but if we complained about Skyward Sword Zelda amiibo, we can fasten our seatbelts from now on.

@electrolite77 You might be right

Beautiful, but amiibos in general got more expensive and that's not cool.

They didn't have to make us buy Galaxy 2 again... Ugly, ugly move. As if it wasn't expensive enough...

I was fearing a Switch 2 edition of 3D All-Stars with Galaxy 2 included. It's worse. If you want this physically you have to buy one game you already have.

I hope this time there's a beefy single player content. I didn't get my money's worth with Aces.