@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 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.
@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.
"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.
@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.
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.
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.
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".
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.
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 need to see the "more" to start thinkinh about selling the Switch 1 version to help paying the new one. But if progress can't be transferred it's a no.
Excited when I saw it, but then I remembered that while the NES, SNES and other controllers will continue working for some games even if the NSO service shuts down, this admittedly beautiful piece of plastic will be obsolete some day, and it's 80 euro plus shipping.
They should've emulated the console on 3DS, which had built-in stereoscopic 3D, so I'll stick with the alternative way to play these games there.
@electrolite77 Yeah, but I don't have the option of buying Street Fighter 6 on card. Anyway, this is not the place to have this endless debate. Agree to disagree.
@dew12333 Well, I can see your point, and digital embracers definitely must see it as a step forward because of the possibility to lend and sell the games, sure.
But a vast majority of third-party games on Switch 2 are going to be released this way, and I hope you can see how physical lovers are disappointed. In fact, it's hurting Switch 2 versions' sales and it seems that Sega is pushing Sonic Crossworlds forward in order to release it on a full physical card.
I think options are the way to keep people happy, but game key cards can only satisfy digital buyers.
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Re: Review: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Switch 2) - Samus Returns In Prime Form
@Olliemar28 Thank you very much!
Re: Review: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Switch 2) - Samus Returns In Prime Form
@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
Re: Yakuza Kiwami 3 Is More Than Just A Remake, And It Contains "Major Hints" For Series' Future
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.
Re: Feature: The Tightest, Briskest Mario & Luigi Game Turns 20 Today And Deserves More Love
The moment I grab a copy of this game it will get the remake treatment, don't worry. It happened before.
Re: Switch Online's Game Boy App Has Been Updated To Version 3.0.0, Adds Boot Screen Easter Egg
@Markiemania95 I see, but imho the original sounds and jingles would be more nostalgic.
Re: Switch Online's Game Boy App Has Been Updated To Version 3.0.0, Adds Boot Screen Easter Egg
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."
Re: Review: iMP Gaming Mini Arcade Pro - Turns Your Switch (Or Switch 2) Into A Bartop Cabinet
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.
Re: Surprise! Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition Is Available Now On Switch & Switch 2
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.
Re: Mini Review: Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration - The Namco Legendary Pack (Switch) - Another Brilliant Digital Eclipse DLC
@IceClimbersMain But then you're paying for part of the same content several times, aren't you?
Re: Mini Review: Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration - The Namco Legendary Pack (Switch) - Another Brilliant Digital Eclipse DLC
@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!"
Re: Mini Review: Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration - The Namco Legendary Pack (Switch) - Another Brilliant Digital Eclipse DLC
@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.
Re: Mini Review: Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration - The Namco Legendary Pack (Switch) - Another Brilliant Digital Eclipse DLC
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.
Re: Anniversary: 20 Years Ago, 'GUN' Brought America's Old West (And An All-Star Cast) To GameCube
Dammit, I completely overlooked it. Another game to the wishlist.
Re: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Performance And Resolution Revealed
"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.
Re: Nintendo Releases A Storefront App For Android And iOS
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.
Re: The Atari 50 Pac-Man Expansion Launches On Switch Next Week
Yet another physical edition in 3, 2...
Re: Review: Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection (Switch 2) - A Killer Kompilation, But Online Is A Mess At Launch
@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.
Re: Review: Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection (Switch 2) - A Killer Kompilation, But Online Is A Mess At Launch
@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.
Re: Review: Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection (Switch 2) - A Killer Kompilation, But Online Is A Mess At Launch
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.
Re: Mini Review: Silver Bullet (Switch) - A Gothic Arcade Shooter Full Of Tricks
@Tom-Massey Sorry, I meant traditional as in one stick! It's way more comfortable for me.
Re: Review: Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake (Switch 2) - Rounds Out The Erdrick Trilogy In Style
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.
Re: The First Review For Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake Is In
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.
Re: Mini Review: Silver Bullet (Switch) - A Gothic Arcade Shooter Full Of Tricks
@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.
Re: Mini Review: Silver Bullet (Switch) - A Gothic Arcade Shooter Full Of Tricks
@ShingoTamaiX It's three, I don't know if there is a way to unlock infinite, but I for sure haven't found it.
Re: Mini Review: Silver Bullet (Switch) - A Gothic Arcade Shooter Full Of Tricks
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.
Re: Takashi Iizuka Explains Why Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Was Delayed On Switch 2
Thanks guys, the last time I read about this it seemed like wishful thinking. Now it all depends on the performance.
Re: Takashi Iizuka Explains Why Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Was Delayed On Switch 2
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.
Re: Review: Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Switch) - Still Out Of This World
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.
Re: SNK Announces ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 9 And Vol. 10 For Switch
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.
Re: Feature: Ghosts 'n Goblins Hit Arcades 40 Years Ago, And Its Recent Resurrection Is The Perfect Way To Celebrate
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...
Re: Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 Gets A Seven-Minute Overview Trailer
@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".
Re: Genre-Bending 'Baroque YA' Collection Headed To Switch In Japan
Big news... if it gets localised, of course.
Re: Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 Gets A Seven-Minute Overview Trailer
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?
Re: Sega Reignites Its Nintendo Rivalry In New Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Trailer
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?
Re: Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 Switch Comparison Video Makes Nintendo's Upgrades Clearer
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.
Re: Nintendo Is "Acting To Protect The Industry" With Switch 2 Game Key Cards, Says Ex-Capcom Composer
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.
Re: No Switch 2 "Upgrade Path" For Dragon Quest VII: Reimagined Planned
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.
Re: New Kirby amiibo Will Apparently Be Nintendo's "Most Expensive amiibo Ever"
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.
Re: Virtual Boy Is Being Added To Nintendo Switch Online
@electrolite77 You might be right
Re: Mario Galaxy amiibo Are On The Way, Plus Two New Kirby Ones With Swappable Bases
Beautiful, but amiibos in general got more expensive and that's not cool.
Re: Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 Bundle Confirmed For Switch, Launching October
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.
Re: Mario Tennis Fever Hits Switch 2 Next February
I hope this time there's a beefy single player content. I didn't get my money's worth with Aces.
Re: A Brand New Yoshi Adventure Is Heading To The Switch 2
The best announcement for me. It looks gorgeous!
Re: Super Mario Bros. Wonder Is Getting A Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
I need to see the "more" to start thinkinh about selling the Switch 1 version to help paying the new one. But if progress can't be transferred it's a no.
Re: Surprise! Donkey Kong Bananza Is Getting DLC, And It's Out Today
It's not like they thought about doing this in the last weeks. Should've been there since day one. Not good, Nintendo.
Re: Dragon Quest VII Gets Reimagined For Switch And Switch 2 In Early 2026
And I guess they'll pull the ugly "no upgrade from Switch 1 edition available" move again, right?
Anyway, great game, in my Top 3 in the series, beat it on 3DS and I guess I could do it again, but in a few more years.
Re: Virtual Boy Is Being Added To Nintendo Switch Online
Excited when I saw it, but then I remembered that while the NES, SNES and other controllers will continue working for some games even if the NSO service shuts down, this admittedly beautiful piece of plastic will be obsolete some day, and it's 80 euro plus shipping.
They should've emulated the console on 3DS, which had built-in stereoscopic 3D, so I'll stick with the alternative way to play these games there.
Re: Sunsoft Has A "Major Announcement" To Share Next Week
JaleColle with every digitally released game in physical form, please.
Re: FC 26 On Switch 2 "On Parity, Basically" With PS5, According To EA Sports Dev
@electrolite77 Yeah, but I don't have the option of buying Street Fighter 6 on card. Anyway, this is not the place to have this endless debate. Agree to disagree.
Re: FC 26 On Switch 2 "On Parity, Basically" With PS5, According To EA Sports Dev
@dew12333 Well, I can see your point, and digital embracers definitely must see it as a step forward because of the possibility to lend and sell the games, sure.
But a vast majority of third-party games on Switch 2 are going to be released this way, and I hope you can see how physical lovers are disappointed. In fact, it's hurting Switch 2 versions' sales and it seems that Sega is pushing Sonic Crossworlds forward in order to release it on a full physical card.
I think options are the way to keep people happy, but game key cards can only satisfy digital buyers.