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Let's hope this means the price will go down as retailers such as Amazon use to slash the prices of their products.

I hope that the absurd price tag that has kept me from entering the series up until now is due to the collection being a Square Enix Store exclusive (although it has been available from other retailers somehow), and that wider release means more freedom to make offers happen.

In my case it's because I was waiting for a physical release. An indie like this, one of the ones which started it all, deserved a physical edition day one.

Many indie developers complain when the sales don't go as they expected, the creator behind The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa specifically ranted about people not buying DLCs, but I want to believe that I'm not the only one who waits for a physical release or a complete edition with all the extra content, and don't want to pay digital when there is a physical down the line for latecomers to grab. Done it many times already, I wanna be a latecomer now, if they don't release things physically day one.

I was afraid this would be down to it: just speed challenges. I love NES Remix, where the speedrunning was a big factor, but there were tweaks and unlockable things there that made it worth it to me.

The focus on online competition is what troubles me the most. I suck at it, and it looks like the challenges will be temporary, so a guy like me, who tend to play games when I have the chance and not when they're trending, won't enjoy it 100% I guess.

I pre-ordered the physical edition (why preorder digital stuff?) out of pure FOMO, but started to regret it a little after suspecting it would be no NES Remix.

Anyway, I guess after selling out it will be easy to find it a new home if I want.

@SpringDivorce I know. They usually got a little discounted and buying other items in the same order softens the blow, but the problem is they're often out of stock, like volume 2 for some months now.

Good selection of games, but as usual with Taito Milestones, there's a fair amount of titles that I already have on the Egret II Mini or on Switch itself, or that I'll have in a future Taito Arcade Memories volume 3 (or 4) for the aforementioned mini cabinet.

Too bad they're the Hamster releases but stripped off the addictive Hi-Score and Caravan modes.

Good thing they keep feeding the NES. A little more love for the SNES and the portables would be great, and the addition of PC Engine would be awesome.

I don't like Solar Jetman, that inertia drove me crazy on Rare Replay trying to get the screenshot challenges, but I see it is a beloved game, so I salute its arrival.

@BANJO Have you considered Amazon Japan? They will have a better collector's edition than ours, but also a standard physical version inexplicably missing anywhere else.

Well, I wouldn't call it a budget game. Its physical edition cost 60 euros. And a game that appeals to Nintendo nostalgia should have always been a physical widely available release.

Not for me. The nth remake/remaster, I already have it on 3DS still unfinished, but I'll be back. I guess the Switch version is the best one to get nowadays if you don't already own it, but it loses the stereoscopic 3D in the translation.

I'm not a fan of speedrunning because I suck at it, let's be honest. But I really liked NES Remix, despite having a strong speedrunning flavour, and yet the tweaking of some of the stages and games was the best part for me.

Now it's gone, as I was afraid, so I guess I preordered the physical edition out of pure FOMO. I hate knowing beforehand that I'm never going to be anywhere near the top of the online leaderboards.

They do it because they can, and their games sell well.

What troubles me is why they commemorated the 40th anniversary of the game that helped them survive as a video game company by releasing a remake and a remaster, and a few years after the actual anniversary.

It was time for a new platforming DK. This is the third time they release DKC Returns.

Still have to finish the 3DS version, but after reading this review I'll skip the HD one and stick to the original. For people who doesn't have it already, sure, it must be the best way to enjoy it, despite the lack of 3D effect, of course.

Amiibo Zelda in this style is a given.

I was going to say the same as @SillyG. The previous collection wasn't and isn't available in Europe physically, I got mine from Amazon Japan. I'm afraid this will be the case too, but for once I'm glad this collection doesn't have any game that we already have on Switch, so no overlap this time. Finally.

I preordered the physical edition as soon as it was possible, but I'm not as hyped as then. I really wish they let you play at your own pace, not constantly comparing your stats with people online, ghost or otherwise.

It was a disappointment to me. I saw the DK cabin and got my hopes for a new game up, but no, they did it again: a new remaster/remake and DKC Returns itself. Sorry, but I already have it on two different systems.

After years of seeing that the law of supply and demand doesn't apply to Rocket Knight Adventures, because there are tons of it on second hand market yet the prices keep going up, I'm glad to see that the entire classic series collected turned out good. Now if only someone released it physically in Europe (thus avoiding LRG like in many other cases) I'd have the next most anticipated retro release.

Good to know, but I have all of them on my Amazon Japan wishlist. Physical forever if the option is there, and these games tend to come in great editions with soundtrack CDs.

I'd get it on a sale, but seeing that the Sega one rarely is discounted and when it does it's not much cheaper, I guess it'll be a while.

If it has taken so long in order to be the entire trilogy, so be it. But if they're going to be released individually and take 3 years each, I don't like that as much LOL

Sonic Mania Plus came with a reversible alternate Mega Drive style cover. Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap came with a reversible alternate Master System style cover.

What did those games have in common? Budget price since day one. Not like this remake/remaster, whatever you wanna call it, at full price.

But of course, let's keep in mind that Nintendo, a small struggling company, did it this way because the alternative would have been costly.

But will there be a standard physical edition?

I've been wanting an original CIB Rocket Knight for Mega Drive for a long time, but it's a little above my top price.

I'll settle for this collection of all the classic entries, and I hope that it ends up surfacing on Amazon just like the Jurassic Park collection for anyone to get.

Some of them are worth it, but Uniqlo tends to release minimalist designs and, worse, a lot of T-shirts with the picture in the back. I want to see the pictures when I look at the mirror!

This is the kind of collection I love: completely unknown (to me) old games with extras. Really.

To people asking for more renowned Sunsoft games, well, there are 2 Evercade cartridges available (one of them actually later this month), but license-based games like Batman are obviously out of the question.

English version is good news, but I wish there is a physical release at least in Japan. If that comes too we can be sure it will be a limited run, if you know what I mean.

I'm glad they are finally bringing it back, although it's the black sheep of the series.

Now, please, a third Neogeo Pocket Color Selection including Cotton for that system and Sonic Pocket.

That's the kind of release I like the most lately. Give it the available-to-anyone-not-limited physical treatment, after all Digital Eclipse has released most of its collections physically, and I'm in.

Well, as a fan of the classic products and look I gotta say: if the gameplay is good, keep 'em coming.

Great! Battletoads in Battlemaniacs is the only Battletoads game I didn't own anywhere else. I still won't own it, but will be able to play it legally at least.

Dragon Quest III 2D-HD release date. Long overdue. Not even an AAA game, but they announced several Directs ago, and still no date on the horizon.

Apart from that, I don't expect any big reveals in what seems to be the last Switch year as the only Nintendo console. Which is OK, understandable and doesn't mean there are no good releases coming, just not a new Mario, a new Zelda or even Metroid Prime 4.

@FishyS Exactly what I think.

Besides, I think they should have made a new entry in the series, closer to DK94 than the minis thing, but new after all. They didn't.

@Mach_Rider My thoughts exactly. I love the original and have it on Switch already too. It should have enough new features and be on sale for me to consider buying it.

After all three previous games were released widely on normal stores, I expect this to be easy and cheap to grab too.

But will they include the NES original this time? With Ninja Saviours, Wild Guns and Pocky & Rocky Re-Shrined it didn't make much sense (well, in Pocky & Rocky's case maybe it did, because of the different levels), but this time it's a remake of an 8 bit game and the difference is much more appreciable, so it would be very interesting. I wish they include the original.

This is sadly yet another Inin standard release whereas a Steel Empire collection with this version, the Mega Drive original, the GBA entry and another NES game loosely related to the others exists in SLG upcoming line-up.

Hopefully, like many times before, we'll see the complete package surface on Amazon Japan for anyone to grab.

Been trying to grab a copy of Rocket Knight for Mega Drive for a long time, but it's in the three figures now. A personal little Holy Grail.

Very disappointed to not see it in the Mega Drive Mini 2 after the first one got Konami licenses. A retro collection will have to scratch the itch, and it comes with the other games in the series, although being a LRG release it's going to be digital unfortunately.

This one was teased too soon, and they have been giving us very scarce information over the years. It will be released with the next console on the market.

Profiteering is the right word. Even with barebones presentation I would have loved a Collection of all five volumes into one, considering it's going to be 3 games per volume, but I guess this is how Strictly Limited Games wanted to milk us all.

By the way, as usual with SLG releases, these collections will be available on Amazon Japan in a much less limited way. And cheaper.

@Serpenterror That explains it, thanks! Anyway, I'll finally be able to play it!

I've been waiting for this release for a long time, can't understand why they have kept the date secret.

Anyway, when it comes to third-tier games that we don't have repeatedly anywhere else, I'm totally in. The only disappointment here is that it doesn't look like there's going to be a physical release, even from Pixel Heart themselves, who have released some otherwise digital-only games in the past.

I've been wanting to try it, but failed to do so because of several reasons: never bought it on the 3DS Virtual Console and it didn't work in my extended -ahem- NES Classic Mini (it is one of those few games that simply won't work). Now I have no excuse.

Well, I like them, but people also said "Mario's voice is definitely Charles Martinet's, and NintendoLife even posted an article confirming it, but in the end it wasn't him. So you never know.

But would you still be able to play already downloaded games? I downloaded the ones made by game developers, I'll stick to those.

Physical cheaper than digital has been a common thing for years, though.

This time I'll have to go with the individual releases, which I salute for a change, because the collection severely overlaps with other releases such as the aforementioned Kunio-kun: The World Classics Collection.

I'll have to think about Super Double Dragon, because I have it on the Evercade (and that one is the better Japanese version surprisingly), but Double Dragon Advance is a no brainer: too expensive in its original format, this will be my first time with it.

A physical version in regular stores would have worked, but they just wouldn't do it. Shame on them.

I'll wait for a sale, because I do own most of them on the Egret II Mini and the lack of Hi-Score and Caravan modes certainly hurts.

So there's officially no need to buy standalone Taito Arcade Archives releases, because they'll potentially be in the third collection, in which the games will have the same features seen in Hamster's releases, and physically on top of that.

I hope this gets released physically in Europe by a publisher other than any of the limited ones. Digital Eclipse releases have been mostly made available in normal stores until now.

@Senjutsu77 So the bonus games are all you have to download, right? Problem will be doing this with a Japanese account, for sure. Thanks.

So let me get this straight, because I keep hearing contradictory reports about this in all these M2 ShotTriggers line: if we buy the physical version do we get the ports in the cart or are they paid DLC too, like in the digital version?