Mr-Glissando

Double Dash was terrible! The whole Double gimmick did absolutely nothing gameplay wise. Mario Kart wii was just a complete mess as well. With uninspired track design and just a completely uneven multi-player experience, wasn't long at all before me and my friends dashed (forgive the pun) straight onto the dead game pile to simply gather dust

For me it's (and my friends) it's easily Mario Kart 8 Deluxe no questions.

For nostalgic purposes it has to be Mario Kart 64 and the original Super Mario Kart

My profile picture says it all!

Is this even a question?

Still got my Japanese Dreamcast with his faced adorning the box.

RIP Yukawa San

***** course! It's like the MK track designers all simultaneously went out for a fag break, and then simply left the tea boy to design it.

Uninspired, lackadaisical and just all round boring.

Sega Saturn and Neo Geo AES mini please

A sad day indeed to all of us that were lucky enough to experience the buzz of arcade gaming of yesteryear. I always used to say to my mate whilst standing there gobsmacked at the then newly released Final Fight in 1989! "Can you IMAGINE having those graphics at home Jim??!!" (Most of us were using Spectrums, Amstrads or commodore 64's and had to settle for some VERY watered down home conversions of the full fat arcade monster originals) 30+ years on and I kind of regret wishing such things as the home console and PC market gradually started to technically out gun even those mighty Model 2 and CPSIII ROM boards.

As a 44 year old I still foundly remember those halcyon days and nights down the Silver Hake chippy, as we all chambered to ram our 10 pence coins into the 1991 worldwide phenomenon that was the juggernaut called Street Fighter II.

Some of those mates I fought against are sadly long gone! But there's always the be my memories of them playing two player Sega Rally championship down the local boozer in 1994. (Yes we were underage)

Losing Sega to me personally is like losing those aforementioned old friends, Sega itself was a friend to all of us that grew up in that wonderful scene, I feel

Gone but never forgotten.

I think it would be more than fitting for Nintendo to purchase what remains of Sega and keep their IP's well and truly alive.

Sad day.

RIP Jason Brookes

Man was a legend

The artwork for this title was actually done by the late Jason Brookes (SuperPlay magazine and former EDGE editor)

May he rest in peace

Both of those games would have had to be seriously compromised to run on the N64.

Put simply the N64 was nowhere near on par power wise with either of Sega's Model 3 or NAOMI boards.

Even the Dreamcast had to omit some of the fundamentals from their conversion of VF3 so the N64 had zero chance of running them

Now add Saturn, Dreamcast and SNK's back catalogues and I'm in.

What is this Radiant Silvergun, of which he speaks?

Waverace better be coming, otherwise I'll riot!

Waverace better be coming otherwise I'll riot!

Love my Switch (bar the joycon drift) as a handheld its more than a Stella unit, docked, not some much in this day and age.

I simply don't get why they can't significantly upgrade the Dock though? Patch all current games to take advantage of it! Then bang out a new Dock that can display 60fps, DLSS, and possibly a 1440p or checkerboarded 4K resolution and a bit more horsepower for TV based sessions, then they don't really need to immediately lauch a "Switch Pro" model. (They'll have too eventually, granted) as the graphics hounds are currently laughing at Nintendo's current tech.

For those claiming the Switch is "Dying", I highy suggest those aforementioned folk go and take a look at the Japanese sales charts! Sony isn't even in it anymore, let alone Microsoft!

And yes, I own a PS5 and Series X, but Nintendo have done very well this generation, especially on very outdated harware.

Don't get me wrong here, if they announced an upgraded Switch Pro model tomorrow, (or upgraded Dock) I'd be putting in pre-orders as we speak. But the doom and gloom scenario's regarding Nintendo....well it's simply not an issue at present

Switch definitely
isn't in trouble at present people

With the Steam deck on the horizon, Nintendo could definitely do with a bump up in the graphical horse power department! Sorry, but the OLED version does absolutely noting for me! I like the black and white colour scheme, as it will sit well next to my PS5.

That alone is not enough of a reason to shell out for one though sadly

His wife/girlfriend is probably in the living room with serious PMT! Towel wrapped round her seething head and right in the mood for an argument!

He should have just headed straight for the garden shed instead.

I'm not buying it personally, as it's FAR from the best game in the Zelda franchise to be honest.

Nintendo should have completely rebuild OOT and Majora's Mask from the ground up, for the 35th anniversary.

Skyward Sword isn't a bad game, it's definitely lacking something though.

@Damo

Never said you did. It was just an odd time and decision to launch Alpha 2 on the SNES/Super Famicom, when there were clearly superior versions available.

Sorry, but SNES/Super Famicom version of Alpha 2 was way, way inferior to the Japanese Saturn version. Even the PlayStation version was trimmed slightly (missing reflections in the puddles on Gen's backstreet stage, Zangief missing considerable more frames of animation) etc, etc

Brave attempt for the old SNES, but once you'd bought, or played it on Saturn (or a genuine CPII board via a super gun) then there was simply no going back unfortunately. Still own an import copy somewhere.

Loved Hollow Knight, it was literally a 2D 'Souls' series game.

Unfortunately at my age I lost my lustre after battling a specific boss over and over again! I wouldn't mind if they started you right back into the boss battle, but I literally had to for a futher 15 minutes to get back to aforementioned boss! In the end I gave up sadly.

Shame, as the game was awesome.but the grind to get back somewhere then get wiped out within under a minute.... Just nah.

Team Cherry, are are insanely talented developers.

Great interview with a true pioneer of the industry. Two thumbs up 👍👍

Yes he was in quite a few. He's actually a thespian actor by trade, but voice over work is fairly easy money.

@YANDMAN

Well did have his own column in EDGE, way back in the early 2000's

Ahh yes the very same Nintendo that's Gamecube was once home to the extremely 'kiddy friendly' exclusive, Resident Evil 4! 😂 😂

I'm admittedly quite a big fan of a lot of Nagoshi's work. (not so much his recent offerings) Yet nowadays he seems to have had some sort of horrific, bottox influenced, permatanned, colossal mid life crisis! He actually looks like he's just stepped straight out of one his own Yakuza games! So him personally making statements about Nintendo's identity as a brand, well frankly, it's just utterly ridiculous and quite hypocritical on his part.

No. I definitely prefered him in the early 1990's, early 2000's when he was still regularly contributing to EDGE, all whilst him and his teams were working on Stella games like Daytona, Super Monkey Ball, Fzero GX, just to name but a few.

Put simply, I really don't know how to take him anymore as a developer. The Yakuza franchise is definitely a mixed bag (some games are great, others are distinctly average at best) time he stopped whitening his teeth and got down to either working on some fresh I.P's, or simply getting permission from Nintendo and remastering the sublime FZero GX. Or the incredible Super Monkey Ball.

@BabyYoshi12

😂😂

@Snesionetty

Interesting response chap! I'll have a look into it, as one area literally tanks to under 20fps! It's terribly off-putting! Soon as I leave that area the frame rate instantly smooths itself back out👍👍

@DanteSolablood

Oh I've had that as well, when I've a ***** load of critters stashed waiting for the aforementioned duo to arrive. But my Chinatown area (which isn't particularly taxing in any shape, way or form, REALLY tanks for reasons unknown?)

@Zach

Sorry for the late reply chap! Most of island runs at a solid 30fps, but as soon as I enter my Chinatown area, it really, REALLY, tanks to near unplayable levels! No idea why? As its not particularly over complex of an area even.

@Benji80

I still own a VHS copy somewhere. Incredibly cool anime! (Saying that I love most things Mad House studio does) Did you know that Sean Barrett (who voiced Gogol) actually turned up in an episode of Father Ted? (priest with the incredibly boring voice) 😂 😂

OK. That's admittedly pretty cool.

Right, I've changed my profile picture to celebrate 30 years of the Super Famicom. Anyone else still got there's? Let's see them boys and girls!

Extra bonus points awarded for minimum 'yellowing' and not owning the breeze block monstrosity that was the American model (admittedly I did also own one back in the day, as it could play both Japanese and American games with needing a converter) but man it was ugly 😂😂

@fafonio

My Chinatown area is literally a no go zone! 😂 😂 The framerate literally drops to under 20fps! It's incredibly noticeable and simply puts me off going there!

Still have my original Super Famicom to this day! (and my AES Neo Geo)

It was this time 30 years ago I was waiting for mine to arrive via import from PC Engine Supplier (later Console concept) Remarkably it still runs like a charm and has zero 'yellowing'

I've owned the lot! (Still own most of them) but the Super Famicom is just special! DEFINITELY one of the greatest consoles ever released, in my humble opinion at least.

Happy Birthday SF. And thanks for the incredible memories.

Hardly a surprise though is it? Two major console launches are bound too hurt the big N! Saying that though they're still doing more than admirably on the sales front.

Nintendo, I feel at this point need a new Switch announcement sooner, rather than later. As frankly the Switch in docked mode is definitely starting to show its age nowadays (I personally love my Switch still) but a more powerful upgraded model with backwards compatability, well.. it certainly wouldn't hurt them at this point. They should also put in an offer on Sega (or at least it's IP's) before either off the other two do! I'll pick up a PS5 at some stage for its future exclusives, but as a 3090 user, it's alleged 'next gen' specs are simply irrelevant to me.

Nintendo really, REALLY needs too sort the ***** Joycon drift issues out as well! I'm on my third pair now! And that simply isn't on.

Sega's right on the ropes nowadays! With Sammy selling off a large chunk of their gaming division. Never have I wanted Nintendo to make an offer on them and their IPs more than I do right now! If they don't, I bet Microsoft or Sony will.

Got it on import (still own it to this day) with my original Super Famicom back in late November, 1990.

I can truthfully say it was a game that even my non gaming mates sat down and got slack jawed over it!

Yeah, the review is fair, as of after nearly 30+ years, of course it's going to look aged!

There's genuinely something timeless about it though. From its quirky nature to its sublime soundtrack, this was a game that grabbed you in. Some love it. Some hate it.

Way I see it though, at least Nintendo were attempting to flex originality back in 1990. I owned all the major three consoles (Megadrive, Super Famicom, Neo Geo) but FZero and Pilotwings were usually 90% the games that people were stunned by.

Those that weren't born at the time, you probably aren't going to "get it". For those of us got it though, and were there... Yeah! It's simply a slice of a digital bygone era long before patches, loot boxes, and the endless lackadaisical sequel to yet another First Person Shooters ever existed.

Try it. It's worth it for the atmosphere and music alone.

No doubt some 'woke' ***** somewhere will get themselves triggered into a snaring, frenziedly, teeth nashing, slobbering mess over Steve's Steak! And it will probably become known as "the water steak scandal"

Who honestly cares!

If anything in this terrible year, at least it's given people a bit of a chuckle.

People need to relax a bit.

STEVE'S STEAK MATTTERS!

*And cue angry rioting across America and beyond!

Played it years back so I'll give it a miss, ta very much.

Priced correctly this could do alright for itself though. I certainly (if I was going to purchase it) wouldn't pay more than a Tenner for it nowadays though

Pretty piss poor on Nintendos part, considering Mario is their flagship franchise.

This collection should have been absolutely stuffed to the gills with extras. Including Galaxy 2 (no excuse at all for its omission!) all games running at a standard 60fps. An optional Super Mario 64 remade from the ground up! (plus the original)

They've had years to perfect this collection, yet still chose to dish us up the bare minimum! Needs some serious patches before I even think of investing my time and money into it.

Smacks of laziness from the big N.

Played it for about 4 hours. That was enough.

I've dropped off after 750 hours. As all I seemed to be doing was building up money. I've over 310 million bells in the bank nowadays! Making me a veritable pimp, out here on flea bag island 😂😂

House is fully done. Got all the tunes I wanted. Can't be arsed to modify anymore of my island, as the framerate plummets like a rock, whenever I enter my Chinatown restaurant district or fish market areas.

So my question is, where do I go from here with it?

@Benji80

Great Cyber City OEDO 808 Profile picture chap! 👍👍👍

@skulltulips

I'm disappointed also! There was absolutely no need to exclude SMG2! I own everyone of these titles to this day. Yet I'll still be purchasing these bundles as well.

The 3D 'remaster' bundle is undeniably great! But why didn't they make it fantastic, simply by adding in SMG2?

They'll probably bang it out at a late date as a stand alone release, just to rake in some extra fiscal (which will annoy me intensely to be honest!)

It should have 100% being included.

I can't help but feel this is simply going to be strictly a cult status thing really.

I mean for probably 80% of people this is just going to be a no no straight off the bat, simply because of their living rooms uncompatibility with it. (unless the karts work on flawlessly on carpet?)

I mean, is it going to have the depth of a full fat Mario Kart title? (I seriously doubt it) I mean how will the power slide work? If it does actually turns out to be a full fat Mario Kart experience. Well then I'll seriously consider it. (I've wooden flooring)

I've absolutely no doubt their will be a selection of hardcore fans out there with the space and suitable flooring designing custom courses, and building dedicated track spaces for it, and I'll be honest, I really hope it works out! As it could be genuinely amazing if executed properly. If this was any other company even attempting this sort of thing, I'd immediately dismiss it. But if anybody can get this to work, then it's definitely Nintendo.

Fair play to them for even attempting it.

I really doubt we'll be seeing Metroid Prime 4 on this generation Switch! Let's face it it's unlikely to release even in 2021! By the time it does land its going to look pretty archaic, especially compared to the next generation of games being pumped out by Sony and Microsoft.

Saying that, are graphics REALLY that important anymore?

Just give me a new FZero, pilotwings, 1080 snowboarding, or a remastered Waverace 64 and I'll be more than happy!

Sadly it highly doubtful any of the aforementioned games will ever see the light of day again.

Mario anniversary package it is then.

Probably due to the switches technical limitations, I wouldn't be at all surprised if it was being held back for the Switch 'Pro' (or whatever it'll be called)

I like it! At that price though... Hmmmmm nah.

If it was coming in at around the hundred quid mark, yeah, I could justify the outlay on it. At present though.. Just no.

Sadly these will probably never drop in price, as they'll simply keep get snaffled up by the rabid collectors, thus keeping the price at a premium.

From there, they'll simply be moved into a glass cabinet to be ominously leered at forever, and ever and ever and ever.

Haven't played GoT yet! Was quite shocked at EDGE's review score for it though! (a 6) Or is it just EDGE being typical EDGE as per usual?