As bad as these Bill & Ted games were and still are, it's still a shame to see any game/collection just poof out of existence likely because of some licensing shenanigans.
Glad he's going to be gone soon but he should have been gone a LOT sooner and it's rather unfortunate that a lot of the troubling things he's been accused of have seemingly gone unchecked...
Honestly love the idea of the Mario cast taking inspiration from mostly silent comedic characters like Mr. Bean where the body language and facial expressions can yield so much personality; it just makes a lot of sense for the series that doesn't take itself too seriously and barely has any spoken dialogue.
If I had a nickel for every time one of the original members of Normal Boots had a cameo removed from an indie game following a controversy, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
Anyone who didn't see this coming was kidding themselves. While on the other hand, Nintendo is kidding themselves thinking they killed this port when it's already on the Internet.
Sad more so for it showing the end of an era and I'll always have my good memories related to previous shows but it's about time it was definitively put out of its misery; E3 had been dying a slow and awkward death for the last decade now.
Little iffy on the new Jet Set Radio's visuals not being quite as saturated as the previous games since I always thought that the super-saturated cel-shaded graphics were part of the series' identity but will reserve judgment since this is likely very early in development footage; however, I absolutely dig the hand-drawn art style Shinobi seems to be going for.
NiGHTS, Skies of Arcadia and traditional non-MMO Phantasy Star are definitely the series I'm hoping the most make a comeback. While NiGHTS is my personal favorite, Skies and Phantasy would make sense if Sega tossed either of them at Atlus; I mean, might as well make use of the RPG wizards you bought.
Not being able to buy Arkham City on its own is a deal breaker honestly; I just wanted to have one of my favorite superhero games playable on my Switch without having to worry about a game I don't want hogging a chunk of my SD card, especially when that game is apparently more broken than Arkham Knight's initial PC port.
I get wanting to avoid another Chris Judge acceptance speech situation but the way they went about it was just disrespectful to all the winning members of the game dev community that they're suppose to be celebrating, not just Aonuma; and all for what? So we have time for more commercials and unfunny celebrity bits?
Great for Zelda, fantastic game and a well-deserved award, but all I really care about with tonight's awards was Pikmin 4 winning best strategy/sim game; little guys really moving up in the world and I'm living for it.
I can't look at screenshots of Minature Golf without thinking of the AVGN episode where the Nerd started having a mental breakdown and cracking up over it.
Love this game so all for Ubisoft making a good decision for once and doing a modern console port. Now if only we could get some current gen ports of the original Rayman trilogy...
@E_Gadds_Garage A suit based on the Adam West series was in Arkham Knight but it was in a DLC pack exclusive to the PS4 version of the game so guess we'll see how serious WB is about giving the Switch previously released content.
The Batman was probably my favorite DC movie in a long time other than Gunn's Suicide Squad so this is pretty neat; just too bad it's only for Arkham Knight when I'm only planning on getting Arkham City.
I mean, I'm glad the game is still getting supported but hoping they at least add an offline mode sometime in the future so this game isn't lost to time when the servers are inevitably shut down (which, knowing Nintendo, will happen).
Knew about the NES game from Hudson Soft but didn't know there were enough Felix the Cat games to make a collection out of (unless it's just the NES and Gameboy games I'm aware of in which case, calling it a collection is a bit of a stretch). But guess if this tells me anything, it means Konami is willing to do new compilations of Hudson's work so I hope that leads to new releases for Bomberman, Bonk and Adventure Island.
If he's not just messing with these fans, this checks out; MK is a little touch and go regarding getting original actors back to voice legacy characters (while MK11 got Stallone for Rambo and Weller for RoboCop, the Terminator wasn't Schwarzenegger).
@iLikeUrAttitude To be fair, Richard Epcar has voiced the Joker a handful of times before his appearance in MK11 while Mark was still actively voicing the character so at least that wasn't too much of a stretch in that situation.
Hoping to see console ports of Freedom Planet 2 or Pizza Tower (despite it likely still being too soon for the latter) but these are usually fun presentations regardless to bring attention to any games I might have missed out on otherwise.
I have been hearing incredible things about Baulder's Gate 3 so as much as I love Mario Wonder and Tears of the Kingdom, I'm guessing that one has Game of the Year in the bag. I'm also rooting for Hi-Fi Rush and Pikmin 4 to take home at least one award and for Pizza Tower in best debut indie.
If it is backwards compatible and more or less a full replacement for the Switch, would most likely pass it on to a family member seeing as I've done that before when I gave my initial Switch to my mother-in-law because she wanted to play Animal Crossing with my SO and I.
I can agree on Geno and Oatchi and will add on that I would without question buy amiibo of either Travis Touchdown or Bomberman if Nintendo worked with their companies to somehow manifest those longshots into existence.
Realistic wishes though, I would love some WarioWare amiibo (would settle for even just Ashley).
Happy with the selections overall but it seems so odd that they hit so many fan favorites with the Booster Course Pass and yet missed three pretty big ones with N64 Bowser's Castle, Airship Fortress, and Toad's Factory.
@HeadPirate My guy, nobody is upset or intending to argue about anything; all I'm saying is that I can load up Famicom Mario 2 on my Switch's Online NES app right now or look at my VC purchase of it on my old Wii and it'll be referred to as "The Lost Levels" so technically, it is retroactively an alternative title for the Famicom version to at least non-Japanese audiences if Nintendo is to be believed. Not saying what version of the game is correctly or incorrectly "The Lost Levels", just that Nintendo themselves have referred to the Famicom Mario 2 as "The Lost Levels" more than once in an official capacity.
Also the "Mario USA" mention was mostly because in your original comment I responded to, you mentioned that was the title given to the All-Stars version of The Lost Levels due to its easier difficulty. Excuse me, was kind of an aside on my original response; just too much of a video game history aficionado to not bring that up and am usually ready to talk about gaming history at the drop of a hat.
@HeadPirate Counterpoint: Nintendo tends to officially refer to Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2 as "The Lost Levels" retroactively with the various Virtual Console and Switch Online re-releases of the original Famicom version so technically referring to the Famicom release as "The Lost Levels" is about as valid as referring to the game "Nazo no Murasamejou" as "The Mysterious Murasame Castle".
Also "Super Mario USA" is the name given to the international Super Mario Bros. 2 (the reworked Doki Doki Panic) when that version was released in Japan to distinguish it from Japan's Super Mario 2 and also likely so Nintendo could future-proof re-releases of the game in all regions without needing to pay licensing fees to Fuji TV for use of their characters but that's just a personal theory.
I don't know if they're brave or foolish for still going through with a console release of this game after the PC release got an absolute thrashing; not sure if any amount of post-release bug fixes/polish will be able to salvage this one at this rate.
North American is a little too generic and Japanese just looks like a collage of the key art; European actually is more reminiscent of the previous Wario Land box art.
Honestly, the only two titles in the Disney Classic Games collection that are still worth playing are the SNES and Genesis versions of Aladdin; still wish Disney would team up with Capcom again to get the Disney Afternoon collection on Switch, and maybe update it to include the excellent Goof Troop SNES game for good measure.
Honestly, I didn't even know a Switch port of this game was in the cards. But then again, I forgot this game even existed before it recently released despite loving the first movie so what do I know?
"we always make sure the story fits with the lore"? Is that why characters and major world-shattering events (sometimes literally) just tend to phase in and out of existence with zero explanation or is this just an attempt to save face and give the impression that they know what they're doing?
Considering October is already pretty busy and that it gives more time to make absolutely sure these ports are Switch-ready, I'm perfectly okay with this delay.
Considering Nintendo's history of having a massive amount of pride as their own company, the fact that they are financially sitting the prettiest they've been since the Wii or NES days (possibly even better) and that the XBox brand in Japan is usually considered laughable at best, I think Phil might be letting the Activision-Blizzard buyout get to his head.
Honestly, I was disappointed this is what F-Zero got after all this time of nothing but once I played it after work, it's probably the best "99" game since Tetris. The gameplay of F-Zero lends itself so well to the battle royal format and I had trouble putting it down for bed when I first tried it. Hoping word of mouth helps this game picks up enough steam for Nintendo to gain a renewed interest in the IP.
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Re: Square Enix To Be "Aggressive In Applying" AI Going Forwards
Okay. Then I guess I'll be aggressive in not buying anything they publish.
Re: Nintendo Reveals "Most Downloaded" Switch eShop Games In 2023 (Japan)
Seeing Pikmin 4 and Super Mario RPG in the top 10 does put a smile on my face.
Re: Bill & Ted's Excellent Retro Collection Is About To Be Delisted On The Switch eShop
As bad as these Bill & Ted games were and still are, it's still a shame to see any game/collection just poof out of existence likely because of some licensing shenanigans.
Re: Activision Blizzard's Bobby Kotick Will Step Down Later This Month
Glad he's going to be gone soon but he should have been gone a LOT sooner and it's rather unfortunate that a lot of the troubling things he's been accused of have seemingly gone unchecked...
Re: WTF: What Exactly Is This Switch eShop Garbage, Nintendo?
And tripe like this is why I don't even bother with browsing the eShop itself anymore and just use DekuDeals.
Re: Random: Luigi's Mansion 2 Was Inspired By The British Sitcom 'Mr. Bean'
Honestly love the idea of the Mario cast taking inspiration from mostly silent comedic characters like Mr. Bean where the body language and facial expressions can yield so much personality; it just makes a lot of sense for the series that doesn't take itself too seriously and barely has any spoken dialogue.
Re: Sea Of Stars Developer Sabotage Replacing 'The Completionist' NPC
If I had a nickel for every time one of the original members of Normal Boots had a cameo removed from an indie game following a controversy, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
Re: Fan-Made 'Link's Awakening DX HD' Port Taken Down By Nintendo
Anyone who didn't see this coming was kidding themselves.
While on the other hand, Nintendo is kidding themselves thinking they killed this port when it's already on the Internet.
Re: Soapbox: Donkey Konga Introduced Me To One Of My Favourite Songs Ever
It's still weird to think about how my introduction to Blink-182 AND Earth Wind & Fire was through Donkey Kong....
Re: E3 Has Been Cancelled, Permanently
Sad more so for it showing the end of an era and I'll always have my good memories related to previous shows but it's about time it was definitively put out of its misery; E3 had been dying a slow and awkward death for the last decade now.
Re: Sega Plans To Revive Even "More" Legacy Franchises
Little iffy on the new Jet Set Radio's visuals not being quite as saturated as the previous games since I always thought that the super-saturated cel-shaded graphics were part of the series' identity but will reserve judgment since this is likely very early in development footage; however, I absolutely dig the hand-drawn art style Shinobi seems to be going for.
NiGHTS, Skies of Arcadia and traditional non-MMO Phantasy Star are definitely the series I'm hoping the most make a comeback. While NiGHTS is my personal favorite, Skies and Phantasy would make sense if Sega tossed either of them at Atlus; I mean, might as well make use of the RPG wizards you bought.
Re: Review: Batman: Arkham Trilogy (Switch) - Two Solid Ports, One Technical Disaster
@Lizuka Ah, I see. Guess there's just the problem of not wanting to pay for a buggy game I don't want just to get Arkham City.
Re: Review: Batman: Arkham Trilogy (Switch) - Two Solid Ports, One Technical Disaster
Not being able to buy Arkham City on its own is a deal breaker honestly; I just wanted to have one of my favorite superhero games playable on my Switch without having to worry about a game I don't want hogging a chunk of my SD card, especially when that game is apparently more broken than Arkham Knight's initial PC port.
Re: Random: The Game Awards Urged Eiji Aonuma To 'Wrap Up' Zelda Acceptance Speech
I get wanting to avoid another Chris Judge acceptance speech situation but the way they went about it was just disrespectful to all the winning members of the game dev community that they're suppose to be celebrating, not just Aonuma; and all for what? So we have time for more commercials and unfunny celebrity bits?
Re: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Wins Best Action/Adventure Game At TGA 2023
Great for Zelda, fantastic game and a well-deserved award, but all I really care about with tonight's awards was Pikmin 4 winning best strategy/sim game; little guys really moving up in the world and I'm living for it.
Re: Hands On: Atari 50 Gets Even Better With Adventure II, Warbirds, And More
I can't look at screenshots of Minature Golf without thinking of the AVGN episode where the Nerd started having a mental breakdown and cracking up over it.
Re: Beyond Good & Evil 20th Anniversary Edition Officially Announced
Seen the screenshots of this updated version side by side with the original.
Put it back.
Re: Beyond Good & Evil 20th Anniversary Edition Listed On The Microsoft Store
Love this game so all for Ubisoft making a good decision for once and doing a modern console port. Now if only we could get some current gen ports of the original Rayman trilogy...
Re: Switch To Get Timed Exclusive Access To Robert Pattinson In Batman: Arkham Trilogy
@E_Gadds_Garage A suit based on the Adam West series was in Arkham Knight but it was in a DLC pack exclusive to the PS4 version of the game so guess we'll see how serious WB is about giving the Switch previously released content.
Re: Switch To Get Timed Exclusive Access To Robert Pattinson In Batman: Arkham Trilogy
The Batman was probably my favorite DC movie in a long time other than Gunn's Suicide Squad so this is pretty neat; just too bad it's only for Arkham Knight when I'm only planning on getting Arkham City.
Re: F-Zero 99 Update (Version 1.1.0) Adding New "Classic Race" Mode This Week
I mean, I'm glad the game is still getting supported but hoping they at least add an offline mode sometime in the future so this game isn't lost to time when the servers are inevitably shut down (which, knowing Nintendo, will happen).
Re: Pokémon's COO Wants To Keep Franchise Going For "Hundreds Of Years"
Did he just admit they can't be "100% aligned" with making a game that isn't technically falling apart at the seams?
Re: 'Felix The Cat' Konami Collection Surfaces On The ESRB
Knew about the NES game from Hudson Soft but didn't know there were enough Felix the Cat games to make a collection out of (unless it's just the NES and Gameboy games I'm aware of in which case, calling it a collection is a bit of a stretch).
But guess if this tells me anything, it means Konami is willing to do new compilations of Hudson's work so I hope that leads to new releases for Bomberman, Bonk and Adventure Island.
Re: Mortal Kombat 1's DLC Fighter Homelander Won't Be Voiced By 'The Boys' Actor
If he's not just messing with these fans, this checks out; MK is a little touch and go regarding getting original actors back to voice legacy characters (while MK11 got Stallone for Rambo and Weller for RoboCop, the Terminator wasn't Schwarzenegger).
Re: Mortal Kombat 1's DLC Fighter Homelander Won't Be Voiced By 'The Boys' Actor
@iLikeUrAttitude To be fair, Richard Epcar has voiced the Joker a handful of times before his appearance in MK11 while Mark was still actively voicing the character so at least that wasn't too much of a stretch in that situation.
Re: Nintendo Announces Indie World Showcase For Tomorrow, November 14th
Hoping to see console ports of Freedom Planet 2 or Pizza Tower (despite it likely still being too soon for the latter) but these are usually fun presentations regardless to bring attention to any games I might have missed out on otherwise.
Re: Zelda: TOTK And Mario Wonder Land GOTY Nominations At The Game Awards 2023
I have been hearing incredible things about Baulder's Gate 3 so as much as I love Mario Wonder and Tears of the Kingdom, I'm guessing that one has Game of the Year in the bag. I'm also rooting for Hi-Fi Rush and Pikmin 4 to take home at least one award and for Pizza Tower in best debut indie.
Re: Talking Point: If 'Switch 2' Is Backwards Compatible, What Will You Do With Your Switch?
If it is backwards compatible and more or less a full replacement for the Switch, would most likely pass it on to a family member seeing as I've done that before when I gave my initial Switch to my mother-in-law because she wanted to play Animal Crossing with my SO and I.
Re: Warner Bros. Says It's Focused On Transforming Its "Biggest Franchises" Into Live Services
Not surprising to hear from an absolute garbage publisher for an absolute garbage media corporation.
Re: Review: Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 - A Poor Switch Port Of A Promising Platform Pounder
Another game where the Switch port was rushed out and not properly optimized for the console. I'm getting real tired of this...
Suppose I can always wait and see if they improve this version with patches or just buy the game on another system when it goes on sale.
Re: Video: 12 Exciting Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In November 2023
So nice of Bluey to let Mario and the Phantom Thieves share a release date with her game.
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo's Still Making Them, So What amiibo Do You Still Want To See?
I can agree on Geno and Oatchi and will add on that I would without question buy amiibo of either Travis Touchdown or Bomberman if Nintendo worked with their companies to somehow manifest those longshots into existence.
Realistic wishes though, I would love some WarioWare amiibo (would settle for even just Ashley).
Re: Talking Point: Which Old Track Do You Wish Had Made It Into Mario Kart 8 Deluxe?
Happy with the selections overall but it seems so odd that they hit so many fan favorites with the Booster Course Pass and yet missed three pretty big ones with N64 Bowser's Castle, Airship Fortress, and Toad's Factory.
Re: Talking Point: What's The Most Difficult Mainline Mario Game?
@HeadPirate Hm, I see.
Re: Talking Point: What's The Most Difficult Mainline Mario Game?
@HeadPirate My guy, nobody is upset or intending to argue about anything; all I'm saying is that I can load up Famicom Mario 2 on my Switch's Online NES app right now or look at my VC purchase of it on my old Wii and it'll be referred to as "The Lost Levels" so technically, it is retroactively an alternative title for the Famicom version to at least non-Japanese audiences if Nintendo is to be believed. Not saying what version of the game is correctly or incorrectly "The Lost Levels", just that Nintendo themselves have referred to the Famicom Mario 2 as "The Lost Levels" more than once in an official capacity.
Also the "Mario USA" mention was mostly because in your original comment I responded to, you mentioned that was the title given to the All-Stars version of The Lost Levels due to its easier difficulty. Excuse me, was kind of an aside on my original response; just too much of a video game history aficionado to not bring that up and am usually ready to talk about gaming history at the drop of a hat.
Re: Talking Point: What's The Most Difficult Mainline Mario Game?
@HeadPirate Counterpoint: Nintendo tends to officially refer to Japanese Super Mario Bros. 2 as "The Lost Levels" retroactively with the various Virtual Console and Switch Online re-releases of the original Famicom version so technically referring to the Famicom release as "The Lost Levels" is about as valid as referring to the game "Nazo no Murasamejou" as "The Mysterious Murasame Castle".
Also "Super Mario USA" is the name given to the international Super Mario Bros. 2 (the reworked Doki Doki Panic) when that version was released in Japan to distinguish it from Japan's Super Mario 2 and also likely so Nintendo could future-proof re-releases of the game in all regions without needing to pay licensing fees to Fuji TV for use of their characters but that's just a personal theory.
Re: Talking Point: What's The Most Difficult Mainline Mario Game?
Lost Levels easily but just because the level designers chose violence that day.
Re: Enchanted Portals Conjures Cuphead-Like 2D Platforming On Switch This Week
I don't know if they're brave or foolish for still going through with a console release of this game after the PC release got an absolute thrashing; not sure if any amount of post-release bug fixes/polish will be able to salvage this one at this rate.
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl: Wario Land: Shake It!
North American is a little too generic and Japanese just looks like a collage of the key art; European actually is more reminiscent of the previous Wario Land box art.
Re: Best Disney Nintendo Switch Games
Honestly, the only two titles in the Disney Classic Games collection that are still worth playing are the SNES and Genesis versions of Aladdin; still wish Disney would team up with Capcom again to get the Disney Afternoon collection on Switch, and maybe update it to include the excellent Goof Troop SNES game for good measure.
Re: It Looks Like Robocop: Rogue City Has Been Quietly Cancelled On Switch
Honestly, I didn't even know a Switch port of this game was in the cards.
But then again, I forgot this game even existed before it recently released despite loving the first movie so what do I know?
Re: Takashi Iizuka Explains Timeline Placement Of Sonic Superstars
"we always make sure the story fits with the lore"? Is that why characters and major world-shattering events (sometimes literally) just tend to phase in and out of existence with zero explanation or is this just an attempt to save face and give the impression that they know what they're doing?
Re: Super Mario Bros. Wonder Leaked Online Ahead Of Next Week's Release
Big, new 1st party Switch game leaks online a week early.
In other news, the sky is blue.
Re: Batman Arkham Trilogy For Switch Has Been Delayed Until December
Considering October is already pretty busy and that it gives more time to make absolutely sure these ports are Switch-ready, I'm perfectly okay with this delay.
Re: Pop Blisters And Rip Out Ingrown Toenails With 'Foot Clinic', Launching This Week
Dear lord, FINALLY! Been deprived of a real game all year!
Re: Evil Dead: The Game Has Been Cancelled For Nintendo Switch
This is so not groovy...
Re: Internal Xbox Email Details Desire To Acquire Nintendo
Considering Nintendo's history of having a massive amount of pride as their own company, the fact that they are financially sitting the prettiest they've been since the Wii or NES days (possibly even better) and that the XBox brand in Japan is usually considered laughable at best, I think Phil might be letting the Activision-Blizzard buyout get to his head.
Re: Review: Mortal Kombat 1 - A Superb Fighter, But Severely Kompromised On Switch
To paraphrase Jurassic Park, they were so caught up on if they could, they never stopped to think if they should.
Re: Takaya Imamura Expresses His Love For F-Zero 99, Awaits 'Revival Of The IP'
Honestly, I was disappointed this is what F-Zero got after all this time of nothing but once I played it after work, it's probably the best "99" game since Tetris. The gameplay of F-Zero lends itself so well to the battle royal format and I had trouble putting it down for bed when I first tried it. Hoping word of mouth helps this game picks up enough steam for Nintendo to gain a renewed interest in the IP.
Re: Talking Point: Which Classic Cartoons Deserve The Shredder's Revenge Treatment?
Not straight up saying it would be awesome if Alien vs. Predator could get a new modern beat em up but I'm not saying I wouldn't want it either...