OstianOwl

For me, Fire Emblem Awakening came out at the exact time in my life when I most needed it. Some bad experiences in high school and my friend circle completely splitting up after graduation caused me to become a recluse; I had been in college for a few years at that point and had basically no friends I actively talked to or spent time with and didn't go to any parties since I had thrown myself so deep into my school work. I grabbed Awakening on a whim when it released since I remembered having fun with the GBA and DS games in the series and I became obsessed, playing it every chance I could get when I was waiting on the campus for my classes to start and when I had free time in-between studying. For lack of a better term, it reawakened my love of Fire Emblem and I started talking with more people in the common areas of the campus when I happen to see them also playing Awakening.
And one summer, I actually decided to go to a convention that was being hosted in my town cosplaying as the main avatar character Robin and that started a conversation with another cosplayer who would slowly become my best friend and years after that, my best friend basically introduced me to the woman who would become my girlfriend now of over five years and just so happens to, as she puts it, breathes Fire Emblem. So in a way, Awakening basically broke me out of my social shell and helped me establish new relationships I had basically given up on after high school.

Considering this consists of two legacy collections, a DLC expansion, and three last-to-current gen ports I heavily question if Capcom knows what "new titles" means. Pragmata seems interesting but they haven't said or shown enough of it yet and Exoprimal lost me by being another multi-player focus game instead of the Dino Crisis spiritual successor it initially looked like. And Capcom seriously needs to give Street Fighter a break for a few years and try a new game in another of their fighting series; coming from someone who was insanely excited when Street Fighter IV was announced and enjoyed it and its expansions, I just feel burned out on Street Fighter at this point and have been turning to KOF and Skullgirls for my fighter fix instead.
Oh well; looking forward to playing Darkstalkers on current hardware at least, though a new Ace Attorney or even modern ports of the Viewtiful Joe games would be nice...

Looks absolutely stellar. I'm looking forward to this game despite being worried Daisy is still a no-show in any ads/promos we've seen.

Well, with Breath of the Wild 2 being delayed to next year and Nintendo doing some Zelda related release every year for a while now, that can only mean...
LINK'S CROSSBOW TRAINING HD, BABY
LET'S GO

In all seriousness though, it wouldn't surprise me if Nintendo has been sitting on Switch ports of both Wind Waker and Twilight Princess as a backup if BotW2 missed 2022.

Biggest launch regret? The original 3DS, as in the hardware itself. It was chunky (not aesthetically pleasing to look at AND felt ridged to hold when playing games; Kid Icarus Uprising was a nightmare with that thing) and had horrible battery life to the point where I invested in a 3rd party battery which made it even chunkier. Plus the way the touch screen jutted out ended up scratching up my top screen from carrying it in my pocket too much, basically messing up the 3D effect.
Main net positives I got for jumping the gun on my 3DS hype were getting those GBA games and getting to experience Fire Emblem Awakening right when it launched.

I like that the soft colors of the Japanese art capture the art-style of the Kirby series but the Western art is probably better composition-wise and better shows what the game's world looks like.

@ShadowofTwilight22 Cheers, mate.

Out of curiosity, has Sega clarified yet if this collection is using the Taxman versions of 1, 2, and/or CD or entirely new builds?

As much as I like those five games, wish this collection also included the Game Gear/Master System Sonic platformers as well; that portion of Sonic's 2D history has been ignored long enough.

The gold background with the game's logo is about as iconic for the Zelda series as the white background with the game's logo is for the Final Fantasy series but going off of personal preference, I probably prefer the Japanese art. Link looks just kind of pasted there but that Lost Woods is just too good.

North American art takes this one; I like how most of the major characters are there and Bowser's expression makes me chuckle. Japanese box just looks like Lakitu took a mid-flight photo of Mario a millisecond too late and only got his ear.

Still say that Tri Force Heroes is probably the worst mainline Zelda game for me but guess if we're going strictly single-player-only experiences, then I'd say it's a close tie between Phantom Hourglass and Zelda II.

If this is true, I will be so happy to get Maple Treeway and 3DS Rainbow Road back; those were the retro courses other than Waluigi Pinball I wanted in Mario Kart 8 the most.

Aaand Square Enix just danced around the core complaints that the game is flooded with scummy microtransaction exploitation despite being a full retail release. Why wouldn't they?

Unfortunate it had to be delayed indefinitely but guess it would be pretty poor timing currently to release a game centered around conventional warfare that features a faction based on Russia, no matter how lighthearted and cartoony the depiction is (which actually might make it more in poor taste).

Glad to see KoF and Skullgirls make it to main events but am pretty bummed by the lack of Killer Instinct; which, come to think of it, might be related to Sony now owning EVO as much as why Smash is a no-show.

Really hope they eventually look into new releases of the SNK vs. Capcom arcade fighters as well; especially with Capcom releasing that new fighter collection in June.

Would prefer Origins over Knight but still would welcome being able to play Arkham Asylum and City on Switch.

My favorite Zelda game but I am fully bracing for the emulation to be worse than the Gamecube port at this rate.

It warms my heart to see Sakurai just getting out and living his life after being buried in Smash Bros. for a good decade. You ride that horse and enjoy it, sir; you more than earned it.

That's fine; I've always liked Saints Row more anyway and they actually have passable ports on Switch.

@Silly_G Hm, touché.

And Nintendo wants us to pay $50 a year for this? Are they actually insane?

Oh thank the gods, AT LAST. Been wanting to play quite a few of these on Swich but didn't want to buy more versions of Street Fighter 2 again.

If this is true then honestly, I'd be okay if we lived in the alternate timeline where they only added N64 games and the yearly fee was 40 instead of 50. Don't get me wrong: I LOVE the Sega Genesis and its library but we already had access to the confirmed games on the Switch via different collections and the inclusion of Genesis games in NSO seemed a bit random to begin with.

Would have double-dipped if it was actual releases but as of now, I'm fine already having these games on my PS4. I don't understand Square Enix's obsession with cloud releases as of late.

Still keeping my fingers crossed that everyone's favorite spiky-haired defense attorney from Capcom gets in.

I'm of course talking about Apollo Justice. (No obviously I mean Nick.)

"Nooooo, I don't want to be a minimalist, corporate logo!!"

Dungeon Duos and Shell Shocked made it.
They're saying all the right things...

To be honest, Jack Black as Bowser is the only thing keeping me remotely curious about this likely disaster of a movie.

What's hilarious about this to me particularly is that besides them being just plain-old Oreos with Pokemon designs, they aren't even uncommon in my area; pretty much every grocery store I've walked into the past few days still have a rack or shelf full of packets.

Remastering Chrono Cross and still leaving Chrono Trigger stuck on mobile and Steam is just tone-deaf enough of a decision for Square Enix for me to believe at least that.
(Cross is still good but Square's seemingly outright refusal to bring Trigger back to consoles just baffles me.)

@LeighDapa Spock's cool but more of a fan of Riker myself in the Star Wars universe.

Honestly, expected this to look like nothing more than a low-effort mobile game since the teaser and it looks about as expected.

So was anyone else scared the first time the Gamecube startup screen transitioned to the system menu because you forgot a disc wasn't in the console or was I just an easily frightened child?

@sketchturner Oh, thanks. I just always assumed they never released it since it wasn't on the score soundtrack. Cheers!

Wasn't expecting to see the Scott Pilgrum version here but I'm glad that it was; shame we'll never get a clean studio recording version of it.

Welp, that's disappointing; I had just gotten into the Yakuza series and now I'm already worried about its future.

@TheFrenchiestFry Maybe if we're lucky, he'll still show up as a rep for the mainline SMT games.

Morgana in a ball: That's pretty neat.
Monkey Target returning: DAT'S THE GOODS RIGHT THERE

Pretty sure these Tweets are just trolling, well-aware that all these games are referencing the same movie scene.

@WoomyNNYes The frogurt is also rendered in Unreal Engine.
That's bad.

This really makes me want an official Hit & Run enhanced port even more but won't get my hopes up considering Disney seems to be completely inept with the game industry.

A few that immediately come to mind are:
Starship Mario (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
Beneath the Mask (Persona 5)
Rito Village (Zelda Breath of the Wild)
Objection! 2013 (Phoenix Wright Dual Destinies)
Life at Garreg Mach Monastery (Fire Emblem Three Houses)
Lost Painting (Castlevania Symphony of the Night)

Unless the agreement was actually written down on a contract, there's not much he can honestly say that will hold up in court unless he actually recorded them having this conversation; the legal system doesn't care for "verbal agreements" with how easy they are to forge without evidence. It sucks but that's just how it is.

I fully anticipate this fun little candy tie-in to be scalped and up-priced to high heavens.

Nothing particularly wrong with the Japanese box art but it's pretty basic compared to the dynamic art for the North American release.

Vividly remember first seeing a Nintendo game when I was maybe 4 or 5 and a hotel my family stayed at had Super Mario World available to play in the room.

We are this much closer to seeing Kiryu and/or Majima rolling around in a ball.

@nessisonett As someone who grew up on the pizza ones through the first half of elementary school, let me assure you: you aren't missing much.