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@Liam_Doolan Are the ROMs the Japanese or international versions though? I have the Taito collections and most of them default to the Japanese ROMs.

The game selections are so random. I would have bought them all if there were arranged by series, genre, or year of release.

@Serpenterror Kyosuke from CVS2 is another suitable option, since Rival School takes place in the Street Fighter universe, and they have the spirited and animation already.

@Whirlwound Yes but it works like Doom on Switch, we only get the curated mods unfortunately.

@mauhlin12 Yes, gyro is included.

@theberrage Sadly Epic delisted the Unreal games from PC digital stores including their own store. Can't have the kids discover good retro shooters and abandon Fortnite after all.

I'm glad id Software got the rights to Heretic/Hexen back, since for many years after Bethesda purchased them, there were rights disputes with Activision, the owner of Raven Software, which is why characters from Hexen never showed up in Quake Champions. Now Doomguy is making guest appearances in Tony Hawk due to the MS purchase. I'm pretty sure we'll see a Hexen 2 and/or Heretic 2 remaster next year.

@Fiergala Contracts for the PS3/360/PC versions were taken offline years ago due to Square Enix owning the servers, and they were shut down when IO went their separate ways. The PS4/XB1 remaster outright removed it.

If you're new to Hitman I highly recommend playing Blood Money first. The problems with Absolution are that:

1) The levels are broken up into segments due to the memory limitations of them PS3/360. As such there are levels which are just linear corridors and you just have to escape to the exit without needing to target anyone, and the map is outright removed. The cool weapon collection aspect of Blood Money is also gone since in several levels you start with no gear due to story reasons.

2) The story involves 47 being on the run, but the cast is rather bizarre and feels like characters out of some exploration film, rather than the conspiracy thriller feel of the other games. I don't want to spoil anything here, but the infamous wrestling level highlight the plot's problems.

@SillyG Sadly the game was removed from GOG due to player backlash against the online requirement. The GOG player base is militant against any sorts of DRM and such.

I assume the Switch version is just a rerelease of the 2019 version for PS4/XB1. Too bad because the original version has a multiplayer mode that allows you to play user created challenges. The removal of the mode makes weapon and costume collecting in the main game pointless.

@dimi Yes, you can use the Joycon to emulate a light gun. The SNES and NES versions are also available as DLC.

I'm saving my money for next week, when M2's Operation Night Strikers releases. It contains Night Striker plus several light gun games light Operation Wolf.

Has it been confirmed that the Switch 1 version requires an additional download?

@Lord You do know that most of the Helldivers players are on PC right? Live service games need all the players it can potentially get, and Xbox has a significant shooter audience. Xbox Series is not the Wii U, and why shouldn't Sony try to court them, especially with the riding cost of AAA games development nowadays?

I wonder if Switch and Xbox can get some exclusive skins, from Metroid and Halo respectively.

@Teksette I assume it's due to the fact that the Japanese version of SQ runs on the FDS, and M2 doesn't want to create a separate emulator.

@gaga64 I assume it's because Digital Eclipse lacks an adequate emulator for Amiga. The Tetris and Llamasoft compilations also lack any Amiga versions.

@Gedrick The biggest issue with the Switch port of NWN1 is the lack of support for mods, and several DLC campaigns were never ported. Furthermore the multiplayer scene is pretty big on PC but the Switch version only supports access to two persistent world servers.

@Lone_Beagle What's wrong with Beamdog exactly? They added numerous QOL changes to BG and NWN, including a scalable UI for the former, and got the multiplayer servers running again.

Aspyr in contrast introduced several bugs to the Switch versions of KOTOR 1 and 2, including several game breaking bugs that took over a year to fix.

@AlphaElite To be fair, that version was ported by Skybound Games, not Beamdog. Lots of stuff couldn't be implemented on consoles due to the restriction on modding.

Sadly I've been getting DNS errors on both consoles ever since I got a Switch 2 to go along with the Switch 1.

I'm quite disappointed that SC2 is on Nintendo Classics GC. Not because it's a bad game, but it lessens the chance of seeing a rerelease of SC2 HD Online complete with both Heihachi and Spawn.

I'm very disappointed that Aspyr is handling this rather than Beamdog, which handled Neverwinter Nights 1 plus the first two Baldur's Gate games, Icewind Dale, and Planescape Torment. Beamdog at least added numerous new content into the older games, whereas Aspyr's ports of the KOTOR games are barebones and came with numerous bugs that took ages to fix.

And I can't help but notice that the game is 27 GBs on the eshop, whereas the original version on GOG is only 5 GBs. Knowing Aspyr, most of the bloat would be AI generated asset, like what happened to the Battlefront collection.

Apparently several emulators suffer issues on Switch 2, including Arcade Archives, Saturn Tribute, as well those running on the Carbon Engine. Also both Capcom Fighting Collection 2 and Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection suffer from gameplay issues as of now.

I had to delete the Switch YT app since it's so limited compared to the mobile or smart TV versions. I couldn't even use the search function, and it logs me out too often.

They really should've included the arcade versions of the first game and J&M Returns, which were delisted from the eshop a few years ago. Otherwise, all three SNES games are available on the NSO app.

Considering the price, I'd say it's better to wait for Ridge Racer 2, which is pretty much an expanded version of the first game and comes with multiplayer.

I wonder what made WB change its mind though, since they flat out refused LRG when they wanted to make the Konami Animaniacs/Tiny Toons collections.

@Serpenterror Oh I forgot that game ever existed haha. It was developed by a company called Distinctive Software which is now part of EA Canada, so perhaps the developers didn't want to pay EA for the game's code?

Also IIRC the first two TMNT NES games also have PC ports published by Konami. Although that DOS version of the first game has a jumping bug that made a level unfinishable.

@Serpenterror What game is missing from the TMNT Cowabunga Collection? IIRC it's mostly limited to the Konami catalogue and of the games based on the 1987 cartoon.

As for the other collections, yeah it is quite annoying that the SF 30th Anniversary Collection is missing the Japanese games in the Western release, and only a few games can be played online. Also the Samurai Shodown Neogeo Collection, it really should have dropped the Neogeo label and included SS6, particularly since it was included in the less powerful PSP version.

I'm pretty sure the comment "the original’s sensual scenes have been thoughtfully adapted for a modern revival, respecting the heroines' privacy" just refers to the Saturn version which censored the more questionable cutscenes of the original PC-98 version. In the original version's cutscenes, Blow and Fella sets up on the bosses in a way that implies sexual assault, with graphical scenes to boot, since apparently the virus can only be cured by Blow's man juice. The later versions changed it to more suggestive ones.

I just want the Neo Geo football games to return to the store. Only the first Super Sidekicks is available for some reason.

The update is not out on Switch yet for some reason. Mine still says version 2.0.2

@kfflscnt I don't think MS even published physical copies of their PS5 ports. The last MS published game on Switch that got a physical release were the Ori games IIRC, and that was done by a third party.

@SalvorHardin Well Gears 1 actually made sense since it was mostly set in a destroyed town. Gears 3 and its sequels are far more colourful since there's are sections set outside of cities.

So this is eshop only? I remember picking up the SW Heritage Collection but was really annoyed that KOTOR 1 and 2 require separate downloads.

So it's an Asian import? Sucks that the West is getting codes in boxes again.

Digging into the series, I can see how some people can get confused. The original PC-98 version of Variable Geo does cross a line, where your winning character sexual assaults the losing female fighters.

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/variable-geo/

I'm still waiting for Rage Wars and the Turok 3 multiplayer update. Since they were never ported to PC I'd assume a port is harder to make.

Why can't Namco just port the HD online version, with Heihachi and Spawn, plus Link as a Nintendo exclusive.

Looking forward to the showdown between Shinobi AOV and Ninja Gaiden RB. The interesting thing is that while Shinobi AOV is developed by Lizardcube which developed SOR4, Ninja Gaiden RB is published by Dotemu which published SOR4. It makes me wonder if there were any behind the scenes shenanigans which broke apart the partnership and one party took their idea of their 2D ninja game reboot to a rival franchise.

If we're getting different versions, hopefully we'll get Children of the Atom 1.0 as well, which has significant gameplay and graphics differences.

If only Chinese Chess is included as well, so that makes 52 games, as some sort of anti-Action 52.

All three games are already available on Sega Genesis Classics. The conplilation has been delisted digitally but you can still buy physical copies.

Seems Plasma Sword is the DC version and not the original arcade version. I guess Capcom doesn't want to make a separate emulator for the PS1-based arcade hardware.

@Spider-Kev A bunch of stuff such as new items, areas, events, and minigames

https://www.suikosource.com/games/gs1/indepth/saturn.php

@neogyo Sadly I gave up physical game collections a while back, especially with companies like Take 2 putting incomplete games on the card and expecting you to download the rest. And I'm rather annoyed by the lack of regulation from the limited print physical games market, where some people waited years for the games they preordered.

Not buying unless Konami restores the missing content from the Sega Saturn version.

Good thing that this game is copublished by Ziggurat, because LRG charges more than double for other retro releases like Felix the Cat and Ninja 5-0

It's very annoying that the game is almost double the price of the Castlevania GBA and DS collections. If you don't care about the extras it's cheaper to get the Arcade Classics Collection, and Gradius 3 is available separately on Arcade Archives.