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Delaying a digital game over some collector's trinkets only a small minority will buy is one of the most boneheaded decisions I've yet heard.

I assume WB/Traveller's Tales lost the license to the Marvel games?

Shadow Warrior next? It got an updated version back in 2013 but was not ported to any consoles IIRC. Hopefully Nightdive can work something out with Devolver.

@JetmanUK Strange because I'm running the S1 version on S2, and I cannot go online at all and am locked to Grand Prix mode.

@sketchturner For a start:

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/09/aspyr-removes-ai-generated-vocals-from-tomb-raider-collection-after-voice-actor-takes-legal-action

@Truegamer79 Human Revolution actually sold and reviewed very well. It's the follow up Mankind Divided that flopped, and that's not helped by its use of microtransactions and the game's story and scope was drastically downsized.

Damn, why couldn't they get Nightdive to port it instead? Aspyr is known to use AI assets to "enhance" graphics from older games and bloat up the game's size to boot. They even used AI to give Lara Croft new lines in the last Tomb Raider collection rather than paying the old voice actress.

@Dimey To be fair, these games are also available individually for less than $10 each on the eshop, so the collections are more aimed at collectors wanting to own physical copies than the average person.

Furthermore the emulation quality of those ROMs are generally considered to be decent to great, and far better than the PS2/PSP compilations we got over a decade ago.

@Switching Did you forget when Piranha Plant was released as a early purchase bonus for SSB Ultimate, and the first Fighter Pass was available for pre-order the same day the game was released?

@Serpenterror There are some Neogeo games on Switch that are available outside of Arcade Archives. That includes Breakers, Rage of the Dragons, Super Dodgeball, SVC Chaos, Windjammers, plus the Visco Collection that contains Andro Dunos, Ganryu, and several others.

@GrailUK Nah, sadly since it was developed by Sammy, now part of Sega, they aren't on board with Arcade Archives.

Worth noting Pop'n Bounce aka Gappolin is exclusive to the compilation, since it was never released separately.

I still want the Animaniacs and Tiny Toons collections. Now that WB has allowed the Mortal Kombat collection to happen, perhaps they're now more willing to lend out their IPs.

I just hope it won't get abandoned like other DB multiplayer games cough The Breakers cough

I'm surprised that SE never released a physical version in East Asia. That's how I got my hands on Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy 9, Legend of Mana, Saga Frontier 1+2, World of FF Maxima etc without dealing with LRG's nonsense.

@BuhBuhBuhBanned The story is just standard medieval fantasy, nothing out of the ordinary. The scope of the game is closer to some of the older fantasy strategy game alike Heroes of Might & Magic, where your characters go around command an army and capture towns as such.

@Blast16 PQ Legend Returns is the only one currently Switch and is digital exclusive. Gems of War is kinda of a spiritual successor but it's a F2P online only game.

I played the hell out of the PSP version, in spite of its bugs, and The Legend Returns was particularly responsible for my Switch purchase. I hope to see a remaster of Galactrix and 2 someday as well.

@LikelySatan They did remaster it back in 2018, but for some reason it's exclusive to PC and Xbox.

Cool but I'm still waiting for the fix for Chrono Cross.

I found an issue with the game. Apparently your playthrough gets saved as replays whether you like it or not, severely bloating your save file to over 200 MBs.

@AlanaHagues Any updates from LRG on why Fear Effect isn't available on the EU and Australian eshops?

Sadly it's not on the Australian eshop

The annoying thing is that the deluxe edition outfits cannot be changed once selected, and you can't upgrade to the deluxe edition once you buy the standard one, locking you out of the DLC. A shame because the outfits are well animated.

Can we stop taking Nate seriously? He previously "predicted" that SF would launch on PS5 late last year, not to mention his various debunked claims like the N64 Mini and Switch Pro. He seems to throw darts randomly at a board with his claims.

@h3s Much better IMO, since it contains rewind, save slots, and more gameplay options to fiddle with. It also contains 4 versions of Salamander: JP Salamander, US Life Force, JP Life Force, and a new version of Salamander using the weapons system of Gradius.

I hope next year we can see a remaster of the sequels. I just hope that MS resolved the legal issues with the Hexen 2 expansion and Heretic 2, since id didn't produce them and they were solely published by Activision.

IMO Hexen 2 is the best of the series, retaining Hexen 1's hub and class system while giving it a full 3D makeover thanks to the Quake engine. The levels are also more logically designed and the puzzles less obtuse.

@Truegamer79 The information has been floating around gaming forums for a while. Just go into the version selection for Gradius and Salamander and try it there.

Sadly since the Castlevania and Contra collections were 6 year ago they don't have any hidden content.

There are two bonus games available via the Konami Code: The Nintendo Vs version of Gradius, and Salamander Power Capsule, a hacked version that uses Gradius' weapon system.

@LikelySatan It sure is. Unreal 1's graphics blew me away back in the day, even on a PC without a graphics card. I love the exploration aspect of the single player that's not too common among FPS games back then. I really wish Epic continued with the aspect and made a direct sequel instead of jumping fully on the multiplayer train.

@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.