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I'm holding out for a physical release. The game is 14 GBs and is far too big to download for me. IIRC Onimusha 1 had a physical release but only in Japan.

@Rodolfo6493 Because Saturn games are rather difficult to emulate, and the ones on Switch from the Saturn Tribute series all have varying degrees of input lag. A pity because the Saturn version does have a few exclusive levels.

I wonder if this is physical exclusive, since Blaster Master Zero trilogy also got a physical exclusive enhanced release with voice acting.

Strange Activision is going this way, considering that 1+2 on Switch is around 13 GBs and only requires a minimal download for the physical copy. Also the eshop says that 3+4 is only around 6 GBs, which could easily fit a card.

Personally I'm hoping for more 32-bit titles, especially Taito F3 games. There are a couple from other companies such as the Saturn Tribute series and M2's own emulations, but I do like a cheaper option.

Tetris Grandmaster 1 runs on PS1-based arcade hardware so Hamster definitely have the capabilities of doing so.

@Stormcloudlive Seems the rights of the game lies with Data East. While there are some DE games on AA, the majority were with the Flying Tiger which made the Johnny Turbo line. Most of the games were pulled a few years ago and AA has yet to acquire them.

@Not_Soos You have to take it up with WB which now owns Midway's IPs. They'd rather sit on it than rerelease their old games, and they turned down LRG when they wanted to rerelease Konami's old Animaniacs and Tiny Toons games.

@dmcc0 I think he's making the claim that "85% of Switch physical games can be played offline", not that "85% of Switch games sales are physical".

But yeah, a significant amount of Switch games are digital-only, and so are digital purchases. The likes of limited print physical games are more catered to a niche collectors audience and aren't widely accessible.

I love Nightdive's remasters, but they can be really slow with updates. I'm still waiting multiplayer to be added back for the Turok 3 remaster - bot matches were a blast on the N64.

Unfortunately, what Tetris game could be included depends on who developed and published it back in the day. Most of the ones on the collection came from Bullet Proof Software, which was founded by Henk Rogers back in the day, now at The Tetris Company. The versions by Sega and Jaleco for instance require the permissions of the respective companies for a rerelease.

The devs should really include the Nintendo versions exclusive to the Switch version. I want to play them any time without needing a NSO subscription.

Be warned though that LRG somehow forgot to implement the ability to remap your controls. So the default is Y for shurikens, B to jump, and A for melee. If you're used to the GBA layout you have to manually remap your settings from system settings.

I'm still waiting for the remaster of SS1, which is currently Steam exclusive. There's also the remake which is likely going to be on Switch 2.

Nightdive also said that they were going to remaster the FPS Sin a few years ago and I'm still waiting.

Well, people actually bought Mario Party Jamboree and Zelda Echoes of Wisdom. Astrobot sold only around 1.5 million units, quite a low number for a console that shipped 75 million.

I'm wondering if Capcom would be releasing a physical version. IIRC the original Onimusha only got one in Japan.

It's a very strange mix of games, and I fail to see how the light gun games have anything to do with a sprite scaling shooter.

I wish Night Striker came along with Aqua Jack and the first two Chase HQ games instead.

The strange thing is that Plasma Sword in the collection is the Dreamcast version, since the original ran on Sony's Playstation-based arcade hardware and Capcom couldn't be bothered creating a PS1 emulator. However, most of the other games are the Sega NAOMI arcade versions, and not their superior DC ports.

Sadly, Capcom isn't going to fix up the issues with the Onimusha Warlords HD port. It's still barebones and lack the extras from Genma Onimusha on Xbox.

It's 3.9 GBs, for those who want to download it via eshop.

Not getting it unless there's a physical copy. All of the early Forza games had been pulled due to car licensing issues, with Forza Horizon 4 just late last year.

@MarcusIsCool Nintendo didn't become this big by being nice, and Shigeru Miyamoto isn't really involved in Nintendo's business decisions. Their former president Hiroshi Yamauchi was an absolutely ruthless businessman, and some of their actions during the NES days are almost unthinkable today. Nintendo actually restricted third parties on developing for rival systems, as well as how many games they could develop for the NES, to the degree that they lost a FTC lawsuit.

This generation I have cut down on physical purchases unfortunately. My biggest annoyance is major publishers cheapening out by using the lowest capacity switch cards and expecting you do download the rest. For instance, 2K/Rockstar only included limited data for their Bioshock and GTA collections, and the same deal with the Konami's MGS collection. As such when you insert your card in, you're basically getting a dataless icon. If that's the case forward, I might as well buy a digital copy of the games and save the hassle of swapping cards.

As for LRG and their ilk, they know they cornered a niche audience and are resorting to incredibly unscrupulous practices. As someone who lives in Australia I have to pay a premium to import them, and if I miss out the initial preorder window, I have to sometimes pay 10x the price in the aftermarket.

@Antraxx777 Probably the rest of Taito Arcade Archives games not already included in Taito Milestones:

Bonze Adventure
Crime City
Don Doko Don
Fighting Hawk
Final Blow
Flipull
Football Champ
Kuri Kinton
Master of Weapon
Megablast
Ninja Kids
Raimais
Volfied

@ChessboardMan The version included is the English version Growl, despite ads labelling it as Runark. You can change from 2 to 4 played in the in-game options.

Worth noting that unlike the previous two collections, the Western version defaults to the English ROMs, which is a godsend for Cadash, since the game is text heavy. And Runark is actually Growl in this collection, while Rainbow Islands Extra is missing, even though it's included in the standalone release.

However, the three new games (Dead Connection, Thunder Fox, Warrior Blade) defaults to the Japanese version for some reason.

It's a shame Fatal Fury Special isn't included since it's pretty much the Championship Edition of Fatal Fury 2, making the original pretty much redundant.

Ahh I was wondering why Arcade Archives stopped carrying Technos games. I'm glad to play the Neo Geo version of Super Dodgeball alongside Combatribes and Shadow Force. Too bad Double Dragon fighting game and Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer are not included.

@Bizzyb Probably later this year, since the first collection was released digitally in February last year and the physical copy came later in October.

Seeing how the original launched with bugs and censorship, I'll wait for the physical release down the track with the updates.

No love for the PSP version? The character models look far better, along with the isometric views and gameplay improvements like ultimate attacks.

Sadly most of the physical Switch games I buy are AAA first party titles like TOTK, which works out of the box and require very little updates. What annoys me are:

1) Major publishers going the cheap route by using the smallest cards and expecting the user to download the rest. For instance, with the latest updates, Monster Hunter Rise requires another 10 GBs of downloads.

2) Specialist publishers like LRG cheapening out on their customers and thriving on artificial scarcity. Often I have to pay double the price for a physical copy of a game I like compared to the eshop, and then I have to wait for deliveries which often goes unfulfilled.

@Ashunera84 Lots of countries in the world have protectionist economies, not just China. France has quotas on foreign films imported into the country for instance.

As for American companies, you don't think that they engage in their own propaganda, like virtue signalling about being inclusive of minorities yet it's still the same people controlling from the top?

Tencent's rapid expansion is shady and deserves questioning, but the way the US government acts shows it's tied with the incoming Trump government's xenophobia. They're not concerned about corporate responsibility and good governance, seeing the amount of bailouts and lobbyists in Washington.

Meanwhile Microsoft literally brags about providing hardware and software for the US military. Totally not part of the US military industrial complex LOL.

https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/digital-transformation/u-s-army-to-use-hololens-technology-in-high-tech-headsets-for-soldiers/

@GrailUK Hamster has yet to port any 32-bit or 3D games other than the two Tetris TGM games. They're slowly releasing games from the early 90s, but otherwise they're more concentrated on the ones which they own the rights to, such as Athena, NMK, UPL etc.

@MontyCircus Sadly WB and their gaming division which owns Midway are on a downward spiral under David Zaslav. Several bigger game developers like Digital Eclipse and LRG had approached them for their back catalogue, but they were all turned down.

The only way I'm buying a physical copy is if they include the original game, like the physical version of Asha in Monster World.

@Toastmaster Turok 3 Remastered is still missing the multiplayer mode from the original. Apparently the source code is lost, and sadly that's half the game missing since I had great fun fighting bots back in the day.

@Grail_Quest It's worth noting that the remaster is actually based on the PC version which has completely different, more open levels, although you can play with 3DO monsters and weapon models. The 3DO version has more enclosed maze levels more akin to Wolfenstein 3D, and I hope that version gets added to the remaster eventually.

Tetris DX is quite the downgrade to the original IMO. Not is only the iconic theme gone, the background animation is more of an annoyance since it distracts from concentration.

I really hope that the Nintendo versions of Tetris (NES, GB, GBC) could be added to the next update of the Switch version of Tetris Forever. They are important milestones, and I'm sure many people would like a physical version without needing a NSO subscription.

@Overzeal They're just the ACA Neo Geo games inside one app

@WaveBoy If you like pixel art beat em ups, have you tried Karate Kid Street Rumble or GI Joe Wrath of Cobra?

@Shiryu And I couldn't even get past the first Zord fight against Goldar, who keeps dodging my moves and reduce the sword meter in a few hits.

They're nice bonuses, but I don't know why DE couldn't just port the original MS-DOS version instead. The 16-bit console versions have broken physics, lack many animations and voices, and there is no random map generator either.

@Crono1973 NES Tetris does not have the famous Tetris theme aka Korobeiniki, but Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy as the default music. Korobeiniki was introduced via the GB version.

Ugh, the biggest annoyance I have with Kirby games on DS and 3DS is that A is used to jump and B is used to attack, without options to change them. If it gets a Switch port I hope there are more control customisation options.

It sucks how Famicom owners missed out on this version back in the day. I played the Japan-only BPS version on Tetris Forever and it has horrid controls, with down to rotate and A to drop.