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@Serpenterror You can now use either a cursor controlled with the thumbsticks or the NS's touchscreen.

You can now also use a button QTE for the glyphs.

Hopefully the game is uncensored. The Nintendo versions removed all of the death scenes for some reason.

@whitespy12 Same here. There's also the upcoming Sunsoft Retro Selection with some brand new localisations. I also got the Namcot Collection off the Japanese eshop but not all games are translated unfortunately.

@Zeebor15 LOL no corporation creates games out of the goodness of their hearts. Not even Nintendo.

@-wc- I bought Pinball Quest and you can have an all black border, and turn off the extras like the timer.

I really wished Arcade Archives got the release instead like the rest of the Neo Geo fighters. I'd happily exchange online multiplayer for a more accurate arcade port with better control and graphics customization.

As a side note, this port was done by Code Mystics which also ported Garou, KOF97, LB2, and SS5 Special to PS4/Vita, using pretty much the same interface.

Once again Aspyr bloated the game to 9 GBs. Does the Boba Fett skin and flashlight warrant the game's size quadrupling? The original game was less than 2 GBs on PS2.

@DogDetective Implying that there's somehow a huge market for physical versions of small and short indie games in this day and age, and that it somehow might make a difference in sales.

Face it, the people crying about physical copies of indie games are a loud minority of an already niche audience, which is why major publishers only publish AAA games physically while the likes of LRG and their ilk prey on FOMO.

@Princess_Lilly Well considering that the Switch is region free and one can easily import the original copies, while the change is only limited to the Chinese version, it's a non-issue. If Nintendo pulled a Fire Emblem Fates instead and assumed the the rest of the world abides by the USA's views on sex, then it'd be more of a problem.

@Sourcecode What an ignorant comment. All countries have their good and bad, and may I point out 4/5 of the human population live in developing countries where basic necessities aren't readily available?

If you're using video game censorship as a sole measurement of a country, may I remind you that even developed countries like Australia and Germany regularly censor their game even as of today? NSDAP flags are removed Wolfenstein and other WW2 games in Germany, while Australia bans games that show even minor reference to drug usage or loli like Blade Runner or Deathsmiles?

@Don It's fine, gamers in China mostly experienced the GB games via pirated and imported copies back in the day, as well as the anime and manga. Pretty nuch

@AccessibleDaydream That's just speculation. The KMT was the previously political party that ruled mainland China, and one can easily go to Nanjing and visit the Mausoleum of Sun Yat Sen, founder of the KMT, which is adorned with the same symbols.

Then again, different symbols can be interpreted differently in different countries. Remember the Rising Sun emblem in Honda's stage in SF2? Many Chinese and Koreans view it as symbols of Japanese militarism in WW2 which is still a controversial issue in these countries, hence why it was removed in later games.

@Lightsiyd It was technically not banned, since you could easily find import consoles if you know where to look. I grew up in China back in the day, and consoles never took off since there is a wide piracy problem plus government red tape and low average income back then, which meant that most console manufacturers simply didn't bother entering the country.

While Famiclones were popular up until the late 90s, the absence of later consoles meant that most gamers moved on to PC, where piracy is much easier, along with mods, emulators, and translation patches etc.

Pix N Love is just as bad as LRG. Many people who preordered the NGPC games back in 2022 have yet to receive their copies.

From the looks of it, the port was done by Code Mystics, who previously ported the non-Arcade Archives versions of Garou, KOF 97, Last Blade 2, Metal Slug 3, and Samurai Shodown 5S to PS4/Vita. Their emulation quality isn't too bad but has less customization options than Arcade Archives IMO.

It's definitely overpriced especially compared to the ACA Neo Geo games. For the price of SVC I could buy 3 Arcade Archives games.

Unfortunately there are some really psychotic people in the Sonic community. Around a decade ago someone got so mad at Sonic Boom giving Sonic blue arms that he sent Sega a glitter bomb and pepper sprayed a Gamestop employee for trying to stop him from vandalizing the displays.

I wonder what major titles are left for Taito's pre-F3 games. The only ones I know of are Ninja Kids and Pu Li Ru La.

I'd buy if if we get some DLC of third party NES games like Castlevania, Mega Man, Ninja Gaiden etc.

@Serpenterror Don't forget both the SNES and Genesis versions of Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel.

As usual Aspyr managed to bloat the game to 9.4 GBs with their lazy AI upscaling.

I hope this would lead to a remake of the second game which is way better IMO due to the usage of 3D outdoor environments and more variety of locations. The first game is decent but it has some odd control issues like the stance system and running into objects would drain your health.

@sanderev LOL you do know that the game is free right? But hey keep sucking up to corporations and maybe Nintendo would give you a PR job.

@Tyranexx I'm pretty sure this woman simply don't want to pay import charges, as 350 Switch cards would net her a decent sum in online marketplaces like Taobao.

It's worth noting that up until the PS4/XB1, most consoles were never officially released there. This is mostly due to the fact that China has a very protectionist economic policy, and for foreign game publishers to officially release games there, they have to partner up with a domestic company. For instance, World of Warcraft was published by Netease in China, Nintendo released the N64 and their portable consoles under the iQue brand previously, and Tencent publishes the Switch there.

However this model results in extreme delays and many popular games were not released there. As such most gamers gravitate to PC where it's extremely easy to pirate but also install translation patches. By today however there is a sizable number of console gamers, and the Switch is quite popular there due to its portability factor, and many games come with official simplified Chinese translations. But just one look at the Chinese eshop explains why most Chinese gamers would rather import their games or mod their systems:

https://www.nintendoswitch.com.cn/software

Their website still lists Breath of the Wild, Immortals, Pokemon Let's Go, and Pokemon Snap as "coming soon", while Kirby Star Allies only came out there last month due to the slow approval process which often gets caught up in bureaucracy.

@rainbowtick The only widescreen option is stretch. Since they're emulations the screen is still designed for 4:3

@Tyranexx They're not legally restricted per se, rather most publishers simply don't bother publishing their games in China. However many cards do have Simplified Chinese localization and are hot items for imports. Furthermore the official Chinese eshop is ran by Tencent does a terrible job of releasing titles, and most of the Switch players there simply go hack their systems to play the games they want.

Love the game but it's very annoying that the base Shovel Knight has so many different versions, from Shovel of Hope and the three DLCs on the eshop, to the complete Treasure Trove edition which many own physically. Now a new version comes out and makes the current ones redundant. I won't be getting it unless it comes as a free update or heavily discounted for existing owners.

Shame about the lack of multiplayer, since it was one of the best parts about the N64 version, complete with bots. Last time I heard it was was rumoured that Nightdive is working on a multiplayer update.

The single player campaign is great and Nightdive added some needed QOL changes, but it's way too short.

Wait what happens to the Killing Time remaster?

https://x.com/gematsu/status/1798430779283791880

Watch out, the in game purchases were malfunctioning when I used it yesterday. I purchased one of the starter packs for a few dollars and despite Nintendo taking my money, the in game menu said it got cancelled. I had to download it on Android to complete the purchase.

You'd thought Zynga would have tested out its main way of making money before launch.

@Ganner "Race-baiting"? LOL the game is set in Africa, how dare it feature a black main character.

It seems your response to any form of racism and discrimination is "ignore it and it will go away". Yet most of the victories in real life against racist groups and policies are achieved via awareness campaigns and protesting to force those in power to listen and act. The fact that you, who don't even know the developer, automatically assume he's lying for PR speaks volumes.

@Tobiaku Taking Niche Gamer as a source is a reason why you shouldn't be taken seriously. Half of their articles are complaining about "SJW" and "wokeness" conspiracies. You might as well as linked to some incel website.

The alt-right crowd has no problems with female characters as long as they look like supermodels, dress revealingly, and provide the player with lots of eye candy. They also have no problems with black and other minority characters as long as they confirm to existing stereotypes, with black characters being strong brutes and Asiatic characters being agile ninjas, as long as they're side characters. Everything else is "political", hence why it's okay for Nioh to star a white samurai, but Assassin's Creed Shadows having a black main character, based on an actual black samurai, is the end of the world.

As for SBI, they're simply a consultancy firm. Virtually every major corporation hire them as PR exercises and there is no evidence everything they suggest is implemented. The alt right crowd meanwhile act as if they're some shadowy company trying to force "wokeness" into game and are behind every poor decision developers do, even in areas they have no involvement in such as gameplay. Kinda like the same crowd pretending that George Soros has more influence than he actually wields and is behind every one of the world's, and their problems.

I like Mario but I'm really not fond of the electronic components or giant brick-built characters. I prefer minifigures and thought that the Sonic sets have a better balance between main character minifigures, with small, brick-built enemies.

@MontyCircus I'd personally keep Cadash and Rainbow Islands around, depending on whether the compilation includes the English versions.

Cadash has some rudimentary quest system that is quite annoying to complete in the Japanese version if you don't know the language.

The standalone version of Rainbow Islands also includes the updated Rainbow Islands Extra.

@MontyCircus Runark is in Arcade Archives, under its overseas name Growl.

The issue with the Taito Milestones compilations is that the games removed the language selection option from the standalone releases, and defaults to the Japanese version. It's less of a problem with shmups, but more of an issue for text heavy games like Cadash.

I just finished the remaster and I didn't see any new levels like some news pieces claimed. Unless the commentary levels somehow count.

So did the Japanese version get English text patched in? I tried to update my Japanese digital version and had no luck so far.

@EarthboundBenjy It really depends on whether you like the rest of the collection. Alternatively you can also go to the Japanese/HK eshop and download the Namcot Collection, which is free to play and you can buy the game you want as DLC.

There are also some significant changes in the MSX2 version of the map to warrant another look.

I just wished they released the PC98 versions of the same games. The colours on the PC88 look extremely washed out by modern standards.

Now that MS owns both id Software through Bethesda and Raven Software through Activision, can we get a remaster of the Heretic/Hexen series?

@jco83 I understand why the original Famicom has them, but since the Switch doesn't have a microphone the empty space on the second controller is just wasted.

@Coalescence I grew up with the NES top loader and that fixed many of the original NES's design flaws like dusty cartridges. It sucks that it's completely overlooked in terms of NES nostalgia, since I'd love to have a dogbone controller replica for the Switch.

So the Famicom controllers for Switch doesn't come with start and select for one of the controllers? I know the original didn't have them, but it's really a hindrance nowadays especially compared to the NES counterparts.

I'm very concerned about the quality of the Carbon Engine emulator, having played the Jurassic Park and Boy and His Blob collections. It has a weird save system that only saves when you quit the game, has a relatively short rewind time, and doesn't even save your border settings.

@Aurumonado What happened was that the devs wanted Samus as an exclusive character in the Wii version, but since the game was still in development they were showing her off on a test PS2. They demonstrated her gameplay to a Nintendo exec, who stormed out because the devs dared to put her on PS2 even though it's a temporary demo, forcing her to be scrapped.

Ironically, MUA3 ended up as a Switch exclusive years later.

Same thing happened with the Mario skins in the Switch version of Minecraft. If you equip the skins on Switch you can't even see them on your character olin other versions.

Yep the BAFTAs does have a UK bias, and Lara Croft was created by a UK studio.

Then again if the poll was made by a Japanese organization I'd expect plenty of characters from Dragon Quest, SMT, and others that are less popular in the West.

@Warioware Unfortunately Technos seems to have been dropped by Arcade Archives. Combatribes, Shadow Force, and their Neo Geo games like Double Dragon and Super Dodgeball are still missing.

@John_Koshiro Sounds like Pat Sullivan was the Walt Disney of his era.