Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend (DS) at 10th best "We'd never choose to play this over the full-fat version, but it comfortably beats the GBA entry that carries the same name." Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend (GBA) at 9th best... uhhh?...where's the logic here?
What a splendid fax! Man still wish Nintendo brought Rare on...there so wasted at Microsoft...really only good thing to come out of that deal was Rare Replay...
@Anti-Matter Nah the Wicked movies are overrated trash, I never want to see it a 2nd time, it was like watching paint dry, Sonic movies are surprisingly good and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 was amazing, the characters are awesome and so is the action, no dull moments unlike Wicked for good, can't wait to see Amy in Sonic the Hedgehog 4 one of the few things SEGA is doing right these days.
@rushiosan Might of been better if they picked something like Dirt Dash or Rave Racer which offers more tracks and cars, and modes too again this could of been worth it if it has online multiplayer since it's meant to be played as a group of players not a sole game.
@Willo567 Nah it ain't it's just putting a rom into a emulator and just quickly explaining how to play it, no extras like the history behind the game like a flyer or a blurb explaining how the game was released, Mame did this for free since the 2010s or for a game like this online multiplayer *M2 did it for Virtua Racing and even Super Street Fighter 2 on Mega Drive for Wii's VC https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2011/11/japan_gets_super_street_fighter_ii_with_online_play_on_vc * as much I want to play this I can't justify the price when I could just play it on Mame for free.
@MikeP for Ridge Racer it was ok remember it was the first textured 3D arcade racing game, and while having one track it has 2 two versions of it with 4 modes that work great for replay getting the best times, it's like Pacman which also only has one level/maze it's a classic but Tokyo Wars is bit of a hard sell, only two levels one mode this 1996, Ridge Racer was 1993.. not many even played it before and I think the lack of online multiplayer is it's biggest issue "considering it's designed to be played by groups of real players not ai bots" if M2 can add online multiplayer for Virtua Racing on Sega Ages Switch 1 then what was stopping hamster? It worries me for stuff like Rave Racer or Ridge Racer 2...has the same track and such as one, the reason it exists is to add multiplayer... Split screen isn't ideal and sucks you need a Switch 2 or PS5 to even do that...come on Hamster stop over charging people or start putting actual effort into these releases*another small thing would be nice if they included some history about the games your buying like Namco Museum used to do or like Atari 50 is doing*
@Jeronan Easy solution don't buy Playstation, last one I brought new was a PS Vita, Microsoft have down faster then Sega tho Sony could easily turn this around if they made use of their ips tho same with Microsoft they own Rare IPS, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro...
@shiningpikablu252 It's still not really something like Little Big Planet, or Crash or even the original Ratchet and Clank series, to me it just seems like a tech demo while fun it's not enough to buy a PS5 for.
@jobvd Sony hasn't been great since the PS3 era, aside from Spiderman which is on PC and the odd Ratchet game also PC.. oh and astro bot nice pack in/starter game but...so was Wii Sports and that got more games in that series they got nothing really to offer, other a over priced limited PC console sure graphics are good for now but with the lack of exclusive games if you really want the best graphics and game range your just get a actual gaming PC man I miss stuff like the PSP and PS Vita still use mine they were great handhelds that were Also region free.
@N00BiSH I mean it's Super Mario, a series not exactly well known for storytelling barring RPG spin offs, while Galaxy 1 has the storybook it's in the background and is just like the old back stories you would get in game manuals you could beat the game and totally skip it I mean none of the games even have full spoken dialogue, despite hiring new voice actors to do same sounds, was playing Sunshine it honestly surprised me to see Peach and Bowser Jr speak full sentences not just "Mario!!" "OH" "hahaha!" This ain't no Ghostbusters in terms of writing, something a bit closer to Popeye movie. Still wish we got that instead of the emoji movie, such a waste
@X68000 I dunno Odessey was pretty amazing when it came out in 2017, and after playing Bowser's Fury a open world Mario game could be amazing! Tho even something like Galaxy 3 would be good too, aside from Sunshine*which is flawed but has it's moments* every 3D Mario game has been amazing.
@NintendoWife Remember Donkey Kong was only created to fill in the role of Bluto, while Mario was created cus they couldn't use Popeye, plus if it wasn't for Super Mario Bros Nintendo wouldn't be as huge as it is now, that and Zelda ofc.
Really reminds how Sony kept making and selling PSones even getting some game support for it for a few years after the PS2 came out Same with the PS2 co existing with the PS3 for a few years, even the GBA SP lasted another 6 years in production and also got game support for a few more years after the DS came out, the GBA and PSone serve as great budget value consoles considering how expensive Switch 2 and especially PS5 is it's great Switch 1 is still going, I still love using my golden Zelda Switch Lite more then any other console.
@raymond23 Nah Banana sucked, they could of done so much more with it, at least Mario Kart World shows off what the Switch 2 can do and unlike passed Mario Kart games tried something different.
@rjejr Here's a idea.. don't buy it, I honestly didn't think it looked that good would rather play any Rare's 64 Donkey Kong games instead there's no reason why they can't add it along with Diddly Kong racing, we have Goldeneye, Banjo, and Perfect Dark but not the ones with Nintendo's own characters?
@HingryHuppo Think it only got the tag line "Super Mario World 2" just to help it sell in the west since in Japan it's just called Yoshi's Island 🏝️ it's own series much like Donkey Kong is outside the arcade games, DK 94 and the MvsDK games.
@RasandeRose might actually shift some xboxs if they made use of the IPS they own, don't own Banjo? And Crash? If they finished Crash 5 instead of cancelling it, they could rival Mario like Sony did in the 90s
@Haruki_NLI it might come later like Indiana Jones, tho it might be better if they just port master chief collection instead since that already has a remastered Halo 1 and 2.
@Alcea I hope so cus it would be brilliant to play DS multiplayer again tho there adding Virtual Boy to NSO which none of the games had any multiplayer support due to no official link cable outside wanting people to rent the games I think it should of been a collection you could buy bundle it with the headset ya need since there's not a lot of games for the VB anyway.
@Ultimapunch You can only rent it sadly, they should of ported the 3ds version to Switch, they already did it Donkey Kong Country returns first 3DS remaster then remastered it again for Switch even I do prefer the style of the GameCube original it's more scary.
@DjinnFighter I guess you didn't play Sonic Forces, Sonic Runners the mobile games which did add the comic characters tangle and whisper, where the hell you been for the past 20 years?
@Kamen-S especially seeing the reaction of Shadow racing against her lol be like seeing a ghost 👻 then again again Sonic Adventure 2 brought back Tikal and Chaos who were meant be dead after SA1.
I guess the ds emulation isn't ready yet but they should of shown this then the virtual boy, considering the Wii U had it and the Virtual Boy emu won't be out till next year with that headset ya need to even play it, there's a lot of great games on DS....wonder if it's taking longer due to figuring out how to add DS multiplayer to Switch? Cus that was the only issue with Wii U's DS VC
NA, shame this didn't come out in Europe or have a better version made using a modern microphone, think the OG was meant to have a port of this before it became Pokémon Dash..
@Jayenkai Nah good gameplay isn't Sonic Team's thing, not since Sonic Adventure and Heroes, they just shove as many characters as they can, string it up with a story and sell it.
@Kobra Basically seems most don't like Mario Kart World cus they don't like change and don't like high price tags, latter I get but new games are expensive especially for next gen, saw a Forza game from 2023 asking for £66 still tho Mario Kart World is £59.99 in Smyth's atm just take advantage of sales, as for CrossWorlds to me it just feels like Transform racing again but without the all star Sega cast just a few and SpongeBob tho Megaman and Pacman are cool shame there dlc..£ hasn't changed much at all from the 360/Wii U game, I think MKW like MK8 will get better in time, I love the Wii U still got two but the original MK8 is hard to return to, the Switch Deluxe version with all its updates made it the definitive version for me, hopefully it won't take as long to build on MKW with updates but at the same time I love Nintendo did something new with World, if I want classic Mario Kart then 8 Deluxe is still there. And a reason to keep using my Switch Lite.
@LinktotheFuture Best wait for a sale, don't why there's a switch 2 version of this when even the PS1 had a port of it in Namco Museum vol 2 "Japan version*
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Re: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Switch 2 Edition Out Today, Includes Paid Upgrade Path For Switch Players
I'll wait for the physical release.
Re: Turok And Turok 2 Have Been Updated, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Really cool there still updating these classics, it's pretty hard to go back playing the n64 versions.
Re: Best Tomb Raider Games, Ranked - Lara Croft On Switch & Nintendo Systems
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend (DS) at 10th best
"We'd never choose to play this over the full-fat version, but it comfortably beats the GBA entry that carries the same name."
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend (GBA) at 9th best...
uhhh?...where's the logic here?
Re: Review: Marvel Cosmic Invasion (Switch) - Up There With Best-Ever Arcade Marvel Games
Oh I can't wait to get this! after Shredder's revenge I had a feeling this was gonna rock!
Re: Random: "Splendid Game" - Shigeru Miyamoto Was A Fan Of Banjo-Tooie
What a splendid fax! Man still wish Nintendo brought Rare on...there so wasted at Microsoft...really only good thing to come out of that deal was Rare Replay...
Re: New 'Sonic Universe' Movie Spin-Off Announced For 2028
@Anti-Matter Nah the Wicked movies are overrated trash, I never want to see it a 2nd time, it was like watching paint dry, Sonic movies are surprisingly good and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 was amazing, the characters are awesome and so is the action, no dull moments unlike Wicked for good, can't wait to see Amy in Sonic the Hedgehog 4 one of the few things SEGA is doing right these days.
Re: UK Charts: Kirby Is Nowhere To Be Seen In A Quiet Week
What's a Kirby?
Re: Mini Review: Arcade Archives 2 TOKYO WARS (Switch 2) - Another Polished But Wafer Thin Hamster Port
@rushiosan Might of been better if they picked something like Dirt Dash or Rave Racer which offers more tracks and cars, and modes too again this could of been worth it if it has online multiplayer since it's meant to be played as a group of players not a sole game.
Re: Mini Review: Arcade Archives 2 TOKYO WARS (Switch 2) - Another Polished But Wafer Thin Hamster Port
@Willo567 Nah it ain't it's just putting a rom into a emulator and just quickly explaining how to play it, no extras like the history behind the game like a flyer or a blurb explaining how the game was released, Mame did this for free since the 2010s or for a game like this online multiplayer *M2 did it for Virtua Racing and even Super Street Fighter 2 on Mega Drive for Wii's VC https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2011/11/japan_gets_super_street_fighter_ii_with_online_play_on_vc * as much I want to play this I can't justify the price when I could just play it on Mame for free.
Re: Mini Review: Arcade Archives 2 TOKYO WARS (Switch 2) - Another Polished But Wafer Thin Hamster Port
@MikeP for Ridge Racer it was ok remember it was the first textured 3D arcade racing game, and while having one track it has 2 two versions of it with 4 modes that work great for replay getting the best times, it's like Pacman which also only has one level/maze it's a classic but Tokyo Wars is bit of a hard sell, only two levels one mode this 1996, Ridge Racer was 1993.. not many even played it before and I think the lack of online multiplayer is it's biggest issue "considering it's designed to be played by groups of real players not ai bots" if M2 can add online multiplayer for Virtua Racing on Sega Ages Switch 1 then what was stopping hamster? It worries me for stuff like Rave Racer or Ridge Racer 2...has the same track and such as one, the reason it exists is to add multiplayer... Split screen isn't ideal and sucks you need a Switch 2 or PS5 to even do that...come on Hamster stop over charging people or start putting actual effort into these releases*another small thing would be nice if they included some history about the games your buying like Namco Museum used to do or like Atari 50 is doing*
Re: Reminder: 'Hello, Yoshi!' App Now Available For Switch And Mobile Devices
@bring_on_branstons That's stupid, again there's nothing to translate what's stopping them releasing this world wide?
Re: Sony Once Again Takes A Leaf From Nintendo's Playbook In Japan
@Jeronan Easy solution don't buy Playstation, last one I brought new was a PS Vita, Microsoft have down faster then Sega tho Sony could easily turn this around if they made use of their ips tho same with Microsoft they own Rare IPS, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro...
Re: Sony Once Again Takes A Leaf From Nintendo's Playbook In Japan
@shiningpikablu252 It's still not really something like Little Big Planet, or Crash or even the original Ratchet and Clank series, to me it just seems like a tech demo while fun it's not enough to buy a PS5 for.
Re: "I Just Hope To Stay Healthy" - Shigeru Miyamoto On Taking Further Steps Away From Development
@Yoshi3 Honestly it felt unfinished like a Sonic Team game, it just lacked the polish you get with 64 and Galaxy 1 & 2 and later.
Re: Sony Once Again Takes A Leaf From Nintendo's Playbook In Japan
@jobvd Sony hasn't been great since the PS3 era, aside from Spiderman which is on PC and the odd Ratchet game also PC.. oh and astro bot nice pack in/starter game but...so was Wii Sports and that got more games in that series they got nothing really to offer, other a over priced limited PC console sure graphics are good for now but with the lack of exclusive games if you really want the best graphics and game range your just get a actual gaming PC man I miss stuff like the PSP and PS Vita still use mine they were great handhelds that were Also region free.
Re: Super Mario Galaxy Movie Nintendo Direct Announced For Wednesday, 12th November
@N00BiSH I mean it's Super Mario, a series not exactly well known for storytelling barring RPG spin offs, while Galaxy 1 has the storybook it's in the background and is just like the old back stories you would get in game manuals you could beat the game and totally skip it I mean none of the games even have full spoken dialogue, despite hiring new voice actors to do same sounds, was playing Sunshine it honestly surprised me to see Peach and Bowser Jr speak full sentences not just "Mario!!" "OH" "hahaha!" This ain't no Ghostbusters in terms of writing, something a bit closer to Popeye movie. Still wish we got that instead of the emoji movie, such a waste
Re: "I Just Hope To Stay Healthy" - Shigeru Miyamoto On Taking Further Steps Away From Development
@Yoshi3 I wouldn't call Sunshine fun...more like torture at times..it's like if Sonic Team made a 3D Mario game.
Re: "I Just Hope To Stay Healthy" - Shigeru Miyamoto On Taking Further Steps Away From Development
@X68000 I dunno Odessey was pretty amazing when it came out in 2017, and after playing Bowser's Fury a open world Mario game could be amazing! Tho even something like Galaxy 3 would be good too, aside from Sunshine*which is flawed but has it's moments* every 3D Mario game has been amazing.
Re: "I Just Hope To Stay Healthy" - Shigeru Miyamoto On Taking Further Steps Away From Development
@NintendoWife Remember Donkey Kong was only created to fill in the role of Bluto, while Mario was created cus they couldn't use Popeye, plus if it wasn't for Super Mario Bros Nintendo wouldn't be as huge as it is now, that and Zelda ofc.
Re: Nintendo Announces 'My Mario' Yoshi App For Switch And Mobile Devices
Why isn't this getting a world wide release? It's not like you need to understand Japanese to play it.
Re: Shigeru Miyamoto Isn't Convinced Another IP Will Surpass Mario Kart's Sales
@iLikeUrAttitude Point still stands tho.
Re: Shigeru Miyamoto Isn't Convinced Another IP Will Surpass Mario Kart's Sales
@Anti-Matter K-1 Doesn't sell nor does Arms.
Mario is way better then both.
Re: Supply Of Switch Hardware Will Continue If Enough Demand Persists
Really reminds how Sony kept making and selling PSones even getting some game support for it for a few years after the PS2 came out Same with the PS2 co existing with the PS3 for a few years, even the GBA SP lasted another 6 years in production and also got game support for a few more years after the DS came out, the GBA and PSone serve as great budget value consoles considering how expensive Switch 2 and especially PS5 is it's great Switch 1 is still going, I still love using my golden Zelda Switch Lite more then any other console.
Re: Mario Kart World And Donkey Kong Bananza Shortlisted For 'Console Game Of The Year'
@raymond23 Nah Banana sucked, they could of done so much more with it, at least Mario Kart World shows off what the Switch 2 can do and unlike passed Mario Kart games tried something different.
Re: Nintendo On Why The Mario Kart World Album Isn't Available For Nintendo Music
@AmplifyMJ Nintendo Music app isn't needed when ya got YouTube paired with the fan remixes.
Re: Microsoft On Its Gaming Business Going Forward: "We Want To Be Everywhere"
@Yoshi3 Just give us Rare Replay on Switch and I'll be a happy robot, they can keep current "Rare"
Re: Two Classic Donkey Kong Icons May Soon Join Bananza As Unlockable Figures
@rjejr Here's a idea.. don't buy it, I honestly didn't think it looked that good would rather play any Rare's 64 Donkey Kong games instead there's no reason why they can't add it along with Diddly Kong racing, we have Goldeneye, Banjo, and Perfect Dark but not the ones with Nintendo's own characters?
Re: Two Classic Donkey Kong Icons May Soon Join Bananza As Unlockable Figures
Bring Donkey Kong 64 to Switch you cowards!
Re: Takaya Imamura's Comment On Super Mario Odyssey's 8th Anniversary Makes Us Feel Very Old
@HingryHuppo Think it only got the tag line "Super Mario World 2" just to help it sell in the west since in Japan it's just called Yoshi's Island 🏝️ it's own series much like Donkey Kong is outside the arcade games, DK 94 and the MvsDK games.
Re: "Go Tell Nintendo" - Ex-Blizzard President Responds After Xbox Calls Exclusives "Antiquated"
@RasandeRose might actually shift some xboxs if they made use of the IPS they own, don't own Banjo? And Crash? If they finished Crash 5 instead of cancelling it, they could rival Mario like Sony did in the 90s
Re: Xbox Reiterates Its Support For Switch 2
@Haruki_NLI it might come later like Indiana Jones, tho it might be better if they just port master chief collection instead since that already has a remastered Halo 1 and 2.
Re: Xbox Reiterates Its Support For Switch 2
@Anti-Matter Got news for ya most Xbox and PS5 games you still gotta download rest of the game to play it so basically like a Game card.
Re: EA Is Diving Headfirst Into Generative AI With New Partnership
Remember when EA used to be amazing? PS2 and PS3 eras had so many great EA games, most of their best developers are gone now.
Re: Rumour: Nintendo Patent Supposedly Points To Return Of DS Games
@Alcea I hope so cus it would be brilliant to play DS multiplayer again tho there adding Virtual Boy to NSO which none of the games had any multiplayer support due to no official link cable outside wanting people to rent the games I think it should of been a collection you could buy bundle it with the headset ya need since there's not a lot of games for the VB anyway.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch 2's GameCube Library Next Week With A Spooky Classic
@Ultimapunch You can only rent it sadly, they should of ported the 3ds version to Switch, they already did it Donkey Kong Country returns first 3DS remaster then remastered it again for Switch even I do prefer the style of the GameCube original it's more scary.
Re: Sonic Team's Boss Wants To Put More Sonic Characters In The Spotlight
@DjinnFighter I guess you didn't play Sonic Forces, Sonic Runners the mobile games which did add the comic characters tangle and whisper, where the hell you been for the past 20 years?
Re: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Team Open To More DLC: "Tell Us What You Want"
@Vyacheslav333 But that would require more money and effort on Sega's part.
Re: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Team Open To More DLC: "Tell Us What You Want"
@Kamen-S especially seeing the reaction of Shadow racing against her lol be like seeing a ghost 👻 then again again Sonic Adventure 2 brought back Tikal and Chaos who were meant be dead after SA1.
Re: Can You Name These NES Games From The Mangled Box Art?
@Desrever lol same!
Re: Can You Name These NES Games From The Mangled Box Art?
19/21 that was pretty fun
Re: Rumour: Nintendo Patent Supposedly Points To Return Of DS Games
I guess the ds emulation isn't ready yet but they should of shown this then the virtual boy, considering the Wii U had it and the Virtual Boy emu won't be out till next year with that headset ya need to even play it, there's a lot of great games on DS....wonder if it's taking longer due to figuring out how to add DS multiplayer to Switch? Cus that was the only issue with Wii U's DS VC
Re: Rumour: Nintendo Patent Supposedly Points To Return Of DS Games
@Alcea you could just get a Wii U and mod it to get the DS VC games
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Or ya could just get a actual DS or 3DS both are good still.
Re: Poll: Box Art Brawl - Duel: Hey You, Pikachu!
NA, shame this didn't come out in Europe or have a better version made using a modern microphone, think the OG was meant to have a port of this before it became Pokémon Dash..
Re: Sonic Team's Boss Wants To Put More Sonic Characters In The Spotlight
@RainbowGazelle SpongeBob is the best Sonic character
Re: Sonic Team's Boss Wants To Put More Sonic Characters In The Spotlight
@Jayenkai Nah good gameplay isn't Sonic Team's thing, not since Sonic Adventure and Heroes, they just shove as many characters as they can, string it up with a story and sell it.
Re: Croc's Switch Remaster Returns This Week With A Free 'Platinum Edition' Update
Didn't they delay the game to finish it originally? Glad I didn't get this yet still waiting for a sale.
Re: Opinion: Sonic Racing Crossworlds > Mario Kart World, And It's Not Even Close For Me
@Kobra Basically seems most don't like Mario Kart World cus they don't like change and don't like high price tags, latter I get but new games are expensive especially for next gen, saw a Forza game from 2023 asking for £66 still tho Mario Kart World is £59.99 in Smyth's atm just take advantage of sales, as for CrossWorlds to me it just feels like Transform racing again but without the all star Sega cast just a few and SpongeBob tho Megaman and Pacman are cool shame there dlc..£ hasn't changed much at all from the 360/Wii U game, I think MKW like MK8 will get better in time, I love the Wii U still got two but the original MK8 is hard to return to, the Switch Deluxe version with all its updates made it the definitive version for me, hopefully it won't take as long to build on MKW with updates but at the same time I love Nintendo did something new with World, if I want classic Mario Kart then 8 Deluxe is still there. And a reason to keep using my Switch Lite.
Re: Digital Foundry Breaks Down Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 On Switch 1 & 2
@slowpoke_tail To be fair Mario Galaxy looks amazing whichever way you play it, for a nearly 20 year old Wii game it's aged really well.
Re: The Next Arcade Archives Release Will Have Mouse Controls On Switch 1 & 2
@LinktotheFuture Best wait for a sale, don't why there's a switch 2 version of this when even the PS1 had a port of it in Namco Museum vol 2 "Japan version*
Re: "Lighting Is The Crucial Factor" - How Square Enix Made Final Fantasy VII Remake Look Great On Switch 2
@Nintendo4Sonic Yeah Atari did the math that's why they are still making consoles....oh wait..