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Been pretty bummed that you can't update the Japanese physical copy to get English support in that. How difficult could it be for them to do that?

Not double dipping, guess i'll be stuck with my Japanese copy now.

@HammerGalladeBro I believe he did play it on GameCenter CX actually, way back in the day.

Big Run is a game one of my friends had as an import back in the day, I have very fond memories of it for what it was at the time. The local travelling funfair had the sitdown arcade machine of it too, I'll never forget it.

@Ryu_Niiyama I've never seen drift on any of the OGs, nor heard that they could drift at all. But maybe the newer ones released in the Wii U and Switch era for Smash players have the kind of modern stick technology that is susceptible to drift? idk...

I'll be double dipping if we can finally get a proper physical release (no limited run nonsense) for... i guess this'll be for Switch 2, not Switch 1. Not buying again for a visual overhaul if I can't have it proudly displayed on my shelf along with it.

Crazy Taxi just doesn't hit the same without The Offspring and Bad Religion :/ Sure hope it comes with a banger soundtrack if and when it does release.

@the_beaver The demo they recently put up shows those framerate drops are still there, just as much as before.

Having played through the entire game though, I can say they really don't get in the way of the enjoyment. It stays at or close to 60 most of the time and really dips down to the 40s (i'm eyeballing it, not an accurate measure) when things get busier on screen.

Depends on the specs. The extrapolated specs of the rumoured Tegra chip do not make me want to spend 500 on it though. If it's anything Ampere based as rumoured with low core count and downclocked further for battery life, then it won't be worth 500.

If it's anything fancier, like with a decent vapour chamber cooling system (these have been in smartphones long enough and deserve to be in portable consoles) and beefy battery to let the chip stretch its legs in portable mode and anything UFS 3.1 or above for internal storage (to ensure competent loading times), then yeah, that could be worth 500. But if they skimp on anything like Nintendo has done the past generations of consoles (like using eMMC for storage in the Switch) then 400 sounds more reasonable.

@Vyacheslav333 It does in important cutscenes, mostly before boss fights. Most of the time it's just text with the odd little voice clip

Will we be able to update the physical japanese release to a version that includes English text :'( ? Cause I'll be disappointed if we can't, I already bought the game and beat it in Japanese a couple months ago, thinking this would lever come to the west.

@mlt Everything is on the cart, including all seven DLCs

EDIT: And it's the latest patched version as well so really no extra downloads

@mlt It is, I did order that. I never order from Limited Run directly, this was from a separate online retailer that had it in stock.

My physical copy of the game for Switch is on its way to me right now . Despite the fact I already owned it digitally, it's just the kind of game you have to own a hard copy thereof, its that good.

Price has gone down on Steam over time. Seeing how rough it looks here, I think I'll get it on PC instead, cause if I did get it on Switch, it would be physical, and I'm not paying full price if the game looks so compromised. I don't really need it to be portable in this case.

Why can't I pick F-Zero for game series I want to see on Switch which is not on there yet ? Don't tell me it's because of Switch Online apps, Star Fox is on there and I can pick it anyway...

Also which franchise did you first play on Switch? Well... I picked Splatoon because the second game was the first I bought but then I remembered I had actually tried the Wii U demo of the first game before that so i guess the Switch didn't really make me try any new Nintendo game series... actually no that's a lie, I tried the demo of ARMS on Switch, that's the only NEW Nintendo franchise i can think of on Switch that I did try but... I don't think that was in the list of what you could pick ???

@Vyacheslav333 Ok fair enough, I never buy digitally and thought you meant it never released in Europe at all. But you can easily create a US account and get it on the American eShop instead, there are no such restrictions. Why insist on getting something digital from one specific storefront? And then like I said the physical version exists (two different versions even).

I admit that it's still annoying. Just because it's banned in Germany shouldn't mean that the rest of Europe shouldn't be allowed to play it, I agree on that at least (even if the ban itself is a German decision, not Nintendo's).

@Vyacheslav333 What are you taking about? I own Dying Light Platinum Edition physically, a PAL release no less. Maybe it was not released in Germany indeed, but the rest of Europe did get it.

EDIT: The version I personally own is the even more complete Definitive Edition even, although the cartridge label still says Platinum.

@fabiop I see you are from the UK. I don't know how it works for you in your country but in the EU, you pay no import fees for any order/invoice with a value inferior to €150. and Play-Asia offers free shipping if you spend usually over €115 or thereabouts.

So if you target a total value for your order that neatly falls in between those two, you get free shipping, and since Play-Asia is a registered IOSS seller, no customs fees, you simply pay the VAT applicable in your country directly to them.

I've been ordering from them in that way for a while now, saves quite a bit of money.

EDIT: And i have this Play-Asia release preordered as a matter of fact

@Yosher @JohnnyMind I have yet to see a single picture of the game's cover art with a PEGI rating on it. and everywhere I've looked online, it's listed either with none (asia release), a ESRB rating (North America) or a CERO rating (Japan), so all of those preorders were for imports.

I preordered through Play Asia, along with a few others so I get free shipping, so i'll still get it, but to see Capcom claiming proudly they'll continue suporting physical when Europe is getting so few (No Ghost Trick either for example, had to import that as well) just makes me think they're taking us for fools.

The Monster Hunter games are an outlier, we've been getting these in Europe pretty consistently.

I'll believe it when they actually release stuff physically here. Europe is getting practically NOTHING from them on Switch. I had to import all of the Ace Attorney games and pay through the nose for the privilege, Investigations included since that's also not coming to Europe.

@DoorToMundane

The actual real final boss of this version is way harder, especially since th difficulty is upped if you collected 100% of collectables before facing it (1 hit of his claws deals 100 damage, yup!)

As long as it doesn't end up being the next "Sadness" project by these people lol. Anyone remember that for the Wii, when they were still "Nibris" ?

EDIT: Oh trailer still exists even: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr-YhHdeyDA

Ah f***... I bought the Japanese physical not even a month ago thinking this would never happen!

I hope I can at least update it to get the English localisation added :/ (Capcom has done that in the past)

My preorder from MyNintendo Store (with bonuses) shipped today . Can't wait for it to arrive, as I only briefly played someone else's copy of the original, so this was the missing link of the trilogy for me.

As much as I wouldn't mind seeing RE2 on there, I think it might not look as nice as people hope when blown up in HD. Bear in mind, the backgrounds are actually in many cases lower res and more compressed than even the OG PS1 version. CRTs of the day did a lot to hide these downgrades, but HDTVs don't do this game any favour.

@sanderev Still own the very same version myself. The French voice over was directed by Ancel himself though AFAIK, so that's the definitive dub for me (and it's absolutely great)

@Clammy because they snatch the rights to release great games physically only in very small quantities and make you pay through the nose for the privilege, only you have to pay a year in advance and maybe someday your copy will arrive. Scummy way of doing business if you ask me...

Oh yeah and they only ship from America of course so if you're in Europe well good luck with that.

Yep, another franchise ruined by Limited Run Games...

Will wait for reviews to see if it runs well and looks decent enough for the hardware

By all means the OG Switch has proven time and time again that it could surpass the performance levels of the PS360 era of consoles (not by a large margin, but it can do it), and these games (MGS2&3 HD) ran at 60FPS on those consoles at the same visual settings (which is to say they run natively at 720p in their latest release, just as they did back on PS360)

Just get Bluepoint to come back and optimise these games if that's what it takes to get it right.

I have 2 very good current Switch examples in mind :

GRID Autosport had the option, and I preferred playing at 60 with visual cutbacks.

Darksiders: Warmastered Edition also had a 60FPS option with cut back resolution. I much preferred the higher refresh rate there too.

Got the diorama preorder bonus on NOE's MyNintendo Store (for a little extra money, in addition to a keychain). I don't regret not getting those up there, not interested in any of them, save perhaps for the mugs, but think they could have been even better.

@Serpenterror Nah I had onev ery early on, I just happen to remember what the game looked like in black & white from magazines. I already had a GBC when Survival Kids came out so never actually played it in monochrome myself.

When I see those heavily tiled graphics and splash screens for collecting an item, I'm reminded more of Survival Kids (or Stranded Kids as it is also known) than Link's Awakening.

"With the 3DS and Wii U servers shutting down forever just a few days ago, a huge amount of DLC, digital-only games, and games reliant on online play have been lost to time"

You can still redownload all the stuff you already own, so they're not completely lost forever yet if you already bought them previously...

Just the first game for me thanks

Waiting to see how well it runs and how good it looks on Switch. shouldn't be an impossible game to run on it, given its age.

You know it's a british thing when frigging Elite is in there lol.

Phazon Suit. Nuf said.

Missed opportunity to not have touch screen functionality in handheld mode for menu selections when this was a big element of the original Nintendo DS game.

I get that the game must be perfectly playable on TV, which it is, but having this little extra in handheld mode, which is where the first game originated anyway, would not have been a bad thing.

If it's to come out on the new Switch sometime in 2024, but not the OG generation, I wouldn't be surprised that they wouldn't just announce it now.

that would probably be kept under wraps until the actual announcement of the new system (otherwise that would be like confirming the new Switch is coming in 2024, which we kinda know already anyway, but Nintendo wouldn't want anyone spilling the beans before they do)

About Crazy Taxi...

The Offspring has been recording a new album... just saying !

My one regret with the original was that it forced the game in this weird letterboxed widescreen format inside a 4:3 image, rendering it effectively only 640x360 (the Gamecube version I played did anyway, must have been the same on PS2 and not sure about OG Xbox). That doesn't play well on modern displays :/. The PS360 HD version was nice though but that was only digital afaik.

Gimme this anniversary version on a Switch cartridge dagnamit!

If it is only for the UK, then it is hardly a European release, is it?

I don't see it listed on any major European online retailer (those that do sell the overpriced imported Japanese print)

I'll wait till the game is complete, I don't mind. Got 100+ games to play anyway XD. I'm just not a fan of the episodic format.

And I won't mind paying for the full game when it comes out, I don't care that i missed out on freebies. He should take his time and make sure the complete game is perfect .

Top Gear 2 on SNES was a game that me and my dad bonded over. Many evenings spent playing 2-Player mode.

EDIT: Also... am I the only one to think the title screen music is still an absolute banger ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leeU3ULOWII

If it's anything modern day Capcom would consider "major", it's got to be something they know will sell millions. So Resident Evil, Monster Hunter or Street Fighter. Any of their other franchises would not be considered major by their modern standards.

We got RE4 not that long ago, so it wouldn't be another RE game, and SF6 released not that long ago either. With the MH anniversary coming... yeah it will be a MH game, guaranteed.

EDIT: Also bear in mind the article says nothing about the Switch, so don't get your hopes up for that.

@Serpenterror @Stuffgamer1 Indeed they didn't develop it but certainly published it at least in some parts of the world. They definitely did in Europe, I remember an old issue of the official Nintendo magazine had a guide in it for this game.

@ozwally Yeah I boycott such releases. If it means I won't be able to keep them ALL in physical format in the long run, I might as well get them all on PC then, where they will run and look better (plus the option for mods) and Steam ain't going anywhere any time soon at least.

No 60FPS on Switch = No buy from me. We deserve better.

Plus i haven't heard any peep about a physical release anyway so no buy indeed.