RushDawg

It's a bit premature to say this game will be "worth " $60. We don't know if it'll be good yet!

Nintendo's mishandled the Metroid franchise before. Remember Other: M? On paper it sounded like a dream Metroid game developed by Team Ninja. What we got was something....less.

Mercury Steam has also released sequels that are much worse than their predecessors (see the Castlevania Lord of Shadows series).

Don't get me wrong, Samus Returns was really good and this will hopefully be great, but it's way too soon to say a game "will be worth $60" before it's even finished. That kind of talk leads to disappointment.

@HammerGalladeBro

I’d want the Advance trilogy over the 4 duology.

And if we’re talking about a “complete” 2D Sonic collection, there’s a lot more games than that like the Master System/Game Gear games, the Neo Geo Pocket Color game, DS games, etc.

@AshFoxX

That wouldn’t be a troll at all. How could we even play Sonic 3 & Knuckles without using lock-on technology?

@robr

That’s highly, highly unlikely. SEGA releases Genesis games that sold a lot worse than Sonic 3 and Sonic & Knuckles all the time.

Take a look at the recent Genesis Collection on Switch or the Genesis Mini. Both collections had games like Space Harrier 2, Virtua Fighter 2, Toejam & Earl, etc. Do you really think SEGA is excluding a Sonic game over any of those titles due to sales numbers. That would make no sense.

Then again, SEGA does things that make no sense all the time (like keeping Yakuza off the Switch because a Japan-only Wii U game sold poorly, the 32X, etc.) so you could be right after all.

@Rika_Yoshitake

You're ridiculous.

Everyone knows Konami makes way more than MGS. Also, anyone who's even half paying attention can tell that Konami is a pale, pale shadow of their former selves.

Forget MGS for a moment, remember Castlevania, Gradius, Suikoden, Silent Hill, Boktai, Zone of the Enders, Goemon, Track & Field, etc., etc. , etc.? Because Konami doesn't make games in those popular series anymore.

@a1904

Nope, SEGA had a great year beyond just P5 Royal. They also had 13 Sentinels Aegis Rim, Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 and Yakuza Like a Dragon.

Golden Sun Dark Dawn was a real snooze fest. Your party characters talked WAY too much while actually saying very little and there was zero challenge to any of the battles.

@AcridSkull

That's a nice thought, but the game was published by Nintendo in North America and Europe and Nintendo doesn't know the meaning of the term hefty discount.

For proof of this, take a look at pricing on Dragon Quest XIS on PS4/Xbox/PC compared to Switch. The Switch version came out first and is much more expensive than the newer PS4/Xbone/PC releases. Why? Because Nintendo doesn't do discounts like the rest of the industry.

@UltimateOtaku91

I agree with your general point that Nintendo tends to screw up their follow-up to a successful system.

With that said, I fund it funny that you consider the 64 a beast. I consider it a flop after the successful SNES. SNES was the best selling console of its generation, emerging victorious after some fierce competition from the mighty Genesis. The SNES also had fantastic third party support.

The N64 on the other hand got its butt kicked by the PS1, which outsold it by around 3 to 1. The N64 also had terrible third party support.

Don't get me wrong, the N64 had some great games, but it definitely didn't feel like a 'beast' in the late 90's.

@Bliquid

It's not an opinion to say that the Vita barely had an impact on the broader gaming industry; it's a fact.

And LOL at listing Near as a feature. NO ONE used Near, including Vita fans.

@Ralizah

Yeah, when your stats are low you're really best to just sit back and go with the crowd.

My advice to beginners would be to pick a stat category or two and focus on maxing them out, rather than trying to spread your level-ups evenly. Once you get to the point where you can use stat-based abilities, the game really opens up.

@Bliquid

Dreamcast and Vita don't belong in the same breath. Dreamcast had a killer lineup of exclusives, pioneered online play for consoles and ultimately faded away too quickly.

Vita on the other hand, flopped on arrival, lacked decent exclusives and was only known for niche / indie titles for most of its life.

Don't get me wrong, I love both the Dreamcast and the Vita, but the Vita was way less impactful to the broader industry than the Dreamcast was.

@Bobb

Muramasa Rebirth on Switch (bundled with all of its DLC) would indeed be sweet, but Atlus isn't the company to ask about that. Atlus didn't publish Muramasa.

Is there a modern game out there with a larger discrepancy in quality between the official character artwork and the in-game character models?

The artwork is gorgeous but the character models are ugly and weird. The juxtaposition between the two is really off putting.

On the plus side, the gameplay looks pretty good and I suppose that's all that matters.

@Yosher

I am not sure how these things work in Japan, but if it is anything like the USA, Colopl would be a limited liability corporation and it would be the corporation, not the individual developers, who would owe Nintendo the money. If the corporation couldn’t afford to pay, it would declare bankruptcy and the individual owners of the company would not be liable for the company’s debt to Nintendo.

Anyways, I am not a lawyer and certainly not a Japanese lawyer, but I sincerely doubt the owners of Colopl will have to pay Nintendo back personally. Either the company will pay or the company will go under (assuming Nintendo wins of course).

@Mgene15

Then get a PS5, lol.

No way a new mainline RE game is coming to the Switch anytime soon. Maybe as a cloud release...

@joey302

Absolutely.

It doesn't help that SEGA raised expectations when the AGES line was announced by claiming that Saturn and Dreamcast games were possible. They did the same thing with the SEGA Forever mobile line and failed to deliver there too.

@KillTheG1mp

Are you in Quebec? Here in Ontario, all prices I see have the $ in front.

I find Mutant Mudds to be really overrated. It's a very basic platformer, with non-existent enemy AI.

@Little_Squee

Who said the Wii U has more original games than the Switch? That's a factually incorrect statement.

Also, they call the Wii U a flop because it sold incredibly poorly. It's objectively a sales flop.

@Severian

The arcade collection is a real mixed bag, with some of the games bordering on bad (though even the Castlevania collection has a bad game too).

With that said, Gradius, Gradius II and Salamander are stone cold classics and might make the collection worth it for those two alone at the discounted price. Think of it as getting Gradius, Gradius II and Salamander for $1.67 each. Does that sound worth it to you?

@dr-gorgo

Yes, but only slightly. It has some additional bonus content but is otherwise the exact same game.

@Caryslan

Is the bandwagon even that massive or is it just a very, very vocal minority? My guess is the latter.

I played Super Mario RPG when it first came out in 1996 and loved it and I totally agree that Geno isn’t a good choice for a DLC character.

@Bobb

That makes perfect sense. However, it also doesn’t jive with past DLC characters.

Why was Banjo included? How can Nintendo sell Banjo?

Why was Joker included? How could Nintendo sell Joker in early 2019? Was the plan for Joker to sell copies of Persona Q2 later that year on 3DS? That seems unlikely. Maybe they were hoping Joker’s name recognition would sell DLC packs? That’s possible, but Joker is from a very niche series (as is Terry Bogard).

So yeah, I get that Geno isn’t sellable compared to Byleth, but a lot of past DLC characters also weren’t sellable compared to Byleth.

@BoyfriendOfDeath

In theory, yes. The question is how much would it cost and would it be worth it? Nintendo is a business after all and it would only make sense for them to buy Rare (or license Banjo) if they thought there would be a significant return on the investment.

@TDRsuperstar2

Disney owns Spider-Man and all Marvel characters. Sony owns the film rights to Spider-Man for a limited period of time and that is what Disney has “rented”.

@Moon

Curious to hear your argument as to why SMM1 is better than SMM2.

@shonenjump86

Enjoy Phantasy Star 1! It's a true classic. When playing it, please keep in mind that it released almost on the same date as Final Fantasy 1 in Japan (and before Final Fantasy 1 in the West). It's pretty ancient by today's standards but it was groundbreaking for the time.

Really glad you enjoyed PSIV as well, it's the best of the bunch by FAR. Phantasy Star II is another game that was revolutionary for its time, but very, very rough by today's standards. You might want to wait until it gets the Ages treatment before giving it a shot.

PSIII is the black sheep of the series. It has a few neat ideas, but it's entirely skippable.

I picked up Virtua Racing, Phantasy Star and Lightening Force.

Overall, I was pretty underwhelmed by the SEGA Ages line with Virtua Racing and Phantasy Star being the exceptions. It really didn't help that SEGA hyped up the Ages line by claiming that Dreamcast and Saturn releases were possible (like they did with SEGA Forever on mobile).

It's also a real shame that Arcade 1-Up gets games like Outrunners and Golden Axe Revenge of Death Adder (if you're willing to spend hundreds of dollars on a cabinet). Why didn't these games get an Ages port?

I wonder how many people asking for Gradius III have only played the SNES version? The original arcade version is almost impossible to beat and is considered a bit of a black sheep in the series. Gradius II is WAY better than III (although I do agree that the Konami Collection makes this latest release somewhat redundant).

@HollowSpectre

SEGA literally released 13 Sentinels Aegis Rim and Yakuza 7 in the last month or so. Both games received critical acclaim.

We’re like a month away from Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 as well.

The narrative that SEGA only makes crappy Sonic games is and has always been false.

@Krull

That doesn’t really answer my question though, since there isn’t a licensing issue in Japan. Why didn’t Japan get parts 1 & 2 first or simultaneously with the release of part 3? Not that it really matters anymore, it’s just a very odd way to port these games to Switch.

As for licensing issues in the West, XSEED, Nis and Falcon figured out how to make it work on the PS4 and I’m confident they’ll come to a similar agreement for the Switch.

@DeclanS98

Are you serious? 98GB? That's insane for a system with only 32GB of on-board storage. That'd fill up a lot of people's SD cards too.

@Slowdive

Memories of Celcetta seems like it'd be very likely to get a Switch port. It's the only Ys game that's on PS4 but not yet on Switch.

Other than that, I'm not sure. I don't really see Falcom porting, say, Oath in Felghanna or Ys Seven, but what I do know?

They'll for sure come to the west at some point. The big question is: why didn't part 1 and 2 come out on the Switch before part 3? Or at least have all 3 launch around the same time (kind of like what No More Heroes is doing)?

Oh well, I suppose it doesn't matter at this point.

@Joeynator3000 @Diddy64 @HotGoomba

He's a Director on several boards. While being a Director has important responsibilities and does involve some work, it's not a full time job. It's fairly common for executives with his level of experience sit on several boards (sometimes in addition to having a full time CEO job).

@Creature @Kalteas

Being on a board of directors definitely isn't a full time job, but it's also not zero work. Being a director involves making big decisions for a business and also carries a fiduciary responsibility.

Safe to assume that Splatfests are officially back on for Splatoon 2 at this point. That "last Splatfest" was greatly exaggerated.

A rare example of where the Japanese box art is not only worse, but significantly so. The Japanese title sucks too.

The Japanese cover is too bright. The North American / European cover better captures the atmosphere of the game.

There should be a huge asterisk next to this article's title. This is hardly a ranking of every 3D Sonic game when it is missing the PS3/360/PC version of Sonic Generations. Generations is always ranked near the top of 3D Sonic titles, with many considering it to be the best overall.

@Strictlystyles
I really enjoy SA1, but this ranking is notably for the GC version of SA1, which is an inferior port. I'd personally rank Colors above all versions of SA1, but I'd rank the DC original SA1 much closer to it than the inferior GC port.

@MrGawain

Microsoft and SEGA do have a history together. They worked very closely before and after the launch of the original Xbox.

Since then though, there hasn’t been too much cooperation between the two companies. Yakuza remained a PlayStation exclusive until very recently and very few Atlus games ever make it to Xbox.

If I had to guess though, I’d say the rumours were at least somewhat fueled by the past close relationship SEGA and Microsoft has.

No point in rating the best 3D Sonic games if we're not going to include Sonic Generations.

@Dang69

Does the import have English language support?

@ShadJV

Not counting All-Stars isn’t really fair.

And as I said before, if RPGs are your thing, then the SNES Classic definitely has the better lineup.

If you’re not big on RPGs though, it really does become debatable. Demon’s Crest and Wild Guns are two of the best action games on the SNES. You’re definitely not giving them enough credit. Panel de Pon is another game you’re totally underrating. It’s the best puzzle game on SNES; arguably a Top 10 SNES game.

@ShadJV

It’s got more than just DKC2. It has a lot of great stuff not on the Classic like:

-Wild Guns
-Super Mario All-Stars
-Pop’n Twinbee
-Demon’s Crest
-Panel de Pon
-Pilotwings
-Puyo Puyo 2
-Super Tennis

There are literally entire genres that aren’t represented on the Classic.

@Level_Up

If you’re an RPG fan, the SNES Classic is definitely better. SNES Online has better shmups, puzzle games, sports titles and arguably better action games.

@TG16_IS_BAE

Don’t be ridiculous. I was obviously comparing official lineups between the SNES Classic and SNES Online.

If you want to bring hacking into it, the SNES Classic isn’t anything special with its limited storage. Better off with a Rapsberry Pi.

DKC2 is awesome!

The SNES online service lineup is now arguably better than the SNES Classic lineup.

@marandahir

I did, yes. I kind of grew out of Star Wars, as all of the shows, prequels, sequels, etc. detracted from, instead of enhanced, my enjoyment of the original trilogy.

Regarding prequels, of course they can be done well, but they can also be done poorly. Breath of the Wild was a standalone story (and not a particularly great one either). Do I need to know every little detail of the past events BotW's story hinted at? Not at all. As I've said, I'd prefer to leave some things to my imagination. I love a good mystery, which is why games like Ico and Shadow of the Colossus really resonate with me. I'd hate if they made a prequel to SotC that sucked all of the mystery out of that game's world.

And don't get me started on the whole "Zelda timeline". As a franchise, Zelda absolutely doesn't need a timeline. Yes, some games obviously connect like Ocarina and Majora's Mask. With that said, I don't need to know how Breath of the Wild connects to say, Minish Cap. I'm happy to enjoy those games as standalone experiences.

@71nk0

I strongly disagree. Attack of the Clones was a terrible film. I liked it better when the "Clone Wars" (the event, not the show) was open to our imagination. Not every story needs to be told. It's ok to leave things to the audience's imagination.

@71nk0

I was referring to the Attack of the Clones film.

I actually don't want to know about the champion's past. Some things are better left to the imagination.

Remember how much cooler the "clone wars" sounded when they were just something Luke and Obi Wan talked about in Star Wars Episode IV? I feel like this is a similar case.

It’s extremely shady and anti-consumer to make the digital version limited time only, especially when there aren’t any licensing issues.

I have no issues with making the physical version limited.