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@Ventilator

Incredible to think we went from SNES to PS1/Saturn/N64 to Dreamcast in less than a decade.

At the same time, arcade and PC technology was constantly evolving.

What a time for the industry.

Glad someone is celebrating the anniversary

@russellohh

Considering the Venn diagram of people who want collector's editions and people who want physical games is a perfect circle, yeah, I'd say it's pretty crazy.

And this would hardly be the first retro compilation of tiny ROMs placed onto a 16GB cartridge. Hell, Square Enix themselves did it with Collection of Mana.

It's also hilarious that you say "only grandpas want physical games" in the context of a collection of Gameboy ROMs. This collection is literally being made for grandpas. These are ancient games that only old geezers are interested in.

Lastly, you're just flat out wrong to say that everyone except "grandpas" went digital 20 - 25 years ago. For consoles, digital distribution has only really been a thing for, at most, 15 years. AAA retails games didn't really get digital distribution on consoles until around 10 years ago. Even so, physical game sales remain a huge part of the industry to this very day.

This reminds me of the Sonic Mania collector's edition. Lots of cool bonuses, but ultimately lacking the one thing people actually want; a physical game.

@AG_Awesome

I believe that version was a mobile port with touch-only controls.

@coderkind

I had heard that Tetris players had the advantage

@StephenYap3

The first game was indeed amazing, but I'm not seeing enough new content here to warrant a purchase

@jobvd

Yeah, the version choices for the earlier entries are weird here.

I would have picked:

Final Fantasy I (GBA)
Final Fantasy II (GBA)
Final Fantasy III (DS)
Final Fantasy IV (GBA)
Final Fantasy V (GBA)
Final Fantasy VI (SNES)

@Yas

Because they used Roman numerals. IX comes before V alphabetically.

@PlusUltra

Are you for real? Big companies don't "troll" their customer base. Do you honestly think that SEGA's management made the decision to "troll" potential customers? Seriously?

I really wish SEGA would stop teasing Dreamcast and Saturn games. They did it when SEGA Forever launched on mobile devices and they did it again when SEGA AGES launched on Switch. Either give us Saturn/DC games or tell us straight up they're not coming. Enough with this "maybe" crap.

With that said, I hope the AGES lineup gets Golden Axe Revenge of Death Adder, Virtua Fighter and Cotton at the very least. All 3 should be simple enough seeing as how they're coming to the SEGA Astro City Mini later this year.

@hotgamer77

That’s not what I said. I said the Genesis sound chip was better than the SNES sound chip when it came to techno music; not a better sound chip overall.

Way to totally ignore my comment about the faster Genesis CPU.

The SNES was better then the Genesis in most, but not all technical categories. This isn’t new information.

@PlusUltra

Let’s not be dramatic here. Not having the Mania DLC would be a bummer, but it wouldn’t be the end of the world. Mania’s DLC is cheap ($5), so it’s not like it’d add a ton of extra cost to the package if it’s missing.

@OorWullie

I think you mean “knowing Capcom”

@Noid

That’s false. The Genesis has a faster processor than the SNES. The Genesis sound chip also did electronic/techno style music better than the SNES.

The SNES was technically superior in most ways, but not all.

Why not announce this in their most recent Direct? I don't get it.

This article is incredibly misleading. The Kickstarter explicitly states that they'll offer this for Nintendo's (yet to be announced) next console; not the Switch.

@Grandiajet

Who said I am upset? I am just correcting you on the fact that SEGA, contrary to popular belief, does release a lot of non-Sonic games. Most of their output is non-Sonic.

@Grandiajet

Don’t move the goal post. You said “non-Sonic” console games and I gave you a list of recent non-Sonic console games.

Sorry if Yakuza, Puyo Puyo, Valkyria Chronicles and Sakura Wars aren’t to your liking. Doesn’t mean that SEGA only makes Sonic games for console. In fact, most of their console games are non-Sonic.

@Grandiajet

You mean like Yakuza? Or Puyo Puyo? Or Sakura Wars? Or Valkyria Chronicles? Or the Shining series?

Because those are all series SEGA has released games on console for in the last 2 years.

@sixrings

Xenoblade was a port too and you included it in your list.

Not saying that Clubhouse games is on the same level as Ghost of Tsushima, just comparing exclusive titles for each system.

@sixrings

Sony has had more than that this year. They also had FF7 Remake, Dreams and Nioh 2. Plus Yakuza 7 is a (likely) timed exclusive later this year.

To be fair to Nintendo, they also had Tokyo Mirage Sessions, Clubhouse Games and Paper Mario with Bravely Default 2 on the way.

Still, there’s no question that Nintendo is having a disappointing year compared to the competition.

@boredlizard

Possibly, though there's a good chance they'll be highlighting games from Creative Assembly since this is a European event.

@motang

Virtua Fighter is on the device. That's an AM2 joint.

@PBandSmelly

What a profoundly ignorant comment. This year SEGA is releasing Yakuza 7 and has already released Sakura Wars on PS4 and a new Hatsune Miku game on the Switch. Sad that I have to spell this out for you, but none of those are Sonic games.

@Ooyah

Another Chronicle Ex+ is basically the arcade mode on the Vita game.

The far superior Chronicle Saviour Mode in the PS4/PC/Vita version will be missing by the looks of it.

G-Darius HD is pretty sweet though!

@TheBigK

The Sonic question was geared towards true SEGA fans

14/15

Didn't know Roy was in Smash before his own FE game

@RPGamer

Do you work at SEGA or Atlus? Do you know this for a fact?

What we do know is that SEGA owns Atlus, therefore they have final say. Everything else is unknown.

Is it possible that Atlus presented SEGA with the idea? Sure.

It's also possible that SEGA told Atlus to make a PC port.

Only employees at Atlus or SEGA (which is basically the same thing) know for sure.

@RPGamer

It is 100% SEGA's decision. SEGA owns Atlus.

@the4seer

That's a good point. It wouldn't make sense to release Super Mario 3D World and the 3D Mario remasters (presumably in a collection) within the same year. It makes even less sense to release them in the same half of the same year.

@GrandScribe

Uhh, yes.

SEGA just released a new Sakura Wars game in April. They also licensed out the Streets of Rage series, which also got a new release in April.

Yakuza is getting a new game in 2020.

There's a new Hatsunke Miku game coming to Switch in May.

Vanquish and Bayonetta got a rerelease earlier in 2020.

Puyo Puyo, Valkyria Chronicles and the Shining series all got new releases in 2018.

Ivo Gersovich is not SEGA's CEO. He's Sonic's Chief Brand Officer.

As for what the announcement will be, I'm guessing there will be a remake of Sonic Adventure from Sonic Team and a sequel to Sonic Mania from Headcannon.

Everyone knew about this one back in the day

If it's not on Switch should this news even be on a Nintendo fan site?

@Steven_the_2nd

Was there any indication that it would ever get a physical release in the west? Future Tone was digital-only on PS4...

@DustinWilcox

Are you serious? The arcade industry is a distant shadow of its former self. Sure, there are still some new arcade releases and profitable arcades out there but the arcade scene today is nothing like it was in the 80's and 90's when the hottest new games and cutting edge technology came to arcades first and consoles second.

Arcades are by and large a niche sideshow in the current gaming industry. This wasn't the case in the 90's and pointing it out isn't "biased". It's factual.

Here we go again with this. Buy a game you don’t want (or in the case of Sonic 1 & 2, already own multiple times) and maaaaaaybe we’ll give
you a game you do want, no promises. So sick of publishers who do this.

@Alpha-2002

They've got some substantial games on Switch. Check out Valkyria Chronicles and Valkyria Chronicles 4. Puyo Puyo Tetris has a ton of content too if puzzle games are your thing.

@jcvandan

Well said.

It is ridiculous that Nintendo limits players to one island per Switch, but it is also ridiculous to call this game a "0 out of 10".

@RazumikhinPG
He spent $36 on the amiibo. That’s not really a lot of money.

@khululy

It's totally fair to prefer the GBA / DS games over SotN. I just find it a bit ridiculous to rank the top CV games and not have SotN in the conversation. It is so obviously one of the best games in the series, so excluding it makes the overall list feel kinda pointless.

Any list of the best Castlevania games is lacking without Symphony of the Night. Yes, I know it's not on a Nintendo console, but we're not really talking about the best 'vania games unless it is in the conversation.

@cmk8

A new Final Fantasy Tactics would be great, but Platinum isn’t the studio I would want to make it

@tendonerd
Atlus is owned by SEGA. No way should they be using Kickstarter.

@Agramonte

Sakura Wars is getting a release in the US. This year in fact!

Anyone who says SEGA milks Sonic too hard is clearly a Nintendo-only gamer. SEGA has been milking Yakuza MUCH harder than Sonic these past 3 years.

I think one of the games will be in the MadWorld : Anarchy Reigns series

Byleth is a good addition, but the timing was way off. As the 5th fighter to close out the first DLC fighter pass, he/she was a major letdown.

If Byleth was the second or third character in the second DLC fighters pass, there wouldn't even be half the backlash we're seeing. People were expecting big things from the final fighter for fighter pass #1 after we got some huge additions like Joker and Banjo.

@Zidentia

Maybe school yourself before posting nonsense.

Space Invaders isn't a vertical scrolling game. What a stupid thing to say. There is NO scrolling in Space Invaders. Secondly, it is played from a top-down perspective which is obvious to anyone who looks at it for 2-seconds.

With that said, topdown shmups and vertical scrolling shmups are essentially the same things as both are played from a top down perspective. Said I have to spell this out.

Regarding Space War, it came out in 1978 for the Atari 2600, the same year as Space Invaders and did not have a Japanese release. It's also not really a horizontal shmup and looks more like Asteroids. You're probably referring to Spacewar!, which came out in 1962 and isn't really a horizontal shmup either.

The first real horizontal shmup was Defender, which came out in 1982, several years after early vertical shmups like Space Invaders and Galaxian.

In conclusion, I am right and you are wrong