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They wouldn't expend the effort of internally crafting an emulator to function well on Switch if it wasn't going to be utilized again. These aren't the last we'll be seeing of these games.

The StreetPass games were surprisingly addictive, even if I had to attend a convention to get the most out of it. Still, if they were able to replicate them somehow, I'd be about that.

I hope Level 5 collaborates with Capcom again on a Layton vs. Wright. The first one was a lot of fun, despite some issues from being the first AA 3D project and Layton constantly upstaging Phoenix. Just take what they learned from making it and blow us away with an even better follow-up!

They're all pretty hideous, frankly, but at least the EU one is sort of elegant in its simplicity.

@Ghost_of_Hasashi Asterix didn't originate with video games; it's a French comic series which gained a lot of licensed media since its inception in the 50s. It'd be like asking Cerebus the Aardvark to get into Smash... minus all the licensed media.

If only Bucky O' Hare wasn't such an obscure IP now; Konami made some killer games based on that which would be great to see modern uptakes of. https://youtu.be/6z20jl6-Zz0

@Krockman He's in it already, in pixel form. In both of those flavors, coincidentally.

Seeing Roo just being a bartender was such a tease. Make him playable, you cowards!

• “The original data for Ninja Gaiden Black and Ninja Gaiden 2 has been scattered in pieces, and we can’t even salvage it in its current state. That’s also why we went with Ninja Gaiden Sigma.”

Man, devs have a big problem with losing source code.

@romanista They published stuff on DS and Wii just fine.

Plus, if you're going to cite "angering Nintendo" as an argument, explain what Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is doing on Switch.

It really is a wonder that EA hasn't allowed PopCap to put their old output on the Switch, since they're so keen to see it as nothing but a casual platform that can't run their latest & greatest. I know Plants vs. Zombies 2 is monetized to hell on mobile, but the original would be fantastic, along with Peggle, Zuma, Bookworm, and I'm sure Bejeweled would get a few sales from purist fans.

Bring the Bit Generations/Art Style series back. Those sorts of quick pick-up-and-play puzzlers are made for portable formats.

Eternal Darkness next, please and thank you!

It's totally not a game in any meaningful sense, but I'm kind of surprised (pleasantly so, if we're being honest) that Pokemon Channel hasn't been revived on Switch or for smartphones. It seems like the kind of silly inane thing that would keep kids happily occupied during long car rides or plane trips. Plus you know they would exploit the hell out of being able to patch/update the programming with exclusive broadcasts.

I'm honestly just trying to get all the art at this point, the only wing of my museum that's incomplete. Once that's done, I might just check in once a week.

Wow, seeing Lunar Legend here is kind of interesting. Granted, I absolutely loved Silver Star in nearly all of its incarnations (never played the PSP version), but Legend was like a Cliff's Notes version of the story; it just felt too pared back in comparison, but I could see how it might stand on its own without that frame of reference handy. It also had this great glitch/oversight/whatever where you could save, turn off, turn back on, and restore your game, and your party's HP and MP would be completely recovered. Challenge, BEGONE.

@Purgatorium Because it's simplistic to a fault, and again, this is supposed to be for the -best- SNES RPGs. There's already very curious exclusions from this list, like Tales of Phantasia or the first Star Ocean, along with more understandable omissions like The 7th Saga or Tecmo Secret of the Stars, so FFMQ making the cut is very questionable. The only exceptional aspect of Mystic Quest is its soundtrack; is that enough to count it as a "best of the platform" entrant?

@Purgatorium FFMQ is competent. It works as it's supposed to outside of some weird bugs. It has some nice ideas (interacting with the maps with your weapons and jumping, the soundtrack, the mildly parodic elements of the plot), but its conception was really cynical from Square's side. "Those silly Americans are too stupid to properly enjoy our games, so we'll try and make a beginner's RPG so they finally 'get it'," even though the big problem at the time was that D&D-style games were ridiculed as being "for nerds" which kept them from finding a wide audience until FF7 finally broke that stigma. It doesn't help that it was also the only FF game to come to Europe for years.

In short, it's a perfectly serviceable RPG, but it has no business being on a "best of the SNES" list.

I have the benefit of being nearly 40. I got to watch home console gaming grow from the Atari 2600 era, meaning I got to at least follow titles that I might have had an interest in as they came up. There's kids even a quarter of my age that didn't get the chance to experience some stellar titles in their native habitat, and tracking down the means to play them (including the "arr matey" thing, when it comes right down to it) might be difficult to do, moreso than something like a book, film or board game, since you need several components all together to enjoy a video game. I will always be okay with ports/remakes in the name of helping games expand their audience.

Now, if you're remaking something barely three years old, then that's a stretch.

They could work with FromSoftware to release an HD duo of the Otogi games, that would be a fantastic start.

Man... What is Mystic Quest doing there? XD

At least it's not Paladin's Quest, then I'd REALLY have to wonder what narcotics were involved, haha.

I would seriously love it. Chocobo Racing was unbalanced and janky as hell, but it holds a special place in my heart, especially with all of its unlockable characters. Aya Brea? An 8-bit airship? A Cactuar? JACK FROM 3D WORLDRUNNER? So, so amazing.

Poor Skyward Sword-era Link. His face can't not look like some sort of blow-up doll with those oddly detailed lips.

@NatiaAdamo This is the same Sega that shot down a Jet Set Radio revival funded by Sony, so that's not surprising at all.

Aww, I liked The Bard's Tale. Cary Elwes and the late great Tony Jay are always great to hear, and the game itself is similar to Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, which means it's a good time.

It sucks how they've completely written off Trauma Center as a franchise. The Wii made motion controls work for it; the Switch could do the same, and they could do what VOEZ did at first and be touchscreen-only if it really came down to it.

I'd like a Dillon's Rolling Western trilogy release.

@SpiderSquid Yeah, it's the same bonus PS4 players get for having a Persona 5/P5 Royal save on their console.

They also have Persona 5 Strikers and Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection spirits for people who bought either game. Need to download G&G sooner than I thought I would!

If this is just Vol. 1, I hope Vol. 2 does Makai Kingdom and GrimGrimoire.

Coming up next — a remaster of the amazing Digital Pictures Sega CD masterpieces, the Make My Video tetralogy! Gotta get, gotta, gotta get money...

Doug Hates His Job? Well then, he shouldn't have grown up from his meager-but-contented existence in Bluffington's prestigious Beebee Bluff Middle School.

People only whine about sword fighters when it's not the sword fighters THEY want (Dante, Sora, Lloyd Irving, etc.).

Two of my most wanted's would be swordies (Alex Roivas [assuming she wasn't given her guns] and Adol Christin), so I can't in good conscience join them in their hypocrisy.

@Heavyarms55 The sense of discovery. Again, the only recurring characters of note are Adol and Dogi, and Adol is largely a blank slate for the player to project on (he doesn't even have dialogue in recent entries, aside from battle voice clips; the narrator summarizes his speech). Since he's an adventurer by trade, most of the appeal comes from just exploring the land you've been thrust into, and it's even a mechanic in Lacrimosa of Dana and Memories of Celceta, which task you with ongoing cartography quests.

Combat depends on the game. Old entries use the "Bump Battle" system, where you literally just run into enemies to do damage, but this one and other recent games use a combination of common sword skills and special abilities powered by a gauge which is constantly refilling as you land hits, so you never feel the need to conserve special attacks.

@Heavyarms55 Familiarity with the rest of the Ys (no apostrophe) catalog isn't strictly necessary; all you have to know about it is there's a young red-haired man named Adol Christin with an insatiable wanderlust, who is friends with a reformed thief with blue hair named Dogi, and he has a penchant for being the right person at the right time in any given landscape facing trouble supernatural or otherwise. And it's all scored in the inimitable style of Yuzo Koshiro whose work on the early games paved the way for the franchise's signature rockin' tunes.

Aside note, Falcom will be hosting a special 40th anniversary broadcast next week! https://www.gematsu.com/event/falcom-40th-anniversary-live-stream

I never had any worry, Granzella does good work... Rampant slowdown in Disaster Report 4 notwithstanding. |3

I would seriously be content with PopCap's low-key works on Switch. The non-FPS Plants vs. Zombies, Peggle, Zuma, Bookworm... They're just pure, simple fun.

Vroom in the Night Sky has been dethroned!

Praying for them to finally show the Gaia trilogy — SoulBlazer, Illusion of Gaia, and Terranigma — the love it deserves. C'mon, Squenix!

I know it'll never happen, and it's not even what I want the most, but I really think they could bring Mach Rider back. Give it a Mad Max: Fury Road sort of aesthetic/story, include some over-the-top setpieces (I personally envision Rider racing along a collapsing skyscraper), and make the level editor shareable over the internet so people can try out others' created tracks.

@BlubberWhale I'm totally a fan of the series, but I'm also just exhausted in general with hyping something to someone, and then they just shrug and walk away.

@BlubberWhale Again, doesn't sound like I can do anything to change your mind, if you've already decided that the games aren't for you. Just watch a longplay of them and go from there. Though if you own anything in the Xbox family, there's literally no reason not to get a digital copy of Panzer Dragoon Orta. It's still one of the most beautiful games around, it's forward compatible all the way through Series X/S, and $10 is a steal when you're getting two (arguably three) full-fledged campaigns and a wealth of other bonus content.

@Wavey84 Considering the Saturn games intentionally sync the levels with the music, that would be harder than you think.

@BlubberWhale It sounds like you answered your own question, personally.

I hope they take what they learned developing the remake of 1 to hit the ground running with Zwei. It introduced a lot of elements to enhance replayability — different routes through the stages, the dragon evolving, and the Berserk attacks — that it will be a much better value from the get-go, but I don't want to see them have to resort to patches to dramatically improve the experience. That first impression just counts for way too much, and I really want Panzer to succeed.

Already available in the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection, so... yeah, wasn't really necessary.

They really need to get permission from Taito/Squenix to port Cadash.

I hope they periodically update it with other titles. Magic Sword, Saturday Night Slam Masters, Red Earth, and the Darkstalkers trilogy would be nice to have.

@ManaOwls Yeah, Shining Resonance was... not what I wanted to see from that franchise. So unimaginative compared to what Camelot did with it.

They mentioned Shining Force in the survey. That pleases me so much.

@delt75 They lost the rights to six of the songs, but they made up for it by including 37 new ones for 56 total.

Kickflip to 360 goofy-foot Switch ollie.