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I'll be very curious to see what Mii Fighter costumes tag along with Steve. What IP would pair well with Minecraft? What will the out-of-left-field costume even be?

Guys, don't read into the 3-minute length. That just means it's going to be a cinematic trailer with whatever comments Sakurai tacks on. Ridley has had the shortest one so far and it was 1 minute 43 seconds.

I wouldn't really count Joker's Game Awards reveal since that didn't have any gameplay footage at all.

@GrandScribe An Eternal Darkness stage designs itself. It'd be banned as hell in tournaments, but amazing for the rest of us.

Honestly, the only real obstacle I see to an ED rep is the lack of iconic music in the game — it's nearly all ambience-based, and pretty as it is, something like "Black Rose" doesn't really fit a battle setting.

waves his little pennant for Alex Roivas/Pious Augustus, Klonoa and Adol Christin

@sleepinglion Hell yeah, it would be!

Tiger-Heli or Twin Cobra would be great, too.

Nice to see Wing Commander making a solid comeback outside of EA's grubby clutches.

The winner is the audience for getting to dote on adorable little Chibiterasu.

But yeah, the Japanese cover is prettier.

I really hope Linkle returns in some capacity. She was one of the most fun aspects of HW1.

Got five. I'm still impressed, since I could care less about Kirby as a franchise and don't actively follow anything about it.

@wazlon More likely Squenix would sell it on its own. They haven't supported the NSO at all, instead reselling Collection of Mana, Romancing SaGa 2 & 3, the upcoming Game Boy SaGa collection...

In before people asking how this beat Bayonetta 3 to market.

But seriously, I'm pretty surprised at how quick the turnaround was on this being announced to (possibly) released, if this comes to fruition.

@MadmanMike One of MANY changes Jaleco made to the game during localization from the Japanese version was turning the music into ambient background noise, probably in some effort to give the game more "edge" or something. Definitely a dumb change on their part.

Also, it's hilarious how Rival Turf (the first Rushing Beat game in the same series as Peace Keepers and Brawl Brothers) got totally passed over for SNES Online upload. Even they know it's just a weak, weak game.

@PikaPhantom Namco owns Heihachi, so they can drop them whenever they want; and since Min Min is a fighting game person, he's thematically appropriate. See also: Akira and Jacky's costumes coming back with Terry.

Point being, Squenix considers themselves too important to "just" let their old DLC come back on its own, since they "deigned" to give us Cloud and Hero. Geno and Chocobo outfits will definitely tie in with the related fighter.

Since Ultimate has been bringing back the paid Mii Fighter outfits from Smash 4, that means there's likely one more Squenix character on the docket, to bring back the Geno outfit and Chocobo hat, which may or may not bring back Namco's Lloyd Irving and Tower of Druaga outfits with them since they're RPG/adventure-related. If they added Terra from FF6 to finally give Final Fantasy the music representation it deserves, that would be lovely.

My top three wishes are Alex Roivas/Pious, Klonoa, and Adol Christin.

Looking forward to Prinny 1 & 2 this autumn.

It sucks how much success Natsume is apparently having with their shoddy knock-offs, considering they STILL share space with Story of Seasons.

Yes please. I'm one of the few who wasn't terribly outraged by ME3's ending (for me, "four minutes of tepid disappointment" didn't outweight the 40 hours I had an absolute blast with the game), so I'd love to play them on the go.

Doubtlessly Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remastered will be part of the sizzle reel in this. Now if only they would bring over Beyond Good & Evil HD, too.

Wonder if they'll mention Sonic's first appearance as a rear-view ornament in the arcade game Rad Mobile.

I will admit that I had expected there to be a greater amount of non-human character options, at least on par with what RPG Maker Fes on 3DS offered by the end of its support lifespan, so my own game is on hold until I see what sort of downloadable content Kadokawa releases; I would have to change too much of the plot to acommodate the current limitations, which I'm reluctant to do because it's basically going to be a love letter to my favorite sci-fi/fantasy tropes.

Also worth noting is that the game does what Mario Maker 1 did and drip-feeds you extra customization options for checking into the Makers Forum on a daily basis, though I don't know if the reward list extends past the ten days currently available on the screen.

Yep, looks like it's supposed to be part of a sizzle reel in a future Direct/Partner Showcase.

It's still too early to pass a judgment call. Considering each game in the collection is from a different platform, when March 31 rolls around, they could be split up and become the foundation of digital N64/GameCube/Wii releases on the Switch.

Then again, I just really want Nintendo to do something Eternal Darkness-related with the Switch, so I'm trying to see any hint of a silver lining.

Oh, "Death and Taxes". I'm glad the makers of the film Stranger Than Fiction saw potential for a spin-off.

;P

Despite what people like to insist, this year just can't safely function like any other. Delays are to be expected.

Sonic Shuffle 2: This Time, We're Putting Genuine Effort Into It.

But seriously, working a deal with Nordic THQ for the rights to Sonic Advance 1-4 would be delightful, and I still think a Sonic Storybook game based on the Labours of Heracles would be a hoot.

Sadly, Monolith doesn't want to invest in a Switch port of XCX, and I can't say I blame them, given how literally huge the game world is.

https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/10/18/monolith-soft-says-a-xenoblade-chronicles-x-switch-port-would-be-too-expensive

Mario All-Stars later being revamped on the SNES to include Mario World shows that Ninty isn't above tinkering with the products for a later rerelease or console bundles, too, so there's that.

My preorder of RPG Maker from one year ago finally pays off!

I plan to make a game about the cast and crew of a science-fantasy TV show, and I'm really anxious to get started.

They should bring back being able to gift digital purchases to people on your friends list. I loved that feature in the Wii Shop.

Memories of Pokemon Sleep's announcement... https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/497/576/9b2.jpg

RPG Maker MV comes out on September 8, please add it.

@X68000 Panzer Dragoon VR has Saga content in it, so they're clearly willing to recreate stuff in it from scratch. Now they just need to apply that to the whole story.

@Einherjar At least the rumor that Valsu can cast Elixir if his enemy self reaches the appropriate level is untrue. That would be TOTAL <expletive>.

@Sondheimist Even better, "Enix in the SNES Era". ActRaiser 1 & 2, Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, Terranigma, Robotrek, EVO: Search for Eden, Brain Lord... 7th Saga if they patch its insane difficulty...

@Silly_G SaGa is very, -very- different from Final Fantasy. In this collection, only SaGa 3/FF Legend 3 plays even remotely close to one, and it was developed by a different team from SaGa's usual.

Also, time to relive the memory of putting an end to a crime ring smuggling that most evil of drugs — BANANAS! https://legendsoflocalization.com/were-the-bananas-in-final-fantasy-legend-ii-actually-drugs/

Panzerrrrr Dragooooooon Sagaaaaaaaa.

I remember back when Electronic Games Monthly gave Herzog Zwei 3s and 4s out of 10. All because the reviewers were stupified on how this strange new top-down shooter from Technosoft, the makers of Thunder Force II, played... even though it was a real-time strategy game instead.

Definitely grabbing it when it leaves Japan.

Almost feels like they should have just rebuilt it from the ground up, if keeping the original code intact would cause this many problems down the line.

@AngelFox Nope, someone still has to be the chalice carrier. It's the exact same experience as the GC original, just with more post-game content.

@Tendogamerxxx It's going to be the same on PS4 and mobile, too.

@SoIDecidedTo It's nuts how Resident Evil 4 runs on the exact same engine and is such a vastly superior experience.

@Priceless_Spork You're in luck! https://youtu.be/yvyJfevEX8Y

That'd be pretty nice. Obviously this has no bearing on the other members of the Capcom 5, but a Viewtiful Joe compilation would be appreciated, too.

PN03 can stay where it is, though. ;P

Hopefully it becomes a GameCube port machine, too. Too many cool games on that console which are still locked to it.

Skip's work on the bit Generations/Art Style series is why I liked them as a developer more than Chibi-Robo. Great little bite-sized puzzlers.

With how bad the MyNintendo offerings are in general, using Art Style to make quick, exclusive little games you could acquire by redeeming coins would have given the service some actual value. Something lower-effort than, say, Doc Louis' Punch-Out!! or that weird arm grabby game, but enough to draw notice away from only having phone wallpapers and game discounts.

@McEhret1 That's Nintendo by way of Camelot.

Poor Trauma Center. I wonder if Atlus is irked that it's more popular in the west than in Japan?

We don't need Arcade Archives: R-Type, we already have R-Type Dimensions.

@Reigestugatensho Does Pizzeria Simulator have an "endless" mode? I'd seriously enjoy messing around in the actual sim portion without dealing with the nightly animatronic attacks.

I hope they port Sister Location. That one's the most interesting IMO.

This was honestly my favorite part of the indie showcase. It's like those silly hidden object games which try and shove the DEEP PLOT angle into the proceedings ("Oh no! My uncle Ravenloft died on Friday the 13th and left me this haunted mansion! Now go find a pinwheel, a turtle, a snow globe, three birds, and the letter K."), but the picross puzzles in this game are themed after the mystery you're solving, making them much easier to swallow in context.

It also reminds me of James Noir's Hollywood Crimes on 3DS, which was a murder mystery with bouts of Professor Layton in the proceedings. I guess combining murder mysteries with game genres is just a good idea in general, hehe.