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Nifty, and seeing the rammifications of your chosen stories looks good, if a bit too quick to happen.

Lucas Pope should really think of porting Papers, Please to the Switch. It got onto the PS Vita, of all things, and I really thought it would be a natural fit for the Wii U at the time it came out (just edit the game to show the immigrant on the TV with their documentation on the GamePad as if it was your desk).

@Matthew010 Depends on how much you blame him for being weak-willed in the aftermath of torture and "scientific" experimentation.

@brandonbwii For that matter, why no Grandia Xtreme. But then, that one was pretty mediocre story-wise, even if the combat was as fun as ever. And the Playstation localization (the Saturn version was Japan only) is still being used for this version, but they said the graphics will contain elements from both versions, since the Saturn one had superior textures and lighting/shadow effects while the PSX one had better transparencies.

If the Steam releases didn't already exist, this is a franchise I would've never expected to return.

Looks like a mixture of Inside and the endless runner game Canabalt with guns added.

If only Sega could port their 18 Wheeler game on Dreamcast to the Switch and show these lookie-loos how it's done.

Just kidding, everyone knows we'd rather have Crazy Taxi.

Looks like a nice companion to R-Type.

@JayJ And now I want Gaiares on Switch. Dang it.

Feel the Magic: XY/XX isn't listed, just FYI. I know Project Rub is technically the same thing, but you also listed both Prof. Layton/Diabolical Box AND Prof. Layton/Pandora's Box, so...

And man, you forget just how much shovelware was on the DS until it's all laid in front of you.

Should be based on Equilibrium the Kurt Wimmer movie. We need some good playable gun kata.

But in all seriousness, looks like a pretty solid and atmospheric game. Hopefully the Switch version doesn't have to make too many compromises.

I really wish Atlus would think of making a new Trauma Center. I'd love to perform some anime surgery again.

It just kills me that they never even brought any PopCap Games to the Switch. You'd think they would at least be okay with those titles, and I don't just say that because I'd enjoy playing Plants vs. Zombies on my Switch.

@fafonio It's all the Dragon Quest ones. Four Fighter Spirits, seven Board Spirits, two of which are enhanceable.

Darn, no Home Run Contest. Maybe after the 5th fighter comes out.

@Not_Soos Wouldn't surprise me if Home-Run Contest accompanies him.

I can only imagine how much more impactful Cloud's addition would have been if he had a full-blown CG trailer like DQ Hero was later fortunate enough to receive. But I would totally buy a DVD/Blu-ray of all the Smash cinematics (Subspace Emissary and miscellaneous) and character trailers if Nintendo ever published one.

@Heavyarms55 F-Zero, Metroid, Pikmin... Whatever the neglect-du-jour of the moment was.

Still loved when they brought in Hero and Galgarion from the creator's old webcomic RPG World. The bit where Hero generically thrusts his sword FF4-style at a baddy before it explodes made me smile.

They gave me my Moon Knight in the Marvel Knights DLC, so anyone else they add is just icing on the cake.

@barneygumble Considering SegaSonic the Hedgehog used a trackball controller, I don't ever see it coming to this.

Love me some Columns! Odd choice for an Ages release, but no complaints from me.

Also, d'awww, chibi Nei from Phantasy Star II down there.

@BlueBlur101 Don't forget Herzog Zwei!

They're taking their time confirming Skate and any other characters, huh? I'll be -very- surprised if Axel and Blaze are the only playables.

A pity, the Ys franchise has such a rich history (and great music) that the Switch could only benefit from.

Finally, Taboo: The Sixth Sense on NES has some modern competition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOiaYTA82us

So they're speculating that a non-Lite model would ALSO aschew the Joy-Con like the Lite does? Yeaaaah, not buying it, sorry.

Well, after playing this for 40 minutes, here's my thoughts.

The platformer sections are similar to ActRaiser 2's, but a bit more responsive, and you unlock the additional powers as you go as the review says. It's not very deep, but it's overall functional, though I would have liked a forward dash in addition to the backdash used with the A button. It's pretty generous with health and mana restores, so it would take some effort to die there.

The town sim is more in-depth than ActRaiser's, which is to be expected since now it's half tower defense, and with the hard cap of running out of wood in comparison to AR's 128 buildings. I don't mind the "mini-gauntlet" monster lairs so much, because even AR just gave you two dungeons per region to fight through, and they give you some upgrades for your troubles.

I -will- concede that this one appears less focused than AR's, because I just got a dialogue from the NPCs about "Oh, I hope my brother in Neighboring Region is okay..." and I had only sealed one monster lair. Yeah, you could return to the Sky Palace and explore wherever in AR, but they still had the settlers wait until you had mostly finished your business in area 1 before nudging you into that. Plus with how the continents are arranged, I don't know what would qualify as "area 2"; it's like spokes from a wheel and you begin in the center. But I'm one of those freaks who likes linear progression in games; wide-open sandboxes make me freeze up with indecision.

Overall, I'm actually quite pleased with SolSeraph, even if it's asking me to basically make my own fun now. People forget that ActRaiser was more than the sum of its parts: there's no way the side-scrolling or sim portions were strong enough to stand on their own, but they came together to form a nice package, and now I get to enjoy that with (mostly) modern graphics and storytelling. I hope ACE gets to tackle the formula again and improve with what they learned from making this.

The comment about "no shadows" in the game is confusing me, since between the screenshots in this very website and a player review I just looked up on YouTube — https://youtu.be/O8a3wWesLm8 — it looks like there's shadows around the area and being cast by Helios just fine. Is there something else that it is referring to?

Either way, still gladly getting it.

They should have put Yoshi's first aid kit under his neck like the classic emergency St. Bernard and its keg of liquor.

I can't believe Satoshi/Ash is freaking dead.

SolSeraph for me, followed by Blazing Chrome next Thursday. <3

I wonder if Jodie Foster was their baseline for the protagonist's model. She looks like a none-too-subtle recreation of Clarice Starling.

GameCube games on Switch, GameCube games on Switch, please GameCube games on Switch..!

I can't even begin to fathom who the final two Fighter Pass characters will be; they keep one-upping themselves like this, I'm starting to think even Sora might be the very last reveal.

He's not who I want in, mind you — I've only wanted an Eternal Darkness rep since Brawl — but I recognize what an incredibly huge bombshell he would be to announce.

@hadrian Squenix rarely lets the Enix half out to play unless it's DQ or Star Ocean. It's a real shame, Enix had some marvelous IP under their belt. Soul Blazer/Illusion of Gaia/Terranigma begs for a follow-up.

Oooh, love it~ Interesting choice for Sega to publish, that's for sure.

Day one, baby! Been waiting for this for a long time~

Slow news day? It's cool, just five more days until Mario Maker 2 takes over the conversation.

I'll admit that this game's trailer got me hyped at first... Because I thought it might be a new Soul Blazer, and then a new Valkyrie Profile. Squenix has so many great IPs to go back to instead of constantly creating new ones.

A pity City Shrouded in Shadow by the same company is so stuffed with licensed characters that it became impossible to localize. But at least PS4 is region-free. Hopefully there's a translation FAQ out there.

I'm sure they're absolutely nothing alike, but the gameplay involving a character smacking a glowing ball around Breakout-style has me thinking of FireStriker on SNES. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaX3TjazPTg

I'm glad Capcom allowed them to license Jill Valentine's likeness for the heroine.

@Trikeboy It's just a stylish "instant replay" feature, as I understand it.

@MisterDevil Yeah! Rebel against the bourgeoisie virtual lifestyle! torch & pitchfork

They can sugarcoat him all they want; Nook is still our favorite rotund furry capitalist.

@DarthFoxMcCloud The download is only 330MB, I say go for it.

Can't wait to check out the Trials of Mana remake. Compared to the previous Vita and PS4 remakes, it looks like it has actual EFFORT put into it.

@Ooyah FFA establishes the lore of the Mana Tree, so some plot elements of SoM might make you go, "... Huh?" without that context, but it still tells a (mostly) coherent story. The actual characters from FFA aren't involved in the plot.

People know that paying for actors' likenesses is a thing, right? And considering how huge the MCU is, expecting Squenix to pony up for the core MCU Avengers team is a tall order; RDJ alone would probably be extremely expensive.

I think both titles have their strong points and am curious to learn more about them.

And here I just wish Rare/Microsoft had the rights to Wizards & Warriors so that Kuros could be in Killer Instinct.

@Clamango ... Because the Fighter's Pass is for five characters. Joker, Hero and BK are the first three.

Ninty, if you'll allow this on your platform, PLEASE use that Eternal Darkness trademark. I'm begging you.