Seacliff

2018
New Yokai are looking more like Pokemon and the Pokemon are looking more like Yokais.
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Hopefully, the 'S' doesn't stand for a Japanese term for 'compromised'.

And the last 25% of it has been on a title we know virtually nothing about.

Unless it's actually Starfox Racing.

@jobvd Yes, it's an SNES series.

With less games than the NES mini until the end of the year, can't say I blame anyone for doing this.

Really though, even if Nintendo HAD to stick to NES games for this service, they could have provided more interesting titles. Didn't they bother to translate Mother 1 on a failing console, why can't that see a second wind here? Or what about rare games that are hard to find physically like Mr. Gimmick?

I'm never going to understand Nintendo's approach to retro gaming. They have the assets for the best (legal) retro-service ever created by mankind, yet they refuse to do it. Doesn't help they scrap their library of retro games with each console.

@Spudworthy Because this is a comment section, not a blog.
I'm not going to make a full easy going over the pros and cons of all the services in a location barely anyone is going to read it.

@Spudworthy Locate where I said PS and Xbox used dedicated servers, then we can talk.

-Online play that doesn't even have dedicated servers.
-NES games with awful input lag online and can burn the screen.
-You don't actually own the NES games, btw.
-Cloud saves... except for games that could benefit it from them most.

And It does offer less. Xbox and PS offer games that aren't 20-30 years old, and Xbox lets you keep the last gen games. They also provide discounts for the shop as well, which could be Nintendo's special offer, but don't even know THAT yet.

I feel like the person writing this article haven't even extensively used the services he compares Nintendo online to.

All we ask from you, Sega, is to at least give us better emulation than Tectoy's.

It really shouldn't be that hard.

Does Pokect Edition contain the new story details added in Royal Edition or any of the DLC side-stories?

Doomguy won't be playable in Smash.
Probably just a Trophy like Rayman in Smash U, but being referenced will still be cool.

Not impressed, especially by how they are handling the NES games.
They're starting with 20 games, and only plan to add three games each month...
Nintendo has the opportunity to have the ultimate Netflix-like Retro gaming service, and they decide to slowly trickle out new releases? It's also not much to those who own an NES classic, which has over half of this and more.

For people calling this a mobile game, it's actually a sequel to a browser game, a decent one too.

I'm personally interested in this.

I think it might be shorted a bit, but otherwise the same.

Announcements like FFXV pocket edition will be redundant, but might reach more ears with a direct.

On that note, despite owning a PS4 I'm not too interested in Spiderman.

From my first impressions with the E3 2017 trailer it looked like Uncharted: Spiderman edition. Which is perfectly fine, just not for me.

@Cobalt To be fair, what has Nintendo released this year, let alone this month, that could compete with Sony's Spiderman?

There's a chance Smash or Pokemon could outpace it, but those are still months away.

I think I would like the art style better if it was more committed to chibi, like Final Fantasy Four Heroes of Light or Bravely Default.

This is an awkward compromise.

Going to download this tonight.
Haven't played the series for almost two years, excited to return.

People consistently comparing Kemco to RPG Maker is starting to become an insult to RPG Maker.

Recent games RM games such as Heartbeat and Pulsating Mass put this to shame visually.

Welp.
I knew it from the original mobile announcement this was probably the most the Switch will get.

But hey, Switch get's something sorta like a mainline Final Fantasy after twenty years.

Cool, I can actually catch this in time.

Scores are fine, the problem is the people who only pay attention to just that.

I'm going to skip.
I have been getting into basic coding and have been able to do pretty swell stuff with Vx Ace and MV such as random bonus stats and skills for equipment to more complex puzzles to use for dungeons.

Combine that with creating your own assets, or even importing assets from the community, and you have the ability to create games that people won't be able to tell are even RPG Maker games.

Comparing the PC makers to the console makers is like comparing Octopath to Kemco... no, it's a wider gap than even that.

I have it on PC and Wii U, so I'm not in a rush to buy it again.
I'll get the sequel when that hits the Switch though.

@NEStalgia I feel the same, on the surface level it looks like a Kemco game.
I'm sure it's mechanically deeper and more original than that, but he seems to be lost at the idea that all Retro-Inspired RPGs aren't equal just because they call back to retro elements.
I also don't care for developers who toot their own horn in that manner. >.>

Crap, there are after our RPG Maker projects now.

@Spectra Even if it was JUST NES titles, they need a hella lot more than 20-30 titles.
Not when the number of first-party titles that exist are so much more than that, and the same partners that had titles on the NES classic like Capcom, Square, or Konami could provide over a dozen on top of that... each.

Was going to get the Dreamcast version buuuuuuuuuuut...

I'm not going to defend there aggressive comments on a Switch port, but then again some of the port beggers weren't calm about the situation either.
I'm glad it's coming to the console now regardless. The new DLC also looks great.

Is it too much to ask for a Pokemon using fly to, I don't know, fly?

Overall feels like a step down from Battle Revolution, which was ten years ago.

Got an NES classic.
I don't think I'll need this anytime soon unless I get sudden Splatoon cravings.

I know I said I wanted one of the official Touhou bullet hells or fighting games ported to the Switch.

Not sure how putting both together is going to work out though.

I knew it.
It was a glorified grammar quiz.

After Broly, I want Cooler to be canonized next.

Was waiting for this.
When they openly claim the Steven Universe RPGs had Paper Mario inspirations, it felt wrong to play it on anything else.

I think it's silly, but I expected it ever since Iwata pronounced it that way in a direct.

Just going to call it Famicom regardless of region now.

Maybe I'll try out Tokyo Mirage...
Still $60!? After over two years?
Yeah no. Might get it physical though.

If Nintendo really wants to succor a large portion of non-gamers for their audience like the Wii, they really do need more sports games with wide appeal.

I'm sure the more gimmicky side like 12 Switch and Labo brought in a few thousand. But c'mon, it should be a no-brainer why Wii Sports is so popular, people like sports and they think it's cool to play like a pro.

Oh crap, this came out? No one was talking about it.
I'll probably get this soon.

Given their current track record of retro successors, I'd trust them.
Zelda 2 isn't as bad as some people make it out to be, but it does have a lot of problems. Inti should be able to recreate the original vision.

Didn't even know the game ran at 720p before watching this video. Shows how well-stylized visuals can upscale.

I'm not familiar with the brand, but considering the pattern of children TV Shows getting game adaptions. The game most likely won't be good.

That said, as DTFaux said, it does mean something to release do this type of thing on consoles these days. Mobile Market, in comparison, is cheaper to develop for and likely has higher profit margins for this target demographic.

Square Enix: No one wants turn-based JRPGs.
Also Square Enix: Why are these turn-based JRPGs with minimal marketing selling so well?

@shonenjump86 Archie dropped the IP well over a year ago. IDW has since picked it up for a different comic that's been going on for about four months now.

Probably a Sonic Universe equivalent of the IDW series.

@Shellcore I find when review outlets claim a game is 'grindy', it can often mean they fail to apply proper tactics to the battle system and have to raise their levels a lot to make up for the lack of skill.

I haven't played this game yet, so I can't say if it applies to this game or not. Bust we live in an era were most turn based games are simple enough you can get away with spamming strong attacks and occasional heals, when a JRPG breaks that trend, like Etrain Odyssey or Battle Chasers, some people struggle to adapt.

I think Nintendolife normally underrates Mystery Dungeon style games, but still, we have yet to see any of the great Touhou spinoffs get ported to console.

Still waiting for Labyrinth of Touhou 2 or one of the games developed by Twilight Frontier...

RPG Maker on consoles refused to evolve for over twenty years.
It was fun to try out Fes, but it was so limited I couldn't even port over my RPG Maker 2000 game.

Unless this one brings actual changes, no thanks.

Ubisoft: Future of gaming is Live Services.

Also Ubisoft: We're making DLC for Mario x Rabbids.

Gamers: Yay?

Ubisoft: It's a new campaign about half as long as the current game.

Me: Do you have a fever, Ubisoft?

I'll wait and see, but this doesn't seem promising.

Unless Carrey does an amazing job, if the direction leaves a lacking presentation that Mike Pollak could have easily nailed than the director's lack of understanding of the audience is going to be seen in a lot of other decisions in the movie.