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Shame it's not SR4 to be honest. Which I already have on PS4 anyway.

The Joker DLC looks SO good. Love the nods to P3 and P4 too! Love that they've incorporated so much of the style from Persona 5 into his smash and victory screens - surely a strong sign that we're getting a port before too long? Wonder if we'll see an announcement next week from Atlus...

It's hard to imagine that this will be any good, especially when they claim to want to offer the ultimate retro machine and then limit it to 8- and 16-bit consoles, which are the most overdone/uniquitous and easily-emulated types of game out there. Just doesn't sound that interesting, but who knows, might be wrong.

Can't believe what a good port this. Absolutely adored Hellblade on PS4 and this looks astonishingly close. It's not the deepest or most varied gameplay-wise but if you like a good story, atmosphere and phenomenal voice acting then I really would recommend it. Switch the lights off, turn up the speakers or get a good set of headphones and just lose yourself in the dark nordic atmosphere.

@playstation_king Ah, gotcha. Yeah got to agree there, sadly. Agreed on ARMS too.

@playstation_king Breath of the Wild, Odyssey, Diablo 3, Skyrim, DOOM, Wolfenstein and Dark Souls don't count as blockbuster franchises? Like them or not they're big hits, which is exactly what the title suggests.

This would be amazing if it wasn't going to be absolutely terrible. Low res screen, low frame rates and low quality VR goggles you have to hold up to your face? Doesn't sound great, unless the rumoured "Switch Pro" can deliver better frame rates and resolutions.

Looks interesting but also like it has ripped assets directly from Rocket League! Animation and physics also seem a bit choppy in the gameplay there so hopefully we get a better look at more polished gameplay later.

@FTL I played Crash 3 and CTR back in the day and really enjoyed them both, but for me there's only a couple of good characters and the rest are a bit throwaway. Always bugged me how Crash and some of the other creatures are so developed and kinda humanoid, yet some of the other characters are literally just a polar bear and a tiger. So yeah I admit I'm not a diehard Crash fan, but also stand by the opinion that the character roster is weak. Apart from Crash, his sister and the main villain, anyways.

Not surprising but still disappointing. Very tempted by a Polymega just for the Saturn emulation, but waiting for reviews first.

Such a good game, absolutely loved it on PS4. I won't be double dipping but excited for people that haven't played it to try it out and very curious to see how it runs on Switch!

Persona 5 would be amazing on Switch and if it's the new "The Royal" version then I'll definitely be playing through it again. Excited by Metroid Prime Trilogy too as I never played the first two games. Really hope that waggle controls are enabled through the Joy Cons, loved the controls in MP3.

Still looks entirely unremarkable, unfortunately. The roster of racers looks almost as bad as Crash Team Racing and the tracks don't look particularly interesting. Seems like wasted potential, sadly.

Wow, that's a very cheap tactic. I get why he'd do it I guess but it's not very sportsmanlike, is it?

Really loving the effort put into all the Sega Ages releases. They're superb and I'll definitely be picking this one up as well. Can't wait for Virtua Racing though!

ThinkGeek always do very well at April fools. And sometimes the products eventually become real...and if this one does I will buy one in a heartbeat.

This is amazing news! Absolutely love Hyper Light Drifter and I will watch the heck out of this. I'd love it to have no dialogue to be honest, would match the tone of the game really nicely. Looking forward to hearing more!

And will it be half as good as the House of the Dead tracks in previous games? No, probably not.

Shame it's an awful port.

Still one of my favourite games of all time and I'm very tempted to get it again. Thge only thing stopping me is knowing I can play with upscaled backgrounds on the PC version.

Oh wow that's kinda tempting, loved this back in the day!

Nice to see it doing well, but as much as I'm a Sega fan at heart, I really don't get on that well with Toejam and Earl. From all accounts it seems like they missed a bit of an opportunity with the sequel. The PS4 and XBO are far older than the Switch too with much more varied software libraries, so it only makes sense that indies are doing so well on Switch. It's great to see, but there is a little too much fanboying with this kind of news at times.

I've been wanting to pick this up on Steam for ages but would much, much rather play it on Switch. Definite buy for me.

@patbacknitro18 Yes...armour does make women's chests appear smaller, because funnily enough they're not designed for cleavage. Look at any female police officer wearing a padded/armoured vest.

It's a lovely design - but vastly different to anything Nintendo would ever do. If this was one of those unofficial upgraded Game Boys you see floating around I'd buy one in a heartbeat though.

Really loved the article, brought back all sorts of memories importing games for my Saturn back in the day.

As long as they also have the gamecard-supporting version then sure, why not?

@patbacknitro18 Or maybe for once a bit of armour has been designed for a female chararcter that's actually remotely realistic?

Love the new world design, looks really nice. Starter Pokemon look cool, all good as far as I'm concerned! And crucially much more interesting than Let's Go, gameplay wise. Pretty sure I'll be picking it up, which will be my first Pokemon game since, er...Red and Blue.

@Tsurii To be fair if anyone decided to do that outside of their office I think it's a pretty obvious message they're trying to get across!

Weird, doesn't seem the kind of game that needs a physical release but everyone seems happy to fair enough, hope they get some good sales from it. I haven't picked it up yet but will almost certainly get the digital version.

Wow, that's really impressive and great fun to explore. Hope they keep updating it with new stuff!

Wow, I'll be very pleasantly surprised if it's true. More Platinum games are always welcome as far as I'm concerned!

@Scottwood101 That seems the best bet, but I'd be kinda surprised if SMM2 managed to hit #1, it seems a little more niche than Odyssey, for example.

Nice idea, but personally I'd rather see a Dreamcast controller modded up for modern consoles - throw a second analogue stick on there, L1/R1 shoulder buttons and wireless connectivity, slim it down and replace the VMU with a programmable display and I'll buy a whole set of 'em for my Switch/PS4/PC. Loved this controller back in the day though and nice to see it get some love.

Definitely one of the best Directs since the Switch launched. Really good start to the year and has me excited to be a Switch owner again.

Love the look of this, seems way more interesting both in terms of visuals, story and gameplay than their previous two games - which were good! Very excited, one of the best announcements in a very strong Direct.

Argh, I really need to get back to Hollow Knight. Brilliant news!

Never played the original so I'll definitely be picking this up - looks absolutely stunning, love the art style!

I don't think I could be any less interested in this.

The live action Mr. Mime looks less creepy than this. Another crap Funko Pop, who'd have thought?

Ooh awesome, had no idea this was coming to Switch but I'd love something like this on the go. Looking good so far!

Molyneaux still talking himself into a hole, I see. I absolutely love Fable and Black & White though so I've usually got time to listen to what he's up to.

Gameplay wise I'm sure CTR is going to be as brilliant as the original, but I gotta say what I've seen of the track design so far doesn't really stand up to the standard of the better modern kart games. Hopefully it won't mater in the end but the biggest part of Mario Kart for me is always seeing new track designs, so it could potentially be a bit of a sticking point.

Really, really hope it's F-Zero or a Metroid Prime Trilogy re-release. Or the Star Fox racing game that Retro were apparently working on - love the sound of that.

@OorWullie There's a caveat to that though, that this comment was made several years ago. It may well be factor but there'll be more to it, IMO.

@GameOtaku See above - the game has not been censored. Otherwise the publisher wouldn't be the one behind the decision, it would have been the classification board or Nintendo themselves.

@Bevinator Because financial gain will always almost always trump PR concerns. The franchise has been around for ages and I've never seen any particular controversy other than "oh look, it's that pervy volleyball game again". If the game would sell in good enough numbers then the publisher would sell it.

@RadioShadow It's not that hard to believe - there are a LOT of games out there these days and most don't sell in the numbers you think they will, especially a niche title like this. If it didn't have the DoA license then it would be even more obscure.

And yeah, the German classification board has very different values, but Germany also has different social, political and historical issues than we do. Their problems with extreme right-wing viewpoints is very different, for one thing.

@Bevinator Not really, it's nothing like censorship. It's a financially-motivated business decision dictated by market forces, and nothing to do with prohibiting a certain style of content.