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Mario Kart World needs to enjoy their reign for now but after this week they will get competition cause Sonic Racing CrossWorlds is coming for the gold this week.

My fan theory is this:

• Pauline Mangione in Donkey Kong = girlfriend of Jumpman and mother of Mario
• Pauline Murphy in Odyssey = sister of Mario's mother
• Pauline Michaels in Mario Kart = sister of sister of Mario's mother
• Pauline Murdock in Bananza = younger sister of the sister of the sister of Mario's mother.

They are like the Officer Jennies and Nurse Joys of Pokémon, there are lot of them, they are all related, they all had the same similar interest (singing), and they share the same name and look-a-likes.

I just want an HD-2D remake of the game for Switch. C'mon Square Enix don't ruin this for us like you did Visions of Mana.

@GrailUK Not yet I suppose, I'm still hoping it would. I was also hoping that if by some luck they include a NeoGeo CD game in one of these such as Samurai Shodown RPG.

I don't see the need to remake DQIV-VI as those still holds very well. A quick HD remastered of each one should be okay. Heck I don't think DQVII, DQVIII, or even DQIX needs any remake either. Those being available as HD remastered with cleaner visuals would had still work out very well for Switch.

The fact that this game had so many license characters also means that it could be a title that risk getting delisted in the near future if the license ever expired or Sega choose not to renew the license. This is also the same issue Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transform face later down the line when it too got delisted from PS3, Wii U, and Xbox 360 storefronts. Hopefully it last longer.

@Greatluigi Yes, in 2004 there's a Mega Man racing game called Rockman GP for Japanese phones. That's pretty much it. I don't think there was ever any Mega Man arcade game where the blue bomber is kart racing anyone.

Considering the NeoGeo only had 150 total games (not counting bootlegs, homebrews, and aftermarket releases) in its entire library, we only need 5 more volumes until the collection is finally considered complete. Still with Far East of Eden: Kabuki Klash, Double Dragon, Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer, and Power Instinct Matrimelee still missing, we probably won't get the full 15 volumes of all NeoGeo games.

Pokémon Black 1 & 2 and Pokémon White 1 & 2 remakes would be nice.

@cedarhyped Yeah but you had to realize Nintendo is also the only company that make exclusive games/contents nowadays. With PlayStation and Xbox games, you don't had to own a PlayStation or Xbox consoles to play those anymore hence why they could lower their prices. Nintendo still make exclusive games so you had to own their systems to play those. Also since those games are only exclusive to their platform, it only make since that they charge more for those.

Team Cherry was able to charge only $20 on Hollow Knight: Silksong cause the game is widely available everywhere: PC, Switch, Switch 2, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X, PS4, and PS5. That's 8 platforms, for every one time Silksong sell on each of those platform they already earn $160, compare that to Donkey Kong Bananza which is $70 only on Switch 2. For every one time DK Bananza sell on Switch 2, Silksong sell 8 times on other platforms, that means if DK Bananza makes $700 (10 copies sold) on one Switch 2, then Silksong already made $1600 (10 copies sold per platform) across all 8 platforms. That's why Nintendo was able to charge as much as they could and why they will never dropped the prices.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Minecraft are both immortal on the Switch Japanese chart now. Literally no games could top both anymore. The only way any games could top them is if Nintendo discontinued the Switch systems and Switch games. Nice that the PS5 still outsell the Switch 1 on the chart but once everyone got tired of Metal Gear Solid Delta, them numbers will dropped again. Also I had a feeling no one is buying the Switch 2 for the game key card garbage, everyone is buying the Switch 2 to make their Switch 1 games run better or to just play Nintendo's first and second party titles. That's what I would do at the moment. No way am I touching game key card no matter what excuses they'll make up.

Hopefully Bruce Banner and Tony Stark shows up at some point.

Nice to see GBA versions of Mr. Driller 2 and Klonoa: Empire of Dreams. Two of my 50 top GBA third party games of all time right beside Astro Boy: Omega Factor, Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure, Sonic Advance 2, Sigma Star Saga, Riviera: The Promised Land, Final Fantasy VI Advance, Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Ninja Five-0, TMNT, Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition, Rayman Advance, Crash Nitro Kart, Godzilla: Domination, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Spyro: Season of Flame, Doom 1 & 2, Metal Slug Advance and more.

@Suketoudara The thing is Nintendo doesn't control which Street Fighter game to be included on NSO. That same game was included for NSO cause it was also included in the Sega Genesis Mini and so it's easier to just put that there. It's likely the Super NES versions of those games would come later but not all at once.

@SalvorHardin It's likely Capcom released the MARVEL vs. Capcom Fighting Collection in response to Maximilian Dood's Free MARVEL vs. Capcom 2 campaign and not really about them planning a new entry in the MARVEL vs. Capcom series. If anything the MARVEL vs. Capcom series is as good as done. They could still remastered MARVEL vs. Capcom 3 or Ultimate MARVEL vs. Capcom 3 or the two Super NES games for PS5, Switch 2, and Steam but I doubt they'll make a new entry in the MARVEL vs. Capcom series any time soon. The MARVEL gaming license is now in the hands of Arc System Works and DotEmu so Capcom can't do anything new with those IPs at the moment.

But where's Rocky and Bullwinkle? I remember watching them on Nickelodeon as a kid. The show use to aired right after UnderDog (who sadly never had a videogame in this lifetime) or Aaahh! Real Monsters I think.

@liljmoore In those collections you can turn off secret characters and then pretend that you're in the 90s by unlocking them the normal way. For example in MARVEL vs. Capcom 1, if you turn off secret characters, that means you won't get to pick them easily, instead you had to use the original arcade codes to unlock them. Same thing for the Akuma code in X-Men: Children of the Atom, if you don't want to easily pick him, just turn off the secret characters and then you can use the Akuma code from the PS1 or Sega Saturn to play as him instead.

By doing this you will never get to play as Juggernaut and Magneto cause both had no playable codes in that game. In MARVEL vs. Capcom 2 if you turn secret characters off, you can unlock them one by one by how many times you insert coins into the game. If you turn on Free Play while doing that then you won't be able to unlock them at all. It's really up to you if you want to play those games the old ways or the new ways. For most of us we just had them unlock from the get-go and just get to playing.

Nope this is not a 10/10 game, this is a 20/10 game. It's not just good, it's GREAT. It's a masterpiece, I would pay $70 for this if I had to, Team Cherry please tell me there's a physical release for this soon.

Yeah but the real question is if you gave us fake games, will you accept our fake money? If you hate fake then yes we do too.

This is fantastic and I hope more games do more stuff like this for their games. Makes the Virtual Boy accessory feel a lot more valuable now if more and more games support it even if it's just an extra mode. I could see games like Tempest 4000, a Punch-Out Out!! Wireframe Mode, and Akka Arrh works very well with this VB mode in mind.

Meh I'll still just buy it on Switch 1 no matter what anyways. Everyone already knew why the Switch 2 version won't sell.

I don't get it, why can't we just play it handheld mode or dock mode instead? Shouldn't the Virtual Boy attachment just be optional like a controller for the other NSO system. If other player want the authentic Virtual Boy experience then they could buy it but most of us just want to run the emulation on a handheld and play it like every other system. We don't want to damage our eyes.

Holy crap I didn't know the Star Force series had this many games. Definitely will get this again. Of the games in this collection I had only play Star Force Leo. I didn't know it had a Dragon and Pegasus version too.

@hYdeks Those needs to be included as they are still part of the MK Legacy. The MK legacy had its ups and downs, if we are going to have the ups then we must also need the downs too. Those other games could come later as a volume 2.

As long as all five arcade games are in there then I'm good. Planning to get the Switch and Steam versions for now but once I get my Switch 2, I'll think about upgrading that later.

I can't believe they ruin the entire trilogy for Switch 2 owners. Already got the first two on Steam so if there's no real physical versions then I'm sticking to my Steam versions instead.

Guess I'll just wait for the eventual price dropped in the future. Hopefully them tariffs doesn't come ruin my plan 😁

Nice that it's a new entry, I was hoping for the Geneology remake but this one will do.

Steam and Switch version for me.

One of my favorite chapter of the trilogy, hopefully we also get remastered of Fatal Frame 1 & 3 soon as well.

They remember Virtual Boy, that's awesome. Can't wait to try VB Wario Land soon. That's the only Wario Land game missing in my life right now.

Yeah I think I'll just stick to Sparking Zero.

Ha they had an option for 60fps on a Switch game but you gotta play it on a Switch 2 to use it? I like games where you need the successor to take full advantage of the whole game. Reminds me of the Shantae situation where the game got an enhance mode when play on GBA.

Wow for once the PS5 finally beat the Switch even in combined numbers of units sold. Good job. It's too bad Metal Gear Solid Delta is awful and just an old game with nothing new. If you already got the game on the Metal Gear Solid - Master Collection: Volume 1 then you aren't missing anything.

I always never sit on them cause I kept thinking it was just part of the background, good thing I didn't.

Some of these actually looks interesting and fun especially HYPERyuki: Snowboard Syndicate, The Prisoning: Fletcher's Quest, Katanaut, Talaka, and Tossdown. Hope some of these makes it to Switch.

@pwilliams Every company is a scumbag company. They all are not our friends.

@Magician ActRaiser Renaissance should definitely get a physical release someday. If that one gets one soon, then it's a day one buy for me. I don't care who distribute it, I take any physical version of that game guaranteed.

I'm glad they are sticking to the 2D isometric style of the original rather than remaking them in 2D HD like most releases nowadays. While 2D HD is nice, games like Final Fantasy Tactics already look fantastic in their own style.

I wonder how long they'll keep Maki, Yun, Eagle, and Ingrid offline. It seems Capcom is trying to find ways to nerf them first so they could be online bound at some point.

@blackice85 I have a suspicion that we might see a (possibly limited) run of physical copies of both remastered games in the future, not unlike the FF7/8 twin pack.

I don't know if you're still active in this website anymore but I just want to come back to say that your prediction of this game is half true now. Star Ocean: First Departure R now had a physical release this year and yes it's a limited release just as you predicted. Only thing is that it's not bundle with its sequel, Star Ocean: The Second Story R.

@SearchingS It's likely they may remake that one next, still with Tri-Ace gone from Square Enix now I doubt a remake of Star Ocean: Til the End of Time would happen and if it does it likely won't have the same magic as the PS2 original.

@HammerGalladeBro This had happen before but only for lesser known games, that's how I got my physical copy of Forgotton Anne via Limited Run Games cause Square Enix never distribute that one themselves.

@Tyranexx The difference between Star Ocean: First Departure R and Star Ocean: Second Story R is that Star Ocean: First Departure R is just a port of the PSP game, Star Ocean: First Departure (which is a remake of the Super NES original) whereas Star Ocean: Second Story R is an HD remake of the PS1 sequel Star Ocean: The Second Story. It was not a direct port of the PSP Star Ocean: Second Evolution (which is also a portable remake of Star Ocean: The Second Story).

Finally, I had being waiting for this game to get a physical release for a long time since Square Enix stupidly never physical release this. This and The Last Remnant Remastered definitely needs some physical release love.

Game looks so awful in those screenshots, likely they are lazy and using AI to generate those graphics. I likely may skipped this remake as I never like Zwei. Sega better to just remake Panzer Dragoon Saga, don't let Forever Entertainment remake that one though.

Why not just add an Easy Mode for those who suck at the game?

Either way I'm already no longer a Star Wars fan when they gone Disney so I won't be picking this or any future new Star Wars games up anyways.

I got it download on Steam and Switch, will be playing it this weekend.

Terrible news if you already bought the physical edition from Limited Run Games cause if this patch is not release yet then that means the physical edition will ship without this patch included.