Shiryu

@Teksette that thing hit me like a ton of skells 10 years ago and despite knowing it was coming, it still hit me hard last week.

Well, hello there!

... there goes my social life. AGAIN.

@Teksette sometimes there are no JRPGs to play and then there is a deluge of them. I still believe I can complete "FANTASIAN" before "Xenoblade X" drops but then there Lunar 1&"2 remaster right around the corner soon after. JRPGS and adulting don't mix well... z_z;

... Jim forgot my text! xP So here you go gang:

Planing on more steady progress in "FANTASIAN: Neo Dimension", the whole thing feels like a cosy “best of” Final Fantasy VII, VIII and XIX. However, some poor financial choices and ebay searches later I picked up some GameCube / Wii Sonic essentials. Expect some "Sonic Adventure DX Director’s Cut", "Shadow the Hedgehog" (I have a feeling this is not as bad as they told us back in the day) and both "Sonic Riders" and "Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity". Hey, if these two run on the "F-Zero GX" engine, there gotta be something worth playing in them, right?

Game of the week is "Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars". About time these two PS1 gems get wide availability for current gen, these really are quite special to me. While everyone was ignoring 2D games on release, I actually picked and completed the first game. It was like a Super Nintendo JRPG with no ROM memory constrains, which was my idea of perfection. Now if only we could get a "Vandal Hearts" collection next...

@Tyranexx thanks! At this point, they will have to drag me away before I stop.

@Teksette everyone is fighting their own struggle we don't know about. With age this has helped me deal with most "problem people" around my life.

@AmplifyMJ thanks, I'm just one of the gang. Surround yourself with good people and good things happen.

@Banjo- thank you. I was one of the lucky ones. Nothing to do but to keep going forward.

@Teksette next weekend update is gonna be a good one, except on my wallet.

... I knew I had forgot to do something yesterday.

... nice! Oh, NL wants me write some more to ensure this is not robot made spam so... very nice!

... Jim, were gonna need to have a word about "Aragorn's Quest". >_<

I still listen frequently to Ken Ishii's brilliant DJ mix from the opening.

I would love a proper HD remaster of "Aragorn's Quest", I adore that game and its art style. Did you know the game's engine was going to be used in "Battalion Wars 3"? A shame it never happened.

...after what I just wrote on my year in review wrap up feature yesterday? Shiryusly!?

Whoever voted for "SNES - Nintendo Switch Online (Switch eShop)":
You are a good person and have made the correct life choices.

Great news because I got stuck on the Eye Zord level and its not my fault. The difficulty spike is insane!

@AJB83 I'm actually a backer on kickstarter for this one but they only sent me the STEAM code for the game. I have pre-ordered the physical version but I don't know if I won't cave in and buy the digital Switch version too...

I don't often hear you guys talk about "New Star GP" often when speaking about racing games on the system, so Ill make sure to mention it on my WAYPTW because its utter brilliant.

Just bought it this week from Play Asia, I guess I won't be playing this come Xmas after all... but my Dreamcast version is still around here somewhere.

With that many Trek puns in there, I knew it was Gavin writing this before I reached the bottom. Make it so.

"Xenoblade Chronicles X" ending lives rent free in my mind. Some closure would be welcome.

@AmplifyMJ all good, thanks!

@Teksetter my apologies, good madam. The world of nicknames remains a confusing one.

@Tyranexx nothing else to do but move on. TY.

@Teksetter thank you , good sir!

PS: We really need "UFO 50" on Switch...

@OorWullie and hard. SO HARD!

@OorWullie you won't regret it!

@OorWullie I like it very much. I combines a few old games mechanics into a thing very much of it's own (even a bit of Sonic!). Unsure if you played the previous games from Pixel Games "Donut Dodo" but "Cash Cow DX" feels like an evolution of that platformer. Also quite hard to master, but genuinely rewarding when you do succeed. It gets the most important aspect of an arcade game: an enjoyable game loop.

@PikaPhantom so good. That game is soooooo good!

...sold. Gimme, gimme, gimme!

@BloodWolfe No problem. I had no choice but to do this not only because of JPN exclusive demos but because often companies send me only US codes for reviews.

@rainbowtick it did not.

@bones sadly those 3 VR missions and flight deck air show remains a PS4 exclusive VR experience. that said, if you have sort of strap-on-head VR devices, the cockpit view in this is quite amazing.

@Gorlock @Gs69 I can help you with that. The game offers two types of control options: Normal and Expert. Normal will lock your plane on a Axis and it is meant for new comers to play while ensuring it will be hard to crash your plane. Expert mode is my default go to and let you actually rotate your plane on its axis, giving you full freedom of movement. every button on the controller is used but this is not a flight simulator,its an arcade style shooter so ou can really push as much as you want and just have a lot of fun at it. There are also several difficulty levels from casual to (unlockable) Ace. some people also have issues with the inverted up/down|dive/rise movement so you can reverse those two (but in real life when you push the yokel forward, the plane will dive and vice versa). As such I can assure you if you plunge into this, controls will not be an issue.

@SirWalrus bit I did watch it and was eagerly awaiting for it. It confirmed everything I wrote about the issues previously mentioned. I will hold out the 10 out of 10 for "Ace Combat 8" that will hopefully have a day 1 release on Switch Next. Thank you.

@BloodWolfe I've notice some people complaining about this. I have three regional accounts because I need to have access to EU, US and JPN eshops. You only need to have a different email for each and you can buy funds for any of them at Play Asia. A small annoyance indeed, but not that hard to circumvent.

Here you go: https://www.nintendolife.com/guides/how-to-buy-nintendo-switch-games-from-any-region-eshop-create-a-japanese-north-american-european-and-australian-nintendo-account

@SirWalrus the reviewer is not wrong! The reviewer has 100 hours of AC7 on STEAM so the reviewer did not have to look very far to spot some concessions made to make the game run, namely a few slowdowns when explosions go crazy or target rich environments during the score target missions. Yet it runs incredible when side to side with other versions. Also, the reviewer is me.

@Lord because the positives by far outweigh the negatives. It's not about quantity, its about quality.

@beltmenot "Steel Battalion 2" on Switch Next. Heck, maybe even a new "Space Harrier".

@SpeedRunRocks ... if they put it up with a model F-22, I might just bite.

(PS: What this game really needs is a flight stick controller like the one on Xbox 360 for "Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation"...)

@Vyacheslav333 yes it does. Both audio track for English and Japanese are present on cartridge. I am playing this for the first time in English, my 100+ hours on STEAM were with Japanese audio which is something I often do to pick up a new Japanese word here and there.

@beltmenot yes but only in Europe and Asia. No US one, sadly.

If you guys have any questions related to this port, @ me over here and I will address any lingering issues that might not have been covered on the review.

@Serpenterror I don't know what going on over there, but the game received a physical edition in Europe and the cartridge really has the whole game in it.

@rainbowtick which just happens to be my favourite "Ace Combat" spin-off. The movie was really depressing but the game not only acts as a prequel/origin story but has some awesome missions and airplanes.

@rainbowtick I think you're confusing this with "Heatseeker".

I still can't believe this runs as good as it does. Review as soon as humanly possible.

@Vyacheslav333 still in the bag of my backlog of shame. That bag is getting quite heavy...

@Solomon_Rambling I can help you with that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S2G-i4mm2Y