Shiryu

Not spectacular but solid.

Stick to the SNES game if you're lucky enough to have it or dig into your game shelves / ebay for the vastly underrated GameCube game instead.

Told you its gonna be pants.

I never had to use the break in this game before this hack.

This game puts SFV to shame and made with a fraction of Capcom's budget. About time this comes to the Switch, I will gladly re-buy it (I've waited years until I gave in to a STEAM sale last December). Plus: Skullomania on the Switch? Triple sold!

I'm into the late game and I have indeed been fighting crash-to-dashboard bugs, hope The Game Bakers is aware of the situation because I really, REALLY love this whole package. It's like "FURI" for couples but that didnt' stop me from enjoying it alone.

@Piyo will need to give these a go eventually.

Was just playing it last month, there are so many forgotten Wiiware gems and this one is on the top 5 of my list. I would promptly re-buy it for a second round in full HD glory.

... but does this work on the Wii as well?

@Teksetter hope I never steer anyone wrong in these here NL seas.

@Teksetter you won't ever regret diving into this.

@judaspete at last someone says it!

I can dig it. (...and no NL CMS, I have nothing else to say)

@Tulio517 It is one of my top 10 Wii games and one of the most underappreciated gems of that era.

@countzero I was indeed, a shame it was not used as canon. I even made a tribute track TRON music album.

Always a good time to remind everyone that the best TRON game ever made is a Nintendo Wii exclusive by n-Space... and I need to replay that ASAP.

@ThanosReXXX thats because itcwascthecfirst game to bring the genre sucessfuly on the Switch. But it remains a linear if ever beautiful experience and I fully exhausted it. The games I mention above have yet to stop giving me new ways to enjoy them.

@ThanosReXXX but wait, Redout: Space Assault also has ...free roaming flight levels! ( plot twist ) Both offer linear progression, both have a ton of eye candy but if I had to pick one... well, neither because we all know that EVERSPACE and "Rebel Galaxy: Outlaw* are the two finest examples of space shooty thing on Switch. If you have exhausted both of those, these two are solid next game choices.

@Hughesy it is being sadly overlooked because of how t looks in stills, but so far I only needed to convince my friends to try out the demo to sell it.

What a glorious day, I work on the website who interviewed Mat Dickie!

I'm currently playing career mode, one month per day (currently September 2022) and can easily state that this is the best career mode of any wrestling game I have ever played. In fact, it is currently better than anything thing wrestling in the real world. Just this weekend I was fired from Weekend Warriors despite being the Middle Weight champion so back to Wrestling School I went. after a few bogus contract offers I refused, I signed up yesterday for Super Lucha Libre. I look forward to see what happens next!

Where is my "Wrestling Empire" crew at? Shout it out in the comments! Woooooooooooooo!

My face, wathching that video.

You will never know how much of an influence these games have been on my life. Oh, and I'm not gonna tell you either, you will just have to trust me on that or figure out on your own.

@masterLEON if that would happen, this would become an even bigger classic than already is!

@Alaninho they are!

@jrb363 you won't regret it!

A note to all potential future MDickei wrestlers: If your AI buddies starts to botched something up, simply hit LZ+RZ to switch manual control to him and quickly "fix him up" before returnign to your proper wrestler. MDickei wasn't kidding around when he says he is giving us complete control, you even have to play the AI role!

Also worth noting: MDickie has made sure there is a Demo on the eShop for the game to make sure no one would buy this without trying it first and know what they are heading into. MDickie is a babyface.

@Munchlax not a single crash so far.

In MDickie terms, a 6/10 is the equivalent of a 11/10! The best wrestling game I have played this decade and the career mode puts every single offer out there (yes, including "Fire Pro Wrestling World") to shame. I can only hope to see MDickie continue to expand the game's modes as he has stated in his the development diaries and thank him for the absolute glory of having instant (as in no loading times) 30 wrestler rumbles.

Kusoge of the Century, everyone go buy this right now!

For year mys #1 resource for all things Japan related. Rest in Peace Brian and thank you.

http://shiryugames.odrakir.com/

The scary bit? I play them all. Finished most of them too!

@Lordplops Axelay has been on the 'to do' list from the start.

@twztid13 Well, if they release the new DLC pack in 2021 as expected... it might just be. xD

@twztid13 It was indeed written in 2020, a year best left forgotten.

@Savino

@Savino Pyable 2020 versions of Shiva and Max. They are working on it, but we have no time table for release... wait and see I guess. Scott Pilgrim is right around the corner.

@Savino I don't think you need help, SoR4 was my GOTY 2021.

@Savino but the gameplay flow in DDN is not as smooth as SR4. It's a bit unfair to compare both games since this one despite being produced by Wayforward uses 3D polygon models against SoR4 incredibly 2D animates sprites. It's very hard to make a 2.5D belt action brawler that can match the smoothness of 2D sprite art.

@Rez Should pop up next week.

@FargusPelagius this was actually rather easy to score unlike some of my previous reviews. We gave Cobra Kai a 7, we gave The Takeover an 8 and we gave Streets of Rage 4 a 9. These were all 2020 new releases and considering how good this one holds up eight years later there was really no other possible score.

@HamatoYoshi It was supposed to come on the same day but on release we got note that it was being pushed a couple of week in Europe, so expect it to drop soonish.

@Lordplops ... how did that pass!? Thanks.

Japan not only wins the cover, it wins the whole game. So much stuff got cut from Jaleco's Western versions of the game and Dead Dance is one of the worse. We got no dialogues between dules and we got no blood as fights went on on character's faces. A real shame, among Jaleco's kusoges this take on Hokuto no Ken was always a guilty pleasure.

Gentlemen, ladies.

Thank you.

@nkarafo No problem.

@nkarafo always a pleasure.

Free for 24 hours, go grab it gang!

https://shiryu.bandcamp.com/album/actraiser-rebirth-of-the-people

Second!

Coller stuff here.

I plan to get all of Seibu Kaihatsu games that show on the Switch as long as

Free for the next 24 hours, grab it while its hot people:

https://shiryu.bandcamp.com/album/f-zero-go-fast-galactic-g-p-edition

Show of hands: Who else made the jump from Port Town's starting grid jumplate to the other side of the track?

...looks for "F-Zero" on the Top 10

...what is wrong with all of you out there!?