It’s strange, though, that there aren’t any other proper football games on a console with such an install base. Konami should just update the graphics of International Superstar Soccer 98 and release it as ISS Retro.
When I finally bought a PS4 (little late to the party), I planned to go all digital. I quickly found out that physical games were cheaper than digital. I now own more than 100 physical PS4 games.
I recently bought a Xbox One X, and physical games are no longer to be found here, so I guess I’ll go all digital there.
After paying more than twice the cost of a game through kickstarter, only to see them release it through retail at normal price, I’m done with this company.
It’s hard for me to vote on this American poll, but the second to fourth year of the NES era as well as the first two of the SNES era should be right up there in any region.
This is «not the physical treatment» I’ve been hoping for. My hope was a regular European release, not a break your bank for an American-import release.
It’s interesting information, but it’s tough to draw any conclusions from this. Games being released one year, doesn’t equal game made during that year alone, and some heavy hitters will clearly take more time making, while others are merely ports of previously made games. How much resources could Nintendo divert the first two years of the 3DS while almost no games were being released during the two last years of the Wii?
Man, just bought Dig on Switch eShop yesterday, after checking that there was no physical release. Oh, well, that’s what you get when you buy digital I guess.
What I miss for these older games are guides or hints that only help you with the most impossible missions, and only give you vague hints or pointers instead of the answer right out, like in which area you should look for the hidden village in Zelda II. Once I get stuck in one of these older games, I sometimes look up the solution too early, as there’s no way to tell if you’ve currently been stuck for 20 minutes on a 30 minute obstacle or a 3 hour obstacle.
@pblive I don’t believe any of the games appeared in Museum, as those were arcade games, while these new are 8-bit versions. That being said, I’d prefer if this new collection also was an arcade collection.
@gio1 Don’t know about the Switch port, but played the original on PS3 five and half years after it was released, and it was still a technical trainwreck.
@ivory_soul PlayStation no doubt had more games than Nintendo 64, and they all seemed edgier or more mature like you said. I’d still say you’d get as much or more fun today out of the 25 best Nintendo 64 games as the 25 best orginal Playstation games.
@nimnio I’d say both ISS ‘98 and WWF Wrestlemania 2000 are still among the best football and wrestling games ever made. And if I’m not mistaken, IGN’s list was made before some rather good Nintendo 64 games were released, such as The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, Banjo-Tooie, Paper Mario and Conker’s Bad Fur Day.
This worries me. Is it easy to make backups of digital 3DS and Wii U games? I already have a memory card in my 3DS and an external harddrive hooked up to my Wii U - csn I just copy those files onto another harddrive?
Lots of IGN hate here. I appreciate what IGN has done over the years, going back to their 64-days, and I like a lot of the people that work there and many of their podcasts.
Hope this E3-replacement goes down well, as I really like this summer week dedicated to gaming news that E3 has been.
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Re: FIFA Rival Pro Evolution Soccer Won't Be Making The Switch This Year
It’s strange, though, that there aren’t any other proper football games on a console with such an install base. Konami should just update the graphics of International Superstar Soccer 98 and release it as ISS Retro.
Re: Feature: Keeping It Physical In A Digital Age
When I finally bought a PS4 (little late to the party), I planned to go all digital. I quickly found out that physical games were cheaper than digital. I now own more than 100 physical PS4 games.
I recently bought a Xbox One X, and physical games are no longer to be found here, so I guess I’ll go all digital there.
Re: Switch Software Sales Are Comfortably Beating The PS2's, The Best-Selling Console Of All Time
Those PS2 software numbers makes you wonder what would’ve happened if the Gamecube and/or the Dreamcast came with a DVD-player.
Re: Nintendo Has Removed Pikmin 3 From The Wii U eShop Ahead Of The Switch Release
Bad move, and for what - twenty more Wii U sales than Switch sales?
Re: Platinum Says It's Still Interested In Developing A Wonderful 101 Sequel
After paying more than twice the cost of a game through kickstarter, only to see them release it through retail at normal price, I’m done with this company.
Re: Poll: So, What Was Nintendo's Best Year Ever?
It’s hard for me to vote on this American poll, but the second to fourth year of the NES era as well as the first two of the SNES era should be right up there in any region.
Re: Random: Here's A GameCube For Each Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, Because Why Not?
Radical, dude! Should’ve used box art from one of the TMNT Gamecube games as an example, though.
(I do have the DS game in my collection, so 5 internet points for me.)
Re: Stardew Valley Is Getting A Glorious Physical Switch Release, And Pre-Orders Are Now Open
This is «not the physical treatment» I’ve been hoping for. My hope was a regular European release, not a break your bank for an American-import release.
Re: Nintendo Download: 30th July (Europe)
Wonder if Mega Man Legacy Collection eventually will get a 50 percent discount. Is it the 20th og 30th time they’ve gotten a 30 percent discount?
Re: Talking Point: Is Nintendo Making As Many Games As It Used To?
It’s interesting information, but it’s tough to draw any conclusions from this. Games being released one year, doesn’t equal game made during that year alone, and some heavy hitters will clearly take more time making, while others are merely ports of previously made games. How much resources could Nintendo divert the first two years of the 3DS while almost no games were being released during the two last years of the Wii?
Re: Shaun The Sheep's Switch Party Game Is Getting One Of The Cheapest Physical Editions We've Seen
Missed a great opportunity for a pun there: Don’t you mean «Sheepest» physical edition?
Re: Which Years Were These Classic Nintendo Games Released?
11 out of 15. At least I got all the European releases right...
Re: Sega Wants To Take "Good Care" Of 2D And 3D Sonic In The Future
Shame on you if you fool me once, shame one me if you fool me twenty-seven times.
Re: Poll: Paper Mario: The Origami King Is Out Today On Switch, Are You Getting It?
Ordered with a discount, but ends up in my backlog.
Re: Nintendo Download: 16th July (Europe)
The Konami Arcade Collection is also on sale. I picked up all three Konami collections.
Re: Konami's Seminal Shooter Gradius Blasts Off On Switch Today
I’m curious to find out what the difference between this version and the one included in the Arcade Classics Anniv. Collection.
Re: There Are Reportedly "No Plans" To Fix Deadly Premonition 2's Awful Frame Rate
No thanks, I’m good.
Re: The First Review For Paper Mario: The Origami King Is Now In
Well, at least it tells us that the game can be good.
Re: Donkey Kong Country Swings Onto The Switch Online SNES Service Next Week
Happy to see DKC join the rest, but more excited to see two third party games added to the line-up.
Re: Sega Just Announced A New Micro-Console, And It's Packed With 36 Arcade Gems
I wonder if it’ll be possible to use the Hori Real Arcade Pro V Hayabusa on this.
Re: Random: Fans Have Spotted A Mistake In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Newest Stage
So, is this a hint that Spring Man is joining the battle?
(I jest, I jest.)
Re: SteamWorld Dig And SteamWorld Heist: Ultimate Edition Are Getting Physical Switch Releases
Man, just bought Dig on Switch eShop yesterday, after checking that there was no physical release. Oh, well, that’s what you get when you buy digital I guess.
Re: Someone Created A Hand-Drawn Guide For The Original Zelda And It's Breathtaking
This looks awesome.
What I miss for these older games are guides or hints that only help you with the most impossible missions, and only give you vague hints or pointers instead of the answer right out, like in which area you should look for the hidden village in Zelda II. Once I get stuck in one of these older games, I sometimes look up the solution too early, as there’s no way to tell if you’ve currently been stuck for 20 minutes on a 30 minute obstacle or a 3 hour obstacle.
Re: Space Invaders Invincible Collection Is Getting A Physical Western Switch Release
Finally! Thanks for the heads up!
Re: Nintendo Download: 18th June (Europe)
@pblive I don’t believe any of the games appeared in Museum, as those were arcade games, while these new are 8-bit versions. That being said, I’d prefer if this new collection also was an arcade collection.
Re: Nintendo Releases Hanafuda And Playing Cards Based On Mario, Zelda, Splatoon And More (Europe)
Add import fees etc. to Norway, and we’re talking about €60. No thanks.
Re: Mario's One-Time Rival Alex Kidd Is Getting A Timely Revival
That’s great! If only Sega would release the other Alex Kidd games (or a collection of the Alex Kidd games).
Re: An Additional 140,000 User Accounts May Have Been Accessed Maliciously, Nintendo Says
It’s still shocking that these big tech companies gets hacked.
Re: Review: Space Invaders: The Invincible Collection - 40 Years Of History In One Package
They really should release this in the west.
Re: Nintendo Kicks Off Huge 'Digital Days' Switch Sale, Over 350 Games Discounted (Europe)
@gio1 Don’t know about the Switch port, but played the original on PS3 five and half years after it was released, and it was still a technical trainwreck.
Re: Random: Hollywood's "Most Killed Man" Is About To Show Off His Animal Crossing: New Horizons Island
I came here for Sean Bean.
Re: Streets Of Rage 4 Gets Another Physical Release, This Time With A Signature Edition
I’m having a hard time understanding this. Is this a PEGI/European release? Is it limited only, or can we buy it at store when it releases?
Re: The 64Mate - A New All-In-One N64 Storage Add-On Goes Live On Kickstarter
@ivory_soul PlayStation no doubt had more games than Nintendo 64, and they all seemed edgier or more mature like you said. I’d still say you’d get as much or more fun today out of the 25 best Nintendo 64 games as the 25 best orginal Playstation games.
Re: The 64Mate - A New All-In-One N64 Storage Add-On Goes Live On Kickstarter
@nimnio I’d say both ISS ‘98 and WWF Wrestlemania 2000 are still among the best football and wrestling games ever made. And if I’m not mistaken, IGN’s list was made before some rather good Nintendo 64 games were released, such as The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, Banjo-Tooie, Paper Mario and Conker’s Bad Fur Day.
Re: Random: "Games I Want Ported To Nintendo Switch" Twitter Hashtag Goes Viral In Japan
With Nintendo Switch turning into the ultimate arcade machine, I’d like all the Midway arcade games.
Re: Nintendo To Shutdown "Limited" Wii U And 3DS eShops In Select Countries
This worries me. Is it easy to make backups of digital 3DS and Wii U games? I already have a memory card in my 3DS and an external harddrive hooked up to my Wii U - csn I just copy those files onto another harddrive?
Re: Hamster Is Adding A Handful Of Data East Classics To The Arcade Archives
That’s great news! Keep ‘em coming, Hamster!
Re: Bandai Namco Offers "More Fun For Everyone", Except Switch Owners
Already own it on the Switch, but might as well pick it up for free on the other three as well.
Strange that Switch is left out, though. That being said, I’d prefer if the just released more from their back catalog.
Re: Nintendo Just Launched Two Special Fire Emblem Game Variants On Switch In Japan
Wish they would translate the original game(s). I’d pay good money for a Fire Emblem NES-SNES Collection in English.
Re: Sega Open To Reviving Sonic's 1993 Arcade Game, But Needs Your Support
No love for the Sonic Master System game? They weren’t mere ports.
Re: Gallery: New Screens Show Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition's Gorgeous Environments
Beautiful. How we all imagined it would look back in 2011 «if only Nintendo would release a HD console».
Re: IGN Announces Its New 'Summer Of Gaming' Digital Event, An E3 Replacement Starting This June
Lots of IGN hate here. I appreciate what IGN has done over the years, going back to their 64-days, and I like a lot of the people that work there and many of their podcasts.
Hope this E3-replacement goes down well, as I really like this summer week dedicated to gaming news that E3 has been.
Re: Nintendo Reveals Dr. Nabbit As An Official Dr. Mario World Character (Seriously)
How do we know this is not an April Fools’ joke?
Re: Atari's Arcade Classic Pong Comes To Switch As An RPG
What even?
Hopefully they’ll release some paddle controllers to go along with it.
Re: UK Charts: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Sales Fall By 81% In Disappointing Week For Nintendo
Don’t know how it is in the rest of the world, but here in Norway, no store has it in stock at the moment, so buying it would be rather difficult.
Re: Bandai Namco Announces The Namcot Collection For Nintendo Switch
More arcade classics, please. Galaxian, Pole Position, Ms. Pac-Man.
I find it rather ridiculous that there’s no way to buy some of these games from Namco in 2020.
Re: Poll: What Did You Think Of The Nintendo Direct Mini?
It was decent. I would’ve been disappointed had it been announced 4 days ahead.
(And it should’ve ended with the Xenoblade endgame.)
Re: Sega Celebrates 60th Anniversary With New Website, New Character And "Special Content" Tease
How about some more Master System and Sega Saturn games on the Switch?
(Perhaps a Sega Master System Collection?)
Re: Mario Project In PS4's Dreams Comes To A Halt For Containing "Copyrighted Material"
@glorymade They could sue Sony.
Re: You Can Now Access Your Nintendo Switch eShop Wish List Online
Wow, that’s incredible!!!!