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Playing some older entries in the series after this one was announced made me realize I don't like Metroid that much.

The main question for me is the song list. Will they all be there? There was an issue with the Steam version where some were removed. Also I hope there's no censorship of "objectionable content". After all the whole idea of the game is pretty objectionable, which should be fine for an M rated game.

Now that's what I call a timeless classic!

"Cloud version" is a scam like "games as a service". I refuse to partake in it. I would rather break down and start using Epic store than purchase a cloud version of a game.

That was bottom of my list simply because Disney is involved. I wouldn't expect them to allow anything they have their grubby fingers in to join Smash.

Well, better than another Metal Gear Survive.

The sickness that is minimalism spreads.

@Yosher I just realized that they are throwing a curveball here too. They are making new themes centered around big releases... But for Tetris99.

@Yosher You'd think they release one with each big game and Switch Lite color at least. Zelda green and blue, Luigi green, Mario red, Pokemon cyan and magenta, Kirby pink, Smash cross... All of those sound like no-brainers.

After Metal Gear Survive do we really want Konami to make one?

@R-A-X Maybe, but I remember a time when people didn't put their first Unity project in a shop with a price tag. And even if this game is as excellent as the review says, the price tag is doing it a disservice. Putting hours into your game will be for naught if no one plays it after all. People compare it to arcade games of old, but it's not the 80s anymore.
Like I said a free game like this could be a good hook for a potential Kickstarter. Or something like a shareware model of old, remember those?

I think like the dev should give this one out for free to advertise themselves and then charge for a bigger, better Steel Assault 2 (maybe with a kickstarter).

Those are all great QoL improvements, but I am still baffled about their story point choice in the demo. Seems like a weird way to advertise your game, with a huge story turning point and a long cut scene before any sort of gameplay.

@HarvestGoddess Pokemon could probably have an entire park of their own.

Now I have to delay my trip.

@scully1888 Excuse me, but hasn't NL recently held off a review due to bugs and an upcoming patch? From what I understand the version you've been asked to review here isn't even feature complete. I am not criticizing you personally, but the entire site.

Hahaha no. Get bent, Mouse.

That review seems pretty lacking. A lot of the functions seem to be missing, the way getting new cars is handled could hint at a layer date cash shop and the track builder (probably one of the big reasons to get this over a different racing game) is barely mentioned. Pretty bad form there NL.

Here we go again.

@MontyCircus I think the ship has sailed on Square games, especially the big hits like Final Fantasy or Chrono Trigger. Why isn't Earthbound there though? And I am still holding out for Battle City.

@Friendly The thing is that even his post was more like "yeah that would be cool" rather than "I have insider info Gameboy confirmed!".
I blame Nintendo Life for making it into a thing.

@TKundNobody Those rumors were around for at least a year.

@Chocobo_Shepherd Eh, I grew up with the gruff-voiced cartoon Mario. I had to adjust to the newer high pitched Mario.

Good, because the N64 library is tiny.
Also funny how y'all took that guy's clearly wishful thinking as some kind of proof that Nintendo is adding GB/GBC service. And no one said a peep about N64 or Sega Genesis. Shows how good those "leaks" are.

I found it good. My girlfriend did not. The Animal Crossing tease and no info on the BotW sequel did not please here. Though she did like the Kirby reveal.

Character design reminds me of Kaiba anime. Which as I understand is not family friendly.

@GrailUK My guess is that Disney/Nighthawk was in talk with Capcom to get the rights to SNES Aladdin but couldn't secure them before original release, and The Jungle Book game is more like padding to the package (as they couldn't just resell it with "now with an extra version of Aladdin").

Sounds like good for a bash.

@GrailUK Looks to me like they were doing a safe bet at first and now that it has proved successful they're expanding the package.

I hope I'm not expected to pay the Mouse for this additional content. If I am, I'm good with what I have (though The Lion King could also use a final cut like Aladdin got, hands down best part of the package). Those are the things I actually have nostalgia for, as these games were also on PC. Jungle Book I only know through Famicom hacks (I have played that one with a lion instead of Mowgli you could see in a JonTron video).

@Silly_G I think Wario and Waluigi have potential as characters for a "twisted" version of a Mario game, kinda like the original WarioLand games. Similar premise when the players need to work together to finish the level, but only one of them can get the bonus at the end, encouraging a last minute backstabbing. Or maybe simply used as minor villains in the Mario or Donkey Kong franchise (taking notes from Mario being the bad guy in Donkey Kong Jr).

I didn't know Last of Us 2 had a "totally blind" mode, seems to me like one of those options that may seem a bit pointless, but if they managed to pull it off, kudos to them.
I agree that games need a lot more colorblind and vision impaired options though. Lack of text size options or UI scaling is often infuriating (one of the reasons I can't recommend Deep Sky Derelicts). And Pokemon is surely a big enough franchise to afford voice acting? Especially if you're going to make a singing Gym Leader and you already have character voices due to an ongoing anime?

Wasn't Balan supposed to be a mobile game at first? Maybe it's good he moved into the mobile market.

Going by the review a new version could be either a spectacle fighter like Devil May Cry or a hard as nails souls-like.

@Ogbert I liked Mignola's oddball Pokemon he's drawn a while back.

@NinChocolate I would take a bird, mammals have notoriously bad eyesight. Humans are unique in that regard (most animals don't see green at all, that's why tigers are orange and can still hide perfectly).

A big fantasy artist like Larry Elmore, Ralph Horsely or Wayne Reynolds (I know a lot of people dislike him, but IMO he's perfect for fantasy creature pictures; imagine something like D&D4e Monster Manual cover but with a Scyther or one of the dragons).
Sadly H. R. Giger is no longer with us to provide us the most unique and nightmarish pokemon image ever.
And on behalf of my girlfriend I mentioned Gremren (on Instagram and Tik Tok).

Well, the first one looked competent enough though wasn't my cup of tea (though the jump in quality from the first demo to the second was enormous). Getting a sequel with a better budget and more experience under their belt could produce an actual classic in the mini mecha genre. I just wish the damn things didn't actually fly (super jumping and climbing sure, flight is almost always wonky in action games).

@FroZtedFlakerZz It's probably due to Switch's limited Bluetooth functionality. Then again if you're playing with bluetooth headphones you're probably doing it alone, right? Unless you were thinking of pairing up a speaker for some reason.

If it's really as good as you claim maybe this will replace FAST RMX as our to go 4 player racer. Unless I finally get Mario Kart.

Night Slashers is one of the few I played on an actual arcade cabinet and I remember it being notoriously hard to emulate. Good thing it didn't completely disappear.

Man, if those got Switch re-releases I would grab them in a pinch. Back then I didn't have a gaming console, but one of my friends has Xbox 360 and it's still a staple at her parties. Strangely enough no one but me wants to be on the mic...

Looks like Cao Cao's hobby of kidnapping other people's wives is going to bite him when he does that to a certain delinquent.

Shame, looks like one of those games that will get a YouTube video 10 years from now after some unofficial bug fixes from fans.

@BlackenedHalo Maybe you skimmed the review, but apparently this game puts environmental prompts on things you can't interact with. So it's not even a case of looking for the one object that will have a Use prompt, since they all do.

I liked the Game Over jingle from the first NES TMNT game. I was pretty happy when it returned in a promotional flash game for the 2012 series.

Maybe the final Darksiders game? Or a new SupCom?

There's a second Ooops! movie? Most people probably forgot or missed the first one.

Wasn't Stone Protectors a way to make Trolls "for boys"? I had no idea it had a tie-in game.