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@YinYangYoshi One man's garbage is another man's nostalgia. I hope they keep going until they release everything that was in the 168in1 Pegasus cartridge, although Contra is likely off the table.

Ooh, Pinball! I know that. I don't really understand why we don't get Japanese games too thought, I played some of them just fine as a kid.
Still waiting for Battle City, Metal Storm and maybe Clash at Demon's Head?

Huh, sounds like it was a bit ahead of it's time.

I feel that. I try to play at least a little of various games i have in my backlog, bit I find it difficult to commit to ones more immersive and story driven. I just need to be alone for those.
But I still find myself randomly starting a new Colonization game, play it probably until mid 1600 and then quit it without saving.

I like the art style. I also like the idea of exploring concepts other than duels via cards. Sign me up!

Those look like repacks of two completely different lines. The Turtles are seemingly original comic ones (especially with all the small paint details), but are way oversized and in a completely different style and proportions from the Street Fighter figures. And those seem too dainty and lacking any detail definition.

I don't trust modern video game developers to make a good remake/remaster, let alone a franchise revival.

Hmm, now I'm wondering if I should push this to "future living room gaming PC" pile instead.

That entire movie is a big "but why tho"
I don't know what they're trying to achieve. A more cynical Roger Rabbit?

Ironic that by the time they unveil it NFTs are all but worthless.

Ooh, I was pondering getting either one or the other, I may grab that double pack instead!

@FeiFongWong26 I see you misunderstood my post. I brought up Rayman Legends as a contrast, something that a 2D platformer with separate levels can do that metroidvanias usually don't (i.e. have non-standard levels that play with previous assumptions).
Remind me, doesn't The Messenger have a few linear levels at first but then becomes a Metroidvania?

A "fun romp" is exactly what I would expect
That said I thought pirates were more about the booty.

Honestly quite a few titles stood out to me. Another Crabs Treasure looks fun. The gibbon game seems like a good idea, hopefully we'll executed. Girlfriend immediately bought Mini Motorways (double dipping on it as she played it a lot on her phone). Idol Manager could be lowkey brilliant. And Elec Head seems like a return of indie puzzle platformers, in a good sense.

Earthbound: Mother 3 is what I would go for.

I remember reading about this game a long time ago. Specifically how the developers wanted to eliminate violence from this game. Hence the dance offs rather than traditional monster battles.

Here's a solution: introduce a character that has the same moveset and call him Fei Long's stunt double. And to top it off, base him on Jackie Chan.
I wonder if this also means Lee Pailong will be cut from future Shaman King episodes. The family would probably object to Jiangshi Bruce Lee...

To all you rat haters in here: reminder that Hitler was a dog person and Nazis used German Shepherds as wardogs. And rats are adorable! And they can play Doom, unlike dumb canines.

Aw dang, right at the vet appointment. Though I have been watching VODs rather than loves for these for some time now.

I am not sold on the art style yet, but I agree that Monkey Island should not be pixel art. Curse was hand drawn and very expressive and the later two were 3D. I know Mega Man reverted to 8-bit for two recent games, but the latest one came back to present and even invented new gameplay elements. I wouldn't expect Monkey Island to do any less.
Also SCUMM is the last thing I would want to return. 3D ones also had wack controls. I hope Return sticks to pointing and clicking.

@shaneoh And the less is said about Fallout 76 the better.

I don't think Morrowind or other Elder Scrolls work that well outside the mod-friendly PC. Morrowind has one of the most unique fantasy worlds and great writing, but it is still a buggy mess without mod support.
As for Vampire, the series seems more like it's in death throes than actually reviving. The paper part is hitting miss after miss and the sequel to Bloodlines seems to have entered development hell. Some smaller World of Darkness titles are coming out (and my FLGS got a shipment of Vampire books just now), but overall the series seems to have died with the 90s and 2000s.

I applaud this initiative though I don't know if I will be joining for Earthbound. And none of the games for next edition is even in my library! But anything to get people to play the games they own is good to me.

It looks definitely interesting, but I never feel smart enough for mercantile games. Best I can do is click "Assess local prices" in Mount&Blade.

The 3D model of the maid looks unsettling, not cute. I would rather she kept her clothes on.
Also you can have fanservice without coming off as sleazy, look at Shantae.

I downloaded it without reading the article and I did not expect a zombie apocalypse themed Harvest Moon. DxM wasn't my jam (honestly if the mechs didn't fly it probably would have been) but at least it was original. This was kinda old school, aside from the zombie arm. But I gotta say the "survival" mechanics don't appeal to me. I feel chained to a location I don't care about.

In The Mood has at least a more interesting art stile for a crap titty game than usual. But it still looks dull.

Am I blind or do I not see our favorite "mighty pirate" in any of these?

Years ago I worked a little with a friend to make a point and click about Detective Yolk, a really hard-boiled private eye. His nemesis was Don Mozarella and his macaroni gang.
Sadly we never really got this going and thus we missed out on being featured here.

Well, at least it's not another Jack.

It's nice to see a developer ditching an entire big part of the game (and seemingly obligatory one, like combat) to focus on what's good. Especially when in most platform games combat is often rudimentary or feels more like a sudden stopgap than a natural part of the experience.

@bones Yeah, that happened to me with NSO once. Had a tight budget worked out, forgot about NSO and Mario made my month worse.

@Gryffin Here's my issue, if I would recommend an entry point to the series I would prefer for it to be a "nominate subspecies" of the series. For Castlevania some of the main features are: vampire hunter (preferably a Belmont), uses whip and subweapons, fights Dracula at the end. Aria flips this around, as the only whip user there is an NPC and the main villain is not Dracula. It's kind of like explaining to an alien what birds are, with emphasis put on flying, and then showing them a penguin as the best example.

Hah, with Castlevania I even have that dillema with just the small selection in Advance Collection! Rondo of Blood is an antique and not really a good representation of the series, Circle is clunky and doesn't feature a Belmont, Harmony does feature a Belmont but feels like a worse version of Circle (if a bit less clunky) and while Aria is the best game in the set, it basically turns the story on its head (without knowing previous entries it will just be plain confusing for example why you need those three specific Souls to get the true ending). Even the most popular Castlevania (SotN) wouldn't be a good start because of the main character!
For the record, I went with the GBA games in release order and attempted the Richter one a few times before going "nope, too archaic".

Knowing how these days companies can completely screw even such a simple thing as a rom collection release, I will hold on until reviews.

D&D. The party now has some real estate in Barovia. Time to threaten it.

@Lordplops I see someone here had a mice problem...

I would also prefer Tail Spin Baloo.

@Ryu_Niiyama I remember last Indie Direct having a game where a woman is turning sexy men into weapons? You don't get more objectification than turning into literal objects
There's also a few otome VNs on Switch too. Yeah, it's not the same as a game about "training boobs", but guess what, in general women are turned on by different things than men. Case in point: there really isn't an equivalent of "50 Shades of Grey" for men that is anywhere as famous.

@AW1Long You would probably be surprised, but a lot of these sexy character designs are made by women. Bayonetta is probably the most famous example. A lot of abuse hentai is drawn by women too.
Japanese sex culture is much different to the West, especially puritan-raised America, where companies like Blizzard champion "social justice" in their games while actually abusing their female employees.

@FishyS You play as an android in this game, so maybe you can dream of one.

I'm only here to make the obligatory "treasure chest" comment.

All I can say is: groovy!

@EriXz Nah, they cancel conservatives, not sexual predators.

In the words of late TotalBiscuit: "We Do Not Pre-order".
Although I did for Pokemon Sword and Shield and my girlfriend in turn pre-ordered two copies of Animal Crossing.

I am glad that monster catching seems to be developing into a full genre rather than a single series, for the first time since some failed attempts back on GBC!

@BlueGBAMicro The 2012 version does a lot for Leonardo and Donatello. Leo is more of a dork (really into a Star Trek style show and wanting to be "the hero") while Donnie is more neurotic and responds to Raph's comments.

@JaneBear It's two types of immature adults running into each other. The "hurr saying slurs is funneh" kind and the "I heard a mean word and now I have PTSD" kind. 4chan vs Tumblr.
The correct response would be "hey, cut that out" and/or leaving the company with a bad employer review. "Oppressive" should be reserved for the Blizzards of the world, otherwise people will roll their eyes next time a sexual assault victim comes forward.

I remember this having a mediocre YouTube anime, alongside overly self-aware Bravo Man series and surprisingly good despite cheap animation Mappy.

Oh no. I pity the mods.