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@FX102A As of now, Nintendo still has higher standards...and may actually wind up LESS censorious about certain types of games at this point.

Had to write in to get any mention of Skies of Arcadia. Sigh

Regular edition also available for preorder at Best Buy. Well...I'm getting an error now, but it'll probably be fixed soon enough. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hollow-knight-nintendo-switch/6338790.p?skuId=6338790

@BornInNorway81 Same game, apparently...and nobody seems to know what happened to it at this point.

SNES needs a separate app anyway. Hopefully that's the reason for this change. Direct on NES game release day feels suspicious too...hope for the best, try to keep expectations in check.

They already tested Zelda yarn in Nintendoland. It looked pretty cool all right.

Excellent, now my brother can stop complaining that I was waiting for news on a physical release to get the games!

That works too...a totally acceptable solution, unlike the download code mess in the West.

Good. No game pulling this crap should be allowed to get away without the fugy box of shame.

@Heavyarms55 The profit god says don't do dumb stuff that loses you sales. They are capitalisming badly.

Shame all that hard work on the file size is going to waste so Squenix can save some money on the carts anyway...

No excuse for this, Squenix. If you're willing to do physical in some regions, you need to do it in ALL of them. I cannot comprehend how these big publishers keep thinking this crap is a good idea.

I was worried about what might happen when Japan wants to release exclusive games...and of COURSE they had to go the lazy route. Pathetic.

Yet he never went after Uncharted 3 for the "Carlton" taunt. Guess it wasn't big enough yet.

Sure, I bit...but the slow-butt shipping means they still haven't arrived. I doubt they're "worth it" per se, but...I dunno, playing NES on the Pro controller felt off.

Played the PS4 version... it's a pretty cool game. Interested in the changes for this release, and the price is pretty good too.

@Kalmaro That is also an option now. https://www.fangamer.com/collections/hollow-knight/products/hollow-knight-hornet-plush

@PolarExperience It can! https://www.fangamer.com/collections/hollow-knight/products/hollow-knight-plush

Seriously, this isn't even a new product. Fangamer has been selling the Hollow Knight plush for over a year now.

Been waiting for the expected Switch port of Sphinx since they remastered it on Steam...devs weren't too secretive about their intent at the time. Other two are cool too I guess.

If retail is too hard, it's gotta be LRG. Then maybe Best Buy can pick it up so it IS retail...kinda.

@Astingel2016 Of course anyone can make mistakes...but I'm not about to excuse some of the horrible examples in professionally written books that easily. They were getting worse about it, and that will impact consumer confidence.

I've been thinking, and I overlooked the other MAJOR factor here earlier: updates and DLC. Printed guide books are increasingly unreliable for those reasons as well, and you can't blame the writers for that. Guides were probably doomed regardless thanks to that.

They did a horrible job competing with free guides online as the quality and accuracy of their guides steadily dropped over the years. They also built a bad habit of not even doing guides for the games that needed them most, IMO. I grew up a regular guide user, but Prima failed to keep my custom. Not surprised I'm not the only one.

@gloom That's the main downside to this stuff for sure. It leaves me skipping digital games in the hopes of an eventual LRG release. Probably not what the devs want.

@ReaderRagfish It appears he wants input, but IDK about money. Oh well, not long to find out for sure anyhow.

@ReaderRagfish It would be pretty questionable if he thought he needed another Kickstarter after the insane success of Undertale for sure. On the ither hand, Undertale was a fantastic game that was actually completed on a crazy small KS budget, so...at least the track record is stellar?

Eh, I doubt it'll be a Kickstarter anyhow.

Toys to Life games almost always need big updates at launch... it's an expected part of the design of the game, which tends to need tweaking closer to release date as they work with external toy makers. Sure, it's theoretically possible to finalize all that stuff before printing games, but it would be a much harder task than a software-only product and of course publishers don't wanna wait.

Anyway, I'm preeeeeetty sure this isn't a Switch exclusive issue, it just hits a bit harder to some due to hardware design. For me, it's quite the opposite...not having to install every single game on the storage makes managing data SO MUCH EASIER.

This release is currently listed on their upcoming games calendar as "TBA 2 game collection," so it should be a single purchase, one cart or two.

If they put all four legendarily bad Nintendo games on there, I would buy it for sheer novelty. YouTube isn't good enough to REALLY understand these titles, and they're too rare and expensive for everyone to buy.

@shauntu I guess nobody noticed 'cause they either never got the game or ditched it ages ago.

I just want them to take this opportunity to fix the game's setting in localization so we can actually get ALL the games.

To be fair, 1-2-Switch actually has no save file at all to begin with. Makes it kinda hard to back it up online. And Dead Cells IS supported, I've already backed up my file. Why does that misinformation keep floating around?

I skipped all but the biggest titles on VC as I felt too many I might not like weren't worth $5 a pop (especially as I made less back then). Now I'm happy for the all-encompassing subscription setup. Yes, just NES is a bit lame...but I doubt it'll stay there. A slower drip doesn't hurt as bad when there's more new stuff worth playing, too.

If it was digital only EVERYWHERE, I'd say fair enough. Doing a physical release only in Japan, though? Maybe time for GameStop to step up again like with Secret of Mana...

I'm just surprised Final Fantasy isn't on there since it's on the NES Classic and they went FF crazy today.

Been hoping for this one on Switch since ProJared played it a while back.

It should also be another step to prevent save backup abuse.

@Smigit Not EVERY game gets a CE...Oxenfree actually skipped it. But that's the only Switch title to do so thus far, so it's still more likely than not to see them come up later.

@TadGhostal Some sell out a lot faster than others though, and Yooka-Laylee was definitely a speedrunner. Last week, I forgot to check for Dust until two hours late and still got it no problem.

@DoomTurtle The COLLECTOR'S edition with extra stuff sold out fast...but the regular game is an open preorder. That's how they've been doing it for every Switch game...NLife just can't be bothered to clarify that point.

Just ordered the standard game and separate CD soundtrack. Don't want the other crap in the other editions anyhow.

Not interested in the CE, but I like the discount for backers news. Gotta keep an eye out for that.

Aww...still using random enemies, but they took our boy Boopkins out? Lame!

I preordered this collection on the strength of Crystalis alone, so to me, everything else they add is gravy. I definitely wish it was all on-cart...but indeed, free is free.

@Nico07 That switch does stop the train. Good eye...I totally missed that.

I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get past the subway in the second sewer...and I can't tell if I'm missing something with the controls because there's no manual and the tutorial only played ONCE. The game advertising unlocks I already have is getting old, too.

While those of us waiting for physical will have an imact, I think it's safe to say that the hypothetical people who weren't reached by non-existent marketing are not in that group. I also have no clue how large the dedicated userbase checking the eShop regularly as I do is. In any case, the game is probably STILL better off than on Steam. If it wanted super coverage, the key seems to be exclusive content.

Is that actually the title? The thing seems so bonkers it could well be, but I'm not 100% on that.

Announced by NoA, who totally ignored Nintendo UK's recent upload. Probably best to not get TOO excited, as there's likely to be overlap.

Damn, this is awesome. Even weird tracks like The Trial from Chrono Trigger sound so good...and remind me a bit of Professor Layton.

@RichardZ I'm talking about all the hubub regarding this Indie news out of Europe. I joined the hype an hour ago only to be left with no NA video at all.

In other news, Morphies Law is now listed to release today on the NA eShop for $19.99.

Okay, so this is news from a European video with no American counterpart. Can you confirm if this release time is accurate here as well?

Edit: ah, I see the article was updated. Sigh NoA uploaded a single trailer for Bad North a little bit ago and hasn't acknowledged the big deal.