TheWingedAvenger

I hope it does come out on Switch because I'm never going to buy a Game Cube or a Wii. I think the Metroid Prime series is important enough a Nintendo franchise to put all four games out on Switch. I'd be happy if they just put emulated versions out.

I'm actually glad to hear this, as I initially thought that Russia had been excluded from getting the game.

This is an awesome Diablo-like on the Xbox.

I've played them all!!!

I'm not in the Yakuza but I am often in the Jacuzzi. Does that disqualify me from making games?

@Perryg92
I'm fluent in Italian, and for all intents and purposes "Baldo" means nothing in that language. Now, I checked in a dictionary just to make sure I wasn't lying to you, and, lo and behold, there does exist an obscure word "baldo" which supposedly means "bold". The problem is that 99% of Italians don't know it. If you go to the WordReference site, write the English word "bold" and search for a translation into Italian, you won't get the word "baldo" at all. You'll get a dozen other Italian words instead. Baldo sounds just as corny in Italian as it does in English. It sounds like the obscure Italian name Ubaldo, which makes it even weirder. I hope the devs ask ONE of their friends or family members to give them an honest opinion of the name Baldo, because it just objectively sucks.

I just hope they give it a good name. "Baldo" is pretty bad.

@Krambo42 @Bizzyb

Pinball videogames suck when they put an entire realistic-looking table on screen at once. The screen is cluttered and gives you a tilted perspective that feels like a stupid compromise. It's like playing 22-man soccer on an 11-man field. Star Wars Pinball does move the camera up and down, but that perspective isn't ideal - the camera should be top-down, as in A Link to the Past. The way to put an entire table on screen at once is to tailor-make the table for a videogame experience, such as Midnight Magic on the Atari 2600. That's a decent compromise, and the camera perspective is the best possible.

Compare the mediocre Star Wars Pinball to Devil's Crush and Alien Crush on the TurboGrafx-16; the latter two show you half the table at a time, but do a great job of transitioning. You actually have a good, straight-on view of what's happening in those games.

But the very best pinball videogame by far is Metroid Pinball for the DS. You have the entire pinball table visible at once, but with no compromise, as the DS and 3DS have two screens, one on top of the other. It puzzles me that only one developer had the ingenious idea to make a pinball game for the DS, and that no one made one for the 3DS. If you play Metroid Pinball on a 3DS XL, you'll agree that it's the best pinball experience in videogames.

My Switch Lite has never given me problems, and I've had it since it launched.

@Sabrewing
Deja Vu I & II on the Game Boy Color is excellent. It's the only console port of the sequel. I agree, that and R-Type DX are must-haves for the GBC.

R-Type fans should check out the Neo Geo game "Pulstar" and the arcade game "X Multiply", both of which are awesome R-Type clones. They've luckily been re-released on the Nintendo Switch! There aren't enough R-Type games, so you really need to get the clones.

Don't read or watch "reviews" of this game, as you'd just be wasting your time. The only way to know how good an obscure RPG is is to play it.

I would buy it, as it seems better than the first game, which I liked a lot.

Wow, what news. I couldn't have lived without knowing this breaking news.

@Rosona
The combat in Fire Emblem isn't rock/paper/scissors, because you know beforehand what your enemy has. When you play rock/paper/scissors, you don't have any foreknowledge of which of the three your opponent is going to show.
In other words, rock/paper/scissors (as in Monster Hunter Stories) is a mindless game of chance, whereas Fire Emblem requires that you use your brain to win.

Battle Axe. A couple of reviewers have praised it, and they sound like they actually know the genre.

@Rosona
Which SRPG series are you referring to?

If it's still rock/paper/scissors, then the combat system hasn't changed. That's the only thing I disliked in the original game. I can play rock/paper/scissors with my hand - no need for a videogame version. There's a reason everyone points it out as the worst aspect in Alex Kidd in Miracle World.

I want a new "New Super Mario" game and also Super Mario Galaxy 2 on the Switch.

I'll be getting this as soon as it's released on the Russian eshop.

I'm still waiting for Dragon Quest Heroes I and II to be translated into English.

@AndyC_MK
I also love going into a store and buying a nice Bluray, book or CD. I like having stuff like that on display in the living room. I choose them carefully, and limit them to the very best. I want my living room to look like a living room, and not a storage facility. When I go to someone's house and see a room full of movies, for example, I understand that they have an addiction to physical stuff. It's about possession. They think they "own" the movie if they have it on a circular disc. If it's on a hard disk, it doesn't count. They need to see a physical representation of the movie every time they walk into the room. They need that psychological fix on a regular basis, just like a cocaine-addict needs to sniff every other day. Owning all those Hollywood productions makes them feel like they're on top of the world.

@Piyo
You're right about N64 emulation being bad, but you can play the top ten N64 games without emulation and without using original hardware. All you need is a Nintendo Switch and a 3DS.

Super Mario 64
Ocarina of Time
Majora's Mask
Diddy Kong Racing
Doom 64
Star Fox 64
Star Wars Pod Racer
Turok
Turok II
Shadow Man
Rayman 2
Mario Kart 64
Ridge Racer 64

All of these N64 games can be played on a 3DS or a Switch in improved versions.

In fact, if you have a Switch, a 3DS, and a PSP, you can play all the best games in the history of gaming without any need for another console. Don't tell cartridge-hoarders that, though, as they feel offended by it.

@AndyC_MK @Whitestrider
When I called cartridge-collectors hoarders, I knew it might be offensive, but I used to be a CD addict and I wish someone had called me an addict back then, because I collected over 500 CDs before I realized I was addicted to the physical media more than to the music itself, much of which I didn't even listen to.

Comic books are a bit different, because you can't get those in digital format. It's easiest to detect an addiction to physical media when it regards videogames, music, literature and movies, because all those can be had in digital format (much of it free) without taking up entire rooms in the house.

I think physical media give us a sense of immortality, because when you walk into a room and see hundreds of books, CDs, DVDs and cartridges, the implication is that it would take several lifetimes to consume all of it, and you sort of feel like a god. That's how I felt. I've stopped deluding myself.

Because you have a mental disorder.

"Sometimes I buy games just to have them." Even Alex was horrified by that comment, and tried to be the voice of reason for a bit there. But there's no reasoning with addicts. Hoarding useless items is an addiction, folks.

It'll probably be
The Legend of Zelda: __________ ___ the Wild

For example, Return to the Wild, or Legacy of the Wild.

The Ys (pronounced "eece") series is a great series to go to when you want some quick, no-nonsense action without having to think too much. This one is heavy on the dungeon-crawling, and looks as good as the rest of the games.

I'll be buying this on day one if it comes to the Switch. It's easily the best Star Wars videogame I've played, and I've played many!

That Switch is always seeking attention!

Mega Man 6 is underrated. It's awesome.

I've been waiting for this game to come along since Earthworld on the Atari 2600 and Earthworm Jim on the Sega Mega Drive disappointed me years ago.

Somebody turned Nintendo Life into a pot for storing useless articles.

Labo is Nintendo's most useless and absurd idea since the Virtual Boy.

Great news for me as I'm mentally unstable!

Just imagine how expensive Princess Zelda's crown must be!

When I played Star Fox 64, I remember thinking that lots of passion had gone into the game. They'll never be able to make another Star Fox game better than that one.

Do you know what I think should happen to people who aren't masters at the classic Monster Hunter games? I think they should be banished from our galaxy.

Get good, noobs!

Happy Astronaut Day everyone! Sixty years ago today, space ace Yuri Gagarin became the first person to travel into the cosmos. He would be proud to see this game announced in commemoration of his historic voyage into the unknown.

He was so fed up with games lacking manuals that he made his own games lacking manuals? That doesn't sound like a good solution to me.

The screen crunch on this game is a deal-breaker to me. I only play the sequels, which let you see what's around Shantae instead of just Shantae herself. The GBC game needs a remake, not a re-release. Metroid 2 on GB also had terrible screen crunch, which made it a prime candidate for a remake. And that remake turned a bad game into a great game.

It's unimportant, because I already have a Nintendo Switch, and that's all that matters. Whether other people get one or not is immaterial.

@GrailUK
You needn't have looked it up in the dictionary. You already knew the word liminal as part of the word subliminal, which means "under the threshold" (of consciousness).

Fascinating.

@tomasu
Square care so little about RPGs that they don't even know their own games. They don't even know that Xenogears desperately needs to be remade and expanded.

A celebration for a game that's going to sell twelve copies.

Kemco has secured its place in gaming history for its NES ports of Shadowgate, Deja Vu and Uninvited.

Sword of Hope I and II on the Game Boy were good too.

@aozgolo
Ravensword is good for people who don't have the time to delve into a huge game like Skyrim or The Witcher III. It did get some positive reviews after certain issues were patched. Check out the Youtube review by PG Archive.

@Blizzia
The combat in the Elder Scrolls series is abysmal, so apparently the combat in these games doesn't need to be good. Surprisingly, though, the combat in Ravensword wasn't bad on mobile.

Battle Axe looks like a masterpiece, and it's in a genre that doesn't have much competition. I guess you could call it the Gauntlet genre. I'm definitely getting that on April 16th.

Republic Commando is a great game so I'll be buying that too. On April 16th, because I'm in a backward country where games come out late (when they come out at all).