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Nintendo. Grow a spine. It’s that simple unless you’re disgustingly using a war to cover up some other incompetent failing on finishing this up. Using a war as an excuse to delay a cartoon bloodless turn based combat board game is despicable.

I want to remind as usual rumors are bs, but given the mini and it would be my luck, it could happen.

Pretending it will, I'd be happy with just the first, the second was annoyingly strange, and the third one felt like it dragged. I've always almost adored the original, if not for the retched control when it came to wanting to fight 1:1 with smarter targets. The stupid waste of the c-stick for visors, when space pirates dodge and float all over locked on shooting was ignorant as all get out. Trilogy fixed that, fair footing, not having to be a human target to juggle a few buttons and the stick to get the target sighted, a button to lock said target, then being able to do it taking damage. If this were real, not bs, and had dual stick, I'm on board.

It can be worse, could spend tens of thousands on crappy stadium events for NES which is just a game that lost the license when Nintendo bought it, renamed it world class track meet. You can pick it up for almost nothing on a the smb+duckhunt+wctm cart.

Given how much TMNT has been handed around over the years, the fact that the TMNT owners, and Nick, could also get together with Konami to throw this amazing package together is nothing short of a miracle.

It's utterly HUGE having not just the Nintendo and Sega stuff in one package, but wow...the unfiltered original amazing arcade games is just perfect.

PC I'll get it, Switch too if physical for portability sake. This is just amazing. Cowabunga!

I've got the LRG Astro City on my desk here, mostly a show piece I hate to say, it's nice but time isn't on its side (same with the neo geo mini next to it.) I'd like to own this, but we'll see. The Egret though the price on that one is disgusting so ...never.

Hands down Majora's Mistake, reprehensible rotten game all around, so many broken mechanics, bad design decisions, and useless time frittered on most of the gimmicky masks. Clearly rushed garbage to fill a fat hole in the late N64 life using cobbled junk patched into the OoT core.

Triforce Heroes is a given, and Phantom Hourglass with its touch only and broken...roll roll roll til you die with the ever return to rerun dungeon from hell.

Kind of surprised to see Zelda II score so much, it's not bad, it's just far harder than the rest.

My kid has behavioral issues tied to some medical related stuff, as such can get very hyper fixated on things and controlling. Due to that, as much as I'd rather not touch an app like this at all, it is under regular use. Allowed only X time a day, I had to set the clock, when punished the clock can be reduced or just disable the system remotely. Works like a charm to regulate and dish out punishment.

So far in a matter of a month, they're outright exposed by largely solid work of massive researched by Jobst.

Their response, pffttt...he's lying.

Then, early this month one of them sells sealed Atari stuff for like nearly 50K on ebay.

Their response, fingers in ear, dodge and deflect, more 'lying' about them and their stellar awesomness.

And now this crap with what should be like what a 5-6 grade Sonic with dents, no less than 2 rips in the seal, and just a tinged wrap as it is on there as it doesn't look clear... and it sells over 400K.

...future response? We're awesome, it's just worth that much, nothing to see here move along.

What is it going to take? I mean it didn't take much to get that psycho Jack Thompson all over games a decade ago. Is there no lawyer who grew up loving video games who want to take these a-holes to task for clear cut cases of fraud, deceit, market manipulation, just outright scamming. Some of this may not be criminally easy to nail down, but at a civil court level you just need to create only a shadow of doubt, create some pause to make a jury say — you pay, you're a crook (like criminal where it needs to be concrete.)

They need to be destroyed.

@Menardi Agreed. Been around that community on the edges since I don't peddle in stolen goods or have a wallet that deep to even bother to actively do that, so I'm on the edges of it. The drama is quite real and there are some unmitigated scumbags in these circles who care nothing more than their own personal selfish ends what to get and do with it. I don't recall the name, but there is an active buyer in Japan who snaps up anything he can get off yahoo japan auctions and other sources domestically there. If he gets them, they may at best get backed up, at this location, but the items never release, never get info out, never get any data or even pictures of the item(s) in action. The start and end is the sale, whatever info is given, and it's gone into the mists. I know he can't be alone in these practices and it's sickening to think what has been lost to personal greed. Someone like that is the kind that can enable outright theft, much like stolen museum pieces into the black market. Quietly stuff moves from X to Y and stays hidden for years, decades, longer until someone or a trail of someones dies off and things slip. I hate the thought of scum like that dude and others doing this, but it happens.

Boo hoo if someone got butt hurt over this being put out in the public hands.

Let's face reality, whoever owned this and was hoarding it was two things. A jackass for burying it, but also a crook because they never owned the rights to the game in the first place. It's the property of Rare and/or Nintendo. Whoever had this proto owned nothing but the media it was stored on so they're trafficking in stolen goods.

Proper preservation of this would have been do go the way Frank Cifaldi did with Sim City for NES. You study thoroughly, make a solid multi-tier public and private archive of the data, and get it out into the publics hands as a virtual museum piece for people to digest and learn about.

Overall pretty good story, a little short on detail or off in a place or two. I'm only speaking from experience, and seeing that some imports were brought into this I'm surprised what got left out.

Samurai Spirits 3 for one it has digital speech between stages for their victory comment (GB or SGB), and so does KOF 96 (or Heat of Battle in the UK, talkie too in battle.) Most games haven't lost any fighters, 96 might have due to the size, but SS1+3 don't and nor do most the others. A fun side thing, beyond World Heroes 2 Jet, SS1+3, both Fatal Fury's, both KOF games, they also used that engine for a nice cute conversion of Battle Arena Toshiden, and a GBC cart for Transformers Beastwars which has a really massive roster because transformations mean 2x the characters and move sets.

Takara reallly knew their stuff, and they kept in all the charm, moves, etc of the big versions which was no small feat. And thanks to the NG stuff using 4 buttons, they covered it too by using a tap(light) vs press(hard) hits so none of them are lacking for moves or re-worked moves.

Enjoyable piece up until the lying snark about needing a jewelers loop and not playable more than 30min. Perhaps someone needs to get glasses, wear their carpal tunnel braces, and not forget to take their arthritis meds. The system works just fine for extended periods and the pixel quality/density of that screen is so good even the very smallest of stylized print like in the Final Fantasy games is crystal clear.

Also it's kind of a myth about hardware exclusion, GBA's coprocessor was the z80 that GB used and it couldn't be cut as many games used it partially for audio primarily. I think due to the tiny size they only cut out GB play as it would both look utterly ridiculous hanging out of the small nokia sized handheld, but also to stave off morons who could crack a cart or damage the handheld if they bent on it too hard.

So the geniuses put some lame box on it, therefore it's worth a heap more money...yeah that makes sense. Of course they'd want to line their own pockets both on assessing and selling it. Disgusitng.

@BionicDodo Far more than you've listed, but they kind of stayed in Japan. Game Gear had one. The Neo Geo is the only abomination, it's 100% foul, cheats like hell to suck quarters and I don't mean in your usual quarter munching challenging way, it straight up mind reads and does weird stuff even on default (mvs lv4 of 8) difficulty. I'd avoid it. The PCE version is utterly fantastic, I own it too, looks and sounds like this original arcade one. Visually it's the closest home game to the original arcade in looks and sound. Also there were sequels not just on GG but also PC(steam over a decade ago), Wiiware got one, the 360 got this arcade game in a package deal port too. I feel I'm forgetting something, but it's been around the block.

I can tell you this much right here and now, Super Dodgeball, the original technos arcade game is more than ever worth every penny. It's that rare kind of game where the AI is 100% unpredictable, and even if you're really good at the game, it can still beat the crap out of you on the 2nd match or the 8th, it doesn't matter.

It kind of cheats by design, but not in a way that's unexpected. Each round you go deeper, 2, 3... they add +1 big guy you have to destroy, yet they don't up the 3min clock. If so much as one enemy is on a sliver of life when 0 hits, YOU lose. THe little dudes are walking targets, can't catch nor throw the devastating hits, just your captain, protect him and learn to dodge and catch like a master.

Played the hell out of the game in the late 80s and earlier 90s and I could barely finish the game it's that hard, but it never was life sucking hell or demotivating. GO for it.

@Joker13z You're a mini saint, damned google came back with NOTHING.

Looks like a fun moment here that is finally returning from the 3DS release of the series.

I do have a question though I wonder. Is this already hiding in the game, or are the making this a download expansion? I really hope it's just a timed unlock as this means you'll lose a good chunk of accessibility to the game in some distant future as legit downloads aren't forever.

I don't think it's a good idea to back off, but maybe a slimmer amount of stuff brought forth. Also, notably speaking, perhaps doing more free to play stuff as Mario Run wasn't long for the world of profit given the $10 price per platform and the atrocious minimal control it had sucking much freedom from play unlike most. Maybe a few more games, traditional or otherwise but catered to the format that would work best converted from the DS era would see more success? Kirby DS had stylus only control. What about Clubhouse Games, and have it interactive play with Switch owners?? Wise designs would be best but not dumping it resoundly, and this is from me who detests touch games as they often fail to work right.

Mine is still quite a rural treasure and it's parked at a 4 star rating. Given what you said and I assumed as much for the full rating I gave up on it as it's not worth the wasted time, resources and poodle whining for weeks/months on end to get such a cheap trophy prize that won't even sustain itself unless I keep up the cluttered mess.

Seems my feelings are a bit justified. I picked four games, and those four are the notably fairly evenly highest. The original and wii re-release were the 2D stuff. This time, needs to be the true 3D stuff from N64 through Wii (SM64, Sunshine, Galaxy 1 and 2.)

Good. That's all that really needs to be said, just GOOD.

It's out there, it won't go away. I just wish someone would make a tool like Doom64 EX had so the majority of people who can't compile or code can take personal responsibility to apply their own ROM to make an executable for their OS of choice. In its original vanilla first form weeks ago it's fantastic.

Warm welcome on Steam seriously? It premiered on GoG, why no mention of it there? Did better there, and it's a download you can keep, no DRM.

It's a really great game and it's awesome to see it coming to the Switch, just don't get the snub.

So the Switch version is worse than the mobile version? This doesn't quite line up with reality.

Geez I've been gog.com watching this since it came out but never have picked it up. I had no idea this hit the Switch.

All things told by countless others it's a fantastic game using the classic build engine Duke Nukem, Blood and others were built upon which says a lot.

And one more reason to go buy it on GoG instead. Screw them.

Sorry but work at home environment is not a valid excuse. I've had to work from home for nearly 11 years now, and recently has been challenging to say the least with people stuck here, especially my adhd+odd riddled kid who goes nuts and cares nothing for boundaries. I still got my work done and at an acceptable time.

What a waste, might as well bury the article if they're that damned closed minded about the release. It's not just so bad they did that with Switch but also that lame EPIC store which is a small piece of the PC pie as well. It's like they just want to piss off two of the most active gaming bases.

The troll probably needed his money back as there was more joy in buying up $300 Nintendo Switches to sell for $450-500 plus to idiots stupid enough to pay it.

I want to agree but I had to be honest and say I wasn't sure because it has never happened. I mostly play the game after 7pm in the evening up to and including after 10 when the shops close. I've yet to see a shooting star let alone have something fall. The game in many ways is just extremely random and I've been coming up with snake eyes on the rolls so far.

They've been anti-alcohol since the 80s with the NES, and it's just them peddling garbage. They likely didn't then want kids playing with something they'd be dumb enough to make harmful. Today though on Switch it's still bs, but preventative bs. They know some people may just be dumb enough to soak it and then if it were turned on still damp it's lights out.

Had they tried to milk the Marvel and Starwars angle they probably would have been green lit considering it's Disney. This looks too good for them to release.

I’d take this over eternal like Harry too

Doom 2026 had one fatal flaw if you love the older stuff. Forced use of glory kills to keep your supplies enough just to survive. To me that was unfortunate and fairly unforgivable too. I want to run gun or pick off stuff at a distance. Being forced to use very limited gas supplies to run a saw that was always the freebie of the franchise sucked to get ammo and health.

Always liked and still own doom 64 but the added control and really the new episode has me interested.

Now if they'd do the tried and true original Doom music from the first game, first level everyone knows.

Time to report it to amazon, they have policies against that stuff.

I’ve still got all four on my shelf here in clean working condition too. Often the turtle loses the pipe and bladder.

I remember in the 90s Sony using their media wing started the smear that Nintendo was for children, games for kids, games of the past (because of carts vs CDs.) That due to their tentacles into the media were able to get the media all over it spreading that myth at a time when N64 had more T/M games than PS1 percentage wise. Sadly, it stuck, and Gamecube being purple with a handle didn't help despite its library.

Alan got his comment erased for being a trolling idiot, that says enough there. Let's face it, it's a $500 piece of metal with a FPGA in there, it's a total high dollar boutique item that only those with deep pockets or more money than common sense will buy, end of story.

He's looking for a reaction, got it, that's pretty much it. But really before finger pointing maybe try learning some facts but that would be a challenge and deflate the argument. Oh I could buy it, but why? I've got a top loader with the same FGPA inside Kevin Horton did on the HiDefNES Kit for far less dough (like 1/3 to 1/4 the cost), though Marshalls kit plus the system for UltraHDMI is no joke, that I have too and it's still less than that hunk of metal. Super NT got one of those as well, but I guess my broke ass just can't afford it eh?

Face it the system is all about the prestige and the cost of the metal mold, that's it. FPGA systems run basically $200 out of the box, this one is $500, the others are plastic and from the same person/company no less. +300 for metal isn't worth it.

Too much for too little, it borrows old 80s NES parts for the hardware. $500 for a custom metal shell and a few other bits...wasteful collector prop. If you want their stuff they have 2 fair priced fully setup systems for SNES and MD/GEN that does it all and then some due to the FPGA core. Hey I'd even avoid that upcoming handheld, same price, until you buy all the added things like the tv dock(to get what it claims to do out of the box), and then the other cart adapters per system at a price.

@Zeldafan79 Hey in all fairness to YOU and others a little amusing disclosure.

Midway/Williams back when this arrived on the N64 was not doing the best on advertising or explaining he game. As seen, many games on the system end in 64. A LOT of people thought this was Doom ON N64, not Doom 64 a new game.

I fell into this trap. I eventually found it like 2-3 years after it came out at a second hand shop for $10 or something low like that and had my mind blown. I felt bad I didn't grab it at the time when it was brand new with the gaps of time N64 had between releases I wanted. I loved Doom like crazy still played it daily/weekly then, still like it a lot but only when I can get the time. I kicked that games ass getting the big cannon for the end and all too.

This game, the script, the big gun, the major boss, they're all part of the Doom BIBLE iD made ages ago and never realized on PC yet they did oddly on N64. So do buy this, do enjoy it, it's an amazingly fun game with a lot of great elements and designs to it. That's why I said it was the True Doom 3, long before that overly re-run sad pop scare PC got instead.

Resetti show his mouth off one too many times and got his own pick axe for it. There mystery solved.

@Zeldafan79 Other than an overly low gamma, no, it ran great and looked and controlled amazing. It's a fantastic Doom game, and it's not Doom1 on N64, it's basically the true Doom 3 well before the sketchy PC one.

I've never gotten around to playing this game but I've had it for awhile (gifted) Witcher 3 Wild Hunt on GoG.

How exactly does one carry over the save, is there a universal like login setup? Crying shame that Diablo 3 doesn't do that as I've got that one too (on both.)

What about NOA? Seems you get more of the deals, or at least this site being based there ignored it.

So are we finding any past series cards now being snobbishly retired as too old with this release?

So more proof that in his later years Yamauchi was senile. The reason it failed was his arrogance coupled with Sony's sleazy sneakery that almost slipped by Nintendo of Japan in relation to licensee fee payouts over the Nintendo Playstation CD drive games. Sony tried to juice Nintendo getting 100% of the licensee fees while Nintendo famously (then) would still produce all the physical product. When Nintendo caught wise, they dumped them justifiably so not wanting to lose money making discs and get paid $0 for the fees from developers. Then being an arrogant ass Yamauchi then decides CDs suck, dumped on them publicly as slow garbage requiring extra hoops(memory cards or internal batteries) to save so he went with expensive big(for then) chip based carts which backfired royally. He caused the problem entirely not getting another CD maker like Panasonic or something since the philips drive (cdi) was crap.

If true good but given when Switch releases they could let it get one more solid year and then do another March release of the optional pro update then in 2021 and not hurt themselves.

I don't trust them, but I want to, if only because ones in a rare while they don't foul something up and it works with 100% of the games without some annoying draw back or fatal issue like the stand out Supaboy S/SFC.

If it works as clean as that I'd be interested maybe, at least as a carry around. Already have SuperNT w/SuperGB and the GBP with the Gamecube on an external GC2HDMI adapter.

Better CGI sure, still suffers from the plot and Jim Carrey so I still won't buy a ticket to see it

All the credit in the world to them for blowing a good sum of cash over the rework as it nailed the right way to make Sonic look.

I think it was best left for dead the moment the moronic bean counters at the South office said two things: Gameboy and Pokemon.

Sorry but placing such a detailed environment on the original system, and then making a few versions with a trading aspect being large under such limiting constraints of that old hardware would have been a death sentence against (at the time) the likes of Pokemon S/G/C at the time and the RPGs of Dragon Warrior 1+2 and DW3 carts too, along with the interesting blizzard ripoff of warcraft Warlocked out there too. Had they stuck to GBA and been more Diablo non-Junior prequel to the original concept or d2 in style centric I think it would have been a success.

@WiltonRoots No doubt dude, and that's what I hate about this place the most, feeding off idiots through sensationalism. They have so much going here that's positive given their Nintendo only focus when it comes to primary news, reviews, and special stories above much else online today. Yet you get these clickbait dumpster fires to pull in the mouthy suckers and bottom feeders and it's just not necessary. Like you said before, if this was a real issue (over 1-2% of the product) Nintendo would issue a true statement and do an actual recall of the product. They've taken extreme measures in the past in a few cases of truly problematic stuff of theirs or licensed third party stuff with games or otherwise so it wouldn't be anything entirely new.

@WiltonRoots yeah I know this site as good as it generally is is also a lightning rod for trolls and suckers when it comes to blowing up stuff in certain articles and polls to create huge non issues out of very low percentage issues. Nintendo historically when they’ve really flubbed something hasn’t buried it but dealt. The fact they even say a word at this rate is a kind deflection reminding about warranties and the rest.