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A lot of great sounding games to look forward to this year! I imagine there will also be some great indies to compliment these releases. I would love if a port of Wildermyth were announced for Switch in 2022!

@Purgatorium For much of its history, imperial China relied on a salt monopoly for revenue, and efforts to evade this by smuggling salt were regarded as an effort to undermine the regime. So yes, salt smuggling could spark a war.

I often love SE games, but their English titles for games can be hit or miss. This isn’t the worst of their titles, but it seems like they could have come up with something better!

Hoping for Sports Story update!

One of those who “wrongly” preferred Sierra here 🤗 The Quest for Glories series is one of my all time favorites, and GKII is another winner.

Honestly though, I never thought there was an equivalent of the console wars between Lucas and Sierra fans. I loved games from both, including the Monkey Island games and Fate of Atlantis. And I’m the first to admit Sierra had some misses; I always found the KQ games way too obtuse to be enjoyable.

Wow, seems like a bit much for a port/remaster. Wayforward seems to be making all kinds of games, and I have to wonder if their resources are spread too thin…

Does anybody know if there are plans for a ‘regular’ physical release? The $250 special edition is not my cup of tea (especially the heinous sculpture), but I would love to have this game on a cartridge.

Love Wave Race. Adding it to NSO would be welcome, and a whole new game even more so!

Did the GB version ever get a VC release? Id hoped it would come to the 3DS VC but that never happened. I’m sure it’s inferior to later games, but I would love to play where it all started!

I think all the Deponia games were on sale for $2-4 USD each a week or two ago on the eshop. This is really a steep price for these games…

I was sure Nintendo would eventually add GBA games to the 3DS virtual console, after they showed the emulation was possible in the ambassador program. Then they went and put them on Wii U and NOT 3DS. I give up ever trying to predict what they will do with GBA!

That being said, I would trade Mario Golf Advance for Rush in a heartbeat!

I first heard about this game on a NL list of best gameboy games, and I downloaded it on 3DS. What a wonderful little gem! I would love if Nintendo gave its top teams more time to pursue little passion projects like this!

Thanks for the video!

Isn’t it “Thunderful” publishing, not “Thuderful”?

It would have been insane if this didn't release on Switch, which just seems like the perfect fit for the game!

@mr_benn Good Job! Is discounted now in NA. Part of Nintendo’s “multiplayer mayhem” sale.

Always try to start my day off with a Jar Jar reference. Thanks NL!

Gamespot always drags down the review average!

ESPN Xtreme Games on PSX. I knew it was a bad racing game at the time, but darn it if my friends and I didn’t play the heck out of it. It was so satisfying when you kicked a street luge player trying to speed pass and sent them into a crash that would land any real person in the hospital!

The pixel art in this trailer is really stunning! I’ll be keeping an eye on this game.

Really excited for this game! Hoping for a 2021 release!

@Whitestrider That’s nothing yet by LRG standards. It took over a year for them to ship the Tiny Metal collection! To be fair though, I think they always come through and eventually ship everything. I’ve ultimately been happy with all my games from them, even after the delays.

@Magician I know, how does the Wii Music reveal not make this list?

@Nontendo_4DS I know! I was just mildly curious and started out with the free stuff, but the mini-games were super addictive, and the story was hilarious and cynical! Nintendo has never made anything else quite like it.

Thanks for the shoutout to Pocket Card Jockey and Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball, two of my all time favorite games! If Nintendo is looking for more ports, I wouldn’t object to these appearing on Switch!

Loved Golf Story and really looking forward to this! I haven’t been totally surprised by the delays given their greatly expanding the scope of the game compared to Golf Story, but I hope they’ve taken their time to get it right!

“Sir Francis Drag”, nice one!

This trailer just leaves me wanting an update on Sports Story…

@earthinheritor I imagine the special edition might even include a physical calculator! Special price of just $80!

Wave race.

Also wouldn’t mind a sequel/port of Rustys Real Deal Baseball. A real gem of a game. Can’t we have two wishes?

To destroy: Mario Kart. I’m sorry I just don’t enjoy these games nearly as much as others seem to.

Glad to see Contact on this list. Really great game that did some unique things! I wasn’t aware some publications trashed it when released. Who’s that referring to?

Do 8bitdo controllers get drift?

How have I not known about this Roxanne parody before now?

This game looks really interesting. Will keep an eye out for reviews!

Let’s not forget Sushi Strikers!

But seriously, Nintendo is a bit cynical making us buy games again for each platform. This is one area Microsoft beats Nintendo and Sony.

Glad to see Ogre Battle included on this list!

Link’s Awakening really sets the standard for grass cutting games on Switch.

@NinChocolate NOA sells replacement batteries on their website. They recently restocked XL batteries after being out for months, so I’ve got one coming in the mail!

@Lapses I know. I thought the whole concept of Limited Run is that’s the one and only run. I guess this is a European release, vs LRGs North American release, but I have to wonder if LRG is happy with this!

I had no idea this was coming to Switch! The Quest for Glory series are some of my all-time favorites, and I will be buying this today! The games have such a unique balance of RPG and point-and-click adventure mechanics that is a real blast, the the Coles' goofy sense of humor is a great escape!

Anyone know if there's chance of a physical release?

I doubt this will be on Switch, since there’s no quick and easy legacy edition to dump on Nintendo fans

Looks interesting; the trailer shows some cool graphical style, if little gameplay. I’m a huge fan of retro point and click adventures, and I’ll be excited to check this game out!

Would be great if true. Absolutely fantastic game!

@GTHOLLAND Good one! And I agree about Super Rare: they’re an outstanding group. I have Heist and several other games from them, and I really appreciate how reliable they are!

@GTHOLLAND I’m still waiting for a game I ordered last March: Tiny Metal Compilation.

@HamatoYoshi Totally agree. I’ve got two orders with LRG that are months behind schedule, and it irks me that they continue to issue orders for new games without trying to catch up on their backlog.

The Fire Emblem Awakening 3DS was clearly more sexy than SNES version!

@AndyC_MK84 Yes, the package was only published by NOA. Even in US, it was hard to get a copy. They sold out pretty fast!

You’re right that for most of the special editions, the interest in part is to have a physical game. Here though, the actual game is pretty mediocre by today’s standards, so my interest honestly wasn’t in playing it or keeping a cartridge. It was in remembering where the FE series started, and the legacy and influence it has had. On both counts, the package succeeds wonderfully.

Maybe they would have just been better served publishing the book standalone, so people wouldn’t expect a cartridge?

The FE30th Anniversary gets so much hate for only having a download code, but the overall package is really one of the nicest I’ve bought. It’s fine being cynical about the limited window for the digital game being a “celebration,” but the physical package really shows a lot of love and is an honest celebration of the game.

I don’t understand, is this part of the Unlimited subscription, or is this a new form of DLC they’re adding?

“Breath of the Assassins Creed of War”

Is there a video game award for best review subtitle of the year? 😄

@Kabloop I would add Wave Race 64 to that list. The graphics are fuzzy, but the controls and wave physics are still just right and have aged pretty well.

I will concede the broader point though, that many games from the early 3D era have not aged well!

@Austin_064 Interesting. I guess there just won’t be any preorders?

Thanks for the info!

I wonder if it’s even releasing in US this week. Preorders have never gone up because the unit is still awaiting FCC approval. What the heck has NOA been doing?