Oh well, it’ll be a better game in 2023. Just give me my Turtles games so I can obsess over them properly, and I’ll be ready for Hyrule early next year.
@ogo79 - I have an instant reaction vid on BumbleTube from MONTHS ago where I did every reaction possible to this, including happy and sad crying. I’m well known on that app for being the FIRST to cry about this game, so don’t even try to muscle in on my corner.
This is just about everything I’ve ever wanted in a game, just need the review to confirm it’s good. It’s priced up there in the River City Girls range for beat em ups on Switch, but I’m fine with that if it offers a similar level of quality. I’m always one to wait for a sale, but this might be my third full price digital game this year after Windjammer 2 and River City Girls 0.
We were disappointed with the first Yoshi set. Yoshi is a fraction of the size of Mario, and he doesn’t have a chip to make Yoshi noises. All the other sets have been really cool, but they could have done much better by Yoshi in my opinion. Looks to be the same Yoshi in the new set.
Wow, that’s a beautiful set! My son has been collecting these for a while, and now my daughter will be excited to get in on the action. She’s been asking when a Peach set would come out for the last year. That’s pretty loaded with additional characters by the set standards. This one looks like it will be in line price wise with the other big sets like Bowser’s Castle and the airship.
@Bret @nessisonett - Thanks, I’ll look them up sometime, I’m very curious about which fights have random actions in them. I’m guessing maybe King Hippo might be one if his open headshots aren’t a pattern. I do remember NL posting something like this a few years ago, possibly Matt Turk’s record. I never look directly at Tyson because he has false tells and if you dodge at nothing, you’re on the mat a split second later. I look at the crowd above him and wait for him to flash pink and green. Super Macho Man is my toughest fight.
Wouldn’t it be possible to actually max out the fastest clear time for this game? Could this guy set an unbreakable record with a no hit run? All the opponents actions can be accounted for making the entire game a single pattern to memorize. Not saying it would be easy, but seems this fella could whittle the clear time down to unbreakable. The only thing I’ve never understood is why Little Mac can sometimes throw faster combos, so I’m not sure if that’s a variable or something that occurs at certain times and places in a match.
I’m always a fan of baby mustaches. My kids watch Saturday morning cartoons from the 80s and 90s with commercials on YT on... Saturday mornings, and there’s almost always a Nintendo ad or two. Last weekend it was a cool commercial for Metroid on Gameboy and Samus came out of the screen to hang with the kids playing Gameboy. She was just a fairly cheap looking prop though, and her head was wobbling back and forth like a bobble head. Good stuff.
Leatherman tools are not supposed to REPLACE any of your existing tools, they’re an all in one emergency tool to be used in a pinch, jeez! That was a completely unfair analogy, and it diminishes the rugged handiness of the Leatherman tool. 0/10, Leatherman DISPRAPROVED!
Can’t wait to try a run this weekend. I like that we can switch between all four characters on the fly, this isn’t a common bmup mechanic from the game’s original era. What a nice little treat to hold us over until the RCG2 (or Shredder’s Revenge, whatever comes first).
So happy I get to roll River City trash with my girls multiple times this year that I could almost barf. The retro options available on Switch are incredible, especially if you enjoy a good beat em up.
@OldManHermit - All I need is a whiff of Muramasa and I’m interested. This one definitely has it, been looking forward to it since last spring, but I have a bit too much on my gaming plate at the moment to dive in.
Definitely excited to play this one, and super hyped to play RCG2 later this year. Great year for bmups on Switch with Shredder’s Revenge coming as well.
Just noticed it and added to the wishlist last night. The title and cover art are so bad that I HAD to take a look and was very surprised at how good it actually looks in motion.
Nothing wrong with a little alley business every now and then. Always an interesting read, Roland. Appreciate the review, and I’m glad this one checks out.
@NintendoByNature - Lord Zed has been hinting at something HUGE on twitter, I’ll let you know if he’s right and then it’ll be like I’M right!!! Geoffrey has his hands in this, I can FEEL it!!!
@KateGray - Sorry, winter is coming and we’re trying to pack the grams on them anyway we can. I can already feel in my hollow bones that it’s going to be a cold one, we’ll all need to be good and plump. Honestly, I knew you wrote this before I clicked, and yet I’m still left surprised in learning about crop milk. Good stuff.
@Crono1973 - Nah, it’s what I hear when I read your posts. Sad person wants everyone else to be sad about happy things. I guess we’ll all be sad when the BOTW2 is delayed do to the Zelda Game and Watch, which will be a super happy day for you, but still sad.
This is beautiful, it has a bit of a claymation quality to it that I love. I’m good with ditching the cel shading if a new aesthetic is applied. I’d definitely play this again, top three LOZ title in my opinion.
@Crono1973 - You’re one of the most miserable people on the internet, which is a staggering achievement. You have no original thought and only snipe on other people’s comments to push one of just a couple gamer tropes on repeat. It must be really sad and lonely in that basement.
Digital is fine for me, but this really is one of the indie gems available on Switch. If you need physical to finally play it, part the tides to get this in your collection.
@Znake - Haha, you got me! I was disappointed reading that article today, “Grand Upper” is a much better name in my opinion. NL could probably do an entire article on what people thought the characters were saying in SOR2.
Wow, this is very sad. It’s somehow more disheartening that it’s not even pandemic related. Just regular life killing off more iconic arcades. I wonder if we’ll get a nice piece from Roland out of this.
I always look forward to these additions, especially if I haven’t played or even heard of them. I just wish they were more regular, and included more NES games. I don’t care for the special editions at all. I’d much rather have some obscure NES title over save state SMB3.
Gotta be either Glass Joe or the hoverbike section of Battletoads solely because I usually blew through half my lives and continues on that section. It’s probably Glass Joe, but I played both games multiple times a week for years as a youngster.
I think it’s been fixed for a while now. I’m not opening mine up, but the replacement set I got from NOA when I sent my OG neons in 1.25 years ago are of higher quality, the shells are snug and don’t squeak like the old set, and most importantly; they don’t drift and definitely would by now (I’m hard on sticks). The pink/green set I bought at that time are the same way, much higher quality than the originals.
@SkullDragr - Trying not to think too much about how I was simply pushing a button wrong! I did the exact same thing tho, it seemed like the first push didn’t register. Have fun!
@SkullDragr - Purchased and downloaded. You are the hero of this comment section. I owe you a beverage of your choice. Cheers my friend! What a finicky process though, I guess I was way too eager and lacked proper patience.
Just did the update but still can’t get the DLC. I’m using the NA eShop. Why not make the DLC pack available for purchase on the eShop like all other DLC? Why be forced to go through the game? It’s like the button to go to the eShop from the game is broken.
@NintendoJunkie - Don’t sweat it friend, I was mostly just grumpy that I still can’t play this. I always assumed you know who was in this, I just didn’t want it confirmed. Whatever. It’s not gonna take away anything but a small moment. Glad you enjoy this game and the DLC. Grand upper!
@Knuckles - You got it, I put them in my last post so you could quote and see what to do. Ask away.
Edit - @Knuckles - Up+B is one of the ways to unlock Roo in SOR3 on the Genesis/MD. The other way is to trigger the secret mid boss fight and beat Roo’s trainer without beating Roo. I’ve tried every weird thing possible in Barbon’s level to get Roo to come out from behind the bar, but it just doesn’t seem to be a method in SOR4 unless something changes with the DLC, so it appears Up+B is the only way.
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Re: The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild 2 Delayed To Spring 2023
Oh well, it’ll be a better game in 2023. Just give me my Turtles games so I can obsess over them properly, and I’ll be ready for Hyrule early next year.
Re: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection Pre-Orders Go Live, Box Art Also Revealed
@ogo79 - I have an instant reaction vid on BumbleTube from MONTHS ago where I did every reaction possible to this, including happy and sad crying. I’m well known on that app for being the FIRST to cry about this game, so don’t even try to muscle in on my corner.
Re: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection Pre-Orders Go Live, Box Art Also Revealed
Just gimme the dates. Might go physical on this, but not if I have to wait a single second to play it, you hear me Bezos??? I want it NOW.
Re: Mini Review: A Musical Story - A Trippy, Funk-Dipped, Oh-So-Groovy Rhythm Game
I think the last time I could see music on my Switch was when I was making it outta people splatter as a silverback gorilla. I’m in sometime for this.
Re: Feature: We Talked To The Godzilla-Obsessed Devs Of Kaiju Co-Op Beat-'Em-up, Dawn Of The Monsters
This is just about everything I’ve ever wanted in a game, just need the review to confirm it’s good. It’s priced up there in the River City Girls range for beat em ups on Switch, but I’m fine with that if it offers a similar level of quality. I’m always one to wait for a sale, but this might be my third full price digital game this year after Windjammer 2 and River City Girls 0.
Re: Nintendo Officially Reveals The LEGO Princess Peach Set
We were disappointed with the first Yoshi set. Yoshi is a fraction of the size of Mario, and he doesn’t have a chip to make Yoshi noises. All the other sets have been really cool, but they could have done much better by Yoshi in my opinion. Looks to be the same Yoshi in the new set.
Re: Konami Announces Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection For Switch
What a time to be alive. Couldn’t be happier.
Re: Oops! Lego Just Accidentally Revealed A Princess Peach Set
Wow, that’s a beautiful set! My son has been collecting these for a while, and now my daughter will be excited to get in on the action. She’s been asking when a Peach set would come out for the last year. That’s pretty loaded with additional characters by the set standards. This one looks like it will be in line price wise with the other big sets like Bowser’s Castle and the airship.
Re: Random: Blindfolded Speedrunner Sets New Record On Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
@Bret @nessisonett - Thanks, I’ll look them up sometime, I’m very curious about which fights have random actions in them. I’m guessing maybe King Hippo might be one if his open headshots aren’t a pattern. I do remember NL posting something like this a few years ago, possibly Matt Turk’s record. I never look directly at Tyson because he has false tells and if you dodge at nothing, you’re on the mat a split second later. I look at the crowd above him and wait for him to flash pink and green. Super Macho Man is my toughest fight.
Re: Random: Blindfolded Speedrunner Sets New Record On Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Wouldn’t it be possible to actually max out the fastest clear time for this game? Could this guy set an unbreakable record with a no hit run? All the opponents actions can be accounted for making the entire game a single pattern to memorize. Not saying it would be easy, but seems this fella could whittle the clear time down to unbreakable. The only thing I’ve never understood is why Little Mac can sometimes throw faster combos, so I’m not sure if that’s a variable or something that occurs at certain times and places in a match.
Re: Random: Blindfolded Speedrunner Sets New Record On Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Faster than Soda Pop’s jab. I drink to his health, HA HA HA!
Re: Random: Unused Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Commercial Footage Surfaces
I’m always a fan of baby mustaches. My kids watch Saturday morning cartoons from the 80s and 90s with commercials on YT on... Saturday mornings, and there’s almost always a Nintendo ad or two. Last weekend it was a cool commercial for Metroid on Gameboy and Samus came out of the screen to hang with the kids playing Gameboy. She was just a fairly cheap looking prop though, and her head was wobbling back and forth like a bobble head. Good stuff.
Re: Poll: What's The Best Batman Game On Nintendo Systems?
I like my Batmen purple.
Re: Round Up: The Reviews Of Valve's Steam Deck Are In - What's It Like Compared To Switch?
Leatherman tools are not supposed to REPLACE any of your existing tools, they’re an all in one emergency tool to be used in a pinch, jeez! That was a completely unfair analogy, and it diminishes the rugged handiness of the Leatherman tool. 0/10, Leatherman DISPRAPROVED!
Re: Good Smile Releasing New Atelier Ryza 2 Swimsuit Figure, Pre-Orders Now Available
I can’t get over that water. Wow! 10/10.
Re: Review: River City Girls Zero - An Authentic, Endearing 16-Bit Brawler Romp
Can’t wait to try a run this weekend. I like that we can switch between all four characters on the fly, this isn’t a common bmup mechanic from the game’s original era. What a nice little treat to hold us over until the RCG2 (or Shredder’s Revenge, whatever comes first).
Re: Check Out The Launch Trailer For River City Girls Zero
So happy I get to roll River City trash with my girls multiple times this year that I could almost barf. The retro options available on Switch are incredible, especially if you enjoy a good beat em up.
Re: Konami's Famicom Revival 'GetsuFumaDen: Undying Moon' Is Available Now On Switch eShop
@OldManHermit - All I need is a whiff of Muramasa and I’m interested. This one definitely has it, been looking forward to it since last spring, but I have a bit too much on my gaming plate at the moment to dive in.
Re: Random: The Man Behind Mother And Earthbound Just Tweeted About The Nintendo Direct
@NintendoByNature - I’m starting to miss my mom. Perhaps I’ll call her. Should I buy this???
Edit - You know @ogo79 is weeping big ole tears of joy right now. Right down his face. His life will be fulfilled later. It’s happening.
Re: River City Girls Zero Brings Super Famicom Beat 'Em Up Action To Switch eShop Next Week
Definitely excited to play this one, and super hyped to play RCG2 later this year. Great year for bmups on Switch with Shredder’s Revenge coming as well.
Re: Review: The Artful Escape - A Thrilling Audiovisual Journey From Annapurna
Always a pleasure to read a review by Roland. To the wishlist it goes for when the mood or sale strikes.
Re: Review: Windjammers 2 - Sweaty, Strategic, And Better Than The Near Perfect Original
Enjoyed the review and the second opinion, though this was destined to be great. Cannot wait to get my hands on it. Right on!!!
Re: Check Out This Awesome Documentary On The Making Of Windjammers 2
One of several unlikely revivals this year that I can’t wait to get into my Switch.
Re: 'FightNJokes' Looks Like A Lost '90s Street Fighter, And It's On Switch Now
Just noticed it and added to the wishlist last night. The title and cover art are so bad that I HAD to take a look and was very surprised at how good it actually looks in motion.
Re: River City Girls Zero Has Been Delayed Until "Early 2022"
@NintendoByNature - You, me, Lord Zed, we know what kinda hell this is.
Re: River City Girls 2 Gets Awesome New Trailer Ahead Of Summer Release
I never get tired of beating up Abobo.
Re: Marvel's Shang-Chi Star Simu Liu Will Be A Presenter At The Game Awards 2021
@NintendoByNature - (plutonic friendship kiss followed by prolonged, misty eye contact)
Re: Marvel's Shang-Chi Star Simu Liu Will Be A Presenter At The Game Awards 2021
@NintendoByNature - Geoffrey, golden rings AND bottom brick??? It’s all coming true.
Re: Mini Review: Tunche - A Quality Beat 'Em Up That'll Make You Fight Through Its Flaws
Nothing wrong with a little alley business every now and then. Always an interesting read, Roland. Appreciate the review, and I’m glad this one checks out.
Re: Random: Chris Pratt Will Also Be The Voice Of Garfield
@NintendoByNature - Lord Zed has been hinting at something HUGE on twitter, I’ll let you know if he’s right and then it’ll be like I’M right!!! Geoffrey has his hands in this, I can FEEL it!!!
Re: Back Page: The Dark Secrets Of Brewster's 'Pigeon Milk'
@KateGray - Sorry, winter is coming and we’re trying to pack the grams on them anyway we can. I can already feel in my hollow bones that it’s going to be a cold one, we’ll all need to be good and plump. Honestly, I knew you wrote this before I clicked, and yet I’m still left surprised in learning about crop milk. Good stuff.
Re: Back Page: The Dark Secrets Of Brewster's 'Pigeon Milk'
As a dad, I always have a little crop milk at the ready, I learned this early on. Mine tastes like pizza and candy bars, and my kids love it.
Re: Zelda: The Wind Waker Reimagined Inside Unreal Engine Is A Sight To Behold
@Crono1973 - Haha, this can end on that real zinger you just put out there. See you next time.
Re: Zelda: The Wind Waker Reimagined Inside Unreal Engine Is A Sight To Behold
@Crono1973 - Nah, it’s what I hear when I read your posts. Sad person wants everyone else to be sad about happy things. I guess we’ll all be sad when the BOTW2 is delayed do to the Zelda Game and Watch, which will be a super happy day for you, but still sad.
Re: Zelda: The Wind Waker Reimagined Inside Unreal Engine Is A Sight To Behold
@Crono1973 - What that, all I hear is farts and sad trombone?
Re: Zelda: The Wind Waker Reimagined Inside Unreal Engine Is A Sight To Behold
This is beautiful, it has a bit of a claymation quality to it that I love. I’m good with ditching the cel shading if a new aesthetic is applied. I’d definitely play this again, top three LOZ title in my opinion.
@Crono1973 - You’re one of the most miserable people on the internet, which is a staggering achievement. You have no original thought and only snipe on other people’s comments to push one of just a couple gamer tropes on repeat. It must be really sad and lonely in that basement.
Re: Huntdown To Get Wider Retail Release And Second Run Of Collector's Edition
Digital is fine for me, but this really is one of the indie gems available on Switch. If you need physical to finally play it, part the tides to get this in your collection.
Re: Streets Of Rage 4 DLC Finally Available To Buy On Switch Following 10-Day Delay
@Znake - Haha, you got me! I was disappointed reading that article today, “Grand Upper” is a much better name in my opinion. NL could probably do an entire article on what people thought the characters were saying in SOR2.
Re: After Almost 30 Years, Another Iconic Sega Arcade Is Closing Down
Wow, this is very sad. It’s somehow more disheartening that it’s not even pandemic related. Just regular life killing off more iconic arcades. I wonder if we’ll get a nice piece from Roland out of this.
Re: Nintendo Expands Its Switch Online SNES Service With Three More Titles
I always look forward to these additions, especially if I haven’t played or even heard of them. I just wish they were more regular, and included more NES games. I don’t care for the special editions at all. I’d much rather have some obscure NES title over save state SMB3.
Re: Super Meat Boy's Physical Box Art Is Horrifying
I do believe I’d eat him.
Re: Talking Point: Which Game Stage Have You Replayed More Than Any Other?
Gotta be either Glass Joe or the hoverbike section of Battletoads solely because I usually blew through half my lives and continues on that section. It’s probably Glass Joe, but I played both games multiple times a week for years as a youngster.
Re: Nintendo Might Have Actually Resolved Its Switch Joy-Con Drift Issues
I think it’s been fixed for a while now. I’m not opening mine up, but the replacement set I got from NOA when I sent my OG neons in 1.25 years ago are of higher quality, the shells are snug and don’t squeak like the old set, and most importantly; they don’t drift and definitely would by now (I’m hard on sticks). The pink/green set I bought at that time are the same way, much higher quality than the originals.
Re: Streets Of Rage 4 DLC Finally Available To Buy On Switch Following 10-Day Delay
@SkullDragr - Trying not to think too much about how I was simply pushing a button wrong! I did the exact same thing tho, it seemed like the first push didn’t register. Have fun!
Re: Streets Of Rage 4 DLC Finally Available To Buy On Switch Following 10-Day Delay
@SkullDragr - Purchased and downloaded. You are the hero of this comment section. I owe you a beverage of your choice. Cheers my friend! What a finicky process though, I guess I was way too eager and lacked proper patience.
Re: Streets Of Rage 4 DLC Finally Available To Buy On Switch Following 10-Day Delay
Just did the update but still can’t get the DLC. I’m using the NA eShop. Why not make the DLC pack available for purchase on the eShop like all other DLC? Why be forced to go through the game? It’s like the button to go to the eShop from the game is broken.
Re: Streets Of Rage 4 DLC Finally Available To Buy On Switch Following 10-Day Delay
Grand! Upper! Final blast!
Re: Mini Review: Arcade Archives VENDETTA - Konami's Finest Belt-Scrolling Brawler? You'd Better Believe It
What’cha gonna dooo, Dead End Gang, when the 720p joy cons run wild on youuu?!?
Re: Hands On: Streets Of Rage 4's Mr. X Nightmare DLC Is A Dreamy Add-On
@NintendoJunkie - Don’t sweat it friend, I was mostly just grumpy that I still can’t play this. I always assumed you know who was in this, I just didn’t want it confirmed. Whatever. It’s not gonna take away anything but a small moment. Glad you enjoy this game and the DLC. Grand upper!
Re: Hands On: Streets Of Rage 4's Mr. X Nightmare DLC Is A Dreamy Add-On
@Knuckles - You got it, I put them in my last post so you could quote and see what to do. Ask away.
Edit - @Knuckles - Up+B is one of the ways to unlock Roo in SOR3 on the Genesis/MD. The other way is to trigger the secret mid boss fight and beat Roo’s trainer without beating Roo. I’ve tried every weird thing possible in Barbon’s level to get Roo to come out from behind the bar, but it just doesn’t seem to be a method in SOR4 unless something changes with the DLC, so it appears Up+B is the only way.