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I've been waiting for RedOut since pre-order days. I usually don't cry about the Switch Tax, but not sure I'm gonna spend $40 for the Switch game when its $16 on PS4. (maybe the DLCs help offset...will wait for a review)

Ugh, downloaded it last night and eagerly awaiting a playthrough when I finish my Warplanes campaign. I'm still betting better than a measly 6.

Definitely looks like a Bayonetta clone . . .and I'm NOT complaining. May 14th, eh?!?

SWITCH memory cards. They'll never stumble upon Milanoir or any other child inappropriate game . . and save room for Bayonetta 3!

I forgot that Black Paradox was that shooter with the DeLoren Time Machine-looking ship and a thumping electronic/new wave-ish sound track. Looks like a fun romp.

But was that Switch footage of Bloodstained No. 9?!?

Penny Racers lives!! Micro Machines was isometric, if memory serves. And I never learned to deal with isometrics . . . .

My kids say Fortnite is dying. They logged on for the first time in weeks this weekend and didn't immediate get matches and then were joined with 26 players instead of 100.

Surely you are pulling my leg, NL. What's next, a RedOut release date!?! Very funny, but I'm on to you....

Penny Racers lives!!!! $30 is way to steep; even $24 seems high, though.

I'm a parent but am completely torn. I like the social aspect of the game. My kids get to interact with their friends instead of staring at a screen alone. Plus they talk about it a lot in school. But yeah, I'd much rather they be reading or riding their bikes.

@manta005 In my Wii U and Switch experience, the only games that had robust lobbies were Mario Kart, Splatoon, Fortnite and Rocket League. Adding a paywall (to which even a loyalist like me is not subscribed) had to kill online play even more for niche games like this.

Have they eliminated the uber annoying situation where your vehicle bounces/swerves into being stuck on the course by some object and having to reverse and then not really being sure which way is forward?!? That crushed any affinity I had for this game at launch . . . .

I like the car customization feature and wonder if the upgrades/options need to be earned. So much better than getting a stock car.

Bloodstained No. 9 staying its baffling course...

Mike Piazza's Strike Zone!!! I can die a happy man!!

This one smarts quite a bit, as I love futuristic arcade racers. But thanks Dom for saving $50 and an even greater level of disappointment!

New Model 1: White
New Model 2: Blue

Axelay and the NES, perfect together!

I was so charred by GRIP that I was skeptical before reading the comments here. Ugh...

@Der Forget Madden and buy Football Heroes Turbo! And make your own team of NFL stars!

Great find and looks like a decent game but its theme cannot top the pulsing chip-tune melody of Nintendo's Pro Wrestling!!

@saturn_hero: Tastes vary, but i enjoyed the heck out of Skyforce Reloaded. You'll have to replay levels to earn different accomplishments, but you'll want to because you can use different ships and its just plain fun.

If you can get Raijin RXN on the cheap, also worthwhile because it's not a port and utilizes the whole screen and is generally fun until the end.

Looks cool and launches on my b-day! Meant to be!

Fortnight Season 8 launched today. Guessing will be downloaded more than all of these combined.

"on-rails light-gun classics such as Virtua Cop"?!? Yes, please!!!

Well deserved. Awesome racer.

Thanks for the review Damien! I thought it looked like one of the better new offerings.

@Agramonte I really wish Nintendo Life would editorialize a smidgen on these lists. 1) there is a bunch of crap, granted, but 2) there are also good games that NL hasn't reviewed or mentioned. I resort to going to Youtube and finding trailers or initial reviews, which of course I don't trust as much as NL.

He was a great president and face of nintendo, but I'm not buying the retirement story. Guys like this can't quit the game. I'm guessing Apple....

Devil Engine and Cybernator II, er uh, Gigantic Army, look promising!

Thought the Bloodstained No. 9 footage was underwhelming AGAIN until the dragons started rolling in....that was Bayonetta-cool.

Dang it Nintendo, acquire Platinum already and retain the talent!!

Those steps might be too generic to be registrable, but then labelling it the Carleton removes any chance of mere coincidence.

That said, it’s too bad the actor doesn’t view this as a badge of honor and a clever reference to 90s pop culture rather than as a ripoff of his creation.

Yeah, we already have Baseball Stars from Hampster on the Switch; it must be Baseball Stars 2 which is a good game, but was previously released in the Wii Virtual Console and in the SNK Arcade Classics Vol I (also for Wii).

Astral Chain = Sin & Punishment 64 Sequel?!? You've got a brother/sister combination saving the world, the creature designs are similar, and if you REALLY strain to recall, Sake said he wanted to be a policeman at the end of S&P. Plus the Treasure/Platinum connection. Oh, and it LOOKS GREAT!!

I am looking harder at these lists after scoring BIG on Horizon Chase Turbo and Football Heroes Turbo. City of Brass has a Castlevania 64 vibe (with way better graphics), Food Truck Tycoon might train me to be on the Food Network one day, and Mercury Race seems like a lo-fi, 80s arcade version of FAST Racing NEO. All seem promising....

Steep? Seriously Ubisoft....

@Anri02 Exactly! Black Flag is the game to bring to the Switch.

This is like Tecmo Super Bowl and NFL Blitz combined. It's extremely addictive if you like arcadey sports. Big bonus, teams and players are fully customizable and upgradeable. Great way to spend $15.

@AxeltheBuizel @Anti-Matter My kids stumbled upon it (2pm in NYC time) and loved it. I'd wish they'd play less Fornite and more Splatoon, but it really felt like Epic took the concept of the Splatfest concert in the plaza and raised in 1000 fold.

Vinyl (of N64Forever.com)!!! Great collector and extremely knowledge guy!!

Football Heroes Turbo might scratch my Tecmo itch....

UPDATE: IT DOES!!!!! Fantastic arcade American football game!

Dead End Job has a nice Ghostbusters/Zombies Ate My Neighbor vibe to it. I’ll keep an eye out for that one.

No wonder I loved this game as a kid . . . Cannonball Run was a favorite of mine.

Interesting trivia! May explain why (1) my favorite OutRun clone, Built To Win has that awkward Formula 1 car phase after you think you completed the game, and (2) Rad Racer let you toggle between a Ferrari and an F1 car.

NOA just told me I need to wait 20 minutes more for OutRun to be available for purchase via the NOA GameStore. It's been 30 years so I guess another 20 mins won't kill me, lol.

OutRun FTW!!! (Almost). Stoked this legendary arcade racer is FINALLY playable on a Nintendo home console. All of the years and all of those clones (imma lookin at you Rad Racer!) and finally we can enjoy the real deal at home (and not via adapters!).

@thesilverbrick: I think NL's review stated there is some "new" content in the form of slightly remixed levels and with the characters, but we probably share a frustration that Nintendo hasn't released a truly new NSMB for the Switch. Loved it on the Wii U.

I really LOVED NSMBU on the Wii U. Great memories of beating the game with my kids (then 4 or 5 years old). Would love a new entry in the series; not sure I'm up for a re-hash.

We posters at NL probably got a Switch Year One if not Day One. But PLENTY of families around me are just got a Switch for the 2018 holidays. I'm just starting to see kids (other than my own) with Switches in the wild. So my hope is for Nintendo to GIVE IT TIME AND SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF BIG N AND AAA GAMES!! And fun new imaginative Joy Cons like those Game Cube ones the internet convinced us existed.

Nicalis spit the bit on RedOut too. Really disappointing. But as noted above, at least we got Horizon Chase Turbo...positively glorious.