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@bitleman

The English dub that came to Adult Swim a little over a decade ago is comedy gold.

@Joytendo22

Nintendo has a policy of matching the Day 1 digital price of games with the Day 1 retail price. It's to avoid pissing off retailers.

@HyliasHero

Amen brother, amen. Every time I think about giving this game a real chance, I see that stupid Pikachu, and I want to dropkick the developers for leaving out Gawdlucha for a crappy Pikachu playing dressup.

@OorWullie

It's the game that cemented my status as a diehard Nintendo fan for life. My 20-year-old cart is still hangin' in there with the best of them, but I'm ready to retire it (and my N64 period, but grrr, it's the only way I can play No Mercy!). Me not having SF643D just doesn't feel right, but I can't justify the price!

@PtM

Well I do really want SF643D, I just really DIDN'T want to pay $40 for it, seeing as how I don't consider it a $40 game (and my parents definitely paid more than $40 for it a couple of decades ago).

But I just looked on Amazon, and an "new" copy of the game is $90 USD there.... so yeah, this "reward" is the cheapest it's ever getting for me. ~_~

@PigmaskFan "Yeah, how come it isn't a Select, yet freakin' OLAF'S QUEST is? SF643D is the one that should be on there!"

I forgot all about that! I was truly beginning to think Nintendo hated Star Fox up until recently (Star Fox 2 being finished and released for the SNES Classic) and wanted to let the IP die.

@Scott_PdP

I'm still waiting for SF643D to become a Select. For some reason, Nintendo still sees fit to charge $40 for a port of a game I got for my birthday 20 years ago. I might go ahead and actually use this My Nintendo "reward" on it, seeing as how this is the cheapest it will probably ever be, and I need to use these gold points on something.

@RadioShadow

I read your comment an hour ago, and thought, "Hmm, do language packs really tack on that much extra chunk of memory to a game's file size?"

Then I went into my living room not long afterward to download the Uncharted Trilogy that I bought last night. I noticed a mother lode of individual files to download, and lo and behold, most of them were language packs. There were about seven or eight each for Uncharted 2 (about 512 MB each) and and Uncharted 3 (About 928 MB each!). The only language I need is English, so that would have been an extra 10-12 Gigs I would have wasted time, space and bandwidth downloading for no reason if I hadn't canceled them from the download queue.

I am now thoroughly convinced language packs are the biggest (or second biggest behind hi-res textures) offenders for large file sizes. At least the Uncharteds let me delete the ones I didn't need.

This one slipped through the cracks on me. Not really interested in going back to classic RE tank controls, but I'll look forward to the Switch review and see if it's improved over the Wii U version.

Sweet, that means it'll help pass the time until FF7 Remake finally comes out!

A crossover fighting game featuring Code of Princess, Yumi's Odd Odyssey and Cave Story? Will be keeping my eye on this one closely.

@IceClimbers So does E3 2010. Nintendo went buckwild that year.

@Jim_Purcell

You just got your wish. That didn't take long.

@TommyTLG

When it first began, My Nintendo offered Super Mario 64 completely free for either 80 or 100 gold coins (can't remember exactly). It was a lot, but I'd take that over 30 percent off for 30 gold coins. I figured if they did that with a couple of games every couple of months, then I could live with the service. Outside of that, WarioWare on DS and the Zelda Picross game, no other games have been free in the US.

@JaxonH

Same here. PS+ is a great service, but it's not for me. I'd rather pay a a bit extra for a game to know that it's mine-all-mine forever, and I don't need a service holding it hostage to keep me. My backlog is so huge that it is often years before I ever get to a game that I require (I just started Scribblenauts Unlimited on the Wii U the other day; I got that game in 2014). Knowing that the game will definitely be playable when I'm read for it is extremely important.

Besides, with every other console that doesn't belong to Nintendo, games go on sale pretty fast anyway. I'd never buy a PlayStation game within the first few months.

@roadrunner343

That's been my experience as well. Played the demo by myself, boring. Played with some friends had an absolute ball. I don't see the appeal of a 3DS version, but it would make sense on Switch with the Joy Cons.

What's up with all these pre-E3 announcements?

@Menchi187

And Monster Hunter XX, which will drive Japan wild. It may not have the same effect in the West, but MH is a steadily growing franchise outside of Japan and releases don't go quietly.

Dragon Quest is like MH in that it won't be nearly as big in the West, but it'll definitely get Switches in Japanese peoples' hands on whatever console it releases for, especially a portable one.

You're also assuming that Nintendo has no surprises in store that it is saving for E3, which is only a few short weeks away. I never assume I know a company's complete release schedule for the year until after E3. I said in the MHXX comment section the other day that the announcement of X-play and X-save for MHXX is TREMENDOUS news for the possibility of a Pokemon Stars on Switch. If that becomes a reality, that will be huge news worldwide, not to mention things like a port of Smash.

@Tsurii People are going to start raiding Switch factories, lol

@Danpal65

Good point, but hackers have already been eating GF's lunch for years. Every time a patch comes out for the 3DS or the games, hackers have everything back to normal with a couple of weeks.

@Anti-Matter

Nah, more like the third version, a la Yellow, Crystal and so on. And just like MHXX, it would just be an up-rezzed version from the 3DS. But I'd take it with glee.

I know this is all about Monster Hunter, but am I the only excited about POKEMON STARS ON SWITCH ALL BUT CONFIRMED!!!!

Think about it, if Capcom can do cross-play and cross-save with MHXX on 3DS and Switch, then you know Gamefreak can with Pokemon. I've read (and partook in) arguments back and forth for which console Pokemon Stars would and should be on, but there is no excuse now, and nothing holding Nintendo and GF back from making it happen. Just like with MHXX, everyone wins.

@OdnetninAges

Finally got around to looking this up, but I just knew when I read your post that it would be PS4 (and probably Japan) exclusive:

https://www.polygon.com/2017/3/13/14911440/virtual-on-ps4-playstation-vita-certain-magical-index-sega-dengeki-bunko

Not exactly what I had in mind for a new VO game, but hey, it's a start. And it's exactly one more game that I ever thought would be released in a long time, after the abomination that was Marz.

@jwfurness

I was on a VGChartz forum earlier with people showing that they already found some risque art of one of the fighters showed off in the ARMS ND yesterday, within a couple of hours of the direct... Yeah, even Nintendo now realizes that you have to throw in at least one Ms. Fanservice to get "that" crowd moving.

Saw it on a Jim Sterling "Jimpression" a few months ago and remember thinking that if it ever came to 3DS, Wii U or Switch, I'd be all over it. When I get a switch, I'm gonna be all over it. It really seems to be the kind of game that is challenging, but not unfair.

@Captain_Toad

"Virtual-on but with Touhou."

That is the very first thing that came to my head. I miss Virtual On so much that I'll be keeping my eye on this.

@Tm080201

Sega, did you not hear. WHERE THE HELL IS THE CHAO GARDEN!!!

Count me in!

@olrodlegacy @SpoonyTech

Exactly. Every few years 2K does this to freshen things up from the typical popular-guy-at-the-moment on the cover. A few years back there was a special edition with MJ.

Also keep in mind that Shaq was recently inducted into the B-Ball Hall of Fame, so his post-career relevancy is probably higher now than it will ever be in the future.

ALTHOUGH, keep in mind that Allen Iverson was also inducted into the HOF along with Shaq... You know, the same AI that graced the cover of the first three NBA2K games, making him a pseudo-mascot for the Dreamcast? Not only that, but guards like AI tend to be far more marketable than big men like Shaq, and AI carries a lot more "street cred." Funny that 2K didn't go get AI for this.

@NaviAndMii

Yeah, her and Non-Specific Action Figure

Don't have a Switch yet, but I'm always on the lookout for good deals. Do you guys think I should jump on one of these now, or wait until Black Friday to see if there are even better deals?

@Spoony_Tech

Digital Deluxe Program >>>>>>>>Club Nintendo>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>My Nintendo

The best time was when we had the DDP and Club Nintendo combined. I was buying stuff left and right.

@gaby_gabito I was listening to an old IGN Nintendo podcast from December, and they gave you a shoutout at the beginning of the episode. I was like, "Hey, I know who that is!"

@Ernest_The_Crab @impurekind

I was about to reference MH as well. It always bugs me how two giant monsters who should clearly see each other as a bigger threat (or at the very least, major competition for food in the area, including the human(s) right in front of them) willingly ignore each other in their pursuit to kill you at all costs. Granted, Capcom probably ignores the idea of more monster-on-monster fights because it would make the game far too easy if you could just kick back and relax while a random monster that entered the zone comes in and does your work for you, but I'd like to see a bit more realistic interaction/acknowledgement when it happens.

Like Rathalos and Rathian should be much more coordinated when on the same map, instead of randomly spamming attacks and chucking fireballs in each others face. Things like Qurupeco shouldn't want anything to do with Deviljho, a thing that's supposed to be so powerful, hungry and ruthless that it will consume ANYTHING (including its own tail) that it would snatch up and gulp down 'Peco in one bite. Again, not saying that monsters should totally forget about you and focus on each other or haul ass as soon as a larger threat appears, but I'd like to see more realistic interaction/acknowledgement between them.

Maybe the new recruits can teach Game Freak how to code.

@astarisborn94

Remember Fat Fat Pikachu and Beer Belly Sonic?

Man, all of the iconic game characters must've gone on the same diet plan or hired the same trainer in the past 20 years.

@rjejr I was waiting for a price on it, but I knew deep down they'd be charging full price for a four-year-old port. This is Nintendo: it still wants me to pay $40 for Star Fox 64 3D, a six-year-old port of a 20-year-old game.

Guess I'll be downloading it for my Wii U then.

@BinaryFragger

NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just got a PS3, so I've been buying games from the PSN store like crazy! I downloaded four of the Tales games last week, then I downloaded four of the Final Fantasy games on Monday! I was going to avoid looking at the shop this week, but now that I know there is an Atlus sale, I can't afford NOT to take advantage of any offers!

@slatanek Not the best is still better than not at all. There are plenty of other reasons to need to go online at a public hotspot besides an online play session too.

@BanjoPickles @GameOtaku

One of the things I am most looking forward to with the Switch is no longer having to sit on the fence about which console to buy a VC/indy game for, or whenever one gets release, going, "BUT I'D RATHER PLAY THIS ON THE GO ON 3DS! BUT I'D RATHER PLAY THAT ONE ON MY BIG SCREEN TV ON MY WII U! WHY ARE YOU RELEASING THIS GAME ON N3DS WHEN I CAN GET IT ON WII U!? WHY ISN'T THIS GAME ON 3DS VC YET, WHO CARES ABOUT WII U?"

Just the idea of all my future purchases on a single console that I can choose to take with me or play on a big screen is reason alone for me to buy a Switch.

@slatanek Many hotels and public Wi-Fi hotspots (like the library system where I work) absolutely require you to accept a license agreement through a Web browser before your device can acquire an IP address. Nintendo is locking the Switch out from Wi-Fi capability at a ton locations.

@Xaessya I want a new Dokapon for ANYTHING at this point. That game still gets a ton of time from me and friends.

@WolfyWardark

Logged in to say the same thing!

@Samuel-Flutter

How come it doesn't work? If it's because of the 3DS' supposed size limit on SD cards, you can easily get around that. I have a 128GB card in my N3DS right now and have never had a problem with it, and in my original 3DS, I had a 64GB card.

1-2 Switch just screams pack-in. Asking $50 for that game is just asinine to me. If it was the pack-in that it should have been, the price wouldn't look so bad.

SEVERED is also crossbuy, so please mention that. It really helps people like me who spend so much time figuring out which version of a game to buy that they sometimes miss the entire deal in the process.

Arkham Asylum looks better in motion than I thought it would. Was also surprised to see more than four enemies on screen at one point.

Come out kicking and swinging with the Gamecube VC, Nintendo.

@Emperor-Palpsy

This is Capcom we're talking about, so I think it's more likely they'll release R0, then REmake, then Origins, then R0: The Z Button Now Works all the Time Edition, and so on.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE

Nintendo never promised us GCN games on the Virtual Console. The best we ever got is Reggie saying that they're looking into it (paraphrasing).