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How awesome would it be if they make a new Metal Slug for the returning Neo Geo AES

I quite like the game but I would worry about its performance on Switch 2, even on PC its CPU demands are ludicrous in certain areas and it also tanks performance on the PS5 Pro in the same spots

No I wont be racing as him, I'd much rather have some classic Sega IP than this, at least the Mega Man track good

It's too late and Helix's position as a PC disguised as a console isn't going to turn anything around, exclusives or not. The Xbox Series declined in sales whilst they still had exclusives, so a $1000 "console" (PC) where players can just buy games on Steam anyway, isn't a viable platform to make their games exclusive to

My opinion hasn't really changed and I'd put Horizon below both the original and New Leaf. Horizon did introduce some great new mechanics with how you can rebuild your island but there is still a lack of Nintendo items, the recently added retro games are bizarrely hidden behind a subscription and the interaction with the townsfolk seems like a step back from previous entries. Then you have the more limited Nook shop, the crafting can be annoying and by now Animal Crossing really needs some new activities and mini games to play

@Pillowpants we got it here in the UK

I'd rather have the actual game on NSO, it was such a good game and in some regards still better than the latest entry

I mean, looking through that list there's are a dozen or so games which to me, stand head and shoulders above the rest.

As for missing games, DKC 1 or 2 or even Tropical Freeze are all better than Returns

I've been looking forward to playing this for some time and as its one of the few games I can see myself playing portable, I'm favouring Switch 2 over PS5 at the moment. Or I may get it digitally on PS5 and that rather nice looking physical edition on Switch 2 in July

@Mattock1987 it's not out yet

I do hope they make these repeatable at some point as I've missed out on a few

This would have been awesome to experience without knowing. I don't know why they (not Nintendolife) want to spoil such surprises

I enjoyed the game when it came out but there's nothing here of any interest for me to return, just a shame the resolution bump is locked behind the dlc

Let's be honest, Wesker is the best, outside of that I'll pick Mr X and William Birkin.

The big shame with RE is that many bad guys get jettisoned too soon. Lady Dimetrescu should have been around longer in Village and Gideon could have made for a great returning antagonist, expanding upon his story

@kmtrain83 there are way more PS5's out there than Switch 2's alongside having a player base more likely to buy Resident Evil

@TheExile285 well the image quality of Rebirth on PS5 was pretty terrible

I'm with the reviewer here, I enjoyed Village but its certainly the recent RE game (from 7 oneards) that I replay the least. I think Capcom have always regretted Lady D's lack of involvement in this game and it always felt weird that you didn't build up to her castle, instead of it being the first area.

I've no interest in the multiplayer stuff so I won't be buying this.

But I have to say that Nintendo are handling these Switch 2 editions very poorly overall and are wildly inconsistent. Mario Odyssey gets some nice free boosts but here a resolution bump is locked behind dlc, Animal Crossing only gets anti aliasing but once again as dlc, the 2 big Zelda games lock their upgrades behind a paywall with no meaningful additional content. You should never be charged extra, just to fully utilise the hardware that you've already bought

@RoboCube @daycamp I just find it funny when those are hardware features and nothing to do with the game, more so when its £15.99 on PS5 and Steam, so its only on Switch 2 that it costs more. Even stranger is that the Switch 1 version and the "upgrade" is 28p cheaper then just buying the Switch 2 version

£4 more on Switch 2 and for what? 😂

I'm still waiting for them to fix the PS5 version, so it'll be interesting to see how badly it stutters on Switch 2

A 7 at best for me, some parts of the game are outstanding but a lot of it feels bloated just to make what is a 3/4 hour section of the original game, a 30 hour experience instead

This is why the Switch 2 needs VRR output to the TV, as variable would look significantly smoother despite the fluctuating framerate

@Tom-Massey played through it last night and loved it. It knows exactly who its target audience is and my only real criticism is that Hasta la vista should have been the default difficulty as normal is way too easy, I only died twice and that was on the last boss

It's not up there with the likes of Contra 3 or Blazing Chrome but for fans of the movie, this is great fun. Now to try Neon Inferno

Aspyr intends “to make game improvements via patches over time so that the game can be the best possible experience for all players.”

No, No, No, No, No, No, No!!!!
This is what you're supposed to do BEFORE you release a game and take people's money

"Short-lived, linear, and ultimately simplistic"

GOOD, this sounds like it'll be a lot of fun

@Dreamcaster-X much of the time its 60 on Steamdeck but it regularly drops into the 50's and in big cities it can easily drop into the 40's due to CPU and/or engine limitations. This would look bad on a TV with no VRR

@IronMan30 the PS4 Pro was running it at native 4K but the base PS4 does give us a clue with its unlocked fps mod that gets nowhere near hitting 60fps, hovering around the 40fps mark.

I don't think this is a case of them being "lazy", just the Switch 2 CPU coupled with that engine, means they couldn't hit a consistent 60fps

@ThisGuy215 45fps? Sure 40fps on a 120hz screen looks great but 45fps is dreadful

If this had dropped a couple of years ago I'd have been up for it but now I just want a new entry. I can't say I'm impressed by Zelda items etc being seemingly locked behind Amiibo and the retro games requiring an NSO subscription

Sega characters, plain and simple

I play them mainly on my PC, with my Sinden for some Duck Hunt or through my mini SNES which I've modded to be able to boot into the mini NES OS as well and with added games

A very easy 10, these are arguably the 2 best 3D platformers ever made

@RupeeClock even if games are ported I'd still much rather have a replica of the Wii mote controllers. I personally don't feel the joycons are an adequate substitute. Gyro controls aren't as good as the pointer controls for games like this and the HOTD Remakes vs the Wii versions, whilst I'm still not a fan of the button size and analogue sticks of the joycons, albeit they're a bit better on Switch 2

I hope that Wii gets added to the NSO at some point so we can get Wii controllers for the Switch, as these games feel so much better to play with them.

I may just get Galaxy 2 as I have 3D All Stars and there isn't much reason for me to get it again

Funny seeing Mario Kart above Sonic Crossworlds given the online discourse (I think both are fantastic). Though I suspect Sonic Crossworlds will likely sell more digitally than MKW.

Nice to see Donkey Kong hanging around in the top 10 as well

I enjoyed the Mario movie but didn't think it was great, it was more a collection of scenes to recognise from the games, than a coherent story, even my 8 year old son has never asked to watch it again. Overall I'd say the Sonic films, certainly 2 and 3 are better movies with more of a story and developed characters.

That said, I'm still very much looking forward to the next one. I just hope we get more than the barebones narrative of the 1st and not have Luigi sidelined for most of the runtime

DK Bananza is my favourite game this year but this dlc is something I couldn't recommend to others to buy at this price, about half would be fair. That said, it is fun but doesn't really add much new content but seeing DK Island is incredibly nostalgic for me and playing the DK64 theme helps that. The Island itself doesn't have anything to do, other than explore a few nods to past games and weirdly has 6 bonus stages just to collect gold, which kind of suggests it was originally intended as a reward for the post game.

The new mode is fun but I do wish it used the end game enemies and overall, whilst I'm personally happy to at least have the Island, I'm more likely to replay the last boss again over this when I'm done.

It's a shame we didn't get some new retro challenge levels or something along those lines alongside this

Tried the Switch version and wasn't overly impressed and in the absence of a Switch 2 version, I'll be trying this elsewhere. Overall though I'm still not sold on the game

Panzer Dragoon Zwei is my favourite on rails shooter to this day. Sadly between the mediocre Panzer Dragoon Remake and the truly dreadful House of The Dead remakes, I have no faith that these people will be able to do it justice

It would have been better as a sport in something like Switch Sports rather than a standalone game

I don't doubt I could be as good or arguably better at fighting games with a leverless controller but for me, the main reason I use an arcade stick is for the feel of it and I don't see myself ever swapping to one of these. Looks cool though

I'm saving for one of those Octopus sticks, so I can use it on my Dreamcast as well

@Suketoudara @Itsashame @MontyCircus cheers guys, I did look shortly after the Direct but couldn't find anything. This certainly puts it on the buy list to play with my son

I'm not entirely sold on this yet, I've already got Mario Kart World which I really enjoy and this hinges on whether that City Trial mode can be played split screen. So if that is online only (or need multiple consoles), that is a big mark against it, as I buy these games primarily for local multiplayer

Edit: as below it seems like it does support local multiplayer in that mode, kinda weird to have a 45 minute direct and that information still wasn't clear but looks like I'll be getting it now

I might be alone but I'd much rather have that horror inspired trailer as a game

No chance, this looks like a game that would have been one of many in something like Wii Sports and even then, it'd be one I'd play once or twice before returning to bowling.

I just don't know what they were thinking with this one

I can understand why DK Bananza isn’t on there as it contains massive spoilers but there's no reason not to have Mario Kart.

The music app has potential but with so much missing, I've long since just found these on YouTube music, ironically including MK World and DK Bananza

I should hope so, it wasn't exactly a looker back then either but it was a decent playing 3D platformer from what I remember. For the price I'd say this will definitely be worth it for fans of the genre and I'll probably be getting it myself

Funny thing is, my son has had a Mario and Luigi toy since he was a baby, so had he been that age now, nothing would be different

@JohnnyMind yeah there was a demo on Steam and I own the original there which has the same issues. I've got the Sinden Lightgun and its basically useless with this game because of how its made. With motion controls the cursor persistence isn't as big of a deal but even if this got mouse support on Switch 2, it would have the exact same problems as on PC, simply because that is how the game was designed.

@Paulo I don't even think the graphics are better, I think this looks worse than the original game