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I am pretty happy with my Xbox it pairs really well with my LG Oled and I just never seem to have any issues (With the exception of quick resume on indie games.) I don’t think MS would ever do a proper exclusive (They would always do a PC version) so the optimisation wouldn’t be the same.

The VRR and just the general system design of MS I think is better. (I.e harder to mess up - playing Capcom Arcade Stadium 1&2 is much nicer on Xbox same with the Megaman collections. Unity games and Unreal games I have had no issues with. Even Freedom Planet 2 (9/10 here supposedly perfect wasn’t right in my opinion on Nintendo.)

I think the hybrid nature of the Switch 2 is leading to too many compromises. (There is no good reason to underclock docked)

Neither DK or MK World gave me the wow factor that I want from a new console. I probably should have waited. (I didn’t like DK64 and I probably like Bananza a little bit more but I think they should have built the launch titles using all the technology available not started on Switch like they did.) I have just got the Series X version of Crossworlds with the DLC for £50 and I am far happier with that than MK World for £30. Mario Kart doesn’t even really feel like a new game.

I thought SF2 Turbo was the first SNES one that was good enough to warrant playing ?

@BBBBBBBBBBB It’s nothing like that. If you take something from my porch it can’t be used by me while it’s gone. All Artists have been exposed to other pieces of art. Just because a machine does something it shouldn’t be treated any differently. The solution exists if you don’t want Google to use something put it behind a proper paywall. We should get some good stuff that wouldn’t get made otherwise thanks to this technology.

I played it on Gamepass last night for a bit. Didn’t like that I couldn’t use the dpad. I didn’t find it all that interesting really. I guess I could try my M30 but I think I don’t like it enough. There are too many button combinations and I don’t think it would be great trying to play it even though it can emulate the analog stick. Much happier with Shinobi or Ninja Gaiden. I am not sure how much I like rogue lites because I don’t actually feel like I am improving until all the stuff is maxed out. (Hades was like that.)

@LazyDaisy I think it is fine controlling SMB (The Switch Online version anyway.) The controls in Nintendo World Championship are off though. (Maybe it is the rewind.) If you compare it to Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Which I did finish as a child.) Mario is far more forgiving. (I didn’t complete the NES smb until the 3DS continuing at the beginning of the world each time. No warps. I finished it on All Stars SNES with warps I think.)

I prefer both Shinobi and Ninja Gaiden (The 2D one) to Silksong.

I have only just properly finished with Hades (Heat 32 to get the last skelly statue). So I am okay with waiting till the sequel arrives on Xbox. (I wasn’t happy with the Switch version of Hades then played a bit on my m2 iPad then properly on Xbox when Netflix removed most of the decent games.)

Whatever it is I am sensitive to never seems to affect me on Xbox. (Freedom Planet 2 is apparently perfect on Switch but it doesn’t feel right for me but it is great on Xbox - It is a good game.)

DK is pretty annoying it is not what I expect from Nintendo for one of their flagship games.

@SurprisedRobinChu It isn’t theft if it can be scraped from a public internet server. The only time when someone has been found guilty for that was when they were creating fake linked in accounts to do it. I don’t know why people in art / journalism etc seem to think they have a god given right to an easy life with no effort put into improving. People learn how to create by ingesting existing works and then creating their own from that just because something is a machine it shouldn’t be treated differently. If people gave their content to Google to show ad’s I have no sympathy for them whatsoever.

I wish I had the option to install DK Bananza from the cart to the internal. (I have all my digital Switch games on micro sd express.) I went fully digital on Wii U for performance reasons. I don’t like knowing that I am getting a worse experience from my cartridge.

I have a some of these games on Mac but they were ported by Feral Interactive. (I think they were extremely well done.)

Aspyr I find seem to cut more corners. (Still a little annoyed Switch didn’t get the KOTOR 2 mod)

I don’t play that many AAA 3rd party games but I would never get one on a Nintendo system. (I got a few on Switch but it was a total waste of money.) Ports of PS games to my Xbox I have been fine with (Even ones where e.g Digital Foundry says the PS one is better.) With indies it is a bit of a gamble because nobody reviews most of the games I play on Xbox. But there are many Unity and Unreal indies I just can’t play on Switch. (Even ones reviewed here as 9/10 and having no problems I just can’t play them like that.)

Dreamcast version is the one to go for.

I wouldn’t recommend any of the Megaman collections that I own on Switch (Legacy 1&2 and X). They are significantly better on 3DS or Series X. There is no reason that this should be the case when Hamster does so consistently well for their releases. (So it’s unfair to blame the hardware.)

@aaalexander Yeah but I have never had it happen quite so bad as this instance. The original wiimote that I provided the batteries for was fine and that had been left even longer. I know it is best avoided but I am surprised Nintendo went for the absolute cheapest batteries.

With Lithium AA’s you can get ones guaranteed not to leak which I think would be worth it for me.

Last Wii mote (Blue with motion plus official) I had ended up trashed because of the included batteries leaking. If I get another I think I will use lithium AA’s. (I dunno how long I left it for but it was barely used).

I want to know how lg manages to have the pointer basically perfect on my lg oled but whatever Nintendo uses (gyro ?) is massively inferior on the Switch. I really liked the gun games on the Wii.

I think they should have had a separate new cartridge slot that was the same speed as the internal.

And more importantly used the full sized SD Express (Max speed is about 4 times that of the micro ones).

Extra cost for the system I would accept as justified.

I have VI on my M2 iPad but I can’t see me getting the lot on anything until it is much cheaper. (There again I think I prefer DQ for the most part around the SNES era with FFVI being the only Final Fantasy game I really like.)

I think I prefer the DS version of IV and the After Years is also available in the same style. (I have played the Japanese translation patched SNES rom never played the Western SNES FF2).

Thinking about it there is only I and II that I haven’t played at all and I still haven’t played Grandia I&II or the Luna Collection properly although I own them.

Is there any difference between using the usb go adapter and the NS Online controller ? (I haven’t bought the NS Controller but was planning to.)

I don’t think this game was as good as I had hoped. I prefer the 3DS one. (Not bothered for the Animal Crossing style parts. I think it has lost what it was.)

If they do do DLC I hope the quality is good. (The Switch DLC was of poor quality. The Wii U DLC was the same quality as the rest of the game so okay.) I wish there was more incentive to go for first the whole race. (I only play knockout tour.) I guess it is okay at a £30 premium over the console on its own but it is definitely not worth its full price. (I don’t get why people have any interest in playing hours and hours of Mario Kart other than in like a student house etc. I put 300 hours into the Steam version of all stars racing transformed because it actually had something I wanted to improve at. There should be none of me thinking I wish I was playing something else for the amount of MKW I have played and there is a lot.)

@shoeses DKCR was utterly terrible they should have used the Wii version as the base not the 3DS version. (It’s not like they can’t do it as they did okay with Galaxy 1&2).

Ideally it should have been remade in the tropical freeze engine. (Ironically the only time I can think of them doing this is Paper Mario but that broke the framerate.)

Really looking forward to Mario Tennis. Won’t get any of the SE stuff unless maybe digital at a large discount. (No upgrade path is really anti consumer. Even if it downloaded the full game like the key card it wouldn’t be so much of an unfair situation.) So if I get any of their stuff it will be digital on Xbox.

Is Super Meat Boy 3D still due next year ? (Maybe it isn’t as heavily marketed but it looks like a 3D platformer that actually is still a platformer I hate Collectathons).

Only bothered for the new KOTOR timeframe Star Wars.

Is there less input lag on the beat em up collection than Arcade Stadium versions.

I like most of the games by these guys so I think I will get it. (Someone recommended Legendary Axe on Time Extension which I really enjoy. Xeno Crisis but I find it too difficult with the buttons and too easy with twin stick.) I think I will give them the benefit of the doubt. (I think they have the right attitude to requiring improvement as opposed to just grinding levels or finding powerups.)

Does anybody happen to play this using the 8bitdo m30 Bluetooth ? Are the buttons mapped properly without messing around ? (I don’t think using the 8bitdo software is an option because Arcade Archives uses a different button mapping on it).

I bought my nephew one pretty much at launch but I wish I had waited for myself. (Think Mario Tennis will be the first game I really like. Disappointed with Mario Kart World. DK was alright but I have never been a fan of collectathons. I know I would like Hades 2 but I am waiting for a 4k/120 version.)

@mackers84 I think at least the reviewing of imports caused them some issues with the PR and marketing parts of Nintendo. I dunno what the solution is I wish Apple News+ had good Nintendo content. (In other areas you get the same content as people have on their websites but just written in a better way it’s not just got print magazines in it. They must be paid decently or it wouldn’t be worth it for them.) For example the recent Kirby Air Riders review was contradicted by the same person the day after. The Empire review of it was better got the impression that the person writing it was playing it like someone who bought it would. (Didn’t affect me because of the test). Playing loads of hours to get something out as soon as possible doesn’t help me especially as the games I like you have to really concentrate when you first start.

I wish there was a neo geo stick that just worked with the hamster stuff without messing around. (I have been using an Bluetooth m30 for Street Fighter but I don’t understand why they didn’t map the buttons sensibility like they do with the wired Xbox m30).

I have the hori real arcade pro but it is too heavy to put on my knee. I am not sure I would get on with buttons instead of a stick either. (My friend had a custom made one for the 360 that I didn’t get on with.)

It sucks that so many product reviews (And game reviews for that matter) consist of people getting free stuff. I am far far more interested in what people who have paid for something think about it because there is no conflict of interest. Such as Super Play didn’t give a damn about anyone but the readers. In the modern internet everything is for the benefit of advertisers.

"Advertising is a racket...its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero." - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Something like this is pretty close to as bad as it gets.

I find it much easier during cups. Still don’t really get none mini t-spins however. (I have only played it relatively recently. I hope there is another chance for the DKCR theme soon).

Anyone played this ? One game I would like a review of.

@N64-ROX They make a choice to not use monogame or fNA to start with. In the Wii U days the games using Unity worked much better. I don’t know whether it was due to the actions of Nintendo or Unity but it wasn’t such an issue like it is now. I wish Nintendo made there own engine for indies.

But the issue is you can have either 120 or 4k not both. And no VRR docked. (I am waiting for hades 2 because I didn’t feel it worked quite right with Switch 1 for the original. (I enjoyed it on iPad/Series X). I might buy it multiple times but I don’t think I will end up playing it properly more than once and I want 120/4k and VRR.

I don’t know why so few companies make proper 3d platformers. (Super Meat Boy 3D looks great. I like Sonic Generations but I have never enjoyed Collectathons I can see why it was necessary due to the limitations of the N64 but now there are much better ways to do it.)

I can’t understand why they didn’t go for a full size sd (With that size card the speed could be made comparable to the internal storage). Two cart slots would have been nice to have so that the newer ones could be faster.

As it is I have my switch 2 stuff on the nvme and switch on the micro sd express but I wish there was a better solution. (People don’t like the Seagate Xbox ssd but I like the way it is exactly the same as the internal.)

If I get it then it will be on Series X. Looks like they didn’t use the custom hw decompression. I also am not interested until the full game is available at once. For the amount the 3 games will end up costing it should be perfect.

I was half decent at compile’s Master System port of the first r-type I suspect that one is much easier (Maybe just because it was PAL) never really got into any other horizontal shmups other than gate/lord of thunder and cotton/magical chase. I have tried the pc engine r-type/ Gradius Rebirth and found them too difficult after a few levels. (Salamander I find the horizontal bits much much harder).

@ShadLink Those were not good tutorials. Better would have been explaining in text then having you do what it says probably a number of concepts at once. All that was explained in about half an hour could have been explained in about 5 minutes then learn by doing.

I think I would have preferred Japanese actors it looks okay though.

My problem with world is the basic racing mechanics are pretty much the same as 8 there have been no instances so far where I got the same feeling that I did the first time I played the race of ages in racing transformed. I could improve but if I don’t enjoy playing it I dunno why I would bother the sandbagging is horrendous. (I suspect that I will get much more out of the new tennis because having not played one since the 3ds I think it will feel like a new game).

I don’t understand how a game with the stuttering like this has can get a 9/10. (That kaze game has the same problem) it just takes all the fun out of playing it.

Moral of the story never buy a Unity game on a modern Nintendo system.

@NintendoWife Xbox has the best VRR implementation. Any of the Unity/Unreal indie games tend to be mostly perfect on Xbox (How long the situation will last of them even being released on it is unclear.) Hades 2 will be later but likely 4k/120. There have been too many times I have been disappointed with Nintendo versions that have got 9/10 that just don’t work well enough. The difference between titles that apparently have a better version on PlayStation has not been an issue for me as yet.

I think the Netflix version is paying for all this. (Like happened with the GTA trilogy updates). I think I will play it on my m2 iPad or get it digital on series X (I don’t like that the default button mapping is different on Switch and I don’t like messing around with that).

I thought IGN were not involved in any way with the content of this site.

(Although the ad’s have become far less tolerable since they became involved.)

I would get it if they were the arcade versions. (Not intended in home ports of any of these. (Or NES ports for that matter). I would buy a DLC with more lynx or jaguar games. Or the Atari/Midway arcade stuff.

I use one of these for Tetris 99 (With x changed to swap between the modes.) and most 2D games it’s annoying that none of the shortcuts for home work outside the NES/SNES apps because it means I need to keep the joycons on the dock for the home button. (I have a pro controller 2 also but I would rather use them in a charging grip).

I can’t understand why they are redoing 7 again. (I would prefer a pixel remaster or hd-2d of 4-6 instead I am not bothered if the DS versions are used as the base because I know of what a nightmare the SFC rom of vi is to work with.)