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I'd put money on January. I think Nintendo has its finger over the button with all these rumors and leaks running wild but just have to wait until Christmas is over so they don't hamper S1 sales.

It was truly a magical time. Especially when I discovered flashcarts...haha.

1. Chrono Trigger
2. The World Ends With You
3. Hotel Dusk
4. Final Fantasy 4 remake
5. Spirit Tracks

Streaming this on my channel now (@imaginator85)! Love this childhood classic!

Nothing will top the original Xenoblade Chronicles for me, but this one comes 2nd. Had a blast with it back in the day. I actually hated 2 and 3.

What a wild random Tuesday announcement. All but confirms no Direct anytime soon.

My first thoughts: 1) How will they manage the gamepad map system with no 2nd screen? And 2) how will they manage those tiny menus and tiny text on handheld mode? 3) Can this really fit on one cart?

Anyway...don't know if I'll double dip (probably not) but VERY exciting news!

I thought that thumbnail was a Direct announcement. 😒😥

GRIS was one of the best games of the last decade/last gen. About 5 hours long, no combat, no dialogue but moved me to tears by the end. As this one revolves around animals I don't know if it will be as impactful for me (not a pet or animal person at all) but it still looks incredible. Bought it and can't wait to stream it later this week!
I don't know if it's just my age or what...but short artistic games are usually more appealing to me than most big AAAs. Haha

Although this is a pretty strong list, it goes to show you that the Switch truly is about ready to tap out. I've played and own everything on the platform that I've ever been interested in and there are just SO many rehashes, clones, and samey stuff. Bring on the Switch 2!

This is earth shattering news! LIVE ACTION TOO??

Let's go Chris Pratt as Link or someone equally "so cool". Lol. CANT WAIT!

Whoa this is so random! Loved playing it on the DS Lite and loved/still have the 3DS remaster. It was mind blowing to have an experience like this on a handheld back then but as much as I love it, not sure it really has a place on Switch. It will really bring out all the dated flaws. I'd say its worth no more than $15 on Switch.

Chrono Trigger is one of my favorite games of all time and I loved the 16-bit era as a kid. Yet somehow this game's demo didn't grab me and I have no idea why. That being said, I will be buying this for sure as I have no doubt it will be phenomenal once I can sit down with the finished product properly. Also I want to be sure to support a genuine studio like this full of smart, creative people with real passion you don't often find anymore in this industry. I even applied once to work there. Haha. Sabotage is the real deal. The cover artist for my novels is personal friends with the composer. (Eric, not Mitsuda. Haha)

FF2 on SNES made me a gamer so that original holds a special place in my heart but that DS remake is sooo good. That's what FF6 needs.

I can't imagine it will stay exclusive to GBA and still make a profit as very few people will still have that hardware. That being said...I have an old GBA so I'll be one of those people.

We all know Zelda will come out on top.
The irony is I was in the 'Totk is Botw DLC' camp and wasn't too pumped about it while being extremely hyped for FF16. I ended up loving TotK and absolutely hating 16.

If it ain't a remaster Megaman Legends, I ain't interested.

This year my highlights have been RE Village on PSVR2 and Tears of the Kingdom. I could play both of these games literally endlessly.

@Serpenterror Agree 100% on your definition of FF. FF9 is my favorite game of all time and in my opinion the last one that was truly great. Now that 16 is out I can declare with confidence that for me (an older fan of the classics) FF is truly dead and buried. I've come to terms with it.

R.I.P.
FINAL FANTASY
1987 - 2000

The ironic thing is that TotK's marketing was terrible and I was not hyped at all about it while being super excited for FF16. Turns out after playing the 16 demo I was very disappointed and cancelled my preorder. I got TotK kind of hesitantly and haven't been able to stop playing it about 70 hours in.

Anybody else feel like they are WAAAY too stupid for the build mechanics in this? Normally I'm a pretty creative guy but I can barely manage to put the most basic of shapes together in this game.

Let the millions of bug fixes begin. Lol

Having merely liked BotW rather than absolutely loved it, I can't say I'm CRAZY hyped for this, but definitely excited to try it. Sadly, I'm out of town for a lecture and book signing until Saturday night. It'll be sitting in my mailbox all day just chilling...

It almost feels like the Switch is at that point the 3DS was when they announced the Metroid 2 remake and Luigi's Mansion remake. They were still preaching it was far from over but we all knew the system was on life support. Which blows my mind. With how wildly successful the Switch has been you would think they would have kept the big hitters coming for another few years. 6 years feels far too short when its not unheard of for popular consoles to go for 10. I hate to think that whatever Direct we get this summer will have a last few surprises and that'll be that.
I still believe we won't even hear about a new console until end of 24.

Great game. But I feel this belongs on the 3DS and Wii U with it being driven solely on touch controls.

@LexKitteh In the exact same boat. Huge Zelda fans but have a record of hating all the sequel games (like Majora). Guess we will see!

The "biggest Switch game of the year"?You mean the ONLY Switch game of the year. 😄

Stop this nonsense, Square! You KNOW what we want. Give us freaking Chrono Trigger already! How can they play stupid and ask this when the answer is so obvious?

Us NSOers living like kings over here!

@Krambo42 Awakening is easily the best entry in the series imo. Amazing story, best characters, and invented the dating sim wheel FE has been riding on the past decade. Its there but not overdone.

Wow...gotta be honest...I wasn't very interested in this one as I haven't loved the series direction in a while but this may have changed my mind. I like 3 Houses okay but it was a one and done for me. The fact that the dating silliness has taken a back seat peaks my interest. I will just have to get used to the protag's fruit-by-the-foot hair. Lol

@Expa0 I kinda feel ya. Awakening on 3DS was the pinnacle of the series for me and its just kinda gone downhill since then.

Still trying to get over the dumb joycon-head MC design. Lol

@JaxonH One man's junk is another man's treasure I guess. I thought most of that list was complete shaite. Haha. Thats awesome the stars aligned for you in 22 though with your personal tastes!

The Switch has been like a sports car that ripped right out of the gate roaring and burning rubber, taking names with a serious vengeance...until it simply and zealously burned through all its gas and just...stopped in an instant.

For almost a year and a half Tears of the Kingdom has been the only thing to look forward to and even that still looks meh.

For a second I thought Sea of Stars was shadow dropped. I about had a heart attack!

Final Fantasy 2 (4) on the SNES is what made me a gamer. Because of that I started learning about Japanese culture and martial arts which led me to live and work in Japan and end up teaching martial arts. Not to mention Yoshitaka Amanos work on the series made me an artist and illustrator. Final Fantasy quite literally made me who I am today.
IX was the pinnacle of the series to me and my favorite game of all time. Hoping XVI restores it to its glory days.

PRAISE ALL THAT IS HOLY!!!

Can we get an update to the Grandia Collection on switch to up that frame rate?? G2 is one of my favorite RPGs of all time but the port for the collection was trash. It deserved better. How about a ground up remake? Haha

Been watching this one for a while. May grab it soon!

@New-Moonbeam Lol nah just murdered my childhood.
Also...respect for the Rinoa pic!

HOLY CRAP. This is amazing news! Please be true and please be soon!

"Nomura's goofiest writing"...thats a big statement there. This dude is a circus clown franchise-ruiner on the loose that needs to be put away for a long time.

BAHAHHAHA! This is so ridiculous! Sounds to me like a parenting problem, not a Fortnite problem. Lol

My childhood!

Very underrated game in desperate need of a remake along with its brother FF6.

Looks amazing!

Hahaha. This entire article's existence is hilarious. It could be summed up as: what we want from pokemon: don't suck in every way. Lol

Its like having a list of all the things I would change about my cat so its a dog. Just go buy a dog (AKA a game that just doesn't suck). 😆

@johnvboy Sadly...you're 100% correct.

@Classic603 I said the exact same thing. They all look amazing except for the main character who looks absolutely ridiculous. Looks like an escaped circus clown with cotton candy for hair. Luckily the female version looks sliiiiightly better but not much. Lol

Having been preaching for over a decade that the Pokémon company and Game Freak need to get thier act together when it comes to development...I'm kinda taking a lot of pleasure watching this game suck so freaking hard. Lol. They truly need to give up and allow someone else to reboot the franchise properly. This is just...humiliating.

Hahaha. The pokemon company has sucked at making games for years and years but this takes the cake. They seriously need to give up. Lol