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I hope they include levels set in Japan, where the emergency flasher button in your car is apparently actually the "park wherever you want for as long as you want with no consequences" button.

I'm starting it tomorrow!!! Unless I fall asleep on the train like I always do. But I'm going to start playing it soon!!!

"Several weeks"

...Now I feel even less motivated to finish any of the various projects I've been working on for months or even years.

Dang. I read that headline as "The DinoField Chronicle" and got all excited before I read the article and was thoroughly disappointed. Don't get me wrong, it still looks like a good game, but where are the dinos???

Wait... Disney doesn't own everything yet???

@neufel I just might steal that idea. Please tell me you have Inifini in there, too.

I think it's logged the 3rd or 4th most hours on my Switch because I wanted to get an 'S' rank on every section of every level of the game. It was tedious, frustrating, and stressful. And yet I loved it because the game is just so incredibly unique. I only wish I had the patience/skill/free time to chain all of those S's together into one gigantic high score. Also, that golden beetle mode is just way too much for me.

It's the same deal in Japan. Also, it went up for pre-order in Japan a few weeks ago, and for whatever reason Nintendo's website absolutely refused to work with my credit card (even though I've used it plenty of times before), but fortunately they didn't sell out immediately like everything else does on that site so eventually I was able to snag a copy. Also also, this being Japan I bet I paid like 800% more than you people in other countries did/will.

Holy crap I'm finally at the final battle on Shining Force on the Genesis [Mega Drive] Collection for like the 30th time in my life after what feels like half a year! I'm going to finish that and then dig into the new OPUS game. Probably. More likely, I'll play through and delete all the demos and free games on my memory card to make more space before Xenoblade 3 fills it to capacity. Meanwhile, my 4-year-old is making good progress in Thomas Was Alone, Figment, Sonic Mania, and Pikuniku, and making me feel just a little uneasy about how GOOD he is at playing all those different games (not to mention how much he demands to play video games despite my best efforts to make him play with physical toys).

@GrailUK As I understand it's like body odor, but REALLY bad.

I absolutely loved the first two OPUS games so it was an immediate download for me as soon as I found out about it. I'm also going in relatively blind since I've been trying to avoid reading too much about it other than the direct emails from SIGONO.

Wow, I actually liked quite a few of those, and ended up voting for the most popular option. Still, I think "Earthbound Sequels" is the way to go.

I like how half the comments here are "THE THING TTLY SUCKED THOSE GAMES SUCK AND EVERYONE AGREES" and the other half are "I'm really looking forward to ___!" Ugh. Internet. It sure would be nice if people didn't just assume that everyone else hates everything as much as they do.

I managed to catch the beginning of the thing by accident and decided to watch. A lot of games didn't excite me terribly, a few seemed pretty interesting, and the very last reveal of the new OPUS game is something I've been waiting a long time for, so it was the first first-day purchase (i.e. I didn't even wait for a big beefy sale or a Nintendo Life review!) I've made in a long time. But overall, I felt there was a decent enough variety of games that everyone could find something that they liked. Apparently I was wrong because the internet.

@Fulkaffe Agreed!

Wow, I never realized before reading this article, but there really ARE a lot of painters that were named after the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

How can I get that kind of disposable income???

Back when I was really into collecting games, I would only buy one of those things if absolutely necessary. Then I sold a huge chunk of my collection and went entirely digital and realized how pointless it was.

On the other hand, I still like collecting physical CDs by artists I like, and while I don't mind buying something used, especially if it's an older/rarer release, I refuse to buy it if all the original CD inserts and whatnot (including the super-pointless "obi" spine-card things here in Japan) aren't intact. And then I rip it to my mp3 collection and never listen to the CD because I don't have a CD player.

Ahhh, pointlessness in collecting, how I love thee!

I picked this game up on sale recently and played around on the first few trails. It's super relaxing and easy enough for my 4-year-old to play (not, like, WELL, mind you), and I could easily see it becoming an obsession with all the missions and unlockables and whatnot. It's already been bumped to the top of my backlog, but seeing an event like this makes me want to just jump right in.

Gleargh... I've always wanted to play this game, but I don't know if I want to pay for Nintendo Online for one month since I have so many other things I'm trying to un-back-log before Xenobarf 3 comes out. I'm sort of tempted to just buy it on my 3DS but it's kind of 'spensive for a game I might not get around to... and also I'd have to play it in Japanese which requires more thinking than I care to do on my daily commute. LIFE IS HARD.

I hate that owning that first terrible game on the Gameboy scared me away from the Castlevania series for years, even though I always really wanted to play a lot of the games on this list.

As weird (i.e. awful) as that Japanese box art is, it earned bonus points from me for the Brent Spiner cameo. Not enough for my vote, mind you.

@RainbowGazelle I hunted all over for the Metroid Dread Amiibos (okay, I went to Bic Camera and GEO) on the day of release but bought them on Amazon in the end because they were somehow still being sold at the normal price. As for Min Min, I would have tried hunting slightly harder but it didn't help that she got released on a holiday and I had to spend time with my family. He may only be 4, but I'll never forgive my son.

I recently downloaded Figment when it was on sale and my 4-year-old found it on my Switch's menu, so now I get to watch him play that.

I really want this Amiibo in box or otherwise. Too bad Amiibo are nigh impossible to find in Japan, unless I want to pay like 300% as much on Amazon, which I kind of don't.

It kind of looks/sounds similar in a number of ways to to Planet Alpha (one of my absolute favorites on Switch) and Old Man's Journey (a very good game that would have been even good-er if it didn't feel so smart-phoney). I'll definitely check it out.

Oh snap, being able to swap characters on the fly, especially during battle, was like my #1 wish in the first 2.X games!

@RobotReptile Guess what... somewhere around level 50 you stop finding seedlings almost entirely. I easily log 10,000 on my daily commute and I get MAYBE 2 a day, when I used to have so many that I had to recycle them pretty regularly. Not to mention the fun pattern of hanging around one of the icons for which I don't have all the decor Pikmin only to be rewarded (if I'm rewarded at all) with a roadside seedling. I think once I hit level 60 in a week or so I'm going to call it quits because I'm already at 20 medals, and the ridiculous amount of effort required for most of the medals remaining isn't going to be fun or interesting.

"I was having a lot of fun at Nintendo, but I wanted to do more."

Man. I wish I could do or say that.

This is the only Final Fantasy game I ever enjoyed or cared about in the least. I'll take 8!

All I know is that I read the part of the title that says, "Euphoria Star Hunter Schafer", and not knowing what any of that meant I thought, "WOAH, Euphoria Star Hunter" sounds like the coolest job description EVER!"

This is NOT fantastic news because I've been planning for months to (1) finish Shining Force (Genesis Collection), (2) do a culling of demos, free-to-play games, and screenshots on my SD card, (3) finally get around to playing Breath of the Wild, which I bought (plus the DLC) what... 3 years ago?? Come on, Nintendo, I need more time, damn it!

Only 2 answers to the poll???

• The only RPG (or just G in general) that I want on my Switch more than Panzer Dragoon Saga is Shining Force III.
• I wouldn't mind paying money to play Golden Sun (any of them) for the millionth time on my Switch.
• I haven't played any of the Mother games yet, but if Mother 3 gets Englishized it seems like as good as a time as any to jump in because I've always wanted to play them.
• Skies of Arcadia was probably my favorite game on Dreamcast, but I hated the Gamecube version because I was like 80% of the way through the game when my memory card died and I couldn't finish the game, and I've assume that was part of the original design.

I'm not sure which I like more, but mostly I'm just surprised you haven't done this game until now!

"The fable of the tortoise and the hare only works because the hare takes a nap!"

This has always bothered me, too. What a crappy story.

999 is the only game on this list that I've played because playing through Virtue's Last Reward in my second language sounds tedious at best, but I loved it. I don't love the idea of killing games in general, though, because I want everyone to survive, and I know that especially on TV or in a movie, that's not going to happen. Like Battle Royale or Running Man... great movies, but I always feel terrible for the people who don't make it.

An added side note, I played through to every possible ending in 999, and reading this review reminds me that I kind of forgot most of it, other than that it got pretty weird and confusing by the end.

As one of the five people in the world who's never played Skyrim this is pretty tempting. On the other hand, as one of the two people in the world who's never played Breath of the Wild, I'd like to get my money's worth on that game first.

Ooh, I see a High Entia!

I love Star Trek (everything except for that awful original series (though some of the movies were okay)) nearly as much as I dislike the Nintendo 64! Still, these GIFs make me feel nostalgic for a past that could have been.

@KateGray I hope you got a raise and a gift basket of some sort for writing this article. Personally, I'm a big fan of the springy "detach Joy-Con" buttons, but since they don't affect game play I guess they don't count. At any rate, articles like this are the reason I use the internet, so please keep up the good work!

@PhhhCough Oh great, thanks for ruining my lifelong dream of figuring out a way to live in a Groundhog Day sort of eternal loop.

As awful as it would be to be stalked by an awful creature that wants you dead, knowing that if it kills you you'll wake up in a bathtub and get to try again seems like it would be slightly more encouraging than the alternative.

I've always wanted to play Majora's Musk but always felt like I should finish Ocarina of Thumb first. Unfortunately, I've tried to play that game SO MANY times in my life and just can't get past the first 30 minutes or so. Maybe I should just abandon it and buy the masky one digitally on my 3DS before I lose the chance forever.

My 4 year old is obsessed with Pikuniku and Untitled Goose Game. I'm kind of really sick of playing through the same levels with him over and over, but I'm also not entirely interested in adding any new games to my backlog. He loves Yoshi, though (I made him a beautiful Yoshi birfday cake!), so I might have to consider that one...

I absolutely loved this game, but only made it through 20 or so levels before I wasn't smart enough to continue on. I'm not sure why I didn't just look up a solution online (maybe there wasn't one available at the time?), and I'd love to go back and finish the game, but ever since my WiiU decided to refuse outputting to HDMI I don't know if it'll be possible.

It looks beautiful, but that screen shake that happens every time anything happens made me feel just a little barfy.

@xiao7 Yay! I'm a good person apparently!

I'm rooting for the 2 people in the world who will get to play Dread Rush!

Am I the only one who liked playing the House o' the Dead and Virtua Cop games with a controller more than with the light gun? Yeah, the light gun is fun, but it's tiring. Besides, the main draw of these games is the hilariously bad dialog and the chance to rapidly press the fire and reload buttons and turn any weapon into a laser. Especially with House of the Dead 2--I didn't care if I was essentially cheating, I was just happy to make it to the final Goldman scenes as many times as possible. To protect the LOIF cycle!

Ooh, another game to simulate my real-life OCD!

It looks like it would be a cool (and cheap) way to learn about the process, but every session would end in disappointment. "Wow, this one looks delicious! Oh..."