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@masterLEON @MartyFlanMJFan
What can I say? I love arcade games, always have.
Coupled with a nice arcade stick and this system is pure bliss for me.

Looking forward to the next couple of months.
Weekly Neo Geo releases, Double Dragon this week and more upcoming Irem games as well as Psikyo games and a full release of The Pinball Arcade to look forward to.
It's turning out to be my favourite system since the Dreamcast.

@The_Lawman
Neo Geo games are one of the best thing to happen to the Switch as far as I'm concerned.

I'm really interested in picking this up as I'd love a Shiren the Wanderer game on Switch, but that's probably way off, if we even get one.
I really wish there was a physical release since for 25€, I'd prefer to have it on cart...

@Firehawke Yeah, that was very disappointing.
Xevious is one of my favourite STGs ever since playing it to death in the arcade back when it came out.
It was one of the games that they pretty much ported to every single system and yet it's not on their Namco Museum for Switch.
I'm hoping they will do another...

Also I really want Elevator Action on my Switch!
It came out on the PS4 under the arcade archives label, so it's hopefully just a matter of time.

Moon Patrol? Holy hell!
I've been wanting a port of Moon Patrol for years now.
Been thinking about it this week actually since I just got my Hori arcade stick in and have been playing nothing but Neo Geo games and Psikyo STGs.
Now bring on Terra Cresta, Amidar, Crush Roller and Xevious!

@russellohh It's up in Belgium at least.
Go the the coming soon section and scroll down.

Thanks, but no thanks.

This was the first KOF game I imported from Japan on the Sega Saturn after getting hooked on the PAL version of KOF 95.
Those were the days. Such a brilliant game.

@LinktotheFuture AC/DC is my second favourite table behind Ghostbusters actually. Not a hardrock fan at all, even though I can casually enjoy it, but the table is really fun and the music does add to it nicely as well.
I've heard lots of good things about Ford Mustang, but I personally really hate the first song, so I haven't spent a good amount of time on it yet.
Star Trek is a very good table, just not as brilliant as Star Trek The Next Generation on the regular Pinball Arcade. Then again, few tables are up there with TNG.
Phantom of the Opera is the oldest table on here and thus is a little more basic with less toys and such, but still a ton of fun for old school fans of late 80's, early 90's fans. It's certainly a lot more advanced than tables from the 70's.
Ripley’s Believe It or Not and Starship Troopers are also very fun tables.
Not really a fan of High Roller Casino myself. That might change by putting a bit more time into it. But I'm focussing on the others for now.
Harley Davidson and Last Action Hero are a bit easier to play compared to other tables, which certainly isn't a bad thing as it's good to have something a little more casual to play once in a while.

Didn't hear about FarSight posting about them already porting The Pinball Arcade to the Switch do soon!
That's fantastic news really. I'll buy every single table they release at this point. (for the 4th time now lol)
It shouldn't come as a surprise as the Switch version uses the PS4 version as it's baseline with only a bit more nuanced lighting effects, which only become noticeable when putting them side by side. And even then, it's really minor stuff.

Having a game like this always on your system is ideal, so I'd certainly recommend picking up the pack with Ghostbusters on it at least. But I find that both of them are worth the money.
I personally go for physical releases as the Vita has thought me that memory is a real commodity on portable systems, so I try to keep my SD card for digital only releases.

I wouldn't especially hold off on TPA if you're interested in Stern tables that are in this collection.
The base game will be the exact same from what I can tell. The only difference will be the tables released for each versions, for which there might be some overlap.

Can't say I agree with the review at all.
I find it a bit crap to be honest. :-/
I own both game series (Pinball Arcade and Zen) in it's multiple iterations on Wii, PS2, PS3, PS4, iOS, PSP, Vita, 360, 3DS and now Switch as well and while each caters to a certain demographic, slagging this one off for it's old licences and it's simplicity is really misguided.
Sure it's missing a couple of features, but a good pinball game should thrive on how well it's tables are put together and not on some online features that will go offline in a couple of years.

I'd go as far to say that a single table such as Ghostbusters is put together in such a way that puts every single table on Pinball FX to shame. That layout and goals have a lot more thought put into that which makes the tables playable for decades, not just a couple of weeks/months.
The physics are another point where this one is heads and shoulders above it's competitor. The balls feel exactly like they do in a real pinball table and not like a mixture of rubber and marble like in Zen/FX.
Don't get me wrong, I like Pinball FX as well, otherwise I wouldn't have purchased a bunch of tables for the umpteenth time.
But they can be played mindlessly and after a 20 minutes a table becomes boring because it's all to easy.
There's a reason why Steve Ritchie, Pat Lawlor, George Gomez or Brian Eddy are revered till this day.
Putting together a good pinball table that can stand the test of time takes more than slapping a couple of ramps and bumpers on a board in the hopes that it works, and then slapping on a licence so that it draws in the kids with the latest fad.
Pinball is niche enough as it is in this day and ago, and to see a top of the line simulation like this getting such a rough treatment for no reason, while the other one can only runs at 30fps in handheld mode with quite a few drops which affects gameplay quite a bit is something I had to comment on.

So yeah, I'm quite disappointed here.

@SaKo I feel the same. It really turns me off to the site as a whole actually and makes me not want to engage with the "community" here.
If you don't care for something, it's okay to not click on said article, and even better to not try and sh!t up the comment section with spam that does no one any good.
Wishing for certain games or genres to be dead? How old are you kids? 10?
Let people enjoy what they like and find something you enjoy and put some positive energy into that instead of pouring some more negativity into the Internet and acting like a spoiled brat.
The world is terrible enough as it is without trolls trying to rain on other peoples parade. Sheesh.

@The_Pixel_King absolutely!
If the system got Spelunky, Nuclear Throne and a good Earth Defense Forces game, it would already be my favourite system of this decade, even if it didn't get much else after that.

@IceClimbers roguelikes became a thing in the early 80's actually.

@AcesHigh
Actually, putting together a roguelike/roguelite is rather tough.
Especially to get it right as there are so many variables to take into account, which funny enough resemble not only playing one, but developing one.
It's also the reason why relatively few of them end up succeeding and being actually fun.
Never thought these games would be for me either, but after a couple of incredible fun games (rogue legacy, Isaac, nuclear throne, spelunky and yes, enter the gungeon), I'm a convert to say the least.

One of my absolute favourite games of last year.
Can't wait to play it again. First time ever I'm rooting for Monday to come along.
That being said, every time I see ETG in the review, I read it a Everything Buth the Girl....
I know which CDs I'll be listening to again tomorrow.

Yeah, I'll just wait for an official release... :-/
Thanks for the warning though!

No sign of Enter the Gungeon or Stern Pinball Arcade? :-/

Getting some real heavy hitters these last few weeks of the year.
Brilliant game.
Here's a nice 8 page feature for it from MAXIMUM magazine from back in the day. (November 1995)
http://www.outofprintarchive.com/articles/features/NeoGeo/Pulstar-MAXIMUM2-1.html

I really hope we'll get Earth Defense Force on Switch one day.
Ordered the PS4 version, but I'd much rather have it on a portable.

Great list, but why isn't Enter the Gungeon on there?
Oh right, you guys aren't from the future...

I personally would have made it the 22 best Switch games list and added Stern Pinball Arcade though.

edit. Scrap that. Add Picross S and make it 23.

A real shame that Pinball FX 3 only runs at 60fps in docked mode, not portable, where it's locked at 30.
Wish I would have known this before buying €26 worth of tables.
Hope they can patch it so that it runs at 60 in portable more as well cause it feels really flimsy now.

Has The Pinball Arcade since early last week.
Brilliant port all around and somehow looks even a bit sharper than the PS4 version.
Worth a purchase for the Ghostbusters table alone.

Gimme! gimme! gimme!
It was one of my favourite games of the year when it came out on PS4 and I can't wait to be able to play it anywhere and everywhere.

@maruse Oh, I see. Well glad you were able to grab copy.
I'll just scrap the Japanese Nintendo shop from my bookmarks again.

Ah, that's fantastic news!
I had no idea they shipped overseas. I always thought they would be Japan only.

@hedliniv @maruse

I guess I got lucky.
I just woke up in the morning, read about the announcement and read how the western release had Bayonetta as a download code and how the Japanese limited edition had two game cases and two carts. So I quickly ran through all the import shops that I use and got very lucky that Nin-nin-game still had a couple in stock. Paid under 80€ for it and with shipping and prepaid import taxes included it came to 108€. 30 minutes later they were all gone.
You might want to keep an eye on HeavyArm U-Store on Twitter around release as he tends to get quite a bit of hard to find games in stock as well.

Ordered the Japanese infinite Climax Edition immediately.
My 128GB is already filing up very quickly, so I'm going for physical releases whenever possible.
Bit of a shame we don't get this opportunity in the west though.
Same with Resident Evil Rev 2.

Now that's a true megaton!

Can't wait to play through them once more

Add me to the list of people who are now wishing Portal 1&2 were coming to Switch...

Oh that's a big one.
Brilliant game all around. Really unique fighting game.

Hell yes. Having this game portable will be so much fun.
I'll grab every Psikyo game they put out day one.
Also, one step closer to finally seeing a home release for Space Bomber!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24IpPuLGL8A

But how does it run? 30fps? 60fps? Is the frame rate stable or are there lots of drops?

I've seen some streams that appear rather smooth and another that was awfully jerky. Might have been the streamer's setup but I can't tell as there is little to no info out on this game.

They are going to shoot him out of a canon into the sun live on air.

Oh boy! Magical Roguelite action game. Looks like this is made specifically for me.
The combination of this as a brawler like game and Enter the Gungeon as a shooter like Roguelite will eat up so much of my time!

Congrats Capcom. You just lost yourselves a sale.

I'd love to play another worms game as it's been a couple of years for me, but for 30€ I'll need to see a physical release.

You know what 2K? You can keep your games.
The whole reason for buying physical is so that we have the game on a cart or disk.
So this is just Cheap on their part and shows just how lowly they think of their customers.

All I can say is that I've been playing Mario games since the first Donkey Kong in the arcade and have played and bought every entry on launch day ever since.
Never expected Odyssey to dethrone my personal favourite of 25 years ago, yet it did.
Absolutely brilliant game all around and one of the best games ever created.

Damnit, on fight sight I thought is was for the Hamster ACA.

Oh, very nice.
Ever since announcing Flipping Death, I was hoping to see this as well as Zombie Vikings coming over to the Switch.
Really hoping these get physical versions as well.

Please, please, please let Vlambeer be one of them!

Got a few crashes recently. Perhaps this had something to do with it as I hadn't had any game crash before.
Happened a couple of times during Butcher and once so far during Fire Emblem Warriors.
Although Butcher got a patch today as well.

It's kinda true.
I buy a ton of games on all systems and I simply can't keep up with the Switch releases at this point.
I already have a "to buy" list of 12 games on Switch and that's just retail releases. And the next couple of weeks are simply nuts!

I'm not worried at all though. There is bound to be a slower period here or there that will allow me to catch up a bit... probably.

Well this certainly is different. lol

^ Well that's just stupid.
I buy just about every game system that gets released unless it's complete trash and the Switch is quickly becoming my favourite one of the current and past gen systems combined.

I'll be getting all 3 of them and have Fire Emblem Warriors preordered.
We're not getting the Dragon Quest ones over here are we?
One I really want to see is Samurai Warriors 4 and Gundam 3.

KOF 95 for me this week. Sine Mora will be a physical purchase.
I just wish Tonma was on the Switch instead of WiiU as it would be an instant purchase as well. Really liked the game on PC-Engine.

Another stellar week. Keep em coming!
I haven't missed a single Neo Geo game on Switch. This is quickly becoming one of my favourite systems ever.
Now if only we'd get Neo Geo Pocket games as well when the Virtual Console hits.

Sweet! This will be a instant purchase for me.
I really hope we'll see the Pinball Arcade volumes released on Switch as well. Preferable at retail as well.

Just like no one wanted to play with the Wii and it's stupid lollipop controller, right Sony?

The moment they start being successful and stop fearing their competition, the arrogance rears it's head again with them.

I could have sworn I saw this title pop up a week ago.
Might have been a retail listing on a Japanese webshop or something, not sure.
Let's hope it gets a physical release in the west unlike most Vita entries in the series.

I'm hoping this gets a physical release as well like the 3DS games.
I'll import it immediately then.
Glad to see Kunio-kun no Nekketsu Soccer League on there as well as it's one of the very few soccer games that I've actually enjoyed over the years.

Damnit, I just bought the River City games last week.