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3ds should and will go on nso BUT not before GC and DS and Wii and these three consoles, especially DS and Wii cover a freaking ton of content. So yeah that would be neat but I honestly don't think it's going to be for this generation. So that means that 3ds is going to be remake territory this gen and the then we'll see.

4 is arguably the best game in the series, or right after or as good as the first one.
Sadly there is no way this compilation could be recommended with the two other games.
They should have gone with 1/2/4 honestly. Or just let us buy the ones we want and stop being greedy.

Whaaaaat no way I'm sorry.
Shake dimension cannot be this low and 1 cannot be this high.

Also 3>4 but that's more of a personnal preference I get it. Those mentioned above though? Come on!

That really REALLY should be nso.
It's nice and all but it's not that memorable.

Sure, options are always a good thing. But it shouldn't be one or the other. The subscription based service also has its advantages.

Also some people forget that VC was a thing of its time. Nowadays the tons of third party games that were on VC would not be there anymore because now everybody figured out they can make good money with their legacy content so the Konamis the Capcoms and Squaresofts and whatnot would not be there anymore. You would be left with first party and obscure titles. Also VC nowadays would most probably require you to be online at least from time to time since the legacy content is being used as an incentive for nso.

So VC of course would still have the advantage of you owning the game (sortof because of the nso aspect) but other than that it would be very different from what it was back then.

Abyss full on remake! Let's gooooo !

EDIT : Also to all people who say Symphonia was the exception for them and that it's the only Tales game that they enjoyed, believe me, try Abyss if it ever gets remade. It's the other gem of the series and it's also the one that does the most for non fans.

I never picked it up on the 3ds and I hear it's one of series highs so I might bite.
(psst nintendo, I never picked up Samus Returns either)

Dragon Quest XI was the first game ever announced for the NX and even after that it certainly took its sweet time. Looks like they're at it again.

@Twilite9
That made me laugh thanks!
Also yeah, euros would be neat.

That actually opens a lot of possibilities. It means at some point we could get other second parties, which I don't think were on the service before.

New Donk City all the way!

Also I'm spamming this topic so much but for metroidvanias enthusiasts out there! I picked up Astalon around Christmas time and I'm having an absolute blast with it. It's very convincing and one of the very best non-Metroid non-Castlevania metroidvanias I have ever played. It competes with the big indie attempts at the genre no problem. It really is that good. Go pick it up.

To be clear the poll makes us choose between an igavania and a 3d game "like lament". I imagine a lot of people like myself voted for the igavania thinking "a 3d igavania" and precisely a 3d game but NOT like lament.

Haha again?
Bloodless has become such an iconic Bloodstained character. I think they've found their appealing returning iconic baddy. They will undoubtedly end up doing a Bloodstained spin off where you get to play as her.

The closest thing we got to a 3d game that really replicates what Castlevania is was Bloodborne.

People don't talk about it that much in this way but all of the Souls games + Bloodborne are metroidvanias with pseudo realistic movements, a tendency to favor one on one combat rather than group fights, light story, and rpg elements but reserved for build based character growth. The gameplay itself relies a lot on knowing where to go/get stuff and once you've finished the game once, the game opens up in a secondary mode made for you to experiment with builds and varied playthroughs. They are Castlevania in 3d much more than Lords of Shadow or other Konami efforts ever were. Out of these Bloodborne is the one that's got more fluid and faster combat and is slightly easier so it's the closest to Castlevania. To be honest, taking Bloodborne as a main inspiration, all they would really have to do to have a great 3d Castlevania is faster traversal (but still with realistic movements, no spidey nonsense), more fluid combat (but here again keep the pseudo realistic moveset, no overly manga/matrix/prequel star wars shenanigans) and of course lower the difficulty quite a bit.

To be fair the closest to 3d castelvania Konami ever got with their own efforts were the 64 games even though they were flawed in some aspects. They should have kept this formula and perfect it. And also unsurprisingly out of all the 3d castelvania they're the ones that kind of seem like proto demon souls in some ways.

@Banjo-
Isn't it. And also I'd love to see the HD2D engine in an action rpg.
Secret and Trials of Mana would be perfect for it. Trials even more so but they remade it not long ago so it's not likely.

The motion controls made the game better than the original though. Nowadays of course the switch is the way to go complete with motion and touchscreen controls if you wish.

Secret of Mana! Chrono Trigger! FFVI!
Let's go Hd2d!

Again I'm not convinced.
Why invest in that technology when they have a history of innovating in pointer controls which effectively do almost the same thing? Why not elaborate on them?
And most of all who plays the switch in front of a freaking desk?

I'm surprised but I'm also going to be hard to convince.

For those who ask they went straight for 3 because the general consensus is that either 3 or 4 are the best in the eye of the fans. They chose 3 first. I'm sure 1 and 2 will come. I'm in the 3 team but 4 left a very big impression on the series with shake it doing the same escape thing and other games taking that aspect in particular and calling it Wario inspired.

What the heck are they doing with this game.
You can only access the easy mode with the demo? The problem is NOT that the game is hard. It's not hard. DKCR with extra lives and health points must be incredibly boring. It's no Tropical Freeze, now that game had good challenge and could have justified insisting on the easy mode.

The problem is that it's an unnecessary overprice and approximative port. This demo is not going to change that. I mean I'm a huge DK fan, I already didn't want to buy that game but they also succeeded in having me not even want to bother downloading the freaking demo. I don't understand what they're trying to achieve there. They're completely out of touch.

I played Secret of Mana entirely co-op with my brother when we were kids and it's an experience I'll never forget. Seiken Denstsu 3 followed. I replayed Mana recently with a friend and whenever I can I give a second controller to rpg enthusiasts even if it's just for a couple hours. Games like the 3 co-op Crystal Chronicles or Tales of Symphonia. It's great to be able to do it.

Also I played a good number of solo rpgs passing the controller back and forth. FFVII, Vagrant Story, FFIX and X, Dark Souls 1 and 3 and Bloodborne were played in their entirety in that way. I've got especially fond memories of my Ni No Kuni and Baten Kaitos playthroughs with someone very dear to me.

I imagine that with AI, QA is now facilitated in some capacity. If not practically a thing of the past. If that's the case then good riddance.

@floxi

Well in my opinion there was enough stuff going on with the gamepad and enough immersion added so that playing without the gamepad feels substantially different and not as good.

Of course it really depends on where you place that cursor and there is some amount of subjectivity there because for example I don't consider the Zelda remakes absolute wiiu games because even though they're better played with the gamepad, I don't feel like playing without it changes the experience enough to alter the fundamental enjoyment of the games. For XenoX though I feel that's the case. So for me it's part of the list of 7 (I've actually checked I don't know what that says about me) absolute wiiu games that really tried with the gamepad.

I think it's the really good game in the series right? Or rather the one that retained cult status?
Anyway I never tried this series because I hated everything that was done in a 3d space with fixed cameras. It just screws up the controls so bad. Resident evil, Onimusha, Devil may cry... These games became good when they transitioned to free camera controls. Which Onimusha eventually did.

I might actually get the game. I like dungeon crawlers and I love LOVE a good video game soundtrack.

Switch 2 is officially the fifth Nintendo iterative system. The SNES, the WiiU, the GBA and the 3DS are a pretty good legacy to rely on but arguably the only one here that surpassed its predecessor is the snes and it's the oldest of the bunch. And also an insane amount of cult status to live up to.

I say it's doable but careful. Don't expect NS2 to surpass NS. It's still just an iterative console. Don't target snes iterative, just good iterative and most importantly do better than wiiu iterative and we'll be fine.

Okay I wasn't sure I was going to get this one but who am I kidding I won't resist the extra story content and the idea of having the whole collection on my switch. That being said though I really hope the extra content is worth it because when you play the original it feels more like there could potentially be an entire game after this part of the story, not just a quick conclusion. This and I hope they found a satisfying way of doing the extra screen content because this game was one of the 5 or 6 games that really bothered with the gamepad and let's just say last time time they did one of these couple elite WiiU games that really tried, it was Mario Maker and something was definitely lost in the process so it's absolutely not a given that this one is going to work well on the switch.

"There are just two different designs to look at this week, so let's get to them. For Frodo..."
horses go puff

Anyway that japanese one, let's just say I think it just entered my personal list of worst boxarts ever.

This is purely cosmetic. 5 euros is a joke.
Give us at least a pack of 3 appearances for that price it's ridiculous.

EDIT : otherwise it's an excellent game I don't to sound overly negative. Go get this gem! Not the dlc though.

@CaleBoi25
Yes that's the thing. I've bought these about 6 months ago. They're awesome and I agree with Polvasti that even just looking at the specs, they are a better alternative.

These look like the answer to mobapad's M6 HD joycons. They seem to be pretty cool but I'm super happy with M6 HD, they're terrific so I'm good thanks

I was hoping for thinner ds style boxes. Like cds for example. Even smaller. Not an even bigger waste of space and plastic.

I did not buy Sunbreak even though it was heavily discounted because I wanted to know if we were going to get a switch 2 monhun first. I really hope so.

If it's not called The Mario and The Kart I'll end up being extremely disappointed.

@Frailbay30
"No offense, but western RPG writing can range from bad to mediocre."

Fixed that for you buddy

Super Chinese World.

@Reztobi
Switch 2 will have a much simpler time repeating the same scenario thanks to the success of its predecessor.

Call of duty is guaranteed, Diablo and Doom very likely, so that's that already and I'm pretty sure most Japanese companies will support switch 2 for at least the first couple years and then when it's severly outdated at least the Japanese will keep supporting with smaller licenses and less demanding exclusives the way square did last gen.

Anyone figured out how to get the hints?

That's awesome this soundtrack is so iconic. It's one of the first soundtrack that struck us with super typically snes sound chip music and sounds the snes could produce and it's super nostalgic because no other console sounds like the snes. It's got that unique super comfy and cosy yet energetic snes sound design.

Relax people it's probably just a redesign for the Mario Kart series. To make him fit the decidedly more cartoonish tone this time around.

Sure if you give it to nintendo.

350 would be the sweet spot.
Some seem to expect 400.
So my bet is 375.
I mean think that you need to add a game or two and potentially a pro controller. Yep this is going to hurt.

@fR0z3nS0u1
Absolutely agree on that. Souls > Elden
That being said Elden Ring is probably more of a big announcement in the eye of the mainstream.

Other than that yes please. Bring the Elden and the Fallouts and the Diablo. I'll sooner buy the likes of SF6 and Monhun and RE but yeah, I like Diablo. 4 is one of the good ones so I'll probably end up buying. Path of Exile would be great too.

That being said I hope Capcom is on board. It's the one third party team I really really want to see make a comeback on Nintendo.

Yeah it's definitely not the movie design. The movie design is pretty close to the dkc one. It's just slightly adapted to be more animation friendly just like Mario was.

To me as some others have said it's more of a throwback to old-school DK with a goofier look and rounder body shape. It's pretty cool in that sense and it's sort of a throwback to DK jr from the first MK also.

I don't care what anyone says about the wording the idea of having people cursed to always have poop under their shoes when they get home is hilarious.

Leaks are crap we all agree on that but certainly anyone can see how Nintendo themselves handled that reveal extremely poorly.

@John_Deacon
So in the eternal battle of 2 VS 3 you side with 3 then?

I missed out on the animal crossing coasters which were the single best object on this service so I might get these instead. They're not as cool but it's not always easy to find stuff to spend your points before they expire. Which is exactly what happens to most of mine. They just expire because there is not enough choice in there. The only things that are worth even taking the time to order are the limited ones so yeah you're usually stuck with stickers posters and cheap plastic nonsense.

@Dee123
Or people don't run the risk. They brick their system and still send it to nintendo. I agree with you that's not how it should be but that's more likely.