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@Vyacheslav333 Totally! Keep moving those goalposts, Sony

While not a DS game, I can think of another great, portable, time-traveling RPG from handhelds past - Final Fantasy Legend 3 / SaGa 3, for the original Game Boy.

It's a simple game compared to CT and RH, but also a spectacular effort given its time and hardware limitations. Nice visuals, excellent soundtrack, and a fairly lengthy playtime, to boot!

Little kid me absolutely adored the game back in the day. And upon playing CT on the SNES a year or two later, I couldn't help but think to myself, "This seems familiar..."

While I didn't know it at the time, it absolutey boggles my mind that Square didn't see fit to release any of the Game Boy SaGa / FFL games in Europe back in the day. You guys in the UK missed out on some real quality titles from that era, and it's nothing short of a crying shame.

At least the old-school SaGa Collection is available now on Switch! Worth the price if you can stomach the throwback nature of the three titles - though it may be hard to do without a little nostalgia to help you out >..<

The Samurai Shodown reboot may have "only" gotten an 8 on here, but I couldn't help but notice that it's currently on sale for 85% off >..<

I'd been wanting to try it for years, but the entry price and DLC costs always scared me away. Thanks to the sale, I was able to buy the complete game with every bit of DLC for less than $20 USD. And I had no idea that one of the added characters was Baiken, from Guilty Gear??

Been playing it here and there for the last few nights, and am having the time of my life so far! Totally worth it at that price if you're a fan of old-school fighters - like me ^_^

@Zealv2 Have you ever tried Parasite Eve?

Critics at the time described it almost exactly as the kind of game you mentioned, a combination of Resident Evil and Final Fantasy 7. And there's a lot to like about it, too - a memorable storyline, unique battle system, and a fantastic soundtrack.

Plus, you can play through it in a day or two! It's kind of a forgotten classic these days, and I absolutely can't recommend it enough

I'm a huge fan of the Super Nintendo version of Doom! As someone who didn't have a PC back then, this was the only way I could play the game and see what all the fuss was about, so to speak.

I'm excited about this re-release, but I have to see some gameplay footage first. How will they be "improving" it, besides the bullet points listed? Now that is has additional levels, are they changing the existing level layouts, as well? The OG SNES game had some altered maps as well as different means of accessing hidden levels versus the PC original. I wonder if they'll be resetting the maps to be on-par with the PC game?

I am disappointed by no mention of multiplayer. The SNES version had X-Band support for two-player deathmatch. It would have really been something if they developed a workaround, like a SNES link cable similar to what was available on the PS1. SNES Doom, with multiplayer deathmatch and / or co-op? A guy can dream, right??

LRG still owes me a PC copy of Maniac Mansion that I pre-ordered 18 months ago. I've pretty much sworn them off since. But if this looks like it's coming together to be something great, they might just get my business. For just the standard version, though

@WaveBoy Valid

Thankfully, I already have it for the Dreamcast! But many don't. And as you said, snagging it for the DC can be an expensive proposition, nowadays.

I would gladly buy it again if it became available for modern systems! Such an oddball game. But when it comes to giant robot fighting games (this one, Virtual-On, Cyberbots, etc.) I just can't get enough...

Soooo... if you're a female journalist who wants to write for NintendoLife, is it a requirement that you must have moved across the Atlantic to live with your partner in North America at one point or another??

As an American, I say welcome! If the two of you do plan on staying here long term, the best advice I can give you is this: never forget how vast this country really is. If you're happy where you are now, wonderful! But if not, you have many, many options for where to go next.

My wife and I "retired" to a small community in the Pacific Northwest, and couldn't be happier to have gotten away from it all, so to speak. We just focus on the day-to-day of our own little lives and tune out the rest of the noise. After all, life is sometimes at its best when you just focus on the little things. Much like Pikmin ^_^

A side note about houses - it really depends on where you live! I'm surprised you mentioned an abundance of wooden houses in the Midwest; in my experience, nearly every house out that way is made out of brick. Plenty in the South and towards the East Coast are, as well. To my knowledge, this has to do with where bricks were produced back in the day (the South) and how difficult / financially irresponsible it was to transport them to further-out parts of the country.

I was born back East, and every house on my street was brick. Out West, here on the coast, they're nearly all wood! But I can assure you, there are plenty of brick houses in America if you know where to look

@WaveBoy Just give us Tech Romancer, and they'll have my Zenny on day one >..<

@Princess_Lilly Finally, a gamer who actually "gets it"

@GrailUK I appreciate you for being so kind, and allowing me to say my piece. Thank you

@GrailUK I had a feeling my comment may have been taken as such ^_^

Patience is one thing. Feeling as if I've been misled is another.

If LRG had been more transparent, in that not all orders would ship on (or near) the actual release date, I would have at least had a better idea of what I was signing up for.

I would be fine with a modest shipping delay, and an explanation. But an extended delay with no explanation is frustrating, to say the least.

It's not like the actual release date got delayed, meaning that everyone has to wait a little longer. Some got their orders on release. Some didn't. And some still haven't gotten theirs months later.

In this case, I think I am fair to feel slighted.

As far as patches, Maniac Mansion is 37 years old. I think It's already gotten all of the updates it's going to get

@GrailUK They're fine if you stick to their in-stock items. I sometimes buy from them when they have restock sales, and all of those orders have shipped quickly. But if you pre-order, well...

I've only pre-ordered one item from them - the PC re-release of Maniac Mansion. Ordered it in March of 2023, and it began shipping in March of this year.

I say, "began shipping," as my copy still hasn't shipped yet. Even though many copies have since flooded eBay, and plenty of influencers seem to have gotten theirs already. When I contacted LRG, I was told that orders ship in batches, and mine would ship at a later date.

That was three months ago. No progress since. My order page even says it's in-stock and ready to ship.

So, pre-order if you want, but know that you aren't guaranteed to receive your order on the release date - or months after the fact. Frankly, I wish I'd just gotten mine from an eBay seller from the get-go, because at least I would have it by now!

Oh, and there was also that thing where they were shipping "Collector's Edition" copies of games on CD-Rs, without notifying anyone ahead of time that they would be doing so. But that's another story...

I mean, I played this for about an hour last night and thought it was just fine, soooo... (shrug)

But will it come on a CD-R??

@Princess_Lilly I believe the game you are looking for is called "Crime Crackers," Princess. It was a very early PS1 game released only in Japan.

(I made an account on here just to reply to your post, so I really hope I got the game right...)