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This makes the 40 worth it-- Bubble Bobble is one of my favorite arcade games

I agree wholeheartedly with this take. For my part, it depends on the game! I do sometimes try harder difficulties if it's a game I'm familiar with, or it's something older. When it comes to 2D games, platformers, Zelda...

I like to try the hard difficulty because I'm better at those types of games. If I were to play easy mode or an otherwise very easy platformer, it sometimes just doesn't feel as satisfying because I have been playing 2D platformers since the 90s.

But if I'm not familiar with the game style, I'll crank it down! And if it gets too boring, I crank it back up! Or, if I'm looking just to chill, I'll keep it on easy and enjoy the ride. You can do whatever you want because games are a HOBBY! If you're an obsessive achievement hunter, more power to you! If you just like to have a bit of fun and take it easy, you do you.

Why not use the C stick for smash attacks? It's much easier and it's directional...

Yikes. What a let down.

They saved my boy :')

Dang! A version that's harder than the NES title? I already have issues getting past level 3

Lol, looks cool but the impression of Arnold is baaaaaaad

Oh man, the framerate dips a little below 60 on rare occasions in a single-player adventure game? What did the police say?

I was surprised at some of the deep cuts on the list for launch. It's a really nice balance of the uber popular games and some lesser known gems.

Yesss! One of my favorite arcade titles!

VICE: Project Doom is an amazing game. Don't sleep on it just because it looks ridiculous! It's like... Spyhunter and Ninja Gaiden had a sweet, sweet baby

Yeah, the goodest fire boy is up there in the top 5 where he belongs.

I've played with my Brawler64 and the analogue stick works great for me. I've been playing SM64 with it and haven't noticed any issues.

No Galford version, no buy for me, sadly.

This is really funny but seems like it would be miserable to actually play XD

I'd love to buy a cheaper Switch for my nieces and goddaughters this Christmas!

Can't wait to see this. Every trailer gets me more excited!!

That said, Eevee doesn't look so good.

VR just feels like a gimmick to me. None of the games I've played feel like full experiences and it cheapens the whole view I have of the tech.

Labo VR feels like Nintendo is dipping their toes in, and honestly feels about as big as they could go with the current tech on the Switch. The Switch literally cannot compete on a hardware level with other VR platforms, so why even try? Better to make something for kids to test the waters, with future hardware revisions perhaps making VR on Switch a more full reality.

@zionich I don't want to get toooo hyped in case that DOESN'T happen, so I'm keeping my expectations in check... but damn if that doesn't sound possible

Surprised they didn't mention in the article that over the past 7 days, the Pokemon youtube channel has been quietly releasing "tourism" videos for the previous 7 generations of Pokemon, with the 8th day conveniently being tomorrow, the day of the direct.

Give us Sonic 3, you cowards

60 dollars seems a little bit much but I love Zelda and never got to finish this title, so it's worth it for me if that does end up being the price.

@Ludovsky that sounds plausible. I'd rather it be a separate app, personally-- unless they had like a slider that let you switch between systems, but I could see them wanting to have a unique visual style for each app.

Wow! This is happening way sooner than I imagined! I have it on PC but can never find the time to sit down at my computer and take on the game, so it will be nice to have it on my Switch so I can chip away at it when I have some free moments.

Haha, what a crazy weird rumor. That said, I think competitive Tetris and other puzzle games have always stressed me out. I love Tetris, but I have always liked it better as a solo affair. Might try this because it's free, though.

I had no expectations going in to this direct, and I got a ton of stuff I didn't know I wanted. Mario Maker 2 was definitely my star of the show, but getting to see an update on my favorite turn based strategy series was awesome, and the reveal of all the new demos and the surprise of Link's Awakening just blew me away.

I'll probably skip this one. I love my Genesis and Master System games, and I'm a huge platformer fan, but I never liked Alex Kidd.

Can't wait for this. I played the hell out of the original game and with all the new features, I'm sure I'll sink my life into this one too. Excellent new features too! And I'm sure these new tools will warrant a new Game Grumps series haha

It'd be very smart to have Panic Button or someone similar port the original trilogy to Switch to hold over fans in the next few years.

I echo the sentiments of everyone else here. I'm disappointed that new Metroid won't be on the console this year, but it's great that they're keeping us updated and that Retro has it.

If there is a pro version that has exclusive games, I'll hate it. Seems early in the lifecycle to do so, though.

I didn't buy this on my Wii U, so I'll definitely be picking this one up.

This is going to be a massive train wreck. As a life-long Sonic fan I've gotten used to disappointment though, so what's this compared to Sonic Boom?

I would looooove to see a Metroid announcement at TGA, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

@TheGhostWhoWalks yo doofus, this info is all put out in press releases. News blogs then use bits of those press releases for their stories. The press releases are purposely designed to be chopped up and put into articles like this. If you'd ever worked in journalism of any kind you'd know that, you troll

As long as there are varied scenarios and things to do, I'll be happy. I got pretty bored with subspace in Brawl except the cutscenes, so I'm glad the focus is more on fun gameplay instead.

Aw that kinda stinks, but oh well.

@Preposterous yeah, I do look at review scores before I buy things. That's what reviews are for. "sending a message to the publishers" is a sad excuse to justify throwing a fit about a game one doesn't want to buy in the first place.

Look all I'm saying is, making a bunch of dummy accounts and reviews to hurt sales of a game you don't think should exist because it doesn't appeal to you personally, especially when you haven't played the freaking game, is BS. If you played the game and didn't like it, cool. Post that review. Same with positive review bombing, which to be fair, is usually corporate, or in response to negative review bombing, both of which are also BS.

The whole point of a review is to let people know your experience with a game to help them make a purchasing decision. If the game doesn't appeal to you, just don't play it. Complain about it online. But don't try to artificially lower (or raise!) the score because you saw the features of the game, thought they were dumb and bad for the franchise, and decided not to play it at all because "that's not pokemon." You may not think it's worth your time, you may be wildly unhappy that the game exists, but nobody cares. Artificially changing the scores of a game you HAVEN'T PLAYED by using dummy accounts is immature and stupid, and anybody in here trying to justify it is either trolling or doesn't understand what a game review is.

@Yorumi can you give an example of people review bombing something positively? I don't know if I've ever seen that happen.

As a general comment, I'm very excited for this game and fake review scores aren't going to influence me. People are clearly just being childish because the game wasn't made for them, and for some reason, they can't handle that. Not to say that there aren't people who posted legit reviews about hating the game, but hundreds of reviews on day one of the release? That's definitely a review bomb and I wouldn't take it seriously for a second.

I had never heard of this, I'll have to load it up on my MAME machine.

That's a silly question. Every console manufacturer has in-house exclusives, and Nintendo has the best. Let's not change that.

Neato! I love playing a good beat-em-up with my best friend, so this will make the purchase more worth it for me when I decide to jump in. Adding in my 8bitDo arcade stick will really sell the experience

I appreciate Nintendo is taking that out of the game. It's outdated and insensitive, and it's great that they caught it and aren't wasting any time getting rid of it.

Hell yeah, that would be an awesome casting choice. This movie would also make the most sense of the existing Nintendo franchises.

I'd love to see this animated, but I will say I didn't care for the Castlevania series. The voice acting was really bad and whispery all the time-- it sounded like they didn't bother hiring any actual voice actors, so everything was hard to hear and underacted.

I don't get this doom and gloom. Things slowed down, sure, but it's still been a great year for the Switch. 2019 will also pick back up, but let's not forget you've got two system sellers coming out very soon.

It's really incredible how Hollywood just continually misunderstands gaming. It's so bizarre and disheartening, but also cartoonish at this point. A lot of games have great worlds and aesthetics to explore, but they seem to think those things won't work and instead of focusing on writing a good story in an established world, they change things for so-called "mass appeal." Because making yet another stubbly, brown haired white guy with a gun the hero is really the only way audiences will accept this, APPARENTLY

This is so neat. It's great to see another generation carrying on interest in these titles, and it shows how vibrant and alive the retro gaming scene still is.

@NewAdvent they had a proper crack called the Vita and it sucked

Oh please. A 1000 dollar "gaming" phone that plays mobile games and has one joystick and doesn't fit in your pocket? Looks like a steal.