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@JohnnyMind Is it per app per week? Because I've definitely tried to access them during internet/power outages weeks if not the same day I've played things online and been denied. Maybe it just seems weird comparatively to Game Pass which I've never had an issue accessing online, which TBF entirely fits Nintendo being more protective of a bunch of ancient ROMs than Microsoft of hundreds of games they mostly don't own.

I'm surprised it took them this long to do this. I know the entirety of shows like Transformers and Power Rangers on on YT... but now that I'm typing this, maybe that's just a Hasbro thing.

Unless they change needing to be online to access the NSO library, it feels kinda redundant between what we have already both via NSO already and paid options. It's neat but would make more sense if dropped with multiple Tetris games.

@Dm9982 Fallout 4's a bad Fallout game but a good game at it's core. Kinda like Dark Souls 2 I think reception would be different if it had a name that wasn't numbered. The good game at it's core SHOULD have been Starfield, but they gutted it even more so it doesn't even have memorable settings to save it like FO4.

Never will understand the appeal of these games that're more of a Choose Your Own Adventure book than game, with most of the gameplay just being QTEs. I could understand if they were $20-30, but I have to wonder how many actual books or movies could've been purchased for the amount of a full priced game. Still sucks for the people that do like them that it's poorly optimized.

@Nanoline52 Ohhh, someone here told me about Jigglypuff, but Haunter is news to me. I'll have to look up a Gengar/EX Deck since I'm switching back to the Mewtwo Pack since I've had no luck with Pulling any Zapdos EX. Thanks.

@Owozifa This too. Pokemon didn't create the abbreviation nor are they they only ones to use it. Even if they were the first to consistently use it, it's a generic abbreviation of a common term for an entire market. The only thing of remote substance is the AI art, and there's games with AI art all over the eShop, so why is this even an article?

@Anachronism Ah okay, so it makes a pre-existing Deck a bit better than making a new viable one. Maybe I'll keep Pulling from the Pikachu Pack since I'll have something other than Zapdos EX that I'd want. Thanks.

Are we just accusing any game having monsters in it in any way to be the rip-off of the latest Pokemon game? This is obviously a rip-off of TCG Card Shop Simulator and not PTCGP in any way - the only thing even similar between the two is you open packs, which is in literally every TCG game ever. Even compared to PTCG Live that's the only similarity.

@Anachronism I knew about Mankey making Primeape viable and thankfully got a Playset, but do tell about Jigglypuff!

Won't be feeling bad about potentially missing this one like the Lapras EX, as it's just a Full Art rather than a new card a Deck can use.

It already seemed like one of those releases you shouldn't buy at launch just because it'll be much better later on. Day One gameplay and the gameplay 6-8 months later after updates will be completely different experiences.

Forget Nintendo's official deals, got TOTK from Walmart for $30 and am still debating on Bowser's Fury for $35, Kirby and the Forgotten Land for $35, or Pikmin 4 for $35 from Target.

I'm subscribed to the theory Nintendo constantly has remakes and remasters both in the works and already finished, but only release them when they're relevant or they need some filler during a year. Especially in an age where they can release budget titles digitally whenever and worry about a physical release later.

I'll bite when it's down to $20. $50 for 14 games of which only 4 I'd actually wanna play is not worth it, and that's not even touching on the fact Yugioh games make you grind like crazy for anything decent. But Konami knows these Collections are easy money; as long as this does more than break even we'll see ones for the Tag Force games and the weird ones like Forbidden Memories and Duelist of the Roses within a few years.

And they're releasing another Pack before the end of the year, so they won't have every card for long.

If they have to make a bunch of specialized changes for each DS game, it'd probably take just as much time and effort to make Remasters that use most of the same coding with minor changes and new graphics, like BDSP. But there's a lot of DS and Wii games and IPs we just won't see again because the hardware was so unique.

My Top 5 would just be the Pokemon games, though while I like HGSS and the changes it made, Johto is still really a really lame experience for me personally. It shares a lot of the same problems as DP/BDSP like most of the new Pokemon being a bad combination of post-game, Baby Pokemon, Roaming, etc.

Some of the more random games I enjoyed were Transformers 2007 & War for Cybertron Autobots/Decepticons DS, Petz Rescue: Ocean Patrol, and Spectrobes & Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals.

Wouldn't surprise me if it could've released on Switch already, but they're holding off to release it on both old and new hardware, and really focusing on making the Switch 2 version run much better to show off the new system.

Oh boy, $40 Skins.

It so bizarre to me Takashi Iizuka thinks nobody would want a standalone Chao Garden game when people have been screaming for one for years, but thinks people want Sonic Advance Remasters. 3 pretty average games that'd probably sell just as well if not better in a Collection, either on there own or in one with other handheld games like Sonic Rivals on the PSP, or just dumped onto the NSO Expansion Pak.

Nah, Nintendo doesn't discount things anymore. The stores themselves will discount them to make room though while in stock.

Yugioh's dabbled with advent calendars before, and they were a neat thing for kids. A Flash Platformer would be nostalgic, but price is gonna be a big factor.

@Serpenterror Actually it very well might be them releasing multiple or a much broader collection, considering they're also delisting a good handful of Dreamcast etc. ports from Xbox and Steam, but not all of them.

I really have to assume Nintendo's the reason Pokemon's in such a sorry state. None of the money is seemingly going back into GameFreak or the IP in general, so what other possibility could it be other than Nintendo's pocketing most of it? And despite Palworld playing more liked Ark but with monsters instead of dinosaurs, the fact that it was white hot popular for a minute and people were comparing it to Pokemon got them scared that their easy money would potentially get threatened to some degree, to the point they had to make up a reason to go after Palworld.

Pretty much every Nintendo IP but Pokemon is at all all time high, or at least released one of the best entries in a long time during the Switch's lifetime.

Not biting until they give us the RSE and FRLG. But if/when they give those, I'm not letting go of the service.

Day One buy for me. Having your library carry over should be the norm if companies are gonna push digital.

The Xenoblade games seem to go on sale a tiny bit more often than Nintendo other IPs, so I'll probably pick it up just to have it when that happens.

@Samalik It's more like Duel Links both in terms of the simplified gameplay and limited cardpool. And the horrible grind and monitization, of course.

Can we get actual Pokemon spin-offs please? The Switch in it's 8 years only got 3 real ones, and only one of those was original.

They presumably need a separate app to turn your phone into a live bomb should you try and access or tamper with the files in any unofficial way.

A lot of people making indirect, bold accusations of Nintendo forgetting they're the ones who originally put in that booba slider for a 13yo. Maybe you should voice your disgust by not buying their games period since you seem to have a problem with it, and most Japanese games in general since they have similar things in them. It's almost like Japan and the West are different cultures, and they're desensitized to sexual stuff in the same way the West is desensitized to the most disgusting gore imaginable.

Even if it's a case where all the Rangers unlock different stuff later on, the base game being more expensive than the Ultimate Edition of the phenomenal Shredder's Revenge with both the DLCs is a big oof. If it gets good reviews I'll still have to pass until a reasonable sale, as the Switch especially isn't lacking in good Beat 'Em Ups.

@LikelySatan The Outer Worlds was made before they were bought by Microsoft though and in production before anything spicier than tofu was fine. Dustborn is almost an inverse of what I'm talking about, being from a small group in the spotlight, but people were mocking it rather than demanding it be changed or taken down.

And yeah, humor is difficult and not every joke or type of humor is going to land with everyone. But a vocal minority that the big companies appeal to who don't know that are the ones saying what can or can't be funny. Which is just a branch of the issue of why everything in media feels so stifled in creativity and cookie cutter safe.

@HeadPirate It's crazy companies now don't realize the value of smaller exclusives in that $10-40 range. Nintendo has dozens of IPs within dozens of IPs and only sometimes do smaller projects, and you'd think Microsoft would be foaming at the mouth for Studios like Tango Gameworks that could help fill out the massive gaps in Game Pass releases.

@Samalik Exactly. KI 2013 as a Fighting Game would super benefit for the boost in player count being on more systems, resurging the count on PC and Xbox too. And something like Battletoads 2020 just works better on a console that both comes with 2 controllers and is portable.

What's truly mind blowing though is Microsoft didn't port more games like this first, instead jumping from the first batch to what people were saying was gonna be THE Xbox-exclusive of 2024 in Indy. Then making the surprised Pikachu face when Xbox owners were mad the big exclusive of the year for them was only for 3 months before coming to PS5.

@LikelySatan @Gryffin While these are very good points, none of those games are overseen by any major game Devs or Publishers, and therefore are immune to any kind of social media nonsense. And I have to imagine Comic Jumper alone from Twisted Pixel's lineup would make them collectively screech to the heavens.

@Anachronism Unless they remaster the collection of remasters, you don't want it in its current and presumable final state. Filled with cheaters on PC and practically dead if you're searching for all but the most vanilla Game Modes.

@Toastmaster "To me it looks like you care 0% about any Xbox game. If you cared, you would have owned them already. Easy math." Well considering I've owned Xboxes since the 360 you're pretty bad at easy math. Maybe try to understand the simple mentality of wanting more people to be able to play more games before you get on your soapbox.

@Anti-Matter I'd say a Twisted Pixel Collection of what were mostly XBLA-exclusives would be cool, but jokes are banned in 2024 and I can't imagine games with that sense of humor being allowed to exist now.

Killer Instinct 2013 and Battletoads 2020 would be choices that'd get minimal flak from Xbox fans if they were ported. They reworked/added Cross-Play to KI in one of the more recent updates so I'd assume it's going to happen, if not for Switch than PS5 and Switch 2, and I'd argue Battletoads would be a better fit on Switch than Xbox since it's Local Co-Op only.

@GoldenSunRM In all fairness, that's more of something to hold against the overall quality of modern Western animation than the Turtles specifically.

@MrHaggi A Lego Zelda would just feel so natural since Lego games are already puzzles, action, and a bit of Platforming. There'd be plenty of characters to unlock and jokes and jabs to make at the series that'd fit the Lego humor well.

@GamingFan4Lyf It really makes me wish review sites had more than 1 person review each game, since not everything is for everyone and even just one or two more people might give a wider range of opinions. Because if not sometimes you get ridiculous situations, like choosing people who hate Rick & Morty to review a game by the Rick & Morty writers, which they obviously won't like and that's your one review.

@Yodalovesu A very French review.

The quality of a Lego game following a pre-established story (baring bugs and the like) depends on how well they balance the length and pace of the source with that of the gameplay. Which tends to be a big issue with the ones based on only one or two movies resulting in bloat for both elements, but this time it's based on games. Which means the end result will be interesting at the very least. Sony really needs a W right now, so for their sake I hope they don't fumble and step on this Lego.

I would love for the people to explain how 4Kids tier changes make the game better or why it was necessary. Because all I see are people who don't like it and people who don't like those people, not anyone who actually likes the changes or can say why they were needed. Because not caring about these changes while they're minor is what allows them to escalate to a point of no return, where by the time you do care it's too late. And that's how you get to the current state of Ubisoft.

They screwed up bad and are now scrambling to make SOMETHING people might want, that even they can't fumble.

Sounds about right for an Outright Games Licensed title - the stories they make are decent to good, but the gameplay is so horribly executed you don't care. The resurgence of Turtle games makes me want Ubisoft to port Turtles in Time Re-Shelled with some fixes like they did the Scott Pilgrim game. It might seem weird now that the original is widely available, but it works as it's own thing and a neat history piece. I'm sure Ubisoft could use the easy money too.