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I've already double dipped on this so I'll skip a trip dip. I still need to play the Wii version so I would better off getting my fix from that.

I played Castlevania I over the weekend and found it to be fine. The button layouts are reversed from A/X to Y/B so it was easy to find one that worked for me. Of course button mapping would be preferred but what they have is serviceable. As far as the stretch options, I just played it as the default 4:3 and didn't even notice the black bars since I was focusing on the action.

I almost have Castlevania I complete, I'm on Dracula right now and it appears to be another fight that I'm going to have to spend an hour or two beating. After that I'll be jumping into Simon's Quest which is the game I played the most growing up. I did go back and beat it on my NES a few years ago with the help of a guide which I really didn't need up until the end.

Great Collection overall and I concur with the score that was given.

Cool idea not a cool price.

I just upgraded to a 256 GB SD card for 45 bucks so I'll be fine for a while. By the time the system is in it's twilight years the 1 TB or 2TB should be pretty cheap and I can just download everything to that.

I'm curious to see what the mystery games are. A F2P game sounds interesting depending on what idea he has come up with.

I have it digitally already but I haven't gotten around to it. I probably do not need to pick this up physically but I'm so damn tempted.

Imagine if they dropped the 2DS to $50 or the 2DS XL to $80. I'm sure they could have at least prolong it for another year.

Excellent game that I have a copy for on the Dreamcast and Gamecube.

I would recommend a 8bitdo or something else with a good D-pad as I got substantially better at this when I switched controllers.

I'll be picking this up day one, Kid Dracula and Bloodlines sealed the deal and it's only $20.

Wow this just became a day one buy for me, Contra: Hard Corps did it.

Pretty cool but I wish they would have implemented an online store so that you could add more games if you wanted to. I'm not sure why that's so hard for these companies to do, especially since Capcom has a lot more of a catalog.

Seems like news that would have been perfect for a direct.

@Jeronan

Why do you think Nintendo made it to where there was no strap to it? I would imagine most kids will only do this for an hour only at most. I believe most VR is fine after the age of 6 or so, I think the 3DS went through the same thing and that was 7 or 8 years ago. The higher resolution is important but again I believe Nintendo designed the art style in a way to get around this.

These are all pretty solid (Toki Tori the least interesting to me) and I may go down the road of double dipping. Wulverblade will be a must as I loved that game even though it kicked my ass. I have Earthlock digitally but haven't played it. Darkside Detective I've had my eye on but have yet to pull the trigger so I may get it here so I don't double dip. Rive I've heard good things about but again don't own it so it is highly interesting.

When will some gamers realize that Labo is not targeted to them? It's meant for 7-12 year olds and it's not just about the software. I do not have much interest in VR since it still has a few kinks to be worked out but this one is interesting because of the construction aspect and it's a low price for entry. It's not meant to be Vive, Oculus, or PS VR so I have no idea why it's being compared to them.

@SwitchForce

I would be surprised if this didn't get a physical release considering there are around 4 services (Limited Run, Super Rare, Special Reserve, and Strictly Limited) that are competing for Indie games to release. Wayforward also has already had a game or two come out via Limited Run.

As far as the game, looks good. I messed with the original a bit but only got through the first few levels before moving on. I'll keep on eye on this though.

It's about time and as Nintendofan83 pointed out we usually have a Direct in April. The timing with Reggie's departure is right too which I would have to think they wouldn't just have him leave though he did already do a video announcing his retirement.

I can understand him not keeping up on it but a lot of Twitter replies make my head hurt. They are piling on the train as if this was a new release.

Good to see, a timed exclusive was good enough for Switch. I'm actually in the middle of it right now and it needs to be available to as many players as possible as this type of jrpg is probably my favorite genre.

No way this would make sense for me but the key thing to point out is that did this partly to play arcade ports which in the arcade your directional control is on the right side. So again not something that I would do but it's something I can see to give you a more "authentic" arcade experience. I use that term very loosely.

I'll be looking out for this but I probably won't pick it up until the full lineup is revealed. As it stands right now I'm very interested since it has Castlevania: Bloodlines.

I never finished the game but it was a good experience from what I played however I don't believe I would double dip on this experience.

All of them look good but I would lean towards the N64 design.

About time Konami got their head out of their ass for one day. Surely this would come to Switch considering how well Bomberman did on the system and the Smash collaboration. Of course with Konami who knows.

Capcom and their "tests" will be forever.

I would love one of these but I probably would only do Link or Samus at that price. Sadly I've never really paid attention to these so I've missed the boat. Though I'm sure they will another one. Also after seeing the price I do not feel near as bad about my Amiibo collection.

If I play any games I'm planning on continuing Octopath as I've only put 6 hours into the game. I'll probably play a few rounds of Tetris but after putting some time into it I'm no where near good enough to finish top 1000 so I will not be trying for the 999 gold coins.

The pricing structure of this one is the best out of the 3 kits. Of course it makes it to where there are 4 skus but the price is better suited for what the experience is.

I own the other 3 kits but haven't put them together (don't know that I will) and will probably get the big kit and then buy the starter set and put it together.

As a collector I say no but from a business perspective it makes sense and that is probably the way they should go. The only trick is if they make an all digital system then that base model will be expected to have more than 32GB of onboard memory out of the box (IMO) and should come with a minimum of 256 GB or so along with an SD slot.

I mean it's impressive to see someone do that but in reality I wouldn't want to play a game to that degree.

I am considering that game and I was hoping the reviews would be definitive but it leaves me up in the air still. I have only messed with the original a little bit so I cannot say I'm a huge fan but I didn't hate it. I hear so much reverence for the series I feel like it's something that I should appreciate. I guess I'll either just have to take in more reviews or just skip it.

I mean I'm not going to be there day one but towards the end of the Switch's life I'll pick one up hopefully for fairly cheap and download everything to the one card as the system rides off into the sunset.

He's a director so I'm assuming he's going to get his own team to create something new. I'll have to pay attention as I loved all those games that Factor 5 made.

$60 is fine to me since this is a true remake. All the graphics, art, music, and other aspects are getting remade so it's not just "up rezzing" existing assets. Now beyond that I would imagine this is still $15 million-$20 million (just a guess) to make and market (that might be low) there for they will need to sell at least 500,000 before it's profitable (assuming they get $34 a game). It's not like $60 is going to be their take home. People do not have any concept of the business side of things.

I've played a few rounds and I've liked it so far. My best finish was 16th but after reading the review I have a better understanding on how the R-stick functions work. Thank you for figuring that out.

They can keep Dante out of Smash but I wouldn't mind having DMC on the Switch.

I've gotten a couple of these dollar games and for the price they are not horrible but I have so many other games to play that it's hard for me to justify the time. That's actually the bigger issue.

I picked up several of these at the end of the year sale (or somewhere around there). Some general thoughts for those that want them:
West of Loathing is solid though I don't know that I will finish it since it's really dragging for me (5 hours in). The combat has felt stale which is causing some of the dragging.
I have Pool Panic but haven't played it.
Snake Pass was not good to me (only put an hour into it blargh).
Dandara was a good game that I completed. The controls take a bit to get used to but once you do it really is pretty good.
World of Goo bought on the Wii and loved it. If you haven't played it yet it's a good puzzler.

I might get this one as I've never played the series but have been interested in it. Of course if I do it will probably just sit on the shelf for a couple of years before I play it.

I'm going to continue with West of Loathing but I've hit a point that I'm bored with the game after 6 or so hours. It's a silly game but the combat is somewhat boring to me and all the areas are starting to just blur together. It doesn't help the entire game is black and white so there's not much distinction.

I need to get back to God of War too and get through that too.

Sounds like another game that needs to be on my list. I don't know if I'm every going to get to all these games though.

My collector mentality makes this of interest but my sensible side realizes that it's not something I need to get physical.

I spent the 2800 points I had left on Rebirth Castlevaniea, Rebirth Contra, and Ghoul Patrol. I had already switched everything to my WiiU a while ago since storage wasn't an issue on it. This is really horrible as it's the first digital platform that I've used that is going completely offline.

Most of the reviews have been coming in good for this game so I guess I'll be buying this though I will probably wait a bit as I have to much to play as it is.

I wonder if they fixed the game ending bugs in this game? I played it on the Gamecube and had almost completed it when I saved and quit the game. When I booted it up the door to the next area would not open and there was no way to continue on. Mummy Door Glitch is what it's called.

I'm down for this as Baten Kaitos is one my favorite games on the Gamecube though I'm usually not a fan of card games. Image & Form even mentioned Baten Kaitos so I'm assuming they are being inspired from it's system. Now will they release this in a physical form is the question.

I may have to invest in these as most of my games do not have the boxes. I had the boxes for several years but when I was in my early 20's and moved across country I had to save space and got rid of the boxes but kept most of the manuals.

I used to have the component cables but have no idea what happened to them so I am on the lookout for a cheap solution. For now I'm just going to keep using my Wii.

Lol, that's where I live Kansas City, MO. The local sports radio channels here were suggesting they set up an esport tournament there. They did a Billy Joel concert last year there so this would be a logical step for them.