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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jul 26, 2023 20:43:15 GMT -5
Still utterly baffled that Mario Land was neither in the original release nor in the announced lineup of games. Really there are a still a ton of obvious ones sitting up in the air right now even without getting into Pokemon Gen 1 / 2. That, Donkey Kong '94, the Donkey Kong Land games, Pokemon Pinball, Pokemon Puzzle Challenge, Of Myths and Monsters, Game & Watch Gallery 1 and 2, Mario Picross, Mario Tennis, SMB Deluxe, Wario Land 1 and 2, Kirby's Block Ball, Balloon Kid, and those are just off the top of my head. Was kinda odd that Mario Land which was one of the first games for The Game Boy wasn't put on there. They just skipped straight ahead to Six Golden Coins. Doesn't really help that at least personally I like Mario Land 1 way more than I do 2.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Jul 26, 2023 21:20:02 GMT -5
Hoping Kid Dracula is one that ends up on the GB service.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jul 26, 2023 21:28:46 GMT -5
Hoping Kid Dracula is one that ends up on the GB service. Seems like it could go either way given it's included in the Castlevania collection but that didn't stop Bloodlines.
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Post by burdette25159 on Jul 27, 2023 1:01:12 GMT -5
Hoping Kid Dracula is one that ends up on the GB service. Seems like it could go either way given it's included in the Castlevania collection but that didn't stop Bloodlines. The Kid Dracula in the collection is the Famicom version
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Post by BorneAgain on Jul 27, 2023 10:52:43 GMT -5
Apparently Pikmin 4 did great numbers in Japan, selling 400,000 and already outdoing FFXVI’s total physical sales (though that’s also a reflection of the PS5’s software struggles and the waning Japanese interest in mainline Final Fantasy).
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 27, 2023 13:05:22 GMT -5
Apparently Pikmin 4 did great numbers in Japan, selling 400,000 and already outdoing FFXVI’s total physical sales (though that’s also a reflection of the PS5’s software struggles and the waning Japanese interest in mainline Final Fantasy). Yeah, it's apparently exceedingly good by series standards, being its best debut ever. Very good. Kind of reminds me of how Metroid Dread bucked franchise trends and outperformed even Prime. It kind of makes me wonder if Nintendo will take the lesson away that even their "lesser" franchises can move the needle with the right promotion and the right game hook, or if they still might drag their heels on some of them.
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Post by dirtyoldman on Jul 28, 2023 2:37:54 GMT -5
Final fantasy ain't what she used to be
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jul 28, 2023 23:31:43 GMT -5
Been replaying Twilight Princess for a few days, presently between the second and third dungeons. Because of my Gamepad stick drifting I've been having to jump through some hoops to compensate so I'm guessing they'll finally announce the Switch port when I'm somewhere around the Temple of Time, too late to bail out but still a decent ways from the ending. Is pretty much what happened to me with Dual Destinies.
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Post by Joker on Jul 29, 2023 17:04:37 GMT -5
Anyone tried or played the new Disney illusion land game?
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Post by chrom on Jul 29, 2023 17:12:50 GMT -5
I may try to get it sometime. Got a lot games going on and more that I got preordered coming in.
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Post by BorneAgain on Jul 29, 2023 17:36:44 GMT -5
Picked up Pac-Man World Re-Pac for cheap thanks to an eshop deal. Solid game, one of the most prototypical of linear 3D platformers sure, but very charming and kind of making me wish Pac-Man's Smash moveset was a bit more inspired by it. Fingers crossed Pac-Man World 2 gets a modern port as I've never played that one either. Anyone tried or played the new Disney illusion land game? General consensus is that its an enjoyable introductory Metroidvania. I'll probably pick it up once it goes on sale.
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Post by ToyfareMark on Jul 31, 2023 20:16:37 GMT -5
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jul 31, 2023 20:34:11 GMT -5
I imagine the next console pretty much has to be backwards compatible honestly. Other than the Switch which didn't really have an option for it, Nintendo consoles generally are, with the NSO stuff going on and how much of it's still to come there's no way they'd actually get it all up within the next few months at the absurdly slow pace they're going (especially the GBA games, there's a mountain of those there's zero sign of yet), and Switch games still sell crazy well and it'd immediately wreck them putting out something new that doesn't support them.
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Post by chrom on Jul 31, 2023 20:38:34 GMT -5
Hope so, there's still a lot of games I wanna play and complete.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 31, 2023 23:50:29 GMT -5
Yeah, the install base is way too enormous for a lack of backwards compatibility to be sensible. The system is handily the number one console in terms of sales out right now, one of the top sellers of all time, and the potential gains for foregoing backwards compatibility are highly unlikely to be worth the blow to good will with customers or retailers alike. It also lessens the problems of competing against themselves, since if a "Switch 2" or whatever (please do not call it a New Switch and confuse people for the umpteenth time) comes out within, say, the next few years, the Switch itself is probably going to continue to be a presence for a few years longer at least. If you can use your games with both, it makes people less likely to put off buying games they might feel they can't use for the new hotness, and also saves Nintendo from having the woes of "our console has no games at launch" in quite the same way if you can just pop your games in and maybe enjoy slight performance gains or something while waiting for developers to catch up.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Aug 4, 2023 16:34:46 GMT -5
Pokemon Direct is confirmed for the 8th. It's 35 minutes so presumably they'll be showing off a lot, so get hyped then be disappointed when they spend 20 minutes of it talking about Unite.
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Post by chrom on Aug 4, 2023 18:38:33 GMT -5
I'll laugh if they announced Red and Blue are going to the GB NSO but you can't transfer them to Pokemon Stadium.
Speaking of which, I bet that's when we get Stadium 2 on Tuesday.
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Post by castletonsnob on Aug 6, 2023 7:52:38 GMT -5
What should we call the Super Mario RPG remake to distinguish it from the original? Super Mario RPGmake?
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Aug 6, 2023 7:55:28 GMT -5
What should we call the Super Mario RPG remake to distinguish it from the original? Super Mario RPGmake? I assume people will just call them SMRPG 1996 and 2023.
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Post by BorneAgain on Aug 6, 2023 7:56:37 GMT -5
I've been going with Seven Stars vs. Remake myself.
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