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While the game itself looks alright, I agree with the previous comments that this homage is way too on the nose. Plus, Retroware is kinda shady considering their associations.

Both of them are good, but I'm going to have agree with the others on the European version. It's tightly composed and I find the emphasis on an adventurous tone a little more inviting.

However, I'll give credit to the NA/JP art for accurately communicating the hectic fights you get in with other wildlife.

"...I made many mistakes in how I handled the communication with the Kickstarter community..."

Hey Jools, habitually blocking people and backers on social media for merely asking about updates tells a different story than the misunderstood indie dev you're trying to portray yourself as.

@Poodlestargenerica Complaining about someone being rude after mocking people (who were reasonably upset over the way a game they helped fund was developed) seems a little hypocritical.

It's remarkable how dumb the management at Embracer Group is. Buying 20 game studios a year and expecting them all to recoup those costs was destined to blow up in their faces.

Of course, their solution is to lay off the devs, essentially negating the point of acquiring them in the first place.

@Stamina_Wheel I'm totally with you on Steel Diver. I am a big fan of the original and Sub Wars did such a fantastic job fleshing out the concept.

It would be a real shame if Nintendo lets Steel Diver die after they just started scratching the surface of the series' potential.

@Thief Futuridium EP Deluxe, Race The Sun, XType Plus, The Fall, and Ballpoint Universe.

I was also interested in picking up Tengami. However, that game was removed from the eShop as well.

I went to buy a bunch of games off the Wii U eShop last night and I found a good portion of them on my wishlist were delisted.

I hope Nintendo and other developers involved don't let the Switch eShop get struck with the same availability issue at the end of its life.

@Guile @Shambo @BananaMetallurgica I also immensely enjoyed this game (as my profile picture suggests). It's one of my favorites from the 3DS library.

Nintendo did a great job of capturing the feeling of tactfully moving the submarines through hostile waters in the original game. Sub Wars also did an excellent translation of that gameplay into the first-person perspective. The addition of morse code and a traditional multiplayer mode, arguably, made it an even more immersive experience.

The first two games had solid gameplay but only passable campaign modes, which a hypothetical third game could flesh out into something more elaborate. It's one of the reasons I hope Nintendo will eventually make a sequel for Switch.

I like to think that this mega announcement is some Nintendo collaboration like the Crypt Of The Necromancer devs did.

But a 16-bit styled Shovel Knight 2 would also be pretty cool too.

There's at least one upside to this. Now Raven Software is free to make a new Heretic/Hexen game.

If the next Smash Bros. has all the fighters from Brawl, I wouldn't mind a roster reduction.

Less fighters can benefit the game by giving the developers more time to focus on other modes like Adventure or Online.

Just some Namco trivia. Phozon was made by the game designer of Super Pac-Man and Pac & Pal.

My understanding is that Toru Iwatani assigned him to work on these games as a kind of training exercise.

Iwatani would later call those Pac-Man titles as being boring but he was happy to give the designer experience in game development.

Spongebob's marching band outfit will make a great addition. I would even mod the audio files so Sweet Victory plays every time he wins.

This is fantastic. I've been waiting for an official release of the Pac-Land arcade on Nintendo consoles for years.

It's also great that this compilation is bringing back the original Namco Museum experience with an arcade to walk around in.

I just hope we can get Pac-Man Championship Edition DX in a future D.L.C. or update. That will make this collection feel truly complete.

I'm interested in playing this, mainly because Toru Iwatani once said that this is his favorite video game, even more than Pac-Man.

I hope the next console brings back a secondary screen in some way.

It can be called the Double Switch, or DS for short.

Comments reciting Miyamoto's "delayed game" quote incoming.

It's funny to think that a pedometer Pikmin game would turn out to be more entertaining than Hey Pikmin!

I remember reading the skeptics who said Switch was going to bomb when its reveal trailer dropped and, after the Wii U's failure, I couldn't help but believe the pessimism.

Really glad that we were all wrong!

As others have already said, Shinobi 3 is absolutely amazing. It's easily my favorite Sega Genesis game of all time.

I wish Sega would make a new title for this generation but I guess they're too busy focusing on Sonic.

The mad lads did it. They somehow got Disney to give them the keys to Kingdom Hearts.

It almost appears that Konami is regretting burning the bridges with their past talent and are desperate to find replacements.

A horrendous logo/tagline combo makes this ones of the worst rebrands I have seen in recent memory.

The current Bandai Namco logo had a serviceable design with an appealing red-yellow mix. Of course, the solid red colors and distinct bold fonts of both companies pre-merger are just too iconic to overcome.

With this redesign, I wouldn't have made any connection to Bandai Namco had it not been for the name. It looks like some second-rate social media app. It lacks personality, it's needlessly streamlined, and fails to build upon or continue its predecessors in any way.

The standard version of this game is pretty fun.

I bet this edition will look nice but I hope it does a bit more than just slap the Mario brand on Labyrinth, maybe like adding power-ups to spice up the gameplay.

Playing that Super Mario Bros. Easter egg will feel right at home on Switch.

It awesome that Bethesda and id Software are now one of the most consistent third-parties releasing their games on modern Nintendo consoles.

I missed out on series like Doom for many years and now that I gotten the chance to play them, it's become one of my favorite gaming franchises.

I often hear Quake generalized as "Doom in 3D", and that has me excited to try it out. Hopefully, Quake will be another game to join my list of favorites.

@OorWullie I'm not sure if Heretic or Hexen will ever come to modern consoles.

I heard the two series got tangled up in some legal predicament between Zenimax/id Software and Activision/Raven Software.

However, it's possible I suppose since Heretic and Hexen are somehow both available on GOG.

I'm looking forward to seeing more of Pokemon Legends: Arceus. It's probably one of the most intriguing Pokemon games I've seen in recent times.

It's nice to see 3D Realms with a solid line-up of retro shooters. I kinda had the feeling that the aftermath of D.N. Forever had damaged them irreparably.

Here's to a new golden age for the company.

Similar to the the Tetris Effect, there's the Switch Effect where you dream about your favorite games coming to Nintendo Switch.

This game was among the most recurring dreams I had.

@YoshiAngemon Sorry, I got them mixed up. I also heard people call him Silver Sonic but I think that's a fan nickname.

A Mecha-Sonic toy in the current age? That's pretty neat considering Metal Sonic served as its replacement.

A few years ago, I used habitually play the NES version which featured a victory screen past the rocket shuttle.

It had a amusing fake out where you see U.F.O. on the launchpad but, instead, St. Basil's Cathedral takes off into space.

I wonder how this series is going to move forward without Ellis.

He deserves to leave but it's probably going to be hard to find a new writer whose scripts can be reconciled with his.

@Beatrice I know there's several answers to your question but I wanted to offer my perception of it.

From what I recall, it was seen as of the best 3D Sonic games post-Sonic '06.

Now that a decade or so has passed, it's game design has been reevaluated for the worse. Criticisms towards its level design and the Wisps are among them. Sonic Generations definitely reinforced some of these arguments for others.

The main aspect that most agree on was that the story was rather poor. It tried to dial back prior complaints of the franchise taking itself too seriously by going for a simple light-hearted plot with an abundance of comical moments.

People believe this part of the game aged the worse out of all other aspects of the game. They also note that this set the standards for future Sonic stories which resulted in blunders like Sonic Lost World so people also complain of its lasting legacy as well.

It's kinda ironic that these things are called "NeoPets" as most people nowadays seem think of them as a relic of the early 2000s.

Surprised no one mentioned that the Brick and Frame themes are based upon the Block Town and Pac-Man's Park mazes from Pac-Mania.

The Colorful theme is also the maze from Pac-Man Arrangement.

@Slowdive Right? Pac-Man 40th anniversary was pretty underwhelming.

The best thing we got was the Pac-Man Championship Edition demake and that was based upon a ROM hack from a decade ago.

It seems Japan loves pulling a kind of April Fools joke where they present something as a mock up and reveal it's real later on.

Example: the April Fools trailer for The Ring/Ju-on crossover.

I can't help but feel that the "What were they thinking?" line was an AVGN reference.

He's the DJ Yella of the Pokemon universe.

@RiasGremory Maybe once they're done with all of the DLC packs, they could release a bundle edition or something like that later on.

Nice to hear that this is a quality port.

I guess everyone has their limits. Everyone keeps expecting Panic Button to do Switch ports so a dud was going to pop up at some point or another.

I just want more Shinobi games man. Return Of The Ninja Master is one of my favorite games of all time.

Shine On You Crazy Diamond...

Just as long this hypothetical character isn't physically objectified, I'll be down for it.

@BloodNinja The secret levels are full of Nazi soldiers from Wolfenstein 3D. I think the joke is that it's only natural for them to end up in Hell.

There's a secret exit in Map 15 that will take you to one of them.

Not really a big deal. In fact, it's for the best.

The Doom II port on Switch had already de-Nazified its sprites and textures in the secret levels and not many seemed to mind then.