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I'm not too fussed either way but I know that many players and managers aren't too happy with it as it's crowding an already hectic schedule.

The once Vita (means life) exclusive is coming to other platforms. I played it on the Vita and it's a cracking game. It was one of many Monster Hunter type games that appeared on the platform.

Yeah, this remastering stint they are on is getting tiresome.

Some crazy scores this evening. What the hell is going on in the Bayern game?

Started playing this tonight. It's hilarious. So quirky. @RedShell would love it. Stage 4 had me move around a bathroom, all the while a Japanese woman was bathing herself and causing the room to steam up. I had to land on her as she was lying in the bath and suck the blood from here.... Bonkers game.

Bugs and glitches via PowerPyx. Sounds like the Chapter Replay option is pretty broken.

Hey, I'm just the messenger. Read into it what you will.

A warning for those planning on playing it on their Steam Deck.

Yeah, I heard it was a weird one. I knew about it back in the day but never played it. Crazy how many games I've still yet to play from the Classic service. Timesplitters 2 and 3, Secret Agent Clank, Jeanne D'arc, Wild Arms 2, Sky Gunner, Ghost Hunter, Herc's Adventures....lots to get through.

Possibly disables trophies. A lot of in game cheats do that.

Games leaving next month.

There's a script that players use to auto grind for them.

That farming exp script works wonders.

It's very fun. The story mode consists of stages where you have to find an item in the level and then take it to the extraction point. There are only 10 or so stages and they can be completed pretty quickly. The positioning of the item and exit changes depending on the difficulty level. For the trophies you'll need to play on the normal setting. The main meat of the original game was in the challenge mode, which is unlocked by completing the final level in story mode. The challenges are based around the story mode stages, with each have 3 challenges per stage. I always struggled with these on the PS2 but the rewind feature on this version makes them far more manageable. Finish all of these for the trophies. The other 2 trophies are for creating a map in the map maker mode and finishing a story with full health, which is very easy if playing on the easiest difficulty setting. The game plays perfectly fine, although I did have to invert the vertical axis. It's very fast paced and you can certainly see the Goldeneye DNA in the game.

A platinum trophy in my PlayStation collection. Hmmmm, I dont think there was any in game bonus for collecting everything. I think there are just a large amount so that it allows players to progress even if they don't pick them all up.

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I see someone is firing shots at Trump again. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8dp10d4vq2t

From what I remember, those HD ports of Ubisoft games weren't that great. They probably would have required a lot of work and not worth the effort. Lost Crown is well worth playing though. As for EA, I can't think of anything notable that is missing from the Switch other than the Dead Space remake. A lot of their supported indie games made it over, as did FIFA (in a fashion) and Burnout Paradise. You wanted Anthem, didn't you?

Thanks for the responses. Hopefully you won't have to deal with scalpers. One of the rumoured reasons for it releasing next year rather than this year was to sure up lots of stock, as well as to have plenty of software ready for the launch and months after. I think the majority of Nintendo gamers have been happy enough with what's been available on Switch. Plenty of 1st party and indie games, and a more than a decent amount of Japanese 3rd party releases. The only thing it really missed out on were a lot of AAA Western developed games. Given the state of most of those, I'd say they dodged a bullet. I imagine a lot of these games will be ported over to the Switch 2. Also, I'd be shocked if the likes of the Resident Evil remakes don't make their way over.

Can't remember if you can save manually. As for the gold, unfortunately you have to look for it yourself. Some of them are hidden very well. My first playthrough the game took a while due to trying to track them all down.

I'm not expecting them to go too crazy with the price. As Nick said, Nintendo will probably want to sell families multiple consoles and so trying to keep the price down will be important. I'm expecting something like £379. Anything over £400 and that's when I will start questioning whether to wait or not. I waited a year for both the PS4 and PS5 to come down in price (didn't happen with the PS5) and so I can happily sit on the sidelines and wait, if need be.

Let's say the Switch 2 is just a more powerful version of the original. How much are people willing to pay for it? With the PS5 Pro being announced, there's been a lot of talk about the price of consoles and people potentially being priced out of the hobby if they continue to rise. What would be the breaking point price for you to say "No" when it comes to the Switch successor.

I didn't even know it was sold as a double pack. As Glen said, yeah it looks to be worth around £150. Even Pokemon Channel sells for quite a bit. To be fair, at least there's more to do on that than Pokemon Box.