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This seems like good news. We'll have to see what actually happens when the game properly releases on the Xbox One but essentially it sounds like you can just change your region to US, download the game, change back to original region and play, the only time you might come unstuck is if you wanted to actually buy cosmetic items in the game but this sounds like a great idea if you were just planning on playing the game and not spending anything other than the entry fee which is effectively Xbox Live Gold. I'm hoping there will at least be some way to play PSO2 in Europe as this was going to be the one game which I'd seriously consider switching the Xbox One on for again.

I backed it. I don't really have the money for it but they won't take money for the pledges until March and I really want to support this wonderful game. (again) Besides, £35 for a physical Switch copy of the game? Plus all planned dlc for free? It works out cheaper to buy than if Nintendo had financed it themselves. And this way, at least a lot more people will get to experience The Wonderful 101 which can only be a good thing.

No one is getting banned... N-Europe forum membership isn't what it used to be, we need all the members we can get. In all seriousness though, my thoughts are much the same as they were over three and a half years ago... Admittedly, quite a lot (or not a lot depending on how you view it) has changed since then but both the forums and N-Europe are still the same great places.

How about drawing a Nintendo GameCube? That way, you're incorporating straight lines and circles into one drawing lesson, I used to enjoy drawing GameCube's when I couldn't think of anything else I wanted to draw... ...also, I just wanted an excuse to post a picture of the GameCube. But seriously, try it sometime, really fun to draw... maybe we should have an N-E Drawing Club? First lesson... GameCube.

I don't mind, I was happy enough with the two threads as one if it made it easier for you to keep track of, but if having a thread for each would help with organisation, then I don't see why not and I suppose it might encourage more conversation between two distinct threads being that they are different games. Either way... I'll gladly play Super Mario Kart with yourself or @viceview51 any time I've got my SNES pad since last time so there shouldn't be any technical issues.

Thanks for the games everyone, I've enjoyed these past couple of days featuring Byleth-centric bouts. (with Cuphead)

Nah, it's all good. Simon joined first, I'm joining now though, I'll go with Dark armour female Aqua-Marine coloured hair Byleth instead. Or if someone else is playing as that Byleth, I'll just pick another, no big deal. Plenty of Byleth to go around anyway.

In that case... I bagsies Red Female (with white hair) Dante Byleth!

I've never seen Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster as far as I know either, I was only made aware of it fairly recently and I didn't know it was a PAL exclusive for sure until I was reminded of it in that recent Sega Lord X video, if I ever see it for a reasonable price though (around £80?) I'll let you know, chances are slim though, there's only two copies on eBay at the moment, cheapest one out of those two is £120. It was a solid effort, and when I saw the fork it definitely got a laugh out of me, so well played.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirits event 'Kunio-kun' is now live Now up on the front page, I meant to post about it the other day but the event has only just gone live today at least. I really like all of the promotional pieces of art which are made for these spirit events and the tournaments. This one brings back some good memories of playing River City Ransom on the various Virtual Console services. It's also a reminder that I need to get back to playing River City Girls and pick up River City Melee Mach!! at some point.

Glad to hear that you're still enjoying the Yakuza games @Hero-of-Time I don't know if you alreayd knew but it looks like you can now pre-order the standard edition of Yakuza Remastered Collection. https://www.thegamecollection.net/yakuza-remastered-collection-ps4-26565/?sqr=yakuza& The listing for the day 1 edition is seperate and is priced at £0.00 now which usually means that edition is sold out so the other version should be a standard case. I still might wait though, just to be sure... I ordered a 'standard' copy of Monster Hunter World: Iceborne and that turned out to be the steelbook but I just got a display box for that. Looking forward to playing some more of these games this year hopefully.

Resogun 2 exclusive PS Plus launch title for PS5? It worked for the PS4. Either way, this sounds like excellent news so I'm cautiously optimistic. I'm hoping they go for a game which has a simple arcade hook to it which is fun to play either solo or co-operatively with loads of fun things to unlock over time.

Always in For both leagues please.

Thanks for the games everyone. Looking forward to some Byleth battles next week. It'll be fun, you can guarantee I'll pick the new Fire Emblem character and have no idea what I'm doing. Either that or... I'll be looking on the character select screen thinking 'where is the new character? all I see is a load of sword/magic users... aha! that one's got an axe and a bow as well, OK we're good!'

Hmm? But it's right there in the graphic. Oh alright then... I've fixed it now though, Trials of Mana and Animal Crossing are now in the infographic.

Kirby's Dream Land 3 (SNES) (Because... Rick!)

Nintendo shares a Switch games in 2020 infographic Not a bad line-up to start 2020 with, especially knowing that there will be more announcements throughout the year. Check out the main article to view the graphic in greater detail. Out of all of those games though... all I need right now is that Panzer Dragoon remake.

That is... really weird, it's almost as if they decided... "Well we're not going to bother including an English voice-over for the definitive edition of Tokyo Mirage Session, releasing on our main platform which is selling loads but let's make a few voice clips for the TMS cameos in our Fire Emblem game on mobile because it will really make a difference there" I know that's not how it is really but it's still odd because if people playing Fire Emblem Heroes see these characters, hear them and think 'I might just check out that Tokyo Mirage Sessions game on Switch' then they won't be able to hear the same voices in the main game because there's only Japanese voice over available. As I understand it, there was no English voice over in the Wii U version so at least there is consistency between that and the Switch version but it just makes the English voice clips in Fire Emblem Heroes even more odd... but I suppose from the perspective of having continuity within the mobile game it would make sense, as I'm guessing that all the characters in that game so far all have English voices? It still feels odd... not that it matters that much though I suppose, given the choice for a game like TMS playing it with the original Japanese voice over feels right.

Great podcast this week, again I was listening to it while putting up the Roundup article for today's Smash presentation. I'm not going to even try and guess the transition tune for this one, I thought maybe bits of the tracks sounded familiar but I'm not sure. Here's a question for you... With the recent news of Bioshock Collection coming to the Switch, what other third-party games from other platforms which haven't seen a release on a Nintendo platform would you like to see ported across?

It has officially been two months since I last played Pokémon Sword. Time to finally start playing it properly now I reckon, especially with the news of the new content on the horizon.

Yep, that last match was pretty crazy, always is on that stage when it goes to Sudden Death though. Thanks for the games, some fun matches there.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Byleth presentation Roundup All up on the main site, N-Europe's Roundup of the presentation. Full press release and a link to the video. I enjoyed it, at first I'll admit I was a bit like 'Ah, so it's Fire Emblem' but Byleth is an excellent addition to the roster. I'm looking forward to trying out their different weapon attacks, looks fun to play as. Besides, from the way Sakurai set up the character reveal, I thought we were going to get something else entirely for a moment. This is a pretty good result overall and don't forget there are at least six more characters to be released in the future. Here's to playing Smash through 2020 and beyond.

Thanks for the kind words @Goafer I'm glad to hear that you liked the extra item, I had a feeling that it might be something you'd appreciate and I'm relieved to know that everything including the games got there safely. I like to include a note with anything I sell on the forum or privately as I think it makes a difference and once again, thank you for supporting N-Europe over the years.

Well you see, the thing is... I was going to and I still plan to but in a word... No... But at least I have the physical game, so you know I am going to play it. *hides*

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate presentation to be shown on January 16th Now up on the main page. We'll be sure to cover the event and will post a roundup article shortly after the presentation has aired. In the meantime... #RickForSmash!