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Keep in mind that he would also be playing the classicvanias as well, where starting with the OG NES game would actually be a very good choice!

Considering that the only Castlevania game you’ve ever played is Castlevania 64 (and its glorified DLC) for Christ’s sake? Yeah, you probably should.

Here’s another one I remember coming out much later in the system’s life than it actually did. Maybe my memory is being warped by the very late European release for the console?

That’s kinda badass, not gonna lie. I’d buy a Gex RPG for sure. Think of the outdated references it could have!

I reckon it will probably manage it after Xmas. Beating the PS2’s 160 million will be a very slow crawl though… It should make it, but probably not until early 2027 (and even then, only just barely when all is said and done).

To be fair, the title screen does say copyright 2024; so seemingly LRG took at least 5 months to get the carts manufactured and shipped… so… err… don’t cut them too much slack here

I don’t think there’s really a blanket answer to this question, it really depends on time, circumstance and the game in question. Switch 2 games are very expensive in general, but you do have to consider the cost of the media it ships on… in many respects, we’re back in SNES/N64 territory; with similar pricing and a similarity expensive storage medium. I can’t really say that it’s a ripoff or not worth the money, because you are paying for the hardware as well as the software in these cases. And digital versions do come with an accompanying discount. Same goes for limited release physical games, where the higher price is more understandable because of the limited nature of its print run reducing economies of scale. I bought the physical GBA version of Shantae Advance for £50 and I deemed it to be worth it, despite the fact that I could get the upcoming digital release on Switch/PC for much cheaper instead; because the limited nature of an aftermarket GBA cartridge release comes with an inherent cost. And the novelty of having a brand new release of a long-lost GBA game comes with inherent value attached to that. Not the same thing as paying £50 for a digital download of the same GBA ROM. That being said, the rise in prices for Switch 2 will have an impact on my spending habits. I’ve already heavily cut down on my 3rd party gaming purchases over the past couple of years or so, but there is no way that I am going to buy any 3rd party Switch 2 game (or game for any other current platform) at full price; unless it’s either an exclusive title, or TRULY an exceptional must-have purchase (like Okami 2 for instance). Because I know it’s gonna price collapse soon enough anyway. I also have to consider the SD card storage costs as well, which will severely limit what 3rd party games I buy, especially if Switch 2 really can’t support SD Express cards larger than 2TB. For first party Nintendo titles though? I’ll likely continue buying most of them on day 1, because I know they’re gonna be great, and I know that they’ll rarely go on sale anyway. That being said, I may wait on re-releases to have the occasional 33% off sale, we’ll see.

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2025/250508_4e.pdf Looks like Drag x Drive is digital only, as per Nintendo's latest Quarterly Earnings release documentation. This would make it amongst the largest scale first party eShop-only games that Nintendo have ever published. Certainly changes expectations about this game! Also means that it’ll probably be a lower-priced title, since it’s both digital and multiplayer only. Probably gonna be $39.99/€39.99/£29.99 now I reckon.

Yup. My copy arrived on Saturday 3rd. Haven't had much time to play it yet, but I'm thoroughly enjoying it so far! I really like the background plane switching gimmick, a fresh twist on the typical series exploration mechanics. Level design is very solid too, much better than what we saw in Seven Sirens, with more interesting layouts, better pacing and more interesting environmental puzzles to solve. The music is good, the animation is great, the gameplay feel is very great! (I particularily love the diving and swimming mechanics!), and the couple of boss encounters I've done are brill. It's all great stuff! I'll give more detailed impressions as I spend more time with it, but it's looking like this is gonna end up being amongst my favourite of the series. This is almost certainly the best of the "classic" Shantae style of games, as seen in Shantae GBC and Risky's Revenge.

From what I understand, Dark Legacy is an expanded version of the original Gauntlet Legends that includes all the content from the original version anyway (same is true of the original arcade release too). So there isn’t really much point in playing the N64 version over the GameCube one.

This would be a great candidate for GCN NSO... It's not impossible! Warner Bros did allow Nintendo to re-release Quest For Camelot GBC... for some bizzare reason! This would certainly be a great add to the service!

As far as Nintendo console bundles go? Yeah, all the Switch 1 bundles included download codes in a box. It's much cheaper and easier for them to produce since they can just use the same consoles being manufactured and just chuck the code into a different box; no need to spin up a specific manufacturing line for that particular bundle that way.

All those options, but I'm just gonna pick my Mii. Why would I ever choose anything else?

I mean, why wouldn't we expect the rest to come at some point? Would be a bit silly to only have the first part. Switch 2 is certainly powerful enough to run these games after all. Storage space is gonna be a big issue though.

Neat idea! Will you be covering the big 3rd party releases that never had GCN versions even start development? (GTA3/VC/SA, FF10, MGS2 etc), or will these selections be exclusively games that were originally in development for GCN but got cancelled along the way? (Kameo: Elements of Power, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, Perfect Dark Zero, Too Human etc).