I gave it a solid effort on and off for the past six months on Vita, and I’m still only about 1/3 of the way through, but jesus does this game fight you actually enjoying it. The dungeons and platforming are awful, and the battles are only functional once you go read a faq on how the basic systems actually function.…

I think that’s a big part of it. Outside of the big budget outliers (MGS, Final Fantasy, etc), most of these games just haven’t aged well. And since it was a time when the rules of 3d gameplay were still being developed, you have a ton of awkward gameplay, terrible cameras, poor platforming, etc. My nostalgia for the…

I also joined the Dreamcast club this Xmas, as my brother gave me one he’d had for a few years along with games. The highlight of the bunch is either Crazy Taxi 2 or Shenmue, but I’m going to pick up some real gems like Jet Set Radio, Soul Calibur, SF3, and maybe even Power Stone if I’m lucky.

Some kind of rating / curation system would go a long way on the eShop. There's currently a giant sale, but there's so much there that it's impossible to know what's worthwhile if you've never heard of it. Ratings would also let them make a new third tab for the Best Sellers that could focus on most highly rated.

I’m hoping he’s the final DLC character, and they include a couple of lame fakeouts and jokes before he just shows up and sabotages / cheats his way into the game. (Koopa Troopa joins the fight!...wait, that’s just Waluigi in a bad costume)

God, I’d kill for a port of Pokemon Picross on Switch. Preferably one that wasn’t F2P, but beggars can’t be choosers. I need my fix.

I saw that deal for the PS Classic, was tempted by it effectively being half off, and placed an order. But then I thought about it some more and cancelled a few minutes later. I just can’t support such a half-assed attempt at honoring your console’s history, especially since the emulation is apparently not even that…

I saw that deal for the PS Classic, was tempted by it effectively being half off, and placed an order. But then I…

Saw the screenshot and just thought that it was FFXV.

I’m happy to see more of these retro collections come out, but can you imagine if Nintendo themselves released sets like these? A 2D Zelda Collection including the original through Minish Cap? A curated set of classic 16-bit JRPGs? If the Classic consoles are fading away and there’s not going to be an actual virtual…

I’ve been playing Smash since N64, played the hell out of all of the games, still have the Gamecube controllers and adapter from Wii U, and yet I’m really enjoying the Pro controller. It’s a much more comfortable and ergonomic controller than the oddball Gamecube (as much as I love it), plus it’s wireless without the…

So true. Even the 2d games tend to have issues. I emulate anything on PSX and beyond on my PC instead, because the Pi (and even the SNES Classic) can barely play it at the retail game’s standard, while my PC smooths polygons, increases resolution, reduces loading, etc.

More like Rhy-puny-er, amirite?

The SNES Classic homescreen is a gem, but that would be tough to recreate in your spare time. Even a more typical list interface like most Retropie / emulation setups have might be better than this dumb carousel.

I too used to be a Retropie faithful, but after years of tweaking settings, bluetooth controllers not working correctly, godawful UI / UX, I gave up and switched over to a hacked SNES Classic and haven’t looked back. It’s glorious and completely superior in every way, plays all of the games a Retropie can play just as…

I agree with most of these issues, but I just want to reiterate - in a game with 74 characters, I can’t change my character between online matches without dropping out of the queue. Which is extra strange, because I’m pretty sure I could swap out between matches in Smash 4? The lag and the issues with finding matches…

I had some PTSD flashes to the Marvel vs Capcom Infinite reveal...especially that Wolverine, jeez.

I put a fair amount of time into this series (and X-men Legends, which was very similar) back in the day. Think of it like a Marvel version of Diablo, packed to the brim with lore and a reverence to the source material that was impressive, which elevated the games considerably (the gameplay was fine).

I’m so excited for this, especially on Switch. I happened to get into the original for the first time a few months ago and found it incredibly soothing, but the visuals were bland (the original is very unsaturated and kinda grey, as you can see in the image above). Polishing the look while preserving the charm…

As someone who mostly plays solo and grew up with the act of unlocking characters, I find it much more exciting than when fighting games just give you everything up front. And even spreading that out from a couple days to a couple weeks isn’t bad - I think one review I read said that they were getting a couple…

Its great to hear you can unlock characters pretty quickly. Not long before I'm reunited with my best boy Lucas.