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my confidence in this statement is about as high as my confidence in Kevin Afghani's skills as a Mario successor. In other words, not very much.

And people wonder why I hate the remake trend so much.

A tragic loss. Rest well, Master Ninja.

@The_Nintendo_Pedant I'd love to but the deck doesn't have a built-in trackball

They should make a new Ridge Racer game instead. Insane idea, I know.

@hisownsidekick "Yeah, I'm one of the weirdos who enjoys the effect and would want a FULL 3DS replacement for that amount of money."

ONE OF US
ONE OF US
ONE OF US

@slider1983 Not every game uses the crank.

@slider1983 still did a better job with them than Nintendo did

A real fake fan if I've ever seen one.

@The_Nintendo_Pedant

Anyways! I've never been big into Wipeout(a bit too fast for my liking), but if there's anything I can appreciate about it, it's the art direction. The Designers' Republic did some amazing work on that game; tickles the graphic design loving part of my brain something fierce.

@NoirConceit eh. Whatever. I'm not digging into this more. You do you.

@NoirConceit what are you even criticizing here? You just called a guy's work "trash" for no real reason other than "he worked at other companies" which is just something the article mentioned, it's not a feature that Elmore himself is touting as a key reason to listen to his 6-year old album. That's not criticism - that's just being a jerk.

@NoirConceit who hurt you

That is a lovely cover. I know people tend to shun minimalism these day but R4 is probably one of the biggest reasons I'm still for it - balancing simplicity and style in a way that still sticks with me all these years later.

@nuff64 compared to Namco Museum, Arcade Archives, the Mega Man and Castlevania collections, the TMNT Cowabunga Collection, Atari 50 and even the Crash and Spyro remakes, this is pretty pathetic by comparison.

Looks more fun than playing Rayman on GBC.

And another day goes by where I wish that Rayman was in better hands.

Still don't get the draw of this thing. Like, I get if you want a handheld that can play old games but I'm sure there are better options than this?

@RupeeClock I am genuinely curious as to what spurned the change in attitude. I know the obvious answer is money but like other than money

@RupeeClock I mean, the answer was pretty obvious: they only released 22 games for a console that bombed HARD, and from a business standpoint there wasn't much sense to be found in developing an emulator to run a paltry number of titles. Of course, things have changed, but at the time, that was the most likely reason.

Like the original Duke controller, this may be inelegant, large and somewhat unwieldy, but it has a charm that it makes it hard to say no to.

How many more of these damn handhelds could they possibly have???

Finally. Smell like an old computer.

"It wasn't ahead of its time because it sold like garbage and sucked!!"

I dunno, an early attempt at stereoscopic 3D gaming and virtual reality in 1995 was pretty ahead of its time regardless of how successful it was.

@Coalescence @smoreon I've been playing this all day, so I think I can clarify the meaning of "better" here: From my observation most of the level design is the same as the original*, just with slight tweaks here and there for sake of balance. There is the option to play the levels in their original state if you're wondering.

*this is only talking about Mario 1. Not sure how the other modes included play.

@axelhander WE HAVE LIFTOFF LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

Looks neat.

_{unfunny Nintendo takedown comment in 3...2...}

Yeah I don't get why they didn't announce a controller replica alongside the headset. Like, bundle the two together and they could better justify the $100 price tag.

@breach187 history is funny like that

I'll admit, I'm more fascinated by this thing than most; it feels like one of those "alternate universe consoles" you see online or something, like "What if Atari did the SEGA Nomad but for the 2600?" and they actually went and did that, surprisingly well, too. The controller setup, the color scheme and even the size and form factor all convey that idea quite effectively I'd say.

@The_Nintendo_Pedant I dunno, I kinda like the style, it's refreshing to see a solid variety of colors on a console that aren't black, white and a miniscule amount of a primary color.

Nintendo fans only have one joke and it keeps getting unfunnier

Now all we need is a new Strider.

Correct me if i'm wrong, but aren't they killing what was literally the draw of Android?

@sbeng135 they updated the FAQ to clarify that they only changed 10 small lines in the FIRST SEASON. Even linking to a more detailed Steam page that highlights the specific line changes. The second and third season remasters don't change any lines at all. But I get the impression that you didn't actually play the remasters, so you probably didn't know that.

@jmbenetti I know some people don't care for 'em(heck, I'm still a little mixed on Thimbleweed's ending), but I like them a lot. Especially Return's ending. I think Ron and Dave handled that perfectly.

@jmbenetti it's a good thing his games don't have those endings then!

@sbeng135 oh brother. Not this nonsense again. Find something new to complain about instead of dredging up the same tired(and inaccurately presented) argument.

Thanks for the reminder that Nicalis sucks.

Cute, but I doubt it'll be that impressive--

(watches video)

WITCHCRAFT!!! BURN IT AT THE STAKE!!!

@axelhander "Blah blah blah, the screen's not lit, QED it's terrible for that alone" and yet it's done a better job justifying its existence better than say, the flipping Evercade.

Playdate, PC, Game.Com, doesn't matter as long as I get to solve puzzles and administer violently ironic justice with a sociopathic lagomorph.

@slider1983 Seconded. I think that would the most interesting one to remake given its status as the sorta "black sheep" of the trilogy.

I don't care for the remake in the slightest but it is pretty neat that they went out of their way to get Sherman back for Pac-Man years after 3. He was to Pac-Man what Charles Martinet was to Mario, and it's nice that Namco recognized that enough to have Sherman reprise the role for this.

"we have Rare Replay at home"

@MARl0 I have yet to play it but I was spoiled by THAT part, and lemme tell you, after THAT part, I never wanna see anyone say "Nintendo doesn't care" ever again.

Is it really that hard to make a proper clicky thumbstick for this kind of thing?

Great little animation. Reminds of this commercial, anyone else?

Eh, close enough. Welcome back 3D Classics.

A tragedy. Alongside Mix 'n Mojo, that was my go-to site for point n' click news.