@Tasuki I’m genuinely convinced Troy Baker is IRL Clayface cause bro can do literally ANY voice and do it damn near perfectly. I normally have a problem with ppl voicing a super large ammount of characters and constantly getting hired for projects but that dude’s vocal range is so unreal im all for it every time
Idk bro I never got the vibe dr Mario was a Tetris ripoff, the “vertical stack things make things disappear get blingo boingo points” genre was made BECAUSE of Tetris, that’s like getting mad at Mega Man because “it ripped off Mario”, you can’t get mad at people for making games in a genre YOU started💀
Love this genre of eu platformer where they just completely vomit their brain onto the levels with a bunch of absurd surrealist imagery without any worry for cohesion or sense. This whole game gives me the same energy as stuff like JJ Squawkers and Top Banana only yknow. Minus the seizure risk💀
“the 1990s, when game boxes were TRANSFORMING ROBOTIC ART PIECES.“ yeah ok bro don’t act like yall didn’t still get garbage like dashin desperados and time cop back then too lmao
Aside from Guardian Heroes Advance which is imo the only bad game Treasure have ever made, their GBA lineup is fantastic and is very much worthy of their legacy imo, Gunstar Super being no exception to that!
love this overly in your face unhinged era of gaming magazines so much, every article and advertisement and review was like "HEY WORMSUCKER!!!!!! YOU'RE STUPID, GO SUCK UP AND SQUAREDANCE WITH YOUR GRANNY WHILE CRYING ON PROM NIGHT IF YOU DON'T WANNA PLAY HAMMERIN' HARRY ON THE GAME BOY, GET N OR GET TO SUCKING KITTY LITTER ON THE KINDERGARTEN BUS!!!!!!" it's so earnest and charming to me lmao.
@KainXavier LITERALLY THO!!! As a kid every time I’d come up to those 500 in one arcade cabinets I’d ALWAYS immediately do this game instead of pac man or donkey kong cause it gave me that thrilling shoot and dodge gameplay that I always crave lmao. Will absolutely be picking this up ASAP.
@RextheSheep oh no worries I have no doubt there are good sides of it and that it’s not all bad, I’m mainly saying this because of the people who let their love for retro games cloud their judgement for this kinda crap XD. Also I feel ya two on the getting screwed over by companies as someone who had to put up with strictly limited and the bullsh1t they pulled for the Turrican Anthologies💀
@slider1983 that may have been the intention behind Paprium but between the game taking 10 years to come out, people not getting their cartridges even now, Fons constantly going on psychotic Joker mental breakdowns online, and the EXHORBENT price tag the game has ESPECIALLY if trying to buy it second hand completely ruin the whole thing. Why should I give this game and it’s horrible creator my money when I could get streets of rage 1-3, final fight cd, hyperstone heist, golden axe, and SO many more on the same console for (mostly) 5x less the price? Not to mention all the AMAZING modern beat em’ ups nowadays like streets of rage 4 and shredder’s revenge that similarly cost less too.
This BS is why i ALWAYS choose emulation rather than giving these psychos my money. Theyre all just a bunch of sick in the head grifters who view old video games as some bizzare get-rich-quick scheme rather than as the cherishable pieces of art they are, and it blows up in their face spectacularly. We saw it with Paprium, we saw it with SuperSega, we saw it with Strictly Limited games, we saw it with Piko interactive, and we’ll continue to see it until the end of time. Idc about the “physical authenticity” if I have to obtain said authenticity by forking 80-100 bucks over to an irl Silent Hill villain who likely won’t even deliver on their promises, it’s just not worth it to me.
Even if it isn’t dead there’s no reason to be interested in this game. It’s just a bog standard beat em up that does nothing to push the genre forward and is headed by one of the biggest clinical psychopaths in the gaming industry, that’s not even mentioning the ludicrous price tag attatched to the thing and the near decade long wait for ppl to even GET their cartridges. Dont see why I should give this my time of day when infinitely better games like streets of rage 4, shredders revenge, fight’n’rage, final vendetta and all the countless openBOR projects exist, not to mention all the sega genesis homebrew projects that ARENT complete dumpster fires for WAAAAYYYYY less.
It should genuinely be illegal to sell 30 year old games for THIS high of a price, legit no reason to get this instead of emulation which is not only free, but available on more platforms and runs far more accurately.
@gojiguy Didn't notice it was AI until you brought it up. Ew, on second thought I think I'm ok giving this one a pass. If the devs are too lazy to pay an actual artist, then I'm too lazy to give them my money.
Praying they continue showcasing cool development stuff that was never released before and don't go the sonic twitter route of "WHEN YOU GET AXEL STONE TO GRAND UPPER YOUR LE EPIC MICROWAVABLE BURRITO BOTTOM TEXT" lmao
Between this, the fact it's a PS5 exclusive, and the fact the trailer basically shows off no gameplay, I like everyone else in the coments have very little confidence this'll be a game worth spending money on, lmao.
I always saw the char select screen as just. How the characters looked lol. Matches with the rest of the games bonkers visual humor, never liked the more traditional moe anime look the series adopted as it went on lmao.
@Daggot There’s actually footage of the new Shinobi game and it looks to possibly be their best game yet, going for a similar style 3 did with the emphasis on Japanese folklore mixed with a dark industrial atmosphere
Can’t be mad cause this is what likely led to them starting that new shinobi game and shinobi has literally been my no 1 series that needed to make a comeback
Plus there’s fingerjet black or whatever being made by the og devs too so it’s not the end of the world
@NinChocolate The Genesis version of caveman ninja is better too since it maintains the ghouls and ghosts styled gameplay of the arcade game making for a more faithful experience than the snes one, but also gets rid of the god-awful adventure island styled hunger system that completely ruined the flow of the coin-op original, thank god😵💫
@Sketcz Pocky and rocky too, the og Kiki kaikai is kinda doodoo feces, lmao. Super Darius 2 is another taito port I prefer to the home game, mainly for having more interesting boss fights and the smaller screen space imo giving the game a faster feeling.
@GhaleonUnlimited Exactly! It’s why it frustrates me when people say the genesis was the best console for beat em ups purely for streets of rage and refuse to look at any other brawler that ISNT bare knuckle or final fight, there’s a really huge problem with shortsighted preferences in online gaming discussion and it’s always frustrated me, lol.
There is no such thing as not being able to achieve something on a set console, it just takes skill and creativity lol. We live in a world where there’s an entire snes rtx demo for gods sake lmao.
Salamander and gradius 2 on the pc engine, for having better sound, an actual reasonable difficulty with the ability to continue, and extra content like adjustable options and an extra stage in the latter port. The sega cd version of final fight too for toning down the bs enemy ai of the original game and having less overwhelming waves of enemies, as well as having a more pleasing warm color palette and the obviously amazing redbook audio.
I think the best one tho has GOT to be double dragon 2 both on pc engine and nes. The og arcade game is just a weak retooling of the og game with weird level themeing, whereas the console versions(barring Genesis LMFAO) turn it into a completely different and fantastic game with great visuals for their systems, fun intuitive combat and pretty good level variety, especially with the pseudo-platforming stages in the nes game. AND, both games still keep in the good elements from the arcade game, like the creepy shadow self boss fight, the surprisingly dark story, and the lovably goofy boss characters like Burnov and the overweight Terminator lol.
Genuinely Sega is slowly becoming worse than Nintendo at this point why in gods name would you threaten legal action against a MAGAZINE for simply MENTIONING YOUR GAME in an article, like not even Disney is that deranged. Who tf is in charge of sega nowadays, Mr burns? Lmfao
Literally the ONLY thing Switch has going for it anymore in terms of actual games is the stuff Nintendo themselves puts out imo. Everything else is either better on other platforms or is slop like “kids puzzle boobplooza hentai girl waifu puzzle” with ai generated artwork used for the store icon. There are barely ANY non-Nintendo developed Switch exclusive games, and even FEWER that aren’t some of the most miserable gaming experiences ever, lol.
@calbeau as someone whos played a ton of vitors games, don't worry, its not as bad as it sounds. His games are essentially streets of rage 2 brawlers with simple levels that focus on including a ton of villains as midbosses, and the large cast plays fairly similar to eachother like in a typical brawler, think those lego dc games where the large casts all play mainly the same and its moreso just about playing as ur fav character!
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Re: Random: New Video Reimagines Indiana Jones & The Great Circle As A Classic LucasArts Adventure
@Tasuki I’m genuinely convinced Troy Baker is IRL Clayface cause bro can do literally ANY voice and do it damn near perfectly. I normally have a problem with ppl voicing a super large ammount of characters and constantly getting hired for projects but that dude’s vocal range is so unreal im all for it every time
Re: Nightmare Busters For The SNES Is Getting A New "Ultimate Edition"
Wonder if this and the remake will include that freaky cut gargoyle boss back into the game
Re: "I Was P****d Off" - The Tetris Company's Henk Rogers On Nintendo's "Blatant Attempt" To Copy A Classic
Idk bro I never got the vibe dr Mario was a Tetris ripoff, the “vertical stack things make things disappear get blingo boingo points” genre was made BECAUSE of Tetris, that’s like getting mad at Mega Man because “it ripped off Mario”, you can’t get mad at people for making games in a genre YOU started💀
Re: Magician's Apprentice Is A Forgotten Game For A Console That Never Existed
Love this genre of eu platformer where they just completely vomit their brain onto the levels with a bunch of absurd surrealist imagery without any worry for cohesion or sense. This whole game gives me the same energy as stuff like JJ Squawkers and Top Banana only yknow. Minus the seizure risk💀
Re: New Book Pays Tribute To The Designer Of Some Of The Coolest Video Game Boxes Ever Seen
“the 1990s, when game boxes were TRANSFORMING ROBOTIC ART PIECES.“ yeah ok bro don’t act like yall didn’t still get garbage like dashin desperados and time cop back then too lmao
Re: Data East Super Pocket Comes Pre-Loaded With 18 Arcade Classics
Dang these seem like a p decent deal for only 60 bucks! Hope they come out with more of em in the future!
Re: This Gorgeous Remake Of Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge Doesn't Exist
Not rly upset about this because
A. This is nothing new. Artists do mock up remake screenshots all the time lol
B. Belmonts revenge is easily the best gameboy Castlevania and it doesn’t rly need a remake since it’s well designed and holds up today
Re: Billy Mitchell Has Won His Defamation Lawsuit Against The YouTuber Karl Jobst
I mean hey, it’s a more legitimate victory than his donkey Kong records🤪
Re: Random: What Happens When You Remove Charles Barkley From His Own Video Game?
@Babsy3D yeah it’s moreso like “Evangelion but with Basketball Players”
Re: Random: Modder Turns The Nightmarish "PlayStacean" Into A Real PlayStation Console
FYM nightmarish this thing looks awesome
Re: "Poorly Analyzed US-Centric Garbage" - Why Do Americans Keep Ignoring European Gaming History?
A lot of my favorite games are made by Europeans LMAO, ppl srsly underestimate just how important they were for gaming ESPECIALLY on the pc side
Re: "A Lot Of People Hated Me For That Job" - Gunstar Super Heroes Director Opens Up About The Challenges Of The GBA Sequel
Aside from Guardian Heroes Advance which is imo the only bad game Treasure have ever made, their GBA lineup is fantastic and is very much worthy of their legacy imo, Gunstar Super being no exception to that!
Re: Something Just Happened In GoldenEye 007 That Has Never Been Seen Before
They deserve a Bond Burger trophy for that,..,...
Re: 30 Years Ago, The Grandfather Of Game Journalism Told 2D Fighting Game Fans To "Get A Life"
love this overly in your face unhinged era of gaming magazines so much, every article and advertisement and review was like "HEY WORMSUCKER!!!!!! YOU'RE STUPID, GO SUCK UP AND SQUAREDANCE WITH YOUR GRANNY WHILE CRYING ON PROM NIGHT IF YOU DON'T WANNA PLAY HAMMERIN' HARRY ON THE GAME BOY, GET N OR GET TO SUCKING KITTY LITTER ON THE KINDERGARTEN BUS!!!!!!" it's so earnest and charming to me lmao.
Re: You Can Now Hack Any Xbox 360 With A USB Stick - But There's A Catch
Does this mean i can access p much the entire 360 library like with a hacked 3ds or nah
Re: Toaplan's Arcade Cult Classic Wardner Is Coming To The Amiga
Hopefully this port keeps the horrifying blood spider boss and the level where the old man keeps screaming at you over monsters in his house lol
Re: Is This Really Japan's Worst Video Game?
No. Not as long as R@p3lay exists, it isn’t.
Re: SuperSega Boss Is Now Trying To Block People Getting Refunds
Bro looks like his arteries are about to get blocked too
Re: Konami Shoot 'Em Up 'Juno First' Is Heading To Arcade Archives This Week
@KainXavier LITERALLY THO!!! As a kid every time I’d come up to those 500 in one arcade cabinets I’d ALWAYS immediately do this game instead of pac man or donkey kong cause it gave me that thrilling shoot and dodge gameplay that I always crave lmao. Will absolutely be picking this up ASAP.
Re: Acclaim Skirts Around The Issue Of Which Of Its Classic IP It Actually Has Access To
Irl Simpsons Joke💀
Re: Random: SNK Dev Shares Some Of The Cool & Ridiculous Ideas Pitched For Metal Slug 3
You can’t just say “oh yea Metal Slug 4 was gonna have fish people in it” and NOT elaborate
Re: Activision Comes Under Fire For Using AI Art To Gauge Interest In New Mobile Games
This is the funniest bs imaginable like. Why are there four guitarists and nobody on the mic or drums?? Are they stupid????
Re: "These Short Games Mean Nothing To Me" - Retro-Bit Translator Denies Wrongdoing In "Baffling" Rant
@RextheSheep oh no worries I have no doubt there are good sides of it and that it’s not all bad, I’m mainly saying this because of the people who let their love for retro games cloud their judgement for this kinda crap XD. Also I feel ya two on the getting screwed over by companies as someone who had to put up with strictly limited and the bullsh1t they pulled for the Turrican Anthologies💀
Re: "These Short Games Mean Nothing To Me" - Retro-Bit Translator Denies Wrongdoing In "Baffling" Rant
@slider1983 that may have been the intention behind Paprium but between the game taking 10 years to come out, people not getting their cartridges even now, Fons constantly going on psychotic Joker mental breakdowns online, and the EXHORBENT price tag the game has ESPECIALLY if trying to buy it second hand completely ruin the whole thing. Why should I give this game and it’s horrible creator my money when I could get streets of rage 1-3, final fight cd, hyperstone heist, golden axe, and SO many more on the same console for (mostly) 5x less the price? Not to mention all the AMAZING modern beat em’ ups nowadays like streets of rage 4 and shredder’s revenge that similarly cost less too.
Re: "These Short Games Mean Nothing To Me" - Retro-Bit Translator Denies Wrongdoing In "Baffling" Rant
This BS is why i ALWAYS choose emulation rather than giving these psychos my money. Theyre all just a bunch of sick in the head grifters who view old video games as some bizzare get-rich-quick scheme rather than as the cherishable pieces of art they are, and it blows up in their face spectacularly. We saw it with Paprium, we saw it with SuperSega, we saw it with Strictly Limited games, we saw it with Piko interactive, and we’ll continue to see it until the end of time. Idc about the “physical authenticity” if I have to obtain said authenticity by forking 80-100 bucks over to an irl Silent Hill villain who likely won’t even deliver on their promises, it’s just not worth it to me.
Re: Legendary's Live-Action Street Fighter Movie Has Found Its Director
The Eric Andre show is peak fiction so i have hope for this
Re: The MSXBOOK Is A New Laptop Based On The Japanese Home Computer Standard
This is adorable omg
Re: WaterMelon Insists Its Terminally Delayed Brawler Paprium Isn't Dead
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Re: WaterMelon Insists Its Terminally Delayed Brawler Paprium Isn't Dead
Even if it isn’t dead there’s no reason to be interested in this game. It’s just a bog standard beat em up that does nothing to push the genre forward and is headed by one of the biggest clinical psychopaths in the gaming industry, that’s not even mentioning the ludicrous price tag attatched to the thing and the near decade long wait for ppl to even GET their cartridges. Dont see why I should give this my time of day when infinitely better games like streets of rage 4, shredders revenge, fight’n’rage, final vendetta and all the countless openBOR projects exist, not to mention all the sega genesis homebrew projects that ARENT complete dumpster fires for WAAAAYYYYY less.
Re: Sega CD Titles Earnest Evans And Anett Returns Are Getting English Releases For The First Time
Oh god it’s Edia these rereleases are gonna be 60 dollars each aren’t they
Re: Shuhei Yoshida Reflects On 'Polygon Man', The PlayStation Mascot That Never Was
I can’t see this character without immediately just playing “ HOW CAN THIS. HAPPEN. “ in my head lmao
Re: You Can Now Run Your Entire PS2 Library From This $50 Memory Card
Wait so like. Is this basically a card that lets you play any game ever released for the ps2 on genuine hardware.
If so like. I might need to hop on this LOL
Re: The English Version Of 'Cho Aniki COLLECTION' Has Landed On The Nintendo Switch eShop
It should genuinely be illegal to sell 30 year old games for THIS high of a price, legit no reason to get this instead of emulation which is not only free, but available on more platforms and runs far more accurately.
Re: The Gritty RoboCop-Esque Shooter 'Annihilator' Is Out Now For Game Boy Color
@gojiguy Didn't notice it was AI until you brought it up. Ew, on second thought I think I'm ok giving this one a pass. If the devs are too lazy to pay an actual artist, then I'm too lazy to give them my money.
Re: Sega's Retro Channel 'Sega Forever' Appears To Be Rising From The Dead
Praying they continue showcasing cool development stuff that was never released before and don't go the sonic twitter route of "WHEN YOU GET AXEL STONE TO GRAND UPPER YOUR LE EPIC MICROWAVABLE BURRITO BOTTOM TEXT" lmao
Re: Review: My Arcade Pole Position Racing Player - Bodes Well For This Year's OutRun Cab
Ok but will it leave skid marks on my soul tho
Re: SuperSega Refunds Are Still Missing As Creator "Cheats Death"
Bro gonna be visited by the ghost of Kickstarter past🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️
Re: Dino Crisis Spiritual Successor Code Violet Will Be Console Exclusive To Avoid "Vulgar" PC Modding
Between this, the fact it's a PS5 exclusive, and the fact the trailer basically shows off no gameplay, I like everyone else in the coments have very little confidence this'll be a game worth spending money on, lmao.
Re: Metal Slug 2 Artist Finally Explains The Reason Behind Its "Ugly" Character Portraits
I always saw the char select screen as just. How the characters looked lol. Matches with the rest of the games bonkers visual humor, never liked the more traditional moe anime look the series adopted as it went on lmao.
Re: Wonder Boy And Streets Of Rage Studio Lizardcube Turned Down Chance To Work On Metal Slug
@Daggot There’s actually footage of the new Shinobi game and it looks to possibly be their best game yet, going for a similar style 3 did with the emphasis on Japanese folklore mixed with a dark industrial atmosphere
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dSV1VjcFqa8&pp=ygUQTmV3IHNoaW5vYmkgZ2FtZQ%3D%3D
Re: Wonder Boy And Streets Of Rage Studio Lizardcube Turned Down Chance To Work On Metal Slug
Can’t be mad cause this is what likely led to them starting that new shinobi game and shinobi has literally been my no 1 series that needed to make a comeback
Plus there’s fingerjet black or whatever being made by the og devs too so it’s not the end of the world
Re: Talking Point: Is There A Home Port You Prefer To The Arcade Original?
@NinChocolate The Genesis version of caveman ninja is better too since it maintains the ghouls and ghosts styled gameplay of the arcade game making for a more faithful experience than the snes one, but also gets rid of the god-awful adventure island styled hunger system that completely ruined the flow of the coin-op original, thank god😵💫
Re: Talking Point: Is There A Home Port You Prefer To The Arcade Original?
@Sketcz Pocky and rocky too, the og Kiki kaikai is kinda doodoo feces, lmao.
Super Darius 2 is another taito port I prefer to the home game, mainly for having more interesting boss fights and the smaller screen space imo giving the game a faster feeling.
Re: The Genesis Just "Broke Another Myth" By Replicating Classic Castlevania Tunes
@GhaleonUnlimited Exactly! It’s why it frustrates me when people say the genesis was the best console for beat em ups purely for streets of rage and refuse to look at any other brawler that ISNT bare knuckle or final fight, there’s a really huge problem with shortsighted preferences in online gaming discussion and it’s always frustrated me, lol.
ALSO FELLOW BLOODLINES SIMON THEME TRUTHER🔥🔥🔥
Re: The Genesis Just "Broke Another Myth" By Replicating Classic Castlevania Tunes
There is no such thing as not being able to achieve something on a set console, it just takes skill and creativity lol. We live in a world where there’s an entire snes rtx demo for gods sake lmao.
Re: Talking Point: Is There A Home Port You Prefer To The Arcade Original?
Salamander and gradius 2 on the pc engine, for having better sound, an actual reasonable difficulty with the ability to continue, and extra content like adjustable options and an extra stage in the latter port. The sega cd version of final fight too for toning down the bs enemy ai of the original game and having less overwhelming waves of enemies, as well as having a more pleasing warm color palette and the obviously amazing redbook audio.
I think the best one tho has GOT to be double dragon 2 both on pc engine and nes. The og arcade game is just a weak retooling of the og game with weird level themeing, whereas the console versions(barring Genesis LMFAO) turn it into a completely different and fantastic game with great visuals for their systems, fun intuitive combat and pretty good level variety, especially with the pseudo-platforming stages in the nes game. AND, both games still keep in the good elements from the arcade game, like the creepy shadow self boss fight, the surprisingly dark story, and the lovably goofy boss characters like Burnov and the overweight Terminator lol.
Re: Sega Appears To Be Reviving Ecco The Dolphin After 25 Years
Genuinely Sega is slowly becoming worse than Nintendo at this point why in gods name would you threaten legal action against a MAGAZINE for simply MENTIONING YOUR GAME in an article, like not even Disney is that deranged. Who tf is in charge of sega nowadays, Mr burns? Lmfao
Re: Valve's Unshackling Of SteamOS Could Give Switch 2 Some Welcome Competition
Literally the ONLY thing Switch has going for it anymore in terms of actual games is the stuff Nintendo themselves puts out imo. Everything else is either better on other platforms or is slop like “kids puzzle boobplooza hentai girl waifu puzzle” with ai generated artwork used for the store icon. There are barely ANY non-Nintendo developed Switch exclusive games, and even FEWER that aren’t some of the most miserable gaming experiences ever, lol.
Re: Fan Game 'DC Task Force' Features 82 Different Playable Superheroes And Is Free To Download
@calbeau as someone whos played a ton of vitors games, don't worry, its not as bad as it sounds. His games are essentially streets of rage 2 brawlers with simple levels that focus on including a ton of villains as midbosses, and the large cast plays fairly similar to eachother like in a typical brawler, think those lego dc games where the large casts all play mainly the same and its moreso just about playing as ur fav character!
Re: After What Feels Like A Lifetime, Amazon Is Cancelling Mighty No. 9 3DS And Vita Pre-Orders
It only took then Mighty No. 9 years,,.,.,.,.,.,..