Why did you have to spend that much money on Uber??? The subway was way more convenient during the Olympics (albeit a little more expensive than usual).
It's weird... The article makes it sound like the game was made to attract people who prefer "Classicvanias"... While the game is a Metroidvania with an 8-bit look, that's all. I'm pretty sure people would prefer the opposite, a Classicvania with a more modern look (like Rondo of Blood for instance).
@1040STF Thank you. I hate when Europe is called UK, which happens a lot at Nintendo Life and sister sites. It would be about time to realize that an English web site isn't just read by native speakers.
@shouryuuken It's mine as well, and I call it "stalk and gun", a phrase that was coined by Kurt Kalata regarding Crack Down (the true sequel to Shinobi for Yutaka Sugano). I recommend Huntdown if you haven't played it yet.
@Sketcz Thank you, I remembered your article but wasn't sure, so I wanted to avoid a blunder. I'll feel better when writing about it on my website, then (I'm Guillaume from MO5.COM).
@Poodlestargenerica It's not. I won't say it clearly because the game's creator didn't want to tell it explicitly in John Szczepaniak's interview, but it's easy to guess and the answer is in the following volume. It's a VERY BIG movie from 1989.
This is great news but I'm confused by the legality of it, especially considering it's a Japanese movie... When I saw the news, I assumed it was finally re-released on DVD/BR, not on YouTube.
I think the poll should have offered two "no" options, whether people think content should be censored instead or not changed at all, even though I assume they meant the second option. I personally voted "yes" because I feel it's important to put things into context, as it is already done with books for instance.
@PinballBuzzbro I actually wanted to create an Altered Beast spin-off that would keep the same gameplay but turn it into a Metroidvania using the different transformations (and adding new ones). Unfortunately, I can't do the graphics... But most of all I don't have time anymore to create games.
@JackGYarwood Yes, they work together, but in the rare cases the info comes from Indie Retro News, Saberman mentions the link in the description as source. I check Indie Retro News often to be fair, but mostly because Saberman's notifications don't always work well for some reason. But Indie Retro News is a terrible website and I find sad you would use it that often as a source.
@michaelf The Evercade has no analog stick, so it's probably tank controls (with shoulder buttons to strafe maybe). But personally they only bother me in games with fixed cameras like Resident Evil.
@Zenszulu That probably won't happen. It's suspected that the reason why Capcom and Taito games are included in the handhelds rather than on carts is that Capcom and Taito ask for a lot more money, and Blaze doesn't want to sell carts at a higher price. So they prefer to 'hide' the cost of the games in the systems. Also Capcom and Taito might think that carts may compete with their own compilations/reissues on modern systems.
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Re: Sierra's Ken Williams Is As Confused As You About Colossal Cave's Tiny Box
Maybe it was intentional to make the cave look even more colossal in comparison! ^^
Edit: More seriously, I think it looks cute, and I actually wish more game boxes were that small.
Re: Forget The Olympics, Extra Life Café Is The Best Reason To Visit Paris
Why did you have to spend that much money on Uber??? The subway was way more convenient during the Olympics (albeit a little more expensive than usual).
Re: Tecmo's Puyo Puyo Clone 'Tecmo Stackers' Is Coming To Switch & PS4 This Week
@JackGYarwood It's not available in France, either on Switch or on PlayStation (at least the web version of the store regarding the latter).
Re: Tecmo's Puyo Puyo Clone 'Tecmo Stackers' Is Coming To Switch & PS4 This Week
Is there any explanation about why some ACA releases (like last week's) skip the West?
Re: Konami's 1988 Boxing Title 'The Final Round' Is Headed To Switch & PS4
It's not available apparently...
Re: 'Batman: Revenge Of The Joker' For The Sega Genesis Gets Impressive Fan Overhaul
There's a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVJtyDDiNrI
Re: Yuzo Koshiro Shares New Footage Of Genesis / Mega Drive Shmup Earthion
The trailer is available on YT as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEt3cL7vdXM
Re: Here's Our First Footage Of 'Final Vendetta' On Neo Geo Hardware
The video is available on YouTube as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fP5HTLeCrU
Re: Final Fight MD Dev Working On 'Driftin' Rage', A New 16-Bit Racer For Mega Drive/Genesis
For the love of God, why oh why do homebrew developers always share their videos on X only?... And this one has a YT account, so no excuse.
Re: "Never Work With Movie Franchises" Laments Quarter Arcades Boss As Ghostbusters And RoboCop Cause Issues
And MGM was bought by Amazon. ^^'
Re: It's Insane How Much 'Zelda' Is On Switch, And That's Why It's Nintendo's Best Console
While the Switch is a great system, the 3DS is still the best video game system ever. Mic drop.
Re: Castlevania ReVamped Fuses "Classicvania" With "Metroidvania"
It's weird... The article makes it sound like the game was made to attract people who prefer "Classicvanias"... While the game is a Metroidvania with an 8-bit look, that's all. I'm pretty sure people would prefer the opposite, a Classicvania with a more modern look (like Rondo of Blood for instance).
Re: Limited Run's New "PC Micro Edition" Hasn't Gone Down Well With Some Fans
They could have used better looking USB keys, but most people don't have a CD drive in their PC anymore, unfortunately, so it makes sense.
Re: Unreleased WWE 3DS Game Shown For The First Time Ever, And It's A Bit Like Power Stone
So the only female character would have been Kelly Kelly? That would have been unexpected.
Re: You Can Now Broadcast Legit 3DS Games To Your Computer Via Emulation
"you lose the 3D effect (obviously)" isn't the emulator compatible with 3D displays (3D TVs, VR...)?
Re: Streets Of Rage 3 Cover Artist Finally Identified 30 Years On
@1040STF Thank you. I hate when Europe is called UK, which happens a lot at Nintendo Life and sister sites. It would be about time to realize that an English web site isn't just read by native speakers.
Re: Just Like Streets Of Rage, Altered Beast Is Getting An Action Figure
Like Axel Stone's figure, the box looks nice but the figure looks like crap. And no, the sprite looks way better than that.
Re: Konami's Sci-Fi Sidescroller Surprise Attack Heading To Switch & PS4
@shouryuuken It's mine as well, and I call it "stalk and gun", a phrase that was coined by Kurt Kalata regarding Crack Down (the true sequel to Shinobi for Yutaka Sugano). I recommend Huntdown if you haven't played it yet.
Re: Konami's Sci-Fi Sidescroller Surprise Attack Heading To Switch & PS4
@Sketcz Thank you, I remembered your article but wasn't sure, so I wanted to avoid a blunder. I'll feel better when writing about it on my website, then (I'm Guillaume from MO5.COM).
Re: Konami's Sci-Fi Sidescroller Surprise Attack Heading To Switch & PS4
I can neither deny or confirm.
Re: Konami's Sci-Fi Sidescroller Surprise Attack Heading To Switch & PS4
@Poodlestargenerica It's not. I won't say it clearly because the game's creator didn't want to tell it explicitly in John Szczepaniak's interview, but it's easy to guess and the answer is in the following volume. It's a VERY BIG movie from 1989.
Re: Konami's Sci-Fi Sidescroller Surprise Attack Heading To Switch & PS4
Fun fact: It was supposed to be based on a famous franchise Konami didn't manage to get at the time (but got later).
Re: You Can Now Turn Your Steam Deck Into A Less-Portable 3DS
More like a 2DS, then. Pass.
Re: Sweet Home, The Movie That Inspired Resident Evil, Just Got Remastered
This is great news but I'm confused by the legality of it, especially considering it's a Japanese movie... When I saw the news, I assumed it was finally re-released on DVD/BR, not on YouTube.
Re: 3DS Virtual Boy Emulation Gives You 3D Without The Headaches
@RupeeClock Well, the 3DS had the ideal resolution for most retro systems to begin with, but I agree.
Re: Random: Why Are American Game Journalists In The Credits Of Road Avenger?
They probably did that to mess up Mobygames and make the life of video game historians miserable.
Re: Killer Instinct 3 Would Have Been A Prequel Starring Kids, Says Designer
Well, I can clearly live without it tbh. ^^'
Re: Review: THEC64 Collection 3 (Evercade) - A Third Helping Of Commodore Classics
"Cybernoid II: The Revenge doesn't really improve on the first" Maybe but it features one of the best music themes ever composed for a video game.
Re: Poll: Should Retro Game Remasters Carry Warnings About "Offensive" Content?
I think the poll should have offered two "no" options, whether people think content should be censored instead or not changed at all, even though I assume they meant the second option. I personally voted "yes" because I feel it's important to put things into context, as it is already done with books for instance.
Re: Namco's Arcade Ice Hockey Game 'Face Off' Is Coming To Switch & PS4
Yeah, it wasn't released here, like Metro-Cross :
Re: Midnight Challenge Is An Awesome Ridge Racer Homage Created In Game Maker Studio
I really wish developers would stop posting videos on Twitter instead of YouTube... -_-
Re: NES-Style Games 'Reknum' And 'Ploid' Come To Dreamcast
They're not just "NES-style", they're basically emulated versions of NES homebrew games.
Re: Check Out The Game Gear-Inspired Z-Pocket Game Bubble
And of course it always features those horrible analog sticks from the Switch.
Re: We Never Got A Good Altered Beast 2, So A Fan Is Making One
@PinballBuzzbro I actually wanted to create an Altered Beast spin-off that would keep the same gameplay but turn it into a Metroidvania using the different transformations (and adding new ones). Unfortunately, I can't do the graphics... But most of all I don't have time anymore to create games.
Re: Aleste-Style Shmup ZAKESTA-Z Hits Steam This Month
January 20th is actually this week, but technically it's also this month, yes.
Re: We Never Got A Good Altered Beast 2, So A Fan Is Making One
@PinballBuzzbro There's actually a sequel on PlayStation 2 but I never played it and it has a bad reputation.
Re: We Never Got A Good Altered Beast 2, So A Fan Is Making One
Mean people would say we never got a good Altered Beast 1 either, but I actually love that game.
Re: Best Sega 32X Games Of All Time
@Uncharted2007 Indeed, I came here to mention its absence.
Re: 'The Transylvania Adventure Of Simon Quest' Is Basically A New Castlevania
Yeah, I'm really surprised Konami is letting it fly...
Re: UK Newspaper The Guardian Ranks 'Daytona USA' As Sega's Greatest Arcade Game
Yeah, it's not even SEGA's best racing game, come on!
Re: Fanmade Portal 64 Demake Now Available As "A First Slice"
I was quicker than you for a change!
Re: 11 Unseen Prototypes From Cancelled Vectorman PS2 Project Surface Online
Laurent Comby is actually from Switzerland.
Re: The Secret Of Monkey Island Has Been Ported To C64 (Well, Kind Of)
@JackGYarwood Yes, they work together, but in the rare cases the info comes from Indie Retro News, Saberman mentions the link in the description as source. I check Indie Retro News often to be fair, but mostly because Saberman's notifications don't always work well for some reason. But Indie Retro News is a terrible website and I find sad you would use it that often as a source.
Re: The Secret Of Monkey Island Has Been Ported To C64 (Well, Kind Of)
"as spotted by IndieRetroNews" No, as usual, Saberman was the one who spotted it on CSDb.
Re: The PC-88 Classic Silpheed Blasts Its Way Onto The Switch eShop on December 21st
Xanadu wasn't released in Europe, though, even if previous games like Thexder are available.
Re: Guide: Evercade Secret Games And How To Unlock Them
Hummingz code doesn't seem to work on the EXP, and I already have the 8 hidden games anyway so it must be another VS exclusive.
Re: Review: Duke Nukem Collection 2 - A Trio Of Duke's Less Essential Adventures
@michaelf The Evercade has no analog stick, so it's probably tank controls (with shoulder buttons to strafe maybe). But personally they only bother me in games with fixed cameras like Resident Evil.
Re: Tiny Magic Is A Charming New Puzzle Adventure Game Coming To The MSX2
"came to our attention thanks to the fine folks over at IndieRetroNews" They probably got the info from MSX.org without mentioning them, though. -_-
Re: Neo Geo CD Title 'Battle Flip Shot' Is Now Available To Order
@Moroboshi876 The VISCO Collection was released this week!
Re: Review: Hyper Mega Tech Super Pocket - A Wonderful Game Boy-Style Retro Gift
@Zenszulu That probably won't happen. It's suspected that the reason why Capcom and Taito games are included in the handhelds rather than on carts is that Capcom and Taito ask for a lot more money, and Blaze doesn't want to sell carts at a higher price. So they prefer to 'hide' the cost of the games in the systems. Also Capcom and Taito might think that carts may compete with their own compilations/reissues on modern systems.