Definitely will, and this one is in my backlog for playing it this year! Kingdom Hearts just came to Steam, so that takes precedence. :)

I’m pretty excited about this. Loved Horizon Zero Dawn, but still haven’t played Horizon Forbidden West. My spouse and I are trying out Lego games and enjoying the Harry Potter ones thus far, so figure this would be a great way to introduce my spouse to Horizon in a fun way (while secretly hoping they will try out the source games one day)

Luckily the Konami Code prepared you for this moment.

Jeez Louise. I don’t play this game, but I’d be extremely angry if I paid for this, uninstalled the game to free up space, and then wanted to replay it for nostalgia purposes and couldn’t download all the content I paid for.

I’ve never seen this before, where you pay for DLC content and you can’t download it again. I’ve seen games get delisted on Steam but I can always access them again as they are tied to my account.

My first fear about the gaming Digital Rights Management model was when Ubisoft announced they’d be shutting down legacy activation servers a few years ago, and the DLC I purchased for my physical copy of Splinter Cell Blacklist Wii U would no longer be accessible. They backpedaled thankfully, but it’s an eye opener. I always thought buying physical would protect me, but it looks like this isn’t the case with companies like Ubisoft and whoever makes Monster Hunter.

I’m heavily evaluating if it’s even worth buying DLC for any game going forward, knowing that corporations can take it away from me. Perhaps we change the language from “Buy this game” to “Pay for a temporary License to access this game that you will never own”.

Earthbound - never played this so I’m looking forward to it for my next retro play through after recently finishing a replay of both A Link to the Past and Golden Sun 1 & 2.

Afterward, it’s the Soul Blazer trilogy. I’ve only played Illusion of Gaia, and perhaps an hour of Terranigma. I loved Gaia, and remember really liking the bit I’ve played of Terranigma.

I watched the video and I’m really impressed. Port key Games did a fantastic job getting this game to run natively on very old hardware. I’ve been nervously waiting for this release and expected bad things, or even worse, a cloud version.

The game definitely is serviceable and I’d argue it’s “great” for Switch players who haven’t played it nor have an alternative high-performing platform to play it on. Considering this game gets a pretty consistent 30 FPS with good textures is enough for me to recommend it to my Nintendo-only sibling. The only small disappointments are the necessary load time, the obvious workarounds that had to be made to reduce the world from being “open world”, and the shudder-inducing animation frame drops of some faraway background characters that make me remember my time with Pokémon Scarlet/Violet.

I had a great time playing it on release day on PC, so I won’t pick it up on Switch. I may in the future grab it for a big discount just so I can have a physical copy for my game shelf.

My Series 2 would enter the chat, but it needs to get its Social Security Check first before it can afford a bus ticket to get here.

Bro I grew up on RPGs - slow starts are my jam. While I appreciate faster pacing of games today, I won’t have any problems waiting to get hooked by a beloved game. Good to hear this about TTYD.

Oh really? That’s pretty interesting and a welcome surprise! I think I remember there was audience reaction in the game, which I don’t think was present in PM1 (it’s been +10 years since I played these games). I’m wondering if I probably should play them together and see how it compares.

That’s pretty high praise, paper mario 1 had such great moments and I loved the characters. Yep, I’m buying this remaster. I’ll debate if I want to get it day 1, since Nintendo’s taking a lot of money this year with Detective Pikachu and Super Mario RPG.

So, perhaps for nostalgia purposes, I hold Super Mario RPG (SNES) and Paper Mario (N64) close to my heart. Is Paper Mario: TTYD that much better? Everyone seems to always bring up TTYD, but I thought the first Paper Mario was a masterpiece. Trying to determine if I should buy the Switch remake close to day one (no preorders!).

Edit: I played maybe a few hours of it back in the day but never finished it for some reason.

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Kirk Van Houten: “I watch content in a racing car! Do you?”

Homer: “I watch content on a big TV with my wife.”

Kirk: “… Oh. Yeah.”