Videogame News

[Truk_Kurt]

I get the odd copy of Edge and it it very well written and put together but it's a bit too high brow for me to be a regular reader.

[ratsoalbion]

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/ ... -new-games

Atari 50 gets embiggened.

[Alex79]

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/ ... -new-games

Atari 50 gets embiggened.

Holy wow! Amazing!

[Alex79]

I thought the Nintendo Indies Direct this afternoon was pretty poor, nothing there that interested me, but the Partner Direct afterwards was much more interesting!

New Capcom Fighting Collection including Power Stone 1 and 2, another look at Marvel Vs Capcom collection, a collection of the DS Castlevania games and Yakuza coming to Switch!? Just Kiwami so far, but hope they get to 4, 5 and 6 on Switch as I've not played those yet and much more inclined to do so on a handheld.

Also, Suikoden 1 and 2 HD Remasters! People moan about the amount of remakes and ports coming to Switch but honestly, it's mainly what I want these days. It's only really Mario and the next big Zelda I'm interested in from Nintendo themselves, and having all these ports to play in handheld is exactly what I'm after. Just hope the next console is backwards compatible.

[ratsoalbion]

There's no way it isn't.

[Alex79]

There's no way it isn't.

I'm inclined to agree. Nintendo have always been fairly good with backwards compatibility before the Switch came out.

[Rhaegyr]

For me Direct was worth it alone for Capcom Fighting Collection 2.

Capcom vs SNK 2, Powerstone 1 & 2, Project Justice and Street Fighter Alpha 3 all in one compilation? I can't remember the last time I've been so hyped for a retro collection.

Rollback netcode is just the icing on the cake. Can't wait!

[ratsoalbion]

I can't remember the last time I've been so hyped for a retro collection.

I can - the other Capcom collection - Marvel!
Out September 12th.

Super-excited for this one too, obviously. Check out our Power Stone podcast!

The new Castlevania pack from M2 is also tremendous.

Amazing times.

[Rhaegyr]

Yeah, I really want that Castlevania collection after falling in love with Dawn of Sorrow but not playing the rest of the DS games (which by all accounts are pretty great in their own right). I'd love a collection 'wrap around' for this, the Anniversary collection and the GBA collection.

Well, after they've released the collection that contains SOTN. It's surely coming, right?

[Alex79]

Yeah SOTN is a bit of a glaring omission isn't it. Be nice to see the 3D Lords Of Shadow games on there too.

[ratsoalbion]

There is already a collection that includes SotN. Ok it's not M2, but it exists.

[Alex79]

You're right of course, in my head I was thinking only of the Switch but I didn't say that part out loud

[Harkatim]

For me Direct was worth it alone for Capcom Fighting Collection 2.

Capcom vs SNK 2, Powerstone 1 & 2, Project Justice and Street Fighter Alpha 3 all in one compilation? I can't remember the last time I've been so hyped for a retro collection.

Rollback netcode is just the icing on the cake. Can't wait!

It's such a generous bundle. Power stone collection with rollback would be worth the asking price alone.

[Harkatim]

Speaking of Power Stone, the games original director - Hideaki Itsuno has now parted ways with Capcom. And I'm genuinely surprised.

He's responsible for some of my favourite titles of the past 20+ years and his last two titles as director were commercial and critical hits as far as I can tell. I was eagerly awaiting his next project.

If you don't know who he is or you're a fan, this is well worth a watch:

https://youtu.be/XcYWxnDJcho?si=hSgN06t ... tgwZ0lXevj

A lot of action game talent floating around unsupervised in Japan at the moment . . .

[Rhaegyr]

Wow, that's quite a length of service.

He's a favourite of mine too - how can you not love the guy who had a huge part in Powerstone, Rival Schools/Project Justice, Dragon's Dogma and DMC3?

He should team up with Kamiya and Mikami - a fanboy can dream!

[Rhaegyr]

So - that PS5 Pro price eh?

[Indiana747]

Absolute madness, €800, no disc drive, marginal improvement over PS5, only about a dozen games exclusive, an extra Terabyte(which they havent advertised) is a plus but really this is crazy stuff in todays economy. We're in 3DO & Phillips CD-i realms of pricing here.
Its almost as if Sony know Microsoft are exiting the console manufacturing market so they're getting us ready for the Sony monopoly pricing strat. PS6 will be over a grand on release & sadly, im not even joking.

[Rhaegyr]

Yeah, it baffles me too. I'm the target market (disposable income, no kids, middle aged, Sony fan etc) but there's no way I can justify paying for this, especially as it would cost £800 to come with the disc drive.

Really highlights how important it is to have a strong competitor to keep them honest.

[Alex79]

Bizarre. Just completely unwarranted. I think it's a joke that they're restricting 'enhanced' PS4 upgrades to a pro model, the fact it has no disc drive means your discs are useless with it unless you shell out for an external drive, extra cash for the stand and still not really worth it for the handful of games that might look marginally better. I just think it's pure arrogance, and I would never normally say such a thing but I hope it's a massive flop to take Sony down a peg or two.

[markfm007]

Agreed with all of this. If they continue this strategy into the next generation I'll look at other options. The convenience of the console will be outweighed by the cost. I'm not so in love with Sony that I couldn't wait to play their games, either on PC or when the prices drop, or just not at all.