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Before they announced the Another Code remakes back in September, if you had asked me to name 50 games Nintendo could remake and release, Another Code (also known as Trace Memory) and it’s Wii sequel would not have made the list. Not that I didn’t know about them, of course I did, but they would not be the first (nor the 50th) game that’d come to mind. Cing, the original developer, is long defunct. They’re good games, from what I remember, but also not like, out-of-the-park bangers. They’re just kinda two interesting games from an era gone by that seemed cursed to live on “DS/Wii Hidden Gems” lists and “10 Obscure Nintendo IPs that you’ve NEVER heard of” YouTube videos.
AND YET
Here they are, coming out in a 2-in-1 package for the Switch, both games lovingly remade in beautiful HD with voice acting. Are they good? Sure! Maybe not 10/10 masterpieces but definitely interesting. Are they going to be Mario-like smash hit billion sellers? Not in a million years, but it almost feels like that doesn’t matter to Nintendo. They saw these games in their back catalog, thought “huh, those were cool,“ and then put actual work and actual budget into two full-on HD remakes.
The games themselves aside, that idea in-and-of-itself is worth celebrating, in my opinion. I’m really tempted to pick up this package just to tell Nintendo, “this rules, more of this please.”
What do you think?
AND YET
Here they are, coming out in a 2-in-1 package for the Switch, both games lovingly remade in beautiful HD with voice acting. Are they good? Sure! Maybe not 10/10 masterpieces but definitely interesting. Are they going to be Mario-like smash hit billion sellers? Not in a million years, but it almost feels like that doesn’t matter to Nintendo. They saw these games in their back catalog, thought “huh, those were cool,“ and then put actual work and actual budget into two full-on HD remakes.
The games themselves aside, that idea in-and-of-itself is worth celebrating, in my opinion. I’m really tempted to pick up this package just to tell Nintendo, “this rules, more of this please.”
What do you think?