StarTopic Retro Gaming on Switch |ST| True Preservation

[tolkir]

Why does this thread exist?
With the increase of digital sales worldwide, a lot of publishers are trying to resurrect old titles so people can play them in modern consoles.
Arcade Archives, Sega Ages, Konami collections, Capcom collections and so on.
Like most of things nowadays, many of them are overlooked, so I have made this thread to list and discuss them. There are many people waiting that publishers release again the favorite games from their childhood.

What years are considered Retro?
Everyone have a diferent opinion from post-2005, so I'll look case by case. PSP, DS or Wii are a thin line.
Maybe there will be a game that it's considered retro for people who visit the thread in 2025 and not now.

How are companies releasing their games?
Publishers and developers are bringing the old classics in many ways:

• Port: Releasing the original game with minimal changes (Emulated games included)
• Remaster: Improving the original game, sometimes including new features
• Remake: Creating a new version of the original game since zero
• Revival: Forgotten games are released many years later for the first time or games coming back after >10 years keeping the old formula.
• Sequel: New titles of dormant IPs.

I'll try to make different tables by months. So, we don't have a huge table that takes up half of the thread.

Great games already available
Sunset Riders
Collection of Mana
Phantasy Star
Moon: Remix RPG Adventure
Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle
Castlevania Advance Collection
Turok
Mega Man Zero / ZX Legacy Collection
Virtua Racing
Doom 64

Latest Releases

GAME	TYPE	O.PLATFORM	DATE	O.YEAR	COLLECTION
Kirby’s Return to Dream Land	Remaster	Wii	02/24/23	2011
Don Doko Don	Port	Arcade	02/24/23	1989	Arcade Archives
Raiden III x MIKADO MANIAX	Remaster	Arcade	02/23/23 (Japan)	2005
Syd of Valis	Port	Sega Genesis	02/23/23	1992	Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection 2
Valis IV	Port	PC Engine CD	02/23/23	1991	Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection 2
Valis: The Fantasm Soldier	Port	Sega Genesis	02/23/23	1991	Valis: The Fantasm Soldier Collection 2
Ninja JajaMaru: The Ninja Skill Book	Port	Famicom	02/21/23	1989	Ninja JaJaMaru: The Lost RPGs
Ninja JajaMaru: The Legend of the Golden Castle	Port	Famicom	02/21/23	1990	Ninja JaJaMaru: The Lost RPGs
Akka Arrh	Revival	Arcade	02/21/23	Unreleased
Tales of Symphonia Remastered	Remaster	GameCube	02/17/23	2003
Bill & Ted's Excellent Game Boy Adventure	Port	Game Boy	02/17/23	1991	Bill & Ted’s Excellent Retro Collection
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Video Game Adventure	Port	NES	02/17/23	1991	Bill & Ted’s Excellent Retro Collection
Grobda	Port	Arcade	02/16/23	1984	Arcade Archives
Spy Bros.: Pipi & Bibi’s DX	Remaster	Arcade	02/14/23	1991

Upcoming Releases

GAME	TYPE	O.PLATFORM	DATE	O.YEAR	COLLECTION
RayCrisis	Port	Arcade	03/09/23 (Japan)	1998	Ray’z Arcade Chronology
RayCrisis HD	Remaster	Arcade	03/09/23 (Japan)	1998	Ray’z Arcade Chronology
RayForce	Port	Arcade	03/09/23 (Japan)	1993	Ray’z Arcade Chronology
RayStorm	Port	Arcade	03/09/23 (Japan)	1996	Ray’z Arcade Chronology
RayStorm NEO-HD	Remaster	Arcade	03/09/23 (Japan)	1996	Ray’z Arcade Chronology
Record of Agarest War	Port	PS3	03/09/23	2007
Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse	Remaster	Wii	03/09/23	2008
Osman (Cannon Dancer)	Port	Arcade	03/30/23	1996
Assault Suits Valken Declassified	Port	Super Famicom	03/30/23	1992
Castle of Shikigami 2	Remaster	Arcade	04/13/23 (Japan)	2003
Mega Man Battle Network	Port	Game Boy Advance	04/14/23	2001	Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 1
Mega Man Battle Network 2	Port	Game Boy Advance	04/14/23	2001	Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 1
Mega Man Battle Network 3 Blue	Port	Game Boy Advance	04/14/23	2002	Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 1
Mega Man Battle Network 3 White	Port	Game Boy Advance	04/14/23	2002	Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 1
Mega Man Battle Network 4 Blue Moon	Port	Game Boy Advance	04/14/23	2003	Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 2
Mega Man Battle Network 4 Red Sun	Port	Game Boy Advance	04/14/23	2003	Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 2
Mega Man Battle Network 5 Team Colonel	Port	Game Boy Advance	04/14/23	2004	Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 2
Mega Man Battle Network 5 Team Protoman	Port	Game Boy Advance	04/14/23	2004	Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 2
Mega Man Battle Network 6 Cybeast Falzar	Port	Game Boy Advance	04/14/23	2005	Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 2
Mega Man Battle Network 6 Cybeast Gregar	Port	Game Boy Advance	04/14/23	2005	Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 2
Kanon	Remaster	PC	04/20/23 (Japan)	1999
Advance Wars	Remake	Game Boy Advance	04/21/23	2001	Advance Wars 1 + 2: Re-Boot Camp
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising	Remake	Game Boy Advance	04/21/23	2003	Advance Wars 1 + 2: Re-Boot Camp
Magical Drop VI	Sequel	Arcade	04/25/23	1995
Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana	Remaster	PC	04/27/23 (Japan)	2005
Akai Ito HD	Remaster	PS2	05/25/23 (Japan)	2004	Akai Ito & Aoi Shiro HD Remaster
Aoi Shiro HD	Remaster	PS2	05/25/23 (Japan)	2008	Akai Ito & Aoi Shiro HD Remaster
Etrian Odyssey HD	Remaster	Nintendo DS	06/01/23	2007	Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection
Etrian Odyssey II HD: Heroes of Lagaard	Remaster	Nintendo DS	06/01/23	2008	Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection
Etrian Odyssey III HD: The Drowned City	Remaster	Nintendo DS	06/01/23	2010	Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection
We Love Katamari REROLL+ Royal Reverie	Remaster	PS2	06/02/23	2005
Avenger	Port	PC Engine	06/08/23 (Japan)	1990	Telenet Shooting Collection
Gaiares	Port	Sega Genesis	06/08/23 (Japan)	1990	Telenet Shooting Collection
Granada	Port	Sega Genesis	06/08/23 (Japan)	1990	Telenet Shooting Collection
Psychic Storm	Port	PC Engine	06/08/23 (Japan)	1992	Telenet Shooting Collection

Announced Releases

GAME	TYPE	O.PLATFORM	O.YEAR	COLLECTION
1080 Snowboarding	Port	Nintendo 64	1998	Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia	Port	NES	1990	A Boy and His Blob Retro Collection
Andro Dunos	Port	Arcade	1992	Visco Collection
Atelier Marie Remake: The Alchemist of Salburg	Remake	PS1	1997
Bang Bead	Port	Arcade	2001	Visco Collection
Baten Kaitos Origins	Remaster	GameCube	2006	Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster
Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean	Remaster	GameCube	2003	Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster
Blaze Union: Story to Reach the Future Remaster	Remaster	PSP	2010
Brave Battle Saga: Legend of the Magic Warrior	Port	Sega Genesis	1996	QUByte Classics
Canon: Legends Of The New Gods	Port	Sega Genesis	1996	QUByte Classics
Captain Tomaday	Port	Arcade	1999	Visco Collection
Class of Heroes 2	Remaster	PSP	2009
Cleopatra Fortune	Port	Sega Saturn	1997	S-Tribute x Taito
Colossal Cave	Remake	PDP-10	1976
Elevator Action Returns	Port	Sega Saturn	1997	S-Tribute x Taito
Enclave HD	Remaster	Xbox	2002
Excitebike 64	Port	Nintendo 64	2000	Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
F-Zero Maximum Velocity	Port	Game Boy Advance	2001	Game Boy Advance - Nintendo Switch Online
Final Fantasy I	Remaster	NES	1987	Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster
Final Fantasy II	Remaster	NES	1988	Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster
Final Fantasy III	Remaster	NES	1990	Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster
Final Fantasy IV	Remaster	SNES	1991	Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster
Final Fantasy V	Remaster	SNES	1992	Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster
Final Fantasy VI	Remaster	SNES	1994	Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster
Fire Emblem	Port	Game Boy Advance	2003	Game Boy Advance - Nintendo Switch Online
Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi	Port	Game Boy Advance	2002	Game Boy Advance - Nintendo Switch Online
Flashback 2	Sequel	Amiga	1992
Flip Shot	Port	Arcade	1998	Visco Collection
Front Mission 2: Remake	Remake	PS1	1997
Front Mission 3	Remake	PS1	1999
Ganryu	Port	Arcade	1999	Visco Collection
Gargoyles Remastered	Port	Sega Genesis	1995
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective	Remaster	Nintendo DS	2010
Gimmick! Special Edition	Remaster	NES	1992
Glover	Port	Nintendo 64	1998
Goal! Goal! Goal!	Port	Arcade	1995	Visco Collection
Golden Sun	Port	Game Boy Advance	2001	Game Boy Advance - Nintendo Switch Online
GrimGrimoire OnceMore	Remaster	PS2	2007
Harvest Moon 64	Port	Nintendo 64	1999	Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai: Milky no Yabou	Port	Mobile	2005	G-Mode Archives
Iron Commando	Port	SNES	1995
Kaizou Chounin Shubibinman	Port	PC Engine	1989
Kingpin: Reloaded	Remaster	PC	1999
Kirby and the Amazing Mirror	Port	Game Boy Advance	2004	Game Boy Advance - Nintendo Switch Online
Kirby Tilt 'n Tumble	Port	Game Boy Color	2000	Game Boy - Nintendo Switch Online
Koumajou Remilia II	Remaster	PC	2010
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light	Port	PC	2010
Legend	Port	SNES	1994
Legend of Wukong	Port	Sega Genesis	1996
Mario Party 3	Port	Nintendo 64	2000	Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
Mazinger Z	Port	Arcade	1994	Arcade Archives
Metroid Fusion	Port	Game Boy Advance	2002	Game Boy Advance - Nintendo Switch Online
Moon. -Re:make-	Remake	PC	1997
Neo Drift Out	Port	Arcade	1996	Visco Collection
Nightmare Busters: Rebirth	Revival	SNES	Unreleased
Operation Wolf Returns: First Mission	Revival	Arcade	1987
Panzer Dragoon II Zwei	Remake	Sega Saturn	1996
Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties	Port	3DO	1994
Pokemon Stadium	Port	Nintendo 64	1999	Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
Pokemon Stadium 2	Port	Nintendo 64	2000	Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
Pokémon Trading Card Game	Port	Game Boy Color	1998	Game Boy - Nintendo Switch Online
Psychic 5 Eternal	Remake	Arcade	1987
Quadratank	Revival	Arcade	1974
R-Type Command	Remake	PSP	2007	R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos
R-Type Tactics II: Operation Bitter Chocolate	Remake	PSP	2009	R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos
Rage of the Dragons	Port	Arcade	2002
Rendering Ranger: R2	Port	SNES	1995
Rhapsody II: Ballad of the Little Princess	Port	PS1	1999	Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles
Rhapsody III: Memories of Marl Kingdom	Port	PS2	2000	Rhapsody: Marl Kingdom Chronicles
Rise of the Triad Remastered	Remaster	PC	1994
Rune Factory 3 Special	Remaster	Nintendo DS	2009
Samba de Amigo: Party Central	Sequel	Arcade	1999
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened	Remake	PC	2007
Stone Protectors	Port	SNES	1994
Suikoden HD Remaster	Remaster	PS1	1995	Suikoden I & II HD Remaster
Suikoden II HD Remaster	Remaster	PS1	1998	Suikoden I & II HD Remaster
The Frog For Whom the Bell Tolls	Port	Game Boy	1992	Game Boy - Nintendo Switch Online
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages	Port	Game Boy Color	2001	Game Boy - Nintendo Switch Online
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons	Port	Game Boy Color	2001	Game Boy - Nintendo Switch Online
The Rescue of Princess Blobette	Port	Game Boy	1990	A Boy and His Blob Retro Collection
Tristia of the Deep-Blue Sea: Legacy	Remaster	PC	2002
Ufouria: The Saga	Port	NES	1991
WiZmans World ReTry	Remaster	Nintendo DS	2010
World Championship Boxing Manager 2	Sequel	PC	1990
Xtreme Sports	Port	Game Boy Color	2000

 

[tolkir]

Release List
2021 - September - October - November - December
2022 - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December
2023 - January

Other Retro STs
Super Nintendo Entertainment System |ST| Appreciation & Collecting Thread
Nintendo 64 |ST| Appreciation & Collecting Thread


Links of Interest
DekuDeals Lists - Retro | Hamster

 

[randomengine]

Looks great. Hoping to follow this more in the future.

 

[MRC-OSF]

Awesome....always enjoyed and appreciated your eshop threads!

 

[Tendo]

Just want to chime in that if you like shmups or other arcade games there are some great ones on here. The psikyo collections, last resort, aerofighters, pulstar, cave games etc.

The ACA archive series are all fantastic. I own a ton of their neogeo and arcade games. Johnny's turbo arcade ports are great as well.

Tons of great options on the system if you like em!

 

[Josh5890]

Great thread. Will follow for sure!

 

[Leo]

I grabbed the Castlevania Anniversary Collection a while ago when it was really cheap, will be my first time playing most of those games, I've only played the Igavanias and IV.

I'm itching to get the GBA Collection too, but will wait until it's on sale since I wouldnt play them right now. Hope they will patch in some filters by the time I get to it.

 

[Ray00101]

Zombie Nation from City Connection was recently announced as well.

 

[Brofield]

Thank you for the distinction between port/remaster/remake. I can understand why they're often used interchangeably, but I hope that with enough course correction that line of thinking stops and makes it easier to differentiate between releases.

Sincerely hope more Gamecube games beyond Super Monkey Ball get announced/released soon.

 

[Ray00101]

Also, not sure if it belongs here but apparently a working Saturn Emulator was found in the code of the recent Guardian Force port for Switch.

Hidden Sega Saturn emulator found inside Cotton Guardian Force Saturn Tribute on Switch - REAL OTAKU GAMER - Geek Culture is what we are about.

City Connection’s Cotton Guardian Saturn tribute for the Nintendo Switch may have lag issues, but there is something else it contains: A full-fledge Sega Saturn emulator! GBAtemp user lisareal2301 found this and was able to trick the system into loading a Sega Saturn game running under Cotton...

realotakugamer.com

 

[Sailor Moon]

Heck yeah, watching

 

[tolkir]

Also, not sure if it belongs here but apparently a working Saturn Emulator was found in the code of the recent Guardian Force port for Switch.

Hidden Sega Saturn emulator found inside Cotton Guardian Force Saturn Tribute on Switch - REAL OTAKU GAMER - Geek Culture is what we are about.

City Connection’s Cotton Guardian Saturn tribute for the Nintendo Switch may have lag issues, but there is something else it contains: A full-fledge Sega Saturn emulator! GBAtemp user lisareal2301 found this and was able to trick the system into loading a Sega Saturn game running under Cotton...

realotakugamer.com

Good to know. Supposedly, the Saturn Tribute games have +8 frames of input lag because of this. We'll see if they can fix it.

There's a new video of the Cotton sequel, Cotton Rock'n'Roll. It's not a retro game but it's a sequel of a retro IP keeping the old gameplay.


It'll release this Christmas in Japan, zero news about a Western launch for now.
Umihara Kawase character is playable in the game.

 

[tolkir]

Arcade Archives game of this week is Rally X.

One of the first arcade games of Namco. They released 4 Namco games on the last 4 weeks.
They must have gotten some kind of agreement.

More news: Microids just announced a new game of Joe & Mac. They're going to remake the arcade levels and make new ones.

Microids announces Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja for consoles, PC - Gematsu

Publisher Microids and developer Mr. Nutz Studio have announced Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja for consoles and PC. It will launch in 2022. Specific consoles were not announced. Here is an overview of the…

www.gematsu.com

I'm thinking to add a new type of games named Revival. A lot of games are coming back after >10 years keeping the old formula.
Cruis’n Blast, Street of Rage 4, Sonic Mania, New Pokemon Snap, Ghost 'n Goblins Resurrection, etc.

 

[Koren Lesthe]

Missing the Turrican Flashback (released 29th January 2021) & Turrican Anthology Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 (release date unknown).

Note :
The compilations are being done by Ratalaika Games, ININ Games and the Factor 5 team at Epic Games Cologne. The « unknown » release date for the both Anthology volumes is because the devs are adding a new function for all the games and Factor 5 -who is directly working on the Score Attack games- isn’t satisfied with the actual status of the games and restarted the Score Attack games from scratch.

Here’s the content :
Turrican Flashback :
Turrican I (Amiga, 1990)
Turrican II (Amiga, 1991)
Super Turrican (SNES, 1993)
Mega Turrican (Genesis, 1994)

Turrican Anthology Vol. 1 :
Turrican 1 (Amiga, 1990)
Turrican 2 (Amiga, 1991)
Super Turrican (SNES, 1993)
Super Turrican Director's Cut (Analogue SuperNT, 7th February 2018)
Mega Turrican Score Attack (Genesis/Mega Drive - 2021/2022)

Turrican Anthology Vol. 2 :
Turrican 3 (Amiga, 1993)
Mega Turrican (Genesis, 1994)
Mega Turrican Director's Cut (Genesis/Mega Drive, 2021/2022)
Super Turrican 2 (SNES, 1995)
Super Turrican 1 Score Attack (SNES, 2021/2022)


EDIT :
Awesome thread by the way, definitly watching it

 

[ITSMILNER]

Mentioned this elsewhere but I would love for Capcom to port the Gamecube versions of Resident Evil 2 & 3 to Switch, just update the assets and boom!

Also, I still need to pick up James Pond on Switch one day

 

[tolkir]

I'll do a table summary at the end of each month so I can remove rows on the OP. Last one was:

September 2021 releases

GAME	TYPE	O.PLATFORM	DATE	O.YEAR	COLLECTION
Usaaf Mustang	Port	Arcade	09/02/21	1990	Arcade Archives
Sonic Colors: Ultimate	Remaster	Wii	09/07/21	2010
Boulder Dash Deluxe	Remake	Arcade	09/09/21	1984
Pop Flamer	Port	Arcade	09/09/21	1982	Arcade Archives
Espgaluda II	Port	Arcade	09/09/21	2005
Soldam	Port	Arcade	09/16/21	1992	Arcade Archives
Mystia2	Port	Mobile	09/16/21 (Japan)	2005	G-Mode Archives
Diablo II: Resurrected	Remaster	PC	09/23/21	2000
Flyhight Cloudia 4	Port	Mobile	09/23/21 (Japan)	2009	G-Mode Archives
Pac-Man	Port	Arcade	09/24/21	1980	Arcade Archives
Xevious	Port	Arcade	09/24/21	1982	Arcade Archives
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon	Port	Game Boy Advance	09/24/21	2001	Castlevania Advance Collection
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance	Port	Game Boy Advance	09/24/21	2002	Castlevania Advance Collection
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow	Port	Game Boy Advance	09/24/21	2003	Castlevania Advance Collection
ActRaiser Renaissance	Remake	SNES	09/24/21	1990
G-Darius HD	Remaster	Arcade	09/28/21	1997
Centipede: Recharged	Remake	Arcade	09/29/21	1981
Typhoon Gal	Port	Arcade	09/30/21	1985	Arcade Archives
Cotton 2: Saturn Tribute	Port	Sega Saturn	09/30/21	1997
Cotton Boomerang: Saturn Tribute	Port	Sega Saturn	09/30/21	1998
Guardian Force: Saturn Tribute	Port	Sega Saturn	09/30/21	1998
ExZeus	Remaster	Arcade	09/30/21	2003	ExZeus: The Complete Collection
Ketsui: Kizuna Jigoku Tachi DX	Port	Mobile	09/30/21 (Japan)	2006	G-Mode Archives

 

[Abzeronow]

Mappy is also going to be coming to Arcade Archives.

 

[Celine]

This promise to be a very useful thread for me.

tolkir I didn't had the chance to thank you for all your great efforts on the eshop threads due to me leaving Era after the whole Media Create fiasco so I take the chance to do so now:

Thank you!

 

[Koren Lesthe]

Hoshi Wo Miru Hito (1987, Hot-B), aka StarGazer on the Famicom, has been re-released on the Japanese Switch eShop.
It is also known as one of the worst, if not THE worst JRPG of all time. The studio preferred to outsource the game to a single developper, who had zero experience in JRPGs and had to rush everything with an almost impossible deadline. The studio wanted to surf on the Dragon Quest ride and… well, it didn’t end well (keep in mind that JRPGs were a new thing back then)

It is also known as the « Legendary shit game » in Japan (Densetsu no Kusoge). It is amazing how bad it is, on every single point. You should give a watch to the Games Done Quick speedrun of the game ^^

An article on Hardcore Gaming 101 :

Hoshi wo Miru Hito – Hardcore Gaming 101

www.hardcoregaming101.net

 

[Krvavi Abadas]

Hoshi Wo Miru Hito (1987, Hot-B), aka StarGazer on the Famicom, has been re-released on the Japanese Switch eShop.
It is also known as one of the worst, if not THE worst JRPG of all time. The studio preferred to outsource the game to a single developper, who had zero experience in JRPGs and had to rush everything with an almost impossible deadline. The studio wanted to surf on the Dragon Quest ride and… well, it didn’t end well (keep in mind that JRPGs were a new thing back then)

It is also known as the « Legendary shit game » in Japan (Densetsu no Kusoge). It is amazing how bad it is, on every single point. You should give a watch to the Games Done Quick speedrun of the game ^^

An article on Hardcore Gaming 101 :

Hoshi wo Miru Hito – Hardcore Gaming 101

www.hardcoregaming101.net

Fun Fact: The team working on that port did an actual fan-art competition (Last option on the top menu) for creating border art.
I even made a joke submission for it, though it didn't make the finals.


You can at least see the devs considering it, though. (look beside the person holding their hand up towards one of the entries.)

 

[Koren Lesthe]

Fun Fact: The team working on that port did an actual fan-art competition (Last option on the top menu) for creating border art.
I even made a joke submission for it, though it didn't make the finals.


You can at least see the devs considering it, though. (look beside the person holding their hand up towards one of the entries.)

Amazing ! I wasn’t aware of this !
I really wished they did at least an english translation. From what I heard, the game was about to be released in all region eShops but at the very last moment, the website displayed a message that the game would be a Japan only exclusive.

 

[SlightlyMadGames]

Please don't forget the Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection

 

[tolkir]

Please don't forget the Street Fighter: 30th Anniversary Collection

I thing that I don't forget anything, so the OP is already finished.
Maybe if people want, some random weeks, I could make some special tables of big publishers like Capcom, Square-Enix or Nintendo, or tables of an individual console to remind games already available.

 

[tolkir]

Looks like we're going to have a new Virtual Console by Hamster.

Square Enix trademarks The Divine Force in Japan, Hamster trademarks Console Archives - Gematsu

Square Enix filed a trademark for "The Divine Force" on October 5 in Japan, which was made public today. Additionally, Hamster Corporation, which regularly re-releases old arcade games for PlayStation…

www.gematsu.com

Are Enix SNES games getting re-released finally? We'll see.


In other news, two more Cotton games announced for the next week.

Cotton 100% SNES version

Panorama Cotton Mega Drive version.

Price is €14.99 each one.

 

[Celine]

Looks like we're going to have a new Virtual Console by Hamster.

Square Enix trademarks The Divine Force in Japan, Hamster trademarks Console Archives - Gematsu

Square Enix filed a trademark for "The Divine Force" on October 5 in Japan, which was made public today. Additionally, Hamster Corporation, which regularly re-releases old arcade games for PlayStation…

www.gematsu.com

Are Enix SNES games getting re-released finally? We'll see.

Let's hope it's for a Soul Blazer collection.

 

[Samurai Goro]

'Sup fellow retro-friends.

Thought of the day:

I'm still disappointed that Arcade Archive wasn't able to finish up the Nintendo-developed Arcade ports. They really seemed to be rolling along there for a while, but I'm feeling pretty certain that they've closed that door at this point.

I mean, I do understand that Nintendo probably isn't keen to highlight their uber-early, super-uncreative "clone"-era by pasting up like Block Fever and SF-HiSplitter for everyone to see.

...and I can definitely understand why Monkey Magic will most likely never see the light of day again.

But it would be nice to see them at least throw Sheriff and Arm Wrestling up on the service. Maybe Radar Scope and Space Firebird as well just for completeness. Let's face it, this is probably one of the best chances we'll have to get official re-releases of these things and seems a shame to leave some on the chopping block.

At the very least, I'm thrilled that they finally obliged in releasing official versions of the arcade Punch-Out games, DK Trilogy, and even Sky Skipper (which is alot more fun that I imagined it would be). Pretty half-and-half on the Vs. System library as I imagine most people are, but at least it's mostly there for posterity.

My favorite experience from this - I put about a dozen hours into Punch-Out and Super Punch-Out on Switch in order to be able to 1CC (through Sandman) them on any difficulty. Recently was traveling with my family and stopped at one of the largest arcades in America on a vacation. Weaving through isles to find the Punch-Out machine, and whooping it live as a result of the effort felt pretty sweet, let me tell you. Had a few looking over the shoulder to see after Kid Quick, which seems to be the stopping-block for a lot of folks.

 

[SeafoamGaming]

Looks like we're going to have a new Virtual Console by Hamster.

Square Enix trademarks The Divine Force in Japan, Hamster trademarks Console Archives - Gematsu

Square Enix filed a trademark for "The Divine Force" on October 5 in Japan, which was made public today. Additionally, Hamster Corporation, which regularly re-releases old arcade games for PlayStation…

www.gematsu.com

Are Enix SNES games getting re-released finally? We'll see.


In other news, two more Cotton games announced for the next week.

Cotton 100% SNES version

Panorama Cotton Mega Drive version.

Price is €14.99 each one.

It's almost beyond parody to me that literally hours before my article on the death of piecemeal reissues was to go live Hamster pretty much ends up starting their own form of Virtual Console. Very curious to see how it goes down, since I don't think people will be happy if they charge 800 yen for FC games... SNES/PCE though? I'll buy all the PCE games in the world. There's a good potential for it to be like Project EGG, and hopefully be an expansive library of classic games on PS4/Switch... But I also worry we'll get boring done to death games like NES Gradius/Pac-Man and the like.

Would love to see stuff like Terra Cresta II on this though.

But may I ask why the Squaresoft trademark would relate to Enix stuff? Two of the three games in the soul blazer trilogy have pretty immovable legal issues (Soul Blazer's OST, Gaia's art) that require external parties, so I doubt it could be for that... Unless it's The Creation of Heaven and Earth, which I don't think has as many issues save for Nintendo's translation.

'Sup fellow retro-friends.

Thought of the day:

I'm still disappointed that Arcade Archive wasn't able to finish up the Nintendo-developed Arcade ports. They really seemed to be rolling along there for a while, but I'm feeling pretty certain that they've closed that door at this point.

I mean, I do understand that Nintendo probably isn't keen to highlight their uber-early, super-uncreative "clone"-era by pasting up like Block Fever and SF-HiSplitter for everyone to see.

...and I can definitely understand why Monkey Magic will most likely never see the light of day again.

But it would be nice to see them at least throw Sheriff and Arm Wrestling up on the service. Maybe Radar Scope and Space Firebird as well just for completeness. Let's face it, this is probably one of the best chances we'll have to get official re-releases of these things and seems a shame to leave some on the chopping block.

At the very least, I'm thrilled that they finally obliged in releasing official versions of the arcade Punch-Out games, DK Trilogy, and even Sky Skipper (which is alot more fun that I imagined it would be). Pretty half-and-half on the Vs. System library as I imagine most people are, but at least it's mostly there for posterity.

My favorite experience from this - I put about a dozen hours into Punch-Out and Super Punch-Out on Switch in order to be able to 1CC (through Sandman) them on any difficulty. Recently was traveling with my family and stopped at one of the largest arcades in America on a vacation. Weaving through isles to find the Punch-Out machine, and whooping it live as a result of the effort felt pretty sweet, let me tell you. Had a few looking over the shoulder to see after Kid Quick, which seems to be the stopping-block for a lot of folks.

I don't think there's too much left for Nintendo's lineup, to be blunt. Most of their big VS games are all out and I can't think of any outside of light gun titles that scream "must-port". Their pre-DK era isn't really good and outside of Radar Scope/Sheriff I don't think any would be noteworthy from a historical POV. Don't know why Monkey Magic in particular would be problematic, unless it's just how unsettling the whole game looks, but I'd give that as much odds as Space Firebird (As in, next to none).

I would also agree with you on Arm Wrestling, but after playing it at Galloping Ghost... Yeah, if that came to switch all the Joy-Cons on earth would drift at once, it's VERY taxing to mash the stick, to the point it physically tired me out. Turbo could help for the button mashing bits, but constantly jamming on the stick might not be something Nintendo wants people to do.

 

[Lant_War]

How is the Mega Man ZX collection on Switch? I heard the OG and X ones had pretty bad input lag on Switch so I haven't picked them up.

 

[SeafoamGaming]

How is the Mega Man ZX collection on Switch? I heard the OG and X ones had pretty bad input lag on Switch so I haven't picked them up.

OG MM has pretty fine input control imo, but it gets an awful audio lag if you use the home menu button a lot. It's not as solid as NSO/VC though, but it's still very playable. Mega Man X does have irritating, but doable input lag on X1-3 but X4-8 are all native ports and play like butter, and Zero/ZX is like the X4-X8 ports, so every game is butter in that compilation.

 

[Samurai Goro]

I don't think there's too much left for Nintendo's lineup, to be blunt. Most of their big VS games are all out and I can't think of any outside of light gun titles that scream "must-port". Their pre-DK era isn't really good and outside of Radar Scope/Sheriff I don't think any would be noteworthy from a historical POV. Don't know why Monkey Magic in particular would be problematic, unless it's just how unsettling the whole game looks, but I'd give that as much odds as Space Firebird (As in, next to none).

I would also agree with you on Arm Wrestling, but after playing it at Galloping Ghost... Yeah, if that came to switch all the Joy-Cons on earth would drift at once, it's VERY taxing to mash the stick, to the point it physically tired me out. Turbo could help for the button mashing bits, but constantly jamming on the stick might not be something Nintendo wants people to do.

For Monkey Magic, it's really just the imagery of knocking out a Monkey's teeth before turning his eyes into "x"s while being surrounded by skulls that makes me think it has a low chance. It may be primitive arcade graphics, but that description alone sure sounds like something modern Nintendo would shy away from. Maybe not. Pretty meaningless either way, since it's a totally unremarkable breakout clone beyond that, eh.

And yeah, I totally hear ya on Arm Wrestling. I always thought that tiring aspect was by-design to really make you feel like you were in a physical contest. It really doesn't work great without an arcade stick either way. But it does close out the Takeda Punch-Out trilogy to some degree....

I assume, however, that it is mostly ignored because it was never released in Japan, which always appears as something NOJ sees as a less relevant release for one reason or another when you look at their history.

 

[Kingo]

Amazing thread.

I’d love to see all those G-mode RPGs get translated, but I doubt that will ever happen.

I’m ashamed to say that I currently have more of Hamster’s ACA/Arcade Archive releases than any reasonable person should, lol. It really becomes a headache when you have to scroll through 40+ lines of games to find stuff on the Switch (obviously it’s not all ACA games). I’m glad to see that they’ll be branching out into console releases too, that could be really interesting.

The Switch is just crazy. Every time I take a moment to breathe, another dozen retro games I want have been released.

 

[Anton]

How is the Mega Man ZX collection on Switch? I heard the OG and X ones had pretty bad input lag on Switch so I haven't picked them up.

They are native ports and not emulation, so the input latency is going to be as low or high as your displays inherent latency or what controller you use

 

[Clov]

'Sup fellow retro-friends.

Thought of the day:

I'm still disappointed that Arcade Archive wasn't able to finish up the Nintendo-developed Arcade ports. They really seemed to be rolling along there for a while, but I'm feeling pretty certain that they've closed that door at this point.

I mean, I do understand that Nintendo probably isn't keen to highlight their uber-early, super-uncreative "clone"-era by pasting up like Block Fever and SF-HiSplitter for everyone to see.

...and I can definitely understand why Monkey Magic will most likely never see the light of day again.

But it would be nice to see them at least throw Sheriff and Arm Wrestling up on the service. Maybe Radar Scope and Space Firebird as well just for completeness. Let's face it, this is probably one of the best chances we'll have to get official re-releases of these things and seems a shame to leave some on the chopping block.

At the very least, I'm thrilled that they finally obliged in releasing official versions of the arcade Punch-Out games, DK Trilogy, and even Sky Skipper (which is alot more fun that I imagined it would be). Pretty half-and-half on the Vs. System library as I imagine most people are, but at least it's mostly there for posterity.

My favorite experience from this - I put about a dozen hours into Punch-Out and Super Punch-Out on Switch in order to be able to 1CC (through Sandman) them on any difficulty. Recently was traveling with my family and stopped at one of the largest arcades in America on a vacation. Weaving through isles to find the Punch-Out machine, and whooping it live as a result of the effort felt pretty sweet, let me tell you. Had a few looking over the shoulder to see after Kid Quick, which seems to be the stopping-block for a lot of folks.

I'm hoping it's not totally finished! Would love to see stuff like Sheriff, Radar Scope, and even Vs Mach Rider.

In any case, it's great that we got the original arcade Donkey Kong, both arcade Punch-Outs, and most impressive of all, Sky Skipper! It's pretty incredible that they were able to get that, given how few machines of it remain.

 

[Lant_War]

OG MM has pretty fine input control imo, but it gets an awful audio lag if you use the home menu button a lot. It's not as solid as NSO/VC though, but it's still very playable. Mega Man X does have irritating, but doable input lag on X1-3 but X4-8 are all native ports and play like butter, and Zero/ZX is like the X4-X8 ports, so every game is butter in that compilation.

They are native ports and not emulation, so the input latency is going to be as low or high as your displays inherent latency or what controller you use

Oh that's sweet for ZX Col. and X4-X6 since those are the ones I'd be playing the most anyways. Makes it kinda annoying that they needlessly split the X collection in 2 though.

 

[Samurai Goro]

I'm hoping it's not totally finished! Would love to see stuff like Sheriff, Radar Scope, and even Vs Mach Rider.

In any case, it's great that we got the original arcade Donkey Kong, both arcade Punch-Outs, and most impressive of all, Sky Skipper! It's pretty incredible that they were able to get that, given how few machines of it remain.

I must admit, I'm not familiar with the differences - what is changed for Vs Mach Rider over the NES game?

 

[Clov]

I must admit, I'm not familiar with the differences - what is changed for Vs Mach Rider over the NES game?

From what I understand, it's very similar to the endurance course from the NES original. Everytime you complete a level, you get a screen of Mach Rider that gradually goes away to reveal a woman, who many speculate to be Mach Rider... that's something that Mach Rider's planned appearance in Captain Rainbow was going to elaborate on.

In short, not much, but it's neat!

 

[tolkir]

More dates announced.

A Boy and His Blob releases November 05th according the Japanese eShop.

A Boy and His Blob ダウンロード版

任天堂の公式オンラインストア。「A Boy and His Blob ダウンロード版」の販売ページ。マイニンテンドーストアではNintendo Switch（スイッチ）やゲームソフト、ストア限定、オリジナルの商品を販売しています。

store-jp.nintendo.com

Both BloodRaynes for November 18th.

 

[Seik]

Hey that's a great thread idea! So many remasters and ports on Switch that it's starting to be hard to keep up with everything. Thanks!

 

[tolkir]

I don't know what's happening but since I made the thread, 2 publishers are creating a line to port retro games.
First Hamster with Consoles Archives and now, QUByte with QUByte Classics.

First titles are Breakers Collection, The Immortal and The Humans. We'll know more next week.

QUByte Connect 2021 set for October 28 - Gematsu

QUByte Interactive will host QUByte Connect 2021 on October 28 at 1:00 p.m. PT / 4:00 p.m. ET, where it will showcase more than 20 titles from its upcoming games portfolio. You will be able to watch…

www.gematsu.com

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Hello tolkir!
I swear I'm not stalking you virtually!

 

[tolkir]

Hello tolkir!
I swear I'm not stalking you virtually!

 

[Krvavi Abadas]

I don't know what's happening but since I made the thread, 2 publishers are creating a line to port retro games.
First Hamster with Consoles Archives and now, QUByte with QUByte Classics.

First titles are Breakers Collection, The Immortal and The Humans. We'll know more next week.

QUByte Connect 2021 set for October 28 - Gematsu

QUByte Interactive will host QUByte Connect 2021 on October 28 at 1:00 p.m. PT / 4:00 p.m. ET, where it will showcase more than 20 titles from its upcoming games portfolio. You will be able to watch…

www.gematsu.com

I was about to say "that's already on the Switch online service", but it looks like they'll be trying to include every version of it.

“As some of these games were released for 8-bit and 16-bit platforms, our idea is to give players one more option to choose between these versions, as is the case with The Immortal and The Humans, which received versions of more than one console, like Mega Drive and Amiga,” said QUByte Interactive CEO Marivaldo Cabral in a press release.

The footage in the trailer looks to be the Genesis version specifically.

There's also an extra game that's not mentioned in the Press Release but is in the video. Head Over Heels. Specifically the 2003 remake.

 

[tolkir]

First deal of Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol. (33% off)

I made a list of Retro on Dekudeals with most of games available, except Hamster ones.
They are easily visible if you look the publisher page.

 

[tolkir]

Many announcements of retro games this week.

QUByte just announced three games.

- Rage of the Dragons (Fighting game based on the Double Dragon universe)

And two Chinese RPGs released for Sega Genesis/Mega Drive

- Brave Battle Saga: Legend of the Magic Warrior

- Canon: Legends Of The New Gods

M2 announced a new Toaplan collection in Japan. Toaplan Arcade Garage: Hishou Same! Same! Same!

It includes:

• Fire Shark (Same! Same! Same!)
• Sky Shark (Hishou Zame!)

Toaplan shoot ’em up collection Hishou Same! Same! Same! announced for PS4, Switch - Gematsu

M2 has announced Hishou Same! Same! Same! for PlayStation 4 and Switch as part of its M2 ShotTriggers / Toaplan Arcade Garage series. It will launch in spring 2022 in Japan. As its title suggests…

www.gematsu.com

 

[Abzeronow]

QUByte just announced three games.

- Rage of the Dragons (Fighting game based on the Double Dragon universe)

And two Chinese RPGs released for Sega Genesis/Mega Drive

- Brave Battle Saga: Legend of the Magic Warrior

- Canon: Legends Of The New Gods

Brave Battle Saga and Canon Legend of the New Gods are both good games. Nice to see them made more available.

 

[tolkir]

October 2021 releases

GAME	TYPE	O.PLATFORM	DATE	O.YEAR	COLLECTION
Super Monkey Ball	Remaster	Gamecube	10/05/21	2001	Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania
Super Monkey Ball 2	Remaster	Gamecube	10/05/21	2002	Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania
Super Monkey Ball Deluxe	Remaster	PS2	10/05/21	2005	Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania
The Genji and the Heiken	Port	Arcade	10/07/21	1986	Arcade Archives
Tantei Kibukawa Ryousuke Jikentan Vol. 7: Otonari Keiji no Sousa Memo	Port	Mobile	10/07/21 (Japan)	2005	G-Mode Archives
rRootage Reloaded	Remaster	PC	10/14/21	2003
Rally-X	Port	Arcade	10/14/21	1980	Arcade Archives
Earth Defense Force 2017	Port	Xbox 360	10/14/21 (Japan)	2006
Gleylancer	Port	Sega Genesis	10/15/21	1992
Corpse Party	Remake	NEC PC98	10/20/21	1996
Mappy	Port	Arcade	10/21/21	1983	Arcade Archives
Momoko 1200%	Port	Mobile	10/21/21 (Japan)	2006	G-Mode Archives
Dr. Mario 64	Port	Nintendo 64	10/25/21	2001	Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
Mario Kart 64	Port	Nintendo 64	10/25/21	1996	Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
Mario Tennis 64	Port	Nintendo 64	10/25/21	2000	Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
Sin & Punishment	Port	Nintendo 64	10/25/21	2000	Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
Star Fox 64 (Lylat Wars)	Port	Nintendo 64	10/25/21	1997	Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
Super Mario 64	Port	Nintendo 64	10/25/21	1996	Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time	Port	Nintendo 64	10/25/21	1998	Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
Winback (Operation Winback)	Port	Nintendo 64	10/25/21	1999	Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
Yoshi's Story	Port	Nintendo 64	10/25/21	1997	Nintendo 64 - Nintendo Switch Online
Castlevania: Bloodlines	Port	Sega Genesis	10/25/21	1994	Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
Contra: Hard Corps	Port	Sega Genesis	10/25/21	1994	Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine	Port	Sega Genesis	10/25/21	1993	Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
Ecco the Dolphin	Port	Sega Genesis	10/25/21	1993	Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
Golden Axe	Port	Sega Genesis	10/25/21	1989	Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
Gunstar Heroes	Port	Sega Genesis	10/25/21	1993	Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
M.U.S.H.A. (Musha Aleste)	Port	Sega Genesis	10/25/21	1990	Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
Phantasy Star IV	Port	Sega Genesis	10/25/21	1993	Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
Puyo Puyo	Port	Sega Genesis	10/25/21 (Japan)	1992	Mega Drive - Nintendo Switch Online
Ristar	Port	Sega Genesis	10/25/21	1995	Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
Shining Force	Port	Sega Genesis	10/25/21	1992	Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master	Port	Sega Genesis	10/25/21	1993	Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Port	Sega Genesis	10/25/21	1992	Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
Streets of Rage 2	Port	Sega Genesis	10/25/21	1992	Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
Strider	Port	Sega Genesis	10/25/21	1990	Sega Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online
Abarenbo Tengu & Zombie Nation	Port	NES	10/28/21	1990
Black Widow: Recharged	Revival	Arcade	10/28/21	1982
Sky Kid	Port	Arcade	10/28/21	1985	Arcade Archives
Head over Heels	Port	PC	10/28/21	2003	QUByte Classics
The Immortal	Port	NES	10/28/21	1990	QUByte Classics: The Immortal
The Immortal	Port	Sega Genesis	10/28/21	1993	QUByte Classics: The Immortal
Tiger-Heli	Port	Arcade	10/28/21 (Japan)	1985	Toaplan Arcade Garage: Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli
Tiger-Heli	Port	NES	10/28/21 (Japan)	1986	Toaplan Arcade Garage: Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli
Twin Cobra (Kyukyoku Tiger)	Port	Arcade	10/28/21 (Japan)	1987	Toaplan Arcade Garage: Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli
Twin Cobra (Kyukyoku Tiger)	Port	NES	10/28/21 (Japan)	1989	Toaplan Arcade Garage: Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli
Twin Cobra (Kyukyoku Tiger)	Port	PC Engine	10/28/21 (Japan)	1989	Toaplan Arcade Garage: Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli
Twin Cobra (Kyukyoku Tiger)	Port	Sega Genesis	10/28/21 (Japan)	1991	Toaplan Arcade Garage: Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli
Guardian (Get Star)	Port	Arcade	10/28/21 (Japan)	1986	Toaplan Arcade Garage: Kyukyoku Tiger-Heli
Saka Agari Hurricane Portable	Port	PC	10/28/21 (Japan)	2008
Cotton 100%	Port	SNES	10/29/21	1994
Panorama Cotton	Port	Sega Genesis	10/29/21	1994

 

[tolkir]

Upcoming November Releases

GAME	TYPE	O.PLATFORM	DATE	O.YEAR	COLLECTION
A Boy and His Blob	Port	Wii	11/04/21	2009
Tantei Kibukawa Ryousuke Jikentan Vol. 8: Kamen Genei Satsujin Jiken	Port	Mobile	11/04/21 (Japan)	2005	G-Mode Archives
Disney's Aladdin	Port	SNES	11/09/21	1993	Disney Classic Games Collection
Disney's The Jungle Book	Port	SNES	11/09/21	1994	Disney Classic Games Collection
Disney's The Jungle Book	Port	Sega Genesis	11/09/21	1994	Disney Classic Games Collection
Disney's The Jungle Book	Port	Game Boy	11/09/21	1994	Disney Classic Games Collection
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic	Port	PC	11/11/21	2003
Grand Theft Auto 3	Remaster	PS2	11/11/21	2001	Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy
Grand Theft Auto Vice City	Remaster	PS2	11/11/21	2002	Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas	Remaster	PS2	11/11/21	2004	Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy
BloodRayne: ReVamped	Remaster	PS2	11/18/21	2002
BloodRayne 2: ReVamped	Remaster	PS2	11/18/21	2004
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond	Remake	Nintendo DS	11/19/21	2006
Pokemon Shining Pearl	Remake	Nintendo DS	11/19/21	2006
Parfait Remake	Remake	PC	11/25/21 (Japan)	2005

 

[tolkir]

Retro week:

- 3 releases (and 1 bizarre revival)

A Boy and His Blob - Port of the Wii game based on the classic NES game

A Boy and His Blob for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

When the planet of Blobolonia fell under the tyrannical rule of the evil Emperor, one brave blob managed to flee in search of help. After crash landing on Earth, the blob finds an unlikely hero in a young boy. Together they must return to Blobolonia and …

www.nintendo.com

Black Heart - Arcade Archives bring a classic horizontal shoot 'em up by UPL from 1991 this time

Arcade Archives BLACK HEART for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

"BLACK HEART" is a shooter released by UPL in 1991. Taranith, absolute ruler of the Dark Forces, has kidnapped Jeanne. Zil must mount his dragon and take to the skies, assaulting the enemy castle to save her. In order to defeat the boss, work together wi…

www.nintendo.com

Tantei Kibukawa Ryousuke Jikentan Vol. 8: Kamen Genei Satsujin Jiken (Japan) - A new chapter of the visual novel released for mobiles in Japan in 2005

ただいまメンテナンス中です | My Nintendo Store（マイニンテンドーストア）

Popeye - The suprise of the week. I don't know if it's a no-official remake or a new game of Popeye after many years since last one (2005). But we know that the quality of this new game is very low.

Popeye for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

The official Popeye game in which you play the spinach eating sailor in this modernized adaptation of the classic arcade game. The objective of the game is to get the highest score by completing as many levels as you can by collecting hearts and letter…

www.nintendo.com

- 2 announcements

Gynoug (Wings of Wor) - Dated for November 12th. A new classic shoot 'em up of Mega Drive is coming back after the release of Greylancer last month.

Gynoug for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

In an era between the Middle Ages and the early modern period, the demons have grown in power by feeding on the evil ambitions of the people. Led by a being known as The Destroyer they plan their attack. The angel Wor stands up for the survival of the…

www.nintendo.com

Eschatos - Collection of three games (Eschatos, Judgement Silversword and Cardinal Sins). Shoot 'em up fans must be happy with so many games, I suppose this release will include a Tate mode.

ESCHATOS, a vertical shooter with one of the best soundtracks ever made, is coming to PS4/Switch

Qute Corporation will release vertically scrolling shoot ’em up ESCHATOS for Switch on November 18 in Japan for 3,300 yen, followed by PlayStation 4 at a later date, the developer announced. Both versions are also planned for release outside Japan. (source) In case that sample up there isn't...

famiboards.com

 

[Krvavi Abadas]

Popeye - The suprise of the week. I don't know if it's a no-official remake or a new game of Popeye after many years since last one (2005). But we know that the quality of this new game is very low.

From what i can tell, Nintendo actually sold the rights to the arcade game back to King Features Syndicate at some point. Hence why it was never added to Virtual Console. There was an official Mobile Phone port at the very least, which was solely published by Namco.


As such, that's why the developers of this can claim it's a remake.

 

[tolkir]

From what i can tell, Nintendo actually sold the rights to the arcade game back to King Features Syndicate at some point. Hence why it was never added to Virtual Console. There was an official Mobile Phone port at the very least, which was solely published by Namco.


As such, that's why the developers of this can claim it's a remake.

There are a lot of good Java mobile titles from 2000s that disappeared with the smartphones and somebody should be bring back like G-Mode is doing in Japan. Even if it's only for nostalgic reasons because most of them were very basic.
Many big franchises there: Assassin's Creed, Crash Bandicoot, God of War, Chuck Norris, etc.