Everything will be on Switch soon ⊟
Officially.
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I want this tiny Street Fighter II cabinet; I need the tiny arcade stick it comes with ⊟
I love the idea of the RepliCade line; well-made, deluxe home arcade cabinets that just happen to be one foot tall. And Street Fighter II’: Champion Edition is an easy candidate for most desirable arcade cab to own… even in mini-scale. RepliCade is offering “early bird pricing” for those who sign up for the mailing list; based on previous releases, expect MSRP in the $150 area.
I mean, this is not a practical purchase.
Beyond just the cabinet, I am in love with the teensy fight stick RepliCade includes, for two-player mode. I am just realizing now that I have a genuine affinity for the idea of a really tiny arcade stick. As proof, here’s when I asked Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono about making one for the Vita. And he was already working on it. And it never happened. I think about this a lot.
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Here’s where Travis Strikes Again is at right now ⊟
This is one of the seven game types, a platform action thing called Coffee and Doughnuts. It looks and sounds nothing like No More Heroes. It also looks really fast and possibly fun?
This whole thing is a question mark for me, but I’m still willing to try it out on… what, January 18?!
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Fitness Boxing is here for your resolution needs ⊟
Nintendo sent out a well-timed trailer for this Switch exclusive, reminding me once again that it is publishing this Imagineer-developed fitness game with instrumental Muzak versions of pop songs.
The whole thing is a surprise to me. It doesn’t really look like a Nintendo game – it looks like a mid-tier fitness game that would have passed totally without notice on the Wii. The fact that Nintendo picked it up (or commissioned it? I’m not sure?) elevates the whole project to a Weird Thing I have to keep an eye on.
Also rhythm boxing sounds hella fun. You don’t got to resolve anything in the new year, nor does anyone need to feel pressure to lose weight, but for whatever reason, it may be a good time to punch (near) your TV.
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Love this official Gris figurine ⊟
Hey, I haven’t played the game yet because I’m the worst, but it looks great. And it’s already getting some merchandise, starting with this figure by Esc-Toy. It’ll include a Steam code for the game when it ships in Q2 of next year.
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Funghi is back, and still Funghi ⊟
The Touch Detective series brought pretty good mystery-adventure gameplay to DS back in… oh wow, 2006. Much later, its mushroom mascot character Funghi became a breakout star through its own game Mushroom Garden and other mobile games, with plenty of Funghi merchandise to buy and display.
And now Funghi’s back, in a recently released match-three puzzle game for Switch, Funghi Explosion. It really has a lot of Funghis.
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InkyPen comics service launches on Switch today ⊟
The “all-you-can-eat” $8/month comics subscription service InkyPen launches on Switch today, bringing with it a surprising variety of titles and publishers:
US comics, European comics, manga, and webcomics – thousands of comics will be available, including series such as Judge Dredd, Transformers, Robotech, X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, Metabarons, Pathfinder and Battlestar Galactica. InkyPen will also include comic adaptations of popular video game franchises such as Dark Souls, Dishonored, Tekken, and Assassin’s Creed.
Classic strips such as Peanuts, Garfield, and Calvin and Hobbes will also be available.
They also have comics from Dark Horse, Archie, and – most exciting for me and my kids – Papercutz, publisher of early-reader graphic novels. Sounds like basically everything but Marvel and DC is on this thing, and that’s cool. (I haven’t personally browsed the selections to confirm presence of everything.)
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Hand-drawn Ninja Gaiden guide ⊟
Philip Summers follows his bespoke Contra guidebook with one for Ninja Gaiden, coinciding with that game’s availability through the Nintendo Switch Online service. If you want to experience the still-very-good NES game again, or for the first time, why not do so alongside hand-drawn maps, artwork, and other newly created material?
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Switch is the Voltron of consoles ⊟
Via @cheesemeister3k, here’s what the Nintendo Switch is in late 2018, an unlikely conglomeration of console parts into a machine that manages to be both unwieldy and convenient. As he translates the original tweet from @44l6, “I don’t even know what system this is anymore.”
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Sega Ages Out Run on Switch January 10 ⊟
Along with the excellent news of Phantasy Star’s release today (and, in fact, in the same press release) Sega shared the release date for the next Sega Ages Switch game, Out Run.
- Feel the sensation of those long drifts with the all-new gyro motion controls that take full advantage of the Nintendo Switch™ Joy-Con controllers!
- New music tracks serve to enhance the iconic soundtrack fans already know and love!
- Think you have what it takes to put your racing skills to the test? Compete against other players through a brand new ranking system!
This is great news not just for people who beefed it and never got around to getting this on 3DS, but for people who want to play Out Run with great M2 enhancements on a TV!
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Phantasy Star leads another wave of Switch retro releases ⊟
…and they aren’t even the big deal this week (those would be Gris and Quarantine Circular!) but there are a lot and they’re cool. M2′s M2-quality port of Phantasy Star is out now for $8, as is an Arcade Archives version of Double Dragon 2 and an ACA Neo Geo release of the very cute Twinkle Star Sprites.
The real surprise, to me, is Atari Flashback Classics, out both physically and digitally. I hadn’t been paying attention to it, and now it’s here and looks cool and is Flip Grip compatible and has 150 games on it??? Including some 5200 and arcade games? Including arcade Warlords????? Warlords, in case you haven’t been blessed with its presence, is 4-player Breakout in which each player tries to bust through the opponents’ defenses to destroy their bases. It’s great.
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YIIK is almost upon us ⊟
It’s hard to believe, but “postmodern RPG” YIIK is actually coming soon – January 17, 2019, on PS4, Switch, and PC. Even harder to believe, and more magical, is that a PS Vita version is still on the way. Vita is powerful and alive.
This cool ‘90s-themed game has been in process for years!
After witnessing a woman vanish from an elevator, college graduate Alex embarks on an adventure to rescue her, which spirals into an epic quest with stakes higher than he could have ever imagined. Alex’s search for the woman and the truth behind her disappearance lead him and his companions on a journey rife with mystery and danger.
Traverse dungeons littered with puzzles, traps and bizarre monsters with a party whose members can be swapped out mid-battle on the fly in a combat system that blends twitchy minigames with turn-based combat. Brandish records, cameras, musical instruments and more against enemies ranging from floating, yammering skulls to tortoise samurais.
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