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Disembodied-head shmup Zombie Nation is back, baby 👺
On Switch… and on NES! Strictly Limited Games, how you spoil me (assuming I can get a copy with which to be spoiled).
Not only will the NES game be faithfully reproduced on Switch, but it’ll include the Japanese version, Abarenbo Tengu, in which you control a giant animate tengu mask instead of a giant dead samurai head! “Moreover, this release includes new quality of life additions, such as the Rewind, Quick Save, and Quick Load functions.”
Strictly Limited will offer various collector’s editions, including either European or North American NES cartridges of Zombie Nation, starting October 10 at midnight Central Europe Standard Time. As yet I don’t have information about a digital release.
Fun personal story: after college in like 2004 I worked at a used game shop. Zombie Nation was, at the time, total dollar bin filler. And now… it’s not that. It’s extremely not that. And of course I didn’t pick it up at the time!
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StarFox 2, Crystalis and more on Nintendo Switch Online ⊟
On December 12, North American Switch Online users will get free access to four more Super Nintendo games (StarFox 2, Super Punch-Out!!, Kirby Super Star, and Breath of Fire 2) and two more NES games (Crystalis and Journey to Silius).
Here’s why this rules:
- It’s more games, which is just basically a good thing
- StarFox 2 was previously exclusive to the SNES Classic
- These games are all pretty good, and Kirby Super Star is going to be amazing with online multiplayer
- Hey look everyone, the classic game releases aren’t dead!
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Actually, NES on Nintendo Switch Online is good ⊟
I mean, Wrecking Crew? Right??
Oh, also, Nintendo is updating the software to allow you to rewind gameplay by holding ZL + ZR.
There’s still plenty to gripe about when it comes to Nintendo’s retro offerings (off the top of my head: the selection shrinks with each successive platform, you don’t own anything on Nintendo Switch Online, it’s just NES games, etc.) but the service continues to improve and the selection is pretty good!
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2019′s Famicase designs are here! ⊟
It’s the best time of the year when Tokyo-based game shop Meteor opens up My Famicase Exhibition, its annual gallery of Famicom cartridges adorned with labels for made-up games from talented artists around the world. My timeline is filled with amazing cartridge art – I picked out and embedded ten cool pieces I spotted on Twitter!:
Kid Icarus, StarTropics, and more on Switch ⊟
I’ll say it: the NES Classics app for Nintendo Switch Online rules. I know all the objections to it, and they’re all valid, including the one you’re typing into a comment right now.
But consider: for the price you probably already pay for playing Splatoon or Tetris 99, you’ll have access to Kid Icarus and StarTropics – plus, if you have the Japanese app, Fire Emblem and Yie Ar Kung Fu – on March 13. Do I want SNES games? I guess! But this is working out pretty well so far.
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Retro-Bit publishing new Metal Storm NES cartridges ⊟
Well, this is new. I’ve seen new cartridges of Famicom releases, and new “commemorative” cartridges of popular games like Street Fighter 2, but here’s a game being reissued on cartridges that had previously come out here, but has become hard to find. “Exclusively available online at Castlemania and Limited Run Games,” Retro-Bit says. Not sure when, or how much, but… neat!
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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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NES controllers for Nintendo Switch Online members ⊟
Exclusive to the Nintendo Online Service is the “special offer” to spend $59.99 on a pair of wireless Switch-compatible NES controllers. When I saw them I didn’t think I needed more NES controllers, but then… I saw them charging on the side of the Switch, and… it’s too cute.
I’m partial to the Famicom version, but I can’t imagine how I’d get Japan-only Switch Online “special offers.” These controllers will ship in December, and will work great with the 20 launch NES games and the ones to follow, like Ninja Gaiden, Twinbee, and Adventures of Lolo.
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8BitDo’s DIY wireless controller kits ⊟
I totally want to do this project! 8BitDo, who sells nice wireless third-party controllers, now lets you have a nice first-party controller! The Mod Kit is a new wireless board that you can swap out in your NES, SNES, Genesis, NES Classic, or SNES Classic controller. Where the cord was, a 3.5mm charging port sticks out, which seems like some clever engineering.
Am I ready to crack open one of the NES controllers I’ve had since 1986 or so? Probably?
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Polymega continues to be a dream ⊟
Both in the sense that it is too beautiful, and in the sense that I can’t get one in the real world yet. The modular retro console thing has optional “Element Module Sets” including cartridge slots for different consoles, and now the company showed the controllers included with those sets, each designed in the shape of the original controller, and using the original connector. I love that PC Engine controller.
I’m really looking forward to learning more about this device, which is what I think every time it pops up. But hey, it’ll be at E3! There’s sure to be more.
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Witness all of Famicase 2018′s brilliant designs ⊟
All 250 entries from this year’s My Famicase Exhibition – Meteor’s showcase of cart designs for made up Famicom games – are now available for you to click through and enjoy! This is way more convenient than opening a million tabs from Twitter’s #famicase hashtag, and you can get a better sampling of the contributions from Japanese artists. Plus, there are descriptions for all of the concepts, though you may need to open Google Translate for some.
The designs we featured above come from Anna Dittmer, イイヌマ, ヤマダユウス型, 廸, NEKONOKO, イズ, Dima Goryainov, rayzones, Chris Furniss, and Liam Higgins. You can see all of the cartridges on display at Meteor’s game shop and gallery in Nakano, Tokyo until May 13.
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There are too many amazing Famicase designs ⊟
I wanted to feature my favorites from this year’s My Famicase Exhibition – the annual showcase of Famicom cartridge designs for made up games, hosted by Tokyo game shop Meteor – but there are too many splendid pieces to pick from. By the time I got through half of the designs posted on Twitter with the Famicase hashtag, the number of open tabs I had threatened to crash my web browser, so here are ten standout cartridges I’ve found so far, including a number from friends of the site we’ve talked about here before.
The artists we’ve featured above, starting from the top left: Duncan Corrigan, @pyong_pyong, Adam Tierney, Austin DuBois, William Greenawalt, Philip Summers, Jordan Rosenberg, Sebastien, @data_doge, and Cory Schmitz.
Meteor will have around 250 Famicase designs up for display at its gallery until May 13. It’s my dream to one day make it to one of these, so if you’re in the area, please do not miss this opportunity to pay Meteor a visit!
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