It’s so nice to see a developer doing this rather then going the “Here’s a updated version of the game! Also we’re removing access the originals so it’s the only version available now.” route.

If you liked the SNES Megaman X games you’ll like 20XX.

IMO improving graphics technology is a case of diminishing returns. Sure you can always make a better looking game by throwing more processing power at it, but that has (at best) a minor effect on things like gameplay and story. Like seriously, if Squenix had decided to make FF7: Rebirth in the PS3 era, other then some uglier graphics how much would the game have have been different?

And (to actually tie this in to the thread) that’s the reason PS5 sales have been so sluggish. What do you really need those PS5 graphics for? I mean my PC is still running hardware from 5-10 years ago, because there isn’t anything I really need to upgrade for. Most of what I’ve been playing is indy titles and for the few graphic intensive games I want to play they’ll usually run if I lower some graphics settings.

I kept Spotpass off on my 3DS for most of it’s life, so I’m fairly sure I don’t have anything useful. But submitted my data anyway just in case.

Are you sure those aren’t nylon bags? Anyway I’ve found PLA’s biodegradability highly over rated. When Sunchips were doing those PLA bags I threw one into a worm bin, when I emptied the bin a year later it looked pretty much unchanged.

Don’t I know it. My house is right next to a highway and was apparently placed by someone who loved the sound of engine breaking. I probably have tire rubber dust settling on everything outside.

Well shit. I guess I’m gonna have a lot of micro plastics in my compost then.

God I hate those. Paper tea bags you can toss into the fireplace or in the compost depending on the time of year, but those plastic ones you can’t do anything but chuck them into the trash.

Kinda hard to categorize. I mean, child me would have lost their mind over most modern games, but back when I was a kid in the late 80’s having a game who’s gameplay was more complex than “shoot till you die” was revolutionary. As such I’m gonna rank my three picks taking into account to the era they released.

Adventure. Adventure was a goal oriented… well, adventure game. That doesn’t sound like much now but at the time it was amazing. You had to move multiple items one at a time while dodging dragons (or killing them if you had the right item) to complete the game. Add in a item stealing bat and a item randomizer mode and for the time it was a truly amazing game for the time.

Chrono Trigger. Chrono Trigger joins time traveling with the standard “saving the world” storyline, but somehow it’s more than the sum of it’s parts. IMO Chrono Trigger is the pinnacle of the SNES JRPG with the perfect mix of taking itself seriously and just being a fun RPG.

Binding of Issac. One of the early “Roguelike unlock-a-thon” games BoI has just the right mix of “I want to unlock a new item” and “How broken will this run get?” that keeps me coming back. Granted, I’m combining the original Binding of Issac with Rebirth through Afterbirth here, but there’s enough continuity for me to group them all together.

Well… you gotta hand it to them, that’s a succinct summary.

However, without an alternative to get a lot of these games, it feels very shitty.

Well… while there’s no legal way to get many of the 3DS games, there are still plenty of alternatives available.

I mean, to be fair both consoles are over a decade old. Still not happy about it.

Eh, a camera can be useful, on the 3DS it’s great for scanning a QR code rather then manually entering a url.

And really at this point why not throw a camera on the Switch 2? The parts for a cellphone camera is like what… a couple bucks?

That’s not how a face lift is supposed to work.

Retro Game Challenge

Retro Game Challenge 2

Mario Kart DS

Metroid Prime Pinball

Radiant Historia

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

Dragon Quest V

Scourge Hive

Megaman ZX Advent

Space Invaders Extreme

You can always tell it’s a legit communication from the FBI police when you see the snarling tiger.

3 was kinda weird, I didn’t care for the pointer aiming and the NPC filled intro made the game feel kinda Halo-ish. Still a good game, but kinda the odd one out of the Prime trilogy.

Also surprised that you skipped the Wii, for all the shovelware there were a lot of very solid games on the console. You might still want to pick one up second hand for cheap. With some homebrewing you can load Wii and Gamecube images off a hard drive, and it’s got surprisingly solid emulators for the fourth and below console generations… of course even a budget PC could emulate all of that as well as WII and GC games now.

On the DS/3DS? Not much, Totk is eating most of my gaming time. I’ve nearly finished it (and I’m starting to burn out on it), so that’ll probably change soon.

Anyway, about the only thing I’ve played on the 3DS for the last week have been the daily challenges in Retro Game Challenge 2.

Hmm… given the current tech fad’s I’m gonna guess something AI related. Maybe AI generated NPCs or something.