Coalescence

Might as well just watch a let's play if you're going to completely remove a game's teeth. Nerfed enemy spawns was the only one really needed. 2x damage and removing a level altogether is just putting these in kiddie mode.

Better level design? Improved physics? There's a reason this game is still enjoyable today and really needs no updates other than a superfluous fresh coat of paint. Come on now.

I would guess Nintendo's legal team became aware of the situation and put the screws to Sega (or Sega was doing a CYA measure before that happened). They definitely don't want to lose their now-ally, and so they jostled up the police who in that region are all too eager to do some seizure and roughing up of the citizens. Sucks for the guy caught in that but it's quite a ripping yarn.

For sure some marketer saw the response last time as an easy way to rack up engagement, assuming the last one wasn't also intentional for the same reason. It's not like it's a big secret people can't help but engage when there's a glaring error and an opportunity to feel superior on the Internet.

Weird that I grew up with the Game boy and Tetris, and never once played the multiplayer mode. Mostly because I had no link cable and never knew anyone with a link cable until the Pokemon days.

Anyway, it's crazy cool that they are releasing updates that can be applied to the cart but it's also introducing the annoying release a game incomplete and patch it later that modern console gaming has never escaped ever since the units went online.

That is awesome. I don't get into much anime but I love Mushishi so much. It's like a full series of the little bits I enjoy in anime and Ghibli films. Can't wait to load this onto my 3DS.

Looks like a Game Boy and six button genesis controller had an unfortunate transporter accident. But it really nails that vibe of bootleg consoles that merge a bunch of designs together because the company doesn't know or doesn't care the aesthetics belong to competing companies, and you're the sad kid whose family didn't get the real deal.

Really bizarre choice for a company that just seems in it to make money. The Analogue Duo isn't perfect but it's only a bit more expensive with fpga power and a drive to play burned games since there's no copy protection. The alternate firmware allows loading roms though no save states yet.

The Pocket + Dock is an option as mentioned already. Mister options are getting cheaper and more accessible. Anyone who wants to dip their toe into the libraries without the more expensive fpga solutions has any number of cheaper software emulation devices with all the bells and whistles.

This thing is not even aesthetically pleasing.

If you're going to do anything on the Internet, you need to learn how to ignore the vocal whiners. Not excusing them but they're always going to be there and they'll never be satisfied with anything.

An okay idea with terribly slapdash execution and a weird contempt for fans of the original. Hell yeah, I knew who Vision was back then and loved playing as him in the arcade. Definitely not bothering with this.

Great review, glad to see this is finally out and seems to have cashed in on all its potential. I'd say Michiru Yamane edged out Koshiro with that Bloodlines OST but he's an absolute master of his craft and I can't think of a better type of game for him to helm.

@failaz1986 That's some astonishingly strong bad faith in that argument, well done. I don't know though, maybe if you had like ten more examples I would be turned.

And just look how happy he is.

Back in high school I had a summer job quality checking car sunvisors (part of an under the table paid crew slipped in to pick up union slack, but we won't get into that). For 10-14 hours a day we'd be sitting there going through crates of sunvisors, checking for any visible blemishes and more importantly, exercising the pivot and hinges from all angles. We were told they always did these checks by hand because a machine couldn't predict for the random ways a human would stress the parts. That was a while ago, but it looks like tech still isn't able to catch things like this. Maybe if these companies weren't pumping out new models every five minutes there could be more money invested in quality control.

@mjparker77 Same. Controller looks fine, cool even. But I buy Analogue consoles to get as close as possible to the original experience on a modern set. If I'm going to be using a totally new controller like this then I may as well just go the software emulation route.

Youtuber finds out running a business is a little more involved and complicated than gathering donations and playing videogames.

I wish retro games could go back to being next to worthless so that scumbag companies and grifting youtubers would just buzz off already.

"This is a five figure kind of thing too fyi"
lol. Never heard of this person and that sort dbag comment ensures I wouldn't bother getting familiar with them.

Lol "midretro" in the update text.

The price is right. If it has something over the 3D I might consider jumping ship. It'll also depend on the console design. Analogue is good about staying true to the original aesthetics. Hopefully modretro resists any garish designs on their unit.

Flat out titling it a property you don't have rights to use is always going to end poorly. As per usual it reeks of an attention getting ploy to make a game which 100% will get shut down, instead of making something that is heavily inspired by the property.

Big thing would be the comfort and form factor. The Analogue Pocket can be a near perfect portable SNES with a gorgeous display but the form factor, dpad, and shoulder buttons are absolute crap for something like Super Metroid. Playing the game perfectly on the hardware is half the battle.

I mean he's among the most forgettable composers who worked on big games. Not super shocked he'd be in desperate times. Also that prosecution for a fraudulent loan five years ago is definitely working at the speed of government just like with all the other COVID loan criminals. If only there was some way to audit a request before handing someone a big check.

The preloaded cards are stupid anyway, and I can't believe people still buy them separately. Full libraries are all over archive dot org and elsewhere. The days where it took a modicum of effort to procure all the games for an emulator are long over.

Buy the game for the game. Just like buying Nokturnal Mortum and Arghoslent for the riffs.

So much noise for such an aggressively okay and ultimately forgettable game. Hopefully this being available elsewhere finally stems the salt flow and people get over their compulsion to performatively dunk on the guy. Best thing will be when this stops being a topic of discussion.

It's a funny mistake, but the absolute hilarity is the indignation people feel over something like this. I've loved gaming my whole life and I can't for the life of me imagine having anything more than the simple chuckle the article had over this.

@mattysaurus Good to know!

That's the first color scheme on the Chromatic that appeals to me. I was already considering one, but the ugly aesthetics of the previous models turned me off. I love my Analogue Pocket, but after playing with my friend's chromatic I definitely could see it becoming my GB/C cart player. Definitely won't be needing that crazy expensive Sapphire option though.

It's super neat thing he's doing here. Limited Run is mostly trash yet I'm not above buying something I want from them. But I'd be lying if I said I really actually wanted to play this rather than peep some playthrough footage. I've played Doom a billion times over and the Switch port is probably the most ideal way (outside of being able to mod in the killer SNES OST). No Super NT pretty much quashes any chance of an impulse buy.

I still use mine regularly. Even if I didn't though I'd never sell it, just like any old console. You never know when you'll get into it again or something will happen to open up a new way to enjoy it, like Red Viper coming out as the best Virtual Boy emulator around. Not surprised the value is going up. The unit is just about perfect, has an endless set of libraries, has a unique enjoyable gimmick, and the hardware is proving durable so far. And thanks to the ridiculous used game market, just about anyone who has one of these is going to be a 'I know what I got' seller.

The prices used to be next to nothing because a stock Nomad is not a fun handheld but like everything I guess it has to be extremely valuable now. I would definitely be into this mod if I had a childhood system (planning to get my childhood Virtual Boy fixed up as it finally lost its ribbon glue), but the prices being what they are I would be just as happy sticking with the Mega SG for TV and Analogue Pocket for portable.

Not my favorite at all, but still a good game and still the most hilarious robot masters of the whole series 😂 I'll definitely check it out.

Beautiful packaging, which is all I'd ever want that for. I will never understand the appeal of digital video game music pressed to vinyl, particularly for the exorbitant prices it commands and it being frequently lately the only option for some OST releases such as Battletoads (and they didn't even take advantage of the medium by putting the pause music in a locked groove track). But I get they are probably doing this to put down all the bootleg vinyl releases this soundtrack has gotten in recent years.

Gotta hand it to Polymega. The product looked questionable as all hell and the pivot from fpga seemed like it would sink the thing but they've held in there and kept the fire going with cool stuff like this. I'm actually wanting one lately.

I'll prefer to double dip digital copies than give anything to LRG. Even the mighty Yuzo Koshiro isn't going to make me order from them.

These chancers need to up and go already. Either they thought most of their whales wouldn't open the "investments", or they just didn't care about the potential blowback. They purport to preserve physical game media yet give people more reason to just go digital.

Emulationbros here really not understanding that homebrew can exist without piracy.

So glad I passed on one of these. That's not an easy piece of engineering to get right and I knew a company constantly pumping out new hardware was not going to slow down and take the time to do this right as Nintendo did.

@Santar yeah I was interested until watching the video. Making the supporting cast playable from original assets, or at least keeping it to characters actually in the original story would have been a cool take. This looks like a hot mess.

There was a time long ago where I would have cared about this a whole lot, but there's no such thing as ethical consumption. If it's not this arms dealer it's going to be another one. Arms are going to be made. The world is a bleak place. All I can realistically do is be a kind person as I take care of the people who depend on me, and try not to spend what life I have moral checking every step I make or agonize over how this convenient wonderful medicine or whatever came to be in my hands. Me not buying this Game Boy or those Games only makes a difference in farming for Internet karma from people I'll never have any real dealings with.

My childhood VB is still rocking but I keep all this information close because I definitely want to be able to repair it when something fails. Red Viper is great as a backup and casual play, but nothing compares to the real deal especially with Teleroboxer (serious hand cramps trying to play that on the 3DS).

Annoying delay but Analogue has always eventually come through with delivering the hardware. Support is another thing but they also have no real direct competition until if/when Palmer Luckey's unit comes out. And there sure as hell will never be another fpga based Duo clone. That's life, and this is a hugely specialized product line which wouldn't exist otherwise. But people will sure go ahead and act like Analogue just sucked all joy from their lives because they have to wait a little longer or can cancel for a full refund.

People always whine that Analogue has no direct competition. The answer has always been that no sane business person would develop products like this because it's a niche within a niche and that tiny market is shrinking due to the endless portable software emulators & shrinking even further as Mister solutions become more affordable. It's funny now to see people twist like pretzels into their ethical consumption arguments with the Chromatic vs Pocket because of course the only crazy person who would jump into this game would be someone like Palmer Luckey.

I have the 3D on preorder but this unit is better I'd definitely check it out. Analogue is great but not perfect. I still prefer the AVS to the NT Mini.

Everyone takes aim at Nintendo and makes the mistake thinking they just need to have the more powerful hardware. Nintendo can release their stuff on a potato and so long as it is playable they'll keep rocking because they move product on IP and brand recognition which is the one thing no other company could match unless Disney decides to become a console maker.

Definitely should be marketing that as a tate handheld. DS is already perfectly cornered with a jailbroken DS/3DS which are still incredibly plentiful.

Ah man, I thought this meant they were finally doing a game with my favorite four guitar no drums avant-garde jazz punk noise band Brain Desecrating Seksu.

Lol all this and he's just going to end up delivering a mister in a box, if anything, and that is rapidly becoming an easily obtainable thing.

Never supported them, never will. Their model, their name was suspect from the start. They and their silly diehards can bray about games preservation but they sell overpriced editions with lousy trinkets, sell expensive reprints of games readily available on the used market, and wrap it up under extensively insidious fomo marketing. People only think they want a copy of a novelty stinker like Night Trap because they've bought the idea that their copy will be worth tons of money someday which as with any forced collectible market is a larf because the value doesn't rise when thousands of people all buy into the same grift. They're only doing a puff apology now because they couldn't hide their shady behavior and lousy quality control anymore.

Holy crap I can't believe anyone buys the Mega SD with that registration nonsense. What a joke. Krikzz has been top of the line. Definitely getting one of these eventually for the Mega SG.

Not a shocker. Really sucks that most companies who set up shop in the retro space are some variety of shady, scummy, and/or greedy. And they generally get extensive grace by hiding behind the almighty games preservation and "community"