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If I didn't know any better, I'd say that screenshot is from a ZX Specteum game.

This is a game that occassionally pops up in my area, next time I see a copy I'll get it. I've always been interested in it out of principle of it being Tekken.

Hearing that it shares a lot in common with Tekken Tag Tournament now makes it a future purchase.

@Lanmanna back then I was still very new to gaming, and I believe I hadn't played Diddy Kong Racing when I saw the figures and my experience with Mario was relatively sparse that I didn't connect the dots that it was the same Mario from Super Mario World. But yes, silly 6-7 yo me was a fool that rejected a free toy.

SHIIIINOOOBIIIIIIII!!!

I will forever regret not getting either the Banjo figure from the Diddy Kong Racing line or the Mario one from Mario Kart 64 when my mom openly asked me if I wanted one for no reason.

I miss the Acres system of the original, made it easier to not get lost in the town. I have never been able to memorize any of my Animal Crossing towns, no joke.

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Americans discover there are other countries outside with different tastes.

Something similar happened to me once but not to the same extent. In 2017 a video game store in my city was selling a CIB copy of Pokémon Black for just 30 Mexican Pesos (about $2.50 at the time). Even the employees were surprised that the system was throwing that price. The funny thing is at the same time they also had a CIB copy of Pokémon White for 500 Pesos (about $25 at most).

Of course I bought it and still have it to this day.

Thank you for your hard work.
If ever get the chance to try the mod, I would. Even going as far as try to have it on an actual N64 cart.

Just played Grunty's Revenge for the first time about 2 years ago and it definitely feels a bit like a hiddem gem.

No paint can add-on?

@smoreon thanks for the summary of Viva Piñata. Despite fact I don't have an Xbox or GamePass, one day I'll play it along with Rare's other MS games, particularly Sea of Thieves.

The DS game often pops up in my area, so I might finally get a copy next time I see one.

@Broosh is that patch a fan translation of the Japanese release or is it based on the western GC localization?

@Broosh @BulkSlash
The games I can think of are
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Press the Sacred Crest (top screen symbol) on the Sea Chart (touch screen map) to transfer it) and

Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (when Milla faints and you have to close the DS to give her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation)

Another Code: Two Memories / Trace Memory (close the lid just enough to not put the system on sleep mode to reveal a code via the reflection of the screens)

The cases of Zelda and Hotel Dusk are requiered to progress.
On the 3DS and Wii U Virtual Console versions, pressing HOME treats the DS game as if it was put on Sleep Mode.

Are there any other examples?

I remember watching Viva Piñata in TV, it did have a Latin American Spanish dub. However, how much does it connect with the game? As in, the events of the show are in line with those of the game? I haven't had the chance to play it or the DS game.

I feel a Banjo cartoon could've worked if done in a style similar to Sonic Boom: Having Banjo, Kazooie and every other character living their lives while Gruntilda just messes around with everybody but does so in a hilarious way and doesn't feel angry or bad when her plans fail.
I know I would've watched that.

As an aside, 4Kids worked on Chaotic?

In my mind, the fact they got Pac-Man's voice from World 3 for World 2 Re-PAC kinda confirms that World 3 Re-PAC will occur eventually.

I've never met anyone that had owned one, but from various videos I've seen all of them pronounce it as Ah-mee-gah, which is how I'd pronounce it given Amiga is the feminine of friend in Spanish, as mentioned by others.

@Sketcz

Given these are Sega and Sonic games...

Given how crazy some Sonic fans can be, I wouldn't be surprised if your guess turns out to be true.

I'm more amazed by the fact someone crammed an NES cart on an SNES.

Scans of scans? Doesn't that deteriorate the quality of what was scanned?

I'm just kidding. It will be an interesting look.

"My prize money!!!"

I love Dig Dug, it's my favorite of the Namco Legendary line, but who came up with this?

Can I have Fighters Megamix on a modern system, please?
Throw in Sonic the Fighters and I'll throw money at you (not literally).

I feel bad for Slope's Game Room, some of the Youtobe content I actually enjoy. I hope his case gets resolved to his favor.

However

Not only was I unaware of what was in this public WhatsApp group,...

You just don't join a community where you have no idea what is going on.
One thing he could've done if the Whatsapp group was in Spanish was to either Google translate a few comments or have someone do it for him to get the gist of what was going on instead of downloading the whole thing without knowing.

Sorry, but my New 3DS XL isn't going anywhere. That little machine made 2017 the best year I have had. Just last February I found a copy of Metroid: Samus Returns and on April a sealed copy of Mario & Sonic Rio 2016 (though it's given me an error and doesn't boot up).

I got a Switch in the last days of 2019 and to this day I still wonder if I should've skipped it (but still get games).
The Switch is the only system I've bought out of peer pressure and not because there were games I truly wanted to play apart from the then-informally announced Metroid Prime 4. It took me until 2022 when I played Metroid Dread and Kirby and the Forgotten Land to start to be glad I got one.

Now, I've enjoyed the Switch as much as I could, but I feel something is missing (due to a lack of better word) from it compared to the 3DS or even the Wii U. I also feel like, for better or worse, I'm reaching a point where I'm starting to grow over gaming. I've come to accept that the Switch 2 might be my final system ever.

@NinChocolate
SEGA:
https://youtu.be/sMr0Ax_RA4o?feature=shared

Never played it, but I wouldn't say no to a re-release to give it a go.

@RextheSheep Not only the GBA version of Aero the Acro-Bat, they rerelased the entire series in 2024. Granted it's only 4 games, but still. I have the four and overall my experience with them is a satisfactory one (save for Aero 1 SNES, but that's probably more on the emulator they use there compared to the rest).

As for Aero GBA itself, it has some audio issues that, as far as I know, haven't been resolved. The music doesn't sound 1:1 to the GBA release. The jukebox in the Extras has the shuffle and repeat song buttons mixed, meaning if you activate shuffle you get repeat song and vice versa.

EDIT (August 20th, 2025): Ok, so at some point they did update Aero GBA and the music now sounds like it should on the original release, and I believe they also fixed a glitch on Funpark Act 2 (the rollercoaster level) where you could finish the level while riding the cart by simply jumping over the clown tunnel, turning the cart into Aero getting into the portal while the Aero riding the cart is still there. Converesly, if you jump to not touch the portal while ridong the cart, you could softlock the game since the cart keeps advancing and cannot go back. Now the cart explodes as soon as you touch the roof of the tunnel.
This glitch was not present in the SNES original, or at least not in the Ratalaika re-release.

Other than that, I don't think I've found anything gamebreaking on Aero GBA specifically other that the fact they don't have a Jukebox for it. Though I feel the UI that Ratalaika uses for these rereleases could be better. How and why the Gallery keeps crashing on Ratalaika's versions of Aero SNES, Shockman 1, 2 and 3? Surprisingly it doesn't happen with Avenging Spirit despite sharing the same UI.
Aero 2, Zero and Aero GBA have a different UI, so I guess that may be why those don't crash in the Gallery.

Anyway, as for this game. From the description and images it kinda sound a bit like Metroid Fusion from an isometric perspective. Depending on the price I might give it a go one day.

"People are paying $450 for a rewind feature and a CRT filter"

Says the user that's using an anime character avatar and most likely paid for the X verification.

NSO isn't the reason people are buying a Switch 2.

I'd watch car races more often if they were allowed to throw crap on the road or to other cars.

I just checked it yesterday and my Wii U GamePad's battery is not swollen, but I believe it has run its course. It doesn't charge anymore, not even with a newer AC Adapter. I'll have to replace it anyway, and I better do it soon as I want to finish Paper Mario: Color Splash (yes, really) and play some Wii Sports Club and NES Remix Pack.

Any suggestions on batteries for an American GamePad?

If anything, it gave us a nice segment on Game Center CX.

Nah, nobody loves me and I'm fine that way.

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I'm not into ROM hacking myself, but at the point where you change assets, is it still a ROM hack Super Mario World or is called a ROM hack of SMW because it uses the game as a base? Legit question.

Oh, so it's Pizza Pop! Extended Ver. on an NES cartridge?

Not sure how much I'd pay for it, but I know I would.

Nice for those of us who don't plan to get a Switch 2 at launch.

One question though: Is the upgrade a permanent one? In other words, if I buy the game on Switch 1 and then the ACA2 upgrade on Switch 2, can I still play the ACA1 version on Switch 1?

I'd like to have access to it on both systems, as even after getting a Switch 2 I'm not getting rid of my Switch 1.

@Azathoth Over here in Mexico from what I remember, Blockbuster/Game Rush (and other video stores near me) didn't have handheld games for rent until about 2005 when Blockbuster started offering Game Boy Advance games and eventually DS and 3DS games.

That's how I first played Mario Party Advance, Metroid Prime Hunters, Tetris DS, Yoshi's Island DS and Pokémon HeartGold (this one on launch day) before I eventually bought them (minus Mario Party). I probably rented more DS games but those are the ones I remember the most, I was more of renting Gamecube and Wii games (didn't get a chance to rent 3DS or Wii U games).

Man, I miss Blockbuster/Game Rush. The store near me used to have a good selection of second-hand games for good prices. I'll always regret selling the 100 Mexican Pesos CIB copy of F-ZERO GX I found there in 2010.

Never forget that skater that says she'll go to Disneyland on the newspaper.

If this ever comes to consoles, I'd unironically buy it.

Since when Arle Nadja wears shoulder pads that separated from her shoulders?

Just let me play Street Fighter X Tekken (with the Mokujin mech controlled by Pac-Man and Bad Box Art Mega Man) and either version of Tatsunoko vs. Capcom on the Switch 2 and I'm all set.

I love the out-of-place woman with the broom, she looks like she was casted for an ad for Cotton or Puyo Puyo and got lost on the way to the recording.

Apart from Eggman, who puts a theme park next to Green Hill Zone?

Now it will be the FIFA cover athlete on turn.

@Mario500 I'm not an editor, but what do you mean? I don't see any mistakes apart from maybe a comma.

Athena (a.k.a. Princess Athena from Athena) and Athena Asamiya (from Psycho Soldier/KOF) are two different characters from the same lineage.

Do we need to see OutRun turned into Fast & Furious and full of explosions?

We get this guy instead of Duck King?
I don't care that he was supposedly trained by Duck King himself. Duck King has charm, which I don't see with this DJ.

@7Force Yep, parodied in the good ol' cheater known as Garrett Bobby Ferguson.

Densha de GO!! before Densha de GO!!

Needs to be Giant, then it'll be the Enemy of the Nintendo 64

Honestly, I'd be more surprised if he didn't unless he was bound by a contract or something.

I don't have a Panasonic Q, but even if I did I probably wouldn't mess with it and just resort to plug the AV cables to an HDMI adapter or something.