The Newb Review's Luke Mears writes to tell us why this generation of consoles is the best yet.
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
These classics need to make a return.
Pre-ordered mine a few days ago. Love this concept and hope there are more games announced. I can’t justify paying the prices for games that collectors are asking for. It’s the primary reason I own almost every console except the Neo Geo.
I've pre ordered one here in the UK, no games though, as I'll move it on for a higher price. The white model looks awesome, but as expected, the price is too high. We'll probably see more of those all in one cartridges from China containing every AES game. In the UK, AES+ game at £70 ($95) is better than eye watering prices for the originals, but these games are so old and I can honestly say SNK didn't release many classics. The Metal Slug series is the only series I rate, there were just too many Street Fighter clones and not enough scrolling fighting games. Overall, the Neo Geo was poor for all genres apart from one on one fighters. Videos on YouTube asking for games from that console generation to be ported to the AES+, but who'd want to pay £70 for Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter 2? There's a lot of SNK collections out there, the best being Metal Slug Anthology on the PlayStation 2. The Street Fighter Anniversary Collection on the Switch contains 12 games for around £30, instead of £840 if released on the AES+. For collectors, the AES+ is the best news since sliced bread. Are there enough SNK fans out there? Nowhere near. Those £70 cartridges will soon start creeping up in price and it'll be a re-run of the original console.
I always wanted one in the 90's but couldn't afford it. Now i can but i think if i get one it will be collecting dust fast. It's a nostalgia thing i guess.
The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
There is no doubting that this generation is the best but for nostalgias sake there will always be people who disagree
this gen is been great a lot of amazing games but back then games were more challenging then the ones today but of curse thats my opinion.
I had a PS1, N64, PC and DC back before PS2 gen started. The games that came out between 1995 and 2001 were some of the best. 3d games were hot Sh@t back then. Think about the games that came out for these systems during that period and how much games changed back then from 2d to 3d.
I have a 360, PS3 and PC now and they are great but those systems above had some of the best games of all time, more then this gen IMO. That was really a time of evolution of games. It is not so much an evolution of games this gen, more like evolution of hardware because the systems do far more than play games now. Games wise tho, I think 1995-2001 was the best years of gaming for me.
edit- I know DC is in PS2 gen but I consider it in the n64/ps1 gen because thats when I played it the most. Lots of ps1/n64 games had better DC versions too.
I love paying for things that used to be unlocked with cheat codes. The patching too, I love the patching. Since consoles are all online now, devs can freely release betas as retail copies and patch up their mistakes later. Best gen ever.
I think for most people who think this is the best gen, it's also their first gen.
There has been a lot of competition that has spurred consoles to be the best they can be. What consoles can do these days is miles ahead of what we had last generation. Even with all the mistakes made there has been customer service to compensate us that is unequaled in other fields of entertainment. Id say for sure this is the best generation there has ever been. IF you still think that super nintendo is the greatest console of all time then you should try turning it on again and see how long that calculator holds your attention. Nostalgia is great but it can easily blind you and make you think that what we had in the past was somehow better than what we have now. What wehave now is the pinnacle of gaming.