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I don't mind the ports so much. It's getting older games into current ecosystems, and that's a good thing.  Plus, I like RPGs and enjoy the occasional farming sim. Totally didn't see farming becoming the next hot thing in gaming. So that Nintendo Direct hit the spot.

The new Zelda games is "Tears of the Kingdom" in the former sense. That's part of the reason why Nintendo UK delayed its presentation, in light of the death of Queen Elizabeth.

I have a mithril Gamecube.

Incidentally, I've visited the real life Marven Gardens, which gets its name because it sits on the boundary between Margate City and Ventnor City in NJ. Unfortunately, the homes there are a little out of my budget.

The Smash Boats game sounds kind of interesting, especially now that it has multiplayer.

Tactics Ogre releases 11/11.

Definitely looking at Valkyrie Elysium. My only misgiving is that it's a full action RPG game. Einherjar are AI controlled.  Still interested and will likely pick it up. We haven't gotten a new VP game in forever. 

The original game is getting ported to the PlayStation family at the end of this month, so I'm definitely down for that. It does conflict with The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero, sadly.

Probably means Count Chocula is on shelves, too.

Stage Select:

Final Fantasy VII's Gold Saucer had some fun little minigames. I spent a fair amount of time on the Chocobo racing chasing the Quadra Magic and Knights of the Round Materia by cheat - I mean, using legitimate racing assist methods. There was "G-Bike", which was based on Cloud riding a motorcycle with his giant-ass sword. There was "Snow Game," aka the snowboarding game. The lameness of the name was kind of funny in itself, but the game itself was probably second to 1080 Snowboarding as the best snowboarding game on 5th gen consoles. And then there was "Mog House..."

The Battleship minigame in Wind Waker. You know, the one with the guy who wears all the cutout signs and says "spliiiiish" and "Ka-BOOM!" in response to misses or hits. Honestly, Zelda on its own could fill this list.

The Mario Bros mini-game included with Super Mario Bros 3 and the Super Mario Advance games, which helped that game be well known long after a lot of other early arcade games were forgotten. It was fun to take a break from the main game with my cousin. These days, though, the original arcade game is available on Switch, so that's what I play, as Mario Bros is still near the top of my list of favorite arcade games. But hey, Super Mario Bros 3 was so awesone, it had a full arcade game as a minigame.

Cage Match: 

Dr. Robotnik and his chicken sidekick from the DiC cartoon show up ready to rumble, but Dr. Mario slips him a pill which turns out to be Versed, which is a powerful sedative. Dr. Robotnik goes down for the count. Dr. Mario wins, although he is now described as a person of interest in a DEA investigation.

They basically own the movie rights to the James Bond IP. Eon Productions was founded by Albert "Cubby" Broccoli and is managed by his daughter Barbara. 

I'm guessing that Konami decided to priotitize the four-player arcade version. Still kind of a shame given all the extra bosses (like Bebop and Rocksteady, and Slash) and levels that got added to the SNES version. I also would have kind of liked it if the NES Arcade Game and Manhattan Project had gotten online play. The NES game had extra content added to it as well, to lengthen the game and make up for the NES's inability to match the arcade's graphical fidelity.

Hyperstone Heist, I've noticed, is a lot stiffer than the SNES game as well. The action is nowhere near as smooth.

Owing in part to its poor performance in Japan, I don't think the Genesis was a big priority for Konami. 

One of the few complaints I had about Cowabunga Collection was the fact that Hyperstone Heist features online play, but the SNES Turtles in Time does not.  The arcade version does, of course, but the SNES version had a lot of stuff in it the arcade didn't.