Yes 😆 It looks lile they’re building on the same engine as Three Kingdoms, but the attacks look different on this one. It’ll be interesting to play after Three Kingdoms!

Yeah, there’s been a lot of River City games, which I’m thankful for! I already got Three Kingdoms Next which I read improves on a lot of stuff. I’ve played both original River City Girls too, I’m looking forward to whatever comes next after Three Kingdoms.

About Darksiders, I played the first one on Switch in 2019, and I enjoyed it. It felt like an older school Zelda 3D game. Since then I’ve been thinking of getting Darksiders II on Switch, but never got around to it. It’s usually found rather cheap, so I still might get it. I might try it out this year and then check out Darksiders III after I read your post!

I recently played Donkey Kong Country Returns HD on the Switch 2 to check out the latest updates. I almost instantly remembered why I abandoned it 🤣 I was on the last world (I think), and it just feels unfairly difficult, and I never really clicked with the feel of the controller. So I don’t know if I’ll come back to it with more patience at some point or what. Never made it that far in Tropical Freeze.

Today is the 35th anniversary of the first introduction of Street Fighter II to arcades. To celebrate, I’ll be playing some fights of Street Fighter II in any of its several iterations available on Switch 😅

I’ve been playing River City Saga: Three Kingdoms, which is a lot of fun. I just haven’t had time to advance much in the story, but hopefully that’ll change this weekend 🤞

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Good thing about having terrible memory is I can watch the trailer and by the time I watch the movie I will have forgotten absolutely everything 😅

Yeah, they initially wanted to release it together with modern systems. But since they can’t patch it once it’s out, they decided to take some time to make sure it’s in a good state to release it. I think the last I read was on Retro Gamer magazine where they said there’s plans to release the cartridge in 2026.

Yeah, I played the demo on Steam and it looks really good and it’s fun. I think I’ll get this physical release.

I’m really looking forward to playing Earthion. I’m waiting for its physical release on the Mega Drive to get it! (hopefully comes out this year… )

It has some issues, but I enjoyed it. I think a new game would be done from scratch by Retro, whereas in this case they inherited a half baked thing from Namco and had to build on top of that. Thay would probably make it a much better game. If they take in the feedback from 4 on top of that, it’d be amazing.

Yeah, I don’t think I’ll be getting this, but I think the assist mode will be great for lots of people.

Yeah, lot of the old guard are getting to (and past) retirement age. But that doesn’t mean Nintendo will stop making these games. They’re just going to train new people. If the game sells, they’ll want to make another one eventually.

Nice to see Metroid Prime 4 in the top 10! Hopefully it did well enough to consider a sequel.

Yeah, it’s a weird choice. But Nintendo is really pushing Donkey Kong, there’s probably a movie in development or to be developed eventually. So from the marketing side maybe it makes sense 🤷

I liked the two volumes they released after the original. I think it can be an interesting series to continue reading, as long as they keep the quality. I like that it’s its own pocket universe with an alternate story too, so it doesn’t influence or affect the main stuff.

I played 499 hours of Switch/Switch 2 in 2025, almost twice as much as 2024 🫣

My most played games were Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity and Cyberpunk 2077. Some other top games for different months: Donkey Kong Bananza, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake, Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 4 Beyond.

“Chevy Nova?”
— Donatello, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

Pokopia looked interesting, but it’s a game key card, so I’m definitely not going to consider it. Yoshi looks really cool, I might consider it if the reviews are really good. But I haven’t really played/enjoyed much of the Yoshi games since the SNES.

There’s nothing on the list that I’m really looking forward to. I might try out the Super Mario Bros. Wonder update, but that’s it for first parties. This is mostly good news, it means I can go through my backlog and catch up!

That said, there’ll probably be a Direct in January/February to announce new games coming out in 2026 and maybe even some shadow drop…

Do you think Metroid Prime 4 is a good Metroid game?

Absolutely! It has its issues, but it’s still a good game.

I am still hoping for Prime 2 and 3 coming to Switch, but it’s looking doubtful now.

Me too! Now that they’re done with MP4, maybe they’ll get on to that. I assume it’d take less time than a Metroid Prime 5! But it’s not looking good…

As I said, I didn’t play a lot of Absolum. But the graphics are amazing, like SoR 4, and it feels like a beat 'em up with rogue(like|lite) elements. It doesn’t lean on it as much as Double Dragon Gaiden I think, but I need to play a bit more to have a proper opinion.